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~JOURNAL 
 
 
 
OP THE 
 
HOUSE OF. REPRESENTATIVES 
 
S. TATE 
 
OF 
 
GEORGIA ' 
 
AT THE 
 
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OF THE 
 
I GEN~RAL ASSEMBLY. 
 
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ATLANTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE z6, 1918 , 
 
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BYRD PjuNT~G CoMPANY, STATE PRINTERS 
 
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JOURNAL ._ 
 
REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JuNE 26th, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to law this day at 10 
 
o'clock A. M. Was called to order by the Speaker 
 
and opened with prayer by the Ghaplain. 
 
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 , The rQll was called and _the follo~ing membe,rs an- 
 
swered 4> their- names: 
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Adams; of Towns Bond 
 
Akin. 
 
Booker 
 
- Allen  
 
Bower 
 
~ Anderson, of Jen- Bowers 
 
kins 
 
Boyett 
 
Cooper Cravey' Cullars Culpepper, ni .Clinch Culpepper,- lileri 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Brinson- 
Arnold, of Clay - .Brooks 
 
wether . Davenport 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Brown, of Clarke Davidson 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Br!>wn, of Houston Davis 
 
At.kiruwn ' 
 
Burch . 
 
Dennard 
 
Autin Ayers Ba,gwell  Baldwin 
 
Burk.halter 
I!urwell ~uxton Carroll 
 
Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan 
 
Bale 
 
Carter 
 
Ballard; of ColUmbia Cason' 
 
Ballard, of Newton Chambers 
 
Bankston  . 
 
Cheney 
 
Barfield 
 
Chupp 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Clarke 
 
Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, of Bibb Fowler, of Forsyth -Frohock 
 
Barrett. Whitfield -Barwick 
 
Clements Clifton 
 
Foy Gary . 
 
Beazley 
 
Coatell 
 
Giddens 
 
-Beck . Bellah 
 
Collins Conger 
 
Gilmore Gordy 
 
Blalock 
 
'Coo~ 
 
Grantland 
 
Blasingame 
 
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Green 
 
Matthews 
 
Stone 
 
Griffin 
 
Maynard 
 
Stovall 
 
Hagood 
 
Mays 
 
Strickland 
 
Hall 
 
Mercier 
 
..Stubbs 
 
Harden, of Banks Middleton 
 
Swift 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Moore 
 
Swords 
 
Harris 
 
Morris 
 
Sumner 
 
Harvin 
 
Mullins 
 
SWint 
 
Hatcher, of Wayne McCall 
 
Tatum 
 
Bayes 
 
McCalla 
 
Taylor 
 
Haynes 
 
McCrory 
 
Timmerman 
 
Hinson 
 
McDonald 
 
Trammell 
 
Hodges 
 
Neill 
 
Trippe 
 
. Hogg 
 
Nesmith 
 
Turner. 
 
Holden 
 
Owen 
 
,Veazey 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Pace 
 
Vincent 
 
Howard, of Liberty Parker 
 
Walker, of :Qen Hill 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Palmour 
 
Walker, of Bleckley 
 
Johnson, of Appling Pickett 
 
Walker, of Pi;rce 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Pickren 
 
White 
 
Jones, of Coweta Pilcher 
 
Williams, of Meri- 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Rainey 
 
wether 
 
Jones, of Lowndes :teece  
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Jones; of Wilkinson ~eiser 
 
WiJ).iams, of Worth 
 
Key 
 
Richardson 
 
Winn 
 
Kelley 
 
Roberts 
 
Woods 
 
Kidd 
 
Ru11sell 
 
Woody 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- SC<Qtt 
 
Wontham 
 
sham 
 
Shannon 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Kimsey, of White Sibley 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
King 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Lanier 
 
Smith, of Fulton Wright, of Walton 
 
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Lankford 
 
Smith, of Telfajr Wyatt 
 
Lasseter 
 
Staten 
 
Wylly 
 
Law 
 
Steele. 
 
Youmans 
 
Lawrence 
 
Stewart 
 
Mr. Spea5er 
 
Lowe 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey the . _Secretary thsreof: 
 
Mr, 8 pea.ker: I am directe~. by the Senate to inform the House 
 
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that _the: Senate ,has met in regular session_ and is 
 
ready for the transaction' of business. 
 
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The following message was received from the Senate through .Mr. McClatchey, .the SMretary thereof: 
 
Mr. 8 pe'aker: 
- The Senate has adopted. the following Res.olution in which the concurrence of the House is respectfu11y asked, to-wit:- 
- A Resolution providing for a joint coii11p.i~tee of two -(2}_ from the Senate and three (3) from -the_ House of Representatives to wait upon His Excel- lency, the Governor, and inform him that the Ge:rteral Assembly has co:p.vened in regular session. 
The President has appointed' the following members of the committ_ee on part of the Senate: 
Mr. Beauchamp, Mr. Mundy. 
The following resolution of the Senate was read - and concurred in:  
By Mr. Beauchamp, of the 22nd Districf: 
A resolution providing that a committee from the House and Senate be appointed to notify the Governor that the General Assembly has met in regular sessi~n and is ready for the trant~actfon of business. 
 
' ' The Speaker appointed the following members on the p~r.t of the House : 
 
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Mr. Hall of Bibb, 
 
:M:r. Davenport of Hall, 
 
Mr. Hinson, of Jeff Davis. 
 
The committee reported that the Governor had been notified and tha:t he would .communicate with the GeneralAssembly in writing. 
'Dhe -following message was-received from. His' 
Exeellency, the Governor, through his SeCJ:etaryf Mr. Neims: 
 
Mr. 8 peaker : 
 
I am directed by His Ekcellency, the Governor, 
 
- to deliver to your honorable body two messages in 
 
writing to which he :respectfully invites your consid- 
 
erati.~n.  
 
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The following. messages received from the Gov- 
 
ernor were read:. 
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE . 
 
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STATE OF GEORGIA. 
 
JUNE _2u,-1918. 
 
 To the Speaker of the HQ'IItSe of Representatives: 
I have the honor ~ advise that the following members of your body have resigJJ.ed Aint!e your Jast : s"ession, and special elections have been ordered for the elections of their su.ccesiJ9rs : ' 
Ron. JohnS. Wood,Representathe from Chero kee County, _resigrlation .accepted .June_ 7tl~,. 1918. 
 
Ron. W. H. Burt, Representative from Dougherty . County, resignation accepted June 12th, -1918. 
 
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1918. 
 
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ilon.. -8. R 'Hatcher, Representative from Musco~ 
 
gee Couilty, resignation accepted Jm1c 3rd, 1918.  
 
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Respectfully submitted,  
 
HUG-H' ~L DORSEY;~ Governor . 
 
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. ATLANTA, GA., JUN}~ 26, :1918. - 
To the Speaker of the l{O'USe of Repr~stmtati~es: 
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I have the honor to report that since your last session the Secretary of State has certijied to this Department the election of Mr~ E. B. Rexille~ ReP'" resentative from Richmond County, to sucooed Hon. J. R. Beall, resigned. 
 
Respectfully s:ubmitted, 
 
HUGH M. DO~S~Y, 
 
Go\e1-nor. 
 
Ho:ri. E. B. Reville, me)llber-eloot of Richmond 
 
. County, came forward to the Clerk-'s stand und took 
 
the oath of oftke, the oath being administered by 
 
Bon. Marcus W. Beck, AssQciateJustice of -the Su-' 
 
preme Court of Georgia.  
 
 
 
By un&nimous consent t;he foiJ.lowing bills and 
resolutio,ns were introduced, read the :first time and 
referred t.o coznomittees : 
 
By :Mr. Wright of Floyd'- - 
A bill to .authorize any municipal corporation to improve,. ~ltei", etc., water, gas or electric plants. 
Muhlcipal G~vernment. 
 
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By Mr. White ..of Fulton-:A bill making illegal the vocation of fortune tell- 
ing, mind reading. and etc. 
General J udie.iary No.. 1. 
By Me~sr~. Atkinson, Smith and White of FultonA bill to amend an act relative to the Commis- 
.sioner of Roads 'and,Revenues of Fulton County. 
Amendments to Ccmstitution. ~Y Mess!s: Morris and Cheney of Cobb, A bill to make it unlawful to give or receive tips iit hotels, restaurants, etc. 
Referred t? G:eneral_ Judiciary Committee No.1. 
 
By Mr.McCrory of Schley- 
A bill to make it unlawful to speak or teach the Ge:rmanJanguage in any Bchool and etc.   
Referred to Committee on Education. 
 
By Mr.Jonesof Coweta- . 
 
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A bill to amend Section 317 of Code 19-10 so as 
 
to raise- the salary of Gove.rnor from $5,000.00 to 
 
$10,000.00. . 
 
Referred. t~ General Judiciary Com:Dllttee No. 1. 
 
By Messrs. Kidd of Baker and Cook of MitchellA bill ~to create Lamar County out of Early, Cal- 
houn and Baker: 
Amendments to Constitution: 
 
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By Messrs. Davis of Laurens and Burwell of Han- 
 
cock-:. 
 
 
 
A bill to provide for the legal control ot 4C?gs, to_ 
provided for the license; etc. 
 
Referred 
 
to 
 
GenerZ. tl 
 
Agricultural . 
 
Committee . 
 
No. 
 
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By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
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A bill to amend Section 1126 of Volume 4 of the Cod~ of 1910 ana for other purposes.. 
 
Referred to General J udi~iary Committee No. 1. ~y Mr. Bale of Floyd and Mr. Kelley of Gwinnett_:_ 
 
A bill to amend an act to create a State Institu- ti<m to be)mown as the Ge_orgi~ State-Reformatory. 
R~ferred. to Coiilliiittee on Reformatories. 
 
By Mr. Bro:wn of Clarke- 
 
A bill to fix the salary of the Qovernor Of Geor-' . gia. 
 
 Referred to Committee on Amendments to Con-~ 
 
stitution. 
 
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By Mr. Taylor of Mo~roe-:-  
 
A bill providing for the registration with th(' 
Ordtnary of all autompbile~, trucks and etc. 
 
Referred to Committee on Publi-c Highways. 
 
By Messrs. Arnold of Clay, Morris of C~bb and 
 
White of Fulton- 
 
 
 
A hill requiring all a:blebodied male persons be- 
tween the ages or eighteen and fifty years, inclusive, 
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to be regularly or continuously engaged in_ some_ lawful occupation. 
 Referred to Coinm.ittee . on Labor aD;d Labor Statistics. 
 
By_ :Mr. Dennard of.We~ter- 
 
A bill to abolish the offiee o{County Treasurer of 
 
Webster County. 
 
 
 
 Referred to Committee on County and County 
Matters. 
 
-By :Messrs. Wylly, Eve and Laurence of Chathapl- 
 
- A bill to authoriz~ the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah to allow an encroachment on the sidew8lk:s of Congress Htreet, Savannah, Ga. 
 
 Referred to Committee. on Municipal GQvernment.' 
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By Mr. Hinson of Jeif Davi~;~- 
- A bill to establish for the CQunty of J e:ff Davis a_ 
Board of Commissioners of RQads and Revenues. 
 
Referred to Committee on --County and County 
Matt~rs. 
 
By-Mr. Jlinson of J e:ff Davis-:- 
 
A bill to prohibit the running at large in J e:ff 
 
Davis County of Georgia of any boll or boar ~og 
 
.o~e~ th_e age of four months. 
 
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By Mr. Carter of Bacon...:_ 
 
A hill to-abolish the CountyCourt'of Bacon Coun-  
 
ty, Georgia. 
 
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-Referred to. Co:rn.mittee on County and County Matters. 
 
 By Messrs. Phupp and Steele of DeKalb-- 
 
A biH. to create a Board of Commissioners of 
Roads and 'Rev~nues for the County of DeKalb.' 
 
Refer~ to Committee on County and C~unty - Matters. 
 
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By Mr. Buxton o~ Clarke- .. 
 
 A- res.olution providing for a joint committee of : .the House -~d Senate to investigate the advisability - of sellingtb.e Goverp.o_r's Mansion. . 
 
Referre_d to Committee_on Public Property. 
. By Messrs: Wright .of Floyd-and Dul~~per of Meri- 
wether: 
 
A resolution ratifying and apprQving the propesed 
 
amendment to the Constitution -relative to the prohi~ 
 
)lition of the manufacture, sale, ~tc:, of ip.toxicating 
 
_li.quor.. 
 
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Lie o~ table on~ day.. .J 
 
By Mr. Morris of Co'bb-1 ~A r~sc>lution to appropriate to the tru;tees. of the 
 
University of Georgia the sum of $50,000.00 to buil.d 
 
an Armory. -  
 
 
 
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Referred to .Committee on AppropriationS. 
 
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'By Mr. Bale .of FloydA resolution providing tha~ H. B. No. 62, known 
as Absent Voters Bill, be set for special a.nd continuing order after the order of unanimous consent. 
Referred to CoQ)mittee on Rules. 
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The following resolution was read and adopted: 
By Mr.. Jones of. Coweta- 
 
A RESOLUTION. 
Be it r~solved by the General Assembly .of Geor- 
. gia, that 
Whereas, Our beloved country is engaged in the greatest war in th~ history of the. world between , liberty and huma.n rights .u~on the one hand, and '' Prussian militarism and brutality on the other hand, and 
Whereas, The Democratic Administration under the leadership .of that peerless statesman and patriot, Woodrow Wilso~, has demonstrated that in the interest of human li~rty, for which this nation was founded, the American spirit can conquer a11 obstades and tha~ this young Republic of the West ~tands ready to make every' saerifice necessa:ry for the perpetuation or freedom and Democracy throughout the world, and 
Whereas, We realize that in this mighty struggle for world supremacy that States and Nation should unite as one man, with Qnly one purpose, one aim and one determination, that is to stand shoulder to shoulder with our great President and Comniander- 
 
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ill-Chief against-the enemy of our nation, the butch- 
 
: ers of Berlin, wtho are seeking to destroy the liberty  
 
ana freedom of nations. Therefore 
 
Be it resolved by the Hous~, the Senate concurring, That we assure our beloved President and his a~inistration, that the patriotic people of' Georgia  
hereby indorse his administration, and that we pledge to him and the nation the resources and -po- / , tentialities of Georgia to the fullest extent that this 
war may be won in the interest of right and justi~: 
 
Be it resolved further; That the. Clerk of the 
House and the Secretary of t]le Senate are hereby 
 instructed to transmit a copy of these resolutions to 
President Woodrow WilsQD. 
 
The following message was received from the Sen. ate through Mr. McClatchey, the, S~retarY thereof: 
 
Mr. Bpe4er:  . -  
 
The Senate has pass~d by the requisite const~tu 
 
tional majority the following resolution of the Sen- 
 
ate1 t9-'Wi_t: 
 
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 A resolution ratifyhtg and approving the pro- 
 
posed amendment to the Constituti~n of the United 
 
States relative to the .prohibition of the manufacture  
 
and sale, transp-ortation and exportation of mtoxi- 
 
eating liquors. 
 
 
 
' 'Ifue following resolution was read and referred to 
 
the Coqmrlttee on Rules : By Mr.' Burwell of Hancock: 
 
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A resolution to make Senate Resolution: No. 81 a 
special order for.this day. 
 
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Mr. Jones, of Co~eta, Vice--Chairman of the Coinhrittee on Rul-es, submitted _the following report: 
 
,Mr. Speak_er:: 
 
Your Committee on. Rules having had under con- 
 
 
 
sideration House Resolution No. 152 requesting that 
 
made Senate Resolution No. 71 be 
 
a special and con- 
 
tinuing order, .direct me as their vice chairman to 
 
report back the same with the. recommendation that 
 
~ . the folloWing resoluti9n ibe adopte~: 
 
Resolved, That the Senate .Resolution No. 71 be made today a special and continuing ~order imme- 
diately after the orQerof unaJ).imous consent. 
 
- G~M. JoNEs:, Vice Chairman~ 
 
The following re~olution reported fav~rably hy the Committee on Rules w-as taken .for considera-tion: 
 
By Mr. BuJ1Vell-of Hancock_:_ 
 
A resolution t9 make Senate Resolution No. 71 a  special o:rder _for thi~::~ day; 
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The report of the committee which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution was agreed to. - 
 
On the adoption of the -resolution the nyes were 109, nays 19.  
 
The resolution was adopted. 
 
The-following message was received from His Ex- 
 
cellency; the Governor) through his Secretary, Mr, 
 
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NelmS: 
 
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STATE OF GEORGIA, 
 
Exe~t!ve ;Department, 
 
ATLANTA, GA., JuNE 26, 1918. 
 
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I ~ave received from the Honorable, the Secretary 
 
of. State of the United oStates a certified copy of the 
 
joint resolution of .the !louse of Representatives 
 
and tlie Senate of the Federal Congress, providing 
 
for aJ1 amendment t<r the Constitution of the United 
 
States which will prohibit the manufacture, sale and 
 
/transportation within, the i~portation into, .and the 
 
'exportation out of, the United St~tes, and aU terri- 
 
toryunder the jurisdiction thereof, of all intoxicating 
 
liquors for beverage purposes. It is my intention to 
 
transmit to your Honorable Body a copy Qf this reso-.  
 
lution with my message within the course of a few 
 
days.  
 
 
 
Respectfully, 
 
. HUGH M. OORSE-r, 
 
. . Governor of Geo~gia.' 
 
 To the Honorable, the Speaker of the House of Rep- 
 
resentatives, the General Assembly- of Georgia, 
 
Atlanta. 
 
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The f_pllowing ~solution of the Senate was taken up as special order and read: 
 
By Mr. Hopkins of the Seventh District: 
 
A joint resolution of the General Assembly of  the. State of Georgia ratifying and approving ~e proposed amendment to. the Constitution of the. 
 
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JoURNAL oF THE HousE, 
 
_United States relative to the p rohibition of the Manufacture, sale, -transportation, importation and exportation of intoxicating liquors. 
 
Whereas, The Congres's of the United States .has,. 
 
under the. fifth article of .the Constitution of the 
 
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United States, proposed an amendment to said Con- 
 
. stitution in the words following, to-wit: 
 
''JOINT RESOLUTION 
 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 
 
1. :a,esolved by the :Senate and. House of Repre: 
 
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sentatives of the United States of America in Con- 
 
gress assembled (two-thirds of each House concur- 
 
ring therein), That the following amendment to the 
 
Constitution be, and hereby is; proposed to the 
 
S~ates, to become valid as a part of the Constitution . 
 
when ratified by the legislatures of the several 
 
States a.s provided- by the Constitution: 
 
''ARTICLE -. 
 
"Section 1. After one year from the ratification 
 
of this artide the manufacture, sale; or transporta- . 
 
tion of intoxicating liquors within, the importation 
 
thereof into or exportation thereof from the United 
 
States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction 
 
thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. 
 
'' ~ 2. The Congress and the several States 
 
shall 1have concurrent power to enforce this article 
 
by app:r:opriate legislation. 
 
 
 
''Sec. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless 
 
it shall_ have been ratified as an amendment to the 
 
Constit~tion by the legislatures o.f the sever& States 
 
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as provided by the Constitution, within seven years 
 
from the date of the submission hereof to the State 
 
by the Congress." 
T-herefore, be it resolved by the Senate and the 
 
House of Representatives _of the State of Georgia. 
 
in General Assembly met, that the said a:oiendmen~ .. 
 
of the Constitution ofthe United States be, and the 
 
same is, hereby ratified ~d adopted. . 
 
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Be it further resolved, That a certified copy of 
 
the foregoing preamble and resolution be for_warded 
 
by his Excellency, the Governor, to the Secretary 
 
of State of the United States, to the Presiding Officer 
 
of the United States Senate, and to the Speaker of 
 
the Honse of Repr~sentativ.es of the United States. 
 
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr., Nelins-: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
I am directed by His .Exc~llency; the Governor, to 
 
deliver 
 
to 
 
the 
 
Honse 
 
of 
 
Rep. re 
 
sentat 
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ives 
 
a 
 
communi- 
 
cation in writing for which .be respectfully asks your 
 
consideration. 
 
The following message from His Excellency, the 
 
Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Nelms, was 
 
~ead: 
 
 
 
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STATE OF GEORGIA, Executive Department, 
 
ATLANTA, JUNE 26, 1918. 
 
To the General Assembly of Georgia: 
 
Attached hereto is a copy of a certified copy of a 
 
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resolution adopted at the second session of the .SiX- 
 
ty-fifth Congress of the U:riited States of America, 
 
proposing an amendinent to the Constitution of the 
 
United States prohibiting the manufacture; sale or 
 
transportation of jnto:rieating liquors within, the  
 
.importation th~reof into, or the exportation thereof 
 
from, the United States and all territory subject to 
 
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the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes. An . authenticated copy under the hand and seal of the 
 
Secretary of State of the United States of America 
 
is of file in this office. 
 
Underatanding that your Honorable Body now has this.matter up for-disposition, it is deemed advisable to transmit thls copy hereto attached imme- diately and in order that there ;may be no question  as to the. legality of whatev~r action may be taken. 
HU~H M. DORSEY, 
Governor. 
 
Sixty-Fifth Congress of the United States of Amer-  ica. At the Second Session. 
 
Be~ and -held at the City of Washington on Moil- 
 
day,~the third day of December, one -thousand nine 
 
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 hundi:ed and seventeen.  
 
,JO~T RESOLUTION. 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States. 
 
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_  Resolved by tli~ Senate and Rouse of Represen 
 
.tatives of the United States of- America in Co~gress 
 
Assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring - 
 
 -therein), That the.following amendment to the Con-- 
 
-stitution be, and. hereby is, proposed to the-States, 
 
to become valid as a part of the Constitution when 
 
ratified by the legislatures of the several States, as 
 
.provided 
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by 
 
the 
 
Constitution: 
 
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Section 1. After one year from the .ratification 
 
of this article the manufacture, sale or transporta-  
 
tion  of intoxicating liquors within the .it:nPortation. 
 
thereof into, or, the exportation thereQf from .the 
 
United States and all territory subject to the juris-  
 
.diction thereof for beverage purposes ~s hereby pro- 
 
.; hibited. 
 
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Sec. 2; The Congress and the severarStates shall. have concurrent power to enforce this article by -_ appropriate legislation~ 
 
Sec. 3. This article shall have been inoperative . unless it shall have ~en ratified as lSD. amendment 
 
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to- the Constitution by. the Legisl~tilres of the several 
 
States, as provided in the Constitution', wit~n sev"' 
 
en years from the date of the submission hereof to. 
 
the States by the Congress.  '. CHAMP CLARK., , 
 
Speaker of. t!J.e House ~f Representatives. 
 
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. THOS. R. MARSHALL, Vice President of the United States. and President 
of the Senate. . 
 
I certify that this Joint Resolutiofl originated in 
 
the Senate.' 
 
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.. JAMES M. BAKER, Secretary_ 
 
'!The follow!_ng amendments to S. R. No. 71 was 
 
reaQ.: 
 
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By.Mr-. Pickett of Terrell- 
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Amend Senate Resolution N10. 71 by as follows: 
 
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Prwideil, That the same shall be submitted tG the 
 
voters of this State .and become .effective only, and. 
 
provided.that the same shall receive a majority. of 
 
those voting at neJt:t general .election. 
 
Mr. Strickland of .Haralson moved .the previous 
question on the resolution and pending atnendments, and the motion prev~iled. 
 
The main question was ordered. 
 
On the adoption of the amendment Mr. Pickett, 
 
. of"Terrell, called. for the ayeS".and nays and t!Ie call 
 
-was sustained. 
 
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On the adoption of the am~ndment the roll call _was ordered and- th(l vote was as f6llows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmathre were essts : 
 
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Allen Arnold, of Coweta Arnold, of Lumpkin Atkins'on  
Bagw~ll 
Bale :!3rinson Brown, of Clarke Carter C8.Sjln Clarke Clements Clifton Collins Conger Cook 
 
Davenport 
 
Lowe 
 
Dennard 
 
Mays 
 
Dickey 
 
Owen 
 
Eve 
 
Pl&ce 
 
Fowler, of Bibb 
 
Pickett 
 
Foy Griffin 
 
- Pickron Rainey 
 
Hall 
 
:Reiser 
 
. Harden, of Banks 
 
Roberts 
 
Haynes 
 
Smith, of Fnlton 
 
Key' 
 
Stone 
 
Kelley  
 
Sumner 
 
Kimzey, Habersham Woodir 
 
Lanier 
 
Woody 
 
Lankfo'rd 
 
Wyatt 
 
Lawrenoo 
 
Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
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Akhr 
 
Davidson 
 
Kidd 
 
Arnold, of Clay Ayers  
 
Davis. Dorris 
 
KimSey, of White 
King 
 
Baldwin 
 
Dubose 
 
-LaliB'eter 
 
Ballard, of Columbia. Duncan 
 
Law 
 
Ballard, of Newton- Ellis 
 
Mercier 
 
Bankston Barfi~d 
 
Fowler,.of Forsytb Middleton 
 
Frohook 
 
Moore 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Gary 
 
Morris 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Giddens 
 
Mullins 
 
Beck 
 
Gilmore 
 
McCall 
 
Bellah 
 
Grantland 
 
McCrory 
 
Blalock ' 
 
. Green 
 
McDonald 
 
Blasingame 
 
Hagood 
 
Neill 
 
.Bower 
 
Hatcher, of. Wayne Nesmith 
 
Boyett 
 
Hayes. 
 
hrker 
 
Brooks 
 
Hinson' 
 
.Palmour 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hodge 
 
Pilcher 
 
'Bbrwell 
 
Hogg 
 
Reece 
 
Buxton 
 
Holden 
 
Reville 
 
<Arroll 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Russell 
 
Chambers 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Scott 
 
Cheney . Chupp 
 
Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert 
 
Sibley 
Smith, of Dade -  
 
Coates' 
 
Jones, of Lown<les  Smith,- of Telfair 
 
Culpepper, Meriwether ~ones, of Wilkinson Staten 
 
, 
 
 , 
22 
 
JomiNAL oF TH' E HousE, 
 
steele 
Stovall Stricldand Stubbs. Swift Tatum Taylor Timmerman 
 
Trammell: 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Trippe 
 
Winn 
 
Veazey 
 
Worsham 
 
W8lker, of -Ben Hill Wright, ot-BuUoch 
 
Walker, of Pierce Wright, of Floyd 
 
White 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
William, ol MJ~ri Wright, of Walton 
 
wether 
 
Wylly 
 
By unanimous -consent. the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the adoption of the amendment th~yes were  48 and nays 101. 
 
The amendment was lQsi.  
 
On the adoption of the res?lution~ Mr. Hall, of 
Bibb, .called for the ayes and nays, ana the call was 
sustained. 
 
. 
 
The 
 
call 
 
was 
 
ordered 
 
and.the 
 
vote 
 
was 
 
as 
 
follows: . 
 
Those voting in the affirmatiye were Messrs: 
 
kkin A~old, of Clay 
 
Bellah 
~lalock 
 
A{_Jlold, of Coweta Blasingame 
 
Austin 
Aiers 
 
~wer 
Boyett 
 
Baldwin 
 
Brimfon 
 
Ballard, of Columbia ~roOks . 
 
Ballard, of Newton Burkhalter . 
 
. Bankston Barfield  
 
BlJ!"Well 
Buxton 
 
Ba.rrett, of: Pike Carroll 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Cason 
 
Barwick 
 
Chambers 
 
Beazley _ 
Beck 
 
IJheney ~u~p 
 
Coates Conger 
Cook - 
Cooper Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davidson. Davta Dickey 
DDnoBrroisee 
Duilcaa  
Ellis 
FOwler, of Fontyth . 
Frohock 
 
 -~~.. 
 
- 
WEDNESDAY, Ju:NE 26, 1918. 
 
'Gary Gidda 'Gordy. 
 
Lasseter 
. Law 
Lowe 
 
Grantland 
 
Mays 
 
Green 
 
Mercier 
 
Griffin 
 
Middleton 
 
Hagood 
 
Moore 
 
Harden, of Banks Morris 
Hatcher, of wayn8 MUllimt 
 
Hayes  
 
MeCall 
 
. Hinson 
 
MeCrory 
 
Hodges 
 
M,eDonald 
 
Hogg 
 
Neill 
 
Holden Howard, of Ogle 
 
NesDrlth ! Paee 
 
. 
 
thorpe 
 
Parker 
 
-Johnson, of Bartow Palmour 
 
Jones, of Coweta .PiCkren 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Pileher 
 
JonN. of 'Lowndes' Rainey 
 
_Jones, of ~ilkinllon Reeee 
 
Key 
 
'Beiser 
 
Kelley- 
 
Reville 
 
Kidd, 
 
Russell 
 
KiDuley, of White Seott 
 
Kimzey, of Baber Sibley 
 
- sham 
 
. 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
King 
 
.Bmith, of Fulton 
 
l.&nier 
 
Smilh, of Telfair 
 
Lankford 
 
Staten Steele Stovall Strickland StUbbs Swift ' 
Sumner Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Veazey Walker, of "Ben Hill Walker, of Pieree 
-Wlhite .Williams, of Meri 
~ether Willili.ms, of Worth Winn Woods Worshaln Wright, of Bnlloeh Wright, of_ Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright,- of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans 
 
Those !otin~ in the n.egativ:e were Messrs : 
 
Allen Amold, of Lumpkin Atkinson 
Bagw~ll 
Bale Brown, of Clarke Qarter Clarke 
 
Clements Clifton Collins Davenport Dennard Fowler, of Bibb Foy Gilmore 
 
Hall  
Haynelil Lawrence Owen Piekett ROberts Stone Wbody 
 
 24 
 
J ouBNAL oF THE HousE, 
 
 By unanimous consent the verification of .the roli 
 
call was dispensed with. 
 
' 
 
On the .adoption of the resolution the ayes were . 129, nays 24. 
The resolution w-as concurred _in. 
' 
The following oommunication was received from the Comptroller-General : 
 
REPORT. 
 
Comptroller-General's Office, 
STATE OR GEORGIA. 
ATLANTA, .JUNE ?6, 1918. 
To the General Assembly of the Stat.e of'Georgia: Gentlemen-! have the hono~ to hand you here_with tabulations of such Fee Reports as have been filed with me in accordance with law since the meeting of your body in 1917. 
I desire to call the attention of the iegislature to 
the recommendation found on page 18 of my Re'port to the Governor for the year ending Deoomber 31,  1917, a:Q:d to suggest that the purpose of the Act of 1912, providing for the filing of these reports, having been accomplished, the bill now pending before your body for the repeal of said Act should .be passed at this session of the legislature.. 
Very l:"espectfully, WM. A. WRIGHT, 
Comptroller-General. 
 
 .. ~ 
 
WEDNEsDAY, JUNE 26, 1918. 
 
25 
 
Bxm:BI'l' ',A.'' 
 
Sta.te House Officials and Empleyees 
. . Second Quarter, 1917 
 
Mrs :M. B. Cobb, St~e Librarian ........ _......... $ J. 0, Anderson, Chief Clerk and Asst. Bond Commis- 
sioner, Treasurer's .offiee ............ -~ ....... . ,liogan.. Bleckley,- Clerk' Court of Appeals ........... . 
 
34{).00 
15.00 405.10 
 
Bxm:BI'l' ''B.'' 
Bher1ffa. City Courts. Second Quarter, 1917. No reports filed,. ~eept what is ineluded in tabulation for first qUa.rter, 1918. 
 
Court BeporterB and Stenographers. . Second Quarter, 1917 
. .No reports filed. 
 
EXHIBIT "D." . 
Judges City and County Courts. 
Second Quarter, 1917. ~ty Court of Columbus--INothing, other than salary. 
 
. 
 
'B'XRQIT ''B." 
 
~ 
 
County Treasurers. 
 
Second Quarter, 1917._ 
 
No feports filed. 
 
.- 
 
 
 
 .. - ~- 
 
26 
 
JoURNAL oF THE HousE, 
 
Solicitors- General. 
Second _Quartei-, 1917; 
 
Albany -Cirellit.-"-Total received, $1,769.57. 
 
Augusta Cireuit.-Earned Burke Superior Court, $1,170.00, of 
 
which amount $681.26-. was eollected. Earned: 
 
Biehmond Superior Court earned $1,221.50, and 
 
$215.00 was collected in fiites, and the distr!))ution 
 
of the money has not yet been made, and the 
 
-- 
 
county pays insolvent cost up to $2,000 -for the , year. ~es, $150.00 
 
. Chattahoochee Cireuit.-Total, $2,998.00. 
 
Co;weta (lireuit.-Toi&I, $985.50. , ' 
 
EasterA -Cireirlt.-'-Riceived Superior Court. $932.50. Received 
 
City Court, April $703.00; City Court, Kay t(JS-8.60,; 
 
City Court, June $1,522.00.Expenses, $503.61. 
 
Flint Circuit.-Total receiv~ $1,413:'18. 
Macon Circuit.-Total received~ $11'149.18. _Middle Cireuit.-Total receipts, $2,i93.~0. Expenses, $443.34. 
 
Northeastern Cireuit.-Total receipts, $1,248.8'1..  
 
Stone Mountain Circuit.-Totai ,receipts, $1,0'1'1.50. Expenses, $51.00. .  - 
 
Tallapoosa Cireuit.-'rotal receip~ $1,190.21. 
 
Toombs Cireuit.-'l'otal reeeipls,. $1,230.98, 
 
- BXIIIB~ "'G." 
 
,.. 
 
Olarks, Oit7 aacl County Oourta. Second. Qns,rter, 1917. 
 
., 
 
City Court of Bavannim.-Insolvent costs eamed, $2,3U.21t. _Re- 
 
ceipts, $2,158.45. Expenses, $649.60. 
 
>. 
 
- 
 
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'' 
 
WEDNESDA"l',i, JULY 26, 1918. 
 
27 
 
BJCiliBl'.f ''B.i. 
 
So1iciton, Ott and. County 0cn1rta. Second Quarter, 1917. 
 
Criminal .Col of Atlanta.-Total receipts, $8,215.33. Expenses, 
 
$754.98, 
 
Baldwin County Court.-Total receipts, $100.00. 
 
City Court of Carrollton.-Total  reeeipt8, $3S7.78. 
 
City Court of LaGrange.:....Total receipts, $1,079.00. Insolvent 
 
. - . co8t, $158.16. 
 
City :eourt _of Oglethorpe.-Total receipts, $286.00. , 
 
City Court, Polk. eounty.-'Total receipts, -$477.86. 
 
 city Court of Bparta.-Total received,' $194.61. Insolvent cOats 
 
~ 
 
earned,. $71.50.  
 
 ~ty Court of Sparta, First Quarter, 1917,-Total receipts, $248.50. Insolvent _costs earned, $114.00.  
 
 
 
EXliiBl'l' .''I.' 
 
OrcUDarieB. 
 
_.I 
 
Second Qaartar, 1917. 
 
Total 
 
_No. A,mount 
Insolvent 
 
lllen 
 
Total Cost 
 
Commis- 
 
or Un- 
 
E~nployed 
 
Clerk 
 
sions 
 
Collected 
 
Hire 
 
' 
 
Baldwin ... : . 460.50 
 
Costs  
 ........ 
 
Bibb (col.) .. : . . 1,744.65 
 
One. 
 
;JOO.OO 
 
Bleekley ...... /,  222.15 
 
30.00 
 
None 
 
None 
 
Campbell   . . . . . . 499.71 
 
.153.76 
 
Clinch .. :   ,-... 42~.15 
 
50,00 I 
 
Dawson . . . . . .   . 69.71 
 
DeKalb   . . . . . .  766.15 
 
56.00' 
 
Two 
 
192.50 
 
Douglas . . . . . .  . .  300.55 
 
One 
 
66.50 
 
Fulton ........ 5,870.27 
 
Beven  3,661.10 
 
Glynn . . . . . . . . . .  . 612.20 
 
15.00 
 
Heard .. ; ...... :. 239.72 
 
29.00 
 
None 
 
None 
 
M:&rion.   . . . . . . . . 249.30 
 
None 
 
None, 
 
None 
 
Rockdale .. .'....... 173.50 
 
_Tift . , ... ; ..... 313.50  
 
None 
 
None 
 
None 
 
Ordinary Colquitt County on August 1, 1917, reports for Second 
 
.QUarter, 1916.-Total eommissions, $599:15; clerks 
 
 employed, one; eierk hire, $89.30. 'l')rlrd quarter, 
 
, 
 
'1916:-Total' cODimissions, $860.08; clerks employed, 
 
one; clerk hire, $100.50. Fourth -Quarter, 191a--:- 
 
.Total commissions, $1,393.65; clerks employed, one; 
 
clerk hire and incidentals, $95.50. 
 
- 
 
 'I 
 
t-.:1 
 
B~IT "J." 
 
00 
 
ClerkS, Superior Courts. Second Quarter, 1917. 
 
Total Fees 
Baldwin (lialf year).$ 1,617.64 Bibb' ....,........... 3,648.84 
. Blackley ............ 396.75 
Chatham . . . . . . .  . . . 4,121.15 Crisp ......... , ..... 883.45 
Dawson ............ 76.45 Echols ............. 62.65 
Fulton .......... :  . 17,030.65 Jefferson ........... 1,056.88 Polk ............ , . . 1,120.25 Rockdale ........... 113.D5 'l'albot .............. 704.45 
." 
 
Amount Insolvent. ' or Un -Collected 
... ..... 
1,109.23 
.14,332.49 
1.8.5...2.8 
4:45 3,109.07 
145.70 
1.8.1...7.5 
611.25 
 
No. :Men I 
 
Cost 'Clerk 
 
.Employed  Hire 
 
..... ..... 
 
6 
 
$1,978.61 
 
1regular 
 
84.50 
 
2 irregular 
 
8 
 
1,375.00 
 
....1. 
 
299.00 
 
 
None 
 
15.00 
 
. 28 
 
8,645.00 
 
2 
 
150.00 
 
....2. 
 
.......... 
 
1 
 
150.00 
 
Fees in Criminal 
Cases 
. .... 
I 
$ 404.85 
..... 
I 400.00 
1.6.3..1..5' 
. .... 
4,223.10 305.18 401.12 
. .... 
293.20 
 
Fee~~ in Civil Cases 
J ., ... ' 
$1,145.54 107.70 
720.50 346.55 15.30 
. .... 
5,029.87 134.90 297.13 3.00 31.95 
 
Received for 
Court Work 
' 
$ 244.20 
. .... 
234.00 45.0Q 
. .... . ... ,. 
1,486.38 32.80 
105.00 
. .... 
47.40 
 
Fees for 
 
Recording 
 
Papers 
 
~ 0 
 
..... 
 
~ 
~ 
 
$1,854.25 ~ 
 
262.50 ,..~., 
 
2,765.75 271.40 
 
Ill 
t.;J 
 
61.15 ~ 62.65 0 
~~ 6,291.30 584.60 
 
309.00 
 
110.95 
 
331.90 
 
 WEDNESDAY, JUf.y 26, 1Q18. 
 
29 
 
EXBIBI'r "X." 
 
Sheriffs. 
 
Second Quarter, 1917. 
 
Dawson County.-Total fees, $H1.45. Fees criminal eases, $61.45; 
 
fees ejvil eases, $50:oo. 
 
- 
 
. 
 
Fulton County.-:-Total fees, $15,129.96. Insolvent or uncollected . 
 
eosts, $1;587.50. ' 
 
. 
 
Number of men employe!}, 27. Cost elerk hire a~d 
 
jail expense, $14,055.46. Fees criminal eases, $12,- 
 
, 
 
 825.68. Fees civil eases, $2;304.28. 
 
Polk County.--Total fees, $590.00. Insolvent or uncollected costs, 
 
$196.30. Number of men employed,, one. Fees 
 
criminal eases, $326.40. Fees civil eases, $67.30, 
 
Rockdale County.-Total fees, $45.00. Fees_ criminal eases, $45.00._ 
 
Talbot County.-Total. fee11, $665.~0.  Insolvent or uneolleeted 
 
costs, $44.70. Fe.es criminal eases, $604.20.' Fees 
 
civil cases, $61.00. 
 
E~."L." 
 
Tax Collectors.. lklcond Quarter, 1917. DeKalb COunty.-Total commissions, $522.6L Number of men employed, one. Cost clerk hire, $25~.00. Troup, County.-Total commissions, $101.5(). 
EXJIIBrr 'M.,' 
 
Tax Receivers. 
 
\ 
 
Seeond Quarter, 1917. 
 
camden COunty.---'rotal eommissions,.$507.83. Number of men employed, one. Cost clerk hire, $50.00. 
 
Macon Connty.-Commissions, .$96.82. 
 
liXJIIBI'r ''N.'' 
 
No reports filed: 
 
 Coroners. Second Quarter, 1917. 
 
EXRTBI'r "0." 
 
Connt7 Surveyors. Second Quarter, 1~17. 
- . Dawson Qounty.-Total, $7,.5. Wayne County.-:-Total, $158.00. 
 
 \. 
3'0 
 
/, 
J<>trBNAL oF THE Hous&, 
 
_llfiaceJJaneous Beporta for Quarters Already Reported to Legiala- 
 
. ture. Filed too Late to be Includecl in the Begu1ar Bepon 
 
at theProper -Time. 
 
Solicitor, City Court of Oglethorpe, 1st Quarter, 1917.-Total, 
 
. 
 
$170.00, 
 
I 
 
' 
 
. 
 
~4UuPY, Glynn County, 1st Quarter, 1917.-Total fees, $658.88. 
 
Cof!t clerk hire,-$10.00. 
 
 
 
,- 
 
Clerk, City Court of Savannah, 1st Quarter, 1917.7'"Insolvent costs 
 
earned, $3,310.85. Receipts, $3,305.95. Expenses 
 
$648.40. 
 
Clerk, Superior Court, Chatham County, 1st Quarter, 1917.-Total 
 
fees, $4,480.46: Amount insolvent or uncollected, $14,332.49. N~ber of men employed, three. Cost ~lerk hire, $1,375.00. Fees ~liminal eases, $250.00. 
 
Fees civil eases, $1,018.46. Received for eourt.work, 
 
$231.00. , For reeording papers, $21981.00. Clerk Superior Court, Chatham County, -4th Quarter, 1916.-Total 
 
- 'fees; $3,671.05.  Amount insolvelit or uncrollectM, 
 
$14,332.49. Number of men employed, three. Cost 
 
clerk hire, $1,375.00. Fees criminal eases, $170.00. 
 
F.ees civil ~es, $594.35~ For Court work, $234.00. 
 
. 
 
For recording papers, $2,672.70. 
 
Clerk, Superior Court, Chatham County; ;lrd Quarter, 1916.-To- 
 
tal lees, '$3,677.89. Amount insolvent or uncollect- 
 
ed, $13,789.19. Number 'of men employed, three. 
 
Cost clerk hire, $1,357.00. Fees criminal eases, 
 
$250.00. Fees eivil.eases, $381.90. For Court work, 
 
$237.00.  For recording papers, $2,808.99. .. Clerk, Superior Court; Chatham Co~ty,_ 2nd Quarter, 1916.-Tofal 
 
fees, $4,725.79.  Amount insolvent or uncollected,  
 
$13,789.19. Number of men employed, three. Cost clerk hire, $1,375.00'. F_ees criminal ~ases; $663.,25. 
 
Fees civil eases, $746.50. Received for court work, 
 
$237.00. Rtlileived for .eeording papers, $3,079.04. 
 
BX'RJBTT ''A.''. 
 
State Rouse Officiala and Employes. 
Tblr4 Quarter; i917. 
1 
:Mrs. :M. B. Cobb, State Librarian, $282.00.  J. 0. Anderson, Chief Clerk and Asst. BOnd Commissioner, Treasurer's office, $3.75. Z .D. Harrison, Clerk Supreme Court, $118.90. Logan Bleekley, Clerk Court of Appeals,  
 
$558.20. 
 
- 
 
---~. 
 
. 
 
 ~?-.~.:. --'.';.;._ .;. . . ;;- 
 
-. 
 
WEDNESDAY; JuLy _26,' 1918. 
 
31 
 
EXJITBI'.f ''B.'' 
 
Sheriffs of CitJ' Courts.  Tldrd Quarter, 1917. 
 
No reports file~, exeept what is given in 1st Quarter, 1918. 
 
EXHIBIT ''C.'' 
 
Court Beporters and Stenographers. 
 
: No ,reports filed.- 
 
Tldrd Quarter, 1917. 
 
EltHIB.l'r ''D.'' 
 
Judges, CitJ' and CountJ' Courts. 
 
., 
 
Tldrd Quarter, 1917. 
 
No reports filed. 
 
EXJITBI'.f "B." 
 
No reports filed. 
 
.CountJ' Treasurers. Tldrd Quarter, 1917. 
 
EXJITBI'.f "F." 
 
Solicitors General. . _Tidrd Quarter, 1.917. 
 
Albany Circuit.-Total received, $474.00~ 
 
Augusta Circuit.-Earned McDuffie Superior Court, ~31.257 
 
 
 
which will be collected. Ea:t:ned Columbia Superior 
 
Court; $550.00; will collect about $350.00. Expelllies7 
 
.$150.00. 
 
. 
 
Chattahooch~ Circuit.-Direct cost received, $972.6.5; insolvent 
 
.cost received, $1,645.45; total, $2,618.20. 
 
Coweta Circuit.-Total receipts, $606.18. 
 
. 
 
. Eastem Circuit.-Received in Superior Court, $252.50. Received 
 
- 
 
City .Court July, $1,075.00; City .com:t August, 
 
 $2;024.00; City Court September, $314.00.  Ex- 
 
. 
 
penses, $262.70. 
 
Flint Circuit.-'Iotal collected, $1,541.12. 
 
Macon Cireuit.--=-Total income, $129.33 
 
. Middle Circuit.-Totsl, $1,849.17. Expenses, $223.53. 
 
Northeastern Circt.~Total, $~1521.89. Stone Mountain Circuit.-Total, $17992.00. 
Tallapoosa .Circuit.:.....Total, $1,471.04. 
 
, 
 
 JOURNAL oF THE HousE, 
 
,\ 
Clerks, City and County Courts . Third Quarter, 1917. 
City Court of BavaDD&h.-Insolveilt costs eamed, $2,566.25. Receipts, $2,617.03. ~en~s,_ $665.60. 
 
BXBDtTT ''B.'.. 
 
Solicitors,. City and County Courts. Third~. 1917. 
 
Criminal Court of Atlanta.'-Total receipts, $7,336.22.' 
 
$754.98. 
 
. 
 
City Court of Dublin.-Total, $485.00. 
 
City Court of !AlGrange.-Fees paid to date, $1,150.15. 
 
$25.00. 
 
City Court of Oglethorpe.-Total, $272.50, 
 
City Court of Polk County.-Total, $554.21. 
 
Expenses, Expenses, 
 
' 
 
 .-~ 
 
'._ j 
 
.- 
 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1918. 
 BIHIBfi: ''I.'~ 
 
Ordlnar:les. 
Tldrd Quarter, 1917. 
 
~ounty 
 
Total Commis- 
sions 
 
Bibb  - .. - - . ,$1,2.51.00 
Bleckley .............. 296.00 
Campbell ........._ 478.65 
Dawson ............. 37.00 DeKalb ............... 519.00 Douglas .............. 196.75 Heard ............... 108.67 Marion ............. 76.94 Rockdale ........ , .. 83.50 \Tift ............... 266.45 
 
 Amount Iruiolvent 
or Uncollected 
Costs 
25.00 159.00 
21.90 70.75 
.32.00 
......... 
None 
 
~o. Men Employed. 
1None 
-2 1 None 
None None 
 
33 
Total Cost -Clerk Hire 250.00 
None 
None None 
 
. 
 
 .. 
 
 
' 
 
Total Fees 
Bibb ............... $2,945.74 Bleckley ........... 710.70 
Crisp  467.83 Collected ........ 551.78 Dawson ........ ; .. 274.15 Echols ............ 90.33 F~ton ............ 14,390.33 'Jefferson ........... 525.60 Polk .............. 918.85 Rockdale ....... ~ . , . 76.95 
Talbot  260.45 
 
BXBIBIT "J." 
Clerks, Superior Courts. 
Third Qu'arter, 1917. 
 
Amount Insolvent 
or UnCollected 
............... 
 
No. Men Employed 
6 
1 irr.e.g.u.l.ar 
 
Cost Clerk Hire 
$1,911.68 49.00 283.00 
 
..... 
6.30 1,984.65. 
42.60 545.25 
a 
585.50 
 
..... ..... 
 
I ..... 
 
35.00 
 
. 30 
 
9,220.00 
 
1 
....2. 
 
1..1..6.....0..0 
 
1 
 
150.00 
 
Fees in 
Criminal ' 
Cases 
$. 19.35 236.55 102.52 
183.00 
..... 
2,635.84 179.35 
5.2.2I..5. .0 
0  
 
~ 
 
/. 
 
Fees in Oivil Cases- 
$ 847.29 273.20 181.20 
36.00 
. .... 
5,437.79 '42.70 118.95 14.00 3.60. 
 
--------- 
Receivei'L Fees for 
 
for 
 
Becordiq 
 
Court . Papers 
 
WQJk 
 
$ 237.30 
.1.8...0.0 
 
$1;841.80 111.95 154.50 
 
12.00 6.00 671.00 10.40 88.80 
. .... 
120.50 
 
43.15 84.33 6,645.70 293.15 '188.60 62.95 119.60 
 
~ 
-~ 
c:l 
ill 
5!1 
~ ~ 
1-3 
III 
l.'ll 
~ 
.0 
c:l 
r:/J 
"t'il 
 
 WEDNESDAY, JliLy 26, 1918. 
 
35 
 
BXRJ'JQ'T .c 'X.'' 
. Sheriff's. Third Quarter, 1917.. 
Dawson County.-Total fees, $149.94.  Fees criminal ,P&.Ses, $90.15. Fees civil cases, $56.79. 
Talbot County.-'l'otal fees, $431.50.  Insolvent or uncollected costs, $112.50.  Fees- criminal cases, $316.50. Fees civil cases, $115.00. 
 
BXB:rs:q !'L."  
 
Tu .Collectors. ~d Quarter. 1.917. 
 
Troup County.-Total eommissio~,- $37.00. Cost clerk hire, $75.00. 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT "M:." 
Tax Bec:eivera. Third Quarter, 1917. Macon County.-Commissions received, $441.90. 
 
!ifo 'repor.ts filed. 
 
EXHIBIT "lf." 
coroaera. 
Third Quarter, 1917. 
 
EXHIBi'r o." 
. County Surveyor&. Third Quarter, 1917. Dawson County.-Collected, $19.00; due .and uncc;~llected, $14.00. Wayne County.-Total, $111.00. 
 
E~rr ''A.'' 
State House Off1ciala and Employes. . '  Fourth Quarter, 1917. 
Mrs. M. B. Cobb, State Libratian, $270.00. J. 0. Anderson, Chief . Olerk and Asst. ~ond CommisSioner, Treasurer's office, $27.50. Logan Bleckley, Olerk Court of Appeals, $440.10. 
 
 36 
 
. JoURNAL OF THE Hous~, 
 
BXBIBI'.r 'B.'' . Bhe:rttfs of Oi\7 Oourts. 
Fourth Qbanai", 1917. 
No.i'eports filetl, exeept wha~ is -given in lst Quarter, 1918. 
 
'BXBJBl'r.. "C." 
COurt Beponers and Steaographen. Fourth Quarter, 1917. 
No reports filed. 
 
BXBJ'BJT "D."_ - Judges City and Coun\7 Courts. 
Fourth Qua\"tar, 1917. No renorts filed. 
 
BXHIBI'l' "B."' 
 
 
 
Coun\7 'l'reasurm. 
 
Fo~ Qaatter, 1917. 
 
No reports filecl. 
 
~r.r ''F.'' 
 
Solicitors GeneraL 
 
,_ 
 
Fourth' Qaatter, 1917. 
 
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Albany Cireuit.-Total; 1,933.10. 
 
Augusta Cireuit.~Eamed .Riehmond Superior Court, $596.75. 
 
Amount paid on said_ bill, $306.00. Burke_ Superior 
 
Court eam11d $860.00; amount that will be paid, 
 
$600.00. Expenses, $95.00. 
 
Chattahoochee Cireuit.-Total reeeived, $5,127.79. Eamed- but yet 
 
unpaid for laek of funds, $481.00. 
 
Coweta Cireuit.-Total; $944.70. 
 
 Eastern Cireuit.-Reeeived from Superior Court, $377.15. From 
 
City Court in Oetober, $2,199.00; in November, $1,745.00; in  Deeember, ~ $1,369.00. Expenses, 
 
$265.20. 
 
 Flint Cireuit.-Total eolleeted, $2,687.77. 
 
Maeon Cireuit.-Total ineome, $21449.43.  Northeastern Cireuit.-Total, $1,022.51. 
 
Stone Mountain Cireuit.-Total, $1,842.50. Expenses, $55.00. 
 
Tallapool!& Cireu~t.-:Total, $1,459.85. 
 
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WEDNESP.AY, JU:tTE 26, 1918. 
 
37 
 
.E~"G." 
c Clerks, City and County Courts. 
Fourth Quarter, 1917.  C~ty Court of Savamiah.-Insolvent eol!tS earned, $3,303.85. Beeeipta, $3,232.37. ExpellSes, ~7.25. - 
 
BXBIBI'.r ''H.'' 
 
Solicitors, City and County Courts. 
 
. Fourth _Quarter, 1917. 
 
Cr.iminal Court of Atlanta.-Reeeipts; $9,297.15. Expenses, 
 
$754.98. 
 
. 
 
pity Court of CarroiJton.-Sinee las~ report teeeived from insol- 
 
vent cost bill, $788.55. 
 
City COurt of Dubiin.-Total, $75.00. County pays salary, but 
 
State fees for Court of Appeals service. 
 
'- 
 
City Court of LaGrange._;Amount of fees 'paid out of fines and 
 
forfeitures, $1,518.90. Insolvent eost still due and 
 
unpaid, $250.00, approximately. Expenses, $80.00. 
 
City Court of Oglethorpe.-Total, $517_.05. 
 
City Court of Bparta.-Third and Fourth Quarters, 1917. Re- 
 
eeived Thii:d Quarter, $320.39; Fourth Quarter, 
 
$207.50 
 
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JOURNAL QF THE HousE, 
 
BXRIBI'r "~" . 
 
Ordfnarf.es. Fourth. Quarter; 1917 
 
County 
 
 Total Commie- 
sions 
 
Bibb (rec.) ....... $2,119.80 
. Bleekley .......... 467.35 
Campbell ......... 506.26 Dawson .......... 77.26 DeKalb .......... 699.75 
 
Douglas ...  24.0,10 
 
Fulton  6,408.95 
 
Hea.Jd  168.00 
 
Marion  156.60' 
 
TRoifctkd.a.l.e............ 
 
2~8.83 
414.40 
 
.e\mowd Insolvent 
or UnCollected 
Costs 
 50.00 256.20 73.87 72.0.0 
..... 
40.00 
..... 
 
No. Men Employed 
1 None 
2 .1 7 None 
None 
 
Total Cost Clerjt" Hire 
 300.00 None 
225.15 37.00 
3,540.00 None 
None . 
 
 BXHIBIT "J." 
Clerks, Superior Courts. Fourth Quarter, 1917. 
 
Total 
 
Amount 
 
\ 
 
Insolvent No. Men 
 
Cost 
Ol~rk 
 
Fees in Criminal 
 
Fees 
 
orUn- Employed 
 
Hire 
 
Cases 
 
Collected 
 
Bibb ..... \ ........ $3,270.87 
 
..... 
 
Bleekley ........... 2~:oo  $1,304.76 
 
5 2 
 
..... $1,522.55 $ 36&.47 50;50 
 
.Since Jan. 1913 
 
C~isp .. .. '.. ; .......... 1,389.02_ 
 
1 
 
323.S5 
 
930.09 
 
Col. some old acct. 1,621.00 
 
Dawson' ............ 115.00 
 
Echol11 ... : ......  .. 70.20 
. Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,9.89.87 Jeerson ......... 854.85 
 
Polk .. .. .. . .. .. . .. . 1,025.97 
 
I. 
 
Randolph ... , ....... 558.48 
 
Talbot ............. 689.30 
 
..... 
5.21S 
 
- ............ 
 
3,416.80 
 
31 
 
131.05 ' 
 
2 
 
161.75 
..... 
 
....2. 
 
634.70 
 
1 
 
. ..... 
10.00 
9,526,00 
1t0.00  
..... 
25.00 '150.00 
 
- 
12.00 5,129.09 
182.70 465.83 246.10 277.30 
 
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I 
 
Fees in Civil Cases 
$ 820.45 69.75 
133.90 
. .... 
11.00 6,004.93 
99.20 '343.82 104.20 103.50 
 
.. 
 
Received Fees for 
 
for Court Work 
 
Recording Papers 
 
-~ 
1!11 
 
0 
 
 !:21 
 
$ 206.35' 164.50 
 
$1,827.60 
. .... 
 
l!IIJ 
'(Jl 
~~ 
 
..... 
 
324.60 ~ 
 
.......... 
1,459.50 
 
~- . 115.0.0 47.i0 ~ 5,396.35 ~(!) 
 
33.6fr 116.30  113'.45 
 
539.35 100.00 
154.7~ 
 
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64.75 
 
243.75 
 
., 
 
~ 
 
 .. 
 
'40 
 
JouRN..-;. oF THE HousE, 
 
BXRIBI'r ''E.'' 
 
. 
 
SharJffa. Fourth Quarter, 1917. 
 
DaWBOn County....:...Total fees, $80.00. Fees-eriminal eases, $30.00. 
 
Fees civil eases, $50.00: 
 
~ 
 
Polk Q.ounty.-Tot~, $433.40. 
 
Rockdale County.-Tot&l, $300.00. Talbot County.'-Total, $504.20. Insolvent or uncollected costs, 
 
$155.10. Fees criminal eases, $364.80. Fees civil 
 
eases, $139.40. 
 
EXJIIBI',r "i.., 
Tu Oollectors. Fourth Quarter, 1917. 
Troup County.-Total commissions, $674:00. Cost clerk hir.!l, '$250:oo. 
 
One man employed. 
 
EXJIT'BT'r ccJi." 
 
 Tu Beceivera. 
 
, 
 
. Fourth Quarter, 1917. 
 
Camden County.-For all 191'1, commissions, $523.22. Clerk .hire, 
 
$50.00. Macon County.~Commisstens, $250.00. 
 
No reports f"uea. 
 
EXBIJll'r ulf., 
Coroners. 
Fourth Quarter, 1917. 
 
-EXlJTBIT "0.; ' 
 
County sunqcmr. 
 
. 
 
Fourth Quarter, 1917. 
 
DaWBOn County.-Tot51, tM.oo. 
 
Wayne County.--Total, -$96.00. 
 
EXlJTBIT ''A. 
 
State Honse Offi~ and Jlmployes. 
 
First Quarter, 1918. . 
 
Mrs. M. B. Cobb, Btate Librarian, $390.00. J. 0. Anderson, Chief 
 
Clerk and Aslit. :Pond Commissioner, State Treas 
 
. 
 
mer's Office, $715.00. Z. n:-Hanison,- Clerk Su- 
 
preme Courl, $230.05. Logan Bleckley, Clerk Court 
 
of Appeals, $671.75. 
 
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 WEDNESDAY, JULy .26; 1918. 
 
41 
 
BXBIBI'.t ''B.'' 
 
lilheriffs of City CourtS. 
 
The following repDrts by' the Sheriff of the City Couri of 
 
Savanilah were all filed on.May 29, 1918: 
 
~t Quarter, 1915.-'-Insolvent costs eltrited, $935.75. Receipts; 
 
 $980.07. E:qienaea, $226.01. 
 
Beeond Quarter, 1915.-Insolvent costs earned, $874.50. Receipts, 
 
$898.50. ExpenseS, $208.65. 
 
Third Quarter,- 1915.-Insolvent coats e&m.ed, $885.50. Rec~ipts, 
 
$887.88. Expenses, $206.48~ 
 
Fourth Quarter, 1915.:_.Insolvent coats earned, $946.00. Receipts, 
 
$89S.75. - Expenses, $229.25. - . 
 
; 
 
First Quarter, 1916.-lnSOivent eoata 1l&rned, $1,101.00. Beeeipts, 
 
$962.75. Expenses, $237.51. 
 
Beeond .Quarter, 1916.-Insolv!)nt costs earned, $819.50. Receipts, 
 
$1,456.75. _Expenses, $341.25. 
 
Third Quarter, 1916.-Inaolvent eosts_ earned, $495.00. Receipts, 
 
$859.54. Expenses, $208:75. 
 
Fourth Quarter, 1916~-Insoh:ent coats earned, $632.50. Receipts, 
 
$1,594.75. Expenses, $35Q.65. _ 
 
First Quarter, 1917.-Insolvent coats earned, $730.00 Receipts~ 
 
$1,958.38.- Expenses, $419.87. 
 
Beeond Quarter, 1917.-Insolvent coats earned, $762.90. Receipts, 
 
$1,318.53. Expenses, $29i.90. 
 
Third Quarter, 1917.-Insolvent coats earned, $789;50. Receipts,_ 
 
$1,521.87. ExpelJses, $362.57. 
 
Fourth Quarter, 1917.--Insol~ent eosftl earned, -$753.50._ Receipts,, 
 
 $2,033.07. _Expenses, $464.21. 
 
First Qnarter, 1918.-Insolvent eoats earned, $503.00. Receipts, _ 
 
$1,661.76. Expenses, $390.55. 
 
BIHIIOr ''0.'', 
 
Court Beporten &Dd IRanOgrattherB. 
- Fkst Quarter, 1918. No reports filed. 
BXBJB.rr :o.'' 
.Judges, City -.uc1 Oounty Oourta. 
Fh'St Quarter, 1918. Judge, City Court of Columbua.-Nothing other thaD salary. 
 
BDml'l' ''B.'' 
 
No reports filed. 
 
Oounty 'freaaurers. 
Fi,rat Qua.rtlr, 1918. 
 
,I 
 
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, 
 
-. 
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42 
 
J<mRNA_L oF THE HousE, 
 
EXHIBIT ''F.'' 
Solicitors General. 
~ Quartel, 1918. 
Albany Cireuit.-Total, $i,679.97. Augusta Cireuit....:...:Solvent and insolvent eosts earned, $2,925.50. 
Solvent and insolvent .eosts eamed MeDu:ffie Superior Co111t, $427.75. Solvent a.D;d insolvent_ eosts eamed Columbia Superior Court, $260.00. Amount of eosts eamed Jenkins Superior Court will be. about $400, ~d the amount whieh will be paid will be about $250.00. Expenses, $70.00. Coweta Cireuit:-Total, ~2,141.84. Eastern Cireuit.-Fees received from 'Superior Court, $151.69. From City Court, January $1,052.00, - Foebruary $1,820.00, Mareh $897.00. Expenses; $286.67. Chatham County paid Solicitor General $800.00 on account of insolvent costs in City Court, and $800.00 on aeount of insolvent costs in Superior Court. Maeon Circuit.-TotaJ, $1;920.87. :Northeastern Circuit.-!J'otal, $1,454.07. Stone ]4:ountain Circuit.-:-Total, $1,585.00. Expenses, $76.75. Tallapoosa Circuit.-Total, $1,316.83. Western Circuit.-li'irst quarter, 1917, total$1,883.97; second quarter 1917, $414.4!i; third quarter, 1917, $2,957.41; fourth qua.rter, 191!, $1,144.23; first q111lrter, 1918., $4,083.44. Received also $300.fpr validating drain- 
age bonds. 
June'25, 1918, the :following reports we~e received: Solicitor General, Kiddie Circuit for First Quarter, 1918.-Fees 
collected, $1,156:30. Expellses, $309.85. 
Solicitor General, M;iddle. Circuit for Fourth Quarter, 1917.-Fees 
collected, ~,136.94. Expenses, $349.91.  
E%BIBIT "G." 
Clerks, OitJ' aDd Ooaa\7 Courts. 
l'irat ~. 1.918. 
City Court of Savannah.-Insolvent costs ea~ed, $2,285.45. Re ceipts, $2.,516.00. Expenses, $646.09 
 
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1918. 
 
43 
 
B'tB"nnY ''B.' ' 
 
Solicitors, City &Dd OOuntJ' Courts. 
 
Fil'Bt Quartet, 1918. 
 
Criminal' Court of Atlanta.-Total receipts, $10,330.25. Expenses,. 
 
\ 
 
I 
 
$75'4.98, 
 
., 
 
(iity Court of Dublin.-Paid a salary.  Citt Court of LaGrange~T()tal received from fines '&nd forfeit- 
ures, $1,423.21. Insolvent costs still unpaid, none. 
Insolvent eoilt due former solicitor, $278.10. EX- 
 
' 
 
penses, $75.00. 
 
City Court of Polk County.-TotaJ, $2M.36 
 
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JOURNAL OF THE HousE, 
 
BXJITBT'I! ''I.'' 
OrcliDariea. 
First QU.ner, 19i8. 
 
T'otal 
 
Amount lnsol:vent No. Men 
 
Total Cost 
 
Comity / Commia- or Un" Employed Clqrk' 
 
sions 
 
Collected 
 
Hire 
 
Bibb ...$2,122.43 
 
Bleekley Campbell 
 
......... ,... .;... 
 
353.25 342.85 
 
Costs 
- 100.00 . 154.25 
 
 1 
None 
 
3oo:oo None 
 
D,wson .......... ,49.54 
 
70.75 
 
' 
 
DeKalb .......... 433.00 
 
158.85 
 
2" 
 
240.00 
 
' 
 
Douglas .......... 165.00 
 
8.50 
 
1 
 
30.00 
 
Fulton ........... 7,267.97 
 
7 
 
3,700.00 
 
Heard ... -; ....... 172.24 
 
47.70- 
 
Rockdale ., ........ 117.50 
 
_None 
 
None 
 
..:.-- 
 
 .. 
 
,.; 
 
. 
 
-BXBIBIT "i." 
OlerJr.':s, Superior Oo.urta. ' 
 
l'int Quarter, 1918l 
 
Amount 
 
'coat . Fees in Fees in Received Fee" for 
 
Total Insolvent No. Men 
 
Clerk 
 
Criminal 
 
C~vil 
 
:S' for Recorclinjr  
 
~ 
 
,~ 
 
Fees 
 
or Un- Einployed Collected 
 
Hire ' Cases 
 
cases 
\ 
 
Court Worlt' 
 
. Papers 
 
m 
!;;!{ 
 
Bibb .... , .......... $3,691.88 Bleckley  :  :. 895.0~ 
Crisp  .. , ..... ~ ... .' 11~99.67 
Dawson .. -~-  311.14 Echols .............. 12,6.00 
 
~ 
$1,5'.7..7.....9..0 
...... 
 
6 1 
....1.. 
. .... 
 
$1;929.25 
 
57.00 
 
..351. ~ 
 
7..5. 
 
15~00 
 
$ 342.20 .317.20 541.60 22'0.16 18;00 
 
$ 855,81 211.25 197.32 
....... 
 
 327.05 . 24.00 
69.00 28.48 27.00 
 
$2,166.82 10.6.85- 
 
L\1:1 
~ 
 
377.10 ..,"< 
 
62.150 81.00 
 
~~. 
 
l ~: ,I 
 
F-qlton .. r  ;  16,997.54 
 
30.46 
 
29' 
 
8,270.50. 4,719.29 
 
6,368.00 
 
762.40 
 
6,127.,50 1<1 
 
Jeffer111on ........... 855.65 . Polk ............... 899.32 Rockdale ............ 198.94 
 
!6.65- . 
5.6.5...2.5 
 
2 
...2.. 
 
2.5.4...0.0 
io.oo 
 
133.85 231.57 
..... 
 
50.10' 261.35 
37.85 
 
7.50 
1.2.7...0.0 
 
664..20 
 
t-:) ~CJ) 
 
279.:40 
161.09 ,'. ,..~... 
 
SX> 
 
I, 
 
 
'I .,'' 
 
...... 
 
 
 
t)l 
 
~..~ ~:'~~ t 
\, ,, 
 
,. 
. i,;, 
 
 _:. ~---' .::-. 
 
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JoURl'lAL OF- THE HousE, 
 
'BXJUBI'l' '][.  
 
Sheriffs. 
 
First Quarter, 1918. 
 
Dawson County.-Total fees, $170.00. Fees eriniinal eases, $100.00. 
 
' 
 
 Fees civil ~es, $70~00. 
 
B~IT ''L.'' 
 
.' 
 
'.rax ctolleeton. Ftm Quarter, 1818 
 
Troup County.-Total commissions, $2,173.25. 
 
Cost 'clerk hire, 
 
$25.00. . 
 
Macon County (for who_le year).-Total commissions, $17602.16, Clerk hire, $50.00. 
 
BXJUBI'l' ''M.,, 
Tax Beceiven. First Quarter, 1918. Macon County.-CommissioD.B, $250.00. Expenses, $2.50. 
 
No reports filed. 
 
BXMBI'l' "N'." 
Coroners. First Quarter, "1918. 
 
BXJUBI'l' "0." 
County Survqors.. 
F.irst Quarter,. 1918. Dawson County:-Total, $10.25. Wayne CEnty.::::-Totai, $124.00. 
. ;Mr. Pace of Sumter. move_d that the House do now 
adjourn and the motion prevailed. 
 
 The following eommqnication was read : 
 
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WEDNBSDAY, JULY 26, 1918. 
 
47 
 
State of Georgia, Department of 
Public Buildings and Grounds, T. E. Massengale, Custodian. 
 
ATLANTa, Jufi 26, 1918. 
Hon. John N. Holder, Speaker of House of Representatives : 
 
My Dear Sir: 
 
I am turning over to your Honorable Body of. 
 
members of the Legislature the House of Represen- 
 
tatives in fine condition, and trust that your stay in 
 
Atlanta.will be pleasant, and when the session ~loses 
 
you will all return to your homes satisfied with your 
 
acts and doings in th~ interest of the Inipetial Com- 
 
. monwealth of Georgia. 
 
 
 
When you want anything, command me. Yours truly, T. E. MassENGALE. 
 
By Mr. A' tkinson.of Fulton CountY- 
 
 To the Members of the Genercil .Assembly: 
- _Mrs. Linton C. Hopkins, of the Joseph Ha'bersham Chapter of the Daughters of the American .Revolq.tion, cordially invites you to attend an Exhibition .of Historical pictures at' the,Capital City Club at 8 P ~  .M. Wednesday night, the proceeds to be devoted to. 
 
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J OUBNAL OJ!' THE HousE, 
 
the Red Cross work.being eondueted under the auspices of the Joseph Habersham Chapter, Daughters of the American. Revolution. Admission, $1.00. 
 
. The Speaker announced the, ~~use adjourned un- 
 
til 10 o.'elock to-morrow morning. 
 
 
 
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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918. 
 
49 
 
REPRESENTATIVE" HA.Lr.; ATLANTA, GA., TmiBSDAY, JuNE 27, 1918. 
 
The House 'met pursuant to adjou~ent this day 
 
at 10. o'clo_ck A. M.; was called to order by the 
 
Speaker, and was opened withprayei- by Rev. C.L. 
 
Bass. 
 
.' 
 
The roll was.called ~d the following members an:.. -swered to their names : 
 
Adams, of Towns .Akin Allen 
 
Boyett Brinson Brooks 
 
Dennard . Dickey . Dorris 
 
Anderson, of. Jenkins BrQwn, of Clarke DuBose 
 
 Anderson, of Wilkes Brown, of Houston Duncan 
 
Amold, _o_f Clay 
 
Burch  
 
 
 
Ellis 
 
Amold, of Coweta Btlrkhalter Amold, of Lumpkin ' Bt~n!ell 
 
Ennis -Eve 
 
Atkinson Austin 
~t-yers 
 
Buxton  Oa.rroll - Carter  
 
Fowler, of Bibb Fowler, of Forsyth Froliock 
 
Bagwell Baldwin 
 
Cason 
Cham~rs 
 
Foy Gary 
 
Bale 
 
Cheney. 
 
Giddens 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Chupp 
 
Gibri.ore ' 
 
.Ballard, of Newton , Clarke 
 
Gordy 
 
Bankston 
 
Clements. 
 
Grantland 
 
Barfield 
 
. Clifton 
 
Green : 
 
Barrett, of Pike Collins' 
 
Griffin 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Conger 
 
Hagood 
 
Barwick 
 
Cook 
 
Ha11 
 
Beall 
 
Cooper 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Beazlq -Beek 
 
Cravey  Cullars 
 
Hardin, of Giasseock Harris 
 
Bellah 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Harvin 
 
Blalock 
 
- Culpepper, of Meri- Hatcher, 
 
Blasingame 
 
wether 
 
Hayes 
 
Bond Booker 
 
Da.venpart . Davidson 
 
Haynes: H"mson  
 
nower 
 
Davia 
 
Hodges 
 
Bowers 
 
 .,}{c:; ~ 
 
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JouRNAL oF THE HousE, 
 
Hogg 
 
McCall 
 
Holden 
 
McCalla 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
McCrory 
 
Howard, of Liberty McDonald 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Neill 
 
thorp 
 
Nesmith 
 
Johuon, of Appling OwJ!n 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Pace 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Parker 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Palmour 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Pickett 
 
Jones, of Willdnson Pidtren 
 
Key 
 
Pilcher 
 
Kelley 
 
Rainey 
 
 Kidd 
 
Beeee 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Reiser 
 
sham 
 
Revill~ 
 
Kims'ey, of Wlrite Richa:rda'o:a 
 
King 
 
Roberts 
 
Lanier - 
 
Russell 
 
Lankford 
 
Scott 
 
;LaBBeter 
 
- Shannon 
 
-Law 
 
Sibley 
 
Lawrence 
 
~th, of Dade 
 
Lowe 
 
Smith, of Fnlto:a 
 
Matthews 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Maynard 
 
Staten 
 
Mays 
 
Steele 
 
Mercier 
 
Stewart 
 
Middleton 
 
Stone 
 
Moore 
 
Stovall 
 
Morris 
 
Strickland 
 
MullinB 
 
Stubbs 
 
Swift Swords Sumner Swint Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walke~, of Ben Hill . - Walker, of Blackley 
 Walker, of Pierce White 
Williams, .of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn Woodlt Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloeh Wright, of Floyd "Wiright, of JolleB Wright, of Walton  Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with. 
 
 Mr. J on{ls of Coweta moved that when the House adjourns today that it stand adjourned until Monday at 11 o'clock~ 
The motion prevailed. 
 
  
 
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918. 
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51 
. 
 
By urianimous consent the following bills were re- 
 
- committed to the following committees: 
 
House Bill No. ;>71 to Committee on Amendments to Constitution'. 
 
,Senate Bill No. 1,03 to General Agricultural Committee No, 2. _ 
 
Mr. Arnold of'cl~y moved that 200 copies of House 
 
Bill Nb. 62 ~e printed for t)le use of members. 
 
- 
 
The .motion prevailed, 
 
 
 
By unanimous consent the following Bills and Resolutions wete read first time and ,referred to COIIlJilittees :  
 
. B, y M:r;. Smith: of Fulton- 
A bili provi~g for an appropriation for the t:r.nstees of the :University of Georgia. 
~ Referred to CoiDinittee on Appropriations. By Messrs. Wright and Blasingame of Walton:_ 
 
A bill td amend an act incorporat~g the Academy of S6cial Circle, Ga. 
.Referred to Committee Ol!- Education. By Mes~s. Davis, Laure:Qs and Swift of Muscogee:_ 
'- 
_ A bill to repeal Section 6134, Civil Code, relative to compensation uf stenographers of Supreme Co~rt. 
- Referr~d to General Judiciary Committee.- 
 
 52 
 
 
 
By Mr. Pickren of Cha;rlton- . 
 
' 
 
. 
 
A bill to amend an: Act to Riter and amend Article  
 
/ 2, Section 4, Of Paragraph 6 of the Constitution of 
 
the State of Georgia r(;llative to length of time _of 
 
session of Legislature. 
 
Referred to Amendments to.. Constitution Com. 'Ipittee.  
 
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By Mr. Worsham of Chattooga::.._ 
-- 
 A bill to amend Section 695,VoL 1, of Code of 1910, 
 
relative to Commutation Tax. 
 
-. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr:McCali of Brooks- 
 
A bill to amend Code Section 1225 relative to tax _collectors. 
 
Ref~rred. to General J rrdiciai'y- Committee No. 2. 
 
B~ Mr. Middleton of Early- 
A bill to amend the Ch~r of the City of Blakely. in Early County. 
Referred to Municipal Government Committee. 
 
By Mr. Mays of Butts-_--  
 
A bill to ~epeal an Act creating. the offi~ of Com- 
 
missioner-of 
 
Roads . 
 
and 
 
Revenues 
 
of. 
 
Bu . 
 
t 
 
ts.. 
 
County. 
 
Referred to County and Comity. Matters Com- 
 
mittee. 
 
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THUBSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918.- 
 
53 
 
By Mr. Ta,ylor of Mo.nroe---:- 
 
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A bill to prohibit a~y person, firm or corporation 
 
. to sell or give away any pistol or rifle cartridge. - 
 
Referred to- General .Agri~ult~l CoiDJDittee 
 
No.2. 
 
- By Messrs. Stone of Grady .~d McCall- of Brooks':- 
A bill to amend Artiele 5, Section 2 of Constitu-  t!on relative to exec~iive officers of .Sta~. 
Referred to Amendments to Constitution Committee. 
 
B_y Messrs. Stone of Grady 8Jl~ McCall of Brooks- 
 
A bill ~ amend Code Section 331, relative to time a-nd place of meeting of Legislature of.State._ -  
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_Referred to General Judiciary Com.mlttee No.1. 
 
By Messrs. Davis of Crisp, Arnold of.Clay, Lawrence- 
 
of Chatham; Pickett of Terrell, Burkhalter of Tat- 
 
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nall and J.ones -of Coweta- -  
 
A bill to amend Section 1188, Volume 2 of Code 
.. of 1910, relativ~ to salaries of P~son Coonmi.ssioners. -'Referred to C-ommittee _on Penitentiary.- 
 
-By 1\lr. Key of Jasper-  
 
A bill providing for t;he holding of th.ree terms a year of the Superior .COurt. of Jasper C~mnty. - 
 
Referred to -~peei~l Judiciary Committee. 
 
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By Messrs._~ones and Staten ~f Lownde~ 
 
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, 
 
A bill to amend-an Act establishing the City Court 
 
of valdosta. . ' . - . . 
 
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Referred to Special J udieiary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Buxton of Burke.,.- 
 
A resolution providing for a coinmittee from House and Senate to investigate the advisability of selling or exchanging State farm. 
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Referred to Gommittee on Penitentiary. 
 
By Messrs. DuBose and Brown of Clarke.,-  
 
A bill to fix the salary of Commiss~oners of Agriculture and other State House offieers; 
 
Referred to Special ,Judiciary Committee. 
 
By 
 
Mr. - 
 
Gidde. ns 
 
gf 
 
Berrien'-" 
 
A bill t~ amend an Act crea~g the Board of 
 
--. Commissioners of Roads and Revenues. of B,errien 
 
Coimty.  
 
-Referred to :Colnmittee ~>n Cou'nty and County 
 
Matters. 
 
By Me~srs. Akin of Glynn and Burch of Thomas-. 
 
. A hill relative to the salary of Sheriffs. of Suprem<r 
 
Court and Court of Ap~1s. 
 
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Referred to Gener-al Judiciarj Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Slimner of Wheeler- 
 
A bill to- a.mend an Act cre~tihg Board of County 
 
Commissioners 
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9f 
 
Wheeler 
 
Cou.nty. 
 
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.'  Referred to Committee on County and q_ounty .Matters. 
 
 By Mr. Carroll of Catoosa-=- 
A.bill to appropriate money to pay the Ordinaries 
for their pension work for 1917 and 1918. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By unanimous consent H. B. No. 2 was tabled. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved to adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 11 o'clock Monday morning. 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, AT~NTA, GA. 
MoNDAY, JuLY 1, 1918. -The' House met p~rsua:~.t to adjournment this day 
at n. o'clock A. M.;. was called to order by the 
Speaker and was opened with prayer by the C~ap lain.- 
The roll was called and the following members 
answered to their names: 
 
Adams, of Towns _Boyett 
 
Dennud 
 
Akin 
 
BrinsOn 
 
Dic'key 
 
Allen 
 
Brooks 
 
Dorris 
 
.Andemon, of JenkiDs Brown, of Clarke  .DUBose 
 
Anderson, of W)lkes Brown, of Houston  Duncan 
 
Amold, of Clay 
 
Burch 
 
Ellis 
 
Amold, of Coweta Burkhalter 
 
Ennis 
 
Amold, of Lumpkin Burwell 
 
Eve 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carroll 
 
Fowler, of Bib\l 
 
Austin 
 
Car;ter 
 
Fowler, of Forsyth 
 
Ayers 
 
Cason 
 
Frohock 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chambers 
 
Foy 
 
Baldwin Bale 
 
Cheney Chupp 
 
Gary Giddena 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clarke 
 
Gilmore 
 
Ballard, of Newton : Clements 
 
Gordy 
 
Bankston. 
 
Clifton 
 
Grantland 
 
Barfield 
 
Coates 
 
Green 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins 
 
Griffin 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Conger 
 
Hagood 
 
:Barwick 
 
Cook 
 
Hall' . 
 
Beazley 
 
Cooper 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Beck 
 
Cravey 
 
Hardin, of Glassc()C]t ~ 
 
Bellah 
 
Cull&rs 
 
Harrie 
 
Buxton 
 
Culpepper, of ClinCh Harvin 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Meri Hatcher, of M'useogee 
 
Blasingame 
 
wether 
 
Hatcher, of Wayne 
 
Bond 
 
Davenport 
 
Hayes 
 
Booker 
 
DavidsoJI. 
 
Haynar 
 
Bower 
 
Davis 
 
Hinson 
 
Bowers 
 
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Hodges . Hogg 
 
Mullin8 
M~ 
 
stubbs Swift 
 
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Holden 
 
McCalla 
 
Swords 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
MeCrory 
 
Sumner 
 
Howard, of Liberty McDonald 
 
Swint 
 
.Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Neill 
 
Tatum 
 
thorp 
 
Nesmith 
 
Taylor 
 
Johns'on, of Appling Owen ' 
 
Tinunlmnan 
 
J11hnson, of Bartow Pace. 
 
Trammell 
 
- J11nes, of Coweta 
 
Pal'ker 
 
Trippe 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
~lmour 
 
-Turner 
 
 Jones, of Lowndes Pickett 
 
Veazey 
 
-Jones, of WSlldnson Piekren 
 
Key 
 
. 
 
Pfieher 
 
Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Kelley _ . 
 
Rainey 
 
Walker, of Bleckley 
 
Kidd ' 
 
Reel'e 
 
 Walker, of Pierce_ 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Rinser 
 
White 
 
sham 
 
Reville 
 
W'illiams, of Meri- 
 
:Kimlmy, of White RicbsrJs'on 
 
wether 
 
'King 
 
,t 
 
Lanier 
 
Boberta Russell 
 
Williama, of Ware Williams, of W~rth 
 
Lenkfo:rd 
 
Seott 
 
Winil 
 
Lesseter 
 
'Shannon 
 
Wt>OdS 
 
Law, 
 
Sibley 
 
Woody  
 
.Lawrence 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Wo:rsllam 
 
Lowe 
 
Smith, of l'ulton 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
'Matthews 
 
Smith, Gf Telfair 
 
Wright, of Floyc! 
 
Maynard 
 
Slaten 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Mays 
 
Steele 
 
Wright, of W:!!ton. 
 
Mercier 
 
Stewart' 
 
:Wyatt 
 
Middleton 
 
Stone 
 
Wylly 
 
Moore 
 
Sto~ 
 
Youmans 
 
Morris 
 
,Strickland 
 
Mr. Speaker 
 
By unammous consent I"E\Rding of Journal was. dispensed with. 
.By unanimous consent H. B. 588 wai:l withdrawn. from Committee on Amendments to Constitution  &Jld referred to Special Judiciary Comm-ittee. 
By unanimous consent H. B. No. 601 was with-  drawn from the CJistody-;of the House. 
 
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H: By unanimous consent B. Nlo. 609 was with 
drawn from the custody of the House. 
 
By unanimous consent H. B. ~No. o17 was trans- 
 
- ferred from Committee on Georgia State Sanitarium 
 
to Committee on Appropriations.. 
 
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. By unanimous consent H. B. No. 14 was withdrawn. 
 
By unanimous consent H. B.. No. 21 WruJ tabled. 
 
By unanimovs consent H. B. No. 22 was tabled.. 
 
By unazrlinous consent 200 copies of H. B. No. 5, 
 
with amendments, were: ordered printed for use of , . 
 
the m~mbers. 
 
 
 
By unanimous con8ent the following bills and resolutions were read first time and .referred to committee: 
 
By Mr. Cooper of PolkA bill to abolish the..City .Court of Polk County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
My Mr. Cooper of Polk--:- , A hill to provide for holding four terms of Supe- 
rior Court of Polk Co"Unty. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
By Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall-:- 
A bill to amend .Section 1471 of the2nd Volume of  
 
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.the Code of 1911, relative to salary of Oommi~sioner 
 
.of Pensions.  
 
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Referred to C<;mnnitte~ on ':Pensions. 
 
By Mr. Burkltalter of Tattnall- 
,A bill providing for a commission to be known as the ''Georgia llljteracy Commission'' be appointed . by the Governor.  
 Referred to ColllJ;Ilittee Qn Education.  
 
By Mr. Williams of Meriwether,-  
 
A bill fiXing compensation of members of General Assembly at $500J)O. ,  
 
R:eferred to Committee on Amendments to Con- 
 
stitution. , 
 
:Sy Mr. Carroll Of Catoosa_:_ 
 
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. A resolution to appropriate money to .pay salary of E. L. Price, Clerk in Pension office, as provide-cJ bY: Acts of 1917, Pa~ 191. 
Refe.rr to Committee Q:rt ApproJ?riatio~s. 
 
, By Mr. Key of Jasper- 
 
-A bill to amend Section 3070, Civil Code of 1910. rela_tiv:e to investment of funds in bands of guardians- 
Ref~rred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Messrs~ Brown and DuBose of Clarke- . 
.. A bill to amend' an Act to amend the Charter of 
the .Town of Athens as approved August 24, 18721 
 
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_ s.o as to provide for Civil Service Co~ission. for 
said town. 
 
Referred to Oommittee on Municipal Government - 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Appling_:_ 
 
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A bill to provide for the eligibilio/. pf women to the  office of County Superintendent of Education. 
 
Refe-rred to Committee on Edueation. 
and By Messrs. Buxto~ Law of Burke- 
 
l\. bill to prohibit the making or dissemination of 
 
false or misleading statements, etc., con~erning any -. 
 
merchandis-e securities semce_s, e~. ;_ ptoviding for 
 
penalties for violntion thereo~. . 
 
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Referred. to General Judiciary Com~ittee N~ 1. 
 
.. By Mr. Davis of Laurens- A bill'to prevent shipment -~.f tick-infested cattle 
i:Q.to or through the State of Geol."gia, 
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. l. 
I 
By Messrs. Ev~ Lawrence and W' ylly of Chatham- . A bilf to authorize and regulate certain classes of 
indemnity contracts. 
Referred to Ge~er~l J udicia.ry Committee No. 2. 
 
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By Mr. Veazey of Warren - 
 
A bill to amend an Act establishing the public 
 
- sGhool ofWarrenton, Warren County.  
 
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Beferred to Committee on Education.  
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_By Mr. Ayers of Jackson..,.... 
 
 A bill to reduce the Railroad Commissioners from - five to three members. 
 
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' Referred to Colii.In1ttee on Railroads. 
 
By Messr_s. Austin of Murray and Haynes of Gor-  don- 
 
A bj_ll to amend Section 1202 of the Code of Geor- ' 
 
gia relative to compensation of Tax Receivers and 
 
-Tax Collectors. 
 
 
 
Referred to <.}eneral Judiciary Committee- No.1. 
 
By .Mr. Walker of Ben Hill- 
 
1 
 
A. bill to amend Constitution, relative to Justice of  
 
Peace and Ex-Officio Justice of Peace. 
 
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Referred to Co~mi~tee on Amendments to .Con-. - 
 
stitution. 
 
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By Mr. Smith: of Fulton- '. 
 
 A-bill to make it unlawful to use the title Architect and for other purposes. 
 
-- Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1. . 
- By Messrs. Bale of Floy(l and DuBose of Clarke-- 
 
A bill to appropriate money tO pay salary of twenty-four hundred dollars to Keeper of Public Buildings and Gr~urids~ 
.Referred to Committee on Appropriation.s. 
 
By Mr. Dickey o~ Crawford- 
,. 
-A bill to require C~mmissi~~\s~ of Roads and 
 
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Revenues to make ana publish a financial statement semi-annually. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County 
 
Matters. 
 
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By Mr. Mays of Butts- 
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the.Coun,t.v of BnttsJ - 
Referred, to Committee on County and Comity Matters. 
 
By Mr. Hall. of Bibb~ 
A bill to make appropriation to pay expenses of Exectitive Legislative Judicial and other depart:rp.ents of the Goventment and for payment of public debt interest,thereon and for the support of public institutions of the State. 
Referred to Cominittee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Stone of Grady- 
A bill to prevent the use of the cross-arms '''Stop: Look a.iid Listen" railroad crossing signs for- adv.ertising purposes. 
Referred to Co:mmittee on Railroads. 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Appling- 
 
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Baxley. 
 
Referred to 
 
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-- C_o. m)m ittee 
 
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on Municipal 
. 
 
Government . 
 
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By Mr. Smith of Fulton- 
A 'bill to provide compensation for the services of ' 
the Deputy Clerk of Supreme Court. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
By Mr. Burwep. of Hancook- 
A resolution providing that S. B. No. 59 be assigned a special and continuing order for Wednesday, July 2; 1918. 
on Referred to Committee Rules. 
 
By Mr. Wright of Floyd:- 
A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Floyd County. 
Referred to General Judieiary committee No. 2. . 
 
The following message was received from the Sen~ ate through Mr. McClatc)ley, the 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 approved August 14, 1913, . entitled an :Act to Regulate the Return and Assess-   ment of rroperty for Taxation. 
 
Mr. ])uBose of Clarke County, Chairman of thq Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the . following report : 
 
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Mr. 8 peaker: 
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideratio:Q. House BilLNo. 1149 and in. struct me as its chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it be read the second time an.d recoiiUi:litted.. . 
DuBosE, Chairman. 
 
_ Mr. Pace of Sumtet:: County, Chaimian of the Special Judiciary. Committee, submitted the following report: 
 
The Committee. of the House o~ Special Judiciary having had under consideration Housl;lBill No. 588, by the Fulto~ County delegation, reoommend. that 
the same.do pass. 
 
This July 1, 1918. 
 
PAcE, Chairman. 
 
The following bi1ls and resolutions of the House 
 
favorably reported were read the second time and 
 
recommitted:: 
 
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By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton- 
 
A biU to grant to thec'ity of Atlanta an easement 
 
'as for a rig:ht of way for a public street through. cer- . 
 
_tain property of the State. . 
 
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By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and Whiteof Fulton- 
 
. A bill to authorize Commissioners- of Roads and - Revenues of FUlton County to in~rease salaries of 
officers of Municipal Court. 
 
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The Speaker assigned Mr.- Reville, of Riehmond, 
 
to the folloWing ~ommittees: 
 
Appropriations; 
... Co~ty and County. Matters,  . Geo.rgia State 'Sanitli'rium; Hygiene and Sanitation. 
-Invali,d Pensions and SOldiers' Home. 
The following resolution was r~ad and adopted.: 
 
By Mr. Davis_ of Laurens- 
a A res~lution to appoint joint committee of House 
and Senate to inV'estigate any combination of automobile dealers a~ manufaetu~ers-. 
 
~e following . resolution wa_s read by Messrs. Jones of Coweta, Burwell of Hancock and Pickett of Terrell: 
. A RESOLUTION. 
 
Resolved by the_ House of Representatives, thf.'-" 
 
Senate ooncurring, That when the General Assem~- 
 
s; bly adjourns {)n Wednesday, July_ a. 1918, it will 
-stand adjourned until Mondayt July 1918 at 11 
 
-o'elock. 
 
 
 
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On. the adoption on the resolution Mr. Hall of 
 
Bibb called for the ayes and nays and th'e -call was 
 
sustained. 
 
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The roll call was ordered and the vote waa as follows: 
 
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. JOURNAL OF THE HousE, 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs : 
 
Adams, of Towns 
 
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Culpeppe~,- Meri 
 
McCrory 
 
Anderson, of Jeri- 
 
wether 
 
McDonald 
 
kins 
 
Davis 
 
Neill 
 
Atkintron Austin 
 
Dennard Dickey 
 
Owen Parker 
 
.. 
 
Ayers 
 
Dorris 
 
Pickett 
 
Bagwell 
 
Eve 
 
Pilcher 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Fowler, of Forsyth lteece 
 
. Bankston 
 
Giddens ' 
 
Reville 
 
Baril.eld 
 
Gilmore 
 
Roberts 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Gr11-11f:lad 
 
Seott 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield , Hagood  
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Beck 
 
Harden, of Banks Stewart 
 
Blalock 
 
Harvin 
 
Strickland 
 
Bower 
 
Hodges 
 
Swint 
 
B9wers 
 
Hogg 
 
Trippe 
 
Burwell 
 
~ Hollingsworth 
 
Turner 
 
Buxton 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Veazey 
 
Cason 
 
Jones, of Coweta ~aiker, of Ben Hill 
 
Chambers 
 
Kiwey, of Haber- White 
 
Clarke 
 
sham 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Clements 
 
Lankford 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Clifton 
 
LaSBeter 
 
Winn 
 
Coates 
 
Law 
 
Woods 
 
Conger 
 
Lowe 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Cooper 
 
Mays 
 
:wright, fJf Walton 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Mercier 
 
Wyatt 
 
McCalla 
 
. Youmans 
 
. 
 
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Those voting in the negative -were Messrs: 
 
Arnold, o'f Clay 
 
Cravey 
 
Haynes . 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Davenport 
 
Hinson - 
 
Arnold,_ of Lumpkin DuBose 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe . 
 
Baldwin 
 
Duneail 
 
_Johnson, of Appling 
 
Bale 
 
Frohoek 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Ballard/ of Newton Fay 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Bellah 
 
Gordy 
 
Kelley_  
 
Booker 
 
Green 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Brown, of clarke Hall 
 
Matthews 
 
Carrell 
 
Hardin, of' Glascock Middleton 
 
Chupp. 
 
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Cook 
 
Ho.tcyr. Hayes 
 
Mullins McCall 
 
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MoNDAY,, JuLY 1, 1918. 
 
Palmour Pickren -Steele . Stone Stovall 
 
Sumner Tatum, Taylo,r Timmertnan Walker, of Pierce 
 
Williams, of Meriwether 
-.Woody. Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones 
 
Tltose not voting were -Messrs.: 
 
. Adams, of Elbert 
Akin Allen 
 
Davidson _Ellis 
Enn~ 
 
Rainey 
 
Reiser 
 
Richardson 
 
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Anderson, of Wilkes Fowler, of Bibb 
 
RUIJB'ell 
 
Barwick 
 
Gary 
 
Shannon 
 
Beazley Blasingame Bond 
 
Griffin 
. Harris Holden 
 
Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, 'of Telfair 
 
Boyett 
 
Howard, of Liberty Staten 
 
Brlns-on 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Stubbs- 
 
Btooks 
 
Key 
 
Swift 
 
. Brown, 'of Houston King 
 
Swords 
 
B~eh 
 
Lanier 
 
Trammell 
 
_Burkhalter 
 
Mayn~rd 
 
Vinvent 
 
Carter 
 
Moore 
 
Kalker,' qf Bleekley 
 
Cheney 
 
oM!orris 
 
Wonlham 
 
, Collins 
 
Nesmith 
 
Wylly 
 
Cullars 
 
Paee 
 
The verification of the roll call was dispensed wi~h 
'.by unanimous consent. 
79, - On' adoption of the r'esoh1tion the ayes were 
-nays 52. 
 
Th~ resolution was adopt~d. Under the Davis.of Laurens resolution the Speaker appointed the fol,lowing members on the part of the house.: Messrs. Davis of La~rens and Wright.of Floyd. 
 
The following House Bill was taken up for con~si~eration- in its regular order and read .the third 
time: 
 
By Messrs. Arnold-and Jones of Coweta--=- 
 
 
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A. bill to prohibit the specific performance of any 
 
contract OJ;" promise to make a wiil or a,ny disposi- 
 
tion-of an estate. 
 
Mr.  Culpepper of }.{eriwether  moved that the 
 
House do no.w adjourn and the motion. prevailed and 
 
the bill went over as unfinished business. 
 
'rhe follo~g communication was read: 
 
Whereas, The General Assembly of Goorgi& on 
 
the first day of the present session ratified the 
 
amendment to the Cpnstitutionof the United States, 
 
pertaining to the prohibition of the manufacture, sale - 
 
. and importation of alcoholic liquors within the 
 
bounds of the Un-ited States. . 
Therefore be it resolved, 'Blat we; the members of 
 
. the Headquarters 'Committee of the Anti-Saloon  League of Georgia, hereby tender-to tll.e membe~-of 
 
_the Senate and Honse of Representatives .olir sincere _ 
 
thanks for their prompt action of ratification and ex- 
 
press our appreciation of the patriotism and lofty 
 
ideals of the- Georgia Assembly expressed by this 
 
action.. Resolved further, That the daily papers of' Atlanta 
 
be furnished with a copy of this pape:J;" with requeet  for publication, :also that a copy be sent to ~th the 
 
Senate and House of ~presentapves. 
CHAS. o.. JoNEs, Chairman. 
 
E: C. CARTLEDGE, Secretary. 
Lea:ve of hbsenee was granted Mr. Carter of Ba-con, Mr. Morris of Cobb, Mr. Davidaonof Putnam, .Mr. Mays of. Butts and Mr. Clarke of Mcintosh: . 
 The speaker announced the House adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. 
 
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REPRESENTATI_VE HAI..L, ATLANTA,. GA..  . 
JULY 2nd;, i918. 
 
. The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speak-. 
er and opened with prayer by the. Chaplain. 
 
The roll was called and the following members an-  . swered to their names : 
 
Adams, of ToWDB :Jlrinson 
 
Akin 
 
Brooks 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Anderson, of Jenkin!!. "Brown, of Houston 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burch 
 
Arnold, ol Clay 
 
Burkhaiter 
 
. Arnold, of Coweta -Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Buxton 
 
Atkjuson 
 
Qarroll 
 
Aostln 
 
CarteJ' 
 
Ayers 
 
Cason  
 
Bagwell 
 
Chambers 
 
 Baldwin 
 
Cheney 
 
Bale 
 
Chupp 
 
'Ball~rd, of Columbia-- Clark!l 
 
Ballard, of Newtqn Clements 
 
Banbton 
 
Clifton 
 
:Barfield 
 
()pates 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collilllt 
 
Barrett, of Whitfiel4. Conger 
 
Barwick 
 
Cook 
 
Beazley 
 
_Cooper 
 
BeCk Bellah 
 
Cravey ~ Cullars . 
 
Blalock 
 
CuJpepper, of Clineh 
 
Blasingame 
 
Culpepper, of Keri. 
 
Bond 
 
 wetlier 
 
Booker 
 
Davenport 
 
BOwer 
 
Dlividson 
 
Bowers Boyett 
 
Davi8 
Denltard 
 
Dickey 
Do i-ris 
DuBoee Dunean Ellis .Ennis Eve Fowler, of Bibb Fowler, of Forsyth -Frohoel[ 
Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland GreenGriffin Hagood Hall Harden, of BaDks u.rden, of Glaseook Bania Harvin Hatcher. Hayes  Hayiles. 
Hinson Hodges Hogg Holden 
 
 ., 70 Hollingsworth 
 
JouRNAL OF THE HousE, 
 
McCalla 
 
Sumner 
 
Howard, of Liberty McCrory 
 
Swift 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
McDonald 
 
Swint 
 
thorpe 
 
Neill 
 
John8on, o! Appling. Nesmith 
 
.Swords Tatum 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Owen 
 
Taylor 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Pace 
 
 Tilqmerman 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Parker 
 
Trammell 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Palmour 
 
Trippe 
 
Jones, of Willrinson  Y!ckett 
 
Turner 
 
Key 
 
Pickren 
 
Veazey 
 
Kelley Kidd 
 
Pile\lel .Rainey 
 
Vincent 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Kimzey1 of Haber- Rce<.e 
 
'i'ham 
 
Heiser 
 
Walker, of .Bleckley Walker, of Pierce 
 
Kinutey, .of White Reville , 
 
White 
 
King 
 
Richardson 
 
W'illiams, of Meri- 
 
Lanier 
 
Roberts 
 
wether 
 
Lankford 
 
Russell 
 
williams, of Ware 
 
Lasseter 
 
Scott 
 
Willi!lms, of Worth 
 
Law 
 
Shannon 
 
Winn 
 
Lawrenee 
 
Sibley 
 
Woods 
 
Lowe 
 
Smitl], of I1a~e 
 
Woody 
 
:Matthews 
 
Smith, o'f Fulton 
 
Worsham 
 
Maynard 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Wright, of B.ulloch 
 
Mays. 
 
Staten 
 
Wrigh't, of Floyd 
 
Mercier 
 
Steele 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Middleton 
 
Stewart 
 
Wright, of Walton- 
 
Moore 
 
Stone 
 
Wyatt 
 
Morris 
 
Stovall 
 
, Wylly 
 
Mullins 
 
Strickland 
 
Youmans 
 
McCall 
 
Stubbs 
 
Mr. Speaker 
 
By ~nhnmis consent the read~g of yesterday's 
Journal was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent IJouse Bill No. 247 was re- 
 
committed to Ways and Means Committee. 
 
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By unanimous consent House Bill No. 358 Wa.s re- 
 
com.nlitted to Insurance Committee. . 
 
By un~nimous consent Senate Bill No..163 was taken from table. 
 
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By' una.Iiimous consent the foll'owing was estab- 
lished as the order of businei!S during the 30 m,inutes J>eriod of u~animous consents: 
 
'1. Iniroductio~ of new m~jter under the rules of' the House.: 
 
2. Reading of general imd local bills favorabiy 
 
reported second time. 
 
 
 
3. Third reading of local, bills and general biJls with local application. 
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4. Reading  Se:nate bills . and resolutions' first time. 
 
By unanimous consent the faHowing bills and resolutions were read first time and referred to committees: 
 
By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton- 
 
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A bill to a~end an Act establiship.g tbP. State 
 
Board of Medical Examiners:.  
 
 
 
Referred to Gene;ral Judiciary Cerpmittee No. 2. 
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By Mr. King of Jefferson- 
 
A bill provid"mg for three m~mbers of Board of Roads and Revenues of j ~fferson County. 
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Referred to Committee .on County' and Colln.ty Matters.  
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By ~r. W~liams of Worth_:_ 
A bill. propos~ :a'n amendmeht to Constituti0n 
 
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.JoUBNAL.oF THE HousE, 
 
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so as to proide for rotation of .Judges of Superior 
 
Courts. 
 
Referred .to Committee oil Amendments to Con:. stitution.  
 
By Mr. Richardson of Housto~ -:- 
A bill to &mend Civil Code relativeto guardians' investments. 
R-eferred to Committee on: Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Johnson .of .Appling- 
 
. A bill to amend an Act revising the school laws of the State of Georgia relative to State Sehool_Supervisors. 
 
Referred to Committee on Education. 
 
By Messrs. Swords of Morgan and Wright of Floyd-:- 
 
.A bill to provide a. method of taxation of notes, 
 
mortgages,_liens. . 
 
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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. 
 
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By Mr: Jnhnson of Applfug and Mr. Hillson of .J-eff ' 
 
Davis- 
 
 
 
A bill to amend an Act revising the sehoollaws of 
 
. Georgia relative to the office of Qounty Superin- 
 
tendent of Eduoation.  
 
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A bill to amend Section 876; Penal Code, relati~e 
 
to('pay of jurors .and bailiffs.. 
 
Referred- to General Judiciary. Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Pace. of Sumter- 
 
 
 
A bill to approprl~te. $20,000 to the Third District , - 
Agricultural and Mechanical .School at Americus, - 
Ga., for the completion of ACademic Building. 
 
Refe~red to Co~ttee on Appropriations.. 
 
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.A bill abolishing the fee system in Superior Courts ; 
 
of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit. 
 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Dorris of Crisp- 
 
A bill to prohibit children u'nde-r 14 years from  working in certain oCcupations while pubiic s~hools  
 
are in sessio:ri. 
 
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Referr~d _to coiiUllitt~ ~n Labor and Labor Statistics. 
 
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By Mr. Mullins 9f Mitchell- 
 
a; A resolution to make House :Bill NC?. 112 a special 
. or-der for Wednesday, July 1918.  
 
Referred. to- Committee on Rnles.. 
 
By Mr. Gilmore .of Turner-:- 
 
A r~solntion to make House ~ill Nq. 448 a ~pecial 
 
order. 
 
 
 
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JoURNAL OF THE HousE, 
 
RefEJrred to Committee on Rules. 
 
The 
 
following 
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resolution ' was 
 
read 
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and 
 
adopted: 
 
By M:r. Th$ose of Clarke- 
 
A resolution 'to authorize the Governor to grant request of General Gordon's family to deliver the po:rlrait to the University of Georgia.' 
 
The folloWing message was re~eived from the Sen-  at~ through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary .thereof:~ 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to-Wit: 
 
156.  A Resolution endorsing President Woodrow 
 
Wilson and his administration.. 
 
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ate through Mr. "McClatchey; the Sec~etary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
The :Senate has cojtcurred in, af! amended, the fol- 
 
lowing Resolution of the House, to-wit: 
 
160. A Resolution providing for adjournment from 
 
July 3 to July 8, 1918. 
 
Mr. Kelly, of Gwi~nett Co~~ty', Chair~an of the 
 
Coonmittee on Reformatories, submitted the foll9w- 
 
ing 'report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on R~formatories having had 
 
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House Bill No. 595 under consideration, instruct.me  as their Chairman to report the same back with a , recommendation tluit it do pass. 
 
.This July 2, 1918. 
 
G. F. KELLEY, 
 
Chairman. 
 
the Mr. Pace of Sumter County, Chair~an of Com- 
mittee on Special Judiciary, submitted the fol!ow 
ing report:  
 
Mr. Speaker:  - 
Your. Coonmittee on Special Judiciary -has had under consideration House Bills Nos. 615and 616 
and recommend that same do. pass. 
 
This July 2, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN. p A.OE, - 
 
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Chairman. 
 
The follo_wing bills of the House favor:tbly re- 
 
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por:ted were read the second time : 
 
By Messrs. Bale of Floyd and Kelly of GW:~e.tt 
 
A bill to amend' an Act to Create a State Institution to be Iaiown as Georgia State Reformatory. 
 
By Mr. Key of Jasper-:- 
 
A bill to prov~qe for holding three terms of -Superior Court of Jasper County. 
 
By Messrs. Jones and Staten of Lowndes- 
 
 
 
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A bill to provide for a change in.the terms-of City 
Court of Valdosta. 
 
' Mr. Jones of Coweta, Vice Chairman of' the Com"" mittee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker:. 
YolJ!-" CoiD!IIllttee on Rules having under consideration House Resolution No. 157, requesting  that 
 Ho~e Bill No. 62, lnown as the .A:bsent Voters Bill, 
be made a special and continuing orde.r for today, instri.tet me, as their Vice Chairman, to report the said resolution back with recommendation that said 
Bill N~ 62 be made a special-and continuing order 
iminediately after the. order of '''unfinished business.'' 
. GARLAND M. JONES, . 
Vice Chairman. 
 
.. '!be-following Resolution the Committee on Rules was 
 
reported. 
taken up 
 
favorably by for consider- 
 
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By Mr. Hale, of Floyd- 
 
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. A Resolution to make House Bill No. 62 a special order for Tuef}day, July 2, 1918. 
 
.'Dbe report of the Committee, which was favorable t.o the a,doption of-the Resolution, wa~- agreed to. 
 
On the adoption of- the resolution the .ayes were 
 
_102, nays 0. 
 
 
 
The resolution was adopted. 
 
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. The follQwing bills of the ~House wez:e read th'e third time and placed on their passage. 
 
By Mr. Dorris of Crisp- ~ A :bill to regulate the installation and sale' of . 
lightning rods. 
The report "of the colilinittee, which was favdrable . ~o the passage of ths bill, was agreed to. 
On the pass&ge of the bill the  ayes. were 108,~ . nays 0. 
The bill having received -the. requisite Constitu.tioilal majority was passed. 
 
By Mr. Bale of :Floyd- 
A bill to enable persons qualified to vote in any election in t~s _State who are required by their duties to be absen.t from the.county of their residence to vote in certain. elections. 
 
The. 'following amendments  were read  and adopted:  
By Mr. Bower of Randolph-. 
 Moves to amend House Bill No. 62 by adding after _ the sentence, "That from and after the~passage of  this Act,'' the .words, ''for the duration of the war between the United States of America and the Im-  perial German Government,'' so that saitl bill shall read as follows: - 
'' '.rnlat from andafter- the passu.ge of this Act; for the duration of the war, any person registered and 
 
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THE .HOU' SE, 
 
qualified to Yote in ar\y. general, primary or speci!ll 
 
election and etc.'' 
 
 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee- . 
 
Moves to amend Sec. 5 by striking after the word ''enclosed'' in line 15 all that follows, then adding as follows: ''An elector receiving his ballot and who is not within the jurisdiction of the United States, or. who is in the service of the,Army or Navy, shall conform to all the requirements of this -section except that he may open the sealed envelope" containing the ballot and shall sign and seal ballot in the presence of the American Consul or his assistant, or if such elector is in the service of the Army or Navy, thenJn the presence of his C.;>mmanding Officer, pre: serving all the secrecy herein p~ovided, and it shall be forwarded by the Consulate two days from the 
re~eipt of same, or if the elector is in the Army or 
Navy tlie Commanding Officer Qr ComiWssioned Officer duly delegated by him, shalJ. witness and register the return envelope by first mail leaving said command, or ship, provided a1l the requirements herein provided' have been eomplied with.'' 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd~ 
 
Moves to amend House Bill No. 62 by inserting between the words ''their'' and ''duties'' in the fifth line of said section "Military, Governmental (State or Federal} and by inserting afteh the. word'' duties''  in said fifth line or who are engaged in any enterprise connected with the prosecution of the war. 
By Mr. Bankston of Troup- 
 
. Mo-yes to amend House.Bill No. 62, Section f>,"nne 
 
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1; to read in the service of the Army, Navy, .Red Cross, or Y. M. C. A. workers. 
 
By Mr. Ballard of Newton~ 
Mdv~s that Sections 9 and 11 be amended by striking frotil said sections the sum of fifty cents prQvJding co~pensation for- services to Ordinary. 
 
-The repor-t of the Committee, which was favorable tQ. th~ passage of the bill, was agreeq tc tl.S -amended. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ~yes were 95, nays 1~. 
 
The bill having received the requisite Constitu- tional D?-ajority was passed as amended. ' 
 
By Messrs. Arnold and Jones'ofCoweta- 
 
A bill to prohibit the specifiC performance of any contract or agreement to ~ake a will ori te~tamen: 
tacy disposition of an estate. 
 
The report of the Committee, whi~h was fav:orab1e 
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to: 
On the pas~age of t4e bill the ayes were 100, nays 2.  - , 
 
.The bill having received- the requisite Constitu- 
 
tio:r;tal majority was passed. 
 
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By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of Fulton-  
 
A bill to ~mend an act establishing the Municipal 
 
Court of Atlanta relativ(l to salaries of its officers. .- 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable 
 
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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. O:p. the-passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays 0 
 
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 T.he bill ~aving. received the requisite .CQnstitu-  tional majority was pas.sed. 
 
. By unanini9us consent Mr. Jones- of Elbert arose 
 
. and presented a service flag to the House.of Repre- 
 
sentatives in honor of those members of the House 
 
who h~ve gone into the Military and Nava-l Service 
 
. ~o battle for.their Country; and <3liv~r~d the- follow- 
 
mg address m poetry: - . ._  
 
 
 
This service flag iii. future days Will sound our comrades' lasting praiseComrades whose. action makes it clear . T:_hey know not failure, know not.fear..  
 
Our country's oall "to al"ins lhey've heard. 
 
Their .brave and loyal hearts are stirred 
 
To do their best to help her cause 
 
By clipping -William's iron claws. 
 
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They'll. clip those claws so short that they Will nevermore on earth hold sway-_ Nevermore with hellish skill .   Helpless ba~s and women kill. 
I think.I hear 'tbe cannons' roar . &un~ on the distant shore. 'Tis Peacock with his deadly guns Deeilnati'ng hordes.of Hllil& 
the Do you know why the Boohes attack in masses t 
'.rnle :Allied soldier Boche outchlsses.. . Our boys are led when t~ey make attaCk; 
The Hun advances with a gun at his back. 
 
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Whe:te dutY calls Hateher will go, 
_On the fields of hance or in AlJ>ine snow i 
 
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Among the forem9st. in the fight 
! ou 'll find him ~uttfug Huns t9 flight. 
 
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.Th~ gentleman from Talking Rock, 
 
Tall and firm, -win stand the shack -.While in the' fight. or in his. dreams- 
 
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Vincent with.hi~ btave Marines.  
 
skili To 
 
~ Turk, Ol" gas-a' Hun' 
 
Will.be to- Burt a world of fun; 
 
This solon we will give a -chance 
 
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To hurl the accursed Hun frfun Franc~. , 
 
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- . Fowler, with hislegal lor'e, 
 
Resigns his place upon this fioor, 
 
And .in his sphere will wiil renown 
 
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That.Hindenburg can never down. 
 
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Tbe gentieman.from Cherokee-"-'- - 
 
Wood would die tO make men free, 
 
While sending messengers of death 
 
To blast the cruel Hun's foul breath. 
 
Franklin County gives .her Bond 
 
To halp the sick beyond the pond, 
 
And with consummate skill and art 
He will- ampu~te the Kaiser's heart. 
 
 
 
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don't 
 
forget 
 
This flag eomes from t~e Jones quartette- 
 
. Jones of Elbert, Jones ~f Lowndes- 
 
. I:n whom the love of :fight abounds~ 
 
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J OUBNAL OF THE HousE, 
 
Garland Jones, with liis Gatlmg gun, 
 
And W. A. -Jones, of Wilkinson- 
 
When we four J oneses cross the line, 
 
 
 
May these bright stars still brightly shine. 
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the Mr. 
 
Pace 
 
of sumter 
 
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er delivered t-he address of acceptance on the part of 
 
the House of the service flag. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter moved that the House accept the service flag and tender the thanks of the House t~ Messrs. Jones of Elbert, Jones of Coweta, Jones of Lowndes and .Jones of Wilkinson. 
 
By unanimous standing vote the service flag was accepted. 
 
Mr. Stubbs of .Laurens moved that the. HouS.e do now adJourn. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker announeed the House adjourned until tomorro~ morning a_t 10 o'clock. 
 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE fuLL, ATLANTA, GA. WEDNESDAY, JuLY 3rd, 1918. 
 
The House m~t pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with p_rayer, by the Chaplain. 
 
The roll was called and the following members an- 
 
swered to their names: 
 
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Adams, of Towns Brinson 
 
Dickey 
 
Akin 
 
Brooks 
 
Dorris 
 
 Allen, 
 
Brown, of Clarke DuBo8e 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Brown, of Houston Duncan 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Bnreh 
 
Ellis 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Ennis 
 
Amold, of Coweta Burwell 
 
Eve 
 
Arnold; of Lumpkin Buxton 
 
Fowler, of Bibb 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carroll 
 
Fowler, of Forsyth 
 
Austin 
 
Carter 
 
Frohoek 
 
Ay~rs 
 
Cason 
 
Foy 
 
Bagwel! 
 
Chambers 
 
Ga~ 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cheney 
 
Giddens 
 
Bale 
 
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Chupp 
 
Gilmore 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clarke 
 
Gol-dy 
 
 
 
Bli.llard, of Newton Clements 
 
Grantland. 
 
BankstOn 
 
Clifton 
 
Green 
 
BarfieJd 
 
Coates 
 
Griff~ 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins" 
 
Hagood 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield. Conger 
 
Hall 
 
Barwick ' 
 
Cook 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Beazley 
 
Cooper 
 
Harden, of Glascock 
 
Beck 
 
Cravey 
 
Harris 
 
Bellah 
 
Cullars 
 
Harvill 
 
Blalock Blasinga.me Bond Booker Bower Bowers _  Boyett 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch "Culpeppar,  of M.eri- 
wether Davenport Davidson Davis Dennard 
 
Hateher Hayes 
Haynes 
Hillson Hodg'l!f 
Hogg ,. Holden 
 
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Hollingsworth 
 
McCalla 
 
Howard, of Liberty McCrory 
 
Howard, of Ogle . McDonald 
 
thorpe 
 
Neill 
 
Jo~on, of Appling- Nesmitlt 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Owen 
 
- Jones, of Coweta 
Jones,. of Elbert 
 
Pace .Parker 
 
Jones, of LOwndEis Palmolir   
 
Jones, of Willrlnson Pickett 
 
Key 
 
 P.ickl'en  
 
Kelley 
 
Pilcher 
 
Kidd 
 
Rainey 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Reeee 
 
sham 
 
Reiser 
 
Kims'ey, of White. Reville 
 
King 
 
Riuh1lrdlfon 
 
Lanier 
 
Roberts 
 
Lankford 
 
Rui!IM'll 
 
Lall!leter 
 
Scott 
 
law 
 
Shannon 
 
Lawrence 
 
Sibley . 
 
Lowa 
 
_Smith;- of Dade 
 
Matthews 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Maynai-d 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Mays 
 
Staten 
 
Mercier 
 
Steele 
 
Middleton 
 
Stewart 
 
Moord 
 
 Stone 
 
Morris_ 
 
Stovall 
 
}\uUins 
 
_Strickland 
 
McCall 
 
Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Sworiis Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent _ Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleekley Walker, of Pierce White W'illiams,_ of M.'eri~ 
wether Williams, of Ware William~, cf Worth Winn WoodS Woody WorslHUn Wright, of Bull~h  Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Waltoll Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By. unanimous ~nsent the reading of yesterday's J otirnal. was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 593 was tra:t;lBferred from General JudiciarjNo.l to General J udioiary N9 2. 
By unaniinous consent H' ouse Bill No. 448 was re- 
committed to Ge!leral Agriculture No. 2. 
 
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.By .mianimous consent House .Bi.p. No. 5.74 w~ withdrawn. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was estab~hedas the orderofbusiness d~ringthe'thirtymin- \ utes period of unanimous eonsents. 
 
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1. Introduction of new .bills and resolutions un- 
 
der the rule.s of the Hous.e. 
 
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2. Reports of Standing Co~ttees. 
 
3. Seoond reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported.. 
4~ Passage of local House and Senate. bills and General Bills with locat application. 
 
  By unanimous consent the following billsand resolutions were read the first time and referred to comL mittees. 
 
By Messrs. ~rown, DuBose of Clarke and Law of 
 
Burke- 
 
 
 
A bill to fix the salaries of Co~sioner- of Agri~ 
culture, the Commissioner of Game and Fieh and- 
other State House officWs.  
. Referred to Speci81 Judiciary Coiil!lllittee.  By Messrs. BrO'Wll and DuBose of Cla~ke and La~  of Burke- 
. A bill proposfug ail amendment tO Constitution .relative to Executive Department. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Amendments to Con- stitution. 
 
By Mr. Haynes of Gordon- 
 
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A bill to relieve those persons who are in the serv- 
 
i~e of the Army or Navy of poll tax for duration qf 
 
war. 
 
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Refer-red to Committee on Ways and Means. 
 
By Mr. Vincent of Pickens-. 
 
A bill to fix the amount of commutation road tax for Pickens County. 
 
Referred to Committee on qounty and County 
 
Matters: 
 
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By Messrs. Jones and Staten of Lowndes- 
 
A bill to abolish office of County Treasqrer of 
 
Lowndes County~  
 
 
 
Referred to Committ~e on County and County  Matters.. 
 
By- Mr. Ennis of Baldwin~ bill.to grant certain,State lands to "The Nancy 
Hart Chapter of the Daughters. of the American RevQlution'' .at MilledgevillE!, Ga. 
Referred to"General Agricultural Committee No.2. 
~y Mr. Scott of Johnson- . A bill to amend Section 612 of Penal Code of 
  1910 relative to the catching of fish in this State. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1. 
 
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By Me~srs. Smith, Atkinson anti White of Fulton- 
 
A bill to amend_an Aet'establishing a new ~barter for the City of Atl~nta..  
 
R~~erred to Committee on Municipal_GQvernment. 
 
By Messrs. Stewart of Coffee and Johnson of Ap- 
pii~g- 
A bill to provide that Judges 'of Superior Co1nts . reduce to writing 'their charges. to the. jurles trying oases. 
Referred to General Judic~ary Committee No.2. 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Appling- 
. A bill to amend Section 4848 of Code of 1910 rela~  tive to charges to juries. of  Judges of Superior 'Courts. 
~eferred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
By Messrs. DuBose and Brown of Clarke, Pifcher 
 
of.Richmond- 
 
 
 
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 dollars to T~tees of the University of Georgia to erect a laundry on the . 
 
grounds of State Normal. College at Athens. ApprQYed. 
 
By Messrs. Dorris of Crisp, Davis of Laurens and Lasseter of Dooly-:- 
 
A bill to provide for the recall of County Officer-s. 
 
-Referred to GeneratJudiciaryCommittee No. 2. 
 
By Messrs. Beck and Bagwell o( ~arroU- 
 
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A bill to estabfisli a system of. public schools for 
-the ToWn. of'Bowdon,-Carr.ol.l Coun-ty. 
Referred to Committee on Education. 
 
By Messrs. DuBose and Bro-wn of Clarke and Pace 
of Sumter- 
A bill to appropriate $60,000 dollars to University 
' of Georgia_ f~r a War Emergency Building on Agri- 
cultural College grouds. 
Relerriro. to Coonmittee on Appropriations. 
 
 By Messrs. MeDon8ld, _Pilcher an~ Reville of Rich. mond- 
 
_A bill to create a com'm- ission and a'ppropriat~ 
$25,000 dollars -to erect a monument in "The Vicks- 
 
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burg National Military'Park." 
 
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Refer.red ~o Committee on Appropriations. 
 
~By Mr. Wal~er of Ben Hill:_ .~ 
 
A bill. to abolish fee system as to SOlicitor General of Cordele Judicial Circuit.  
 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee: 
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A bill to appropriate to University of Georgia 
 
$8,000 dollars to complete dorm,itory at South Geor- 
 
- gia Nol'lllal College and $50,00().00 dollars for the 
 
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- erection of an A-ssembly:H8Jl~  
 
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Referred to Comniittee on Appropriations. 
 
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By }lessrs. DuBose- and Brown of Clarke and Law- 
 
rence of Chatham-:- 
 
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A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to Trustees of Universicy o( Georgia for purpose of rep~ring buildings 
 
on campus of University of Georgia at-Athens, Ga. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
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By Mr. Harvin of_Calho~~- 
-A resolution to pay pension to Mrs. J. J-. Clellllfiy... _-~ferred to Qoimirlttee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Ftnvler .oi BibbA resolution for r~lief of. W. Henry Jones. 
R~ferred to Specjal J udieiaiy Committee. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Eve and Wylly of Chatham- 
 
A resolution to approve the issuance of stock by 
 
the Savannah Warehouse and Compress do. 
 
- Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.-2. 
 
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By Mr. :St~wart of Coffee- 
 
A bill to create a Board of Conimissioners of 
Roads and Revenues for Coffee Co~ty: 
 
 
 
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Referred to Co11llllittee -on County and County  
 
Matters. 
 
By-Mr. Stewart of Coffee- _ 
 
- A bill to repeal an Act ereating Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Coffee CountY.. 
 
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Referred to -Committee on County and County 
 
Matters. 
 
. The following message ~~ rece1~e4 from the Senate t)lrough Mr. M~Clatchey, , the Secretary 
thereof: 
 
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Th~ Semite has passed by the requisite constitu- 
 
tional,majority the following bills of the Senate, to- 
 
:wit: . 
 
108 A bill to prescribe indeterminate sentences. 
 
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102. A bill to prohibit the use .for advertising 
 
puq)oses of crossing signs erected by railroa~s. . 
 
Mr. Arnold of Clay County, Ohairman of the Committee on Labor and La:bor Statistics, submitted the follow_ing report: 
 
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Your Committee on La:bor and Labor Statistics 
 
have pad und.er.consideration the following bill of" 
 
the House imd have instructed me, as Chairman,. to 
 
report the same back t.o the House with -~he reoom- 
 
I,Dendation th~t the same do pass: 
 
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House Bill'_ Np. 579, requiring ~II ablebodied males between the ages of 18 and 50 inclusive, to work. Do 
pass. Respectfully su~mitted, 
 
ARNOLD, of Clay, 
 
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Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall County, Chairman of 
 
Committee on ~ducation, s11~mitted the follo~ng 
 
report: 
 
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The- Committee on Education recommends that 
.House Bill No. 631, by Veazey, do pass. 
 
W. T. BuRKHALTER, 
 
Uhairman. 
 
-Mr. _Arnold of Lmnpkin, Ch~i:r~man of the Committee on ~ebrgia St11-te S1,1.nitarium, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee_ on the Georgia State Sanitarium_ have had under consideration the following bill of  the House and instructed me as their Chairman to :report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do P!lSS 'by, substitute. House Bill No. 535. 
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Mr. D~ckey of Crawford County, Chairman Com- mittee on County and County Matters, subi!J.itted the fo~lowing report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
 Your Committee on County and County_ Matters have' had llllder consideration the following bills of . the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to 
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By Messrs Steele and Chupp of l>eKal~ 
 
H. B. 585.  A bill to create a Board of Commis- . sioners of Ro~;Lds and Revenues for the County- of - 
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H.- B: 608. A bill. to mnend an Act to create a 
 
~oard of County '9ommissioners in 'and for Wheeler 
 
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By Mr. Dickey of Crawford. H. B. 636. . A bill: to require County Commission,ers to publisp. a fui~Utcial statement semi-annua:Uy. 
Respectfully submitted, . :R. L~ DIO.KEY., 
Chairman. 
 
The following b~ of. the House favorably reported were read the second time: 
By Mr. Veazey of Warr~n- 
A bill to amend an Acf; establishing the .public schools of :Warrenton in Warren County. 
B,r.Yr. Dickey of Crawford-:- 
A bill to require Commissioners of Roads arid Revenues to m~e and publish a :fuiancial statement semi-annually.  
 
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A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Comity Commissioners.for-Wheeler County. 
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-A resolution to create a Board of Commissioners f~r the Comity of DeKalb. - 
 
By Messrs. Arnold. of Clay, Morns of Cobb- arid White of Fnlton-'- 
 
A bill to require all male persons between ages Qf 
 
eighteen to fifty years to be regularly ep.gaged in 
 
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~  A resolution to provide for the commitment of . insane: person.S to ihe G-eorgia State ~nitari1un.-  . ," 
 
 The following bills of the House were J"ead the third time and pla.Qed on:pa.asage:  , 
 
By M~ssrs. Jones and Staten of Lownde~ 
 
A bill to amend an .Act establishing t;De City Court 
 
of Valdosta relative_ to terms of the City Court of 
 
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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the ~ill, was' agreed to. . ' 
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The bill having received the requisite(!onstitution-al majority was paSsed. 
 
By Mr. Key of Jasper"- 
 
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The bill having received the requisite constitutional maj~rity was passed. 
 
Mr. Jones, .of Coweta, Vioo Chairman Committee on Rules, s~bmitted the following report:  
 
-Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Rules having bnder coRsidera- 
 
tin House Resolution No. 163, requesting that .Sen- 
 
' ate Bill-No. 59 be made a special and oontinued orqer 
 
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for today, July 3, 1918, immediately after the order of 
 
unanimous consents, instruct meas their Vice Chair-. 
 
man, to report the same back with: recommendation 
 
.that the same be adopted. 
 
GARLAND M. JONES, 
 
Vice Chairman. 
 
The following resolutiQn was read : 
 
By Mr. Burwell.of Hancock- 
 
A resolution to make Senate Bill No. 59 a special- 
 
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The following message was received from his Ex-  
 
 cellency, the (lovernor, through his Secretary, Mr. 
 
Nelins: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
I am directed by his Excel~ency,. the Governor, to 
 
deliver to the House of Representatives a communi- 
 
catiOn. in writing,. to which he respectfully hivites your attention. 
 
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The' following message-of the Governor was read:  
 
_MESSAGE. 
 
STATE OF"GEOBGIA, ExECUTIVE DEPARTMEN't', 
 
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ATLANTA, JULY 3RD, 1918. 
 
 Gentlemen of ~he Gener_al A.ss_embly: 
 
T.he stupendous conflict in which our country is 
 
now engaged,- and which demands heavy .drafts l!pon the resources of our State, makes it peculiarly a~ propriate that this session of your body l~it its de- 
 
liberations ..to the consideration of only those mat- 
 
t~rs wliich are of pressing and general-importance;- 
 
excluding aJi matters which are purely local in ,their 
 
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that there is no greater reform which could be 
 
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much of your time to the consideration of iss.ues 
 
local in their nature. 
 
Should yo~ Honorable Body pursue the course 
 
indicated in the opening p&r!lgr:iph; you could. not 
 
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of this reform; but. the advantages to be derived are so apparent that it is earnestly urged that, as 
 
soon as normal oonditions are restored, immedl:tte 
 
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LEGISLATU1m OF 1917. 
 
You are to be _congratulated that during your 1917 
 
session so much general cOnstructive legislation was 
 
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much of your time- was devoted to the consideratimi 
 
uf purely local matters. ~ 
 
Out of approxima~ly 229 enactments, 170 deal 
 
with loeal subjects. Tbat is, there were over three 
 
tPI1es as many local-laws considered. as-there were 
 
general laws.  The A~, a8 -printed, give over three 
 
times as much space to local as .to general laws, tLe . 
 
form_er conauming approximately 770 printed -pages 
 
as against 200 for the latter.   
 
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Most of the local Aats passed appertain to m'at- 
 
ters th8t could easily-h.avebeen c9veredby general 
 
.Jaws. This plan is  pursued in many States a:qd 
 
'should. be adopted here. 
 
The passage of gener&l laws under which the lo- 
 
cal authorities could regnJate such matters would 
 
conserve the time of your members, and _enap1e them 
 
to give all their attenti~n t-o laws oJ general public 
 
interest. ~  
 
 
 
Executive appr~v.al_ was given all y~ur general 
 
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legislation; and, with the exception of two enactments, to which I shall ,hereafter refer, your work has met with no o.bjection, so far as I know. There are, however, two matters to which your attention should be directed: one that you may take sue~ corrective action as in your wisaoon may be deemed expe~ent, and the o~her that an apparent mistake may not be repeated. . 
NATIONAL FoREST REsERVE. 
First, your attention is directed to the National. Forest Reserve Act, to be found on page 182, Acts 1917. Purchase of lands in Georgia for National . Forests have been made pursuant to an Act of the Georgia Legislature (Acts of 1901, page 84), which gave the United States the right to acquire, by purchase, by gift, or by condemnation, such lands as in the opinion of the ~ederal Government might' be necessary for the establishment of National Forests in Georgia. Prior to the passage .of this Act the  Legislature of Georgia on December 18th, 1909, by . resolution expressed its willingness tO- cede to the United States jurisdiction over such forested mountain lands as might be needed for the establishment 6f these National Forests, and urged ''favorabl~ consideration of thi!} measure by Congress." Similar action was take;n by other States jn the Southern Appalachian region. 
Because of thts action, this State was among the first in which national forests were ~quired after the passage of. the Weeks' Forestry Act of 1911.  Two purchased areas werQ located in this State, which included ove.r 500,000 acres ; 80 per cent. of. which is m()u:iltainous, non-agricultural lands. 
 
 
 
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And the National Forest Reserve Commission had- 
 
approved for purchase in Georgia other lands which 
 
were in the process of acquisition. when your Act of August 16th, 1917, withdFew the cons~nt of the State 
 
.to s11ch condemnation. This action caused the" Fed- 
 
eral authorities to refuse to undertake the acquisi- 
 
' tion of more land in Georgia until this ''hostile leg- 
islation'' wa~ repealed.  
 
Ge6rgia was the first State to invite the United States Government to acquire lands- for such purposes, and the value of -the- permanent pr~serva tion' of large tracts df wooded lands to our State is 
apparent. I submit that the State should take steps which will again enable the Federal Government to  undertake the ~quisition of such lands in Georgia. It is deemed desirable to protect the owners of h~me steads against the ~ndemna~ion of their property, a law to this effect will not be objected to by the.United States authorities. 
 
'Dhe only other objection urged, so far as I am in- . 
 
formed, is tbat lands thus 'acquired by the United 
 
States Government are withdrawn froon State taxation: Ks an offset to thls, your att-entio~ .is called . 
 
to the fact that the- United States is .obligated to. 
 
pay to the State 25 per cent. or"whatever proceeds are 
 
derived from the -lands thus acquired, to be used by 
 
the State in the construction of public roads in the 
 
counties affected or in support of the public schools 
 
thereof. In addition to this the-Federal Government 
 
is obligated to ~e 10 per cent. of such fund for the 
 
a construction of public roads witliin the reservations. 
Recently small sum has .been paid by the Federal 
 
Government to the State, ana has been covered .into 
 
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the Treasury, where it awaits some legislation on . your part, directing its disp_osition. - 
 
OBJECTIONABLE CONTRACTS. 
 
The second matter to which I desire to call your  attention i~ the contract with referenc~ to the distri- 
bution of Park'_s .Annotated Code, authori7.ed' by your Act, page 85, Acts 1917. - This contract, while advised then by the State Librarian, is now c:lisap- 
prov~d by that official, who, in her report, ~ays, ''I . 
respectfully suggest your conSideration of a feature of a law passed by the present Legislature at the session of l917 which authorizes the Governor of Georgia to contract with the publisher .of Park's Annotated. Code and Supplement for the pur~se of  effecting an exchange of 500 sets of said Code and Supplemen_t at a value of 20 per cerit. less than the market price, -and_ deliver to him in return as the State's part of the exchange, 'any publication of the State, published or to be published, inoluding current rep()rts of the :Supreme Court and 'Court of 
Appeals at cm:rent prices, less 20 per cent.' tt is 
to this latter part of the provision that I invite yo-qr attention; nam~ly, 'that the- State will be giving her current reports, as issued at 20 per cent. discount from the regular price, which is fixed on each volume at the actual oost of prmting- and bind- 
 
ing. '' 
 
I co~cur in this suggestion of the State Librarian: 
 
-"I recoinmend that in the future money received 
 
on the sale of books be not diverted into- other chan- 
 
nels, but deposited by your State Librarian in the 
 
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- out of the Treasury for such purposes as the Legislature in its wisdom may deem proper., 
pENSIONS. 
I .was constrained to disapprove your resolutions numbers 130-62-66-20-51-61-48-32, seeking to appropriate money for the pajrment of pensions to parties whose claims had previously been rejected by the Pension Commissioner, and who were not entitled . thereto under the provisions of the General Law. Such resolutions were in contravention of Section 6391 of- tl~e Code of 1910, which proyides that no special law shall be enacted in any case which has been covereq by a general law. The Pension Commissioner insists, in which opinion I concur, that the . only safe way in which to <:onduct the Pension Department is under. general laws applicttble to all  cases, and that it would be a bad precedent to permit special legislation in individual cases. 
I quot8 a brief paragraph from my veto which clearly conveys my present attitude concerning these matters: ''Though I very much regret th~ necessity for so doing, I think it is my duty to disapprove the resolutions. I will join, however, the Pension Commissioner and the authors of these Resolutions in drawing and submitting a general bill.to the Legislature which will, if adopted, enable all parties who would receive money under these eight resolutions to be legally.-and constitutionally paid-and 
also give f.o others, who nave not been so fo~tunate . 
as to have a friend in the Legislature who will press speCial bills in their behalf, pensions to which they are just as much entitled as ar:e these.'' 
 
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CoMMITTEE ON GoVERNoR's MESSAGE. 
 
I note with satisfaction that your body adopted 
 
the suggestion contained in the message which I had 
 
the honor to transmit 'to you on July 25th, 1917, that. 
 
a committee be appointed frorir your body cliarged 
 
with the duty o.f canvassing the recommendations 
 
and suggestions JIU:bmitted; and this :n1akes it un- 
 
neeessary that I should rep~at what was thensaid. 
 
The experience which I h~ve had as Governor, and 
 
the information ga~ed in this position, confirm, in 
 
my opinion, the need for the laws then advocated. 
 
There are. so many new matters which it is advisrl.ble 
 
to call to your attention, I do not deem it necessary to   
 
again burden you with repetition, but requesf that 
 
all matters ambraced in the messag~ of 1917 bE: 
 
given 'your consideration. 
 
I shall now mention only a few of the most im- 
 
portant recommendations then made. 
 
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ELECTION LAWS. 
 
.T~e Constitution should be so changed as to permit of earlier official ascertainment and announcement of the result of the Governor's election; and. the Governor's term should begin in January fol- 
lowing hjs election. Such a Constitution~ Ain~nd 
ment should be submitted to the people for ratification in tJie General Election of this year. 
 
BoARD oF CHARITIEs ANIJ CoRRECTIONS. 
 
Our State should follow the lead of many of our 
 sister States in the establishment of a Board of 
Charities and Corrections to co-ordinate, systef!lat~e and supervise the EleemosynaryInstituti~ns of 
 
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our State, such as the Georgia State Sanitarium at Milledgeville, Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Spring, Georgia Traini.Jig School for- Girls at A~ hinta, Boys' _Reformatory at Milledgeviile, Georgia State Farm at Mi~ledgeville and other~;~. - 
The Georgia State Sanitarium would be too large if it cared only -for those legitimately.entitled to be ~eceived as ininates. . Provision -should be made for the care elsewhere of several classes of those now being received at ~is institution,, and more especially defective children and the criminally insane. The~e a~d many- other matters of similar .character should ~ dealt with }>y an authoritative Board of Social Welfare. I have personally visited- the Reformatory, the Training School for Girls, "the Sanitarium, and the Prison Farm and bear tef!!timony to the immediate need of such a boar~ with wide latitude and authority.  
This Board should be given ample visitorial powers and authority to institute reforms in all of our prisons, including County jails. 
 
HIGHWAY CoMMISSION. 
 
The importance of a change in the laws estab- 
 
lishiil.g the Highway -Ooi:Dmission cannot be too 
 
-strongly stressed. In my message of 1917 the state- 
 
ment was made that the law enacted by your prede- 
 
cessors creating the ffighway Coninlission for the 
 
purpose of enabling Georgia to share in the National 
 
Highway Fund had not been in effect -long enough 
 
to disclose its merit or dismerit. 
 
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should not,_however, bear the burden of blame for failure to accomplish mat~rial results. NQ p,rogress .can be made in the building of roads in Georgia by Federal. aid as long as the system permits the various counties to refuse co-operation if th'ey see fit. If Georgia intends to participate in the Federal funds for this purpose it should immediately enact such legislation as will el~ate the comity officials as fa~tors and directly provide State funds. - _The Hig.hway Commission, as now constituted, has  not only been hampered by the lack of co-operation  on the part of officials of the ~unties through which highways have been projected, :but also by reason of the fact that it has no money at its disposal. There  
can be no legislation. in which the peop1e of this. 
Sta~e are more vitally intereste.;l than that apper. taining to the maintenance of our highways; and it is recommended that Georgia be given a Highway Commission charged salely with the construction and 
maintenance of roads and bridges. . 
 
:STATE CouNciL oF DEFENSE. 
 
I will transmit, at an early-date, the report re- 
 
-quired of me as Chairman of the Georgia Council of Defense. l hope the need of Georgia's participation in the Natio~l War Program is now so apparent 
 
that a liberal appropriation_ will- be given to the 
 
Council. 
 
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It is of such vital importance that ,we_ leave no 
 
stone untumed to speedily tenlrin.ate the war in 
 
which we are now engaged, tltat I submit that sac- 
 
rifices should be inaQ.e in order that Georgia may 
 
be put in a position to make her full contribution 
 
to that end. A large majority of the States in the 
 
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Union have far exceeded -Georgia in their appropriations for this .work; and -their Councils have so far excelled our Council in their patriotic endeavors as to ;humiliate those of us charged-_both by the law creating the Georgia Council of Defense, and by the public opinion of other States----'With fostering National Preparedness within our borders. 
Both the appropriation and the work of the Georgia Council of Defense stands at the foot. The majority of the States have appropriated $25,000.00 and more.. The appropriatione'in other States range from that figure to $5,000,000.00. 
RIVERS AND HARBORS COMMISSION. 
Your at~tmtion is respectfully directed to that portion of my former mes~age dealing with the above matter. 
An inspe_ption of -the State's property at St. Marys, which I have made, and consideration of the advantages to be derived, by the construction  of the Mississippi, Gulf and .Atlantic Canal from St. Marys in Georgia to St. Marks in Florida, st-rengthens the conviction which I then. expressed. 
T.he members-of your body will be furnished with literature,.prepared by the Georgia Council of Defense, on the const(uction of this canal. I hope that. you can give encouragement and support to the plan looking to the cOnstruction of this waterway. The feasibility of the project and the necessity for .the canal, and the advantages accruing tQ. the people of our State must ~ recognized. 
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_bors and the improvement of her waterways should reeeive consideration at Y<?Ur hands. 
 
 
 
STATE PRINTING 
 
This is a_matterof such importance. to the Stat_e 
 
.that I again call to your attention the communica- 
 
tion of Hon: Philip Cook, deceased, then Secretary 
 
of State; to me, of date July 19th, 1917, his letter 
 
being attached .to my. 1917 message~ 
 
 
 
Pleas_e also see Annual Report of Secretary of 
 
State for 1918, page XVITI.  If the Commissioners 
 
of Public. Printing are not 'supplied with aSuperin- . 
 
tendent of State Printing, as requested, they should,  
 
at least;have the authority to engage the services 
. o~ an expert printer for the purpose .of assisting 
them~ 
 
, The importance of changes in this law is shown in 
 
the report of your special co:rmnittee; apPointed at 
 
, your last session. This Committee found that the  
 
State's printing was dlarged for at unreasonable 
 
prices; but- they found that, under the contract and law, they were Without juri~diction to remedy the 
 
situation. The contract made in pursuance of. the 'printing 
 
law adopted in 1878, is wholly out of date and un- 
 
suited to the requirements of the State. The State 
 
should have a minimum amount of printing done under the supervision of the Printing, Coonmission~ 
 
and each department should award its printing con- 
 
tracts on a competitive basis, as is done by the De- - 
 
parlments of Education and Agriculture.- 
 
EDUCATION. The pay of school teaChers, white ~nd colored, is 
 
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far below what it should be. Recent investigations 
show that the cost of living is approximately 50 per cent. more than it was in 1913, and something more than 33 1-3' per cent. greater tha~ it was ill 1916. The cost of living is still increasing, and if t~e war continues it may be expected to- be _higher _each year. 
 
Wages paid to skilled and unskilled laborers have 
 
increased. Many teachers haye _resigned to aecept positions with th~ Government or to go into busi.:. 
ness at salaries of from 50 pet cent. to 100 per cent. 
larger than they received as teachers. As a result, standaras are being lowered, when they s'hould at 
this time, above all 'others,-be raised. 
 
The State shonld make its Educational, Kppropri- 
 
ations as large as conditions will permit; but there 
 
should also be local taxation for school purposes, not . 
 
 to diminieh State appropriations, but to supplement whatever is done by .the State. For discussion of 
this subject see too forty-sixth annual report of the. 
 
Department of Education, pages 11-12, where a clear, comprehensive ~d unanswerable argument in sup- . 
 
port of this program is presented. 
 
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. I suggest that women be made eligible for mem- 
 
bership on the Boards of Trustees of any of the 
 
State Institutions, especially of the Georgia Normal 
 
and Industrial College, State Normal School, South Georgia Normal College and all the District Agri- 
 
cultural Schools. 
 
. It is extremely difficult. to obtai.Ii ~ q-qorum at the 
meetings of. tP-e various .Boards of Trustees of the 
Di.sirict Agrichltural Schools. A law making two successive failures to attend meetings . of these 
Boards. automatically cr~te a vacancy, is advisable. 
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braced in an agricultural district should continue tO have a represent~tive on the Board of Trustees of the School of that District, then authority .should be given for the selection by the Boards of a subordi- 
nate Committee which caD:. effectively attend to .the 
interests of the Schools. 
-This is being done by several Boards already, but 
without legal sanction; but it Is so evidently an ad vantageous arrangement that authority should .be granted therefor. 
My~ attention has been called by the Execufurs  of the Will of Mrs. Frances E. Tucker, to the fact' that she devised that all .her estate,. worth about 
$5Q,oo0.00, should be invested in good securities1 and the interest therefrom ~expended on the education of worthy poor girls ; and her Executors ask that the State of Georgia accept this fund, and ap-_   ply it for girls siniilar to th&t in which the Charles McDonald-Brown Scholarship FUnd is used at the University of Georgia for the education of worthy poor boys. Some legislation should be enacted which  will enable the State to assume control of this donation, and which also should provide for similar funds which may be created in the future. The money left by Mrs. Tucker, I am assured; will be immediately entrusted to the ~tate, provided that. it will ~come responsible for the 'corpus and agree to usethe interest for the purpose specified. 
I call your attention to the message of Honorable N. E. Harris,_ Governor, of date July 11th, 1916, in which he 8dvises that counsel be employed for the purpose of obtaining an -equalization of the -public la,nds allotted :to the. States by the United States  Government. In",a'smuch as the division- heretofoi:e 
 
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made is not fair to Georgia, and as it appears improbable that this inequality Will be corrected, I recommend that -the Governor be authorized to make a proper contract for this purpose. Georgia should _derive large benefits if t~e undertaking is successful. 
Several of the States, among -them the States of Kentucky and iMlissouri, have already employed counsel. Both of these States contracted with Mr. C.. C. Calhoun, of Kentucky, antl .other Attorneys. 'Illie matter was brought to my attention by Hon. Edgar Watkins, of Atlanta, and Hon. Claude N. Bennett, an attorney of Washington,_ D. C., formerly of Georgi~, wlio would be associated in t4e prosecution of this matter with the attorneys now representing the States of Kentucky and Missouri.  The employment would be entirely upon a contingent basis. Should the undertaking ~ successful, it would give approximately 2,000,000 acres of land to the. State. All of the proceeds to be derived from the sale of this land is! as I understand it, to be devoted to the public schools. 
 
. PUBLid HEALTH. 
 
My attention was called during- the past year by, 
 
the. ~tate Board of Health to the fact that certain 
 
communicable diseases, particula_rly smallpox and 
 
cerebro-~pinal meirin.gitis, were generaliy prevalent 
 
throughout the State, and had assumed epidemi.c  
 
. proportions in some communities. ,.The funds ap- 
 
propriated for the use of the State Board of Health 
 
were almost exhausted at that time. Believing that  
 
it was the duty of the State to contribute all within 
 
its power to the conservation of human life and to  
 
 
 
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having obtained :a ruling from the Attorney Gen- 
 
eral that such action was legal, I used a small por- 
 
tion of the contingent fund allotted to the Executiye 
 
Department fof the employment of medical assist- 
 
ants to the Secretary of the State Board of Health. 
 
Epidemics of these two diseases were checked in 
 
thirty-seven local~ties.  
 
  
 
I furnish this info~tion with the suggestion 
 
that your !lody go fully into the work of the State 
 
Board of Health tmd give its program fo~ the pre- 
 
servation of the lives of our people such assistance 
 
as the condition of the Treasury will admit. This 
 
Department, I believe, is rendering most satisfac- 
 
tory an~ beneficial service to the people. 
 
The State Tuberculosis Sanitorium, in my opin- 
 
ion, should be under the conttol of the State Hoard. 
 
of He'llltk 
 
AGRICULTURE. 
 I recommend that a State-~ide Tick-Eradication. 
 
Law be adopted. 
 
According to conservative, estimates the cattle-  
 
tick is depriving our people of $15,000,000.00 .a year 
 
in beef and dairy products.  In normal times a loss 
 
of this proportion should receive attention,especial- 
 
ly since it can be prevented by a com.e.aratively smaH _ 
 
expenditure; but, -under the stress of war condi- 
 
tions, when the world is c~nfronted by a meat fam- . 
 
ine, and when indeed the outcome .of this great war 
 
may depend upon. the last tori. of meat we are abl~ to supply t~ our soldiers, it becomes a matt~r of tre-. 
 
mendous importance. 
 
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Our citizens have been buying from Northern and 
 
Western States nearly $100,000,000.00 of meat and 
 
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dairy products. Should the war continue, this supply may be cut off, and thus the health, if .not the lives, of our people become endangered. It is too . 
important a matter to be left to the whims of loc-al 
authorities, as has heretofore been done. .~nee 
. my suggestion for a State-wi<:le law. I again call your attention to the recommendation heretofore made in my previous message as  to the encouragement and protection of the sheep industry in Georgia.  
EXPEB.u.IENT STATION. 
An Experiment Station, if properly conducted, can be of much benefit to the agricultural interests. of our State. Georgia has virtu8lly given nothing toward the maintenance of her Agi-ieultural Exper-  imentStation. TheUnited States Government,_after having given ample notice throllg'h the S~retar.y of Agriculture of its impending action, withdrew Federal funds from the Georgia Station; and, unless Congress, by joint resolution, directs a continuation of these payments, which, so far as I am-informed, . has not yet been done,-the;work of the Station must be discontinued, unless you should see fit to make an appropriatic:m for its maintenance. 
The point upon which refusal of further payments was made by the Secretary of Agriculture, was that the Station was not being conducted. in conformity with Federal regulations, .which specify that such   Stations should be under the- control of officials of the State College of Agriculture. I recommend that this requirement of the Federal law be met immediately. This shonld be done so as to enable the v8l- 
 
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uable work heretofore conducted at the-Station to be 
 
continued. 
 
- It would be' weir to e~tablish an Experiment .Sta- 
 
tiQn in some portion of SOuth Georgia,- as this sec- 
 
tion contains three-fifths: of the area of the State - 
 
and three-fourths of the cattle to be found within 
 
_.our borders at the present time, and i~ longer grow- 
 
m- ing season and abundant grass renders it particu- 
larly adapt~d to the growing of live stock, which 
 
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dustcy should be encouraged by this means. 
 
CoMMERcE AND LABoR.- 
Several of the State~, ri11mely: Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and South Dakota; have adopted compulsory work laws; and in most States adequate maehinecy for the enforcement of. such a law has been proVided. Beneficial results have been obtafued. By no other plan can the entire man power of ou:r: State be mobilized and made to oon. tribute its -share in our great struggle. 
I.am convinced that some such law-Should be en. acted, and proVision made for its enforcement in our State. '!'he numerous complaints of labo-r shortage r coming from farms and industries throughout the. 
Sta~e. would be reduced; and, if such a law were properly enforced, it would not olJ]y be the means of relieving the needs of our people in this respect, but would also enable Georgia- to make a larger con.tribution of food, forage and manuf~ur~d products, for the prosecution of the war. 
 
CORPORATION CoMMISSION. 
Georgia should have a Corporation do:rmssion ~barged with. the chartering, supe~~ion, cont:r;ol 
 
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and probably the taxation of our corporatiQns, both public service and private. The Railroad Commission of Georgia should be converted into such a Commission, and it should be. the means of largely increasing. the revenue of the State and giving that control of corporations which Is needed. 
 
RAILROAD CoMMISSION. 
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I suggest, for your consideratio.n, that the Railroad Commission membership should be reduced to three, / and that this is an opportune time to make such a 
reduction, ipasmuch as the terms of two of the members expire December first, 1919, at which time the new law could become effective. 
The assumption of control of the railroads by the United States Government, if continued, makes the maintenance of this large commission by our State wholly unnecessary; and, in the event the railroads are returned to thek owners, a commission of three is sufficient, if they are paid adequate salaries and - required to devote their entire time to this work. 
 
INADEQUACY OF SPACE IN CAPITo'L. 
 
'Illie business of the State is fast outgrowing the 
 
quarters afforded by the Capitol; and ~t will not be 
 
long before more adequate accommodation must necessarily be provided. A committee ~hould be ap- 
 
pointed to investigate and make suggestions as to 
 
the best course to pursue.. Such a committee might 
 
also be entrusted with the matter of making recom- 
 
mendations concerning the disposition of the Gov- 
 
ernor's Mansion. 
 
 
 
'MoB VIOLENCE AND LYNCHINGS 
.Mob viol~nce should be suppresseq; and by State authorities. .' 
 
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. If this is not done_, it is very probable that Fed- 
 
eral intervention will not be long delayed. There is 
 
already pending in the Federal Congress a bijl con- 
 
ferring jurisdiction upon Federal tribunals to pun- 
 
ish those participating in lynchings. Without await- 
 
ing Federal action, I submit, that it is the .duty of 
 
Georkia to take drastic steps to deal witli this ques- 
 
tion. 
 
There are many instances -of outrageous l)rnchings 
 
that could be prevented, if the laws would warrant 
 
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.proper steps being taken. Certainly there are in- . 
 
stances where the perpetrators of such crimes coufd 
 
be, if the matter were properly investigated, orought 
 
to justice. 
 
When information of impending_mob violence is 
 
brought to the attention of the Executive, he sheuld 
 
not be handicapped by having to await a call for military assistanc~ from local authorities, but s'hould 
 
be authorized, and indeed, it should be his duty, to 
 
see that some officer gets in immediate touch with 
 
the situation and takes whatevel' precautionary 
 
measures are _advisable. 
 
After a mob crime, some official.should be charged 
 
with the definite and specific duty of ascertaining as 
 
to whether or not the peace officers of _the commu- 
 
nitY in which the crime was committed have fully 
 
performed their duties. Such peace othcers should 
 
'be accorded a full and fair hearing; but, in the event 
 
it should ~ ascertained that they were derelict in the 
 
discharge ,of all duties which the situation imposed 
 
upon them, .they should be subject to immediate re- 
 
moval: 
 
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_ A method should be provided whereby a State 
 
Grand Jury, that is, one composed of citizens select..: 
 
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ed from all sections of the States, under proper rules, regulations and safeguards,_and aided and as~ 
 
sisted by a special prosecuting attorney, might make a full and "complete inve~tigation into the crime; and 
 
have authority to return presentments against those 
 
participating in the mob violence. Those thus in- 
 
dieted should_ be tried .at such a place as would be 
 
inost conducive to the ascertaining of the truth, and 
 
before a traverse jury likewise drawn .from the en- 
 
-tire State. While this is drastic, still I submit t~at 
 
the nature '()f the offense against the sovereignty, 
 
peace, order and dignity of the State is such as to 
 
warrant these measures. 
 
The. expenses .of this entire. proceeding should un-doubtedly be taxed ag~inst the county in which th.e 
 
occurrence took place, if, after investigation it should 
 
 
 
be found that either the officers or citizens of such 
 
county participated in, encouraged or in any way 
 
failed to d9 their full -duty for the suppression .of 
 
suoh. violence; otherwise such expense should be paid 
 
from the public treasury.  
 
FINANCE AND TAXATION. 
 
T}le needs of the State's Institutions are increas- 
 
ing yearly. It is_very probable that the advalorem 
 
system of taxation which exists in this State has 
 
been outgrown. Many of the States of the Union, 
 
which formerly raised their revenue under a general 
 
tax plan,- have discarded it and adopted other sys- 
 
tems. 
 
A change iri our system would, of course, require 
 
a Constitution amendment; but it is <?nlY a ques- 
 
tion of time bef-ore it will become imperative, -for it is 
 
gen~r~lly regarded by tax authorities_ as inequita- 
 
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ble, and unworkable. Either the system of taxing 
 
property by general classification orthe plan of segregatmg the sources of revenu~ ; supplemented by _ 
addit!_onal spec1al taxation, suoh as income, mheri~ 
 
tance, secured debt and oooupational taxes, would be 
 
better. 
 
I suggest that the Legislature appoint a commis- 
 
-sion (three members from the House and two- from the Senate) to take un~er consideration the ta.X laws 
 
of this State, and to report during this sessio:IJ. of 
 
your Honorable Body, their recommendations touch- - 
 
ing the State tax and .revenue- laws. If this commis- 
 
sion should co-operate with the State Tax' Coinmis- 
 
sioner -in the preparation of their report, it is be- 
 
lieved that an initial step toward much needed re- 
 
forms will be taken. 
 
The Inheritance Tax Law has increased the reve- 
nues of the State; but it U, believed that if the State is given the right of appeal where ~e Ordinaries 
 
place too small a valuation upon any estate, the re- 
 
turns from this law will;be greatly increased. 
 
Counties "throughout the State are from time to time engaging tlie services of au~tors. Several 
 
thus employed have submitted reports showing in- - 
 
stances in which taxes due and not returned to the 
 
State have been uncovered in their iiJ.vestigations of 
 
County matters. These auditors have desired compensation for the information given and for-the as~ 
 
sistaiice which they offered to render in covering 
 
these funds into the State Treasury. 
 
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Under a ruling of ~he Attorney 'General no eom- 
 
pensa~ion can be paid to anyone other than an at-  
 
torney. 
 
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. the State, as eontained in my first message, is ,not -adopted, then is-it not advisable to enact a law which will encourage the auditors. employed hy counties to furnish the, State the information which will make possible t4e collection of taxes which otherwise would be a total loss T 
 
I am requested by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United :states to submit for your consideration the subject of making Farm Loan Bori.ds'legal investments for the funds of savings banks, insur. ance companies, trust companies and for guardians and ~rustees. In his communication it is said: 
 
The A'ct of Congress known as the Federal Fa~ 
 
Loan Act of July 17th, 1916, was .passed "to pro- 
 
vide capital for agricultural development, to create 
 
a standard form of investment based upon farm 
 
mortgages, to equalize rates of interest upon farm 
 
lands,'' etc., etc. it provided for long-time amor- 
 
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tized loans to farmers at a lower rate of interest 
 
than has ~hitherto prevailed in most sections of the 
 
country~ and will meet th~ credit necessities of a 
 
vast number of farmers, particularly the -owners of 
 
small farms whose lack of touch with financial cen- 
 
ters, or the modesty of whose demands, have hith- 
 
-erto prevented their securing loans at all, irrespec- 
 
tive of therate of inter.e... st.. The Federal Farni Loan Act provides. that these 
 
bonds shall be a lawful investment for all fiduciary 
 
and trust funds under the juris~iction and control of - 
 
the Federal Government; but it is necessary that 
 
there should be some State enactment in order to 
 
make these bonds a lawful investment for trust funds 
 
and savings banks in Georgia. They have already 
 
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'been made lawful investments in the majority of t?"e States of the Union. 
 
hsENTEE VOTING LAw. 
 
Georgia should pass an Absent Voting Law. This 
 
should be done, not only because of the soldiers wbo 
 
are without our borders, but also in the inte"rests of 
 
the traveling saiesmen, and those who are frequently 
 
necessarily absent. Indiana, Virginia, Tennessee 
 
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and Idaho have adopted such laws since February, 
 
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1917, thus making a total of twenty States which 
 
have laws p~rmitting absentee voting. 
 
ESCHEATS. 
There is on deposit in the banks of the S~te a cOnsiderable amoun.t of money, the owners of which have disappeared and have J:>een unheard of for a number of years. 
There s~ould l?_e a State Escheator, authorized and empowered to collect such money, which should be devpted to the uses of the State. 
 
STATE DEPOSITARIES. 
. There are too many State Depositaries. ,The present system entails an unnecessary, amount 
of labor and annoyance upon bo'th the State Treasurer and the Governor. And it is also true that the State does ont receive as high rate of interest as it would were the number of Depositaries reduced and 
The .larger daily balances carried in those maintained. present plan is unavoidably political in its nature, whereas, the State's financial matters should be handled on...business principles. 
 
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CoNSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. 
 
During the past twelve years the State has ex- 
pended in advertising of Constitutional Amendments, $33'7190.29. In 1914 al~ne $13,749.13 was thus -expended,-. and in 1916 "$6,132.40 was_ spent in this 
manner. 
 
This money could J>e saved, 'and yet the people of 
 
, the State given more lliformation concerning these 
 
Amendments. Let such Amendments be printed and 
 
copies mailed to the various County OfficiaJs through- 
 
out the St~te, and the Judges of the Courts( Supe- 
 
rior, City and County) each be required, on the con- 
 
vening of their Courts, at the terms held preceding  
 
the date on which the Amendments are to be voted 
 
on, to read the Amenronents and expound and ex-. 
 
plain them to the people. in open court. 
 
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BUDGET AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE. 
 
The Legislative Investigating Committee, created  
 
at your last session, is a step in the right direction. 
 
You should add to this Committee the President of the Senate and the Speaker Of the HoU:se; andpro- 
 
vision should be inade whereby a two-thirds vote of 
 
your respective houses would be required to  increase any appropriation r~commended in its re- 
 
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port, the right being retained to decrease such rec- 
 
ommended appropriations by only a majority vote. 
 
This is the simplest and easiest way to establish - 
 
in our Stat!' a budget system of finance-a system 
 
Wlhich has been adopted by mimy of the States, and which has proven the most practical method of han- 
 
/ . dling_ State finances. I. do not believe that a better 
system could be ~evised tO meet o_nr needs. 
 
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Such a committee should not only be cha.r,ged with 
 
the duties imposed upon it by your Act of 1917, hut 
 
should be fnrther clothed with inquisitorial author-. '  
 
ity over all State Departments and Institutions, and . 
 
should be. authorized to prepare and present bills in 
 
' the interest of effioiency and economy. 
 
 Unless some s:uch amendment as this is made, no 
 
 Budget Committee Ca.n do its best work. 
 
This plan woufd leave your body, through its four 
 
members, in control of the deliberations of the Committee, and woula then require but. a two-tl;tirdavote~ 
 
of the Senate and House to ovel'-ri!fe whatever rec-. 
 
ominendations might be made by the Ooririnittee ef- 
 
fecting appropriations usu!J}ly carried in the General 
 
Appropriations ~il[ 
 
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Respectfully. submitted, 
 
HuGH M. DoBSEY' 
 
_ Governor. 
 
As a. special order the following bills of the Senat~ were taken up for consideration:  
 
By Senators Stephens and DaVidson- 
A bill to collect an past due t~es of Sta~, County 
and :Municipalities. 
 
The followll}g amendments were offered and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Burwell of Hanoock-   tat. Amend &nate Bill N~. 59 by striking from. the end of Section 1 the worils '_'proVided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to 
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property, real or perso~al, previously alienated or 
 
encumbered," and substituting in lieu thereof the 
 
words, "said retuni to he made under thesame laws, 
 
rules and regulations as existed 4uring the, year of 
 
said default, or said propertY was- returned or assesses for taxation at figures. grossly ~low its true 
 
value. Provided, that no lien for such taxes shall he 
 
enforced against any specific property which has. 
 
been previously alienated or encumbered, and is in 
 
the hands of innocent holders without notice.'' 
 
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2nd. , Further amend Section 5. of said bill .hy 
 
striking therefrom the words ''the same as provided 
 
hy-'-law when the value of returned prop_erty is arbi- 
 
trated" appearing ~t the end of said Section, and 
 
substituting in lieu thereof the words "hy petition 
 
in equity in the Superior Court of the County where - 
 
such property is assessed.'' 
 
3rd. 
 
Further 
 
amend 
 
S'enate 
 
Bi-ll 
 
No. 
 
59 
 
hv ~ 
 
strik- 
 
ing therefrom Section 8 and su~titnting the foflow- 
 
ing in lieu thereof: 
 
 
 
! 'Sec. 8. . Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act he, and the s~e are, hereby repealed." 
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The report of the Committee which was favorable to the passage Of the bill, w~s agreed to as 'amended. 
 
On the passage of the bi~ the ayes were 13'2, nays 0. 
The hill :havfug received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed as amended. - 
Under the regular order of business the following 
 
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bills and resolution~ of the Senate were .read the third time. 
 
By Mr. Elders of the 2nd District- _ 
. A bill to amena Constitution relative to tax for  public ~c~oo~s. . 
 On motion of Mr. Beck of Carroll the bill was tabled and 200 copies of the bill were ordered printed  for the use of the members. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of 35th District- 
a . A resolutio~ providing for the appointment of 
_committee form House and Senaie to investigate the hoarding 11nd holding-of foodstuffs. 
On motion the resolution was tabled. 
 
By Mr. Edwards of 32nd DistrictA bill to .amend Code of 1910, relative to the ap~ 
portio'nment of convicts. . On motion the bill w~ tabled. 
By Mr. Brown of 41st DistrictA bill to amend. Code. of 1910, relative to the trial 
of all eases marked ''hi Default.'' 
-On motion the bill was tabled. 
By Mr. Beck of the 43rd District_;_ 
A bill to empower the State Superintendent of -- .Schools, the Attorney General and Chairman of Sen- 
ate and House to codify_ the schoolla~s. 
 
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The folloWing amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. McCrory of Sehley- 
 
Amend Section 2 by striking the figures 1918 
wherever they occur and insertin~ in lieu the figures 
.1919~. 
 
. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage ofj;he bill, was ag~eed to.as amended. 
 
On the pas.sage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 5. 
 
The bill_having received .the requisite Constitu- 
 
tional majority was passed as amended.  
 
 
 
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By Mr. Brown of the 41st ~strict-:-- 
 
A bill to amend Code of 1910, relative towrits of 
,. certiorari. 
The report of tne Committoo, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.  
 
Oil the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 0. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was J>assed. 
 
The followiilg resolution of the House was taken up for he putrpose of considering Senate amendments thereto : 
By Mr. .Arn:old of Coweta- 
A resolution providing for adjournment from Wednesday until Monday. 
- The following Senate 'anie~Q.ment was read and 
disagreed to. 
 
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.:py Mr. Hopkins of ;the 4th District_. 
 
..A:inend by striking from fourth line the. words, "Monday, July 8, 1918," and insert~g instead "Fri- 
 
. day, July 5,-1918.'' 
 
 
 
The following Ill:essage_ was received from the Senate-through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate recedes from its amendment to the following Resolution of the House, to-~t: 
A_ resolution providing'that when the General Assembly adjourns today it stand adjourned until Monday, July8, 1918, at 11 o'clock A.M. 
Mr. Pickett of Terrell mo~ed that the House do now adjourn and the motiOn. prevailed. 
Leave of absence waa granted Mr. Veazey of War~ ren, Mr. Johnson of Bartow, Mr. Rainey of Barrow . and Mr. Clifton of Lee. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned un..:~1 Monday morning at 11 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE Il.ALL, ATLANTA, GA.,,. 
 
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.Jui.y 8, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day 
at ll.o'cl<;>ck A.M.; was called to order by the Speak' er and op~ned with prayer by th~ Chaplain. 
 
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The toll was called and the following members an- 
 
- swered to their names : 
 
Adams, of Towns Brown, of Clarke 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Houston- 
 
Allen 
 
Burch 
 
And~()n, of Jenkins Burkhalter 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burt 
 
Arnold; of Clay 
 
Burwell 
 
Arnold, of (}()weta Buxt()n 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Carroll 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carter 
 
Austin 
 
Cason 
 
Ayers 
 
Chambers- 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cheney 
 
Baldwin 
 
_Chupp 
 
Bale 
 
Clarke 
 
Ballard, ()f Columbia Clemen.ts 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clifton 
 
Bankston 
 
 Coates 
 
Barfield 
 
Oo~iiul 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Conger . 
 
Barrett, ()f Whitfield pook 
 
Barwiek 
 
- Cooper 
 
.BeaZley 
 
Cravey 
 
Beck 
Bellah 
 
Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
':Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Blasingame 
 
. w:ether 
 
Booker 
 
Da.venport 
 
Bower 
 
DaridMn 
 
Bowers 
 
Davis' 
 
Boyett 
 
Dennard 
 
Brinson 
 
Diekey 
 
Brooks 
 
Dorris 
 
DuBose. Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, of Bibb Fowler, of Forsyth Frohook Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood . Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin, of GlaBSc~ Harris Harrin Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson 
Hodges 
Hogg 
Holden 
Hollingsworth 
..Howard, of Liberty 
 
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~oward, of Ogle- ' thorpe 
Jolms'on, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes 
i ones, _of Wilkinson 
Key' 
Kelley' Kidd KimZey, of Haber- 
sham :Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford LaBSeter Law 1.4wrence Lowe Matthews Maynin;d 
MaYB . Middleton Moore Mullins Meeall. McCalla McCrory MeDonald 
 
Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour l'iP.kett Pickrel! Pilchl."r Rainey R('Cfe Reiser Reville Richnl'lson Robl."rtB Ru..~ll Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Stateu Steele Stewart Stone. Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift 
 
Swint Swords 
Tat~ 
Taylor Timmerman Trjmllllell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent . Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
w~ther 
Williams, of Ware Williannt, af Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd W'r:ight, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt, Wylly Youmans Mr. ~peaker - 
 
. By unanimous .consent the reading of. Journal of July 3rd wa8 dispensed with. 
 
 By unanimous consent the following was esta:b- 
lished as the order- of business during 30 minutes 
J>eriod of unanimol}S consent : 
 
1st. Introdu~tion of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of standing committees. 
 
 
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3rd. Reading of House and Senate' Bills favora-: 
 
bly reported the second time. 
 
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4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and 11ncontested Honse and General bills having a local application. 
 
5th.  Reading Senate bills and Senate resolutions the first time. 
 
Hon. J .. W. Collins, member-elect of- Cherokee County, came'forward to the Clerk's stand and took the oath of office, the oath being administered by the Bon. Marcus W. Beck, Associate Justice of the Supreme. Court of Georgia. 
 
The following. bills and resolutions were read first 
 
and referred t;o committees : 
 
 
 
By Mr. Lawrenc~ of Chatham~ 
A bill to accept the surrender of the Char~er of Pilots.' Navigation Company of Sava_nnah, Ga.  
Referred. to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee- 
 
A bill to provide for the payment oi expenses of committee cr~ated to investigate "Registration of land 'titles system." 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence of Chatham and Bale of 
 
Floyd-. 
 
 
 
of A. bill providing for the granting writs of cer- 
 
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- tioraii by the Supreme Court to th~ Stat-e Court of - Appeals. 
 
Referred t~ General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham-'- 
A tiill to appropl'iate $50,000 doJlars t~ University , of Georgia to rebuild the main bujlding of Geoi-gia Normal and Industrial College for Colored Youths at Thunderbolt, in Chatham County. . 
Referred to Committee on j\ppropriations. 
 
By Messrs. Arnold of Clay and Pickett of Terrell- 
 
A bill to prohibit the bringing into the State any 
 
goods,. chattels, money or other effects that have 
 
been 'stolen, etc. 
 
. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committ~ No. 2. 
 
By ~- Beck of Carroll- 
 
. 
 
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A bill to amend an Act establishing the City school 
 
for tihe Town of Villa Rica, Ga. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
~y Mr: Neill of Muscogee-  
 
A bill to ainend ConstitutiQn. relative to session or / Geneml Assembly. 
 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
By essrs..Buxton and Law of Burke- 
 
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A bill to amend Section 5389 of Civil Code of 1910, relative to damages recovered by landlords. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. . 
 
By'-Mr. Neill ,of Muscogee and Mr. Law of Burke- 
A bill to amend Section 173 of Code of 1910, relative to salary. of Assistant St~te J4brarian. 
Referred to Committee on Public Library. ' 
-By Mr. Neill of Musoogee- 
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for City of Columbus. 
. Re.ferred to Committee on Municipal Corporation. 
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and Arnold of Clay- 
A bill to amend an Act to confer on Superior Courts power to accept surrender of corporate franchises from corporations. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
By Mr. Stone of Grady- 
A bill to amend Section 655 of Code of 1910 p]"oviding for an increase of amounts of pension of Confederate Veterans. 
Referred to General. Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
By Mr. Duncan of Dollglas-  4 A bill to provide and define reserves to be kept by 
~nks .and trust companies which may become members of Federal Reserve System. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. 
 
By. Mr. Wright, of Floyd- 
A bill to amend an Act approved August 21, 1891, relative to opening and laying out public roads. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
By Mr. .Smith of Telfair:- 
A resolution for the relief of W. K. Brooks, Tax Collector of Telfair County, and his Bondsman of certain penalties. 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Fowler of Bibb- 
A bill to provide how certain railroad corporations may surrender their franchises to the State. 
Referred to Committee on Railroads.  
 
By Messrs. Eve, Lawrence and Wylly of Chatham- 
 
A bill to prohibit the use of the title "architect" without securing certain certificate. 
 
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia 
 
and its Branches. 
 
 
 
By Mr. Palmour of Hall- 
 
A bill to amend Section 4028 of Civil Code of Georgia relative to AdministratOrs and Executors. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1. 
 
By Mr. McCall of Brooks- 
 
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A bill to amend Code of Georgia relative to the re covery. of judgment and for issuing :fi.fas. thereon. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Palmour of Hall- 
A bill to authorize Administrators, Executors, Guardians and Trustees to sell certain property on the premises in certain cases. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1. 
 
By Mr. Stone of GradyA bill to amend the Charter of Cairo, Ga. Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Burk!halter of Tattnall- 
A bill providing for vocational training and education. 
Referred to Committee on Education. 
By Mr. Davenport of Hall. 
A bill to provide for the nominations by political parties of candidates for all offices in this State by a majority plan. 
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections. 
By Messrs. Neill of Muscogee and Conger of Decatur-'- 
A bill to amend Code of 1910, relative to method of testing oils in this :State. 
 
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1. 
 
By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Beville of Richmond- 
A bill to provide for the appointment of steno~ graphic reporters of City Courts in Counties having therein a city of not less than 39,000 nor more than 54,000 inhabitants. 
Referred to Generai Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Messrs. Pilcher, McDonald and Reville of Richmond- 
A bill to amend an Act relative to the compensation of Official Stenographic Reporters of the Superior Court. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1. By Mr. Bale of F.loyd~ 
A bill to fix the salary for the Engineer of the State Capitol and appropriate eighteen hundred dollars per annum for such salary. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
By Mr. Beazley, of Taliaferro- 
A bill to amend Section 5653 of Code of 1910 so as to provide for mailing notices of default. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
By Mr. Burwell of Hancock- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Sparta. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
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By M1 r. Arnold of Clay- . 
A resolution providing that House Bill No. 579 be made a special order for Tuesday, July 9.. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
'r.he following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Spea.ker: 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu. 
 
tional majority the following bill of the Senate, to- 
 
wit: 
 
I j 
 
33. A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7 of the Constitution of Georgia, in reference to the issuance of bonds by counties, municipalities or political subdivisions of this State. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, Chairman of Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee mi Appropriations having had under consideration the following House Bills and Resolutions, instruct me as their Chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that- 
House Bill No. 145 the same be withdrawn. 
House Bill No. 191, that the same be withdrawn. 
House Resolution No. 121, that the same be withdrawn. 
 
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House Resolution No. 84, that the same do not pass. 
House Resolution No. 125, that the same do not pass. 
House Bill No. 336, that the same be withdrawn. 
Senate Resolution No:124,that the same do pass. 
JOS. H. HALL, 
Chairman. The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage: 
 
By Mr. Veazeyof Warren- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing public school 
. of Warrenton in Warren County. 
'l'fue report 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 1having received the requisite constitu,tional majority was passed. 
 
By Messrs.. Chupp and Steele of DeKalb- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for County of .DeKalb. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Sumner of Wheeler- 
A bill to amend .an Act to create a Board of County Commissioners for Wheeler 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 110, nays 0. 
'!'he bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the .Senate were read the first time and referred to committees : 
By Mr. Brown of 41st DistrictA bill to amend Constitution relative to issuance 
of bonds by municipalities, counties and etc. Referred to Committee on Amendments to Consti- 
tution. 
By Mr. Mundy of 38th DistrictA bill to prescribe indeterminate sentences.. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
By Mr. Redwine of the 26th District.:_ A bill to prohibit the use for advertising purposes 
of crossing signs erected by railroads. Referred to Committee on Railroads. 
On recommendation of Committee on Appropriations the following Rouse bills and resolutions were withdrawn. 
 
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House Bill No.145, House Bill No.191, House Bill No. 33'6 and House Resolution No. 121. 
On motion House Bill No. 27 was tabled. 
 
Under regular order of business the following House Bills were taken for consideration and read the third time : 
 
By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton- 
A bill to regulate the operation of trains in this State. 
 
The following amendments were read and adopted: 
By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton, Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether- 
 To amend House Bill No. 31'by striking from Section 4 and from lines five and six of said section the words following, to-wit: "Or to exercise extraordinary care in controlling the movements of his train.'' And also further to amend by striking from Section 4 and from lines eight and nine of said Seetion the words following, to-wit: ''All as required by Section 2 of this Act.'' 
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 105, nays 6. 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. 
'Dhe following bills were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto : 
 
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By Mr McCall of Brooks- 
A bill to amend an Act to amend the Constitution relative to paying pensions of Confederate Veterans. 
 
The Senate amendments were disagreed to. 
 
Mr. Smith of Fulton moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned un~ til to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
TuEsDAY, JULY 9, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'dock A.M.; was called to order by t:he Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
Adams, of Towns Brinson 
 
Akin 
 
Brooks 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Brown, of Houston 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burch 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burkhalter  
 
Arnold, of Coweta Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Buxton 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carroll 
 
Austin 
 
Carter 
 
Ayers 
 
Cason 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chambers 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cheney 
 
Bale 
 
Chupp 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clarke 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clements 
 
Bankston 
 
Clifton 
 
Barfield 
 
Coates 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins of Cherokee 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Collins of Union 
 
Barwick 
 
Conger 
 
Beazley 
 
Cook 
 
Beck 
 
Cooper 
 
Bellah 
 
Cravey 
 
Blalock 
 
Cullars 
 
Blasingame 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Booker 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Bower 
 
wether 
 
Bowers 
 
Davenport 
 
Boyett 
 
Davidson 
 
Davis Dennard Dickey Dorris DuBose i>unean Ellis Ennis ;Eve Fowler, of Bibb Fowler, of Forsyth Frohoek Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of BankB Hardin, of Glascock Harris Harvin Hatcher, of M'useogee Hatcher, of Wayne Hayes Haynes 
 
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Hinson 
 
Mullins 
 
Ilodgas 
 
McCall 
 
liOf.,t 
 
McCalla 
 
Holden 
 
McCrory 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
McDonald 
 
Howard, of Liberty Neill 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Nesmith 
 
thorpe 
 
Owen 
 
Johns"on, of Appling Pace 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Parker 
 
Jones, of Coweta ' Palmour 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Pickett 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Pickreu 
 
Jones, of W'ilkinson Pilcher 
 
Key 
 
Rainey 
 
Kelley 
 
Reece 
 
Kidd 
 
Re\_ser 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Reville 
 
sham 
 
Richardson 
 
Kimsey, of White Roberts 
 
King 
 
Russell 
 
Lanier 
 
Sectt 
 
Lankford 
 
Shannon 
 
Lasseter 
 
. Sibley 
 
law 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Lawrence 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Lowe 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Matthews 
 
Staten 
 
Maynard 
 
Steele 
 
Maya 
 
Stewart 
 
Mercier 
 
Stone 
 
:Middleton 
 
Stovall 
 
Moore 
 
Strickland 
 
Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veuey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Wmn Woods' Woody Worsham Wl'ight, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of ye-s-t-e-~-d=~y-''=s 
 
Journal was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous eonsent the following was established as the order of business during 30 minutes period of unanimous consent : 
 
lst. Introduction of new matter. 
 
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2nd. Reports of standing committees. 
 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate Bills favorably reported, the second time.  
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate Local Bills and uncontested House and General Bills having a local application. 
 
5th. Reading Senate Bills and Senate Resolutions the first time. 
 
Hon. Howell Hollis, member-elect of Muscogee County, came forward to the Clerk's stand and took the oath of office, the oath being administered by the Hon. Marcus W. Beck, Associate Justiee of the Supreme Court. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bills Nos. 37 and 3'8 were recommitted to General Judiciary COIIllmittee No. 1, House Bill No. 32 was tabled, Senate Bill No. 160 was taken from table, House Resolution No. 167 was transferred from Committee on Appropriations to Committee on Pensions, House Bill No~ 586 was withdrawn from Committee on Municipal Government and referred to Committee on Corporaitons, House Bill No. 695 was transferred from General Judiciary Committee No. 2 to Committee on Pensions. 
 
The following Bills and Resolutions were read first time and referred to committees: 
 
By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin- 
 
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A bill to appropriate five thousand dollars to University of Georgia to build an infirmary on grounds of North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, Ga. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
. By Mr. Reece of Gilmer- 
A bill to amend the Charter of City of E'Jlijay, in County of Gilmer. 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Duncan of Douglas- 
A bill to amend entitled an Act to create in Treasury Department of State of Georgia a Bank Bureau, relative to examination of banks. 
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. 
 
By Mr. Carroll of Catoosa- 
A bill to provide for uniform system of fees for Constables. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Chambers of Fayette- 
A bill to provide that farm loan bonds issued under the Federal Loan Act shall be lawful investments of saving bank deposits. 
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. 
 
By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Swift of Musoogee- 
 
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A bill to provide for a public service corporation tax clerk to prescribe his duties and fix his compensation. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Chambers of FayetteA 'bill to regulate the operation of trains in this 
State. Referred to Committee on Railroads. 
By Mr.. Swift of MuscogeeA bill to amend Civil Code of 1910 relative to ap- 
plication for admission to the bar of this State.  Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to provide for two terms of Superior Court of Coffee County. 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Smith of Fulton. A bill to ameJ!.d Sections 2408 and 2409, Park's Code of Georgia, relative to character of investments of insurance companies. 
Referred to Committee on Insurance. 
By Mr. Swords of Morgan- 
A hill to amend Section 3349, Code of 1910, relative to superiorj.ty of mortgages and liens. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
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By Mr. Mercier of Madison- 
A bill to amend the prohibition laws relative to Sheriffs' fees. 
Referred to Committee on Temperance. 
 
By Mr. McDonald of RichmondA bill to authorize photographers to take photo~ 
graphs of Soldiers and Sailors on Sunday. 
, Referred to Committee on State of Republic 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of Fulton- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to the issuance of bonds by any County, Municipal Corporation. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Mr. Swords of Morgan- 
A hili to provide that the Ordinaries of the several Counties of the State be legal custodians of monies due minor children. 
Referred to committee on Insurance. 
 
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb (by request)- 
A bill to put in force Constitutiona:l 8!1Ilend.ment providing for payment of pension to Confederate Soldiers and to their widows. 
Referred to Committee on Pensions. 
 
By :Mr. Bankston of Troup- 
 
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A bill to enlarge the powers of Commissioners of Public Printing. 
Referred to Committee on Public Printing. 
 
By Mr. Owen of Paulding- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to terms of County Officers. 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Con stitution. 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of Fulton- 
A bill to increase membership of Trustees for Georgia Training Scohol for Girls. 
Referred to Committee on Reformatories. 
 
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and McCal-l of Brooks- 
A bill to prohibit a person from inheriting property from another whose death they criminally brought about. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and McCall of Brooks- 
A bill to amend Code of 1910, Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3, _by striking from said paragraph the words, ''or forfeiture of estate,'' so that said paragraph s'hall read "No conviction shall work corruption of blood.'' 
Referred to ~eneral Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
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. By Messrs. Blasingame and Burwell- 
A bill to name and designate the various District Agricultural Schools and regroup same. 
Referred to General Agricultural Committee No.2. 
 
By Mr. Walker of Pierce- 
A bill to reguJate the speed of motor vehicles in passing schoolhouses, churches and etc. 
Referred to Committee on Public Highways. 
 
By Messrs. Bagwell and Beck of Carroll- 
A bill to appropriate to the Trustees of A. & 'M. School of Fourth Congressional District of three thousand dollars to purcihase and installing a heating plant in boys' dormitory. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to abolish the City Court of Coffee County. .Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of Fulton- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to issuance of bonds by mmi.icipa~ corporations. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Mr. .Stewart of CoffeeA bill to amend an Act establishing the public 
 
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school system' for the town of Douglas, Coffee County, Georgia. 
Referred to Committee on Education. 
 
By Messrs. Beck and Bagwell of CarrollA bill to abolish the City Court of Carrollton, Ga. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Hatcher of WayneA resolution to pay pension to widow of T. Q. 
Fleming, an indigent pensioner of Wayne County. 
Referred to Committee on Pensions. 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of Futlon- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new Charter for the City of Atlanta. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. ;McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the followi.Iig bill of the Senate, towit: 
 
14'7. A Bill to amend an Act relative to issuance of insurance policies by providing for what is known as Group Insurance. 
'!The following message was received from the Sen- 
 
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ate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed hy the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, towit: 
588. A bill to amend an Act carrying into effect the provisions of the Constitution of Georgia relative to increasing the salaries of the Clerk, Deputy Clerk and other officers of the Munioipal Court of Atlanta. 
 
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his .Secretary, Mr. Nelms: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
I am directed hy his Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives a COIIIlmunication in writing to which he respectfully invites your attention. 
 
The following message of the Governor was read: 
 
REPORT ON CLEMENCY CASES. 
 
STATE OF GEORGIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 
ATLANTA. 
 
July 8th, 1918. 
 
To the General Assembly of Georgia: I hand you herewith report, as required of me hy 
 
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the Constitution, showing all paroles, commutations, reprieves and pardons granted by me since my induction into office. 
It frequently happens, as. in the great majority of cases reported under the heading '' Commutations," that convicts are unable at the date of the sentence to avail themselves of the privilege to pay an alternative. fine. Wiherever such is the case, I have, under a general policy which I think is right, given the convict credit for the time served on a proportionate basis. These apportionments I think fair and would like to see some general law authorizing payment on this basis direct to the proper officials and without the necess~ty of Prison Commission and Executive action. 
There are now about ~ohundred and fifty appli- 
cations for clemency pending which have been recommended by the Prison Commission. It would take all the time of any one m~m to answer the correspondence relating to these cases, rea.d records and give hearings to those interested. It is physically impossible for the Executive to dispo~~ of them all. No predecessor has done it. I devote all the time possible to them. It is hoped that the funds for clerical help to the Executive can be increased to such a sum as will enable this office to employ a Pardon Clerk to assist the Executive in this work. 
HUGH M. DoRSEY, 
Governor. 
 
PAROLES. Following paroles approved on representation 
 
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made as to character of applicants previous to conviction, circumstances attending commission c. p crimes and prison deportment. 
 
Every application for parole approved was rec- 
hy ommended every member of the Prison Com- 
mission. 
 
SToKEs WILLis: Fulton Superior Court, March term, 1911; manslaughter; 15 years; approved Nov. 22nd, 1917. 
 
JosEPH S. UMBERGER: Chatham Superior Court, March term, 1914; bigamy; 6 years; approved .Nov. 24th, 1917. 
 
JAMEE JENKINS: Dougherty Superior Court, April term, 1882; murder; life; approved Dec. 5th, 1917. 
 
WILL HoPSON: Troup Superior Court, 'Fe'burary term, 1912; manslaughter; 7 years; approved Dec. 5th, 1917. 
 
CICERO WILLIAMS: Fulton Superior Court; Fall term, 1905; murder; life; approved Dec. loth, 1917. 
 
ALBERT HoLDER: Clarke Superior Court, October term, 1908 ; burglary; 20 years ; approved Dec. loth, 1917. 
 
JIM McCANTS: Clayton Superior Court, February term, 1905 ; murder; life ; approved Dec. 21st, 1917. 
FRANK McRAE: : Montgomery Superior Court, 
 
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November term, 1906; murder; life; approved Dec. 21st, 1917. 
 
REUBEN MoRRis: Appling Superior Court, October term, 1918; voluntary mansalughter; 7 years; approved Dec. 21st, 1917. 
 
 LIM BLALocK : Paulding Superior Court, February term, 1915 ; assault to murder; 4 years ; approved Dec. 21st, 1917. 
FRALEY C. THoMAS: Baldwin Superior Court, January term, 1907; murder; life; approved Dec. 22nd, 1917. 
WILLIAM FLYNN: Lumpkin Superior . Court, April term, 1913; burglary; 20 years; approved Dec. 22nd, 1917. 
MARK McNEw: Chattooga .Superior Court, March term, 1914;. burglary; 5 years; approved Dec.. 24th, 1917. 
ToM ZACHRY: Carroll Superior Court, October term, 1912; manslaughter; 7 years; approved Dec. 24th, 1917. 
JEROME CoLBERT: Oconee Superior Court, January term, 1903; murder; life; approved Dec. 24th, 1917. 
 
JOE THOMAS: Cobb Superior Court, Fall term 1900; murder; life; approved. Dec. 31st, 1917. 
 
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CLARENCE SMALL: Muscogee Superior Court, February term, 1911; burglary; 10 years; approved Dec. 31st, 1917. 
 
RICH Moo:RE: Fulton Superior Court, September term, 1910; burglary; 10 years; approved Dec. 31st, 1917. 
 
JOE TAYLOR: Macon County Superior Court, N0"" vember term, 1904; murder; life; approved Jan. 7th, 1918. 
 
KENSON REYNOLDS: Wilkinson County Superior Court, October term, 1915; burglary; 5 years; approved Jan. 19th, 1918. 
 
FLETCHER CuNNINGHAM: Carroll County :Superior Court, April term, 1915; assault to murder; 3 years; approved Jan. 19th, 1918. 
 
JIM CooK: Bulloch County Superior Court, April 
 
term, 1911; manslaughter; 10 years; approved Jan. 
 
31st, 1918. 
 
 
 
WALTER CARMICHAEL: Fulton Superior Court, J anua~y term, 1916; manslaughter; 5 years; approved Feb. 2nd, 1918. 
JAMES PRICE: Butts County Superior Court, August term, 1915 ; assault with intent to murder; 3 years; approved Feb. 12th, 1918. 
JOHN JACKsoN: Colquitt County Superior Court, October term, 1910; murder; life; approved Feb. 16th, 1918. 
 
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GEORGE DAVIS: Bibb Superior Court, July term, 1910; manslaughter; 10 years; approved Feb. 16th, 1918. 
 
STEVE GLEAsoN: Liberty Superior Court, Fall term, 1897 ; murder; life ; approved Feb. 16th, 1918. 
 
Gus HoPKINS: Floyd Superior Court, July term, 1910; burglary; 20 years; approved Feb. 16th, 1918. 
 
MAcK HAYGOOD: Henry Superior Court, October term, 1913; manslaughter; 10 years; approved Feb. 19th, 1918. 
 
JOHN RJAGLAND: Clayton Superior Court, September term, 1900; murder; life; approved Feb. 26th, 1918. 
 
LUBIE STEVENS: Coweta Superior Court, September term, 1906; murder; life; approved March 2nd, 1918. 
 
En RoBERSON: Polk Superior Court, April term, 1907 ; murder; life ; approved March 5th, 1818. 
ToM WOOLBRIGHT: Dougherty Superior Court, October term, 1913'; assault with intent to murder; 4 years; approved March 5th, 1918. 
 
BARNEY WILLIAMS: Fayette Superior Court, July 
 
term, 1912 ; manslaughter; 15 years ; approved March 
 
5th, 1918. 
 
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HENRY JoHNSON: Chatham Superior Court, June 
 
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term, 1901; murder; life; approved March 5th, 1918. 
 
WILL WHITE: Clarke Superior Court, April term, 1916; manslaughter; 15 years; approved March 18th, 1918. 
 
H. P. PowELL: Appling Superior Court, March term, 1903 ; murder; life ; approved March 18th, 1918. 
 
AusTIN GREEN: Fulton .Superior Court; January term, 1906 ; murder; life ; approved March 18th, 1918. 
 
Gus DAVIs CuLVEBSON: Clay Superior Court, September term, 1911; manslaught~r; 15 years; approved March 18, 1918. 
 
WILLIE McSEE: Fulton Superior Court, January term, 1914; burglary; 6 years; approved March 18, 1918. 
 
C. B. BURDETT: Bibb Superior Court, November term, 1916; larceny; 2 years ; approved March 26th, 1818. 
 
WILL MoRRis: Jones County Superior Court, April term, 1907; murder; life; approved March 26th, 1918. 
 
JAKE TRAMMELL: Meriwether Superior Court, Spring terin, 1906; murder; life; approved March 26th, 1818. 
BERRY GREEN: Emanuel Superior Court, January term, 1915; assault with intent to murder; 5 years; approved March 29th, 1918. 
 
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CLEVELAND THOMPSON: Walton Superior Court, February term, 1913; manslaughter; 8 years; approved April 6th, 1918. 
 
WALTER AVERY: Decatur Superior Court, May term, 1913; manslaughter; 10 years; approved April 6th, 1918. 
 
ARcHIE SIMS: Fulton Superior Court, March term, 1915 ; larceny; 4 years; approved April 8th, 1918. 
 
ANDREW HANKINS: Laurens Superior Court, July term, 1899; murder; life; approved April 8th, 1918. 
 
Gus PARKS: Meriwether Superior Court, Fall term, 1896; murder; life ; approved April 8th, 1918. 
 
SAM FLowERS: Early Superior Court, October term, 1903; murder; life; approved April 8th, 1918. 
EuGENE PooLER: Sumter Superior Court, December term, 1904; burglary; 20 years; approved April 8th; 1918. 
JoDY WINFREY: .Clarke Superior Court, November t~rm, 1916; stealing cotton; 2 years; approved April 12, 1918. 
J. W. GRIFFIN: Clarke Superior Court, October term, 1912; wrecking bank; 3 years; approved April 15th, 1918. 
CLEM JONES: Terrell superior Court, November 
 
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term, 1906; murder; life; approved April 15th, 1918. 
 
WILSON BROWN: Burke Superior Court, December term, 1896; murder; life; approved April 15th, 1918. 
 
BoB ELRoD: Oglethorpe Superior Court, October term, 1911; manslaughter; 15 years ; approved April 22nd, 1918. 
 
PIERCE CLONTS: Polk Superior Court, March term, 1916; manslaughter; 2 years; approved April 22nd, 1918.  
 
PETER RussELL: Mitchell Superior Court, July term, 1905 ; murder ; life ; approved April 22nd, 1918. 
HENRY IMURPHY: Clayton Superior Court, August term, 1903; murder; life; approved May lOth, 1918. 
 
CoRA BANKS: Tattnall Superior Court, October term, 1910; manslaughter; 12 years; approved June 20th, 1918. 
 
ToM MARTIN: Fulton Superior Court, September term, 1915; burglary; 5 years; approved J nne 20th, 1918. 
 
JOHN HENRY SMITH: Newton Superior Court, January term, 1913'; manslaughter; 10 years; approved June 20th, 1918.  
 
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COMMUTATIONS. The following cases in which commutations were granted, were recommended by the Prison CommisSion: 
 
NoRA DELEON: Ware City Court, Spring term, 1917; vagrancy; 12 months. Sentence commuted to present service, August 9th, 1917. This applicant was found on the streets of Waycross without any means of support and was in such mental condition as to be a charge upon the county, and instead of !having her committed to the State Sanitarium, she was given a sentence of 12 months and sent to the State Farm. Her mind was in such condition after a short stay at the State Farm that it was necessary to place her in the State Sanitarium. 
 
MARY JANE HARDY: Bibb City Court; misdemeanor; sentenced to the Reformatory. Sentence commuted to present service August 9th, 1917. It was shown that this applicant had become hopelessly insane after entering the Reformatory, and it was necessary to commit her to the State Sanitarium, in order for her to secure proper treatment. 
SNET BANKS: Spalding Superior pourt, August term, 1916; robbery; 15 years. Sentence commuted to present service August 22, 1917, on representation made by the trial judge that another negro jointly convicted with this defendant had appealed his case to the Court of Appeals which Court reversed the judgment of the lower court on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. 
 
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LERoY PoNDER: Griffin City Court, May term, 1917; misdemeanor; 24 months or $150. Sentence commuted to payment of a fine of $125 September 13, 1917, which was the pro rata part of fine then due after giving applicant credit for time served. 
 
HoMER HARPE: Carrollton City Court, October term, 1916; misdemeanor; 12 months or $100. Sentence commuted to payment of fine of $12.50 on September 26tfu., 1917, this being the pro rata part of fine then due after giving the applicant cre"dit for time served. 
 
EuGENE ARMSTRONG: Early Superior Court, April term, 1917; murder; death sentence. Sente-nce commuted to life imprisonment October 4th, 1918. The crime was committed under extenuating circumstances; evidence submitted with the application for clemency indicated that applicant was of weak mind. Life imprisonment in lieu of the death sentence was recommended by the trial judge, Solicitor-General and practically all of the county officers of Early County. 
ToM RALPH: Camilla City Court, September term, 1917; misdemeanor; 12months. Sentence commuted to paymentof fine of $62.50 No~ember 1st, 1917, on the statement.of the trial judge'that owing to misrepresentation made to him by attorneys for the principal in this crime, he allowed the principal to pay a fine in lieu of a chain-gang sentence and that he thought an inequality of punishment .bad been inflicted and an injustice done. 
LAwToN MILLER: Tattnall Superior Court, June 
 
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term, 1917; selling liquor; 8 months. Sentence commuted to present service November 14th, 1917. The trial judge stated that this applicant was confined to his bed in th jail of Tattnall county, and was unable to perform any labor and his conditi<>n demanded that he be returned to his 'home where he could receive proper medical treatment. 
 
WILL LAWToN: Mitchell Superior Court, Janu.,. ary term, 1917; shooting at another; 12 months or $150. Sentence cQmmuted to payment of fine of $24 November 24th, 1917, which was the pro rata part of fine then due, giving applicant credit for time served. 
 
W. H. LEONARD: Bibb :Superior Court, May term, 1917; misdemeanor; 12 months or $50 and 12 months payment of fi~e of $30 on November 4th, 1917, on recommendation of the trial judge and Solicitor-General. 
 
LEN KELLY: LaGrange City Court, Spring term, 1917; misdemeanor; 12 months or $50 and 12 months or $150. Both sentences commuted to the payment of a fine of $100 on December 8th, 1917, this being the pro rata sum du~, giving applicant credit for time 'served. 
 
Lucy J AcKso:N: Albany City Court, 'May term, 1917; violating prohibition law; 12 months or $30. Sentence commuted to payment of fine of $12.50 on December 8th, 1917; this being the pro rata part of fine due, giving a:m>lieant credit for time served. 
 
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GuNBY DowDELL: LaGrange City Court, N ovember term, 1917; gaming; 6 months. Sentence commuted to payment of fine of $40 on December loth, 1917, on representation made to the Governor by the county physician of Troup county that this applicant was suffering from an incurable disease and was liable to endanger the lives of the other inmates of the chain-gang. 
 
WILLIAM MciNTOSH: Chattooga Superior Court, June term, 1917; larceny of pistol; 12 months. Sentence commuted to present service February 15th, 1918, on represen1ation made by the prison physician that this applicant was of weak mind, was practically an idiot, and that he was then suffering from epileptic fits. 
 
SoN PHILLIPs: Atlanta Criminal Court, Novem- 
. ber term, 1917; carrying concealed weapons; 10 
months or $50. Sentence commuted to payment of fine of $32.50 February 15th, 1918, this being the pro rata sum due, giving the applicant credit for time served. 
 
MAoLA KNox: Pike County Superior Court, Octo-ber term, 1916; misdemeanor; 6 months. Sentence comlnuted to payment of fine of $25 March 18th, 1918, on the recommendation of the trial judge and Solicitor-General. 
 
BEN BoGAN : Coweta City Court, July term, 1917; gaming; 12 months or $60. Sentence commuted to payment of fine of $20, March 20th, 1918, this being the pro rata part of fine due, giving applicant credit for time served. 
 
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BERT YARBROUGH: Heard Superior Court, November term, 1917; assault and attempt to murder; 12 months or $250. Sentence commuted to payment of fine of $187.50 February 14th, 1918, this being the pro rata part of fine then due, giving applicant credit for time served. 
 
HARDY BRYAN : Talbot Superior Court, September term, 1917 ; si!In.ple larceny; 12 months or $100. Sentence commuted to payment of fine of $50 March 22nd, 1918, this being the pro rata sum due, giving applicant credit for time served. 
 
GEORGE GARRETT: Paulding Superior Court, August term, 1916; bastardy; 12 months. Sentence commuted to payment of fine of $175 March 26th, 1918, on recommendation of the trial judge, Solicitor-Gen~ eral and prosecutor. 
 
RALPH PITTMAN: Decatur Superior Court, November term, 1916; false swearing; 3 years. Sentence commuted to present service April 8th, 1918, on representation made hy the trial judge and Solicitor-General, who stated in communications to this department that the plea of guilty was entered in this case under an agreement had between the Solicitor, defendant's counsel and the judge to the effect that after the service of one year of the sentenc that they would all join in a request for immediate pardon. This agreement was embodied in the sentem~ passed on defendant. 
 
REPRIEVES. EuGENE AcMSTRONG: Early County; murder. Re- 
 
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spited from July 27, 1917, to August 24, 1917, and again from August 24, 1917, to September 21, 1917. Respites granted to allow time for Prison Commission to review application for commutation of sentence. 
 
WILLIAM DANr~L, alias "SMOKYJoE": Pulaski county; murder. Respited from December 7, 1917, to December 21, 1917. Respite granted to allow tilm~ for commission of physicians to inquire into his sallity. 
 
RAs JoNES: Miller County; murder. Respited from January 17, 1918, to February 15, 1918, and again from February 15, 1918, to March 29, HH8. Respite granted to allow time for Prison Commisf'ion  to review application for commutation of sentence. 
 
PETER MoRGAN: Baker County; murder. Respited from ;March 15, 1918, to April26, 1918. Respite granted to allow time for filing of application for connnlltation of sentence with Prison Commissiov.. 
 
rSPENCEB EvANS: Taliaferro County; rape. Respited from March 22, 1918 to April 26, 1918. Respite granted to allow time for filing of application for commutation of sentence with Prison Commission. 
 
BART GooDWIN: Polk County; murder. Respite from June 21st, 11)18, to July 26th, 1918, in order that his application for commutation of d.eath sentenee to life imprisonment could be reviewed. 
 
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JOHN THOMPSON : Troup County; murder. Respited from Jun~ 28th, 1918, to July 26th, 1918, in order to allow him an opportunity to file application for commutation of death sentence to life imprison-  
me.nt. 
 
PARDON. 
GEORGE JOHNSON : Fulton Superior Court, March term, 1917; assault with intent to murder; four yearn. Pardoned March 26th, 1918, because of the atatem.ent of tb.e prosecutor and other evidence which indicated that an injustice was done in his conviction. Clemency was recommended by the Judge, Solicitor. prosecutor and Prison Commission. 
 
Mr. Pace, of Sumter 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 Hous~ and have instructed me, as Chairman, to r~port the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 617. House Bill No. 618. House Bill No. 655.  
 
House Bill No. 653' by substitutes as amended. 
 
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House Bill No. 650 as amended. 
 
This 9th day of July, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN PACE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Clifton, of Lee County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. 8 peaker: 
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following Bills and Resolutions of the House and have instructe<l me, as Vice Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : House Bills Nos. 580, 648, 660, 661, 582, 583, House Resolution No. 170. 
CLIFToN, Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Law, of Burke County, Chairman of the Committee. on Public Library Committee, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Public Libr,\ry have had under consideration the following Bill No. 675 of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
LAw, Chairmuc. 
 
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Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall County! Chuinnan of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Education have had unde1 consideration the following House Bills : Nos. 5!)0, 620 and 663, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
 
And your Committee have also instructed we, as their Chairman, to report back to the House Bill No. 626, with recommendation that same do not pass. A minority report is filed to this bil1. 
W. T. BuRKHALTER, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Lassiter of Dooly County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to Constitution, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Amendments to Constitution have had under consideration the following bill of the House, and have instructed me, as their Vice Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill 
Nto. 676, -by Mr. Neill of Muscogee, providing for in- 
auguration of the Governor in January. 
LAssiTER, Vice Chairman. 
 
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The following Bills and Resolutions favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Dennard of Webster- 
A hill to abolish the office of Treasurer of Webster County. 
 
Br Mr. Hinson of Jeff Davis- 
A bill to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jeff Davis County. 
 
By Mr. Hinson of Jeff Davis- 
A bill to prohibit the running at large of any bull or boar hog over age of four months. 
 
By Mr. McCrory of Schley- 
A hill to prohibit the speaking or teaching the  German language in any sclhool, academy, college in 
this 8tate. 
 
By Mr. Cooper of PolkA hill to abolish t.he City Court of Polk County. 
 
By Mr. Cooper of Polk- 
A bill to provi~e for holding four terms of Supe- 
rior Court of Polk County. 
 
By Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall: A bill to provide for the -creation of a Commission 
 
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to be known as the ''Georgia Illiteracy Commission.'' 
 
By Mr. King of Jefferson- 
A bill to increase the number of members of Board of Roads and Revenues of Jefferson C~ounty. 
 
By Mr. Davenport of Hall- 
A bill to provide a salary for Solieitor-Heneral of the Northeastern Circuit on a salary basis. 
 
By Messrs. Brown and DuBose of Clarke and Law of Burke- 
A bill to fix salaries of Commissioners of Agriculture, Commissioi~;er of Game and Fish and other State House office_rs. 
 
By Mr. Walker of Ben Hill- 
A bill to abolish the fee system as to the office of Solicitor-General of the Cordele Judicial Circuit. 
 
By Mr. Vincent of Pickens- 
A bill to fix the amount of commutation tax for . road work in Pickens County. 
 
By Messrs. Jones and Staten of Lowndes- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Lowndes County. 
 
By Messrs. Beck and Bagwell of Carroll- 
A bill to establish a system of public schools for the Town of Bowdon, Carroll County, Georgiu. 
 
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By Messrs. Neill of Muscogee and Law of Burke:- 
A hill to amend Section 173 of Code as to salary of Assistant State Librarian. 
By Mr. Neill of Muscogee- 
o: A bill to amend Constitution relative to sr~ssion 
General Assembly. 
By Mr. Smith of Telfair- 
A resolution for the relief of W. K. Brooks. 
The following Resolutions of the House were taken up for consideration: 
By Mr. Burwell of Hancock- 
. _A resolution to provide funds for supplying copi~As of State Constitution from State Library. 
The resolution was read the third time. 
The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. White, of Fulton, as Chairman thereof. 
The .Committe of the Whole House arose .-md through their Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with recommendation that the same do pass. 
Th~ report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 
The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Arnold, of Lumpkin 
 
Allen 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Austin 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Arnold, of Coweta Bagwell 
 
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Baldwin 
 
Gilmore 
 
Ballard, -of Columbia. Green 
 
Ballard, of Newton Griffin 
 
Bankston 
 
Hagood 
 
Barfield 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Barwick 
 
Harvin 
 
Beazley 
 
Hateher 
 
Beck 
 
Hayes 
 
Bellah 
 
Haynes 
 
Blalock 
 
Hodges 
 
Booker 
 
Hogg 
 
Bower 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Boyett 
 
Hollla 
 
Brinson 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Brooks 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Brown, of Clarke  
 
thorpe 
 
Brown, of Houston Johwron, of Appling 
 
Bureh 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Buxton 
 
Jones, of .Lowndes 
 
Oarroll 
 
Jones, of Wlk:inson 
 
Cason 
 
Key 
 
Chambers 
 
Kelley 
 
Cheney 
 
Kidd 
 
Chupp 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
Clarke 
 
sham 
 
Clements 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Clifton 
 
King 
 
Collins of Cherokee La.Di.er 
 
Collins of Union 
 
Lankford 
 
Cook 
 
LaBBeter 
 
Culpepper, of CliDeh law 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Matthews 
 
wether 
 
Mays 
 
Davenport 
 
Mercier 
 
Davis 
 
:Middleton 
 
DeDDal'd 
 
Moore 
 
Dorris 
 
Mullins 
 
DuBose 
 
MeCall 
 
Duncan 
 
MeCrory 
 
Ellis 
 
MeDonald 
 
Eve 
 
Neill 
 
Fowler, of Forsyth Nesmith 
 
Frohoek 
 
Owen 
 
Foy 
 
Paee 
 
Palmour Fiekett Pickren PilP..hor Reece Reiser Reville Richardson Scott Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Veazey Vincent Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Wi)Iiams, of M'eri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Winn Woods Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Youmans 
 
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Those not voting were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Elbert Cullars 
 
Adams, of Towns Davidson 
 
Atkinson 
 
Di~ey 
 
Ayers 
 
Ennis 
 
Bale 
 
Fowler, of .Bibb 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Gary 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Giddena 
 
Blasingame 
 
Gordy 
 
Bond 
 
Grantland 
 
Bowers 
 
Hall 
 
Burwell 
 
Hardin of Glascock 
 
Carter 
 
Harris 
 
Coates 
 
Hinson 
 
Conger 
 
Holden 
 
Cooper 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Cravey 
 
Lawrence 
 
Lowe Maynard Morris McCalla Parker Rainey Roberts Russel! Shannon Stewart Turner Walker, of Ben Hill Williams, of Worth Woody Wright, of Floya Wylly 
 
The verification of roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 139, nays 0. 
 
The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. 
 
The following bills of the House were read the third time. 
By Messrs. Stubbs and Davis of Laurens- 
 
A bill to amend paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8 of the Constitution as appears in Section 6579 of the Civil Code of the State, relative to elections for local s~hool tax. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable 
 
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
. 
 
'mle bill involving a Constitutional amendment the 
 
roll call was ordered, and the vote was as follows: 
 
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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs-: 
 
Akin Allen Anderson, of Jenkins' Arnold, of Clay Arnold, of Coweta Arnold, of Lumpkin Atkinson Austin Bagwell Baldwin Bale Ballard, of Columbia Ballard, of Newton Bankston Barfield Barwick Beazley Bellah Blalock Blasinj!"Jl-we Bower Bowers Boyett Brooks Brown, of Clarke Brown, of Houston Burch Buxton Carroll Carter Chambers Cheney Chupp fllernents Clifton Collins, of Cherokee Conger Cook Cooper Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch Davenport Davidson 
 
Davis 
 
McCalla 
 
Dennard 
 
McCrory 
 
Dorris 
 
McDonald 
 
DuBose 
 
Nesmith 
 
Duncan 
 
Owen 
 
Ellis 
 
Pace 
 
Ennis 
 
Parker 
 
Eve 
 
Palmour 
 
Fowler, of Forsyth Pickett 
 
Frohock 
 
Pickren 
 
Giddens 
 
Pilcher 
 
Green 
 
Reece 
 
Griffin 
 
Reville 
 
Hagood 
 
Richardson 
 
Hall 
 
Russell 
 
Harden,. of Banks 
 
Scott 
 
Harvin 
 
Shannon 
 
Horvin 
 
Sibley 
 
Hatcher 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Hayes 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Haynes 
 
Staten 
 
Hodges 
 
Steele 
 
Holden 
 
Stewart 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Strickland 
 
Howard, of Liberty Stubbs 
 
Johns'on, of Bartow Swift 
 
J onee, of Elbert 
 
Swint 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Swords 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Tatum 
 
Key 
 
Timmerman 
 
Kelley 
 
Trppe 
 
Kimzey, of Habersham Veazey 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Vincent 
 
King 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Lankford 
 
Walker, of Pierce 
 
Lasseter 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
law 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Lowe 
 
Woods 
 
Mercier 
 
Woody 
 
.Middleton 
 
Worsham 
 
Moore 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
MulliiiS' 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
McCall 
 
Wylly 
 
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs: 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Ayers Barrett, of Pike Beck Booker Brinson Burkhalter Cason Collins, of Union Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Foy 
 
Gilmore Hinson Hollis Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson, of Appling Lanier Mays Neill Reiser Roberts Stovall 
 
Sumner Taylor Tmmmell Walker, of Bleckley Williams, of Meri- 
wether Winn Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Adams, of Towns Barrett, Whitfield Bohd Burwell Clarke Cravey Dickey Fowler, of Bibb 
 
Gary Gordy Grantland Hardin of Glascock Harris Hogg Jones, of Coweta Kidd Lawrence 
 
Matthews Maynard Morris Rainey Smith, of Fulton Stone Turner White 
 
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 128, nays 32. 
 
The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. 
Mr. Pace of Sumter moved that this House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. 
The Speaker assigned Mr. Collins of Cherokee to the following Committees : 
 
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Amendments to Constitution. Excuse of Members. G,eneral Judiciary No. 2. Penitentiary. Privileges and Elections. 
 
'l'he Speaker assigned Mr. Hollis of Muscogee to the following Committees:. 
Appropriations. Conservation. Enrollment.  General J udl.ciary No. 2. Pensions. :Special Judiciary. 
. 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Atkinson of Fulton until Friday of this week. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1918. 
 
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, of Towns Blasingame 
 
Akin 
 
Booker 
 
Allen 
 
Bower 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Bowers 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Boyett 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Brinson 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Brooks 
 
Atkinson 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Austin 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Ayers 
 
Burch 
 
Bagwell. 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Baldwin 
 
Burt 
 
' Bale 
 
Burwell 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Chambers 
 
Ballard, of Newton Cheney 
 
Bankston 
 
Chupp 
 
Barfield 
 
Clements 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Clifton 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Coates 
 
Barwick 
 
Collins 
 
Beall 
 
Conger 
 
Beazlel 
 
Cook 
 
Beck 
 
Cooper 
 
Bellah 
 
Cravey 
 
Buxton 
 
Cullars 
 
Carroll 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Carter 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Cason 
 
wether 
 
Blalock 
 
Davenport 
 
Sumner 
 
Davidson 
 
Davis Dennard Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, of Bibb Fowler, of Forsyth Frohock Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood H'all Harden, of Banks' Hardin, of Glasseock Harris Harvin Hatcher, of .Muscogee Hatcher, of Wayne Hayes Haynes 
 
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Hinson 
Hod~c'!l 
RJgg Holden Hollingsworth  Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorp Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Jones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Ki.mtiey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter Law Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Moore 
 
Mullins McCall McCalla McCrory McDonald Neill Uesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pileher .Painey Reece Reiser Rich!l.rds"on Roberts Russell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland 
 
Stubbs Swift Swords Swint Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleekley Walker, of Pierce White miiiams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, cf Worth Winn Wood Woods" Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wlright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with. 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during 3'0 minutes period of unanimous consent : 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
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2nd. Reports of standing committees. 
 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate Bills favorably reported the second time. 
 
4th Passage of uncontested House and Senate Local Bills and House and Senate General Bills hav.:ing local application. 
 
5th. Reading Senate Bills and Senate Resolutions the first time. 
 
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 19 was taken from table, House Bill No. 622 was withdrawn from General Judiciary Committee No.1 and referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
The following privileged Resolution was read: 
 
By Messrs. Ayers of Jackson and DuBose of Clarke-  
A resolution to authorize the Clerk to provide lithia water for liSe of House of Representatives. 
Mr. Kidd of Bacon moved the previous question, and the motion prevailed. 
'Tille main question was ordered. 
On the adoption of the Resolution the ayes were 65, nays 66.. 
The Resolution was lost. 
The following Bills and Resolutions were re~d the first time and referred to committees : 
 
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By Mr. Smith of Telfair- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of McRae. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Messrs. Bale of Floyd, Palmour of Hall, Boyett of Stewart and Worsham of Chattooga- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to payment of pensions to ex-Confederate Soldiers and their widows. 
Referred to Committee on Pensions. 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to salaries of Governor's Secretaries. 
Referred to Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of Fulton- 
A bill to amend an Act carrying into effect the provisions of Paragraph 1, Section 7 of Article 6 of the State of Georgia relative to Municipal Court of Atlanta. 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
By Mr. Owen of Paulding- 
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commi,ssioners of Roads and Revenues for Paulding County. 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
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By Mr. Walker of Ben Hill- , 
A bill to amend an Act establishing a Charter for the City of Fitzgerald. 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Wright of BullochA bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of 
Statesboro to declare what constitutes a nuisance within said city and to abate the same. 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
By Mr. Barwick of MontgomeryA bill to amenq Politi~al Code, Section 1756, rela~ 
tive to protection of cemeteries and burial places. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
By Mr. Lanier of BullochA bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for 
the City of Statesboro. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
By Mr. Hall of BibbA resolution to appropriate $5,000.00 to pay ex- 
penses of Committee who are authorized to sit in vacation of the General Assembly. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
By Messrs. Brown and DuBose of Clarke and Law of Burke- 
 
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A resolution to make ~ouse Bill No. 653 a special order for Thursday, July 12. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. Walker of Ben Hill- 
Resolved, That House Bill No. 655 be_made special order for Thursday, July 11, 1918. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:. 
 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
tional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
132. A bill to provide for a prima facie presumption where deeds, mortgages, etc., appear to be exe~ cuted in one County before an officer of another County having jurisdiction in the first County. 
178. A bill to require all ablebodied persons between the ages of eighteen and fifty years to be regularly engaged in some lawful bu,siness, profession or occupation. 
The following message was receiv~d from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the :Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: 
The :S'enate has concurred in the amendments of 
 
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the House to the following_ Bill of the Senate, towit: 
59. A Bill to provide for the collection of past due taxes of the State, County and Municipalities. 
 
The Senate disagrees to the House substitute and asks for the appointment of a Conference Committee upon the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
75. A Bill to define and fix tb..e age of consent. 
 
'I'he President of the Senate has appointed the following Senators as members of the Conference Committee on. the part of the Senate, to-wit: 
Messrs. Denny, Field and Andrews. 
 
'!Th.e following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. 8 peaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, towit: 
100. A Bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Broxton. 
 
The Senate has concurred in the following Resolution of the House, to-wit: 
164. A Resolution authorizing the Governor to grant the request of the family of General John B. Gordon to deliver his portrait to the proper authorities of the University of Georgia. 
 
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Mr. Carroll, of Catoosa County, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Enrollment have examined, 
found properly enrolled and signed and ready to be delivered to the Governor the following Acts, to-wit: 
House Bill N'p. 588, a Bill to authorize County C<?mmissioners of Fulton County to increase salary of certain. Clerks and Deputy Clerks, .Marshal and Deputy Marshals of Municipal Court of Atlanta. 
Respectfully submitted, T. )3. UumoLL, Chairman. 
Mr. Ellis of Tift 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 have instructed me, as Chairman, to re-:port, the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
House Bill No. 607. House Bill No. 594. House Bill No: 693. House Bill No. 685, House Bill No. 689. 
Respectfully submitted, ELLis, Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Johnson of Bartow County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. I, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on General Agriculture No.1 have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and 'have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same ba~k to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill 316. 
 
Also House BiHs Nos. 13"4 and 578 do not pass. JoHNSON, of Bartow, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter 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 Billa of the House and :have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recOmmendation that the same do pa;ss, to-wit: 
 
House Bill Nlo. 705. House Bill No. 724. July lOth, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN PACE, Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Holden of Rabun County, Chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining, submitted the following r~port: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Mines and Mining have had under consideration the following Senate Resolution No. 31 of the Senate, and 1have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass. 
Respectfully submitted, 
HoLDEN, Chairman. 
 
Mr. DuBose of Clarke 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 have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the samd do pass : 
 
House Bill No. 674, to amend Charter of City of Columbus . 
 
. House Bill No. 656, to amend Charter of Atlanta. 
 
House Bill No. 700, to amend Charter of City of Sparta. 
 
House Bill No. 634, to amend Charter of City of 
 
Athens. 
 
 
 
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House Bill No. 581, to allow encroachment on sidewalk in .Savannah. 
 
House Bill No. 576, to allow expenditure of $10,000 by Savannah for advertising purposes. 
 
House Bill No. 487, to amend Charter of City of Valdosta. 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
DuBosE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Arnold of Clay County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. 8 peaker: 
Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following Bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass: 
House Bill No. 649, to prohibit children under 14 from working in cert~in occupations or when school is in session, and for other purposes. 
Respectfully submitted, 
ARNoLD, of Clay, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Fowler of Bibb County, Vice Chairman of the OoiDIIIlittee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report : 
 
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Mr. 8 peaker: 
 
'l'he Committee of the House on General Judiciary No. 2, 1having had under consideration House Bill No. 593, by Messrs. Davis of Laurens, recommends that same do pass as amended. . 
 
This July loth, 1918. 
 
FowLER, of Bibb, 
 
 Vice-Chairman. 
 
Mr. Williams of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Printing, submitted the following report : 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Coonmittee on Public Printing have had under consideration the following Bills, Nos. 58 and 728 of the House, and have instructed me, as Chai1111:an, 
to report same back to the House with the recom- 
mendation that the same do pass by substitute House Bill No. 58, by committee substitute. 
Committee recommends that House Bill No. 728 do not pass. 
WILLIAMs, of Meriwether, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, the House member appointed to make investigations of appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
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STATE OF GEORGIA, ExECUTIVE DEJiARTMENT, 
lt1.'LANTA. 
 
J~ly 8th, 1918. 
 
To the General Assembly of Georgia: The Governor, Attorney-General, State School 
Commissioner, Hon. George H. Carswell of the .Senate, and Hon. J os. H. Hall of the House of Representa~1ves, composing a Committee created under authority of Section 12 of the General Appropriations Act of 1917, submit the following report: 
Tlhe Committee has investigated all appropriations usually carried in the General Appropriations Act, and find that they are legal and advisable except as hereafter noted. We have investigated the needs of the departments to which appropriations are made, and reoommend that all appropriations carried in the General Act of 1917 be made for the year 1919 except as hereinafter indicated. 
 
GoVERNOR's OFFICE. 
The constitutional limitation of $6,000.00 for clerical help in the Governor's office is inadequate. 
To meet the absolute necessities of the office, for years it has been customary to furnish funds with which,t<? increase the clerical force by statutory enactments which are inviolation of the Constitution of 1877. 
 
A Messenger for the Governor is authorized, said 
messenger, however, performing clerjcal duties. ln 
 
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1915 provision was made for a Stenographer to' the Governor at the Mansion; but in 1917, in his place, an appropriation was made of $1,200.00 for the employment of a clerk to the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds. This clerk, however, has. been engaged exclusively in clerical work in the Gover~ nor's office. Even with these there is not sufficient force for the clerical work of this Department. We recommend, therefore, that the Constitutio:r;_ be amended, authorizing $10,000.00 for the. employment of needed clerical help in this Office. 
 
STATE TREASURER. 
The State Treasurer disburses more than eight million dollars annually. This, and other duties incident to his office, practically take all his time, and leave none for the examination of banks required of 1him by law. 
We recommend that adequate provision be made for the maintenance of an efficient department for the examination of State banks-either under the supervision of the Treasurer or through a separate department, as may be best. 
 
STATE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
An appropriation of $15,000.00 is carried for this Department. The law provides for a clerk to the Commissioner of. Agriculture whose salary is paid from the maintenance fund. Upon investigation, we find that the Commissioner is paying $8,020.00 for  clerical 1help. The salary of the Clerk to the Commissioner is limited to $1,800.00. An Assistant ComIIllissi(~mer of Agriculture is employed at a salary of 
 
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$2,4oo.OO, a stenographer at $2,200.00, a book-keeper at $1,920.00, and a Clerk to the State Oil Inspector at a salary of $900.00. While this was the custom in the Department before the present incumbent assumed office, and while there is no question in the opinion of the Committee but that all these employees are necessary, still the Committee is of the opinion that there should be specific legal authority for the employment. of these .officials and their salaries should be fixed bylaw. 
Some of the Committees are msistent that it "-as never contemplated that the clerical expenses of the office should be paid from the Maintenance Fund. 'Th.e policy of the State seems to sustain this contention. In order to remove uncert8..inties, your Committee suggests legislation~ 
The Committee also finds a similar condition obtains in the case of the State Chemist and his assistants, and likewise recommends corrective legislation. 
The same situation exists in the case of the Veterinarian and his corps of assistants. It is left entirely to the discretion of the officials as to the number of persons to be employed and the salaries to be paid them. Under the law as it now stands, the entire fund arising from the inspection of foods could, in the discretion of the 8tate Commissioner of Agriculture and the State Veterinarian, be applied for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of that law. This, we believe, is 1;1ot in conformity with the policy of the State, even if it should not be contrary to law, and we recommend that the Legisla- 
 
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ture specifically designate the officials needed and their salaries. 
The Committee must not be understood in connection with this, or other matters above referred to, as offering criticism as to the necessity for any of the employees of this Department or the amounts paid to them. We desire, however, to impress the need for specific laws desigilating the officials and fixing their compensation. 
Under the law the Department of Food Inspection is maintained from fees collected. The number of employees and the amount to be paid them is left to the discretion of the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Chief Food Inspector. It has not been customary to carry appropriations for this Department in the General Appropriations Bill. It is dis~ cretionary with the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Ohief Food Inspector to determine what sums shall be expended in carrying on this work. Your Committee recommends that an all).ount sufficient to support the Department should be appropriated annually from the Treasury, that the employees and their salaries should be regulated by law, and thP4all fees collected should be covered direr.tly into the Treasury. 
The Market Bureau, for the maintenance of which an appropriation was made last year, has been rendering useful service to the people. It should be .continued, and if the state of t~e Treasury warrants, an increased appropriation should be made for its support. 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
The Constitution, Article 3, Section 7, paragraph 
 
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9, provides, ''The General Appropriation Bill shall el:r;lbrace nothing except appropriations fixed by previous laws,'' etc. Your Committee is unable to find any previous law establishing this Department and providing the annual appropriation therefor, and we are, therefore, forced to the conclusion that the appropriation for this Department is inhibited in the General Act by the section of the Constitution cited. 
We, therefore, recommend either the passage of a law providing for the annual appropriation, or that the appropriation for the maintenance of the same be carried in a separate bill. 
There should be a clear line of division between the -work of the State Department of Agriculture and its related departments, on the one hand, and tP.e State College of Agriculture on the other. There should be .no duplication of work, effort or money. The sphere of the Agricultural Department is police and regulatory; that of the State Colleg~ of Agriculture is educational. The Committee feels that in some instances each has made infringement upon the territory of the other at the expense of the State. Particularly is this true as regards the entomological work being done by the Department of Agriculture and the State College of Agriculture. Both National and State funds are being used for experimental and educational work in entomology by the State College of Agriculture. The State Department of Entomology, therefore, should not do work of that character, but should confine itself strictly to the police and regulatory work for which it was established. Your Committee does not at his time suggest radical action, 
 
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but insists that this line of demarcation should be 
 
adopted as a principle. 
 
EXPERIMENT STATION. 
Continued difficulty in securing the Federal appropriation for the conduct of the Experiment Station, and possible duplication of money and effort show the necessity for legislation. 
It is very evident that the United States authori-  ties consider work of this character as educational and properly under the direction of the State College of Agriculture. 
 
CoMPILER OF CoLoNIAL RECORDS. 
This Department was established by executive order. It is the opinion of your Committee that to make the appropriation usually carried for this Department conforin to the law, a bill should be pass~d establishing the office and defining its scope. This Act s:hould not only create the Department, but should specifically define the duties of the Compiler of Colonial Records and :fix his salary. Whatever help is necessary should likewise be authorized and compensation :fixed therefor. 
 
PRINTING 'COMMISSION. 
The present laws for the regulation of State printing, which were adopted in 1878, are wholly unsatisfactory and need revision. It is the opinion of this COIIDmittee that the State should have a minimum amount of printing done under the supervision of the Printing Commission, and each Department should award its printing contracts on a competitive 
 
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basis, as is done 'by the Departments of Education and Agriculture. 
 
GEoRGIA STATE SANITARIUM FOR CoNSUMPTIVEs AT 
ALTo. 
A small tract of ]and adjoining the State's property at A1to is needed for the further development of this institution. We recommend that it be purchased. 
We further recommend that the control of this institution should be taken from the present Board of Trustees and placed in charge of the State Board 
of Health. If the State is to receive the benefits an- 
ticipated -when this institution was establis:hed, a larger appropriation will have to be made for the benefit of the institution. 
 
. PENSIONS. 
We call attention to the fact that the law provides no method by which the pension roll can be purged. 
We have reason to believe that there are carried on 
ifuese roHs those who are not entit1d to pensions. We, therefore, recommend that the Commissioner of Pensions be provided with the means by which to check the pension rolls and discover if any are carried illegaHy. 
 
'STATE SANITARIUM. 
The Superintendent reports that it will require an appropriation of $1,000,000.00 for the support and maintenance of this institution for the year 1919. This is an increase of $239,000 over the amount ap- 
 
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propriated for the present year. We have not been furnished by the Board of Trustees with any facts or figures showing why this large incr.ease is necessary. It is impossible for us to say whether or not this appro-priation-of one million dollars is necessary. 
We have only the op~ion of the Superintendent that it will take this amount. 
The appropriations have steadily grown from year to year. 
We are thoroughly convinced that a thorough revision of the law governing this institution should be made. Georgia needs a Board of Charities and Corrections to- administer and to co-ordlliaie the affairs of this and the other eleemosynary institutions. 
No state institution more urgently needs scientific rehabilitation. Changes are necessary both as concerns the laws defining who should be admitted, the treatment of the inmates and the finances. 
 
.SoLDIERS' HoME. 
 
Under the wise management of the present Superintendent, the Chairman' and the Board of Trustees, debts incurred in the past have been paid. There is no necessity for increased funds and it appears that the present appropriation might even be reduced. 
 
 THE U NIVEBSITY OF GEORGIA ANP ITs BRANCHES. 
Some of the Committee question the constitutionality of any appropriation in the General Appropriation Act for the support of the University of Georgia and its branches. This doubt arising out of the Ian- 
 
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guage of the Constitution as found in the following citations: 
 
Article 3, Section 7, paragraph 9. Article 7, Section 1, paragraph 1. Article 8, Section 6, paragraph 1. 
 
In view of this doubt, the Committee recommends 
 
that the Constitution be amended by adding to Article VII., ~section 1, after the words ''for educational purposes in instructing children in the elementary 
 
branches of an English education only," the follow- 
 
ing: ''And for the support and maintenance of 
 
high schools and the University of Georgia and its 
 
several branches. 
 
The legality of the appropriation for University 
 
extension, and the extension work done by the 
 
branches of the University, has been called into ques- 
 
tion. The majority of the Committee think the ap- 
 
propriations for this work are legal and desirable. 
 
Concerning these appropriations for  extension 
 
work by the University of Gerogia and its Branches, 
 
Mr. J os. H. Hall submits the following dissenting 
 
op~on: 
 
' 
 
"I cannot agree to the conclusions of the Coon- 
 
mittee that it is withtin the power of the General As- 
 
sembly to make appropriations to the University of 
 
Georgia for the support and maintenance of agents 
 
employed by the State Agricultural College and the 
 
Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledge- 
 
ville for the purpose of delivering lectures on what is known as Domestic Science, and for maintaining the various activities carried on.by these schools. In 
 
my opinion these appropriations are not only not 
 
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authorized, but are expressly forbidden by the Con- 
 
stitution. 
 
"I think all the appropriations made to the State 
 
Agricultural College other than to teach students at 
 
the Agricultural College, who are regularly enrolled 
 
there as students in that department of the State 
 
University, are without authority of law. I think that under the statement of Dr. Soule only $40,000 of the 
 
money appropriated is legally used, if, indeed, that 
 
is legal.'' 
 
The Appropriation Act of 1917, in reference to the N'Orth Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, 
 
contains the proviso that no part of the appropria- 
 
tion shall be used to pay a salary for a member of the Board of Trustees for his services as trustee, or 
 
other-wise, and further provides that if this provision 
 
is violated it shall work a forfeiture of such appro- 
 
priation. 
 
 
 
We think the proviso above cited is in conflict with 
 
the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly 
 
(Ga. Laws, 1911, p. 161), which Act provides for the 
 
payment of a sum not to exceed $500.00 to such secre- 
 
tary and treasurer as may be selected by the Board, 
 
and permits the employment of a member of the Board as such secretary and treasurer. 
 
The provision above referred to in the Appropria- 
 
tions Act and the Act of 1911 a:re in conflict. Either 
 
the Act of 1911 should be repealed, or the proviso re- 
 
. ferred to should be omitted from the Appropriations Bill. 
 
The appropriation of $20,000.00 carried last year fo_r co-operative eitension work in home economics at the Georgia Nol'IIllal and Industrial College is, in 
 
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the unanimous opinion of the Committee, unwise. We recommend, therefore, that this appropriation should be discontinued. We reconimend the economy and management shown with the regular appropriation made to the school, and advise that this extra appropriation, or so much as may be necessary, be given for increased facilities in the regular work if the condition of the Treasury will authorize. 
 
PuBLIC ScHOOLS. 
The committee recognizes the importance of making the appropriation for the support of the public schools as large as the condition of the Treasury will justify, and urge that should it become apparent that any substantial increases in appropriations are .warranted from the tax returns, that a substantial part of such increase be given to these schools. 
Mr. Hall dissents from so much of the above recommendation in reference to the common schools as recommends that any increase be made in the appropriation for these schools. He submits that all appropriations, except where absolutely demanded, sihould be kept within the present .amounts, and that if any increase of revenue should come into the Treasury, it should be applied to making up the deficit which, in his opinion, exists in the State Treasu r y. . 
STATE CouNciL oF DEFENSE. 
This appropriation should, if possible, be increased. Georgia should be proviqed with sufficient funds for the patriotic purposes for which the Council was created. 
 
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CoNCLUSION. 
The Committee has given much time and effort to the work assigned it. One or more members have visited each institution to which appropriations are made and, with few exceptions, all have attended the hearings covering several weeks, and have made the investigations required as thorough as possible. We are pleased to report that nothing has been found indicating that the funds of the State are not being honestly expended. 
Respectfully submitted, HuGH M. DoRSEY, 
CLIFFORD wALKER, 
M. L. BRITTAIN, Gus H. CARSWELL, Jos. H. HALL. 
 
By unanimous consent, 300 copies of the above report were ordered printed for use of members of House. 
 
The following bills of the House favorably reported were read the seoond time : 
 
By Mr. McCrory of Schley- 
A bill to create the office of Purchasing Agent and Superintendent of Public Printing for State of Georgia. 
By Messrs. Eve of Chath31Ill, Akin of Glynn, Jones of Coweta and Beazley of Taliaferro- 
A bill to provide for grading and branding according to grade or quality of cottonseed meal. 
 
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By .Messrs.Jones and Staten of Lowndes- 
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Valdosta. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Eve and Wylly of Chatham- 
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of S~:lVannah to appropriate money for advertising purposes. 
 
By Messrs. gve, Lawrence and \Vylly of Chatham- 
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of :Savannah to encroach on the sidewalk of Congress Street. 
 
By Messrs. Dads of Laurens and Burwell of Hancock- 
A bill to provide for the legal control of dogs in this State. 
By Mr. Bale of FloydA bill to amend Section 1126, Code of 1910, rela- 
tive to fees of Solicitor-Generals. 
 
By Messrs. Akin of Glynn and Burch of ThomasA bill to fix the salaries of Sheriffs of Superior 
Court and Court of Appeals. 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of FultonA bill to amend an Act establishing a new vnarter 
for the City of Atlanta. 
 
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By Messrs. Brown and DuBose of Clarke- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing the Town of Athens and the various Acts amendatory thereto. 
 
By Mr. Neill of Muscogee- 
A bill to amend an Act to create a new Charter for the City of Columbus. 
 
By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Hichmond- 
A bill to regulate the compensation of Official  Stenographic Reporters of Superior Courts in all Counties in this State. 
 
By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- 
A hill to proyide for the appointment of Stenographic Reporters of City Courts in certain counties. 
 
By Mr. McCall of Brooks- 
A bill to amend Code relative to recovery of judgment and for issuing fi. fas. thereon. 
 
By Mr. Burwell of HancockA bill to amend the Charter of City of Sparta. 
By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA hill to provide for two terms Superior Court of 
Coffee County. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
 
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A bill to abolish the City Court of Coffee County. 
The following Bills of the House were read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Dennard' of Webster- 
A bill to abolish the office of 1County Treasurer of Webster County. 
The repo:ri 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 115, nays 0. 
The bill having received the requisite constitu-. tiona! majority was passed. 
 
By Mr. Hinson of Jeff Davis- 
A bill to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jeff Davis County. 
The report of the committee, whicn was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill th~ ayes were 115, nays 0. 
fJThe bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
By Mr. Hinson of Jeff Davis- 
A bill to prohibit the running at large in Jeff Davis County of any bull or boar hog over age of four months. 
The report 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. 
 
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'!The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Mr. Cooper of PolkA bill to abolish the .City Court of Polk County. 
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 0. '!The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Mr. Cooper of Polk- 
A bill to provide for holding four terms of .Superior ~Court of Polk 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 115, nays 0. 
".Dhe bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Mr. King of Jefferson- 
A bill to increase the membership of Board of Roads and Revenues of Jefferson County. 
 The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was ~greed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0. 
. The bill having received the requisite cons.titutional majority was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Vincent of Pickens- 
A bill to fix amount of commutation road tax for Pickens 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 115, nays 0. 
T'he bill having received the requis'ite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Messrs.Jones and Staten of Lowndes- 
A hill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Lowndes 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 115, nays 0. 
~he bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Beck and Bagwell of Carroll- 
A hill to establish a system of public schools for Town of Bowdon, Carroll 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.  
Tlhe bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were read the 
 
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first time and referred to committees : 
 
By Messrs. Andrews and Heath of 35th and 17th Dis- 
 
bicts- 
 
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A bill to amend an Act regqlating issuance of Insurance policies by ~hat is known as group insur- 
ance. 
 
Referred to Committee on Insurance. 
 
By Mr. Denny of 42nd District- 
 
A bill to provide for a prima facie presumption 
 
where deeds and mortgages and other registerable 
 
instruments appears to be executed in one county 
 
before an officer of another County having no juris- 
 
diction in the first County. 
 
 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Messrs. Merry of H1e 8th District and Andrews of 35th District (by request) : 
A bill to require all able-bodied persons between ages of eighteen and fifty to be regularly engaged in some lawful useful occupation. 
Referred to Labor and Labor Statistics Committee. 
Under the regular order of business the following Bill of the Senate was read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Elders of the 2nd District: 
A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the levy of local tax for the support of public schools. 
On motion of Mr. Burwell, of Hnncock, the Bill 
 
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. was postponed until Thursday morning immediately after the orders of 1Jhe day. 
 
On motion of Mr. Swords of Morgan, 300copies of House Bill and Am~ndments No. 653 was ordered printed for use of members of the General Assem- 
bly. 
 
The Speaker announced that he had received information that Hon. W. F. Weaver, Senator from the Twenty-third District, expired this morning at 11 o'clock. 
 
Mr. McCrory of Schley moved that a committee be appointed to attend funeral of Senator Weaver, and the s:Peaker appointed the following on the part of tthe House : 
 
Messrs. McCrory of .Schley, Wright of Jones, Fay of Taylor, Richardson of Houston, Baldwin of Talbot, Brooks of Macon. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that this House do now adjourn in honor to the memory of Hon. W. F. Weaver, Senator from the Twenty-third District. 
The motion prevailed. 
The following communication was read: 
 
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ATLANTA, GA., JuLY 10, 1918.  To Ron. John N. Holder and Members of the Georgia 
General Assembly, State Capitol, City. 
 
Gentlemen: 
It is my pleasure to cordially invite you to become guests of the Georgia State Automobile Association at a dinner on nursday, July 11, at 6:30P.M., to be !held at the Kimball House, and I sincerely hope it will be the pleasure of each of you to accept. The program on this occasion will not consume more than an hour and a half. 
Very truly yours, 
W. ToM WINN, 
President. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourne~ until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JuLY 11th, 1918. 
 
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, of Towns Brown, of Clarke. 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Allen 
 
Burch 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Burkhalter 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Buxton 
 
Arnold, of Coweta OarroU 
 
' Arnold, of Lumpkin Carter 
 
Atkinson 
 
Cason 
 
Austin 
 
Chambers 
 
Ayers 
 
Cheney 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chupp 
 
Baldwin 
 
Clarke 
 
Bale , 
 
Clements 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clifton 
 
Ballard, of Newton Coates 
 
Bankston 
 
Collins of Cherokee 
 
Barfield 
 
Collins of Union 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Conger 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Cook 
 
Barwick 
 
Cooper 
 
Beazley 
 
Cravey 
 
Beck 
 
Cullars 
 
Bellah 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Meri 
 
Blasingame 
 
wether 
 
Booker 
 
Davenport 
 
Bower 
 
Davidson 
 
Bowers 
 
Davis 
 
Boyett 
 
Dennard 
 
Brinson 
 
Dickey 
 
Brooks 
 
Dorris 
 
DuBose Dnnean Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, of Bibb Fowler, of Forsyth Frohoek Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin of Glascock Harris Harvin Hatcher 
Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodg.-s Hogg Holden Hollingsworth Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
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Howard, of Oglethorp 
.Tohns'on, of Appling .Tohnson, of Bartow .Tones, of Coweta .Tones, of Elbert .Tones, of Lowndes Jones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter lAw Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Moore Mullins McCall McCalla McCrory 
 
McDonald Neill Nesmith .Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville 
Richarilgon Hoberts Russell Seoti. Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Sumner Swift Swint Swords Steele Stewart Stone 
 
Stovall Strickland Stubbs 'fatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley #alker, of Pierce White Williams, of Mer!- 
wether Williams, of 'Vare Williams, cf Worth Winn WoodS' Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd "Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during 30 minutes periods of unanimous consent: 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 2nd. Reports of standing committees. 
 
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3'rd. Reading of House and Senate Bills favorably reported, the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate Local Bills and House and Senate General Bills having local application. 
5th. Reading Senate Bills and Senate Resolutions the first time. 
Hon. J no. H. Mack, member-elect from Dougherty County, came forward to the Clerk's stand and took the oath of office. The oath was administeerd by Hon.. 
Marcus W. Beck, Associate Justice of the Supreme 
Court. 
On motion of Mr. Jones of Coweta all individual speeches for balance of session were limited to thirty minutes. 
The following bills and' resolutions were read :first time and referred to committees: 
By Mr. Gilmore of Turner- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the Tifton Judicial Circuit so as to provide for holding two terms a year of Superior Court of Turner County. 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
By Mr. Reese of Gilmer- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Gilmer County. 
Referred to Committee on County. and County Matters. 
By Messrs. Ayers and Holder of Jackson- 
 
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A bill to repeal an Act fuing the fees of Jailors in Counties of Banks and Jackson so far as said Act relates to County of Jackson. 
Referred to Committee on County und .County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Smith of Fulton- 
A bill to amend t'he laws relating to appointments of counsel in divorce cases. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Smith of Fulton- 
A bill to further prescribe the manner of issuing marriage license. 
Referred to -General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Smith of FultonA bill to amend Section 2946 of the Code of Geor- 
gia :r;elating to divorce cases. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Smith of FultO'nA bill to amend :Section 2964 relative to divorce 
cases. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1. 
 
By Mr. Nesmith of Colquitt- 
 
A ~ill to encourage the raising of live stock in 
 
Georgia. 
 
 
 
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Referred to General Agricultural Committee No.2. 
 
By :Mr. Owen of PauldingA resolution for relief of J. E,. Fuller. Referred to Committee on Pensions. 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter- 
A resolution to make House Bill No. 447 a special order. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A resolution providing for a special order of business for Wednesday, July 17. 
Referred to Carnmittee on Rules. 
 
By :Jfr. Aiken of GlynnA resolution for relief of Geo. H. Smith. Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
Mr. Jones, 'rice Chairman Committee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Rules having under consideration a resolution request me as Vice Chairman to report that the committee unanimously recommend that all bills to place Solicitors-General upon ~ salary where there is no contest or opposition, be placed 
 
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upon their passage during the period of unanimous 
 
consents. 
 
GARLAND ~L JONES, 
 
' Vice Chairman. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 
The resolution whic'h was reported by the Rules Committee was adopted. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, Chairma~ of the Committe~ on Appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. SP_eaker: 
Your :Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the fo1lowing bills and resolutions of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 709. House Bill No. 635. House Bill No. 686. House Resolution No. 175. 
 
Also House Bill No. 436, with the recommendation that the same be withdrawn. 
HALL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Grantland of Spalding County, Chairman of Committee on State of the Republic, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. 8 peaker: 
Your Committee on the State of the Republic request me as fueir Chairman to report House Bill No. 722 back to the House with the recomm~ndation thatthe same do pass. 
s. GRANTLAND, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report : 
 
Mr. 8 peaker: 
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bills and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same b~ck to 1fue Ho'!lse with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 637, new charter for City of Baxley. House Bill No. 735, charter for McRae. 
Respectfully submitted,  DuBosE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Blasingame of Walton County, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture NO. 2, submitted the following report : 
 
Mr. 8 peaker: 
Your Committee on Agriculture No. 2 have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 611 
 
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and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendations that the same od not pass. 
 
July lOth, 1918. 
 
BLASINGAME, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Arnold of Clay County, Acting Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report : 
 
M r 8 peaJc.er : 
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have instmcted me, as Chairman, to report the same hack to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 132, by Mr. Denny of the 42nd Dis- 
 
trict. 
 
 
 
1Senate Bill No. 108, by Mr. Mundy, of the 38th District. 
 
House Bill No. 696, by Mi'. Pickett of Terrell. 
 
House Bill No. 622, by Mr. Austin of Murray. 
 
House Bill No. 434, by Mr. Hall of Bibb. 
 
House Bill No. 707, by Mr. Sw1ft of Muscogee. 
 
House Bill Nlo. 678, by Mr. Arnold of Clay. 
 
That further direct me to report with recommendation that" House Bill No. 638, by Mr. Wright of Floyd, do pass as amended. 
 
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House Bill No. 600, by Mr. Davis of Laurens do pass by substitute. 
ARNOLD, of Clay, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
:Mr. Pace of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have hau under consideration the following Bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman,. to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that 1!he same do pass, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 169. 
 
July 11th, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN pACE, 
 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Arnold of Clay 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 Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with 1Jhe recommendation that the same do pass: 
Senate Bill No. 178, requiring all able-bodied per- 
 
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sons between ages of 18 and 50 to be regularly engaged in some lawful occupation. 
Respectfully submitted, 
ARNOLD, of Clay, .Chairman. 
 
Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following House Bills and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: House Bill No. 599 and House Bill No. 688. 
 
July 11th, 1918. 
 
\V. T. BuRKHALTER, 
 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Shannon of Twiggs 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 'have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
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House Bill No. 677, amending Act establishing City School for the Town of Villa Rica. 
House Bill No. 702, amending (;harter of City of EUijay. 
House Bill N'O. 730, empowering Mayor and Council of City of Statesboro to abate nuisances and for other purposes. 
House Bill No. 731, amending Charter of City of Fitzgerald. 
SHANNON, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Davis of Crisp County, Chairman of the Committee on Printing, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. 8 peaker: 
Your Committee on Penitentiaries 'have under consideration the following Resolution and Bills of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended: 
House Resolution No. 158. 
That House Bill No. 614 do not pass. 
DoRRis, Chairman. 
 
The following Bills of the House favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Messrs. Wright and Blasingame of Walton- 
A hill to amend Section 7 of an Act to incorporate t'he Academy of Social Circle in the City of Social Circle. 
 
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By 
 
Mr. 
 
Davis 
 
of Laurens . 
 
and 
 
Swift 
 
o. f 
 
Muscogee- 
 
A bill to repeal section 6134 of the Civil Code of 
 
1910, relative to compensation of stenographers of 
 
Supreme Court. 
 
By Messrs. Austin of Murray and Haynes of Gordon- 
A bill to amend Section 1202 of Code of Georgia  relative to fees of Tax Receiver. 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Appling- 
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Baxley. 
 
By Messrs. Cullars of Lincoln, Bale of Floyd, DuBose of Clarke and Scott of Johnson- 
A bill to appropriate the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars for salary of Keeper of Public Grounds and Buildings. 
By Mr. Wright of Floyd- 
A bill to amend an Act creating City Court of Floyd County. 
 
By Mr. Beck of CarrollA Bill to amend an Act establishing City School 
for the Town of Villa Rica, Ga. 
By Mr. Arnold of Clay and Pickett of TerrellA bill to prohibit the bringing into this State any 
stolen property from another State. 
 
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By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A bill to fix the salary of the Engineer of State CapitoL 
 
By Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall- 
A bill to provide for vocatioanl education and training. 
 
By l\fr. Pickett of Terrell and Arnold fo Clay- 
A bill to empower Superior Courts to accept surrender of corporate franchises. 
 
By Mr. Reece of GilmerA bill to amend Charter of the City of Ellijay, Ga. 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee- 
A bill to amend Section 4934 of the Civil Code of 1910 relative to applications for admission to bar. 
 
By Mr. DuBose of Clarke and Swift o.f Muscogee- 
A bill to provide for a public service corporation tax clerk and fix his compensation. 
 
By Mr. McDonald of Richmond- 
A bill to authorize photographers to take and charge for photographs of soldiers and sailors on . Sunday. 
 
By Mr. Swift of BullochA bill to authorize the Mayor and City Council of 
 
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Statesboro to declare what constitutes a nuisance within said city and to abate the same. 
 
By Mr. Walker of Ben Hill- 
A bill to amend the Act establishing Charter of the City of Fitzgerald, Ga. 
 
By Mr. Smith of Telfair- 
A bill to amend by substituting an Act creating a new Charter for the City of McRae. 
 
By ~Jr. Fowler of Bibb- 
A resolution for the relief for vV. Henry .Jones. 
 
By Mr. Buxton of Burke- 
A resolution providing for appointment of committee to investigate the advisability of exchanging the State farm for a more fertile farm. 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A resolution to appropriate $5,000.00 to pay expenses and per diem of members of committees who are authorized to sit in vacation of General Assembly. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were read the second time. 
 
By Mr. Mundy of 38th DistrictA bill to prescribe indeterminate sentences. 
 
By Mr. Denny of 42nd District- 
 
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A bill to provide for a prima facie presumption when deeds, mortgages and other registerable instruments appear to be executed in one County before an officer of another County. 
 
By Messrs. Merry of 8th and Andrews of 35th Districts- 
Requiring all able-bodied persons between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five to be continuously engaged in some lawful occupation. 
 
The following bills of the House were read the third time: 
 
By Messrs. Jones and Staten of Lowndes- 
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Valdosta. 
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 1the requis~te constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Eve and Wylly :>f Chatham- 
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah to appropriate money for advertising purposes. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was ~greed to. 
On the passage of tihe bill the ayes were 120, nays 0. 
 
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The bill having received the requisite constitu-  tional majority was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Eve, Wylly and Lawrence of Chatham- 
A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, Ga., to encroach on sidewalk of Congress ~street. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to tlhe passage of the bill, was agreed to. . 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 125, nays 0. 
The biil having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of Fulton- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new Charter for 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 112, nays 0. 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
By Mr. Neill of Muscogee- 
. A bill to amend an Act to create a new Charter for the City of Col~bus. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the pass~e of the bill, was agreed to. 
On tlhe passage of the bill the ayes were 125, nays 0. 
 
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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Mr. Burwell of HancockA bill to amend Charter of the City of Sparta, Ga. 
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. 
The bill 1having received the requisite constitutional majority was. passed. 
 
By :Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to provide for two terms of Superior Courtti 
of Coffee 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 119, nays 0. 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to abolish the City Court of Coffee 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 102, nays 0. 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
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By Messrs. Brown and DuBose of Clarke- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing Charter of Town of Athens, Ga. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to 1!he 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. 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up as a special order: 
 
By Mr. Elders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to amend the Constitution relative to levy of tax for public schools. 
On motion of Mr. Burwell of Hancock consideration of the bill was postponed until July 1:2, immediately to follow unanimous consents. 
, On motion of Mr. Bale of Floyd the Speak.er appointed a Conference Committee on the part of the House on Senate B1ll No. 75, viz.: 
Messrs. W:hite of Fulton, 
Bale of Floyd, 
Culpepper of Meriwether. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bills Nos. 42, 53', 58:, 57, 81, 93', 90, 60, House Resolutions Nos. 75 and 78 were tabled. House Bills Nos. 434 and 436 were withdrawn. House Bill No. 654 was withdrawn from 
 
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Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 and referred to Committee on Game and Fish. 
On motion of Mr. Ayers of Jackson, House Bill No. 96 was made special order to immediately follow consideration of Senate Bill No. 19. 
Under 'the regular order of business the following bills and resolutions of the Ho:use were read the third time. 
 
By Mr. Barwick of Montgomery- 
A resolution to authorize the Governor to grant certain lands to Mallard Dees. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 0. 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
By Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall- 
A resolution to declare the right of white female students to enter the State Agricultural and Mechanical College at Athens. 
The report of the Committe, w'hich was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 
On the- passage of the resolution the ayes were 79, nays 28. 
The resolution having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. 
By Mr. McCall of BrooksA bill to amend Code relative to amount paid to 
certain pensioners. 
 
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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 constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether- 
A bill to designate a Temperance Day for observance in: all public schools. 
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 92, nays 27. 
The bill having faile(l to reecive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether gave notice that at  the proper time he would move to reconsider the 
action of 1Jhe House in defeating the passage of the bill. 
 
By Mr. Reece of Gilmer- 
A bill to require citizens in certain Militia Districts to keep certain fences and gates in repair. 
The report of the 'Committee, which was favorable  to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage...of the bill the ayes were 109, nays 1. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
Mr. Dorris of Crisp moved that this House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. 
 
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The following communication was read: 
 
WHEREAS, This House has honored the Confederate \'eterans in passing the Bill No. 55, providing for those veterans who have suffered as set forth in .said hill, and 
 
WHEREAS, Those veterans who are members of this House desire in some public way to express our grateful acknowledgment for the passing of said bill by such handsome majority; 
 
Therefore, we do hereby assure the members of 
 
this House that we properly appreciate the high 
 
compliment and the sympathy carried by passage of 
 
this bill. 
 
 
 
LeaYe of absence was granted Mr. Maynard, of 'Wilcox, :Ylr. Harvie of Calhoun, Mr. Boyett of Stewnrt, Mr. Sumner of wheeler. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 12th, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by tibe .Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. 
 
The roll was ,called and the following members answered to their names: 
 
AdaiDB, of Towns Brooks 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Bureh 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Buxton 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Oa.rroll 
 
 Atkinson 
 
Carter 
 
Austin 
 
Ca.son 
 
Ayers 
 
Chambers 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cheney 
 
Baldwin 
 
Chupp 
 
Bale , 
 
Clarke 
 
Balla.rd, of Columbia Clements 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clifton 
 
Bankston 
 
Coates 
 
Barfield 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins of Cherokee Collins of Union 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Conger 
 
Barwiek 
 
Cook 
 
Beazley 
 
Cooper 
 
Beck 
 
Cravey 
 
Bellah 
 
Cullars 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Clineh 
 
Bla.singame 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Booker 
 
wether 
 
Bower 
 
Davenport 
 
Bowers 
 
Davidson 
 
Boyett 
 
Davis 
 
Brinson 
 
Dennard 
 
Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, o>f Bibb Fowler, of Forsyth Frohock Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banb Hardin of Glascock 
Hirris 
Harvin 
Hateher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Hogg Holden 
 
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Hollingsworth 
 
McCall 
 
Hollis 
 
McCalla 
 
Howard, of Liberty McCrory 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
McDonald 
 
thorpe 
 
Neill 
 
Johnson, of Appling Nesmith 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Owen 
 
.Tones, of Coweta 
 
Pace 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Parker 
 
Jones, of Lowndes l'almour 
 
.Tones, of Wlilkinson Pickett 
 
Key 
 
I"iclnen 
 
Kelley 
 
Pileher 
 
Kidd 
 
I'ainey 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Reece 
 
sham 
 
Reiser 
 
:K:ilngey, of White Reville 
 
King 
 
RichartJson 
 
Lanier 
 
Roberts 
 
Lankford 
 
RussE.'ll 
 
Lasseter 
 
Scott 
 
lAw 
 
Shannon 
 
Lawrence 
 
Sibley 
 
Lowe 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Matthews 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Maynard 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Mays 
 
Staten 
 
Mercier 
 
Steele 
 
Middletou 
 
Stewart 
 
Mock 
 
Stone 
 
 Moore 
 
Stovall 
 
Mt1llins 
 
Strickland 
 
Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walke:r:, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleekley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth. WinE Woods' Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd W!right, of .Tones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly YoumaiUI Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with. 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consent: 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
2nd. Reports of standing committees. 
 
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3rd. Reading of House and Senate Bills favorably reported, the second time. 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local Bills and House and Senate general Bills hav,ing local application. 
5th. R-eading Senate bills and S-enate resolutions the first time. 
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees. 
 
By Mr. Cason of Bryan- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Bryan County. 
R-eferred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Wylly and Eve of Chatham- 
A bill to regulate the salaries of jailers, guards and turnkeys in Counties having populations of not less than 75,000 nor more than 125,000 inhabitants. 
. R-eferred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Wylly and Eve of crathamA bill to regulate the salaries of Deputy Sheriffs 
and Bailiffs in certain Counties. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
By Messrs. Davis of Crisp and Hall of Bib~ 
A bill to amend Constitution so as to provide for the proceeds of the sale of all prop-erty of this State, except t1he Western and Atlantic Railroad. 
 
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Referred to Committee on 1\'mendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Cason of Bryan- 
A bill to repeal an Act creating a depository for the County of Bryan. 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Ballard of Newton- 
A bill to amend Code and regulate interest on contracts for and sale and purchase of lands on real estate. 
Referred to Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Cook of Miller- 
. A bill to require County authorities to pay the cost of the Sheriff in cases of conviction of the prohibition laws. 
Referred .to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Messrs. Blasingame, Wright of Walton, Hodges, Swint- 
A bill to create a Trade Commission for said State. Referred to Committee on Railroads. 
 
By Mr. Gilmore of Turner- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Turner County. 
 
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Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Messrs. Conger and Griffin of Decatur- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Bainbridge in Decatur County. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
By Messrs..Conger and Griffin of DecaturA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Bain- 
bridge in Decatur County. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Messrs. Beck of Carroll, Russell of Floyd, Howard of Oglethorpe- 
A bill to appropriate $50,000.00 for Pepartment of Horticulture and Pamology and to Board of Entomology. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. .Smith of Fulton- 
A bill to amend an Act giving all Counties in this State having a population of one hundred or more the right to establish a law library. 
 
Rieferred to Committee on Special Judiciary. 
 
By Mr. Burwell of Hancock. Abill to insure the protection of State. Records by 
 
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establishing a Department of Archives and History for the State of Georgia. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. Mr. Clifton of Lee County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. 8 peaker: 
Your Committee on County and County Matters have 1had under consideration the following Bills of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same baek to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 670, to create a. Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County. 
 
House Bill No. 671, to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Coffee County. 
Respectfully submitted, CLIFTON, of Lee, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Ellis of Tift 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 have instructed me, as Chauman, to re- 
 
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port s}lme back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 714, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 684, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 589, do pass. 
 
Rouse Bill No. 556, do pass. 
House Bill No. 688, do not pass. 
That -House Bill No. 260 be reported back to the House. with the recommendation that the same be recommitted to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. 
Respectfully submitt~d, ELLis, Chairman. 
Mr. Johnson of Bartow 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 have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendations that House Bill No. 623' do pass. 
The Committee recommends that the author be allowed to withdraw House BiU No. 313. 
JoHNSON, of Bartow, Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Duncan of Douglas County, Chairman of the Cominittee 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 have.instructed me, as Chainnan, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation tlhat the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 697. 
 
House Bill No. 711. 
 
DuNCAN, Chairman. 
 
The following resolution was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. .Stone of Grady- 
 
WHEREAS, information is before this House that 
 
the State Press Association of Georgia will convene 
 
in extraordinary session in the City of Wrightsville, 
 
Ga., on the 15th inst., and 
 
 
 
WHEREAs, this House desiring to be well represented on an State occasions, and it being well known that a brilliant and popular member of this House is also a noted leading and indispensable member of said State Press Association; 
 
Therefore be it unanimously resolved, That t'his member of the State Press Association, the Honored Trox Bankston of the County of Troup, be and is 
 
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hereby appointed, by the authority of this Houset to represent this august body upon said occasion. It being further understood that the said Honored Trox Bankston be required immediately after the adjornment-of 1Jhe said State Assoication to return promptly to his seat in this House and illuminate this House again with his happy sunshine smile. 
 
Be it further understoodt That all laws and parts of law in conflict with this resolution be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 
 
The following message_ was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Nelms: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
I am directed by his Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to your Honorable Body a communication in writing to which h& respectfully invites your attention. 
 
The ~ollowing message from the -Governor was read: 
 
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THIRD ANNUAL REPOR'l' 
 
OJ!' THE 
 
-wESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROA_D COMMISSION 
 
JULY 1sT, 1918. 
 
C. M. Candler, Chairman; 
Hugh M. Dorsey, Governor; G. Gunby Jordan, St. Elmo Massengale, C. R. Ashley, 
Commissioners. 
 
State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, July 1st, 1918. 
To the General Assembly: 
Section 19 of the Act of the General Assembly, approved November 30th, 1915, providing for thereleasing or other disposition of the 1Nestern & Atlantic Railroad and its pro.pertie!':l, etc., is as follows: 
"Be it further enacted, that the Commission. shall make full report to the General Assembly 
 
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when it meets in 1916, of what it has done up to that time, and annually thereafter until it has completed its duties under this Act, or shall have been discharged by joint resolution of the General Assembly.'' 
 
Complying with this mandate, the Commission submitted to the General Assembly, at its sessions in 1916 and 1917, full reports of its work, for the periods covered. Special reference is made to these reports. 
 
It now submits a report of its work from June 27th, 1917 to date. 
 
On the 12th day of May, 1918, the State and the Commission were inexpressibly grieved by the untimely death, after only a week's illness, of Ron. E. A. Copelan. 
 
From its organization, Mr. Copelan had been a member of the Commission and had given to it and to the service of the State the benefit of a large and ripe business experience, in the consideration and disel).argeof the important duties imposed upon this body. 
Always present at its meetings, he gave to the consideration of every question before the Commission, thorough investigation and conse_rvativ~ judgment. 
In his death the State has lost a patriotic., unselfish citizen, and this Commission a valuable and most . sincerely esteemed co-worker. 
 
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On May 25th, 1918, the Governor designated the Hon. C. R. Ashley, of Lowndes County, as Mr. Copelan's successor. 
 
On December 31st, 1918, the Commission dispensed with the further services of its Engineer. At times there is still need of the special services of an Engineer, but there being no continuous necessity, and the Commission being without further funds for Engineering, was without other alternative. 
 
The last report of the Commission made mention of the fact that the Counsel to the Commission, appointed by the General Assembly in the Act creating the Commission, had been paid a salary only to December 31st, 1916. 
 
The Commission bas since paid Counsel, out of the appropriation of $5,000.00 made at your last session, the sum of $1,500.00 in full for his services as Counsel to July 1st, 1917, except as to the Cincinnati Southern case, which was then, as now, pending in the .Supreme Court of the United States, in which a fee on a "quantum meruit" basis, it is understood, will he agreed upon. The Commission has fixed Counsel's salary, for general services, exclusive of litigated cases, for the year ending June 30th, 1918, at $1,200.00, and requests that you make appropriation therefor. 
The present Secretary of the Commission has acquired a very intimate acquaintance with every phase of the Western & Atlanfi.c Railroad. The Commission has deemed it necessary, particularly in con- 
 
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nection with the inquiry into and settlement of encroachments upon the State's property, to continue his employment up to this date. 
It will be noted from the attached statement of disbursements by the Commission, that it has an unexpended balance of only $563.70. 
 
It will be necessary therefore, unless an additional appropriation is made, to dispense with the services of the Secretary, within a week or two or by the 15th of this month. 
 
There is now and will continue until the final settlement with the present lessee, substantial necessity for the employment of a Secretary for a portion of his time. 
 
The Commission repeats its recommendation of last year, that it be allowed an appropriation of $2,700.00 for the. employment until Dec. 31st, 1919, of a Secretary, who shall devote all of his spare time from his duties as Secretary of this Commission, to work in the office of the Railroad Commission and under its direction when so engaged. 
There is attached hereto a report fro' m Counsel to the Commission in reference to the status of encroachments upon the State's property. Those specially mentioned by him and to secure the settlement of which recourse has been had to the Courts involve very substantial values, and the State's elaims are being and will be stoutly contested. 
The Commission recommends that C~unsel be paid out of an appropriation which is requested, of you, 
 
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a retainer of $1,500.00 in the Cincinnati Southern case, and retainers of $500.00 in each of the two Southern Railway cases filed in Fulton and Whitfield Superior Courts, and that final fees on a. "quantum meruit" basis be paid hy the State upon the conclusion of the litigation. 
 
The Commission earnestly repeats and asks action upon its recommendation made at your 1~17 session, that power and authority be given it, or some other State agency, to sell the Chattanooga properties known as the Southern Express Company Building and the Eastern Hotel property, upon favorable opportunity, the purchase price to be applied on the funded debt of the State by the proper State authority. 
 
If such an opportunity of sale does not present itself during the next fifteen months, the Commission is already vested with power to re-lease. 
These properties were not included in the new lease of the railroad properties, and as they will be returned to the State in December, 1919, it appears to the Commission as extremely desirable that the power and authority to the Commission to sell, if it is to be given, should be granted by this General Assembly.  
 
The power and authority to sell, recommended, should be discretionary and not mandatory. 
 
In reporting to the General Assembly at its 1917 session the fact of having negotiated a new lease, with the terms and con<.lltions thereof, more than 
 
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two years in advance of the expiration of the present lease, and with a statement of some of the reasons actuating the Commission in so doing, it was stated that- 
 
''the Commission is impressed with the fact that the future, in so far as rail carriers are con-. cerned, is not clear. Governmental regulation of rates, and hence of profit to the carrier, is a-fact. 
''The lessee takes the road subject to such regulation and also to supervision and direction, as to the adequacy, sufficiency and efficiency of services. 
''Regulatory legislation even now borders, in .some directions, upon the field of internal management, and there can be no question but that recent day legislation, including full crew laws, safety appliance laws, hours of labor enactments, however wise such legislation may be, has had the effect of increasing operating costs. 
''Even Government ownership of all the rail carriers of this country is no longer spoken of as a dream of a visionaife." 
On December 28th last, under authority of an ~ct of Congress, the President of the United States took over the railroads of the country for Government operation during the war, so that today the Western and Atlantic Railroad is in possession of and being actually operated by the United States Railroad Atlministration, instead of by the State's lessee. Had the making of a new lease been postponed and had the taking over by the Federal Government of the State's road been accomplished prior to the execution as a dream of a visionaire. '' 
 
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of the new lease contract, the Commission does not believe that as advantageous a lease as the one already made, if any at all, would have been possi~le at any time during the period of 'Government opera tion, which now seems certain to extend beyond the expiration of the present lease.  
 
The Commission, therefore; feels, in view of these later develpments, that no mistake was made in its closing up of the new lease last year, and that many possible serious complications arising out of the Federal Government's action have been avoided. 
 
In this connection, attention is called to the fact that in its operation of the State's road as a part of the governmental unified system of railroads of the entire United States, the Federal Railroad Administration is consolidating and unifying local facilities at junction points wherever practicable and economical. 
 
At Dalton the facilities of the Western & Atlantic Railroad and of the Southern Railway have been consolidated, with one joint Agency and with the use by both roads of the facilities of each. A similar consolidation and joint use of facilities of the State road and the Seaboard Air Line have been made at Cartersville. 
 
~is is also true as to the State road and all other roads with terminal facilities and instrumentalities at Atlanta and Chattanooga. 
Of course, the Federal Government took over the operation of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, as 
 
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the leased property of the Lessee Company, and the State's interests and rights therein under the pres.:. ent and the new lease already e~ecuted, are in no wise militated against. 
 
In its investigation of numerous minor encroachments upon the State's property, the Commission has found that many of these arise out of ignorance on the part of abutting property owners as to the correct boundary limits of the State's property. 
 
The Commission is impressed with the thought that the correct boundary limits of the State's right of way and properties should be indicated by permanently set markers-or monuments, so that adjoining property owners may clearly know the State's claims.  
The cost of this undertaking in these abnormal times and the fact that the lessee is not now in possessiqn of the road, however, suggest that such a work should not now be undertaken. 
The Commission, therefore, at this time, merely calls attention to the advisability of the suggested work, with the recommendation that at some future date an appropriation for the purpose indicated be made. The Commission has reason to believe that the Lessee, later and under more nearly normal conditions, will co-operate with the State in _such work and its cost. 
 
The Commission calls attention to the fact that until the duties assigned to it have been finally completed, there will be the need of funds for current and contingent expenses, such as traveling expenses of 
 
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Commissioners and of the Secretary, stationery, postage, etc., &nd that in its judgment an appropriation of $1,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is necessary and is requested. 
 
The several 'appropriations requested in the foregoing sum up as follows : 
 
For salary of Secretary to Dec. 31, 1919___$2,700.00 
For salary of Counsel to June 30, 1918____ 1,200.00 
For contingent expenses of the CommissiOners ------------------------------ 1,000.00 
For retainer for Counsel in Cincinnati Southern case _______ .:_ ______:_ __________ 1,500.00 
 
For retainer for Counsel in Southern Railway case, encroachment at Dalton ------ 
:R,or retainer for Counsel in Southern Railway case, encroachment at Atlanta__ 
 
500.00 500.00 
 
Total _____________ :_ __________________$7,400.00 
 
The valuation of the road by the Federal Government, because of war conditions, has not been completed, but will probably be at no very distant date. 
\Vhen _completed this valuation will be of great interest and value to the State as the owner of the property. 
There is attached hereto as part of this report: 
1. A statement of expenditures hy the Commission. 
 
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2. The annual report of Counsel to the Commis~ SIOn. 
Respectfully submitted, C. M. CANDLER, Chairman. G. GuNBY JoRDAN, ST. ELMO MASSENGALE, C. R. AsHLEY, HuGH M. DoRSEY, Commissioners. 
 
STATEMENT OF ExPENDITURES .July 1st, 1917, to June 30th, 1918, both inclusive. 
 
By J. L. Hand Estate, balance salary to October 14th, 1916 --------------------$ 116.66 
By expenses Commissioners attending sessions -------------------------------- 27.50 
By Salary of Secretary to June 3'0th, 1918__ 1,800.00 By expenses of Secretary on road work____ 71.20 By salary of Counsel to July 1st, 1917____ 1,500.00 By salary of Engineer to January 1st, 1918. 900.00 By cost and sundry expenses Cincinnati 
Southern case ------------------------ 300.79 By printing expenses -------------------- 40.00 By office expenses and supplies ------------ 84.60 
 
Total disbursements -------------------$4,840.75 By petty cash on hand ----------~-------- 82.64 
 
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By undrawn balance --------------------- 481.06 
 
$5,404.45 
 
CoNTRA To petty cash, July 1, 1917 ------$ 90.14 To undrawn balance, July 1, 1917 314.31 To appropriation, 1917 _._______ 5,000.00 
 
$5,404.45 
REPORT OF CouNsEL TO WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD CoMMISSION 
WILLIAM A. WIMBisH,. Counsel. 
Atlanta, Ga., July 2nd, 1918. To the Western & Atlantic Railroad Commission. 
Gentlemen: This report will be principally directed to a defini- 
tion of the progress and present status of the work upon which your Counsel has 'been engaged in the effort to free the right of way and properties of the Western & Atlantic Railroad from adverse uses and occupancies. I deem it unnecessary to repeat the facts and details concerning these several adverse uses, as these have been fully set out in former reports which are familiar to the Commission, ltnd are available to the General Assembly. 
I have during the past year taken up the major encroachments with the parties concerned, and have 
 
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earnestly endeavored to bring about a satisfactory adjustment of the several controversies without resort to litigation. In this I have met with a fair degree of success, but have, nevertheless, found it . necessary to institute certain legal proceedings in the Courts which will be hereinafter specified. It has  been and will continue to be my sincere purpose to assert and enforce the rights of the State without injustice to those whose interests may be adversely affected. To this end I have given patient and careful consideration to the claims and contentions of those who are using the State's property, and have exhausted negotiations for settlement before bringing suit. In each. case I have consulted fully and freely with officials of the State's lessee, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, and have received the benefit of their co-operation and advice. 
 
Three suits affecting large interests are now pending in the Courts-one against the Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway and the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company in the Supreme Court of the United States, and two against the Southern Railway Company in the Georgia State Courts. Certain other controversies have been satisfac.torily disposed of as will be pointed out in the course of this report. 
 
CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 
Pursuant to authority .;>f the General Assembly and by direction of this Commission, I prepared and filed in the Supreme Court of the United States a suit in the name and behalf of the State of Georgia against the Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Rail- 
 
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way and its lessee, the Cincinnati, New Orleans &Texas Pacific Railway Co., for recovery of the use of a large and valuable part of the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad lying between Boyce Station and Chattanooga in the State of Tennessee. At a time when the Cincinnati Southe;rn Railway was nearing completion in 1879, the General Assembly granted to the Trustees of that Railway a qualified privilege or license to use a portion of the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad between Boyce and Chattanooga for the construction of its roadbed and the operation of its trains. Shortly after the completion of the Cincinnati Southern Railway in 1881, the railway and its properties were leased to The Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company. The Cincinnati Southern Railway and its lessee proceeded to appropriate and use a width of some twenty-three feet of the State's right of way for a distanee of about four miles. The facts concerning the nature and extent of this use are shown at page 13', et seq., of my annual report of August 1st, 1917, and in the report of this Commission to the General Assembly of. June 30th, 1916, to which I beg to refer without repetition. Suffice it to say that this continued adverse use became a very serious burden upon theWestern & Atlantic Railroad, and a great inconvenience to its free operation. 
 
In 1916 the General Assembly revoked whatever right or privilege may have been granted to the Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway and directed the discontinuance of the use of the State's property iby that Railway an~ its lessee. These parties declined to recognize the right of the State to re- 
 
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voke the license or privilege theretofore granted, and declined to discontinue the use of this right of w~y. 
 
In these circumstances a resort to legal proceedings became necessary. I prepared and filed, in the Supreme Court of the United States a bill in equity seeking a perpetual injunction against the further use and 'occupancy of the State's property and right of way by these defendants. In this case the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States was invoked. 
 
Upon consideration by the Court the bill was allowed to be filed, and the defendants made answer thereto on October 2nd, 1917. An appropriate order was entered by the Court authorizing, and directing the taking of testimony ;before Edward L. Gilmore, Esq., who was appointed Examiner of the Court for that purpose. Oral testimony was taken and documentary evidence was submitted by and in behalf of the respective parties at several hearings held at Atlanta, Georgia, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Thereafter the record was closed and and the Court entered an order directing the filing of printed briefs, and assigning the case for oral argument before the Court on October 14th, 1918. The record as made up is quite a voluminous one. The Clerk of the Supreme Court estimates the costs in that Court, including the printing of the record, at $1.045.00. This is in addition to the costs and expenses that have heretofore been paid, and that must hereafter accrue in the conduct of the case. 
 
Slight consideration makes obvious the unusual 
 
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character of this case, both with respect to the large interests concerned and the legal pri.n:ciples involved. A favorable decision in this case will not only recover for the State the use of the large amount of property essential to the full and free operation of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, but will stablish a precedent which will be far reaching and beneficent in its effect. I would not care to venture a prediction concerning the outcome of the case further than to say that I believe. it to be meritorious, and that the evidence submitted confirms me in the opinion that the State ought to prevail. 
 
SouTHERN RAILwAY CoMPANY. 
The fSouthern Railway Company uses and occupies a portion of the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad for a distance of several miles in and near the City of Atlanta. The adverse use of tbis right of way operates as a serious disadvantage to the free and efficient operation of tbe Western & Atlantic Railroad into and out of Atlanta. 
The right to the use of this property is claimed to have originally been acquired by the Georgia Pacific Railroad Company under an executive order purporting to have been made pursuant to certain Acts of the General Assembly. The Southern Railway Company having purChased the properties of the (leorgia Pacific Railroad Company, claims to have become the successor to that Company, and as such vested with the right to the use of this property. The facts concerning the controversy are shown in my annual report of August 1st, 1917, beginning at page 
 
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7, and alsQ in my special report to the Commission of April 11th, 1918. 
 
This matter was taken up with the executive officials and counsel for the Southern Railway Company, and an effort made to arrive at some adjustment. Failing in this, it became necessary that the rights of the parties should be determiend in a judicial proceeding. I ha~, therefore, by the direction of the Commission, filed suit in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, against the Southern Railway Company for the recovery of the use of this property. In this suit the lessee, the Nashville, Chattanooga & 
a St. Louis Railway, is party complainant along with 
the State. The case is returnable to the July, 1918, term of the Court, and will probably be heard either upon demurrer or a stipulation of facts. The questions involved are what, if any, right to the use of .t~is property was acquired by the Georgia Pacific Railroad. Company, and whether such right has passed to and been acquired by the Southern Railway Company. 
 
A similar controversy with the Southern Railway Company exists with respect to the use of the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad of about seven miles from and south of Dalton. This right is claimed to have been acquired by the Dalton & Gadsden Railroad Company many years ago. The Southern Railway Company having acquired the properties originally owned hy the Dalton & Gadsden Railroad Company, claims to be its successor in right, and as such entitled to the use of this property. The facts concerning this use are set out in my an- 
 
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nual report of August 1st, 1917, at pages 11 and 12, and also my special report to the Commission of April 11th, 1918. 
 
Being unable to come to any agreement with the Southern Railway Company, I filed suit in behalf of the State of Georgia, in which suit the lessee joined, against the Southern Railway Co. in Whitfield Superior Court, returnable to the July,1918, term of that Court. The fundamental question in this case is whether the Dalton & Gadsden Railroad Company, or any of its successors, ever acquired any legal right to the use of this property. The case also presents the question whether the Southern Railway Company, in virtue of its purchase of the properties, succeeded to a'ny right in the use of the Western & Atlantic Railroad that may have been acquired by the Dalton & Gadsden Railroad Company. 
 
SEABOARD Am LINE RAILWAY. 
The Seaboard Air Line Railway maintains and operates tracks on the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad for a distance of about one mile from and leading to the depot at Cartersville.  This Railway Company also uses and occupies a frame depot and office building erected by it under permission from the old lessee on the State's depot lot at Cartersville. 
 
The right of the Seaboard to maintain these uses has been the subject of negotiation with and consideration iby the General Counsel of that Company. I am pleased to report that the General Counsel of the Seaboard concurs in my opinion that the Sea- 
 
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board has no legal right to continue this use against the wish and consent of the State of Georgia and its lessee, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. 
 
I deem it unnecessary to recite in detail the circumstances under which the Seaboard entered upon and uses this right of way of tpe Western & Atlantic Railroad. Suffice it to say that the tracks referred to, appear to have been laid many years ago under supposed constructive permission of the State in virtue of an Act approved December 13th, 1866, incorporating the Cartersville & Van Wert Railroad Company with authority "to connect with the Western & Atlantic Railroad at Cartersville, Bartow County." 
 
I made report 9f this situation to this Commission  at its meeting on Aprilllth, 1918, when the following resolutions were adopted: . 
 
''FIRST. That the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company be, and it is hereby, notified and required to discontinue the use and occupancy of that part of the said right of way and property of the Western & Atlantic Railroad hereinbefore referred to; provided, nevertheless, that if the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company and the State's lessee, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, can by June 1st, 1918, arrive at a reasonable agreement for the operation of the trains of the sll.id Seaboard Air Line Railway over said right of way 
'V for a time in no event to extend beyond the expira- 
tion of the term of the new lease of the estern 
 
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& Atlantic Railroad to the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, that is to say, December 27th, 1969; and such agreement, being sn:bmitted, receives the approval of this Commission, the Seaboard Air Line Railway shall be permitted to continue such use and occupancy as may be so agreed . upon, or upon such modification of the agreement as the Commission may require: 
 
''SECOND. That should no such agreement as that hereinabove contemplated be arrived at between the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company and the State's lessee, the Seaboard Air Line Railway shall be permitted such reasonable time as may be necessary for that Company to readjust its tracks and secure entrance into the City of Cartersville; Provided, nevertheless, that the time herein allowed shaH in no event extend beyond the date of the expiration of the present outstanding lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, that is to say, December 27th, 1919. 
 
''THIRD. Should the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company avail itself of the privilege allowed for a readjustment of its line into Cartersville, it shall be permitted, within the time so allowed, to remove from the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad its rails, ties and other superstructure to the extent that this can be done without undue delay and without injury to the freehold. 
 
''FouRTH. , That the time herein allowed to the Seaboard Air Line Railroad .Company for the discontinuance of its use of the right of way of the 
 
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Western & Atlantic Railroad: and the removal of 
 
its tracks and superstructures therefrom, is condi- 
 
tioned upon the written consent thereto by and in 
 
be'half of the State's lessee, the Nashville, Chatta-. 
 
nooga & St. Louis Railway. 
 
 
 
''FIFTH. The requirement that the Seaboard Air Line Railway shall discontinue the use af the right of way and property of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, as herein provided, is subject to sueh right in the premises concerning the operation of Government controlled railroads as may bave been conferred upon the President by the Act of Qongress, regulating Federal Control of Railroads, approved March 21st, 1918. '' 
 
I promptly communicated :with counsel for the Seaboard Air Line Railway and transmitted to l1im u copy of these resolutions. Unfortunately he has been ill and unable to give the matter that attention that I am sure he otherwise would have done. 
 
I am informed that there is in early contemplation, the unification of the operation of the Seaboard Air Line and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway at Cartersville under Federal control. In this even the tracks heretofore used by the Seaboard will be employed in the joint operation. In this situation the Seaboard will no longer have the exclusive use of this track, and the right of the State already having /been recognized, any present d9mand npon the Seaboard to discontinue this use would be unnecessary and inappropriate. 
 
It is safe to assume that upon the termination of 
 
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Federal control some satisfactory working agree- 
 
ment will be arrived at between the Seaboard Air 
 
Line and the lessee Company under which the rig!1t 
 
. title and interest of the State, as the owner of Hal 
 
 
 
property will be safeguarded.  In default of such 
 
agreement, the Seaboard will be unable to resume the 
 
use of this track. 
 
BELT RAILWAY 
In 1882 the then Georgia Pacific !(ailroad Company constructed what is known as the Belt Railroad, from a point near the stock yards in the Cjty of Atlanta to a point on the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railroad. For the construction of this Belt railroad, the Georgia Pacific Company appropriated and used some 1,500 feet on and over the right o.f way and tracks of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. No.authority of law existed or appears to have been claimed for this encroachment. About1893, the Georgia Pacific Railroad Company, being then in the hands of a receiver, the trains of the Georgia Pacific over this Belt crossing were so operated as to constitute a serious inconvenience to the operation of he Western & Atlantic Railroad. The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway souglit to enjoin such operation. In the meantime the properties of the Georgia Pacific were sold under decree and purchased by the newly organized Southern Railway Company. Thereupon an agreement was entered into between the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, as lessee, and the Southern Railway Company under date of October 30, 1894, in settlement of the controversy. Under the terms of this agreement the Southern Railway Company was given the 
 
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right and license <by the lessee to construct and have another crossing between 800 and 900 feet east of the then crossing ''so far as in law the party of the first part (the lessee) is authorized to grant said right and license, and subject to the rights of the State of Georgia as owner of the fee.''  It was further agreed that when tracks bad been placed at the new crossing provided for, the Southern Railway Company should remove from the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad the then crossing and all of the Belt Line tracks between said crossings and contiguous thereto. 
 
Pursuant to this agreement the original Belt cross- 
 
ing was abandoned by the Southern Railway Com- 
 
pany, and the new or second crossing was constructed 
 
and operated by it under license froni the then lessee. 
 
Under this agreement the.Southern Railway Com- 
 
pany has the right and license to use the property in 
 
question for its Belt crossing during the pendency 
 
of the present lease. Upon the expiration of this 
 
lease this right and license will cease and determine, 
 
and must thereafter be discontinued unless a new 
 
agreement with the lessee should be arrived at in con- 
 
formity with the terms and provisions of the new 
 
lease. In this situation the right and title of the 
 
State is secure and requires no legal proceeding .for 
 
its assertion and enforcement. 
 
 
 
THE RIGHT OF THE GEORGIA RAILROAD TO uSE OF THE uNiON STATION AT ATLANTA 
It will be unnecessary to repeat the facts relating to the use of the Union Station at Atlanta by the Georgia Railroad. This situation has several times 
 
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been made the subject of a report to this Commissin. All the facts with relation thereto will be found set out in my annual report of August 1st, 1917., at pages 4 and 5. 
 
After somewhat prolonged negotiations, the Gen- 
 
eral Counsel of the Georgia Railroad & Banking 
 
Company finally concurred in my view that the Geor- 
 
gia Railroad acquired no interest in the Union Sta- 
 
tion by reason of its contribution to the construction 
 
of the building, and its long occupation thereof. It 
 
was thereupon conceeded that the status of the Geor- 
 
gia Railroad was that of licensee under a lease revo- 
 
cable at the will of the State. 
 
 
 
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company held in February, 1918, a resolution was adopted declaring the claim of the Georgia Railroad to the use of the station to rest upon a rev()cable license, subject to such equities as the Company may have acquired by virtue of its contribution to the expense of building the original station. Inasmuch as the contention of the State has thus been recognized this long pending controversy may now be regarded as having been satisfactorily disposed of. 
 
SIMPLE ENCROACHMENTS. 
The field work required in defining and dealing with these encroachments has been perform.ed by Mr.  J. Groves Co'hen, the 1Secretary .of the Commission, under my direction. A vast amount of painstaking work has been devoted in the effort to satisfactorily dispose of these encroachments. 
 
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Of the several hundred encroachments which appeared to exist, by far the greater number have been disposed of. Where the encroachment has been useful and. convenient in connection with the handling of tr-affic, such as the extension of platforms for loading and unloading, it has been permitted to remain under a revocable license from the State and the lessee company. 
The form of the license, in all cases under whic~ the encroachment is allowed to remain, contains an unqualified recognition of the title of_the State, and that the structure referred to is an encroachment upon the right of way of -the Western & Atlantic Railroad; and the .licensee expressly disclaims any right to the use and occupation thereof as against the State, its lessee, or any future lessee. It is then declared that the continued use and occupation of the property encroached upon is and will be exercised at the will and sufferance of the State and its lessee upon the following expressed conditions: 
(a) That the said licensee, his heirs, assigns and successors will promptiy vacate and entirely remove said encroachment and restore the said right of way or property to its original condition within sixty (60) days after notice so to do given by or in behalf of the State of Georgia or the lessee, either by mailing such notice to the undersigned address, or by posting the same at the place of encroachment; and that upon said notice so given the said licensee will promptly, peaceably and at his own cost wholly remove and disconti:Q.ue said encroachment, and any use thereof or claim of right thereto. 
(b) Should the said licensee fail or refuse so to 
 
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remove or discontinue said encroachment and the use thereof within the time limited, after notice shall have been given in the manner above pointed out, then and in that event either the State .of eGorgia, acting therein by its attorney or agent, or the lessee, shall have the right summarily to remove or destroy any and all such structures and encroachments without further notice, and without any legal process or proceeding whatever. 
 
a (c) In no. event is said encroachment to be con- 
tinued 0~ maintained for time beyond the expiration of the present lease of the Western & At1antic Rai1road, to-wit: December 27th, 1919, at or before which time the said licensee undertakes to remove and wholly discontinue such encroachment un1ess consent to further oontinue the same shall have been procured from the State of Georgia and its future lessee. 
 
(d) This acknowledgment and disclaimer is made subject to any right of use or occupation of said right of way or property to the extent now used and occupied which the said licensee may now have or may hereafter acquire by contract or agreement with t~e present lessee for. a time not to extend beyond the expiration of the present lease, that is to say, December 27th, 1919. 
 
The most troublesome controversies were those concerning encroachments upon the right of way and properties in the City of Atlanta and Fulton County. 
These have practically all been disposed of, e~cept ing that there still remains in dispute the exact location of the boundary of the right of way through a 
 
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part of land lot 81 in Fulton County, upon the determination of which will depend the existence of several encroachments. The boundaries of the right of way are not defined on the ground by markers or other physical sign other than the main track of the railroad, which was supposed to be originally the center line, the right of way generally being described . as 33 feet on each side of this center. At various places along the road there have been changes in the alignment of this center track, and in some instances it has been necessary to abstract the title to the abutting properties, and then to run out the lines on the basis of underlying deeds and conveyances in order not only to verify previous surveys, but to satisfy the owner of the adjoining property of the fact of the encroachment. This has been necessary in order to determine the encroachments in land lot 81 in Fulton County, above referred to. 
The variations in the width of the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and the absence of any physical land marks, has brought about a difficult and rather unfortunate situation at Marietta. 
The right of way through land lot 388 within the limits of the City of Marietta is 100 feet in width for a distance of about 1,250 feet. Atlanta,Street, in the  City of Marietta, occupies a maximum width of 26 feet for a distance of about 800 feet on this right of way. A parallel street on the opposite side of the railroad occupies a portion of this right of way, the maximum width being 18 feet. The tracks of the Atlanta Northern Railway in Atlanta Street are likewise located upon the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railroad for the greater part of the distance named. 
 
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Recently the city began repaving this portion of Atlanta Street on and over the right of way of the Western & Atlantic Railraod. The Mayor of the City was promptly notified of the extent to which the street encroached upon the railroad right of way, and was advised that an) paving thereon, or other use thereof, must he. at the risk of the city. Nevertheless, the 
paving was continued and completed. It so happens 
that the lessee Company has present need for all of this 100 foot right .of way at this point in order to accommodate certain changes and improvements which it finds expedient to make at this point. 
 
The State's title to the. 100 foot right of way 
 
through this land lot is clear and undisputed, arising 
 
as it does on a deed to the State made in the year 
 
1840. 
 
. 
 
I have not undertaken to deal with this situation, preferring to submit the matter to the General Assembly. Inasmuch as the property has been leased to the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, and the term of this lease has been renewed for an additional period of fifty years, the State cannot surrender any property right in and to any part of this right of way without the written consent of the lessee Company. The question is one that is not at all free from difficulty. The street is devoted to a public use, and every consideration should be given to the convenience of the public of Marietta. On the other hand, the State is under contractual obligation to reserve all of this right of way to the use of its lessee, and is not free to consent, even by Legislative enactment, to ~my other use without the ~onsent of the 
 
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lessee. The use of this strip of the right of way is at present valuable to the lessee, and, in my opinion, its needs should be recognized without forcing upon this Company the embarrassment of determining whether it will yield a legal right for the convenience of the local public. 
 
THE WoRK OF THE CoMMISSION. 
I trust that I may, without exceeding the bounds of proprie~y, make brief reference to the character and scope of the work of the Commission. 
 
The Commission diligently and effectively performed all of the preliminary work required of it, and succeeded in negotiating a favorable long term lease of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, befo~e the advent of this country into the World War. The expedition and success of the Commission in this regard was extremely fortunate, since it must be evident that . delay would have been fatal to a favorable lease, and the interest of the State would have suffered. Whatever may be the outcome of Federal operation and control of the railroads, the rights and interests of the State of Georgia in. the Western & Atlantic Railroad have been adequately safeguarded. 
 
A great deal of fruitful effort was devoted to obtaining full and specific information concerning the properties and affairs of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, all of which has been made a matter of record available for future use. 
 
Among other things, incidental attention may be called to the fact that a settlement was had with 
 
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the lessee touching payme~t for material and sup- 
 
plies received from the State at the beginning of the 
 
lease. Und~r the agreement reached, the State wil. 
 
from this source alone receive a payment or credit 
 
in excess of the total amounts appropriated for the 
 
work of the Commission. 
 
Substantial progress has been made towards freeing the road from adverse uses, occupancies aiid encroachments. The completion of this work will re-  move a number of long standing controversies which have been a constant source of irritation, to say nothing of fhe substantial values recovered. 
 
The Commission has reserved from the new lease certain properties in Chattanooga not useful for railroad purposes. These properties are now available for sale, and should bring to the State quite a substantial sum. 
 
All of this valuable work of the Commission has been accomplished within the limits of a very meager appropriation. 
The Commission still has valuable functions to perform. Question concerning the property and its use are constantly arising. Among the most important of the remaining duties of the Commission concerns final settlement or accounting with the lessee under the present lease contract now about to expire; that is to say, December 27, 1919. 
 
REcoMMENDATioNs. 
In conclusion I beg to submit the following recommendations: 
 
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1. The deed of Governor Brown, executed in 1860 conveying a portion of the Chattanooga Depot grounds to the then Nashville & Chattanooga Railway should now be ratified and confirmed. A bill confirming this deed has been drafted and submitted. 
 
2. The agreement entered into by the Governor, in behalf of the .State, and by the lessee Company with the Central of Georgia Railway Company in settlement of the controversy concerning the old Monroe Embankment appears to be a f~ir adjustment in the interest of the State. The facts concerning this matter appears in my annual report of August 1st, 1917, at pages 17-19. I recommend that this agreement be ratified and confirmed, and I submit herewith a bill to that effect. 
 
3. I have drafted and submit herewith a bill authorizing this Commission to sell and dispose of the Chattanooga properties, known as the Southern Express Company property and the Eastern Hotel Company property, which have, been reserved from the new lease and are neither used nor useful for railroad purposes. 
 
4. The fact that the physical boundaries of the right of way not being clearly defined tends to produce uncertainties and confusion, especially on the part of the owners of adjoining property, leads me to join in the recommendation that appropriate provision be made for establishing physical monuments defining this right of way. Th~ cost of . providing these monuments and of doing this work can hardly now be estimated. Perhaps  under 
 
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normal conditions the lessee Company would be willing to undertake to perform at least a part of this work. Its disposition and ability to do so while the road is under Federal operation may be limited. 
All of which is respectfully subm~tted, 
WILLIAM A. WIMBISH, 
Counsel. 
Atlanta, Ga., July 2nd, 1918. 
 
The following bills an.d resolutions favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Swords of Morgan- 
A bill to amend Se_ction 3349 of Code of 1910 relative to priority of certain mortgages and liens. 
 
By Mr. Chambers of Fulton- 
A bill to provide that Farm Loan Bonds issued under the Federal Loan Act shall be lawful investments of saving ~ank deposits. 
 
By Mr. Duncan of Douglas- 
A bill to provide and define the reserves to be kept by banks and trust companies which may or which are members of Federal ~eserve System. 
 
By Mr. Palmour of Hall- 
A bill to amend Section 4028 authorizing adminis~ trators and executors to sell certain property on the premises. 
 
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By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Com~ missioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Coffee. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Coffee. 
 
By Mr. Davis of Laurens- 
A bill to prevent shipment or movement of ticKinfested cattle within or through the State of Goer- 
g~a. 
 
By Messrs. Morris and Cheney of Cobb- 
A bill to prohibit the giving or receiving of tips in hotels, restaurants and other public places. 
 
By Mr. Ayers of Jackson- 
A bill to authorize that search warrants. be issued when supported by oath that certain property is being held in violation of law. 
 
The following Bills and Resolutions of the House were read the third time : 
 
By Mr. walker of Ben Hill- 
A bill to amend the existing Charter of the City of Fitzgerald, Ga. 
 
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, h~ving received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
.By Mr. Wright of Bulloch- 
A bill to authorize and empower the Mayor and City Council of Statesboro to declare what constitutes a nuisance and to abate same. 
 
The report 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. Reec~ of Gilmer- 
A bill to amend Charter of City of Ellijay in Co~ty ~f Gilmer. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of tlie bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 123, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Beck of Carroll- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing City School for the Town of Villa Rica, Ga. 
 
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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 116, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Walker of Ben Hill- 
A bill to abolish the fee system as to SolicitorGeneral in Cordele Judicial Circuit. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On tbe passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0. 
The bill, having reeeived ~he requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Appling- 
A hill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for City of Baxley, Ga. 
 
The report 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 Messrs. Wright and Blasingame of Watton- 
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Academy of .Social Circle, Ga. 
 
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The report of the Committee, wh.ich 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. Smith of Telfair- 
A bill to amend by substituting an Act creating a new Charter for the _City of McRae, Ga. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays O. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Veazey of Warren- 
A resolution for relief of C. D. Cason and D. E . .Johnson. 
 
'l'he 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. 
By Mr. Smith of TelfairA resolution for relief of W. K. Brock and his 
bondsman of certain penalties. 
 
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The report of the Com,mittee, 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. _ 
 
By Mr. Wright of Floyd- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a City Court of Floyd County. 
 
The following amendment of the CC>mmittee was read and adopted: 
 
Moves to amend House Bill No. 638 by inserting 
 
after Section 6 a new section and renumbering sub- 
 
sequent sections, said new Section 6 to read as fol- 
 
lows: 
 
Section 6. 
 
Be 
 
it. 
 
further 
 
enacted 
' 
 
that 
 
the 
 
provisions of this Act shall not become effective until 
 
January 1st, 1921. The salary of the Solicitor of the 
 
City Court shall not be increased during his term 
 
of office. 
 
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 as amended the ayes were 121, nays 0. 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. By Messrs. Lanier and Wright of Bulloch, Hodges 
 
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and Swint of Washingto~, Youmans of Candler, Woods and B~nson of Emanuel, King of J e:fferson- 
 
A bill to abolish the fee system as to Soli~itor-Gen eral of the Middle Judicial Circuit. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted by the delegation of the Middle Judicial Circuit, moves to amend House Bill No. 503 as follows: 
 
By striking the. figures "1918" in last line of Section 6, and adding in lieu thereof ''1921,'' so that said Seection 6 when so amended shall read as follows : '' rhis Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1921." 
The report of the Committee, w'hich was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
On the passage of the bill .as amended the aye~ were 96, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
Under the regular order of business by unanimous consent, House Bill No. 128 was recommitted to General Judiciary Committee No. 1; House Bill No. 260 was withdrawn from the Committee on General Judiciary Committee No. 1 and referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution; House Bills Nos. 313 and 104 were withdrawn; Senate Bill No. 10 was taken from table; House Bills Nos. 103', 106, 107, 108, 109,_ 112, 115, 122, 132, 140, 121 and 141 and House 
 
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Resolution No. 139 were tabled; House Bill No. 81 was taken from table; House Bill No. 120 was re~ommitted to Colnmittee on General J udici~ry No. 1. 
 
Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether moved that the House reconsider its action in defeating House Bill No. 45. 
 
The motion prev~iled and the bill was placecl t 
 
the foot of the calendar. 
 
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On motion of Mr. Neill of Muscogee, 200 copies of the Third Annual Report of the Western :md Atlantic Railroad Commission was ordered printed for use of the members. 
 
The following bills of the Senate was taken up a~ 
 
a special order : 
 
, 
 
By Mr. Elders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the levy of local tax for public schools. 
 
On motion of Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall, consid-eration of this bill was postponed until Wednesday immediately after motions to reconsider. 
 
On motion of Mr. Burwell of Hancock, 200 copies of Amendments Offered by Mr. Burwell of Hancock and Swift of Muscogee were ordered printed for use of the members. 
 
The following Bill of the House was taken up as 
 
a special orde.r : 
 
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By Mr. Ayers of Jackson- 
 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to election of Judges and Solicitors of Superior Court. 
 
On motion of Mr. Ayers of Jackson, consideration of this bill was postponed until Monday morning immediately after unanimous consents. 
Under the regUlar order of business the following Bills and Resolutions of the House were read the third time: 
 
By Mr. White of Fulton- 
A bill to require County authorities to place and maintain sign boards at forks of public roads. 
 
'!!he bill was read the third time.  
 
The following amendments were read and adoph;d: 
 
By Mr. McCall of Brooks- . 
Amendment that on said sign posts shall be placed figures showing distances to nearest towns or cities. 
 
By Mr. Harvin of Calhoun- 
Moves to amend this bill by striking from the first paragraph of the said bill and in the fourth line thereof the following words: "Each member of" and further amend said bill by..adding in after the word "County" the words "Board of" and after the word Commissioner in said line the letter '' s'' in the third section of said bill. 
 
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By Mr. White of FultonTo amend so as to read Jan. 1st, 1919. 
 
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 as amended the ayes were 102, nays 19. 
The bill, .having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Eve of Chatham- 
A resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a Commission to investigate the advisability. of securing for the State of Georgia State-owned wharves. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorahle . to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 97, nays l. 
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
Mr. Stovall of McDuffie gave notice at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 81. 
 
By Mr. Bale of Fl<;>yd- 
A resolution appropriating $7.88 for relief of J. Park Bowie, agent for Mrs. Mattie F. Blouni, of Floyd County, Georgia. 
 
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The resolution was read the third time. 
 
The resolution, involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Hall of Bibb 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 Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 
The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: 
 
Akin 
 
Booker 
 
Davenport 
 
AIJen 
 
Bower 
 
Davidson 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins" Brins"on 
 
Dorris 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Brown, of Clarke 
 
DuBose 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Burkhalter 
 
Duncan 
 
Austin 
 
Burwell 
 
Ellis 
 
Ayers 
 
!iuxton 
 
Fowll'r, of Forsyth 
 
Bagwell 
 
Carroll 
 
Frohock 
 
Bale 
 
Carter 
 
Gilmore 
 
Ballard, of Columzia Cason 
 
Gordy 
 
Ballard, of Newton Chambers 
 
Grantland 
 
Bankston 
 
Cheney 
 
Gtocn 
 
Barfield 
 
Chupp 
 
Hagood 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Clifton 
 
J[a)] 
 
Barret, of Whitfield Collins, of Cherokee Har<1cn, f'f Banks 
 
Barwick  
 
Conger 
 
Hardin, of Glaseoek 
 
Beazley 
 
Cook 
 
Hatcher 
 
Beek 
 
Cravey 
 
Hayes 
 
Bellah 
 
Cullars 
 
HaynflS 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Himon 
 
Blasingame 
 
wether 
 
nogg 
 
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Holden Hollingsworth Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty Johnson, of Appling Johnso11, of Bartow Jones, of Cowl'ta Jone11, or Eloort . Jones, of Lowndl's Key Kelley Kidd ~y, of White King Lanier mkford Lowe Matthews Mays Middleton Mock 
:Moore 
 
McCall McCalla MCDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Pickett Pickren Pilcher Reece Beiser Roberts Russell Sibley Smith, of Fulton Staten. Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Swift 
 
Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Veazey W'alker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Pierce Williams, of :Meri- 
wether Williams, of Worth Winn Woods Worsham Wright, of Bulloeh Wright, of Floyd Wyatt Wylly Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs: 
Howard, of Oglethorpe 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
- Adams, of Elbert 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
lioJgl.'s 
 
Adams, of Towns Cooper 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Anderson, of W'ilkes Culpepper, of Clinch Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
Amo1cl, of Clay 
 
Davis 
 
sham 
 
Atkinson 
 
Dennard 
 
:La!Jgeter 
 
Baldwin 
 
Dickey 
 
Law 
 
Bond 
 
Ennis 
 
Lawrence 
 
Bowers 
 
Eve 
 
Maynard 
 
Boyett 
 
Fowll'r, of Bibb 
 
Mercier 
 
Brooks 
 
Foy 
 
Morris 
 
Brown, of Houston Gary 
 
M'llllins 
 
Burch 
 
Giddens 
 
McCrory 
 
Clarke 
 
GriCfir.. 
 
Farker 
 
Clements 
 
Harris 
 
Palmour 
 
Coates 
 
Harvin 
 
Rainey 
 
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Reville 
Richardson Scott Shannon Smith, of Dade Smith, of Telfair 
 
Stewart Stubbs Sumner Turner Vincent Walker, of Bleckley 
 
White Williams, of Ware Woody . Wright, of .Jones' W:right, of Walton 
 
The verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 126, nays 1. 
 
The bill having r~ceived the requisite constitu. tional majority was passed. 
Mr: Neill of Muscogee moved that ~hen the House adjourns today ~hat it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock, and the motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Ayers of Jackson moved that this House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Trammell of Harris and Mr. Allen of Upson. 
 
The Speaker assigned Mr. Mock of Dougherty to the following Committees: 
 
General Judiciary No. 2. 
 
Privileges and Elections. 
 
Reformatories. 
 
University of Georgia and Its Branches. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., MoNDAY, JuLY 15th, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjour~ment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
Adams, of Towns Akin 
 
Brooks Brown, of Clarke 
 
Dorris DuBose 
 
.. 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Houston Duncan 
 
Anderson, of Jen- Burch 
 
Ellis 
 
kins 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Ennis 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burwell 
 
Eve 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
BtJ.xton 
 
Fowler, of Bibb 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Carroll 
 
Fowler, of Forsyth 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Carter. 
 
Frohock 
 
Atkinson 
 
Cason 
 
Foy 
 
Austin 
 
Chambers 
 
Gary 
 
Ayers 
 
Cheney 
 
Giddens 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chupp 
 
Gilmore 
 
Baldwin 
 
Clarke 
 
Gordy 
 
Bale 
 
Clements 
 
Grantland 
 
Ballard, of.Columbia Clifton 
 
Green 
 
Ballard, of Newton Coates 
 
Griffin 
 
Rankston 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hagood 
 
Barfield 
 
Collins, of Union Hall 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Conger 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Barrett, Whitfield Cook 
 
Hardin, of Glascock 
 
Harwick 
 
Cooper 
 
Harris 
 
Beazley 
 
Cravey 
 
Harvin 
 
Beck 
 
Cullars 
 
Hatcher 
 
Bellah 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Hayes 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, Meri- 
 
Haynes 
 
Blasingame 
 
wether 
 
Hinson 
 
Booker 
 
Davenport 
 
Hodges 
 
Bower 
 
D~tvidson 
 
Hogg 
 
~owers 
 
Davis 
 
Holden 
 
Boyett 
 
Dennard 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
BriB.son 
 
Dickey 
 
Hollis' 
 
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Howard, of IJiberty McCrory 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe McDonald 
 
Johnson, of Appling Neill 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Nesmith 
 
Jones, of Coweta Owen 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Pace 
 
.Tones, of Lowndes Parker 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Palmour 
 
Key 
 
Pickett 
 
Kelley 
 
Pickren 
 
Kidd 
 
Pilcher 
 
Kimzey, of Haber Rainey 
 
sham 
 
.Reece 
 
Kimsey, of White B:eiser 
 
King 
 
Reville 
 
Lanier 
 
Richardson 
 
Lankford 
 
Robert. 
 
Lasseter 
 
RuBBell 
 
Law 
 
Scott 
 
Lawrence 
 
Shannon 
 
Lowe 
 
Sibley 
 
:Matthews 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Maynard 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Mays 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Mercier 
 
Staten 
 
Middleton 
 
Steele 
 
Mock 
 
Stewart 
 
Moore 
 
Stone 
 
Morrilt 
 
Stovall 
 
:Mullins 
 
Strickland 
 
:McCall 
 
Stubbs 
 
McCalla 
 
Sumner 
 
Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bnlloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Spea.ker 
 
By unanimous consent reading of the Journal of Friday, July 12th, 1918, was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business for the 30 minutes period of .unanimous consent : 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of standing committees. 
 
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3rd. Reading of House and :Senate Local Bills favorably reported, the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate Local Bills and uncontested House and Senate General Bills having a local application. 
 
5th. Reading Senate Bills and Senate Resolutions the :first time. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 146 was tabled. 
 
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution relative to Executive Department. 
 
Refe:rred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution~  
 
By Mr. Clements of Irwin- 
A bill to change time of holding the Superior Court in the County of Irwin. 
 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Carter-of Bacon- 
A bill to amend and change the name of the Town of Alma. 
 
Referred.to Committee on Corporations. 
 
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By Mr. Mock of Dougherty- 
A bill to amend Cqde of 1910 as to the Ren'ice of foreclosure proceedings on real estate. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. N,esmith of ColquittA bill to regulate the running at large of bulls :md 
boar hogs in Colquitt County. 
 
Referred to General Agricultural Committee No.2. 
 
By Mr. Barfield of BibbA bill to protect railroad crossing signs. , 
 
Referred to Committee on Railroads. 
 
By Mr. Mullins of MitchellA hill providing for the payment of a salary to the 
Treasurer of Mitchell County in lieu of fees. 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Mays of Butts- 
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Butts County. 
 
Referre? to Committee on County and County Matters. 
By Mr. Mays of ButtsA bill to create the office of Commissioners of 
Roads and Revenues for Butts County. 
 
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Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Hall;of Bibb- 
A bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution. 
 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Burwell of H,ancockA bill to amend the prohibition laws of this State. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Messrs. Davis of Laurens ~nd King of Jeffer- 
 
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A resolution to make Senate Bill 178 a special order for July 15th, 1918. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb- 
A resolution to authorize the investment of funds in the hands of the County Treasurer of Cobb County in United States Liberty Bonds or War Saving Stamps. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters . 
 
.By Messrs. Haynes of Gordon and Austin of Murray- 
 
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A resolution to make House Bill No. 258 a special order. 
 
Referred to C()mmittee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. Hall of BibbA resolution to make House Resolution No. 175 a 
special order for today. 
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed' by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
 
27. A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution of this State, so as to strike from said paragraph the first proviso. 
 
148. A hill to authorize the appointment of Tax Collectors of this State as ex-officio Sheriffs for the collection of taxes. 
179. A bill authorizing Municipal Corporations to acquire waterworks, gas, electric and power plants. 
181. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Hart. 
182. "A bill to repeal an Act to alter and amend Section 639 of Irwin's new Code, so as the same relates to the Counties of Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens,  Union, Towns and Rabun. 
 
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187. A bill to amend Section 293'6 of Vol. 1 of the Code of 1910, relative to the issuance of marriage license. 
 
188. A bill to declare void all agreements waiving Section 4135 and sub-sections 1, 2 and 3 of Civil Code, Vol. 1 of 1910. 
 
190. A bill to amend an act approved August 9, / 
1915, creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Cherokee County. 
191. A bill to provide for the election of a Vice Ohairman of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia School of Technology. 
 
174. A bill to amend an Act entitled a:n Act to annually le-vy and collect a tax for the support of the$tate government and the public institutions, etc. 
 
Mr. DuBose of Clarke 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 have instructed me, as Chairman, to re port the same back to the House with the ~ecom mendation that the same do pass : 
House Bill No. 734, relating to Charter of .Statesboro. 
DuBosE, Chainnan. 
 
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The following bills of the House favorably re ported was read the second time. 
 
By Mr. Lanier of Bulloch- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the City of Statesboro relative to the levy of an annual tax for school purposes. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta, Vice Chairman of Committee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Rules having had under consideration House Resolution No. 180, requesting that House Resolution 175 be mane a special and continuing order for today, July 15th, 1918, immediately after order of unanimous consents, instruct me, as their Vice Chairman, to report the same back with recommendation that the same be adopted. 
GARLAND M. JoNES, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
The following resolution favorably reported by the Rules Committee, was read: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-A resolution to make House Resolution No. 175 
a special order for today. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to. 
On the adoption of the Resolution, the ayes were 91, nays 5. 
 
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The resolution received two-thirds majority of those voting, but having f.'liled to receive a majority of the House, was lost. 
 
Under the regular order of husiness by unanimous consent House Bill No. 168 was tabled. House Resolution No. 72 was taken from the table; House Bill 
 
No. 146 was taken from the table. 
The following bill of the House was taken up as a special order and read the third time': 
 
By Mr. Ayers of Jackson- 
A bill to amend the C<:mstitution relative to election of Judges and Solicitor-Generals of Superior Courts. 
_On motion of Mr. Ayers of Jackson, the consideration of the bill was postponed until Tuesday, July 16, immediately to follow unanimous consents. 
 
Under the regular order of business the following bills and resolutions were read the third tim,e: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-- 
A resolution to pay the p~r diem and expenses of the Committees of House who are authorized to sit in vacation of General Assembly. 
 
The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Comm!,1tee of the W'hole House and the Speaker designat!P Mr. Booken of Wilkes as Chairman thereof. 
 
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The Committee. of the "Whole House arose, and through their Chairman, reported 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 roll call ~as ordered and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those yoting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Towns Cheney 
 
Harris 
 
Akin 
 
Chupp 
 
Hatcher 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Clarke 
 
Hayes 
 
Arnold, of LUJU.pkin Clifton 
 
Haynes 
 
Atkinson 
 
Coates 
 
Hinson 
 
Austin 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hodges 
 
Ayers 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Holden 
 
Bagwell 
 
C"mger 
 
Hollis 
 
Bale 
 
Cook 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Cooper 
 
Ballard, of Newton Cravey 
 
Howard, of Liberty Howard, Oglethorpe Johnson, of Appling 
 
Barfield 
 
CulpeJ,per, Meri Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Barrett, Whitfield 
 
wether 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Beck 
 
Davenport 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Bellah 
 
Davidson 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Blalock 
 
Davis 
 
Kelley 
 
Blasingame 
 
Dennard 
 
Kidd 
 
Booker 
 
Dorris 
 
Kimzey, of Haber 
 
Bower 
 
DuBose 
 
sham 
 
Bowers 
 
. Dunean 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Brinson 
 
Ellis 
 
King 
 
Brooks 
 
Eve 
 
Lankford 
 
Brown, of Clarke Burch 
 
Fowler, of Forsyth Lasseter 
 
Frohock 
 
Law 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Gilmore 
 
Lawrence 
 
Burwell 
 
Gordy 
 
Lowe 
 
Buxto!l 
 
..Green 
 
Matthews 
 
Carter 
 
.;ri:tlin 
 
Mays 
 
Cason 
 
Hall 
 
Mercier 
 
Chamben 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Middleton 
 
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Bond Moore Mullins McCall McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Reece Reville 
 
Richardson Roberts Russell Brott Sibley Smith, o~ Dade Smith, of Fulton Staten Steele Stewart Stovall Strickland Sumner Swift Swint Taylor 
 
Trammell 
 
,Trippe 
 
Veazey 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Walker, of Pierce 
 
White 
 
Williams, of Meri- 
 
wether 
 
Woods 
 
Woody 
 
Worsham 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
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Wright, of Walton Wyatt 
 
Wylly 
 
Youmans 
 
Those v;oting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Carroll Foy Grantland 
 
Swords Winn Wright, of Floyd 
 
Those not voting were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Elbert Allen 
 
Ennis Fowler, of Bibb 
 
Rainey Reiser 
 
Anderson,. of Wilkes Gary 
 
Shannon 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Giddens 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Baldwin 
 
Hagood 
 
Stone 
 
Bankston 
 
Harden, of Banki Stubbs 
 
Barwick 
 
Harvin 
 
Tatu~ 
 
Beazley 
 
Hogg 
 
Timmerman 
 
Bond 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Turner 
 
BOyett 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Vincent 
 
Brown, of Houston Key 
 
Walker, of Bleckley 
 
Clements 
 
Lanier 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Cullars 
 
Maynal'd 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Culpep}Jer, of Clinch :Morris 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Dickey 
 
McCalla 
 
The verification of roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 136, nays 8. 
 
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The resolution having receiv,ed th~ requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton- 
A resolution providing for the reinstatement of the Pennsylvania Millers' Mutual' Fire Insurance Co. in order that they may do business in this State. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of _the resoluion, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 112, nays 0. 
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Fowler of Bibb- 
A resolution for relief of W. Henry Jones. 
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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 97, nays 0. 
 
The resolution, having received the requis\te constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Barfield of Bibb- 
A bill to amend Civil Code so as to permit blind persons to conduct business without pRy1ng a license. 
The report of the Commitee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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On the passage of the hill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. McCrory of Schley- _ 
A resolution to have a suitable text on Civil Government prepared and published. 
 
The following am~ndments, submitted hy the Committee, were read and adopted: 
 
The following amendment was proposed hy the Committee: 
To amend tlie reso~ution by striking out the following words: ''The hook trust'' in line 13, page 1, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: ''Those probably interested in the sale of school books,'' so said section shall read as follows: _ "Whereas, those probably interested in the sale of school books has up to this date prevented the pas sage of any law carrying into effect said recomnwndation." Also to amend said resolution hy inserting just after the word aforesaid in lines 7 and 8 on page 2 the following words "in place of any book" und striking out the words after the word ''children'' in line 9 the words ''or that the State Board cf Education may wish to adopt:'' So said section shall read as follows: "Be it further resolved, Tha~ snid: Superintendent of Schools he and he is hereby authodzed and empowered to have any other text pHpared, adopted, published and distributed and solcl as aforesaid in place of any book that the State Board 
 
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of Education may condemn as unsuited to the needs of our children. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution as amended, was agreed to. 
 
On the pa-ssage of the resolution the ayes wen~ 1:!4, 
 
n~sQ 
 
 
 
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amende& . 
 
By Mr. Ayers of Jackson- 
A bill to render void all waiver of warrantees in promissory notes. 
 
0 motion of Mr. Wyatt of T'roup.. the' bill was tabled. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 177 was made a special order for Wednesday, July 16, 1918, immediately to follow other special orders. 
 
 By Mr. Buxton of Burke-  
A resolution providing for the appointment o.f a committee to investigate the advisability of selling or exchanging the State Farm. 
 
Ou motion the resoluiou was tabled. 
 
Mr. McCrory, of Schley, moved that this House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. 
 
The foliowing communication was read: 
 
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July 15th, 1918. 
 
To the Senate and House, State Capitol, City. 
 
Gentlemen: By authority of the Board of Trustees, I extend to the members of each house of the General Assembly an invitation to visit the Georgia School of Technology on Wednesday, the 17th inst., after termination of the session for that day. 
 
Cars will be in waiting on the street railway track at 1 o'clock, on East Hunter Street, north of the Capitol, to carry the legislators to the school. These cars -run within a few yards of the Tech eampus. 
 
The Legislators will be expected to take dinner wih the Trustees and Faculty of the Instit11tion, and the Governor will review the 600 Georgia soldier boys of the technician school at the conclusion of the dinner. 
Respectfully' yours, 
N. E. HARRIS, 
Chairman in Charge Ga. School of Technology. 
 
Mr. McCrory of Schley moved to accept the invitation, and the motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Cheney of Cobb 
 
and Mr. Russell of Floyd. 
 
 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 0 'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.., 
 
TUESDAY, JULY 16th, 1918. 
 
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 calling of the roll was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 3'0 minutes period of unanimous consent: 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
2nd. Reports of standing committees. 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate Bills favorably reported, the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate Local Bills and House and Senate General Bills having a local application. 
 
5th. Reading of Senate Bills and Senate Resolutions the first time. 
 
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees: 
By Messrs. Brooks of Macon and Pace of Sumter~ A bill to require all person or persons who travel 
 
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from place to place and dwell in tents and engage in business to pay a license. 
 
Referred to. Committee on Ways and Means. 
By Mr. Clifton of Lee- 
A bill to authorize the exercise of the right of eminent domain by Western and Atlantic Railrmid and prescribe the method of such exercise .and the rights to be acquired thereby. 
 
Referred to Committee on W. and A. Railroad. 
 
By Mr. Lanier of BullochA bill to provide for an increase in the salary of 
the Judge of the City Court of Statesboro. 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton- 
A biil to authorize the exercise of the right of eminent domain by the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company. 
 
RJeferred to C()mmittee on W. and A. Railroad. 
 
By Messrs. Cheney of Cobb and Collins of Cherokee- 
A bill providing that the County authorities may prescribe the speed and weight of vehicles passing over bridges. 
 
Referred to Committee on Public Highways. 
 
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By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A bill- to appropriate three thousand dollars to Georgia School for the Deaf for the purpose of purchasing equipment for printing office and shoe shop. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. By Mr. Ballard of Newton- 
 
A bill to provide a new charter for City of Covington. 
 
Referred to Committe on Municipal Government. 
 
By Messrs. Trammell of Harris and Pickett of Ter- _ rell- 
A bill to require tax collectors to deposit 1n State depositories all .State funds. _ 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County 
 
Matters. 
 
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By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- 
A bill to amend Criminal Code of 1910 so as to provide for an increase in the pay of guards. 
Referred to Colfimittee on Georgia State Sanitarium. 
 
By Messrs. Bale and Russell of FloydA bill to create a new Charter for the City of Rome. 
 
By Messrs. Swift, Neill and Hollis of Muscogee- 
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Columbus. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Messrs. Ballard and McCroryA bill to amend Code so as to enable females to 
 become Deputy Clerks or Cler'ks of Superior or City Courts. 
Referred to General .Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
by Mr. Brown of Clarke- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to the pay of members of General Assembly. 
 
Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. 
 
By Messrs. Lankford of Toombs and Anderson of .Jenkins- 
A bill to create a Warehouse Department for the State. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Brooks of Macon- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing a Sanitarium of Tuberculosis. 
 
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. 
 
By Mr. Stone of Grady (by request)- 
A bill to fix the amount of fees of the Sheriffs in this State. 
 
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Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. McCrory of Schley- 
A resolution to pay the salary and mileage of the late Senator W. F. Weaver to his widow. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Barrett of Pike- 
A bill for the relief of J. W. \Voodall and S. M. Howard. 
 
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. 
 
By Messrs. Conger and Griffin of DecaturA resolution placing Senate Bill.No. 104 on calen- 
dar for second reading. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd__! A resolution placing House Bills Nos. 28 and 34 
on calendar and to make them special order. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate 'has adopted the following resolution 
 
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in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked, to-wit: 
 
85. A resolution providing for a joint committee from the Senate and House to prepare a bill looking to the elimination of local legislation from the General Assembly. 
The following message was received from the S~n ate through Mr. McClatc'hey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to- 
wit: 
198. A bill to provide for the management of trust estates; to require bonds to be given by the trustee, and for other purposes. 
216. A bill to fix the compensation of County Tax Assessors in .Counties of a less population than five 'thousand five hundred. 
117. A bill to provide for the issue and levy of attachment in foreclosure proceedings for cpllection of debt when deed to se~ure payment of same has been given. 
 
Mr. Swint of Washington County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Property, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
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Your Committee on Public Property have ;had un- 
 
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der consideration the following House Resolution No. 153', have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the' recommendation that the same do pass by substitute. 
THOS. J. SWINT, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Lasseter of Dooly County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following Bill No. 147 of the Senate,  and have instructed me, as the1r Chairman, to report the same back to th~ House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
July 15, 1915. 
LASSETER, Chai,nnan. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary Nlo. 2, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee oii General Judiciary No.2 have had under consideration the following Bills of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
- House Bill No. 641, 'by Mr. Atkinson of Fulton. 
 
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House Bill No. 733, by Mr. Barwick of Montgomery. 
 
' And have instructed me, as Chairman, to report back to the House the following bills with recommendation that same pass as amended: 
 
House Bill No. 603, by Mr. Worsham of Chattooga. 
 
House Bill No. 706, by Mr. Carroll of Catoosa. 
 
J ul~ 16th, 1918. 
 
BuRWELL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether County Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Y:our Committee on Temperance have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 380, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
N. F. CULPEPPER, Chairman. 
 
1Mr. Burkhalter of Tatnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. 'Speaker: Your Committee on Education have had under con 
 
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sideration the fQllowing House Bills Nos. 644 and 524, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass. 
w. T. BURKHALTER, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Clifton of Lee County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration "the following House Bills Nos. 747 and 758, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the house with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
CLIFTON, Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb 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 ofthe House and have instructed met as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, towit: 
House Bill No. 338. 
House Bill N!o. 721 as amended. 
 
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Also that the following bills and resolutions be withdrawn: 
 
House Bill No. 335. 
 
House Bill No. 433. 
 
House Resolution No. 69. 
 
House Resolution No. 55. 
 
'HALL, Chairman. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bills NOS. 3'35, 433 and House Resolution No. 55 were withdrawn. House Resolution No. 69 was recommitted to Committee on Appropriations. House Bill No. 653 was recommitted to Committee on Special Judiciar-y. 
 
The following communications were read: 
 
ATLA~TA, GA., JULY 15th, 1918. 
 
Hon. Jolin N. Holder, Speaker House of Representatives, Atlanta, Georgia. 
 
My Dear Mr. Speaker: 
I beg to enclose herewith copy of a letter I have this day transmitted to his Excellency, the Governor, tendering my resignation as a member of the House from Bibb County, the same to be effective on and after this date. 
 
In taking leave of the General Assembly, made necessary by my acceptance .of a commission in the 
 
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army, I wish to express to you my deep appreciation for the uniform courtesy and consideration you have always extended to me as presiding officer during my service. And to you and my fellow members, collectively and singly, and for you, I shall cherish always the fondest memories of genuine affection. 
Sincerely yours, 
BEN J. FowLER. 
 
BENJAMIN J. FowLER, 
 
Attorney-at-Law, Macon, Ga. 
 
JULY 15th, 1918. 
 
H;is Excellency, Hugh M. Dorsey, G:overnor of Georgia, Atlanta~ Ga. 
 
My Dear Governor: 
 
Having been appointed and commissioned a Major in the Judge Advocate General's Reserve Corps of the Army, I hereby tender to you my resignation as a member of the House of Representatives in the Georgia Legislature from the County of Bibb, the same to become effective from and after this date. 
Respectfully, 
BENJAMIN J. FowLER. 
 
The followi~g privilege resolution was read and adopted: 
 
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By Messrs. Jones of Elbert and Davidson of Putnam- 
A RESOLUTION. 
 
WHEREAs, our comrade, Major Benjamin J. Fowler, has left the halls of legislation to answer his country's call to service, be it 
 
Resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That our best wishes and love go with Major Fowler in his new :field of duty; that we feel sure that his loyal heart beats true to home and native land in this great struggle for the rights of mankind. Our late associate will always be found at the post of duty, wh'ich is the post of honor always. 
Be it further resolved, That a copy of this resOlution be furnished by the Clerk of the House to Major Fowler. 
The following bills of the House favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Cason of BryanA bill to repeal an Act creating a depository for' 
the County of Bryan. 
By Mr. Cason of Bryan- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer for Bryan County. 
By Mr. Barwick of MontgomeryA bill to protect cemeteries and burying places in 
this State. 
 
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By Messrs. Bagwell and Beck of Carroll- 
A bi11 to appropriate to the Trustees of the A. and ~ ..  nool of C:e Fourth Congressional District three thousand dollars for purpose Qf purchasing and ~n stalling a heating plant for boys' dormitory. 
 
By Mr. Carroll of Catoosa- 
A bill to provide a uniform system of fees for Constables in this State. 
 
By Mr. Atkinson of FUltonA bill to amend an Act establishing the State 
Board of Medical Examiners. 
By Mr. Worsham of ChattoogaA hill to amend :Section 695, Code of 1910, rela- 
tive to road tax. 
By Mr. Trammell of HarrisA bill to make it unlawful to sell or give or furnish 
to minors any Coca-Cola, Chero-Cola or any drink containing caffeine.  
 
By Messrs. Jones of Coweta, Ellis of Tift and Dorris of Crisp- 
A bill to' amend Sections 1564 and 1565, Code of 1910, enlarging duties of Library Commission and to provide for the purchase and maintenance of traveling library. 
 
By Mr. Buxton of BurkeA resolution _providing for a joint committee from 
 
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House and Senate to investigate the advisability of ex<ilianging or selling the Governor's Mansion. 
 
The following bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
By Messrs. Andrews and Heath of 35th and 17th Districts- 
.A bill to amend an Act re~lating the issuance of 
insurance policies by providing what is known as group insurance; 
 
The following bills of the House were re.ad the 
 
third time : 
 
 
 
By Mr. Lanier of Bulloch. A bill to amend an Act creating .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 passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Davenport of HallA bill to place the Solicitor General of Northeast- 
ern Judicial Circuit on a salary. 
The following Committee amendments were read and adopted: 
 
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Amend by adding the words ''or county depositories" in the 7th line of Section 2, after the words "treasuries of the various counties." J:\nd after the words, ''treasuries of their respective counties'' in the 25th line of section 3, the words ''or county depositories,'' and after the wordi3 ''the treasury of that county,'' appearing in the 30th line of s<'ction 3, or "the county depository," E~nd by aJding aftE.r the words "T'reasury of said County': apper.ring in -the l3'th and 14th lines of Section 4, or "County depositories," and by adding the worcls "nr county deposit ries" immediately after th~ words .:'treasuryn _ whenever the same may elsewhere appear therein. 
 
The following amendment was. read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Matthews of Dawson- 
Amend Section 2 of House Bill No. 650 by striking from said section the figures $4,200.00 and insert in lieu thereof the figures $3,950.00. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favoral;ie to tho passage of the bill as amended, wa!S agreed to as amended. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu tional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revemws of Coffee Comity. 
 
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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 ~ere 112, nays 0. The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioner~ ofRoad, and Revenues for Coffee 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 114, nays 0. 
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
The following bills of the Senate were read tho first time and referred to Committees: 
By Mr. Hopkins of 7th DistrictA bill to authori~e any municipal corporation to 
construct and acquire water, gas, light and power plants. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
By Mr. Edwards of 32nd District -. 
A bill to fix the compensation of County Tax Assessors in certain Counties.  
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
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By Mr. Mundy of 38th District- 
A bill to provide for the management of t:ruRt estates to require bond to be given by the trustees. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
By Mr. Blackwell of the 39th District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating office of Commi~ sion of Roads and Revenues for Cherokee County. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Moore of the 3'rd District- 
A bill to amend Code relative to the issuing of marriage license. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1. 
 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st District- 
A bill to repeal an Act to amend Section 639 of Irwin's Code relative to width of certain roatls in Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Union, T'owns and Rab!m 
C~mnties. 
 
Referred to Committee on Public Highways. 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Hart County. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
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By Mr. Denny of the 42nd District- 
A bill to amend an Act entitled an Act to annually levy and collect a tax for the support of the State government. 
 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Ficklen of the 29th District- 
A bill to authorize the appointment of Tax Col-  lectors of the State as ex~officio Sheriffs for the collection of taxes. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Edwards of the 32nd DistrictA bill to amend Constitution relative to the pay- 
. ment of pensions. 
Referred to Committee on .Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District..-A bill to provide for the issue and levy of attach- 
ments in foreclosure proceedings for collection of debt and to payment of same. 
Referred to General Judiciary Con;tmittee No. 2. 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st DistrictA bill to declare void all agreements waiving Sec- 
tion 413'5, Civil Code, in written contracts or prom- 
 
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issory notes executed fo:r the purchase of personal property. 
 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to provide for the election of a Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Georgia School of  Technology. 
 
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. 
 
By Mr. Moore of the 3rd District-;- 
A resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee from the House and Senate to prepare a bill for the elimination of local legislation . from the General Assembly. 
 
Referred to Committee on 1Special Judiciary. 
 
On motion of Mr. Burwell of Hancock the following bill of the Senate was taken from the table: 
 
By Mr. Beck of the 43rd District- 
A bill to amend the Constitution so as to create the new County of Cook. 
 
This bill was read the third time August 15th, 1917 ; the roll call ordered and verified and the ballot Gounted, and the vote was as follows : 
 
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Those votin~ m the affirmative were :Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Towns Davidson 
 
McCall 
 
Allen 
 
Davis 
 
McCalla 
 
A,nderson, of Jen- Dennard 
 
McDonald 
 
kins 
 
Dickey 
 
Neill 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Dorris 
 
Nesmith 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Ellis 
 
Owen 
 
Atkinson 
 
Ennis 
 
Palmour 
 
Austin 
 
Eve 
 
Pickren 
 
Bagwell 
 
Fowler, of Bibb 
 
Pilcher 
 
Bale 
 
Fowler, of Forsyth Rainey 
 
Barwick 
 
Frohock 
 
Reece 
 
Beall 
 
Gilmore 
 
Roberts 
 
Beck 
 
Gordy 
 
Shannon 
 
Bellah 
 
Griffin 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Blasingame 
 
Hagood 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Bond 
 
Hardin, of .Glascock Staten 
 
Bower 
 
Harris 
 
Stewart 
 
Bowers 
 
Harvin 
 
Stone 
 
Boyett 
 
Hatcher, 
 
Stubbs 
 
Brown, of Clarke Haynes 
 
Swords 
 
Brown, of Houston Hinson 
 
Sumner 
 
Burch 
 
Hodges 
 
Swint 
 
Burt 
 
Holden 
 
Tatum 
 
Burwell 
 
Howard, of Liberty Trippe 
 
Carroll 
 
Johnson, of Appli.ng Turner ' 
 
Carter 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Veazey 
 
cason 
 
Key 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Clarke 
 
Kidd 
 
Walker, of Bleckley 
 
Clements 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- White 
 
Clifton 
 
sham 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Coates 
 
King 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Collins 
 
Lankford 
 
Woo<ls 
 
Conger 
 
Lawrence 
 
Woody 
 
Cook 
 
Lowe 
 
Worsham 
 
Cooper 
 
Matthews 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Cravey 
 
Mercier 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
Cullars 
 
Moore 
 
Wyatt 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Morris 
 
Wylly 
 
Mullins 
 
Youmans 
 
'l'hose voting in the negative were :MessrH.: 
 
Akin 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Baldwin 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Ayers 
 
Ballard, of Columbia 
 
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Bankston Barrett, of Pike Blalock Booker Brinson Brooks Burkhalter Buxton Chambers Chupp Culpepper, "Meri- 
wether Davenport DuBose Duncan Foy Giddens 
 
Grantland Harden, of Banks Hayes Hogg Hollingsworth Howard, Oglethorpe Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Kelley Kimsey, of White Lasseter Law Mays McCrory Parker Pickett 
 
Reiser Richardson Russell Sibley Smith, of Fulton Steele Stovall Strickland Taylor Timmerman Trammell Vincent 
Walker, of Pierce Williams, of Meri- 
wether Wright, of Floyd 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Ballard, of Newton Barfield Barrett, Whitfield Beazley Cheney Gary 
 
Green Hall Jones, of Lowndes Lanier Maynard Middle!on 
 
Pace Scott Smith, of Dade Swift Winn Wright, of Bulloch 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 114, nays 54. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the necessary twothirds Constitutional majority, was lost. . 
 
Mr. Burwell, of Hancock, gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the bill. 
 
 Mr. Jones, of Coweta County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Rules having under consideration House Resolution No. 183, requesting that Senate Bill No.178, known as the "Work or Fight" bill, be set for special and continuing order for today, July 16th, direct me as their Vice Chairman, to report the same back with the recommendation that the same be made special and continuing order for today, July 16th, immediately following special orders heretofore set by the House. 
GARLAND M. JONES, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
The following resolution favorably reported by the Rules Committee was read: 
 
By Messrs. Davis of Laurens and King of Jeffer- 
son- 
A resolution making Senate Bill No. 178 a special order for July 16th, 1918. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to. 
 
. On the adoption of the resolution the ayes were 103, nays 0.  
 
The resolution, having received the requisite con. stitutional majority, was adopted. 
 
The following Senate bill was taken up for the purpose of agreeing to the Conference Committee report: 
 
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By Mr. Denny of the 42nd DistrictA bill to define and fix the age of consent. 
 
The Conference Committee submitted the following report! 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Conference Committee of the Senate and House, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 75, begs leave to report that they have agreed, and recommend the withdrawal of the house substitute and the adoption of the Senate bill as heretofore presented. 
Respectfully submitted, 
R. A. DENNY, Chairman Senate Committee. 
WALTER P. ANDREWS, 
ALoNZO FIELD, 
J. A. WHITE, 
Chairman House Committee; JoHN W. BALE, 
N. F. CuLPEPPER, 
 
The report of the Conference Committee was agreed to. 
 
'The following message was received from the Sen: ate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has adopted the following resolution in 
 
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which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked, to-wit: 
 
A resolution providing for a joint session of the General Assembly in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 17th, 1918, at 12 o'clock M., to hear an address by Lieutenant Harry G. Milsom, representing the United States Shipping Board. 
 
The following resolution of the Senate was read and concurred in : 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 3"5th District- 
A resolution providing for a joint session of the General Assembly to be held in the House of Representatives on Wednesday at 12 o'clock, the 17th day. inst., for the purpose of hearing an address by Lieutenant Harry G. Milson, of the United States Shipping Board. 
 
The following bill was taken up as a special order. 
 
By Mr. Ayers of JacksoB- 
 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to the elec- 
 
tion of Judges and Solicitors of Superior Courts in 
 
this State. 
 
 
 
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The bill was read the third time July 15th, 1918. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
Amend by striking Section 6. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
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This bill, carrying a constitutional amendment, the roll call was ordered. 
 
The ballot was counted and the roll call was verified. 
 
On motion of Mr. Ayers of Jackson the bill was tabled. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper of Meriwether and Swords of Morgan- 
A bill to amend Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to abolish the office of County Tax Collector. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to, a:nd the bill was lost. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up as a special order. 
 
By Messrs. Merry of the 8th District, and Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to require all able-bodied persons between the age of eighteen and fifty years to be regularly engaged in some lawful occupation. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved that this House do now, adjourn, and the motion prevailed. 
 
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The bill went over as unfinished business, with Mr. Arnold, of Clay, in possession of the floor. 
 
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Wright of 
 
~oyd. 
 
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The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
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The House met pursuant to adjournment this day 
at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker and opened wi'th prayer by the Chaplain. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
Adams, of Towns Brinson 
 
Davis 
 
Akin 
 
Brooks 
 
Dennard 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Clarke Dickey 
 
Anderson, of Jen- Brown, of Houston Dorris 
 
kins 
 
Burch 
 
DuBose 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burkhalter 
 
Duncan 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burt 
 
Ellis 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Burwell 
 
Ennis 
 
Arnold; of Lumpkin Buxton 
 
Eve 
 
it.kins<>n 
 
Carroll 
 
Fowler, ' 
 
Austin 
 
Carter 
 
Frohock 
 
Ayers 
 
Cason 
 
Foy 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chambers 
 
Gary 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cheney 
 
Giddens 
 
Bale 
 
Chupp 
 
Gilmore 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clarke 
 
Gordy 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clements 
 
Grantland 
 
Bankston 
 
Clifton 
 
Green 
 
Barfield 
 
Coates 
 
Griffin 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hap-ood 
 
Barrett, Whitfield Collins, of Union 
 
Hall 
 
Barwick 
 
Conger 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Beazley 
 
Cook 
 
Irardin, of Glascock 
 
Beck 
 
Cooper 
 
Harris 
 
Bellah 
 
Cravey 
 
Han in 
 
Blalock 
 
Cullars 
 
Hatcher, 
 
Blasingame 
 
CulpPpper, of Clinch Hayes 
 
Booker 
 
Culpepper, Meri- 
 
Haynes 
 
Bower 
 
wether 
 
Hinson 
 
Bowers 
 
Davenport 
 
Hodges 
 
Boyett 
 
Davidson 
 
Hogg 
 
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Holden 
 
McCalla 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
McCrory 
 
Howard, of Liberty McDonald 
 
Howard,. Oglethorpe Neill 
 
Johnson, of Appling Nesmith 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Owen 
 
Jones, of Coweta Pace 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Parker 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Palmour 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Pickett 
 
Key 
 
Pickren 
 
Kelley 
 
Pilcher 
 
Kidd 
 
Rainey 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- n.eece 
 
sham 
 
Reiser 
 
Kimsey, of White Reville 
 
King 
 
Richardson 
 
Lanier 
 
Roberts 
 
Lankford 
 
Russell 
 
Lasseter 
 
Scott 
 
Law 
 
Shannon 
 
Lawrence 
 
Sibley 
 
Lowe 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
 Matthews 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Maynard 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Mays 
 
Staten 
 
Mercier 
 
Steele 
 
Middleton 
 
Stewart 
 
Mock 
 
Stone 
 
Moore 
 
Stovall 
 
Mullins 
 
Strickland 
 
McCall 
 
Stubbs 
 
Swift Swint 
Sword~ 
Sumner Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch 
Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of yesterday's Journal was dispensed with. 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consent. 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of standing committees~ 
 
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3rd. Reading of House and Senate Bills favorably reported, the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having a local application. 
 
5th. Reading of Senate bills and senate resolutions the first time. 
The following bills and resolutions of the Honse were read the first time and referred to committees: 
 
By Mr. Tatum of Campbell_.:. A bill to amend an Act creating the Charter Qf 
Palmetto. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Mr. Barwick of MontgomeryA bill to amend the Charte:r: of the Town of Soper- 
ton, Ga. 
Referred to Committee on Mun"icipal Governments. 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee and Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 2, Article 7 of the Constitution relative to the levy of tax. 
 
Referred t.o Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Swift of MuscogeeA bill to appropriate $7,400.00 dollars for the pur- 
 
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pose of carrying on the work and paying salaries of Western and Atlantic Commission. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- 
A bill to authorize the City Council of Augusta to extend Cunning Street in the City of Augusta. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Mr. Lanier of Bulloch- 
A bill to amend Section 1161 of Park's Annotated Code of 1910, so as to increase the cost for collecting tax fi. fas. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Barfield of Bibb- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Bibb County. 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Richardson of HoustonA hill to repeal an Act establishing a City Court 
in Houston County. 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Richardson of Houston- 
A bill to amend Section 1141 of Penal Code of 1910, relatfve to fees of Coroners. 
 
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Haynes of GordonA hill to create a new Charter for t~e City of Cal- 
houn. 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Richardson of HoustonA bill to provide for holding four terms a year of 
Superior Court of Houston County. 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Messrs. Richardson and Brown of Houston- 
A bill to fix salary of the County Treasurer of Houston County. 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Hall of BibbA bill to amend an Act abolis'hing the office of Jus- 
tice of Peace and Nk>tary Public in the City of Macon. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Messrs. White, Smith and Atkinson of Fulton- 
A resolution proposing an amendment to Constitution so as to confer upon municipalities power to incur bonded debt. 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
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By Mr. White of Fulton- 
A resolution providing for the care of minors and adults who a.re feeble minded. 
 
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has adopted the report of the Confer- 
ence Committee upon the following bill of the senate, to-wit: 
No. 75. A bill to define and fix the age of consent. 
The following message was reecived from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
tional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
 
164. A bill to provide compensation for Clerks of Superior Courts when a return of no bill is made in indictment. 
 
199. A bill to repeal Section 5585 of the Civil Code of Georgia. 
 
209. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Canton. 
 
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210. A bill to amend Section 6 of an Act approved 
 
August 17, 1917, creating a Board of Supervisors 
 
for the County of Murray. 
 
211. A bill to prohibit the bringing into this State stolen property. 
 
221. A Bill to regulate costs in felony cases when reduced to a misdemeanor. 
202. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Pelham. 
 
Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.1, have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 779, by Muscogee delegation. DuBosE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Ayers of Jackson County, Vice 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 
 
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House and Senate, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same .back to the House with_ the recommendation that the same do pass; to-wit: 
 
Senate Bill No. 117 as amended. 
 
Senate Bill No. 187. 
 
House Bill No. 673. 
 
House Bill No. 639. 
 
House Bill No. 591. 
 
House Bill No. 672. 
 
AYERS, Vice 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 liad under consideration Senate Bill No. 100, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
AKIN, of Glynn, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bills of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 3'83. Substitute for House Bill No. 536. Also House Bill No. 701 do pa~s as amended. 
HALL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Clifton of Lee County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instruCted me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 453, to repeal County Commissioners of Liberty County. 
House Bill No. 454, to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Liberty. 
House Bill No. 584, to abolish County Court of Bacon County. 
 
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House BilfNo. 768, to provide for salary for Treas-. urer for Mitchell County instead of Commissioners. 
And also recommend that House Bill No. 740 do pass as amended. 
CLIFTON, Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Privileges and Elections 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 the same do not pass. 
NEILI;, Chairman. 
 
The following bills of the House were read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Frohock of Camden- 
A bill to appropriate the sum of $1,000 to the Old Soldiers' Home for the purpose of repairs to the building. 
 
By Mr. Howard, of Liberty- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for Liberty County. 
 
By Mr. Howard of Liberty- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for County of Liberty. 
 
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By Messrs. Arnold of Lumpkin, Kinzey of Habersham and Stewart of Coffee- 
 
A bill to appropriate $10,000 for the year 1918 and $10,000 for year 1919 for the building of a girls' dormitory and equipping same on campus of Ninth District Agricultural and Mechanical School at Clarkesville. 
 
By. Mr. Carter of Bacon- 
A bill to abolish the County Court of Bacon County. 
 
By Messrs. Jones ofCoweta and Brown of Clarke- 
A bill to amend Section 317 of Code of 1910 to increase salary of Governor from $5,000.00 to $10,000.00 per year. 
 
By Mr. Smith of Fulton- 
A bill to make it unlawful to use the title architect without securing a certificate of his or her qualifications. 
 
By Messrs. Buxton and Law of Burke- 
A bill to amend Section 5389 of Civil Code of 1910 relative to the right of landlord to recover damages. 
 
By Messrs. Neill of Muscogee and Conger of Decatur- 
A bill to amend Section 1811 of Code of 1910, pre- . scribing the method of testing oils in this State. 
 
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By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin- 
A bill to appropriate five thousand dollars to Trustees of University of Georgia for purpose of building, equipping and maintaining an infirmary on the grounds of North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, Ga. 
 
By Messrs..Neill of Muscogee and Conger of Decatur- 
A bill to repeal an Act to fix fees of jailers in Banks and Jackson Counties so far as said Act relates to Jackson County. 
 
By Mr. Mullins of Mitchell- 
A bill to provide the payment of a salary to the Treasurer of Mitche1l County. 
 
By Messrs. Swift, Neill and Hollis of Muscogee- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Columbus, Georgia. 
The following bills of the Senate were read the second time : 
 
By Mr: Elders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the return and assessment of property for taxation. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to provide for the issue and levy of attachmEmts in foreclosure proceedings for collection of debt. 
 
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By Mr. Moore of the 3rd District- 
 
A bill to amend Sections 2936 of Code of 1910, Volume 1, relative to the issue of marriage license. 
 
The following bills of the House were read the third time: 
 
By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- 
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the compensation of official stenographers and reporters of Superior Courts in 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 i23, nays 0.. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
~y Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- 
A bill to provide for the appointment of stenographic reporters of City Courts in Counties having cities therein with not less than 39,000 nor more than 54,000 inhabitants. 
 
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 113, nays 0. 
 
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The bill, h~ving rereived the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Cason of Bryan- 
A bill to abolish the office of Ceunty Treasurer for County of Bryan. 
 
The report 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. Cason of Bryan- 
A bill to repeal an Act creating a depository for County of Bryan. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of tbe bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage o~ the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees: 
 
By Mr. Ficklin of the 29th District- 
A bill to provide compensation for Clerks of Superior Court when a return of no bills is made on an indictment. 
 
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Townsend of-the 4th DistrictA bill to repeal Section 5585 of Civil Code, relative 
to rules of ejectment. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.1. 
 
By Mr. Merry of the 8th DistrictA bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Pel- 
ham. 
Referred to Committee on Education. 
 
J3y Mr. Blackwell of the 39th DistrictA bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Can- 
ton. 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Beck of the 43'rd District: 
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Supervisors of the County of Murray. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and .County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District A bill to prohibit the bringing into this State of 
stolen property from another State. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
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By Mr. Edwards of the 32nd District- 
A bill to regulate the cost in felony cases when reduced to misdemeanors. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
Under the regular order oj business by unanimous consent House Bills Nos. 58 and 112 were taken from the table. House Bill No. 404 was recommitted to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2. House Bill No. 772 was withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means and referred to General Judiciary  Committee No. 2. 
 
'Mr. Burwell of Hancock moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of Senate, Bill No. 32. 
 
By unanimous consent the action of the House on the motion to reconsider was postponed until next Tuesday morning. 
 
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 178 takes precedence over Senate Bill No. 19. Senate Bill No. 178 is made a special order for today and Senate Bill No. 198 goes over as unfinished business. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up as a special order: 
By Messrs. Merry of the 8th District and Andrews of the 35th DistrictA bill to require all able-bodied persons between 
 
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the age of eighteen and fifty years to be regularly employed in some laWful occupation. 
 
Mr. Pace -of Sumter moved  that individual speeches on the bill be limited to five minutes, and the motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Swift 9f Muscogee moved the previous question, and the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. 
 
The hour of 12 o'clock noon having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House and the joint session convened for the purpose of hearing an address by Lieutenant Harry G. Milsom, representative of t'he United State~ Shipping Board; was .called to order by Hon. Samuel L. Olive, President of the Senate. 
 
The resolution providing for a joint session was read by the Secretary of the Senate. 
 
Lieutenant Milsom then addressed the General Assembly. 
 
On motion of Mr. Hall of Bibb the joint session was dissolved. 
 
The Senate retiring from the floor of the House, the Speaker again called the House to order. 
By unanimous consent the House was adjourned and Senate Bill No. 178 went over as unfinished business. 
 
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Leave of absence was granted Mr. Dorris of Crisp, Mr. Dennard of Webster and Mr. Hatcher of Wayne. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomQrrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
THURSDAY, JuLY 18th, 1918. 
 
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 naines : 
 
Adams, of ToWII8' Brooks 
 
Dicl-.ey 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Dorris 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Houston DuBose 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Burch 
 
Duncan 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burkhalter 
 
Ellis 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burwell 
 
Ennis 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Buxton 
 
Eve 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Carroll 
 
Atkinson ' 
 
Carter 
 
Fowler, ' Frohock 
 
Austin 
 
Cason 
 
Foy 
 
Ayers 
 
Chambers 
 
Gary 
 
Bagwell Baldwin Bale 
 
Cheney Chupp Clarke 
 
Giddens Gilmore Gordy 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clements 
 
Grantland 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clifton 
 
Bankston 
 
Coates 
 
Green Griffin 
 
Barfield 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hagood 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Hall~ 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Conger 
 
Barwick 
 
Cook 
 
Beazley 
 
Cooper 
 
Harden, of Ba.nks Hardin of Glascock Harris 
 
Beck 
 
Cravey 
 
Harvin 
 
Bellah 
 
Cullam 
 
Hatcher 
 
Blalock Blasingame Booker Bower Bowers Boyett Brinson 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Hayes 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Haynes 
 
wether 
 
Hinson 
 
Davenport 
 
Hodges 
 
Davidson 
 
Hogg 
 
Davis 
 
Holden 
 
Dennard 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
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Hollis Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Oglthorp Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Cowet11. Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Jones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kidd Kimzeyyof Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter Law Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock 
Moore Mullins M'cCall l\flcOI.lla 
 
McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville 
Richardson Roberts Russell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner 
 
Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell 'frippe Turner Veazey Vincent 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meril 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
T'he Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and confirmed. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was estab- 
 
lished as the order of business during the thirty min- 
 
utes period of unanimous consents : 
 
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1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of standing committees. 
 
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3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported, the second time. , 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having a local application. 
5th. Reading of Senate bills and Senate resolutions the first time. 
The following communication was read: 
 
THE WHITE HousE, 
 
Washington. My Dear Mr. Speaker: 
 
15th July, 1918. 
 
I have received with profound appreciation the joint resolution of the General Assembly of Georgia expressing the very generous support of the House and Senate of Georgia of the National Administration. It is peculiarly gratifying to me that the resolution should be couched in terms of personal confidence in myself. Sut?h expressions of loyal enthusiasm for the great cause in which we are engaged and of intelligent and earnest support of the Administration, which I can honestly say is devoting every energy it has command of to the winning of that cause, are a source not only of gratification to those of us who are engaged at the center of the work in Washington, but of profound encouragement, and I hope that you will have anopportunity to express to your 
 
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colleagues in the House my sense of encouragement and obligation to them. 
Sincerely yours, 
WooDROW WILSON, 
 
Ron. John N. Holder, Speaker, 
 
House of Representatives, 
 
 Atlanta, Georgia. 
 
The following bills were read the first time and referred to committees: 
 
By Mr. Lankford of Toombs- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for .Toombs County. 
 
Referred to Com~ittee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Clarke of Mcintos'hA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Darien. Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper, Stewart, Mullins, Frohock, et al. 
A bill to develop and bring into immediate use for war purposes and into permanent use for commercial purposes the State's deep sea property at Cumberland Sound. 
 
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Referred to Committee on State of the Republic. 
 
By Mr. Pickett of T'errell- 
A resolution to make House Bill No. 205 a special order for Friday, July 19, 1918. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. . 
By Mr. Anderson of Jenkins- 
A resolution to appropriate $5,000.00 for statistical work in the Department of Agriculture. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter- 
A resolution to enjoin all persons in the State of Georgia, regardless of character of employment, the faithful and loyal pursuit of their employment. 
Lie on table one day. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit: 
 
663. A bill to establish a system of public schools for the Town of Bowdon. 
 
615. A bill to provide for holding three terms a year of the Superior Court of Jasper County. 
 
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677. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Villa Rica. 
 
700. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of 
 
Sparta. 
 
 
 
. 634. A bin to amend the Charter of the Town of Athens. 
 
583. A bill to prohibit the running at large in Jeff Davis County of any bull or boar over the age of four months. 
 
616. A bill to amend Section 11 of the Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
M r. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu, tional majority the following bills of the Senate, to- 
wit: 
 
230. A bill to create a new Charter for the Uity of Rome. 
 
207. A bill to amend Article 3, Section 2, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Constitution of Georgia, so as to increase the number of Senatorial Districts to 46. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
463. A ~ill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Glynn County. 
 
!l'he fo1lowing message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
 
No. 185. A bill to authorize administrators, executors, trustees and receivers to invest funds in their hands in Liberty Bonds of any issue of the United States and ii:t War Saving Stamps. 
 
No. 219. A bill to amend the Act of August 6, 1912, fixing the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Thomasville. 
 
No. 224. A bill to amend Section 3931 of the Code of Georgia adopted August 15, 1910. 
 
No. 229. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Greensboro. 
No. 232. A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Bridges and a Board of Finance for Hart County. 
 
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No. 234. A bill to amend Section 173 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia as to salary of Assistant State Librarian. 
 
Mr. Blasingame of Walton County, Chairman of the CO'mmittee on Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Agriculture No. 2 have had 'under consideration the following House bills and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House, with the reoommendationtbat the same do pass: Nos. 448, 764 and that House Bill No. 710 do pass by substitute. 
July 17, 1918. BLASINGAME, Chairman. 
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Ways ana Means have bad under consideration tb~ following bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
House Bill No.. 789, amending Paragraph 1, Section 2 of Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. 
Respectfully submitted, AKIN, Chairman. 
 
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The following bills of the House favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee and Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to tpe levy of tax. 
 
By Mr. Nesmith of Colquitt- 
A bill to regulate the running at large of bulls and boar hogs in Colquitt County. 
 
By Messrs. Blasingame and Burwell- 
A bill to fix the name and designation of the various District Agricultural Schools of the State. 
By Mr. Gilmore of Turner- 
A bill to make a felony the wilful cutting of wire fences or damaging the same. 
m The following bills the House were read the 
third time :. 
By Mr. Howard of LibertyA bill to repeal an Act cr~ating a Board of Com- 
missioners for Liberty 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 115, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu~ional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Howard of Liberty- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Liberty. 
The report 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. Carter of BaconA bill to abolish the County Court of Bacon Coun- 
ty, Georgia. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
6n the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Mullins of Mitchell- 
A bill to provide for the payment of a salary for Treasurer of Mitchell County. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Messrs. Swift, Neill and Hollis of Muscogee- 
A bill to amend Charter of the City of Columbus, Georgia. 
 
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 131, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Ayers and Holder of Jackson and Hardin of Banks- 
A bill to repeal an Act to fix fees of jailers in Banks and J ac,kson Counties, so far as relates to Jackson County. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
The Committee amends by adding to the end of Section 1 ''and the County of Banks.'' 
 
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. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time: 
 
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By Mr. Peacock of the 15th District- 
A bill to amend Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph,;; 1 and 2 of the Constitution, relative to Senatorial Districts. 
 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Denny of the 42nd District- 
A bill to create a new Charter for the City ('f Rome, Ga. 
 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Governments. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 279 was withdrawn from Committee on Privileges and Elections and referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. House Bill No. 380 was reoommitted to Committee on Temperance. House Bill No~ 121 was taken from table. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 783 was withdrawn from Committee on Georgia State :Sanitarium and referred to Committee on Penitentiary. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: . 
Your Committtee on Rules having had under consideration House Resolution No. 178, making House Bill No. 447, Budget bill, a special and continuing order immediately after order of unfinished business today, July 18th, 1918, direct me as their Vice Chair- 
 
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man, to report the same back with recommendation that the same be adopted as a special and continuing order today. 
GARLAND M. JONES, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
The following resolution favorably reported by the Rules Committee was read: 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter County- 
A resolution to make House Bill No. 447 a special order. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to; 
 
On the adoption of the resolution the ayes were 121, nays 2. 
 
The resolution having received two-thirds of those voting and a majority of the membership of the House, was adopted. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up as unfinished business: 
I 
By Messrs. Merry of the 8th District and Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill requiring all able-bodied men between the ages of eighteen and fifty to be regularly employed in some lawful and useful occupation. 
 
The following amendments were read and adopted: 
 
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By Mr. Pace of Sumter- 
Amend Senate Bill No. 178 by adding the word "himself" immediately after the word "support" in the third line of Section 2. 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter- 
Amend Senate Bifl No. 178 by striking the following words, to-wit, ''that all persons required to work linder this Act shall receive compensation of not less than the wage or salary paid to others engaged in the same nature of work to which each such person is assigned," as appears in lines 1 to 6 of Section 5, and insert in lieu thereof the fo1lowing, "that all persons required to work under this act shall receive reasonable -compensation therefor, commensurate with the character of their employment, and their manner of performing the same.'' 
By Mr. Arnold of Clay- 
Amend Senate Bill No. 178 as follows: By striking from Section 9 of said bill the following words, to-wit: ''To persons temporarily unemployed by reason of differences with their employers nor," so that said section, when amended, will read as follows: "Be it further enacted, that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to persons fitting themselves to engage in trade or industrial pursuits. 
By Mr. Lankford of Toombs- 
Amend .Senate Bill No. 178 by striking the words and figures 18 to 50 wherever it appears in said bill and substitute in lieu thereof 16 to 55. 
 
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By Messrs. Bale of Floyd and Mr. Davidson of Put- 
nam- 
Amend Senate Bill No. 178 by inserting between the words "employees" and "nor" to "persons fitting'' in fourth line of Section 9 of said bill the following words, ''nor to bona fide students during the school term." 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as ainended. 
 
Mr. Winn of Hart called for ayes and nays on the passage of the bill, and the call was sustained. 
 
The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: 
 
Akin Anderson, of Jen- 
kins _Anderson, of Wilkes Arnold, of Clay Arnold, of Lumpkin Austin Bale Ballard, of Columbia Barfield Barrett, of Pike Barrett, of Whitfield Barwick Beazley Beck Bellah Blalock Blasingame Bower Boyett 
 
Brinson Brooks Brown, of Clarke Burch Burkhalter Burwell Buxton Carroll Carter Cason Chambers Cheney Chupp Clarke Clements Clifton Coates Collins, of Cherokee Collins, of Union 
Conger 
 
Cook Cooper Cravey Culpepper, of Clinch Davenport Davidson Davis DuBose Duncan Ellis Eve Fowler, Frohock Gilmore Gordy Grantlud Green Griffin Hagood Harden, of Banks 
 
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Harvin 
 
Moore 
 
Hayes 
 
Mullins 
 
Haynes 
 
McCrory 
 
Hodges 
 
McDonald 
 
Holden 
 
Neill 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Nesmith 
 
Hollis 
 
Owen 
 
Howard, of Liberty Pace 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Parker 
 
Johnson, of Appling Palmour 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Pickett 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Pickren 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Pilcher 
 
Kidd 
 
Reiser 
 
Kimsey, of White Reville 
 
King 
 
Roberts 
 
Lanier 
 
Scott 
 
Lankford 
 
Shannon 
 
Law 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Matthews 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Maynard 
 
Staten 
 
Mays 
 
Steele 
 
-Middleton 
Mock 
 
Stewart Stovall 
 
Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trippe Veazey Vincent 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce Williams, of Worth Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs: _ 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Atkinson Bagwell Booker Brown, of Houston Culpepper, Meri- 
wether Dickey Ennis 
 
Foy Hall Hardin, of Glasscock Jones, of Coweta Key Kelley Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Lasseter 
 
Lowe Richardson Smith, of Dade Trammell White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Winn Wyatt 
 
Those not voting were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Elbert Adams, of Towns Allen Ayers Baldwin Ballard, of Newton 
 
Bankston Bond Bowers Cullars Dennard Dorris 
 
Gary Giddens Harris Hatcher, Hinson 
 
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Hogg 
 
McCall 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson McCalla 
 
Lawrence 
 
Rainey 
 
Mercier 
 
lteece 
 
Morris 
 
Rus!iell 
 
Sibley Stone Turner Williams, of Ware Wright, of Floyd 
 
By unanimous consent Messrs. Ballard of Newton and McCall of Brooks were excused from voting on the passage of the bilL 
 
Verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 131, nays 24. 
 
T'he bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of agreeing to the report of the Conference Committee: 
 
By Mr. Barrett of Pike- 
A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in the };-,lint Judicial Circuit as to office of Solicitor-General. 
 
The following amendments offered by the Conference Committee, was agreed to. 
 
Amendment to House Bill No. 374-- 
, 'That salary of the Solicitor-General of the said Flint Circuit shall be the sum of $3',500 per annum in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (ad- 
 
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ditional to the constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum) shall be paid by the counties composing said Flint Judicial Circuit pro rata upon the basis of taxable property; that is to say, each one of the counties composing said circuit shall pay such part or proportion of said salary as the total amount of its taxable property, assess.ed for taxation, bears to the total amount of the taxable property assessed for taxation, of all the counties in said circuit, for the year preceding the year in which the salary is to be paid.'' 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up as a special order : 
 
}3y Mr. Elders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to levy of school tax. 
 
By unanimous consent Mr. Howard of Liberty was allowed to cast his vote at this time, voting nay on the amendiQent and aye for the bill as amended. 
 
'Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved that this House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. 
Senate Bill No. 19 went over as unfinished business. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Johnson of Appling, Mr. Clements of Irwin, Mr. Mercier of Madison, Mr. Williams of Worth, Mr. Bagwell of Carroll and Mr. Howard of Liberty. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clcok. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
FRIDAY, JULY 19th, 1918. 
 
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 cp.aplain. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
AUa.ms, of Towns Brooks 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Burch 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burkhalter 
 
.Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Buxton 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Carroll 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carter 
 
Austin 
 
Cason 
 
Ayers 
 
Chambers 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cheney 
 
Baldwin 
 
Chupp 
 
Bale 
 
Clarke 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clements 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clifton 
 
Bankston 
 
Coates 
 
Barfield 
 
. Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Conger 
 
Barwick 
 
Cook 
 
Beazley 
 
Cooper 
 
Beck 
 
Cravey 
 
Bellah 
 
Cullal'B 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Blasingame 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Booker 
 
wether 
 
Bower 
 
Davenport 
 
Bowers 
 
Davidson 
 
Boyett 
 
Davis 
 
Brinson 
 
Dennard 
 
Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve . Fowler, of Bibb Fowler, of Forsyth Frohock Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall 
Harden, of Banks Harden, of Glascock Harris Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Hcgg Holden 
 
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Hollingsworth 
 
McCalla 
 
Hollis 
 
McCrory 
 
Howard, of Liberty McDonald 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Neill 
 
thorpe 
 
Nesmith 
 
Johru!on, of Appling Owen 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Pace 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Parker 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Palmour 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 1'1ckett 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Pickren 
 
Key 
 
Pilehe1 
 
Kelley 
 
Rainey 
 
Kidd 
 
Reete 
 
Kimzey, of Habersham Reiser 
 
KimB"ey, of White Reville 
 
King 
 
Richardson 
 
Lanier 
 
Roberts 
 
Lankford 
 
Russell 
 
Lasseter 
 
Scott 
 
Law 
 
Shannon 
 
Lawrence 
 
Sibley 
 
Lowe 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Matthews 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Maynard 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Mays 
 
Staten 
 
Mercier 
 
Steele 
 
Middleton 
 
Stewart 
 
Mock 
 
Stone 
 
Moore 
 
Stovall 
 
Mullins 
 
Strickland 
 
McCall 
 
Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of eri, wether 
Williams, of Ware Willhms, of Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of :Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 3'0 mmutes ~riod of unanimous consents. 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 2nd. Reports of standing committees. 
 
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3rd.. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported, the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local Bills and House and Senate general bills having a local application. 
 
5th. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
 
6. Consideration of House Resolution No. 172, which was placed on the table one day. 
 
The following. bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees : 
 
By Mr. Brooks of Macon (by request)A bill to amend Section 2061, Civil Code, relative 
to Board of Veterinary Examiners. 
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Foy of Taylor- 
A bill to amend Section 1224 of Volume 6 of Penal Code of 1910, relative to paroling convicts. 
 
Referred to Committee on Penitentiaries. 
 
By Messrs. Duncan of Douglas and Dorris of Crisp- 
A bill to accept for Trustees of University of Georgia certain grants and gifts of lands and buildings located in town of Salt Springs (Lithia Springs). 
 
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. 
 
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By Messrs. Brown and Richardson of Houston- 
A bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale or transportation within the State of adulterated or misbranded Paris greens, lead arsenates and other insecticides. 
R-eferred to Committee on Hygi~ne and Sanitation. 
 
By Mr. Bellah of HenryA resoluHon to make House Bill No. 348 a special 
order for Monday, ,July 22, 1918. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. Veazey of Warren- 
A resolution to make House Bill No. 265 a special order for Tuesday, July 23', 1918. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. Neill of Muscogee- 
A resolution to make House Bill No. 676 a special order. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Messrs. White of Fulton and Owen of PauldingA resolution requesting Georgia Railway and Pow- 
er Company to recognize the Carmens' Union and adjust other differences with War Labor Board. 
Lie on table one day. 
 
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof; 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, towit: 
 
No. 585. A bill to create a Board of Commis- 
 
sioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of 
 
DeKalb. 
 
 
 
The Senate has passed by substitute, by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
No. 655. A bill to abolish the fees accruing to the office of Solicitor-General of the Cordele Judicial Circuit. 
 
The Senate has agreed to the report of the Conference Committee upon the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Flint Judicial Circuit. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has adopted the following resolution, 
to-wit: 
 
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No. 89. A resolution empowering the Governor to appoint a Commission of five citizens of Georgia to prepare statistics as to the number of feeble-minded persons in Georgia. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The :Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit: 
 
No. 206. A bill to amend Paragraph 1 of Section 13, of Article 6 of the Constitution of Georgia, relative to the salary of the .Judge of the Superior Court of the Eastern .Judicial Circuit. 
 
M:r. Dickey of Crawford County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate bills and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the following recommendations: 
 
Senate Bill No. 181, by Mr. Skelton, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 798, by Messrs. Richardson and Brown, do pass. 
 
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House Bill No. 801, by Mr. Lankford of Toombs, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 749, by Mr. Gilmore of Turner, do pass. 
 
Hous~ Bill No. 769, by Mr. Mays of Butts, do not pass. 
 
House Bill No. 770, by Mr. Mays of Butts, do not pass. 
DrcKEY, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter 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 and resolutions of the House and Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, as follows: 
 
House Resolution No. 184. 
 
House Bill No. 653 by substitute. 
 
House Bill No. 741. 
 
House Bill No. 761. 
 
House Bill No. 777. 
 
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House Bill No. 737: 
 
Senate Resolution No. 85. 
 
House Bill Nlo. 717. 
 
And beg to submit herewith minority report of Messrs. Wyatt of Troup and Arnold of Coweta rela-  tive to House Bill No. 717. 
This July 19th, 1918. 
STEPHEN pACE, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Shannon of Twiggs 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 :Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 690. 
 
House Bill No. 755. 
 
House Bill No. 756. 
 
House Bill No. 762. 
 
House Bill No. 680. 
 
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House Bill No. 794. 
 
House Bill No. 802. 
 
Senate Bill No. 209. 
 
SHANNON of Twiggs,. Chairman. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock 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 House bills and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House wilh the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 748. 
 
House Bill No. 750. 
 
BuRWELL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House bills and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back 
 
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to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 781. 
 
House Bill No. 646. 
 
House Bill No. 754, do pass as amended. HALL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Lasseter of Dooly County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Amendments to Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
House Bill No. 592, to create Lamar County, do pass by substitute. - 
House Bill No. 704. 
 
House Bill No. 784. 
 
llouse Bill No. 569, do not pass. 
 
The Committee instructed me to. report back the following bills and ask the consent of the House that same be withdrawn at request of the authors: 
House Bill No. 571. 
 
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House Bill No. 596. LASSETER, Vice Chairman. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bills Nos. 571 and 
 
596 were withdrawn. 
 
 
 
The following message was received from his Excellency, .the Governor, through 1his Secretary, Mr. Nelms: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to your Honorable Body a communication in writing to which he respectfully invites your attention. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate ' were read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Blackwell of the 39th District- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Canton in the County of Cherokee. 
 
By Mr. Ske1ton of the 31st District- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Hart County. 
 
By Mr. Moore of the 3rd District- 
A resolution providing for the appointment of. 8 joint committee from House and Senate to prepare a bill looking to elimination of local legislation. 
 
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The following bills of the House favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Messrs. Cook of Miller, Kidd, Baker, Griffin-- 
A bill to create Lamar County out of Early, Calhoun and Baker Counties. 
 
By Mr. Pace of .Sumter- 
A bill to appropriate $20,000.00 to the Univeroity of Georgia for use of the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School at Americus, Ga. 
 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham- 
A bill to accept a surrender of the Oharter of Pilot's Navigation Company 9f Savannah, Ga. 
 
By Mr. Stone of GradyA bill to amend Charter of City of Cairo, Ga. 
By Mr. Owen of PauldingA bill to amend Constitution relative to election uf 
County officers. 
By Messrs. Beck and Bagwell of CarrollA bill to abolish City Court of Carrollton. 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of Fulton-A bill to amend an Act establishing the Municipal 
Court of Atlanta, Ga. 
By Mr. Gilmore of TurnerA bill to amend an Act creating Tifton Judicial 
Circuit. 
 
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By Messrs. Wylly, Lawrence and Eve of Chatham- 
A biH to regulate the salaries of jailers, guards and turnkeys in certain Counties. 
 
By Mr. Gilmore of Turner- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissionel's of Roads and Revenues for Turner County. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Wylly and Eve of Chatham- 
A bill to regulate the salaries of deputy sheriffs and bailiffs in certain Counties. 
 
By Messrs. Beck of Carroll, Russell of Floyd and 
 
Howard of Oglethorpe- 
 
 
 
A bill to make more complete provision for the maintenance of the Department of Horticulture and Pamology. 
 
By Messrs. Conger and Griffin of Decatur- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Bainbridge. 
 
By Messrs. Conger and Griffin of Decatur- 
 
A bill to amend the Charter of the Qity of Bain- 
 
bridge. 
 
. 
 
By Mr. Clements of Irwin- 
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court in Irwin County. 
 
By Mr. Carter of Bacon- 
A bill to am~nd and ch~nge the name of the Town of Alma, Ga. 
 
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By Mr. Lanier of Bulloch- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro, Ga. 
 
By Mr. Bale of FloydA bill _to appropriate three thousand dollars to 
Georgia School for Deaf. 
 
By Mr. Brown of Clarke- 
A bill to amend the Constitution relative to pay of members of General Assembly. 
 
13y Mr. Haynes of Gordon- 
 
A bill to create a new Charter for City of Calhoun, 
 
in the County of Gordon. 
 
 
 
By Messrs. Richardson and Brown of Houston- 
A bill to fix salary of County Treasurer or' Houston County. 
 
B)T Mr. Lankford of ToombsA bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com- 
missioners of Roads and Revenues in Toombs County. 
By Mr. Clarke of McintoshA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Darien. 
By Mr. Barrett of PikeA resolution for relief of J. W. Woodall and S.M. 
Howard, of Pike County. 
 
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The following bill of the House was read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Nesmith of Colquitt: 
A bill to regulate the running at large of certain hogs and cows in Colquitt 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. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the Committees : 
, By Mr. Olive of the 18th District: 
A bill to authorize administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and receivers to invest funds in their hands in Liberty Bonds. 
 
Referred to Committee on State of the Republic. 
 
By Messrs. Dukes and Dickerson of the 1st and 6th Districts- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to the payment of salary of Judges of Eastern Judicial Circuit. 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
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By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District- 
A bill to amend the Act fixing the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Thomasville. 
 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Bynum of the 4{)th District- 
A bill to amend Section 3931, Code of 1910, relative to the law of inheritance. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Davison of the 19th District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Greensboro. 
 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Skelton\of the 31st District- 
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Bridges and a Board of Finance for Hart County. 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Messrs. Skelton, Hopkins, Beck, et aL- 
A bill to amend Section 173 of Vol 1, of Code of Georgia relative to salary of Assistant State Librarian. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
By Messrs. Andrews and Carswell- 
 
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A resolution to authorize the Governor to appoint a commission to prepare statistics as to number of feeble-minded persons in Georgia. 
 
Referred to Committee on Reformatories. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bills Nos. 769 ahd 770 were withdrawn; Senate Bill No. 86 was recommitted to Committee on Game and Fish; Senate Bill No. 188 was withdrawn from Committee on Amendments to Constitution and referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. l. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up for purpose of agreeing to Senate substitute: 
 
By Mr. Walker of Ben Hill- 
A bill to abolislh the fee system accruing in the office of Solicitor-General in Cordelf' Judicial Circuit. 
 
The Senate substitute was read and agreed to. 
 
The following resolution of the House was read: 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter- 
A resolution to enjoin upon all persons in the State of Georgia the faithful and loyal pursuit of their employment and the submission of any differences between themselves and their employees to legally authorized board of arbitration. 
On motion of Mr. Beck of Carroll, individual speeches on the resolution were limited to five minutes. 
 
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Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved that the resolution be tabled, and the motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved that when this House adjourns today that it stand adjourned until next Monday morning at 11 o'clock. 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved to amend the motion to adjourn by making the time of convening 10 o'clock instead of 11 o'clock Monday morning. 
The motion prevailed. 
The motion to adjourn as amended prevailed. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb arose to a question of personal privilege and addressed the Hou_se relative to a newspaper editorial. 
 
The following privilege resolutions were read and adopted: 
By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton- 
Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, That after long service with Hon. J osepb Hill Hall, of the County of Bibb, notwithstanding differences of opinion upon public questions which may have existed between members of this House, it is the sense of this House that we bear testimony to the character of Mr. Hall; that his patriotism, his devotion to the best interests of the State, his learning and ability as a lawyer, and to his irreproachable character as a man, and we believe him to be one of the ablest and most useful members that bas ever held a place on the floor of this House. 
 
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By Mr. Neill of Muscogee- 
Resolved, That this House resents the unwarranted and unjustifiable attack by the Christian Index on Hon. J os. H. Hall, of the County of Bibb, which reflects upon the honesty of his motive in opposing the ratification of the National Prohibition Amendment, and while a majority of this House did not concur in his views, yet this House does hereby express itself as having full confidence in the honesty and integrity of the gentleman from Bibb, and to commend his courage and bravery in giving expression to his conscientious convictions on all questions . and without regard to political considerations. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up as unfinished business. 
 
By Mr. Elders of the 2nd Distric~- 
A bill to amend Constitution relativ_e to levy of school tax. 
 
Upon motion of Mr. Burwell of Hancock the consideration of the bill was postponed until Tuesday morning immediately to follow the order of unfinished business. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up as a special order: 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter---: A bill to create an efficiency and economy commis- 
sion for the State. 
Mr. Pickett of Terrell moved that 200 copies each 
 
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of the substitutes to the bill be printed, and the mo tion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that this House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. 
 
House Bill No. 447 went over as unfinished business. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Lanier of Bulloch and Mr. King of Jefferson. 
 
_'Tille Speaker announced the House adjourned un. til Monday morning at 11 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
MoNDAY, JULY 22nd, 1918. 
 
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, of Towns Akin Allen Anderson, of Jenkins Anderson, of Wilh.es Arnold, of Clay Arnold, of Coweta. Arnold, of Lumpkin Atkinson Austin Ayers Bagwell Baldwin Bale Ballard, of Columbia Ballard, of Newton Bankston Barfield Barrett, of Pike Barret, of Whitfield Barwick Beazley Beck Bellah Blalock Blasingame Booker Bower Bowers Boyett Brinson 
 
Brooks 
 
Dorris 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Dubose 
 
Brown, of Houston Duncan 
 
Burch 
 
Ellis 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Ennis 
 
Burwell 
 
Eve 
 
Buxton 
 
Fowler, of Forsyth 
 
Carroll 
 
Frohock 
 
Carter 
 
Foy 
 
Cason 
 
Gary 
 
Chambers 
 
Giddens 
 
Cheney 
 
Gilmore 
 
Chupp 
 
Gordy 
 
Clarke 
 
Grantland 
 
Clements 
 
Green 
 
Clifton 
 
Griffin 
 
Coates 
 
Hagood 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hall 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Conger 
 
Hardin, of Glascock 
 
Cook 
 
Harris 
 
Cooper 
 
Harvin 
 
Cravey 
 
Hatcher, of Wayne 
 
Cullam 
 
Hayes 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch. Haynes 
 
Culpepper, Meriwether Hinson 
 
Davenport 
 
Hodges 
 
Davidson 
 
Hogg 
 
Davis 
 
Holden 
 
Dennard 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Dickey 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
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Howard, Oglethorpe Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jonet, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Jones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford LaBseter Law Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Moore Mullins McCall McCalla McCrory McDonald 
 
Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville Richardson Roberts Rur.ell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift 
 
Swint Sworils Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Mer!- 
wether Williams, of Ware W!IHanJs, of Worth Winn Woods woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wrigflt, of Floyd W'right, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of the proceedings of July 19, 1918, was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 168 was taken from the table; Senate Bill No.14-7 was recommitted to Committee on Insurance. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business for the thirty minutes period of unanimous consent : 
 
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1st. Introduction of new matter. 
2nd. Reports of standing Committees. 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate Bills favorably reported, the second time. 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate ]ocal bills and House and Senate general bills having a local application. 
5th. Reading of Senate bills and Senate resolu- ~ tions the first time. 
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to committees. 
 
By Mr. Mock of Dougherty~ A biU to amend an Act 'providing for the establish- 
ment of an Agricultural and Normal School as a branch_of the University of Georgia. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Mock of Dougherty- 
A bill ot appropriate the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for erection of a boys' dormitory and twenty thousand dollars for a Trade and Agricultural Building and five thousand for the equipment of the present Administration Building. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Veazey of Warren- 
A bill to provide for the payment of court fees in felony cases. 
 
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
By Mr. Davis of LaurensA bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town 
of Cadwell. 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Adams of Towns-  A bill to authorize a levy of tax by County of 
Towns. 
Referred to .Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Messrs. Chupp and Steele of DeKalbA bill to abolish public school system of Town of 
Clarkston. 
Referred to Committee on Education. 
By Mr. Mays of ButtsA bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Com- 
missioner of Rioads and Revenues of Butts County. Engrossed. 
By Messrs. Smith, Atkinson and White of FultonA bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a sixth 
State Depository in the City of Atlanta, Ga. 
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. 
By Mr. Mays of ButtsA bill to create the office of Commissioners of 
Roads and Revenues for Butts County. 
Engrossed. 
 
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By Mr. Harvin of Calhoun- 
A bill to amend Section 3992 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, relative to the annual returns of administrators. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
By Mr. Hayes of Stephens- 
A bill to repeal an Act to fix the compensation of the Ordinary of Stephens County. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
_By Mr. Hayes of Stephens- 
A bill to provide for County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Stephens. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Davis of LaurensA resolution to make House Bills Nos. 623 and 593 
a special order for July 23', 1918. 
 Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. Worsham of ChattoogaA resolution to make House Bill No. 603 a special 
order for Wednesday, July 24. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
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By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A resolution to make House Bill No. 386 a special order for Thursday, July 25. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, Secretary ther_eof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has concurred in th~ following reso- 
 
lution of the House, to-wit: 
 
 
 
No. 161. A resolution to appoint a committee of one from the Senate and two from the Houseto investigate automobile combinations in this State. 
 
The President has appointed Mr. Stevens as the member of said Committee on the part of the Senate. 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 175. A resolution to appropriate $5,000.00 to pay the expenses and per diem of members of the General Assembly serving on committees during vacation of the General Assembly. 
 
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of tlie House, to-wit: 
No. 62. A bill to enable persons qualified to vote 
 
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in any election who are required by their duties to be absent from the county of their residence. 
 
Mr. Carroll of Catoosa County, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined 
 
and found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready 
 
for delivery to the Governor the following Acts, to- 
 
wit: 
 
' 
 
A bill to establish a system of public schools for the Town of Bowdon. 
A bill to a~end an Act establishing the city school for the Town of Villa Rica. 
Respectful1y submitted, T. B. CARROLL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. EHis of Tift 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 fo1lowing fiills of the House and Senate, and have instructed me, as their Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
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House Bill No. 745, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 743, do pass. House Bill No. 799, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 281, do pass. House Bill No. 687, do pass, House Bill No. 647, do pass. House Bill No. 630, do pass as amended. Senate Bill No. 199, do pass. 
 
Senate Bill No. 221, do pass. July 18t1, 1918. 
Respectfully submitted, ELLis, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Blasingame of Walton County, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Agriculture No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
House Bill No. 772 and House Bill No. 804. 
BLASINGAME, Chairman. 
 
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The following bills of the House favorably reported were read the second time. 
 
By Mr. Brooks of Macon- 
A bill to amend Section 2061 of Civil Code relative to Board of Veterinary Examiners. 
 
By Mr. Richardson of Houston- 
A bill to amend Section 1141 of Penal Code of 1910 relative to fees of Coroners. 
 
By Messrs. Brooks of Macon and Pace of Sumter- 
A bill to require persons who travel from County to County and dwell in tents and carry on business of trading or selling or buying horses and mules to pay a license. 
 
By Mr. Smith of Fulton- 
A bill to- amend Section 2946 of the Code of Georgia relating to divorce cases. 
 
By Mr. Simth of Fulton- 
A bill to amend Section 2964 of Code of Georgia relative to divorce cases. 
 
By Mr. Beazley of Taliaferro- 
A bill to amend Section 5653 of Code of 1910 to provide for mailing notices of default. 
 
By Mr. Buxton of BurkeA bill to amend Section 876 of Penal Code by in- 
 
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creasing pay of jurors and bailiffs to three dollar.s 
 
per diem. 
 
 
 
By Messrs. Buxton and Law of Burke- 
A bill to prohibit the making of any false statement concerning any merchandise securities or services. 
 
By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie- 
A bill to create the office of State Auditor for this State. 
 
The following .Senate bills favorably reported were read the second time. 
 
By Mr. Edwards of the 32nd District- 
-A bill to regulate the cost in felony cases when reduced to misdemeanors. 
 
By Mr. Townsend of the 4th District- 
A bill to repeal Section 5585 of Civil Code of Georgia relative to consent rule in ejectments. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House were read the third time : 
 
By Mr. Clarke of McintoshA bill to amend Charter of the City of Darien. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes we.re 107, nays 0. 
 
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majGrity, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Lankford of Toombs- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commisswners of Roads and Revenues of 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 107, nays 0. 
 
The 'bill, having received the requisite constitutinal majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Richardson and Brown of Houston- 
A bill to fix the salary of County Treasurer of Houston 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 106: 
 
nays 0. 
 
- 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Carter of Bacon- 
 
A bill to change and amend the name of the town 
 
of Al~a, Ga. 
 
- 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable 
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
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385 
 
On the passage ofthe bill the ayes were 105, nays 0. 
 
The hill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Clements of Irwin- 
A bill _to change the time of holding Superior Courts in Irwin County. 
 
The report of the Committee; which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On_the passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Conger and Griffin of DecaturA bill to amend the Charter of the City of 'Bain- 
bridge. 
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 104, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was"passed. 
 
By Messrs. Conger and Griffin of Decatur- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Bainbridge. 
The report of the Committee, whichwas favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 0. 
 
The biH, having received the requisite co9-stitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Gilmore of Turner- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Turner County. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to th~ passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays 0. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Wylly and Eve of Chatham- 
A bill to regulate the salaries of jailers, guards, 
turnkeys 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 113, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Gilmore of Turner- 
A bill to amend an Act creating Tifton Judicial Circuit. 
 
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387 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, ~as agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu~ tional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Beck and Bagwell of CarrollA bill to a.bolish the City Court of Carrollton. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agree~ to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 102, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu~ tiona} majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Stone of Grady- 
A bill to amend Charter of the City of Cairo. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays 0. 
The bill, having receive&. the requisite constitu~ tional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham- 
A bill to accept surrender of the Charter of Pilots' 
Navigation Company of Savannah, Ga. 
 
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The report of the Coll!mittee, 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 requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By 
 
Messrs. 
 
Lawrence, 
. 
 
Wylly. 
 
and 
 
Eve 
 
of 
 
Chatham- 
 
A bill to regulate the salaries of Deputy Sheriffs 
 
and 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. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu~ tiona! majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Barrett of Pike- 
A resolution for the relief of J. W. Woodall and S. M. Howard. 
 
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 110, nays 0. 
 
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
Under the or~er of unfinished business the follow- 
 
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ing bill of the House was taken up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter- 
 
A bill to create an E'fficiency and ~onomy Com- 
 
mission for this State. 
 
, 
 
The following substitute was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Pickett of Terrell- 
A BILL 
To be entitled an Act to provide in. this State a Commission to be composed of (he Governor, the Attorney-General, the State School Commissioner, and two members of the General Assembly, for the purpose of supervising the various State institutions and departments of the State government; to examine appropriations made for the State government and make recommendations to each Legislature in reference thereto, and to provide for the necessary expenses for the support of such commission, and for other purposes. 
 
8ectionl. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of .the same, that from and after the passage of this Act there shall be created a Commission, which Commission shall be composed of the Governor, who shall be Chairman, the Attorney-Heneral, the Superintendent of Education, and the Chairman of the .Appropriation Committees of the Senate and of the House; which officers shall serve as members of said Com- 
 
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mission during their term of office and until their successors are elected and qualified. 
 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the duty of said Commission annul:).lly to make an examination of the State's affairs, and of all the Departments of the State government, and of the institutions of the State which are supported in whole or in part by appropriations from the !State treasury. This Commission shall examine the needs of the several Departments and institutions as aforesaid, and shall make to the Legislature such recommendations as they see fit in reference to the appropriations to be made for the support of said institutions. It shall also make to the General Assembly at each session a detailed statement of the State's finances, showing the appropriations made by previous Legislatures, the amount of each appropriation which has been paid and the amount which, at the time of the report, is still unpaid. It shall make a detailed report of the State's finances for the current year, showing the amount of the State's revenue and the sources from which the same is obtained, and it shall submit this report upon the conveni~g of the Legislature, or within ten days thereafter. 
 
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Commission to examine into the appropriations of previous legislatures and the necessity for the same, and it shall report its opinion as to whether or not the same should be discontinued, decreased or increased in amount. The said Commission shall prepare and submit to the General Assem- 
 
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bly bill or bills to carry out its recommendations, and shall also prepare for each General Assembly the general appropriation bill, which appropriation bill shall be by the said Commission delivered to the Chairman of the Appropriation Committee of the House. 
 
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said Commission is hereby authorized in the exercise of these powers to e:lCamine all officers of the departments of the State government, and of all the State institutions, and they are further authorized to visit the said institutions and make a thorough examination of the sam~, and into their methods of accounting and finances, and it is authorized to establish in the various institutions of this State, and in the various departments of the State government, a uniform system of accounting, and it is author_ized in its discretion to 'send for persons and papers, and, if necessary, to administer oaths. 
 
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That in the discharge of its duties the said Commission shall be authorized to employ the necessary clerical help, but the said expenses for clerical help shall not exceed in any year the sum of twelve ~hundred dollars ($1,200.00). In addition to said clerical help the said Commission is authorized to employ an expert accountant whenever it shall deem the same necessary for the purpose of making the examination above provided for, and for the establishing of such unifol'm system of accounting: 
 
Se<'. 6. Be it further enacted, That it shall make 
 
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a careful study of all the laws governing the various State departments, and the various State Institutions, and shall recommend to the General Assembly such changes i~ the laws as it sees fit, and shall prepare a bill or bills covering these changes in the laws governing such institutions and submit the same to the General Assembly as herein provided. 
 
8ec. 7. Be it further ena-cted, That the Commission shall have the right to adopt such rules or regulations governing its investigations as it shall deem best, and to sit at such times and places as it shall deem necessay. 
 
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the said Commission shall aid and advise the Governor in fixing each year the tax rate to be levied for the support of the government. 
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the members of said Commission from the General1\ssembly shall receive for their services rendered as members of such Commission the same per diem as is allowed to the members of the General Assembly for each day's service in the discharge of their duties, and the actual necessary expenses incurred by them while in the discharge of such duties, which expenses shall be paid by the Treasurer upon the warrant of the Governor upon itemized statements furnished to the Governor and attached to such warrants. 
 
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 
 
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Mr. Arnold, of Clay, moved the previous question on the bill and substitutes. The motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. 
 
Mr. Smith of Fulton,called for the ayes and nays on the adoption of the substitute by Mr. Pickett of Terrell, and the call was sustained. 
 
The roll call was ordered, and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Towns Chupp 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Akin 
 
Clarke 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Allen 
 
Clements 
 
thorp 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Clifton 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Atkinson 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Jones, of Elbert 
 
Austin 
 
Conger 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Ayers 
 
Cook 
 
Kelley 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cravey 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cullars 
 
sham 
 
Bale 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Kimsey, of White 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Davenport 
 
Lankford 
 
Ballard, of Newton Davidson 
 
LaBBeter 
 
Bankston 
 
Davis 
 
Le.w 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Diekey 
 
Matthews 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Dorris 
 
Mays 
 
Beazlq 
 
Fowler 
 
Mercier 
 
Beck 
 
Frohock 
 
Middleton 
 
Blalock 
 
Foy 
 
Mock 
 
Booker 
 
Gordy 
 
McCror)' 
 
Isower 
 
Green 
 
Neill 
 
Brown, of Clarke Hagood 
 
Palmour 
 
Burch 
 
Harden, of Banks Piekett 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Harris 
 
Pickren 
 
Burwell 
 
Hatcher, 
 
I'ileber 
 
BuXton 
 
Hayes 
 
Rainey 
 
Oarroll 
 
Haynes 
 
RicharJ.'fon 
 
Oason 
 
.Hogg 
 
Roberts 
 
Chambers 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Ruasell 
 
Cheney 
 
Hollis 
 
Scott 
 
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Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Staten Steele Stone Stovall Sumner Swift Swords. 
 
Tatum Taylor Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Pierce White 
 
Williams, of Meriwether 
Williams, of Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Jones Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Barfield Bellah Blasingame Boyett Brooks 
 
Ellis Jones, of Coweta Lawrence McCall McDonald 
 
Owen Pace Reiser Swint Timmerman 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Gary 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Giddens 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Gilmore 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Grantland 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Griffin 
 
Barwick 
 
Hall 
 
Bond 
 
Hardin, of Glasscock 
 
Bowers 
 
Harvin 
 
Brinson 
 
' Hinson 
 
Brown, of Houston Hodges 
 
Carter 
 
Holden ' 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Johnson, of Appling 
 
Coates 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Cooper 
 
Key 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Kidd 
 
wether 
 
_ King 
 
Dennard 
 
Lanier 
 
DuBose 
 
Lowe 
 
Duncan 
 
Maynard 
 
Ennis 
 
Moore 
 
Eve 
 
Morris Mullins McCalla Nesmith Parker Reece Reville Shannon Smith, of Telfair Stewart Strickland Stubbs Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Williams, of Ware Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, ot Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
'Verification of the roll call was dispensed wit~. 
 
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On the adoption of the substitute the ayes were 112, nays 15. 
 
The substitute was adopted. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 111, nays 2. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. 
 
Under the regular order of business the following bill of the House was taken up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. McCrory of Schley- 
, 
A bill to create the office of Purchasing Agent and Superintendent of Public Printing. 
 
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved the previous question. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved that this House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. 
 
House Bill No. 58 went over as unfinished business. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Arnold of Coweta and Mr. Maynard of Wilcox. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HAtL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1918. 
 
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, of Towns Brooks 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Burch 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Coweta. Buxton 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Oa.rroll 
 
Atki.nson 
 
Carter 
 
Austin 
 
Cason 
 
Ayers 
 
Chambers 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cheney 
 
Baldwin 
 
Chupp 
 
Bale 
 
Clarke 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clements 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clifton 
 
Bankston 
 
Coo.tes 
 
Barfield 
 
Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Conger 
 
Barwick 
 
Cook 
 
Beazley 
 
Cooper 
 
Beck 
 
Cravey 
 
Bellah 
 
Cullars 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Blasingame 
 
Culpepper,_ of Meri- 
 
Booker 
 
wether 
 
Bower 
 
Davenport 
 
Bowers 
 
Davidson 
 
Boyett 
 
Davis 
 
Brinson 
 
Dennard 
 
Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, Frohock Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood 
Hall Harden, of Banb Hardin of Glascock Harris Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Hogg Holden Hollingsworth 
 
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Hollis 
 
~McCalla 
 
Howard, of Liberty McCrory 
 
Howard, of Ogle 
 
'M,cDonald 
 
thorpe 
 
Neill 
 
Johns"oil, of Appling Nesmith 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Owen 
 
Jones, of Coweta Pace 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
PH.I'ker 
 
Joni'EI. of T40wndes Palmour 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson l'iP.kett 
 
Key 
 
Pickren 
 
Kelley 
 
Pilcher 
 
Kidd 
 
Rainey 
 
Kimzey, of Haber Reece 
 
sham 
 
Reiser 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Reville 
 
King 
 
Richnrllson 
 
lanier 
 
Roberts 
 
Lankford 
 
RUB sell 
 
Lasseter 
 
Scott 
 
Law 
 
Shannon 
 
Lawrence 
 
Sibley 
 
Lowe 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Matthews 
 
. Smith, of Fulton 
 
Maynard 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Mays 
 
Staten 
 
Mercier 
 
Steele 
 
Middleton 
 
Stewart 
 
Mock 
 
Stone 
 
Moore 
 
Stovall 
 
Mullins" 
 
Strickland 
 
McCall 
 
Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Wlalker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleekley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn Woods WOody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the. reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent House Resolutions Nos. 158 and 75 were taken from the table; House Bill No. 140 was taken from table; House Bill No. 736 was withdrawn from Committee on Pensions and referred t~ Committee on Constitutional Amendments; House 
Bill No. 783 was withdrawn from Committee on 
 
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Georgia State Sanitarium and referred to Committee on Penitentiary. 
 
By unanimous consent action on motion to reconsider Senate Bill No. 32 was postponed until tomorrow morning. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents : 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate Bills favorably  reported, the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having a local application. 
 
5th. Reading of Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
 
6th. House hills with Senate amendments. 
 
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to committees: 
 
By Mr. Aiken of GlynnA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Bruns- 
wick. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
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399 
 
By Messrs. Cason of Bryan and Clarke of Mcin- 
tosh- 
A bill to amend Section 621 of Park's Supplement to Penal Code, relative to fishing laws in this State. 
 
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. 
 
By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie.--- 
A bill to amend an Act relative to the National Forest Reserve. 
 
Referred to Committee on Conservation. 
 
By Messrs. McDonaM, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of CommissiOners of Roads and Revenues of Richmond County. 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Messrs. Cason of Bryan and Clarke of McintoshA hill to prohibit the use of nets in the waters of 
the State. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. 
By Mr. Winn Qf Hart (by request)- A bill to incorporate the Town of Hastyville in the County of Hart. 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
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By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton- 
A bill to limit the effect of dissolution of a corporation. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
By Messrs. Eve, Laurens and Wylly of Savannah- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Savannah. 
 
!Wferred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
By Messrs. Harden, Cooper, Chambers- 
A bill to provide for the supe"rvision of water and ice supplies by the State Board of Health. 
 
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. 
 
By Mr.. Winn of Hart- 
A bill to authorize the Town of Hastyville to estab-. lish and maintain a public school system. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Messrs. Kelly and Green of Gwinnett- 
A bill to create a new Charter for the Town of Dacula. 
 
Referred.to Committee on Corporations. 
 
My Mr. Law of BurkeA bill for the prevention of lynching in this State. 
 
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Referred to General -!udiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Carter of Bacon- 
A resolution to make House Bill No. 544 a special order for Monday, July 27th. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. Anderson of Jenkins- 
a A resolution to make House Bill No. 366 special 
order for July 26th, 1918. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit: 
 
~o. 487. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Valdosta. 
 
No. 581. A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah to allow an encroachment on the sidewalk of Congress Street in said city. 
 
Nlo. 599. A bill to incorporate the Academy of Social Circle. 
 
No. 608. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board 
 
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of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County. 
 
No. 627. A bill to amend the Charter of the City ef Baxley. 
 
No. 638. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Floyd County. 
 
No. 648. A bill to increase the number of the  Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for 
Jefferson County. 
 
No. 674. A bill to amend the Charter of the City 
 
of Columbus. 
 
 
 
No. 670. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Coffee. 
 
No. 671. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Coffee. 
 
No. 702. A bill to amend the Cha;rter of the City of Ellijay. 
 
No. 705. A bill to provide_ for- two terms of the Superior Court of Coffee County. 
 
No. 73'1. A bill to amend Sections 42, 45, 49, 50 and 97 of the Charter of the City of Fitzgerald. 
 
No. 734. A bill creating a new Charter for the City of Statesboro. 
 
No. 730. A bill to authorize and impower the 
 
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Mayor and City Council of Statesboro to declare what constitutes a nuisance. 
 
No. 758. A bill to repeal an Act creating a depository for the County of Bryan. 
 
No. 735. A bill creating a new Charter for the City of McRae. 
 
No. 660. A bill to fix the amount of commutation road tax for road work in the County of Pickens. 
 
No. 661. A bill to abolish the office of County Commissioners of Lowndes County. 
 
No. 656. A bill establishing a new Charter fQr 
 
the City of Atlanta. 
 
 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
 
No~ 237. A bill to repeal an Act fixing the date for primary elections in Mitchell County. 
No. 249. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Fairmount. 
Mr. Obannon of Twiggs County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 811. 
 
The same being a bill to amend the Charter of Cadwell, in Laurens County. 
D. C. Pickett, Terrell County. SHANNON, of Twiggs, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:  
 
Mr. SpeaJr,er: 
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under eonsideration the following bills of the House and .Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: 
 
Senate Bill No. 219. Senate Bill No. 229. House Bill No. 753. House Bill No. 812. 
 
 TuESDAY, JuLY 23, 1918. 
 
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This 23rd day of July, 1918. 
STEPHEN pACE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on State of the Republic, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on State of the Republic have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the Rame do pass: 
 
Honse Bill No. 803 by substitute. 
 
J 11ly 23rd, 1918. 
 
W. T. BuRJHIALTER, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Cason of Glynn County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me, as Vice Chairman, to report the same back ~to the House with the recommendation that the same (,io pass by substitute: 
 
Senate Bill No. 86. 
 
A.M. CASON, Vice Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Burwell of Hancock 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 have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 73, relating to negotiable interests by an Ac.t to establish a uniform law. 
 
House Bill No. 88, amending Section 695 of Code by striking 50 cents and inserting $1.00 dollar. 
 
House Bill No. 98, relating to and regulating marriage and marriage licenses. 
 
House Resolution No. 168, approving issuance by 'Savannah War~house and Compress Company of stock. 
House Bill No. 404, abolishing the fee system now existing in the Blue Ridge Circuit as applied to the Solicitor-General as amended. 
 
House Bill No. 449) amending Section 153'8 of Code of 1910 providing for same commission for Tax Receiver as Tax Collector. 
 
House Bill No. 632, amending Section 3070 of Civil Code of 1910; 
 
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House Bill No. 729, to prevent any person from inheriting or acquiring property from another whose death has been brought about by the criminal act of such person. 
 
House Bill No. 760, to insure the protection of State Records by establishing a Department of Archives and History (as amended). 
 
House Bill No. 763, amending Section 3'276, Vol. 1 of Code of 1910, as to services of foreclosure proceedings. 
 
House Bill No. 771, amending and supplementing the prohibition laws by fixing fee of Solicitor and Sheriff. 
 
House. Bill No. 782, amending Section 2167 of Civil Code of 1910 so as to enable females to be Deputy Clerks of Courts. 
 
Senate Bill No. 198, to provide for management of trust estates. 
 
Senate Bill No. 211, to prohibit the bringing into this .State stolen property; to make penalty for the buying or receiving of said property. 
 
House Bill No. 204, amending Act approved August 13, 1910, do not pass. 
Respectfully submitted, BuRWELL, Chairman. 
Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Vice Chairman of 
 
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the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and have instructed me, as Vice Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 598. 
 
House Bill No. 666. 
 
House Bill No. 667. 
 
House Bill No. 669. 
 
House Bill No. 679. 
 
House Bill No. 788. 
 
House Resolution No. 155. 
 
House Resolution.No. 177. 
 
House Bill No. 517. 
 
Also that the following House Bil1s do pass as amended: 
 
House Bill No. 17. 
 
House Bill No. 688. 
 
DuBosE, Vice Chairman. 
 
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The following bills of the House favorably reported were read the second time. 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee- 
A bill relating to negotiable instruments in this State. 
By Mr. Beck of CarrollA bill to amend Section 695 of Code relative to 
road tax. 
 
By Mr. Arnold of Clay- 
A bill to further regulate the issuing of marriage license. 
 
By Mr. Burwell of HancockA bill to insure the protection of State Records by 
establishing a Department of Archives. 
By Mr. Dorris of CrispA bill to amend Section 1538 of Code of 1910 rela- 
tive to tax receivers of this State. 
By Messrs. Palmour and Davenport of HallA bill to establish a branch of the Georgia State 
Sanitarium. 
 
By Mr. Smith of Fulton- 
A bill to make an appropriation to Trustees of University of Georgia for Georgia School of Technology. 
 
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By Mr. Key of Jasper- 
A bill to amend Section 3070 of Civil Code relative to investments of guardians. 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter- 
A bill to appropriate $60,000.00 to University of Georgia for the purpose of building upon the grounds of the Agricultural College a War Emergency Building. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence of Chatham and DuBose and Brown of Clarke~ 
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to Trustees of University of Georgia for purpose of repairing buildings. 
 
By Messrs: Jones and Staten of Lowndes- 
A bill to appropriate $58,000.00 to University of Georgia for South Georgia Normal College for purpose of erecting new buildings. 
 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham- 
A bill to appropriate $50,000.00 to Trustees of University of Georgia for purpose of rebuilding of the main building of Georgia Normal and Industrial College for Colored Youths at Thunderbolt. 
 
By Messrs. Pickett of Terrell and McCall of Brooks- 
A bill to prevent any person from inheriting property from another whose death has been brought about by the criminal act of such person. 
 
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By Mr. Smith of Fulton- 
 
A bill to amend an Act giving certain counties authority to establish law libraries. 
 
By Mr. Mock of Dougherty- 
A bill to amend Section 3276, Volume 1, Code of 1910, relative to foreclosure of mortgages of real estate. 
 
By Mr. Burwell of Hancock_:_ A bill to amend the prohibition laws of this State. 
By Mr. Ballard of Columbia and M~Crory of Schley- 
A bill to amend Section 2176 of the Civil Code of 1910 to enable females to be Deputy Clerks of Superior Courts. 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee- 
A bill to appropriate $7,400.00 for purpose of carrying on the work and paying salaries and expenses of Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission. 
 
By Mr. Davis of Laurens- 
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Cadwell. 
 
By Mr. Adams of Towns- 
A bill to authorize a levy of a tax by the County of Towns for road purposes. 
 
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By Mr. Eve of Chatham- 
A bill to appropriate to University of Georgia for use of the Georgia Industrial College for Colored Youths at Savannah, Ga., $5,000.00 for purpose of paying for certain lands. 
 
By Messrs. Cheney, Morris, Vincent, Hagood, et aL- 
A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in Superior Courts of Blue Ridge Circuit as applied to office ~;~f Solicitor-General. 
 
By Messrs. DuBose and Brown of Clarke and Pilcher of Richmond- 
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to University of Georgia for the use of State Normal College at Athens. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper, Stewart, Mullins, Frohock, et aL- 
A bill to develop and bring into immediate use for war purposes the State's deep sea property: 
 
By Mr. Akin of Glynn- 
A resolution to refund to Geo. H. Smith, administrator, $210.00 inheritance tax illegally collected. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Eve and Wylly of Chatham- 
A resolution approving the issuance by Savannah Warehouse and Compress Co. three hundred thou-  sands dollars of common capital stock of said company. 
 
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By Mr. Morris of Cobb- 
A bill to appropriate to Trustees of University of Georgia $50,000.00 to build an Armory. 
 
The following bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Mundy of the 3'8th District- 
A bill to provide for the management of trust estates to require bond to be given by Trustees. 
 
By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District- 
A bill to prohibit the bringing into this State any stolen prop~rty. 
 
By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District- 
A bill to amend an Act fixing the salary of Judge of the City Court of Thomasville. 
 
By Mr. Davison of the 19th District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Greensboro. 
 
The following bill of the House was read the third time: 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, .Smith and White of Fulton- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing the Municipal Court of Atlanta, Ga. 
 
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 t'he ayes were 115, 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 the Renate amendments thereto : 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A bill to enable persons qualified to vote in any election in this State who are required by their duties to be absent_ from the County of thei'r residence. 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and disagreed to : 
Amend House Bill No. 62 as follows : 
 
1. Amend rSection 1 of said bill by striking the following words, "passage of this Act," in line 4 of said section of engrossed copy of said bill, and the words, ''any person'' in line 6 of said section, ''for the duration of the war between the United States of America and the Imperial German Government;'' said Committee further amends saiQ_ section by striking the following words between the words, '' required by their," in line 11 of said section, and the word "duties," in line 12 of said section; "Military Governmental (State or Federal)," and by striking from said section 1 between the word'' duties'' in line 12 and the words "to be absent" inline 13, the following words, ''or who are engaged fn any enterprise connected with the prosecution of the war." 
 
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The following Senate amendments were read and 
agreed to: 
 
2. Committee further amends said bill by strik- 
 
ing the word "and" between the words "to vote" at 
 
the end of line 10 of said Section 2 of said engrossed 
 
copy and the words ''if he'' in line 11 of said sec- 
 
tion. 
 
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3. Committee further amends said bill- by striking the word ''as'' between the words ''purpose''  and "to be known" in line 7 of Section 3, sub-section (b) of said copy. 
 
4. Committee further amends said bill by inserting the word ''as'' between the words ''referred to'' and "voucher," in line 13 of Section 5 of 'said engrossed copy, and by striking the following words between the words ''may be'' in line 27 and ''and -the'' in line 29 of said copy as herein provided, shall then and there be sealed and registered to such Ordinary or Clerk as the case may be. 
 
5. Committee further amends said bill by inserting the words "of the United .States" between the words "navy" and "shall conform" in line 3'4 of Section 5 of said engrossed copy. They further amend said section by inserting the word ''said'' between the words ''seal'' and ''ballot'' in line 37 of said Section. They further amend by inserting the words ''or some Commissioned Officer designated by said commanding officer for such purpose" between the word~ ''Commanding Officer'' in lines 40 and "preserving" in line 4l of said section ; they 
 
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further amend said section by striking the word "it" between the words '' and'' and ''shall be'' in line 42 of said section and - substituting the words 'said marked ballot.'' They further amend said section by inserting the word "or" between the word "Army" and "Navy," in line 44 of said section and by striking the words ''Red Cross or Y. M. C. A. Worker'' after the word "Navy;' in- said line 44 and by inserting the word "the" before the word "Commanding Officer" in line 45 of said section. 
 
6. Committee further amends by inserting tha words "County or" between the words "any" and ''Special'' in line 11 of 8ectiop. 11 of said engrossed bill. 
 
By Mr. Akin of Glynn- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Glynn County. 
 
The following Senate amendment was read- and agreed to: 
 
The Committee amends House Bill No. 463 by substituting for Section 1 the following: 
 
Section 1. Be it, and it is hereby enacted, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the first day of September, 1918, the office of County Treasurer of Glynn County, Georgia, shall be aholis'hed and such office shall, from and after that date cease to exist. T.hat said bill be further amended as follows: hy substituting for Section 4 the 
 
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following: Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no such Bank shall be allowed to act as such depository and disbursing agent until it shall have given a bond payable to said Commissioners with security to be by them approved, conditioned for the faithful performance of all the duties pertaining to said appointment, and in a sum which, in the judgment of said Commissioners, will be at least fifty per cent. in excess of the amount of the County funds that will probably be deposited with such bank for the ensuing twelve months from the date of the bond. It shall be within the power of said Commissioners to call upon such bank or banks to strengthen such bond or give a new bond or to increase the amount of such bond at any time, and in default of the same being done to revoke the appointment of such bank as depository and disbursing agent. 
 
To amend further by adding the following sections: 
 
Section 10. Be it furthe;r enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Commissioners shall out of the funds of said County, pay for all books and blanks required to be -kept by said depositaries of their acts as such agent and depositaries and as well as all premiums on the bond given by said bank mi.der the terms of this Act. 
 
1Section 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such depositaries shall, at least once in every three months, submit to said Commissioners an itemized and detailed statement of all receipts 
 
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and disbursements by it of the funds of the said County, which statement shall be duly verified by the oath of its Cashier, and which statement shall be by said Commissioners published in a newspaper or papers having a general circulation in said County of Glynn. 
 
Section 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that S'aid commissioners shall, at least once during each year, cause the books of said depositories, so far as the same pertains to its actings and doings as such depository, to be audited by a competent accountant or accountants to be selected and employed by said Commisioners for such purpose. 
 
Section 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time: 
 
By -Mr. Merry of the 8th District- 
A bill to repeal an Act fixing the date for the primary elections in Mitchell County. 
 
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections. 
 
By Mr. Beck of the 43rd District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the Town of Fairmont. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
The following privilege resolutions were read and adopted. 
 
By Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall- 
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we each share in the sorrow and grief of our Representative, Hon. A. H. Giddens, in the loss of his beloved mother-in-law, who departed this life on July 20th, 1918. We all extend to him and his dear family our condolence and deep sympathy in their loss and heart suffering. 
 
By Mr. Eve of Chatham- 
WHEREAS, the labor question in Georgia is today the most acute in her history, and, 
 
WHEREAs, it will take all of the brains and energy of the people to settle the momentous question that now confronts us. 
 
Be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the Hon. Cliff Williams, of Meridian, Miss., Superintendent of Employment for the District in which Georgia is embraced, be and is hereby invited to deliver an address in the House of Representatives on the labor questionon Saturday, July 27th, at 11 o'clock. . 
 
Under the regular order of business the following resolution of the House was taken up for consideration: 
 
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By Mr. Buxton of Burke- 
 
A resolution providing for the appointment of a Committee from the House and 1;3enate to investigate the advisability of exchanging or selling the 
Rtnfn Farm. 
 
The following substitute was offered by Mr. Buxton of Burke and read: 
 
W HEBEAs, the State Farm, near Milledgeville, is not self-f"!ustaining, and it is often necessary to make appropriations from the State Treasury for the maintenance of said State Farm in a proper manner, the lack of productivity of the land being clearly indicated thereby. 
 
Therefore be it resolved by the House, the Senate COJ?.Curring, That a committee of eight, five from the House and three from the Senate, be appointed by the Speaker of the House and th.e President of the Senate, to investigate the advisability and practicability of exchanging, or selling said farm with a view to procuring a more fertile farm which will be self-sustaining. 
 
Resolved further, That said Committee make a report at the next session of the General Assembly. 
Resolved further, That said Committee shall be paid their per diem and actual expenses while in the discharge of their duty un9-er this resolution. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution by substitute, was agreed to. 
 
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On the adoption of the resolution the ayes were 96, the nays 0. 
 
The resolution was adotped. 
 
The Speaker appointed as the Committee on the part of the House the following members: 
 
Messrs. Buxton, Dorris, Howard of _Oglethorpe, Stone, Hodges of Washington. 
 
Mr. Jones.of Coweta County, V\ce Chairman of Committee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Rulee having under consideration resolutions requesting that Senate Bill No. 163, knolWil as Sheriffs' Fee Bill, and House Bill No. 493', known as local tax bill, be made special orders, instruct me, as their Vice Chairman, to report same back with recommendation that the said bills, Senate Bill No. 163 and House Bill No. 493, be made special and continuing order immediately after special orders already fixed by the House. 
GARLAND M. JONES, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable 
 
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to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to and the resolution was adopted and the bills were set as a special order. 
 
Under the order of unfinished business the bill of the House was taken up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. McCrory of Schley- 
A bill to create the office of Purchasing Agent and Superintendent of Public Printing. 
 
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved for the previous question to prevail and the main question was ordered. 
 
The following: substitute and amendments thereto were read and adopted: 
 
SUBSTITUTE TO HOUSE BILL NO. 58. 
A BILL 
TO BE .ENTITLED AN ACT to create the office of Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent, to define his duties and powers, to fix his compensation, to provide for his appointment, and for other purposes. 
 
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that- 
 
Section 1. That on and after the passage of this Act, there shall be created and established in this State an office, to be known as Superintendent of 
 
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Public Printing and Purchasing Agent, which office shall be filled by a practical printer who shall have had at least ten years' experience through actual engagement in the printing business, is skilled in the art ~f printing, acquainted with the details thereof, has expert knowledge of the values and uses of paper and is familiar with binding, ruling, engraving, lithographing, embossing and other forms of printing. The Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent shall be appointed by the Governor, after examination into the qualifications hereinbefore set out, and said appointment shall be ratified by the Senate of Georgia, the terms of office to be for two years from the date of approval csf this Act, and each  subsequent appointment thereafter shall be for a like period of two years. The Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent shall be required to file.with the Governor a good and valid bond in the sum of $10,000 -for the faithful and proper performance of his duties. Before entering upon the duties of his office the Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent shall be required to subscribe to the same oath taken by other public officials in the .State and, in addition thereto, to an oath that he will not in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, be interested financially in any contract for printing, binding, ruling, advertising, lithographing, embossing or any other form of printing let by him, or in any materials, supplies, furnishing or other things purchased by him for the State, and that he will not in any wise participate in any profits arising therefrom. If he shall, in any manner violate the provisions of this section he s'hall be immediately removed from office by order of the Governor, and 
 
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shall be deemed guilty of a felony and punished as for such. 
 
Sec. 2. The salary of the Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent shall be $3,600.00 per annum, and he shall accept no other form of remuneration, compensation or gratuity than the salary paid !him by the State, either directly or indirectly. 
 
Sec. 3. The Superintefident of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent shall purchase all supplies, materials, furnishings, etc., which shall be needed and used at the Capitol, and in all of the executive and .State House Departments, upon requisition made upon him by the h~ads of such departments, and shall check and approve all bills for such purchases before they may be paid by the rState. 
Sec. 4. The Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent shall discharge all those duties heretofore devolving upon the State Printing Commission, composed of the Secretary of ~tate, Comptroller-General and State Treasurer, and the creation of the office of Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing 'Agent shall abolish the State Printing Commission. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Printing and Purchasing Agent to call for bids and let contracts for the printing of the Acts of the Legislature, the Journals of the Senate and of the House, the Reports of the Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeals, the reports of all departments of the State Government which are required by law or the rules of the Departments, 
 
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and in the awarding of contracts for these things enumerated, and such other awards of printing, the .Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent may, in his judgment, call for bids on in bulk of more than one individual class of work, or may receive bids and make contracts for such work collectively as in his judgment will best and most economically serve the interests of the State, taking into consideration the ability of the bidder to perform the work upon which he is bidding. The. number of copies of publications desired by the heads of the several departments, and the time of delivery of such work shall be determined by the department making requisition for the same, in compliance with existing laws. He shall, during the month of January. of each year let out to the lowest responsible bidder, experience and facilities at the time of bidding to be considered, such printing, ruling, binding, lithographing, embossing, engraving required at that time by any and all departments of the State Government and authorized by law to be done, or required in the execution of any law, such work to be awarded on competitive bidding; and he shall give notice of the time and place of letting such work by advertisements published twice a week for two calendar weeks in one newspaper of ~eneral circulation in Rome, Atlanta, Macon, Columbus, Augusta and Savannah, and shall reserve the right to reject any or all bids. He shall furnish all enterprises desiring to submit bids, on applrcation to him, with printea schedules on which to make bids on each class of 
' work offered or to pe offered, specifying in detail 
the items required in the execution of the work, the grades and weights and qualities of paper to be used, 
 
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the bindings and other details which shall enter into the completed product upon which the bid is to be submitted. All such bids shall be opened at the time and place fixed in the advertisement for that purpose, and in the presence of such bidders as may see fit to attend. The Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent may, in his judgment, let . out the work of different classes to different persons or firms, and in such lots or portions as he may deem - to the best advantage of the State, and he shall spe cify the time in which the work so allotted shall be executed and the conditions under which it shall be delivered. 
 
Sec. 5. In the awarding of all printing or other kindred work it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent to require the party or parties undertaking to do the work, or any part of it, to enter into a written contract or agreement, stating distinctly the terms and conditions agreed upon, embracing the prices to be paid for each dass of work, including press work, folding, stitching ruling, binding, and all other items entering into the final execution, and specifically setting out whether or not credit is to be given for any ''pickup'' matter .carried over from one job or class of work to another where the same matter is used in the execution of two or more jobs of printing; such contracts or agreements to set out the manner of composition and providing that the work shall be in close or compact form as the judgment of the Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent may determine is in the "best interest of economy, and he shall at all times specify the size of body 
 
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t~pe, the width and length of pages and the spacing to be used in all book printing, or other solid matter. He shall provide that, in case the work contracted for is not completed and delivered within the time specified by him, he shall deduct and retain from such agreed on or contract price such percentum for each day or week or delay as he may designate when awarding the contract, and he shall, in his judgment, require the person or firm making the contract to enter into a bonq, with security conditioned for thefaithful performance an~ execution of such contract, the penal sum to be fixed and the bond to be approved by the Governor on a form to be prepared by the Attorney-General, and no person shall be accepted as -surety on any such bond who is interested, directly or indirectly, in a contract with the StatE). Any bidder feeling himself aggrieved by any award made by the Superintendent of Public Printing and-Purchasing Agent under this section may appeal to the  Governor, who shall, upon hearing, determine upon said appeal, notice of such appeal having been given in writing to the .Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent at least ten days from. the date of the award appealed from. 
 
Sec. 6. The Superintendent of Public Printing 
 
. and Purchasing Agent shall_ supply all the depart- 
 
ments of the State Government with such printing, 
 
stationery, binding, lithographing, engraving, em~. 
 
bossing, etc., as may be required by them from time 
 
to time without advertising for bids; provided the 
 
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particular job or jobs do not exceed $200.00; but he 
 
shall, as far as practica!ble, obtain offers in competi- 
 
tion for such work from printers generally through- 
 
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out the State. He s:Qall furnish, also, such printing as is required by either or both Houses of the General Assembly, and such proclamations or other matter required to be printed by their direction, and all such work shall be let, as far as practicable, to the lowest bidder without advertising for bids. 
 
Sec. 7. If any officer or department of the State Government report to the Superintendent of Public. Printing and Purchasing Agent failure in the prompt delivery and satisfactory execution of any contract let by him for work done o'r material furnished, and in any case where the said Superintendent is satisfied that the contracting party or parties have failed to comply with the terms of .any contract, he shall, in his judgment, re-let said contract in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Act, and having so done bring action on the bond of the defaulting party or parties for any loss which may have been sustained by the State by virtue of said breach of contract. 
 
Sec. 8. The Superintendent .of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent shall approve all account3 as correct and according to contract and shall present the same to the officer or department for whom the work was done or stationery furnished, together with all bids received, and when said officer or the head of the Department shall certify said account as correct and the work received by him or ~is department, the same is to be paid for by warrant drawn on the State treasury by the Governor. All funds from any department of the State government designated for printing shall be deposited in the 1State Treasury 
 
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under the general head of Printing Funds, and each such department or office credited therewith to cover its printing requisitions. 
 
Sec. 9. The Superintendent of Public Printing and Purchasing Agent shall keep a voucher book in which he shall e.nter all accounts for all classes of work, supplies, materials, etc., handled by his office; also an order book in which he shall enter all orders , for printing, stationery, ruling, binding, lithographing, etc., which ,shall show a brief description of the work, the date ordered, to whom the work has been let and date fixed for delivery; also a contract book in which be recorded all contracts, bonds and agreements; a book in which all r.equisitions for supplies and materials purchased by him for use at the Capitol and in the several departments upon their requisitions, together with the prices paid and from whom purchased; and such other records as he may deem nece!3sary to make a complete and accurate showing of all transactions of his office, and such records shall be open to proper public inspection. He shall, annually, make a report of his acts at the same time such reports are required from other State officers reporting to the Governor, and his report shall be transmitted by the Governor to the General Assembly. 
Sec. 10. All law~- and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, an,d the same are, hereby repealed. 
 
By Mr. Williams of Worth- 
Amend Section 1 of substitute to House Bill No. 58 by striking the word "ten" and substituting 
 
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therefor the word ''five,'' so as to require only five years experience. 
 
By Mr. Pickett of Terrell- 
Amend substitute by striking the figures $600.00 in first line of page two and inserting in lieu thereof the figures $2,400.00. 
 
By Mr. McCrory of Schley- 
Amend by adding another section to substitute and number same accordingly, as follows: 
"No bid for public printing shall be considered by said Pulblic Printer unless said bid is accompanied by an affidavit from the bidder that the corporation, partnership, or individual submitting the bid is not a member of any trust, combination, confederation or organization, the purpose of which is to fix or agree upon the prices of printing. 
The report of the Co~mittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
On the passage of the lbill the ayes were 131, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended.. 
On motion of Mr. McCrory of Schley the -bill was ordered tu be immediately transmitted to the Senate. 
Under the order of unfinished business the follow- 
 
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ing bill of the Senate was taken up for considera- 
 
tion. 
 
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By Mr. Elders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to levy of school tax. 
 
By unanimous consent Mr. Davidson of Putnam was allowed to cast his vote at this time, voting aye on the amendment and aye on the bill as amended. 
 
Mr. Pickett of Terrell moved that this House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. 
 
Senate Bill No. 19 went over as unfinished business. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Reville of Rich- 
 
. mond. 
 
 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24th, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
Adams, of Towns Brooks 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Burch 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Buxton 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Carroll 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carter 
 
Austin 
 
Cason 
 
Ayers 
 
Chambers 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cheney 
 
Baldwin 
 
Chupp 
 
' Bale 
 
Clarke 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clements 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clifton 
 
Bankston 
 
Coo.tes 
 
.Barfield 
 
Collins of Cherokee 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins of Union 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Conger 
 
Barwick 
 
Cook 
 
Beazlel 
 
Cooper 
 
Beck 
 
Cravey 
 
Bellah 
 
Cullars 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
"BlasingllD'e 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Booker 
 
wether 
 
Bower 
 
Davenport 
 
Bowers 
 
Davidson 
 
Boyett 
 
Davis 
 
Brinson 
 
 Dennard 
 
Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, of Bibb Frohock Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin, of Glasscock Harris Harvin Hatcher 
Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodge'!! 
HJ~g 
Holden Hollingsworth 
 
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Hollis Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorp J ohna'on, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert  Jones, of Lowndes Jones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber 
sham K'i.rna'ey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter lAw Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Maya Mercier Middleton Mock 
Moore Morris Mullins McCall 
 
McCalla McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville Richardaon Roberts Russell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe. Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleekley Walker, of Pierce White 'Williams, of Merl- 
wether Willia1118, of Ware Williams, cf Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd 'Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 426 was withdrawn; House Bills Nos. 63'5 and 636 were recommitted to Committee on Appropriations; House Bill No. 778 was withdrawn !rom Hygiene and Sanitation and referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 2; House Bill No. 701 was reco:rm:ilitted 
 
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to Committee on Appropriations; House Resolution No.179 was withdrawn; 200 copies of House Bill No. 98 were ordered printed for the use of the members; House Bills Nos. 814 and 815 were referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order or' business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous eonsents : 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported, the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills with local application. 
5th. Reading of Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
The following ibills and resolutions were read the first time and referred. to Committees: 
 
By Mr. Lassiter 9f DoolyA hill to amend an Act providing for assessment 
of supersedeas bonds in criminal cases. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Parker of Ware- 
A bill to increase the fee of applicants before the 'State Board of Embalming. 
 
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Boyett of StewartA bill to amend an Act establishing a public school 
system for the Town of Lumpkin. 
Referred to Committee on Education. 
 
By Mr. Arnold of ClayA resolution to make House Bill No. 98 a special 
order. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. Burwell of HancockA resolution to make Senate Bill No. 32 a special 
order for Thursday morning. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. M:cClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
 
tional majority the following bill of the House, to- 
 
wH: 
 
 
 
No. 320. A .bill to repeal an Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Taylor County. 
The Senate has adopted the following resolution in which the concurrence of the House is respectfully asked, to-wit: 
 
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No. 94. A resolution extending an invitation to Mr. W. J. Robinson, of Washington,. D. C., to address the General Assembly on the cultivation and manufacture of flax in the Representative Hall at 2 o'clock P. M. Thursday, July 25th, 1918. 
 
Mr. Wylly of Chatham County, Vice 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 Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the r~ommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 786, by Mr. Ballard of Newton. 
 
House Bill No. 149, by Mr. Atkinson of Fulton. 
 
House Bill No. 475, by Mr. Middleton of Early. 
 
Hffilse Bill No. 792, by Messrs. Pilcher, McDonald and Reville of Richmond. 
 
House Bill No. 791, hy Mr. Tatum of Campbell. 
 
House Bill No. 426, hy Mr. Dorris of Crisp. 
 
House Bill No. 790,,by Mr. Barwick of .Mon.tgom- 
 
ery. 
 
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Vice Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on WaySJ and Means have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me, -as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
House Bill No. 659, to relieve all persons who are citizens of .Georgia who are enlisted or drafted from poll tax during the war. 
 
House Bill No. 472, amending Section 918, Vol. 1 of Code of 1910. 
 
The following bills of House do not pass: 
 
House Bill No. 247, requiring every person to return for taxation all property, etc. 
 
House Bill No. 462, to repeal Act approved August 14, 1913, by A~t 102. 
 
House Bill No. 389, to provide taxation of certain personal property. 
Respectfully submitted, 
AKIN, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Stewart of Coffee County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have. instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
 
House Bills NOS. 823' ana 824. July 24th, 1918. 
STEWART, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Phelan of Charlton County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiaries, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Penitentiaries have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me, as their Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same ~o pass : 
 
House Bill No. 783, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 806, pass as amended. 
 
House Bill No. 65, do not pass. T. L. PICKREN1 Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall County, Chairman of 
 
.the Committee on Education, submitted the follow- 
 
ing report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following House bills and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 727. 
 
Senate Bill No. 202, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 645, do not pass. 
 
July 24th, 1918. 
 
W. T. BuRKHALTER, Chairman. 
 
Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Appropriatio.ns, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations have had ~n 
der consideration the following resolution of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommen-. dation that the same do pass. 
House Resolution No. 185. 
DuBosE, Vice Chairman. 
Mr. Lassiter of Dooly County Vice Chairman of 
 
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the Com:tnittee on Amendments to Constitution, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Amendments to Constitution have Rad under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Resolution No. 188 do pass. 
 
Senate Bill No. 33 do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 279, do not pass. 
 
' Senate Bill No. 207 do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 642 do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 751 do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 643 do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 736 do pass. 
 
Senate Bill No. 27 do pass. 
 
LASSITER, Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Ellis of Tift 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 bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman to recommend that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 128 do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 120 do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 793 do pass. House Bill No. 822 do pass. 
 
Senate Bill No. 234 do pass. Respectfully submitted, 
July 24th, 1918. ELLIS, Chairman. 
 
On the motion of Mr. Burwell of Hancock to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of Senate Bill No. 3'2 the ayes were 105, nays 13. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Ballard of Newton- 
A bill to amend Section 918 of Volume 1 of Civil Code of 1910. 
 
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By Mr. Middleton of Early- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the Charter of the City of Blakely. 
 
By Mr. Williams of Worth- 
A bill to propose an amendment to Constitution so as to provide for the rotation of Judges of Superior Courts. 
 
By Mr. Richardson of Houston- 
. A bill to amend Section 3070 of Civil Code of 1910 relative to investments of guardians. 
 
By. Mr; Haynes of Gordon- 
A bill to relieve all persons who are citizens of Georgia who are enlisted or drafted in the service of the Army or Navy of the United States from poU tax during the time of such service. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A hill to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools for the Town of Douglas. 
 
By Messrs. Bale of Floyd, Palmour of Hall, et al.- 
A bill to a-mend Constitution relative to pensions. 
 
By Messrs. Dorris of Crisp and Hall of Bibb-- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to proceeds of sale of property of the State. 
 
By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinA bill to amend Section 1193 of Criminal Code of 
 
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1910 so as to provide for an increase in the _pay of guards. 
 
By Mr. Ballard of Newton- 
A bill to provide a n<lW Charter for the City of Covington. 
 
By Mr. Barwick of Montgomery- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Soper-. ton. 
 
By Mr. Tatum of CampbellA bill to amend the Charter of Palmetto. 
 
By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- 
A ibill to authorize the City Council of Augusta to extend certain streets. 
 
By Mr. Lanier.of Bulloch- 
A bill to ameRd Section 1161, Park's Annotated Code 1910, so as to increase cost for collecting tax fi. fas. 
 
By Mr. Foy of Taylor- 
To amend Section 1224 of Volume 6 of Penal Code relative to paroling of convicts. 
 
By Mr. Law of BurkeA bill for the prevention of lynching. 
 
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By Mr. Cason of Bryan and Clark of Mclnto~h 
 
A bill to prohibit the use of trawls, nets in waters in this State. 
 
By Mr. Cason of Bryan and Clarke of Mcintosh- 
A bill to amend Section 621 of Park's Supplement 
to Penal Code, relative to fishing in this State. 
By Mr. McCrory of SchleyA resolution to pay salary and mileage of the late 
Senator W. 1!,. Weaver to his widow. 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of FultonA resolution proposing an amendment to the Con- 
stitution relative to bonded debt of municipalities. 
The following bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time : 
By Mr. Edwards of .the 32nd DistrictA bill to amend Constitution relative to payment 
of pensions. 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st DistrictA bill to amend Constitution relative to bonded 
debts of municipalities. 
By Mr. Merry of th~ 8th DistrictA bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Pel- 
ham. 
 
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By Mr. Peacock of the 15th District- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to Senatorial Districts. 
 
By Messrs. Skelton, Hopkins, Beck and others- 
A bill to amend Section 173 of Vol. 1 of Code of Georgia as to salary of Assistant State Librarian. 
The following bills of the House were read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Haynes of Gordon- 
A bill to create a new Charter for the City of Calhoun. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Haynes of Gordon- 
Amend Section 10 by adding in third line after the word "proper" the following words, "and after the approval of the same by the qualified voters of said city in the manner provided by the Constitution of this State in force at the time of the election held for such purpose. 
 
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. 
 
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By Mr. Davis of Laurens- 
 
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town 
 
of Cadwell. 
 
 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Cheney of Cobb, Vincent of Pickens, et aL- 
A bill to abolish the fee system as exists in office of Solicitor-General of Blue Ridge Circuit. 
 
The following amendment offered by the Committee was read and adopted : 
 
Amend House Bill No. 404 as follows: 
 
1. By striking out the figures "$3,000.00" in the bill wherever it occurs and inserting the figures $3,500.00 in lieu thereot 
 
2. By striking out the figures "1918" at the end of Se~tion 6 of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the figures 1919. 
 
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 113, nays 0. 
 
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Adams of Towns- 
A bill to authorize a levy of tax by the County of Towns for road purposes. 
 
The report of the Committee, whieh was favorabll! 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 constitu. tional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District: 
A bill to create a Board 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 115, nays 0. 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that the House have an afternoon session beginning at 3 o'clock Thursday, July 25th, and the motion prevailed. 
 
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The followi;ng resolutions were read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Jones of Coweta- 
A resolution authorizing the Rules Committee to fix ,a calendar for afternoon session of Thursday, July 25th, 1918. 
 
By Messrs. Dorris of Crisp and Strickland of Har- 
 
alson- 
 
 
 
A resolution relative to a bill now before Congress in reference to naming the ''War Between the States.'' 
 
The following resolution of the Senate was read and concurred in. 
 
By Mr. Townsend of the 4th District- 
A resolution to extend to Mr. W. J. Robinson an invitation to address the General Assembly on the cultivation of flax. 
 
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the .Senate was taken up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. Elders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the levy of locll.l tax for school purposes. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock moved that when the House adjourns today that it adjourn to meet at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, and the motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Arnold of Clay moved the previous question 
 
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on the bill, and all pending amendings, and the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. 
 
Mr. Pickett of Terrell moved that this House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. 
 
Senate Bill No. 19 went over as unfinished business. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Veazey of Warren. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE !Lu.L, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
THURSDAY, JULY 25th, 1918. 
 
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 calling of the roll was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of House and Senate bills, local bills and House and Senate general bills having local application. 
 
5th. Reading of Senate bills and resolution the first time. 
 
6th. Consideration of House Bill No. 777, relative to Statesboro City Court. 
 
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The following bills were introduced, read the first time a:nd referred to Committees : 
 
By Mr. Barrett of Whitfield- 
A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Court of Cherokee Judicial Circuit as applied to office of Solicitor-Gen-eral. 
 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Messrs. Swords of Morgan and Davidson of Putnam- 
A bill to appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 for the building and equipping a dormitory at the Eighth District Agricultural College at Madison. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Giddens of Berrien- 
\ 
A bill to amend the Cb,arter of the City of Roy 
City. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Messrs. Staten of Lowndes and Clements of IrwinA bill to appropriate $4,000.00 to supply deficiency 
in appropriation for hog cholera control. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Grantland of Spalding- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Griffin, Georgia. 
 
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Referred 
 
to 
 
Committee 
 
o. n 
 
Ways 
 
and 
 
Means. . 
 
By Mr. Mock of Dougherty- 
 
A bill to amend an Act to establish an Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School in this State as a branch of the University of Georgia. 
 
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. 
 
By Mr. Allen of Upson- 
A bill to provide for a payment of a pension to 
the widow of all ex-Confederate Soldiers. 
 
Refel'red to Committee on Pensions. 
 
By Mr. Williams of Worth~ 
A bill to amend an Act to establish a City Court in the City of Sylvester. 
 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Allen of Upson- 
A bill to provide for holding three terms a year of the Superior Ceurt in Upson County.. 
 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Eve and Wylly of Chatham- 
A bill to amend the laws relating t~ the City Court of Savannah. 
 
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By Meesrs. Lawrence, Eve and Wylly 5>f Chatham- 
A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of 'Savannah, Ga. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Messrs. Wright and Blasingame of Walton- 
A resolution to provide compensation for John R. Robertson for injuries received while in the service of the State. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriatiens~ 
 
By Mr. Beazley of Taliaferro- 
A bill to make House Bill No. 687 a special order for Monday, July 29th. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Messrs. Smith, Atkinson and White of Fulton- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to payment of salaries of judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts. 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. M-cClatchey, the Secretary t~ereof: 
 
Mr, Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
 
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- tional majority the following bills and resolution of the House, to-wit:  
 
No. 170. A resolution for the relief of M. K. Brooks, Tax Collector of Telfair County, and his bondsman. of certain penalties. 
 
No. 580. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer for the County of Webster. 
 
No. 650. A bill to place the Solicitor-General of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit on a salary. 
 
No. 685. A bill to regulate the compensation of Official Stenographic Reporters of Superior Courts in Counties having cities with a population of not less than 39,000 nor more than 54,000 inhabitants. 
No. 689. A bill to amend an Act to provide for atppointment of Offi-cial Stenographic Reporters for City Courts in Counties having cities with a population of not less than 39,000 nor more than 54,000 inhabitants. 
No. 747. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer for the County of Bryan. 
No. 768. A bill to provide for the payment of a salary to the Treasurer of Mitchell County. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requi- 
 
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site constitutional majority, the following bills of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 407. A bill to abolish the fees of the Solicitor General of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit. 
 
No. 740. A 1bill to repeal an Act to fix the fees of jailors in Banks and Jackson Counties. 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the , House, to-wit: 
 
No. 115. A resolution to authorize the Governor to appoint a commission of five citizens of the State to investigate the advisability of buying wharves and docks for the State. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate agrees to House amendments Nos. 1 and 5 and disagrees to amendments Nos. 2, 3 and 4 of the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
No. 178. A bill to require all able-bodied persons betwee.n the ages of eighteen and fifty, inclusiv~,_ to be regularly engaged in some lawful business, occupation or employment. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 202. A resolution inviting Hon. Cliff Williams, of Meridian, Miss., to speak upon the labor  question in the hall of the House of Representatives on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. 8 peaker: 
The Senate has passed by substitute by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 277. A bill to repeal certain sections of the Code and to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government and for other purposes. 
 
The fol~owing message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. 8 peaker: 
The Senate. bas passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of th9 Senate, towit: 
 
No. 180. A bill to provide for the execution and record of bonds for title. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee County, Chairman of the 
 
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Committee on Privileges and ElQctions, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report _the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 237. 
 
NEIL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Dickey of Crawford County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters has submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 210. 
 
House Bill No. 739. 
 
DrcKEY, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Blasingame, of Walton County, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Agriculture No. 2 have had under consideration the following House ~ills and  have instruc,ted me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 662. 
 
House Bill No. 778. 
 
BLASINGAME, Chairman. 
 
Mr. DuBose, of Clarke County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report : 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House bill and has instructed me, as Vice Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
House Bill No. 127. DuBosE, Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. White of Fulton, Chairman of Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation has 
had under consideration House :Sill No. 807 and 
 
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llouse Resolution No. 189 and recommends that the same do pass. 
WHITE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Dorris of Crisp, Chairman of Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Penitentiary Committees of the Senate and of the House, acting in pursuance of a resolution passed at the 1917 session of the General Assembly, make the following report: 
 
We visited and inspected the convict camps in the several Counties of the State. The convicts in the main are receiving reasonably good treatment, and are in good health. They are being given a full ration of wholesome food and have sufficient clothing to protect them from the weather. 
 
It is, however, true that the methods of keeping the food supplies and the actual ~ervice of the cooked ration is in very many cases crude, uninviting, sometimes unsanitary, and not in accord with the modern. spirit, which seeks to conserve and build  every atom of man power through strong bodies and contented minds. Scrupulous cleanliness may be maintained about the storage room, kitchen and eating quarters with no loss in revenue to the County,  or the State, and with an improvement in the morale of the convicts. From the fact that such scrupulous cleanliness is attained in many of the Counties we easily arrive at the conclusion it may be attained in every County. 
 
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Similar criticism may be made in regard to the convicts' clothing, and their bedding and sleeping quarters. In many instances there is not proper cleanliness about the beds and the sleeping quarters. In some instances convicts are not supplied with a change from work clothes to clean sleeping . clothes, ot- are allowed to sleep at their option in very dirty clothes, in which the convict has worked during the day. .A dirty bunk, reeking with the smell of disinfectant is no proper sleeping place for a Georgia convict. The labor of the following day is less efficient, the call for the doctor is more frequent and the physical and moral man power released at the end of the convict's term of service is far below what it should be. 
 
In regard to management we say the condition existing in some of the counties convinces us it is quite possible to have in every county wardens and guards who can, in a large measure, manage and control convicts successfully through the weight of their moral force and with the use of comparatively little brute force. In every instance where we noted very good management there also we found cleanliness lind wholesome food; these go hand in hand with successful management. When the management was ba~ and there was much whipping and brute force used, there was usually the attendant conditions of unwholesomeness about the camp yard, the dining table, the store room, the kitchen and the sleeping quarters. 
 
In a number of the counties of the State the wardens are taking excellent care of their convicts and 
 
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are making better men of them. The men move with spirit; they are in a good frame of mind; there is a lack of sullenness, and no apparent evidence of discontent. This condition is attributable almost who1ly to the wise control of the warden. We respectfully submit this should be the condition in every county. There should be wholesale removal of wardens, physicians, inspectors and the other officers charged with the a(}ministration of the penal system of the State, if -it takes removal to bring improvement in those cases where conditions are bad. 
 
We also visited the State Farm and the several _institutions connected with the penitentiary system 
at Milledgeville. While there is room there also for extended vision and aroused ene:r:gy to develop the 
better possibilities of these criminal men, women and children, we address ourselves more particularly in this- report to the business propoistion~ 
 
It is apparent the property there is either badly managed, or incapable of successful management. It yields a handsome loss no good business men would stand for. It has no reeord of prosperity and no present prospect of improvement. The superintendent, who is familiar with the whole property and the facilities for handling it, and who has had seven years' experience in his present capacity as superintendent, says he cannot do any better. The Prison Commission say there is no hope except p~rhaps a faint glimmer of hope through bigger salaries and larger appropriations._ It is forty-two hundred acres, worth $50,000, and $140,000 in improvements and $36,000 in equipment, and the gross production, 
 
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according to the report of the Prison Commission for the last seven months of 1917, was $5,562.10. This is the yield reported on an investment of $15,000 in live stock and $3,000 in farm implements. These figures are taken in round numbers from the latest report of the Prison Qommission. From this it appears that Georgia lands -listed as worth. $50,000, not counting buildings, and equipped with $3,000 worth of farm implements and $15,000 worth of live stock, has a production that is negligible. The au- 
thorities lay the failure to the land and the labor, 
and they seem to have given it up as an unsolvable problem. According to their view the failure is to be written on Georgia's record as an annual entry. 
 
Before the property is sacrificed, or __an expensive change is made it should be determined whether a different intelligence, or intelligence differently applied, could get better results out of the  labor and the land. Has proper consideration been given to the possibilities of pasturage and stock raising; to the possi'bilities of horticulture; to the possibilities of a thousand productions of a farm other than cotton, corn and oats Y 
 
This Committee cannot answer this, as it cannot answer many other questions, such, for instance, whether there has been a proper accounting for the productions of the farm and of supplies furnished, for the reason that the Committee is. too unwieldy for the accomplishment of such a purpose, and is restricted both as to time and authority. 
 
It is apparent no Committee constituted as this 
 
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one is, consisting of 55 members of the House and 18 members of the Seante and limited to a very few days for actual inspection and study, can offer a solution to the problem confronting the State. Solution must come from capable investigation, made by a workable and working Committee provided with funds 'and given time in which to do their work. 
 
We recommend that the General Assembly take the course of a wise business man as to the State Farm and omit no effort to determine without unnecessary delay the best course to pursue to stop this serious and increasing drain on the State's resources. 
Respectfully submitted, 
DoRRis, of Crisp, 
 
Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary of the House. 
 
The following bills of the House favorably reported were read the seGond time : 
 
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- 
A bill to grant ''The Nancy Hart Chapter of the . Daughters of the American Revolution'' at Milledgeville, Ga., certain lands. 
 
By Mr. Reese of Gilmer- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Gilmer County. 
 
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By Mr. Brooks of Macon- 
 
A bill to amend an Act establishing a sanitarium for treatment of tuberculosis. 
. 
By Messrs. Brown and Richardson of Houston- 
 
A bill to prevent the manufacture or sale of adulterated Paris greens and other insecticides. 
 
By Mr. Akin of Glynn- 
A resolution to pay $150.00 to cover expenses of the Governor's Conference for 1916. 
 
By Mr. White of Fulton- 
A resolution relative to appointment of a Commission to prepare statistics on the minors and feebleminded persons in this State. 
 
The following 'bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Beck of the 43rd District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Supervisors for the County of Murray. 
 
By Mr. Merry of the 8th District- 
A bill to repeal an Act fixing the date of primary elections in Mitchell County. 
 
The following bills of the House were read the third time: 
 
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By Mr. Barwick 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 114, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu. tiona! majority, waspassed. 
 
By Mr. Tatum of CampbellA bill to amend the Charter of Palmetto, Ga. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the pr..ssage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Ballard of Newton- 
A bill to provide a new Charter for the City of Covington. 
 
The repore of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 125, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing the system of public schools for the Town 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 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr: Smith of FultonA bill to amend an Act authorizing Counties to 
establish law libraries. 
The report 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. Middleton of Early~ 
A bill to amend an Act creating the Charter of the City of Blakely. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- 
 
A bill to authorize the City Council of Augusta to extend Cummings Street. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.  
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes _were 114, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Lanier of Bulloch- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Wright of Bulloch- 
By adding. a new section and numbering the same Section 5 and subsequent sections accordingly as follows: 
 
Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before this shall go into effect that it _ shall be submitted to the qualified voters of Bulloch County at the next. general election in November, 1918, and all persons favoring this bill shall have printed or written on their tickets ''For Salary of Judge and Solicitor of City_ Court," and all voters opposing the same shall have written or printed on their ballots ''Against Salary for Judge and Solicitor 
 
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of City Court,'' and .the managers of said election shall consolidate said vote and declare the result, and if a majority of the qualified voters so voting at said election shall be in favor of the bill, then it shall go into effect as provided, but if a majority of the qualified voters so voting shall be against said bill, then it shall not go into effect, but shall be null and void. 
 
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 Senate were read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Merry of the 8th District- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Pelham. 
 
The report 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 hill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Blackwell of the .39th District- 
A hill to amend the Charter of the_ Town of Canton. 
 
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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. Hopkins of the 7th District- 
A bill to amend an Act fixing the salary of Judge of the City Court of T~omasville. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, ww:; agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, h~ving received the requisite constitntional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Davidson of the 19th District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Greensboro. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
on the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays n. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Weaver of the 23:rd DistrictA bill to abolish the fee system now existing in 
the Superior r1urts of the Chattahoochee Circuit. 
 
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The report of the Committee, whieh wns favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee gave notice that at th:1~ proper 
time he would move that the House reconsider its 
action in passing Senate Bill No. lln. 
 
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the Senate was taken up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. Siders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to the levy of school tax. 
 
The following amendments were rend and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Burwell of Hancock and Swift of Muscogee-- 
Amend Senate Bill No. 19 by striking therefrom Section 1 and substituting in lieu thereof the followmg: 
 
Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia hereby submits the following &mendment to the Constitution of the State: Strike aU of Paragraph 1 of Section 4, Article 8 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia and substitute in lieu thereof the following: 
 
Paragraph 1. Authority is granted to the Coun- 
 
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ing from the apportionment of the particular district or districts. In the event that the apportionment of said district or districts under the general levy and assessment of said tax in the County is in said particular district or districts insufficient to provide for payment of said bonds and interest and school requirements, then there shall he leVied in said district or districts an additional tax to the general tax levied by said County sufficient to provide therefor. 
 
. Authority is granted to Municipal Corporations of this State to establish and maintain public schools by local taxation. 
 
An additional levy of taxes for school purposes ties of the State to esta'blish and maintain public schools by local taxation. The proper County authority whose duty it is to levy taxes for County purposes in this State shall assess and collect annually in the aomunt recommenaed by the County Board of Education of the County not more than five mills on the dollar of all taxable property of the County for the support of the schools of the County. Said taxAs shall be distributed equitably by the Cou:p.ty Board of Education among all the public schools of the County, the apportionment due to the local school system in operation in any municipality in the County being determined on the basis of school population and paid over to the proper authorityin control of said municipal system for distribution. In the distribution of said taxes in Counties where, under previous laws, bonds have been issued by any school district or districts thereof, the payment of said bonds shall be provided for from the taxes aris- 
 
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not to exceed five mills may be made in school districts on a majority vote of the qualified electors voting at an election called for said purpose in such school district. No election, however, shall be re" quired for such purpose in districts wherein an election has already been held and authority granted to levy such ta.X. Provided, this Paragraph shall not apply to Counties having a local achool system of taxation adopted prior to the Constitution of 1877. 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
Amend amendment of Mr. Burwell of Hancock and Mr. Swift of Muscogee to Senate Bill No. 19 by striking the word ''shall'' between the words ''State'' and ''assess'' in line seven of the printed amendment and substituting in lieu thereof the word ''may.'' 
 
By Mr. Smith of Dade and Mr. Pickett of Terrell- 
To amend amendment by adding the following: ''Provided nothing in this Act shall ever be conatrued to in any manner lessen the appropriation made by the State for tlie support of the common schools." 
 
By Mr. Swords of ;Morgan- 
Amend by adding at the end of Section 1 the following: ''Provided further, that this provision shall not go into effect in any County until a majority o the qualified voters of such County voting at an election called, held, and conducted as elections to authorize a County to create a debt, shall so decide.'' 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
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The bill involving a Constitutional amendment, the roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
Akin 
 
Cooger 
 
Allen 
 
Cooper 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Cravey 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Cullars 
 
Arnold, . of Lumpkin Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Atkinson 
 
Davenport 
 
Austin 
 
Davidson 
 
:Bagwell 
 
Davis 
 
Baldwin 
 
Dennard 
 
Bale 
 
Dickey 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Dorris 
 
Ballard, of Newton DuBose 
 
Bankston 
 
Duncan 
 
Barfield 
 
Ellis 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Ennis 
 
Beazley 
 
Eve 
 
Beck 
 
Frohock 
 
:Bellah 
 
Gilmore 
 
Blalock 
 
Gordy 
 
Blasingame 
 
Grantland 
 
Booker 
 
Green 
 
Bower 
 
Griffin 
 
Bow era 
 
Hatcher 
 
Boyett 
 
Haynes 
 
Brinson 
 
IIodges 
 
Brown, of Clarke Hollis 
 
Brown, of Houston Howard, of Liberty 
 
Burch 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Burwell 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Buxton 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Carroll 
 
Kidd 
 
Cason 
 
~imzey, of Haber- 
 
Chupp 
 
sham 
 
Clade 
 
Law 
 
Clemets 
 
Lawrence 
 
Clifton 
 
Lowe 
 
coates 
 
Matthews 
 
Collins of Cherokee Mercier 
 
Mock 
Moore Mullins McCall McCalla McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey Beece Beiser Roberts Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stubbs Swift Swint Swords Tatum Timmerman Trippe Turner Vincent Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White 
 
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Williams, of Ware Wmn Woods 
 
Woody Worsham Wright, of Jones 
 
Wright, of Walton Wylly 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Towns Hardin, of Glascock Lasseter 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Harris 
 
Maynard 
 
Ayers 
 
Hayes 
 
Mays 
 
Barrett, of Pik~ 
 
Hinson 
 
Owen 
 
Brooks 
 
liogJ 
 
Richardson 
 
Carter 
 
Holden 
 
Russc,ll 
 
Chambers 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Stovall 
 
Cheney 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Strickland 
 
Collins of Union 
 
thorpe 
 
Sumner 
 
Cook 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Taylor 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Key 
 
Trammell 
 
wether 
 
Kelley 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Fowler, 
 
Kimsey, of White Wllliams, of Meri- 
 
Foy 
 
King 
 
wether 
 
Hagood 
 
Lanier 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Harden, of Banks Lankford 
 
Wyatt 
 
Those not voting were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Elbert Arnold, of Coweta Barwick Bond Gary Gi\ldens 
 
Hall Harvin Johnson, of Appling Middleton Morris Reville 
 
Sectt Stone Veazey Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Youmans 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124, nays 45. 
The hill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock gave notice that at the 
 
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proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in defeating Senate Bill No. 19. 
Mr. Jones of Coweta, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules having under considera- 
tion requests in writing to make special orders, instruet me, as their Vice Chairman, to report same back with- the recommendation that Senate Bill No. 32, creating Cook County, with 30 minutes to side, be made a special and continuing order immediately after Senate Bill No. 163, known as Sheriffs' Fee Bill. Your Committee further recommends that all . bills changing salaries of officers be made special and continuing order immediately after House Bill No. 493, known as the. Scho~l Tax Bill. 
GARLAND M. JONES, 
Vice Chairman.... 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to, and the resolution was adopted. The bills were set as a special order. 
The following-bill of the Senate was taken up as a special order : 
 
By Mr. Beck of the 43rd District- 
A BILL To be entitled an Act to Amend Paragraph two (2), 
Section one (1}, Article eleven (11) of the Constitution of this State. 
 
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The following amendment is proposed 1by the Senate and House of Reprelilentatives of Georgia to Paragraph two (2), Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of this State: 
 
Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgi~ hereby proposes to the people of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 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 treated by amendments to the above and foregoing paragraph, section and article of the Constitution of this State, there is hereby created an additional County, which County when created shall be known as C9ok County. The territory for the formation of . said County of Cook shall be taken from the County of Berrien, and the territory so taken for formation of sai_d new County of Cook, shall be included within the following described boundaries, to"'wit: Starting at a point where the Willacoochee River crosees the County line between the Counties of Berrien and Lowndes'; thence running a northerly direction along the run of said Willacoochee River to where said River intersects with New River; thence taking a northwesterly direction up and along the run of said New River to where said New River crosses the County line between the Counties of Berrien and Tift; thence westward along what is now the County line between said Counties of Berrien and Tift to where said County line crosses the run of the Little River; thence a southerly direction and southeasterly direction down and along the run of said Little River to where same reaches the County between the Coun- 
 
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ties of Lowndes and of Berrien ; thence eastward along said County line between the said Counties of Lowndes and Berrien to where. same crosses the run of said Willacoochee River, that being the starting 
point. 
 
That when said County is created, the County seat for the same shall be the Town of Adel, now in said County of Berrien; that if the above and foregoing amendment should be ratified by the people when the same is submitted to them for their ratification at thenext General Election after the adoption of the 
proposal to amend the Constitution, there shall be 
on the first Wednesday in December after the proposed amendment to the Constitution is adopted, an election for the County officers herein named in and 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 residing in said territory shall be qualified to vote at said election and Ordinary of Berrien County, the County in which said election percincts are located at the time of the adoption of this amendment, shall appoint the e~ection managers for such precincts, and the managers of the election shall on the day succeeding the election, meet at the City Hall in the Town of Adel, and consolidate the vote for the County officers, and the general laws now in force as to the consolidation of the votes, the returns of the elec- tion and the commission of officers sha;ll 1be applicable to officers elected at such special elections herein providefl for; that the officers to be elected at said 
 
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special election herein provided for, shall be an Ordinary, Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Coroner, County Surveyor and County Treasurer; that said officers shall be commissioned as now required by law, and all laws now in force in this State to commission officers and for bonds required of them shall be applicable to the offi- cers so elected; that the offieers so elected at said election shall hold their offices until the next general election for County officers throughout the State and until their successors are elected and qualified. The General Assembly is hereby given power to create any additional statutory offices in said County or stat'utory courts and to provide 1by law for filling said offices, any vacancies that may occur before the next general election in any of the offices created thus for said Count ymay be filled, as now provided by law. The said County of Cook shall be attached to the Eleventh Congressional District, the Southern Judicial Circuit, and the Sixth Senatorial DisJ trict, but it shall be in the power of tho General Assembly at any time to change the Judicial Circuit to which said County of C.ook is attached, and the said General Assembly of Georgia is hereby given power to change said County of Cook in arranging Congressional and Senatorial Districts, as is now provided 'by law. That the tSuperior Courts in said County of Cook shall be held on the first Mon, days in March and September of eaeh year, but it shall be within the power of the General Assembly at any time by law to change the time of holding Court and the number of terms thereof. That the Justices of the Peace and Constables residing in the territory 
 
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included within the new County of Cook shall exercise the duties and powe~s of their offices until new militia districts are laid out in said County of Cook, as now provided by law; that all 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 Cook whenever the same is created. That all of the general laws in this State in addition to the above having application to the statutory counties of this State are hereby made applicable to the said County of Cook, especially the law in reference to holding elections for the purpose of creating a deb( for said County; that when this amendment is adopted, the said County of Cook, so created by the adoption of .this amendment, shall become in all respects a statutory County, and shall be governed .by allla~s now in force in this State regulating County and County affairs. 
 
Sec. 2. The Governor is hereby required and directed, that when the 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 th~ Journals of each House with the ayes and nays "recorded as taken thereon, the Governor is hereby directed to cause the said proposed amendment to :be advertised in at least two ,papers in each Congressional District of this State at least two months before the next general election to be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1918, 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 said electors voting at said general elec 
 
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tion shall ratify this proposed amendment to the Constitution of this State by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly and voting at such election, said amendment shall become a part of the Constitution of Georgia when the fact is certified to the Governor by the Secretary of State that a majority of the qualified voters voting at said general election have votoo in favor of the adoption of said amendment to the Constitution of the State, and the Governor shall issue his proclamation to such effect. 
 
:Sec. 3. Be it furth~r enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the County shall have the right to create a debt for and on behalf of said County to defray the expenses of said County for the first year, without submitting the same to a vote of the qualified voters of said County. 
 
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the Legislature is hereby authorized to 
correct any mistake or mistakes, or inaccuracies that may occur, or may have oceurred, in reference to the line or lines of said proposed new County. 
 
Sec. 5. It shall .be the duty of the Governor to submit said proposed amendment in the following form: That those voting in favor of said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their tickets ''In favor of the ratification of the amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitution, State of Georgia, creating the County of Cook,'' and those opposed to the ratification of said amendment shall have written or printed on 
 
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their ticket ''Opposed to the ratification of the amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitution, State of Georgia, creating the County of Cook.'' 
 
 The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
The bill, involving a Constitutional amendment, the roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative ~ere Me!'ldrs.: 
 
Adams, of Tow.ns .Cheney 
 
A.kin 
 
Clarke 
 
Allen 
 
f1lements 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Clifton 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Coates 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Atkinson Austin 
 
' 
 
Collins, of Union Conger 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cook 
 
Bale 
 
Cooper 
 
Ballard, of Newton Cravey 
 
Bankston 
 
Cullars 
 
Barfield 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Davenport 
 
Barwick 
 
Davidson 
 
Beazley 
 
Davis 
 
Beck 
 
Dennard 
 
Bellah 
 
Dickey 
 
Blalock 
 
Dorris 
 
Bower 
 
Duncan 
 
Rowers 
 
Ellis 
 
Boyett 
 
Ennis' 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Eve 
 
Brown, of Houston Fowler, 
 
Burwell 
 
Frohock 
 
Carroll 
 
Gilmore 
 
Carter 
 
 Gordy 
 
Cuon 
 
Green 
 
Griffin Hagood Harden, of Banks Hardin of Glascock Harvin Horvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Holden Hollingsworth Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty Johnson, of Appling Jones, of Lowndes Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Habersham Kimsey, of White King Lankford Lawrence Lowe Matthews Mercier 
 
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Middleton Mock 
Moore Mulling McCall McCalla McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Pahiiour Pickett Pickren Pilcher 
 
Rainey Reece Reiser Roberts Shannon Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Stewart Stubbs Sumner Swint. Swords Tatum Taylor Trippe 
 
Turner Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth 
Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wylly Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Ayers Baldwin Ballard, of Columbia Barrett, of Pike Blasingame Booker Brooks Burch Burkhalter Buxton Chambers' Chupp 
 
Culpepper, of .Meriwether 
DuBose Foy Giddens Grantland Hogg Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson, of Bartow J one&, of Elbert Lanier Lasseter 
 
law Maynard Richardson Russell Sibley Steele Stovall Swift Timmerman Trammell Vincent Winn 
 
Those not voting were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Elbert Arnold, of Coweta Bond Brinson Gary Hall 
 
Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Wilkinson Mays Morris Reville 
Scott 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
Stone Stricklanll Veazey Wright, of Floytl Youmans 
 
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 134, nays 3'6. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The following calendar was fixed by the Rules Committee, under instructions of the House for this , afternoon's session: 
 
Calendar Thursday Afternoon Session, July 25th, '1918: 
 
House Bill No. 75-To authorize Walker County to refund money. 
 
House Bill No. 324-Regulating sale of gasoline from wagons. 
 
House Bill No. 140-Governing the selection of Jury Commissioners. 
 
House Bill No. 205--Anti-tipping bill. 
 
House Bill No. 202-N:otary Public fees. 
 
House Bill No. 258-Justice Peace fees. 
 
House Bill No. 251-Prohibit Trustees from profiting. 
 
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House Bill No. 254-Repealing Section 320 Code. 
 
House Bill No. 528-Regulating sale of fruit trees. 
 
House Bill No. 256-Prohibiting trespass at State Sanitarium. 
 
House Bill No. 348-Prohibit mutilation auto serial number. 
 
House Bill No. 678-Receiving stolen property from other State. 
 
House Bill No. 684--Regulating administrators' sales. 
 
House Bill.No. 693-Amending seduction laws'.. 
 
House Bill No. 697-Banks in Federal Reserve System. 
 
House Bill No. 711-Investment on Farm Loan Bonds. 
House Bill No. ~Veterinary practices. 
House Bill No. 772-Licenses for traveling mule traders. 
House Bill No. 377-Amend garnishment laws. 
House Bill No. 3'95--Disposal of Mortgage property. 
House Bill No. 406-Service of amended motion for new trial. 
 
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House Bill No. 544-Regulating contract sale of cotton. 
 
House Bill No. 297-Investment of trust funds. House Bill No. 301-Amending Normal School law. 
 
House Bitl No. H>S-Allowing Corporation to sell franchises. 
 
House Bill No.194-:Amending Old SoldiersJ Home Bill. 
 
House Bill No. 448-Wire fence cutting. 
 
House Bill No. 412-Dog muzzle law. House Bill No. 593~Dog license registration. 
 
House Bill No. 714-Regulating crop mortgages. 
 
House Bill No. 630-Fa]se merchandise statement. 
 
House Bill No. 760-Department of Archives. 
 
House Bill No. 823-Regulating :fisherment 's . license. 
House Bill No. 824-Repealing conflicting laws. 
House Bill No. 450-Protecting Island of Coast. 
House Bill NO. 33'9-Probation Officer. 
House Bill No. 706-Uniform syste~ for Cons'k. bles. 
 
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-Mr. Burwell of Hancock moved that the House convene at 9 o'clo"ck Friday morning, and the motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Worsham of Chattooga, Mr. Blasingame of Walton and Mr. Beck of Carroll. 
 
The Speake:.: announced the House adjourned until 8 o'clock P.M. 
 
3 O'Clock P.M. 
The House reconvened at this hour this afternoop. and was called to order by the Speaker. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 678 was ta'bled. 
The following bills and resolutions of the House were taken up as special orders and read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Harris of Walker- 
A resolution to authorize the County of Walker to refund money paid by T. J. Bandy. 
 
The report of the CommittQe, whic}). was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 
 
On .the passage of the resolution the ayes were 99, nays 0. 
 
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The resolution, having received the requisite con- 
 
stitutional majority, as passed. 
 
 
 
By Mr. Beck of CarrollA bill relative to the inspection of gasoline. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
on the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 3. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Lankford of Tooms- 
 
. A hill .to amend Code relative to appointment of 
 
Jury rev1sers. 
 
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The following substitute offered by the Committee was read and adopted: 
A BILL 
To be entitled an Act to amend Section 813' of the Penal Code of 1910, by inserting after the wocd ''appointed'' in line 4 of said .Section, the words, "upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said County,'' and by striking the last clause of said section, beginning with the words, ''the Judge'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ''it shall ,be the duty of the Judge to remove said Commissioners or either of them at any trme upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury of the County, in their discretion for cause, and appoint 
 
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successors for the unexpired term.in the same manne_r as original appointments are made, 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 Section 813 of the Penal Code of 1910 be amended by inserting after the word '' appointed'' in line 4 of said Section, the words, ''upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said County," and by striking the last clause of said section, beginning with the words, "the Judge," and inserting in lieu thereof the following, ''it shall be the duty of the Judge to remove said Commissioners, or either of them, at any tinie upon recommendation of the Grand Jury of the County, in their discretion, for cause, and appoint successors for the unexpired term in the same manner as original a.ppointments are made,'' so that said section when tlms amended shall read as follows: There shall be a Board of Jury Commissioners composed of six discreet persons w:ho are not practicing attorneys at law nor County officers, who shall hold their appointment for six years and who shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the Grand Jury of said County by the Judge of the Superior Court. On the .first appointment, two shall be appointed for two years, two for four years and ' two for six years, and their successors shall be appointed for six years. It shall be the duty of the Judge to remove said Commissioners, or either of them, at any time upon recommendation of the Grand Jury of the County, in their discretion, for cause, and 
appoint successors for .the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments are made, and 
 
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in the event of death or resignation of any commissioner the next Grand Jury convening shall recommend his successor, arid the Court shall appoint the party so recommended for the unexpired term. 
 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first Grand Jury in each County convening after the passage of this Act, shall make recommendation as provided herein, and the Judge of the Superior Court shall i:mniediately make ap~ pointment as Jlerein provided, and the term of said Commissioners now in office shall terminate, and the  term of their successors so nominated and appointed begin immediately upon said appointment, and the Judge of the Superior Courts in the several counties 
in the said State shall charge the Grand Jury in referenc~ to this dutjr. 
 
Sec. 4. Be it enacted hy 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 100, nays 3. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu- tional majority, was passed by substitute. 
 
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- 
A bill to amend Code Section 624 relative to fees of Notaries Public. 
 
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The following amendment was read and adopted. 
 
By Mr. Anderson of Jenkins- 
Amend House Bill No. 202 by adding new para~aph as follows: 
 
;Said Notaries Public shall keep complete record of all papers on which they enter a notice of protest, showing name of payee, names of all persons liable thereon, the amount of such paper and date of mailing notice of protest, and the Post Office of all persons on whom notice of protest is served, or to whom such notice is mailed. 
 
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 103', nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majorit~, was passed as amended. 
 
By Messrs. Burwell of Hancock and Pickett of TerrellA bill to prohibit the giving or receiving of" tips" 
in this State. 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Pickett of Terrell- 
Amend by adding the words, ''Common Carrier'' or ''sleeping car company'' after the word ''hotel'' in fourth line of Section l. 
 
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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 109, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Messrs. Haynes of Gordon and Austin of Murray- 
A bill to amend Sections 6002 and 6004 of Code of 1910 relative to fees of Justice of Peace. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was- agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 3. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin- 
A bill to prohibit Trustees of any State Institution to make any contract with the Trustees. 
The following Committee amendment was read and adopted: 
Committee amends Section 1 of the Act by inserting between the words "supplies" and "whereby" in the eighth line the words. "for suclt institution," and to further amend said Section 1 by inserting after the word "merchandise" and before the word "when" in the 17th line the following words, "for such institution." 
 
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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 114, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutiol}al majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Messrs. Ennis of Baldwin and Burwell of Hancock- 
A bill to repeal Section 320 of Code of 1910 relative to salary of Superintendent of State Sanitarium. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 85, nays 16. 
. The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
Mr. Ennis of Baldwin gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House recon~ider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 254. 
 
By Messrs. Wright .and Richardson of Houston and Wright of Jones- 
A bill to prohibit the sale of ~ny fruit or mit trees of certain kind with the intent to deceive the purchaser. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, :p.ays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- 
A hill to prevent trespass on the property of the Georgia State Sanitarium at Midway near Milledgeville, in Baldwin Comity, Georgia, and to provide punishment therefor, and for other purposes. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Bellah of HenryA bill to prohibit the defacing ol the serial number 
of any motor vehicle or gas vehicle. 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Chambers of Fayette-. 
Amend House Bill No. 348 by inserting after the word ''buys'' on first line of Section 1 the word ''steals.'' 
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 97, nays 0. 
 
The hill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. McCall of Brooks- 
A bill to amend Sections 379 and 380 of Penal Code relative to bastardy. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes 'Yere 74, nays 21. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was .lost. 
Mr. McCall of Brooks gav~ notice that he would at the proper time move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating House Bill No. 693. 
 
By Mr. Duncan of Douglas---' A bill to provide and define the reserves to be kept 
by banks chartered by this State who a.re or may become member!:! of the Federal Reserve System. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the .bill the ayes were 95, miys 2. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Chambers of Fayette- 
A bill to provide that Farm Loan Bonds issued under the Federal Loan Act shall be lawful investments of saving bank deposits. 
 
The report of the Commitee, which was favorable to the. passage of the bi. ll, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. -Palmour of Hall- 
A bill to amend Section 4028 relative to administrators' sales. 
 
On motion of Mr. Neill of Muscogee the bill was 
 
tabled. 
 
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By Mr. Brooks of MaconA bill to amend Section 2061 of the Civil Code rela- 
tive to veterinary examiners. 
On motion of Mr. Brooks of Macon the bill was tabled. 
The following bill of the Senate was read the third time: 
By Hr. Hopkins of the 7th DistrictA bill to prohibit the bringing into the State stolen 
property~ 
 
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'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 104, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
Mr. Beazley of Taliaferro moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Mercier of Madison and Mr. Woods of Elmanuel. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
FRIDAY, JuLY 26th, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o 'cloek A. M.; 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 House Bill No. 732 was withdrawn from Committee on County and County Matters and referred to Committee on Public Highways. House Bills Nos. 115, 689 and 804_ were taken from table. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported, the second time. 
4th. Passage of House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having a local application. 
 
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5th. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
 
The following bills and resolutions were read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
By Mr. Neill of Muscogee- 
A bill to empower the authorities of public schools where military training is in existence to require the cadet corps to wear uniforms. 
 
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to appropriate the sum of $7,500.00 for. purpose of building a dormitory at the Eleventh District Agricultural School. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Owen of Paulding- 
A bill to amend Section 867, Code of 1910, relative to drawing jurors. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham- 
A resolution to make Senate Bill No. 141 a special order. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
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By Mr. Middleton of Early- 
A bill to allow all persons who are now properly registered or w.ho shall register to vote in all elections to be held in and for the City of Blakely. 
 
Referred to Committee on Privileges- and Elections. 
 
By Mr. Pickett o~ TerrellA bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of 
Dawson. 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Walker .of PierceA hill to amend an Act establishing the City Court 
of Blackshear. 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Wylly of ChathamA bill to ame:r;td the several Acts incorporating the 
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
. By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District-A bill to provide for the execution and record of bonds for title. 
 
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
The following bill of the House favorably reported was read the second time. 
 
By Mr. Barrett of Whitfield- 
A bill to abolish the fee system existing in the Superior Courts of the Cherokee Judicial Qircuit, as applied to office of Solicitor Ge~eral. 
 
The following bill of the Senate favorably reported was read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st District- 
A bill to amend Section 639 of Irwin's Code relative to certain roads in several Counties in the State. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolutions and bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
No. 82. A resolution to authorize the Governor to enter into a contract in respect to litigation pending in the United States Supreme Court between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Co., et al. 
No. 91. A resolution to authorize the working of convicts upon the campus of the Georgia School of Technology. 
 
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No. 260. A bill to- authorize the Governor to appoint a sixth State depository in the City of Atlan~a. 
' 
Mr. Chambers of Fayette County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Public Highways have had :under consideration the following, Senate Bill No. 182, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
CHAMBERs, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter County, Chairman of the Com- 
 
mittee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following 
 
report: ' 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your ,Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same. back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 836. 
 
STEPHEN pACE, Chairman. 
 
The following message from the- Governor was read: 
 
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MESSAGE 
 
State of Georgia, Executive Department, 
 
Atlanta, Ga., July 10, 1918. 
Gentlemen of the General Assembly: 
It was suggested by Messrs. W. T. Anderson, J. J. Flynt and B. H. Hardy, members of the Board of Trustees of the Sixth District Agrieultural and Mechanical School, that a conference of the Trustees of the twelve Agricultural Schools might result in some suggestions which would prove beneficial to these institutions. Accordingly, I called such a conference on May eleventh of this year, the members of the Legislative Investigating Committee appointed at your last session being present also. 
 
At this conference the Chairmen of the twelve Boards of Trustees of these schools were organized into a permanent committee to supervise the interests, co-ordinate the work and make such .recommend~tions concerning these schools as may be wise. 
 
Attached hereto will be found copy of the report 
 
of this Committee, submitted to me by the Chairman 
 
thereof, and copy of a Bill; the passage of which 
 
they recommend, and on which I ask favorable ac- 
 
tion. 
 
 
 
There has been, in some of the Districts, a failureil for several years to hold meetings of the Boards. This Bill seeks to remedy this. 
 
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I understand that the report as submitted was adopted by the Committee with only one dissenting vote. 
 
I am decidedly of the opinion that it is not advisable now to establish other agricultural schools, and I do not believe there will be any justification for the creation of another such institution for many years. The State should devote its attention to the d~velopment and improvement of _the schools already in existence. 
 
I ask your consideration of one amendment to the bill suggested viz. : a provision giving the Standing Committee created at the meeting of May  eleventh, and from which this report comes, a LEGAL STATUS, and providing for the payment of such expenses as may be incurred by the several chairJ;Uen in attending at least one, and not more than three, meetings of that Committee during any one year. 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
Governor. 
 
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Atlanta, Ga., July 1, 1918. 
 
HoN. HuoH M. DoRSEY, 
 
Governor of Georgia and Chair:rp.an of Legislative Investigating Committee, Atlanta, Ga. 
 
DEAR rSrn: At the Conference held in the Senate Ohamber at the Capitol on May 11, between your Committee and the Trustees of the various State District Agricultural Schools, it was suggested -by your Committee that the Chairmen of each of the twelve (12) Boards of Trustees of these Schools should organize themselves into a permanent standing organization or committee to supervise the interests, and co-ordinate the workings of these Schools, and to make such ~ecommendations from time to time to the Governor and to the Legislature as the needs of this system of schools might call for. 
 
A temporary organization was at once effected at that conference of which the undersigned was elected temporary Chairman. At a subsequent meeting held in the State Capitol on June 1, 1918, at which all the twelve (12) District Schools were represented exc~pt the 3rd, a permanent Standing Committee for these Schools, composed of the Chairmen of each of the Twelve Boards of Trustees was created and organized, with Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, of Savannah, as Chairman, and Hon. Emmett Houser, of Fort Valley, as Secretary. A further meeting was held in Atlanta on July 1, 1918. 
 
At these meetings this Standing Committee took the following action and instructed me, as Chair- 
 
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man, to submit to your Legislative Investigating 
 
Committee the following recommendations touching 
 
these Schools, to be covered by an Act of the Gen- 
 
eral Assembly, to-wit: 
 
 
 
1. That these Schools be given a specific legal name or designation, and that they shall hereafter be known and designated as District Agricultural and Mechanical Schools, prefixed in each case by the numeral of the Agricultural District in which they are respectively located. 
2. That all the Counties in the State shall be regrouped into twelve (12) Agricultural Districts, one around each of these existing schools, in such manneJ: as to approximately place each of these existing Schools as nearly central to its District as practicable; and that the arrangement of the Districts shall be as follows, to-wit: 
1st Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Burke, Jenkins, Bulloch, Emanuel, Toombs, Tattnall, Candler, Evans, Screven, Effingham, Chatham, Bryan, Liberty and Mcintosh. 
2nd Agrimdtural District, to be composed of the Counties of Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Berrien, Lowndes, Brooks, Thomas, Colquitt, Worth, Turner, Mitchell, Grady, Decatur, Miller, Baker and Early. 
3rd Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Macon, Ste'Y"art, Webster, Sumter, Dooly, Crisp, Lee, Terrell, Randolph, Quitman, Clay, Calhoun and Dougherty. 
 
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4th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Harris, Meriwether, Troup, Heard, Coweta, Campbell, Douglas, Carroll. 
 
5th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Fulton, De:K!alb, Rockdale, Newton, W alton, Barrow, Gwinnett and Milton. 
 
6th Ag'Ticultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Fayette, Clayton, Henry, Spalding, Butts, Pike, Monroe, UJi)son, Talbot, Taylor, Crawford and Bibb. 
 
7th AgricuUural District, to be composed of the Counties of Haralson, Polk, Paulding, Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Floyd, Chattooga, Gordon, Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin, Murray, Whitfield, Catoosa, Walker and Dade. 
 
8th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Jones, Jasper, Putnam, Morgan, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Clarke, Madison and Elbert. 
 
9th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Forsyth, Hall, Jackson, Banks, Franklin, Hart, Stephens, Habersham, White, Lumpkin, Dawson, Union, Towns and Rabun. 
 
lOth Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Baldwin, Washington, Jefferson; Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, "\Yarren, McDuffie, Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln and Wilkes. 
 
llth Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Jeff Davis, Coffee, Clinch, Echols. Ap- 
 
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piing, Bacon, Ware, Wayne, Pierce, Charlton, Glynn and Camden. 
 
12th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson, Pulaski, Bleckley, Laurens, Johnson, Wilcox, Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler and Montgowery. 
 
Attached to this report on page eleven is a map showing the re-grouping of the Counties as above set forth and the location of each existing school. This re-grouping of the Counties is arranged not only for the purpose of placing each school as nearly central to its District as- practicable, but also as far as practicable with a view to the lines of rail com munication, so as to make access to any school as/ short, as economical, and as convenient as may be from each County of its District. In this way the expense to any school of having its Trustees travel to meetings at the school will be reduced to a minimum, and a great saving of money wi1l be secured to parents who wish to send their children to a school on whose board their own County is represented by a Trustee. As an illustration, take the three Counties of Marion, Muscogee and Chattahoochee, which under the proposed re-grouping have been transferred from the Carrollton School to the Americus School. The distance from any one of these Counties to Carrollton is three times as great as it is to Americus, while their rail connections to Americus are far more direct and frequent and far cheaper than to Carrollton. 
3. That the Board of Trustees for each School  
 
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shall consist of one member from each of 'the Counties of the Agricultural District in which the School is located; the term of office to be for six years, but 
subject to removal for cause by the Governor at any 
time. The Trustee to be appointed by the Governor, and the first appointment of new boards of trustees made after July 1, 1918, to be so arranged by the Governor as that each Board of Trustees may be made up of groups, as nearly equal as practicable, appointed for two, four and six years respectively; and thereafter aU subsequent appointments shall be either. for the balance of an unexpired term, in case of a vacancy, or for the full term of six years in case of succession to a fully expired term. 
 
4. That each Board of Trustees be required to hold the Annual Meeting of the Board at the School, and that any Trustee failing to attend without being excused by the Board shall forthwith be removed by the Governor; and that it shall be the duty of the Chairman or the Acting Chairman of the Board within ten days after such meeting to file with the Governor a list of all Trustees who were absent and not excused at the meeting. 
5. That meetings of the Board of Trustees, other than the Annual Meeting, may be held at any point. in the District; that the Trustees be permitted to appoint from their body such committees as they may deem necessary to handle the affairs of the School in the intervals between the meetings of the Board; and that they be authorized in their discretion to employ one of their members as Secretary at a salary of 
 
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not over One Hundred Dollars per annum, which shall include the cost of stationery, postage, etc. 
 
We also submit herewith the draft of a proposed Act to carry the foregoing five recommendations into effect. 
6. In conclusion, our . Standing Committee for these Schools call attention to the necessity for certain urgent needs of these Schools requiring Special Appropriations. In view of the exigencies of the war our Committee has reduced these items to those which are most urgent and the need for which is pressing: Heating Plants, estimated to cost $5,000; Shops and Tools, estimated to cost $3,500; and Laboratory Equipment, costing $300, a total of $8,800 e~Jch, are urgently needed by each of the following Schools, viz. : 1st District, 2nd District, 4th District, 5th District, 6th District, 7th District, 9th District, loth District and 11th District. The 8th District is in urgent need of $10,000 for a girls' dormitory, and the 12th District will be in immediate need of $5,000 with which to secure the necessary school equipment. We earnestly recommend and pray that the Legislature appropriate to each of these Schools the neces~ sary funds for these purposes. 
Respectfully submitted, 
. J. RANDOLPH ANDERSON' 
 
Chairman Standing Committee District Agricultural and Mechanical Schools. 
 
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A BILL 
 
To be entitled, An Act to fix the name and designation of the various District Agricultural Schools established under an Act approved August 18th, 1906, as amended by ari Act approved August 19th, 1911, and by an Act approved August 21st, 1917; to re-group the Counties of the State into twelve Agricultural Districts, one for each of  these Schools, as now established by law; to provide for .the appointment, removal, powers. and duties of their respective Boards of Trustees; 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 the twelve District Schools of Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts now established by law under the Acts approved August 18th, 1906, August 19th, ~911, and August 21st, 1917, shall hereafter be known and designated as District Agricultural and Mechanical Schools, prefixed in each case by the numeral of the Agricultural District in which they are respectively located. 
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all the Counties of the State shall be and they are hereby re-grouped into twelve (12) Agricultural Districts, one a~ound each of these existing schools, so as to place each school approximately as nearly central to its district as practicable; and that the arrangement of the Counties into such districts shall be as follows : 
1st Agrinultural Distric~, to be composed of the 
 
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Counties of Burke, Jenkins, Bulloch, Eimanuel, Toombs, Tattnall, Candler, Evans, Screven, Effingham, Chatham, Bryan, Liberty and Mcintosh. 
 
2nd Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Berrien, Lowndes, Brooks, Thomas, Colquitt, Worth, Turner, Mitchell, Grady, Decatur, Miller, Baker and Early. 
 
3rd Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Macon, Stewart, Webster, Sumter, Dooly, Crisp, Lee, Terrell> Randolph, Quitman, Clay, Calhoun and Dougherty. 
 
4th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Harris, Meriwether, Troup, Heard, Coweta, Campbell and Carroll. 
 
5th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Fulton, DeKalb, Rockdale, Newton, Walton, Barrow, Gwinnett and Milton. 
 
6th Agricultural District, to be- composed of the Counties of Fayette, Clayton, Henry, Spalding, Butts, Pike, Monroe, Upson, Talbot, Taylor, Crawford and Bibb. 
 
7th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Haralson, Polk, Paulding, Cobb, Cherokee, -Bartow, Floyd, Chattooga, Gordon, Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin, Murray, Whitfield, Catoosa, Walker and Dade. 
 
8th Agricultural District, to be composed of the 
 
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Counties of Jones, Jasper, Putnam, Morgan, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Clarke, Madison and Elbert. 
 
9th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Forsyth, Hal1, Banks, Jackson, Franklin, Hart, Stephens, .Habersham, White, Lumpkin, Dawson, Union, Towns and Rabun. 
 
lOth Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Baldwin, Washington, Jefferson, Glascoc;k, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, McDuffie, Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln and Wilkes. 
 
11th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Jeff Davis, Coffee, Clinch, Echols, Appling, Bacon, Ware, Wayne, Pierce, Charlton, 01ynn and Camden. 
 
12th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson, Pulaski, Bleckley, Laurens, Johnson, Wilcox, Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler and Montgomery. 
 
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Governor is authorized and directed to appoint a Board of Trustees for each school, consisting of one trustee from each County. in the respective Agricultural Districts above named, the term of office of such trustees to be six years, but subject to removal for cause by the Governor at any time. In. the making of the first appointments under this Act the appointments shall be so arranged by the Governor as that each Board of Trustees shall be made up of groups~ as nearly 
 
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equal as practicable, appointed for two, four and six years, respectively; and thereafter all subsequent appoi~tments shall be either for the balance of an unexpired term, in case of a vacancy, or for the full term of six years, in case of succession to a fully expired term as the case may be. 
 
Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that each Board of Trustees shall be required to hold its Annual Meeting of the School, and that any Trustee who fails to attend such am;tual meeting, without being excused by the Board, shall forthwith be removed by the Governor. It shall be the duty of the Chairman or Acting Chairman of the Board within ten days after such meeting to file with the Governor a list of all Trustees who were absent and not excused at the meeting. Meetings of the Boards of Trustees, other than the Annual Meeting, may be held at any point in the District. 
Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that such Boards of Trustees through their Chairmen shall have authority to appoint from their body such Committees as they may deem necessary to handle and manage the affairs of the School in the intervals between the meetings of the Board; and shall have authority in their discretion to employ one of their members as Secretary of the Board at a salary of not over One Hundred Dollars per annum, which shall cover and include the expense of stationery, postage, etc. 
 
Section 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,. that for their attendance on each meeting 
 
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of the Board or of any Comniittee the Trustees shall be allowed their actual railroad expenses by the nearest route and per diem of not over Four Dollars per day, the same to be paid out of the funds of the School. 
 
Section 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that. all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and they are hereby repealed. 
 
The following bill of the House was read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Reece of Gilmer- 
A bill to provide for abolishing the office of County Treasurer of Gilmer. 
 
The report of the ~Committee, which was favorable to the passage o.f the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite <'Onstitu-  tional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Merry of the 8th District- 
A bill to repeal an Act fixing dates for primary elections for Mitchell CQunty. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 101, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Beck of the 43'rd District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Supervisors for Murray County. 
 
'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 104, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
Mr. Ennis of Baldwin moved that the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 254. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. McCall of Brooks moved that the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 693. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock moved that the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of Senate Bill No. 19. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
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Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate BiH No. 116. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Under a special order the following bill. of the House was taken up for consideration. 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Bartow- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to levy of tax 
for school purposes. 
On mo.tion the bill went over as unfinished business. 
The following bill of the Seriate was taken up for consideration: 
By Messrs. Elders, Field and OliveA bill to regulate the compensation of Sheriffs of 
this State. 
 
The following substitute offered by Mr. 'Smith, of Fulton, and Williams, of Ware, was read and adopted: 
 
Substitute for Senate Bill No. 163: 
 
By Mr. Smith of Fulton and Williams of Ware- . 
A Bill to be entitled, An Act to amend Section 5997 of Parks' Civil Code of Georgia, by striking the figures $2.00 in the 4th line thereof, and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $3.00. By striking the figures 
 
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$1.25 in the 9th line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $2.00. By striking the figures $2.00 in the lOth line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $3.00. By striking the words ''juries'' in the 15th line thereof and substituting in lieu ther~ of the words ''each jury,'' and by adding after the word "Superior" in said line the words "or city" by adding after the words ''Superior" in the 39th line the words "or city" and by striking the words "Not .to exceed twenty days per annum'' in said line; and by striking the 39th line of said Section. And to amend Section 113'4 of Parks' Penal .Code of Georgia by striking the 4th Jines inclusive, and inserting in lieu thereof "For personal services rendered out of the County on official business authorized by the County authorities, $5.00." By striking the figures $2.00 in the 14th line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $3.00. By striking the figures $2.00 in the 15th line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $3.00. By striking the figures $1.00 in the 19th line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $2.00, 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 from and after the passage of this Act, Section 5997 of Parks' Civil Code of Georgia be, and the same is hereby amended as follows : By striking the figures $2.00 in the 4th line thereof, and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $3.00, so that said line when so amended shall read as follows: "For serving copy of process and returning original, per copy, $2.00." By striking the figures $1.25 in the 9th line thereof and substituting in 
 
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lieu thereof the figures $2.00, so that said line, when so amended, shall read as follows : ''For services in every case before a jury $2.00.'' By striking the figures $2.00 in the lOth line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $3.00, so that said line when so amended shall read as follows: ''For each levy in fi. fa, $3.00.'' By striking the word ''juries'' in the 15th line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the words "each jury," and by adding after the w"ord "Superior" in said line, the words "or city," so that s~id line when so amended shall read as follows: "For summoning each jury at each term of Superior or City Court, $10.00. '' By adding after the word "Superior" in the 3"9th line thereof the words "or City'' and by striking the words ''not to exceed twenty days per annum'' in said line, so that the said line when so amended shall read as follows: ''For attendance on Superior or City Courts, per day, $5.00," and " by striking the 39th line of said section which now reads as follows: ''For each day more than twenty, $2.00; and that Section 1134 of Parks' Penal Code of Georgia be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking the 4th to 7th lines of said s_ection, inclusive, which no~ reads as follows : ''For romoving prisoner by order of any' Court, and for bringing back fugitives from justice to the County where the crime was committed, to be paid out of the County treasury upon approval of the County Commissioners or Ordinary, per day, $2.00, and substituting in lieu thereof the foHowing: ''For personal services rendered out of the County on official business authorized by the County authorities, per day $5.00. '' By striking the figures $2.00 in the 14th line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $3.00, so that said 
 
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section when so amended shall read as follows: ''For executing a returning bench warrant, $3.00. '' By striking the figures $2.00 in the 15th line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $3.00, so that said line when so amended shall read as follows : ''For apprehending a person suspected, if committed or held to bail, $3'.00,'' and by striking the figures $1.00 in the 19th line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the figures $2.00, so that said line when so amended shall read as follows: ''For taking bonds in criminal cases, $2.00.'' 
 
Section 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: Amendment to Senate Bill No. 163: 
 
By Mr. Dorris of Crisp and Mr. Vincent of Pickens- 
Moves to amend by striking from the section auth..\rizing Sheriffs' services <mt of the County the figures $5.00 per day and substituting t4e sum nf $3.50 per day. 
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 122, nays 6. 
The bill, having received t_he requisite constitutional . majority, was passed by substitute as amended. 
 
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521 
 
The .following bill of the House 'Was taken up as a special order: 
 
By Mr. Brown of Clarke- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to pay of members of General Assembly. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
The bill, carrying a Constitutional amendment, the roll was called and the vote was. as follows : 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Towns Buxton 
 
Griffin 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Carter 
 
Hall 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Cason 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Chupp 
 
Harris 
 
Atkinson 
 
Clarke 
 
Hatcher 
 
Austin 
 
Clements 
 
Hayes 
 
Bagwell 
 
Clifton 
 
Holden 
 
Baldwin 
 
Collins of Cherokee Hollis 
 
Bale , 
 
Conger 
 
.Tohnson, of Appling 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Cook 
 
.Tones, of Coweta 
 
Bankston 
 
Cravey 
 
.Tones, of Elbert 
 
Barfield 
 
Cnlpepper, of Clinch .Tones, of Lowndes 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Cnlpepper, of M.eri- Jones, of W'ilkinson 
 
Barwiek 
 
wether 
 
Key 
 
Beazley 
 
Davidson 
 
Kelley 
 
Bellah 
 
Dennard 
 
Kidd 
 
Booker 
 
Dickey 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
Bowers 
 
Dopis 
 
aham 
 
Brinson 
 
DuBose 
 
King 
 
Brooks 
 
Ellis 
 
Lankford 
 
Brown, of Clarke Ennis 
 
Law 
 
Brown, of Houston Eve 
 
Lawrence 
 
Burch 
 
Frohoek 
 
Middleton 
 
Burkhalter Burwell 
 
Foy Green 
 
.Moek Mullins 
 
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McCall McCalla McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker 
Fi~kett 
?ilehor .aeiser Richardson 
 
Roberts Ru!'sell Sibley Smith, of Dade Staten Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Timmerman Trammell 
 
Trippe Turner Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn Wright, of Walton 
 
Those voting in t~e negative were Messra. : 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Ballard, of Newton Barrett, of Pike Blalock Bower Boyett Carroll Chambers Cheney Collins of Union Duncan Giddens Gordy 
 
Grantland Hardin of Glascock Haynes Hinson Hodges Hogg Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Kimsey, of White Lanier Lasseter Maynard Mays 
 
Moore Palmour Pickren Rainey Scott Steele Stewart Stovall Strickland Taylor White Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Jones 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Fowler, 
 
Akin 
 
Gary 
 
Allen 
 
Gilmore 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Hagood 
 
Ayers 
 
Harvin 
 
Beck 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Blasingame 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Bond 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Coates 
 
Lowe 
 
Cooper 
 
Matthews 
 
Cullars 
 
Mercier 
 
Davenport 
 
Morris 
 
Davis 
 
:teece 
 
Reville Shannon Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Stone Veazey Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Floyd Wyatt Wylly Youmans 
 
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523 
 
Ayes 109, nays 38. The roll call was verified. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 109, nays 38. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter gave notice that on Monday he would move that the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 784. 
Under a special order the following bill was taken 
up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. DuBose of Clarke and Swift of Muscogee- 
A bill to provide for a Public Service Corporation Tax Clerk. 
 
The bill, involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the "'W.bole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Chupp of DeKalb as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. 
 
The report of the Sommittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to. 
 
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The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Pickett of. Terrell- 
Amend by striking the figures $1,000.00 wherever they occur and substitute the figures $600.00. 
 
The bill, involving an appropriation, the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: 
 
Adams, of Towns Clarke 
 
Allen 
 
Clifton 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Collins of Cherokee 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Conger 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Cook 
 
Atkinson 
 
Cravey 
 
Austin 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Bagwell 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Baldwin 
 
wether 
 
BBaallelard,' of 
 
Columbia 
 
Dickey Dorris 
 
Barfield 
 
DuBose 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Duncan 
 
Barwick 
 
Ellis 
 
Blalock 
 
Frohock 
 
Booker 
 
Foy 
 
Bower 
 
Gidderut 
 
Bowers 
 
Gilmore 
 
Brinson 
 
Grantland 
 
Brown, of Clarke Green 
 
.Brown, of Houston Griffin 
 
Burch 
 
Hagood 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hall 
 
Burwell 
 
Harris 
 
Buxton 
 
Hayes 
 
Oarroll 
 
Holden 
 
Carter 
 
Hollis 
 
Cason 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Cheney 
 
. Johnson, of Appling 
 
Chupp 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Key Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham 
Kims'ey, of White King Lasseter Law Lawrence Maynard Mays Middleton Mock 
Moore Mullins McCrory McDonald Neill Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pilcher Rainey Reiser Hoberts Rossell 
 
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Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Staten Steele Stovall Strickland 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Tatum Trippe Turner Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Walker, of Bleckley .Valker, of Pierce Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, ct Worth W'right, of Jones Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs: 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes . Hardin of Glascock 
 
Ayers 
 
Hatcher 
 
Ballard, of Newton Haynes 
 
Boyett 
 
_Hinson 
 
Chambers 
 
Lanier 
 
Davenport 
 
Lankford 
 
McCall Scott Stewart Trammell Winn Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Fowlet,,. 
 
Akin 
 
Gary 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Gordy 
 
Bankston 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Harvin 
 
Beazley 
 
Hodgl"l! 
 
Beck 
 
Hogg 
 
Bellah 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Blasingame 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Boml 
 
thorp 
 
Brooks 
 
Johnson, -of Bartow 
 
Clements 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
CCl&tes 
 
Kelley 
 
Collins of Union 
 
Lowe 
 
Cooper 
 
Matthews 
 
Cullars 
 
Mercier 
 
Davidson 
 
Morris 
 
Davis 
 
McCalla 
 
Dennard 
 
Nesmith 
 
Ennis 
 
Pickren 
 
Eve 
 
Reel'c; 
 
Reville 
Riehartlson Shannon Smith, of Telfair Stone Stubbs Swords Taylor Timmerman Veazey Vincent White Williams, of Ware Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
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By unanimous consent verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 18. 
The bill, having received the .requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that when the House adjourns today it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
The following bill of the Honse was taken up as a special order: 
 
By Messrs. Brown and DuBose of Clarke and Law of Burke- 
A bill to fix salaries of Commissioner of Agriculture and other State House Officers. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
Mr. Bale of ],loyd moved. that the House do .now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
House Bill No. 653 went over as unfinished business. 
 
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Leave of absence was granted l\Ir.Johnson of .Bartow, Mr. Moore of Heard and Mr. Boyett of Stewart. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
MoNDAY, JuLv-29, 1918. 
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 answered to their names : 
 
Adams, of Towns BrolfJI, of Clarke 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Allen 
 
Burch 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Burkhalter 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Buxton 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Oarroll 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Carter 
 
Atkinson 
 
Cason 
 
Austin 
 
Chambers 
 
Ayers 
 
Cheney 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chupp 
 
Baldwin 
 
Clarke 
 
Bale 
 
Clements 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clifton 
 
Ballard, of Newton Coates 
 
Bankston 
 
Collins of Cherokee 
 
Barfield 
 
-Collins of Union 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Conger 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield cook 
 
Barwick 
 
Cooper 
 
Beazler 
 
Cravey 
 
Beck 
 
Cullars 
 
Bellah 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Blasingame 
 
wether 
 
Booker 
 
Davenport 
 
Bower 
 
Davidson 
 
Bowers 
 
Davis 
 
Boyett 
 
Dennard 
 
Brinson 
 
Dickey 
 
Brooks 
 
Dorris 
 
DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve 
Fowler, of Bibb Fowler, of Forsyth Frohoclt Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall 
Harden, of Banks Harden,,of Glascock ' Harris Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Hogg Holden Hollingsworth Hollil! 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
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Howard, of Ogle- 
 
:McCrory 
 
thorpe 
 
McDonald 
 
JohMon, of Appling Neill 
 
Johnson, of Bartow N~!BII).ith 
 
Jones, of Coweta -Owen 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Pace 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Parker 
 
Jones, of Wdlkinson Palmour 
 
Key 
 
?jekett 
 
Kelley 
 
1'1ekren 
 
Kidd 
 
Pilcher 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Rainey 
 
sham 
 
Reece 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Rt~iser 
 
King 
 
Reville 
 
Lanier 
 
Uich1trds'on 
 
Lankford 
 
Roberts 
 
Lasseter law 
 
Russell Scott. 
 
Lawrence 
 
Shannon 
 
Lowe 
 
Sibley 
 
Matthews 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Maynard 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Mays 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Mercier 
 
Staten 
 
Middleton 
 
Steele 
 
Moore 
 
Stewart 
 
Morris 
 
Stone 
 
Mullins 
 
Stovall 
 
McCall 
 
Strickland 
 
McCalla 
 
Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce White "Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, cf Worth Winn Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd "Wright, of Jones Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of proceedings of Friday, July 26th, 1918, was dispensed with. 
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 358 was withdrawn from Committee on Insurance and referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1. 
By unanitnous consent the following was estab- 
 
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lished as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported the second time. 
4th. Passage of House and Senate local bills and Senate general bills having a local application. 
5th. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read first time and referred to Committees: 
By Mr. Hayes of StephensA bill to prescribe the manner of .holding primary 
elections in Stephens County. 
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections. 
By Messrs. Arnold of Lumpkin and Ellis of TiftA bill relating to venereal diseases. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
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By Messrs Bale of Floyd and Ellis of TiftA bill for the prevention of blindness. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. l. 
 
By Mr. Arnold 6f LumpkinA bill for the prevention of blindness. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
By Mr. Clifton of LeeA bill to designate all roads over which the mails 
are now or may hereafter be carried as public roa4s. 
Referred to Committee on Public Highways. 
 
By Mr. Baldw.in of Talbot- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Talbot County. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper, Williams, Beck and others- 
A bill to abolish the fee system now _existing in the' office of Solicitor General of the Coweta Judicial Circuit. 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
. 
By Messrs. Eve, Lawrence and Wylly of ChathamA bill to require lot owners in villages and towns 
 
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to bear their proportionate part in maintaining division fences. 
 
Referred to General Agricultural Committee No. 2. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams .of Meriwether- . 
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Greenville. 
 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham- 
A resolution to authorize the purchase of the portrait of Hugh McCall; to appropriate money for purchase thereof. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin- 
A resolution for the relief of Mrs. Tatinia Guerrin  of Lumpkin County. 
 
Referred to Committee on Pensions. 
 
By Mr. Conger of Decatur- 
A resolution to place Senate Bill No. 104 on the calendar.  
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
By Mr. White of Fulton- 
Aresolution to pay Armory rent for several Na- 
tional Guard organizations. 
 
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Referred to Committee. on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
 
A bill to establish the City Court of Douglas, Cof- 
 
fee County. 
 
 
 
Referr~d to Special Judiciary Committee. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the r~quisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
 
No. 197. A bill to prevent the shipment or movement of tick-infested cattle into, within or through the State of Georgia. 
 
No. 252. A bill to amend an act to propose to the qualified _electors of this State an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Articte 11 of the Constitution of Georgia; 
 
 The Senate bas passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the House, to-wit: 
 
. No. 3'5. A resolution to provide funds for supply ing copies of State Constitutions for the State Libra rian. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatphey, the Secretary t~ereof ~ 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate insists on its action and asks for a conference committee upon the differences of the two houses upon the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 62. A bill to enable persons qualified to vote in any election in this 1State who are required by their duties to be absent from the County of their, ~esi dence, to vote in any election, and for other purposes. 
 
The President of the Senate has appOinted as members of the Conference Committee: 
Messrs. Andrews, Heath and Logan. 
 
The Speaker has appointed the following Confer- ence Committee on the part of t~e House on House 
Bill No. 62 : 
Messrs. Bale of Floyd, 
Beazley of Taliaferro, 
Palmour of Hall. 
 
Mr. Dickey of Crawford County, _Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, has sub- . mitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the Se.Jlate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to 
 
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report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
Senate Bill No. 232. 
 
DicKEY, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House B11l No. 839. 
 
House Bill No. 835, do pass by substitute. HALL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. WilJiams of Wayne 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 fo1lowing bill of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
Senate Bill No. 206. 
VoLNEY WILLIAMS, 
Chairman. 
 
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~Phe following bills of the House favorably reported were read the second time: , 
 
By Messrs. Swords of Morgan and Davidson of Putnam- 
A bill to appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 for the purpose of building and equipping a dormitory for girls on the campus of the Eighth District Agricultural and Mechanical School. 
 
By Messrs. Staten of Lowndes and clements of Irwin- 
A bill to appropriate $4',000.00 to pay a deficiency in the appropriation for hog cholera control. 
 
The following bills of the Senate favorably re ported were read the second time. 
 
By Messrs. Duke and Dickerson of the 1st and 6th Districts- 
A bill to amend Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution relative tosalary of Judges of Superior Courts. 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Bridges and Board of Finance for Hart County. 
 
The following, bill of the House was read the third time:  
 
By Mr. Barrett of WhitfieldA bill to abolish the fee system now existing in the 
 
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Superior Court of the Cherokee Judicial Circuit as to Solicitor General's office. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 0. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time : 
 
By Mr. Edwards of the 32nd District- 
A resolution to authorize the Governor to enter into a contract in respect to litigation pending in tlle United States Supreme Court between the State of Georgia and Tennessee Copper Co. 
. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District~ 
A resolution authorizing the working of convicts on the campus of the School of Technology. 
 
Referred to Committee on Penitentiary. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th DistrictA bill to authorize the Governor to appoint a sixth 
State Depository in the City of Atlanta. 
Referred to Committee on Banks and .Banking. 
 
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Mr. Pace of Sumter :noved tha.t the Hones reconsider its action in defeating the passage pf House Bill No. 184. 
 
The motion prevai.led. 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that the House have an afternoon session this afternoon and Tuesday afternoon. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The following resolution was read: 
 
By Mr. Jones of CowetaA resolution fixing calendar for this afternoon's 
session and Tuesday afternoon. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
Mr. Jones of Coweta, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules having under considera- 
tion House Resolution No. 215 instruct me as their Vice Chairman, to report the same back with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
GARLAND M. JONES, 
Vice Chairman. 
The following resolution was read: 
 
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By Mr. Jones of Coweta- 
A resolution fixing the calendar for this afternoon_ and Tuesday afternoon's Session. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to. 
 
On the adoption of the resolution the ayes were 98, nays 0. 
 
~he resolution was adopted. 
 
Under the order of unfinished business .the following bill was taken up for consideration. 
 
By Messrs. Brown and DuBose of Clarke and Law of Burke- 
A bill to fix the salaries of Commissioner of Agriculture and other 1State House Officers. 
 
On motion of Mr. Stewart of Coffee oonsideratioii of the bill was postponed until Thursday, August 1st, 1918, immediately after unanimous consents. 
 
By unanimous consent 200 copies of substitute and amendments to House Bill No. 653 were ordered printed for use of members of the House. 
 
By unanimous consent consideration of House 
 
Bill No. 673 was postponed until Tuesday, July 30, 
 
1918. 
 
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T.he following bill of the Senate was taken up as a special order : 
 
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By Messrs. Skelton, Hopkins and Beck, et aL- 
A bill to amend Section 173 of Vol 1 of Code of Georgia as to salary of Assistant State Librarian. 
 
The bill was read the third time. - 
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved the previous question, and the motion prevailed. The main question was ordered. 
 
The report of the Committ~e, which was favorable 
 
to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
 
 
Mr. Boyett of Stewart was excused from voting. 
 
Mr. Wright of Floyd called for the ayes and nays on the bill and the call was sustained. 
 
T.he roll was called and the vote was as follows : 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were )fessr:::;.: 
 
Akin 
 
Brinson 
 
Culpepper, Meri 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Brown, of Clarke 
 
wether 
 
Bagwell 
 
Burch 
 
Davidson 
 
Bale 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Dennard 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Cason 
 
Dickey 
 
Ballard, of Newton Chambers 
 
Dorris 
 
Barfield 
 
Cheney 
 
DuBose 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Chupp_ 
 
Duncan 
 
Barwick 
 
Clarke 
 
Ellis 
 
Beazley 
 
Clements 
 
Eve 
 
Beck 
 
Clifton 
 
Fowler, 
 
Blalock 
 
Coates 
 
Frohock 
 
Blasingame 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Foy 
 
Booker 
 
Conger 
 
Gilmore 
 
Bower 
 
Cravey 
 
Green 
 
Bowers 
 
Culpepper, nf Clinch Hagood 
 
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Harden, of Banks Hatcher 
Hayes Hinson Hogg Holden Hollingsworth Hollis Howard, of Liberty 
Johnson, of Appling J obnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham KiiDSey, of White King law Lawrenee 
 
Mercier Mock 
Mullins McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker T'almour Pickett P1lrher I'ainey Richarclson Roberts RusSE'li Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton 
 
Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Tatum Taylor Trippe Vincent Walker, of Pierce Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Worth Winr, Woody Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs: 
 
Arnold, of coweta Austin Ayers Baldwin Barrett,. of Pike Bellah Carroll Carter Cook Gilmore 
 
Davenport Giddens Gordy Grantland Hardin, of Glasscock Haynes Hodges Lanier Lankford Lasseter 
 
McCall Reiser Scott Swint Swords Trammell Walker, of Ben Hill Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd W!right, of Jones 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
AdaiDS, of Elbert Atkinll,n 
 
Adams, of Towns Bankston 
 
Allen 
 
Bond 
 
Anderson, of Jen- Boyett 
 
kins 
 
Brooks 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Brown, of Houston 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Buxton 
 
Cooper Cullars Davis Ennis Griffin Hall Harris 
 
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Harvin Howard, of Ogle 
thorpe Jones, of Lowndes Jones, of W'ilkinson Key Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays 
 
:M:iddleto Moore Morris MeCalla J'ielnen Reeee Reville Smith, of Telfair Timmerman Turner 
 
Veazey Walker, of Bleekley White Williams, of Ware Woods' Worsham Wright, of Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
On the p~sage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 30. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
The following bill of the House as taken up for 
consideration~ 
 
By Mr. Burwell of Hancock-  A bill to provide for a Department of Archives of 
the State. 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved the previous question on the adoption of the amendment. The motion prevailed. The main question was ordered. 
 
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved that the House do now adjourn. The motion prevailed. 
 
House Bill No. 760 went over as unfinished business. 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock P.M. 
 
  
 
MoNDAY, JuLY 29, 1918. 
 
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AFTERNOON SESSION. 
 
3 O'Clock P. M. 
 
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
Adams, of Towns rrown, of . Clarke 
 
Akin 
 
~rown, of Houston 
 
Allen 
 
Burch 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins , Burkhalter 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Buxton 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Carroll 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Carter 
 
Atkinson 
 
Cason 
 
Austin 
 
Chambers 
 
Ayers 
 
Cheney 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chupp 
 
Baldwin 
 
Clarke 
 
Bale , 
 
Clements 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clifton 
 
Ballard, of Newton Coates 
 
Bankston 
 
Collins of Cherokee 
 
Barfield 
 
Coll~ns of Union 
 
Barrett, of. Pike 
 
Conger 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Cook 
 
Barwick 
 
Cooper 
 
Beazley 
 
Cravey 
 
Beck 
 
Cullars 
 
Bellah 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Blasinl!lll'l8 
 
wether 
 
Booker 
 
Davenport 
 
Bower 
 
Davidson 
 
Bowers 
 
Davis 
 
Bo~tt 
 
Dennard 
 
Brinson 
 
Diekey 
 
BrookB 
 
Dorris 
 
DuBose Dunean Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, of Bibb Fowler, of Forsyt.h Frohock Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin, of Glasscock Harris Harvin Hatcher 
Hayes Haynes Hinson 
Hodvc~ HJ~g 
Holden Hollingsworth Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
  
 
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Howard, of Oglethorp 
.TohDSon, of Appling .Tohnson, of Bartow .Tones, of Coweta .Jones, of Elbert .Tones, of Lowndes .Tones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter l&w Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock 
Moore Mullins McCall McCalla McCrory 
 
McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville 
Rich:uds'on Roberts Russell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Ste_wart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner 
 
Swift , Swint Swords Tatum Taylor .Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Ve11zey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, cf Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of. Floyd 'Wright, of .Tones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
Under the order of unfinished business the followi~g bill of the House was taken up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. Burwell of HancockA bill to provide a Department of Archives. 
 
The following amendment offered by the Committee was adopted: 
 
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Committee amendment to House Bill No. 760 as follows: 
 
1. Amend Section 5, Paragraph 3, by striking from the end of said paragraph the words, ''and a continuing appropriation for said annual salary is hereby made.'' 
 
2. Strike Section 8 of said bill and substitute in lieu thereof as follows : ''All printing of blanks, circulars, notices, or forms, which may be needed for the use of said department, and all official compilations, reports, etc., shall be printed under the authorities in control of the public printing of the. said State and shall be paid for as other printing of the State." 
 
Mr. Beek of Carroll moved the previous question on the bill as amended, and the motion prevailed. The main question was ordered. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock called for the ayes and nays on the passage of the hill, and the call was sustained. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. 
 
Akin 
 
Beazley 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Beck 
 
Ayers 
 
Brinson 
 
Bagwell 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Burch 
 
Barfield 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Barwick 
 
Burwell 
 
Cason Chambers Clements Clifton Coates Collins, of Cherokee Conger 
 
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Cravey Culpepper, of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davenport Davidson Davis Dennard Dickey Dorris DuBose Ellis Eve Frohock Gilmore Green Harden, of Banks Holden 
 
Hollingsworth Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty Key Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham King Lankford Law Lawrence Mock 
Moore Mullins McCalla McCrory M,cDonald Neill 
 
Pace Parker Palmour Pickren Pilcher Rainey Shannon Smith, of Dade Smith, of Telfair Staten Strickland Stubbs Swift Tatum Williams, of Worth Woody Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative ~ere Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Towns Grantland 
 
Austin 
 
Hagood 
 
Baldwin 
 
Hardin of Glascock 
 
Ballard, of ]'{ewt~n Hatcher 
 
Bankston 
 
Hayes 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Haynes 
 
Bellah 
 
lriDBon 
 
Blasingame 
 
Hodges 
 
Booker 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Bower 
 
' Jones, of Coweta 
 
Boyett 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Brooks 
 
Kelley 
 
Cheney 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
_ Chupp 
 
Lasseter 
 
Cook 
 
Maynard 
 
Cooper 
 
Mays 
 
Duncan 
 
Mercier 
 
Foy 
 
McCall 
 
Giddens 
 
Nesmith 
 
Gordy 
 
Owen 
 
l:'iekett Reece Reiser Riehnrlson Russell Scott Steele Stone Swint Swords Taylor Trammell WBiker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Pierce Williams, of Meri- 
wether Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, _of Jones 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Allen 
 
:Anderson, of Jenkins 
 
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Anderson, of Wilkes Gary 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Griffin 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Hall 
 
Atkinson 
 
Harris 
 
Bale 
 
Harvin 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Hogg 
 
Blalock 
 
Howard, of Ogle 
 
Bond 
 
thorpe 
 
Bowers Brown, of Honston Buxton 
 
Joh118'on, of Appling 
- Jones, of Elbert 
J onf'S. or t..owndes 
 
Oarroll 
 
lanier 
 
Carter 
 
Lowe 
 
Clarke 
 
Matthews 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Middleton 
 
Cullars 
 
Reville 
 
Ennis 
 
Roberts 
 
Fowler, 
 
Sibley 
 
Smith, of Fulton Stewart Stovall Sumner Timmerman Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Blackley White Williams, of Ware Winn Woods Worsham Wright, of Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 72, nays 58. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 760. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved that individual speeches on bills for consideration at afternoon session be limited to five minutes. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The following bills of the House were taken up as a special order : 
 
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By Mr. Brooks of Macon and Mr. Pace of Sumter_:_ 
A bill to require all persons who travel from County to County and trade in mules or horses to pay a license. 
 
The bill was read the third time . 
 
The report 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 12. 
 
The hill, having received the requisite eonstitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Law of Burke- 
A bill to amend !Sections 5268 and 5269 of Code of 1910 relative to garnishment. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
Amend Section 1 of Bill No. 377 by adding between the words, ''recover'' and ''in'' in line 10 of said section, the following words, "by the plaintiff." 
 
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 85, nays 11. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost as amended. 
By Mr. Brooks of MaconA bill to amend Section 2061 relative to Board of 
Veterinary Examiners. 
 
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The bill was read the third time. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Sibley of Greene- 
Amend by inserting in second paragraph between the words "on" and "August" the following, "for three consecutive years prior to." 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 
29. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Winn of Hart and Mr. Reville of Richmond. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
TuESDAY, JuLY 30, 1918. 
 
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, of Towns Brooks 
 
Dickey 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Clarke Dorris 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Honston DuBose 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Burch 
 
Duncan 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burkhalter 
 
Ellis 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burwell 
 
Ennis 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Buxton 
 
Eve 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Carroll 
 
Fowler, 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carter 
 
"Frohock 
 
Austin 
 
Cason 
 
Foy 
 
Ayers 
 
Chambers 
 
Gary 
 
Bagwell 
 
.Cheney 
 
Giddens 
 
Baldwin 
 
Chupp 
 
Gilmore 
 
Bale 
 
Clarke 
 
Gordy 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clements 
 
Grantland 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clifton 
 
Green 
 
Bankston 
 
Coates 
 
Griffin 
 
Barfield 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hagood 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Hall 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Conger 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Barwick 
 
Cook 
 
Harden, of Glascock 
 
Beazley 
 
Cooper 
 
Harris 
 
Beck 
 
Cravey 
 
Harvin 
 
Bellah 
 
Cullars 
 
Hatcher 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Hayes 
 
Blasingame 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Haynes 
 
Booker 
 
wether 
 
Hinson 
 
Bower 
 
Davenport 
 
Hodges 
 
Bowers 
 
Davidson 
 
H(gg 
 
Boyett 
 
Davis 
 
Holden 
 
Brinson 
 
Dennard 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
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Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe .Johnson, of Appling .Tohnson, of Bartow .Tones, of Coweta .Tones, of Elbert .Tones, of Lowndes .Tones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter l..aw Lawrenee Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock 
Moore 
 
McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour F1ckett Pickren Pilehe1 Rainey Rcele Reiser Reville Richardson Roberts Russell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Slnith, of Fulton Slnith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland 
 
Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Merl- 
wether Williams, of Ware Willi!Uils, of Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of .Tones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wy:lly Youmans 
 
Mullins 
 
Stubbe 
 
Mr. Speaker 
 
McCall 
 
Sumner 
 
By unanimous consent the readi~g of the J ourpal 
 
of yesterday's session was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes' period of unanimous consents: 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
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3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and Senate general bills having a local application. 
 
5th. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
 
The following bills a,nd resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to appropriate $8,000_.00 for compiling State Records. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Gihnore of Turner- 
A bill to repeal an act to create a Board of Com- 
missioners of Roads and Revenues for Turner County. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Kimzey of HabershamA bill to amend Charter of Cornelia. 
 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
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By Mr. Bellah of HenryA bill to amend Charter of City of McDonough. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Ellis of Tift- 
A bill to appropriate five thousand dollars for the purpose of equipping and installing a heating plant in the Academic Building of Second Agricultural and Mechanical Schools. 
 
Referred to Comillittee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Cook of Miller- 
Abill to amend an act incorporating the City of Colquitt. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. White of Fulton and Mr. Ellis of Tift- 
A bill to create a reformatory for women above the age of eighteen years. 
 
Referred to Committee on Reformatories. 
 
By Mr. Arnold of LumpkinA bill to amend an act providing for a Board of 
Trustees of North Georgia Agricultural College. 
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branch~s. 
 
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By Messrs. Holder of Jackson, DuBo~e and Brown of Clarke- 
A bill to make the President of the Alumni Society of the University of Georgia ex-officio a member of Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia~ 
 
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. 
 
By Mr. Grantland of SpaldingA bill to amend the Charter of City of Griffin. 
 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Messrs. Barfield of Bibb and Ellis of Tift- 
A bill to penalize those who solicit for the purpose of prostitution. 
 
Referred to Committee on State of the Republic.- 
 
By Mr. Smith of Fulton- 
A resolution to authorize the Governor to employ counsel to represent the State in recovering its interest in any public lands. 
 
Referred to Committee on State of the Republic. 
 
By Mr. Scott of Johnson- 
A bill to amend Constitution, Section 7, Paragraph 2, relative to jurisdiction of justice of peace. 
 
Referred to Committee on .Amendments to Constitution. 
 
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By Mr. Cason of Bryan- 
A resolution to make Senate Bill No. 86 a special order. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
July 30, 1918. 
The following message was received from his Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Nelms: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to your honorable body a communication in writing, to which he respectfully invites your attention. 
 
The following communication from the Governor was read: 
 
MESSAGE 
STATE OF GEORGIA, 
Executive Department. 
Atlanta, August 10, 1918. 
Gentlemen of the General Assembly: There are three matters to 'Y"hich you are now de 
voting earnest thought of such importance that it is deemed advisable to address you this special message concerning them.  
 
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FINANCES. 
As to one-the State's finances-the status of your work pres.ents a situation that apparently de. mands a frank expression of my views. 
It is anticipated also that a full and accurate statement of the condition of the State's financial affairs may be helpful, if not to all, certainly to those of your Honorable Body who, in the multitude of matters with which you have dealt at this session, may not have had the opportunity to acquire a de tailed and definite knowledge of the subject. 
This tabulated statement followmg will visualize the situation that must inevitably confront us the first of next year, unless of course, the anticipated revenues, which are liberally estimated, should far exceed present expectations: 
Appropriations for 1917 carried in the General Appropriations Bill of 1916 and Special Appropriations Bills in 1917- unpaid August 1, 1918________$ 149,268.51  
Appropriations for the year 1918 carried in the General Appropriations Bill of 1917 and Special Bills of 1917 Pnpaid .August 1, 1918 ------------ 4,538,410.01 
Deficiency appropriations carried in the General Appropriations Bill of 1918, to lJC paid in 1918____________ 195,000.00 
Temporary loan and interest due September 15, 1918 ------------------ 204,500.00 
 
'I'otal ,_________________ .:_ __________$5,087,178.52 
 
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Balance in treasury August 1, 1918 _________$ 132,958.53 
 
Estimatecl income August 1st to Jan 1, 1919, based on income for same period of 1917, including $70,000,000.00 increase in taxable values as now estimated by the Comptroller General __ 3,315,611.00 
 
Total ----------------$3,448,569.53 Deficiency January 1, 1919 __________$1,63'8,608.!J9 
 
.Some word of explanation concerning the foregoing is necess~ry : 
In order to pay our Confederate Veterans their pensions in full, it was necessary to negotiate the loan set out i11 the fourth paragraph. The interest charged, which will be borne by the State, is very reasonable and no difficulty was found in placing the loan. 
A contract as authorized under the law passed several years ago was made whereby $2,000,000.00 of school warrants have been used in order to pay .our school teachers for 1918. This method of an-i ticipating taxes-which is something akin to kiting -is accomplished at a high rate of discount to the already poorly paid teachers of Georgia and should be discontinued. The 1918 contract was hard to obtain at any rate of discount, due to unsettled conditions growing out of the war, and but for the 
 
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state interest and pride of some of our Georgia bankers, it is very probable that the warrants could not have been disposed of at all. It is unnecessary to / discuss the advisability of making prompt provision to avert the embarrassment that will inevitably eventuate if this practice is not discontinued. Tl1 amount of warrants annually discounted should ce1 tainly not 1be increased and immediate steps should be taken looking toward the balancing of this item on the State's books. 
 
The foregoing explanations are necessary to a complete understanding of the present situation and methods of state finandng. This method has  been in vogue since the passage of the Act of August 13, 1915, to be found in Georgia Laws of that year at page 56. 
The following table shows the differences ~xisting. between appropriations and revenues for the years 1913 to 1917, inclusive: 
 
1914, unpaid balances Jan. 1st ------$1,607,431.39 
 
. .:_ 
 
Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1914 ______ 709,625.25 
 
 Deficiency ------------------------$ 897,806.14 1915, unpaid balances Jan. 1st _______$1,901,702.07 Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1915______ 787,4'55.88 
 
..Deficiency ------------------------$1,114,246.19 1916, unpaid balances Jan. 1st -.--,----$2,257,361.73 
 
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Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1916 ______ 842,799.02 
 
Deficiency ________________________$1,414,562.64 1917, unpaid balances Jan. 1st _______$2,627,631.43 
 
Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1917 ______ 1,386,135.42 
 
Deficiency ------------------------$1,241,496.01 1918, unpaid balances Jan. 1st _______$2,812,640.43' 
Balance in treasury Jan.l, 1918 ------ 1,459,331.18 
 
Defieiency ------------------------$1,353,309.25 
A deficiency for 1918, as shown in the table first given, is estimated to be $1,63'8,608.99. 
The General Appropriations Bill for the year 1919, passed by the House Monday last, carries appropriations aggregating $8,780,113.45. There are special bills pending which will probably pass aggregating $590,000.00. These sums together make a total of $9,370,113.45, and an increase over 1918 appropriations of $2,062,763.45. This ex<!ess added to the deficiency of 1918 will make a total deficiency at the close of the year 1919 of $3,701,372.44. 
It is seen by an examination of the figures above given that while your predecessors and you have taken no steps to increase, through the medium of a general revenue law, the income of the state, both have incurred heavy obligations. If the measure proposed by that branch of your Honorable Body empowered to originate appropriations is adopted, 
 
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you place Georgia in a worse condition by $2,286,809.80 than any previous General Assembly, certainly during the years for which comparison is instituted in the above tables. The deficit which you helped to create by your legislation in 1917, amounting to $1,638,608.99, is large enough and should not, it is respectfully submitted, be materially increased at this present session. To permit this rondition to exist is unbusinesslike, and to materially increase the deficit would spell INEFFICIENCY in capital letters. I cannot believe, until it is an accomplished fact, that you are willing to bring about this condition. 
 
Some of your body defend excessive appropriations by declaring their expectations to be that at an Extraordinary Hession, which they expect to follow the passage of a bill providing for lavish expenditures, adequate revenue legislation will 'be enacted. There is little reason to expect that a body which has so consistently rejected all proposals for increasing the State's revenue at its regular session would entertain different views at any Extraordinary Session, but it is respectfully submitted that for no reason imaginable can it be either wise or proper for you to dispose of this matter by the enactment of legislation imposing upon the State House officers who are chargeable with financing the State, the impossibility of paying money appropriated where no adequate revenue for that purpose is provided. 
 
I quite understand the sentiment among the people against increasing their burdens by increased 
 
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taxation, and I understand your desire to gratify the demand of the State's institutions for increased expenditures, but suggest that itis impossible to safely undertake to ''ride two steeds g>ing m opposite directions" and remind you that it is your Jnty, as sworn trustees of the State'A business interests, to harmonize your expenditures with the anticipated 
income of the .State. 
 
HIGHWAYS. 
In my .annual message of July 3 it was recommended that Georgia be given a Highway Commission charged solely with the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, and attention was called to the need for State funds for this purpose. 
 
While it is now apparent that nothing can possibly be done toward the creation of such a department as was suggested, it is still very probable that provision can be made whereby State funds can Le applied to this end. 
 
Everyone must admit the advantages to be de- 
 
rived from-good roads. They save stock, machinery 
 
_ and time; increase property values ; promote social 
 
life, and lead to community co-operation, ospecially 
 
in the establishment and maintenance of schools thereby making it possible for fewer schools to' 
 
serve a larger number of people and to better ad- 
 
vantage. 
 
 
 
~eorgia, out of $800,000.00 of Federal money w~1~h has been available since July 1st, 1916, has nbhzed only $8,000.00 in the construction ofroads. 
 
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It is apparent without argument that there must be something radically wrong with a system which will enahle a State to avail itself of only 1 per cent. of such a gift. 
 
I submit that one of the two bills now pending, either of which will' meet the requirements of the Federal Government in the provision of State funds, should be immediately enacted into law. 
 
PuBLIC HEALTH AND MoRALS. 
There are now pending several bills involving public health and morals which have been acted upon favorably by the committees to which they have been referred, and which . should be enacted into law. From the standpoint of the puhlic health and morals of our civilians this should be done, and aiso because their enactment is desired and requested by the Federal Authorities charged with protecting the health and morals of the young men now stationed at the cantonments and camps within our State. 
I refer to the bill looking to the control and suppression of venereal diseases ; the hill penalizing those who solicit for the purpose of prostitution and those who transport persons for thi~ purpose. 
It was recommended in my genera) message that the State Tu'berculosis Sanatorium at Alto be placed under the control of the State Board of Healtli. This I trust can be done. I also hope your body will pass the bill amending the Tuberculosis S:matoriuru 
Law of 1910 so as to permit cities of 15,000 to estab- 
lish Tuberculosis Sanatora. 
 
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I eannot too strongly urge the passage of the bill looking to the prevention of blindness nmong children. Georgia expended this year $9,000.00, or $300.00 per child, for the care of blind children, wthose affliction could have been p:.::evented by the application of a simple and inexpensive remedy which this bill seeks to have administered by thos~  officiating at childbirth. 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
Governor of Georgia. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolutions of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
No. 77. A resolution to provide for a joint committee to investigate the advisability of the sale of the ''State Farm.'' 
 
No. 86. A resolution for the relief of C. H. Dick- 
 
erson, tax collecto rof Clinch County. 
 
 
 
No. 97. A bill to give consent of the State to National legislation to protect game animals,, game fish, birds, etc. 
 
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No. 195. A bill to provide compensation for services of the deputy clerk of the Supreme Court. 
 
No. 208. A bill to prohibit the running at large of any bull or boar hog over the age of four months. 
 
No. 222. A bill to repeal an act to create the City Court of Cleveland. 
 
No. 247. A bill to amend Section 8 of the Act of 1911 creating the Department of Game and Fish. 
 
No. 204. A bill to repeal Section 6134 of the Civil Code of 1910 relating to compensation of stenographers of the Supreme Court.. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passe dby substitute by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 331. A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 3, Article 3 of the Constitution of Georgia. 
 
The Senate has passeq as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 724. A bill to abolish the City Court of Coffee County. 
 
The following message was received froni the Senate through Mr. McCla.tchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate disagrees to the House amendments to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
No. 163. A bill to regulate the compensation of Sheriffs of this State and their l3;wful Deputies. 
I 
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution. of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 205. A resolution memoralizing Congress to designate the war of 1861 to 1865 as the ''War between the States.'' 
 
Mr. Carroll of Catoosa, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following re-  port: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined and found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts and resolutions, to-wit: 
 
No. 655. An act to abolish fees accruing to office of Solicitor General Cordele J wlicial Circuit. 
 
No. 768. An act to provide for a salary to Treas- 
 
urer C?f Mitchell County. 
 
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No. 730. An act to authorize the City Council of Statesboro to declare what constitutes a nuisance. 
 
No. 580. An act to abolish office of County Treasurer of Webster County. 
 
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No. 702. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Ellijay. 
 
No. 689. An act to provide for appointment of stenographic reporters for City Courts in certain Counties. 
 
No. 648. An act to increase the number of members of Board of Commissioners for Jefferson County. 
 
No. 747. An act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Bryan County. 
 
No. 608. An act to amend an act creating Board of County Commissioners for Wheeler County. 
 
No. 585. An act to create a Board of Commissioners for DeKalb County. 
 
No. 638.' An act to amend an act creating City Court of Floyd County. 
 
No. 700. An act to amend the Charter of the City of Sparta. 
 
No. 599. An act to amend an act incorporating the Academy of Social Circle. 
No. 627. An act to amend an act creating a new Charter for City of Baxley. 
No. 656. An act to amend an act creating a new Charter for City of Atlanta. 
No. 734. An act to amend an act creating a new Charter for City of Statesboro. 
 
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No. 634. An act to amend an act creating new Charter for City of Athens. 
 
No. 374. An act to abolish the fee system as existing in office of Solicitor-General in Flint Judicial Circuit. 
 
No. 320. An act to repeal an act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Taylor County. 
 
No. 758. An act to repeal an act creating a depository _of Bryan County. 
 
No. 615. An act to provide for holding three terms a year of Superior Court of J ~sper County. 
 
No. 616. An act to amend an act-establishing City Court of Valdosta. 
 
No. 674. An act to amend an act. 
 
No. 731. An act to amend Charter of the City of Fitzgerald. 
 
No. 705. An act to provide for holding two terms a year of the Superior Court of Coffee County. 
 
No. 660. An act to fix amount commutation tax for Pickens County. 
 
No. 661. An act to abolish the office of County 
 
Treasurer of Lowndes County. 
 
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No. 583. An act to prohibit the running at large in Jeff Davis County of any bull or boar hog over four months of age. 
 
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No. 581. An act to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of City of Savannah to allow certain encroachment on the sidewalk of Congress street. 
No. 487. An act to amend an act incorporating the City of Valdosta. 
 
No. 170. A resolution for relief of W. K. Brooks. 
 
No. 175. A resolution to appropriate $5,000.00 to pay the expenses and per diem members of committees who are authorizd to sit in vacation of General Assembly. 
No. 115. A resolution authorizing the Governor to appoint a wharf commission. 
Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bills, House Bill Nos. 813 and 834, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
1N. T. BuRKHALTER, 
Chairman. 
 
July 30, 1918. 
Mr. Shannon of Twiggs County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Corporations have had under 
consideration the following bills of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
House Bill No. 847. 
House Bill No. 838. 
House Bill No. 831. 
House Bill No. 830 do not pass. 
House Bill No. 829 do not pass. SHANNON, of Twiggs, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter 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 bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 863.  July 30, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN pACE, Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Pace of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have hadunder consideration the following bill of the Hol)se, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do. pass, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 861. July 30, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN pACE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Chambers of Fayette County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Public Highways have had under consideration the following bill of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
House Bill No. 775, by Mr. Cheney (Cobb). 
House Bill No. 732, by Mr. Owen (Paulding). 
House Bill No. 854, by Mr. Clifton (Lee). 
CHAMBERS, Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Brinson of Emanuel County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on University and Its Branches, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on University and Its Branches have had under consideraion the following Senate and House bills, and have instructed me, as Vice Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill191, House Bill 805 and House Bill 844. BRINSON, Vice Ch~irman. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bills of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute: 
 
C-40 (Appropriation Bill). 
 
House Bill No. 686 do pas's as amended. 
 
House Bill No. 851, do pass. 
 
House Bill No.. 635, do not pass. House Bill No. 809, do not pass. 
 
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House Bill No. 682, do pass as amended. J os. H. HALL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. 'Vhite of Fulton, Chairman of Committee on 
 
Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following 
 
report: 
 
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lJfr. 8 peaker : 
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation has had under consideration House Bill No. 826 and Senate Bill No. 136, and instruct me to report' the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
WHITE, Chairwan. 
 
Mr. Akin of Glenn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following Bill of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommeudatiou that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 840, amending Charter of City of Griffin. 
Respectfully suJ.mitted, 
An:"', Chairman. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House, favor.ably reported, were read the second time: 
 
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By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to make appropriations for ordinary expenses of Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government. 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee- 
A bill to pay the expenses of Commission to investigate the land registration system. 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A bill to fix the salary for the engineer of State Capitol, and to appropriate the sum of $1,800 for such salary. 
 
By Mr. Owen of Paulding- 
A bill to repeal an Act to Create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Paulding County. 
 
By Mr. Cheney of C.obb and Collins of Cherokee-- , 
 
A bill to provide that the County Commissioners 
 
or other authorities may prescribe the speed and 
 
weight of vehicles passing over bridges, including 
 
inter-County bridges. 
 
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By Messrs. Duncan of Douglas and Dorris of Crisp- 
A bill to accept for University of Georgia certain lands and buildings. 
 
By Messrs. Chupp and Steele of DeKalb- 
A bill to abolish the public school system of Town of Clarkston. 
 
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By Mr. Harden, Cooper and Chamb'ers- 
A bill to provide State control by State Board of Health, so as to better preserve the purity of the natural waters of the State. 
 
By Messrs. Kelley and Green of GwinnettA bill to create a new Charter for Town of Dacula. 
 
By Mr. Boyett of Stewart- 
A bill to amend an Act to e::.tabiish a public school system for the Town of Lumpkin. 
 
By Mr. Giddens of Berrien- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Roy City. 
 
By Mr. Grantland of SpaldingA bill to amend the Charter of City of Griffin. 
 
By Mr. Mock of Dougherty- - 
A bill to amend an act establishing the Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School as a Brauch of the University of Georgia. 
 
By Mr. Pickett of Terrell- 
A bill to amend an act incorporating the City of Dawson. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to appropriate the sum of $7,500.00 for purpose of building and equipping a dormitory for girls 
 
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at Eleventh District Agricultural and Mechanical School. 
 
By Messrs. Clifton, Cook, Hogg, Hinson, Sumner, et al- 
A bill to designate all roads over which the mails are now or may hereafter be carried as public roads. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper, Williams, Beck, Bagwell and others- 
A bill to abolish a fee system now existing in the Superior Court of Coweta Judicial Circuit a~:~ to office of Solicitor-General. 
 
Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to create a City Court of Douglas, Coffee Couny. 
 
The following bill of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the .second time: 
 
By Mr. Andrews of 35th District- 
A bill to amend an act providing for regulation of the practice of a barber. 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District.....;_ 
A bill to provide for the election of Vice Chairman of the Board of ~rustees of the Georgia School of Technology. 
 
The following bill of the Senate, favorably reported, was read the second time and recommitted: 
 
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By Mr. Bec_!r of the 43rd Dis~rict- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for Town of Fairmount. 
 
. The following bills of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time and recommitted: 
 
By Messrs. Smith, White and Atkinson of FultonA bill to ar;nnd the Charter of the City of Atlanta. 
 
By Messrs. Smith, Atkinson and White of Fulton- 
A bill to amend Sec. 7, Par. 1 of Constitution relative to issuance of street improvement bonds. 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of Fulton- 
A bill to amend Sec. 7, Par. 1 of Constitution relative to the election for bonds. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock moved thd the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 760. 
 
By unanimous consent the motion was withdrawn. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved that all individual speeches for remainder of session be limited to twenty minutes. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bills Nos. c29 und 830 were placed on calendar for second reading. 
 
By unanimous consent 200 copies of the substi- 
 
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tute to House Bill No.' 640 were ordered printed for use of members. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was read the third time: 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to r,eepal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Bridges and a Board of Finance 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 114, nays 0. 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time: 
 
By Mr. Ficklen of the 29th District- 
A resolution to provide for a joint commission of two from Senate and three from House to inquire into the advisability of the sale of the State Farm. 
 
Referred. to Committee on Penitentiary. 
 
By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th District- 
A resolution to relieve C. H. Dickerson, Tax Collector of Clinch Cou11ty. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
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By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District and Mr. Wohlwender of the 24th District- 
 
A bill to amend an Act of 1911 creating the Department of Game and Fish. 
 
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. 
 
By Mr. Edwards of 32nd District- 
 
A bill to repeal an act creating the City Court of 
 
Cleveland. 
 
 
 
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. 
 
By Mr. Moore of 3rd District- 
A bill to prohibit the running at large of any bull or boar hog over the age of four months. 
 
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.2. 
By Mr. Heath of the 17th DistrictA bill to repeal Section 6134, Civil Code, relating 
to compensation of stenographic reporters of Supreme Court. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
By Mr. Field of the 34th DistrictA bill to provide for compensation for service of 
the Deputy Clerk of Supreme Court. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
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By Mr. Bynum of the 40th District- 
To give to Congress the consent of Georgia to make. all such rules and regulations which may be needful to protect game and animals. 
 
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. 
 
By unanimous consent; the following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the report of the Conference Committee: 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A bill to enable persons qualified to vote in any election in this State who are required by their duti~s to be absent from the County of their residence. 
The .House refused to agree to report of first Conference Oonimittee, and requested a second Conference Committee. 
The Speaker appointed the following members on the part of the House on second Conference Committee: 
 
Messrs. Booker of Wilkes, Strickland of Haralson, Swint of Washington. 
 
The following bill was taken up for the purpose 
 
of considering the appointment of a Conference 
 
Committee: 
 
 
 
By Mr. Merry of the sth District and Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to I'"equire all able-bodied persons between 
 
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the ages of eighteen and fifty to be regnlarly employed in some lawful, useful occupation. 
 
Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the House ins~st on .its amendments thereto, and request the Senate to appoint a Conference Committee. 
 
The motion prevailed.. 
 
The Speaker appointed the follo~ing members on 
 
the part of the House: 
 
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Messrs. Arnold of Clay, White of Fulton, Blasjngame of Walton. 
 
The following privilege resolution read and adopted: 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson of Fulton, Griffin of Decatur, Swift of Mul:!Cogee- 
Whereas, during the deliberation of the House of Representatives, this day held, and while the gentleman from Spalding, Mr. Grantland, was addressing the House upon a matter of privilege, Lucian L. Knight, from the gallery of the House, used to and of the said member from the County of Spaldh1g 
the grossly opprobrious expression, "You are a 
liar," or words of similar import; and, 
Whereas, the use of such Iailguage in the presence of the House to and of a member of the House while in the. discharge of his public official duties, constitutes a gross and manifest abuse of the privileges of the House and tends to expose it an.d each of its 
 
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members to the public ridicule a1_1d contempt; be it therefore, 
 
Resolved, That the said Lucian L. Knight be an he is hereby declared to be in contempt of this House; that the Sergeant-at-Arms of this House be and is hereby required to apprehend the body of the said Lucian L. Knight, and bring hiin. instanter before the bar of this House, to the end that such action may be taken in the premises as will assure the integrity of the House and vindicate its. dignity against the unwarranted intrusion by others upon its deliberation. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up as a special order: 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Bartow- 
A bill to amend Constitution Acts 7, Sec. 1, Par. 2, relative to levy of tax for school purposes. 
 
Mr. Atkinson of Fulton moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
House Bill No. 493 went over as unfinished busi~ ness. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until3 o'clock P.M. 
 
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AFTERNOON SESSION. 
 
Three O'Clock P.M. 
The House reconvened at this hour this afternoon and was called to order by the Speaker. 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names: 
 
Ad8IIU!, of Towns Brinson 
 
Akin 
 
Brooks 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Brown, of Houston 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burch 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Buxton 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carroll 
 
Austin 
 
Carter 
 
Ayers 
 
Cason 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chambers 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cheney 
 
Bale 
 
Chupp 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clarke 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clements 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clifton 
 
Bankston 
 
Coates 
 
Barfield 
 
Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Barrett, of ,Pike 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Conger 
 
Barwick Beazley Beck 
 
Cook Cooper Cravey 
 
Bellah 
 
Cullars 
 
Blalock 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Blasingame 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Booker 
 
wether 
 
Bower 
 
Davenport 
 
Bowers 
 
Davidson 
 
Boyett 
 
Davis 
 
Dennard Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, Frohoek Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin 
Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin,' of Glascock Harris Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Hogg 
 
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Holden Hollingsworth . Hollis Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle" 
thorpe .Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow .Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Jones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter Law Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock Moore Mullins 
 
McCall McCalla McCrory McDonald 
Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker 
Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey 
Reece Reiser Reville Richardson Roberts Russell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade 
Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce Wlhite Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Wlinn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wl"ight, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt . Wylly Youmans MR. SPEAKER 
 
The following resolution was read: 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson of Fulton, Griffin of Decatur, Swift of Muscogee-- 
Whereas, during the deliberation of the House of Representatives this day held, and while the gentleman from Spalding, Mr. Grantland, was addressing the House upon a matter of privilege, Lucian L. 
 
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Knight from the gallery of the House used to and of the said member from the County of Spalding the grossly opprobrious expression, "You are a liar,'' or words of similar import; and, 
Whereas, the use of such language in the presence of the House to and of a member of the House while in the discharge of his public official duties, constitutes a gross and manifest abuse of the privileges of the House, and tends to expose it and each of its members to the public ridicule and contempt; be it, therefore, 
 
Resolved, That the said Lucian L. Knight be, and he is hereby declared to be, in contempt of this House; that the Sergeant-at-Arms of this House be and is hereby required to apprehend the body of the said Lucian L. Knight, and bring him instanter before the bar of this House, to the end that such action may be taken in the premises as will assure the integrity of the House and vindicate its dignity against the unwarranted intrusion by others upon its deliberation. 
In accordance with the provisions of the resolutions, Mr. L. L. Knight was brought before the bar of the House. 
 
Mr. Atkinson of Fulton moved that the House allow the defendant to explain his condact before the House. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Lucian L. Knight made the follt>wing explanation and apology: 
 
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Atlanta, Ga., July 30th, 1918. 
 
Members of the General Assembly: 
 
From the bottom of my heart I deplore the circunJstances which have brought me before the bar of the House. I love Georgia. There is not a beat of my heart which is not hers. Twelve years ago, when an invalid on an island in the Pacifi., Ocean.....;...... three thousand miles from home-I first gave my pen to the preservation of her memories. Ever since then her history has been my pillar of cloud by day, and my pillar of fire by night; ana now that we are in the midst of a great world war, when a tragic emphasis is laid upon the importance of rec-. ords, it is the ambition of my life to see ner history preserved. 
 
I respect the proprieties of this hall. It was in a moment of forgetfulness, and in the heat of excitement that I entered my protest from the gallery, and made a denial, the tone and tenor of which I deeply regret. My only defense is that I am a Touchstone and a Hotspur. I wish to make amends to the gentleman from Spalding, whose gray hair~ I honor, and I wish here and now to disclaim all expressions used in the interview between us, whon each misunderstood the other. I wish also to apologize to the House for violating its proprieties. It was unpremeditated and impulsive, an outburst for which I offer no defense, and which I will always keenly regret. 
Mr. Swift of Muscogee moved that the ffouse accept the explanation and apology of Mr. Lucian L. 
 
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Knight, and that he be released from the custody of the House. 
 
Mr. Atkinson of Fulton seconded the motion. 
 
On the adoption of the motion the ayes were 135, nays 3. 
 
The explanation and apology was accepted and Mr. Knight was released from the custody of the House. 
 
Under the order of unfinished busineHs the following bill of the House was taken up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Bartow- 
A. bill to amend Constitution relative to levy of local school tax. 
 
The following substitute was read and adopted as amended: 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Bartow- 
A bill to be entitled An Act to Amend Article 7, Section 1, Paragraph 2, of the Constitution of this State, which limits to five mills the levy of taxes on property for one year, by removing said limit for common school purposes, and for other purposes. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Asscm biy of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby uaacted by authority of the same, That Article 7, r:lection 1, Paragraph 2, of the Constitution of this State as 
 
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amended by the Act of the General Assembly, approved August 17, 1903, duly ratified by the people according to law, be, and the same is, hereby amended by adding to said Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 7, the following words, to-wit: "Provided, That in addition to the aforesaid levies the Geneal Assembly may impose an additional levy of not less than one nor more than five mills to be used solely for the support of common schools, so that said Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 7, when so amended shall read as follows, to-wit: 
 
' The levy of taxes on property for any one year by the General Assembly for all purposes, except to provide for repelling invasion, suppressing insurrection or defending the State in time of war, shall 
not exceed five mills on each dollar of thtl value of 
the property taxable in the State, provided, that in addition to the aforesaid levies the Gene1-al Assembly may impose an additional levy of not less than one nor more than five mills to be used solely for the support of c<?mmon schools.'' 
 
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That if this Constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members of the General .Aesembly of each House, the same shall be entered on the 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 shall have written or printed on their tickets: "'Ir'or ratification of amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, 
 
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Article 7, of the Constitution (providing t~r Constitutional limitation' on taxation in this State) " or ''Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 7, of the Constitution {providing for Constitutional limitation on taxation in 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. fa~or of ratification, then said amendment shall become a part of Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 7, or the Constitution of this State, and the Governor s11.all 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 amendinent offered by Mr. J ohsnon of Bartow was read and adopted. 
 
Mr. King of Jefferson moved the previous question on the bill, substitutes and amendments. The motion prevailed. The main question was ordered. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to as amended. 
 
The roUwas called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were }lessrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Bankston 
 
Bellah 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Barrett, of Pike 
 
Blalock 
 
Ay~ 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Brooks 
 
Bagwell 
 
Barwick 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Baldwin 
 
Beck 
 
Burch 
 
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Burwell Carroll Chambers Cheney Collins, of Cherokee Conger Cook Cooper Cravey Culpepper, of Clinch Davenport Dorrilt Donean Ellis Eve Fowler, Frohock Foy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Harden, of Banks Harris Harvin 
 
Hayes Haynes Hodges Hogg Hollingsworth Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Lanier Lankford . l:iawrence Middleton Moore Mullins McCall Nesmith Owen Palmour Pickren 
 
Reece Richardson Roberts Russell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Telfair Stone Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Tatum Taylor Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Williams, of Worth Worsham Wright, of Jones Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Towns Akin 
 
Carter Cason 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Chupp 
 
Arn~ld, of Clay 
 
Clarke 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Clements 
 
.A.nstin 
 
Clifton 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Coates 
 
Ballard, of Newton Dennard 
 
Bar.tield 
 
Dickey 
 
Blasingame 
 
DuBose 
 
Booker 
 
Gary 
 
Bowers 
 
Giddens 
 
Boyett 
 
Gilmore 
 
Brown, of Houston Gordy 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hall 
 
Buxton 
 
Hatcher 
 
Hinson Holden Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty Johnson, of Appling Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Kidd Kimsey, of White King Law Lowe Mays Mercier Moek  
 
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McCrory :YcDona1d Neill Pace Pickett Pilcher Rainey 
 
Reiser Smith, of Dade Staten Steele Stewart Stovall 
 
; Swords Timmerman Walker, of Ben Bill Walker, of Pierce Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Allen Atkinson Bale Beazley Bond Bower Brinson Collins, of Union Cullars Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether 
 
Davidson 
 
Vincent 
 
Davis 
 
Walker, of Blackley 
 
Ennis 
 
White 
 
Bardin, of G1ascock Williams, of Meri- 
 
Lasseter 
 
wether 
 
Matthews 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Maynard 
 
w!inn 
 
Morris 
 
Woods 
 
McCalla 
 
Woody 
 
Parker 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
Reville 
 
Wylly 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Youmans 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
.On the passage of fb.e bill the ayes were 86, nays 67. 
 
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. 
 
Mr. Johnson of Bartow gave notice that at the . proper time .he would move that the Hoas~ recon- 
sider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 493. 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that the House do now adjourn. 
The motion prevailed. 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
Wednesday, July 31st, 1918. 
 
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, of Towns Brinson 
 
Akin 
 
Brooks 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Brown, _of Houston 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burch 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burkha.Iter 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Buxton 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carroll 
 
Austin 
Ay~ 
 
Carter Cason 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chambers 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cheney 
 
bale 
 
Chupp 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clarke 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clements 
 
Bankston 
 
Clifton 
 
. Barfield 
 
Coates 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Collins, of Union 
 
Barwick 
 
Conger 
 
Beazley 
 
Cook 
 
Beck 
 
Cooper 
 
Bellah 
 
Cravey 
 
. Blalock Blasingame 
 
Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Booker 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Bower 
 
wether 
 
Bowers 
 
Davenport 
 
Boyett 
 
Davidson 
 
Davis Dennard Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, Frohock Foy 
Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland 
Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin, of Glascock Harris Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges 
 
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Hogg 
 
Mullins 
 
Holden 
 
McCall 
 
. Hollingsworth 
 
McCalla 
 
Hollis 
 
M;cCrory 
 
Howard, of Liberty Ho1"3rd, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta 
Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Jones, of Wilkinson Key h.elley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter 
 
McDonald 
~eill 
Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville Richardson Roberts Russell Scott Shann011 Sibley 
 
Law 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Lawrence 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Lowe 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Matthews 
 
Staten 
 
Maynard 
 
Steele 
 
Mays 
 
Stewart 
 
Mercier 
 
Stone 
 
Middleton 
 
Stovall 
 
Mock 
 
Strickland 
 
Moore. 
 
Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce Wlhite Williams, of Meri- 
wether Willia!DS, of Ware Williams, of Worth Wlinn WoodS "Woody Woii"Sham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd . Wright, of Jones Wright, of Waltori Wyatt Wylly Youmans 
MR. SPEAKER 
 
By unanimous consent the readil1g of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was estab-  lished as the Order of Business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
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2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably repoi"~ed the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having local application. 
 
5th. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
 
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to Committees. 
 
By Mr. Beck of CarrollA bill to repeal an act creating a system of pub- 
lic schools of the Town of Whitesburg. 
Referred toCommittee on Education. 
By Mr. Kimsey of white. A bill to prohibit seining in any waters of this State in which there are Rainbow Trout. 
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. 
By Mr. Parker of WareA bill to amend an act to establish the City Court 
of Waycross for ,the County of Ware. 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
By Messrs. 'Vyatt and Bankston of TroupA bill to amend the Charter of the City of La- 
Grange. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Messrs. Wyatt and Bankston of Troup- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Southwest LaGrange. 
 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Mr. Austin of Murray- 
A bill to repeal the alternative four days road law 
and substitute in lieu thereof the Alfernative Road Law. 
 
Referred to Committee on Public Highways. 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter and Mr. Blasingame of W alton- 
A bill to appropriate to the University of Georgia for use of Agricultural Schools in districts the sum of $8,800.00, fot the purpose of providing a heating plant laboratory and workshop. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Bower of RandolphA resolution for relief of L. L. Brown. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Messrs. Stewart of Coffee and Swift of Muscogee- 
A resolution to appropriate $175.00 for Secretary and Stenographer of Appropriati<'ns Committee. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr.. Speaker: 
. The Senate has agreed to the request of the House for the appointment of a Conference Committee upon the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
Senate Bill No. 178. A bill to require all ablebodied persons between the ages of ei:fihten and :fifty to be regularly engaged in some lawful and useful occupation or profession. 
 
The President of the Senate has appointed the following Conference Committee on the part of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
Messrs. Field, Andrews and Peacock. 
The following message was received from the Sen-. ate through Mr. McClatchey the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
No. 186. A bill to repeal an Act to amend Section 1 of an Act to give consent by the State to the acquisition of lands for a National Forest Reserve. 
 
No. 200. A bill_to amend Section 1202 of the Code relative to the Compensation of Tax Receivers. 
 
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No. 201. A bill to fix and regulate fees for Constables. 
 
No. 34. A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Article 7, of the Constitution of Georgia relative to the powers of taxation. 
The following message was received from the Sen~ ate through Mr. McClatchey the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 453. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Road sand Revenues for the County of Liberty. 
 
No. 584. A bill to abolish the County Court of Bacon County. 
 
No. 741. A bill to amend an Act creating the Tifton Judicial Circuit. 
 
No. 750. A bill to regulate the salaries of Deputy Sheriffs and Bailiffs in Counties containing a popu. lation of not less than 75,000, nor more than 125,000. 
 
No. 761. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court in Irwin County. 
 
No. 764. A bill to regulate the running at large of . bulls- and boars in Colquitt County. 
 
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No. 798. A bill to fix the salary of the Treasurer of Houston County. 
 
No. 801. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com.missi.oners of Roads and Revenues of Toombs County. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed as amended by the requi-. 
 
site constitutional majority the following bills of 
 
the House, to-wit: 
 
 
 
No. 582. A bill to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jeff Davis County. 
. 
No 454. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Lib- 
erty. 
 
No. 503. A bill to abolish the fees accruing to the Solicitor General of the Middle Judicial Circuit. 
 
No. 717. A bill to abolish the City Court of Carrollton. 
No. 748. A bill to regulate the salaries of jailors1 turnkeys and other employees in Counties having a population of not less than 75,000 and :r1ot more than 125,000. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
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Mr. 8 peaker : 
The Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee upon the following biH of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 62. A bill to enable persons qualified to vote in any election in this State, who are required by their duties to be absent from the County of their residence, to vote in all elections. 
 
Mr. Bankston of Troup County, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. 8 peaker : 
Your Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following House and Senate bills, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill 699 do pass. House Bill 766 do not pass. Senate Bill 102 by substitute. 
BANKSTON, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Privileges and Elections have 
 
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had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill 855. House Bill 852. House Bill 49 do not pass. 
 
NEILL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Taylor of Monroe County, Chainaan of the Committee on Conservation, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Spe~ker: 
Your Committe on Conservation have had under consideration the following House Bill 821 and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
TAYLOR, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the follow~ ing report: 
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills of the House. and Senate, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same baek to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: 
 
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House Bill No. 848.  
 
House Bill No. 837. 
 
House Bill No. 862. 
 
House Bill No. 843. 
 
Senate Bill No. 222. 
 
July 31st, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN pACE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Blasingame, Chairman of the Committee on 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 Senate, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the sa,me back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 103. 
 
BLASINGAM, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Dickey of Crawford County, Chairman of Committee on County and County Mattms, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on County and County Matt~rs 
 
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have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with . the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 818 do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 819 do pass as amended. 
 
Senate Bill No. 190 do pass. 
 
Senate Bill No. 216 do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 825 do pass. DICKEY, Chairman. 
 
Mr. DuBose of Clarke 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, House Bill No. 868 and Senate Bill No. 249, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, 
DuBosE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Grantland of Spalding County, Chairman of the Committee on State of Republic, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on State of Republic have had under consideration the following, House Bill No. 864, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
s. GRANTLAND, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Grantland of Spalding County, Chairman of the Committee on State of the Republic, submitted the following report: 
 
Your Committee on State of the Republic have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 185, and have instructed me, as Chairman, toreport the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
s. GRANTLAND, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Bellah of Henry County, Vice Chairman ot the Committee on Corporations, having met, sufinfitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Corporations have had under 
 
consideration the following, House Bill No. 869, 
 
House Bill No. 867, and have instructed me, as 
 
Vice Chairman, to report the same back to the 
 
House with the recommendation that the same do 
 
pass. 
 
w. A. BELLAH, 
 
Vice Chairman. 
 
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The following bills and resolutions of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time: 
 
By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond: 
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Richmond County. 
 
By Mr. Bellah of HenryA bill to amend Charter of City of McDonough. 
By Mr. Stovall of McDuffieA bill to give consent by the State of Georgia to 
the acquisition by the United States of such lands as may be needed for the establishment of a National Forest Reserve. 
By Mr. Barfield of Bibb, and Ellis of TiftA bill to penalize those who solicit for the purpose 
of prostitution. 
By Mr. Fowler of BibbA bill to provide how certain railroad corpora- 
tions may surrender their franchises to the State. 
By Mr. Cook of MillerA bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of 
Colquitt. 
By Mr. Williams of WorthA bill to amend an Act establishing the City 
Court of Sylvester. 
 
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By Messrs. Culpepper and. Williams of Meriwether- 
 
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Greenville, in Meriwether County. 
 
By Mr. Allen of Upson- 
A bill to provide for holding three terms a year of the Superior Court in Upson County. 
 
By Mr. Walker of Pierce- 
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court  of Blackshear. 
 
By Mr. Hayes of Stephens- 
A bill to repeal an Act to fix the compensation of the Ordinary of Stephens County. 
 
By Mr. Hayes of Stephens- 
A bill to provide for County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Stephens. 
 
By Mr. Hayes of StephensA bill to prescribe the manner of holding primary 
elections in Stephens County. 
By Mr. Middleton of EarlyA bill to provide for registrations of voters in the 
City of Blakely. 
 
By Mr. Kimzey of Habersham- 
A bill to amend the Charter of Cornelia. The following bills of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time: 
 
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By Mr. Olive of 18th District- 
A bill to authorize Administrators, Executors, Guardians, Trustees and Receivers to invest funds in their hands in Liberty Bonds and War Saving Stamps. 
 
By Mr. Edwards of 32nd DistrictA bill, An iAct to Create the City Court of Cleve- 
land. 
By Mr. Blackwell of the 39th DistrictA hill to amend an Act creating office of Com- 
missioner of Roads and Revenues of Cherokee County. 
By Mr. Edwards of the 32nd DistrictA bill to fix the compensation -of Tax Assessors 
in certain Counties. 
By Mr. Redwine of the 26th District-  A bill to prohibit the use for advertising pur- 
poses of crossing signs erected by railroads. 
 
The following bills of the House were read the third time: 
 
By Messrs. Chupp and Steele of DeKalbA bill to abolish public school system of Town of 
Clarkston. 
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 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Kelley and Green of GwinnettA bill to create a new Charter for Town of Dacula. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 119, nays 0. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Mr. Boyett of Stewart- 
 
A bill to amend an Act to establish a public school 
 
system fo.r the Town of Lumpkin, in the County of 
 
Stewart. 
 
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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 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
By Mr. Giddens of Berrien~ 
A bill to amend the Charter of Roy City, in Berrien County. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was ~avorable 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. Grantland of SpaldingA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Griffin. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Mr. Pickett of Terrell- 
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Dawson. 
 
_The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu- 
tional majorit.y. was passed. 
 
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By Messrs Culpepper, Williams, Beck, Bagwell, et al.- 
A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of Coweta Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of Solicitor General. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was fayorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103, nays 0. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to establish the City Court of Douglas, Coffee 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. 
The following bills of the Senate were reaq the third time: 
 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st District- 
A bill to repeal an Act to amend Section 639 of 
Irwin's Code in relation to width of c..ertain roads in 
 
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Gilmer, Fannin, Pickens, Towns and Rabun Connties. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Beck of the 43rd District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the ToWI1 of Fairmount. 
 
The report 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 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time: 
 
By Messrs. Andrews of the 35th District and Heath of the 17th DistrictA bill to amend Paragraph 1, Article 7 of the Con- 
stitution and to regulate the powers of taxation. 
Referred.to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st DistrictA bill to amend an .Act to give consent by the 
 
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United States of such lands as may be needed for the establishment of a National Forest Reserve. 
 
~eferred to the Committee on Conse.rvation. 
 
By Mr. Stephens of the 30th District- 
A bill to amend Section 1202 of 'Code relative to fees of Tax Receiver. 
 
Referred to GeneralJudiciary Committee No.2. 
 
By Mr. Stephens of the 3oth District- . A bill to :fix and regulate fees for Constables in 
this State. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
 
By Mr. Townsend of the 4th District- 
A bill to prevent the shipment of tick-infested cattle into, within or through the State of Georgia. 
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No.1. 
By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th DistrictA bill to amend an Act to propose to the qualified 
electors of the State an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitution, relative to Atkinson County. 
 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
Mr. Jones of Coweta, Vice Chairman of the Committee oil Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. 8 peaker: 
Your Committee on Rules having under consideration a resolution revoking the previous order of the House. placin~ uncontested bill~ placing SolicitorsGeneral on a salary, direct me, as their Vice Chair.. man, to report same back with recommendation that the same do pass. 
GARLAND M. JoNES, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
-'l'he report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to. 
 
The resolution was adopted. 
 
Mr. Jones of Qoweta moved that the House have an afternoon session this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Johnson of Bartow moved that" the House re- 
 
consider its action in defeating the passage of House 
 
Bill No. 493. 
 
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T.he motion prevailed. 
 
The bill was reconsidered and went to the head of the calendar. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up for the purpose of considering House amendments thereto: 
 
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By Messrs. Elders, Field and OliveA bill to .regulate the compensation of Sheriffs. 
 
Mr. Smith of Fulton moved that the House insist on its amendments thereto and request a Conference Committee be appointed. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker appointed the following members on the part pf the House: 
Messrs. Smith of Fulton, 
Barrett of Whit:fie.ld, Eve of Chatham. 
 
The following bills of the House ~ere taken up for the purpose of considering Senate substitute thereto: 
 
By Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall- 
A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section .3, Article 3 of Constitution relative to 
 
: The following Senate substitute was read and agreed to: 
 
Substitute for House Bill No. 351: 
The following amendment is hereby proposed to the Constitution of the 8tate: 
 
Section 1. Amend by striking all of Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution and substituting in lieu thereof the following: . 
 
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Paragraph 1. The House of Representatives shall con~ist of not more than 193 Representatives apportioned among the several Counties as follows, to-wit: to the six Counties having the largest population, viz., Fulton, Chatham, Richmond, Bibb, Floy~ and Muscogee, three Representatives each; to the twentysix Counties having the next largest population, viz., Laurens, Carroll, Jackson, Sumter, Thomas, Decatur, Gwinnett, Coweta, Cobb, Washington, DeKalb, Burke, Bulloch, Troup, Hall, Walton, Bartow-, Meri. wether, Emanuel, Lowndes, Elbert, Brooks, Houston, Wilkes, Clarke and Ware, two Representatives each; and to remaining Counties, one Representative each. In the event of the ratification of this amendment to the Constitution the County of Evans shall be entitled to representation in the General Assembly of Georgia, and in the event of the ratification of the amendments creating the Counties of Treutlan, Atkinson and' Cook, or either of them, the said Counties so created shall also be entitled to representation inthe General Assembly. In the County of Evans and, in the event of a ratification of the amendments creating the Counties of Treutlan, Atkinson and Cook, or either of them, an election shall be held in such County or Counties on the first Tuesday in January, 1919, under the laws now governing similar ~lections for members of the General Assembly, fot the election of a.member of the Genera] Assembly ...rom said County or Counties for the session of 1919 and 1920. 
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said proposed amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each House of the General Assembly, it 
 
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shall be entered upon the Journal of each House with the ayes 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 ~olding 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 amendment to Paragraph l, Section 3, Article 3 of the Constitution, providing for representation in the House of Representatives for Counties not now represented,'' or ''Against ratification of an amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 3, Article 3 of the Constitution providing for representation in the House of Representatives for the Counties not now represented.'' If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting therein shall vote for ratification, having written or printed on their ballots the preceding forms, which votes cast at laid 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 sha1l declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation thereof, in the manner now provided by law. 
 
The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments there to: 
 
By Mr. Howard of Liberty- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Liberty. 
 
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615 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and agreed to: 
 
Amend House Bill No. 454. 
 
Amend Section 2 by adding after the first ''the'' iu line five and before the :figures and letters 1359th, "the figures and letters 1458th." 
 
Amend Section 25 by substituting line "11." for line "12" and line "12" for line "11." 
 
By Messrs. Ayers, Holder of Jackson- 
A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to :fiJt: fees of jailors in Banks and Jackson Counties. 
 
The folloWing Senate amendment was read and 
 
agreed to: 
 
 
 
Amend the caption of said bill by striking from the caption the words "So far as the said Act relates to the County of Jackson." 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Wylly and Eve of Chatham- 
A bill to regulate the salaries of jailers, turnkeys and other employees in certain jails. 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and agreed to: 
Amend House Bill No. 748. 
 
1st. By striking the words ''passage of this Act'' in the fourth line of Section 1, and substituting in . place thereof the words "Jannary 1st, 1919." 
 
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By Messrs. Beck and Bagwell of Carroll- 
 
A bill to abolish the City Court of Carrollton, Car-  roll County. 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and agreed to: 
 
Amend House Bill No. 717 by adding a new section to be known as Section 7 and renumbering the succeeding section accordingly, to-wit: 
 
Section 7. Be it further enacted, that any case pending in said Co~rt at the time this Act goes into effect and finally disposed of in Superior Court or otherwise, as provided in this Act, that the Solicitor of said City Court shall rec~ive out of the fines and forfeitures all of the fees actually earned by him to be paid out of the fines and forfeitures coming into the County Treasury when the cases are disposed of. That fines and forfeitures arisin~ out of cases transferred from the City Court to the Superior Court as provided in said bill shall be first applied to the insolvent cost due or may become due the present Solicitor of said Court, after the cost in said case i& paid. 
 
By Mr. Hinson of Jeff Davis- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jeff Davis County. 
The following Senate amendment was read and agreed to: 
 
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Amend by striking from said bill all of Section 12 and adding to said bill the following sections : 
 
Section 12. Be it further enacted, that this Act shall not become effective until the same shall have been ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of said County, voting in an election to be held for that purpose. 
 
Section 13. Be it further enacted that immediately after the passage 'of this Act the Ordinary of said County shall call an election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said County the_ question whether they desire County Commissioners created for said County, which said election shall be held within thirty days from the. date of said call. Those voting in favor of the creation of County Com missioners shall cast ballots having written or printed thereon the words ''For Commissioners,'' and those voting against creation of said Commissioners shall cast ballots having written or printed thereon the words ''Against Commissioners.'' Such election shall be held under the present law governing. the holding of general elections in said State, except that the returns must be made to the Ordinary, who shall consolidate the returns and declare the result. 
 
Section 14. 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. Lankford of Tooms, et aLA bill to abolish the fee system now existing in. 
 
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the Superior Courts of the Middle Judicial Circuit as to Solicitors-General. 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and agreed to: 
 
Amendment to House Bill No. 503": 
 
By striking the words and figures three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars wherever they appear in second section and substituting in place thereof the words and :figures ''Three Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($3.250.00) Dollars." 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto: 
 
By Mr. Stewart of CoffeeA bill to abolish the City Court of Coffee County. 
The Senate amendments were disagreed to. 
The following bill of the House. was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate substitute the~:e for: 
A bill to repeal certain sections of the Code and to levy a tax for support of the State Government. 
Th~ Senate substitute was disagreed to. 
The following bill of the House was taken up as a special order:  
 
 .\VEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1918. 
 
619 
 
By Mr. Neill of Muscogee and Mr. Conger of Decatur- 
A bill to amend Section 1811, Vol. 1, Code of 1910, relative to office of State Oil Inspector. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The following s~bstitute was read and adopted: 
 
A BILL 
To be entitled an Act to create the office of Clerk in . the office of the State Oil Inspector; to fix the salary of such Clerk; to provide for his appointment, 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 saine, that from and after the passage of this Act there shall be a Clerk in the office of the State Oil Inspector, who shall be paid a salary of not more than fifteen hundred dollars per annum. 
 
Section 2. That such Clerk shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture of this State and shall hold his office during the pleasure of said Commissioner. 
Section 3. 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. 
 
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Mr. Stewart of Coffee called for the ayes and nays ()n the passage of the bill and the call was sustained. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: 
 
Allen 
 
Cullars 
 
Lawrence 
 
And~son, of Jen- Culpepper, of Clinch Mercier 
 
kins 
 
Culpepper, Meri- Moore 
 
Atkinson 
 
w:ether 
 
McCrory 
 
Ayers 
 
Davidson 
 
McDonald 
 
Bagwell 
 
Davis 
 
Neill 
 
Bale 
 
Dennard 
 
Nesmith 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Dickey 
 
Pace 
 
Barfield 
 
Dorris 
 
Palmour 
 
Barrett, Whitfield DuBose 
 
Pickett" 
 
Barwick 
 
Ellis 
 
Rainey 
 
Beazley 
 
Ennis 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Beck 
 
Eve 
 
Staten 
 
Bower 
 
Fowler, ' 
 
Stewart 
 
Bowers 
 
Frohock 
 
Stone 
 
Boyett 
 
Gary 
 
Stubbs 
 
Brinson 
 
Giddens 
 
Sumner 
 
Brooks 
 
Gilmore 
 
Swift 
 
Brown, of Clarke Griffin 
 
Tatum 
 
Brown, of Houston Harvin 
 
Taylor 
 
Burch 
 
Hayes 
 
Timmerman 
 
Burwell 
 
Hogg 
 
Turner 
 
Buxton 
 
Holden 
 
Veazey 
 
Carter 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Cason 
 
Hollis 
 
Walker, of Pierce 
 
Chambers 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
White 
 
Cheney 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Williams, of Meri- 
 
Chupp 
 
Key 
 
wether 
 
Clements 
 
Kelley 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Coates 
 
Kidd 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Collins, of Cherokee King 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
Conger 
 
Lankford 
 
Wyatt 
 
Cravey 
 
Law 
 
Those votmg in the negative were Messrs~ 
 
Adams, of Towns Akin 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes 
 
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~rnold, of Clay 
 
Hall 
 
Pickren 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Harris 
 
Pilcher 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Haynes 
 
Reece 
 
Austin 
 
Hinson 
 
Reiser 
 
Baldwin 
 
Hodges 
 
Richardson 
 
Ballard, of Newton Howard, Oglethorpe Roberts 
 
Bankston 
 
Johnson, of Appling Rassell 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Sibley 
 
Bellah 
 
Jones, of Coweta Smith, of Dade 
 
Blalock 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Steele 
 
Booker 
 
sham 
 
Stovall 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Kimsey, of White Swint 
 
Carroll 
 
Lanier 
 
Swords 
 
Cook 
 
Matthews 
 
Trammell 
 
Cooper 
 
Mays 
 
Trippe 
 
Davenport 
 
Middleton 
 
Vincent 
 
Foy 
 
Mullins 
 
Worsham 
 
Gordy 
 
McCall 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Grantland 
 
.McCalla 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Green 
 
Owen 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Hago11d 
 
Parker 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Howard, of Liberty Shannon 
 
Blasingame 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Smith, of Fulton 
 
Bond 
 
Lasseter 
 
Strickland 
 
Clarke 
 
Lowe 
 
Walker, of Bleckley 
 
Clifton 
 
Maynard 
 
Winn 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Mock 
 
Woods 
 
Duncan 
 
.Morris 
 
Woody 
 
Harden, of Banks Reville 
 
Wylly 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Scott 
 
Youmans 
 
Hatcher, 
 
Ayes 95, nays 63. 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 63". 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. 
 
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Mr. Trammell of Harris gave notice that at the proper time he would move the ;House reconsider its action in the passage of House Bill :tfo. 673. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up as a special order: 
 
A bill to appropriate to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the purpose of building upon grounds of Agricultural College a War Emergency 
 
Building. 
 
. 
 
. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was 
 
resolved into the Commit~ of the Whole House and 
 
the Speaker designated Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin as 
 
the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported progress and asked leave to sit again. 
 
Mr. Barrett <>f Whitfield m{)ved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock P. M. 
 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
 
3 O'Clock P.M. 
 
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. 
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623 
 
The roll was called arid the following members answered to their names : 
 
Adama, of Towns Chambers. 
 
Hardin of Glascock 
 
Akin 
 
Cheney 
 
Harris 
 
Allen 
 
Chupp 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Clarke 
 
Harvin Hatcher 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes A:rnold, of Clay Arnold, of Coweta Arnold, of Lumpkin Atkinson Austin Ayers Bagwell Baldwin 
 
Clements Clifton Coates Collins, of Cherokee Collins, of Union 
Conger Cook Cooper Cravey 
 
Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Hogg Holden Hollingsworth Hollia Howard, of Liberty 
 
Bale 
 
Cullars 
 
Howard, of Oglthorp 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Cnlpepper, of Clinch Johnson, of Appling 
 
Ballard,. of Newton Culpepper, of :Meri- J ohnaon, of Bartow 
 
Bankston 
 
wether 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Barfield 
 
Davenport 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Davidson 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Davia 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Barwick 
 
Dennard 
 
Key 
 
Beazley 
 
Dickey 
 
Kelley 
 
Beck 
 
Dorris 
 
Kidd 
 
Bellah 
 
DuBose 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
BlaJoek 
 
Duncan 
 
sham 
 
Blasingame 
 
Ellis 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Booker 
 
Ennis 
 
King 
 
Bower 
 
Eve 
 
Lanier 
 
Bowers 
 
Fowler, r 
 
Lankford 
 
Boyett 
 
Frohock 
 
Las'aeter 
 
Brinson 
 
Foy 
 
Law 
 
Brooks 
 
Gary 
 
Lawienee 
 
Brown,  of Clarke Giddens 
 
Lowe 
 
Brown, of Houston Gilmore 
 
Matthews 
 
Burch 
 
Gordy 
 
Maynard 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Gmntland 
 
:Maya 
 
Burwell 
 
Green 
 
Mercier 
 
Buxton 
 
Griffin 
 
Middleton 
 
Carroll 
 
Hagood 
 
Mock 
 
Carter 
 
Hall 
 
Moore 
 
Cason 
 
Harden, of Banks MulJins 
 
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McCall McCalla McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville Richardson Roberts Russell Scott Shannon 
 
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Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey 
 
Vincent 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meril 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Wortlt 
Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of ~oyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved that individual speeches in the House and the Committee of the Whole House be limited to five minutes during the afternoon session. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up as unfinished business : 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter mid Messrs. DuBose and Brown of Clarke- 
A bill to appropriate $60,000.00 to University of Georgia for purpose of building upon the grounds of Agricultural College a War Emergency Building. 
 
 WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1918. 
 
625 
 
The bill, involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose, and 
through its Chairman reported the bill back to the House with. recommendation that the same do pass~ 
 
Mr. Walker of Ben Hill moved the previous question on the bill. 
 
The motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable . to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
The bill, involving an appropriation, the roll call was ordered, and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
~ 
 
Adams, of Towns Beazley 
 
Akin 
 
Beck 
 
Allen 
 
Blalock 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Blasingame 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Booker 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Bower 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Bowers 
 
Atkinson 
 
Boyett 
 
Ayers 
 
Brinson 
 
Bagwell 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Baldwin 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Bale 
 
Burch 
 
Ballard, of Newton Burwell 
 
Barfield 
 
Buxton 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Carroll 
 
Carter Chambers Cheney Chupp Clarke Clements  Clifton Coates Collins, of Cherokee Conger Glravey Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether 
 
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 Davidaon Davia Dennard Dickey Dorria DuBoae Duncan Ellis Eve Fowler, Frohock Giddens Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Harden, of Banlar Harris Hayes H<>gg Holden Jones, of Elbert .Tones, of Lowndes Key Kidd 
 
Kimzey, of Haber shaJn 
KimB'e,y, of White King Lankford Lalll!eter Law. L&wrenee Matthews Mercier Mock 
Mullins McDonald NeUI 
~ee 
Parker Palmour Fickett PiJebe1 Rainey Reiser Richardson Roberts Scott 
 
ShanDon Sibley Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart . Stovall . 
Stubbs Sumne~ Swift Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trippe Turner Walker, of. Bleekley Walker, of Pierce White Willi<uns, of Worth Woody Worsham Wright, of Walton Wyatt 
 
.Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes 
 
Austin 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Bellah 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Cook Davenport 
 
 
 
Foy 
 
Gilmore 
 
Hall 
 
Hatcher 
 
Haynes Hinson Hodg'IB Howard, of Liberty Johnson, ol Appling Kelley Moore McCall Owen Rul!llell 
 
Stone Swint Trammell 
Veazey Walker, of Ben Hill Williams, of Meri- 
wether Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones 
 
Those not voting Were .Messrs. : 
 
 
Adams, of Elbert Bankston . Ballard, of ColumbiaBarwick 
 
Bond Brooks 
 
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627 
 
Cason Collin11, of Union 
Cooper 
Ennill. Gary Gordy 
Harden, of Glueoek Harvin Hollingsworth Hollis Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe 
 
Johnson, of Barlow Jone~~, of Coweta J one~~, of W.ilkinllon Lanier 
Lowe Maynard 
Ma:JB Middleton Morrill McCalla :McCrory N811Dlith 
 
Pickren Btlete Reville Smith, of .Dade Strietland Vincent Williams, of Ware 
Winn Wood& 
Wylly 
Youmana 
 
Ayes 117, nays 30. 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, nays 30. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By unanimous consent the bill was prdered imme- 
diately transmitted to the Senate.  
 
The folloWing bills and resolutions of the House . was taken up as special orders. 
 
By Mr. Pace of Sumter- 
A bill to appropriate $20,000.00 for the purpose of completing building on campus of Third District Agricultural School at Americus. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved. into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Conger of Decatur as the Chairman thereof. 
 
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The Committee of the Whole House arose .and through its 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 : 
 
By Mr. Swift of'Muscogee- 
To amend the bill by striking the words ' 'University of -Georgia" wherever they occur and substitute therefor the wotds ''Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School.'' 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved the previous question. ' 
 
The motion prevailed and the main question was ordered. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passagerf the billas amended, was a.greed to. 
 
The bill, involving an appropriation, the roll call was ordered, and the vote was as follows : 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: 
 
Tou Adams, ef . 
 
Baldwin 
 
.Akin 
 
Bale 
 
Allen 
 
Ballard, of Newton 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Barfield 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Barrett, of Pike 
 
Arnold, o( Clay 
 
Beazle,y 
 
 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Beck 
 
AtkinsoD: 
 
Bellah 
 
Austin 
 
Bluingame 
 
Bower . Boyett Brinson Brown, of Clarke Brown, of Houston Burch Burkhalter Burwell Buxton 
 
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629 
 
Chambers Cheney Chupp Clements Collins of Cherokee Conger Cook Cravey Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davenport Davidson Davis Dennard Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis 
Eve 
Fowler, ' Foy Giddens Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Harvin Hatcher Hayes 
 
Haynes Hinson Hogg Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty Johnson, of Appling Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of Whi~ Lasseter Law Lawrence Matthews Mercier Middleton Mock 
Moore Mullins McCall McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett 
 
PiJehe::Rainey 
Reeee Reiser Richards'on Roberts Russell Shannon Sibley Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swords Tatum Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce Woody Worsham Wright, of Floyd Wlright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs: 
 
Booker Dickey Gilmore 
 
Hodges King 
 
Williams, of Meriwether 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Arnold, of Coweta 
 
Ayers BagweD 
 
Ballard, of Columbia BlUlkston 
 
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Barrett, of Whitfield Harden, of Glascock 
 
Barwick 
 
IDmis 
 
Blalock 
 
Holden 
 
Bond 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Bowers 
 
Howard, of Ogle 
 
Broob 
 
thorp 
 
O&rroll 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Carter 
 
jones, of Coweta 
 
CasoD 
 
Jones, of W5Jkinaon 
 
Clarke 
 
Lanier 
 
Clifton 
 
Lankford 
 
C.tell 
 
Lowe 
 
Collins of Union 
 
Mapard 
 
Cooper 
 
Mays 
 
Ennis 
 
Morris 
 
Frghock 
 
McCalla 
 
Gary 
 
Pickren 
 
Gordy 
 
Reville 
Scott Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Swint Taylor Veazey Vincent White Williams, of Ware Williams, cf Worth Winu Woodit Wright, of Bulloch Wylly Youmans 
 
Ayes 124, nays 6. 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 124, nays 6. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amendeq. 
 
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered imme diately transmitted to the Senate. 
By Messrs. Arnold of Lumplcln, Kimzey of Habersham and Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to appropriate $20,000.00 for building of a Girls' Dormitory and equipping the same at the 9th District Agricultural and Mechanical School at Clarkesville, Ga. 
The bill, jnvolving an appropriation, the House 
 
 WEDNESDAY, JuLY 31, 1918. 
 
. 631 
 
was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. McCrory of Schley a13 the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its- Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute. 
 
The following substitute was read and adopted: 
A BILL 
To be entitled an Act to appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 for the purpose of erecting and furnishing a building at the 9th District Agricultural School to be used as dormitory for girls, 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 the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury -of the State not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of erection and furnishing a dQrmitory for the use of the girls in attendance upon the Ninth Distri~t A~ri cultural School on the CRmpus of said school. 
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Trustees or proper Committee of said Board, shall prepare plans and specifications for the erection of said building. The said plans and specifications be advertised and before letting, said 
 
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bids shall be submitted to .the Governor for his approval. That a good and sufficient bond shall be required from the successful btdder for the faithful performance of the contract in accordance with tlie bid. That the building shall be erected under the supervision of the Building Committee having charge of same and the Governor authorized to draw his warrant to pay for the work as it progresses under the terms and conditions of said contract, but he shall reserve ten per centum of the contract price until the contract has been fully performed and the building delivered to the State., 
 
Section 3_ Be it further enacted that the cost of said building and furnishing the same shall not exceed the sum of $20,000.00 herein appropriated for that purpose. 
 
f3ection 4. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 
 
Mr.. Neill of Muscogee moved the previous question on the bill and substitute. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The main question was ordered. 
 
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 roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 
 
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633 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: 
 
Akin AHen 
 
(,'ulpepper, of Meri- La!lseter 
 
wether 
 
Law 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Davenport 
 
Lawrence 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Davidson 
 
Matthews 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Davis 
 
Mays 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Dennard 
 
Mercier 
 
Atkinson Austin 
~e,s 
Bagwell Baldwin Bale Ballard, of Newon Beazley Beck Bellah Blalock Blasingame Booker Bower Boyett Brinson Brooks Brown, of Clarke Brown, of Houston Dureh Burwell Buxton Carter Chambers Cheney 
 
Dorris' 
 
Middleton 
 
DuBose 
 
Mock 
 
Duncan 
 
Moore 
 
Ellis 
 
Mullins 
 
Eve 
 
McCall 
 
Fowler 
 
McCrory 
 
Frohock 
 
)fclhnaid 
 
Foy 
 
Neill 
 
Giddens 
 
Nesmith 
 
Gilmore 
 
Owen 
 
Grantland 
 
Pace 
 
Green Griffin 
 
Parker Palmour Pickett 
 
Hagood 
 
Pilcher 
 
Hall 
 
Rainey 
 
Harden, of Banks Reece 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Reiser 
 
Harris 
 
Richardson 
 
Harvin 
 
Roberts 
 
Hatcher 
 
Russell 
 
Hayes 
 
Shannon 
 
Haynes 
 
Sibley 
 
Hinson 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Howard, of Liberty Smith, of Telfair 
 
Johnson of Appliny Staten 
 
Chupp 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Steele 
 
Clarke 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Stewart 
 
Clements 
 
Key 
 
Stubbs 
 
Clifton 
 
Kelley 
 
Sumner 
 
Coates 
 
Kidd. 
 
Swift 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Kimzey, of Haber- Ewords 
 
Conger 
 
sham 
 
Tatum 
 
Cravey 
 
Kimsey, of White Taylor 
 
Cullars 
 
King 
 
Timmerman 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Lankford 
 
Trammell 
 
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Trippe Veazey Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce 
 
Wlhite Williams, of Worth Woody Worsham 
 
Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs: 
 
Coqk 
 
Hodges 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Gary 
 
Adams, of Towns Gordy 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Hogg 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Holden 
 
~nkston 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Bar11.eld Ba~ett, of Pike 
 
Hollis Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield thorpe 
 
Barwick 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Bond 
 
Jones, of. Coweta 
 
Bowers 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Lanier 
 
Carroll 
 
Lowe 
 
Cason 
 
Maynard 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Morris 
 
Cooper 
 
McCalla 
 
Dickey 
 
Pickren 
 
Ennis 
 
Reville Scott Smith, of Dade Stone Stovall Strickland Swinit Turner Vincent Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware W'inn WoodS Wright, of Bullocu Wylly Youmans 
 
Ayes 135, nays 2. 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed wjth. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 135, nays 2. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. 
 
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By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. 
 
By Mr. Akin of Glynn- 
A resolution for relief of Geo. H. Smith, Administrator. 
The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Jones of Elbert as the Chairman thereof. 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved the previous question on the resolution. 
 
The mo?-on prevailed and the main question was ordered. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 
The resolution, involving an appropriation, the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows ~ 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: 
 
Akin Allen Anderson, of Jenkins Arnold, of Clay 
 
Arnold, of Atkinson Austin A:ye.n . 
 
Lumpkin 
 
Bagwell Baldwin Bale Ballard, of Newon 
 
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Beazley Beck Bellah Booker Bower Boyett Brinson Brooks Brown, of Clarke Burch Burkhalter Buxton Carroll Chambers Cheney Chupp Clarke Clements Collins, of Cherokee Conger Cook Culpepper, of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davenport Davidson Davis Dennard Dorris DuBose Ellis Eve Frohoek Gary Giddens Gilmore Green Hagood 
 
Hall 
 
Palmour 
 
Harden, of Banks Pickett 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Pilcher 
 
Harris 
 
Rainey 
 
Harvin 
 
Reiser 
 
Hatcher 
 
Richardson 
 
Hayes 
 
Roberts 
 
Haynes 
 
Russell 
 
Hinson 
 
f:'hannon 
 
Hodges 
 
Sibley 
 
Hollis 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Howard, of Liberty Smith, of Telfair 
 
Johnson of Appliny Staten 
 
Jones, of Elbert  Steele 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Stovall 
 
Key 
 
Stricklana 
 
Kelley 
 
Stubbs 
 
Kidd 
 
Sumner 
 
Kimzey, of Habersham 
Kimsey, of White King Law Lawrence Matthews 
Mays Mercier Middleton Mock 
 
Swift Ewords Tatum 
Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Veazey Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, bf Pierce White  
 
MuHins 
 
Williams, of Meri- 
 
McCall 
 
wether 
 
McCrory 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
MeDonalit 
 
Worsham 
 
Neill 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Nesmith 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Owen 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Pace 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
Parker 
 
Wyatt 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Ballartl, of Columbia Barfield 
 
Adams, of Towns Ballard, of Columbia Barrett, of Pike 
 
An4erson, of Wilkes Bankston 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield 
 
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637 
 
Barwick Blalock Blasingame Bond Bowers Brown, of Houston Burwell Carter Cason Clifton Coates Collins, of Union Cooper Cravey Cullars Dickey Duncan Ennis Fowler 
 
Foy Gordy Grantland Griffin. Hogg Holden Holiingsworth Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Wilkinson Lanier Lankford Lasseter Lowe Maynard :Moore Morris 
 
McCalla Pickren Reece Reville Scott Smith, of Dade 
St~wart 
Stone Swinit Turner Vincent Walker, of Blackley Williams, Qf Ware Winn Woods Woody Wylly Youmans 
 
Ayes 123, nays 0. 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 123: nays 0. 
The resolution, having :received the requisite con~ stit~tiomil majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee- 
A bill to appropriate $7,400.00 for the purpose of carrying on the work a;nd paying salaries and expenses of Western and Atlantic Commission. 
I 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and 
 
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the Speaker designated Mr. Swint of Washington as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose ancl through its Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
 
Mr. Kelley of Gwinnett moved the previous questic)n. The motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favora.hle to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
 The bill involving an appropriation, the roli call was ordered, and the vote was as follows ; 
 
Those votin. g in the affirmati.ve were Messrs.: 
 
Akin 
 
Brinson 
 
Allen 
 
Brooks 
 
ADdersou, of Jenki.Da Brown, of Clarke 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Burkhalter 
 
Atkinson 
 
Burwell 
 
Ayers 
 
Carroll 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chambers 
 
.Saldwin 
 
Cbeney 
 
Bale 
 
Chupp 
 
Ballard, of Newon Clarke 
 
Barfield 
 
Clements 
 
Beazley 
 
Clifton 
 
Beck 
 
Coates 
 
Bellah 
 
ColliM, of Cherokee 
 
Blasingame 
 
Conger 
 
Booker 
 
Cook 
 
Bower 
 
Cullars 
 
Boyett 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Culpepper, of Meriwether 
Davidaon . Davis Dellnard Dorris DuBOse Ellis Eve Frohoek Gary Q-iddens Gilmore Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Harris Hatcher 
 
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llayea Haynes 
Hinso~ 
Hodges _Hollis Howard, of Liberty Johnson of Appliny Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Kelley Kidd Kimsey, of White King Lankford Law Lawrence Matthews Mays Mercier Mullins 
 
~cCall 
McCrory Me D o n a l d 
~eill 
Owen Pace Parker PalmQnr 
Pickett Reiser Richardson Russell 
Shannon Sibley 
Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart 
 
Stovall Strickland Sumner Swift Swinit Ewords Tatum Taylor Timmerman. Trippe Veazey Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley . Walker, of Pieree W!hite Williams, of Meri 
wether Worsham Wright, of Floyd Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Hall 
 
Stone 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Trammell 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams; of Elbert Carter 
 
Adams, of Towns CIIBOn 
 
A.ndemon, of Wilkes Collins, of Union 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Cooper 
 
Austin 
 
Cravey 
 
BSnard, of Columbia Davenport 
 
Bankston 
 
Dickey 
 
~anett, of Pike 
 
Duncan 
 
Barrett, of Whitil.eld ED.JJis 
 
Barwick 
 
Fowler 
 
Blalock 
 
Foy 
 
Bond 
 
Gordy 
 
Bowers 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Burch 
 
Harvin 
 
Buxton 
 
Hogg 
 
Holden Hollingsworth Howard, of Ogle 
thorpe Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta 
Jones, of Wilkinson Key Kimzey, of Haber 
sham 
Lanier Lasseter Lowe Maynard Middleton 
 
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Mock Moore Morris McCalla Nesmith Pickren Pilcher Rainey 
 
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Reece Reville Roberts Scott Stubbs Turner Vincent Williams, of Ware 
 
Williams, of Worth Winn WoodS Woody Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
Ayes 115,nays 5. 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 5. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was _passed. 
 
Mr. McCall of Brooks moved that the House do now adjourn. The motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Johnson of Bartow. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
THURSDAY, AuGusT 1st, 1918. 
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, of Towns Brinson 
 
Akin 
 
Brooks 
 
Allen 
 
Brown; of Clarke 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Brown, of Houston 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes tlurch 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Co.weta Burwell Arnold, of Lumpkin Buxton 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carrc.n 
 
Austin 
 
Carter 
 
Ayers 
 
Cason 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chamhers 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cheney 
 
Bale 
 
Chupp 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clarke 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clements 
 
Bankston 
 
Clifton 
 
Barfield 
 
Coates 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Collins, of Union 
 
Barwick 
 
Conger 
 
Beazley 
 
Cook 
 
Beck 
 
Cooper 
 
Bellah 
 
Cravey 
 
BlalQck 
 
Cullars 
 
Blasingame 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Booker 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Bo:wer 
 
wether 
 
Bowers 
 
Davenport 
 
Boyett 
 
Davidson 
 
Davis Dennard Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler,,. Frohock Foy Gary Giddens 
Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin, of Glascock Harris 
Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes. Hinson Hodges 
 
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Hogg Holden Hollingsworth Hollis Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson of Appliny Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Jones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter Law Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock Moore . Mullins 
 
McCall McCalla McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker , Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville Richardson Roberts Russell Scott l:lhannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe 'lurner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn WoodS Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of J<tnes Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans 
MR. SP~:AKER 
 
By unanimous eonsen~ the reading of the Journal of yesterday's session was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 34 was withdrawn from Committee on General Judiciary and referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
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643 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of husiness during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents. 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2nd. R-eports of Standing Committees. 
 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills ~avorably reported, the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having local application. 
 
5th. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to Committees. 
 
By Mr.Carroll of Catoosa- 
A bill to authorize the Chattanooga Railway and Light Co. to abandon certain parts of their lines. 
 
Referred to Committee on Railroads. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether- 
 
A bill to provide for the payment of Court cost in certain cases by the Comity authorities in Meriwether County. 
 
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Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Carter of BaconA bill to establish the City Criminal Court of Alma: 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether- 
A bill to 8!bolish the office of County Treasurer of Meriwether County. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham- 
A bill to prohibit any person to harbor or aid in the escape of any juvenile o:ffe~der committed to municipal, County or other farms. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
By Messrs. Davis and Stubbs of Laurens- . A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of 
Cedar Grove. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
By Messrs. Bale and Russen of FloydA bill to amend Section 5298 of the Code of 1910 
relative to garnishment laws. 
Referred to Gener~;tl Judiciary Committe No. 1. 
 
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645 
 
By Messrs. Cheney of Cobb and Tatum of Campbell- 
A bill to amend an Act to create, provide for and reqtiire the payment of an inheritance tax. 
Referred to Gene~al Judiciary Committee No.1 
 
By Mr. Jones of Elbert- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a Home Guard. 
 
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs. 
 
By Mr. Bale of FloydA biU. to increase the salary of the Stenographer 
to State Bank Examiner. 
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. 
 
By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher of Richmond (by re- . quest)- 
A bill to empower any municipality wherein is located any military or naval camp, arsenal, cantonment or aviation station within five miles of the limits of such municipality to pass and enforce any ordinance. 
 
Referred to Committe on Municipal Government. 
 
By Mr. Davis of LaurensA resolution to make Senate Bill No. 160 a special 
order. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
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By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A resolution to make House Bill No. 376 a special order. 
 
Referred to Coromittee on Rules. 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Hall and Bale, et aL- 
A resolution authorizing acceptance of certain lands in Irwin County. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary .thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The 8enate insists upon its substitute to the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
A bill to repeal certain sections of the Code and to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
 
tional majority the following bills of the Senate, to- 
 
wit: 
 
 
 
No. 231. A bill to propose to the qualified voters of this State an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 
 
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2, Article 5 of the Constitution of Georgia fixing the salary of the Treasurer and the clerical expenses of his department. 
 
No. 253. A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 2, 
 
Article 7 of Constitution of the State. 
 
. 
 
No. 270. A bill to amend an Act to establish Georgia Training School for Girls. 
 
No. 279. A bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 7 of Constitution of State of Georgia. 
 
No. 274. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Blue Ridge, Ga. 
The Senate has also passed the following Senate Resolution, to-wit: 
No. 97. A resolution for the appointment by the Governor of a commission to investigate the conferring of college degrees. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof, 
Mr. Speaker: The Sen~te has passed by the requisite constitu- 
tional majority the following bill of the House, towit: 
No. 812. A hill to authorize the levy of taxes for road purposes in the County of Towns. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Seeretary thereof: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has agreed to the .request ofthe House for a Conference Committee upon the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
A bill to fix the compensation of Sheriffs of this State and their lawful deputies. 
 
The President of the Senate bas appointed the following Conference. Committee on the part of the Senate, to-wit: 
Messrs. Price, Skelton and Brown. 
 
The Senate has agreed to the appointment of a second Conference Committee on the following bill of the. House, to-wit: 
 
A bill to provide that qualified voters who by reason of their duties are absent from the County of their residence may vote. 
 
The President of the Senate bas appointed the following Conference Committee on part. of the Senate, to-wit: 
Messrs. Andrews, Kirby and 
Logan. 
 
Mr. Taylor of Honroe County, Chairmi:m of the 
 
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Committee on Conservation, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Conservation have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 186, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
c. M. TAYLOR, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Brinson of Emanuel County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches, submitted the following report: 
 
Your Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 865, and have instructed me, as Vice Chairman, to report the same back to t}le House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
. BRINSON, Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Stewart of Coffee 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 House Bill No. 878, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same 
 
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back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
July 31, 1918. 
STEWART, Chairman. 
Mr. Pace of Sumter 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 bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the .House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 877. August 1st, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN pACE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee of Municipal Government, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following House bill and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
House Bill No. 575. 
 
DuBosE, Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Allep of Upson County, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same hack to the House with the recommen-. dation that -the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 845. 
 
That the following do not pass: 
 
House Bill No. 695. 
 
House Bill No. 619. 
 
House Resolution No. 167. 
 
House Resolution No. 172. 
 
House Resolution No. 47. 
 
House Bill No. 361. 
 
A.Lr.EN, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Dickey of Crawford County, Chairman .of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. 8 peaker: 
Your Committee on County and.. County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of 
 
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the House and. have instructed me, as Ch.airman., to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Resolution No. 182. 
 
Houes Bill No. 859. 
 
House Bill No. 873'. 
 
DICKEY, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb 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 have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same 'back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
House Bill No. 871. 
 
House Resolution No. 221. 
 
House Bill No. 808. House Resolution No. 159. 
 
RALL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Cullars of Lincoln County Vice Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No.1, submitted the following report: 
 
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Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1. have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate, and have instructed me, as Vice Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 197. CuLLARs, Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Fowler of Forsyth, Chairman of the House Committee appointed to investigate certain highway legislation, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Joint Committee having bad under consideration certain matters herein of the words set out, instructed me as Chairman of the House committee to submit the following report: 
 
WHEREAS, a Joint Committee having been appointed by the President of the Senate and the .Speaker of the House for the purpose of investigating and considering such highway legislation as may be pending before the General Assembly of Georgia; and for the additional purpose of recommending the passage of such of said legislation as they may deem advisable, and for the purpose of recommending such additional legislation as may, in their opinion, be needed, the said Committee having carefully considered the needs of the State of Georgia, so far as highway legislation is concerned, and also carefully considered such bills as are now pending in the General Assembly, said Committee makes the following recommendations: 
 
 
 
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We, the members of said Committee, recommend and urge that the following bills be passed: 
 
Senate Bill No. 33. 
 
Senate Bill No. 40. 
 
Senate Bill No. 279. 
 
We further recommend that the Motor Vehicle Tax Act, which was passed at the Extra Session in 1915, be amended as follows: 
 
First, that an additional tax of one dollar ($1.00) be placed on all motor vehicles except motorcycles and trucks. 
 
Second, an additional tax of three dollars ($3.00) on trucks of two-ton capacity and less. An extra tax of five dollars ($5.00) on trucks of five-ton capacity and more. 
We further recommend that Section 19 of said Act be amended so that the fees provided for in said section, which are other than the County allotments of said fees, be placed at the disposal of the Highway Commission for the purpose of employing engineers, maintenance and of meeting the Federal Aid appropriation. 
We further recommend and urge that the Legislature at the present session pass a joint resolution for the creation of a Commission of five, at least one of whom shall be a highway engineer, said commission to be appointed by the Governor, the President 
 
 
 
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665 
 
Jf the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre- 
 
sentatives acting jointly. .The duty of which Com- 
 
mission shall be to prepare and to preseni to the 
 
next General Assembly a Highway Commission bill~ 
 
and such other legislation as they may de&m advis- 
 
able. 
 
. 
 
We recommend further that provision be made 
 
for the ex~enses of said Commission. 
 
l!,OWLER, 
Chairman of House Committee. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House favorably reported were read the second time: 
By Mr. Williams of Ware, et aLA bill to amend Section 1677 of Code of 1910 rela- 
tive to sanitarium for tuberculosis patients. 
By Mr. Mock of DoughertyA bill to amend an Act establishing an Agricul- 
tural, Industrial and Normal School in the State. 
By Mr. Allen of UpsonA bill to provide for payment of pensions to 
ex-Confederate soldiers' widows in this State. 
By Mr. Baldwin of TalbotA bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of 
Talbot Cou~ty. 
By Mr. Ellis of TiftA bill to appropriate Five Thousand Dollars for 
 
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equipping and installing a heating plant m Academic Building and Dormitories. 
 
By Mr. Gilmore of Turner- 
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Turner County. 
 
By Mr. Aronld of Lumpkin:_ 
A bill to amend an Act providing for a Board of . Trustees of North Georgia Agricultural College. 
 
By Mr. Parker of Ware- 
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Waycross in the County of Ware. 
 
By Mr, Kimsey of WhiteA bill to prohibit seining in any waters of this 
State in which there are Rainbow Trout. 
By Mr. Carroll of CatoosaA resolution to appropriate sufficient to pay the 
Ordinaries of several Counties for their pension work for 1917 and 1918. 
By Mr. Cheney of CobbA resolution to authorize the investment of fund!'- 
.in the hands of the County Treasurer of Cobb County hi United States Bonds or War Savings Stamps. 
By Messrs. Stewart and SwiftA resolution to appropriate $175.00 for Secretarv 
and Stenographer of Appropriation Committee.  
 
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The following bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st District- 
A bill to repeal an Act to amend Section 1. of an Act to give consent by the State of Georgia to acquisition by the United States of such of lands us may be needed for the establishment of a National Forest Reserve. 
 
By Mr. Townsend of the 4th District- 
A bill to prevent the movement of tick-infested cattle within or through the State. 
 
By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the second time and recommitted. 
By Messrs. Wyatt and Bankston of Troup-A bill to amend the Charter of the City of La- 
Grange. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
By Messrs. Wyatt and Bankston of Troup-A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of So.uth- 
west LaGrange. 
Referred to Committee on MunicipalGovernment. 
The following bills and resolutions of the Hou.:;Pwere read the third time : 
By Mr. Hayes of StephensA bill to fix the compensation of the Ordinary of 
Stephens 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 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville Jf Hich mondA bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Com- 
missioners of Roads and Revenues. 
 
The report of the Conimittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the hill the ayes were 120, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Allen of UpsonA bill to provide for holding three terms a year 
of the Superior Court of Upson County. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Williams of WorthA bill to amend an Act to establish a City Court in 
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 110, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
- By Mr. Walker of Pierce- 
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Blackshear in the County of Pierce. 
 
The report of the Committee, which waa 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 req11isite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Middleton of EarlyA bill to provide for registration of voters in City 
of Blakely. 
 
.The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
.The bill, having received the requisite c~mstitu tional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Hayes of StephensA bill to perscribe the manner of holding primary 
elections in Stephens 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. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether- 
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court  of Greenville in and for Meriwether County. 
 
The report of the Committee, which wa~ favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, ha.,ving received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Cook of Miller- 
To amend the Charter of the City of Colquitt, in County of Miller. 
 
The report of the Committee, whif'h 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. Kimzey of HabershamA bill to amend the Charter of Cornelia. 
 
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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 ~15, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Bellah of HenryA bill to amend the Charter of the City of McDon- 
ough. 
 
The report 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. Hayes of StephensA bill to provide for County Commissioners of 
Roads and Revenues for the County of Stephens. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
The Committee amends Section 2, line 5, by striking the word ''fifteen'' and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''thirty.'' 
 
Section 2, line 11 by striking the words '' immediately upon their qualification as herein provided'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: "Jan. 1, 1919." 
 
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Section 13, line 2, by striking the word "jury" and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''juror.'' 
 
Section 22, by striking the word ''February'~ and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''May'' and by striking the words ''spring term'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''next succeeding term.'' 
 
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 Senate were read the third time: 
By Mr. Blackwell of the 3'9th DistrictA bill to amend an Act creating the office of Com- 
missioner of Roads and Revenues for Cherokee 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 122, n~ys 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Edwards of the 32nd DistrictA bill to repeal an Act creating the City Court of 
Cleveland. 
 
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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. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to propose to the qualified voters of the State an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5 of the Constitution relative to salary of Treasurer. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. DeJarnette of the 28th District- 
A bill to amend Paragraph 1; Section 2, Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia; to change laws of taxation so as to tax other kinds of property. 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th DistrictA bill to amend an Act creating ''The Georgia 
Training School for Girls.'' 
Referred to Committee on Reformatories. 
 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st District- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Blue Ridge in Fannin County. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Corporations.  
 
By Messrs. Field of the 34th District and Carswell of the 21st District- 
 A bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1 of Article 7 of the Constitution, relative to taxation. 
 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A resolution providing for the appointment by the 
Governor of a commission to investigate the subject matter of conferring collegiate degrees in the State of Georgia. 
 
Referred to the Committee on the University of Georgia and Its Branches. 
 Mr. Jones of Coweta, Vice Chairman of Committee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Rules, having under consideiation a resolution to make House Bill No. 149 a special and continuing order, instruct me, as their Vice Chairman, to report same back with recommendation that the same be made special and continuing order for today immediately after the order of unanimous consents. 
GARLAND M. .TONES, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorabl.~ to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to. 
 
The resolution was adopted. 
 
The bill was made a special order. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up as a special order. 
 
By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton- 
A bill to grant to the City of Atlanta an easement as for a right of way for a public street through certain property of the .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 118, nays 10. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up as a special order : 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-- 
A bill to appropriate money for expenses of Executive, Judicial, Legislative and other Departments of the State. 
 
Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall moved that when the House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole 
 
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House that the Committee of the Whole House be instructed to take up and consider the paragraph on common schools first. 
 
On the motion the ayes were 96, nays 1. 
 
The motion prevailed, and the Committee of the Whole House was so instructed. 
.On motion the Commi.ttee of the Whole House was 
instructed by the House to limit all individual speeches on each paragraph of the bill to five minutes, except the paragraph in reference to common schools, which be limited to ten minutes, except the Chairman of the Committee, whose time is unlimited. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Beazley of Taliaferro as Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through the Chairman reported progress and asked leave to sit again. 
 
Mr. Johnson of Bartow moved that the House do now adjourn. The motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Johnson of Appling. 
 
Th'e Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock. 
 
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3 O'Clock P. M. 
 
The House met again at this hour and was called to order hy the Speaker. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names: 
 
Adams, of Towns Akin 
 
Burch Burkhalter 
 
Eve Fowler, 
 
Allen' 
 
Burwell 
 
Frohock 
 
Anderson,  of J enldns Buxton 
 
Foy 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Carroll 
 
Gary 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Outer 
 
Giddens 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Cason 
 
Gilmore 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Chambers 
 
Gordy 
 
Atkinson 
 
Cheney 
 
Grantland 
 
Austin 
 
Chupp 
 
Green 
 
Ayers 
 
Clarke 
 
Griffin 
 
Bagwell 
 
Clements 
 
BaldWin 
 
Clifton 
 
Bale 
 
Coates 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Collins, .of Cherokee 
 
Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin, of Glasceek 
 
Ballard, of Newton Bankston Barfield 
 
Collins, of Union Conger Cook 
 
Harris Harvin Hatcher 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Cooper 
 
Hayes 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Cravey 
 
Haynes 
 
Barwick 
 
Cullars 
 
Hinson 
 
Beazley 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Hod.~res 
 
Beck 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Hogg 
 
Bellah 
 
wether 
 
Holden 
 
Blalock 
 
Davenport 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Blasingame 
 
Davidson 
 
Hollis 
 
Booker 
 
Davis 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Bower 
 
Dennard 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Bowers 
 
Dickey 
 
thorpe 
 
Boyett 
 
Dorris 
 
Johnson, of Appling 
 
Brinson 
 
DuBose 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Brooks Brown, of Clarke Brown, of Houston 
 
Duncan Ellis Ennis 
 
Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes 
 
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Jones, of Wilkinson Key K('lley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimse-y, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter Law Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock Moore 
Mul~ins 
McCall !l!cCalla McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith OWen Pace 
 
Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville Richardson Roberts Russell Scott Shannon 
Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton 'Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele 
Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords 
 
Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker; of Pierce 
Wlhite Williams, o.f Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Wlinn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd, Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton 
Wyatt Wylly Youmans MR. SPEAKER 
 
The following bill of the House was again taken up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to appropriate money for the Executive, Judicial, Legislative and other Departments of the State. 
Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole House and that the House instruct the ComiLittee of the Whole 
 
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House to come to a vote on the paragraph in refer- 
 
ence to common school appropriation and amend- 
 
ments thereto within twenty minutes. 
 
 
 
The motion prevailed and the Committee of the Whole was so instructed. 
 
The House was again resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Beazley of Taliaferro Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through the Chairman reported progress and asked leave to sit again. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for purpose of considering Senate substitute thereto. 
 
By Mr. Akin of GlyrinA bill to repeal certain sections of the Code and 
to levy and to collect a tax for the support of the State government. 
Mr. Wright of Floyd moved that the House insist on the disagreement to the Senate substitute thereto and request a Conference Committee be appointed. 
The motion prevailed. 
The Speaker appointed the following members on the part of the House : 
Messrs. Wright of ~loyd, Arnold of Clay,  Aiken of Glynn. 
 
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Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
'.. te motion prevaiied. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned  until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTAT~VE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
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The House met pursuant to adjournment this:id~y at 10 o'clock A. M. ; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. 
 
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents. 
"1st. Introduction of n.::w matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported, the second time. - 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having local application. 
 
5th. Readin_g of Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
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By Mr. Hall of Bib~ 
A bill to prescribe the manner in which the return of elections for Secretary of State, Treasurer and other State House officers. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Mr. Stone of Grady_:_ 
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Pine Park. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Culpepper .of Meriwether- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Meriwether County. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
By Mr. Clements of Irwin- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Collins ofCherokeeA bill to amend Section 1065, Volume 2 of Code 
of 1910, relative to misdemeanor convicts. 
. Referred to Committee on Penitentiary. 
 
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By Messrs. Stewart of Coffee and Cheney of Cob~ 
A bill to appropriate $35,000.00 for maintenance of Bureau of Markets. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has agreed to-..the report of the House for the appointment of a Conference Committee upon the bill of the House known as the General Tax Bill, and the President of the Senate has appointed the following as the Committee on Conference on part of the Senate, to-wit: 
Messrs. Denny, Merry and Moore. 
 
The following messagP- was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of .the Senate, towit: 
 
No. 121. A bill to provide for the protection of Islands situate2 within the State of Georgia, which are used as game preserves. 
 
No. 235. A bill to prohihit any person from hunting, except on his own land, without first obtaining a license. 
 
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Mr. Neill of Muscogee County, Chairman Pro Tern. of the Committee on Amendments to Constitution, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker.: 
 
Your Committee on Amendments to Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate, and have instructed me, as Chairman Pro Tern., to report the same back to the house with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 874. House Bill No. 767. 
 
House Bill No. 765. 
 
House Bill No. 129. 
 
Senate Bill No. 34. 
 
Senate Bill No. 279, do not pass. NEILL, Chairman Pro Tern. 
 
Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall 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 have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same 
 
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back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
House Bill No. 876. 
 
August 2nd, 1918. 
 
BuRKHALTER, Chairman. 
 
Mr. BuBose of Clarke 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 House Bills and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
House Bill No. 880. 
House Bill No. 875. 
House Bill No. 820. 
House Bill No. 879. 
Respectfully submitted, DuBosE, Chairman. 
Mr. Blasingame of Walton County, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture No. 2, submitted. the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Agriculture No. 2 have hail under consideration the following House Bill and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the 1ecommendation that the same do pass by substitute: 
 
House Bill No. 460. 
 
July 31st, 1918. 
 
BLASINGAME, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Kelley of Gwinnett County, Chairman of the Committee on Reformatories, submitted the follow~ ing report :  
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Reformatories have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendatiQn that the same do pass : 
 
House Bill No. 872. 
 
Senate Bill No. 270. 
 
Senate Resolution No. 89. KELLEY, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the fol~ 
lowing report : 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 886. 
 
August 2nd, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN PACE, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Ellis of Tift 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 have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
House Bill No. 494, do pass by substitute. 
Hous~ Bill No. 286, do not pass. 
 
House Bill No. 857, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 856, do pass. 
 
House Bill NQ. 469, do pass. 
 
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House Bill No. 358, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 888, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 889, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 52, do pass. 
 
That Senate Bill No. 231 be referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. 
 
August 1st, 1918. Respectfully submitted,  ELLis, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Jones of Elbert County, Chairman of the C~mmittee o~ Military Affairs, submitted the following report : 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Military Affairs have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 884 and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
W. F. JoNEs, 
Chairman. 
Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committe~ on Temperance, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Temperance have had under consideration the following House bills, to-wit: No. 380, No. 489 and No. 554, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass. 
N. F. CULPEPPER, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Bellah of Henry County; Vice Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report : 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills, Senate Bill No. 274, House Bill No. 890, and have instructed me as their Chairman, to recommend that they do pass.. 
w. A. BELLAH, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock 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 of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
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House Bill No; 827, by Mr. Atkinson of Fulton. 
 
House Bill No. 800, by Mr. Hall of Bibb. 
 
House Bill No. 842, by Chatham delegation, as amended.  
. House Bill No. 82.8, by Chatham delegation as 
amended. 
 
Senate Bill No. 180, by Mr. Skelton of the 31st. BuRWELL, of Hancock, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Dickey of Crawford County, Chairman of the Comnnttee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speake,-: 
:Your Committee on County and County Matters instruct me, as their Chairman, to report the following bills of the House, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 752, do .pass. 
 
House Bill No. 795, do pas.s. 
 
House Bill No. 814, do pass. 
 
House Bill No. 815, do pass. DICKEY, Chairman. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
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By Mr. Ellis of Tift~ A bill to amend Section 14 of Code of 1910. 
 
By Mr. Hall of .rlibb- 
A bill to propose an amendment to the Constitution relative to State contracting debts. _ 
 
By Mr. Beck of Carroll- 
A bill to create;) an Insurance Com:q1ission for the State of Georgia. 
 
By Mr. Ellis of Tift, et aL- 
A bill to aid in the acquiring and differing among the people of Georgia useful and practical ii:tformation on subjects connected with agriculture. 
 
By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of Jackson and Anderson of Jenkins- 
 
A bill to fix the legal rate of interest at six per 
 
cent. 
 
 
 
By Mr. Hardin of GlascockA bill to amend Section 4747 of the Code of 1910 
fixing the comp~nsation of Jurors. 
By Mr. Cook of Miller: 
A bill to \equire the County authorities having charge of finances of County to pay the cost of the Sheriff in certain cases. 
By Mr. Hall of BibbA bill to propose an amendment to the Constitu- 
tion, Article VII., Section 1, Paragraph 1. 
 
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By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to propose an amendment to Constitution to Article VI., Section 1, Paragraph 19. 
 
By Mr. Barfield of Bibb- 
A bill to ~bolish the office of County Treasurer. of Bibb County. 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing Justice Courts ano Justice of Peace, Notary Public and other officers and to create a Municipal Court in the City of Macon. 
 
By. Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin and Mr. Ellis of TiftA bill relatil!g to venereal diseases. 
 
By Mr. Mays of Butts- 
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Butts County. 
 
By Mr. Mays of Butts- 
A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Reyenues for Butts Cou~ty. 
By Mr. Akin of GlynnA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Bruns- 
wick. 
By Mr. Atkinson of FultonA bill to limit the effect the dissolution of a cor- 
poration. 
 
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By -Messrs. Eve, Lawrence and Wylly of Chatham- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Savannah. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Eve and Wylly of Chatham- 
A bill to alter and amend the laws relating to the City Court of Savannah. 
 
By Messrs. Bale of Floyd and Ellis of TiftA bill for the prevention of blindness. 
 
By Messrs. White of Fulton and Ellis of TiftA bill to create a reformatory for women. 
 
By Mr. S~ott of Johnson- 
A bill to amend the Constitution, Section 7, Paragraph 2, page 1507, relative to suits for recovery of personalty. 
 
By Mr. Grantland of Municipal Government Committee- 
A bill to amend the Charter of City of Griffin. ' 
 
By Mr. Beck of Carroll- 
A bill to repeal an Act creating a system of public schools of the Town of Whitesburg. 
 
By Mr. Jones of Elbert- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a Home Guard. 
 
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By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of MeriwetherA bill to provide for the payment of Court cost 
by the County authorities of Meriwether 9ounty. 
By Messrs. Bale and Russell of FloydA bill to amend Sections 5298 of Code of 1910 
relative to garnishment laws. 
By Messrs. Cheney of Cobb and Tatum of Campbell- 
, A bill to amend an Act to provide for payment of tax on inheritance. 
By Messrs. Davis and Stubbs. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of 
Cedar Grove, in Laurens County. 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate favorably reported 'were read the second time: 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District and Mr. Heath 
of the 17th DistrictA bill to amend Paragraph 1, Article 7 of the Constitution to regulate the powers of taxation. 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st DistrictA bill to provide for the execution and record of 
bonds for title. 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th DistrictA bill to amend an Act establishing the ''Georgia 
Training School for Girls." 
 
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By Mr. Brown .of the 41st District- 
 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Blue 
 
Ridge. 
 
. 
 
By Messrs. Andrews and Carswell- 
A resolution to appoint a. Commission of five citi- 
zens of Georgia to prepare statistics as to the number of feeble-minded persons. 
 
The following bills of the House were read the third time: 
 
By Messrs. Wyatt and Bankston of TroupA bill to amend the Charter of the Town of South- 
west LaGrange. 
The report 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, naye 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Gilmore of TurnerA bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Com- 
missioners of Ro~ds and Revenues. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, _ nays o~ 
 
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The bill, having received the requisite constitu~ tional majority, was passed. 
 
By 'Mr. Parker of Ware- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Waycross in and 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 97, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Wyatt and Bankston of Troup- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of LaGrange. 
 
The report of the Committee, whic:q 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. Baldwin of Talbot- 
 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of 
 
Talbot County. 
 
. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
 The following bills of the Senate were read the first time: 
By Mr. Council of the 14th District- 
A bill to prevent any person from hunting except on his own land without the consent of the owner. 
 
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Elders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to provide for protection of Islands within the .state of Georgia. 
 
Referred to .General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up for the purpose of considering report of Conference Committee: 
By Messrs. Field, Elders and OliveA bill to regulate the compensation of Sheriffs. 
 
The Conference Committee submitted the follow.: ing report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: The Committee of Conference on Senate Bill No. 
 
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163, on the differences of the two Houses, the same being a bill to regulate the compensation of Sheriffs in this State, submitted the following report: 
 
Your Conference Committee, to whom was referred the differences between the two Houses on Senate Bill No. 163, the same being the bill to fix tlie fees of Sheriffs, recommend that the substitute of the House as amended by the substitute here to attached to said bill be adopted by the two Houses. 
Respectfully, 
H. H. PRICE, 
Chairman, of the 27th District. 
 
J AS. H. SKELTON, 
Of the 31st District. 
T. A. BROWN, Of the 41st District. 
Conference Committee of Senate. 
JNo. Y. SMITH, Of Fulton; 
 
J. HAMMOND EvE, 
Of Chatham; 
 
DENNiS BARRETT' 
Of Whitfield ; Conference Cm:prnittee of House. 
 
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The followfing substitute was proposed by the Conference Committee: 
 
A BILL 
To be entitled an Act to fix. the amount of fees the Sheriffs of this State shall be entitled to charge and collect for the performance of official duties by them, and for other purposes. 
 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act the Sheriffs of this State shall be entitled to charge and collect the following fees for official fees for official duties performed by them, to-wit: 
 
For serving copy of a process and returning original, per copy (formerly $2.00) .: _______$ 3.00 
 
For services in every case before a jury (formerly $1.25) ---------------------------- 2.00 
For each levy on fi. fa. (formerly $2.00)____ 3.00 
For summoning jury at or during any term of City or Superior Court, {lach jury (former.ly "For summoning juries at each term of Superior Court") ---------------------- 10.00 
For attendance on Superior or City Courts per day (f01:merly "For attendance on Superior Courts, not to exceed twenty days per annum, per day $5.00, for each day more than twenty, $2.00") -------------------- 5.00 
 
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For apprehending a person suspected, if committed or held to bail, or for executing and returning a bench warrant (formerly $2.00) 3.00 - 
 
For taking bonds in criminal cases (formerly $1.00) ~--------------------------:______ 2.00 
 
For personal services rendered out of the County on official business authorized by the County authorities, per day (formerly $2.00) and actual expenses -------------- 3.50 
 
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. 
 
Mr. Smith of Fulton moved that the report of the Conference Committee be agreed to. 
 
The motion prevailed, and the report of the Conference Committee was agreed to, and the substitute proposed by the Conference Committee was adopted. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Conference Committee report: 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A bill to enable persons qualified to vote in any election in this State who are required by their du. ties to be absent from the County of their residence~ 
 
The Conference Committee submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. 8 peaker: 
The Conference Committee of the Senate and House having had under consideration House Bill No. 62, do respecfully recommend: 
 
1st. That the Senate recede from that portion of Senate amendment on~ of said bill which strikes the words between ''passage of this Act'' in line 4 of Section 1 of engrossed copy of said bill and the words ''any person'' in line 6 of said Section 1 "for the duration of the war between the United States of America and the Imperial German.government, '' and this Conference Committee recommends that the following words be inserted in lieu of said stricken WjOrds: "And for twelve months after the final declaration of peace between the Unit~d States of America and the Imperial German Government.'' 
 
2nd. That the Senate recede from all the remainder of Senate amendment one. 
Respectfully submitted, wALTER p . ANDREWS, 
Chairman Senate Committee. J. T. KmBY, J. B. G. LOGAN, F. G. BooKER, 
Chainnan HoUBe Committee. 
THOS. J. SWINT, 
w. 0. STRICKLAND, 
 
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Mr. Booker of Wilkes moved that the report of the Conference Committee be agreed to. 
 
The motion prevailed, and the report of the Conference Committee was agreed to. 
 
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to appropriate money for the expenses of the Executive, Judjcial, Legislative and other departments of the State. 
 
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved that when the House is resolved into Committee of the Whole House, individual sp~eches be limited to five minutes, except the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, whose time be 'unlimited. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The House was again resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Beazley of Taliaferro Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose, and through the Chairman, reported progress and asked leave to sit again. 
 
Mr. Jones, of Coweta, moved that when the House 
 
adjourns that it adjourn to meet again at 3 o'clock. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
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Mr. Dorris of Crisp moved that the House do now adjourn. 
The motion prevailed. 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Moore of Heard, Mr. Wright of Jones, Mr. Fowier of Forsytl\o, . Mr. Blasingame of Walton and Mr. Booker of Wilkes. 
T!Ie Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock P. M. 
 
3 0 'Clock P. M. 
 
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. 
 
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with. 
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 279 was recommitted to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. House Bill No. 106 was taken from table. 
Mr. Jones of Coweta, Vice Chairman of the Com mittee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee ori Rules having under consideration resolution providing for five minutes for consideration of unanimous consents recommend that the same be adopted during afternoon of August 2nd, 1918. 
GARLAND M. JoNES, Vice Chairman. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to. 
 
The resol~tion was adopted. 
 
By unanimous consent the follow;i.ng bill of the House was taken from the table : 
 
By Mr. Ayers of Jackson- 
A bill to amend the Constitution, Paragraph 2, Section 3, Article 6, providing for the election of Judges and Solicitors-General of Supnrior Court. 
 
The bill was tabled after the roll was called and verified on July 16, 1918. 
 
The Speaker announced the vote, which was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of ToWDa Brown, of Clarke Anderson, of J~ Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Clay Austin. 
 
.Buxton Carroll 
 
~qeva 
 
CRter 
 
., Bagwell 
 
Cason 
 
Bale 
 
Chambers 
 
Ballard, of Newton Chupp 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Clements 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Clifton 
 
Beck  
 
Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Bellah 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Blalock 
 
Conger 
 
Bowers 
 
Cook 
 
Brinson 
 
Cooper 
 
Brooks 
 
Cullars 
 
Culpepper, of Meriwether 
Davenport Dorris DuBose Duncan Ennis Fowler Foy Giddens Gordy Green Griffin Hagood Harden, of Banks Harris 
 
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Hayes Haynes Hogg Holden Hollis Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe .Tohnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier 
 
Lasseter Law Lawrence Matthews Mercier Mock McCall 
~eill 
Nesmith Owen Palmour Reville 
Scott Sibley Smith, of Dade Staten Steele Stone Stovall Strickland 
 
Sumner Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trippe Vincent 
Walker, of Ben :am 
Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce 
Williams, of Meriwether 
Williams, of Worth Woody 
Worsham Wright, of Floyd Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Akin 
 
Hall 
 
Atkinson 
 
Harvin 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Hatcher 
 
Barfield 
 
Hinson 
 
Blasingame 
 
Hodges 
 
Booker 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Bower 
 
Johnson, of Appling 
 
Cravey 
 
Lankford 
 
Davidson 
 
Lowe 
 
:pennard 
 
Middleton 
 
Ellis 
 
Moore 
 
Eve 
 
Mullins 
 
Frohock 
 
McCrory 
 
Gilmore 
 
McDonald 
 
Grantland 
 
Pace 
 
Parker Pickren Pilcher Richardson Roberts Smith, of Telfair Stewart Swift Trammell 
Veazey White Wright, of .Jon('S Wright, of Walton Wylly 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Allen 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Arnold, of Lumpkin Arnold, of Coweta Baldwin 
 
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Bankston Barwick Beazley Bond Boyett Brown, of Houston Burch Burwell Cheney Clarke Coates Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Davis 
 
Reece 
 
Dickey 
 
Reiser 
 
GtLry 
 
Russell 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Shannon 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Smith, of Fulton 
 
Maynard 
 
Stubbs 
 
May~;~ 
 
Turner 
 
Morris 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
McCalla 
 
Wlinu 
 
Pickett 
 
WoodS 
 
Rainey 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 103, nays 44. 
 
The bill,' having faile~ to receive the .constitutional two-thirds majority, wlas lost. 
 
Mr. Ayers of Jackson gave notice that at th~ proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 96. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock, Chairman of Committee on General Judiciary, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on General Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills and resolu.. tions of the House and Senate and have instructed me, as their Chairman, to report same back with rec ommendations that they do pass, to-wit: 
Senate Bill No. 200. 
 
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Senate Bill No. 204. ' 
 
Senate Bill No. 195, as amended. 
 
;House Blll No. 883. 
 
House Bill No. 832. 
 
House Bill No. 817. 
 
House Resolution No. 220. 
 
House Resolution No. 222. 
 
August 2nd, 1918. 
 
w. H. BURWELL, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Ellis of Tift County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report : 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.1 have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, toreport the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 833. 
 
August 2, 1918. Respectfully submitted, ELLis, Chairman. 
 
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The following bills and resolutions were. read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
By Mr. Anderson of Jenkins- 
A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Millen. 
 
Refe!red to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Mr. Barrett of WhitfieldA bill to change the name of a certain voting pre- 
cinct in the County of Whitfield. 
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections. 
By Mr. Turner of Brooks~ A resolution for the appointment of a Committee 
to make investigation in the matter of- highway legislation. 
Referred to Committee on Public Highways. 
The following bills and resolutions of the House favorably reported were read the second time: 
By Mr._Harvin of CalhounA bill to amend Section 3992 of the Code of 1910 
relative to returns of administrators. 
By Mr. Lasseter of DoolyA bill, to amend an Act providing for assessment 
ofSupercedeas Bonds. 
 
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.BY Mr. Parker of Ware- 
A bill to raise and increase the license fee of applicants before the State Board of Embalming. 
 
By Mr. Carter of Bacon- 
A bill to establish the City Criminal Court of Alma. 
 
By Messrs. Stubbs, Atkinson, Hall and Bale- 
A resolution to authorize the acceptance of certain lands in Irwin County. 
 
By Mr. Bower of Randolph..:._ 
A resolution to relieve B. L. Brown as surety on bond of Jesse Mitchell. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time: 
. By Mr. Fields of the 34th District- 
A bill to provide for the compensation for servico of the Deputy Clerk of Supreme Court. 
 
By Mr. Stephens of the 30th District- 
A bill to amend Section 1202 of Code relatiyc to Tax Receivers' fees. 
 
By Mr. Heath of the 17th District- 
A bill to repeal Section 6134 of Civil Code relating to compensation of the Stenographers of Supreme Court. 
 
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Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for consideration: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to appropriate money for the expenses of Executive, Judicial, Legislative and other departments of the State. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Comrhittee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Beazley as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through the Chairman reported progress a.nd asked leave to sit again. 
 
Mr. Culpepper moved this House do now adjourn until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Trippe of Bartow and Mr. Carroll of Catoosa.. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until M;onday morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE IIA:LL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
MoNDAY, AuGusT 5, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournme:qt this day at 10 o'clock; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
Adams, of T1>wns Boyett 
 
Davidson 
 
Akin 
 
Brinson 
 
Davis 
 
Allen 
 
Brooks 
 
Dennard 
 
Anderaon, of J enk:ins Brown, of Clarke 
 
Dickey 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Brown, of Houston 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burch ' 
 
Arnold, of Coweta 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Burwell 
 
Atkinson 
 
Buxton 
 
Austin 
 
Carroll 
 
~ Bagwell 
 
Carter Cason 
 
Baldwin 
 
Chambers 
 
Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis 
Ennis Eve Fowler, Frohock 
Foy 
 
Bale 
 
Cheney 
 
Gary 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Chupp 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clarke 
 
.Bankston 
 
Clements 
 
Barfield 
 
Clifton 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Coates 
 
Giddens Gilmore Gordy lirantland Green 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Collins, of Cherokee Griffin 
 
Barwick 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Hagood 
 
Beazley 
 
.conger 
 
Hall 
 
Beck 
 
Cook 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Bellah 
 
Cooper 
 
Hardin, of Glascock 
 
Blalock 
 
Cravey 
 
Harris 
 
Blasingame 
 
Cullars 
 
Harvin 
 
Bond 
 
Culpepper; of Clinch Hatcher 
 
Booker 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Hayes 
 
Bower 
 
wether 
 
Haynes 
 
Bowers 
 
Davenport 
 
Hinson 
 
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Hodges Hogg Holden Holiinpworth Hollis HowarcJ, of berty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bar.tow 
Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes JQnt>s, of Wilkinsou Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham 
Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter Law Lawrence Lowe 
Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock 
 
Moore Mullins McCall McCalla 
McCr<>r;~t 
McDonald l\eill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett  Pickren Pilcher 
Rain~y 
Reece Reiser Reville Richardson Roberts Rus!!ell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland 
 
Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe 
Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of .Bleekley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether .Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth W!inn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans MR. SPEAKER 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of session of August 2, 1918, was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent 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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2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported, the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested- House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having local application. 
 
5th. Reading Senate .bills and resolutions the first time. 
 
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
By Mr. Harrilil of Walker-. 
A bill to amend an Act to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Walker County. 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Rainey of BarrowA bill to amend Section 1249 of Vol. 1, Code of 
1910, relative to selection of State Depositories. 
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. 
By Mr, Hatcher of WayneA bill to amend an Act establishing a system of 
public schools for Town of Jesup. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Education. 
 
Dy Mr. Jones of Lowndes- 
A bill to create and install a modern system of accounts for County of Lowndes. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Hardin of Glascock- 
A bill to create a Board of Public Printing to designate the number of said board. 
 
Referred to Committee on Public Printing. 
 
By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin- 
A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 for erecting a building at the Georgia State Sanitarium for consumption. 
 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
By Messrs. Green and Kelley of GwinnettA bill to amend an Act to designate the Prison 
Commission of Georgia. 
Referred to Committee on Public Highways. 
 
By Messrs. McDonald and Pilcher of RichmondA bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Civil 
Service Commission for City of Augusta. 
Referred to. Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
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By Mr. Kelley of Gwinnett- 
A bill to amend an Act to establish a Board o County Commissioners of Gwinnett County. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Messrs. Holder, Ayers of Jackson- 
A bill to amend an Act so as to provide that widows and wives of ex-Confederate soldiers may be admitted to Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia. 
Referr.ed to Committee on Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home. 
By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of Jackson and Harden of Banks-  
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town <)f Maysville, Ga. 
 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Messrs. Barfield and Hall of Bibb-A bill to amend the Charter of City o ~facon. 
 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd and Mr. Stone of GradyA resolution to appropriate $2,000.00 to Jeffer- 
son Davjs Park. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
 
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By Mr. Burwell of Hancock- 
A resolution to make House Bill No. 896 a special order. 
 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, itwit: 
 
~. No. 15. A bill to permit a registered votel to vote in a district other than the one in which he resides. 
 
No. 236. A bill to authorize the exercise of eminent domain by the Western and Atlantic Railway Company. 
 
No. 238. A bill to authorize the right of eminent domain by the Western and Atlantic Railroad E;orporation. 
 
No. 281. A bill to repeal an act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Public Buildings and Public Property and Finance for the County of 
. Lee. 
No. 289. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Griffin. 
No. 278. A bill to amend an A_!lt to incorporate . the Town of Thomasville. 
 
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No. 184. A bill to incorporate the Town of Ridgeway, in the County of Fannin. 
 
No. 282. A bill to amend an Act to create a Hoard of Commissioners of Roads and Re\"enuc..; for the County of Lee. 
 
The following message was received from the Sen ate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has agreed to the report of the Conference Committee upon the following bill of the Sel1ate, to-wit: 
 
No. 163. A bill to fix the amount of fees the 8heriffs of this State shall be entitled to charge. 
 
The Senate has agreed to the report of the Conference Committee upon the following biU of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 62. A bill to enable persons qualified to vote in any election in this State who by reason of their duties are absent from the County of their residenct'. 
The Senate has agreed to the report of the Co~t-  ference Committee upon the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
No. 178. A bill to require all able-bodied persons between the ages of eighteen and fifty to be regularly engaged in some lawful, useful and recognized business occupation or profession. 
 
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The following message was received from the Sena~e through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has pass.ed by the requisite cvnstitu- 
tional majority the following resolutions and bills or 
the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 75. A resolution to authorize the County of Walker to refuund $1,517.35 toT. J. Bandy. 
 
No. 88. A resolution for the relief of \V. J-. Rollins and Charlie Sheppard. 
 
No. 169. A ~esolution for the relief of \V. Henry Jones, surety on forfeited recognizance or C. Bird, principal in the City Court of Macon. 
 
No. 184. A resolution for the relief of ,J.- \V. Woodall and S. M. Howard, of Pike County, Ga. 
 
No. 125. A bill for the relief of D. C. Cason and - D .E. Johnson in Warren Superior Court. 
No. 739. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Gilmer County. 
 
No. 790. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Soperton. 
 
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite constitutional maJority the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
No. 690. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Cairo. 
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Mr. Duncan of Douglas County, Chairman. of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report : 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Banks and Banking having under consideration House Bill No. 983, report same back to House that it do pass. 
DuNCAN, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter 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 bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 901. 
 
August 5th, 1918. 
STEPHEN PAcE, 
Chairman. 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations have had un- 
 
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der consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Resolution No. 36. 
 
House Bill No. 701. House Bill No. 896. 
 
House Bill No. 899. 
 
J os. H. HALr,, Chairman. 
 
By Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the followfug report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 718, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. 
DuBosE, Chai.rman. 
By unanimous consent the following bills of. the House was read the second time and recommitted: 
 
By Mr. Clements of Irwin- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Rnads and Revenues for the County of Irwin. 
 
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Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Smith of Fulton- 
A resolution to appropriate the sum of $326.60 to pay for improvements at the Governor's Mansion. 
 
By Mr. Bale of FloydA bill to increase the salary of the Stenographer 
to State Bank Examiner. 
By Messrs. Stewart of Coffee and Cheney of CobbA bill to appropriate $35,000.00 for support and 
maintenance of Bureau of Markets. 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
 
 
 
A bill to prescribe the manner in which the re- 
 
turns of elections for Secretary of State and other 
 
State House Officers be returned. 
 
By Mr. Anderson of Jenkins- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Millen. 
 
The following bills of the House were read the thjrd time: 
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By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to amend an Act abolishing the Justice 
 
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Courts, JusticE' of Peace, Notary Public in City of Macon. 
 
The folloWing amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
Amend by striking from line 5 of Section 4 the word "two" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three." 
 
Amend Section 4 by striking the proviso of said section. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
 On the passage of the bill the ayes were 112, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Messrs. Eve, Lawrence and Wylly of Chatham- 
A bill to amend an Act to carry into effect in the City Court of Savannah.. 
 
The following Committee amendment was read and adopted: 
 
Amend House Bill No. 828 as fullows: 
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1st. By striking the words from and after the passage of this Act, and substituting in lieu thereof the words ''from and after January 1st, 1918. '' 
 
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2nd. By striking the v.-ords ''by the County of Chatham" in the 4th and 5th lines of Section 2 and substituting the words as follows, "$4,500 by the County of Chatham and $1,500.00 by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah.'' 
 
3rd. By adding between the words ''County and all'' in the fifth line the words ''and municipality.'' 
 
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 112,. nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Eve and Wylly of Chatham- 
A bill to alter and amend the laws relating to the City Court of Savannah. 
 
The following Committee amendment was read and adopted: 
 
Amend. House Bill No. 842 by changing the number of Section 2 to Section 3, by adding a new section to be known as Section 2, as follows: 
 
''Be it further enacted the second Deputy Clerk of 
 
said Court shall receive a salary of $25.00 per mtmth 
 
to be paid as the salary of the Judge of said court is 
 
paid." 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable 
 
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to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 112, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Akin of Glynn- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Brunswick. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr: Grantland of SpaldingA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Griffin. 
 The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Beck of CarrollA bill to repeal an Act creating a system of public 
schools of Town of Whitesburg. 
 
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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 Messrs. Davis and Stubbs of Laurens- 
A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Cedar Grove. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st District- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Blue Ridge in Fannin County. 
 
The report of the Committee, wliich was favorable ~o 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. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
By Mr. Ficklin of the 29th District- 
A bill to permit a registered voter to vote in a district other than the district of his residence. 
 
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections. 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st DistrictA bill to incorporate the Town of Ridgeway, in 
Fannin County. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Heath of the 17th District- 
To authorize the exercise of the right of eminent domain by the Western and Atlantic Railroad Co. 
 
Referred to Committee on W. and A. R. R. 
 
By Mr. Andrews o~ the 35th District- 
 
A bill to authorize the right of eminent domain by 
 
the W. and A. Railroad. 
 
 
 
Referred to Committee on W. and A; R. R. 
 
By Mr. Hopkins of the 7ih District- 
. A bill to amend an Act to reincorporate the Town of Thomasville as the City of Thomasville. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
By Mr. Yeomans of the lOth District- 
A bill to repeal a;n Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Public Buildings for the County of Lee. 
 
R~ferred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Yeomans of the lOth DistrictA bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com- 
missioners of Roads and Revenues for County of Lee. 
Referred to Committee on County ,and County Matters. 
By Mr. Redwine of the 26th District- 
 A bill to amend the Charter of City of Griffin. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that for the remainder of the session the House meet at 9 o'clock A. M. and 3 o'clock P.M. and hold session on Sa~urday for consideration of general bills. 
The motion prevailed. 
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for consideration: 
 
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By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to appropriate money to pay the ordinary expenses of the State. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb moved that the House instruct the Committee of the Whole House to come to a vote on the bill, substitute and amendments within an hour. 
 
The motion prevailed and the Committee of the Whole House was so instructed. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Compri.ttee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Beazley of Taliaferro as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through the Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute as amended. 
 
The following substitute proposed by the Committee of the Whole House was read and adopted as amended: 
 
A BILL 
 
To be entitled an Act to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the government; for the payment of the public debts and interest thereon; to pay pensions; to provide for the support of the public institutions and the educational interests of the State, for the fiscal year 1919, and 
 
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for deficiencies for the year 1918, and for other purposes. 
 
Section1. Be it enacted. by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated on account of and for the support of the Executive Department of the .State government for the fiscal year 1919, to the persons and for the purposes, res:Q_ectively, hereinafter mentioned and set forth, to-wit: 
 
For the salary of the Governor, five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). 
 
For the salaries of the secretaries and clerks of the Executive Department, the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00). 
 
For the salary of the messenger of the Governor, the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950.00). 
 
For the contingent fund to be expended by the Governor according to law, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,00.0.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. 
 
Provided, That the salaries of the Governor and the secretaries and clerks of the Executlve Department shall be due and payable at the end of each cal.endar month, and that the salary of the Governor shall begin with the day of his inauguration, and any fraction of a month at the beginning of his term shall be paid for at the monthly rate, notwithstanding any custom or rcgul~tion of the department to the con- 
 
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trary. Provided further, That the expenses of the Governor incurred in the business of the State shall be paid on itemized statements signed by him, and he shall draw his warrant on the treasury for the same. 
 
For .the salary of the Secretary of State, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). 
 
For the salary of the. clerk of the Secretary of State, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). 
 
For the salary of the State Treasurer, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). 
For the salary of the clerk of the State Treasurer, the sum of one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600.00). 
 
For the salary of the stenographer of the State Bank Examiner, the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00). 
 
For the salary of the bookkeeper of the State Bank Examiner, the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00).  
For the. salary of the Comptroller-General, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). 
For the salary of the Chief Clerk in the office of the Comptroller-General, the suni of one thousand eight hundred dollars $1,800.00). 
For the salary of the insurance ~lerk in the office 
 
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of the Comptroller-General, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00), six hundred dollars of which shall be paid out of the insurance fees, as provided by Section 248 of the Code. 
 
For the Clerk in the Wild Land Department, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). 
 
For the salary of the Attorney-General the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). 
 
For the salary of the clerk of the Attormiy-General, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars {$1,800.00). 
 
For the salary of the Supervisor of County Officers and County Records, the sum of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). 
 
For the salaries of the Deputy Supervisors of County Officers and County Records, the sum of one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400.00) each. 
For the expenses of the Supervisor of County Officers and County Records allowed by law, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00). 
For the salary of the Insurance Commissioner, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). 
For the salary of the Deputy Insurance Commissioner, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). 
 
For the salary of the insurance clerk the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). 
 
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For the salary of the State Tax Commissioner, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). 
 
For the salary of the clerk of the State Tax Commissioner, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). 
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For the salary of the stenographer of the State Tax Commissioner, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). 
 
Section 2. Be it furt:U.er enacted by the authority aforesaid that the following sums of money be, and they are hereby a.ppropriated to the following departments of the State Government for the. fiscal year 1919, to-wit: 
 
For the salary of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). 
For the salary of the Assistant Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, the sum of one thousan~ eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00). 
For the salary of the Stenographer of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). 
For the salary of the Factory Inspector of the Department of Commerce and Labor, authorized by the Act of the General Assembly approved August 19, 1916, one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00). 
For the contingent fund of the J)epartment of . 
 
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Commerce and Labor, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) or so much thereof as may b~ necessary, to' be expended as provided in the Act ap- 
proved August 18, 1913. 
 
For the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). 
 
For the salary of the Clerk of the Commissioner of Agriculture; the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00). 
 
For the salary of the Chief Oil Inspector, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00), and necessary traveling expenses as allowed by the Code of 1910, Section 1811. 
 
For the salary of the Chemist of the Department of Agriculture, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), as provided in paragraph 1557 of the Code of 1895. 
For the salary of two assistant chemists, as provided by the Act of 1891, the sum of one thousand. dollars ($1,000.00) each. 
For replenishing chemicals and apparatus used by the State Chemist and his assistants, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. 
 
And the further sum of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for additional assistants, maintenance of laboratories, purchase of chemicals, and other neces- 
 
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sary expenses in connection with the analysis of fertilizers and feed stuffs. 
 
For the maintenance of the Department of .Agriculture, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), as provided in paragraph 2084 of the Code of 1910. 
 
.And to said department the further sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), to be expended as provided in the Acts of 1914, p. 12. 
 
Also the further sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), for the purpose of carrying out the provisions.of the Pure Food and Drug Act, approved August 21, 1906, the same to be audited by the Commissioner of Agriculture; that the said amounts are appropriated and set aside out of the fees arising from the inspection and analysis of fertilizers, and the proceeds of fees arising from the inspections made by. the food inspector shall be tur-ned into the State Treasury for the use of the common schools of the State, as required by SMtion 2119 of the Code of 1910. 
 
For the salary of the director of the Bureau of Markets in the Department of Agriculture, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), and necessary traveling expenses as provided by the Act approved August 21, 1917. 
 
To the Department of Agriculture, to carry out the work of the State Bureau of Markets, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars. ($15,000.00), as provided by the Act approved August 21, 1917. 
 
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For the salary of the State Entomologist, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). 
 
For the salary of the State Veteri:qarian, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) and actual expenses while traveling in the service of th~ State in the regular discharge of his duty, the same to be audited by the Commissioner of Agriculture. 
 
Also, five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), for the 
 
purpose or carrying out the provisions of the Act 
 
of 1909, relating to the protection of live stock in the 
 
State of Georgia from contagious and infectious 
 
diseases, and for cattle tick eradication; vouchers 
 
for the same to be audited by the Commissioner of 
 
Agriculture. 
 
 
 
Also, the further sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,009.00), for the year 1919, is appropriated out of any ftind in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the .purpose of exterminating the cattle tick and developing the live stock industry of the State of Georgia, as provided by the Act approved August 17, 1914. 
 
Also, the further sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00), for the investigation of reported outbreaks of hog cholera, field investigation, sanitary control of the infected districts, and for the purcahse and distribution of serum under the direct supervision of the State Veterinarian, as- provided by the Act approved August 17, 1914. 
 
The Commissioner of Agriculture shall annually furnish to the General Assembly a detailed itemized 
 
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statement of the expenditure of funds appropriated in the foregoing paragraphs for the extermination of cattle tick and developing the live stock industry, and for the sale and distribution of hog cholera serum, and for the investigation and control of the infected districts. 
 
For the salaries of the Prison Commissioners, each the sum of two thousand dollarf:! ($2,000.00). 
 
For the salary of the clerk of the Prison Commission, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00). 
 
For the support and maintenance of the Prison Department, the sum of one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars ($116,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed; itemized statements of which shall be furnished to the Governor at the time requisitions are made on this appropriation. This amount shall be for the support of the prison commission, including the Prison Farm and Reformatory for Youthful Criminals. The proceeds of the sale of all farm products shall be turned into the State Treasury. 
 
For the salary of the Chairman of the Railroad Commission, th'{; sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00). 
 
For the salaries of the remaining railroad commissioners, each, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00).  
For the salaries of one or more rate experts, the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00). 
 
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Fo:r; the salary of the special attorney of the Rail- 
 
road "Commission, the sum of two thousand five hun- 
 
dred dollars ($2,500.00). 
 
 
 
For the salary of the secretary of the Railroad Commission, the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). 
 
For the salary of the stenographer of the Railroad Commission, the sum of one thousand two hui:J.dred dollars $1,200.00). 
 
For the printing fund of the Railroad fJommission the ~urn of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed to pay for such printing and advertising and publishing as the Commission may deem necessary and is required by law. 
 
For the contingent expense fund of the railroad Commission, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid out of the treasury on the order of the Gove.rnor. 
For the sala:.:y of the Pension Commissioner, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). 
 
For clerical help in the Pension DepaPtment, the sum of two .thousand four hundred dollars ($2,- 
. 400.00.) For the payment of pensions which will become due to Confederate Soldie!s and the widows of Confederate Soldiers, who are legally upon the pension rolls, and are entitled by law to a pension from the 
 
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State, for the year 1919, the sum of one million two hundred and fifty tho.usand dollars ($1,250,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary. After paying all claims for pensions for said year, if there should be a surplus of funds appropriated for pensions the same shall be by the Treasurer transferred to the general fund on January 1.st. 
 
For the salary of the State Librarian, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1 ,800.00). 
 
For the salary of the Assistant State Librarian, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00). 
 
For the State Library, to be expended by the State Librarian in employing an additional assistant, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). 
 
For the Legislative Reference Department of the State Library, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00), to be expended as provided in the Acts of 1914, p. 137. 
 
For the State Library, for the purchase of books, etc., and for such articles and supplies as may be needed by the Supreme Court in the conduct of its business; .for which provision is not elsewhere made, and for books and supplies for the Attorney-General's Office, the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed, to be expended as the .Judges of Supreme Court may direct. 
 
For the State Library, for the purchase .of such 
 
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books and supplies as may be needed by the Court of Appeals in the conduct of its business, for which provision is not elsewhere made, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), to be expended as the judges of the Court of Appeals may direct. 
 
For State Library for printing new volumes of the Supreme Court reports and Court of Appeals reports, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. 
 
For the re-printing of the earlier Georgia Reports where the copyrights on the same have expired, such sum as 'may be needed, to be paid only out of the funds received into the State Treasury during the year of 1919 _from the sale of Georgia Reports, the State Acts and Codes. 
 
For compiling and publishing under the direction of the Governor the Colonial, Revolutionary and Confederate records and records for intermediate periods, such sums as may be necessary to pay the contract price for such work and publishing, to be '  paid out of the money received into the State Treasury during the year 1919 from the sale of Georgia Reports, Codes and Acts and Colonial, Revolutionary and Confederate Records. 
 
To. the Georgia Council of Defense as created by the General Assembly, Acts of 1918, 6. 93, the sum of twenty thousand dollar!:! ($20,000.00), or so much  thereof as may be necessary, to be used as provided in the Act creating the Georgia Council of Defense, and to be paid out only on the warrant of the Governor drawn for that purpose. 
 
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For the Military Fund of the State, for necessary expenses, the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars ($120,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used by the Governor in his discretion in establishing, equipping, maintaining and paying for riot duty of the State Constabulary or Home Guard, or State Militia, for the payment of Armory rents, and for the administration of the military departments of the State, including necessary clerical assistants, under the direction of the Governor; and the Governor shall apportion said fund between the State Constabulary, or Home Guard, or State Militia, as he shall deem best and proper. All funds herein provided for, a:ri.d which are not used for the purpose herein set out, shall be returned to the general fund in the- treasury. 
 
For the State Board of Health, the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00), to be used as provided by law; provided, that an itemized statement of the amounts received from all sources, and to whom paid, and the amount paid, shall be made to the Legislature by said Board as now provided for other ap- 
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propriations for the said Board. 
For the Geological Department, for the maintenance of the Geological Department of the State of Georgia, and for printing reports of said department, the sum of fifteen thousand five hundred dollars ($15,500.00), or so much thereof as may be needed; provided, that the State Geologist shall require the acting chemist of the department, free of charge, to assay ores and analyze any specimen taken from the soil of Georgia of clay, kaolin, cement, or 
 
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other geological specimens ,that may be sent by any 
citizen of the State with a view of ascertaining the 
commercial value of such ores, clay, kaolin, cement 
or other specimens. 
 
The State Geologist shall furnish to any citizen a statement giving the result of such analysis free of charge, and report shall be made to the Legislature of the amount received, from who received, and of the amount expended and to whom paid. 
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated on account of and for the Judicial Department of the State Government for the fiscal year 1919: 
For the salaries- of the Judges of the Supreme Court, each the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,.. 000.00). 
For the salaries of the Supreme Court reporters, each the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). . 
 
For the salaries of the Supreme Court stenographers, each the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). 
 
For the salary of the Sheriff of the Supreme Court the sum of one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600.00). 
 
For the Clerk of the Supreme Court-his salary. If the costs in the Supreme Court do not amount to sum allowed by law for the compensation of the 
 
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clerk, an amount equal to the difference between the amount due the said clerk and said costs, as provided by Section 6126 of the Code of 1910. 
 
J1,or the contingent fund of the Supreme Court, to 
 
pay for the necessary printing, stationery, record 
 
books, binding the opinions of the Court, hiring a 
 
porter, etc., the sum of two thousand four hundred 
 
dollars ($2,400.00), or so much thereof as niay be 
 
needed. 
 
. 
 
 
 
For the salaries of the Judges of the Court of Appeals, each the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00)." 
 
For the salaries of the Court of Appeals reporters, each the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). 
For the salaries of the Court" of Appeals stenographers, each the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). 
 
For the salary of the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). 
 
To pay the Clerk of the Court of Appeals his salary, if the costs in the Court of Appeals do not amount to the sum allowed by law for the compensation of the clerk, an amount equal to the difference between the amount due said Clerk and said costs, as now provided by law~ 
 
To pay the Clerk of the Court of Appeals the costs 
due him in pauper criminal cases returned to said 
Court, such an amount as shall be reported by the 
 
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said Clerk to the Government under the seal of said Court before receiving compensation therefor as provided by law. 
 
For the contingent fund of the Court of Appeals, to pay for the necessary printing, stationery, record books, binding the opinions of the Court, hiring a porter, etc., the sum of three thousand dollars {$3,. 000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. 
 
For the salaries of the Judges of the ~uperior" Courts, each, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). 
 
For the salar.ies of the Solicitors-General, each the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00). 
 
To pay the fees of Solicitors-General in criminal cases before the Supreme Court, such amounts as 
. may be due them under the fee bill provided by law. 
Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be and the same are hereby appropriated on account of the Legislative Department of the State Government, for the fiscal year 1919, to the persons and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, to-wit: 
For the compensation of the President of the Sen~ ate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the sum of seven dollars per diem, eacb, during the sessions of the General Assembly, and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the capital. 
 
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For the compensation of the members of the General Assembly, four dollars ($4.00) per diem, each, and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile by the nearest practicable route in going to and returning from the capital. 
 
For the compensation of the Secretary of the Senate the sum of sixty dollars ($60.00) per diem, out of which he shall pay the entire clerical expenses of . the Senate, as provided by the Act of October 8, 1879. . 
 
For the compensation of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the sum of seventy dollars ($70.00) per diem, out of which he shall pay the entire clerical expenses of the House of Representatives, as provided by the Act of October 8, 1879. 
For the compensation of the doorkeeper of the Senate and the doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, four dollars per diem, each, and the same mileage as allowed the members of the General Assembly. 
For the compensation of the postmistress of the House of Representatives for the session of 1919, four dollars per diem and the same mileage as is allowed members of the General Assembly. 
For. the compensation of one gallery keeper for the Senate and one for the House of Representatives, for the session of 1919, the sum of four dollars per diem, each. 
For the compensation of three assistant door- 
 
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keepers for the floor of the Senate, for the session of 1919, the sum of four dollars per diem, each. 
 
For the compensation of five assistant doorkeepers for the House of Representatives, for the session of 1919, the sum of four dollars per diem, each. 
 
For the compensation of the head porter of the Senate and the head porter of the House of Representatives, for the session of 1919, the sum of three dollars per diem, each. 
For the compensation of six porters for the Senate and ten for the House of Representatives, for the session of 1919, the sum of two dollars per diem each. Porters for the Senate to be employed by the Secretary of the Senate, and those for the House of Representatives to be employed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
 
For the compensation of six pages for the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and eight pages for the House of Representatives, and one special page for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the session of 1910, the sum of two dollars per diem, each, provided that no page shall be appointed for less than twentyfive days. 
For the compensation of one elevator operator, to be appointed. by the Keeper of Public Buildings, for the year 1919, the sum of sixty dollars ($60.00) per month. 
 
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For the compensation of the several committeemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives visiting by appointment the various institutions of the State, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or_so much thereof as may be needed, to he paid only on itemized account showing the actual necessary expenses paid in cash by each committeeman making such visit, and in no case to exceed the actual amount expended. 
 
To pay the incidental expenses of the General Assembly, to be paid on itemized accounts accompanied by properly receipted vouchers for the payments made and presented to the Governor by the Secretary of the Seimte and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, fifty dollars ($50.00), for the Senate, and seventy;five dollars ($75.00) for the House of Representatives, or so much thereof, respectively, as may be needed. 
 
To pay for stationery furnished to the General Assembly, seven hundred dollars ($700.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid on itemized accounts properly supported by receipted vouchers and presented to the Governor before the warrants are drawn therefor. 
 
To pay for binding the J ou:mals of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, as provided by the Acts of 1889, the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars ($550.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. 
To pay for indexing the Journal of the House of Representatives and the Journal of the Senate, each, seventy-five dollars ($75.00), to be paid to the Journal Clerk of the House and the Journal Clerk of the 
 
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Senate, respectively, upon the completion of the work. 
 
Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be and they are hereby appropriated for and on account of the hereinafter designated public institutions of the State for the fiscal year 1919, to-wit: 
 
For the support and maintenance of the Academy for the Blind, and for the salaries of its officers and attaches, the sum of thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000.00) for the year 1919, or so much thereof as may be needed. The Governor shall require of the Superintendent of the Academy an itemized monthly statement. of all expenditures, which statement shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees. and approved by it. 
For the support and maintenance for the School for the Deaf, and the salaries of its officers mid attaches, the sum of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. The Governor shall require of the Superintendent an itemized monthly statement of all expenditures, which statement shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees and approved by it. 
 
For the support and maintenance of the Georgia State Sanitarium, and for the salaries of its officers and attaches, including twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for the salary of the resident physician, the sum of nine hundred and forty-five thousand dollars ($945,000.00), for 1919, or so much thereof as may be needed, to be expended only when directed by the Board of Trustees. 
 
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The Governor is authorized to make monthly an advance to cover the cost of supplies and incidental expenses of the said Sanitarium. 
 
The Governor shall require the superintendent and the resident physician to make an itemized statement monthly of all expenditures, which statement shall be approved by a quorum of the Board of Trustees. 
 
The ordinary repairs to the buildings and property of the Sanitarium shall be paid from this appropriation at such times and in such amounts as may be approved by the Board of Trustees in regular session. 
 
For the Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium to supply a deficiency in the maintenance fund for the year 1918, the sum of one hundred and seventyfive thousand dollars ($175,000;00), which shall become available and payable during the year 1918. 
The salaries of the Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) each, and their actual railroad expenses in going to and returning from the Sanitarium, as provided by law, shall he paid from the above appropriation. 
For the support and maintenance of the Soldiers' Home of Georgia, and for the salaries of its officers and attaches, under the Act approved December 19, 1900, the sum of forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. 
 
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The Governor shall pay said sum to the treasurer of said Home in monthly Installments; shall require of the treasurer an itemized monthly statement of all goods received during the last passed month at said Home, which statement shall be submitted to and approved by the Board of Trustees. 
 
For the support and maintenance of the Georgia State Sanitarium for the treatment of consumptive patients, located at Alto, the sum of thirty-six thousand dollars ($36~000.00), for the year 1919, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 
The Governor is authorized. to make a monthly advance to cover the cost of supplies and incidental expenses of said Sanitarium, requiring the treasurer and other persons. in charge of the management of the said institution to mak~ an itemized statement monthly of all expenditures, which statement shall . be approved by a quorum of the Board of Trustees: provided, that no persons shall be admitted free to this Home, as beneficiaries of the State Fund, who are able to pro~ide treatment for themselves. Said Trustees shall make a detailed report annually to the Governor and General Assembly, as required of other State institutions. 
 
Section 6. Be it further enacted that the following sums of money be and they are hereby appropriated for and on account of tl1e following public institutions of the State, to-wit: 
For the State University at Athens for the. support and maintenance of the same, the sum of sixtyfive thousand dollars ($65,000.00), to be expended under the direction of the Board of Trustees. 
 
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To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for 
 
the maintenance of State College of Agriculture at 
 
Athens, including a course for a degree in veterinary 
 
medicine, the sum of ninety thousand dollars ($90,- 
 
000.00). 
 
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To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for 
 
the State College of Agriculture, to meet the require- 
 
ments of the Smith-Lever Bill, the sum of eighty- 
 
eight thousand one hundred and seven dollars and. 
 
fourteen cents ($88,107.14). The Federal fiscal year 
 
being from July 1st to July 1st, the funds herein ap- 
 
. propriated to meet the requirements of the Act of 
 
Congress, approved August 8, 1914, shall be availa- 
 
ble in equal monthly payments from July, 1918, to 
 
July, 1919. The Trustees of the College of Agricul- 
 
ture shall file with the Governor before the conven- 
 
ing of the General Assembly of each year an itemized 
 
statement showing the disbursement of this fund, 
 
and also showing the amount of money put up by. 
 
the different counties, and the funds coming into 
 
their hands from all sources, and how many coun- 
 
ties avail themselves of this fund. 
 
To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for 
 
the State College of Agriculture, for extension work 
 
now in progress and which is conducted in co-opera- 
 
-tion with the United States Department of Agri- 
 
culture, the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,- 
 
000.00). 
 
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To the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the State College of Agriculture, to be used annually for holding field meetings and farmers' institutes, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). 
 
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To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the maintenance of the South Georgia Normal College, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00). The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall report annually to the General Assembly an itemized state-  ment of all receipts and expenditures, and detailed statements of the affairs of said college. 
 
To the University of Georgia, for the maintenance of the summer school at Athens for white teachers of the State, as provided by the Act of December 22, 1898, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00). 
 
To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the School of Tech'nology at Atlanta, the sum of one hundred and ten thousand dollars ($110,000.00). The reports re.: quired of the Local Board of Trustees to be made to the Governor shall be submitted to the General Assembly at the opening sessions thereof. Before this appropriation shall become available it shall be the duty of the Local Board of Trustees to establish a rule allowing free tuition to only fifteen students from any one county in the State, and fixing the tuition to be paid by those in excess of this number from any county. 
To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville, the sum of eighty-seven thousand five hundr(}d dollars ($87,500.00). The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly the number of pay pupils, the tuition charged and an 
 
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itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, to be 
used in co-operative extension work in home economics at the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville, Georgia, the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00); said sum to be expended exclusively under the direction of the directors of the said Georgia Normal and Industrial College. This appropriation in no wise to supersede or conflict with th~ apportionment of the Smith-Lever Fund, to be made by the Trustees of the University of Georgia to the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville for the co-operative extension work in home economics. 
 
To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, the sum of twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars ($26,500.00); provided, that under no pretext whatever, whether as tuition or matriculation fee, shall such college charge exceed ten dollars per annum, or five dollars per term, for each pupil, and any charge 1n excess shall work a forfeiture of this appropriation. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly the number of pupils, teachers, salaries paid teachers, from whom and  how much is collected as tuition fees, and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. 
To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the State Normal School at Ath~s, the sum of sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($67,500.00); provided, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report an- 
 
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nually to the General Assembly the names and number of persons ~ttending said school, and how much and from whom is collected in tuition fees, the names and numbei. of teachers, the salaries paid each and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. 
 
To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the School for Color~d People at Savannah, under the Act approved .Dece;mber 19, 1900, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually the names, number and residence of the persons attending. said school, from whom and how much is received in tuition, fees, the names and number of teachers, and the salaries paid each, and an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures. 
 
To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the State Medical College at Augusta, the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00); said amount so appropriated shall be used exclusively for maintenance and extension work, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Trustees of said College. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shall report annually to the General Assembly an itemized statement of all receipts and expenditures, and a detailed statement of the affairs of said college. 
 
For the University of Georgia, for the support and maintenance of the Agl.ricultural and Mechanical Schools established in pursuance of the Act ap- proved August 18th, 1906, the sum of fifteen thou- 
 
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sand dollars ($15,000.00), each, from the sources therein provided; provided, that no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay the salaries of any member of the Board of Trustees of any Agricultural College of this State for services as trustee, or otherwise, except the usual per diem allowed by law, together with actual necessary expenses while going to and returning from their places of meeting. 
 
To the Trustees of the University of Georgia, ~r the payment of the interest on what is known as the Land Script Fund, the sum of six thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars ($6,314.00); and for the payment of the annual interest on the debt due by the State to the University of Georgia, the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00). 
 
To pay the Trustees of the State University, as provided by the Act of 1899, the sum of four dollars per diem, each, and actual railroad fares to and from the place of meeting; said sums ~ be paid out of the foregoing sums for the support and maintenance of the State University at Athens. 
 
Section 7. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following sums of money be and they are hereby appropriated for and on account of the following public institutions of the State, to-wit: 
 
For the salary of the State Superintendent of Schools the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). 
For the salary of the clerk of the State Superintendent of Schools, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00). 
 
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745 
 
For the support and maintenance of the common schools for the year 1910 only, the sum of three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($3,700,000.00). The said sum shall include poll taxes, one-half of the rental of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, show taxes, dividends from the Georgia Railroad stock, funds arising from the taxation of. dogs, all of which funds are especially appropriated by law.for the sup- port of the common schools, and all other funds especially appropriated by law for the support of the common schools ; all of which funds shall be by the State Treasurer kept separate from all other funds in the State treasury, and shall be paid out upon warrants of the Governor only for the support and maintenance and payinent of the expenses of the common schools of the State for the year 1919. 
 
To the State Board of Vocational Education, to meet the requirements of the Act of Congre~ of the United States approved February 23rd, 1917, known as the Smith-Hughes law, in accordance with the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved August 21, 1917, the sum of eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000.00). 
 
Section 8. Be it further enacted by the. authority aforesaid, that the following sums of money be and they are hereby appropriated for the fiscal year 1919, for the following purposes necessary for the support of the State Government, to-wit: 
For the payment of the actual expenses of the Directors of the Georgia Experiment Station, to ba paid upon presentation to the Governor of properly 
 
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certified vouchers, the sum of eight hundred dollat'H ($800.00). 
 
For the support and maintenance of the Georgia 
 
Training School for Girls for the year 1919, the sum 
 
.of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00), to be paid 
 
out only on itemized statements furnished by the 
 
managemeut to the Governor at the time the requ:- 
 
sition for the same is made. . 
 
 
 
For the ordinary repairs of public buildings, t<l purchase coal, wood, lights, furniture, for the Executive Mansion and the various departments of the State government; to pay for the hire of engineers, guards, watchmen, servants at the Mansion, and such porters for various departments as the Gover nor may employ, and for general expenses incident to the keeping in proper condition of the public buildings and grounds and to hire such other labor as may be necessary, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). Out of this appropriation the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) shall be paid to the Keeper of Public Buildings and Groundf=l as his' salary. The Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds is hereby authorized to use the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200.00) fr-om the contingent fund for the payment of the salary of a clerk, which clerk shall be appointed by the Govf'rnor. The Governor shall require itemi:1.ec.l accounts of all payments out of this fund before dmwin~ wat'rants therefor. 
 
Also, the further sum of twenty t.housa.nd dollars ($20,000.00) to supply a deficiency in said fund in 
 
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747 
 
the year 1918, which shall become available and payable during the year 1918. 
 
For the General Printing Fund, the sum of thirty. five thousand dollars ($35,000.00), or so muc:h thereof as may be needed. The Governor shall require itemiz~d accounts of all payments made ont of this fund before drawing warrants therefor. 
 
For the Reward Fund, for the payment of rewards earned for the arrest of fugitives from justice, after executive proclamations offering such rtlwards, the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed. 
 
To continue the work of the Roster Commission in their compiling of the Confederate Hoster Rolls, the sum of four thousand six hundred dollars ($4.600.00). 
 
Section 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,. That the following sums oi money be and the same are hereby appropriated to pay the recognized valid debts of the State as follows, to.wit: 
 
One hundred thousand dollars on bonds maturing January 1, 1919, to be paid out of the sinking fund. 
 
To pay interest on recognized valid debts of the State maturing in 1919, the sum of two hundred and forty-one thousand one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($241,187.50) ; Provided, That if this amount shall be found to be inadequate, then the Governor is authorized to draw his warrant on the treasurer for whatever amount is actually neces- 
 
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sary to pay the accrued interest on such bonds as fall due in 1919, which necessary amount may be taken from any funds available. 
 
Section 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in making the appropriations hereinbefore mentioned, when said appropriations are to be made to persons or for particular ohjects, the same shall be paid from the funds arising from tho sources now provided by law. 
 
Section 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the respective amoun.1:; a~propriated by this Act for the salaries of the -various State House Officers and clerical expenses oi the various departments, shall be held and considered in full payment thereof, and such amount'3 shall not ue increased directly or indirectly by paylllenis of additional funds from the contingent fund, or any other fund, to such officers, their clerks or other persons, by way of extra compensation or for extra services, or for extra assistance rendered to such officers in any department of said government, ancl should extra service or assistance become necessary to saiJ officers in said departments; the same shall be paid out of the amounts respectively a-ppropriated by this Act for salaries of the various State House Officers, and for the clerical expenses of said officers; nor shall any money be paid from any fund to any officer or person, as a salary or otherwise, unless the same is authorized by law, audited by the ComptrollerGeneral, and the money duly appropriated therefor. 
Section 12. Be it further enacted, '11hat all laws and parts of laws in conflict with .this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
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749 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb moved the previous question on the bill, substitute and amendments. 
 
The motion prevailed and the main question was ordered. 
 
The following amendments to Committee substitute were read and adopted : 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb-  
Amend by striking from Section 1, lines 13 to 17 inclusive printed bill. 
 
By Mr. Hall of BibbMoves to amenq Section 2, line 5, by striking the 
words and figures $3,000 and insert in lieu $2,400.00. 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
Strike from Section 2 iri. line 30 the words and 
figures $1,600.00 and insert in lieu $1,250.00. 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
Moves to amend Section 2, line 82 of printed bill by striking the word ''Criminals'' and substituting the word ''delinquents.'' . 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
Moves to amend Section 2 by inserting between the words ''criminal' ' and ''the'' in line 82 of said section the following: "Provided at least $16,000.00 of said amount appropriated, or so much as  necessary, shall be expended on the Georgia State Reformatory, and that all expenses and income of 
 
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s~id reformatory shall be kept separate and distinct from other expenses and income of said department. 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
To amend Section 2 of said Act, on page 6, lines 105 and 106, by striking the words "twenty-four" figures "twenty-four" and adding in lieu thereof the words "twenty-seven" and the figures "$2,700.00.'" 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
Amend by adding to line 106, Section 2 of printed bill the following: "For payment of salary of clerk in pension office for year 1917 one hundred and nine dollars and thirteen cents, and to pay balance of salary due for year 1918, the sum of $300.00. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper an~ Neill- 
Moves to amend substitute for House Bill No. 640 by striking from Section 2, on page 7 and lines 116 and 117 the words and figures $1,200.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures $1,625.000 and $125.00, of which sum is appropriated for increased salary for the year 1918. 
By Mr. Hall of BibbAmend Section 2 by striking lines 139 to 144 
printed bill inclusive. 
By Mr. Burwell of Hancock- 
Amend substitute for House Bill No. 640 by inserting after line 15, Section 3, page 9 of printed bill 
 
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751 
 
the foll~wing: ''To pay the Clerk of the Supreme Court the costs due him in pauper criminal cases returned to said Court such an amount as shall be reported by the said Clerk to the Governor-under the seal of. said Court before receiving compensation therefor as provided by law. 
 
By Mr. Burwell of Hancock- 
Amend substitute for House Bill No. 640., lines 25 and 26, Section 3, printed bill by striking therefrom the words and figures one thousand and insert ing lines 44 to 48 inclusive of Section 4, page 12 of dred.'' 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
Amend substitute for House Bill No. 640 by striking lines 44 to 48 inclusive of Section 4, page 12 of printed bill. 
 
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- 
Amend printed substitute by striking in lines -l-8 and 49, page 16 the words ''extension work in homo economics" and substituting the words "educational extension work.'' 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Bartow and Mr. Anderson of Jenkins- 
Amend substitute for House Bill No. 640 by striking out of Section 7, line 9, words and figures $3,700,000.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the word"i and :figures $4,200,000.00. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favora- 
 
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ble to the passage of the bill by substitute a~ amended, wa!'l. agreed to. 
 
The rall was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Towns Cravey 
 
Allen 
 
Cullars 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Culpepper, of Meri 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin wether 
 
Atkinson 
 
Davenport 
 
Austin 
 
Dennard 
 
Ayers 
 
DuBose 
 
Bagwell 
 
Dunean 
 
Baldwin 
 
Ellis 
 
Bale , 
 
Ennis 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Eve 
 
Bankston 
 
Frohock 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Foy 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Grantland 
 
Beck 
 
Green 
 
Bellah 
 
Hagood 
 
Blalock 
 
Harden, of Banks' 
 
Blasinj1'11l1"1e 
 
Hardin, of Glasscock 
 
Bowers 
 
Harvin 
 
Bo~tt 
 
Hatcher 
 
Brinson 
 
Hayes 
 
Brooks 
 
Haynes 
 
Brown, of Clarke Hodg-e':! 
 
Burch 
 
H)gg 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Burwell 
 
Hollis 
 
Carroll 
 
. Howard, of Liberty 
 
C&~~on 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe 
 
Chambers 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Cheney 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Chupp 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Clements 
 
Kelley 
 
Clifton 
 
Kidd 
 
Collins of Cherokee Kimzey, of Haber 
 
Collins of Union 
 
sham 
 
Conger 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Lankford Lasseter Matthews Mays Mercier Middleton Mock Mullins McCall McCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Palmour Pickren .Reece Scott Smith, of Fulton Stone Strickland Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Timmerman Veazey Vincent Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth 
 
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753 
 
Woods Woody Worsham 
 
Wright, of Bulloeh Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones 
 
Wright, of Walton Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin Arnold, of Clay Arnold, of Coweta Ballard, of Newton Beazley Booker Bower Buxton Clarke Davidson Diekey 
 
Dorris Giddens Gilmore Griffin Hall Jones, of Coweta Key Lanier Law Lowe MeCalla 
 
Paee Parker Piekett Riehardson Sibley Smith, of Dade Steele Stovall Stubbs Taylor Trammell 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
. Adams, of Elbert Anderson, of Wilkes Barfield Barwiek Bond 
Brown, of Houston Carter Coates Cook Cooper Culpepper, of Clineh Davis Fowler 
Gordy 
 
Gary 
 
Reville 
 
Hartis 
 
Robert. 
 
Hinson 
 
Russell 
 
Holden 
 
Shannon 
 
Johnson, of Appling Smith, oi Telfair 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Staten 
 
King 
 
Stewart 
 
Lawrenee 
 
Trippe 
 
Maynard 
 
Turner 
 
Moore 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Morris 
 
Walker, of Bleekley 
 
Pileher 
 
Winn 
 
Rainey 
 
Wylly 
 
Reiser 
 
By unanimous consent verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 113, . nays 33. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu- 
 
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tional majority, was . passed by substitute as amended.. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock moved that House Bill No. 640 be immediately transmitted to the Senate. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta County, Vice Chairman of 9ommittee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Rules having under consideration a resolution provid1ng for special order at the afternoon session Monday at 3 p. m. of Senate Bill No. 186, known as the Brown Bill, with :five minutes limited debate, instruct me as their Vice Chairman, to report same back with recommendation that same . do pass. 
GARLAND 1\f. JONES, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to.  
The resolution was adopted. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up as a special order : 
 
By Messrs. Beck, Russell and Howard- 
A bill to make more complete provision for the maintenance of the Horticulture and Pamology by 
 
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755 
 
providing an annual appropriation for support and maintenance. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation the House 
was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designate~ Mr. Pickett of Terrell as Chairman thereof. 
 
 The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported progress and asked leave to sit again. 
 
Mr. Bankston of Troup moved that this House do now adjourn. 
The motion prevailed. 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock. 
3 O'Clock P.M. 
 
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. 
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up for consideration as a special order: . 
 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st District- 
A bill to repeal an Act to give consent by the State of Georgia to acquisition by the United States 
 
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of such lands as may be needed for establishment of a National Forest Reserve. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favora. ble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays 1. 
 
The bill, having recevied the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for consideration: 
 
By Messrs. Beck, Russell and Howard- 
A bill to make more complete provision for the maintenance of the Department of Horticulture and Pamology by appropriating for the maintenance and support of the Department $50,000.00. 
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Pickett of Terrell as the 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.. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved the previous question on the bill and amendment. 
The motion prevailed and the main question was ordered. 
 
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757 
 
The following Committee amendment was read and adopted: 
 
Committee amends Section 1 by striking the words an_d figures ''fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)" in the twentieth (2oth) line thereof and substituting in lieu thereof ''Sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00)." 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable t to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Brooks 
 
DuBose 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Bro1VJ1, of Clarke 
 
Duncan 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Burkhalter 
 
Ellis 
 
Atkinson 
 
Burwell 
 
Ennis 
 
Austin 
 
Buxton 
 
Eve 
 
A yellS 
 
Cason 
 
Frohock 
 
Bagwen 
 
Cheney 
 
Foy 
 
Baldwin 
 
Chupp 
 
Giddens 
 
Bale 
 
Clarke 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clements 
 
Gilmore Green 
 
Bankston 
 
Clifton 
 
_Hagood 
 
lsarfield 
 
Collins of Cherokee Hall 
 
Barwick 
 
Conger 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Beazley Beck Bellah Blaloek Blasingame Bond Booker Bower Boyett Brinson 
 
Cook Cooper Cravey Cullars Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davenport Davidson Dennard Dorris 
 
Harris Harvin Hatcher Hayes Hogg _ Hollingsworth Hollis Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle 
thorpe 
 
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Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes li.ey Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White Lanier Lasseter Law j..awrence 
towe 
Matthews Mercier Middleton Mock 
Mullina McCall McCrory 
 
~.tcDon:tlll 
Neill Owen Pace Palmour Pickett Pickren Richardson Scott Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swint 
 
Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trippe Veazey Vincent Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Worth Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
ll!lllard, of Newton Barrett, of Pike Carroll Collins, of Union 
 
Grantland Haynes Hodges Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Roberts Swords. Trammell 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Coates 
 
jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Adams, of TOWllll 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch King 
 
Allen 
 
Davis 
 
Lankford 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Dickey 
 
Maynard 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Fowler 
 
Mays 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Gary 
 
Moore 
 
Barrett, Whitfield Gordy 
 
Morris 
 
Bowers 
 
Griffi,n 
 
McCalla 
 
Brown, or Houston Hardin, of Glascock Nesmith 
 
Burch 
 
Hinson 
 
Parker 
 
Carter 
 
Holden 
 
Pilcher 
 
Chambers 
 
Johnson, of Appling Rainey 
 
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759 
 
Reece Reiser Reville Russell Shannon 
 
Staten Swift Turner Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Williams, of Ware Winn Wright., of Floyd Wylly 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 127, nays 11. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
The following bills of the House were taken up for consideration as special orders: 
 
By Mr. Frohock of Camden- 
A bill to .appropriate $1,000.00 for repairs at Soldiers' Home. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Sibley of Greene as the 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: 
 
By Mr. McCall of BrooksMoves to amend said bill by striking from the 
 
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same the figures and number one thousand and insert the sum of two thousand dollars. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Ohupp 
 
Hayes 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Clarke 
 
Haynes 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Clements 
 
Hodges 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Collins, of Cherokee Hollingsworth 
 
Au.stin 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Hollis 
 
Ay8l8 
 
Conger 
 
Howa~d, of Liberty 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cravey 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cullars 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Bale 
 
Oulpepper, of Meri Jones, of Elbert 
 
Ballard, of Columbia wether 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Ballard, of Newton Davenport 
 
Key 
 
Banks.ton 
 
Davidson 
 
Kelley 
 
Barwick 
 
Dennard 
 
Kidd 
 
neek 
 
Dickey 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Bellah 
 
Dorris 
 
Lanier . 
 
Blalock 
 
Duncan 
 
I.ankford 
 
BISBingame 
 
Ellis 
 
Lasseter 
 
Bond 
 
Ennis 
 
Law 
 
Booker 
 
Frohock 
 
Lawrence 
 
.hower 
 
Foy 
 
Lowe 
 
Boyett 
 
Gilmore 
 
Matthews 
 
Brinson 
 
Grantland 
 
Mercier 
 
Brooks 
 
Green 
 
Moore 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Hagood 
 
Mullins 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hall 
 
McCall 
 
Burwell 
 
Harden, of Banks M eCrory 
 
Buxton Carroll CSBon Cheney 
 
Hardin, of Glascock McDonald 
 
Harris 
 
1\eill 
 
Harvin 
 
Owen 
 
Hatcher 
 
Pace 
 
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761 
 
Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Richardson Scott Sibley Smith, of Telfair Steele Stewart Stone Stovall 
 
Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe 
 
Veazey Walker, of Pierce Williams, of :Meri- 
wether Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
Cook 
 
Those ~ot voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Fowler 
 
Adams, of Towns Gary 
 
 Allen 
 
Giddens 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Gordy 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Griffin 
 
Atkinson 
 
Hinson 
 
Barfield 
 
Hogg 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Holden 
 
Barret, of Whitfield Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Beazley 
 
thorpe 
 
Bowers 
 
Johnson, of Appling 
 
Brown, of Houston Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Burch 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
C'Auter 
 
sham 
 
Chambers 
 
King 
 
Clifton 
 
Maynard 
 
Coates 
 
Ml!ys 
 
Cooper Culpepper, of Clinch D'avis DuBose Eve 
 
Middleton Moore Morris McCalla Nesmith 
 
Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville Roberts Russell Shannon Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Staten Tum4lr Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Wulker, of Bleckley Wlbite Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Wlinn Woods' Woody Wylly 
 
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By unanimous c~nsent verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 122, nays 1. 
 
The bill h~ving received the req11isite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Messrs. Shannon of Twiggs and McCalla of Rockdale- 
A bill to appropriate to the Highway Department the sum of $10,900 for maintenance. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Beck of Carroll as the 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. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favora-  ble to the passage of the bj.ll, was agreed to. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin Allen Arnold, of Clay Arnold, of Lumpkin 
 
Atkinson A;yers Bagwell Baldwin 
 
Bale B-allard, of Columbia Ballard, of Newton Bankston 
 
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763 
 
Barwick Beek Bellah Blalock Blasingame Bond Booker Bower Boyett Brinson Brooks Burkhalter Burwell Buxton Cason Cheney Chupp Clarke Clements Conger Cooper Cravey  Cullars 
Culpepper, of Meriwether 
Davenport Davidson Dennard Dickey Dorri.<1 Duncan Ellis Ennis 
 
Eve 
 
Owen 
 
Frohock 
 
Pace 
 
Giddens 
 
Parker 
 
Grantland 
 
Palm our 
 
Green 
 
Pickren 
 
Hagood 
 
Richardson 
 
Harden, of Banks Roberts 
 
Harris 
 
Scott 
 
Harvin 
 
Sibley 
 
Hatcher 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Hayes 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Hodges 
 
Stewart 
 
Hogg 
 
Stone 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Stovall 
 
Hollis 
 
Strickland 
 
Howard, of Liberty  Stubbs 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Sumner 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Swords 
 
Key 
 
Tatum 
 
Kelley 
 
Taylor 
 
Kidtl. 
 
Timmerman 
 
Kimsey, of White Trippe 
 
Lanier 
 
Walker, of Pierce 
 
Law 
 
Williams, of Meri 
 
Lawrence Mercier 
 
wether W'inn 
 
Mock 
 
Woods' 
 
Mullius 
 
Woody 
 
Me Call 
 
Worsham 
 
MeCrory 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
M<,Donald 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
Ne:a 
 
Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Cook Foy 
 
Hall 
 
Trammell 
 
Those not vo~ing were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Adams, of Towns 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Arnold, of Coweta Anderson, of Wilkes Austin 
 
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Barfield 
 
Haynes 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Hinson 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Holden 
 
Beazley 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Bowers 
 
thorpe 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
JohllBon, of Appling 
 
Brown, of Houston Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Burch 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Carroll 
 
~ones, of Wilkinson 
 
Carter 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
C'hambe~ 
 
sham 
 
Clifton 
 
King 
 
Coates 
 
L&.!lkford 
 
CollillB, of Cherokee Lasseter 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Lowe 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch  Matthews 
 
Davis 
 
Maynard 
 
DuBose 
 
Mays 
 
Fowler 
 
Middleton 
 
Gary 
 
Moore 
 
Gilmore 
 
Morris 
 
Gordy 
 
McCalla 
 
Griffin 
 
Nesmith 
 
IIardin, of Glascock Pickett 
 
Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville Russell t:ihannon Smith, of Fulton Staten Steele Swift Swint Turner Vea:>.ey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley W!hite h illiams, of Ware W'illiams, of Worth Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd  Wylly YoumallB 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with: 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays 4. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. McCrory of SchleyA resolution to pay salary and. mileage of the late 
Senator W. F. Weaver to his widow. 
The report of the Committee, which was favor3ble to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 
 
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On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 98, nays 0. 
 
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee and Mr. Swift of Muscogee- 
A resolutio:q to appropriate. $175.00 to pay Secretary to Appropriations Committee. 
The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of tbe Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Davenport of Hall as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee. of the Whole House arose, and through their Chairman t:eported 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 roll was called and the vote was as follows : 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin Allen Arnold, of Clay Arnold, of LumpKin Atkinson Austin Ayers Bagwell 
 
Baldwin 
 
Beck 
 
Bale 
 
Bellah 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Blalock 
 
Ballard, of Newton Bla.singame 
 
Bankston 
 
Bond 
 
Barfield 
 
Booker 
 
.barwick 
 
Bower 
 
Beazley 
 
Boyett 
 
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Brooks Brown, of Clarke Burkhalter Burwell Buxton Carro:J Cason Chupp Clements Collins, of Union Conger Cook Cooper Collars Culpepper, .of Meri- 
wether Davenport Davidson Dennard Dorris Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Frohoek Foy Giddens Grantland Green Hagood 
 
Harjlen, of Banks :\eill 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Nesmith 
 
Harris 
 
Pace 
 
Hatcher 
 
Parker 
 
Hayes 
 
Palmour 
 
Haynes 
 
Pilcher 
 
Hodges 
 
Richardson 
 
Hogg 
 
Sibley 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Hollis 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Howard, of Liberty Steele 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Stewart 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Stone 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham 
 
Stovall Strickland Sumner Swift Swint 
 
KiiDBey, of White Lankford Law 
 
Sworlls Tatum Taylor 
 
Lowe 
 
Timmerman 
 
May~ 
Mercier 
 
Trippe Williams, of l\feri- 
 
Middleton 
 
wether 
 
Mock 
 
Wlinn 
 
Mullins 
 
Worsham 
 
McCrory 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
~.!:eDonnld 
 
Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Barrett, of Pike. 
 
Trammell 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Bowers AdaiDB, of Towns Brinson . Anderson, of Jenkins Brown, of Houston Anderson, of Wilkell  Burch Arnold, of Coweta Carter barrett, of Whitfield Chambers 
 
Cheney Clarke Clifton Coates Collins, of Cherokee Cravey 
 
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Culpepper, of Clinch Davis Dickey DuBose Fowler Gary Gilmore Gordy Griffin Hall Harvin Hinson Holden Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson, of Appling Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Wilkinsun Key King 
 
Lanier Lasseter Lawrence Matthews Maynard Moore Morris McCall McCall.. Owen Pickett Pickren Rainey Reece Reiser Reville Roberts Russeli Scott Shannon 
 
Smith, of Fulton Staten Stub.bs Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bl<!ekley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Woods" Woody Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyll Wright, of Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 109, nays 2. 
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Mock of Dougherty- 
A bill to amend an Act providing for the establishment of an Agricultural and Industrial School as a Branch of the University of Georgia. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved intct the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Tatum of Campbell as the Chairman thereof. 
 
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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 roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Chupp 
 
Haynes 
 
Allen 
 
Clar.ke 
 
Hodges 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Clements 
 
Hogg 
 
Aroold, of Lumpkin Clifton 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Atkinson 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Hollis 
 
Austin 
 
Conget 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cook 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cooper 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Bale 
 
Cravey 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Culpepper, of Meri- Key 
 
Barfield 
 
wether 
 
Kelley 
 
Barwick 
 
Davidson 
 
Kidd 
 
Beazley 
 
Dennard 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
Beck 
 
Dickey 
 
sham 
 
Bellah 
 
DorriS 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Blalock 
 
Ellis 
 
Lanier 
 
Blasingame 
 
Ennis 
 
Lankford 
 
Bond 
 
Eve 
 
Lasseter 
 
Booker 
 
Frohock 
 
Lawrence 
 
Bower 
 
Giddens 
 
Lowe 
 
Boyett 
 
Grantland 
 
Matthews 
 
Brooks 
 
Green 
 
Mays 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Griffin 
 
Mercier 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hagood 
 
Middleton 
 
Burwell Buxton Carroll Cason Cheney 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Mock 
 
Harris 
 
 Mullins 
 
Harvin 
 
McCall 
 
Hatcher 
 
M<'Crory 
 
;Hayes 
 
Mcnonalcl 
 
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Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Pickett Pickren 1 Pilcher Richardson Roberts Sibley 
I 
Smith, of Dade Smith, of Telfair 
 
Steele Stewart Stovall Stubbs Sumner Swint Swords 'I'Stum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe 
 
Walker, of Pierce 'White 
Williams, ot M'eri- 
wether Williams, of Worth Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Aa'E!P 
Ballard, of Newton Barrett, of Pike 
 
Davenport Foy 
 
Hall Wlinn 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Fowler 
 
Adams, of Towns Gary 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Gilmore 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Gordy 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Harden, of Banks 
 
Bankston 
 
Hinson 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield llolden 
 
Bowers Brinson 
 
How'ard, of Oglethorpe 
 
Brown, of Houston Johnson, of Appling 
 
Burch 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Carter 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Chambers 
 
King 
 
Coates 
 
Law 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch Davis DuBose Duncan 
 
Maynard Moore Morris McCalla Palmour Rainey 
 
Reece Reiser Reville 
R~sell 
Scott Shannon Smith, of Fulton Staten Stone Strickland Swift Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill 'Walker, of Bleckley Willis~, of Ware 
Wood!t Wylly Youmans 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
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Ou the passage of the bill the ayes were 121, nays 7. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
Mr. Pickett of Terrell moved that this House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. 
 
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RE.PRESENTATIVE HALL, ATI.ANTA, GA., 
 
TuESDAY, AuGusT 6, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
Adams, of Towns 
 
Brinson 
 
Dickey 
 
Akin 
 
Brooks 
 
Dorris 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Dubose 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Brown, of Houston Duncan 
 
Anderson, of WilMs -Burch 
 
Ellis 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Ennis 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Burwell 
 
Eve 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Buxton 
 
Fowler, 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carroll 
 
Frohock 
 
Austin 
 
Carter 
 
Foy 
 
Ayers 
 
Cason 
 
Gary 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chambers 
 
Giddens 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cheney 
 
Gilmore 
 
Bale 
 
Chupp 
 
Gordy 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clarke 
 
Grantland 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clements 
 
Green 
 
Bankston 
 
Clifton 
 
Griffin 
 
Barfield Barrett, of Pike 
 
Coates 
 
Hagood 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hall 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Collins, of Union 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Barwick 
 
Conger 
 
Hardin, of GlaHcock 
 
Beazley 
 
Cook 
 
Harris 
 
Beck 
 
Cooper 
 
Harvin 
 
Bellah 
 
Cravey 
 
Hatcher, 
 
Blalock 
 
Cullars' 
 
Hayes 
 
BlaHingame 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Haynes 
 
Bond 
 
Culpepper, Meriwether Hinson 
 
Booker 
 
Davenport 
 
Hodges 
 
Bower 
 
Davidson 
 
Hogg 
 
Bowers 
 
Davis 
 
Holden 
 
Boyett 
 
Dennard 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
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Hollis 
 
,MeCro1'7 
 
Howard, of Liberty McDonald 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Neill 
 
Jolmson, of Appling Nesmith 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Owen 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Pace 
 
Jon5, of Elbert 
 
Parker 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Palmour 
 
Jones, of WilkinsOn Pickett 
 
Key 
 
Pickren 
 
Kelley 
 
Pilcher 
 
Kidd 
 
Rainey 
 
Kimzey, of Haber Reece 
 
sham 
 
Reiser 
 
Kimsey, of White Reville 
 
King 
 
Richardson 
 
IAnier 
 
Roberts 
 
Lankford 
 
Ru<'llell 
 
Las'seter 
 
Seott 
 
lAw 
 
Shannon 
 
Lawrence 
 
Sibley 
 
Lowe 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Matthewe 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Maynard 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Mays 
 
Staten 
 
Mereier 
 
Steele 
 
Middleton 
 
Stewart 
 
Mock 
 
Stone 
 
Moore 
 
Stovall 
 
Mullins 
 
Strickland 
 
McOall 
 
Stubbs 
 
Me<klla 
 
Sumner 
 
Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleekley Walker, of Pieree White Williams, of :Merf- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd W'right, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Y()umans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's session was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consent: 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
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3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported the second time. 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having local application. 
5th. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to Committees: 
By Mr. Jones of LowndesA bill to require Judges of Supreme Courts and 
Court of Appeals to file their opinions with the Clerk in triplicate. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. ~. 
By Mr. Gilmore of TurnerA bill to amend an Act to create a new Charter 
for the Town of Worth. 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
By Mr. Clifton of LeeA resolution to make House Bill No. 854 a special 
order. 
Referred to Committee on Rules. 
Mr. Carroll of Catoosa, Chairman of the Commit- 
 
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tee on Enrollment, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following bills and resolutions, to-w;it: 
 
House Resolution No. 35. A resolution to provide 
 
funds for supplying copies of State Constitution for 
 
State Librarian. 
 
 
 
House Bill No. 463. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Glynn County. 
House Bill No. 584. A bill to abolish the County Court of Bacon County. 
House Bill No. 650. A bill to place the Solicitor General of the Northwestern Judicial Circuit on a salary. 
House Bill No. 741. A bill to amend an Act creating the Tifton Judicial Circuit so as to provide for holding tw~ "terms a year in Turner County. 
House Bill No. 750. A bill to regulate the salarie~ of Deputy Sheriffs, their lawful Deputies, et al. 
 
House Bill No. 764. A bill to regulate the running at large of bulls or boar hogs in Colquitt County. 
House Bill No. 798. A bill to fix the salary or 
the County Treasurer of Houston County. 
 
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House Bill No. 801. . A bill to be entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Road!'! and Revenues for Toombs County. 
T. B. CARROT~L, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the followin~ report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following resolutions and bills of the House and have in~tructed me, a::; Chairman, to report the same back to the House wiih the recommendation thatthe same do pass. 
 
House Resolution No. 69, be withdrawn. 
 
House Bill No. 665. 
 
House Bill No. 870. 
 
House Bill No. 913. 
 
HAI.L, Chairman. 
 
By unanimous consent House Heso]ution X>.  fi~} was withdrawn. 
 
Mr. Dorris of Crisp County, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration the following resolution of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
. Senate Resolution No. 91. DoBBis, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Frohock, of Camden, Vice Chairman of Committee on Invalid Pension and Soldiers' Home, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Invalid Pension and Soldiers' Home have had under consideration House Bill ~o. 905, and directed me, as Vice Chairman, to report the same back with a recommendation that it do pass as amended. 
R. H. FBOHOCK, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Dickey of Crawford County,, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on County and County Matters instruct me, as Chairman, to report the following bills of the House, with recommendation that they do pass: 
 
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House Bill No. 892. 
 
House Bill No. 911. 
 
DICKEY, Chail'Iilan. 
 
Mr. Burkhalter of. Tattnall 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 reoommend that same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 903. 
 
MR. BuRKHALTER, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration the following bills, and have instructed me, as its Chairman, to report the same as follows: 
 
. House Bill No. 900, do pass. 
 
NEILL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Lasseter, of Dooly, Vice Chairman of the 
 
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Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Constitutional Amendment~ have had under consideration the following bills and have instructed me as its Vice Chairman, to report the same as follows: 
 
Senate Bill No. 252, do pass. 
 
Senate Bill No. 279, do pass as amended. LASSETER, Vice Chairman. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
tional majority the following bills of the House, to- wit: 
No. 447. A bill to provide a Budget System in the State and create an Efficiency ~nd EconO?J-Y Commission. 
 
No. 680. A hill to accept a surrender of the Chart~r of, Pilots' Navigation Co. 
No. 753. A bill to amend an Act giving Counties of a population of 100,000 the right to establish a law library. 
No. 755. A bill to an1end the Charter of the City of Bainbridge. 
 
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No. 756. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Bainbridge. 
 
No. 762. A bill to amend and change the name of Alma. 
 
No. 779. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Columbus. 
No. 786. A bill to provide a new Charter for the City of Covington. 
 
No. 791. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Palmetto. 
 
No. 802. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Darien. 
No. 811. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Cadwell. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
 
No. 242. A bill to amend Section 372 of the Penal Code. 
 
No. 295. A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Fort Gaines. 
 
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No. 296. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Bleckley County. 
 
No. 297. A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Clay County. 
 
No. 245. A bill to provide for returns for taxes now made to the Comptroller-General of railroads, sleeping car companies, electric light companies, etc., shall be made to the Railroad Commission. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that individual speeches be limited to ten minutes during the sessions of today. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that discussions on reports of Rules Committee be limited to. thirty minutes. 
The motion prevailed. 
Mr. Jones of Coweta, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, suomitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Rules having under consideration a resolution fixing 30 minutes for unanimous consent from 2 :30 P. M. to 3 P. M. Tuesday, August 6th, instruct me as their Vice Chairman, to report same back with recommendation that same be adopted. 
GARLAND' M. JONES, Vice Chairman. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of the resolution, was agreed to. 
 
The resolution was adopted. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House favorably reporteq were read the second tiDe: 
 
By Messrs. Pilcher, McDonald and Reville of Richmond- 
A bill to create a commission and direct and empower the same to erect a monument at "The Vicksburg National_ Military Park.'' 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to appropriate for compiling State records for the year 1919 the sum of $8,000.00. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meriwether-:- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Meriwether. 
 
By Mr. Barrett of Whitfield- 
A bill to change the name of a certain voting precinct in the County of Whitfield, now known as the Re4 Clay District, to Cohutta District. 
 
By Mr. Hatcher of Wayne- 
. A bill to amend an Act establishing a system ol public schools in the Town of Jesup. 
 
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By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of Jackson- 
A bill to amend an .Act so as to provide that widows and wives of ex-Confederate Soldiers who are unable by age or poverty be admitted to the Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia. 
 
By Mr. Jones of Lowndes- 
A bill to create and install an adequate modern system of accounts for County of Lowndes. 
 
By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin- 
A bill to appr9priate the sum of $15,000.00 for erecting a building at Georgia State Sanitarium_ at Alto, Ga. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A resolution to authorize the working of convicts on the campus of the School of Tech~ology. 
 
By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th District- 
A bill to amend the Constitution, Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, relative to Atkinson County. 
 
By Messrs. Field of the 34th District and Carswell of the 21st District- 
 
A bill to amend Constitution Paragraph 2, Section 
 
l, Article 7, relative to highways. 
 
 
 
By u~animous consent the following bills of the 
 
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House and Senate were read the second time and reco;mmitted : 
 
By Messrs. Bale and Russell of Floyd- 
A bill to create a new Charter and municipal government for the City of Rome. 
 
By Mr. Denny of the 42nd District- 
A bill to create a new Charter for the City of Rome . 
. 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st District- 
A bill to incorporate the Town of Ridgeway, m Fannin County. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House were read the third time. 
By Mr, Clements of Irwin- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was fnvorabl.:l to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 The bill, having received the iequisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Anderson of JenkinsA bill to amend the Act establishing the City 
Court of Millen. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By unanimous consent the following bill of the . House was taken up for consideration: 
 
By :Messrs. Atkinson, White and Smith of Fulton- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Atlanta. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The following amendments were read and adopted: 
 
Amendments by Measrs. Smith and White of Fulton. 
 
An mendment to House Bill No. 718, same being an 
 
Act to amend the Charter of the City of Atlanta. 
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that an Act to amend an Act, being House Bill No. 718, establishing a new Charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 28, 1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof and for other purposes is hereby amended by inserting therein the following Section: 
 
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''Section 3. That Section 9 of an Act approved December lOth, 1887, found in Georgia Laws 1897, page 150, of an Act amending the Act establishing a new Charter for the City of Atlanta, be stricken and ip. lieu thereof the following is hereby enacted: 
 
The Board of Education of the City of Atlanta shall hereafter be composed of five members, .selected as hereinafter provided, and the Mayor shall be an ex-officio member thereof, and, as so -constituted, same shall hereafter be recognized as one ol the regular boards of the city government. 
 
The -said five members shall be elected from citizens of and from five school districts, which districts shall consist of the territory embraced in two of the wards of the city, as now constituted, this division of the wards to be left to the discretion of the mayor and general council; provided, that however districted, the two wards so selected for each district shall be contiguous, in wfhole or in part. 
 
The office of each member of the present Board of Education of said city is hereby abolished on and after the first Monday in January, 1918. 
The first election of said five members shall be held at the next general election of said city to be held on the first Wednesday in December, 1918. .This election shall be held in the same manne-r, at the same time and decided by the same majorities and reported and declared in the same manner as all other elections held at the same time. The five .members, so elected, shall take office on the first Monday in January, 1919, mid shall serve for a term 
 
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fixed as follows: At tlie first meeting of said board lots shall be cast by which it shall be decided that one member shall serve for one year, two for two years and two for three years. The Mayor to serve during his. term of office. At the conclusions of said terms, at the elections to be held prior thereto, at the same time as other city elections, the successors to each of said five members shall be elected and serve for a term of two years each, or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. 
 
The Mayor and general Council for the year 1919, and each year ~ucceeding same, shall set apart for the sole and exclusive use of the Board of Education, from the current funds of that year, a sum not less than the proportion of the funds received set apart to said board in the present year. The purpose of this provision being that, as the income of the city increases, the total annual appropriation to said board shall increase, but the percentage thereof shall not be less than the same as set apart and fixed by the Mayor and General Council during the present year and during each succeeding year prior to the year when the apportionment is made. 
 
Said Board shall have the cole control of the dis~rHmt.ion and disbursement of lh-~ apporhornnf'nt made each year and shall not exceed, in their expenditures OC contracts the total of the yearly apportionment. All payments therefrom shall be made as provided by existing Charter provisions except the signature of the Chairman of the School Committee will not be reqnirt~d for vouchers draw~ thereon. 
 
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Said Board shall be held responsible for the proper use, disposition and expenditure of the funds so appropriated, and shall have the sole authority to fix salaries of the officers, employees and teachers in said department, the purchase of supplies therefor, the purchase of school property, the erection of school houses, the furnishing thereof, insuring same and pay the premiums therefor and to take such other steps as may he needed in the preservation and protection of all property in thejl' cluwge pruvided the total amount so expended does not exceed said yearly apportionment. 
 
Said Board shall elect and have control over the 
 
superintendent, officers,. teachers and employees of 
 
the Department of J>uhlic Schools and shall have 
 
exclusive supervision of the government of said 
 
schools and department, free and independent of any 
 
existing or future ordinances of the Mayor and Geu- 
 
he eral Council of said city, subject only to the require- 
ments that all rules passed by said board shall 
 
reasonable and in conformity with the Constitution 
 
and laws of the State of Georgia. Said Board shall 
 
cause accurate minutes of all its proceedings Rnrl an 
 
accurate record of all expenditures to be kept, both 
 
of which shall be open to the inspection of the pub- 
 
lic at reasonable hours. 
 
 
 
The present superintendent, officers and teachers shall serve to the end of the terms for which they have been elected and at the salaries fixed for such positions, at the time of their election, unl~ss sooner dismissed for cause to be judged of by said Board. 
 
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It is the purpose of this amendment to take from the Mayor and General Council all control of the schools o:f said city or the right to interfere with the management' thereof except to make the appropriations annu~lly therefor as herein provided.. 
 
Amendment No. 2. Committee amends House Bill No. 718 by striking Sections 1 to 20, inclusive. 
 
Amendment No. 1: Committee amends House Bill No. 718 as follows : 
 
By striking Section 21 of said bill: By striking all of Section 25 of said bill. By striking Section 26 of said bill. 
Fulton delegation agrees to a:.bove amendment. 
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 112, naysO. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
The following bills of the House were taken up as special orders : 
By Mr. Jones of Coweta- 
A BILL To .be entitled an Act to amend Section 317 of the 
Code of Georgia, 1910, by striking therefrom the 
 
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figures $5,000.00 after the words, ''The Governor'' and inserting in lieu. thereof the figures $10,000.00, and for other purposes. 
 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authQrity of the same that Section 317 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended.by striking the figures.$5,000.00 after the w'ords ".The Governor" in the third line thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the figures $10,000.00. 
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and. parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and .the same are hereby repealed. 
 
The bill was read the third time.  The following amendment was read and adopted: 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
Amend by striking the words and figures ten thousand and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures seven thousand five huudred. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was f~vorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
The roll w.as called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of ToWJlll Allen 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Akin 
 
Anderson, of JeuldDr Arnold, of Coweta 
 
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Arnold, of Lumpkin DuBose 
 
Atkinson 
 
Duncan 
 
Ayars 
 
Ellis 
 
Bagwell 
 
Ennis 
 
Baldwin 
 
Frohock 
 
Bale 
 
Foy 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Gary 
 
Ballard, of Newton Giddens 
 
Barfield 
 
Gilmore 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Grantland 
 
Barwick 
 
Green 
 
Beck 
 
Griffin 
 
Bellah 
 
Hagood 
 
Blalock 
 
Hall 
 
Blasingame 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Booker 
 
Harris 
 
Bower Bowers 
Boyett Brinson 
 
Harvin Hatcher Hayes Hinson 
 
Brooks 
 
Hogg 
 
Brown, of Clarke Holden 
 
Brown, of Houston Honingsworth 
 
Bureh 
 
Hollis 
 
Burkhalter "Burwell 
Buxton Cason Chambers Cheney 
Chupp Clarke Clements Clifton Coates Conger Cook Cravey Cullars Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davidson 
 
Howard, of Oglethorpe 
Johnson, of Appling 
Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Key Kelley Kidd 
Kimzey, of Habersham 
Kimsey, of White Lankford 
Lasseter Law Lawrence Lowe 
 
Dennard 
 
.Mattluiws 
 
Dickey 
 
Maynard 
 
Dorris 
 
Mays. 
 
Mercier Middleton Mock Mullins McCall :McCror,v McDonald 
~eill 
Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pilcher Reece Richardson Roberts 
Rns~ell 
Scott 
Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair  Staten Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Tatum 
Taylor Timmerman Trippe 
Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben .Hill Walker, of Bleckley Willer, of Pierce White 
 
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791 
 
Williams, of Meriwether 
Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth 
 
W'inn Woods Woody Woi!"Sha.m 
 
Wright, of Flo.yd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wylly 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Austin Bankston Bond Carroll Collins, of Un!on 
 
Davenport Haynes Hodges Johnson, of Bartow Lanier 
 
Ste,~art 
Swords Trammell Wright, of Bulloch Wyatt 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Davis 
 
Moore 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Eve 
 
Morris 
 
Barrett, Whitfield Fowler 
 
MeCalla 
 
Beazley 
 
Gordy 
 
Rainey 
 
Carter 
 
Hardin, of GlascoL"k Reiser 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Howard,. of Liberty Reville 
 
Cooper 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Shannon 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch King 
 
Youmans 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 148, nays 15. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Messrs. Swift of Muscogee and Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to amend the Constitution, Paragraph 1, Section 2, of Article 7, relative to the levying of taxes. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
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The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee-.- 
Amend by striking the word "registration" wherever it occurs in Section 1 and substituting in lieu thereof the word "privilege." 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Allen 
 
Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Clay  
 
Buxton 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Carroll 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Quter 
 
Austin 
 
Chambers 
 
Ayers 
 
Chupp 
 
Bagwell 
 
Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cravey 
 
Bale 
 
CuJ1arg 
 
Ballard, of Columbi!L Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Bukston 
 
wether 
 
Barfield 
 
Davidson 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Dickey 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Dorris 
 
Beek 
 
DuBose 
 
Bellah 
 
Duncan 
 
Blaloek 
 
Ellis 
 
Blasingame 
 
Ennis 
 
Bond 
 
Eve 
 
Booker 
 
Foy 
 
Bower 
 
Gary 
 
Bowem 
 
Giddens 
 
Boyett 
 
Grantland 
 
Brinson 
 
Green 
 
Brooks  
 
Hagood 
 
Brown, of Clarke Hall 
 
Harden, of Banks Harris Harvin Hateher 
Hayes Haynes Hodges Hollis Howard, of Liberty Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham I.aw Lawrence Mays Middleton Mullins MeCall MeCrory Me D o n a l d .!\eill 
 
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Owen Pace Palmour Pickett Reece Richardson Russell Scott Sibley Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten 
 
Steele Stone Stubbs Swift Swinit Ewords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe 
 
ViDcent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleekley Wliite Williams, of .Meri 
wether Winu Woods Worsham 
Wright, of Bulloeh Wright, of Floyd 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Towng Hardin of Glascock Pickren 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Hinson 
 
Pilcher 
 
Barwick 
 
_Hollingsworth 
 
Roberts 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Howard, of Oglthorp Smith, of Dade 
 
Cason 
 
Johnson, of Appling Stovall 
 
Cheney 
 
Kimsey, of White Sumner 
 
Clifton 
 
Ianier 
 
Turner 
 
Collins, of Union Lankford 
 
Veazey 
 
Conger Cook 
 
Las'seter Lowe 
 
Walker, of Pierce 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Cooper 
 
Matthews 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Davenport Dennard 
 
Maynard Mercier 
 
Wright, of Jones Wyatt 
 
Frohoek Gilmore 
Griffin 
 
McCalla Nesmith 
 
Wylly Youmans 
 
Those not voting were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Elbert Davis 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Fowler, r 
 
Atkinson 
 
Gordy 
 
Ballard, of Newton Hogg 
 
Beazley 
 
Holden 
 
Burch 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
CJa:rke 
 
King 
 
Clements 
 
Mock 
 
Coates 
 
Moore 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch  Morris 
 
Parker Rainey Reiser Reville 
Sh&Dllon Stewart Strickland Woody Wright, of Walton 
 
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The .roll call was verified. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 112, nays 45. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
Mr. Swift, of Muscogee, gave notice that at the proper time he would move the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 789. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Rules, having under consideration House Resolution No. 213, making Senate Bill No. 104 a special and continuing order, instruct me as their Vice Chairman, to report the same back with the recommendation that the same do not pass. 
GARLAND M. JONES, Vice Chairman. 
On the question of agreeing to the unfavorable report of the Rules Committee Mr. Griffin, of Decatur, called for the ayes and nays, and the call was sustained. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows : 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin Allen 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Bale 
 
Atkinson 
 
, Barrett, of Whitfield 
 
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Barwick Blalock Blasingame Bower Boyett Brinson Brown, of Clarke Dure.h Burwell Cason C1ements Coates Collins, of Cherokee Collins, of Union Cravey Cullars Davidson Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve 
 
Frohock Green Hall Harris Harvin Hayes Haynes Hogg Hollis Howard, of Liberty Johnson of. Appliny Johnson, of Bartow Key Kelley Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Lankford 
La~seter 
Law Lawrence Lowe Matthews Mock 
 
Moore Mullins Neill Owen Pace Palmour Pickren Pilcher Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Strickland Stubbs Swift Swint Swords Trippe Vincent Walker, of Pier~t White Woody Worsham Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.,; 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Chambers 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Cheney 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Cnupp 
 
Ayers 
 
Clarke 
 
 Bagwell 
 
Clifton 
 
Baldwin 
 
Conger 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Cook 
 
Bankston 
 
Cooper 
 
Barfield 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
wether 
 
Beck 
 
Davenport 
 
Bellah 
 
Dennard 
 
Bond 
 
Dickey 
 
Booker 
 
Foy 
 
Bowers 
 
Gary 
 
Brooks 
 
Giddens 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Gilmore 
 
Buxton 
 
Grantland 
 
Griffin Hagood Harden, of Banks Hatcher Hinson Hodges Hollingsworth Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Kidd Kimsey, of White Lanier Maynard Mercier McCall 
 
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McCrory lfeDonald Nesmith. Pickett Richardson Russell Scott Sibley Smith, of Dade 
 
Steele Stovall Sumner Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Turner Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Walker, of Bleckley Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of W{Jrth 
W'inn Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones 
wyny 
Youmans 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Gordy 
 
Reiser 
 
Adams, of Towns Hardin, of Glascock Reville 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Holden 
 
Roberts 
 
Austin 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Shatmon 
 
Ballard, of Newon King 
 
Staten 
 
Beazley 
 
May11 
 
Stewart 
 
Brown, of Honston Carroll Carter 
 
Middleton Morris McCalla 
 
Stone Veazey Williams, of Ware 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Parker 
 
WoodS 
 
Davis 
 
Rainey 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Fowler 
 
Reece 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
On the agreement to the unfavorable report of the Rules Committee, the ayes were 73, nays 78. The report of the Committee, which was unfavorable to the adoption of the resolution, was not agreed to. 
 
Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that this House do now adjourn. 
 
The motiQn J)revailed. 
The report of the Rules Committee went over a~ 
unfinished business. 
 
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797 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 2 :30 P. M. today. 
 
2 :30 0 'Clock P. M. 
 
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names: 
 
Adams, of Towns Bowers 
 
wether 
 
Akin 
 
Boyett 
 
Davenport 
 
Allen 
 
Brinson 
 
Davidson 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Brooks 
 
Davis 
 
 .A,.nderilon, of Wilkes Brown, of Clarke 
 
Dennard 
 
Arnold, of CJay 
 
Brown, of Houston Dickey 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Burch 
 
DonUt 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkip. Burkhalter 
 
DuBose 
 
Atkinson 
 
Burwell 
 
Duncan 
 
Austin 
 
Buxton 
 
Ellis 
 
~ Bagwell 
Baldwin 
 
Carroll Carter Cason 
 
bale 
 
Chambers 
 
Ballard, of Columbill. Cheney 
 
Ennis Eve Fowler, Frohock Foy  
 
Ballard, of Newton Chupp 
 
Gary 
 
Bankston 
 
Clarke 
 
Giddens 
 
Barfield 
 
Clements 
 
Gilmore 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Clifton 
 
Gordy 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Coates 
 
Grantland 
 
Barwiek 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Green 
 
Beazley 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Griffin 
 
Beck 
 
Conger 
 
Hagood 
 
Bellah 
 
Cook 
 
Hall 
 
Blalock BlasingiLJ!le Bond 
 
Cooper Cravey Cullars 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
I 
 
Hardin, of G1allcoek Harris 
 
' 
 
Booker 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Harvin 
 
Bower 
 
Culpepper, of :Meri- Hatcher 
 
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Hayes 
 
Mock 
 
Haynes 
 
Moore 
 
Hinson 
 
Mullins 
 
Hodges 
 
McCall 
 
Hogg 
 
McCalla 
 
Holden 
 
McCrory 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
McDonald 
 
Hollis 
 
Neill 
 
Howard, of Liberty Nesmith 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Owen 
 
thorpe 
 
Pace 
 
Johnson, of Appling Parker 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Palm<iur 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Pickett 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Pickren 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Pilcher 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Rainey 
 
Key h.elley Kidd 
 
Reece Reiser Reville 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Richardson 
 
sham 
 
Roberts 
 
Kimsey, of White Russell 
 
King 
 
Scott 
 
Lanier 
 
Shannon 
 
Lankford 
 
Sibley 
 
Lasseter 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Law 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Lawrence 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Lowe 
 
Staten 
 
Matthews 
 
Steele 
 
Maynard 
 
Stewart 
 
Mays 
 
Stone 
 
Mercier 
 
Stovall 
 
Middleton 
 
Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meril 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth 
Winn W.oods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the followi:IJ-g was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimou~ consents : 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
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3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having a local application. 
5th. Reading Senate bills the first time. 
 
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to Committees: 
By Mr. Bond of Ji,ranklin- 
. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the City of Lavonia. 
 
 Referred to Committee on corporations. 
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb (by reque~t)A bill to amend Article 7, Section 1, Paragraph 1 
of the Constitution, so as to provide for the payment of pensions to ex-Confederate soldiers. 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
By Mr. Bond of FranklinA bill to amend an Act to establish public schools 
in Franklin County. 
Referred to Committee on Education. 
By Mr. Bond of FranklinA bill to incorporate the City of Lavonia in the 
County of Franklin. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee, Chairman of the Commit- 
 
tee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the fol- 
 
lowing report: 
 
- 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 15, and instruct me, as their Chairman, ~o report same back with recommendation that same do pass as amended. 
NEILL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Duncan of Douglas, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the _following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Banks and Banking has had under consideration Senate Bill No. 260 and report same back to House, the same do pass. 
 
Also House Bill No. 904 was under consideration and same is reported back that it do pass. 
DuNCAN, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Stewart of Coffee, Chairman of the Committ_ee 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 Senate 
 
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and instructed me, as their Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the following recommendations: 
 
Senate Bill No. 247, do pass. 
 
Senate Bill No. 235, do pass. STEWART, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Brinson of Emanuel County, Vice Chairman of the 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 consideration the following House Bills Nos. 850 and 866 and Senate Resolution No. 97, and have instructed me, as Vice Chairman, to report same back to the House with the recommendation that the sam_e do pass. 
BRiNSON, Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock, Chairman of the Com-' mittee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2 having had unde.r consideration the following bills of the Senate, direct me, as their Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass: 
Senate Bill No. 121, by Mr. Elder of the 2nd. 
BURWELL, Chairman. 
 
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The following bills and resolutions of the House favorably r~ported were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Neill. of Muscogee- 
A bill to empower: the authorities of those public schools in Georgia where military training is made a part of school course to require the members of the cadet corps to wear uniforms. 
By Messrs. Holder of Jackson, DuBose and Brown of Clarke- 
A bill to make the President of the Alumni Society of the University of Georgia ex-officio a member of the Board of Trustees. 
By Mr. Rainey of Barrow- 
A bill to amend Section 1249 of Volume 1 of the Code, providing for the selection by the Governor of a State depository so as to add the City of Winder. 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the .35th District- 
 
A resolution providing for the appointment by the 
 
Governor of a Commission to investigate the sub- 
 
ject matter of conferring collegiate degrees in the 
 
State of Georgia. 
 
 
 
By Mr. Ficklen of the 29th District- 
A bill to permit a registered voter to vote in a district other than the district of his residence. 
 
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803 
 
By Mr. Elders C?f the ~nd District- 
A bill to provide for the protection of Island~ within the State of Georgia. 
 
By Mr. Council of the 14th District- 
A bill to prohibit any persons from hunting except on their own lands. 
 
By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District and Mr. Wohlwender of the 24th District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the Department of Game and Fish. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of th~ 35th District-- 
A bill to authorize. the Governor to appoint a sixth State Depository in the City of Atlanta. 
 
The' following bills and resolutions of the House were read the third time. 
 
By Mr. Carter of BaconA bill to establish the City Court of Alma. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
O:ri the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, 
nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitlttional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Messrs Stone, Atkinson, Hall and Bale- 
A resolution authorizing the acceptance of land in Irwin County. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0. 
 
The resoltuion, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed~ 
By Mr. Bower of RandolphA resolution to relieve B. L. Brown. 
The following amendment -was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Bower of Randolph- 
Amend House Resolution No. 220 by striking words, lines 45-46-47 and 48 as follows: "Be relieved fro~ all liability on said execution issued on said forfei1ure,'' and inserting after the words B. L. Brown, line 45, the following words: ''Having paid said bond of two hundred dollars that the said amount be refunded to the said B. L. Brown from 
forfeiture funds that may now be op hand or here- 
after accrue. '' 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 101, nays 0. 
 
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805 
 
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Cheney of Cobb- 
A resolution to authorize the investment of funds in hands of County Treasury in Liberty Bonds or war savings stamps. 
 
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 98, nays 0. 
 
The resolution, having  received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees : 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to amend Section 372 of Penal Code relative to law on adultery. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Carswell of the 21st District~ 
A bill to provide that the returns for taxation now made to Comptroller-General shall be made to the Railroad Commission. 
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. 
 
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By Mr. Mills of the 11th District- 
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Fort Gains. 
 
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. 
 
By Mr. Dykes of 14th District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the officP- of Commissioner. of Roads and Revenues of Bleckley County. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and Colluty Matters. 
 
By Mr. Mills of the 11th District- 
A bill to provide for holding of four termf! n yedT of the Superior Court of Clay County. 
 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
The following resolution was taken up for consideration as unfinished business : 
 
By Mr. Conger of Decatur- 
A resolution to fix Senate Bill No. 104 a special order. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was unfavorable to .the. passage of the resolution, was not agreed to. 
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 70, nays 47. 
 
 TuESDAY, AuGUST 6, 1918. 
 
Having failed to receive a tw6-thirds majority of those voting, the resolution was lost. 
 
Mr. Conger of Decatur, gave notice that at the 
proper time he would move the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of the resolution~ 
 
The following bills and resolution of the House were taken up as special orders. 
 
By Messrs. Bagwell and Beck of Carroll- 
 
A bill to appropriate $3,000.00 to Trustees of the A. & M. School of the Fourth District. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. McCrory of Schley as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The report of the Committee,- which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was or.deted and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were. Messrs.: 
 
Akin Allen 
Anderson, of JenkinS Arnold, of Clay Arnold, of Coweta Arnold, of Lumpkin Atkinson Bagwell Baldwin Bale 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Bowers 
 
Ballard, of Newton Boyett 
 
Bankston 
 
Brilllron 
 
Beek 
 
Brooks 
 
Bellah 
 
Brown, of CJarke 
 
Blalock Bwupme 
 
Burch Bur~~ 
 
Bond 
 
Burwell 
 
Booker Bower 
 
Buxton Carter 
 
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Cason 
 
Harvin 
 
Cheney 
 
Hatcher 
 
Chupp 
 
Hayes 
 
Clarke 
 
Haynes 
 
Clements 
 
Jlog~ 
 
Coates 
 
Holden 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hollingsworth 
 
Collins, of Unton 
 
Hollis 
 
Conger 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Cravey 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Cullars 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Jnes, of Lowndes 
 
wether 
 
Kelley 
 
Davenport 
 
Kidd 
 
Davidson 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
Davis 
 
sham 
 
Dorris 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Duncan 
 
Lanier 
 
DuBose 
 
Law 
 
E)lis 
 
Lawrence 
 
Ennis 
 
Lowe 
 
Eve 
 
Matthews 
 
Frohock 
 
Mercier 
 
Foy 
 
Moore 
 
Giddens 
 
Mullins 
 
Gilmore 
 
McCall 
 
Grantland 
 
McCrory 
 
Griffin 
 
Neill 
 
Hagood 
 
Owen 
 
Harden, of Banks Pace 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Parker 
 
Harris 
 
Palmour 
 
Pickren Pilcher Richardson Roberts Russell 
~hannon 
Sibley Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Stubbs Sumner Swords Tatum 
Taylor Timmerman Trippe Turner 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Pierce Williams, of Meri- 
wether 
Willisms, of Ware Winn Woods Worsham Wright, of Jones Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Barfield Barrett, of Pike 
 
Hodges 
 
Trammell 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. :  
 
Adams, of Elbert Adams, of Towns Anderson, of Wilkes Austin 
 
Ayers 
 
Brown, of. Houston 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Carroll 
 
Barwick 
 
Ch~bers 
 
Beazley 
 
Clifton 
 
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Cook 
 
Cooper 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Dennard 
 
Diekey 
 
Fowler, ' 
 
Gary 
 
Gordy 
 
Green 
 
Hall 
 
Hinson 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Howard, of Ogle 
 
thorpe 
 
. 
 
Johnson of Appliny 
 
J<>nes, of Wilkinson 
 
Key 
 
King Lankford Lasseter Maynard Mays Middleton Moek .Morris MeCalla Me Donald Nesmith Piekett Rainey Reeee Reiser Reville 
 
Scott Smith, of Dade Strickland Swift Swint 
Veazey Vineent Walker, of Bleekley White Williams, of Worth Woody Wright, of Bulloeh 
Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
By unanimous consent. the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 123, nays 4. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Jones, Ellis and Dorris- 
A bill to amend Section 1564 and 1565 of Code of 1910 enlarging duties of Library Commission. 
 
The 'bill was read the third time. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the 'Whole House 
and the Speaker designated Mr. Steele of DeKalb, 
as the Chairman thereof. 
The committee of the 'Whole HQuse arose and 
 
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through their Chairman reported the bill back to the house w;i.th the recommendation that the same do not pass. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was.adverse to the passage of the bill, was agreed to, and the bill was lost. 
 
By Mr. Smith of Fulton- 
A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 for the Georgia School of Technology. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Johnson of Bartow, as the 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. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed t~. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
.Adams, of Towns Akin 
Am~ld, of Clay 
Amold, of Lumpkin 
Atkinson 
 
Austin 
 
Ballard, of Newton 
 
. Bagwell 
Baldwin 
 
Bankston Barfield 
 
Bale 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Beck 
 
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.sn 
 
Bellah Blalock Blasingame Bond 
 
Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore 
 
Neill Nesmith Owen Pace 
 
Booker 
 
Grantland 
 
Parker 
 
Bowers 
 
Griffin 
 
Palmour 
 
Boyett 
 
Hagood 
 
Pickett 
 
Brinson 
 
Hall 
 
Pickren 
 
Brooks 
 
Harden, of Banks Pilcher 
 
Brown, of Houston Harris 
 
Reece 
 
Bureh 
 
Hatcher 
 
Richardson 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hayes 
 
Roberts 
 
Burwell 
 
Haynes 
 
RUSBell 
 
Buxton 
 
HinsOJl 
 
Carroll 
 
.."'4,.;: ...- 
 
Hodges 
 
Shannon Sibley 
 
Cason. 
 
Hogg 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Chambers 
 
Holden 
 
Staten 
 
Cheney 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Stewart 
 
Chupp 
 
Hollis 
 
Stovall 
 
Clements 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Stubbs 
 
Clifton 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Bwnner 
 
Coates 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Swift 
 
Collins, of Cherokoo Kelley 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Kidd 
 
Swint Swords 
 
-. 
 
Cook 
 
Kimzey, of Haber Tatum 
 
Cooper Cravey 
 
sham 
 
Taylor 
 
Kimsey, of White Timmelman 
 
Cullars 
 
Lanier 
 
Trammell 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Lankford 
 
Trippe 
 
wether 
 
Law 
 
Turner 
 
Davenport 
 
Lowe 
 
Walker, of Bleckley 
 
. Davidson 
 
Matthews 
 
Walker, of Pierce 
 
Davis Dennard Dickey DorrUI DuBose Donean Ellis Ennis Frohock 
 
Maynard Mays llerciier Mock Moore Mullins McCall McCrory McDonald 
 
Williams, of Meriwether 
W!illiams, of Worth Woods' Worsham Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jo~es Wyatt 
 
Those not voting were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Elbert Allen 
 
Anderson, of JenkiDB 
 
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Anderson, of Wilkes Harvin 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Howard, of Liberty 
 
Ayers 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield thorpe 
 
Barwick 
 
Johnson, of Appling 
 
Beazley 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Bower 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Key 
 
Carter 
 
King 
 
Clarke 
 
Lasseter 
 
Conger 
 
Lawrence 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Middleton 
 
Eve 
 
.'M.'orris 
 
Fowler, 
 
McCalla 
 
Gordy 
 
Rainey 
 
Green 
 
Reiser 
 
- Hardin, of Glascock Reville 
 
Scott Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Steele Stone Strickland Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill White Williams, of Ware Wlinn Woody Wright, of Bulloch Wrighl;"-of Walton Wylly , 
Youmans 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 106, nays 37. 
 
The bill having receive.d the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 
By unanimous co:psent the following bill of the Senate was taken up for the purpose of considering Conference Committee's report thereon: 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th DistrictA bill to require all able-bodied persons between 
the age of eighteen and fifty years of age be regularly .employed in some lawful and useful occupation. 
The following repott of the Conference Committee ~as read and agreed to: 
 
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JOINT COMMITTEE REPORT ON SENATE BILL NO. 178. 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Conference Committee of the Senate and House having had under consideration Senate Bill No. 178, do respectfully recommend as follows: 
 
1. That the House recede from the Pace amendment, being AII?-endment No. 2. 
 
2. That House Amendment No. 3, known 1s Arnold Amendment, be disagreed to and the following words substituted therefor: "Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to persons temporarily unemployed by reason of differences with their employers. 
 
In case of strikes or lockouts the Governor shall immediately appoint a Board of Inquiry consisting of one representative of labor and one representative of employers, the two to select the third representative. If no selection of the third person is made within twenty-four hours, the Chief Justice of the State shall appoint the third membe~~ of the Board.  This Board shall .immediately inquire into all the facts in the case andmake a report jn \n'iting to the Governor. The Goyernor shall then tletermine whether the facts warrant the continued idleness of the employees, and shall adjudicate a reasonable time which shall be allowed for the ac!justment of differences.'' 
3. That House Amendment No.4 by Mr. Lanl::- 
 
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ford, be adopted, with the qualification that it be made to read: ''Every able-bodied male resident of said State between the ages of sixteen and fifty-five years." 
 
4. That House Amendment No. 5, by Messr8 Jhle and Davidson, be adopted. 
 
We, therefore, recommend the adop~ion or thi'3 Conference report as above set out. 
Respectfully submitted, 
JOSIAH BLASINGAME. 
JNo. Y. SMITH, 
.ALoNzo FIELD, 
WALTER P. A"IIlREWS, E. WoHLWBNDER, ZAcH .ARNOLD of Clay. 
 
Ry Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A bill to appropriate $3,000.00 to the 0l'urgia ~chool for Deaf. 
 
The bill was r~ad the third time. 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of th3 Whol9 House snc;l the Speaker designated Mr. o~widson of Put~ nam as Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to 
 
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the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to t~e passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
The bill involving an appropriat~on the roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were .Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Towns Cason 
 
Akin 
 
Chambers 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Cheney 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Chupp 
 
Atkinson 
 
Clements 
 
Austin 
 
Clifton 
 
Bagwell 
 
Coates 
 
Baldwin 
 
Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Bale 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Cook 
 
Ballard, of Newton Cooper 
 
Bankston 
 
Cravey 
 
Barfield 
 
Cullars 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Beek 
 
wether 
 
Bellah 
 
Davenport 
 
Bialock 
 
Davidson 
 
Blasingame 
 
Davis 
 
Bond 
 
Dennard 
 
Booker 
 
Dickey 
 
Bowers 
 
Donis 
 
Boyett 
 
DuBose 
 
Brinson 
 
Duncan 
 
Brooks Brown, of Houston Burch 
 
Ellis Ennis Frohock 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Foy 
 
Burwell 
 
Gary 
 
Buxton 
 
Giddens 
 
Carroll 
 
Gilmore 
 
<..rantland Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banka Harris Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Hogg Holden Hollingsworth Hollis Johnson, of Bartow 
Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham 
Kimsey, of White Lanier Lankford Law Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays 
 
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Mercier 
 
Mock 
 
Moore 
 
Mullins 
 
McCall 
 
McCror.\ 
 
McDonald 
 
Neill 
 
Nesmith 
 
Owen 
 
Pace 
 
' 
 
Parker Palmour 
 
Pickett 
 
Pickren 
 
Pilcher 
 
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Reece Richardson Roberts Russell 8hannon Sibley Smith, of Telfair Staten Stewart Stovall Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum 
 
Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe 
~.ruiner 
Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce Williams, of M:eri- 
wether Williams, of Worth Woods Worsham Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jonffi Wyatt 
 
Those not voting were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Elbert Green 
 
Reville 
 
Allen 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Scott 
 
Anderson, of J enkiru~ Harvin 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Howard, of Liberty 
 
Arnold, of Coweta 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Ay~ 
 
thorpe 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Johnson of Appliny 
 
Barwick 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Beazley 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Bower 
 
Key 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
King 
 
Carter 
 
Lasseter 
 
Clarke 
 
Lawrence 
 
Conger 
 
Middleton 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Morris 
 
Eve 
 
McCalla. 
 
Fowler, Gdrdy 
 
Rainey Reiser 
 
Smith, of Fulton Steele Stone Strickland Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill White Williams, of Ware  Winn Woody Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
By unanim~us consent the verification of the roll can was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 134, nays 0. 
 
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Jones and Staten of Lowndes- 
A bill to appropriate $58,000.00 to South Georgia Normal College. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House 'vas resolved into the Committee of the \\llole Honse nnd the Speaker designated Mr. Lankford of Toombs as Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to t1e 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, thtl roll was called and the Yote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: 
 
Adams, of Towns Akin Allen Arnold, of Clay Arnold, of Coweta Arnold, of Lumpkin Atkinson Austin Ayers Bagwell 
 
Baldwin 
 
Bowers 
 
Bale 
 
Boyett 
 
B~llard, of Columbia Brinson 
 
Ballard, of Newton Hrooks 
 
Barfield 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Barwick 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Beck 
 
Burch 
 
Bellah 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Bond 
 
Burwell 
 
Booker 
 
Buxton 
 
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Carter Cason Chambers Cheney Chupp Clarke Clements Clifton Coates 
Collins, of Cherokee Collins, of Union Conger Cook Cooper. 
Cravey Cullars Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davenport Davidson Davis Dennard Diekey Dorris DuB.ose Ellis Ennis Eve Frohoek Gary Giddens Gilmore . Griffin Hagood 
 
Harden, of Banks Harvin Hatcher Hayes Hinson Hogg Hollingsworth Hollis ~oward, of Liberty Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Lowndes Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White Lankford Law Lawrenee Lowe Matthews Mays Mereier Moek Mo'ore Mullins Me Call Neill Nesmith Owen Paee Parker 
 
Palmour Piekett Piekren Roberts Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele 
Stewart. Stone Stovall Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Taylor Timmerman Trippe Turner Walker, of Bleekley Walker, 9f Pieree Williams, of Meri- 
wether W'illiams, of Worth Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Jones Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were M}ssrs.: 
 
Hodges 
 
Russell 
 
Trammell 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
AdaDJS', of Elbert Anderson, of Wilkes Barrett, of Pike 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Bankston 
 
Barrett, of Whit~elil 
 
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Beazley 
 
Howard, of Ogle-. 
 
Blalock 
 
thorpe 
 
Blasingame 
 
Johnson, of Appling 
 
Bower Carroll 
 
Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert 
 
. Culpepper, of Clinch Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Duncan 
 
King 
 
Fowler, 
 
Lanier 
 
Foy 
 
Lasseter 
 
Gordy 
 
Maynard 
 
Grantland 
 
Middleton 
 
Green 
 
Morris 
 
Hall 
 
McCalla 
 
Hardin, of Glascock McCrory 
 
Harris 
 
McDonald 
 
Haynes 
 
Pilcher 
 
Holden 
 
Rainey 
 
Reece Reiser Reville Richardson Scott Strickland Tatum Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill 
Wlbite Williams, of Ware W'linn Wright, of Bullach Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 127, nays 3. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite co.nEtitutional majority, was p"'\ssed. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogve moved that the House do 
 
now adjourn. 
 
 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. 
 
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WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 7, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at9 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 : 
 
Ada~, of Towns Boyett 
 
Akin 
 
Brinson 
 
Allen 
 
Broolql 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Brown, of Clarke 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Brown, flf Houston 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
.tlurch 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Burwell 
 
Atkinson 
 
Buxton 
 
Austin 
 
Carrfll 
 
Ayers Bagwell Baldwin Bale 
 
Carter Cason Chambers Cheney 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Chupp 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clarke 
 
Bankston 
 
Clements 
 
Barfield 
 
.. 
 
Clifton 
 
Barrett, of Pikp 
 
Coates 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Barwick 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Heazley 
 
Conger 
 
Beck 
 
Cook. 
 
Bellah 
 
Cooper 
 
Blalock 
 
Cravey 
 
Blasingame 
 
Cullars 
 
Bond 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Booker 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Bower 
 
wether 
 
Bowers 
 
Davenport 
 
Davidson Davis Dennard Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler, r Frohock Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin, of Glascock Harris Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges 
 
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no~g 
 
McCall 
 
Holden 
 
McCalla 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
McCrory 
 
Hollis 
 
MeDonald 
 
Howard, of Liberty Neill 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Nesmith 
 
Johnson, of Appling Owen 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Pace Jones, of Coweta Parker 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Palmour 
 
Jones, of Lowndes ?ickett 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Plekren 
 
Key 
 
Pilcher 
 
Kelley 
 
Rainey 
 
Kidd 
 
Reece 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Reiser 
 
sham 
 
Reville 
 
Kimsey, of White King Lanier 
 
Richardson Roberts Russell 
 
Lankford 
 
Scott 
 
Lasseter 
 
Shannon 
 
Law Lawrence 
 
Sibley Smith, of Dade 
 
Lowe 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Matthews 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Maynard 
 
Staten 
 
Mays Mercier Middleton 
 
Steele Stewart Stone 
 
Mock 
 
Stovall 
 
Moore Mullins 
 
Strickland Stubbs 
 
, Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meriwether Williams, of Ware William<~, cf Worth Winn WoodS Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of :noyd W!right, of Jones Wright, of Walton 
Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the J onrnal of yesterday's session was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent Mr. King of Jefferson wus allowed to change a name in House Bill No. 648, which name was placed in bill through error. 
 
By una1.1imous consent the following waa estab~ 
 
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lished as the order of business during the thirt) minutes period of unanimous consents: 
 
1st. Introductio~ of new matter. 
 
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees; 
 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported, the second time. 
 
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having a local application. 
 
5th. Reading of Senate Bills the first time. 
 
The following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of JacksonA bill to provide that the successors to all the 
Aldermen of the City of Jefferson be elected by the qualified voters of the City at large. 
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of JacksonA bill to amend the Charter of Jefferson. 
Referred to Committ~e on ~unicipal Government. 
By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of JacksonA bill to am~nd an Act creating the City Co.urt of Jefferson. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 
By Mr. Duncan of DouglasA bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Salt 
Springs. 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
By Mr. Cooney of DodgeA bill to authorize the State School Superintend- 
ent to pay to the Treasurer of the Board of Education of Eastman each year the pro rata share of . their part of State funds. 
Referred to Committee on Education. 
By Messrs. Eve, Lawrence and Wylly of ChathamA bill to amend Section 618 of Penal Code rela- 
tive to fishing for oysters. 
 
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. 
Mr. Ellis of Tift, Chairman of Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the. following report: 
Mr.. Speaker: 
 
The Committee of the House on General Judiciary No. 1 has had under consideration Senate Bill No. 188 and has instructed me, as their Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
August 6th, 1918. 
Respectfully submitted, 
ELLis, Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Bellah of Henry, Vice Chairman of Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House and Senate bills and have instructed me, as their Chairman, to recommend the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 278. House Bill No. 898. 
 
House Bill No. 918. 
 
House Bill No. 919. 
 
w. A. BELLAH, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Dickey .of Crawford, Chairman of Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report : 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on County and Comity .Matters having had under consideration the following bills of the House, report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
House Bill No. 897. 
 
House Bill No. 902. 
 
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House Bill No. 910. Respectfully submitted, DICKEY, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Grantland of Spalding, Chairman of Committee on State of Republic, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on State of the Republic have had under consideration the following bill of the House and instruct me as their Chairman to report same back to the House with recommendation that same do pass by substitute as amended. 
GRAN-TLAND, Ch~irman. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock, Chairman of Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report : 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 has had under consideration Senate Resolution No. 82, . by Mr. Swords of the 32nd District, and direct me as their Chairman, to report the same back with the recommenda.tion that same do pass by substitute. 
BURWELL, of Hancock, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. DuBose, of Clarke, Chairman of Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bills 9f the House and Senate and instruct me, a!3 their Chairman, to report the same back with the recommendation that the same do pass as follows, to-wit: 
 
That House Bill No. 785 be amended as per amendments attached thereto and after being so amended that said House Bill No. 785 be s-ubstituted for Senate Bill No. 230, and that said Senate Bill No. 230do pass by substitute. 
 
Respectfully submitted, DuBosE, Chairman 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following resolution and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Resolution No. 226. 
 
HALL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Chambers of Fayette, Chairman of Committee on Public Highways, submitted' the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Public Highways has had under consideration House Bills Nos. 526 and 715 and report back to the House with a recommendation that they do not pass. 
 
Bill No. 881 with a recommendationthat if do pass. August 6th, 1918. 
CHAMBERs, Chairman. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit: 
No. 831. A bill to create a new Charter for the Town of Dacula. 
No. 848. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Blackshear. 
 
No. 737. A bill to amend an Act carrying into effect the provisions of Paragraph 1, Section 7 o-f Article 6 of the Constitution of Georgia, establish ing a Municipal Court for the City of Atlanta. 
 
No. 868. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Cornelia. 
~o. 867. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of .Colquitt. 
 
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 No. 576: A bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah to extend $10,000 per annum to advertise said city. 
 
No. 869. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of McDonough. 
 
No. 794. A bill to create a new Charter for the City of Calhoun. 
Tlie following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
No. 241. A bill to amend the drainage Act of 1911. 
 
No. 268. A bill to prescribe and re$filate contracts of sale for future delivery of cotton. 
No. 277. A bill to amend an Act creating the Georgia Board of Pharmacy. 
No. 287. A bill for the prevention of blindness, to require certain duties of those in attendance at any child birth. 
No. 292. A bill to repeal the alternative four days road law. 
No. 271. A bill to enlarge the powers of the State Board of Health. 
 
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No. 285. A bill relating to venereal diseases to require the reporting of cases thereof to the State Board of Health. 
 
No. 259. A bill to further regulate casualty and liability insurance companies. 
 
No. 269. A bill to provide for a Department of Archives. 
 
No. 283. A bill to amend an Act to establish a sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether- . 
A bill to amend an Act to constitute a Board of Commissioners for Meriwether County. 
 
By Mr. Austin of Murray- 
A bill to repeal the alternative four days road law and substitute therefor the Alternative Road Law. 
 
By Mr. Kelley of Gwinnett- 
A bill to establish a Board of County Commissioners for . Gwinnett County. 
 
By Mr. Harris of Walker- 
A bill to amend an Act to abolish the Board of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Walker County. 
 
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BY: Mr. Bond of FranklinA bill to incorporate the City of Lavonia. 
 
By Mr. Bond of Franklin- 
A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the City of Lavonia. 
 
By Mr. Stone of Grady- 
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Tmvn of Pine Park. 
 
By Messrs. Bale of Floyd and Stone of Grady- 
A resolution to appropriate $2,000.00 for Jefferson Park. 
 
The folloW;ing bills and resolutions of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District~ 
A bill to declare void all agreements waiving Section 4135, Civil Code, in written contracts on promissory notes. 
' 
By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District- . 
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Thomasville. 
 
By Mr. Edwards of the 32nd District- 
A resolution to authorize the Governor to enter into a contract in respect to litigation in United States Supreme Court between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Co., et al. 
 
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The following bill of the Senate was read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Denny of the 41st District---:- 
A bill to create a new Charter for the City of Rome. 
 
The House substitute was read and adopted. 
 
The amendments to the substitute were read and 
~dopted. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute 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 by substitute as amended. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House were read the third time : 
By Mr. Jones of Lowndes- 
A bill to create and install for use a modern system of accounts for County of Lowndes. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to -the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Barrett of Whitfield- 
A bill to change the name of certain Militia Districts in Whitfield. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Hatcher of Wayne- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools in the Town of Jesup. 
 
The report 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, w'as passed. 
 
By Mr. Rainey of Barrow- 
A bill to amend Section 1249 of Vol. 1 of Code, so as to name a State Depository in the City of Winder. 
 
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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 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper  and Williams of Meriwether- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Meriwether 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. 
Under the order of motions to reconsider: 
 Mr. Conger of Decatur moved the House reconsider its action in defeating the adoption of Resolution No. 213. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
On the adoption of the resolution Mr. Conger called for the ayes and nays. 
The call was sustained. 
 
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The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Anderson, of Jen- Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
kins 
 
Culpepper, Meri- 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes wether 
 
Arnold, of Clay . Dickey 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Foy 
 
Bagwell 
 
Gary 
 
Baldwin 
 
Giddens 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Gilmore 
 
Bankston 
 
Grantland 
 
Barfield 
 
Griffin 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Hatcher 
 
Bellah 
 
Haynes 
 
Bond 
 
Hinson 
 
Booker 
 
Hodges 
 
Broo~ 
 
Hogg 
 
Brown, of Houston Hollingsworth 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Buxton 
 
thorpe 
 
Cheney 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Chupp 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Clarke 
 
Jones, of Lownde11 
 
Clifton 
 
Lanier 
 
Conger 
 
Mercier 
 
Jook 
 
Moore 
 
Cooper 
 
McCall 
 
McCrory M,cDonald Nesmith Reiser Richardson Russell Sibley Staten Steele Strickland Tatum Taylor Trammell Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Worth Winn Wright, of Floyd 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Towns Akin Arnold, of Lumpkin Atkinson Austin Bale Barwick Blalock Blasingame Bower Boyett Brinson 
 
Brown, of Clarke Burch Burwell Carroll Carter Cason Clements Coates Collins, of Cherokee Collins, of Union Cravey Cullars 
 
DavidsonDorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Frohock Green Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks 
 
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Hardin of Glascock Harvin Hayes Holden Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty Joh118'on, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Key Kelley Kidd Kimsey, of White King Lankford Lawrence 
 
Lowe Matthews Middleton 
Mullin~; 
Neill Owen Paee Palmour Pilcher Rainey Reece Roberts Scott Shannon Smith, of Fulton 
 
Smith, of Telfair Stewart Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Trippe Veazey Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adalll8', of Elbert Allen Ayers Ballard, of Newton Barrett, of Whitfield 
Beazley Beck Bowers Chambers Davenport Davis Dennard 
 
Fowler, Gordy Harris Jones, of Wilkinson Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Lasseter Law Maynard Mays Mock Morris 
 
McCalla Parker Pickett Pickren Smith, of Dade Stone Stovall Timmerman Turner Williams, of Ware Wright, of Walton Wylly 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the adoption of the resolution the ayes were 70, nays 81. 
 
The resolution having failed to receive the requisite two-thirds of those voting was lost. _ 
Mr. Swift of Musco~ee moved that the House re- 
 
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consider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 789. 
 
The motion prevailed and the bin was placed at the heel of the calendar. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was read the third time: 
 
J3y Mr. Denny of the 42nd District- 
A bill to provide for a prima facie presumption where deeds and mortgages and registerable instrnments appear to be executed in one County before an officer of another County having no jurisdiction in the first Coun.ty. 
 
The report 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. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that the House convene tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
The motion prevail~d. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House were taken up as Special Orders and read the third time: 
 
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By Messrs. Brown and DuBose of Clarke and Law of Burke- 
A bill to fix salaries of the Commissioner of Agriculture and other State House Officers. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
Mr. Wright of Floyd moved that the bill be tabled. 
Mr. Brown of Clarke called for the ayes and nays on the motion to table the bill. 
 
The call was sustained. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Amold, of Clay Amold, of Coweta Austin Baldwin Ballard, of Oolumbia Ballard, of Newton Bankston Barrett, of Pike Blalock Blasingame Booker Brooks Oarroll Carter Collins, of Union 
Conger Cook pooper Culpepper, of Clinch Davenport Dickey 
 
Dunean Frohoek Foy Giddens Gilmore Grantland Hagood Hall Hardin, of Glasscock Hatcher, Haynes Hinson Hodges Hogg Holden Hollingsworth Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorp Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Jones, of Lowudes Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lowe Maynard Mullins McCall Nesmith Parker Pickren Reece Reiser RicharJ.'fon Scott Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Stone Strickland Swint Swords Trammell 
 
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Trippe Veazey Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce 
 
W'illiams, of Meriwether 
Williams, of Worth Woods Worsham 
 
Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Towns Cravey 
 
.Akin 
 
Cullars 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin wether 
 
Bagwell 
 
Davidson 
 
Bale 
 
Davis 
 
Barfield 
 
Dorris 
 
Beck 
 
DuBose 
 
~Bower 
 
Ellis 
 
Bowers 
 
Ennis 
 
Boyett 
 
Eve 
 
Brinson 
 
Gary 
 
Brown, of Clarke Green 
 
Bureh 
 
Griffin 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Burwell 
 
Harvin 
 
Buxton 
 
Hayes 
 
Chambers 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Cheney 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Chupp 
 
Key 
 
Clarke 
 
Kelley 
 
Clements 
 
Lankford 
 
Clifton 
 
I.aw 
 
Coat 
 
Matthews 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Mercier 
 
Middleton Moore McDonald Neill Owen Pace Palmour Pilcher Rainey Roberts Russell Shannon Sibley Steele Stovall Stubbs Sumner Tatum Taylor Turner Vincent White Winn Woody Wright, of Walton 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Elbert Bontl 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Atkinson 
 
Oo.son 
 
Ayers 
 
Dennard 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Fowler 
 
Barwick 
 
Gordy 
 
Beazley 
 
Harris 
 
Bellah 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Lasseter Lawrence Mays }4:ock 
Morris 
 
 McCalla McCrory Pickett Reville 
 
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Smith, of Telfair Staten Stewll}"t Swift 
 
Timmerman Williams, of Ware Wright, of Bulloch Wylly 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the motion to table the bill the ayes were 78, nays 74. 
 
The motion prevailed and the bill was tabled. 
 
By Messrs. Atkinson, White and Smith of Fulton- 
 
A RESOLUTION. 
A resolution proposing to the people of the State an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia: 
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, the Senate thereof concurring, that this amendment of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be and the same is hereby proposed to the people thereof. 
"Reserving to such Municipal Corporations. the benefit of all provisions of the Constitution of force in this State, the General Assembly is hereby empowered to authorize any municipal corporation within this State having a population of one hundred and fifty thousand or more, according to the census of the United States Government taken next preceding the approval of any Act passed in pursuance thereof, to incur a bonded debt or debts for 
 
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the public purposes of such ~unicipality the said debt or debts so to be incurred to be for such sum and to be secured after such manner and to be paid principal and interest at such times and such places and by such means and upon such terms as the General Assembly may prescribe. 
 
. Provided, however, That no Act conferring the powers aforesaid or any of them shall become operative until the same shall have been approved at a general election of a Mayor and General Council in such municipality by two-thirds of the qualified voters thereof who may vote at said election. Such two-thirds to constitute at least a majority of the qualified voters of such municipality. 
 
Be it further Resolved; It shall be the duty of the Governor to cause publication of this proposed amendment to be made in .accordance with the provisions of article 13' section 1 paragraph 1 of the Constitution ofthiSs atte, r 2 eatoin etaoin shrdlh Constitution of this State, the cost hereof to be paid out of any mo!leys in the Treasury of the State not otherwise specifically appropriated : 
Be it further Resolved; That at the next General election to be held in this State this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people of this State for their approval or rejection by causing to be printed or written upon the ballots to be cast thereat the words, ''For the Constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to confer upon mun: cipalities containing one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants or more the power to incur bonded debts'' 
 
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and the words, "against the Constitutional amendment authorizing the General Assembly to confer upon municipalities containing one hundred and :fifty thousand inhabitants or more the power to incur 
a bonded debts." and if the people shall ratify such 
amendment by majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the Gen~ral Assembly voting thereon and amendment shall be and become a part of the Constitution of this State and the Governor shall make proclamation accordingly. 
The resolution was read the third time. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable 
to thl' paasage of t 1w resolution, was agreed to. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Towns Blalock 
 
Akin 
 
Blasingame 
 
Allen 
 
Bond 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Booker 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Bower 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Bowers 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Boyett 
 
Atkinson 
 
Brinson 
 
Austin 
 
Brooks 
 
Ayers 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Bagwell 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Baldwin 
 
Burkhalter 
 
BBaallelard,' of 
 
Columbia 
 
Burwell Buxton 
 
Ballard, of Newton Carter 
 
Bankston 
 
Cason 
 
Barfield 
 
Clements 
 
BarWick 
 
Cheney 
 
Beck 
 
Chupp 
 
Bellali 
 
Clifton 
 
Coates Collins of Cherokee Collins of Union Conger Cook Cooper . Cravey Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davenport Davidson Davis Diekey Dorris DuBose Ellis Eve Frohock 
 
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Giddens 
 
Lasseter 
 
Gilmore 
 
Law 
 
Grantland 
 
Lowe 
 
Green 
 
Matthews 
 
Hagood 
 
Mays 
 
Hall 
 
Mercier 
 
Harden, of Banks Middleton 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Moore 
 
Hatcher 
 
Mullins 
 
Hayes 
 
McCall 
 
Haynes 
 
McCrory 
 
Hinson 
 
MeDonalq 
 
Hodgt'S 
 
Neill 
 
Holden 
 
Nesmith 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Owen 
 
Hollis 
 
Pace 
 
Howard, of Liberty Parker 
 
Johnson, of Appling Palmour 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Pickren 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Pilcher 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Rainey 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Reel!c; 
 
Key 
 
Reiser 
 
Kelley 
 
Hoberts 
 
Kidd 
 
Russell 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Scott 
 
sham 
 
Sibley 
 
Kimsey, of White Smith, of Dade 
 
King 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Lanier 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Lankford 
 
Staten 
 
Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Taylor Timmerman Trippe Turner Veazey Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Nalker, of Pierce White Williams, of Ware Williams, cf Worth "\finn Wood.!l Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch W'right, of Jones Wyatt Wylly Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
thorp 
 
Trammell Wright, of Floyd 
 
Those not voting were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Elbert Clarke 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Clements 
 
Beazley 
 
Dennard 
 
Burch 
 
Duncan 
 
Carroll 
 
Ennis 
 
Fowler, r Foy Gary Gordy Griffin 
 
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Harris Harvin Hogg Jones, of Coweta Lawrence Maynard 
 
Mock Morris McCalla Pickett Reville R.icharilson 
 
Shannon Tatum Vincent 
Williams, of Mer!wether 
Wright, of Walton 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 150, nays 5. 
 
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was 'passed. 
 
By Messrs. Kidd, Cook, GriffinA bill to create Lamar County. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The substitute was read and adopted. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favor- able to the passage of the bill by substitute, was 
agreed to. 
 
- The roll was called and the vote was as follows : 
 
Those v<_>ting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, of Towns Anderson, of Jenkins Austin 
Ballard, of Newton Barwick Beck Bond 
 
Brinson Brown, of Houston Quter Cason Clifton Coates Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Collins, of Union Cook Cooper Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch Davenport Davidson 
 
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Davia 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Dorris 
 
King 
 
Duncan 
 
Lankford 
 
EDDil 
 
Lowe 
 
Eve 
 
Matthews 
 
Frohock 
 
McCall.11. 
 
Gary 
 
McDonald 
 
Griffin 
 
Pace 
 
Harden, of Banks Parker 
 
Bardin, of Glascock Palmour 
 
Hatcher 
 
Pickett 
 
Ha)'llea 
 
Pickren 
 
Hinson 
 
Pilcher 
 
Holden 
 
Rainey 
 
Jones, of Wilkinsun Key Kidd Kimzey, of Haber 
sham 
 
Reece Roberts Shannon Smith, of Telfair Stewart 
 
Stone Strickland Stubbs Sumner 
Swint Timmerman Turner Veazey Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Wlhite W'inn Woods Woody Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative-were Messrs: 
 
Akin 
 
Oarroll 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Chambers 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Cheney 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Chupp 
 
Atkinson 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
AyeJrs 
 
wether 
 
Baldwin 
 
Dickey 
 
B-allard, of Columbia ElliR 
 
Barfield 
 
Foy 
 
B-arrett, of Pike 
 
<tid dens 
 
lsarrett, of Whitfield Gilmore 
 
Bellah 
 
Grantland 
 
Blalock 
 
Green 
 
Booker 
 
Harvin 
 
Bower 
 
Hayes 
 
Bowers Boyett Brooks Burkhalter Burwell 
 
Hodges Hogg Hollingsworth Hollia Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Buxton 
 
thorpe 
 
Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Elbert Kelley Lanier Lasseter Law 
Maynard Middleton McCall McCrory Ne:.I 
Owen Reiser Richardson Russell Sibley Steele Stovall Swift Swords 
 
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Taylor Trammell Trippe Walker, of Pierce 
 
Williams, of Meriwether 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Worsham 
Wright, of Bulloch 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, -of Elbert Allen. 
Arnold, of Coweta Bagwell Bale Bankston Beazley Blasingame Brown, of Clarke Burch Clarke Clements Conger Cravey 
 
Dennard DuBose Fowler Gordy Hagood Hall Harris 
Howard, of Liberty Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Lowndes Lawrence May<J Mercier Mock 
 
Moore Morris Mullins Nesmith Reville Scott Smith, of Dade 8mith, of Fulton Staten Tatum Vincent Wiiliams, of Ware Wylly 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 76, nays 70. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Johnson of Bartow. 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock P'. M. today. 
 
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3 0 'Clock P. l\L 
 
The House met again at this hour; was called to order by the Speaker. 
 
By unanimous consent the calling of the roll was  dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the ten minutes period of unanimous consents : 
 
1st. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
2nd. Reading of Senate bills first time. 
 
3rd.. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported the second time. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees : 
 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st District- 
A bill to prescribe and regulate contracts for future delivery of cotton. 
 
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 2. 
By Mr. Beauchamp of the 22nd District (by request)- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the Georgia Board of Pharinacy. 
 
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. 
 
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By Messrs. Hendricks and BeauchampA bill for the prevention of blindness. 
 
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. 
 
By Mr. Beck of the 43rd District- 
A bill to repeal the alternative four days road l~w and substitute the alternative road law. 
 
Referred to Committee on Public Highways. 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to amend Sections 32, 34 and 38 of the drain- 
age Act ?f 1911. 
 
Referred to Agriculture Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. DeJarnette of the 28th District: / A bill to insure the protection of State records by establishing a Department of Archives. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2._ 
 
By Messrs. Hendricks, Beauchamp and Dukes- 
A bill to require the reporting of venereal diseases. 
 
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation: 
By Mr. Hendricks of the 6th DistrictA bill to enlarge the power of the State Board of 
Health. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. 
 
By Mr. Hendricks of the 6th DistrictA bill to amend an Act establishing a sanitarium. 
 
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. 
. 
By Mr. Heath of the 17th District- 
A resolution to further regulate casualty and liability insurance companies. 
 
Referred to Committee on Insurance. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter 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 bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 922. August 7th, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN pACE, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of Committee on 
 
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Municipal Government, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration House Bill No. 912, by Bibb County delegation, and House Bill No. 906, by Mr. McDonald and Pilcher of Richmond, and direct me as Chairman to report the same back with the recommendation that they do pass. 
DuBosE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Ellis of Tift, Chairman of Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, subinittec;L the following report : 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Committee of the House on General Judiciary No. 1 have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me, as their Chairman, to report back the same with recommendation that it do pass, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 432. July 6, 1918. 
 
ELLis, Cha~nn~n. 
 
Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee of the House on Education have 
 
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der consideration House Resolution No. 225 and report that same do pass. 
August 7th, 1918. 
 
CHAMBERS, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Williams of Ware, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to Constitution, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Amendments to Constitution have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 231, and have instructed me, as its Chairman, to report the same back with the recommendation that same do pass. 
WILLIAMs, Chairman. had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me, as their Chairman, to report same back to the House with the recommendation that same do pass: 
House Bill No. 917. 
BuRKHALTER, Chairman. 
Mr. Chambers of Fayette County, Chairman of 
Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report : 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Public Highways has had un- 
 
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The following bills and resolutions of the House favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Messrs. Rainey, Green and Kelley, et aL- 
A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Couris of the Western Judicial Circuit as to the office of Solicitor-General. 
 
By Messrs. McDonald and Pilcher of RichmondA bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Civil 
Service Commission for City of AU:gusta. 
 
B'y Messrs. Barfield and Hall of BibbA bill to amend the Charter of the City of Macon. 
By Mr. Bond of Franklin-' A bill to amend an Act to establish public schools 
in Franklin County. 
 
By Mr. Turner of Brooks- 
A resolution to appoint a Committee to investigate the needs of the State in matters of highway legislation. 
 
The following bill of the Senate favorably reported was read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to propose to the qualified voters an amendment to Constitution, Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5, relative to salary of Treasurer. 
 
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The following privilege resolutions were read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Wright of Floyd- 
WHEREAS, it is stated today in the public press tliat Colonel Henry W. Watterson has ,ended his ac-. tive connection as editor of the Louisville CourierJournal, and 
 
WHEREAS, this greatest editor of his generation has always, through storm and sunshine, been the safe advisor, the courageous champ,ion and loyal friend of his native South, therefore 
 
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That we tender to him in his old age our high esteem and continuing love on behalf of the people of Georgia and wish for him many years of peace and happiness. 
 
By Messrs. Brown and DuBose of Clarke, Bale, Neill, Anderson, Akin and Stubbs- 
Be it reE~olved by the House, the Senate concurring, That a Committee of :five from the Senate and seven from the House be appointed as a joint Committee to examine into the salaries paid State Officials and report to the General Assembly such recommendation as they think wise as to the increase of such salaries. Said Committee to report within twenty-four (24) hours. 
 
The Speaker appointed the following members a1:1 Committee on the part of the House raised under the adoption of the above resolution, to-wit: 
 
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Messrs. Brown of Clarke. Bale of Floyd. Pace of Sumter. Hodges of Washington. _ Culpepper of Meriwether. Beck of Carroll. Conger of Decatur. 
 
~he following resolution was read and referred to Committee on Rules : 
 
By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton- 
Resolved by the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Georgia, Tha! its rules be amended by adding thereto the following: "The Speaker shall not recognize any member at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to recommit any bill or resolution which has been already favorably reported, but all such action shall be taken only upon request of the Chairman of the Committee reporting such bill or resolution after receiving instruction so to move from the Committee making such report. 
 
The following bills of the House were taken up as Special Orders : 
 
By Mr. Kelley of Gwinnett- 
 
A bill to prohibit disposition of property under 
 
mortgage purchase money liens for rent or any line 
 
created by contract. 
 
 
 
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The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Kelley of Gwinnett- 
Amends by str:iking the words "make out aprima facie case of guilt against defendant,'' and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ''shall shift the burden of proof on defendant.'' 
 
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 97, nays 5. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
On motion the bill was ordered immediately trans' mitted to the Senate. 
 
By Mr. Morris of Cobb- 
A bill to appropriate $50,000.00 to the University of Georgia for the purpose of building an Armory. 
 
The resolution was read the third time. 
 
The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Smith of Fulton 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 not pass. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was adverse to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to and the resolution was lost. 
 
Mr. Davenport of Hall moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Kelley of Gwinnett. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
THURSDAY, AuGusT 8, 1918. 
 
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 : 
 
Ad&DI8, of Towns Brinson 
 
Akin 
 
Brooks 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Brown, of Houston 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burch 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Buxton 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carroll 
 
Austin 
 
Carter 
 
Ayers 
 
Cason 
 
Bagwell 
 
Chambe~ 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cheney 
 
Bale 
 
Chupp 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clade 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clem4;1nts 
 
Bankston harfield 
 
Clifton Coates 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Collins of Cherokee 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Collins of Union 
 
Barwick 
 
Conger _ 
 
Bszley 
 
Cook 
 
Beck 
 
Cooper 
 
Bellah 
 
Cravey 
 
Blalock 
 
Cullars 
 
Blasingame 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Bond 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Booker 
 
wether 
 
Bower 
 
Davenport 
 
Bowel'S 
 
Davidson 
 
Boyett 
 
Davis 
 
Dennard Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler 
Frohock Foy 
G$ry Giddens Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin 
Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin, of Glascock Harris Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Hogg 
 
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Holden 
 
McCall 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
McCalla 
 
Hollis 
 
McCrory 
 
-Howard, of Liberty _ McDonald 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
1\eill 
 
thorpe 
 
Nesmith 
 
Johnson, of Appling Owen 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Pace 
 
Jones, of Coweta Parker 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Palmour 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Pickett 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Pickren 
 
Key 
 
Pilcher 
 
Kelley 
 
Rainey 
 
Kidd 
 
Reece 
 
Kimzey, of Habersham 
Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter Law Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock 
Moore Mullins 
 
Reiser Reville Richardson Roberts Russell Scott t:ihannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill W'alker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri 
wether \\- illiams, of Ware Williams, of Worth 'Wiinn WoodS Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans lflt. SPEAKER 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's sessions was dispensed with. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that the House have a session beginning at 8 o'clock tonight. 
 
The motion prevailed. By unanimous consent the following was estab- 
 
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lished as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents : 
 
1st. Introduction of new matter. 
 
-2nd. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
3rd. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported, the second time. 
 
5th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate local bills and House and Senate general bills having a local application. 
5th. Reading Senate bills the. first time. . 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
JYlr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution and bills of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 73. A resolution to authorize the Governor to grant Millard Dees a certain tract of land of 75 1-2 acres in Montgomery County, Georgia. 
 
No. 631. A bill to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools in the City of Warrenton. 
No. 727. A bill to amend an Act t~ establish a system of public schools in the Town of Douglas. 
No. 792. A bill to authorize the extension of Cunning or Tenth Street. 
 
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No. 818. A bill to repeal an Act to fix the com.._Jensation of the Ordinary of Stephens County for attending to matters pertaining to roads and revenues in said County. 
 
No. 825. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Richmond County. 
 
No. 834. A bill to amend an Act to establish a public school system for the Town of Lumpkin. 
No. 838. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Ray City. 
No. S40.  A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Griffin. 
 
No. 852. A bill to allow all persons now properly registered or who shall hereafter register to vote in all elections in the City of Blakely. 
No. 879. A bill ,to amend the Charter of the City of LaGrange. 
No. 880. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Southwest LaGrange. 
 
The Senate has passed by substitute by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8 of the Constitution of Georgia relative to local taxation for public schools.. 
 
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof; Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite const~tu tional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
 
No. 255. A bill to regulate the issuance of marriage license in this State. 
 
No. 273. A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6 of the Constitution of Georgia, relative to salary of Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Circuit. 
 
No. 288. A bill to repeal an Act to amend Section 4 of an Act to establish the City Court of Polk  County. 
 
No. 284. A bill to penalize those who solicit for the purpose of prostitution, who convey persons for said purpose, to revoke their license, etc. 
 
No. 301. A bill to amend an Act to establish a State Board of Medical Examiners. 
 
No. 218. A bill to authorize and regulate certain classes of indemnity contracts; to provide for the exchange of reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts. 
 
Mr. Turner of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Western and Atlantic Railroad, submjtted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Western and Atlantic Railroad have had under consideration the following Senate Bills Nos. 238 and 236 and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
Tu~NER, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Shannon of" Twiggs 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 have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Bill No~ 923. 
 
SHANNON of Twiggs, Chairman. 
 
Mr. White of Fulton County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the fpllowing report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following Senate bills of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, 
 
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to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
 
Senate Bill No. 271. Senate Bill No. 277. 
 
Senate Bill No. 285. 
Senate Bill No. 287. W BITE, Chairman. 
Mr. Blasingame of Walton County, Ch~irman of the Committee on Agriculture Committee No. 2, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Agricqlture No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 283. 
 
Senate Bill No. 268. 
 
BLASINGAME, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Dickey of Crawford County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on County and County Matters 
 
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have had under consideration the following Senate bills and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommenda. tion that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 281, do pass. 
 
Senate Bill No. 282, do pass as amended. Respectfully submitted, DICKEY, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Committee of the House on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the House: No. 293, by Mr. Fowler of Bibb; No. 355, by Mr. Swift of Muscogee, and direct me, as their Chairman, to report same back with recommendation that same do pass. 
 
Also House Bill No. 841, by Chatham delegation, and direct same be reported back with recommendation that same do pass as amended. 
 
Also bills of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
Senate Bill No. 269, by Mr. DeJarnette of the 28th District. 
 
Senate Bill No. 224, by Mr. Bynum of the 4th District, with recommendation that same do pass. 
 
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Also Senate Bill No. 179, by Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District, with recommendation that same do not pass. 
August 8th, 1918.  
BURWELL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Municipal Govern~ent have had under considerl!tion t!J.e following bills of the House and direct me, as their Chairman, to report same back with recommendation that same do pass: 
 
House Bill No. 920. 
 
House Bill No. 921. 
 
House Bill No. 907. 
 
DuBosE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Chambers of Fayette, Chairll!.an of Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Committee on Public Highways has had under consideration House Bill No. 333, and report same with a recommendation that it do pass. 
August 8th, 1918. 
CHAMBERS, Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Carroll of Catoosa, Chairman of Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: The Enrollment Committee has examined, found 
properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following bills, to-wit: 
House Bill No. 62. A bill to enable qualified voters to vote away from their legal residences. 
House Resolution No. 75. An Act to authorize the County of Walker to refund money toT. J. Bandy. 
 
House Resolution No. 184. An Act for the relief of J. W. Woodall and S. M. Howard, both of Pike County. 
 
House Bill No. 447. An Act to provide a budget system in the State. 
 
House Bill No. 739. An Act providing for abolishing the office of County Treasurer of Gilmer County. 
 
House Bill No. 755. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Bainbridge. 
 
House Bill No. 680. An Act to accept a surrender 
 
of the Charter of Pilots' Navigation Co., of Savan- 
 
nah. 
 
 
 
House Bill No. 790. An Act to amend the Charter of the Town of Soperton. 
 
House Bill No. 811. An Act to amend an Act ap- 
 
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proved August 12, 1914, to incorporate the Town of Cadwell. 
 
House Bill No. 818. An Act to fix the compensation of the Ordinary of Stephens County. 
T. R. CARROLL, 
Chairman. 
 
House Bill No. 812. An Act to authorize the levy of taxes by the County of Towns and for other purposes. 
 
House Bill No. 453. An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Liberty. 
CARROLL, of Catoosa, Chairman. 
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, l\Ir. West: 
Mr. Speaker: I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to 
deliver to the House a communication to which he respectfully invites your attention. 
The following communications were read: 
August 8, 1918. 
To the Speaker, House of Representatives: 
I have the honor to advise that Honorable F. L. 
 
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Adams, Representative in the Lower House of the General Assembly from Elbert County, tendered his resignation and same was accepted, effective July 12, 1918. 
Respectfully submitted, 
HuGH 1\L DoRSEY, 
Governor. 
 
August 7, 1918. 
HoN. JOHN N. HoLDER, Speaker House of Representatives of State of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga. 
 
Dear Sir: 
I have the honor to report to you the election of Hon. A. F. Westmoreland as Representative from Elbert County, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. F. L. Adams, resigned. 
Yours respectfully, 
H. B. STRANGE, 
Secretary of State. 
 
Mr. A. F. Westmoreland, the newly-elected member from Elbert County, came forward to the Clerk's desk and took the oath of office, the oath being administered by the Hon. william H. Fish, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.. 
The following bills and resolutions of the House favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
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By Mr. Fowler of Bibb- 
A bill to amend Section 3368 of Code so as to provide for the satisfaction of liens in favor of watchmakers and jewelers. 
 
By Mr. Jones of CowetaA bill to amend an Act providing for an annual 
registration of motor vehicles. 
By Mr. Swift of MuscogeeA bill to amend Section 2167 of Civil Code rela- 
tive to women being eligible to Boards of Health and other Boards. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence, Wylly and Eve of Chatham- 
A bill to amend several Acts relating to incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah. 
By M.essrs. Holder and Ayers of Jackson- 
A bill to provide that the successors to all Aldermen of the City of Jefferson shall be elected b:y the qualified voters at large of the said City. 
 
By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of JacksonA bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of 
J e:fferson. 
By Mr. Duncan of DouglasA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of 
Salt Springs, in County of Douglas. 
 
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By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of Jackson- 
A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Jefferson so as to fix the salary of Judge and Solicitor-General. 
 
By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of Jackson-  
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Towri of Maysville. 
 
The following bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time : 
 
By Mr. Bynum of the 40th District- 
A bill to amend Section 3931 of the Code of 1910 relative to law of inheritance. 
 
By Mr. Heath of the 17th District- 
A bill to authorize the exercise of Eminent Domain by the Western and Atlantic Railroad. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to authorize the right of Eminent Domain by the W. and A. Railroad. 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st DistrictA bill to prescribe and fix and regulate contracts 
for sale and future delivery of cotto~. 
 
By Mr. DeJarnette of the 28th DistrictA bill to insure the protection of State Records. 
 
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By Mr. Hendricks of the 6th District- 
A bill to enlarge the powers of the State Board of Health. 
 
. By Mr. Beauchamp of the 22nd District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the Georgia Board 
.of Pharmacy. 
 
By Mr. Yeomans of the lOth District- 
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Buildings for County of Lee. 
 
By Mr. Yeomans of the lOth District- 
. .A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for County of Lee. 
 
By Mr. Hendricks of the 6th District- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing a sanitarium for treatment of tuberculosis. 
 
By Messrs. Hendricks, Beauchamp and DukesA bill to require the reporting of venereal dis- 
eases. 
By Messrs. Hendricks, Beauchamp and DukesA bill for the prevention of blindness. 
By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was read the second time and recommitted: 
 
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By Mr. Dykes of the 14th District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commisswner of Roads and R.evenues of Bleckley County. 
 
The following bills of the House were read the third time: 
 
By 1\Iessrs. Holder, Ayers, Lowe, Hardin, et aL- 
A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in Superior Court of the Western Judicial Circuit. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 99, nays_O. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Cason of Bryan and Clarke of Mcln-  toshA bill to prohibit the use of nets except hand' nets 
in the waters of 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 106, nays 1. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Messrs. Cason of Bryan and Clark of Mcintosh- 
 
A bill to amend Section 621 of Parks' Code pro- 
 
hibiting non-residents from fishing in waters of this 
 
State. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 100, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Culpepper and Williams of Meri wether- 
A bill to provide for payment of court cost by County authorities of Meriwether. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 123, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Storie of Grady- 
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Pine Park. 
 
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. Harris of Walker- 
A bill to abolish the Board of Roads and Revenues of the County of Walker. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
Oh the passage of the bill the ayes were 120, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. McDonald and Pilcher of Richmond- 
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Civil Service Commission of Augusta, Ha. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, 
nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Kelley of GwinnettA bill to amend an AGt establishing a Board of 
County Commissioners for Gwinnett 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. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Barfield and Hall of BibbA bill to amend t~e Charter of the City of Macon. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favonible to the passage of the bill, was agree~ to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 110, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Bond of Franklin- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing a system of  public schools in J1,ranklin 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 114, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Bond of Franklin- 
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the p-assage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On. the passage of the bill the ayes were 102, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite .constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Bond of FranklinA bill 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 120, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Elders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to provide for the protection of Islands in the State of Georgia. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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On the passage of the bill. the ayes were 99, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
The following bills of the Senate favorably reported were read the first time : 
 
By Mr. Dukes of the 1st District- 
A bill to authorize and regulate certain classes of indemnity contracts. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th DistrictA bill to regulate the issuance of marriage license. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
By Mr. Mundy of the 38th DistrictA bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court 
of Polk County. 
Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. 
 
By Messrs. Hendricks, Beauchamp and DukesA bill to penalize those who solicit for the purpose 
of prostitution. 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
By Messrs. Beauchamp and HendricksA bill to amend an Act to establish a State Board 
of Medical Examiners. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. 
 
By M-r. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6 of the Constitution relative to payment of salaries of Judges of Superior Courts. 
 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By unanimous consent the foll_owing bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of the appointment of a Conference Committee thereon. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coff~eA bill to abolish the City Court of Coffee County. 
 
The Speaker appointed the following members onthe part of the House: 
Messrs. Stewart of Coffee. Wright of Jones. Wyatt of Troup. 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
 
A BILL 
To propose to the people of Georgia for their ratification or rejection an amendment to Article VI., Section 1, Paragraph 19, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. 
 
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Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Georgia is hereby proposed to the people of Georgia for their ratification or rejection; to amend Article VI., Section 1, of the Constitution of _the State of Georgia, by striking from said Article and Section paragraph 19 and inserting in. lieu of said paragraph the following: 
 
''The Governor, shall have the power to appoint 
his own secretaries, not exceeding two in number, and to provide such other clerical force as rray be required in his office for salaries and clerical force in his office shall not ~xceed the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), and this sum shall not be exceeded either directly or indirectly for any services rendered the Governor in the w:ay of clerical assistanre or in any way of clerical assistance, or in any other manner.'' 
 
Section 2. Provided, That should this amendment be adopted, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) is hereby appropriated and shall become available on the first day of January, 1919, for the payn}ent of the salaries and clerical expenses of the Governor's office for the year 1919, and any other appropriation made to pay any clerk hire for services in connection with the Governor's office are here-by repealed. 
 
Section 3. That the Governor is hereby required at the next General Election, to be held on the 'l1uesday after the first Monday in November, 1918, to submit this amendment to the people of the State for their ratification or rejection; that the form of 
 
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said submission shall be as follows: '' Ji'or ratification of the Amendment to Article VI., Section 1,'' or ''Against ratificati9n of Atricle VI., Section 1, of the Constitution of Georgia.'' 
 
Section 4. The Governor is hereby required to cause the above amendment to be published in oHe newspaper in each Congressional District in the State for the space of two months before the next general election, and the votes cast at said election on said amendment shall be consolidated in the several Counties in this State as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly, and the returns thereof shall be made to the Governor of the State, and should a majority of the votes cast at said election be in favor of the ratification of this amendment, then it shall be the duty of the Governor by his proclamation to declare the same adopted, and it shall become a part of the Constitution of the State. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, of Towns Atkinson 
 
Barfiel<l 
 
Akin 
 
Austin 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Allen 
 
Ayers 
 
Beck 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Bagwell 
 
Bellah 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Baldwin 
 
Blalock 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Bale , 
 
Blasingame 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Ballard, of Columbia Bond 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Bankston 
 
Booker 
 
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Bower BowersBoyett Brinson 
 
Grantland Green Griffin Hagood 
 
Pickren Pilcher Reece Reiser 
 
Brooks Brown, of Clarke 
 
Hall 
 
Richardson 
 
Harden, of Banks Russell 
 
Brown, of Houston Hardin, of Glasscock Sl'ott 
 
Burch 
 
Hatcher 
 
Shannon 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hayes 
 
Sibley 
 
Burwell 
 
Haynes 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Buxton 
 
 Hinson 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Carroll 
 
Holden 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Carter 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Staten 
 
Chambers' 
 
Hollis 
 
Steele 
 
Cheney 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Stewart 
 
Chupp 
 
Johnson, of Appling Stone 
 
Clarke Clements 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Stovall Jones, of Coweta Strickland 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Jones, of Elbert 
 
Stubbs 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Sumner 
 
Conger 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Swift 
 
Cook 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Swint 
 
Cooper Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether 
 
sham 
Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lasseter 
 
Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trippe 
 
Davidson 
 
Law 
 
Veazey 
 
Davis 
 
Lawrence 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Dennard 
 
Lowe 
 
Walker, of Pierce 
 
Dickey 
 
Matthews 
 
Westmoreland 
 
Dorris 
 
Mercier 
 
Williams, of Meri- 
 
DuBose 
 
Middleton 
 
wether 
 
Duncan 
 
. Moore 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler Frohock Foy Gary (lid dens 
 
Mullins McCall McCrory Neill Nesmith Owen Palmour Pickett 
 
Williams, of Worth Winn Woods Woody 
Worsham Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wyatt 
 
Gilm(lre 
 
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Davenport 
 
HodgC'J 
 
Trammell 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Ballard, of Newton Barret, of Wlhitfield Barwick Beazley Cason Clifton Coates Cravey Gordy Harris Harvin Hogg 
 
Howard, of Liberty Key Kelley Kidd Lankford Maynard Mays Mock Morris McCalla McDonald Pace 
 
Parker Rainey Reville 
Roberts Turner Vincent Walker, of Bleckley Wlhite Wright, of Bulloch Wrighf, of Walton Wylly Youmans 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 14~, nays 3. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
. 
By Messrs: Bale, Palmour, Boyett,. et aL- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to payment of pensions. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorat.le to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was lost. 
 
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By Messrs. Turner of Brooks and Mr. Swift of - Muscogee- 
A bill to empower the W. and A. Commission to sell certain lands. 
 
The bill was read the third time August 11, 1917. The report 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 5. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu-  tional majority was passed. 
 
The following bills and resolutions were taken up as Special Orders : 
 
By Mr. Neill of Muscogee- 
A bill to amend the Constitution relative to sessions of General Assembly. 
 
The following substitute was read and adopted: 
 
Substitute for House Bill No. 676. 
By Messrs. Neill and HallThe following amendment to the Constitution of 
Georgia is hereby proposed by the General Assembly to the people of the State for ratification or rejection: 
To amend Article 111, Section 4, Paragraph 3, by striking out the said Paragraph 3 and inserting in 
 
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said article and section the following as Paragraph 3: 
 
'' The General Assembly shall meet on the first wednesday in January, 1919, and biennially thereafter on the same date and shall at said session organize by the election of its officers as provided for in this Constitution, and shall canvass the vote for Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller-General and State Treasurer, and declare the result and shall determine contest for said officers; and in the event there shall be no election for Governor, proceed to the election of a Governor as required by the Constitution, and shall remain in session at said time only for said purpose, and shall then stand adjourned until the fourth Wednesday in June, as now provided by law; Provided, however, That nothing h~rein contained shall prevent the introduction and first reading of bills and resolutions during the time the General Assembly may be in session for the above purpose. 
 
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the annual meeting of the Legislature on the fourth Wednesday in June as now provided by law, but the purpose of this amendment is to provide biennially a session of the General .Assembly on the first Wednesday in January for the purpose above mentioned. 
 
The Governor is hereby required at the next General election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1918, to submit this  amendment to the people of the State for their rati- 
 
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fication or rejection; that the form of said submission shall be as follows: For the ratification of the amendment to Article 3, Section 4, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution, providing for the meeting of the General Assembly in January to inaugurate the Governor'' or ''Against the ratification to the amendment to Article 3, Section 4, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution providing for meeting of the General Assembly in January to inaugurate the Governor. 
 
The Governor is hereby required to cause the above amendment to be published in one newspaper in each Congressional District in this State for the space of two months before the next general election, and the votes cast at said election for said amendment shall be consolidated in the several counties in this State aa now required by law in elections for members_ of the General Assembly and the returns thereof be made to the Governor of the State and should a majority of the votes cast at said election be in favor of the ratification of this amendment, then it shall be the duty of the Governor by his proclamation to declare the same adopted and it shall become a part of the Constitution of the State. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows : 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin Alle11 
 
A:nderson, of Wilkes Arnold, of Coweta 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin 
 
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Atkinson 
 
Davidson 
 
Austin 
 
Davis 
 
.AJ"~ Bagwe11 
Baldwin Bale 
 
Dennard -Dickey Dorris DuBose 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Duncan 
 
Ba11ard, of Newton Ellis 
 
llaiUkston 
 
Ennia 
 
Barfield 
 
Eve 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Fo'wler, 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Frohock 
 
Barwick Beck Be11ah Blalock Blasingame 
Bond Bower Boyett Brooks Brown, of Clarke Brown, of Houston 
 
Foy Gary Giddens Grantland Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Harris Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes 
 
Burch 
 
Holden 
 
BUrkhalter 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Burwe11 
 
Hollis 
 
Buxton 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Carroll 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Carter Chambers 
 
thorpe Johns'on, of Appling 
 
Cheney 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Chupp 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Clarke 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Clements 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Clifton 
Coates 
Collins of Cherokee Conger 
 
Key Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White 
 
Cullars 
 
King 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Law 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Lawrence 
 
wether 
 
Maynard 
 
Davenport 
 
:Mnys 
 
Middleton Mock 
Moore Mnllins McCall McCalla McCrory Neill Nesmith Pace F1ekett Pilche1 .Reece Reiser Richardson Russell Scott Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Strickland Swift Swords Tatum Timmerman Vincent 
Walker, of Bleckley 
wesimoreland White Williams, of Meri- 
wether WilliaiD8, of Ware 
Wlinn Woods' Woody Worsham Wright, of Floyd Wlright, of Jones 
 
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Booker Bowers Brinson Collins, of Union Cook Cravey Gilmore Green Griffin IIarden,of Glase?ck IIinson ITodges Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Kidd Lanier Lankford Lasseter Lowe Matthews Mercier Owen Parker Palmour Pickren Rainey Shannon Stovall 
 
Stubbs Sumner Swint Taylor Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Walker, "of Ben IIill Walker, of Pierce Williams, of Worth Wright, of Bulloch Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, Beazley Cason Cooper Gordy 
 
Hc.gg Kelley Morris 
McDoniild Roberts 
 
Reville Roberts Wright, of Walton Wylly 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 132, nays 42. (See Journal of afternoon session August 9th, 1918). 
 
The bill, having received the requi~ite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
On motion of Mr. Neill of Muscogee, the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate. 
 
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By Mr. Stewart of Coffee and Br. Cheney of Cobb-_ 
A bill to appropriate $35,000.00 for the support and maintenance of Bureau of Markets. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved the House do now adJourn. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
House Bill No. 896 went over as unfinished business. 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Bagwell, of Carroll and Wright of Floyd. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock P._ M. 
 
3 0 'Clock P. 1\f. 
 
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. 
 
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. 
 
1\fr. Bale of Floyd moved that the House reconsider its action 'in ordering a night session. The motion prevailed. 
 
The following special order was ordered by the Rules Committee: 
 
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Special Order: Five minutes to read Reports of Standing Conunittees and second reading House bills favorably reported. 
GARLAND M. JONES, 
Vice Chairman. 
 
Mr. Lasseter of Dooly County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance submitted the followins, report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Insurance have had under \ 
consideration the following House Bill No. 725 and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. 
LASSETER, Vice Chairman. 
 
The following bill of the House favorably reported was read the second time : 
,.) 
By Mr. Swords of Morgan- 
A bill to make the Ordinaries of the several Counties legal custodians of monies due minor children. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: .. 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The S!::nate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bin of the House, to-wit: 
 
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No. 640. A bill to appropriate money for the support of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State Government. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit: 
 
No. 299. A bill to amend Section 2823 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, which provides for the creation of corporations. 
 
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for consideration: 
By Messrs. Cheney of Cobb and Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to appropriate $35,000.00 to the Bureau of Markets for the support and maintenance of same. 
 The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Hall of Bibb as the 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. 
 
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Mr. Beck of Carroll moved the previous question. 
 
The motion prevailed and the main question was ordered. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those ~oting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams,  I 
 
Carter 
 
Akin 
 
Cason 
 
Allen 
 
Chambers 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Cheney 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Chupp 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Clements 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Clifton 
 
Atkinson 
 
Coates 
 
Ay~ 
 
Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Bagwell 
 
Conger 
 
.bale 
 
Cook 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Cravey 
 
Bankston 
 
Cullars 
 
Barfield 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Barrett, of \\TJJitfield Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Barwick 
 
wether 
 
Beek 
 
Davidson 
 
Bellah. 
 
Davis 
 
Blalock 
 
Dennard 
 
Blasingame 
 
Dorris 
 
Bond 
 
DuBose 
 
Bowers 
 
Duncan 
 
Boyett 
 
Ellis 
 
Brinson 
 
Ennis 
 
Brooks 
 
Eve 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Fowler, 
 
Burch 
 
Gary 
 
Burwell 
 
Giddens 
 
Buxton 
 
Gilmore 
 
Green Griffin Hagood Harden, of Banks Harvin Hatcher Hayes Hinson Holden Hollis 
Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jon~, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Key Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Lankford Law Lawrence Lowe Maynard Middleton Mock 
Moore Mullins McCalla McCrory Neill 
 
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Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palm our Pickren Pilcher Reiser 
Rti. .:.en 
Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade 
 
Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trippe 
 
Turner Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland Williams, of Merl- 
wether Williann!, of Worth 
Winn Woods Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Walton .Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Austin Baldwin 
Ballard, of Newton Barrett, of Pike Booker Brown, of Houston Burkhalter Carroll Collins, of Union Davenport Dickey 
 
Frohock Foy Hall Harris HaynflS Hodges Hogg Howard, of Liberty 
Jones, of Coweta Kimsey, of White King lanier 
 
Matthews McCall Pickett Richardson 
Swint Swords Trammell 
Veazey Walker, of Bleckley Worsham Wright, of Jones Youmans 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Beazley 
 
Kelley 
 
Bower 
 
Lasseter 
 
Clarke 
 
Mays 
 
Cooper 
 
Mercier 
 
Gordy 
 
Morris 
 
Grantland 
 
McDonald 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Rainey 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Reece 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Reville 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Roberts Smith, of Fulton Stovall Vincent White Williams, of Ware Woody WJ:ight, of Floyd Wylly 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 122, nays 36. 
 
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bills of the House were taken up as special orders : 
By Mr. Arnold -of LumpkinA bill to provide for the commitment of insane 
persons to the Georgia State Sanitarium. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 1. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Atkinson of FultonA bill to limit the effect. a dissolution of a cor- 
poration. 
The bill was read the third time. 
The report 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 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Worsham of Chattooga- 
A bill to amend Section 695, Code of 1910, relative to road law. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
Amendment by Committee- 
By adding after the words ''enacted by'' in line 1, Section 1, and insert the words ''the General ARsembly of.'' 
 
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 100, nays 5. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
By Mr. Ellis of Tift- 
A bill to aid in the acquiring and diffusing among the people of Georgia useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The following substitute was read and adopted: 
A BILL To be entitled an Act to create and establish the Ex- 
periment Station and Experiment Farm in the 
 
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coastal plain regions of this State to be known as the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, to be under the general control and direction of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, to provide for the location of the same, 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 same, That an Agricultural Experi. ment Station and Experiment Farm to be known as the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station be and the same is hereby created and established in and for the Coastal Plain Region of the State of Georgia for the purpose of making scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science, and more particularly as the same may be affected by soil and climatic conditions in said Coastal Plain Region of the State. 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station shall be under the general control and direction of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia at Athens, and said Board of Trustees shall appoint the Superintendent and other officers for said Station, prescribe their powers and duties and fix their salaries or compensation. 
Section 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That the said Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia at Athens, Georgia4 be and they are hereby authorized and directed to select 
 
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a location for the said 'station in the following manner, to-wit: Within thirty days after the approval of this Act the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia shall give notice by publication once a week for eight weeks in at least- six newspapers having a general circulation in the Coastal Plain Region of this State, that said Board will receive bids for proposals from counties, citis, towns, communities or persons to donate lands and buildings, or lands and money, or money, for the purpose of inducing the establishment at a given point in the Coastal Plain Region of the State, of said Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Statio!l and Experimental Farm. In selecting a site for said Station, the Board shall have reference to the accessibility of the place offered, the healthfulness of the locality and the adaptability of the land to represent the variety of the soils in said portion of the State known as the Coastal Plain and also that the place has a climate best representative of the climatic conditions of the Coastal Plain Region of the State. The Board shall dispose of all the questions involved in the proposals that may be made as their judgment may dictate to be for the best interests of the State: The Board's choice shall be communicated to the Governor, and the necessary papers shall be draWn and duly recorded in the Deed Records of the County where the land lies and also in the office of the Executive Department of the State and then filed in said office. The property which may come into the possession of the Board under the terms of this Section shall be the property of the State of Georgia; Provided, however, That should any of the said lands be donated by one of the State District _Agri- 
 
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cultural Schools, in that event, the lands donated by such school shall be under the exclusive possession and control of said Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia so long as said land shall be used for the purposes for which it is conveyed, but should said Board cease to use said land for the purposes contemplated in this Act, the title and possession to the same shall revert to the Board of Trustees of said District School. 
 
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
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 106, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. 
 
By Mr. Fowler of Bibb- 
A bill to protect hotels, boarding houses so as to provide for the enforcement of lien for board. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
On motion Mr. Walker of Ben Hill the bill was 
 
tabled. 
 
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Mr. Pickett of Terrell moved the House do now adjourn. 
 
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The motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Stone of Grady. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
Adams, 
 
Boyett 
 
Akin 
 
Brinson 
 
Allen 
 
Brooks 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Brown, of Clarke 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Brown, of Houston 
 
Arnold, of (Jlay 
 
Burch 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Burwell 
 
Atkinson 
 
Buxton 
 
Austin 
 
Carroll 
 
A.yfRS Bagwell Baldwin 
 
Carter Cason Chambers 
 
Bale 
 
Cheney 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Chupp 
 
Ballard, of Newton Bankston 
 
Clarke Clements 
 
Barfield 
 
Clifton 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Coates 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Collins, of Cherokee 
 
.barwick 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Beazley Beck Bellah Blalock Blasingame Bond Booker Bower Bowers 
 
Conger Cook Cooper Cravey Cullars Culpep}ier, of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davenport 
 
Davidson Davis Dennard Dickey Donis DuBose Duncan E11is Ennis Eve._ Fowler, r Frohock Foy Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Gmntland Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Hardin, of Glascock Harris Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson 
 
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Hodges 
 
Mullins 
 
Hogg 
 
McCall 
 
Holden 
 
~!cCalla 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
McCrory 
 
Hollis 
 
McDon:tld 
 
Howard, of Liberty Neill 
 
Howard, of Oglthorp Nesmith 
 
Johnson, of Appling Owen 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Paee 
 
Jones, of Cowe~a Jones, of Elbert 
 
Parker Palmour 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Pickett 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter lAw Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock Moore Morris 
 
Pickren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiser Reville Richardson Roberts Russell Seott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele 
Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords 
T<~ylor 
Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware W'illiams, of Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans MR. SPEAKER 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 
By unanimous consent the following order was established as the first order of business: 
 
1. Introduction of new matter. 
 
2. Reports of Standing Committees. 
 
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3. Reading House and Senate bills and resolutions, favorably reported, the second time. 
 
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills. 
 
5. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time. 
 
The following bill of the House was read the first time and referred to a Committee: 
By Mr. Lowe of Oconee- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of ~onee CQunty. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
The following resolutions were read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Arnold of Clay- 
. A resolution to employ a stenographer to draft substitute to General Tax Bill. 
 
By Mr. Jones of Elbert- 
A resolution to pay per diem and mileage of Ron. F. L. Adams, of Elbert. 
 
By Mr. Lanier of Bulloch- 
A resolution to request the Senate to return ]louse Bill No. 676. 
 
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite consti'tutution majority the following bills of the House, towit: 
 
No. 859. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Talbot County. 
 
No. 873. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for 'lurner County. 
 
No. 890. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the town of Cedar Grove. 
 
No. 875. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Griffin. 
 
No. 820. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Brunswick. 
 
No. 855. A bill to prescribe the manner of holding primary elections in Stephens County. 
 
No. 876. A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of public schools in the Town of Whitesburg. 
No. 819. A bill to provide for County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Stephens County. 
No. 697. A bill to provide and define the reserves 
 
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to be kept by hanks and trust companies chartered under the laws of this State and for examination, etc. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed as amended by the requi- 
site constitutional majority, the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
No. 404. A bill to abolish the fee system in the Superior Courts of the Blue Ridge Circuit as applied to the office of Solicitor General. 
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has adopted the following resolutions of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 229. A resolution in reference to Hon. Henry Watterson, retiring editor of the Louisvill.e CourierJournal. 
 
No. 230. A resolution providing for a Joint Committee to investigate the salaries paid to various State officials. 
 
The President has appointed the following as the Committee on part of the Senate, to-w:t: 
 
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Messrs. Andrews, Skelton, Denny, Logan and Townsend. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
 
No. 294. A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia relative to pensions. 
 
No. 310. A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act to establish public schools in the City of Lavonia. 
 
No. 273. A bill to amend Article 7 of the Constitution of Georgia by adding thereto an additional section to be known as Section 18, providing .that the State may borrow money for the purpose of lending same to bona fide purchasers of farms. 
No. 308. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia. 
 
Mr. Dickey of Colquitt County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to 
 
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report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
DICKEY, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock 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 Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
No. ~55, regulating marriages and marriage licenses. 
Respectfully submitted, BuRWELL, Chairman. 
lrlr. Burkhalter of Tattnall 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 . have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
House Bill No. 924. August 9, 1918. 
W. T. BuRKHALTER," Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Chambers of Fayette, Vice Chairman of the Gommittee on :Public ,Highways, submitted the following report : 
 
_Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Public Highways ha;s had 
 
under consideration Senate Bill_No. 292 !J-nd report 
 
that same do pass. 
 
 
 
CHAMBERS, Ch~irman. 
 
Mr. Bellah of Henry, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 914, and have directed me, as their Chairman, to recommend that same do pass. 
 
August 9, 1918. 
 
BELLAH, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Carroll of Catoosa County, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollments, submittPd the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: The Enrollment Committee have examined, found 
properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following bills, to-wit: 
House Resolution No. 88. A resolution for relief 
of sureties of Vv. J. Rollins and Charlie Sheppard. 
 
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House Bill No. 351. . An Act to amend the Constitution of the State. 
 
House Bill No. 582. An Act to establish a Board of Commissioners for Jeff Davis County. 
 
House Bill No. 740. An Act to fix salaries of jailors in Banks and Jackson Counties. 
 
House Bill No. 748. An Act to regulate salaries of jailors, guards and other employees of aails in certain Counties of the State. 
 
House Bill No. 753. An Act to allow certain cities to establish law libraries. 
 
House Bill No. 756. An Act to amend the Charter of tlie City of Bainbridge. 
 
House Bill No. -761. An Act to change the time for holding Superior Court in Irwin County. 
 
House Bill No. 791. An Act to amend the Charter of Palmetto. 
 
House Bill No. 802. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Darien. 
. 
House Bill No. 867. An Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several. Acts incorporating the City of Colquitt. 
 
House Bill No. 869. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of McDonough. 
 
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House Bill No. 831. An Act to create a new Charter for the Town of Dacula. 
T. B. CARROLL, 
Chairman. 
 
The following bills of the House and Senate favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Gilmore of Turner- 
A bill to amend an Act to create a new Charter for the town of Worth. 
 
By Mr. Craney of Dodge- 
A bill to authorize State School Superintendent to pay certain public school funds to Board of Education of Eastman. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill referring to and regulating marriage and marriage licenses. 
 
By Mr. Beck of the 43rd District- 
A bill to repeal the alternative Four Days Road Law and substitute the Alternative Road Law. 
 
The following Senate Bill was read the'first time and referred to a Committee: 
By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th District- 
A bill to enact Section 2823 of the Code of 1910 relative to certain corporations. 
 
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Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was read the second time and recommitted to the Committee on Special Judiciary. 
 
By Mr. Munday of the 38th District- 
A bill to repeal an Act to amend Section 40 -of an Act to establish the City Court of Polk County. 
 
The following bills of the House were read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Duncan of Douglas- 
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Salt Spring. 
 
The report 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. Lawrence, Wylly and Eve of ChathamA bill to amend the several Acts relating to and 
incorporating the City of Savannah.  
The following amendment by the Committee was read and adopted : 
By striking Sectfon 1 of the Act and renumbering Sections 2 to 6 as Section 1 to 5 consecutively. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable _to th-e passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having _received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to authorize the Governor to designate a Sixth State 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 120, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th DistrictA bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town 
of Thomasville. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favor- . able 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. Yeomans of the lOth District- 
A bill to amend an .Act to create the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
By Mr. Clifton of Lee- 
An amendment to Senate Bill No. 282: Said bill be amended by striking all of line 13, in Section 1 of said Act, and also all of line 13 in Se~tion 1 of said Act, and also all of line 14 down to the word "who" and also by striking the word "month" in the 15th line of said section of said Act and substituting in lieu thereof the word ''annum''; also by striking all of line 17 in said section after the w:orrl ''Chairman''; also by striking lines 18 and 19 and the word "compensation, on line 20 thereof; also by striking the words "other two" in said line 20 and by inserting the words ~'the other two said Commissioners'' in line 21 of said section. between the words ''and'' and ''shall'' and also by striking all of Section 8 of said act and by striking '' Section 9'' and substituting in lieu therefor the figures and word, ''Section 8. '' 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the pas~;~age of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 1.10, nays 0. 
 
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Dykes of the 14th District- 
A bill to amend au Act to create a Board cf Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bleckley 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. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Leomans of the lOth District-- 
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Lee CountY: 
 
The following Conimittee amendment was read and adopted: 
 
Amendment Senate Bill No. 282: 
An amendment to Senate Bill No. 282. Said bill to be amended by striking all of line 13, in Section 1 of said Act, and also all of line 14 down to the word ''who,'' and also by striking the word ''month'' in the 15th line of said section of said Act aud sub-stituting in lieu therefor the word "annum"; also by striking all of line 17 in said section after thl.l word ''Chairman''; also all of lines 18 and 19 and 
 
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. the word ''compensation'' on line 20 thereof ; also by striking the words ''other two'' in said line 20 and inserting the words "the other two said Commissioners,'' in line 21 of said section between the words ''and'' and ''shall'' and also by striking all of Section 8 of said Act, and by striking '' Section 9'' and substituting in lieu thereof the figure and word "Section 8". 
 
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 and resolutions of the HoU:se were taken up by order of the Rules Committee and were read the third time : 
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- 
A bill to amend Section 1193 of the Code of 1910 relative to the pay of certain guards. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favora. ble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 97, nays 
5. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- 
A bill to grant certain lands to the Nancy Hart Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Milledgeville. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favora.ble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. , 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 2. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A bill to provide for the creation of an Officers' Reserve Corps in this State. 
 
The following Committee amendments were read and adopted: 
 
That the bill be amended as follows: 
By striking Section 2 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that any line officer who is on the retired list of the National,..Guard of Georgia may, upon his application, approved by the Governor, be transferred to -or placed in said Georgia Officers' Reserve Corps; also that any person who has served the State faithfully and well for a period of four years as a line officer between the years 1874 and August 5th, 1917, but who is not now on the retired list or in ,the military service of the State may, upon 
 
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his application, approved by the Governor, b~ placed in said corps; also any person who has attended any military school at which there was detailed a United States Army officer as instructor for a period of two terms and afterwards .a non-commissioned officer above the rank of corporal in the volunteer force of _ the State of Georgia after the year 1888, may, upon his application, approved by the Governor, be placed in said corps. 
 
That the bill be further amended by striking Section 3, and inserting in lieu therefor the following Section, to-wit: 
 
Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all officers placed in said Reserve Corps shall be commissioned as officers of said Reserve Corps with one rank higher than that held by them while in the military forces of the State of Georgia. Provided further, That all persons placed in said Reserve Corps who only held the rank of a non-commissioned officer in the volunteer forces of the State shall be commissioned second lieutenant in said Reserve Corps. Provided further, That any line officer between the years 1874 and Aug. 5, 1917, who performed the duti"es of any officer of any rank for a period of thirty days or more by order of the Governor, when placed in the Reserve Corps, shall be commissioned one grade higher than the rank of the officer whose duty he performed; but no commission in said Reserve Corps shall be above the rank of Brigadier-General. That the members of said corps shall wear such uniform and insignia as shall be covered by orders of the Governor. 
 
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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 96, nays 7. The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Fowler of Bibb- 
A bill to proYide how certain railroads shall surrender their charters. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Anderson of Jenkins- 
Amend by adaing at end of paragraph 4 the following words : ''No such railroad shall be allowed to surrender its charter as herein provided so long as it owes any debts whatever." 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favora- 
 
ble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as 
 
amended. 
 
 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 7. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as ameJ;lded. 
 
By Mr. Swords of MorganA bill to amend Section 3349 of the Code of 1910 
relative to crop mortgages. 
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 68, nays 38. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost.. 
 
Mr. Swords of Morgan gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of the bill. 
 
- By Mr. Stubbs of Laurens- 
A bill to provide that Section 6006 of the Code of 1910 be applicable to constables in certain cities. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 113, nays 1. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Turner of Brooks- 
A bill to appoint Committee to investigate needs of State in matter of highway legislation. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
Amend by striking second paragraph of Joint Resolution No. 225 providing for appropriation. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable 
 
to the passage of. the resolution, was agreed to as 
 
amended. 
 
 
 
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On the-passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 1. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Messrs. Walker of Ben Hill and Davis of Laurens- 
A bill to provide for the fees of the Justices of the Peace and Notaries "Public in certain cities of the State. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Walker of Ben Hill and Davis of Laurens- 
Amend House Bill No. 441 by adding after the word ''inhabitants'' in the sixth line of the caption, the words '' accordiri.g to the census reports of the United States," and by amending the first section of said bill by adding at the end of line eight, after the word ''inhabitants,'' the words ''according to the census report of the United States. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of' the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 1. 
 The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
By Mr. Swords of MorganA bill to make the Ordinaries of State the legal 
guardians of certain administrators in certain cases. 
 
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The following amendment was read and adopted: Amendment to Roues Bill No. 725- 
 
''And the certificate of such Ordinary, that no legally qualified guardian has been appointed for such minor or minors, and that. the estate of such ~or or minors, from all sources, does not exceed the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00), shall be conclusive, and shall be sufficient authority to justify any debtor or debtors in making payment of moneys due as aforesaid, claim therefor having been made by such Ordinary." 
 
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 105, nays 2. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
By Mr. Burt of Dougherty- 
 
. A bill to amend Section 5Zl, Code of l 910, relative to bond of County Treasurers. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the pasasge of the bill the ayes were 102, nays 6. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Jones of Coweta- 
A bill to amend an Act providing for the annual registration and identification of motor vehicles. 
 
On motion the bill was tabled. 
 
By Mr. Beck of Carroll- 
A bill to create an Insurance Commission for the State of Georgia. 
 
Mr. Beck of Carroll called for the ayes and nays on the agreement to the report of the Committee and  the call was sustained. 
 
The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Davenport 
 
Austin 
 
Duncan 
 
Ayers 
 
Frohock 
 
Ballard, of Newton Foy 
 
Barfield 
 
Hagood 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Beck 
 
Haynes 
 
Bellah 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe 
 
Bond 
 
.Tohnson, of Bartow 
 
Bower 
 
Kidd 
 
Brooks 
 
King 
 
Carroll 
 
Lankford 
 
C'ason 
 
Matthews 
 
Cheney 
 
Maynard 
 
Mays McCall Owen Reece Smith, of Dade Stovall Strickland 
Tatum 
Taylor Trippe Winn Woods' Worsham Wright, of Jones 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, Allen 
 
An<lerson, of Wilkes Arnold, of Lumpkin 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Atkinson 
 
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Baldwin 
 
Giddens 
 
Pickren 
 
Bale 
 
Gilmore 
 
Pilcher 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Grantland 
 
Reiser 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Green 
 
Richardson 
 
Barwick 
 
Griffin 
 
Roberts 
 
Beazley 
 
Hall 
 
Russell 
 
Blalock 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Shannon 
 
Blruringame 
 
Harris 
 
Sibley 
 
Bowers 
 
Harvin 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Boyett 
 
Hatcher 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
 Brown, of Houston Hinson 
 
Staten 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hodges 
 
Steele 
 
Burwell Buxton 
Carter Cham.bers Chupp Clements Clifton 
Coates' Collins, of Cherokee Collins, of Union Conger 
 
Hollingsworth Hollis Johnson, of Appling Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lo_wndes Key Kelley Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White 
 
Stewart Stone Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Timmerman Trammell Turner 
Vincent 
 
Cook 
 
Lanier 
 
Cravey 
 
Lasseter 
 
Cullars 
 
Law 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Lawrence 
 
Culpepper, Meriwether Middleton 
 
Davidson 
 
Mock 
 
Davis 
 
Moore 
 
Dennard 
 
McCrory 
 
DuBose 
 
J\eill 
 
Eve 
 
Nesmith 
 
Fowler, 
 
Parker 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland VV'hite Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Woody Wright, of Walton Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Akin Arnold, of Coweta Bagwell Bankston Booker Brinson Brown, of Clarke 
 
Bureh Clarke Coeper Dickey Dorris Ellis Ennis 
 
Gary Gordy Hayes Hogg Holden Howard, of Liberty Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
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Lowe Mercier Morris Mullins McCalla McDonald 
 
Pace Palmour Pickett Rainey Reville Scott 
 
Veazey Williams, of Meri- 
wether Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wylly 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the agreement to the report of the Committee the ayes were 42 nays 106. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was lost. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bills No. 435, No. 441 and No. 725 were ordered transmitted immediately to the Senate. 
 
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 301 was transferred from Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation to the Committee on General Judiciary No.2. 
 
The following bill was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto: 
By Messrs. Atkinson, Smith and White of Fulton- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Atlanta. The following Senate amendments were read and agreed to: 
 
By Senator Andrews of the 35th DistrictTo amend House Bill No. 718 as follows, to-wit: 
 
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1. By inserting in Section 3 of the bill, in the 9th line of said section, and after the word ''mayor'' and before the word "shall" the following words: 
 
''And the Chairman of the Committee of Schools of the General Council. '' 
 
And by striking the word ''an'' in the same line and by changing the word "member" in the same line to the word ''.members.'' 
 
2. By inserting in the 39th line of said section and after the word "office" the following words: 
 
''The Chairman of the Committee of Schools shall serve during the year of his appoin-tment.'' 
 
3. By striking the following words in the 68th, 69th and 70th lines of said Section, to-wit: 
 
"Except the signature of the Chairman of the 
 
School Committee will not be required for vouchers 
 
drawn thereon." 
 
 
 
4. By striking the paragraph beginning on line 102 and ending on line 107 of said Section, as follows, to-wit: 
 
"It is the purpose of this amendment to take from the Mayor and General Council all control of the schools of said city or the right to inter~ere with the management thereof, except to make the appropriations annually therefor as herein provided."  
 
Mr. McCall of Brooks moved that a certified copy 
 
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of the resolution relativeto Colonel Henry Watterson be transmitted to Colonel Watterson. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
By Messrs. Walker of Pierce, Mullins and Others- 
A bill to develop .and bring into use for war purposes and permanent use for commercial purposes the State's deep-sea property at Cumberland Sound. 
 
. Mr. Sibley of Greene moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed and the bill went over as unfinished. business. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Russell of Floyd. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock. 
 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
3 0 'Clock P. M. The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. 
 
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
The following bill and resolution were read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
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By Mr. Lowe of Oconee- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Oconee County. 
 
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By. Mr. McCrory of Schley- 
A resolution requesting Trustees of the University of Georgia to admit girls to all departments of the University. 
 
Lie on-table one day. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the HQuse, to-wit: 
 
_ No. 676. A resolution requesting the Senate to return to the House, House Bill No. 676 and the bill is herewith returned to the House.. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
tional. majority the following resolution of the House, to-wit: 
No. 158. A resolution providing for a joint Com- 
 
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mittee to investigate the advisability of selling the State Farm. 
 
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 232. A resolution authorizing the Conference Committee having under consideration the General Tax Bill, to employ a stenographer. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 777. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro. 
 
No. 877. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Waycross. 
 
No. 749. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Turner County. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit: 
 
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No. 828. A bill to amend an Act to carry into effect in the City Court of Savannah. 
 
No. 842. A bill to alter and amend the laws relating to City Court of Savannah. 
 
No. 863. A bill to \stablish City Court of Douglas, Coffee County. 
 
No. 862. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court ef GreenVille, Meriwether County. 
 
No. 843., A bill to establish a City Court of the City of Sylvester.. 
 
No. 847. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Dawson. 
 
No. 894. A bill to amend an Act amending an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Irwin County. 
 
No. 861. A bill to abolish the fee system in the Superior Courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit. 
 
No. 85. A bill to amend Section 2044 of the Civil Code of 1910, as amended by the Acts of 1916. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu tional majority the following bill of the Senate, to- 
wit: 
 
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No. 225. A bill to regulate the practice. of chiropractic. 
 
The following message was received from the senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit: 
 
No. 304. A bill to fix the salaries of the Sheriffs of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through 1\ir. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 718. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Atlanta and for other purposes. 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following House resolution, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the 
 
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same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Resolution No. 214. 
 
HALL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock 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 Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
Senate Bill No. 301, by Mr. Beauchamp of the 6th. 
BuRWELL, Chairman. 
 
The Special Committee on House Bill No. 653 submitted_ the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Joint Committee of the House and Senate having had under consideration House Bill No. 653, do respectfully recommend : 
 
1. That the caption of said bill be stricken and the following substituted therefor: 
 
''A bill to fix and regulate the salaries of the officers and employees of the several State Departments 
 
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not fixed by the Constitution, 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 from and after the passage of this Act the following named officers of said State shall receive the salary per annum set opposite the name of each below, to-wit: 
 
Commissioner of Agriculture ----------$4,000 Commissioner of Fish and Game ________ 2,500 
 
Prison Commissioners, each ---------- 2,500 
 
State Veterinarian -------------------- 2,500 
The Commissioner of Commerce and Labor ------------------------------ 2,500 
The Secretary of the Prison Commission. 2,000 
 
The Stenographer to the Bank Examiner. 3,000 
Bookkeeper of Bank Examiner---------- 3,000 
The Stenographer to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, each __________ 2,000 
 
Clerk of Comptroller General ---------- 2,400 Secretary State Board of Health ______ 2,000 
The Stenographer to the Attorney General --------------------------~----- 2,000 
 
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The Clerk of the Commissioner of Agriculture ---------------------------- 2,000 
 
Secretary and Executive State Board of 
Education -------------------------- 2,000 , 
State Supervisors of School ------------ 2,000 
 
For Clerk of State School Superintendent -------------------------------- 2,000 
For traveling expenses an amount not to exceed for each Supervisor __________ 1,000 
 
Sheriff of the Supreme Court __________ 2,000 
 
Sheriff of the Georgia Court of Appeals. 2,000 
/ 
Section 2. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 
BRowN, of Clarke. BALE, of Floyd. PAcE, of Sumter.  BEcK, of Carroll CoNGER, of Decatur. CuLPEPPER, of Meriwether. 
 
The following resolution of the House and bill of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
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By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham- 
A resolution to authorize the purchase of the portrait of Hugh McCall. 
 
By Mr. Beauchamp of the 6th District- 
A bill to establish a State Board of Medical Examiners. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
By Mr. Olive of the 18th DistrictA bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia rela- 
tive to State borrowing nioney. 
Referred to Committee o-n Amendments to Constitution. 
By Mr. Loftin of the 37th DistrictA bill to amend the Constitution of the State rel- 
ative to pensions. 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Townsend of the 4th DistrictA bill to fix the salaries of the Sheriffs of the Su- 
preme Court and the Court of Appeals. 
Referred to General Judiciary Qommittee No. 2. 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st DistrictA bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City 
of Lavonia. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Corporations: 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the public schools of the City of Lavonia. 
 
By Messrs. Wohlwender, Price and Logan-A bill to regulate the practice of Chiropractic. 
 
Granting request of House to return House Bill No. 676, under Resolution No. 234, for the purpose of correcting the r~ll call thereon, the bill was taken up for the purpose of verifying the roll call. 
 
- By Mr. Neill of M~sc.ogeeA bill to amend the Constitution of the State so as to provide for a biennial session of the General Assembly on the first Wednesday in January, beginning January, 1919, and biennially thereafter on the s.ame date, for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor. 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 132, nays 42. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed 
 
On motion the bill was ordered to be immediately 
 
transmitted to the Senate. 
 
 
 
The following bills were taken up as special orders under the order of the Rules Committee: 
 
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By Messrs. Walker of Pierce, Culpepper of Clinch and others- 
A bill to develop and bring into use for war purposes the State's deep-sea property at Cumberland Sound. 
 
The substitute proposed by the Committee was read and adopted as amended. 
 
The following amendments to the substitute were read and adopted: 
 
Amendment by Mr. Ayers of JacksonSubstitute for House Bill 803: 
 
Strike Section 7 and renumber the sections accordingly. 
 
By the Committee- 
Amend by striking out 3 and inserting 4 members appointed by the House, one of which shall be the Speaker and he shall appoint three others. Al~:~o that there shall be lwo from the Senate, of which one shall be the President and he shall appoint the other. Also to strike The Governor wherever it appears and insert The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. Also to strike appropriation from the bill and empower .the Governor to pay actual expenses from the appropriation for the National Defense Fund. 
By the Committee- 
Amend substitute by striking from Section 8 
 
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thereof all of said section following the word "hereby" in line 3 of said section and substituting for the part of said section so stricken the words ''grant to the,United States Governm-ent the power in the exercise of the right of Eminent Domain to appropriate to the public uses of the United States Government in the construction, maintenance, and control the said proposed canal and its appurtenances, all lands needful to the prosecution 'of said work, and does hereby cede to the Government of the United States complete sovereignty of such lands so appropriated. 
 
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 were 123, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute as -amended. 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to require the approval of the Railroad Commission of this State of the construction or operation of duplicate public utilities in this State. 
 
On motion of Mr. Lawrence the bill was tabled. 
By Messrs. Staten of Lowndes and Clements of IrwinA bill to appropriate $4,000 for supply deficiency 
in hog cholera appropriation for the year 1918. 
 
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The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Trammell of Harris as the 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. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
. 
The bill involving an appropriation, the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, 
Allen Anderson, of Jenkil18' Anderson, of Wilkes Arnold, of Clay Atkinson Austin 
Baldwin Bale Ballard, of Columzia Ballard, of Newton Bankston Barret, of Whitfield Barnick Beazley Beck Blalock Blasingame Booker Bower Bowers Boyett 
 
Brinson 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Brooks 
 
wether 
 
Brown, of Clarke Davidson 
 
Brown, of Houston Davis 
 
Burch 
 
Dennard 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Dickey 
 
Burwell 
 
Dorris 
 
Buxton 
 
DuBose 
 
Carroll 
 
Ellis 
 
Carter 
 
Eve 
 
Chambers 
 
Fowler,  
 
Cheney 
 
Foy 
 
Chupp 
 
Gary 
 
Clements 
 
Giddens 
 
Clifton 
 
Gilmore 
 
Coates 
 
Grantland 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hagood 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Hall 
 
Cook 
 
Harclcn, C~f Banks 
 
Cravey 
 
Harris 
 
Cullars 
 
Harvin 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch  Hatcher 
 
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Haynes 
 
Mock 
 
Hinson 
 
Mullins 
 
Hodges 
 
McCall. 
 
Hogg 
 
McCrory 
 
Holden 
 
Neill 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Nesmith 
 
Hollis 
 
Owen 
 
Johnson, of Appling Pace 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Parker 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Palmour 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Pickett 
 
Key 
 
Pickren 
 
Kidd 
 
Pilcher 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Reiser 
 
sham 
 
Richards'on 
 
Kimsey, of White Russell 
 
King 
 
Scott 
 
Lanier 
 
Shannon 
 
Lankford 
 
Sibley 
 
Lasseter 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Law 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Lawrence 
 
Staten 
 
Lowe 
 
Steele 
 
Matthews 
 
Stewart 
 
Maynard 
 
Stovall 
 
Middleton 
 
Stubbs 
 
Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland Williams, of :M'eri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth W!innWoods' Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wyatt Wylly Youmans 
 
Those voting m the negative were Messrs.: 
Bellah 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Akin Amold, of Coweta Arnold, of Lumpkin Ayers Bagwell Barfield 
Barrett, of Pike Bond <ll.son Cl&rke Conger 
 
Cooper Davenport Duncan Ennis 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Wilkinson Kelley 
 
Frohock 
 
Mays 
 
Gordy 
 
Mercier 
 
Green 
 
Moore 
 
Griffin 
 
Morris 
 
Hardin, of Glascock McCalla 
 
Hayes. 
 
McDonald 
 
Howard, of Liberty Rainey 
 
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Reece Reville Roberts Smith, of Dade Stone 
 
Strickland 'Turner Walker, of Bleckley Wlhite 
 
"\\'oody Wright, of Floyd Wright, of .Jones Wright, of Walton 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 140, nays 1. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 653 was taken from the table. 
 
Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether moved that when the House adjourns this afternoon it will stand adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 :30 o'clock. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
By Messrs. Swords of Morgan and Davidson of Putnam- 
A bill to appropriate a sum of money. to build a girls' dormitory on the campus of the Eighth Congressional District College. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated as the Chairman thereof Mr. Veazey of warren. 
The Committee of the 'Whole House arose and 
 
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through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute. 
 
The following substitute proposed by the Committee was read and adopted: 
A bill to be entitled an Act to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 for the purpose of erecting ~nd equipping a building at the Eighth District Agricultural School, to be used as a dormitory for girls 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 the sum of Twentyfive thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of erecting and equipping a dormitory for the use of girls in attendance upon the Eighth District Agricultural School on the campus of said school. 
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Trustees or proper Committee of said Board shall prepare plans and specifications for the erection of said buildings; that said plans and specifications be advertised and before letting, said bids shall be submitted to the Governor for his approval; that a good and sufficient bond shall be required from the successful bidder for the faithful performance of the contract in accordance with the bid; that the building shall be erected under the supervision of the Building Committee having charge of the same, and the Governor authorized to draw 
 
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his warrant to pay for the work as it progresses under the terms and conditions of said contract, but he shall reserve ten per centum of the contract price until the contract has been fully performed and the building delivered to the State. 
 
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That the cost of said building and the equipping of the same shall not exceed the sum of $25,000.00 herein appropriated for that purpose: 
 
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws' in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
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 roll call was ordered and the vote was as folloW'S: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were :Messrs.: 
 
Allen 
 
Bellah 
 
Ander~on, of Jen- Bond 
 
kins 
 
Booker 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Boyett 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Brinson 
 
Atkiilson 
 
Brooks 
 
Austin 
 
Burwell 
 
AytlJ'S 
 
Buxton 
 
Baldwin 
 
Carroll 
 
Bale 
 
Cason 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Chambers 
 
Ballard, of Newton Cheney 
 
Barrett, of Pike Beek 
 
Chupp Clements 
 
Clifton Collins, of Cherokee 
Conger Cravey Cullars Culpepper, of Meri 
wether Davenport Davidson Davis Dickey Dorris DuBose Dunean 
 
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Ellis Eve Fowler, Frohoek Foy brantland Griffin Hagood Harden, of Banks Harris Harvin Hatcher Haynes Hogg Holden Hollingsworth Hollis Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Lowndes Key Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham King 
 
lanier Las'seter Lowe Matthews Middleton Mullins McCall McCrory .l'\eill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickren Pilcher Reiser Richardson Roberts Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Telfair Staten 
 
Steele Stewart Stubbs Sumner Swift Swords Tatum Timmerman Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Worth Winn Woods Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Hall 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hinson 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Hodges 
 
Cook 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Moore 
R~sell 
Taylor Trammell 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, 
 
Blasingame 
 
Akin 
 
Bower 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Bowers 
 
Bagwell 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Bankston 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Barfield 
 
Burch 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Carter 
 
Barwick 
 
Clarke 
 
Beazley 
 
Coates 
 
Blalock 
 
Cooper 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Dennard 
Ennis Gary Giddens Gilmore Gordy Green Hardin, of Glaseoek Hayes 
 
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Howard, of Liberty Mock 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe M'orris 
 
Johnson, of Appling McCalla 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
::\IcDonalll 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Pickett 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Rainey 
 
Kelley Lankford 
 
Reece Reville. 
 
Law 
 
Scott 
 
Lawrence 
 
Shannon 
 
Maynard 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Mays 
 
Stone 
 
Mercier 
 
Stovall Strickland Swint 
Walker, of Bleckley White 
/ 
Williams, of Ware 
Woody Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones 
Wright, of Walton 
wyny 
Youmans 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 12. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. 
By Mr. Bale of Floyd- 
A bill to fix the salary 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 101, nays 2. 
The bill, having received ~he requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Messrs. Brown, DuBose and LawrenceA bill to appropriate $5,000 to the University of Georgia for ~epairs at Athens. 
 
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Mr. Walker of Ben H"ill moved that the House 
 
do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevail'ed and the bill went over as unfinished business. 
 
L.eave of absence was granted Mr. Picket~ of Terrell, Mr. Kelley of Gwinnett and Mr. Sibley of Greene. 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 9 :30 o'clock tomorrow morning. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AuGUST lOth, 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :30 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 dispe~sed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 
 
The following resolutions were read and adopted: 
 
By Messrs. Davidson of Putnam and Burwell of Hancock- 
WHEREAs, the said intelligence has just reached this Body of the sore bereavement recently sustained by the distinguished Senator from the 28th District, Hon. Henry R. DeJarnette, in the death of his beloved daughter, Mrs. S. J. Stembridge; and 
"\ViiEREAs, the lofty patriotism, wise statesmanship and the noble Christian character of Senator DeJarnette have endeared him to his colleagues in both branches of the General Assembly of Georgia ; 
 
Therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the tenderest sympathies of the General Assembly of Georrgia be tendered to the family of our bereaved fellow 
 
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member; That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to him in his sorrow-stricken home, and to the bereaved husband, and that the same be spread upon the minutes of both Houses of the General As- 
sembly. 
 
By Messrs. Lawrence of Chatham, Davidson of Putnam and Swift of Muscogee- 
WHEREAS, Marcus W. Beck, Jr., son of Hon. Mttrcus W. Beck, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, has been killed in action in France ; and 
 
WHEREAS, we deplore the death of the brave young men and sympathize deeply with the P!lrent who gave his only son as a sacrifice to the honor and the liberties of his country; 
 
Be it therefore resolved by the House of Representatives, _That this body extend to the parent their earnest sympathies during the hours of his great sorrow, which must be softened by the fact that his son met the most glorious death that can come to a citizen and patriot. 
 
Be it further resolved, That this resolution be spread upon the Journal and a copy be sent to Hon. Marcus W. Beck. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees: 
By Mr. Blackwell of the 39th DistrictA bill to amend Sections 2408 and 2409 of Code 
 
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' of 1910 relative to investments by Insurance Companies. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. l. 
 
By Mr. Bynum of the 40th District- 
A bill to prevent judges of any court from expressing approval or disapproval in open court of the verdict of any jury. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Mundy of the 38th DistrictA bill to amend Section 859 of the Code of 1910 
relative to the challenge of jurors. 
Referred to General Judiciary C'ommittee No. 1. 
 
By Mr. Mundy of the 38th District- 
A bill to amend Section 1036 of the Code of 1910 relative to statement of defendant in criminal cases. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. 
By Messrs. Hendrick and BeauchampA bill to amend Act for protection of cemeteries 
and burying places in this State. 
 
Referred to General Judiciary Committee No.2. 
By Mr. Kirby of the 36th DistrictA bill to amend an Act to constitute the Board 
of Commissioners for the County of Meriwether. 
 
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Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st DistrictA bill to incorporate the City of Lavonia. 
 
Referred to Committee on Corporations. 
The following message was received from the Sen~ ate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit: 
 
No. 298. A bill to constitute a Board of Commissioners for the County of Meriwether. 
 
Mr. Ayers of Jackson, Vice Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. !,__submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.7 have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 299, and have instructed me, as their Vice Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
E. S. AYERS, Vice Chairman. 
 
- Mr. Burwell of Hancock 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 bill of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 304, by Mr. Townsend of the 4th. BuRWELL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Dickey of Colquitt County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
 
Senate Bill No. 86. 
 
DICKEY, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 310 and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same 
 
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back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
BURKHALTER, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter 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 bill of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to_report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit: 
 
Senate Bill No. 288. 
 
STEPHEN p AOE, . Chairman. 
 
Mr. Lasseter of Dooly County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 259 and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
w. H. :{:JASSETER, 
 
August 8th, 1918. 
 
Chairman. 
 
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The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. West: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to your Honorable Body a communication in writing to which he respectfully invites your consideration. 
 
The following messag_e of the Governor was read: August 10, 1918. 
MESSAGE. 
STATE 01!, GEORGIA, Executive Department, Atlanta, August 10, 1918. 
Gentlemen of the General Assembly: 
There are three matters to which you are now devoting earnest thought of such importance that it was deemed advisable to address you this special message concerning them. 
 
FINANCES. 
As to one-the State's finances-the status of your work presents a situation that apparently demands a frank expression of my views. 
It is anticipated also that a full and accurate statement- of the condition of the State's. financial af- 
 
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fairs may be helpful, if not to all, certainly to those of your Honorable Body who, in the multitude of matters with which you have d~alt at this session, may not have had the opportunity to acquire a detailed and definite knowledge of the subject. 
 
This tabulated statement following will visualize the situation that must inevitably confront us the first of ne_xt year, unless of course, the anticipated revenues, which are liberally estimated, should far exceed present expectations : 
 
Appropriations for 1917 carried in the General Appropriations Bill of 1916 and Special Appropriations Bills in 1917 unpaid August 1, 1918________$ 149,268.51 
 
Appropriations for the year 1918 carried in the General Appropriations Bill of 1917 and Special Bills of 1917 unpaid August 1, 1918 ------------ 4,538,410.01 
 
Deficiency appropriations carried in 
the General' Appropriations Bill of 1918, to be paid in 1918 ____________ 195,000.00 
 
Temporary loan and interest due September 15, 1918 ------------------ 204,500.00 
 
Total ----------------------------$5,087,178.52 
Balance in treasury August 1, 1918 __ .;. _______$ 132,958.53  
 
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Estimated income August 1st to Jan. 1, 1919, based on income for same period of 1917, including $70,000,000.00 increase in taxable values as now estimated by the Comptroller General __ 3,315,611.00 
 
Total ----------------$3,448,569.53 Deficiency January 1, 1919 __________$1,()38,608.99 
 
Some word of explanation concerning the foregoing is necessary: 
 
In order to pay our Confederate Veterans their pensions in full, it was necessary to negotiate the loan set out in the fourth paragraph. The interest charged, 'vhic11 will be borne by the State, is very reasonable and no difficulty was found in placing the loan. 
 
A contract as authorized under the law passed several years ago was made whereby $2,000,000.00 of school warrants have been used in order to pay our school teachers for 1918. This method of anticipating taxes-which is something akin to kitingis accomplished at a high rate of discount to the already poorly paid teachers of Georgia and should be discontinued. The 1918 contract was hard to obtain at any rate of discount, due to unsettled conditions growing out of the war, and hut for the State interest and pride of some of our Georgia bankers, 
 
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it is very probable that the warrants could not have been disposed of at all. It is unnecessary to discuss the advisability of making prompt provision to avert the embarrassment that will inevitably eventuate if this practice is not discontin~ed. The amount of warrants annually discounted should cer. tainly not be increased and immediate steps should be taken looking toward the balancing of this item 
on the State's books. 
 
The foregoing explanations are necessary to a complete understanding of the present situation and methods of State financing. This method has been in vogUe since the passage of the Act of August 13, 1915, to be found in Georgia Laws of that year at page 56. 
 
The following table shows the differences existing between appropriations and revenues for the years 1913 to 1917, inclusive : 
 
1914, unpaid balances Jan. 1st ______$1,607,431.39 
 
Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1914 ______ 709,625.25 
 
De:fim. ency 
 
------------------------$ 
 
I 
897,806.16 
 
1915, unpaid balances Jan. 1sL _______$1,901.702,07 
 
Balance in treasury Jan. 1, .1915______ 787,455.88 
 
De:fici.ency ------------------------$1,114,246.19 1916, unpaid balances Jan. 1st. ______-2,257,361.73 
 
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Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1916 ______ 842,799.02 
 
Deficiency ------------------------$1,414,562.64 1917, unpaid balances Jan. 1st ______$2,627,631.43 Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1917______ 1,386,135.42 
 
Deficiency ------------------------$1,241,496.01 1918, unpaid balances .Tan. 1st_ _____$2,812,640.43 Balance in treasury Jan. 1, 1918______ 1,459,331.18 
 
Deficiency ------------------------$1,353,309.25 
A deficiency for 1918, as shown in the table first given, is estimated to be $1,638,608.99. 
The General Appropriations Bill for the year 1919, passed by the House Monday last, carried appropriations aggregating $8,780,113.45. There are special bills pending which will probably pass aggregating $590,000.00. These sums together make a total of $9,370,113.45, and an increase over 1918 appropriations of $2,062,763.45. This excess added to the deficiency of .1918 will make a total deficiency at _the close of the year 1919 of $3,701,372.44. 
It is seen by an examination of the figures above given that while your predecessors and you have taken no steps to increase, through the medium of a general revenue law, the income of the State, both have incurred heavy obligations. If the measure proposed by that branch of your Honorable Body 
 
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empowered to originate appropriations is adopted, you place Georgia in a .worse condition by $2,286,809.80 than any previous General Assembly, certainly during the years for which comparison is instituted .in the above tables. The deficit which you helped to create by your legislation in 1917, amounting to $1,638,608.99, is large enough and should not, it is respectfully submitted, be materially increased at this present session. To permit this condition to exist is unbusinesslike, and to matterially increase the deficit would spell INEFFICIENCY in capital letters. I cannot believe, until it is an accomplished fact, that you are wiHing to bring about this condition. 
 
Some of your body defend excessive appropriations by declaring their expectations to be that an Extraordinary Session, which they expect to follow the passage of a bill providing for lavish expenditures, adequate revenue legislation will be enacted. There is little reason to expect that a body which has so consistently rejected all proposals for increasing the State's revenue at its regular session would entertain different views at any Extraordinary Session, but it is respectfully submitted that for no reason imaginable can it be either wise or proper for us to dispose of this matter by the enactment of legislation imposing upon the State House officers who are chargeable with financing the State, the impossibility of paying money appropriated Where no adequate revenue for that purpose is provided. 
 
I quite understand the sentiment among the peo- 
 
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ple against increasing their burdens by increased taxation, and I understand your desire to gratify the demand of the States' institutions for increased expenditures, but suggest that it is impossible to _safely undertake to ''ride two steeds going in opposite directions'' and remind you that it is your duty as sworn trustees of the State's business interests, to harmonize your expenditures with the anticipated income of the State. 
 
HIGHWAYS. 
In my annual message of July 3 it was recommended that Georgia be given a Highway -Commis~ sion charged solely with the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges, and attention was called to the need for State funds for this purpose. 
 
While it is now apparent that nothing can possibly be done toward the creation of such a department as was suggested, it is still very probable that provision can be made whereby State funds can be applied to this end. 
Everyone must admit the advantages to be derived from good roads. They save stock, machinery and time; increase properly values; promote social life and lead to community co-operation, especially in the establishment and maintenance of schools, thereby making it possible for fewer schools to serve a larger number of people and to better advantage. 
Georgia, out of $800,000.00 of Federal money which has been available since July 1st, 1916, has utilized only $8,000.00 in the construction of roads. 
 
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It is apparent without argument that there must be something radically wrong with a system which will enable a State to avail itself of only 1 per cent. of such a gift. 
 
I submit that one of the two bills now pending, either of which will meet the requirements of the Federal Government in the provision of State funds, should be immediately enacted into law. 
 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND MoRALS 
There are now pending several bills involving public health and morals which have been acted upon favorably by the committees to which they have been referred, and which should be enacted into law. From the standpoint of the public health and morals of our civilians this should be done, and also because their enactment is desired and requested by the Federal Authorities charged with protecting the health and morals of the young men now stationed at the cantonments and camps within our State. 
 
I refer to the bill looking to the control and suppression of venereal diseases ; the bill penalizing those who solicit for the purpose of prostitution and those who transport persons for this purpose. 
It was recommended in my general message that the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Alto be placed under the control of the State Board of Health. This I trust can be done. I also hope your body will pass the bill amending the Tuberculosis Sanatorium Law of 1910 soas to permit cities of 15,000 to establish Tuberculosis Sanatora. 
 
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I cannot too strongly urge the passage of the bill 
or looking to the prevention of blindness among chil 
dren. Georgia expended this year $9,000.00, $300.00 per child, for the care of blind children, whose affliction could have been prevented by the application of a simple and inexpensive remedy which this bill seeks to have administered by those officiating at childbirth. 
 
Respectfully submitted, HUGH M. DORSEY, Governor of Georgia. 
 
The following reports of the Conference Committee on House Bill No. 277 was submitted to the House .through Mr. Akin: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Joint Conference Committee of the Senate and the House, which has had under consideration House Bill No. 277, and the Senate Substitute known as the ''General Tax Act,'' beg leave to report as follows: 
 
Your Committee has agreed on a substitute bill for the whole, which they herewith. report to the Senate and House attached hereto, and as a part hereof and recommend the adoption and passage of same as such substitute for the whole. 
Respectfully submitted, 
N. A. DENNY, 
Chairman of Senate Committee; 
 
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H. H. MERRY, J. B. MooRE, 
Of the Senate. 
 
SEA'i:ORN WRIGHT, Chairman of House Committee; 
 
L. R. ANIN, of Glynn, 
ZACK ARNOLD, 
Of the House. 
 
The following bill of the Senate were read the second time and recommitted : 
 
By Mr. Moore of the 3rd District- 
A bill to prohibit the running at large of any bull or boar hog over the age of four months. 
 
By Mr. Loftin of the 37th District- 
A bill to amend the Constitution of the State relative to pensions. 
 
Mr. McCrory of Schley moved that when the House adjourned today that the House will stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
Mr. Culpepp~r of Meriwether moved that the House continue the morning session until 2 o'clock P. M., and adjourn until Monday morning. 
 
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The motion prevailed. 
 
On motion of Mr. Burwell of Hancock, House Bill No. 333 was taken from the table. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th DistrictA resolution for the relief of C. H. Dickerson. 
 
By Mr. Heath of the 17th District- 
A bill to further regulate casualty and liability Insurance Companies. 
 
By Mr. Hopkins of the 17th District- 
A bill to amend Section 2823, Code of 1910, relativeto creating corporations. 
 
By Mr. Townsend of the 4th District- 
A bill to fix the salaries of the Sheriffs of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A biF to repeal an Act to establish public schools in the City of Lavonia. 
 
On motion of Mr. Swords of Morgan, House Bill No. 714 was reconsidered and the bill went to the heel of the calendar. 
 
The following bills were taken up as special orders and were read the third time : 
 
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By Mr. Gilmore of Turner- 
The report 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 Messrs. Holder and Ayers of Jackson- 
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Jefferson relative to taxation. 
 
The report 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 requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of JacksonA bill to amend the City Court of Jefferson. 
The report 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 requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Cravey of Dodge- 
A bill to authorize the State School Superintendent to pay certain money to the School Board Treasurer of Eastman, Ga. 
 
The report 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. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to prescribe the manner in which returns of election for Secretary of State and State House officers are made. 
The report of the Committee, which was. favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 3. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Ballard of Columbia and McCrory of Schley- 
A bill to amend Section 2167 of the Code of 1910 
so as to enable females to become deputy clerks of' 
certain courts. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 6; 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Holder and Ayers of Jackson- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Maysville, Ga. 
 
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 123, nays 0. 
 
Tne bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was pa~sed. 
 
By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin- 
A bill to amend an Act relating to the Board of Trustees of the North Georgia Agricultural College. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill,, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 51, nays 
 
46. 
 
' 
 
The bill, having received the requil!!ite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
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963 
 
By Mr. Carroll of Catoosa- 
A bill to provide a uniform system of fees for constables. 
The following amendment by the Committee was adopted: 
Amend by adding the following: 
''Section l. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby replied.'' 
 
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 100, nays 9. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Messrs. DuBose, Brown and Lawrence- 
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to repair buildings of the University of Georgia at Athens. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designate! Mr. Stovall of McDuffie as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reporte.d the bill back to 
 
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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 roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adame, 
 
Chambers 
 
Allen 
 
Cheney 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Chupp 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Clarke 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Conger 
 
Atkinson 
 
Cravey 
 
Ayf!#S 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Baldwin 
 
wether 
 
Bale 
 
Davenport 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Davidson 
 
Balla.rd, of Newton Dennard 
 
Bankston 
 
Dorris 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield DuBose 
 
Beck 
 
Ellis 
 
Bellah Blalock 
 
Eve . 
Fowler, I' 
 
Blasingame 
 
Frohock 
 
Bond 
 
Green 
 
Booker 
 
Griffin 
 
Bower 
 
Hagood 
 
Boyett 
 
Hatcher 
 
Brinson 
 
Haynes 
 
Brooks 
 
ITo~g 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Hollis 
 
Burwell Buton Carter 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert 
 
Cason 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Key Lanier Law Lawrence Lowe Mays Middleton Mock 
Mullins McCall McCalla McCrory Neill Nesmith PB.ee Palmour Pickren Richardson Roberts Russell Sibley Smith, of Fulton Staten Steele Stewa.rt Stovall Strickland Stubbs Swift Swords Tatum 
 
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965 
 
Taylor Timmerman Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Pierce 
 
Westmoreland Williams, of Meri- 
wether 
Williams, of Ware William~, cf Worth 
 
Woods 
Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those voting m the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Hinson 
 
Moore 
 
Barrett, of ?ike 
 
Hodges 
 
Owen 
 
Cooper Foy Gilmore 
 
Holden 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Johnson, of ~ppling Swint 
 
Kimsey, of White Trammell 
 
Hall 
 
Lankford 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Matthews Harris 
 
Winn 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
Austin Bagwell Barfield Barwick Beazley Bowers Brown, of Houston Burch Carroll Clements Clifton Coates Collins, of Union Cook Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch Davis Dickey Duncan Ennis 
 
Gary Giddens Gordy Grantland Harden, of Banks Harvin Hayes Howard, of Liberty Howard, Oglethorpe Jones, of Wilkinson Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber 
sham King Lasseter Maynard Mercier Morris McDonald 
 
Parker ?ickett Pilcher Rainey Reeee Reiser Reville Scott Shannon Smith, of Telfair Stone SUmner Trippe Walker, of Blackley White Woody Wright, of Floyd Wlright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wylly 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 105, nays 22. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. Owen of PauldingA bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Com- 
missioners of Roads and Revenues for Paulding County. 
The following amendment by Mr. Owen of Paulding was read and adopted: 
Amend by a new section to be numbered Section 2: 
''Section 2. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed." 
 
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 101, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Duncan of Douglas- 
 
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to the Experiment 
 
Station of Georgia. 
 
 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House 
 
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967 
 
was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Lanier of Bulloch as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Coriunittee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that same do not pass. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to, and the bill was lost. 
 
By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin- 
A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 to the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Wyatt of Troup as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and 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 roll. call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Ad8.Dll,  Allen 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Arnold, of Clay Anderson, of Wihes Arnold, of Coweta 
 
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Amold, of Lumpkin Davis 
 
Atkinson 
 
Dennard 
 
Austin 
 
Dorris 
 
Ayers 
 
Dubose' 
 
Baldwin 
 
Ellis 
 
Bale 
 
Eve 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Foy 
 
Ballard, of Newton Giddens 
 
Barwick 
 
Gilmore 
 
Beck 
 
Green 
 
Bellah 
 
Hagood 
 
Blalock 
 
Hall 
 
Blasingame 
 
Harris 
 
Bond 
 
Hatcher, 
 
Booker 
 
Haynes 
 
Bower 
 
Hinson 
 
Bowers 
 
Holden 
 
Boyett 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Brinson 
 
Hollis 
 
Brooks 
 
Johnson, of Appling 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
J ohuson, of Bartow 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Burwell 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
BuxtoD. 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Carroll 
 
Key 
 
Qnter 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Cason 
 
Lanier 
 
Chambers 
 
Lankford 
 
Cheney 
 
Law 
 
Chupp 
 
Lawrence 
 
Clarke 
 
Lowe 
 
Clifton 
 
Matthews 
 
Coates 
 
Middleton 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Mock 
 
Conger 
 
Mullins 
 
Culpepper, Meriwether McCall 
 
Davenport 
 
Neill 
 
Davidson 
 
Nesmith 
 
Pace Palmour Pickren Richardson Russell Sibley Smith, of Fulton Staten Steele Stewart Stovall Strickland Stubbs Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland 
White 
Williams, of Meriwether 
Williams, of Ware Williams, of Wortll 
Winn Woods Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Cook 
 
_ Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Akin. 
 
Bagwell 
 
Bankston 
 
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1918. 
 
969 
 
Barfield Barrett, of Pike Barrett, of Whitfield Beazley Brown, of Houston Burch Clements Collins, of Union 
Cooper Cravey Cullarg Culpepper, of Clinch Dickey Duncan 
Ennis Fowler, Frohock Gary Gordy Grantland Griffin Harden, of Banks Hardin, of Glas'cock 
 
Harvin 
 
Owen 
 
Hayes 
 
Parker 
 
Hodges 
 
Pickett 
 
Hogg 
 
Pilcher 
 
Howard, of Liberty Rainey 
 
Howard, of Ogle 
 
Reece 
 
thorpe 
 
Reiser 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Reville 
 
h.elley 
 
Roberts 
 
Kidd 
 
Scott 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Shannon 
 
sham 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
King 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Lasseter 
 
Stone 
 
Maynard 
 
Sumner 
 
Mays 
 
Walker, of Blackley 
 
Mercier 
 
Woody 
 
Moore 
 
Wright, of Floyd. 
 
Morris 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
McCalla 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
McCrory 
 
Wylly 
 
McDonald 
 
Youmans 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 118, nays 1. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
Bfl\!r. Williams of Ware, Ellis of Tift, and others- 
A bill toamend Section 1677 of the Code of 1910 relative to sanitariums in certain cities. 
 
The following substitute was read and adopted: 
 
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By Mr. Ellis of Tift- 
 
A BILL 
 
To be entitled an Act to amend Section 1677 of the Code of 1910, so as to make its provisions applicable to any city having a population of not less than 15,000 inhabitants, or any city of not less than 5,000 inhabitants, located in a County which has a . population of not less than 25,000, and for other purposes. 
I 
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 Section 1677 of Vol~me 1 of the Code of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended by striking all the following words, to-wit: '' 54,000, nor more than 75,000 inhabitants,'' and substituting in lieu thereof the following :" 15,000 inhabitants or any city of not less than 5,000 inhabitants, located in a County which has a population of not less than 25,000, '' so that said Section 1677 of the Code of Georgia when amended shall read as follows: 
 
Section 1677. Municipal authorities may establish a sanatorium. Authority is hereby given to mumcipal authorities of .any city in Georgia which has a populatiton of not less than fifteen thousand inhabitants, or any city of not less than 5,000 inhabitants, located in a County which has a population of not less than 25,000 inhabitants, to establish and maintain, either alone or in connection with the County authorities of the County in which such city may 
 
 SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1918. 
 
971 
 
be located, a sanatorium for the care, treatment and maintainance of the inhabitants of such city or city and County affected with tuberculosis or consumption. Such sanatorium may be established and maintained anywhere within limits of said County. 
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this 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 98, nays 2. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. 
 
By Messrs. Blasingame and Burwell- _ 
A bill to fix the name and designation of the various District Agricultural Schools. 
 
The following substitute was read and adopted as amended: 
 
A BILL 
To be entitfed an Act to fix the name and designation of the various District Agricultural Schools established undel' an Act approved August 18, 1906, as amended by an Act approved August 19th, 1911, and by an Act approved August 21st, 1917; to re-gro1;1p the 'Counties of the State into twelve Agricultural Districts, one for each of 
 
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these schools, as now established by law; to provide for the appointment, -removal, powers and duties of their respective Boards of Trustees, 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 the twelve District 
 
Schools of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts now es- 
 
tablished by law under the Acts approved August 
 
18th, 1906, August 19th, 1911, and August 21st, 1917, 
 
shall hereafter be known and designated as District 
 
Agricultural and Mechanical Schools, prefixed in 
 
each case by the numeral of the Agricultural District 
 
in which they are respectively located.  
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority 
 
' 
 
aforesaid, That all the Counties and they are hereby regrouped 
 
m.oftothtewSeltvaete(1sh2)alAl bge- 
 
ricultural Districts, one around each of these exist- 
 
ing schools, so as to place each school approximat(- 
 
ly as nearly central to its district as practicable, aull 
 
that the arrangement of the Counties into such dis- 
 
tricts shall be as follows: 
 
1st Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Burke, Jenkins, Bulloch, Emanuel, Tattnall, Toombs, Candler, Evans, Screven~ Effingham, Chatham, Bryan, Liberty and Mcintosh. 
 
2nd Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Turner, Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Worth, Colquitt, Brooks, Thomas, Mitchell, Grady, Decatur, Miller, Baker, Early, Calhoun and Dougherty. 
 
 SATURDAY, AuGUST 10, 1918. 
 
973 
 
3rd Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, Schley, Taylor, Macon, Stewart, Webster, Sumter, Dooly, Crisp, Lee, Terrell, Randolph, Quitman and Clay. 
 
4th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Harris, Talbot, Meriwether, Troup, Heard, Coweta, Campbell, Douglas and Carroll. 
 
5th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Fulton, DeKalb, Rockdale, Newton, Walton, Barrow, Gwinnett and Milton. 
 
6th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Fayette, Clayton, Henry, Spalding, Butts, Pike, Monroe, Upson, Crawford and Bibb. 
 
7th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Haralson, Polk, Paulding, Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Floyd, Chattooga, Gordon, Pickens, Gilmer, Fannin, Murray, Whitfield, Catoosa, Walker and Dade. 
8th Agricultural District, to be cq~posed of the Counties of Jones, Jasper, Putnam, Morgan, Greene, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Clarke, Madison and Elbert. 
9th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Forsyth, Hall, Banks, J"ack,son, Franklin, Hart, Stephens, Habersham, White, Lumpkin, Dawson; Union and Rabun. 
lOth Agricultural District, to be composed of the 
 
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Counties of Baldwin, Washington, Jefferson, Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, McDuffie, Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln and Wilkes. 
 
11th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Jeff Davis, Coffee, Berrien, Lowndes, Clinch, Echols, Appling, Bacon, Ware; Wayne, Pierce, Charlton, Glynn and Camden. 
 
12th Agricultural District, to be composed of the Counties of Houston, Twiggs, Wilkinson, Pulaski, Bleckley, Laurens, Johnson, Wilcox, Dodge, Telfair, Wheeler and Montgomery. 
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor is authorized and directed to appoint a Board of Trustees for each school, consisting of one trustee from each County, in the respective agricultural districts named above, the terms of office of such trustees to be six years, but subject to removal by the Governor at any time. In making of the first appointments under this Act the appointments shall be so arranged by the Governor as that each Board of Trustee shall be made up of groups, as nearly equal as practicable, appointed for two, four and six years, respectively, and thereafter all subsequent appointments shall be either for the balance of an unexpired tet:m, in case of a vacancy, or for the full term of six years, in case of succession to a fully expired term as the case . may be. 
Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each Board of Trustees shall be re- 
 
 SATURDAY, AuausT 10, 1918. 
 
975 
 
quired to hold its annual meeting at the school, and that any trustee who fails to attend such annual meeting, without being excused by the board, shall forthwith be removed by the Governor. It shall be the duty of the Chairman or Acting Chairman of the board within ten days after such meeting to file with the Governor a list of all trustees who were absent and not excused at the meeting. Meetings of the Board of Trustees, other than the annual meeting, may be held at any point in the District. 
 
Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, '-fhat such Boards of Trustees through their Chairman shall have authority to appoint from their body such Committees as they may deem necessary to handle and manage the affairs of the school in the intervals between the meetings of the board, and shall have authority in their discretion to employ one of the members as Secretary. of the Board at a salary of not over one hundred dollars per annum, which shall cover and include the expense of stationery, postage, etc. 
 
 Section 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for their attendance on each meeting of the Board or on any committee the trustees shall be allowed their ~ctual railro.ad expenses by the nearest route. and per diem of not over four dollars per day, the same to be paid out of the funds of the school. 
 
Section 7, Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and they are hereby repealed. 
 
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The following alllendments to the substitute were read and adopted: 
 
By Messrs. Clements . of Irwin and Stewart of Coffee- 
Moves to amend Section 2 of said bill as follows : By striking from the Second Agricultural District the County of Irwin and by adding to the Eleventh Agricultural District the County of Irwin. 
 
By Mr. McCrory of Schley- 
Moves to amend by adding another section and number the same accordingly as follows: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Trustees shall file with the Governor a report to be transmitted to the General Assembly in which report they shall state the amount received from all sources and the amount paid out and the purposes for which said amounts were paid. They shall report the number in attendance and the number and pay of all teachers. 
 
By Messrs. Turner and McCall of Brooks- 
'' To amend House Bill No. 710 by striking out of ._ Paragraph 2, Section 3 of said bill, the name of Brooks County, and inserting the name of Brooks County in Paragraph 11 of Section 2 of said bill, said Paragraph 11 referring to the 11th District School. 
..... 
By Mr. Blasingame of Walton- 
Amend Committee Substitute for House Bill No. 
 
 SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 19i8. 
 
977 
 
710 by inserting after Section 6 a new section to be numbered Section 7 and by renumbering the present Section 7 to be Section 8, the new Section 7 to read as follows, to-wit: 
 
Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 
 
That the Chairman of the twelve Boards of Trust~~s 
 
of these schools shall constitute a permanent Stand- 
 
ing Committee, with the right to elect their own 
 
Chairman and Secretary and to fix their terms of 
 
office. The duties of this Standing Committee shall 
 
be to supervise the interests and co-ordinate the 
 
work and methods of these schools, and to make 
 
such recommendations from time to time to the Gov- 
 
ernor and Legislature as the needs of this system of 
 
schools may, in their judgment, call for. This Com:- 
 
mittee shall meet at the State Capitol and shall hold 
 
at one and not more than three meetings'in any year. 
 
The Chairman of any school, if unable to attend in 
 
person any meeting of this Standing Committee, 
 
may designate a member of his Board of rrustces 
 
to attend in his stead and represent that school at the 
 
meeting. The members of the Standing Committee, 
 
or the alternate trustee representing any absent 
 
member, shall be allowed their actual expenses in- 
 
curred by them in attending the meetings of the 
 
Committee. 
 
, 
 
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 wer~ 103, nays 7. 
 
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JouRNAL OF THE HousE, 
 
The bill, having_received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute as amended. 
 
By Mr. Swift of Muscogee- 
A bill to appropriate money to pay Commissioners on the Torrens Land Title System raised under joint resolution in 1914. 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into' the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall as the 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 proposed by the Committee was read and adopted: 
Amend as follows: 
 
By striking all after the word "therefore" in the last paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
 
Be it enacted, That there shall be paid for said services to R. N. Holtzclaw and A. G. Powell the , sum of $350 each and to George Campbell for the clerical and stenographic services aforesaid the sum of $100, and to S. M. Turner (he being a member of the General Assembly at that time) the amount of 
 
 SATURDAY, AuGUST 10, 19~8. 
 
979 
 
-his per diem for each day he was engaged in the service at $4 per day, and his actual expenses addi tional, all aggregating the sum o_f $90, and said sums are hereby appropriated to be paid out of the treas ury from any fund not otherwise or inconsistently appropriated. 
 
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 roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, 
 
Burch 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Burkhalter 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burwell 
 
Arnold, of Clay . Buxton 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Carroll 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Carter 
 
' Austin 
 
Chambers 
 
Ayers 
 
0heney 
 
Baldwin 
 
Chupp 
 
Bale 
 
Clarke 
 
Ballard, of Columbia -Clifton 
Ballard, of Newton Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Conger 
 
Barwick 
 
Cook 
 
Beck 
 
Davidson 
 
Blalock 
 
Davis 
 
Blasingame 
 
Dennard 
 
BQDd 
 
Dorrilt 
 
Booker 
 
DuBose 
 
Bower 
 
Ellis 
 
Boyett 
 
Foy 
 
Brinson 
 
Giddens 
 
Brooks 
 
Green 
 
Brown, of "Clarke 
 
Hall 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hogg Hollingsworth Hollis Johnson, of Appling Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Lowndes Key Kimsey, of White Lasseter Law Matthews Maynard Mays Mock Moore Mulliu McCall McCalla Noill 
 
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Nesmith Owen Pace Palmour Pickren Richards-on Roberts Shannon Sibley Stewart Stone 
 
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,Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Tatum Timmerman Trammell Trippe Veazey 
 
Vincent Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Westmoreland Wbln Woods Womham Wright, of Bullorh Wyatt 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Gili!tore 
 
McDonald 
 
Allen 
 
Gordy 
 
Parker 
 
Atkinson 
 
Grantland 
 
Pickett 
 
Bagwell 
 
Griffin 
 
Pilcher 
 
Banbton 
 
Hagood 
 
Rainey 
 
Barfield 
 
Harden, of Banks Reeee 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Harris 
 
Reiser 
 
Beazley 
 
Harvin 
 
Reville 
 
Bellah 
 
Hodges 
 
RuBSe'll 
 
Bowers 
 
Holden 
 
Scott 
 
Brown, of Houston Howard, of Liberty Smith, of Dade 
 
Cason 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Clements 
 
thorpe 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Coates 
 
Johnsoll, of Bartow Staten 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Jone!l, of Elbert 
 
Steele 
 
Cooper 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Swords 
 
Cravey 
 
Kelley 
 
Taylor 
 
Cullars 
 
Kidd 
 
Turner 
 
Culpepper, nf Clinch Kimzey, .of Haber- Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Culpepper, Meri- 
 
sham 
 
Walker, of Bleckley 
 
wether 
 
King 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Davenport 
 
Lanier 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Dickey 
 
Lankford 
 
Woody 
 
Duncan 
 
Lawrence 
 
Wright, of Floyd  
 
Ennis 
 
Lowe 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Eve 
 
Mercier 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
Fowler, 
 
Middleton 
 
Wylly 
 
Frohock 
 
Morris 
 
Youmans 
 
Gary 
 
McCrory 
 
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981 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall- 
A bill providing for Vocational Education and Training. 
 
Mr. Burkhalter of Tattnall moved that the bill be tabled, and the motion prevailed. 
 
The bill was tabled. 
 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham- 
A bill to appropriate $50,000 to the Georgia Normal and Industrial College for Colored Youths. 
 
The bill involvilig an appropriation, the House  was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House 
and the Speaker designated Mr. Haynes of Gordon as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill hack to the House with the recommendation that same clo pass. 
The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered. 
 
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The roll call was ordered and was not verified, nor was the vote counted. 
 
- Mr. Lawrence of Chatham moved that the bill be tabled. The motion prevailed and the bill was tabled. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
A bill to appropriate $7,500.00 -to the 11th District Agricultural School. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
Mr. Stewart of Coffee moved that the bill be tabled. The motion prevailed and the bill was tabled. 
 
Mr. Smith of Fulton moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning-at 10 o'clock. 
 
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983 
 
REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
MoNDAY, AuGusT 12; 1918. 
 
The House met pursuant to adjournmept this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with pr_ayer by the Chaplain. 
 
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with. 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal ef yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, has submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2 have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the/ House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 293. 
 
Senate Bill No. 291. 
 
BuRwELL, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Ellis of Tift County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, has submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.1 have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, toreport the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 263. 
 
Senate Bill No. 284. 
 
Senate Bill No. 225. 
 
Senate Bill No. 228. 
 
Sehate Bill No. 290. 
ELLis, Chairman. 
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Mr. Bla!3ingame of Walton County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. 8 peaker : 
Your Committee on General Agricultq.re No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
Sen~te Bill No. 208, by substitute. 
 
Senate Bill No. 241. 
 
BLASINGAME, Chairman. 
 
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Mr. Shannon of Twiggs 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 Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 308. 
 
Senate Bill No. 309. 
 
SHANNON, Chairman. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:, 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
tional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit: 
No. 244. A bill to create a warehouse department for the State of Georgia. 
No. 267. A bill to fix and regulate the salaries of the officers and employees of the several State Departments. 
 
No. 193. A bill to amend Section 1188 of Volume 2 of the Code of 1900, providing for an increase of salary of the Prison Commission. 
 
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No. 276. A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah. 
 
No. 302. A bill to amend Section 1677 of Code of 1910 in reference to tuberculosis sanitariums. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit: 
 
No. 146. A bill to amend Section 1888 of Code so as to permit blind persons to peddle and conduct business without a license. 
 
No. 900. A bill to change the name of a voting precinct in the County of Whitfield. 
No. 359. A bill to amend an Act creating a County depository in and for the County of Coffee. 
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No. 883. A bill to establish the City Criminal Court of Alma, Bacon County, Georgia. 
No 754. A bill to make more complete provision for the maintenance of the Department of Horticulture and Pomology by providing an annual appropriation for the maintenance of said Depat:tment and Board of -Entomology. 
No. 892. A bill to abolish the office of County 
 
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 Treasurer of Meriwether County and to provide for the creation of a depository for said County.. 
 
No. 901. A bill to establish the City Court of Millen. 
 
No. 903. A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools in the Town of Jesup. 
No. 904. A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910 relative to placing Winder in the list of cities having State depositories. 
No. 911. A bill to create and install for use an adequate modern system of accounts for the County of Lowndes. 
The following message was received from tbe Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit: 
No. 836. A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Cherokee Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of Solicitor-General. 
No. 804. A bill to amend Section 2061 of the Civil Code of Georgia relating to those engaged in practice of veterinary medicine. 
The following message waa received from the Se:a- 
 
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ate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed ,by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 188. A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia to allow municipalities of one hundred and fifty (150,000) thousand population or more to incur bonded indebtedness. 
 
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional .m~jority the following resolution of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 221. A resolution to appropriate $175.00 for the Secretary of the Appropriations Committee. 
 
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 236. A resolution of sympathy to Senator H. R. DeJarnette and family in the death of his daughter. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
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No. 263. A bill to prevent the judge of any court from directly or indirectly expressing his approval or disapproval of the verdict of any jury. 
 
No. 309. A bill to incorporate the City of Lavonia. 
 
No. 290. A bill to amend Section 859 of the Penal Code of 1910. 
 
No. 291. A bill to amend Section 1036 of the J.>enal Code of 1910. 
 
No. 293. A bill to amend an Act approved August. 3, 1887, for the protection of cemeteries and burying places in this State as set out as Section 1756 of the Political Code. 
 
No. 228. A bill to amend Sections 2408 and 240i) of Parks' Code of Georgia in re!er~nce to investments by insurance companies. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has adopted the substitute of the House to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
A bill to create a new charter for ~he City of Rome. 
 
The' following communication was read: 
 
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August 10, 1918. 
 
HoN. JoHN N. HoLDER, 
 
Speaker House of Representatives, 
Atlanta, Ga. 
Dear Sir: 
I have the honor to report the election of Hon. Thomas J. Cochran, Representative for the balanc~ of the session of 1918 from Bibb County, Georgia. Election held on the 8th day of August, 1918. 
Most respectfully, / H. B. STRANGE, Secretary of State. 
 
Mr. Thomas J. Coohran, the newly-elected member from Bibb County, came forward to the Clerk's desk and took the oath of office, the oath being administered by the Hon. William H. Fish, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate favorably reported were read the second time: 
By Messrs. Wohlwender, Price and Logan. A bill to regulate the practice of chiropracticc. 
By Mr. Blackwell of the 39th DistrictA bill to amend Sections 2408 and 2409 of Parks  
Code relative to investments of Insurance Company. 
 
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By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to amend Sections 32, 34 and 38 relative to drainage. 
 
By Mr. Bynum of the 40th District- 
A bill to prevent the judge of any court of this State expressing their approval or disapproval in open court of any verdict of a jury. 
 
By Mr. Mundy of the 38th District- 
A bill to amend Section 859 of the Penal Code relative to examination of jurors. 
 
By Messrs. Hendricks, Beauchamp and Dukes- 
A bill to penalize those who solicit for the purpose of prostitution. 
 
By Mr; Mundy of the 38th District- 
A bill to amend Section 1036 of Penal Code of 1910 relative to the statement of prisoners. 
 
By Messrs. Hendricks of the 6th District and Beaucha:mp of the 22nd District- 
A bill to amend an Act for protection of cemeteties and burying places. 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District-:A bill to. repeal an Act incorporating the City of 
Lavonia. 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District......A bill to incorporate the City of Lavonia. 
 
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The following bill of the Senate was read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of public schools in Franklin County. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of_the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees: 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to amend Section 1188 of Volume 2, Code of 1910, providing for an increase of salary 9f the Prison Commission. 
 
Ref~rred to Committee on Penitentiary. 
By Mr. Elders of the 2nd DistrictA bill to create a warehouse department for the 
State of Georgia. 
 
Referred to General Agriculture Committee No. 1. 
 
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By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to regulate the salaries of the officers and employees of the several State Departments. 
 
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. 
 
By Mr. Dukes of the 1st DistrictA bill to amend the several Acts incorporating the 
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah. 
Referred to Committee on Corporation~. 
 
By Mr. Hendricks of the 6th District- 
A bill t6 amend Section 1677 of Code of 1910 relative to establishment of saintariums. 
 
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. 
 
On motion of Mr. Lawrence of Chatham the follow.ing bill of the House was taken from the table : 
 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham- 
A bill to appropriate $50,000.00 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the purpose of rebuilding the main building at the Georgia Normal and Industrial College for Colored Youths at Savannah. 
 
This bill was read the third time August 10, 1918, and involving an appropriation the roll was calletl and verified and the bill tabled. 
 
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The roll call was as follows:- 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were _Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Culpepper, of Meri- McCall 
 
Arnold, /of Clay 
 
wether 
 
McCrory 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Davidson 
 
1\eill 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Dorris 
 
Owen 
 
Atkinson 
 
DuBose 
 
Pace 
 
Baldwin 
 
Ellis 
 
Parker 
 
Bale 
 
Eve 
 
Palmour 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Frohock 
 
Pickren 
 
Barwick 
 
Gilmore 
 
Richardson 
 
Beck 
 
Green 
 
Sibley 
 
Blalock 
 
Hall 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Blasingame Bond 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Smith, of Fulton 
 
Haynes 
 
Steele 
 
Booker Bower Boyett Br!>oks Burch Burkhalter Burwell Buxton Carroll Carter 
Cason ('hambe" Cheney 
Chupp Clade Clifton Collins of Cherokee Conger 
 
Hinson Hollingsworth Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Lowndes Key Kimsey, of White Lanier Lankford Lasseter Lawrence Matthews Maynard Mays Mock 
Mullins 
 
Stone Stovall Stubbs' Swift Swint 
Tatum Trammell Veazey Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland Williams, of Meri- 
wether W'illiams, of Worth Woods Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wyatt 
 
Cravey 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Ballard, of Newton Barrett, of Pike Barrett, of Whitfield 
 
Bellah Cook Foy 
 
Giddens Walker, of Ben-Bill Winll 
 
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Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adaxru Akin Allen Austin Ayers Bagwell Bankston barfield 
Beazley Bowers Brinson Brown, of Clarke Brown, of Houston Clements Coates Collins of Union Cooper Cullars 
Culpepper, of Clinch Davenport Davis Dennard Dickey Duncan Ennis Fowler Gary Gordy Grantland Griffin 
 
Hagood 
 
Pilcher 
 
Harden, of Banks Rainey 
 
Harris 
 
Reece 
 
Harvin 
 
Reiser 
 
Hatcher 
 
Reville 
 
Hayes 
 
Roberts 
 
Hodges 
 
Russell ,- 
 
Hogg 
 
Scott 
 
Holden 
 
~hannon 
 
Hollis 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Howard, of Liberty Staten 
 
Howartl, of Ogle- 
 
Stewart 
 
thorpe Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Wilkinson Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber 
sham 
 
Stricklan4 Sumner Swords Taylor Timmerman Trippe Turner 
 
King Law Lowe Mercier Middleton 
 
Vincent "Walker, of Bleckley White \\I illiams, of Ware Woody 
 
Moore 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Morris 
 
. Wright, of Jones 
 
McCalla 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
McDonald 
 
Wylly 
 
Nesmith 
 
Youmans 
 
Pickett 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 90, nays 10. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
Under the order of reconsiderations Mr. Lawrence of Chatham moved that the action of the 
 
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House in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 679 be reconsidered. 
 
The motion prevailed, and the bill we11t to the heel of the calendar. 
 
The following bills of the House were taken up as special orders: 
By Mr. Hinson of Jeff DavisA bill to repeal Section 388 of Volume 2, Code of 
1910, relative to using obscene language in presence of females. 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 13,nays 83. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
By Mr. Johnson of Appling- 
A bill to amend Section 4043 of Code of 1910 relating to return of appraisers of year's support. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The substitute offered by Mr. Johnson of Appling was read and adopted. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bil~ by substitute, was 
agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 104, nays 5. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional maj~rity, was passed by substitute. 
 
By Mr. Jones of Coweta- 
 
A bill to provide for the annual registration of 
 
motor vehicles. 
 
 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The following amendments were read and adopted. 
By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin- 
Moves to amend House Bill No. 333 by adding after the word "year" in the last line of the caption the following words: 
lat. ''To provide for expenses of State Highway Commission, payment of engineers,'' and by amending Section 19 of the Act of November 30th, 1915, by adding at the end of Section the following words ''and by adding a new section to be numbered Section 4 and numbering the repealing clause Section 5. '' 
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That Sectioil19 of said Act be amended by adding at the end of Section the following words: 
 
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2nd. ''And provided further, That not more than $15,000.00 of said funds so received may be used by the State Highway Commission for expenses and employment of engineers, to be paid to said Commission by warrant to the overnor, upon itemized state~ent of all actual and necessary expenses of said Commission," so that said section as amended shall read: 
Section 19. Be it further enacted, That one dollar of the license fees collected under the provisions of this Act, all fees from duplicate license numbers where originals are destroyed or lost, the transfer of license, and all chauffeurs' licenses shall be retained by the Secretary of State to provide and fur-  nish number plates, and seals, to pay clerks and inspectors provided in said Act, and pay the expenses of operation and enforcement of said law in said State; Provided, That in addition to the cost of the number plates and seals provided in this Act, the Secretary of State shall not expend for inspectors, clerks or other expenses more than fifteen (15) per centum of the total funds received and collected by said Seeretary of State under the provision of this Section, and balance of said fund, if any, shall at the end of each year be deposited in the State Treasury. Provided, however, That the foregoing shall include only necessary and actual expenses, to be itemized and accounted for by ~aid Secretary of State; and provided further, That not more than $15,000.00 of said funds so received, may be used by the State Highway Commission for expenses and the employment of engineers to be paid to said Commission by warrant of the Governor upon itemized statements 
 
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of all actual and necessary expenses of said Commission. 
 
Amend House Bill 333 by striking therefrom Section 3 and numbering the suhsequent 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 113, nays 2. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Brown of Clarke- 
 
A BILL. 
To be entitled an Act to amend Article 3, Section 9, 
Paragraph 1 o,L the Constitution of the State of 
Georgia, relative to the pay of members of the General Assembly, by striking therefrom the word "four" wherever it occurs, and substituting, in lieu thereof the word ''eight,'' and by striking therefrom the word ''seven,'' wherever it occurs, and substituting in lieu thereof the word ''twelve,'' 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 Article 3, Section 9, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia 
 
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relative to the pay of members of the General As- 
 
sembly be and the same is hereby amended by strik- 
 
ing out the word "four" wherever it occurs and sub- 
 
stituting in lien thereof the word ''eight,'' and by 
 
-gtriking out the word ''seven'' wherever it occurs 
 
and substituting in lieu thereof the word "twelve," 
 
so that said paragraph, when so amended, shall read 
 
as follows: 
 
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 ''Paragraph 1._ -The per diem of members of the 
 
General Assembly shall not exceed eight dollars, 
 
.and mileage shall not exceed ten cents for each mile 
 
traveled by the nearest practicable route, in going 
 
and returning from the capital; but the President 
 
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep- 
 
resentatives shall each receive not exceeding twelve 
 
dollars per day.'' 
 
 
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever the above proposed amendment to the Constitution 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 on their Journals with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor shall cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District in this .State for the period of two month!:! next preceding the time of holding the next general election. 
 
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That the above proposed amendment shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after publica- 
 
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tion, in the several election districts of this State;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 proposed amendment to the 
 
Constitution shall have written or printed on their 
 
ballots the words ''For ratification of the a:roond- 
 
ment to Article 3, Section 9, Paragraph 1 of the Con- 
mem- stitution, providing for in~rease in the pay of 
 
bers of the General Assembly/' and all persons op~ 
 
posed to the adoption of sa1d amendment shall.have 
 
written or printed on their ballots the words 
 
''Against ratification of the amendment to Article 
 
3, Section 9, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution, pro- 
 
viding for increase in the pay Of members of the 
 
General Assembly." 
 
 
 
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed in this Act to a vote of the people, as required by the Constitution of this StaJe in Paragraph 1 <,>f Section 1 of Article 13, and if ratified the Governor shall, when he ascertains such ratification from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns shall be referred, in the manner as in cases of elections for members of the General Assembly, to count and ascertain the result, issue his proclamation for one insertion in one o the daily papers of this State, announcing such result and -declaring the amendment ratified. 
 
 Section 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
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The bill was read the third time. 
 
The following amendillents were read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Brown of ClarkeAmend House Bill No. 784: 
 
Moves to amend House Bill No. 784 by striking the figures 12 where they appear and substituting figures 10; also by striking the figures 8 where they appear and substituting figures 7. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Beck 
 
Allen 
 
Bellah 
 
Anderson, ot Jenkins Booker 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Bowers 
 
A111old, of Clay 
 
Boyett 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Atkinson 
 
Brinson BrookS 
 
Austin Bagwell Baldwin 
 
Brown, of Clarke Burch Burwell 
 
bale 
 
Buxton 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Carter 
 
Bar1ield 
 
Cason 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Chambers 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Clarke 
 
Barwick 
 
Clements 
 
Beazley 
 
Clifton 
 
Coates Cochran Uonger Cook Cooper Cravey Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davidson Dennard Dorris DuBose Ellis Ennis Eve 
 
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Fowler1 Frohock Foy Grantland Green Griffin Hall Harden, of Banks ,Harvin Hatcher Hayes Holden Hollingsworth Hollis 
Howard, Oglethorpe Johnson, of Appling Jones, of Coweta Joneg, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lankford 
 
Law Lowe Matthews Mercier Middleton Mock 
Mullins McCall 
cCrory McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Pickett Pilcher Reeee Reiser Richardson Roberts Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fnlton Smith, of Telfair Staten Stewart 
 
Stone Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swint Swords Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pieree Westmoreland Wlliiamq, of M'erJ- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth W'mn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin ~.-a Ballard, of Newton Blalock Blasingame Bond Bower Carroll Cheney Chupp Collins, of Union 
 
Duncan Giddens Gilmore Hagood Hayni!ll Hinson Hogg Howard, of Liberty Johnson, of Bartow Las'seter Mays 
 
Moore Palmour Pickren Scott Steele Stovall Tatum Taylor Veazey White Wright, of Bnlloch 
 
Davenport 
 
~hose not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, 
 
Bankston 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
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Burkhalter 
 
Hodges 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Jones, of WUkinson 
 
Davis 
 
I.anier 
 
Dickey 
 
Lawrence 
 
Gary 
 
Maynard 
 
Gordy 
 
MOrris. 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Me<:alia 
 
Harris 
 
Rainey 
 
Reville Rucosell Shannon Swift Vincent Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 128, nays 34.. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee~ A bill to appropriate $7,500.00 for the purpose of equipping a dormitory on Agricultural School grounds at Douglas. 
The bill was read the third time August 10, 1918. 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. DuBose, of Clarke, as the 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. 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Davidson 
 
Allen 
 
Dennard 
 
.Anderson, of Jenkins Dorrill 
 
'Mock 'Moore 'Mulli.ns 
 
Arnolci, of Cla7 
 
DuBose 
 
McCall 
 
Amold, of Lumpkin Duncan 
 
Atkinson 
 
Ellis 
 
'McCrory McDonald 
 
Austin 
 
Ennis 
 
Ne!l 
 
Ayers 
 
Eve 
 
Nesmith 
 
Bagwell BaldWin 
 
Fowler Frohock 
 
Palmour Pilcher 
 
Bale , 
 
Gilmore 
 
Reeee 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Grantland 
 
Reiser 
 
barrett, of Whitfield Green 
 
Roberts 
 
Barwick 
B~dey 
 
Harden, of Banb Scott 
 
HuT.m 
 
Sibley 
 
Beek Bellah Blaloek 
Blasingame Bond Bower Boyett Brinson Broob Brown, of Clarke Burch Burwell 
Buxton 
Oarter Cason Chambers 
Cheney Chupp Clarke Clements 
Coates Collins of Union Conger 
 
Hatcher Hayes Haynes Hinson Hogg Holden Hollingsworth Hollill Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, ef Elbert Jones, of LoWD.des Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King 
Lanldord 
 
Smith, of Telfair Stats Steele Stewart Stone Stubbs Sumner Swords 
Tatum Taylor Timmerman Turner Veazey Walker, of Ben Hill Walk~, of Blee.kley Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland Williams, of 'Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Wiml Woolk 
 
Cooper 
 
Law 
 
Woody 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Lawrence 
 
Worsham 
 
Culpepper, of 'Meri- Matthews 
 
..Wright, of Bulloch 
 
wether 
 
Mercier 
 
lWright, of Jones 
 
Davenport 
 
'Middleton 
 
Wwrigbt, of Walton 
 
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Wylly 
 
Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Foy 
 
Ballard, of Newton Hall 
 
Oarroll 
 
Owen 
 
Richardson Trammell 
 
Those not voting were Messrs.: 
 
Adams, Amold, of Coweta Bankston Barfield Barrett, of Pike Booker Bowers Brown, of Houston Burkhalter Clifton Cochran Collins of Cherokee Cook Cravey Cullars Davis Dickey Gary 
 
<.tid dens 
 
Parker 
 
Gordy 
 
Pickett 
 
Griffin 
 
Pickren 
 
Hagood 
 
Rainey 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Reville 
 
Harris 
 
Russell 
 
Hodges 
 
Shannon 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Smith, of Fulton 
 
Key 
 
Stovall 
 
Lanier Lasseter 
 
Strickland Swift 
 
Lowe 
 
Swint 
 
Maynard 
 
Trippe 
 
Mays 
 
Vincent 
 
Morris 
 
Wlbite 
 
McCall.e. 
 
Wright, of Floycl 
 
Pace 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 127, nays 8. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was p~ssed. 
Mr. Veazey of Warren moved to amend the report of the Rules Committee by placing House Bill 
 
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No. 265 on the calendar for immediate consideration. 
 
Mr. Veazey of Warren called for the ayes and nays on the motion to place House Bill No. 265 on calendar for immediate consideration. 
 
The call was sustained. The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Chupp 
 
Key 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Clifton 
 
Kelley 
 
Austin 
 
Collins, of UBlon - Kidd 
 
Ayers 
 
Conger 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cook 
 
sham 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cravey 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Culpepper, of Clinch King 
 
Ballard, of Newton Culpepper, of :Meri- Lankford 
 
Barfield 
 
wether 
 
Lasseter 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Davenport 
 
Lowe 
 
Barrett, of Whitfiel~ Davidson 
 
:Mercier 
 
Barwick 
 
Dennard 
 
Middleton 
 
Beck 
 
Foy 
 
Moore 
 
Bellah 
 
Green 
 
:Mullins 
 
Blalock 
 
Griffin 
 
McCall 
 
Blasingame 
 
Harden, of Banks :McCrory 
 
Bond 
 
Harvin  
 
Neill 
 
Bower 
 
Hayes 
 
Nesmith 
 
Bowers 
 
. Haynes 
 
Owen 
 
Boyett Brinson 
 
Hinson Holrmgsworth 
 
Parker Palmour 
 
Brooks Brown, of Clarke 
 
Howard, of Liberty Pickett 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Pickren 
 
Carroll 
 
thorpe 
 
Reece 
 
Carter 
 
Johnson, of Appling Reiser 
 
Cason 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Richardson 
 
Chambers 
 
Jones, of Elb~!_rt 
 
Roberts 
 
Cheney 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Scott 
 
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Sibley Stewart Stovall Strickland 8mmler Swint Swords Tatum 
 
Taylor 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Trammell 
 
Winn 
 
Trippe 
 
Woods 
 
Veazey 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill Wright, of Walton 
 
Walker, of Bleckley Wyatt 
 
Walker, of Pierce Youman& 
 
Westmoreland 
 
'rhose voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Dorris 
 
Allea 
 
Ellis 
 
-i Anderson, of -Wilkes Ennis 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Eve 
 
Arnold, of LumpJdD Frohoek 
 
, Atkillaoa 
Bale 
 
Gilmore Grantland 
 
Booker 
 
Hagood  
 
Burkhalter 
 
HaH 
 
Burwell Buta Clarke Clement. 
 
Hatcher Hogg Holden HolUa 
 
Coates 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Cochran 
 
Law Lawrence Maynard Mock McDonald Pace Pilcher Smith, of Fulton- 
Smith, of Telfair Steele Stone Stubbs Worsham Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, Bankatoll Beazley Brown, of HoUlton Bureh Collins,- of Cherokee Cooper Cullara Davis Dickey DuBose_ 
Dwusn  
Fowler Gary 
 
Giddens 
 
Shannon 
 
Gordy 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Staten 
 
Harris 
 
Swift 
 
Hodges 
 
Timmerman 
 
Jones, of WilkiasOll Turner 
 
Lanier 
 
Vincent 
 
MaUllews 
 
White 
 
Mays 
 
Williams, of Meri- 
 
Morris 
 
wether 
 
McCalla- 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Rainey 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Reville 
 
Wylly- 
 
Russell 
 
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On the motion of Mr. Veazey of Warren the ayes were 104, nays 43. 
 
The moti()n having received the requisite twothirds majority of those voting prevailed, and the bill was placed on -the calendar for immediate consideration. 
The f~llowing bill of the House was taken up as a special order : 
 
By Messrs. Kelley of Gwinnett and Veazey of WarrenA bill to amend and further define and extend the 
provisions of an Aet known as the Veazey .Bill. 
The bill was read the third ti.rile. 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Veazey of Warren- 
Amend by adding after the word ''court'' in line 10 of Section 1 of said bill, the words "until 5 days prior to the next term thereof." 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
Mr. McCrory of Schley called for the ayes and nays on the passage of the bill. 
 
The call was sustained. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
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' 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Duncan 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Ellis 
 
Arnold, of ('lay 
 
l!'rohock 
 
Austin 
 
Foy 
 
Ay6r8 
 
Giddens 
 
Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett 
 
Bagwell 
 
Gilmore 
 
Pickren 
 
Baldwin 
 
Green 
 
Reece 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Hagood 
 
Reiser 
 
Ballard, of Newton Harden, of Banks Richardson 
 
Barfield  
 
Harvin 
 
Roberts 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Hatcher 
 
Scott 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Hayes 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Barwick 
 
Haynes 
 
Steele 
 
Beck 
 
Hinson 
 
Stewart 
 
Bellah 
 
Holden 
 
Stovall 
 
Blalock 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Strickland 
 
Blasingame 
 
Howard, of Liberty Sumner 
 
Bond 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Swint 
 
Bower 
 
thorpe 
 
Tatum 
 
Bowers 
 
Johnson, of Appling Taylor 
 
Boyett 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Timmerman 
 
Brinson 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Trammell 
 
Brook!! 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Trippe 
 
Durt>h 
 
Kelley 
 
'.Lurner 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Kidd 
 
Veazey 
 
Carter 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Vincent 
 
Cason 
 
sham 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Chambers 
 
Kimsey, of White Walker, of Bleekley 
 
Cheney 
 
King 
 
Walker, of Pierce 
 
Chupp 
 
Lankford 
 
Westmoreland 
 
Clements 
 
La!lseter 
 
Williams, of Meri- 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Lowe 
 
wether 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Matthews 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
Conger 
 
Maybard 
 
W!inn 
 
Cook 
 
Mays 
 
.Woods 
 
Cooper 
 
Mercier 
 
Worsham 
 
Cullars 
 
Moore 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Culpepper, of f'lint>h Mullins 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Davenport 
 
McCall 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
Davidson 
 
McCalla 
 
Wyatt 
 
Dennard Dorris 
 
McCrory Nesmith 
 
Youmallll - . - . - 
 
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin Allen Axnold, of Coweta Arnold, of Lumpkin Atkinson 
Bale Booker Buxton Clarke Clifton 
 
Coates Cochran Cravey Culpepper, of Meri 
wether Eve Grantland Hall Hollis Jones, of Coweta 
 
Law Lawrence Mock McDonald Sibley Smith, of Dade Stubbs Swords Wylly 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, Bankston Beazley Brown, of Clarke Brown, of Houston Burwell Carroll 
Davis Dickey DuBose Ennis Fowler. Gary 
 
Gordy 
 
Rainey 
 
Griffin 
 
Reville 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Russell 
 
Harris 
 
Shannon 
 
Hodges 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Hogg 
 
Staten 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Stone 
 
Ke;.v 
 
Swift 
 
Lanier Middleton 
 
W!hite WilliamB, of Ware 
 
iMlorris 
 
Woody 
 
Neill 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Pilcher 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill t!te_ ~yes were 124, nays 28. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitu:.. tional majority, was passed. 
 
Mr. Stubbs of Laurens moved that when the House adjourns it adjourn to meet again at 3 o'clock P.M. 
The motion prevailed. 
 
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Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hardin of Gla,scoek. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock this P. M. - 
 
AFTERNOON sESSION. 
3 O'Clock P. M. 
The House met again at this hour; was called to order by the -speaker. 
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with. 
Mr. W!lliams of Ware County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speak~r: Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitu~ 
tion have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 294 and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House With the recommendation that the same do pass as amended by Mr. Hall of Bibb. 
VoLNEY WILLIAMS, Chairman. 
 
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1013 
 
. Mr. Clifton of Lee County, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, sub~t ted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 298 and. have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. 
CLIFToN, of Lee, Vice Chairman. 
 
The following resolution of the House was read: 
By Mr. Griffin of Decatur_A resolution commending President Wilson for 
position on Senatorial race in Georgia. 
 
Lie on table one day. 
The following bill of the Senate favorably reported was read the second time : 
By l(r. Kirby of the 36th DistrictA bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Com- 
missioners for the County of Meriwether. 
The following bills and resolutions of the House were read the first .time and referred to Committees: 
 
By Mr. Strickland of Haralson- 
A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money. 
 
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Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. 
 
The following resolution was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Pickren of CharltonA resolution to provide for the winding up of un- 
finished business of pensions of 1918. 
The following bills and resolutions of the House were taken up as special orders : 
 
By Mr. Ellis of Tift- 
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to Second District Agricultural School for purpose of installing a heating plant. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Law of Burke as the Chairman thereof. 
 
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House wih the recommendation that the same do pass. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows : 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Allen 
 
Arnold, of Coweta 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Atkinson 
 
Auatin 
AD'~ Bagwell 
 
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1015 
 
Baldwin 
 
Eve 
 
Pace 
 
Bale 
 
Frohoek 
 
Parker 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Gilmore 
 
Palmour 
 
Bankston 
 
Grantland 
 
Pilcher 
 
Barfield 
 
Green 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Griffin 
 
Barwick 
 
Hagood 
 
Beazley 
 
Hall 
 
Beck 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Bellah 
 
Hatcher 
 
Blalock 
 
Hayes 
 
Blasingame 
 
Haynes 
 
Booker 
 
Hinson 
 
Reece Reiser Richardson Roberts RU8Bell Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair 
 
Bow:er 
 
llogg 
 
Steele 
 
Boyett 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
-Stone 
 
Brinson 
 
Hollis 
 
Stovall 
 
Brooks 
 
Johnson, of Appling Strickland 
 
Brown, of Clarke Burkhalter Carter Cason 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Elbert Jones, of L9wndes Key 
 
Stubbs Sumner Swords Tatum 
 
Chambers 
 
Kelley 
 
Timmerman 
 
Cheney 
 
Kidd 
 
Trippe 
 
Chupp Clarke 
 
Kimzey, of H-aber- Turner 
 
sham 
 
Veazey 
 
Clements 
 
Kimsey, of White Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Coates 
 
King 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Lankford 
 
Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce 
 
Collins, of Union Conger 
 
Law Lawrence 
 
westmoreland White 
 
Cooper 
 
Matthews 
 
Williams, of Meri- 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Maynard 
 
wether 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Mercier 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
wether 
 
Middleton 
 
Winn 
 
Davenport 
 
Mock 
 
Woods 
 
Davidson 
 
Moore 
 
Woody 
 
Davis 
 
Mullins 
 
Worsham 
 
Dennard 
 
McCall 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Dickey 
 
McCalla 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Dorris 
 
McCrory 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
DuBose 
 
Neill 
 
Wyatt 
 
Ellis 
 
N csmith 
 
Wylly 
 
Ennis 
 
Owen 
 
Youmans 
 
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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Barrett, of Pike Ballard, of Newton Hodges 
 
Lowe Trammell 
 
Those not voting were Messrs, : 
 
Adams, I 
 
Foy 
 
McDonald 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Gary 
 
Pickett 
 
Bond 
 
Giddens 
 
Pickren 
 
Bowers 
 
Gordy 
 
Rainey 
 
Brown, of HQUSton Hardin, of Glasleoek Reville 
 
Bmcla 
 
Harris 
 
Br-ott 
 
Burwell 
 
Harvin 
 
Shannon 
 
Buxton 
 
-Holden 
 
Staten 
 
Carroll 
 
Howard, of Liberty Stewart 
 
Clifton 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Swift 
 
Cochran 
 
Jones, t~f Coweta Swint 
 
Cook 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Taylor 
 
Cravey 
 
Lanier 
 
Vincel).t 
 
Cu1lars 
 
Lasseter 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Duncan 
 
Jh.ya 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Fowler, 
 
' Morris 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed .with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 135, nays 6. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up as a special order: 
 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham: 
A bill to appropriate $50,000.00 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the Georgia Normal 
 
 MoNDAY, AuausT 12, 1918. 
 
1017 
 
and Industrial SChool for Colored Youths at Savannah. 
 
The bill was read the third time August 10, 1918, and considered in the Committee of the Whole House on August 10, 1918. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.! 
 
Akin 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Ellis 
 
Allen 
 
Burwell 
 
Ennis 
 
Anderson, of Jen- Buxton 
 
Eve 
 
kins 
 
Carroll 
 
Frohoek 
 
Arnold, 1>f Clay 
 
Cason 
 
Gilmore 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Chambers 
 
Grantland 
 
Atkiuson 
 
Cheney 
 
Green 
 
Austin 
 
Chupp 
 
Griffin . 
 
Baldwin 
 
Clarke 
 
Hagood 
 
Bale 
 
Clements 
 
mill 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clifton 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Barfield 
 
Coates 
 
Hayes 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Cochran 
 
Haynes 
 
Barwick 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hollingsworth 
 
Beazley 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Hollis 
 
Beek 
 
Conger 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Bellah 
 
Cooper 
 
thorpe 
 
Blalock 
 
Cravey 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Blasingame 
 
Cullars 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Bond 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Jones, of Elbert 
 
Booker 
 
Clllpepper, Meri- Jones, of LoWBdet 
 
Bower 
 
wether 
 
Key 
 
Boyett 
 
Davidson 
 
Kelley 
 
Brinson 
 
Davis 
 
Kidd 
 
Brooks 
 
Dennard 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
Brown, of Clarke Dickey 
 
sham 
 
Burch 
 
norris 
 
King 
 
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Lankford Lasseter law Lawrence Lowe Maynard Mercier Middleton Mock Moore Mullins McCall McCrory Neill Nesmith Pace Parker Pickett Pickren 
 
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Pilcher Reece Reiser Richardson Roberts Russell Scott Sibley Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stone Stovall 
Stubbs SUmner Swords Tatum 
 
Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Blackley Westmoreland White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Worth 
Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wyatt Wylly Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Giddens 
 
Ballard, of Newton Hinson 
 
Bankston 
 
Hodges 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Hogg 
 
Davenport 
 
Johns'on, of Appling Kimsey, of White Owen Winn 
 
Those not voting were. Me.ssrs.: 
 
Adams, 
 
Gordy 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Hardin of Glascock 
 
Ayers 
 
Harris 
 
Bagwell 
 
Harvin 
 
Bowers 
 
Hatcher 
 
Brown, of Houston Holden 
 
Carter 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
i:look 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
DuBose 
 
Lanier 
 
Duncan 
 
Matthews 
 
Fowler, 
 
:Mays 
 
Foy 
 
Morris 
 
Gary 
 
McCalla 
 
M,cDonald Palmonr Rainey Reville 
Shannon Smith, of Dade Stewart Strickland Swift Swint Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Pierce Williams, of Ware 
 
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1019 
 
Woods Woody 
 
Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones 
 
Wrighi, of Walton 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. _ 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 131, nays 13. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite co;nstitutional majority, was passed. 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the third time : 
 
By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th Disrtict- , 
A resolution to relieve C. H. Dickerson, Tax Collector of Clinch 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 100, nays 0. 
 
The resolution having reecived the requisite constitutional maj'Ority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Mundy of the 38th District-:A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act establish- 
ing the City Court of Polk County. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage _of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to appropriate money for the support of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State Government. 
 
The following amendments were read: 
 
Amend Section 2 by adding at the end of said Section after line 173 the following: ''To pay the Ordinaries for their pension work for 1919 $13,800.00, or so much thereof as may' be necessary _to pay for said work, as provided by law. 
 
Amend further: Provided further, That the fur$35,000.00 or so much there as may be necessary to pay Ordinaries for 1917, 1918, 1919. 
I 
The House agrees. 
 
Amend further: Provided further, That the further sum be appropriated to pay the expenses of the Senatorial and House Committees to attend the funeral services of the late Senator W. F. We~ver, including traveling expenses and reasonable subsistence. 
 
 MoNDAY, AuausT 12, 1918. 
 
1021 
 
The House agrees. 
 
Amend by striking $60.00 where same relates to 
 
salary of elevator operator and substituting $80.00 
 
in lieu thereof. 
 
_, 
 
The House disagrees. 
 
The Governor is authorized to pay from contingent fund the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to H. C. McCutcheon for services as expert printer rendered to the special legislative investigating committee in reference to the State printing. 
 
The House agrees. 
 
Amend substitute for House Bill No. 640 to be in- 
 
serted between items 15 and 16 of Section 2 of said 
 
bill: "For Chief Clerk of employment, Department 
 
of Commerce and Labor (Compulsory Work Law), 
 
the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,- 
 
800.00). 
 
'. 
 
The House disagrees. 
 
For two special representatives of the Department of Commerce and Labor (Compulsory Work Law), the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800.00) each. 
The House disagrees. 
 
For contingent fund of employment of the Department of Commerce and Labor (Compulsory Work Law), the sum of two thousand six hundred dollars 
 
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($2,600.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended as provided in the A~t approved August 8, 1918. 
 
The House disagrees. 
 
Amend Section 6, ''That five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to the Agricultural, Industrial and Normal Schoolfor Colored Teachers at Albany for maintenance." 
 
The House agrees. 
 
Amend Section 2 by striking the words and figures "Twelve thousand and five hundred ($12,500.00) for the additional assistants and maintenance of laborateries, etc., for State Chemist, and substituting in lieu thereof the words an~ figures ''Sixteen thousand ($16,000.00) dollars." 
 
The House disagrees. 
 
Further amend Section 2 by striking the words and figures ''One hundred and sixteen thousand ($116,000.00) dollars for maintenance of Prison Department and substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures One hundred and thirty thousand ($130,000.00) dollars." 
 
The House disagrees. 
 
Further amend Section 2 by striking all of said section in regard to the military fund and disbursement and substituting in lieu thereof the following: 
"For the State Constabulary or Home Guard, or 
 
 MoNDAY, AuGUST 12, 1918. 
 
1023 
 
State Militia, the sum of thirty thousand ($30,000.00) dollars. This sum to be used by the Governor, in his discretion, in establishing and maintaining and paying for riot duty of said State Constabulary or Home Guard, and the Governor shall apportion said fund between t:ij.e said State Constabulary or Home Guard and the State Militia as he shall deem best and proper. All funds herein provided tor which are not used for the purpose herein set out shall be retur.ned to the general treasurer.'' 
 
The House disagrees. 
 
Further amends Section 4 by adding after the word "Senate" and before the word "four," in paragraph in reference to per diem of Doorkeeper, these words, ''And Messenger of Senate and Messenger of House of Representatives." 
 
The House agrees. 
Amend Section 5 in paragraph in reference to Academy for Blind, by striking the words and figures ''Thirty-six thousand ($36,000.00) '' and substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures ''Forty thousand ($40,000.00), providing not less than four thousand ($4,000.00) be used for purchase of pipe organ. '' 
The House agrees. 
 
Amend Section 6 in paragraph in reference to maintenance fund of State College of Agriculture at Athens by striking the words and figures, ''Ninety thousand ($90,000.00)" and substituting in lieu 
 
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thereof the words and figures "Seventy thousand ($70,000.00)." 
 
The House agrees. 
 
Further amend Section 6 in paragraph in reference to maintenance fund for School of Technology by striking the words and figures ''One hundred and ten thousand ($110,000.00)" and substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures "One hundred thou- sand ($100,000.00)." 
 
The House agrees. 
 
Further amend Section 6 by striking the entire paragraph in reference to the co-operate educational extension work at the Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville. 
 
The House disagrees. 
 
Further amend Section 6, paragraph in reference 
 
to maintenance fund of State Normal School at Ath- 
 
ens by striking the words and figures "Sixty-seven 
 
thousand five hundred ($67,500.00)," and substitut- 
 
ing in lieuthereof the words and figures "Fifty-sev-. 
 
en thousand five hundred ($57,500.00)." 
 
 
 
The House disagrees. 
 
Amend Section 7, paragraph in reference to common schools by striking the words and figures ''Four million two hundred thousand ($4,200,000.00) '' and substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures 
 
 MoNDAY, AuGusT 12, 1918. 
 
1025 
 
"Three million two hundred thousand ($3,200,000.00)." 
 
The House disag!ees. 
 
The Speaker appointed the following members on the part of the House as Conference Committee on House Bill No. 250. 
Messrs. Brinson of Emanuel. Wright of Walton. 
Cason of Bryan. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The niotion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow mornin~ at 9 o'clock. 
 
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TuESDAY, AuausT 13th, 1918. 
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayed by Mr. Veazey of Warren. 
 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
Akin 
 
Boyett 
 
Allen 
 
Brillaon 
 
Anderson, of Jen- Brooks 
 
kins 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Brown, of Houston 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Burch 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Burkhalter 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Burwell 
 
Atkinson 
 
Buxton 
 
Austin 
 
Carroll 
 
AyflrS 
 
Outer 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cason 
 
Baldwin 
 
Chambers 
 
Bale 
 
Cheney 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Chupp 
 
Ballard, of Newton Clarke 
 
Bankston 
 
Clements 
 
Barfield 
 
Clifton 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Cochran 
 
Barret, of Wllitfield Coates 
 
Barwick Beazley 
 
Collins of .Cherokee Collins, of Union 
 
Beck 
 
Conger 
 
Blalock 
 
Cook 
 
:J;Uasingame 
 
Cooper 
 
Bond 
 
Cravey 
 
Booker 
 
Cullars 
 
Bower 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch 
 
Bowers 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
wether Davenport DavidBOn Davis Dennard Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis Eve Fowler Frohock Foy Gary Giddens 
Gilmore Gordy Grantland Green Griffin 
Hagood Hall Harden, o:f Banlat Hardin, of Glascock Harris Harvin Hatcher 
 
 TuESDAY, AuGUST 13, 1918. 
 
1027 
 
Hayes 
 
Moore 
 
Haynes 
 
Mullins 
 
Hinson 
 
McCall 
 
Hod~ 
 
MeCalla 
 
HJ~g 
 
McCrory 
 
Holden 
 
McDonald 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Neill 
 
Hollis 
 
Nesmith 
 
Howard, of Liberty Owen 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Pace 
 
thorp 
 
Parker 
 
Johnson, of Appling Palmour 
 
Johnson, of Bartow F1ckett 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Pickren 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Pilcher 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Rainey 
 
Key 
 
Reeec; 
 
Kelley 
 
Reiser 
 
Kidd 
 
Reville 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Richardson 
 
sham 
 
Hoberts. 
 
Kilnsey, of White RnsseU 
 
King 
 
Scott 
 
Lanier 
 
Shannon 
 
Lankford 
 
Sibley 
 
LaBBeter 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
lAw 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
LaWl'ence 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Lowe 
 
Staten 
 
Matthews 
 
Steele 
 
Maynard 
 
Stewart 
 
Mays 
 
. Stone 
 
Mercier 
 
Stovall 
 
Middleton 
 
Strickland 
 
Mock 
 
Stubbe Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleekley ~alker, of Pierce Westmoreland White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth 'v'inn Wood8 Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch . Wright, of Floyd 'Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
By ~nanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 
 
Mr. Johnson of Bartow 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 bill of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : 
Senate Bill No. 244. 
JOHNSON, of Bartow, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Pace of Sumter 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 Sen- 
 
ate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report 
 
the same back to the House with the recommenda- 
 
tion that the same do not pass, to-wit: 
 
 
 
Senate Bill No. 295. 
 
Senate Bill No. 297. 
 
August _12th, 1918. 
 
STEPHEN PACE, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Dickey of Crawford County, Chairman of Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: We, the Committee on County and County Mat- 
ters, recommend that House Bill No. 926 do pass. 
DICKEY, Chairman. 
 
. The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit: 
 
No. 800. A bill to amend an Act abolishing Justice Courts, office of Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, etc., in the City of Macon. 
 
No. 917. A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act to establish public .schools in Franklin County, Ga. 
 
No. 918. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia in Franklin County. 
 
No. 912. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Macon. 
 
No. 910. A bill to establish a Board of County Commissioners for Gwinnett County. 
 
No. 813. A bill to abolish public school system of Clarkston. 
 
No. 886. A bill to provide for the payment of court 
 
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costs by the County authorities of Meriwether Coun- 
 
ty, in certain cases. 
 
 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has concurred in the following resolu-  tion of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 238. A re~olution in reference to bringing up the unfinished business of the General Assembly. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee, as amended, upon the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 277. A bill to annually levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government and for other purposes.. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed, as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit: 
No. 205. A bill to prohibit employees or servants of hotels, restaurants, barber shops or other public 
 
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places, or of persons, :firms or corporations from soliciting or receiving gratuities or ''tips'' from guests or patrons of the above mentioned employers. 
 
No. 432. A bill to abolish the fee system now ex-isting in the Superior Courts of the Western Circuit, as applies to the office of Solicitor-General. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has agreed to the report of the Conference Committee upon the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 724. A bill to abolish-the City Court of Douglas. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate insists upon its substitute to the following bill of the House, to-wit, and asks for the appointment of a Conference Committee : 
 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bryan. 
 
The President has appointed the following as the Conference Committee on part of the Senate, to-wit: 
Messrs. Dukes, Loftin and Logan. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee upon the following bills of the House, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 250. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bryan. 
 
Mr. Jones of Coweta moved that the House have a night session beginning at 8 o'clock. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Lowe of Oconee- 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Oconee County. 
 
By Mr. Elders of the 22nd District- 
A bill to create Warehouse Department for the State of Georgia. 
 
By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was read the second time andre-referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2: 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District-- 
A bill to fix and regulate the salaries of the officers and employees of the several State Departments not fixed by the Constitution. 
 
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The following privilege resolution was read and referred to Committee: 
 
By Mr. Dorris of Crisp- 
A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Hon. H ..J. Fulbright. 
 
Referred to Committee on Privileges of the Floor. The following local Senate bills were read the third time: 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bil~, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of 'the bill the ayes were 115,  nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st DistrictA bill to incorporate the City of Lavonia. 
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 109, nays 0. 
The bill, having received he requisite constitu~ tional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Hendricks of the 6th District- 
A bill to amend an Act establishing a sanatorium for tuberculosis at Alto. 
 
The report 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. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st District- 
A bill to amend Section 32, 34 and 38 of the Drainage Act of 1911. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 96, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to authorize the right of Eminent Domain by theW. and A. Railroad. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 112, nays 0. 
 
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Heath of the 17th District- 
A bill to authorize the exercise of Eminent Domain by the Western and Atlantic Railroad. 
 
The report 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. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Kirby of the 36th District- 
A bill to amend an Act to constitute a Board of Commissioners for the County of Meriwether. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 72, nays 54. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutiop.al majority, was lost. 
 
By Mr~ Andrews of the 35th DistrictA bill to provide for the issue and levy of attach- 
ments in foreclosures. 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
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''Committee amends Senate Bill No. 117 by adding in 17th line, ,after the word ''sale,'' the following words, ''after the rendition of judgment in attachment and issuance of execution thereon.'' 
 
The report of the Cowmittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 6. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were taken up as Special Orders and read the third time : 
 
By Messrs. Dukes and Dickerson....:.... Senate Bill No. 206: 
AN ACT. 
 
To amend Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and for other purposes. 
 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State o_f Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Paragraph 1, of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution be amended as follows: 
 
(a) By striking the word "Chatham" wherever it appears in said Paragraph 1. 
(b) By adding at the end of the proviso to S_ection 
 
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1 the following: Provided, That the County of Chatham sh~ll from its treasury pay to the Judges of the Superior Courts of the Eastern Judicial Circuit three thousand dollars per annum; said payments are hereby declared to be a part of the court expense of said County, and shall be made to the Judges now in office as well as their successors. 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if this constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly of each House, the same shall be entered on each,Journal, with the ayes and nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause the amendment to be pubrished 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 tickets ''For ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6 of the Constitution (providing for additional compensation for the judges of the Superior Courts of the Eastern Judicial Circuit)'' or ''Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6 (providing for additional compensation for the judges of Superior: Courts of the Eastern Judicial Circuit) '' as they may choose; and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote in favor of ratification, then said amendment shall become a part of Article 6, Section 13, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. 
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 
 
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with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Amendment to Senate Bill No. 206: 
 
1st. Amend by adding the words ''and Fulton'' immediately after the word "Chatham" in the first section of the bill. 
 
2nd. By adding at the end of Section 1 the following language : 
 
"Provided further, That the Board of County Co:inmissioners of Fulton County or such other board or person as may from time to time exercise the administration powers of Fulton County, shall have power and authority to pay the Judges of the Superior Court of Fulton County such sums in addition to the salaries paid by the State as said administrative authority or authorities may deem advisable, and the amounts so paid are declared to be a part of the Court expenses of said County. Such sums may be paid to the Judges in office at the time such addition to the compensation is voted, as well as to their successors in office.'' 
 
The follo';!ing amendment was read and ~dopted: 
 
By Messrs. Smith and Atkinson of Fulton- 
Amend further by inserting the words ''Atlanta and'' after the words ''Superior Courts of the'' and before the word "Eastern" in the 11th line of page 2 of the Senate bill. 
Also amend further by inserting the words ''Atlanta and'' after the words .''Superior Courts of 
 
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the" and before the word "Eastern" in 16th line of page 2 of the Senate bill. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Carter 
 
Gilmore 
 
Anderson, of Jenkbw Chambers 
 
Grantland 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Cheney 
 
Griffin 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Chupp 
 
Hagood 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Clar.ke 
 
Harden, (If Banks 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Clements 
 
Harvin 
 
Atkinson 
 
Clifton 
 
Hatcher 
 
Austin 
 
Coates 
 
Hayes 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cochran 
 
Haynee 
 
Baldwin 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Hodges 
 
Bale 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Hogg 
 
Bsllard, of Columbia Conger 
 
Hollingaworth 
 
Ballard, of Newton ('.ook 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Bankston 
 
Cooper 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Cullars 
 
thorpe 
 
Barwick 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Johnson, of Appling 
 
Beazley Beck Bellah 
 
Culpepper, of Meriwether 
Davenport 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert 
 
Blalock 
 
Davia 
 
Jo'\tes, of Lowndes 
 
Blasingame 
 
Dennard 
 
Key 
 
Booker 
 
Dickey 
 
Kelley 
 
Boirer 
 
Dorris 
 
Kidd 
 
Boyett 
 
DuBose 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
Brinson 
 
Duncan 
 
sham- 
 
Brooks 
 
Ellis 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Brown, of Clarke Eve 
 
King 
 
Burch 
 
Fowler, ' 
 
L~kford 
 
Burwell 
 
Frohoek 
 
Law 
 
Buxton 
 
Foy 
 
Lawrence 
 
Ca!'l'oll 
 
Giddens 
 
Lowe 
 
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Matthews Maynard Mercier Middleton Moore Mullins McCall McCrory McDonald !1\eill Nesmith Owen Pace farker Palmonr Pickett Pickren Pilcher 
 
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.Reece Reiser Richardson Roberts Russell Scott Shannon Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Stewart Stone Stubbs Sumner Swint Swor<h Timmerman Trippe Turner 
 
Veazey Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland Wbite Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Wlinn Woods WoodyWorsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Hinson 
 
Trammell 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, 
 
Hall 
 
Sibley 
 
Allen 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Smith, of Dade 
 
Ayen 
 
Harris 
 
Staten 
 
Barfield 
 
Holden 
 
Steele 
 
Barret, of Whitfield - Hollia 
 
Stovall 
 
Bond 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Strickland 
 
Bowers 
 
Lanier 
 
Swift 
 
Brown, of Houston Lasseter 
 
Tatum 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Mays 
 
Taylor 
 
Cravey 
 
Mock 
 
Vincent 
 
Davidson 
 
Morris 
 
Walker, of Bleekley 
 
Ennis 
 
McCalla 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Gary 
 
Rainey 
 
Wylly 
 
Gordy 
 
Reville 
 
Youmans 
 
Green 
 
By unanimo11:s consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 143, nays 2. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Townsend of th2 4th District- 
 
A bill to regulate the taking of shad from the 
 
fresh waters of this State. 
 
; 
 
The House substitute was read and adopted as amended. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Lawrence of Chatham- 
Amend substitute by striking reference to all fish except shad. 
 
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 102, nays 2. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute as amended. 
 
By Mr. Heath of the 17th District- 
A bill to repeal Section 6134 of Civil Code of 1910 relating to compensation of the stenographers of the Supreme Court. 
 
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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 123, nays 3. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Scott of Johnson- 
The following amendment to Section 7, Paragraph 2, page 1507, of the Constitution, is proposed to the said section, paragraph and page by adding to the people o~ Georgia by the General Assembly to amend same the following: 
 
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, Section 7, Paragraph 2, Page 1507 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be amended by a<l:ding in the third line between the word '' proper.ty '' and the word ''when, '' the words "suits for recovery of personalty," so that said section when so amended shall read as follows: 
 
Section 2. Section 7, Paragraph 2. Jurisdiction. Justices of the Peace shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases arising ex contractu and in cases of injuries or damages to personal property, and suits for recovery of personalty when the principal sum does not -exceed one hundred dollars, and shall sit monthly at fixed time and places; but in all cases there may be an appeal to a jury in said Court or an 
 
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aP.peal to the Superior Court under such regulations .as may be prescribed by law. 
 
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That the Governor is hereby required to cause this amendment to be submitted to a vote of the people of this State at the next general election to be held on Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1918, for their ratification or rejection. The form of such amendment shall be as follows: ''For ratification to the amendment of Section 7, Paragraph 2 of the Qonstitution by adding in the third line between the word 'property' and the word 'when' the words 'suits for recovery of personalty','' or ''Against the ratification to the amendment of the Constitution by .adding in the third" line between the word 'property' and the word 'when' suits for recovery of personalty." And the Governor is hereby further directed to cause this amendment to be published in one newspaper in each Congressional District of this State, for two months previous to said election. And the returns of said election shall be made to the Secretary of State, and if it shall appear from said returns that the majority of the qualified voters of this State voting at said election vote in favor of the ratification of this amendment, it shall become a part of the above Section and Paragraph of the Constitution. 
 
Section 4. 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 amended. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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The roll was called and the vote was as follows; 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
(1ulpepper, of Clinch Kimzey, of Haber- 
 
Allen 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
sham 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins wether 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Davenport 
 
King 
 
Arnold, of (,'lay 
 
Dennard 
 
Lowe 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Dickey 
 
Mays 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin DuBose 
 
Mercier 
 
Atkinson 
 
Duncan 
 
Middleton 
 
Austm 
 
Ennis 
 
Mock 
 
Ayejrs 
 
Eve 
 
Moore 
 
Baldwin 
 
Fowler, r 
 
Mullins 
 
Bale 
 
Frohock 
 
 McCall 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Foy 
 
"McCalla 
 
Bankston 
 
Giddens 
 
McCrory 
 
Barfield Barrett, of Pike Beazley Bellah Blalock Blasingame Bond Bowers Brinson Brown, of Houston Burch Burwell Carroll Carter Cheney Chupp Clarke Clements Cochran Collins, of Cherokee Collins, of Union 
 
Gilmore Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Hall Harden, of Banks Harvin Hatcher 
Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Hogg Holden Holiingsworth Hollis Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Oglthorp Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Elbert 
 
McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Palmour Pilcher Reiser Richardson Roberts Russell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Fulton Staten Steele Stone Stovall Stubbs Sumner 
Swift Swint 
 
Conger 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Swords 
 
Cook Cooper Cravey 
 
Key Kelley 
 
Tatnm Taylor 
 
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Timmerman Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce 
 
Westmoreland Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Woods  
 
Woody Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Bagwell Ballard, of Newton Beck Booker Boyett Brown, of Clarke Buxton Chambers 
 
Coates Dorril{ Ellis Kidd Lankford Lasseter Law Lawrence 
 
Matthews Pace Pickett Pickren Smith, of Telfair Trammell Walker, of Ben Hill Wlinn 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, 
 
Gary 
 
Ramey 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Gordy 
 
Reece 
 
.barwick 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Reville 
 
Bower 
 
Harris 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Brooks 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Stewart 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Strickland 
 
Cason 
 
Lanier 
 
White 
 
Clifton 
 
Maynard 
 
Worsham 
 
Cullars 
 
Morris 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Davidson 
 
Parker 
 
Wylly 
 
Davis 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 133, nays 24.  
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Townsend of the 4th District- 
A bill to fix the salaries of Sheriffs of Court of Appeals and 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 106, nays 6. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken U:p for the purpose of considering the report of the Conference CQmmittee: 
 
By Mr. Akin of GlynnA bill to in~rease the revenue of the State. 
 
The Conference Committee submitted the following report recommending that the following substitute do pass: 
Mr. Ptesident: 
The Joint Conference Committee of the Senate and the House, which has had under consideration House Bill No. 277, and the Senate Substitute, known as the "General Tax Act," beg leave to report as follows: 
Your Committee has agreed on a Substitute Bill for the whole, which they hereWith report to the Senate and House attached hereto, and as a part 
 
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hereof, and recommend the adoption and passage of same as such substitute for the whole.  
Respectfully submitted, R. A. DENNY, 
Chairman Senate Committee; 
 
H. Ii. MERRY, 
J. B. MoonE; Of the Senate. 
 
SEABORN WRIGHT, Chairman of House Co:inmittee ; 
 
L. R. AKIN, of Glynn, 
ZACH ARNOI.D, 
Of the House. 
' 
Mr. Culpepper of Meriwether moved the previous question on the bill, substitute, and all amendments to the substitute. The motion prevailed. 
. 
The following substitute was read and adopted a" amended : 
 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR GENERAL TAX ACT. A BILL 
 
To be entitled an Act to annually, for a period of two years, in addition to the ad valorem tax on real estate and personal property as now requir{'d 
 
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by law, levy and collect a tax for the support d the State government and public institutions; for educational purposes in instruction children in the elementary branches of an English education only; to pay the interest on the public debt; to pay maimed and indigent Confederate soldiers mid widows of Confederate soldiers, such amounts as are allowed them by law; to pay the public debt when due; to prescribe what persons, corporations, professions and property are liable to taxation; to prescribe the methods of collecting and of receiving certain of said taxes; to prescribe questions to be propounded to tax payers, and to provide penalties for violations thereof, and to repeal conflicting laws in the following sections of the Code of Georgia of 1910 or Acts amendatory thereof, to-wit: Sections, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927' 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937' 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, and Section 950, and the amendatory Act of 1913, page 34 and Section 951 and the amendatory Act of 1913, page 35, and Sections 952" 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, ~63 and Section 964, and the amendatory Act of 1913, page 37, and Sections 965, 966, 967' 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 993, and to create a Special Tax Commission and define the duties thereof, and for other purposes. 
 
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia as follows: 
 
Section 1. That the terms -and provisions of this 
 
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Act shall not take effect and become operative until January 1, 1919, and shall continue thereafte1l. 
 
Sec. 2. Be it further -enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in addition to the ad valorem tax on real estate and personal property, as required hy the Constitution and now provided for by law, the following specific and occupation taxes shall be levied and collected each year for two years after the passage of this Act, beginning in 1919.. In all cases in this Act where population controls the amount of tax or license fee to be paid, the last census repo1t of the Federal Government shall govern. 
1st. Upon each and every male inhabitant of the State between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years on the days fixed for tl:w return of property for taxation, a poll tax of one dollar ($1.00) which shall be for educational purposes in instructing children in the elementary branches of an English education only; Provided, this tax shall not be demanded of blind persons, nor of crippled, maimed or disabled Confederate soldiers relieved of such taxes under and by authority of Section 766, Vol. 1 of the Code of 1895. 
 
2nd. That the Governor, by and with the assistance of the Comptroller-General, is authorized and empowered annually to levy and assess a tax on the ad valorem value of the taxable property of this State such rate as may be sufficient to raise a net amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) as a sinking fund to pay off and retire the valid, outstanding bonds of the State as they fall 
 
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due as required by Article 7, Section 14, Paragrapp 1 of the Constitution. The tax above authorized shall be specially levied and collected and separate accounts of the same shall be kept by the Treasurer, and the money arising therefrom shall be applied to paying off the valid bonds of the State as they may mature. 
The said amount so raised each year shall be applied to paying off and retiring the valid bonds of the State mtCturing in their order continuously. All bonds retired under the proyisions of this Act shall be cancelled and stamped with the words ''sinking funds'' by the Treasurer and filed in his office. In addition to the foregoing levy the Governor by and with the assistance of the Comptroller General, shall also levy and assess such additional rate of tax on the taxable property of this "State as may be necessary to meet the appropriations of the General Assembly of Georgia for each successive year. The aggregate ad valorem tax levy in any one year not to exceed the tax rate limit fixed by the Constitution of this State. 
 
3rd. ABSTRACT CoMPANIEf?. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of making abstracts of titles to property, in cities of 20,000 inhabitants or over, $75.00. In cities of between 10,009 and 20,000 inhabitants, $37.50. In cities and towns of less than 10,000 inhabitants, $21.00. Provided, this tax shall not be required of attorneys at law who have paid the professional tax required of them by Paragraph 88, Section 2, of this Act. 
 
4th. ADVERTISING. Upon each person, firm or cor- 
 
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poration conducting the business of an advertising agency, using other means than bill boards, $50.00. Upon each person, firm or corporation conducting the business of advertising by signs painted on bill boards or other places where space is leased, rented or sold, in counties of more than 60,000 inhabitants, $75.00. In counties of from 20,000 to 60,000 inhabitants, $50.00. In counties of less than 20,000 inhabitants, $10.00. - 
 
5th. BILL PosTERs. Upon all bill distributors and posters engaged in the business for profit in towns or cities with a population of from five to ten thousand, five dollars. 
 
6th. AGENCIEs, CoLLECTING, CoMMERCIA!, AND MERCANTILE. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in business as a collecting, commercial, mercantile or any other agency of like character in every County in the State where they have an office or branch office, $125.00. 
 
7th. AGENCIES, DETECTIVE. Upon each person, ftrm or corporation operating a detective agency, or doing detective work, for hire or compensation for each office established in this State, $25.00. 
 
8th. AGENCIEs, TEACHERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation conducting teachers' agencies or bureaus-, $25.00. 
 
9th. AMUSEMENT pARKS. Upon each person, firm or corporation owning, leasing, or operating an amusement park other than baseball, football, or bi- 
 
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cycle parks, hereinafter mentioned, where two or more amusement devices, resorts or attractions are operated, and an admission fee is charged for any one or more of the exhibits, resorts or attractions, $220.00. Provided, this paragraph shall not be construed to exempt or relieve any individual device, resort, amusement or attraction located in said park from the payment of any specific or license tax herein imposed. 
 
lOth. ATHLETIC CLuBs. Upon every athletic club, persons or associations giving boxing or sparring or wrestiing exhibitions where admission charged is 50 cents to $1.00 for each such exhibition, five dollars. 
 
Fifteen dollars where admission charged is from $1.00 to $1.50. 
 
Twenty-five dollars where admission charged i~ from $150 and over. 
 
11th. AucTIONEERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation carrying on the business of an auctioneer, twenty-five dollars in each county in which they shall auction the sale of property, or carry on such business. Provided, that this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any administrator, execu,tor or guardian, or his attorney at law, disposing by auction of the property of the estate of wards they represent, or to Confederate soldiers, or to any person conducting an auction sale in the execution of a private power arising out of a contract, nor to any sale made in the execution of legal process. 
12th. AuTOMOBILES. Upon every agent of, and 
 
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upon every dealer in, and upon every person soliciting orders for the sales of automobiles, the sum set out below, viz.: In each county for each make of such vehicle only one such tax for such make for each agency to be taxed in any one county. Any agency having paid such tax to be allowed any number of employees within the county wherein such tax has been paid, free from such liabilities. Provided, That any person, firm or corporation paying this tax shall be permitted to resell any automobile or other vehicle taken in exchange for automobiles without the payment of additional tax. In each county with a population of less than 20,000, $27.50. In each county With a population of between 20,000 and 30,000, $55.00. In each county with a population of between 30,000 and 50,000, $82.50. In each county with a population of between 50,000 and 75,000, $110.00 In each county with a population of between 75,000 and 100,000, $165.00. In each county with a population of between 100,000 and 150,000, $220.00. In each county with a population exceeding 150,000, $275.00. 
 
13th. Upon all automobile schools, ten dollars. 
 
14th. AuToMOBILE AssEMBLING PLANTS. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating an aukmobile assembling plant, $50.00. 
 
. 15th. AuTOMOBILE TRucK AssEMBLING PLANT. 
Upon each person, firm or corporation operating an automobile truck assembling plant, $25.00. 
16th. AuToM-OBILE GARAGE. Upon each persoli, 
 
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firm or corporation carrying on the business of operating garages, either for storage .or repairing automobiles, or keeping same for hire, in cities of more than 35,000 inhabitants, $25.00. In cities of between 20,000 and 35,000 inhabitants, $15.00. In cities of between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants, $10.00. In cities or towns of from 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, $5.00. 
 
17th. Upon all awning or tent makerE.\, fifteen dollars. 
 
18th. Upon barber schools, fifteen dollars. 
 
19th. Upon all agents for barber supplies, fifty dollars. 
 
20th. Upon all Turkish baths; Russian o1 vapor baths, ten dollars. 
 
21st. Upon each person, firm or corporation owning, leasing or operating any park, or place where l,asehall, football, or other simiiar game is played, or where automobile, motorcycle, or bicycle races or contests are held, and where admission fees are charged, in cities of more than 30,000 inhabitants. or within five miles thereof, $100.00. In citie~ of b~ tween 15,000 and 30,000 inhabitants, or within five miles thereof, $50.00. In cities or towns of between 3,000 and 15,000 inhabitants, or within five miles thereof, $25.00. In cities or towns of less than 3,000 inhabitants, or within five miles thereof, $10.00. Provided, That this tax shall apply only to those parks and places wherein professional games are played or professional contests are held. 
 
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22nd. BAGATELLE, BILLIARD, JENNY LINN, PooL oR TIVoLI TABLES. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating fo.r public use any billiard, bagatelle, Jenny Linn, pool or tivoli table, whether in hotels, clubs or other places, for each table, $50.00. Upon each person, firm or corporation who keeps or holds for hire or for sale for himself or as agent for resident or non-resident -owner, any bagatelle, billiard, Jenny Linn, pool or tivoli table, or other tables ot like character, for each place of business iu this St~te, $100.00. Provided, That such clubs, which make no charge for admittance fees, or for games played, shall not be required to pay such -tax. 
 
23rd. BoND MAKERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of procuring or signing bonds, or depositing collateral in lieu of bonds, for compensation, except duly aut_horized bonding companies and duly elected officers of this State who are required to give bond to qualify as such officers, $25.00. 
 
24th. BooK AGENTS. Upon each agent or canvasser for books, maps, or lithographic prints, in each county in which he shall do business, $5.00. 
25th. BoTTLERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating a bottling plant, bottling soft drinks or beverages, of any character whatever, which said plant uses a machine for filling, capping, corking or sealing bottles of any style of character, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year for each -such machine having one filling head. Seventyfive dollars ($75.00) for each of such machines hav- 
 
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ing two filling heads. One hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for each of such machines having three filling heads, and fifty dollars .($50.00) for each additional head on such machines having more than three filling heads. 
 
26th. BROKERs, STocKs AND BoNDS. Upon each person, firm or corporation dealing in bonds or stocks, either exclusively or in connection with other business, for each county in which the business is carried on, $100.00. 
 
27th. BROKERs, MERCHANDISE. Upon each person, firm or corporation dealing as a broker, in merchandise of any description, for each county in which business is carried on, $25.00. 
28th. Upon all brokers, agents or agencies for printing, book binding or lithographing, fifty dollars. 
 
29th. BROKERS, REAL EsTATE. Upon each person, 
 
firm or corporation engaged in the business of buy- 
 
ing or selling real estate on commission, or as agents, 
 
renting real estate, the sum of ten dollars for each 
 
county in which such business is carried on. And if 
 
such person shall engage in auctioneering or selling 
 
property at public outcry, or by auction sales, he 
 
shall also be liable for and required to pay the tax 
 
required of auctioneers by paragraph number 11 of 
 
this section, $25.00. 
 
 
 
30th. BROKERS, RAILROAD AND THEATER TICKET. Upon each railroad and theater ticket broker .-lr scalper when not prohibited by law, operating in 
 
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cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants, $100.00. In cities or towns of less than 10,000 inhabitants, $50.00. 
31st. Upon all burglar alarm companies or agents, twenty-five dollars. 
 
32nd. CARDs, DEALERS IN. Upon each dealer in playing cards, $10.00. 
 
33rd. Upon all card writing, cutting or engrav.; ing stands, five dollars. 
 
.34th. Upon all carpet and rug cleaning companies not connected with laundries, ten dollars. 
 
35th. Upon all cemetery companies, agencies, offices, ets., fifty dollars. 
36th. CIGARS. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacturing of cigars where more than five cigar makers are employed, $10.00. 
37th. CIGARETTES. Upon each person, firm or corporation who may sell or give away cigarettes, or cigarette papers, or who furnishes their customers with cigarettes, cigarette paper, in connection with any other purchase or transaction, or who may keep in their places of business any of said articles, whether principal stock in trade or sold or given away, or furnished directly. or indirectly with other articles, or kept in his or her place of business, or elsewhere, accessible to his or her customers, for each place of business, $25.00. 
38th. CmcusEs. Upon each circus company, or  other company or companies giving such exhibitions, 
 
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beneath or within a canvas enclosure, advertised in print or by parade in any manner whatsoever, as a circus, menagerie, hippodrome, spectacle or show implying a circus, in or near cities of 40,000 or more inhabitants, for each day it may exhibit, $500.00. In or near cities of between 20,000 and 40,000 inhabitants, for each day it may exhibit, $300.00. In or near cities of between 5,000 imd 20,000 inhabitants, for each day it may exhibit, $250.00. In or near cities or towns of less than 5,000 inhabitants, for each day it may exhibit in the State of Georgia, $100.00. 
 
39th. Upon all clipping bureaus, ten dollars. 
 
40th. CoAL, CoKE OR Woon. Upon each person, firm or corporation dealing in, whether for- them- . selves or as agents, or as brokers, emil, coke, wood or lumber, in cities of more than 5,000 inhabitants, $10.00. 
 
41st. CoNCERTS oR ExHIBITIONS. Upon all shows and "exhibitions (except such as histrionic, dramatic, musical, operatic, vaudeville, elocutionary and performances that are given in a licensed theater and circus companies), and upon each side show accompanying circus companies, in each city of more than 5,000 inhabitants, $50.00. In each city of between 4,000 and 5,000 inhabitants, $40.00. In each city or town of less than 4,000 inhabitants, $30.00. 
 
42nd. CoNSTRUCTION CoMPANIES. Upon each person, firm or corporation accepting a contract to con-struct bridges, dams, water-works, roads, railroads, 
 
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street paving, cantonments, or other structures or works of a like public nature, in each county where doing business 1-10 of 1 per cent. of the contract price for such work. 
 
43rd. Upon all contractors, viz.: Housebuilders, pavers, paper hangers, decorators, lathers, painters,  house movers, excavators, stone work, brick building, ten dollars for each county in which they do business. Provided, this section shall not apply to contractors who do not employ assistants. 
 
CoRPORATIONs, DoMESTIC. All corporations incorporated under the laws of Georgia shall, except those that are not organized for pecuniary gain or profit, and those that neither charge nor contemplate charging the public for service rendered, in addition to all other taxes now required of them by law, are hereby req1;1ired to pay each year annual licenses or occupation tax as specified in the following scales: 
 
Corporations with capital not exceeding $10,000, $10.00. 
 
Corporations"' with capital over $10,000 and not over $25,000, $15.00. 
 
Corporations with capital over $25,000 and not over $50,000, $20.00. 
 
Corporations with capital over $50,000 and not over $75,000, $30.00. 
Corporations with capital over $75,000 and not over $100,000, $50.00. 
 
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Corporations with capital over $100,000 and not over $300,000, $100.00. 
 
Corporations with capital over $300,000 and not over $500,000, $200.00. 
 
Corporations with capital over $500,000 and not over $1,000,000, $300.00. 
 
Corporations with capital over $1,000,000, $400.00. 
Tax required by this paragraph to be paid to the tax collector of the county where such corporation has its home or office of business, and the payment of this tax will relieve such corporations from the payment of said tax in any other county in which it does business, and to that end the collector shall  furnish such duplicate receipts as may be needed for authorized agents of the corporations in the other counties in this State. 
 
45th. CoRPORATIONs, FoREIGN. Upon every agent or representative of any foreign .or non-resident cor,. poration, said agent or representative having a place of business or office in this State in addition to all other taxes now required of them by law, shall be and they are hereby required to pay each year an annual license or occupation tax fixed in accordance with the capital stock of corporation represented by them as specified in the preceding paragraph of this section (wherein is fixed the licenses, or occupation tax required of corporation charter under the law of Georgia) per schedule or scale therein set forth. Provided, That if such foreign or non-resident corporation shall pay to the Comptroller-General of this 
 
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State, license tax prescribed as per said schedule for resident corporations, th.en such agents of foreign or non-resident corporation shall be relieved from said occupation tax, and to this end said foreign corpora~ tions shall register their names, capital stock and the names of their agents with the,Comptroller-General at the beginning of each year, and upon said licenses or occupation tax or certificate or duplicate receipt for each agent that said tax has been paid and the presentation of such certificate or duplicate receipt for each agent that said tax has been paid and the presentation of such certificate or duplicate deceipts by such agents to tl;te tax collector of this county shall be sufficient evidence of such payment and authorize the agent to be relieved of said tax. The payment of this tax shall be construed so as to relieve the corporation or agent of any other license or occp.pation tax whatever, Provided, That this and paragraph No. 44 of this Section shall not apply to insurance companies or to sewing machine companies, which are separately taxed in other paragraphs of tic Act. Provided further, That all returns by corporations, resident or non-resident, must be made under oath, and when any corporation paying this license or occupation tax requires or demands more than two duplicate certificates for agents, then such corporations shall be required to pay an additional fee of one dollar for each duplicate certificate or re: ceipt over and above the first two required. 
- 46th. DANCE HALLS. Upon each person or per.sons operating public dance halls where dancing is permitted or taugh for hire, $25.00. 
47th. DEVICES, BowLING AND TEN PIN ALLEYS, 
 
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CANE RAcKs, SHoOTING GALLERIEs, ETc. Upon each person, finn or corporation operating for gain a bowling, box-ball, ten pin alley, or any alley of like character, for public play, $25.00. 
 
Upon such person, firm or corporation operating for gain a shooting gallery or booth, or where any kind of firearms are used for firing or shooting at any kind of target, for each place of business in this State, $25.00. 
 
Upon each person, firm or corporation operating, for gain, any table, stand, machine, or place for performance of games, not prohibited by law, and any rack or booth, or place for pitching or throwing rings at canes, knives or other things of value, or any table, or stand for rolling balls for play or for the sale or disposition of prizes, for each table, stand, machine, place, rack or booth put in use at each place of business in this State, $25.00. 
Upon the owner, manager, keeper, or lessee of any skating rink in this State where any fee or charge is made for admission, for the use of skates, or for skating, or for any other purpose, if in or within two miles of the corporate limits of any city or town containing twenty thousand population or over, .the sum of one hundred dollars for each place of business. 
 
If in or within two miles of the corporate limits of any city or town in this State having a population of under twenty thousand and over ten thousand, the sum of fifty dollars for each place of business. 
 
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If in or within twomiles of the corporate limits of any city or town in this State having a population under ten thousand and over five thousand, the sum of twenty-five dollars for each place of ~usiness. 
 
If in or within two miles of the corporate limits of any city or town in this State having a population of five thousand or less, the sllin of ten dollars for each place of business. 
 
48th. DIRECTORIES. Upon each person, firm or corporation compiling a city directory or directories of any character, and selling or supplying the same on subscription, the sum of $75.00. 
 
49th. DoG AND PoNY SHow. Upon every dog, pony or horse show where the entire show is exclusively an exhibition of trained dogs, ponies or horses and monkeys, or a combination of any of them, beneath a tent, canvas or enclosure, where an admission fee of fifteen cents or more is charged, the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day it may exhibit; and upon such shows with an admission fee of less than fifteen cents, the sum of thirty dollars ($30.00) for each day it may exhibit in this State. 
 
50th. Upon all persons, firms or corporations engaged in dry cleaning, ten dollars. 
 
51st. Upon all electrical contractors, ten dollars. 52nd. EMIGRANT AGENTS. Upon each emigrant agent, employee or employees of such agents, doing business in this State, for each county in which such agent or employee may do or offer to do business, $1,000.00. 
 
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53rd.  Upon all employment agencies or bureaus doing business in this State, twenty-five dollars. 
 
54th. FoRTUNE TELLERs, GYPSIES AND HoRSE TRADERS. Upon any person having a fixed place of business, engaged in fortune telling or palmistry, for each county where located, $25.00. Upon each company of traveling horse traders or traveling gypsies, or traveling companies or other transient traveling persons or firms engaged in trading or selling merchandise or live stock of any kind, or clairvoyants or persons engaged in fortune telling or palmistry, in each county where they carry on either kinds of business herein mentioned, $25.00. Such tax shall constitute a lien on any live stock owned by such traveling person or firm. Provided, That no Confederate soldier, indigent, or any other person, firm or corporatio~ shall be exempted from the tax p1ovided under this section. Provided, That this tax shall not apply to bona fide residents of State trading in live stock only, and the ce:r:tificate of the ordinary, under seal of the home county of such person as to his permanent residence in this State, shall be sufficient evidence of the same, in any county of this State, to relieve such person of such tax. 
 
55th. GASOLINE OR OIL. Upon ~ach person, firm or corporation selling oil or gasoline from a wagon or truck, ten dollars ($10.00) for each wagon or truck. 
 
56th. INSURANCE AGENTS. Upon each any every local insurance agent, or firm or agents, doing business in this State, and u_pon each and every solicitor 
 
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or sub-agent for any resident or non-resident company doing business in this State, except mutual fire associations or companies, or their agents, operating solely for mutual obligations, for each county in which they shall transact or solicit insurance business, $10.00. 
 
Upon each and every traveling or special or general agent of any life, fire or accident or fidelity or casualty insurance company conducting the business of such companies in this State, $75.00. 
 
Said license tax must be paid in advance by said agent or agents to the tax collector of the county of his or their residence before said agent shall be authorized to act as agent for any such company. Provided, That railroad ticket agents selling accident in. surance tickets shall not be deemed insurance agents in the sense of this paragraph. 
 
Upon each and every traveling or special or gen. eral agent of any assessment life insurance com- 
pany, or industrial life insurance company, or sick benefit insurance company, or live stock insurance company doing business in this State, whether for resident or non-resident company, to be collected and paid in the manner provided above for other insurance companies, $25,00. 
 
57th. IcE CREAM DEALERs, WHOLESALE. Upon each person, firm or corporation selling at wholesale, whether as manufacturer or dealer in ice cream, in each county in which sales are made, $5.00. 
58th. ITINERANT PRACTITIONERS. Upon every itin- 
 
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erant doctor, dentist, optician, veterinary surgeon, osteopathist, or specialist of every kind, doing business in this State, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each county in which they may practice or do business. Provided, That if any one of such said itinerant specialists shall peddle or sell any drug, medicine, remedy, appliance, spectacles, glasses, or other goods in connection with the practice of his profession, he or they shall be subject to the tax required of peddlers or traveling vendors of patent proprietary medicine, nostrums, etc., by Paragraph 83 of Section 2 of this Act, to-wit: Fifty dollars ($50.00) in each county where they may offer to sell such 'articles. Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to persons whose fixed place of business is in any county of this State, and who have paid the professional tax required by Paragraph 88 of Section 2 of this Act. 
 
59th. JUNK DEALERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of dealing in junk in cities of over 50,000 inhabitants, $100.00. In cities of from 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, $50.00. In cities of from 3,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, $25.00. In cities or towns under 3,000, within teii miles thereof, $10.00. Each junk dealer, his clerk, agent or employee, shall ~eep a book~ open to inspection, in which he shall make entries of all railroad iron, brass,. pieces of machinery, plumbing material, unused farm implements, automobile parts, fixtures or accessories, purchased by him, together with the name of the party from whom purchased; and upon ' failure to keep such books or records and produce it on demand, the said dealer shall forfeit his license.. 
 
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60th. LEGERDEMAIN AND SLEIGHT OF HAND. Upon each exhibition of feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand, or other exhibition or entertainment of like kind, $25.00. 
 
61st. LIGHTING SYSTEM. Upon each person, :firm or corporation selling, whether as manufacturer, agent or dealer in any lighting system, whe.ther gas, gasoline or lectrical, in each county where business is done, $25.00. 
 
62nd. LIGHTNING RoDs. Upon each person, firm 
 
or corporation who may contract for, or engage in, 
 
the business of :fitting up or erecting lightning rods 
 
for this State, the sum of thirty dollars ($30.00) for 
 
 each county in which he may contract for, or erect, 
 
o:c put in place any lightning rod or rods, upon any 
 
structure or building therein, and it shall be the duty 
 
of the tax collector to whom the tax is 'paid to issue 
 
to the person .paying such a license receipt showing such payment. 
 
 
 
63rd. LIVE STocK. Upon each person, firm or corporation dealingin live stock, having a fixed place of business, in cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, $25.00. In cities of from 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, $15.00. In cities or towns of less than 10,000 inhabitants, $10.00. 
 
64th. LoAN AGENTS. Upon each person, firm or corporation negotiating loans and charging therefor any fee, commission or salary, in each county in which he or they may carry on such business, the sum of $20.00. 
 
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Should such person, firm or corporation engage in loaning or negotiating loans upon wages, or time, or the purchasing of salaries, the sum of $100.00. Provided, This tax shall not be required of attorneys-at-law who have paid the professional tax required by paragraph 88, of section 2, of this Act, and who shall engage in negotiating loans on collateral 
other .than wages, time or salary. 
 
65th. Upon each person registered under the Act of the General Assembly, approved August 11th, 1911 (See Acts of 1911, page 151) the sum of $25.00. 
 
26th. MATRIMONIAL, NATAL OR NuPTIAL CoMPANIES. 
 
Upon every agent of a matrimonial, natal or nuptial company, for each county in which they shall do or offer to do business, $100.00. 
 
67th. MACHINEs, (Store Cash Register). Upon  each manufacturer or wholesale dealer in, or agent 
fo,r, the sale of any cash or account register for each place of business in this State the sum of $100.00. 
68th. MACHINES (Weighing or Calculating). Upon each manufacturer or wholesale or retail dealer in, or agent for the manufacturer of any weighing scales or scales for calculating weights or prices Qf commodities, for each place of business in this State, $25.00. 
 
69th. All dogs are hereby made personal property and shall be given in and ta:xed as other property of this State is given in and taxed. Such tax to be enforced by levy and sales as other taxes are 
 
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collected, and not to interfere with the imposition and collection of any municipal taxes on dogs, whether such dog or dogs be owned by the taxpayer, his wife or minor children. 
 
 7-0th. MACHINES, Office (Adding Machines). Upon every manufacturer of or wholesale or retail dealer in, or agent for the sale of any adding or calculating machine retailing for more than ten dollars, for each place of business in this State, $100.00. . 
 
71st. MACHINES (Typewriter). Upon every manufacturer of or wholesale or retail dealer in, or agent for sale of any typewriter, or typewriting machine, for each place of business in this State, $35.00. 
 
72nd; MACHINES (Slot Machines) . .Upon every slot machine, punch board or.other device operated, used or kept in this State wherein is kept any arti- _. cles to be purchased by depositing therein or paid therefor any coin or thing of value, and for which may be had any article of merchandise whatsoever, for each machine, punch board, or other device, for. each county where kept, set up, used or operated, $2.50. 
Upon each slot machine wherein may be seen any picture, or any music may be heard by depositing in the machine any coin or thing of value, and each weighing machine or scale, and every machine making stencils by the use of contrivances operated by slot wherein any coin or other thing is to be deposited, for each machine in each county where set up, operated or used, $5.00. Provided, That not more 
 
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than seventy-five dollars shall be required of any one person in any one county under this section. 
 
73rd. Upon every bicycle dealer selling or dealing in bicycles, either at wholesale or retail, for themselves, or upon commission, or consignment,  shall pay the sum of ten dollars for the :fiscal year or part thereof, to be paid to the tax ~ollector of the county at the time they may commence business. Dealers selling bicycles at more than one place shall pay license for each place of business where bicycles are sold. All unsold bicycles belonging to dealers shall be liable to seizure and sale for payment of such fee, license and tax. 
 
74th. MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS. Upon every manufacture.r of reaping, mowing, binding or threshing machines-gas, electrical or oil engines, agricul. tural machinery propelled by gas, and roadbuilding machinery propelled by gas or oil, selling or dealing in such machinery by itself, or its agents in this State, and all wholesale and retail dealers in above .me~tioned machinery, selling such machinery manufactured by companies that have not paid the tax thereon named, shall pay one hundred dollars ($100.00), the same to be paid to the ComptrollerGeneral annually at the time of commencement of business, and to be known as a license fee for the privilege of doing business in this State. Ali companies and others paying 'this license fee shall, at the time of payment of same, furnish the Comptroller General with a list of all agents  authorized to sell aforesaid machinery of their manufacture, or under. their control, and shall 
 
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pay to said Comptroller-General the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars for each of said agents for the fiscal year or fractional part thereof for each county in which the said agents may do business upon the payment of said ten ($10.00) dollars, the Comptroller-General shall issue to each of said agents a certificate of authority to transact business in this State. 
 
Before commencing business in this State all such agents shall be required to register,their names with the ordinaries of those counties in which they intend to do business, and shall exhibit to said ordinaries their license from the Comptroller-General. Wholesale and retail dealers in above mentioned machinery shall be required to pay the tax provided herein for manufacturer of the above machines sold by them except the manufacture of such companies as have paid the tax required by this Act. All unsold machinery belonging to manufacturers, dealers or their agents or in their possession or the possession of others, shall be liable to seizure and sale for the payment of such fees, license or tax. 
 
None of the provisions of this section shall apply to licensed auctioneers selling second-hand machines or to officers of the law under legal process or to merchants buying or selling said machinery on which a license tax has been paid as herein provided, an:l whokeep the same and sell and deliver them from their place of business. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be liable to indictment for a misdemeanor and on conviction shall 
be punished as prescribed in Section 1065, Yolume 2, 
of the Code of 1910. 
 
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75th. MERRY-Go-RouNDS. Upon the owner, manager, keeper or lessee of any merry-go-round or flying horses, or of flying swings, or human roulette or similar devices run by machinery, or of any elevated railway or scenic railway, or similar contrivance, kept for gain, either directly or indirectly, for each place of business in this State, or for each place where operated, $25.00. 
 
76th. Upon all motion picture supply houses, twenty-five dollars. 
 
77th. MusiCAL INSTRUMENTS, GRAPHOPHONEs, OuGANs, PHONOGRAPHS, PIANos AND VICTROLAS. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling or renting, as agents or dealers, any of the above or similar instruments in cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, $50.00. In cities of from 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, $25.00. In cities of less than 25,000, $5.00. 
 
78th. NEws DEALERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation carrying on the business of selling books, magazines, papers, fruits, confections or other articles of merchandise on the railroad trains in this State, $500.00. No county or municipality shall have authority to levy any additional tax for the privilege of carrying on said business. 
 
79th. OFFICIALS. Upon the president of each express, telegraph, telephone, railroad, street railroad, steamboat 01" navigation company, electric light, sleeping.car company, palace car company, building and loan association, investment and loan company, 
 
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_gas company or water power company doing business in this State, $15.00. 
 
In case the president of any of the companies enumerated in preceding paragraph does not reside in this State, then in such case the general agent, superintendent or other person or official in charge of the business of such companies who resides in this State shall be required to pay this business or professional tax of fifteen dollars, and no municipal corporation or county authorities shall levy any additional tax on the professions and officials enumerated in paragraph above set forth, either as a license; tax or a fee otherwise. 
 
80th. PACKING HousEs. Upon every individual agent or firm of agents of any packing house, and upon any and every individual agent or firm of agents of any person, firm or corporation dealing in any packing house products or goods doing business in this State, for each place of business in each ~oun ty having a city situated therein with a population ol' 30,000 or more inhabitants, $200.00. For each place of business in each county with a population of from 15,000 to 30,000, $100.00. For each place of buRiness in each county With a population of from 5,000 to 10,000, $50.oo: For each place of business in B:lCl! county with a population of less than 5,000, $10.00. 
 
81st. PAwN BRoKERS. Upon each person, :firm or corporation carrying on the business of pawn brokers, for each place of business in this Stat~ $200.00. 
If any pawn broker shall sell, or offer for sale, or expose in his place of business any pistol, pistol or rifle cartridge, dirk, bowie knife or metal knuckles, whether sold as unredeemed pledges or otherwise, he 
 
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shall also be held subject to and required to pay the license tax required of the dealers in such article<; by paragraph 87 of this section of this Act. 
 
82nd. PHOTOGRAPHERS. Upon every daguerrean, ambrotype, photographic and si~ilar artists carrying on the business of making pictures, or securing negativ_es for pictures to be made elsewhere, in the county of his bona fide residence, $5.00. l''or each county other than the county of his residence m which he may carry on such business, $10.00. 
 
83rd. PEDDLERS. Upon every peddler or traveling vendor of any patent or proprietary medicine or remedies, or appliances of any kind or special nostrum, or jewelry, or stationery, or drugs, or soap, or of any other kind of merchandise or commodity whatsoever (whether herein enumerated or not), peddling or selling any such goods or artil~les, or other merchandise, in each county where the same or any of them are peddle~, sold or offered f01 salt:, $50.00. 
Upon every peddler for stoves or ranges for evoking purposes, or clocks, or Bibles or albums gr picture frames, for each county wherein he may sell or offer for sale either of said articles, $200.00. 
 
Upon any t,raveling vendor of any patent chm11, or patented fence or patented 1agricultural implements or tools, or other patented articles, for each county in which he may sell or offer to sell eit.ber of the enumerated articles, $25.00. 
 
Upon every traveling vendor using boats, barges 
 
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or other water crafts for the purpose of selling goods of any kind, not prohibited by law, on the rivers or waters within the limits of this State, for each county where he may sell such wares, goods or merchandise, $50.00. 
 
The tax shall be a lien upon the boat, barge or other water craft, and its contents, without r~gard to the ownership thereof. 
 
- 84th. PICTURES OR PICTURE FRAMES. Upon each person, firm or corporation who in person, or through agents, solicits orders for the enlargem~nt of photographs or pictures of any character, or picture frames, whether they make charge for such frames or not, or so sells or disposes of same, in each county in which this business is done, $25.00. 
 
This shall not apply to regular merchants dealing in such goods at their usual place of business. 
 
85th. MoNUMENT DEALERS. Upon each person, firm or corporation selling and erecting monuments or tombstones, the sum of ten dollars in each county they shall do or offer to do business. 
86'th. MoVING PICTURES. Upon each and eve1y electric show or exhibition of moving pictures, or illustrated songs, and each place where vaudeville performance is given, either with or without electric shows or moving pictures, for each place of business in cities of less than 2,000 inhabitants, per month, $2.00. In cities of from 2,000 to 5,000, pm.: month, $3.00. In cities of from 5,000 to 10,000, per month, $5.00. In cities of from 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants, 
 
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per month, $7.50. In cities over 25,000_ inhabitants, per month, $10.00. 
 
The sum shall be the same for part of a month as for a whole month and must be paill monthly in advance. 
 
87th. PISTOLS. Upon each and every dealer in pistols or in toy pistols which shoot eartridges, or who deal in pistol cartridges, or rifle cartridges, dirks, bowie knives, or metal knucks, for each place of business in this State, $35.00. Provided further, That no Confederate veteran, indigent person or any firm or comporation shall be exempted 
from this section. 
 
88th. PRoFESSIONS. Upon each and every practitioner of law, medicine, osteopathy, dentistry and 
upon each and every veterinary surgeon, optician, masseur, architect, public accountant, adjuster of fire losses, or embalmer, charging for their services as such, $10.00. 
 
Upon every civil, mechanical, hydrostaic or electrical engineer who may reside in this State, the sum of $10.00. Provided, That this tax shall not be demanded of persons serving in any branch of the Armies of the United States or any branch of the Navy of the United States during the continuance of the present war in which the United States is now engaged. 
89th. SAFES AND VAULTS. Upon all agents or agencies selling safes or vaults, or vault doors or other vault fixtures, $10.00. 
 
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90th. SANATORIUMS. Upon hospitals and sanatoriums or institutions of like character, whether incorporated or not, conducted for gain in cities of more than 20,000 population, $50.00. ln cities or towns of less than 20,000 population or where located outside of a city or town, $25.00. 
 
Provided, the above tax shall not apply to public hospitals maintained by municipal corporations for charitable purposes ouly. 
9lst. SoDA FouNTAINs. Upon each person, firm or corporation running or operating soda fountains in this State, on each draught arm or similar device used in drawing carbonated water, $5.00. 
92nd. SoFT DRINK SYRuPs. Be it further enacted, That after December 31, 1918, there shall be levied on all persons and companies carrying on, in this State, the business of manufacturing or selling by whoiesale, or distributing from any depot, car, warehouse or agency, any carbonated waters, or syrups, or other articles to be used in carbonated water or intended to be mixed with or blended with carbonated water or to be sold as soft drinks (not including imitations of beer, wine, whisky or other intoxicating liquors), an occupation tax for the privilege of carrying on said business, at the end of each quarter an amount equal to one-fourth of one per cent. on the gross receipts from said business, in this State for said quarter. Within three days from the end of each quarter of the. calendar year each person or company engaged in said kinds of business shall make ret~rns under oath to the Comptroller-General of the State, showing the amount of said gross re- 
 
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ceiptl:l, with a detail statement of the parties from whom said receipts are received. 
 
In case of a corporation the returns shall be made on oath by the president, if a resident of this State, and if the president is not such resident, by the officer or person in charge of the business of said corporation in this State. 
Upon failure of any person required by this 'Section to make such returns within ten days after the expiration of such quarter, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable-to indictment and be punished as- now provided in cases of misdemeanor. Upon the making of such quarterly returns, the company or person liable to said tax shall pay the same to the Comptroller-General, and upon failure to pay the same, the Comptroller-General shall issue an execution for said tax against the property of the person or company liable to said tax. If no returns be made, the Comptroller-General shall ascertain the amount" of said gross receipts from the best information in his power and assess the tax accordingly, after giving the company or person liable to said tax at least five days' notice of the time of assessing said tax and issue his execution accordingly against the person or corporation carrying on said business. Any person, company or agent carrying on any kind of business specified in this Section, after failure to pay the tax herein levied for any preceding quarter during which he or it was liable to tax, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
It is hereby enacted that all said taxes received or collected under this Section shall be paid into the 
 
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State Treasury. It is also enacted that any person or company paying the tax herein levied shall be relieved of any and all occupation tax or license fees to the State under existing laws on or for the kind of business specified in this Section. 
 
 93rd. STREET CARNIVALS. Upon every midway 
 
combination, of small shows, or street fair or street 
 
carnival, the sum of ten dollars each week or frac- 
 
tional part thereof, for each separate tent, enclosure, 
 
orplacewhere an admission fee is charged or col- 
 
lected, either directly or indirectly to witness or hear 
 
any performance or where anything may be exhib- 
 
ited for admission or tickets; and upon every merry- 
 
go-round or flying horse, accompanying any midway 
 
combination, street fair or street carnival in each 
 
city or town in this State in which it does business, 
 
or in each county where they may operate outside the 
 
limits of any city or town in this State, $25.00. Pro- 
 
vided, That should the said midway combination, or 
 
any of them specified above, be held in connection 
 
with county, district, State agricultural fairs of this 
 
State and under the directions of and within the 
 
grounds at the time of holding said fairs the whole 
 
amount of tax for said attraction when so held shall 
 
be twenty-five dollars per week or fractional part 
 
thereof. 
 
 
 
94th. TANK AND PuMPING SYSTEMS. Upon each person, firm or corporation selling, as agent for a dealer in, any tank or pumping system, whether for oil, gasoline, kerosene or other. fluid, in each County in the State where sales are made, $10.00. 
 
95th. TRADING STAMPs. Upon all trading stamp companies or dealers in, $50.00. 
 
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96th. TRusTs, CAR. Upon all car trusts, companies or agents thereof, $100.00. 
 
97th. UNDERTAKERs. Upon each person, firm or corporation whose business is that of burying the dead and charging for same, in cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, per annum, $100.00. In cities of from 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, $50.00. In cities of from 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, per annum, $20.00. In cities or towns of from 2,500 to 5,000, $10.00. In cities or towns of less than 2,500 inhabitants, $5.00. 
 
98th. WAREHOUSES (Cotton). Upon each person, firm or corporation operating a warehouse or yard for the storage and handling of cotton for compensation, license taxes as follows: Where not less than 500 nor more than 5,000 bales are handled in one year, $10.00. Where not less than 5,000 nor more than 10,000 bales are handled in one year, $25.00. Where not less than 10,000 nor more than 20,000 bales are handled in one year, $50.00. Where not less than 20,000 nor more than 30,000 bales are handled in one year, $75.00. Where more than 30,000 bales are handled in one year, $100.00. 
 
99th. WAREHOUSEs. (Merchandise, Etc.). Upon each person, firm or corporation operating a warehouse or yard for storage of goods, wares or merchandise and farm products other than cotton, and charging for same, $25.00. 
 
100th. WATERWORKS. Upon each person, firm or corporation dealing in as manufacturer of or agent for, any waterworks system, whether the power op- 
 
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erating same is derived from a wind-mill, hydraulic, gas, or similar engine or electrical apparatus, in each county wherein such business is carried on, the sum 
of $25.00. 
 
Sec. 3. SEWING MACHINEs. Upon every sewing machine company selling or dealing in sewing maGhines by itself, or its agents in this State, and all wholesale and retail dealers in sewing machines, selling machines manufactured by companies that have not paid the tax herein, shall_pay four hundred dollars for each fiscal year or fraction thereof, to be paid to the Comptroller-General at the time of commencement of business; and said companies or dealers shall furnish the Comptroller-General with 
a list of agents authorized to sell machines of their 
manufacture, or under their control and shall pay to said Comptroller-General the sum of ten dollars for each of said agents for the fiscal year or fractional _ part thereof for each county in which said agent may do business for said company. Upon the payment of said additional sum the Comptroller-General shall issue to each of said agents a certificate of authority to transact business in this State. Before doing business under this Act all sewing machine agents shall be required to register their names with the ordinaries of those counties in which they intend to operate, and exhibit to said ordinaries their license from the Comptroller-General and to keep such license pasted on their vehicles, or at their place of business. Wholesale or retail dealers in sewing machines shall be required to pay the tax provided herein for each manufacturer of sewing machines sold by them, except the manufacture of such companies as have paid the tax required by this Act. All un- 
 
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sold sewing machines belonging to sewing machine companies, dealers or their agents, in possession of said companies, dealers, their agents or others, shall be liable to seizure and sale for payment of such fees, license or tax. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be liable to indictment for a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065, Volume 2, of the Code of 1910. None of the provisions of this section shall apply to licensed auctioneers selling secondhand sewing machines, or to officers of the law under legal process or to merchants buying and selling machines on which a license tax has been paid as herein provided, and who keeps the said machines and sell and deliver them at their places of business, such sales not being on commission; Provided, That if said merchant shall employ an agent or agents to deliver or sell the machines, the provision of this section shall apply to said agent or agents. 
Sec. 4. TAXES (How Returned). Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the tax provided for in Paragraph 3, 79 and 88 of Section 2, of this Act, shall be returned to the receiver of tax returns in the county of the residence of the person liable to such tax, and shall, by the receiver, be en- / tered upon his digest of taxable property. All the other taxes enumerated and set forth in Section 2 of this Act shall be returned and paid to the tax collectors of such counties where such vocations are carried on, and paid in advance, except the occupation tax on agents of foreign corporations taxed in Paragraph 44, Section 2, which must be paid to the 
Comptroller-General. The tax required ih Para- 
graph 65 of Section 2 shall be paid to the Secretary 
 
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of State when each person registers, and he shall not be allowed to register until such tax is paid. 
 
Sec. 5. TAxEs (How Paid). Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the taxes provided for in this Act shall be paid in full for the fiscal years for which they are levied, to the tax collectors of the counties where such vocations are carried on at the time of commencing to do business, except such as are by this Act made payable to the ComptrollerGeneral. Before any person shall be authorized to open up or carry on said business they shall go b{).fore the ordinary of the county in which they propose to do business and register their names, the business they purpose- to engage in, the place where it is to be conducted, and they shall then proceed to pay their tax to the collector, and it shall be the duty of said ordinary to immediately notify the tax collector of such registration, and at the end of each quarter furnish the Comptroller-General with a report of such special tax registration in his office. Any person failing to register with the ordinary, or having registered, fails to pay the special tax as herein required, shall be liable to ind_ictment for misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not less than double the tax or be imprisoned as prescribed by Section 1065, of Volume 2 of the Code of 1910 or both, in the discretion of the court; one-half of said fine shall be applied to the payment of the tax and the other to the fund of fines and forfeitures for the use of the officers of the court; Provided, however, that in all counties of this State when the officers of the Superior Court or City Court are now, or may hereafter be upon the salary basis the other half of said fine shall be paid into the treasury of such 
 
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counties and shall become the property of such counties. 
 
Sec. 6. INsURANCE CoMPANIES. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all foreign and home insurance companies doing business in this State shall pay one per cent. of all premiums, in money or otherwise received by them, upon the gross receipts of such insurance companies on business done in the State for the year; Provided, (this shall not include return premiums on ca~celled policies.) 
 
2nd. That every fire insurance company incorporated under the laws of this State and doing business on the legal reserve plan, shall be required to return for taxation all of its real estate as other rea] estate is returned, and all of the personal property owned .by it shall be ascertained in the following manner: From the total value of the assets held by the company, both real and personal, shall be deducted the assessed value of all real estate owned by the company in this State, the non-taxable bonds deposited by the company with the State Treasury, and the am,ount of the reserve or net value of the policies required by law to be held by the company for its policy-holders and which belong to such policy-holders; the remainder shall be the value of the personal property owned by and taxable against such companies. 
 
3rd. That whenever any insurance company doing business in this State, shall make it appear by proof satisfactory to the insurance commissioners that onefourth of its total assets are invested in any or all of the following se<}urities or property, to-wit: Bonds 
 
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of this State, or of any county or municipality of this State, properly situated in this State and taxable therein, loans secured by liens on real estate situated in this State or policy loans by insurance policies issued by such company on lives of persons resident of this State, then the premium tax levied by the first paragraph of this section shall be abated or- reduced to one-half of one per centum upon the gross receipts of such company, and if the amounts so invested by any such company shall be as much as three-fourths of the total assets of such company, then said premium tax shall be abated or reduced to one-tenth of one per centum, upon such gross receipts of such company. 
Sec. 7. MANUFACTURING CoMPANIES. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the president, superintendent, or agents of all manufacturing and other companies, whether incorporated or not, other than railroad, telegraph, telephone, express, sleeping and palace car companies and such other companies as are required to make return of the value of their franchise to the Comptroller-General under the provisions of the Act approved December 17, 1902, entitled" An Act to provide for andrequire the payment of taxes on franchise, and to prescribe the method for the return and payment of said taxes,'' and all persons and companies conducting business enterprise of every nature whatsoever, shall return for taxation at its true market value all of their real estate to the tax receiver of the county wherein said real estate is located; Provided, That if the real estate upon which said manufacturing or  other business enterprises of whatsoever nature is carried on, lies on or across the county line, or county 
 
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lines, and in two or more counties, said real estate shall be returned to the tax receiver of the county wherein are located the main buildings containing the machinery, or most of the main buildings; Provided further, That all persons, companies and corporations, not excepted above, conducting any business enterprises upon realty not taxable in the county in which such persons reside, or the office of the company or corporation is located, shall return for taxation their stock of merchandise, raw material, machinery, live stock and all other personalty employed in the operation of such business enterprises, together with the manufactured goods and all other property ofsuch business enterprises, and notes and accounts made, and the money used in the prosecution of said business enterprises on hand at the time for the estimation of property for ta;x:ation, including all personalty of whatsoever kind co"nnected with or used in such enterprises in any manp.er whatsoever, in the county in which is taxable the realty wherein such business enterprise is located or carried on; Provided further, That the agent in this State of any person, firm or corporation resident without this State who shall have on hand for sale, storage, or otherwise, as such agents, merchandise, or other property, including money, notes, accounts, bonds, stocks, etc., shall return the same for taxation to the tax receiver of the county wherein the same may be taxed for State and county purposes, as other property in this State is taxed. The word "merchandise" shall be held to include guano, commercial fertilizer, save and except that all canal and slack water navigation companies shall make through their respective executive officers or _stockholders in posses- 
 
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sion of the same returns of the tax receiver- of the 
 
county in which the same is located, or through 
 
which the same shall pass, in whole or part of the 
 
right of way, locks and dams, toll houses, structures 
 
and all other real estate owned or used by the com- 
 
pany, or stockholders thereof; Provided, That this 
 
Act shall not make subject to taxation any property 
 
of canal or navigation companies which is not sub- 
 
ject to taxation by the laws of this State now exist- 
 
ing. The president of every manufacturing company 
 
in this State, and agent, general manager or person 
 
in possession or charge of the business or property 
 
in this State, of any non-resident person, firm or cor- 
 
poration shall be required to answer under oath in 
 
addition to those provided by law, the following ques- 
 
tions: 
 
. 
 
First: What is the nominal value or cost of the 
 
real estate of the company you represent, including 
 
the buildings thereon T 
 
Second: What is the fair market value thereof~ 
 
Third: What is the nominal value or cost of your machinery of every kind~ 
 
Fourth: What is the fair market value thereof~ Fifth: What is the value of the real estate not used in the conduct of the business of your companyT 
 
Sixth: What is the value of raw material on hand on the day fixed for return of property for taxation? 
 
Seventh: What is the value of manufactured 
 
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goods or articles on hand on the day fixed for the return of property for taxation, whether at your principal office or in the hands of agents, commission merchants or others T 
 
Eighth: How much money did your company have on hand the day fixed for the return of property for taxation, wh~ther within or without the State T How much deposited in bank? 
 
Ninth: State separately the gross nominal value of the notes, accounts, bonds and other obligations for money or property of every kind on hand the day fixed for the return of property for taxation. State separately the fair market value of each of said classes of property. 
 
Tenth: What other property of every kind did your company own on the day fixed for the return of property for taxation, and what is the fair market value thereof T 
And such company shall be taxed upon its entire property, so ascertained and the Comptroller-General is authorized to frame and have propounded any other question which, in his judgment will produce .a fuller return; 
Sec. 8. RAILRoADs (Return to Whom Made).-Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all railroad companies, street and suburban railroads, or sleeping car companies, or persons or companies operating railroads, or street railroads, or suburban railroads, or sleeping cars in this State, all express companies, including railroad companies 
 
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doing an express, telephone or telegraph business and all telephone and tele~aph companies, person or persons doing an express, telephone or telegraph business; all gas, water:, electric light or power, steam heat, refrigerated air, dockage, or carnage, canal, toll road, toll bridge, railroad equipment and navigation companies, through their president, general manager or agents having control of the companies' affairs in this State, shall be required to make returns of all property of 
said company located in this State to the Comptroller-General, and the law now of force providing for the taxation of railroads in this State shall be ap- 
plicable to the assessment of taxes from said busi 
 ness as above stated. 
 
2nd. That each non-resident person or company whose sleepingcars are run in this state shall be taxed as follows: Ascertain the whole number of miles of railroad over which sleeping cars are run and ascertain the entire value of all sleeping cars of such persons or company, then tax such sleeping cars at the regular tax rate imposed upon the property of this State in the same proportion to the entire value of such sleeping cars that the length of lines in this State over which such cars are run bears to the length of lines of all railroads over which sleeping cars run; the returns shall be made to the Comptrol ler-General by the president, general agent or person in control of such cars in this State. The Comptrol ler-General shall frame such questions as will elicit the information sought, and answers thereto shall be made under oath. If the officers above referred to in the control of said sleeping cars shall fail or refuse to answer, under oath, the questions pro- 
 
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pounded, the Comptroller-General shall obtain the information from such sources as he may, and he shall assess a double tax on such sleeping car. If the taxes herein provided for are not paid, the Comp troller-General shall issue executions against owners of such cars which may be levied by the sheriff of any county of this State upon the sleeping car . or cars of the owner who has failed to pay the taxes. 
 
3rd. Any person or persons, co-partnership, company or corporation whenever organized or incorporated, whose principal business is furnishing or leasing any kind of railroad cars except dining, buffet, chair, parlor, palace or sleeping cars, or in whom the legal title of any such cars is vested but which are operated or leased, or hired to be operated on any railroad in this State, shall be deemed an equipment company. Every such company shall be required to make returns to the Comptroller-General under the same laws of force in reference to the rolling stock owned by the railroads making returns in this State and the assessmenf of taxes thereon shall be levied and the taxes collected in the same manner as provided in the case of sleeping cars in sub-section 2 of this section. 
 
Sec. 9. RAILROAD (Returns and by Whom Made). Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the presidents of all railroad companies doing business in this State shall make returns to the Comptroller-General in the manner provided by law , for the taxation of the property or the gross receipts or net income of such railroads and shall pay the . Comptroller-General the tax to which such property 
 
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or gross receipts or net incomes may be subject ac-  cording to the provisions of this Act and the laws now of force relating to the tax on railroads, and on failure to make or refusal to pay tax, said company shall be liable to all the penalties now provided by law, and the Comptroller-General is hereby required upon failure of such companies to make returns, o:r: if made, and not satisfactory, to said officer, to proceed against such companies as provided in Section 
y Ten Hundred and Fifty of the Code of 1910, olume 
11. 
 
Sec. 10. BANKS. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no tax shall be assessed upon the capital of banks, or banking associations, organized under the authority of this State, or of the 
United States -located within this State, but the  shares of the stockholders of the banks .or banking associations, whether resident or non-resident owners, shall be taxed in the county where the banks or banking associations are located, and not elsewhere, at their full market va]ue, incluu- 
ing surplus and undivided profits, at the same rate, provided in this Act for the taxation of monied capital in the hands of private individuals; Provided, That nothing in this Section contained shall be construed to relieve such banks or banking associations from the tax on all real estate held or owned by ' 111~m; but they shall return said real estate at its fair market value, in the county where located; Provided further, That where said real estate is fully paid for the value at which it is returned for taxa- 
tion may be deducted from the market value of their shares, and if said real estate is not fully paid for, only the value at which the equity owned by them 
 
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therein is returned for taxation shall be deducted from the market value of their shares. 
 
The banks or banking associations themselves shall make the returns of the property and the shares herein mentioned and pay the taxes herein provided. 
 
Provided further, That all property used in conducting or operating a branch bank shall be returned for taxation in the county where such branch bank may be located. The true intent and_ meaning of this Section is that the bank itself shall return for taxation and pay the taxes on the full market value of all shares of said bank stock. 
 
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all building and loan associations or other associations of like character shall be reqmred to return to the tax receiver of the county where such associations are located, all real and personal property of every kind and character belonging to such association, except that real property located in another county shall be returned to the tax receiver of that county. 
 
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all foreign and home fidelity guaranty companies, or other companies furnishing bonds or surety associations doing business in this State shall pay one per cent. of all premiums in money or otherwise received by them or the agent, general or special or local, as the case may be, of said companies, shall make returns to the Comptroller-General on the same terms and in the same manner as insurance companies. 
 
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Sec. 13. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the presidents and principal agents of all incorporated companies herein mentioned, except such as are required to make returns to tax receivers of the counties, shall make returns to the Comptroller-General under the rules and regulations provided by law for such returns, and subject to the same penalties and modes of procedure for the enforcement of .taxes from companies or persons reql,lired by law to make returns to the ComptrollerGeneral. 
 
Sec. 14. SPECIAL TAX CoMMISSION. Within ten days from the adjournment of the present General Assembly, the Governor shall appoint three business men, citizens of Georgia, and the President of the Senate shall appoint two Senators, and the Speaker of the House three members of that body who, together with the Governor as ex-officio chairman, shall constitute a Special Tax Commission for Georgia. 
 
This Commission, together with the State Tax Commissioner acting as consulting and advisory member, shall thoroughly investigate Georgia's present tax system, .comparing its methods and efficiency with those df other States and countries. Should they deem it advisable the Commission may hold as many as six meetings in different sections of the State, to which the general public shall be invited and at which any citizen may have the right to discuss with them any phase of the taxation question as it affects the interest of any section of the State or any class of its people. Upon the completion of their investigations they shall make up and place in 
 
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the hands of the Governor, to be transmitted by him to the 1919-20 General Assembly, within the first five days of the opening session, a report embodying their conclusions and recommendations. A copy of this report shall be forwarded by the Governor to each member of the 1919-20 General Assembly at least ten days before they convene. The Commission . shall also make up an abridged copy of its findings couched in non-technical language and clear in expression and ten thousand copies of which shall be printed and distributed, through the Governor's office to the citizens of the State and a copy of which shall be forwarded to each newspaper in the State with the request that they publish the same as a matter of common interest. The purpose and intent of this being to acquaint the citizens of the State with existing conditions .and suggested remedies so that they may understand and act intelligently. 
 
It shall be the further duty of the Commission to prepare and submit to the next General Assembly, for their consideration, a comprehensive revenue bill based upon their investigations, so that the members may have before them a concrete, legal, finished form the result of the Commission's work. 
 
The above mentioned pamphlets shall be printed by the State Printer. 
 
Said Commission shall receive as compensation for this work four dollars per day and their actual expenses while engaged in the work. And said Commission shall have authority to employ all necessary clerical help, the expense for which shall be limited in the discretion ofthe Governor. An itemized state- 
 
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ment of this expense account, properly sworn to and submitted to the Governor, shall be paid upon his order after approval. Any vacancy occurring in tho m~mbership of the committee shall be filled by the Governor. 
 
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That the following Sections of the Code of Georgia of 1910 and the Acts amendatory thereof, to-wit: Sections 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937' 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, and Section 950 and the Amendatory Act of 1913, page 34, and Section 951 and the Amendatory Act of 1913, page 35, and Sections 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963 and Section 964 and the Amendatory Act of 1913, page 37, and Sections 965~ 966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 9711 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977,978,979,980,981,985,986,987,988,989,990,991, 992 and 933, respectively levying and imposing a poll tax and specific and occupation tax upon professions, presidents of corporations, agents or corporations, artists, abstractors of title, agents and dealers of automobiles, amusement park~, athletic parks, bicycle dealers, keepers of gaming tables, cigarette dealers, mercantile agents, detectives, moving picture and vaudeville shows, loan agents, local insurance agents, traveling insurance agents, assessment, industrial or sick benefits and live stock insurance agents, matrimonial and natal companies, emigrant agents, lightning rod agents, keepers, etc., of merrygo-rounds, keepers, etc., of ten-pin alleys, keepers. etc., of shooting galleries, keepers, etc., of skating rinks, keepers, etc., of gaming tables and machines, peddlers, of medicine, jewelry, drugs, soaps, etc., 
 
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peddlers and traveling vendors, traveling gypsies and fortune tellers, peddlers on railroad trains, domestic corporations, foreign corporations, manufac- 
turers of and dealers in tobacco, manufacturers, etS! of typewriting machines, manufacturers, etc., of cash registers, manufacturers, etc., of adding machines, -manufacturers, etc., of weighing scales, soft drink companies, and persons engaged in manufacturing or selling soft drinks by wholesale, soda fountain proprietors, agents of packing houses, itinerant doctors and specialists, dealers in weapons, proprietors of billiard tables, etc., pawn brokers, bottling plants, slot machines and certain other slot machines, shows, circus companies, dog and pony shows, midway companies, real estate agents, proprietors of moving picture machines, etc., persons,_ etc., selling city directories, sewing machine 
companies and also relating to the tax returns nnd payments of such taxes and registration of busine~s, 
and payment of tax, payment of the tax of one per cent. on premiums of foreign and home insurance companies, the tax ret~rns for home insurance companies, the investments and loans of insurancE.' eom- 
panies; the returns of building and loan associations, and tax on premiums of fidelity guarantee companies, the returns of manufacturing and other companies, the returns of railroad and public utilities companies, the tax on .sleeping car companies, railroad equipment companies, banks, railroads, and returns of corporations, be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
Sec. 16. 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. 
 
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The following amendments were read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Richardson of Houston- 
Moves to amend Section 12 by adding after the word "tax" in line 81 the following: "Every dealer in automobiles, motor trucks and motorcycles are hereby required to report each sale made to the Secretary of State, giving the kind of vehicle sold with the name of the purchaser and his postoffice address.'' 
 
By Mr. Beck of Carroll- 
Amend by striking the words "or Bibles" in line 488 in Section 488. 
 
By Mr. Sibley of Greene- 
Ame:tld Section 2, paragraph 55, by striking words and figures ten dollars, and substituting therefor the words and figures "twenty-five dollars ($25.00)." 
 
By Mr. Sibley of Greene- 
Amend Section 2, Paragraph 37, by striking the figures '' $25.00 '' and inserting in lieu thereof the figures '' $50.00. '' 
 
By Mr. Sibley of Greene- 
Amend Section 2, Paragraph 24, by adding thereafter, "Provided, this shall not apply to bona fide students earning their way through school or college.'' 
 
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By Mr. Sibley of Greene- 
To amend Section 2, Paragraph 16, by adding thereafter ''And upon each person keeping a car for hire anywhere, shall pay a tax of $5.00. '' 
 
By Mr. Arnold of Clay- 
By striking the words "for a period of two years" in first line of caption. 
 
By striking the words "for two years" in line 4 of the bill. 
By striking the words "with a population of fr~m five to ten thousand'' in line 44 of the bill. 
By striking the words "fifty" and substituti.ng the words "twenty-five" in line 100 of the bill. 
By inserting in line 191 after the word ''employ'' and before the word ''assistants,'' the words ''employing not less than 2 assistants, and when the contract price is not less than $500.00. '' 
By adding before the word corporations in line 192 the figures 44th. 
 
By adding after the figures $400 the following words "and for every million in excess of 1,000,000.00, $100 (in line 205). 
By striking the word ''corporation'' in line 21 8 and substituting the word 'corporation-s" and the word "charter" in same line and substitute the word ''chartered. '' 
 
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By striking the figures 26th in line 365 and substituting "6." . 
 
By striking the word ''for'' in line 488 and substituting the word ''of.'' 
 
By adding the following words after the end of _ line 610, ''Provided, That any warehouse that pays taxes as provided by Paragraph 98 of this section shall not be subejct to the tax required by this paragraph. 
 
By adding between the word ''in'' and ''paragragh'' in line 2 on page 23 the words ''Section 3 and.'' 
 
By striking figures "44" and substituting "45" in line 8, page 24. 
 
By striking the words four dollars per day, in line 30, page 31, and substituting the words. "the same per diem as that received by the members of the General Assembly.'' 
 
By Mr. McCrory of Schley- 
Mov~s to amend the 54th section on page 12 by striking all words of said section after the word ''Provided'' in said section in line 292. 
 
By Mr. Brooks of Macon- 
Moves to amend Section 54 of Conference Committee substitute for House Bill No. 277 by striking therefrom the words and figures $25.00wherever the same appears in said section 54 and inserting in lieu 
 
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thereof the words and figures ''One hundred dollars ($100.00)." 
 
By Mr. Peacock of the 15th District- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to reapportionment of Senatorial District. 
 
By unanimous consent the Senate was requested  to appoint a second Conference Committee on House Bill No. 277. 
 
The Speaker appointed the following members on the part of the House: 
Messrs. Akin, Arnold of Clay and Swift. 
 
Mr. Davenport of Hall moved that this House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
Senate Bill No. 207 went over as unfinished business. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock P.M. 
 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
 
3 O'Clock P.M. 
The House met again at this hour; was called to order by the Speaker. 
 
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. 
 
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' The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
No. 294. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Walker County. 
 
A bill to regulate the operation of railroad trains in this State. 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
 
tional majority the following bills and resolutions 
 
of the House, to-wit: 
 
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No. 919. A bill to incorporate the City of Lavonia. 
 
No. 921. A bill to incorporJJ.te thte City of J efferson. 
 
No. 26. A bill to regulate the installation and sale and contract for lightning rods in this State. 
 
No. 149. A bill to grant an easement to the City of Atlanta at Spring and Cain Streets. 
 
No. 841. A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah. 
 
No. 914. A bill to amend an Act to create a new Charter for the Town of Worth. 
 
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No. 923. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Salt Springs. 
 
No. 924. A bill to authorize the State School Superintendent to pay to the Treasurer of the Board of Education of the City of Eastman each year the pro-rata share of the City of Eastman of the State school fund as shown by the census. 
 
No. 225. A resolution to appoint a Committee to investigate the roads of the State in matters of highway legislation. 
 
Mr. Akin of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, has submitted the following report : 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following resolution of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
House Resolution No. 239. L. R. AKIN, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Grantland of Spalding County, Chairman of the Committee on State of the Republic, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on State of the Republic have had under consideration the following House Reso- 
 
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lution No. 216, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass. 
, S. GRANTLAND, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Williams of Ware, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to Constitution, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration Senate Bill No. 253 and have instructed me, as its Chairman, toreport same back with the recommendation that same do pass. 
WILLIAMS, Chairman. 
 
Mr. Carroll of Catoosa, Chairman of Committee on Enrollment, 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 bills and Resolutions, to-wit: 
 
House Bill No. 85. An Act to amend Section 2044 of the Civil Code of 1910. 
 
House Bill No. 576. An Act to authorize Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah to appropriate a certain sum of money. 
 
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House Bill No. 863. An Act to establish City Court of Douglas, Coffee County. 
 
House Bill No. 848. An Act to establish the City Court of Blackshear. 
 
House Bill No. 727. An Act providing for system of public schools for Douglas, Ga. 
 
House Bill No. 834. An Act to establish system of public schools for Town of Lumpkin, Stewart County. 
House Bill No. 868. An Act amending the Charter of. City of Cornelia. 
 
House Bill No. 880. An Act to amend the Charter of the FJ;own of Southwest LaGrange. 
 
House Bill No. 879. An Act to amend the Charter of the Town of LaGrange. 
 
House Bill No. 503. An Act to abolish Solicitor fee system for Middle Judicial Circuit. 
Hou~ Bill No. 631. An Act to amend the Act to establish the public schools system for Warrenton, Warren County. 
 
House Bill No. 825. An Act to create a Board of 
 
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Rich- 
 
mond County. 
 
 
 
House Bill No. 779. An Act to amend the Charter of Columbus. 
 
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House Bill No. 828. An Actio amend an Act carrying into effect the City Court of Savannah. 
 
House Bill No. 840. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Griffin. 
 
House Bill No. 792. An Act to allow the City of Augusta to extend certain streets. 
 
House Bill No. 717. An Act to abolish the City Court of Carrollton, Ga. 
 
House Bill No. 672. An Act to amend and change the name of the Town of Alma. 
 
House Bill No. 852. An Act to allow persons who are now registered or who shall hereafter register to vote. 
 
House Bill No. 843. An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court in the City of Sylvester. 
 
House Bill No. 786. An Act to provide a new Charter for the City of Covington. 
House Resolution No. 169. A resolution for relief of W. Henry Jones. 
House Resolution. No. 125. A resolution for relief of D. E. Johnson. 
House Resolution No. 73. A resolution to grant tract of land to Millard Dees. 
T. B. CARROLL, Chairman. 
 
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to: wit: 
 
No. 893. A bill to increase the salary of stenographer to State Bank Examiner. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
 
tional majority the following bills and resolutions of 
 
the House, to-wit: 
 
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No. 324. A bill to amend an Act to provide for the inspection of gasoline, benzine, naphtha, etc. 
 
No. 514. A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 to the Highway Department f~r maintenance of said department. 
 
No. 528. A bill to prohibit the sale of any fruit or nut tree with the intent to defraud or deceive. 
 
No. 662. A bill to grant a certain tract of land to the Nancy Hart Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. 
No. 699. A bill to provide how certain railroad corporations may surrender their franchises to the 
 
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State and cease temporarily or permanently to exercise their franchises and perform their duties as common carriers. 
 
No. 783. A bill to amend Section 1193 of the Crim. inal Code relative to increase of pay for guards. 
No. 711. A bill to provide that Farm Loan Bonds issued under: the Federal Loan Act shall be lawful investment of saving bank deposits. 
No. 781. A bill to appropriate three thousand dollars to the Georgia School for the Deaf. 
No. 803. A bill to develop and bring into use for war purposes and for commercial purposes the State's deep-sea property at Cumberland Sound. 
 
No. 185. A resolution to pay salary and mileage of the late Senator W. F. Weaver to his widow. 
 
No. 222. A resolution authorizing acceptance of four (4) acres of lot of land in Third District of Irwin County. 
 
No. 898. A bill to amend the Charter of Pine Park. No. 72. A resolution to have a suitable text on Civil Government prepared and published. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through M:r. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate insistson its amendments Nos. 3, 5, 6, 
 
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7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 19 to the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
A bill to make appropriations for the Executive, Judicial and Legislative Departments of the State and for other purposes. 
 
The Senate agrees to the request of the House for 
 
the appointment of a Conference Committee upon 
 
, 
 
the bill of the House known as the ''General Tax 
 
Act" and the President has appointed the following 
 
members of said Committee on part of the Senate: 
 
Messrs. DeJarnette, Denny and Merry. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate favorably reported were read the second time: 
 
By Mr. Strickland of Haralson- 
A resolution authorizing the Governor to borrow money. 
By Mr. DeJarnette of the 28th DistrictA bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 2, Article 7 
of the Constitution to change laws of taxation so as to tax other kinds of property. 
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the Senate was taken up for consideration: 
By Mr. Peacock of the 15th DistrictA bill to amend Constitution relative to reappor- 
tionment of Senatorial Districts. 
 
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The following substitute was read and adopted: 
 
By Messrs. Ellis of Tift and Dorris of CrispSubstitute for Senate Bill No. 207: 
A BILL 
 
To be entitled an Act to amend Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution -of the State of Georgia which related to the number of Senators, the number of Senatorial Districts and the composition of such districts, so as to increase the number for Senators and Senatorial Districts from forty-four to fifty-one, and to create seven new Senatorial Districts as follows: Forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, forty-ninth fiftieth -and fifty-first out of certain Counties, ana for other purposes. 
 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem- 
 
bly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted 
 
by authority Paragraph 1 
 
oof fthtehesamC. oe,nsTtihtauttiAonrtiocfleth3,e 
 
Section State 
 
o2 f ' 
 
Georgia be and the same is hereby amended as 
 
follows: 
 
(a) By striking out the words forty-four wherever said words occur in the second line thereof. 
 
(b) By substituting in lieu of the words so stricken out wherever the same occur the word fifty-one. 
 
(c) So that when so amended that part of said paragraph preceding the sub-section of said paragraph and article will read as follows: 
 
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Paragraph 1. The Senate shall consist of fiftyone members. There shall be fifty-one Senatorial Districts as now arranged by Counties. Each district shall have one Senator. 
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Article 3, Section 2, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State be, and the same is hereby further amended as follows: 
 
(a) By adding seven new sub-sections thereto as follows: 
 
45. The Forty-P.fth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Irwin, Ben Hill and Telfair. 
46. The Forty-sixth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Bacon, Pierce and Coffee. 
47. The Forty-seventh Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Colquitt, Tift and Turner. 
 
48. The Forty-eighth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Crisp, Wilcox and Dodge. 
49. The Forty-ninth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Bulloch, Candler and Evans. 
 
50. The Fiftieth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Clarke, Oglethorpe and 
Wilkes. 
 
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51. The Fifty-first Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Gwinnett, Milton and Forsyth. 
 
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State be, and the same is hereby further amended as follows : 
 
(a) By striking all of sub-sections 15,.27, 30, 34, 35 and 39. 
 
(b) By substituting in lieu of the sub-sections so  stricken out new sub-sections 15, 27, 30, 34, 35 and 39, respectively as follows: 
 
15. The Fifteenth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of 'Vheeler, Montgomery and Toombs. 
 
27. The Twenty-seventh Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Barrow, Walton and Oconee. 
 
30. The Thirtieth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Elbert, Madison and Hart. 
 
34. The Thirty-fourth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of DeKalb, Rockdale and Newton. 
 
35. The Thirty-fifth Senatorial District shall be 
 
composed of the Counties of Fulton, Clayton and 
 
Henry. 
 
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39. The Thirty-ninth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Cherokee, Cobb and Douglas. 
 
Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the purpose of creating the Senatorial Districts hereinbefore named and set out, in Sub-sections 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51 of Section 2 of this Act, the Counties composing the same are hereby transferred from the districts to which they have been heretofore attached to the new districts hereby created. 
 
Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if this Constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly of each House, the same shall be entered on the Journals with the ayes and nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause the amendment to be published in one or more 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. All persons voting at said election in favor of the ratification of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of this State shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "For ratification.of amendment of Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State providing for and creating seven new Senatorial Districts, and all persons voting against the ratification of the proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "Against ratification of amendment of Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State providing for and ere- 
 
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ating seven new Senatorial Districts.'' If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly and voting in said general election shall vote in favor of the ratification of said proposed amendment, then said amendment shall become a part of Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof and shall call special election in each of the new Senatorial Districts so created for the election of the Senator for each of said districts in the next General Assembly as is provided by law for the filling of vacancies caused by death or resignation. 
 
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved the previous question on the bill and substitute. 
 
The motion prevailed and the main question was ordered. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, 
 
Bagwell 
 
Booker 
 
Akin 
 
Bale 
 
Bower 
 
Allen 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Bowers 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Bankston 
 
Boyett 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Barfield 
 
Brinson 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Barwick 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Beazley 
 
Burch 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Beck 
 
Burwell 
 
Austin 
 
Bellah 
 
Buxton 
 
Ayers 
 
Bond 
 
Carter 
 
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Cason 
 
Hinson 
 
Richardson 
 
Chambers 
 
Hogg 
 
Roberts 
 
Cheney 
 
Holden 
 
Shannon 
 
Chupp 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Sibley 
 
Clarke 
 
Hollis 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Clements 
 
Howard, of Liberty Smith, of Telfair 
 
Clifton 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Staten 
 
Coates 
 
Johnson, of Appling Steele 
 
Cochran 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Stewart 
 
Collins of Cherokee Jones, of Coweta 
 
Stone 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Stovall 
 
Conger 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Strickland 
 
Cook 
 
Key 
 
Stubbs 
 
Cooper 
 
Kimzey, of Haber Sumner 
 
Cravey 
 
sham 
 
Swift 
 
Cullars 
 
Kimsey, of White Swint 
 
Culpepper, of Clineh King 
 
Swords 
 
Culpepper, Meri- Lankford 
 
Tatum 
 
wether 
 
Lasseter 
 
Taylor 
 
Davenport 
 
Law 
 
Timmerman 
 
Davidson 
 
Lawrenee 
 
Trippe 
 
Davis 
 
Matthews 
 
Turner 
 
Dennard 
 
Maynard 
 
Veazey 
 
Diekey 
 
Middleton 
 
Vincent 
 
Dorris 
 
_ Moek 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
DuBose 
 
Mullins 
 
Walker, of Blackley 
 
Duncan 
 
MeCall 
 
Walker, of Pieree 
 
Ellis 
 
MeCalla 
 
Westmoreland 
 
Ennis 
 
MeCrory 
 
Wlhite 
 
Eve 
 
:YeDonald 
 
Williams, of Meri- 
 
Fowler, 
 
Neill 
 
wether 
 
Frohoek 
 
Nesmith 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Gilmore 
 
Owen 
 
Williams, of Worth 
 
<:.rantland 
 
Paee 
 
Woods 
 
Griffin 
 
Parker 
 
WOody 
 
Hall 
 
Palmour 
 
Worsham 
 
Harden, of Banks Piekett 
 
Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Harvin 
 
Piekren 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Hateher 
 
Pileher 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
Hayes 
 
Reeee 
 
Wyatt 
 
l{aynes 
 
Reiser 
 
Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Atkinson 
 
Ballard, of Newton Barrett; of Pike 
 
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Barrett, of Whitfield Foy 
 
Blaloek 
 
Green 
 
Blasingame 
 
Hagood 
 
Brooks 
 
Hodges 
 
Brown, of Clarke Kelley 
 
Carroll 
 
Lowe 
 
Mereier Moore Russell Trammell Winn 
 
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Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Baldwin 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Reville 
 
Bnrkhalter 
 
Kidd 
 
Seott 
 
Gary 
 
Lanier 
 
13mith, of Dade 
 
Giddens 
 
Mays 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Gordy 
 
Morris 
 
Wylly 
 
Hardin, of Glaseoek Rainey 
 
Harris 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 150, nays 20. 
 
Tlie bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. 
The following bills of the Senate were taken up as special orders, and read the third time : 
 
By Mr. Townsend of the 4th District- 
A bill to amend an Act to prevent the shipment or movement of tick infested cattle into, within or through the State of Georgia. 
The repor~ of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 123, nays 25.. 
 
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Edwards of the 32nd DistrictA bill to amend Constitution relative to pensions. 
 
A BILL Senate Bill No. 27: 
 
To amend Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution of this State, so as to strike from said paragraph the first proviso "that provides that the pension shall not be paid to any soldier or widow worth over fifteen hundred dollars,'' 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 Paragraph l, Section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be and is hereby amended by striking from said paragraph and section the first proviso, which provides ''That no person shall be entitled to the provision of this Constitutional amendment the total value of whose property of any description shall exceed fifteen hundred dollars, so that said section :1.s amended by this Act will read as follows: "The powers of taxation over the whole State shall be exercised by the General Assembly for the following purposes; to make provisions for the payment of pensions to any ex-Confederate soldier now residing in this State who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States during the Civil War between the States of the United States and who p~rformed 
 
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actual military service in the arms of the Confederate or the organized militia of this State, and who was honorably discharged therefrom, and to the widows now resident of this s_tate of ex-Confederate soldiers who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States, and who performed actual service in the armies of the Confederate States, or of the organized militia of this State; who died in said military service or who was honorably discharged therefrom. Provided, That only those widows who were married to said soldier or ex-Confederate soldier previous to the year 1870 shall be entitled to the proviso of this con- stitutional amendment; no widow of a soldier killed during the war shall be deprived of her pension hy reason of having subsequently married another veteran who is dead, unless she is receiving a pension on account of being the widow of such second husbanJ. 
 
Section 2. Be it enacted by the euthority afore. said, If this constitution amendment shall be agreed 
to b~o-thirds vote of the members of the Gen- 
eral Assembly of each House, the same shall be entered on each Journal with the ayes and nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause the amendment to be published in one or more of the newspapers in each Congressional District for two months immediately preceding the next General election and the voters thereat shall have written or printed on their tickets ''For ratification of the amendment, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution (which strikes out the fifteen hundred dollar proviso to be allowed a pension)." "Against ratification of the amendment, Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution (which strikes out the 
 
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fifteen hundred dollar provision to be allowed a pension)" as they may choose, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the next Ge;neral Assembly voting shall vote in favor of ratification then said amendment shall become a part of Paragraph 1, Section 1, Article 7 of the Constitution of this State and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. 
 
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts Qf 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. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, 
 
Bellah 
 
Akin 
 
Blasingame 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Booker 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
B9wer 
 
A mold, of Coweta Boyett 
 
Arnold, of LumpJtin Brinson 
 
Atkinson 
 
Brooks 
 
Austin 
 
Burch 
 
Ayers 
 
Burwell 
 
Bagwell 
 
Buxton 
 
Bale 
 
Oa.rroll 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Cason 
 
Ballard, of Newton Chambers 
 
Barfield 
 
Cheney 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Chupp 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Clements 
 
Barwick 
 
Clifton 
 
Beck 
 
Cochran 
 
Collins of !lion Cook 
Cooper Cravey Culpepper{ of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davenport; 
Davidson Davis Dennard 
Dickey Dorris DuBose Ellis Ennis Eve Frohoek 
 
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Foy 
 
Lasseter 
 
Gilmore 
 
Law 
 
Grantland 
 
Lawrence 
 
Green 
 
Matthews 
 
Hagood Hall 
 
Maynard Mercier 
 
Harden, of Banks Mock 
 
Harvin 
 
Moore 
 
Hatcher 
 
Mullins 
 
Hayes 
 
McCall 
 
Haynes 
 
Mt.>Crory 
 
Hinson 
 
Neill 
 
Hodges 
 
Nesmith 
 
Hogg 
 
Owen 
 
Holden 
 
Pace 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Parker 
 
Hollis 
 
Palmour 
 
Howard, of Liberty Pickren 
 
Johnson, of Appling Reece 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Reiser 
 
Jones, of Coweta Richardson 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Roberts 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Shannon 
 
Kelley 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Kimzey, of Habersham 
Kimsey, of White King 
 
Staten Steele Stewart Stone 
 
Lankford 
 
Stovall 
Str!ckland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Worth 
Wlinn WoodS Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wlright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Youmans 
 
, Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
AileD 
 
Clarke 
 
Harris 
 
Anderson, "of Wilkes Co!'tes 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe 
 
Baldwin 
 
Collins, of Cherokee Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Bankston 
 
Conger 
 
Key 
 
Beazley 
 
Cullars 
 
Kidd 
 
Blalock 
 
Duncan 
 
LaDier 
 
Bond 
 
Fowler 
 
Lowe 
 
Bowers 
 
Gary 
 
Mays 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
GiddeDS 
 
Middleton 
 
Brown, of Houston Gordy 
 
Morris 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Griffin 
 
McCalla 
 
Carter 
 
Hardin, of Glasscock McJ>onalcl 
 
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Pickett Pilcher Rainey Reville Russell Scott 
 
Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Veazey Vincent 
 
Walker, of Bleckley Williams, of Ware Woody Wright, of Floyd Wylly 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.  
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 136, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional. majority, was passed. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the report of the Conference Committee : 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Joint Conference Committee of the House and Senate which has had under consideration the conference Committee's substitute for House Bill No. 277, known as the General Tax Act, beg leave toreport as follows : 
 
Your Committee recommends the following: 1. That the House recede from its disagreement -to Senate amendment to Paragraph 64. 
2. That the Senate recede from its amendme:; to Paragraph 44. 
3. House recedes from amendment No. I. 4. Senate adopts House amendment No. 2. 
 
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5. House recedes from amendments Nos. 3 and 4. 
 
6. Senate adopts amendment No. 5. 
 
7. We recommend the following in lieu of amendment No. 6 : ''In cities or towns of less than 1,000 inhabitants, or in any place outside of an incorporated city or town, $5.00. 
 
8. Senate adopts amendment No. 7. 
 
9. House recedes from amendment No. 8. 
 
10. We recommend adoption o{ amendment No. 9. Respectfully submitted, 
 
For the Senate: H. R. DeJarnette, W. A. Denny, H. H. Merry. 
 
For the House: L. R. Akin, H. H. Swift,- Zach Arnold. 
 
The report of the Conferenc~ Committee was read and adopted. 
 
Mr. Bale of Floyd moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tonight at 8 o'clock. 
 
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NIGHT SESSION. 
 
8 0 'Clock P. M. 
 
The House met again at this hour and was called 
 
to order by the Speaker. 
 
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The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : 
 
Akin 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Dickey 
 
Allen 
 
Brown, or Houston Dorris 
 
Anderson, of .Tenkins Burch 
 
DuBose 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Burkhalter 
 
Duncan 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
B~on 
 
Ellis 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Buxton  
 
Ennis 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Carro::J. 
 
Eve 
 
Atkinson 
 
Carter 
 
Fowler 
 
Austin 
 
Cason 
 
Frohock 
 
.Aarers 
 
C'l-anbers 
 
Foy 
 
Bagwell 
 
Cheney 
 
Gary 
 
Baldwin 
 
Ohupp 
 
Giddens 
 
Bale 
 
Clarke 
 
Gilmore 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Clements 
 
Gordy 
 
Ballard, of Newon Clarke 
 
Grantland 
 
Bankston 
 
Clifton 
 
Green 
 
Barfield 
 
Coates 
 
GrHfin 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
Barrett, of Whitfield Barwick 
Beazley neck 
 
Cochtan Collins, of Cherokee Collins, of Union 
Conger Cook 
 
Hagood Hali Harden, of Banks Hardin, of Glascock HarriS 
 
Bellah 
 
Cooper 
 
Harvin 
 
Blalock 
 
Gary 
 
Hatcher 
 
Blasingame 
 
Cullars 
 
Hayes 
 
Bond 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Haynes 
 
Booker 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Hinson 
 
Bower 
 
wether 
 
Hodges 
 
Bowel'lll 
 
DavenP<frl 
 
Hogg 
 
Bo~tt 
 
Davidson- 
 
Holden 
 
Brinson 
 
Davis 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Brooks 
 
Dennard 
 
Hollis 
 
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Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Jones, of Wilkinson Xey Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter Law Lawrence Lowe :Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock Moore Mullins McCall McCalla McCrory 
 
McDonald :\cill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pickren Pileher I'ainey Rainey 
RI'Cfe 
Reiser Reville Richardson Robertr Russell Scott Shannon Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner 
 
Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill_ Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton 
Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
The Speaker appointed the following members on the part of the House as Conference Committee on 
 
House Bill No. 640: Messrs. Johnson of Bartow, Williams of Worth, DuBose of Clarke. 
 
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Mr. Burwell of Hancock moved that the House reconsider its action on amendment to Section 44, line 205 of House Bill No..277, and ref~r it to the Conference Committee. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the report of the Conference Committee: 
 
By Mr. Cason of Bryan- 
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bryan County. 
 
To the Senate and Ho11:...se: 
We, Joint Conference Committee of the Senate and House, respectfully submit the following: 
 
We have had under consideration House Bill No. 250, "To create a Board of Commissioners of Roads  and Revenues for the County of Bryan." 
 
We have prepared a substitute for said bill and respectfully submit said substitute with recommendation that said House bill do pass by substitute. 
Respectfully,  
. LOGAN, 
LoFTIN, 
DuKEs, Senate Committee. 
 
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WRIGHT, of Walton, 
 
BRINSON of Emanuel, 
 
CASON, 
 
House Committee. 
 
The substitute offered by. the Conference Committee was read and adopted. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the report of the Conference Committee : 
 
By Mr. Stewart of Coffee- 
 
A bill to abolish the City Court of Coffee County. 
 
Amend by striking Section 6 and by adding the 
 
following: 
 
 
 
Section 6. This Act shall not become operative or go into operation until submitted for ratification or rejection to the qualified voters of Coffee County. The Ordinary of Coffee County shall call an election to be held on the first Saturday in September, 1918, at all the precincts in said County. Tickets shall be furnished voters as follows: "For repeal City Court Coffee County'' and ''Against repeal City Court Coffee County." The election returns shall be consolidated at Douglas on Monday after the first Saturday in September, 1918, and if a majority of the voters vote for a repeal of said Court, this Act shall immediately go into effect; if they vote against a repeal of said Court this Act shall not go into effect, but said Court shall stand. The County Commissioners shall advertise said election in the 
 
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official newspaper of said County in at least two issues before said election. 
 
Section 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and 
the same are hereby repealed. 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Conference Committee on House Bill No. 724 submit the following report: 
 
Amends Senate amendment by striking first Saturday in September and inserting in lieu thereof "Third Saturday in September." 
STEWART, LEE B. WYATT, WRIGHT of Walton, Committee from House. 
DICKERSON, Chairman; STEVENS, CouNCIL, Committee from Senate. 
 
The report of the Conference Committee was read and adopted. 
The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering the Senate amendments: 
 
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By Mr. Parker of Ware- 
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Waycross. 
 
The following amendment was read and agreed to: 
 
Amend House Bill No. 877. 
 
Amend the caption of said bill by adding at the end thereof and immediately after the sixth line the following words: "And the salary of the Solicitor of said Court shall be seventeen hundred dollars per annum. '' 
 
Amend Section 2 by adding immediately after the words "per annum" in the fourth line thereof the following words: 1' And so as to make the salary of the Solicitor of said City Court of Waycross the sum of seventeen hundred dollars per annum instead of fifteen hundred dollars per annum.'' 
 
,And further amend Section 2 by adding, immediately after the words ''per annum'' in the ninth line thereof, the following words, "And the salary of the Solicitor of said Court shall be seventeen hundred dollars per annum.'' 
 
By Messrs. Holder, Ayers, et al.- 
A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in 
the Superior Courts of the Western Judicial Circuit as applied to office of Solicitor General. 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and disagreed to : 
 
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Amend Section 2 by striking from the first to the nineteenth lines inclusive, . and insert in lieu thereof the following: 
 
''The salary of the Solicitor General of said western Judicial Circuit shall be the sum of $4,750.00 per annum, in addition to the salary of  $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, which said salary (additional to the Constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum), shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasury of the various Counties composing said circuit in the following propositions, to-wit: 
Barrow County shall pay $800.00. 
Banks County shall pay $400.00. 
Clarke County shall pay $750.00. 
Gwinnett County shall pay $925.00. 
Jackson County shall pay $700.00. 
Oconee County shall pay $425.00. 
Walton County shall pay $750.00. 
By unanimous consent the House requested a Conference Committee on House Bill No. 432. 
 
The Speaker appointed the following members on the part of the House : 
Messrs. Ayers of Jackson, 
Green of Gwinnett, Hardin of Banks. 
 
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By Messrs. Blalock,_ Tatum and McCalla- 
A bill to abolish the fees of Solicitor-General of Stone Mountain Circuit. 
 
The following Senate amendments w.ere read and agreed to: 
By striking out the figures "$3,000.00" wherever the same may appear in said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$4,000.00." 
 
By striking the figures ''1918'' in section 6 of said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the figures '' 1921.'' 
By Mr. Burwell and Mr. Pickett- 
A bill to prohibit "tipping" in the State. The foHowing Senate amendments were read and agreed to: 
 
Amend by adding a new section to immediately follow Section 3 and to be known as Section 4 and to read as follows: 
 
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each person, firm or corporation operating a hotel, restaurant, barber shop, sleeping car, dining car, or other public place as contemplated in Section 1- hereof to keep posted in a conspicuous place in such public place one or more placards containing in large type the words: "Tipping Prohibited by Law." 
Amend further by renumbering Sections 4 and 5 so that they may have proper consecutive numbers. 
 
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By Messrs. Fowler, Wood, Hagood, et aL- 
A bill to abolish the fee system in Superior Courts of Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit. 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and disagreed to : 
 
Amend Section 2 of the engrossed bill by adding after the words "census" in line 22 of this section the following words, to-wit: 
 
Provided, That no money shall ever be paid out of the County treasury of either of the several Counties composing the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit to the Solicitor General as a part of his salary other than from fines and forfeitures and from fees due the Solicitor General as now, or may hereafter be fixed by law and collected and paid into tte County treasuries of the said several Counties. 
 
By unanimous consent the House requested a Conference Committee on House Bill No. 404. 
 
The Speaker announced the following members on the part of the House: 
Messrs. Cheney of Cobb, 
Fowler of Forsyth, Vincent of Pickens. 
My 'Messrs. Stewart of Coffee and Swift of :Muscogee- 
A resolution to appropriate $175.00 for Secretary of Appropriation Committee. 
 
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The following Senate amendment was read and agreed to. 
 
Resolved further, That the sum of fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be hereby appropriated for the payment of a stenographer of the Conference Committee of the House and Senate on the General Tax Act, as per joint resolution passed by House and Senate. 
 
The following amendment to Senate amendment 
 
was read and agreed to : 
 
' 
 
By Mr. Ander.son of Jenkins- 
Amend Senate amendment by adding: 
Also the further sum of $37.50 for the payment of a stenographer for the Ways and Means Committee for the year 1917 is hereby appropriated to be paid out as above specified to Miss Mae Ferguson, who served as such stenographer. 
 
By Mr. Brooks of Macon- 
A bill to amend Section 2061 of Civil Code relative to Board of Veterinary Examiners. 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and agreed to: 
 
Amend by striking the words "on August 14th, 1908, '' between the words ''Georgia'' and ''Shall'' on the 5th line of Paragraph 2, Section 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
 
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''For three years prior to August 14th, 1908, this fact to be proven to the Board by presenting with the application the original or certified duplicate of the professional tax receipts as originally issued for the years of 1905, 1906 and 1907, showing that the applicant was at that time a bona fide veterinary practitioner." 
 
The following bills of the Senate was taken up as a special order and read the third time :_ 
 
By Mr. Elders of the ~nd District- 
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the return and assessment of taxes. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was fmornble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 122, nays 0. 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Stephens of the 30th District- 
A bill to amend Section 1202, code 1910, relative to commission of Tax Receivers. 
 
The report 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. 
 
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. The bill, having received the requisite ronstitntional majority, was passed. 
 
.By Mr. Beauchamp of the 6th District- 
A bill to establish the State Board of Medical Examiners. 
 
The report of the Committee, which wa~t~ favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were lOS, nays 3. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Messrs. Andrews and Carswell- 
A resolution to appoint a commission of five citizens of Georgia to prepare statistics as to number of feeble-minded persons in the State. 
 
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 112, nays 0. 
The resolution, liaving received the requisite con~ stitutional majority, was pJI.ssed. 
 
By Mr. Blackwell of the 39th District- 
A bill to amend Sections 2408 and 2409 of Parks' Code of Georgia relative to investments of Insurance Companies. 
 
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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 112, nays 4. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutio~al majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to amend an Act to establish an institution to be known as the "Georgia Training School for Girls.'' 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 115, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
By Mr. DeJarnette of the 28th District- 
A bill to establish the Department of Archives for the State. 
 
The following amendments were read and adopted: 
By Mr. Pickett of Terrell- 
Amends add new section to bill before the repealing clause, appropriately numbered as follows: Provide_.d, That this department shall not continue for a period longer than 3 years." 
 
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By Mr. Bale of ]!,loyd- 
Moves to amend by inserting in Section 5 after the word "Historian," in line four, the words '~ho may be a woman.'' 
. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 112, nays 7. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District~ A bill to amend an Act providing for the regu- 
lation of a barber in certain cities of the State. 
All amendments of the bill were read and adopted. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
Mr. Lankford of Toombs moved that the bill be tabled. 
The motion pre~ailed and the bill was tabled. 
By Mr. Beck of the 43rd DistrictA bill to repeal the alternative Four Days Road 
Law and substitute the alternative Road Law. 
The report of- the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Beauchamp of the 22nd District- 
A bill to amend an Act creating the Georgia Board of Pharmacy. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional ~ajority, was passed. 
 
Mr. Bale of Floyd moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. 
 
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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., 
 
WEDNESDAY, AuGHST ]..4, 1918. 
 
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 roll call was dispensed with. 
 
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's session was dispensed with. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, has submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2 have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 
 
Senate Bill No. 267. 
 
BuRWELL, Chairman. 
 
The following privilege resolution was. read and adopted: 
 
By Messrs. Anderson of Jenkins and Stubbs of Laurens- 
A resolution to authorize the Governor to have 
 
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alterations made to improve accoustics in the Hall of Representatives. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendme~ts thereto: 
 
By Mr. Barrett of Whitfield- 
A bill to abolish the fee system as to SolicitorGeneral in Cherokee Judicial Circuit. 
 
The following Senate amendments were read and agreed to. 
 
To amend Section 2, line 3, by striking the fig- 
ures "$3,750.00" and insert in lieu thereof "$3,000.00. ,, 
 
Further amend Section 2 by striking the figures "$3,750.00" from the 48th line and inserting in lieu thereof "$3,000.00." 
 
By Messrs. Hendricks, Beauchamp and DukesA bill for prevention of blindness. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 108, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
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By Messrs. Hendricks, Beauchamp and Dukes- 
A bill to penalize those :who solicit for the purpose of prostitution. 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: By Mr. ;Hall- 
Moves to amend Senate Bill No~ 284 by striking therefrom Section 3 and numbering the succeeding sections accordingly. Amend caption to correspond. 
 
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 2. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Brown of the 41st District- 
Sub-Committee proposed by the Committee on Constitutional Amendments for Senate Bill No. 33: 
 
A BILL 
 
To be entitled an Act to amend Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia by inserting between the word ''thereof" and the word "at" as they occur in the tenth line of said paragraph, the following: "Voting" 
 
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so as to authorize any County, municipal corporation, or political division of this State to incur any new debt with the assent of two-thirds of the qualified voters of SUGh County, municipal corporation, or political division voting at an election for that purpose, to be held as may be prescribed by law. 
 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the same, That Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7 of the Constitution of this State be and the same is hereby amended by inserting between the word ''thereof'' and the word ''at'' as they occur in the tenth line of said paragraph, the following: "Voting, so that said paragraph as amended shall read as follows: 
 
''The debt hereafter incurred by any County, municipal corporation or political division of this State, except as in this Constitution provided for shall not exceed seven per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property therein, and no such County, municipality or division shall incur any new debt, except for a temporary loan or loans, to supply casual deficiencies of revenue, not exceeding one-fifth of one per centum of the as~essed value of the taxable property therein, wihout the assent of two-thirds of the qualified voters thereof, voting at an election for that purpose as may be prescribed by law; but any city the debt of which does not exceed seven per centum of the assessed value of the taxable property at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, may be authorized by law to 
 
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increase, at any time, the amount of said debt, three per centum upon such assessed valuation.'' 
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have been agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to the two Houses of the General Assembly and the same have been entered on theiT Journals with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor shall cause said amendments to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District in ' this State for a period of two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election. 
 
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above proposed amendment shall be submitted for ratification to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after the publication, as provided in the second section of this Act.  
 
In the several election districts of this State, ut which 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 of the constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7 of the Constitution, so as to authorize any County, municipal corporation, or political division of this State to incur any new debt with the assent of two-thirds of the qu8lliied voters thereof, voting at an election for that purpose, to be held as ,may be prescribed by 
 
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law," and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words : "'Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 7, Article 7, of the Constitution so as to authorize any County, municipal, corporation or political division of this State to incur any new debt with the assent of twothirds of the qualified voters thereof, voting at an election for that purpose, to be held as may be prescribed by law; and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote for ratification thereof, when the returns 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 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 ratified.  
 
Section 4. 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 r.epealed. 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
By Mr. Arnold of Coweta- 
Moves to amend Senate Bill No. 33 by adding 
after the word "voting" in the next to last line of Section 1, page 1, the words ''provided said twothirds so voting shall be a majority of the registerea voters.'' 
 
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By Mr. Neill of_ Muscogee- 
Moves to amend Senate Bill No. 33 by adding after the word ''voting'' in next to last line of page 1, Sectian 1, the following: "And provided further, That all laws, charter provisions and ordinances heretofore passed or enacted providing special registration of the voters of Counties, municipal corporations and other political divisions of this State, to pass upon the issuance of bonds by such Counties, municipal corporations and other political divisions are hereby declared to be null and void, and the General Assembly shall hereafter have no power to pass or enact any law providing for such special registration, but the validity of any and all oond issues by such Counties, municipal corporations or other political divisions made prior to January 1, 1918, shall not be affected hereby." 
 
Moves to amend Senate Bill No. 33 by adding tlie same words at end of Section 1 of said bill: 
 
Moves to amend House ~ill No. 223 by adding the same words after the word ''election'' in the 4th line from bottom of page 1 of sa-id bill. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was_ agreed to as amended. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as followEl: 
 
Those. voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Adams 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Arnold, of Coweta 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Arnold, of Clay 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin 
 
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Atkinson 
 
wether 
 
AU8'tin 
 
Davenport 
 
Ayflr8 
 
Davidson 
 
Bagwell 
 
Davis 
 
Baldwin 
 
Diekey 
 
Bale 
 
Dorris 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Dunl'.an 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Ellis 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Ennis 
 
Barwick Beck Blalock Blasingllll'8 Bond Booker Bower 
Bowers Boyett 
 
Eve Fowler Frohock 
Foy Giddens Gilmore Grantland Green Griffin 
 
Brinson Brooks Brown, of Clarke Brown, of Houston Burch Burkhalter Burwell Buxton 
('art~r 
Cason Carroll ( hambers Cheney Chupp Clarke 
Clements Clifton Coates Cochran Collins, of Union Cook Cooper Cravey Cullars Culpepper, of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Hagood. Harden, of Banks Harvin Hatcher, Hayes Haynes Hinson Hodges Holden Hollingsworth 
Hollis Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Key Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey, of White King Lankford Law 
 
Lawrence Lowe Maynard Mercier Middleton Moore Morris Mullins McCall 
McCrory Neill Nesmith 
Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pickren Reece 
Reiser Roberts Russell ,Scott f:'hannon Sibley Smith, of Fulton .Smith, of Telfair Staten Steele 
Stewart Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Tatum Timmerman Trippe Turner Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland 
 
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1145 
 
White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Winn 
 
Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch 
 
Wright, of Walton Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Hall Hogg Matthe'Wll 
 
Mays Pilcher Richardson 
 
Taylor Trammell Wright, of Jones 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. 
 
Akin Allen 
Ballard, of Newton Bankston Barfield Beazley Bellah Collins, of Cherokee Conger Dennard - DuBose Gary 
 
Gordy 
 
Rainey 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Reville 
 
~arris 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Johnson, of Appling Stone 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Swords 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Veazey 
 
Lanier Lasseter 
 
Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth 
 
Mock 
 
Woods 
 
McCalla 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
McDonald 
 
Wylly 
 
Pickett 
 
By unanimous consent verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were -14 nays 9. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Skelton of the 31st DistrictSenate Bill No. 231: 
 
A BILL 
To be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified voters of this State an amendment to Paragraph 
 
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2, Section 2, Article 5 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, fixing the salary o.f the Trea;;urer and the clerical expenses of his department, 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 Paragraph 21 Section 2, Article 5 of the Constitution of the State 
of Georgia be amended as follows, to-wit: 
 
By striking in the second line of said paragraph between the words ''exceed'' and ''dollars'' the words ''two thousand'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words "forty-eight hundred" and by inserting in the second line of said paragraph after the words ''per annum'' and the words ''the clerical'' the words ''the salary of the assistant Treasurer shall not exceed thirty-six hundred dollars ($3,600.00) per annum," and by striking in the third line of said .paragraph after the word ''exceed'' and before the word "dollars," the words "si.deen hundred,'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words "four thousand eight hundred" and by adding at the end of said paragraph the words "the premium on the bond of the Treasurer shall be paid by the State," and the further words, "provided" that this amendment shall not take effect until the Bank Bureau as now conducted in the State Department according to law, so that the said section when amended shall read as follows: 
"The salary of the Treasurer shall not exceed forty-eight hundred dollars ($4,800) per annum. The salary of the Assistant Treasurer shall not exceed 
 
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1147 
 
thirty-six hundred dollars ($3,600.00) per annum. The other clerical expenses of the Treasury Department shall not exceed four thousand eight hundred dollars ($4,800.00) per annum. The premium on the bond of the Treasurer shall be paid by the State. Provided, That this amendment shall not take effect until the Bank Bureau as now conducted in the State Treasury Department shall have been separated from that department according to law. 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whe~ said amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds vote 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 of this State for two months previous to the time for holding the next general election, and shall at the next general election be submitted to the people for ratification. All persons voting at 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 amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5 of the Constitution fixing the salary of the Treasurer and the clerical expenses of his office. '' And all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, n Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5 of the Constitution fixing the salary of the Treasurer and the clerical expenses of his office. '' And if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon shall vote for ratification thereof, when the re- 
 
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turns shall be consolidated as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly, then said amendment shall become a pa"rt of Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5 of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof as provided by law. 
 
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. . 
 
The following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Bal~ of Floyd- 
 
Moves to amend Senate Bill No. 231 by striking 
 
the words "Forty-eight hundred" and substitute 
 
''six thousand wherever it appears as applying to 
 
clerical force." 
 
' 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Barrett, of Whitfield Brooks 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Beck 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkia Blalock 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Atkinson 
 
 Blasingame 
 
Bureh 
 
Ayers Bale 
 
Bond Booker 
 
Ballard, of Columbia. Bowers 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Boyett 
 
Burkhalter Burwell Buxton Chambers 
 
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Cheney 
 
Holden 
 
Roberts 
 
Chupp 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Sibley 
 
Clarke 
 
Hollis 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Clifton 
 
Howard, of Liberty Smith, of Telfair 
 
Coates 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Staten 
 
Cochran Conger 
 
thorpe 
 
Steele 
 
Johnson, of Appling Stone 
 
Cook 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Strickland 
 
Cooper 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Stubbs 
 
Cravey Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether 
 
Jones, of Elbert J'ones, of Lowndes Key 
 
Sumner Swift Swinit 
 
Davenport 
 
Kelley 
 
Swords 
 
Davis Dickey 
 
Kidd 
 
Tatum 
 
Kimsey, of White Taylor 
 
Dorris 
 
King 
 
Timmerman 
 
DuBose 
 
Lankford 
 
Trippe 
 
Duncan 
 
Lasseter 
 
Turner 
 
Ellis 
 
Law 
 
Veazey 
 
Ennis 
 
Lawrence 
 
Vincent 
 
Eve Fowler. 
 
Mercier Mock 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley 
 
Frohock 
 
Moore 
 
Walker, of Pierce 
 
Gilmore 
 
Mullins 
 
Westmoreland 
 
Grantland 
 
McCrory 
 
White 
 
Green 
 
McDonald 
 
Williams, of Meri- 
 
Griffin 
 
 Neill 
 
wether 
 
Hagood 
 
Nesmith 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Hall 
 
Owen 
 
Williams, cf Worth 
 
Harden, of Banks Pace 
 
Winn 
 
Harvin 
 
Parker 
 
Woody 
 
Hayes 
 
Palmour 
 
Worsham 
 
Haynes 
 
Pilcht>r 
 
Wtight, of Bulloch 
 
Hinson 
 
Reece 
 
Wright, of Walton 
 
Hodges 
 
Reiser 
 
Wyatt 
 
Hogg 
 
Richardson 
 
Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrl;.: 
 
Adams,  
 
Barwick 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Bellah 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Brinson 
 
Bagwell 
 
Carroll 
 
Baldwin 
 
cason 
 
Clements Collins, of Union Culpepper, of Clinch Foy Hatcher, 
 
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Kimzey, of Habersham 
Low-e Matthews Mays 
 
McCall McCalla Pickren Russl'll Scott 
 
Shannon Stovall Trammell Woods Wright, of Jones 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Akin Allen Austin Ballard, of Newton Bankston Barfield Beazley Bower Carter Collins, of Cherokee 
 
Cullars 
 
Maynar<: 
 
Davidson 
 
Middleton 
 
Dennard 
 
Morris 
 
Gary 
 
Pickett 
 
Giddens 
 
Rainey 
 
Gordy 
 
Reville 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Smith, of Dade 
 
Harris 
 
Stewart 
 
J Ol!es, of 'Wilkinson Wright, of Floyd 
 
Lanier 
 
Wylly 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 129, nays 29. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. 
 
By Mr. Edwards of the 32nd District- 
A resolution to authorize the Governor to enter into a contract in respect to litigation in reference to Tennessee Copper Co. 
 
The following substitute was read and adopted: 
 
A RESOLUTION. 
To be entitled a Joint Resolution to authorize the Governor of this State to contract in respect to 
 
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the subject matter of the litigation pending in Supreme Court of the United States between the / State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company, et al., to Which the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Lt., is a party and against which said Duckton Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., an injunction is now pending, which limits the output of its plant to provide for the settlement of damages done to citizens of  the State of Georgia; to give the consent of the State to the modification of said injunction against the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., on the terms herein mentioned, and for other purposes. 
W:HEREAs, there is pending in the Supreme Court of the United States an application for an injunc-: tion, in which the State of Georgia is party plaintiff and the Tennessee Copper Company and the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., are defendants, being an application for an injunction in which injunctive relief has hitherto been granted and is now in force as against said Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., and as a result of such injunction the operations of said Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., are greatly limited and restricted and its output of copper and sulphuric acid greatly restricted; and 
WHEREAS, on account of the great need for both of said commodities by the Government of the United States in the present national crisis produced by the war, it is deemed advisable that such injunction should be modified somewhat and in the respects hereinafter mentioned, and 
 
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WHEREAS, the patriotism and loyalty of the people of the State of Georgia demand co-operation in their part with every reasonable requirement of the National Government in the present emergency; and 
 
WHEREAS, it further appears, That it is not compatible with the interests of the people of the State of Georgia that the injunction aforesaid may be modified, provided that the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron .Company, Ltd., will make provi- 
sion for the compensation of citizens of the State of Georgia in the territory affected by its operations for such damages as may be done to them, and 
 
WHEREAS, the Tennessee Copper Company has been operating since the year 1913, under a contract with the State of Georgia which protects the citizens of the State of Georgia against damages from sulphur dioxide gases by the limitation in said contract contained that said company shall not during the crop-growing season QPerate its green ore furnaces beyond the normal full capacity of its acid chambers and by the provision for the ascertainment and payment of such damages, if any, as may be done to citizens of Georgia thrgugh a standing board of arbitration; and it is deemed expedient in order to avoid confusion, that whatever contract is made between the State of Georgia and the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., should operate uniformly, harmoniously and consistently with the existing contract with the Tennessee Copper Company. 
 
Now therefore, be it resolved by the General As- 
 
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sembly, That the Governor of the 'State be and is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to enter into an agreement or stipulation on behalf of the State of Georgia With the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., by which said company binds itself to maintain and operate its sulphuric acid plant and acid making appliances and processes at the highest practical state of efficiency and not to operate its green ore furnaces from April 15th to October 1st of each year beyond the full normal capacity of its sulphuric acid plant, and by which said company will assume and take upon itself like obligations to those assumed by the Tennessee Copper Company under the contract between the State of Georgia and the FJ;'ennessee .Copper Company authorized and in existence under the joint resolution of the General Assembly approved August 6th, 1913 (Georgia Laws, 1913, pp. 1295-1302) as amended and extended by the joint resolution of the General Assembly approved August 4th, 1916. (Georgia Laws, 1916, pp. 10561058) and as further modified by the provisions of this resolution; and by which said company agrees to submit to the Board of Arbitration created under the contracts above referred to the ascertainment and assessment of such damages as may be caused by sulphur dioxide gases to the extent and . in the manner hereinafter set forth, but reserving to all citizens of the State of Georgia, who do not submit their claims to such arbitration, the right to sue upon or otherwise adjust their claims or demands against said company, accordingly as they might do if this resolution were not passed. 
In order to effectuate the harmonious and con- 
 
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sistent operation of th~ aforesaid contract ~tween the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper. Company, the Governor is furthermore directed to insert into said contract and to agree with the Tennessee Copper Company upon such modifications of its contract as will embrace the following provisions: 
 
Wherever a claim is filed by any citizen of Geor- gia on account of damages alleged to have been 
done in this State on account of sulphur dioxide gases from the plants of either or both of said companies, it shall not be necessary for the claimant to specify or prove which of said companies is legally responsible therefor, but if the said board of arbitration shall find that such citizen has been so dam- aged by either or both of said companies, they sliall proceed to assess and award the damage, and each and both of said companies shall be liable in said award to the extent and in the manner hereinafter specified. 
 
Of all awards so made two-thirds of the amount shall be assessed against the Tennessee Copper Company, and each of said companies and their sureties shall be accordingly liable on their bonds filed in accordance with the provisions of the respective contracts herein dealt with, to the amount and extent of said bonds. - 
Of all the exp.ense of the arbitration, including salaries of arbitrators and umnire and of the inspect6r or inspectors appointed by the Governor and all such other expenses as the Tennessee Copper Company is under its existing contract required to 
 
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pay, the Tennessee Copper Company shall pay twothirds and the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., shall pay one-third. 
 
Said contract so as to be entered into with said 
 
Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, 
 
Ltd., shall provide that it shall run until three years 
 
after the expiration of the present existing cQntract 
 
with the Tennesse Copper Company, and the Governor ishereby directed to extend the contract of th~ 
 
Tennessee Copper Company with the State of 
 
Georgia with the modifications herein made, for an 
 
additional three years from its present expiry; 
 
provided nevertheless, That the provisions of Sec- 
 
tions 10 and 12 of the contract between the State of 
 
Georgia and the .Tennessee Copper Company, as 
 
set forth in the joint resolution of August 6th; 1913, 
 
above referred to, in regard to the termination of 
 
said contract on notice given and by which the same 
 
may be cancelled for failure of the company bona fide 
 
to live up to the contract, shall be and remain a 
 
part of the contract with the Ducktown Copper, Sul- 
 
phur and Iron Company, Ltd., and of the contract 
 
with the Tennessee Copper Company as amended and 
 
extended. 
 
 
 
However, it shall be provided that in the event the breach or termination of the contract shall relate to only one of the companies, the same shall not effect the status of the contract with the other company, except that in that event the provisions . herein as to the apportionment of damages and expenses between the two parties shall, be abrogated and the company whose contract is not terminated shall be liable in accordance with the existing pro- 
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visions of the contract with the Tennessee Copper Company. 
 
The Ducktown Sulphur and Iron Company, Ltd., shall file with the Governor contemporaneously with the execution of contract, or within ten days thereafter, a bond with some solvent surely company, admitted to do business in this State as surety, and payable to the Governor and his successors in office, in the penal sum of eight thousand five hundred dollars, conditioned for the payment of its proportion as herein specified of each and every award made within the limits of and under the terms of said contract, and each and every item of expense due to be paid by said company as and when the same shall become payable under said contract; and the Tennessee Copper Company shall upon its filing its assent to the modification of its existing contract as herein provided (or within ten days thereafter) likewise file its bond in the sum of $16;500.00 with like surety in like form, and on like conditions; and on or before the first day of Apr~ of each and every year during the continuance of said contracts or either of them, each of said companies shall file a new bond for each year; but said companies or either of them may aggregate .a number of years together and file bonds with the penalty as stated above multiplied by the number of years it is intended to cover, instead of filing bond for each of said years. If said companies or either of them shall fail to file such bonds when due to be filed, the Governor shall notify such delinquent company by registered mail of its failure and if the bond is not filed within thirty days after the giving of such 
 
 WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 14, 1918. 
 
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notice, the Governor shall have power to declare 
 
the contract of such delinquent company terminated 
 
and ended. 
 
 
 
The contract year for the purposes of these con- 
tracts herein shall run from October 1st to- October 1st, and the first bond of the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., to be filed on the execution of its contract shall be construed as covering the period from October 1st, 1917, to October 1, 1918. 
 
The contracts shall provide that the Governor may increase the salary of the State's umpire to an amount not exceeding $2,500.00 per annum, to be paid and apportioned between the two companies on the basis above provided for, and the Governor may also provide for a salary net exceeding $1,250.00 per annum for the State's arbitrator, to be paid by and apportioned between the two companies as above provided for. 
 
Except as herein otherwise indicated the contracts to be made under this resolution and the basis and extent of liability and the method of arbitration shall conform to the provisions of the present existing contract between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company. 
Upon the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., executing said contract and filing its bond and so long as said contract shall remain in force as to said company, the State of Georgia consents that it may operate its green ore furnace to an extent not exceeding the full normal capacity of its sulphuric acid plant; and the Attorney Gen- 
 
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eral of the State of Georgia is directed to co-operate With the attorneys for said companies in procuring this stipulation to be filed in the Supreme Court of the United States and in seeking a modification and suspension of the injunction hitherto granted by said Court against said Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., in accordance therewith. 
 
'fhe following amendment was read and adopted: 
 
By Mr. Burwell of Hancock to Senate Resolution No. 82- 
Amend the Committee's substitute by striking from the preamble the following words: 
 
"WHEREAS, it further appears that it is not incompatible with the interest of the people of the State of Georgia that the injunction aforesaid may be somewhat modified, provided that the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company, Ltd., will make provision for the compensation of citizens of the State of Georgia in the territory affected by its 9perations, for such damages as may be done to them; and" 
 
-Also by adding at the end of the substitute the following: 
 
''Neither by the passage of this resolution nor by the making of any contract thereunder shall the ~tate of Georgia be held to have waived any of her rights in the Supreme Court of the United States, except for the limited time and in the limited way herein expressed and the contracts shall so specify; 
 
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1159 
 
and no recital herein shall ever in any court be used by either party against the other as an admission, but the same shall be treated as a proposition of temporary compromise and said contracts shall so specify. 
 
The contractual power of the Governor over the subject-matter herein referred to shall not cease upon the original execution of the contract. But so long as the contract exists the Governor is authorized on behalf of the State to agree with said companies or either of them upon such other and further terms, modifications or provisions, if any, as will, in his judgment, better protect the interests of the State of Georgia and its citizens.'' 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution by substitute was agred to as amended. 
 
On the passage of the resolution the ayes were 120, nays 29. 
 
The resolution, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute as amended. 
 
By Mr. Elders of the 2nd District-A bill to create a Warehouse Department for the 
State of Georgia. 
Mr. Mock of Dougherty moved the bill be tabled. The motion was lost. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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Mr. Anderson of Jenkins called for ayes and nays on the passage of the bill. 
 
The call was sustained. 
 
The roll was called, but was not verified. 
 
Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
The above Senate bill went over as unfinished business. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 3 o'clock P. M. 
 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
 
3 O'Clock P. M. 
 
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. 
 
The roll was called and the following members 
 
answered to their names : 
 
 
 
Akin Allen 
Anderson, of Jenkins 
Anderson, of Wilkes Arnold, of Clay Arnold, of Coweta Arnold, of Lumpkin 
 
Atkinson 
 
Bankston 
 
Austin 
Aye~rs 
 
Barfield Barrett, of Pike 
 
Bagwell Baldwin Bale ' 
 
Barret, of W!hitfield 
Ba~wick 
Beazley 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Beck 
 
Ballard, of Newton Blalock 
 
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Blasingame Bond Booker Bower Bowers Boyett Brinson Brooks Brown, of Clarke Brown, of Houston Burch B'nrkhalter Burwell Buxton Oarroll Carter Cason Chambers .Cheney Chupp Clarke Clements Clifton Coates 
Cochran Collins of Cherokee Collins, of Union Conger Cook Cooper Cravey Cullars 
Culpepper, of Clineh Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether Davenport Davidson Davis Dennard Dickey Dorris' 
DuBose Duncan Ellis Ennis 
 
Eve 
 
Law 
 
Fowler 
 
Lawrence 
 
Frohoek 
 
Lowe 
 
Foy 
 
Matthews 
 
Gary 
 
Maynard 
 
Giddens 
 
Mays 
 
Gilmore 
 
Mercier 
 
Gordy 
 
Middleton 
 
Grantland 
 
Mock 
 
Green 
 
Moore 
 
Griffin 
 
Mullins 
 
Hagood 
 
McCall 
 
Hall 
 
McCalla 
 
Harden, of Bankg McCrory 
 
Hardin, of Glascock McDonald 
 
Harris 
 
Neill 
 
Harvin 
 
Nesmith 
 
Hatcher 
 
Owen 
 
Hayes 
 
Pace 
 
Haynes 
 
Parker 
 
Hinson 
 
Palmour 
 
Hodges 
 
FJekett 
 
Hogg 
 
Pickren 
 
Holden 
 
Pilcher 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
Rainey 
 
Hollis 
 
Reece 
 
Howard, of Liberty Reiser 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Reville 
 
thorp 
 
Richards'on 
 
Johnson, of Appling Roberta 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Rossell 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Scott 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Shannon .. 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Sibley 
 
Jones, of Willdnson Smith, of Dade 
 
Key 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Kelley 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Kidd 
 
Staten 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Steele 
 
sham 
 
Stewart 
 
Ki.msey, of White Stone 
 
King 
 
Stovall 
 
Lanier 
 
Strickland 
 
Lankford 
 
Stubbs 
 
LaBBeter 
 
Sumner 
 
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Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Blackley \\Talker, of Pieree Westmoreland White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn Wood$ 
 
Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Floyd W'right, of JonN Wright, of Walt;on Wyatt Wylly Youmans Mr. Speaker 
 
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the Senate was taken up for conSideration: 
 
By :Mr. Elders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to create a Warehouse Department of the State. 
 
The roll call was verified and the vote was us follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Blalock 
 
Anderson, o! Jeuldns Bond 
 
Anderson, of Wilbs Book 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Bower 
 
Austin 
 
Boll> ora 
 
Ayers 
 
B11yett 
 
Bagwell 
 
Brinson 
 
Bale 
 
Broolra 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Brown, of Clarke 
 
Bankston 
 
Bwch 
 
harfiold 
 
Burwell 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield ButOn 
 
Barwick 
 
Carter 
 
Beazley 
 
Cason 
 
Beck 
 
Chambe~ 
 
Bellah 
 
Chene:r 
 
Chupp Collins of Cherokee Collins of Union Conger Cook 
Cooper Cravey Cullars 
Davenport Davis Dennard Dorris DuBose Ellis 
Fowler 
Foy 
 
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Grantland Green Hagood Harden, of Banks Harvin Hatcher Hayes Haynea Hinson, Hodges Hollingsworth Howard, of Liberty Howard, of Ogle- 
thorpe Johnson, of Bartow 
- Jones, of Elbert Key Kelley Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Lo.nkford 
 
Law Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Moore !\ eill Nesmith Owen Palmour Pickren Pilcher Reiser Bussell Scott Smith, of Dade Smith, of Fulton Steele Stewart Stone Strickland 
 
Stubbs Sumner Swint 
Tatum Taylor Trippe Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleekley White Williams, of Meri 
wether \\1 illiams, of Ware W5Iliams, of Worth Winll Woods Woody Wright, of BuDoch Wright, of Walton Wyatt 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Allen Arnold, of Coweta Arnold, of Lumpkin Atkinson Baldwin Ballard, of Newton Brown, of Houston Burkhalter Carroll 
Clarb Clement& 
Clifton Cochran Culpepper, of Clinch Culpepper, of Meri- 
wether 
 
Davidson Dickey Ennis Eve Frohock Giddens_ Gilmore Hogg Hollis Johnson, of Appling Jonea, of Coweta Kidd Kimaey, of White Matthews Moek 
Mullins 
 
McCall McCalla Pace Pickett Richardson Roberts Sibley Stovall Swift Swords Timmerman Trammell Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland Worsham 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
A~ Barrett, of Pike 
 
Blaaingame Coats 
 
Duncan Gary 
 
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. Gordy 
 
Lasseter. 
 
Griffin 
 
Lawrence 
 
Hall 
 
Lowe 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Morris 
 
Harris 
 
McCrory 
 
Holden 
 
McDonald 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Parker 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Rainey 
 
King 
 
Reece 
 
Lanier 
 
Reville 
 
Shannoa Smith, of Telfair Staten Turner Veazey Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Jones Wylly Youmans 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107, nays 46. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bill of the Hou~e was taken up for purpose of considering ~enate amendments thereto: 
 
By Mr. Atkinson of Fulton~ bill to regulate the operation of trains in this 
State. 
 
The following Senate amendments were read and agreed to: 
 
Amend House Bill No. 31. 
1st. By striking out after the word "crossing" on the 13th line of said bill, the following: ''To blow through said whistle two long and two short blasts at a point 100 yards nearer said crossing three blasts loud and distinct, shall be blown upon said whistle, at a point 200 yards from said crossing two such blasts, and at a point 100 yards from said crossing 1 blast shall be blown'' and insert in lieu thereof 
 
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the following: ''To blow through said whistle two long and two short blasts at intervals of five seconds between each blast, said blasts to be loud and distinct.'' 
 
2nd. To strike out the following in said Section 2 after the word "care" on the 26th line of said paragraph, "not only as to the matter of speed,' but in all other particulars.'' 
 
3rd. By adding after the word "neglect" in paragraph 4 of said bill, which_ is the 5th word on the 4th line of said Section 4 of said bill, the following, ''to exercise extraordinary care.'' 
 
By striking the following words and figures beginning in line 24 after the word "any" to-wit: "Road, street or any way used by the public," and inserting in lieu thereof the following words and figures to-wit: "Public road or street used by the public generally.'' 
 
By striking the word ''extraordinary'' wherever the word appears in said bill and amendments and insert in lieu thereof the word ''due.'' 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up as a special order and read the third time : 
 
By Mr. Ficklen of the 29th DistrictA bill to permit a voter to vote in a district other 
than the district of his residence. - 
On motion the bill was tabled. 
 
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The Speaker appointed the following members on the part of the House as Conference Committee No. 2 on House Bill No. 640. 
Messrs. Strickland of Haralson, 
Ennis of Baldwin, 
Russell of Floyd. 
 
The above Conference Committee reported orally that th~y could not agree. 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the report of the Conference Committee: 
By Mr. ~all of BibbA bill to appropriate money fo.r the maintenance 
of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Depart~ ments of the State Government. 
The Conference Committee submitted the following report: 
Mr. Speaker: Your Conference Committee on House Bill  No. 
640, eommonly known as the General Appropriation Bill, beg leave to submit the following report: 
We recommend as follows: 
 
. That the House concur in Senate amendment No. 3 in regard to salary of elevator operator, fixing same at eighty ($80.00) dollars. 
 
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That the House concur in Senate amendments Nos. 5, 6, 7, in regard to carrying into effect the compulsory work law. 
The Senate recede from its amendment No. 9 itt regard to the maintenance fund of the Chemist Laboratory. 
The House recedes from its position on Senate am~ndment No. 10 in regard to maintenance fund for Prison Commission. 
That the House recedes froll\ its pPsition on Sen- 
.ate amendment No. 11 in regard to the military 
fund. 
That the House concur in Senate amendment No. 16 in regard to the co-operative educational extension. work at G. N. and I. College. 
That the Senate recedes from its amendment No. 17 in regard to the maintenance fund of the State Normal School. 
The Committee recommends that the Senate amendment No. 18 in regard to the maintenance fund of the State Normal School. 
 
The Committee recommends that the Senate amendment No. 18 be amended and adopted by striking the, words and figures ''three million two hundred thousand dollars ($3,200,000.00) and substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures "four million. dollars ($4,000,000.00). 
Respectfully submitted,  
GEo. H. CARSWE~, 
THOS. H. BROWN, 
 
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R. G. DICKERSON, On Part of the Senate. TooMBS DuBosE, 
M: L. JOHNSON' 
G. B. WILLIAMS, On Part of 'the House. 
 
The report of the Conference Committee was agreed to with the exception of the amendment in reference to ''Co-operative 'Extension Work at G. N. and I. College" at Milledgeville, Ga., to which they disagreed to. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: _ 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate insists upon its amendments to the 
following bill of the House, to-wit: 
A bill to amend the Constitution of this State relative to paying pensions to Confederate veterans and their widows. 
The Senate asks a Conference Committee upon the above bill and the President of the Senate has appointed the following Committee on part of the Senate: 
Messrs. Loftin, Hopkins and Leonard. 
The speaker has appointed the following mem- 
 
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1169 
 
bers as Conference Committee o!l the part of the House on House Bill No. 9: 
Messrs. Bale of Floyd, McCall of Brooks, 
Beck of Carroll. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up as a special order and read the third time : 
 
By Mr. Dickerson of the 5th District-Senate Bill No. 252 : 
 
AN ACT 
 
To amend an Act entitled an Act to propose to the qualified electors of this State an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Ge~rgia, as amended by the ratification by the qualified electors of this State of the Acts approved July 19, 1904, July 31st, 1906, July 30 and August 14th, 1912, July 7th, 17th, 27th and August 11th, 1914, and for 
other purposes., 
 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act approved on August 15th, 1917, contained on pages 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Acts of 1917 be and the same is hereby amended as follows : By striking from line 27 on page 42 of Section 1 of said Act the following words : ''Southeast corner'' and inserting in lieu 
 
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thereof the words "north side." Also by striking  
of the word ''south'' in the 29th line of Section 1 
said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''norlh. '' 
 
Section- 2. 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. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Allell 
 
Burwell 
 
Aaderson, of J eDJW. Buton 
 
Andeltl~Ul, of Wilkes Carter 
 
AnlolcJ. of Clay 
 
Chanthers 
 
Al'J)Old, of Coweta Cheney 
Arnold, of Lumpkill Chupp 
 
.AtkiJIIIOD 
 
Clarke 
 
Ayen 
 
Clifton 
 
Bagwell 
 
Coate& 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cochran 
 
Bale 
 
Collins, of Cherofee 
 
Ballard, of CoiiUilbia ColliDs, of Uai9a 
 
B~ 
 
Cooper 
 
Barwiek 
 
Cravey 
 
Bellah 
 
Cullll-1'8 
 
Blaloek 
 
Culpepper, of Clilleh 
 
Bias~ 
 
Culpepper, of :Meri- 
 
DoDd 
 
wether 
 
Bowers 
 
Davenport 
 
Boyett 
 
Da'lid&on 
 
Brinson 
 
Da'ris 
 
Broob 
 
Dennard 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Dickey '-~ .. .:... 
 
Dorris Duncan Ellill Eauis Eve Fowler,,. 
Frohock ,.oy Gilmore Grantland Green Griffin Hagood Harden, Qf Banks Harvin Hatcher 
Hayes 
Ha~es 
Hinson Hodges Tl.OJ.", HoldeQ. Hollingsworth Hollis 
 
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1171 
 
Howard, of Liberty Neill 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe Nesmith 
 
Johnson, of Appling Owen 
 
Johnson, of Bartow Pace 
 
Jones, of Coweta Parker- 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Palmour 
 
Jones, of Lowndes ?iekett 
 
Kidd 
 
Rt~iser 
 
Kimzey, of Haber lliehtrdson 
 
sham 
 
Russell 
 
Kimsey, of White Sibley 
 
Lankford 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Lasseter 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Law 
 
Staten 
 
Matthews 
 
Steele 
 
Mercier 
 
Stewart 
 
Middleton Mock 
 
Stone Strickland 
 
Moore Mullina MeCall 
 
Stubbe Sumller Swift 
 
McCalla McDonald 
 
Swint Swords 
 
Tatum Taylor TiJnmenllan Trammell Trippe Tumer Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Blee.tley Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland  
Williams, of Meriwetller 
Williams, of Wal'e Winn Woods Wooity Worsham Wright, of Bglloch Wlright, of Jones Wright, of Walton Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, 
 
DuBose 
 
lleCror,y 
 
Austin 
 
Gary 
 
Piekren 
 
Ballard, of Newton Giddens 
 
Pilcher 
 
Bankston 
 
Gordy 
 
Rainey 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Hall 
 
Reeee 
 
Barrett, of Wlrlt11eld Hardin, of Glaleoek Reville 
 
lieazley 
 
Harris 
 
Roberts 
 
Beck 
 
Jonea, of Wilkinson Scott 
 
Booker 
 
Key 
 
Shannon 
 
Bower 
 
Kelley 
 
Smith, of Fulton 
 
Brown, of Houston King 
 
StoYall 
 
llurch 
 
Lanier 
 
Veazey 
 
Carroll Cason Clements Conger Cook 
 
Lawrence Lowe Maynard Mays 
~rris 
 
White William<~, cf Worth Wright, of Floyd Wylly 
 
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By unanimo'us consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 138, nays 0. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up as a special order and read the third time : 
By Mr. Andrews of the 35th District and Mr. Elders of the 2nd District- 
A bill to provide for the payment of all wages due manual, clerical and mechanical laborers. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
Mr. Neill of Muscogee called for the ayes and nays on the passage of the bill. 
The call was sustained. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Barfield 
 
Bond 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Bower 
 
Atkinson 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Brinson 
 
Ayers 
 
Barwick 
 
Burwell 
 
Baldwin 
 
Beek 
 
Carroll 
 
Bale 
 
Blaloek 
 
Carter 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Blasingame 
 
Chambers 
 
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1173 
 
Cheney Chupp Clifton Collins, of Cherokee 
Cook Cuiiars Culpeppllr, of Clinch Davenport Dennard Dorris Dunean Ellis 
Fowler. Frohock Grantland Griffin Harden, of Banks Hayes Haynes Hodges 
 
Hollingsworth Johnson, of Bartow Jones, of Elbert Kelley Kidd Lankford Lasseter Mercier Moore McDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace' Parker Palmour Pickren Pileher Russell 
 
Smith, of Dade Smith,. of Fulton Steele Stewart Strickland Stubbs Sumner Tatum Taylor Trippe Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Westmoreland White Williams, of Ware Woods Wright, of Bulloch Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
wether 
 
sham 
 
Allen 
 
Davidsm1 
 
Kimsey, of White 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Davia 
 
Law 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Diekey 
 
Lowe 
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin DuBose 
 
Matthews 
 
Austin 
 
Ennis 
 
Mock 
 
Bagwell 
 
Ele 
 
Mullins 
 
Bellah 
 
Foy 
 
McCall 
 
Booker 
 
Gilmore 
 
McCalla 
 
Boyett 
 
Hagood 
 
McCrory 
 
Brooks 
 
Hall 
 
Reiser 
 
Brown, of C1arke Brown, of Houston Durt>h Burkhalter Buxton Clarke 
Coates 
Cochran Collins, of Union Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Hatcher 
 
Richardson 
 
Hinson 
 
Sibley 
 
Hogg 
 
Smith, of Telfair 
 
Hollis 
 
Staten 
 
Howard, of Liberty Stone 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Swift 
 
thorpe 
 
Swint 
 
Johnson, of Appling Swords 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Timmerman 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Trammell 
 
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Walker, of Bleckley- W!inn Walker; of Pieree Worsham 
 
Wright, of Jones 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, 
 
Harris 
 
Ballard, of NewtOB Harvin 
 
Bankston 
 
Holden 
 
Beazley 
 
Jones, of Lowndes 
 
Bowers 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson 
 
Cason 
 
Key 
 
Clements 
 
King 
 
Conger 
 
Lanier 
 
Cooper 
 
Lawrence 
 
Cravey 
 
Maynard 
 
Gary 
 
Mays 
 
Giddens 
 
Middleton 
 
Gordy 
 
Morris 
 
Green 
 
Pickett 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Rainey 
 
Reece Revfile Roberts Scott Shannon Stovall '.1urner Veazey Williams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Worth Woody Wright, of Floyd Wright, of Walton Wylly 
 
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 79, nays 65. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the report of the Conference Committee thereon. 
By Mr. McCall of Brooks- 
A bill to amend the Constitution relative to pensions. 
 
The following Conference Committee report was read and adopted. 
 
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1175 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Conference Committee of the House and Senate having had 1Ulder" consideration House Bill No. 9 do recommend: . 
 
1st. By striking from said bill and amendments all reference to property qualifications to penison- 
ers. 
 
2nd. House agrees to Senate amendment by  striking the word ''arms'' and inserting the word 
''armies.'' 
 
3rd. Senate recedes from amendment striking words ''eighteen hundred adn eighty one'' and substituting words ''eighteen hundred and seventy.'' 
 
4th. Senate recedes from amendment as to caption. 
Respectfully submitted, 
s. FBANK LoFTIN, 
E1hairman Senate Committee; 
 
H. W. HoPKINs, 
 
A. H. PEACOCK, 
 
Senate Committee. 
 
w. JOHN 
 
BALE, 
 
Chairman House Committee;  
 
J. G.. McCALLo, 
 
I. H. P. BECK, 
 
House Committee. 
 
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The following bill of the House was taken up for 
. purpose of considering Senate substitute thereto: 
By Messrs. Stubbs and Davis- 
A bill to amend Constitution as appears in Section 6579, Civil Code, relative to levy of tax for school purposes. 
 
The substitute offered by the Senate was read. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock moved that when the House adjourns it adjourn to meet again at 8 o'clock tonight. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Burwell of Hancock moved that the House do now adjourn. 
 
The motion prevailed. 
 
House Bill No. 40 went over as unfinished business. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 8 o'clock tonight. 
 
NIGHT SESSION. 
8 O'Clock. 
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the- Speaker. 
The roll was called and the following members answered to their names: 
 
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1177 
 
Akin 
 
Clarke 
 
Haynes 
 
Allen 
 
Clements 
 
Hinson 
 
Anderson, of Jenkins Clifton 
 
Hodges 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Coates 
 
Hogg 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Cochran 
 
Holden 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Collins, of Cherokee Hollingsworth  
 
Arnold, of Lumpkin Collins, of Union 
 
Hollis 
 
Atkinson 
 
Conger 
 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Austin 
 
Cook  
 
Howard, of Oglthorp 
 
.~llii'B Bagwell 
 
Cooper Cravey 
 
Johnson, of Appling Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Baldwin 
 
Cullars 
 
Jones, of Coweta 
 
Bale 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch .Jones, of Elbert 
 
Ballard, of Colunibia Culpepper, of Meri- 
 
Ballard, of Newton 
 
wether ' 
 
Bankston 
 
Davenport 
 
Jones, of Lowndes Jones, of Wilkinson Key 
 
Barfield 
 
Davidson 
 
Barrett, of Pike 
 
Davis 
 
Barrett, of Whit1ield Dennard 
 
J::Sarwick 
 
Dickey 
 
Beazley 
 
Dorris 
 
Beck 
 
DuBose 
 
Bellah 
 
Duncan 
 
Blalock 
 
Ellis 
 
Blasingame 
 
Ennis 
 
Bond 
 
Eve, 
 
Booker 
 
Fowler, r 
 
Bower 
 
Frohock 
 
Bowers 
 
Foy 
 
Boyett 
 
Gary 
 
Brinson 
 
Giddens 
 
Brooks 
 
Gilmore 
 
Brown, of Clarke Gordy 
 
Brown, of Houston Grantland 
 
Kelley Kidd Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham Kimsey; of White King Lanier Lankford Lasseter law Lawrence Lowe Matthews Maynard Mays Mercier Middleton Mock Moore 
 
Burch 
 
Green 
 
Mullins 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Griffin 
 
McCall 
 
Burwell 
 
Hagood 
 
l{cCalla 
 
Buxton 
 
Hall 
 
McCrory 
 
Carroll 
 
Harden, of Banks McDonald 
 
Outer 
 
Hardin, of Glascock Neill 
 
Cason 
 
Harris 
 
Nesmith 
 
Chambers 
 
Harvili 
 
Owen 
 
Cheney 
 
Hatcher 
 
Pace 
 
Chupp 
 
Hayes 
 
Parker 
 
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Palmour Picke.tt Piakren Pilcher Rainey Reece Reiaer Reville 
Richardson Robel'ta Russell Seott ShaJUlon 
Sibley Smith, of Dade Smith, of FultoJl Smith, of Telfair 
State11 Steele 
 
Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Swords Tatum Taylor Timmerman Trammell Trippe Turner Veazey Vincent Walker, of Ben Hill Walker, of Bleckley 
 
Walker, of Pierce Westmoreland White Williams, of Meri 
wether WilliaDJB, of Ware Williams, of Worth Winn Woods Woody Worsham Wright, of Bulloeh Wright, of Floyd Wright, of J olllliJ Wright, of Wahon Wyatt Wylly Youmans 
YR. SPEAKJ:It 
 
The following bill was taken up as unfinished business: 
 
By Messrs. Stubbs and Davis of Laurens- 
A bill to amend Constitution relative to levy of tax for public schools. 
 
Mr. Arnold of Clay called for the ayes and nays on the adoption of the substitute. The call was sustained. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs. : 
 
Akin 
 
Atkinson 
 
Anderson, of J enkina _Baldwin 
 
Anderson, of Wilkes Bale 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Ballard, of Newton 
 
Arnold, of Coweta Bankston 
 
Barfield Barrett, of Pike 
Barrett, of Whit1leld Beck Bellah 
 
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Blaloek Blaaingame Bond Booker Bower 
Briuon Brooks 
Brown, of Clarke Brown, of Houston Burch Burkhalter Burwell Carroll Cason Chambers Chupp Clarke Clifton Coatell Cochran Collins, of Cherokee Conger 
Cravey Davenport Davidson Davis Dennard Dickey Dorris DuBose Duncan 
 
Ellis Ennis Eve Fr.ohock Gilmore Grantland Green Harvin Hayes Hodges Hollingsworth Hollis Howard, of Liberty Johnson, of Appling Jones, of Coweta Jones, of Elbert Jones, of Lowndes Key Kimzey, of Haber- 
sham L&w Lawrence Lowe Mercier Middleton Mock 
Mullins McCall McCalla YeDoaald Neill 
 
Nesmith Pace Parker Palmour Pickett Pilcher Reiser Russell Ethannon Sibley Smith, of Fulton Staten Steele Stewart Stone Stubbs Sumner Swift Swint Tatum Timmerman Trippe Turner Vincent 
Walker, of Bleekley Westmoreland White Winn Worsham Wright, of Walton 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. : 
 
Allen 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Austin 
 
Cook 
 
Hatcher 
 
Ayers 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Haynes 
 
Bagwell 
 
Culpepper, of Meri- Hinson 
 
Ballard, of Columbia wetlter 
 
Hogg 
 
Boyett 
 
Fowler, 
 
Holden 
 
Buxton 
 
Foy 
 
Howard, of Ogle- 
 
Carter 
 
Giddens 
 
thorpe 
 
Cheney 
 
Hagood 
 
Johnson, of Bartow 
 
Clements 
 
Hall 
 
Kelley 
 
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Kidd Kimsey, of White Lankford Lasseter Matthews Mays Moore McCrory Owen Pickren 
 
Reece Richardson Roberts Stovall Strickland Swords Taylor Trammell Veazey Walker, of Ben Hill 
 
Walker, of Pierce W:illiams, of Meri- 
wether Williams, of Worth 
Woods Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Jones Wyatt Youmans 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, 
Amold, of Lumpkin Barwick Beazley Bowers Cooper Cravey Gary Gordy 
 
Griffin 
 
Reville 
 
H~rdin, of Glascock Scott 
 
Harris 
 
Smith, of Dade 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Smith, of Telfair 
 
King 
 
Williams, of Ware 
 
Lanier 
 
Woody 
 
Maynard 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Morris 
 
Wylly 
 
Rainey 
 
v On the adoption of the substitute the ayes were 106, nays 56. 
 
The Speaker ruled that the substitute involving a constitutional amendment .required a two-thirds vote of the membership of the House. 
 
The substitute, having failed to receive the requiBite two-thirds constitutional majority of the House, was lost. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite two-thirds majority of the membership of the House on the adoption of the substitute, was lost. 
. 
The following bill of the House was taken up for 
 
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1181 
 
purpose of considering the report of the Conference Committee No. 2 thereon: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb: 
A bill to appropriate money for the support of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State Government. 
 
The Conference Committee submitted the- following report: 
 
The Conference Committee reported orally that they could not reach any agreement. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate insists upon its amendments and asks for a Conference Committee upon the follQwing bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
No: 432. A bill_to place the Solicitor-General of the Western Circuit upon a salary. - 
 
The President has app9inted the following as members of said Committee upon part of the Senate: 
Messrs. Price, Logan and Field. 
The Speaker appointed the following members 
 
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as Conference Committee on part of the House on House Bill No. 432: 
Messrs. Harden of Banks, Green of Gwinnett, 1\yers of Jackson. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for purpose of considering the report of the Conference Committee thereon: 
 
By Messrs. Ayers and Holder, et al.- 
1\ bill to abolish the fee system as to SolicitorGeneral of Western Judicial Circuit. 
 
The following report of the Conference Commit 
 
tee was read and adopted: 
 
 
 
In Re: House Bill No. 432, A bill to be entitled an Act to abolish the fee system of the Western Judicial Circuit as applied to the Solicitor-General. 
 
Mr. President and Mr. Speaker: We, the undersigned Conference Committee ap- 
pointed. by your honor, respectfully report that your Committee and that of the House, has agreed that the amendments shall read as follows: 
Bartow County shall pay $900.00. 
Banks County shall pay $250.00. 
Olarke County shall pay $750.00. 
8winnett Couu,ty shall pay $1,00\l.OO. 
 
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Jaekson County shall pay $625.00. 
 
Oconee County shall pay $425.00. 
 
Walton County shall pay $800.00. 
 
All of which is respectfully submitted, H URH H. PRICE, 
Chairman Senate Committee; J. B. G. LOGAN, ALoNzo Fmi.o, Senate Committee. 0. N. HARDEN, A. T. GREEN, 
J. s. AYERS, 
llouse Committee. 
 
The- following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has voted to appoint a third Conference Committee upon the General Appropriation Bill, and the President has appointed as said Com mittee on part of the Senate the following members to-wit: 
 Messrs. DeJarnette, Kirby and Stevens. 
The President has -appointed the following Con- 
 
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ference Committee upon the Local School Taxation Bill: 
Messrs. Elders, Skelton and Davison. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate adopts the report of the Conference Committee with the exception of amendments Nos. 17 and 18, upon which it insists upon the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
A bill to make appropriations for the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State government. 
 
The Speaker appointed the following Conference 
 
Committee No. 3 on the part of the House to House 
 
Bill No. 640: 
 
. 
 
Messrs. Burkhalter of Tattnall, 
 
Beck of Carroll, 
 
4nderson of Jenkins. 
 
 The following bill of the House was taken up for 
 
the purpose of considering the report of the Con- 
 
ference Committee No. 3: 
 
 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to approprittte money for the support of the State Government. 
 
 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918. _ 
 
U&e; 
 
The Conference Committee No. 3 submitted the following report: 
 
The Conference Committee reported orally that they could n9t reach any agreement. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were taken up a~ special orders and read the third time : 
 
By Mr. Field oi the 34th DistrictA bill to provide compensation of the Deputy 
Clerk 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 ares were 101, nays 2. 
 
. The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Bynum of the 40th District- 
A bill to prevent any Judge of any Court of this State from expressing any approval or disapproval of a verdict of a jury~ 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the ]?ill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 107. 
 
nays 6. 
 
 
 
. 
 
The bill, having received the requisite constitn. tiona! majority, was passed. 
 
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By Mr. Elders of the 32nd District- 
A bill to fix compensation of Tax Assessors in certain Counties. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favcrable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayers were 99, nays 2. 
The bill~ having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
By Mr. Mundy of the 38th District- 
A bill to provide for the management of trust estates, to require bond to be given by trUiiltee. 
 
The report 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. Andrews of the 35th District- 
A bill to fix .and regulate the salaries of officers of the several State House Departments not fixed by the Constitution. 
 
The report of the Comrrli.ttee, which. was fa~ orable to the passage of .the bill, was agreed to. 
 
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On the passage of the bill the ayes were 84, nays 28. 
 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments 
thereto: 
 
By Messrs. Stewart of Coffee and Cheney of Cobb- 
A bill to appropriate $35,000.00 to Department of Agriculture for maintenance of Bureau of Markets. 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and adopted: 
 
Amend by striking the word "annually" wherever it occurs in the bill. 
 
The following bills of the Senate were taken up for consideration and tabled: 
 
Senate Bills Nos. 108 and 255. 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up as a special order and read the third time : 
By Mr. Hopkins of the 7th DistrictA bill to amend Code Section 2823 relative to crea- 
tion of corporations. 
On motioB. the bill was tabled. The following resolution of the House was taken 
 
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up for the purpose of con~idering Senate amendment thereto: 
 
By Messrs. Stewart of Coffee and Swift of Muscogee- 
 
A bill to appropriate $175.00 for Secretary of Ap- 
 
propriation Committee. 
 
 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and adopted as amended: 
 
"Resolved, further, That the sum of $50.00, or as much thereof as is necessary, be hereby appropri-ated for the payment of stenographer of the Conference Committee of the House and Senate on the General Tax Act as per joint resolution passed by House and Senate.'' 
 
By Mr. Anderson of Jenkins- 
Ani.end Senate amendment by adding: Also the further sum of $37.50 for paymen~ of stenographer for the Ways and Means Committee for year 1917 is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of above spe.cified to Miss May Ferguson, who served as such stenographer.  
 
The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of ~considering Senate amendments thereto: 
 
By Messrs. DuBose and Brown of Clarke- 
A bill .to appropriate to the Agricultural College 
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at Athens $60,000.00 for the purpose of a War Emergency Building. 
 
The following Senate amendment was read and a~reed to: 
Amend by striking $60,000.00 wherever same oceurs and insert in lieu thereof $10,000.00. 
By Mr. Jones of LowndesA bill to appropriate $58,000.00 to the University 
of Georgia for Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Valdosta.  
 
The followting Senate amendment was read andagreed to: 
Strike the paragraph providing $50,000.00 for the purpose of erecting an Assembly Hall. 
The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto: 
By Mr. Arnold of LumpkinA bill to provide for the commitment of insane 
persons to the Georgia State Sanitarium. 
The following Senate amendments were read and agreed to: 
House Bill No. 535 : 
Amend Section 1 by striking therefrom in line 
 
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fourteen the words, to-wit: "three reputable practicing physicians of the County," and insert in lieu thereof the following words, to-wit: c-c Three reputable persons, two of whom shall be practicing medical physicians in good standing," said physicians to be residents of the County if that number reside therein. 
 
Amend Section 2 by adding after the word "lunacy" in the fifth line and before the word "and" in the sixth line the words to-wit: "Provided the sum to be paid in each case shall not exceed $10.00 and actual expenses to each of said reputable physicians, the reputable person not a physician shall not receive more than five dollars in each case." 
 
Amend Section 3 by inserting between the word "estate" and the word "are," in line seven the 
words to-wit: "Does not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars and." 
 
By Mr. Brown of Clarke- 
A bill to provide for the payment of members of the General Assembly and Speaker of House and President of the Senate.  
 
The follC?wing Senate amendments were read and agreed to:. 
 
Amend House Bill No. 784: 
Amend by striking the word "eight" in the second line of paragraph 1 and insert in lieu thereof the word ''seven.'' 
 
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 Amend Paragraph 1 by striking the word ''twelve,'' third line, page 2 and insert word ''ten.'' 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the report of the Conference Committee thereon: 
 
By Mr. Akin of. Glynn- 
A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government and for other purposes. 
 
The following Conference Committee report was read and adopted: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Joint Conference Committee of the Senate and the House which has had under consideration Paragraph 44 of Section 2 of the Conference Committee substitute to House Bill No. 277, known as the "General Tax Act" and the amendment thereto adopted by both Houses, beg leave to report as follows: 
We recom'men.d that lm. e 205, paragraph 44 of 
Section 2 of printed bill be stricken and that the following be substituted in line therof : 
''Corporations with capital over $1,000,000.00 and not over $2,000,000.00, $500.00. '' 
"Corporations with capital over $2,000,000.00, $600.00." 
We further recommend that the Senate and the 
 
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House accept the above in lieu of the amendment adopted by both Houses on the above paragraph. 
 
H. R. DEJARNETTE, 
w. A. DENNY, 
 
H. H. MER:~Y, For the Senate. 
 
L. R. AKIN, H. H. SWIFT, 
 
ZACH ARNOLD, 
For the House. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate substitute there- 
-to: 
 
By Mr. Ellis of Tift- 
A bill to create and establish an Experiment Station in the Coastal Plain Region. 
.. 
The following substitute was read and agreed to as amended: 
 
A BILL 
To be entitled an Act to create and establish an Experiment Station and Experiment Farm in the Coastal Plain region of the State, to be known as the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, to be under the general control and direction of the Board of Trustees of the University of Geor- 
 
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gia, and to provide for the location of the same, 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 an Agricultural Experiment Station and Experiment Farm to be known as the Georgia C9astal Plain Experiment Station be and the sam~ is hereby created and established in and for the Coastal Plain region of the State of Georgia for the purpose of making scientific investigations and experiments respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science, and more particularly as the same may be affected by soil and climatic conditions in said Coastal Plain region of the State. 
 
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the author- 
 
ity aforesaid, That the Georgia Coastal Plain Ex- 
 
periment Station shall be under the control and di- 
 
rection of a Board of Trustees, to consist of the Gov- 
 
.ernor of said State and the Commissioner of Agri- 
 
culture of said State, and seven other men to be 
 
appointed by the Governor from the Coastal Plain 
 
region of the State, and said Board of Trustees shall 
 
appoint the Superintendent and other officers for 
 
said Station, prescribe their powers and duties and 
 
fix their salaries or compensation. 
 
 
 
Section 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That _the said Board of Trustees be and .they are hereby authorized and directed to select a location for the. said station in the following manner, to~wit: Within sixty days after the approval 
 
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of this Act the Board of Trustees of said Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station shall give notice by publication once a week for eight weeks in at least six newspapers having a general circulation in the Coastal Plain region of this State, that said Board will receive bids for proposals from Counties, cities, towns, communities or persons, to donate lands a"'ld buildings, or lands and money, or money, for the purpose of inducing the establishment at a given point in the Coastal Plain region of the State, of said Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station and Experimental Farm. In selecting a site for said Station the Board shall have reference to the accessibility of the place offered, the healthfulness of the locality and the adaptability of the land to represent the variety of the soils in said portton of the State known as the Coastal Plain, and also that the place has a climate best representative of the climatic conditions of the Coastal Plain region of the State. The Board shall dispose of all the questions involved in the proposals that may be made as their judgment" may dictate to be for the best interest of the State. The Board's choice shall be communicated to' the Governor and the necessary papers shall be drawn and duly recorded in the deed records of the County where the land lies and also in. the office of the Executive Department of  the State and then filed in said office. The property which may come into the _possession of the Board under the terms of this Section shall be the property of the State of Georgia.  That said Board of Trustees shall report to the next session of the Legislature their acts and doings in location and directing said Experiment Station. 
 
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Section 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
The following amendment to the substitute was read and adopted: 
 
Moves to amend Committee substitute to House Bill No. 460 by striking the words ''the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia," in the caption thereof and substituting therefor ''A Board of _ Trustees to consist of the Governor of this State and the Commissioner of Agriculture of this State, and seven other men to be appointed by the Governor from the Coastal Plain section of the State.'' 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto: 
 
By Mr. Stone of Grady- 
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Cairo, Georgia. 
 
The following Senate amendments were read and agreed to: 
 
Amend the Charter of the City of Cairo, Ga. : 
 
Amend Section 2 by striking out of all of line twenty after the word "Cairo," and the word "centum," in line, and insert in lieu ther~of the following, to-wit: "Not to exceed one and four-tenths per cent., or fourteen mills on the dollar, and that 
 
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said right to levy said amount by said Mayor and Council shall be of force only until January 1, 1921, and from and after that date the rate now of force, or heretofore having been of force in said city of Cairo, to-wit: Ten mills on the dollar, or one per centum, shall be and become the maximum tax rate or the maximum amount authorized that the Mayor and Council may levy in the City of Cairo." By Mr. Harris of Walker- 
 
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Walker County. 
 
The following Senate amendments were read and agreed to: 
 
Senate amendment to House Bill No. 294: 
 
Senate amends House Bill No. 294 by striking the :figures '' 1918'' in Section 1 of said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the :figures ' '1921. ' ' 
Section 2. Amend further by striking the :figures "1917" in Section 2 of said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the :figures '' 1920. '' 
Section 3. Amend further by striking the :figures '' 1918 '' in Section 7 of said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the :figures ''1921. '' 
Section 4. Amend further by striking the :figures '' 1918 '' in section 10 of_ said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following :figures, '' 1921. '' 
By Messrs. Blasingame of Walton and Burwell of Hancock- 
 
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A bill to fix and designate the name of the various Agricultural District Schools. 
 
The following Senate amendments were read and agreed to: 
 
Amend House Bill No. 710 by striking out Section 9 of said bill, renumbering remaining sections to correspond and be consecutive. 
 
By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin- 
.- A bill to prohibit Trustees from recmvmg any compensation, bought or sold, for institution supported wholly or in part by State funds. 
 
The following Senat~ amendment was read and adopted: 
 
House Bill No. 251. Amend as follows: 
 
By striking from the caption the following words, 
to-wit: Beginning ill the 6th line the following 
 
words: "or for any corporation of which said Trus- 
 
tee is a member, or for any corporation of which s~;~.id 
 
trustee is a stockholder,'' and by striking from Sec- 
 
tion 1 of page two, beginning in line 10, the following 
 
words, to-wit: "Nor any corporation of which he 
 
is a stockholder, shall make any contract with such 
 
institution, or the trustees thereof." 
 
 
 
And by st;riking out the word "corporation" whenever the same thereafter occurs in said bill. 
 
Also by adding at the end of said Section 1 the following: Provided, further, That any such con- 
 
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tracts as are herein described may be made with a corporation of which any such trustee is a member or stockholder, but such trustee shall not vote on, lV>r participate in, the making of such contract and provided further that any trustee of such State ~nstitution shall not be prohibited from making contracts for furnishing supplies to students or faculty of such institutions, for their individual use. 
 
By Messrs. Wol_llwender, Price and LoganA bill to regulate the practice of chiropractic. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
The report 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 37. 
The bill, having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority, was lost. 
Mr. Stewart of Coffee gave notice that at the proper time he would move to reconsider the action. of the House in defeating the passage of Senate Bill No. 225. 
By Mr. Hendrix and Mr. Beauchamp- 
A bill for the protection of cemeteries and burying places. 
 
The bill was read the third time. 
 
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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 98: nays 
 
27. 
 
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The bill, having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. 
 
The following message w:as received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
 Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has appointed the following Conference Committee No: 4 upon the General Appropriation Bill, to-wit: 
Messrs. Carswell, Kirby and Denny. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has adopted the House substitute to 
the following resolution and bills of the Senate, towit: 
A bill to ~mend the Constitution of Georgia relative to Senatorial District. 
A resolution to authorize the Governor to enter into a contract in respect to litigation relative to the Tennessee Copper Co., et al. 
 
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A bill to prohibit the use for advertising purposes of crossing signs erected by railroads. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has agreed to the House amendments to the following. bills of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
A bill to regulate the taking of shad from the fresh waters of the State. 
 
A bill to penalize those who solicit for the purpose of prostitution. 
 
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia relative to issuance of bonds by Counties, municipalities, etc. 
 
A bill to provide for the issue and levy. of attachment in foreclosure proceedings. 
 
A bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5 of the Constitution of Georgia, fixing the salary of -the State Treasurer, etc. 
 
A bill to establish a Department of Archives.  
 
A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Com- 
missioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Lee. 
 
A 
 
bill 
 
to 
 
amend 
 
Paragraph 
 
1, 
 
Sectio. n 
 
13 ' 
 
Article . 
 
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6 of the Constitution of Georgia relative to salaries of Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta and the Eastern Judicial Circuits. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of reconsidering Senate amendments thereto: 
 
By Mr: Barrett of Whitfield- 
A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in Superior Court of Cherokee Judicial Circuit as to Solicitor-General.  
 
Mr. Johnson of Bartow moved that the House. reconsider its action in agreeing to Senate amendments to the above bill. 
 
The motion prevailed and the adoption of the Senate amendment was reconsidered. 
 
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were taken up as special orders and read the third time: 
 
By Messrs. Hendricks, Beauchamp and DukesA bill to require the reporting of venereal dis- 
eases. 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 95, nays 0. The bill, having received the requisite cons~itu tional majority, was passed. 
 
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The followiri.g message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
'The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the following resolution of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 221. A resolution lo appropriate $175.00 for Secretary of Appropriations Committee. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The President has appointed the following Conference Committee upon the House resolution to appoint a commission to inquire into the advisability of the sale of the State Farm: 
Messrs. Fielden, Loftin and Peacock. 
 
The Senate has agreed to the amendments of the House to the following bill of tbe Senate, to-wit: 
 
A bill to create a Department of Archives. 
The Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee upon the following bill of the House: 
A bill to amend the Constitution relative to pensions for ex-Confederate soldiers. 
 
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The following message w:as received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has concurred in the substitute of the House to the following resolution of the Senate, towit: 
No. 82. A resolution to authorize the Governor to enter into a contract in respect to litigation pending in the United States Supreme Court between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Co., et al. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. ~peaker: 
The Senate has concurred in the amendment of . the House to the following bill of the Senate, towit: 
 
A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia relative to the salary of the State Treasurer. 
\ 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has adopted the report of the Con- 
 
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ference Committee upon the substitute to the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
A bill to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government and for other purposes. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for agam considering Senate amendments thereto: 
 
By Mr. BarrQtt of Whitfield- 
A bill to abolish the fee system as relates to Solicitor-General of Cherokee Judicial Circuit. 
 
Mr. Barrett of Whitfield moved that the Senate amendments be agreed to, and the motion prevailed. 
 
Mr. Stewart of Coffee moved that the House re.consider its action in defeating the passage of the following bill- of the Senate: 
 
By Senator Wohlwender, et aLA bill to regulate the practice of chiropractic. 
 
, The motion to reconside~ prevailed; 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate insists upon its substitute to the fol- 
lowing bill of the House, to-wit: 
No. 40.  A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 4, 
 
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Article 8 of the Constitution of Georgia relative to local school taxation. 
 
The following bill of the Senate was taken up for consideration : 
 
By Senator WohlwenderA bill to regulate the practice of chiropractic. 
 
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill,. was agreed to. 
 
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 7i>, nay:i 36. 
 
The bill,. having failed to receive -the requiSite constitutional majority, was lost. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate recedes from its amendment to the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
A bill to abolish the fee system in the Blu_e Ridge Circuit as applied to the office of Solicitor-General. 
The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
No. 117. A bill to provide for the issue and levy of attachment in foreclosure proceedings for collection of debt, etc. 
 
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
- Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate agrees to report of the Conference Committee with the exception of the second item, which refers to Paragraph No. 44, upon House Bill No. 277. 
 
The President appointed as a Conference Committee on further consideration of House Bill No. 277, known as the General Tax Act, the following members: 
Messrs. DeJarnette, Denny and Merry. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 896. A bill to appropriate to the Department of Agriculture for the support and maintenance of 
the.Bureau of Markets the sum of $35,000. 
 
The Senate has passed by substitute by the requi- 
site Constitutional majority- the following pill of t.ae 
House, to-wit: 
 
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~No. 460. A bill to create an Expe:dmimt Station 
in the Coastal Plain region of Georgia. 
 
The Senate has adopted the following resolution in which the concurrence of the -House is respectfully asked, to-wit: 
 
No. 87. A resolution authorizing the Governor to have two :firtlproof vaults constructed in the basement of the Capitol. 
 
The follo~g message was received from -the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
'' 
 
- The Senate has agreed to the request of the House for the appointment of a Conference Committee upon the General Appropriation Bill. 
 
The President has appointed the followin~ as members of said Committee upon part of the Senate, to-wit: 
Messrs. Carswell, Brown, Dickerson.- 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: Tlie Senate has concurred in the amendment of 
the House to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
No. 117. A bill to provide for the issue and levy 
 
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of attachment in the foreclosure proceedings for the collection: of debt where deed to secure payment of same has been given. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey,. the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- 
 
tional majority the following bills and resolutions of 
 
the House, to-wit: 
 
 
 
No. 709. A bill to provide for a "public service corporation clerk'' in Comptroller-General's office. 
 
 No. 81. A bill to repeal Paragraphs 674 and 675 of the Political Code of Georgia to require Ordinaries having in charge County matters and County Commissioners to place and maintain sign boards at forks of each public road in their counties. 
 
No. 435. A bill to provide same fees as provided 
for Constables in Section 6006 of Code of 1910, for Constables of Militia Districts. 
 
No. 591_. A bill to amend Section 317 of Code of 1910 so as to increase the salary of the Governor from $5,000.00 to $7,500.00. 
 
No. 333. A bill to amend an Act to provide for the 
 
annual registration and identification of motor ve- 
 
hicles. 
 
 
 
No. 725. 'A bill to make ordinaries of Counties.the legal custodians for minor children. 
 
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No. 782. A bill to e_nable women to be deputy clerks of Superior and City Courts of this State. . 
 
.No. 120. A bill to amend Section 4043 of the Code of 1910. 
 
No. 441. A bill to provide for fees of Justices of the Peace and Notary Public of Militia Districts of this State in cities of certain population. 
 
No. 667. A bill to appropriate $5,000 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the purpose of repairing buildings upon the campus at Athens. 
 
' No. 823. A bill to prohibit the use of trawl nets, purse nets, etc., in the inland waters of this State. 
No. 922. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jefferson. 
No. 827. A bill to limit the effect of the dissolution of corporations. 
 
No. 907. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Mayesville. 
 
No. 220. A resolution to relieve B. L. Brown as security on the bond of Jesse Mitchell. 
 
No. 824. A bill to amend Section 621 (i) of Parks' Supplement to the Penal Code of Georgia. 
 
No. 395. A bill to prohibit disposition of property under mortgage lien, purchase money lien, etc. 
 
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No. 266. A bill to amend Section 571, Volume 1 of Code of 1910. 
 
The following message ~s received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has adopted the substitute of" the House to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit: 
 
No. 207. A bill to amend Article 3, Section 2, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Constitution of Georgia 
relative to Senatorial Districts. 
 
The following message WIJ.S received from the 
 
Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary 
 
,.. 
 
thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority, the following bills of tbe House, to-wit: 
No. 251. A bill to prohibit of Trustee or officer from securing any_compensation, bought or sold for institutions supported wholly or in part by State funds. 
~ bill to fix the name and designation of the various District Agricultural Schools. 
No. 784. A bill to provide for payment of members of the General Assembly and Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. 
 
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The following message wns received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has agreed to the report of the Conference Committee upon the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
A bill to abolish the fee system in the Circuit as applied to the office of Solicitor-General of the Western Circuit. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has appointed the following as the second Conference Committee upon the Local School Tax Bill, to-wit: 
Messrs. Elders, Bynum and Humber.  
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has agreed to the appointment of a 
Second Conference Committee upon the General Appropriation Bill. 
And the President has appointed the .following members as the Committee on part of the Senate: 
 
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Messrs. Denny, Davison and Fielden. 
 
The following message was received from tlie - Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary 
thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 535. A bill to provide for the commitment of insane persons to the Georgia State Sanitarium. 
 
The f1>llowing message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate h~;ts passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 669. A bill to appropriate certain sums to the Georgia Normal School at Valdosta. 
No. 666. A bill to appropriate $60,000 for war emergency building in grounds of Agricultural Coilege. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
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Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills and resolutions of the House, to-wit: 
 
No. 265. A bill to further define and extend the provisions of an Act found in Acts of 1916, pages 126 'and 127, known as the Veasey Bill, defining the duties of Superior Courts and Grand Juries. 
 
No. 140. A bill to amend Section 813 of the Penal Code of 1910 by inserting after the word '' appointed" in line four of said Section, the words ''upon recommendation of the Grand Jury of said iJounty." 
No. 839.  A bill to appropriate for hog cholera control during the year of 1918. 
 
No. 348. A bill to make it unlawful to have in 
 
possession any motorcycle, auto vehicle, etc., pro- 
 
pelled by gas or electricity without the serial num- 
 
ber of the maintenance. 
 
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No. 256. A bill to prevent trespass on the property of the Georgia State Sanitarium.  
 
No. 673. A bill to amend Act No. 255 amendatory of Section 1811, Volume 1, Code of 1910, approved August 19, 1913, prescribing the method of testing oils in this State. 
No. 788. A bill to appropriate $7,400.00 to defray expenses of Western & Atlantic R. R. Co~mission. 
 
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No. 258. A bill to amend Sections 6002 and 6004 of the Civil Code of this State o:& 1910, relativ~ to fees of Justice of Peace. 
 
No. 682. A bill to pay the amount due to the Commission, which was appointed to report on a_ system of registration of land titles. 
 
No. 906. A bill to amend an Act approved August 5, 1913, to create a Board of Civil Service Commission for the City of Augusta. 
 
No. 767. A bill to propose an amendment to the Constitution giving the GoveFnor $10,000.00 for clerical help. 
 
No. 575. A bill to amend Section 1677 of the Code of 19iO, making its provisions applicable to any city of a population of not less than 15,000. 
 
No. 103. A resolution to reinstate the Pennsylvania Millers' Fire Insurance Company. 
 
No. 124. A resolution appropriating $7.88 for relief of. J. Park Bowie, agent for Mrs. Mattie F. Blount,of Floyd County. 
No. 177. A resolution to refund to Geo. H. Smith, administrator, $210.00 inheritance tax illegally collected. 
No. 598. A bill to make an appropriation to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Georgia School of Technology. 
 
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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary 
/ 
thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the House, to-wit: 
NQ. 242. A resolution authorizing the Governor to make certain alterations in the hall of the House of Representatives. 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit: 
No. 767. A bill to. propose an amendment to the Constitution giving the Governor the sum of $10,. 000.00 for clerical help. 
No. 899. A bilf to prescribe the manner in which the election returns for the Secretary of State, Treasurer and other State House officers shall be canvassed. 
The Speaker appointed the following members on Conference Committee No. 4 on the following 
 
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bill of the House No. 640, General Appropriations Bill: 
Messrs. Culpepper of Meriweth~r, Moore of Heard, . Ayers of Jackson. 
 
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the report of Conference Committee No. 4: 
 
By Mr. Hall of Bibb- 
A bill to appropriate money for the support of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State Government. 
The following Conference Committee report was read: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
 
Conference Committee No. 4 on House Bill No. 
 
640, known as the General Appropriation Bill, make 
 
the following report and. recommend its adoption, 
 
to-wit: 
 
 
 
1st. Senate recedes from its amendment No. 16 in reference to Co-operative and Educational Extension Work at G. N. and I. College. 
 
2nd. Senate recedes from its amendment No. 17 in reference to State Normal School at Athens. 
 
3rd. That Senate amendment No. 18 be amended and adopted striking the words and figures $3,200,- 
 
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000.00 and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures $3,500,000.00.. 
Respectfully submitted, GEo. H. CARSWELL, 
J. T. KmBY, 
w. A. DENNY, 
Senate Committee. 
N. 'F. CULPEPPER,' 0. A. MooRE, 
J. s. AYERS, 
House Committee. 
 
Mr. ~rnold of Clay moved that the House agree to the report of Conference Committee No. 4. 
 
Mr. Arnold of Clay called for the ayes and nays on the motion to agree to the repor~ of Conference Committee No. 4 on House Bill No. 640. 
 
The roll call was sustained. 
 
The roll was called and the vote was as follows: 
 
Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.: 
 
Akin 
 
Baldwin 
 
Allen 
 
Bale 
 
AnderSOJ?-, of Wilkes Bankston 
 
Arnold, of Clay 
 
Barfield 
 
Amold, of Co:weta Barrett, of Pike 
 
Amold, of Lumpkin Beazley 
 
Atkinson 
 
Beek 
 
Ayers 
 
Bellah 
 
Blalock Blasingame Bond 
Booker Brooks Burwell Buxton Cason 
 
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Chambers Cheney Chupp Clarke Clifton Coates 
Cochran Collins, of Cherokee 
Conger Cullars Culpepper, Meri- 
wether Davidson Davis Dorris DuBose Duncan Ellis Green Hagood Hall Hatcher Hogg Hollis 
Howard, of Liberty 
 
Johns'on, of_ Appling Sibley 
 
Jones, of Coweta Smith, of Fulton 
 
Jones, of Elbert 
 
Steele 
 
Jones, of Lownde~~ Stewart 
 
Key 
 
- Stone 
 
Kimzey, of Haber- Stovall 
 
sham 
Kimsey, of White Law - 
 
Stubbs Sumner Swift 
 
Lowe 
 
Tatum 
 
Mr.ys Mock Moore 
 
Taylor Timmerman Trippe 
 
McCall M,cDonald Neill Nesmith Owen Pace Parker Palmour Pilcher Richardson Russell 
 
Turner Veazey Walker, of Blackley Walker, of Pierce White Williams, of Meri- 
wether Woody Wright, of Bulloch Wright, of Jones Wright, of Walton 
 
Those voting in the negative were Messrs.: 
 
Anderson, of Jen- Davenport 
 
kins 
 
Dennard 
 
Bagwell 
 
Ennis 
 
Ballard, of Columbia Eve 
 
Barrett, of Whitfield Fowler, 
 
Barwick 
 
Frohoek 
 
Brinso.n 
 
Foy 
 
Burch 
 
Harden, of Banks 
 
Burkhalter 
 
Harvin 
 
Carroll 
 
Hayes 
 
Carter 
 
Hinson 
 
Clements 
 
Hodges 
 
Collins, of Union 
 
Hollingsworth 
 
::look 
 
Howard, Oglethorpe 
 
Cravey 
 
.Tohnson, of Bartow 
 
Culpepper, of Clinch Kelley 
 
Kidd Lankford Lasseter .Matthews Mercier Mullins McCrory Pickren Reece Roberts Scott Smith, of Dade Smith, of Telfair Staten Strickland Swint 
 
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Swords Trammell Vincent 
 
Walker, of Ben Hill Winn 
 
Westmoreland 
 
Woods 
 
Williams, of Worth Wyatt 
 
Those not voting were Messrs. : 
 
Adams, 
 
Austin 
 
Ballard, of Newton 
 
Bower Bowers 
 
 
 
Boyett 
 
Brown, of Clarke 
 
Brown, of Houston 
 
Cooper 
 
Dickey 
 
Gary 
 
Giddens 
 
Gilmore 
 
Gordy 
 
Morris 
 
Grantland 
 
McCalla 
 
Griffin 
 
Pickett 
 
Hardin, of Glasacock Rainey 
 
Harris 
 
Reiser 
 
Haynes 
 
Reville 
 
Holden 
 
Shannon 
 
Jones, of Wilkinson Williams, of Ware 
 
King 
 
Worsham 
 
~er 
 
Wright, of Floyd 
 
Lawrence 
 
Wylly 
 
Maynard 
 
Youmans 
 
Middleton 
 
The roll call was verified. 
 
On the adoption of the report of Conference Committee the ayes were 94, nays 56. 
 
The report of the Conference Committee No. 4 was adopted. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McQlatchey, th~ Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has agreed to the report of the Conference Committee upon the General Appropriation Bill, 
 
The following message was received from the 
 
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Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has adopted the following resolution, to-wit: 
 
A resolution providing that the Gen_eral Assembly do now adjourn sine die. 
 
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Senate has concurred in thefollowing resolution of the House, to-wit: 
 
A resolution providing for a Joint Committee of three from the House and two from the Senate to wait upon the Governor and inform him that the General Assembly is ready to adjourn sine die. 
 
The Committee on part of the Senate are. Messrs. Elder and Kirby. 
 
Mr. Carroll of Catoosa County, Chairman of Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Spt;.aker: 
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed ~nd ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts, to-wit: . 
 
, 
 
  
 
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House Bill No. 919. An Act to incorporate the City of Lavonia. 
 
House Bill No. 9. An Act to amend Constitution relative to payment of pensions. 
 
House BUI No. 251. An Act to make it unlawful for any officer or trustee of a State institution to make an contract for purchase of goods or supplies for institution. 
 
House Bill No. 669. An Act to appropriate $8,- 
000.00 to Trustees of University of Georgia for completing and equipping dormitory at the South Georgia Normal and Industrial College at Va.ldosta. 
 
House Bill No. 404. An Act to abolish fee system now existing in the Superior Courts , of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit as relates to Solicitor-General 
 
House Bill No. 896. An Act to appropriate to the Department of Agriculture for the support and maintenance of the Bureau of Markets the sum of $35,000.00. 
House Bill No. 535. An Act to provide for the commitment of insane persons to the Georgia State Sanitarium. 
House Bill No. 883. An Act establishing the City Criminal Court of Alma. 
 
House Bill No. 767. An Act to propose an amend- 
 
  
 
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ment to Constitution relative to Governor's clerical help. 
 
House Bill No. 718. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Atlanta. 
 
House bill No. 725. An Act to make the Ordinaries of the several Counties the legal custodians of monies due minor children arising from Insurance 
policies. 
 
No. 277. An Act to repeal certain" sections of Code to levy" and collect a tax for support of State Government. 
 
No. 737. An Act to amend an Act relative to Municipal Court of Atlanta. 
 
No. 910. An Act to amend an Act to establish a 
 
Board of County. 
 
County 
 
Commissioners 
 
for 
 
Gwinne tt 
 
No. 875. An Act to amend the Charter of City of Griffin. 
 
No. 859. An Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Talbot Cotinty. 
 
No. 782. An Act to amend Section 2167 so as to make females eligible to be de_puty clerks of Superior Courts or City Courts. 
No. 673. All Act to create the office of Clerk in the 
State Oil Inspector's office. 
 
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No. 250. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for County of Bryan. 
 
No. 877. An Act to amend an Act to establi~;!h the City Court of Waycross. 
 
No. 348. An Act to make it unlawful to have in possession any motorcycle, automobile, or motor vehicle propelled by gas or electricity without the serial number of the manufacturer. 
 
No. 794. 'An Act to create a new Charter for the' City of Calhoun. 
 
No. 640._ An Act to make appropriation for Ordinary expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State Government. 
 
No. 81. An Act to repeal Paragraphs 674 and675 of Code relative to signboards on public roads. 
No. 873. An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Turner County. 
No. 333. An Act to amend an Act providing for the annual registration of motor vehicles. 
No. 514. An Act to appropriate $10,000.00 to Highway Department for maintenance. 
No. 460. An Act to create and establish an Experiment Station in the Coastal Plain region. 
 
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No. 903. All Act to amend an Act to establish a 
system of public schools in Town of Jesup. 
 
No. 898. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the ~own of Pine Park. 
 
No. 813. An Act to abolish a public school system for Town of Clarkston. 
 
House Resolution No.146. A resolution to amen<J 
Section 1888 of the Civil Code so as to permit blind persons to peddle without license. 
 
House Resolution No. 238. A resolution providing that certain officials and committeemen of House and Senate be allowed to remain at Capitol five days after adjournment of Genera1 Assembly. 
Respectfully submitted, 
T. B. CARROLL, 
Chairman. 
 
Mr. Carroll of Catoosa County, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollm.enty submitted the following report: 
 
Mr. Speaker: 
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, ~ound properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for 
the delivery to Governor the following Acts, to-wit: 
 
No. 72. A resolution to have suitable text on Civil Government prepared and published. 
 
No. 158. A resolution to provide for Committee 
 
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of House and Senate to investigate advisability of selling the State Farm. 
 
No. 836. An Act to abolish the fee system as 
relates to Solicitor General of Cherokee Judicial Circuit. 
 
No. 893. An Act to increase the salary of stenographer to State Bank Examiner. 
No. 841. An Act to amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah. 
 
No. 435. An Act to provide same fees as provided for Constables in Section 6000 of Code of 1910. 
 
No. 709. An Act to provide for a public service corporation tax clerk. 
 
No. 912. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Macon relative to encroachments. 
 
No. 407. An Act to abolish fees system of the Solicitor-Ge11;eral of Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit. 
 
No. 667. An Act to appropriate $5,000.00 to' Uni- 
 
versity of Georgia for repairing buildings on Uni- 
 
versity campus. 
 
 
 
No. 900. An Act to change the name of a voting preeinct. 
 
No. 788. An Act to appropriate $7,400.00 for the 
 
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purpose of carrying on and paying salaries and expenses of the Western and Atlantic Commission. 
 
No. 432. An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Court of the Western Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of Solicitor General. 
 
No. 598. An Act to appropriate $10,000.00 to Trustees of the University of Georgia for use of Georgia School of Technology. 
 
No. 724. An Ac~ to abolish the City Court of County of Coffee. 
 
No. 838. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Ray City, Ga. 
 
No. 666. An Act to appropriate $10,000.00 for War Emergency Building on grounds of Agricultural College. 
 
No. 690. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Cairo. 
 
No. 188. A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relative to bonded indebtedness of certain cities. 
 
No. 803. An .4ct to develop and bring into use for war purposes and for commercial purposes the State's deep sea property at Cumberland Sound. 
 
No. 886. An Act to provide for the payment 6f Court cost by the County authorities of Meriwether County in certain cases. 
 
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No. 781. An Act to appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars to State School for the Deaf. 
 
No. 784. An Act to .provide for the payment of members of the General Assembly and Speaker of House and President of the Senate. 
 
No. 682. An Act to pay to the Commission appointed under the joint resolution of the General Assembly relative to registration of land titles. 
 
No. 901.  An Act to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Mill~n. 
 
No. 906./ An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Civil Service Commission for the City of Augusta. 
 
No. 103. A resolution to reinstate the Millers' Mutual Insurance Company in this State. 
 
No. 242. A resolution authorizing and requesting the Governor to make certain alterations in the Hall of Representatives. 
 
No. 221. A resolution to appropriate money for stenographic services of Appropriations and Ways_ and Means Committee:"' 
 
No. 222. A resolution authorizing the acceptance of four acres of land in .the Third District of Irwin County. 
 
No. 591. An Act to amend Section 317 of Code 
 
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of 1910 so as to increase the salary of the Governor from $5,000.00 to $7,500.00. 
 
No. 225. A resolution to appoint a Committee to investigate needs of State in matter of highway leg:.. islation. 
 
No. 662. An Act to grant certain lands to Nancy Hart Chapter of the American Revolution. 
 
No. 258. An Act to amend Sections 6002"and 6004 of the Civil Code relative to fees of Justices of the Peace. 
 
No. 324. An Act to provide for the inspection of gasoline. 
 
No. 265. An Act to further define and extend the 
 
provisions of an Act found in Acts of 1916, pages 
 
126 and 127, linown as the Veazey Bill. 
 
. 
 
No. 185. A resolution to pay salary and mileage of the late Senator W. F. Weaver to his widow. 
 
No. 232. A resolution to authorize the Conference Committee on tax bill to employ a stenogra-  pher. 
 
No. 177. A resolution to refund to Geo. H. Smith, Administrator, $210.00 inheritance tax illegally collected. 
 
No. 124. A resolution to appropriate $7.88 for relief of J. Park Bowie, agent for Mrs. Mattie F. Blount. 
 
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No. 923. An Act to amend Charter of Salt Springs, Ga. 
 
No. 824. An Act to amend Section 621, Parks' 
Code, relative to :tishing in the waters of the State. 
 
No. 149. An Act to grant easeril.ent to City of Atlanta. 
 
No. 894. An Act to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Irwin County. 
 
No. 359. An Act to amend an Act creating a County depository in and for the County of Coffee. 
 
No. 754. An Act to make a more complete provision for the Department of Horticulture and Pamology. 
 
No. 827. An Act to limit the effect of the dissolution of a corporation. 
No. 31. An Act to regulate the operation of trains in this State.  
No. 839. An Act to appropriate $4,000.00 to supply a defiiciency in the appropriations for hog cholera control during year 1917.  
No. 921. An Act to amend the Charter of J e:fferson. 
No. 266. An Act to amend Section 571, Volume 1, Code of 1910, relative to bond of County Treasurers. 
 
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No. 294. An Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Walker County. 
 
No. 924.  An Act to authorize the State School Superintendent to pay. tothe Treasurer of the Board of Education of the City of Ettstman each year the pro rata share of the City of Eastman of the State school fund. 
 
No. 205. An Act to prohibit "tippi.i::tg" in the State. 
 
No. 697. An Act to define the reserve to be kept by banks and trust companies chartered under the laws of the State. 
 
No. 904. An Act proViding a State Depository at Winder, Ga. 
 
No. 800. An Act to amend an Act abolishing Justice Courts in Bibb County. 
 
No. 711. An Act to provide. that Farm Loan Bonds issued under,the Federal Loan Act shall be lawful investments of saving panks. 
No. 26. An Act t~ regulate the sale of l~ghtning rods. 
 
No. 256. . An Act to prevent trespass on the property of the Georgia State Sanitarium at Midway. 
No. 911. An Act to create and install a modern system of accounts for the County of Lowndes.  
 
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No. 861. An Act to abolish the fee system as to Solicitor-General in the Coweta Judicial Circuit.  
 
No. 917. An Act to repeal an Act to amend an Act establishing public schols in Franklin County. 
 
No. 847. An Act to amend an Act incorporating , the City of Dawson. 
 
No. 804. An Act to grant license to certain veterinarians. 
No. 918. An Act to repealan Act incorporating the City of Lavonia. 
No. 528. An Act to prohibit the sale of any fruit or nut tree with the intent to defraud. 
No. 922. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jefferson in Jackson County. 
 
No. 395. An Act to prohibit disposition of property under mortgage. 
No. 914. An Act to amend Charter of the Town of Worth. 
No. 907. An Act to amend the Charter of the Town of Maysville. 
No. 823. An Act to prohibit the use of trawl nets in certain waters of the State. 
 
No. 876. An Act to repeal an :Act creating a system of public schools of Whitesburg, Ga. 
 
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No. 820. An Act to amend Charter of the City 
 
of Brunswick. 
 
 
 
No. 699. An Act to provide how certaiJ.! railroad . corporations may surrend~r their Charter. 
No. 890. An Act to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Cedar Grove. 
No. 120. An Act to amend Section 4043 of the Code of 1910 relative to the return of appraisers appointed to set aside a year's support. 
No. 710. An Act .to fix the name and designation of the various District Agricultural Schools in the State. 
No. 855. An Act to prescribe the manner of holding primary elections in Stephens County. 
No. 862. An Act to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Greenville. 
No. 819. An Act ~o provide for County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Stephens. 
No. 220. A resolution to relieve B. L. Brown as surety on bond of Jesse Mitchell. 
No. 892. An Act to abolish the office of .County Treasurer of Meriwether County. 
No. 783. An Act to amend Section 1193 telative to increase. of pay :for guards. 
 
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No. 441. An Act to provide fees for Justices of Peace and .Notaries Public in certain cities. 
 
No. 842. An Act to alter and amend the laws relating to the City of Savannah. 
 
 No. 899. An Act to provide the manner in which the returns of elections of Secretary of State and other State House officials. 
 
No: 575. An Act to amend Section 1677 of Code of 1910 so as to make provisions applicable to certain cities in the State. 
Respectfully Submitted, 
T. B. CARROLL, 
Chairman. 
 
In conformity with resolutions passed by the 1918 Legislature establishing a Commission of five, to b~ appointed by the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, acting jointly together, the following have been appointed: 
Mr. Charles Strahan, 
Hon. Morton Turner, 
Mr. Julian M. Smith, 
Hon. Craig R. Arnold, 
Hon. Walter P. Andrews. 
 
The purpose for which the Commission was created was to investigate the needs of the State in the matter of highway legislation and. to prepare and 
 
 
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draft an adequate Highway Commission Bill, said bill to be presented to the next session of the General Assembly. 
 
The following have been appointed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House as members of the St. Mary's Canal Commission, said Commission being established by an Act passed by the 1918 session of the Legislature! 
Senator Sam Olive, 
Senator S. C. Townsend, 
Hon. J~ N. Holder, 
Hon. R. H. Frohock, 
Hon. Seaton Grantland, 
Hon. Spencer R. Atkinson.. 
 
. The members of the Commission will go to Washington in company with the Governor of Georgia to present to the President of the United States and to the Secretary of the Treasurer and Director General of Railroads the matter of constructing the canal, and urge upon them the immediate development of the harbor!'! of Cumberland Sound. 
 
The following resolution was read and adopted: By Mr. Jones of Coweta- 
 
 A RESOLUTION. 
Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That a Committee of three from 
the House and two from.. the Senate be appointed to 
 
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notify His Excellency, the Governor, that the General Assembly stands ready to adjourn sine die. 
 
The committee reported orally that they had communicated with the Governor and that he had no further communication to make to the General Assembly. 
. 
The following Senate resolution was read and adopted: 
 
Resolved, That the General Assembly do now adjourn sine die. 
 
The Speaker announced the House adjourned sine rlie. 
 
  INDEX 
TO TJIE 
. HOUSE JOURNAL 
REGULAR SESSION 
1918 
 
  INDEX 
 
PART I. 
 
HOUSE BILLS 
 
A 
 
ABSENT VOTER (See Elections). 
 
ADAMS, F. L.- 
 
"Fo pay per diem of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 
 
.ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, ETC. (See Code Amendments)- 
 
To authorize the selling of certain property on 
 
premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
130 
 
ADVERTISEMENTs- 
 
To prohibit advertising on R. R. crossing signs. . . . . . 
 
62 
 
AGRICULTURETo diffuse practica1 information on farming ........ 681 893 
 
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES (See Appropriations)- 
 
To regroup agricultural schools and colleges .. 144 344 971 1197 To permit females to enter University of Georgia Ag- 
ricultural and Mechanical College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 To amend Act to establish colored college at Albany. . 452 
 
AGRICULT.URAL PRODUCTS (See Market Bureau). 
 
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L.'lDEX 
 
APPROPRIATIONs- 
 
To appropriate $50,000 for armory at Athens ...... 11 413 855 
 
To make appropriation for Sehool of Technology.... 51 409 810 
 
To pay ordinaries for pension work................ 54 655 
 
To pay salary of E L Priee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . 
 
59 
 
To pay salary of keeper of publie buildings ......... 61 214 5 
 
To make appropriation for expenses of government .. . 
 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . 62 573 665 692 718 1020 1166 1216 
 
To appropriate $20,000 to 3rd District Agricultural and 
 
lleehanieal sehool ~73 365 627 
 
To appropriate $5,000 for laundry at Normal Sehool at Athens ................-.................... - ~7 412 
 
To appropriate $60,000 for War Emergency Building 
 
at Athens .......................... 88 410 622 624 1189 
 
To appropriate $25,000 for monument at Vicksburg. . 88 781 
 
To appropriate $8,000 to South Georgis Normal College at Valdosta .......................... ~8 410 817 1189 
 
To appropriate $5,000 for repairs at University of 
 
Georgia ................................. 89 410 941 963 
 
To appropriate sum to pay Torrens Land Title System 
 
Committee ............................... 126 573 979 
 
To appropriate $5,000 for Normal College for Colored 
 
Youths, Savannah ................. 127 410 981 993 1017. 
 
To appropriate $5,000 for infirmary at Dahlonega. . 140 329 
 
To appropriate $3,000 to 4th DistrietA. & ll. sehooll44 304 807 
 
To appropriate $5,000 to pay eltpenses of vacation 
 
committee ...................................... 176 217 
 
To appropriate $50,000- for Departm 't of Pomology 229 366 756 
 
To appropriste $3,000 for Georgia Sehool for Deaf 294 367 814 
 
To appropriate $7,400 for W. & A. R. R. Commis'n320 411 637 
 
To appropriate $1,000 to Old Soldiers' Home ......... 324 759 
 
To appropriate $10,000 to 9th District A. & ll. sehool 328 630 
 
To appropriate $5,000 for statistical work in Depart 
 
ment of Agriculture .............. :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
340 
 
To amend Aet providing for establishment of Colored 
 
Agricultural and Normal aehool at Albany ........ 376 655 
 
To appropriate $25,000 to Colored Agricultural and 
 
Normal sehool at Albany ....... -............ 376 574 767 
 
To appropriate $5,000 to eolored eollege at Savannah, 
 
Ga. . ........................... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  412 536 
 
To appropl"iate .$15,000 to 8th District Agr. eollege 451 536 937 
 
 To appropriate $4,000 for hogeholera serum .. .451 536 935 
 
To appropriate $150 expenses of Governors' eon 
 
ferenee ..................................... 464 574 982 
 
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To appropriate $7,500 to 11th Dist. A. & M. school 498 57 1004 
 
To appropriate $8,000 for compiling State Records .. 552 782 
 
To appropriate $5,000 2nd District A. & ::M. school 553 655 1014 
 
To fix salary of engineer of State Capitol-appropri 
 
ate $1,800 . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 573 
 
To appropriate $8,800 to District A. & M. schools for 
 
heating plants ................................. 594 655 
 
To appropriate $175 to stenographer of Appropriations 
 
Committee ................ , ........ 594 656 765 1131 1188 
 
To appropriate $35,000 to Bureau of 
 
Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .   . . . . 673 711 887 889 1187 
 
To appropriate $15,000 to sanitarium at Alto ..... ' .. 704 782 
 
To appropriate $2,000 to JeffersoJt Davis Park .... 705 830 
 
To appropriate $326.60 for repairs Governor's mansion 
 
711 
 
To appropriate $10,000 to Highway Department. . .  . . 
 
762 
 
To appropriate $5,000 Experiment Station........... 
 
966 
 
To appropriate $15,000 North Ga. Agr. ooilege........ 
 
967 
 
To appropriate $7,500 ............................. . 
 
ARCHITECT- 
 
To prescribe the use of title of (Smith of Fulton).... 61 328 
 
To prescribe the use of title of (Lawrence) . . . . . . . . 
 
129 
 
ARCHIVES, DEPARTMENT OF- 
 
To establish ............................... 229 409 543 545 
 
ASYLUMS, SANITARIUMS, CONVENTS, ETC. (See Veazey Bill). 
 
ATLANTA, GA.- 
 
To cede certain easements for streets. by State...... 64 665 
 
ATTACHMENTs- 
 
ATTORNEY GENERAL. 
 
AUDITOR STATETo create ................. :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 
 
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT (See Ballot). 
 
AUTOMOBILES (See Motor Vehicles)- 
 
To- rovide registration of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
9 
 
 1242 
 
. INDEX 
 
B. 
BALLOT (See Election). 
 
BANKS AND BANKING- 
 
To define reserves kept by banks, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
128 
 
To amend Act creating Bank Bureau in Treasury De- 
 
partment . __ ..... ----- - ... - - -.- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
140 
 
BLINDNESs- 
 
For prevention of (Bale & Ellis) ................... 531 683 
 
For prevention of (Arnold of Lumpkin). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
531 
 
BOARDS OF EDUCATION (See Schools and School Laws). 
 
BOARDS OF HEALTH (State)To provide for supervision of water and ice supplies by 400 574 
 
BOARS (See Live Stock). 
 
BONDS, MUNICIPAL (See Sinking Funds); (See Corporations). 
 
2-HOUSE JOURNAL INDEX 
 
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . _... 
 
BONDS, SUPERSEDEAS (See Practice and Proceedure). 
 
BRIDGES (See County and County Matters). BUDGET SYSTEM (See Efficiency Commission). 
 
BULLS (See Live Stock). 
 
0 CARTRIDGES (See Weapons). 
 
CA'.CTLE (See Live Stock). 
 
CHAINGANGS (See Commissioners of Roads and Revenues). CHARTERS, MUNICIPAL- 
 
To amend charter of Blakely .. _................ _. 52 466 To amend Act amending charter of Athens ....... 59 197 221 To amend Act creating charter of Baxley .......... 62 215 267 
 
 INDEX 
 
1243 
 
To amend Act establishing charter for Atlanta .. 87 576 785 921 
 
To amend Act creating charter of Columbus .... 128 197 219 
 
To amend charter of Cairo .............. .'...... 130 365 387 
 
To amend charter of Sparta ............... 131 197 220 1195 
 
To amen~ charter of Ellijay ................. , .140 216 266 
 
To amend Act creating charter for Atlanta ....... 145 196 219 
 
To amend Act to create charter for McRae ........... 175 268 
 
To amend Act to create charter for Fitzgerald ..... 176 217 265 
 
To amend Act to create charter for Statesboro...... 176 305 
 
To amend charter of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
197 
 
To amend charter of Bainbridge ................ 228 366 385 
 
 To amend charter of Bainbridge .............. 288 366 385 
 
To amend charter of Alma ........; ............ 279 366 384 
 
To provide charter for Covington .............. 294 443 465 
 
To create charter for Rome ........................ 294 783 
 
To amend charter of Columbus.................294 329 346 
 
To amend charter of Palmetto ................ 320 443 465 
 
To amend charter of Soperton ................. 320 443 465 
 
To create charter of Calhoun ............... 322 367 445 
 
To amend charter of Darien .................... 339 367 383 
 
To amend charter of Brunswick ................. 398 682 714 
 
To create charter of Dacula .................. .400 574 606 
 
To amend charter of Griffin ................. 554 575 606 
 
To amend charter of. Ray City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575 606 
 
To amend charter of LaGrange ................ 593 657 685 
 
To, amend charter of Southwest LaGrange ....... 594 657 685 
 
To amend charter of Cornelia ............ , ...... 552 604 660 
 
To amend charter of McDonough .............553 603 661 
 
To amend charter .of Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
660 
 
To amend charter of Pine Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 830 
 
To amend charter of Griffin ....................... 682 714 
 
To amend l!harter of Macon . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . 705 851 874 
 
To amend charter of ~orth ....................... 773 907 
 
To amend charter of Jefferson-manner (l{ electing 
 
aldermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 868 
 
To amend charter of Jefferson ................ 822 868 960 
 
To amend charter of Salt Springs ................ 823 868 908 
 
CHATHAM COUNTY- 
 
To authorize to regulate salaries of jailors.......227 366 386 To authorize to regulate salaries of deputy 
8heriffs, etc. . ............................... 227 366 388 
 
CHATTANOOGA RAIL~AY & LIGHT CO.- 
 
To authorize the abandonment of certain lines........ 
 
645 
 
 1244 
 
INDEX 
 
CHILDREN (See Wife). CIVIL SEBVICE COM.IM!ISSION- 
To amen(l Act to create for Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . 704 851 873 COCA-COLA (See Soft Drinks). COCHRAN, T. J.- 
 
Oath administered . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
990 
 
CODE AMENDMENTS TO CODE ,OF 1910- 
 
To amend Section 317, Governor's salary ........... 8 328 788 
 
To amend Section 1126, fees of solicitors-general. . . . 9 196 
 
To repeal Section 6134, stenographers of Supreme 
 
Court . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 51 215 
 
To amend Section 695, commutation tax .......... 52 304 893 
 
To amend Section 1225, tax collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 409 
 
To amend Section 331, meeting of General Assembly. . 
 
53 
 
To amend Section 1188, prison commissioners' salaries 
 
53 
 
To amend Section 1411, salary of pension commis- 
 
sioners . ' ..................................... 
 
58 
 
To amend Section 3070, guardian funds .......... . 59 410 
 
To amend Section 1202, tax collectors and tax receivers 61 215 
 
To amend Civil "Code, guardians' investments, 
 
Section 3070 ................................... 72 442 
 
To amend Section 876 (children of school age working) 73 382 
 
To amend Section 612, catching fish .............. 
 
86 
 
To amend Section 4848, charges to juries ........... . 
 
87 
 
To amend Section 5389, damages received by l&ndlords 128 328 
 
To amend Section 173, assistant State librarian . . . . . . 128 166 
 
To amend Section 655, pension of Confederate 
 
Veterans ................................... ~ 
 
128 
 
To amend Section 4028, administrators and 
 
exeeutors .................................-... 129 264 495 
 
To amend Code, recovery of judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 197 
 
To amend Code 1811, testing of oils, etc.. . . . . . . . 130 328 619 
 
To amend Section 5653, mailing notices of default ..  131 382 
 
To amend Sections 2408 and 24()9, in8UI'ance companies 141 
 
To amend Code, admission to ba-r, Section 4934. . . . . . 141 216 
 
To amend Section 3349, mortgages and liens ....... 141 264 915 
 
TO amend Code, relative to conviction working cor- 
 
ruption of blood .......................... , . . . . . . 
 
143 
 
 INDEX 
 
1245 
 
To amend Section 1756, cemeteries and burial places ... 176 303 
 
To amend Section 2946, divorce cases ............... 207 382 
 
To amend Section 2964, dWorce cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 382 
 
To amend Code, regulating contracts for sale of land. . 
 
228 
 
.To amend Code, Section 3276, service of foreclosure 
 
proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 411 . 
 
To amend Code, blind persons peddling . . . . . . . . . . . . .  288 
 
To amend Code, Section 1193, increase pay of prison 
 
guards ..................................294 442 912 
 
To amend Code, Section 2167, female deputy clerks of 
 
cob .................................... :-.. 295 411 961 
 
To amend Sections 1564 and 1565, library commiBBion 304 809 
 
To amend Section 1161, collecting tax fi. fas ........ 321 443 
 
To amend Section 1141, coroners' fees.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 382 
 
To amend Section 2061, veterinary 
 
surgeons ......................356 382 495 549 1131 
 
To amend Section 1224, paroling convicts . . . . . . . . . . . 356 443 
 
To amend Se(ltion 621, fishing lawa ............ : .399 444 872 
 
To amend Section 1538, tax receivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 
 
To amend Section 918  . .  .      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
441 
 
To amend Code, relative to jury revisers.............. 
 
487 
 
To amend Section 624, notaries public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
4f!9 
 
To amend Sections 6002 and 6004, justices of peace. . . 
 
491 
 
To repeal Section 320, superintendent of State sanita- 
 
rium (Ennis) ................................... 492 516 
 
To amend Sections 379 and 380, bastardy (McCall) .. 494 516 
 
To amend Section 867, jury drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 
 
To amend Sections 5268 and 5269, garnishment.... 
 
548 
 
To amend_Section 5298, garnishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 684 
 
To amend Section 1677, tuberculosis sanitarium ...... 655- 969 
 
To amend Section 1065, misdemeanor convict&....... 
 
672 
 
To amend Section 14 .  . .  . .      . . . .  .  . . . . . . . . . .  681 
 
To amend Section 4747, compensation of jurors..... 
 
681 
 
To amend Section 3992, returns of administrators.... 
 
698 
 
To amend Section 1249, Winder a depo&itory .... 703 802 832 
 
To amend Section 618, fishing for oysters. . . . . . . . . . . 823 
 
To amend Section 21u7, women on boards of health, etc 868 
 
To amend Section 3368, watchmakers'liens . . . . . . . . 
 
868 
 
To amend Section 6006, constables in certain cities. . . 
 
916 
 
To amend Section 571, county treasurers- . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
918 
 
To repeal Sect.ion 388, obscene language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
996 
 
To amend Section 4043, appraisers of year's supports.. 996 
 
"COLLINS, J. W.- 
 
Oath administered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
126 
 
 1246 
 
INDEX 
 
COLUMBUS, GA. (See Rest Room). 
 
COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUEs- 
 
Relative to, of Fulton county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
8 
 
To establish for Jeff Davis county ...........10 164 198 616 
 
To create for DeKalb county .................... 11 93 133 
 
To repeal Act creating for Butts county . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
52 
 
To amend Act creating for Berrien county . . . . . . . . . . 
 
54 
 
To amend Act creating for Wheeler county ...... j4 93 134 
 
To require to make financial statement . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 92 
 
To create for Butts county ....................... 63 165 199 
 
To provide three members of, for Jefferson county... 
 
71 
 
To repeal Act creating for Coffee county .......... 89 265 306 
 
To create for Coffee County ..................... 89 265 307 
 
To repeal Act creating for Paulding county ...... 175 573 966 
 
To create for Turner county .................... 228 366 385 
 
To repeal for Butts county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
280 
 
To create for Butts county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
280 
 
To create for Liberty county ..................327 345 614 
 
To repeal for Liberty county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 3401 
 
~ To amend Act creating for Toombs county.......339 367 384 
 
To repeal Act creating for Butts county. . . . . . . . . . . 397 682 
 
To create for Butts county .... : . .................. 377 682 
 
To provide board of, for Stephens county ........ 378 604 661 
 
To amend Act creating for Richmond county ... 399 603 658 
 
To repeal Act creating for Turner County ...... 552 656 685 
 
To amend Act creating for Meriwether county. . . . . . . 672 829 
 
To amend Act creating for Irwin county ...... 672 710 783 
 
To amend Act creating for Gwinnett county ...... 705 829 873 
 
To amend Act to abolish for Walker county ....... 829 873 
 
To create for Bryan county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1124 
 
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTs- 
 
Of Mr. Reville of Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . 
 
65 
 
Of Mr. Wood of Cherokee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
171 
 
Of Mr. Hollis of Muscogee . . .  . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
171 
 
Of Mr. Mock of Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
276 
 
COMMITTEES, CONFERENCE- 
 
On S. B. No. 75 On H. B. No. 62 
 
221 534 579 
 
 INDEX 
 
On work or fight bill .........................: . 
 
580 
 
0!1 Senate sheriff bill .. ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
612 
 
On general tax bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
669 
 
On City Court of Coffee county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
877 
 
On H. B. No. 640 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123 1166 1184 1216 
 
.On H. B. No. 724 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1126 
 
On H. B. No. 432 ............ , ................... 1128 1182 
 
On H. B. No. 404 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 113(i 
 
On H. B. No.9 ...... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1169 
 
COMMITTEES SPECIAL (See Reports of)- 
 
To notify Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
6 
 
On Davis resolution ......................... . . . . . . 
 
67 
 
On State farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
421 
 
On State House officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
853 
 
COMMITTEES, STANDING (See reports of Standing Committees). 
 
COMMUNICATIONs- 
 
From ComptrollerGeneral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
24 
 
From T. E. Massengale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
47 
 
From Linton C. Hopkins . .. .. .. .. . .. . .  . .. . .. .. .. 
 
47 
 
From AntiSaloon League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
68 
 
From Automobile Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 
 
From B. J. Fowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
301 
 
From President Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 
 
COMMUTATION TAX (See Commissioners of Roads and Revenues) To fix amount of, for Pickens county ............ 86 165 200 
 
COMPTROLLER-GENERAL- 
 
Report of . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
24 
 
CONSTABLEs- 
 
To provide uniform fees for ..................... 230 304 963 
 
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT8-(See New Counties)- 
'l'o amend Constitution relative to length of session of General Assembly ......................... 52 166 521 932 
To amend Constitution relative to executive officers.. 53 84 
 
 1248 
 
INDEX 
 
To amend Constitution relative to justices of peace. . 
 
61 
 
To amend Constitution so as rotate judges of Superior 
 
Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 442 
 
To amend Constitution relative to session of General 
 
Assembly ............. .............. 127 883 932 
 
To amend Constitu.tion, pensions for Confederate 
 
soldiers ...................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 442 
 
To amend C0!18titution, municipal bonds (Fulton Co.) .. 142 576 
 
To put in force Constitutional amendments relative to 
 
pensions .  . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
142 
 
To amend relative to county officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143-365 
 
To amend relative municipal bonds (Fulton Co.) .. 144 444 836 
 
To amend relative to school tax (Laurens county 
 
del) .................................... 168 1176 1178 
 
To amend relative to pensions (Bale) ......... 175 442 881 
 
To amend relative to salaries of Governor's clerical 
 
force ...................................... 175 682 878 
 
To amend so as to sell State property except 
 
W. & A. R. R.................................... 227 442 
 
To amend relative to executive department. . . . . . . . . 279 681 
 
To amend relative to State House officers' terms..... 
 
281 
 
To amend relative to election of Superior Court 
 
judges .................................... 286 315 694 
 
To amend relative to pay of members of General As- 
 
sembly ............................... 295 367 999 1190  
 
To amend so as to abolish office of tax collector. . . . . . 316 
 
To amend relative to levy of tax .............. 320 344 791 
 
To amend relative to bonded debt of municipalities 
 
(Fulton county), street .......................... 322 576 
 
To amend relative to payment of judges of Supreme 
 
and Superior Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 
 
To amend relative to jurisdiction of justices. of the 
 
peace ....................................... 554 1042 
 
To amend relative to school tax (Johnson of Bartow) 
 
586 
 
To amend relative to representative of Evans Co. . . . . . 612 
 
'l'o amend relative to contracting debt............... 
 
681 
 
To amend relative to recovery of personalty. . . . . . . . . 683 
 
To amend relative to payment of pensions (Cheney).. 
 
799 
 
To amend Constitution relative to peBSiou, H. B. No.9 
 
(McCall) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1174 
 
CONVENTS (See Veazey Bill). 
 
OON'l'RAC'J's- 
 
To regulate certain indemnity contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
60 
 
 INDEX 
 
1249 
 
CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPAL (See Charters, Municipal)- 
 
To allow encroachments on streets of Savannah .. :10 196 218 To authorize Statesboro to declare publie nuisances 176 217 266 To amend Act incorporating Valdosta ............... 196 218 To allow authorities of Savannah to advertise ........ 197 218 To authorize Augusta to extend Cumming street .. 321 443 467 To amend Act incorporating Cadwell.- ............ 377 411 446 To incorporate town of Hastyville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 To amend Act incorporating Savannah: (Chatham 
del) ...................................... .453 868 908 To amend Act incorporating Dawson ......... .499 574 607 To amend Acts incorporating Savannah (Wyl!y).. . . . . 499 To amend Act incorporating Colquitt ........... 553 603 To repeal Act incorporating Cedar Grove ...... 644 684 715 To authorize municipalities near military camps to pass 
certain ordinances  . . . .  . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 To amend an Act incorporating Maysville ....... 705 869 962 To repeal an Act incorporating Lavonia ........ 799 830 875 To incorporate Lavonia ......................... 799 830 875 To amend Act incorporating Pine Park ........... 660 830 872 
 
CORPORATIONS, PRIVATE (See Code Amendments)- 
 
To amend Act to permit Superior Courts to accept sur- 
 
render of franchises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
128 
 
To limit" effect of dissolution of corporations ..... 400 682 892 
 
COSTS AND FEES (See Fees) (See Counties and County Matters) 
 
To provide for court fees in felony cases . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 
 
COTTON AND COTTON SEED- 
 
To provide for grading cotton seed meal............ 
 
195 
 
COUNTY OFFICERB- 
 
To provide for recall of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
87 
 
COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERB- 
To provide that county authorities may prescribe weight of vehieles passing over county bridges.    293 573 
 
 1250 
 
lNDEX 
 
To authorize Meriwether county to pay certain court 
 
costs ........................................ 643 684 872 
 
To require county authorities to pay certa.in sheriff 
 
fees . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
681 
 
COUNTY DEPOSITORIE8- 
 
To repeal Act establishing, for Bryan county...... 228 303 331 
 
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION- 
 
To make females eligible to office of 
 
60 
 
COUNTY TREASURERs- . 
 
To abolish for Webster county .................. 10 164 198 
 
To abolish for Lowndes county ................. 86 165 200 
 
To abolish for Gilmer county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 463 515 
 
To abolish for Bryan county ................... 227303 331 
 
To pay salary in Mitchell county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 329 345 
 
To abolish for Bibb county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 682 
 
To fix salary of, for Houston county ....... .....322 367 384 
 
To abolish for Glynn county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
416 
 
To abolish for Talbot county .................. 531 665 686 
 
To abolish for Meriwether county ............... 644 781 833 
 
To abolish for Oconee county .................. 900 924 1032 
 
To abolish for Walker county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1196 
 
COURTS, APPELLATE (See Supreme Court)- 
 
COURTS, CillLDREN (Juvenile)- 
 
COURTS, CITY AND COUNTY- 
 
To abolish county court of Bacon county ......... 11 328 345 
 
To amend Act creating city court of Valdosta ...... 54 76 93 
 
To abolish city court of Polk county ............ 58 164 199 
 
To amend Act creating city court of Floyd county .. 63 215 269 
 
To abolish city court of Carrollton .......... 145 365 387 616 
 
To abolish city court of Coffee county .. 144 198 220 618 1125 
 
To increase salary of judge of city court of States- 
 
boro ......... : . ............................ 293 367 467 
 
To repeal Act creating city court of Houston county. . 
 
321 
 
 INDEX 
 
1251 
 
To amend Act creating city court of Savannah .... 400 683 712 To amend Act creating city court of Sylvester .. 452 603 658 To amend laws relating to city court of Savannah . .452 683 713 To amend Act creating city court of Blackshear ... .499 604 659 To amend Act creating city court of Greenville .. 532 604 660 To establish city court of Douglas .. : ........... 533 575 6C8 To amend Act to create city court of Way- 
cross ................................... 593 656 C" ~ 1127 To establish city court of Alma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 C09 S0'l To amend Act to establish city court of Millen ... 698 711 7::; 
To amend Act creating city court of Jefferson .. 822 8C9 :1.: :l 
 
COURTS, MUNICIPAL- 
 
To increase salaries of officers of Atlanta Mun. Court 64 79 To amend Act relative to, of Atlanta, Ga.......... 175 365 413 To amend Act establishing for Macon ............ 322 682 711 
 
COURTS SUPERIOR- 
 
To provide three terms for Jasper county .......... 53 75 94 
 
.To provide four terms for Polk county ............ 58 164 199 
 
To provide two terms of Coffee Superior court .. 141 197 220 
 
To provide two terms of Turner Superior court ....206 365 386 
 
To change time of holding Irwin Superior Court .. 279 366 385 
 
To pFovide four terms of Houston Superior Court. . . . 
 
322 
 
To provide three terms of Upson Superior Court .... 452 658 
 
COURT STENOGRA:PHER8- 
 
To provide for appointment of, in certain counties 131 197 330 To fix salary of Superior Court stenographers .... 131 197 330 
 
COURTS, SUPREME, AND COURTS OF APPEAL- 
 
To fix salary of deputy clerk of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
63 
 
To provide for granting of writs of certiorari from.. 
 
126 
 
CRIMINAL LAWS (See Procedure and Practice). 
 
CUMBERLAND SOUND- 
 
To develop deep sea property at . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 412 923 933 
 
 1252 
 
INDEX 
 
D. 
 
DEEDS, MORTGAGES, ETC. (See Code Amendments). 
 
DEES MALLARD- 
 
To authorize Governor to grant certain lands to..... 
 
222 
 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (See Code Amendments). 
 
DEPOSITORIES, STATE (See Section 1249, Code Amendments)- 
 
To authorize Governor to appoint a sixth depository in 
 
Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
377 
 
DIVORCE (See Code Amendments)- 
 
To prescribe manner of appointment of .counsel in 
 
cases of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
207 
 
DOCKET (See Execution Docket). 
 
DOGS- 
 
To provide license for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 196 
 
DRUGS (See Labor and Labor Statistics). 
 
E. 
 
EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY COMMISSION- 
 
To create for State ............................. , . . 
 
389 
 
ELECTION AND ELECTION LAWS- 
 
To enable soldiers to vote (Absent Voters' Bill) .... 77 579 691 
 
To provide nominations shall be by majority vote... 
 
130 
 
Prescribing qualified voters in Blakely, Ga..... .499 604 659 
 
Defining manner of holding elections in Stephens 
 
county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 604 659 
 
 INDEX 
 
1253 
 
To prescribe manner of returning election of State House officials .............................. 672 711 961 
To change name of voting precinct in Whitfield county ................ " .,-.......... 698 781 832 
 
ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER PLANTB- 
 
Authorize municipalities, towns, etc..  . . . . . . .  .  . . . . 
 
7 
 
EMBALMING, STATE BOARD OF- 
 
To increase fees of applicant before 
 
434 699 
 
E_XPERIMENT STATION- 
 
To establish in coastal plain regions ......... 681 893 1192 
 
FACTORIES (See Inspector). 
 
F. 
 
FALSE STATEMENTs- 
 
To make unlawful to disseminate 
 
. 60 383 
 
FARM LOAN BONDB-  
 
Relative to use of in saving banks deposits .... 140 264 495 
 
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKB- 
 
To define reserves of banks members of ........264 494 
 
FEEBLE-MINDED (See House Resolutions). 
 
FEES (See Costs and Fees) (See Solicitors-General). 
 
FELONIES (See Practice and Procedure). 
 
FEMALES (See Women) (See Agr. & Mech. Colleges). 
 
 1254 
 
INDEX 
 
FENCE8- 
 
To require citizens in certain militia districts to keep 
 
up .................................... : ........ . 
 
223 
 
To require to~ns and villages to keep up part of 
 
division fences . . . . . . . . . . . .  . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
532 
 
FI. FAS. (See Costs and Fees) (See County Superintendent of Education). 
 
FISH (See Game and Fish). 
 
FOOD (See Pure Food). 
 
FORTUNE TELLERS AND HORSE TRADER8- 
 
To require to take out license .................. 293 382 548 
 
Fortune Telling, etc., to make illegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
8 
 
G. 
 
GAME AND FISH- 
 
To prohibit use of nets in waters of State ...... 399 444 871 To prohibit seining in waters containing rainbow trout 593 656 
 
GARNISHMENT (See Code Amendments). 
 
GASOLINE- 
 
Relative to inspection of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
487 
 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MEMBERS OF- 
 
To fix compensation of . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
59 
 
GEORGIA STATE SANITARIUM (See Appropriations)- 
 
To commit insane persons to   . . . . .  . .   . . .   . . .   
 
93 
 
To establish a branch of .........,. . .  . . . .  . .  . 409 
 
To prohibit trespass at Midway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
493 
 
 INDEX 
 
1255 
 
GEORGIA STATE REFORMATORY- 
 
To amend Act creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 75 
 
GEORGIA SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY (See Appropriations)- 
 
GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRL8- 
 
To increase number of trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
143 
 
German language, to make. unlawful to teach. . . . . 8 164 
 
GRAIN (See Pure Food). 
 
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA- 
 
To fix salary of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
9 
 
GOVERNOR'S MANSION (See Public Property). 
 
GUARDIAN INVESTMENTS (See Code Amendments). 
 
H. 
 
HEALTH (See Board of Health). 
 
HIGHWAY COMMISSION, STATE (See Public Highways). 
 
HOG CHOLERA SERUM (See Appropriations). 
 
HOLLIS, HOWELL, RON.- 
 
Administer oath to . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
139 
 
HOME GUARD- 
 
To amend Act creating  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 645 683 
 
HORSE TRADERS, ITINERANT (See Fortune Tellers). 
 
HOTELS, INNS, BOARDING HOUSES, ETC. (See Liens)To protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . 896. 
 
 1256 
 
INDEX 
 
I. 
 
ILLITERACY COMMISSION, GEORGIA- 
 
To create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 165 
 
INHERITANCE TAX (See Taxes). 
 
Insane Persons (See Code Aniendments)To provide for commitment of .. : ................ 892 1189 
 
INSPECTORS, FERTILIZER AND OIL (See Code Amendments). 
 
INSURANCE- 
 
To create insurance commission . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 919 
 
INTEREST- 
 
To fix legal rate at 6 per cent 
 
681 
 
INVITATIONB- 
 
From School of Technology . . .  . . .   .  .  . . . . . . . . . .  . 
 
291 
 
J. 
 
JAILORs- 
 
To fix fees of jailors of Banks and Jackson counties . . . . . . . . . . . . .   .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 329 346 615 
 
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARK (See Appropriations). 
 
JOINT SESSIONs- 
 
Address of Lieut. Milson 
 
334 
 
JONES, W. F., OF ELBERT- 
 
Poem on service flag of house members 
 
80 
 
 INDEX 
 
1257 
 
JUDGES (See Constitutional Amendments)- 
 
To require judges of Supreme Court to write out 
 
charges to jury ..............................._. . 
 
87 
 
To require judges of SJWreme Court and of Court of 
 
Appeals to file opinions in triplicate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
773 
 
JURORS (See Code Amendments). 
 
JURY COMMISSIONERS (See Code Amendments). 
 
JUVENILE OFFENDER8- 
 
To prohibit persons harboring .... -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
644 
 
JUSTICES OF PEACE- 
 
To provide fees of and of notary public in certain 
 
cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
917 
 
K. 
 
KNIGHT, L. L.- 
 
Resolution on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 584 
 
Address of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . 
 
585 
 
L. 
 
LABOR AND LABOR STATISTICsTo require certain persons to work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . 
 
9 93 
 
LAND TITLE SYSTEM (See Torrens Land Title System). 
 
LANES (See Municipal Corporations). 
 
LANDLORDS. 
 
LAW LffiRARIE8- 
 
To authorize eertain counties to establish ...... 229 411 466 
 
 1258 
 
INDEX 
 
LIGHTNING RODB- 
 
To regulate sale of lightning rods 
 
77 
 
LIQUOR. AND LIQUOR TRAFFIC- 
 
To ratify U.S. Constitutional amendment............ 
 
11 
 
To amend prohibition law relative sheriff's fees. . .  142 
 
LIVE STOCK- 
 
To prohibit running at large of boars and bulls in 
 
Jeff Davis county .......................... 10 1(i4 198 
 
To prohibit shipment of tick-infested cattle. . . . . . . . 60 265 
 
To encourage raising of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
207 
 
To regulate the running at large of certain male ani 
 
mals in Colquitt county .................... 280 344 368 
 
LOWINDES COUNTY- 
 
To create a modem system of accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 831 
 
LUNATICS (See Insane Persons). 
 
L~NCHING- 
 
To prohibit in this State 
 
400 443 
 
M. 
 
MANSION, EXECUTIVE (See Public Property). MARRIAGE LICENSE (See Code Amendments)- 
To prescribe manner of issuing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 409 
 
MEDICAL EXAMINERS, BOARD OFTo amend Act establishing for State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 303 
 
MESSAGEs- 
Governor ...... 6 7 15 17 95 146 233 364 502 555 866 949 Messages, Senate 4 5 13 63 74 90 123 132 145 146 177 178 283 
296 314 323 341 342 358 359 379 401 403 435 453 454 455 456 
 
 INDEX 
 
1259 
 
500 533 534 563 564 565 595 596 597 598 646 647 648 673 706 707 708 778 779 827 828 858 860 888 889 901 902 903 924 925 926 927 946 985 986 987 988 989 1029 1030 1031 1032 1101 1106 1107 1168 1181 1183 1184 1199 1200 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1210 1211 1212 1213 1215 1219 1220 
 
MINOR CHILDREN (See Children)- 
 
To make ordinaries legal guardians ............ 142 888 917 
 
MISDEMEANORS (See Procedure and Practice). 
 
MOCK, JOHN H.- 
 
Oath administered 
 
206 
 
MORTGAGES (See Deeds, etc.).- 
 
To prohibit disposal of property under mortgage lien. . 
 
853 
 
MOTOR VEHICLES, ETC. (See Automobiles)- 
 
To regulate speed of in passing schools, etc. . . . . . . . . . 
 
144 
 
To prohibit defacing of serial numbers of . . . . . . . . . 
 
493 
 
To amend Act providing for annual registration of 868 919 997 
 
N. 
 
NANCY HART CHAPTER OF DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION- 
 
To grant certain .lands at Milledgeville to ....... 86 463 913 
 
NATIONAL FOREST RESERVE- 
 
To amend Act relative to .... ,  . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 603 
 
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMEN~ 
 
Relating to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 
 
409 
 
NETS (See Game and Fish). 
 
 1260 NEW COUNTIES- 
 
INDEX 
 
To create Lamar county  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 365 843 
 
To create Cook eolDI.ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 
 
475 
 
NOTARIES PUBLIC (See Justices of the Peace): 
 
NOTES, PROMISSORY, ETC. (See Taxes)- 
 
To render void all waivers on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
290 
 
0. 
 
OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS. (See Military Affairs)- 
 
To create . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
913 
 
ORDINANCES. (See Appropriations). 
 
ORDINARY- 
 
To repeal Act providing compensation of ordinary of Stephens county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 378 657 
 
P. 
 
PARIS GREEN, ETC.- 
 
To prohibit manufacture of 
 
357 464 
 
PENSIONS- 
 
To pay Mrs. J. J. Cleming ......................... 
 
89 
 
To pay widow of T. 0. Fleming .................. .. 
 
145 
 
To amend Code relative to. pay. of pensioners ....... 
 
223 
 
To provide for payment of pensions (Allen) ....... . 452 655 
 
To pay pension to Mrs. Titiona Green.: ............ . 
 
532 
 
PENNSYLVANI~ MILLERS M. F. INSURANCE CO.- 
 
To provide for re-instatement of ....... - - -. . . . . . . . 
 
288 
 
 INDEX 
 
1261 
 
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE- 
 
Mr. Hall of Bibb . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
371 
 
PHOTOGRAPHERs- 
 
To permit take photos of soldiers and sailors on Sunday 142 216 
 
PILOT BOATS (See Code Amendments). 
 
PILOTS NAVIGATION CO., SAVANNAH, GA.- 
 
To surrender charter of ... ~ ..................... 126 365 387 
 
PISTOL (See Weap<!ns). 
 
POLL TAX (See Taxes). 
 
POMOLOQ-Y, DEPARTMENT OF (See Appropriations). 
 
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE. 
 
To amend Act relative to supersedeas bonds in criminal cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 698 
 
PRISON COMMISSION- 
 
To amend an Act to designate 
 
704 
 
PROHIBITION (See Liquor)- 
 
To require counties to pay costs in prohibition cases 228 To amend prohibition laws . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . 281 411 
 
PROPERTY (See Taxes)- 
 
To prohibit homicl.des from inheriting property of perr son killed . . . . . . . . 143 410 o o  , o  ,  o  o           
 
PROSTITUTION- 
 
To penalize those soliciting for purpose of . . . : . . . ; 554 603 
 
 1262 
 
INDEX 
 
PUBLIC HIGHWAY8- 
Commission appointed ............,................ . 1233 
 
PUBLIC PRINTING- 
 
200 copies of H. B. No. 62......................... 
 
31 
 
200 copies of S. B. No. 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
121 
 
To enlarge powers of public printing commission...... 
 
143 
 
300 copies of vacation committee on appropriations 
 
report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
195 
 
To create offic~ of superintendent of public print 
 
ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 395 422 
 
300 copies of H. B. 653 . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
202 
 
200 copies of 3rd annual report of W. & A: commission 271 
 
200 copies Elders school tax bill ........ :. . . . . . . . . . . 
 
271 
 
200 copies of substitute to H. B. No. 447........... 
 
372 
 
2~0 copies of H. B. No. 673 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
 
539 
 
200 copies of substitute to H. B. No. 640 . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
577 
 
To create a board of public printing . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 
 
704 
 
PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION TAX CLERKTo provide for a_ ......................... : . 141 216 523 
PUBLIC UTILITIES (See Railroad Commission). 
 
Q. 
QUAIL (See Game and Fish). 
 
R. 
 
RAILROAD COMMISSION- 
 
To reduce membership to three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
61 
 
To require approval of, for construction of duplicate 
 
. utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
934 
 
RAILROADS AND STREET RAILWAY COMPANIEs- 
 
To provide how railroad corporations may surrender franchise ............................... 129 217 603 915 
 
 INDEX 
 
1263 
 
To regulate the operation of trains in this State (At- 
 
kinson) ....................................... 135 1164 
 
To regulate the operation of trains in this State 
 
(Chambers) . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
141 
 
To proteet railroad erossing signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
280 
 
RAINBOW TROUT (See Game and Fish). 
 
REFORMATORY- 
 
To ereate for girls above 18 years of age .............553 683 
 
REGISTRATION LAWS (See eleetions). 
 
RELIEF- 
 
Of W. Henry Jones ............................ 89 217 288 
 
Of W. K. Brooks ......................... 129 166 268 
 
Of J. E. Fuller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 
 
208 
 
Of Geo. H. Smith ............................208 412 635 
 
Of C. Deason & Johnson -............ ~............. 
 
268 
 
Of J. Park Bowie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
273 
 
Of J. W. Woodall and S. M. Howard ............. 296 367 388 
 
Of T. J. Bundy . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
486 
 
Of B. L. Brown : .......................... 594 699 803 
 
REPORTS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE- 
 
On S. B. No. 75 . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
314 
 
REPORTS QF SPECIAL COMMITTEEs- 
 
Of vaeation. eommittee on appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
184 
 
Of highway eommittee   .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
653 
 
Of eommitfee on salaries of State House offieials. . . . 
 
928 
 
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEEs- 
 
Amendments to Constitution, 163 363 440 535 674 778 850 
 
1012 1103 
 
Appropriations 132 184 209 300 326 362 408 439 458 535 571 
 
652 709 775 927 
 
' 
 
Banks and Banking ...................... 232 709 800 
 
 1~4 
 
INDEX 
 
Conservation ..................................... 599 649 
 
Corporations ............ 213 404 568 602 679 824 861 905 985 
 
Counties and County Matters 91 _162 230 300 326 359 361 457 534 600 651 680 776 824 862 903 947 1013 1029 
 
Drainage- 
 
Education ........ 91163 213 299 439 568 675 777 849 904 947 
 
Enrollment ......... 179 380 565 774 865 866 905 1103 1220 1224 
 
Game and Fish .........................405 438 649 800 
 
General Agrieri.lture No. 1. ................. 180 231 652 1027 
 
General Agrieulture No.2 .. 209 298 343 381 406 457 600 676 862 984 
 
General Judieiary No. 1 179 230 324 380 441 677 697 801 823 849 946 983 
 
General Judieiary No. 2 183 211 362 679 696 825 863 904 928 946 983 1137 
 
Georgia State Sanitarium .......................... 
 
91 
 
Hygiene and Sanitation ....................... 458 572 861 
 
Insuranee ............ , ....................... 298 888 948 
 
Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home............... 
 
776 
 
Labor and Labor Statisties ....................90 182 212 
 
Manufaeturers- 
 
Military Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
678 
 
Mines and Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
181 
 
Munieipal Government 64 181 209 283 324 436 601 650 675 710 
 
826 849 864 
 
Penitentiary ................................. .438 459 775 
 
Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
651 
 
Privileges and Eleetions ...............327 457 598 777 800 
 
Publie Highways .................. 501 570 827 850 864 905 
 
Publie Library . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
162 
 
Publie Printing ................................... 183 214 
 
Publie Property ........ ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
297 
 
Railroads ................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
598 
 
Reformatories ............................... . . . . . 74 676 
 
Rules ... 76 94 208 284 313 347 421 475 5&8 611 664 693 780 794 
 
Sanitarium at Alto-- 
 
Speeial Judieiary 64 75 161 180 212 360 404 501 569 570 599 
 
650 677 709 848 948 1028 
 
State of Republie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 405 602 825 
 
Temperanee ................. ; .................... 299 679 
 
University of Georgia and Branehes .......... 571 649 801 
 
Ways and Means ..................... 325 343 437572 1102 
 
Western .and Atlantie Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
861 
 
 REVILLE, E. B.- 
 
INDEX 
 
1265 
 
Oath adminiaterd 
 
7. 
 
ROAD LAWS AND BRIDGEB- 
 
To amend Act relative to laying out roads.......... 
 
129 
 
ROADS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE- 
 
To designate all mail roads as public roads ......... 531 575 . To repeal 4 days alternative road law in Murray county 594 829 
 
s. 
SALARIES (See Constitutional Amendments)- 
 
To fix salaries of sheriff of Supreme Court 'Uld Court 
 
of Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
54 
 
To fix salaries of State House officials ...... 54 85 165 526 837 
 
To fix salary of engineer of State Capitol ........ 131 216 573 
 
To increase salary of stenographer to State Bank Ex 
 
aminer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 941 
 
SALT SPRINGB- 
 
To grant certain land to the University of Georgia .... , 356 
 
SAINT MARY'S CANAL- 
 
Commission appointed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1234 
 
SAVANNAH WAREHOUSE CO.- 
 
Relative to stock of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 89 412 
 
SCHOOL BOOKS (See Text-Books). 
 
SCHOOL AND SCH<)OL LAWB- 
 
To. amend Act incorporating Academy of Social Circle ........................................ 51 214 267 
 
 1266 
 
INDEX 
 
To amend Act incorporat~g Academy of Warrenton 60 92 133 
 
To amend sc_hool laws relative to State school supervisor 72 
 
To revise school laws relative to county superintendent 
 
of education .................................. ; . 
 
72 
 
To establish system of public schools for Bowden.... 
 
88 
 
To amend Act establishing for Villa Rica ...... 127 215 266 
 
To amend Act establishing for Douglas ..... , .... 146 442 466 
 
To establish system for Bowdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 200 
 
To abolish public school system of Clarkston .... 377 573 605 
 
To establish system for Hastyville ................ 400 574 
 
To amend Act to establish for Lumpkin._ ...... .435 574 606 
 
To require certain scholars to wear cadet uniform. . . 498 802 
 
To repeal Act creating for Whitesburg ........... 593 683 714 
 
To amend Act establishing-for Jesup . . .  . . . . . . . . . 703 781 832 
 
To pay pro rata of State funds to board o education 
 
of Eastman ............................... . 823 907 961 
 
To amend Act establishing for Franklin county .. 799 851 874 
 
SHERIFFS AND DEPUTIES (See Counties and County Matters)To fix fees of . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .  .. .  .. . . .. . . . . . . 295 
 
SIGN BOARDB- 
 
To require counties to erect sign boards at cross roads 272 
 
SOCIAL CIRCLE GA. (See Schools and School Laws). 
 
SOLDIERS HOME (See Appropriations)- 
 
To admit widows and wives of Confederate soldiers to the .................. :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 705 782 
 
SOLICITORS-GENERAL- 
 
To abolish fees of solicitors-general of Northeastem 
 
Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . .  . . .  . . . . .  . 73 165 305 
 
To abolish fees for Cordele Circuit ............ 165 267 370 
 
To abolish fees for Middle Judicial Circuit .......... 270 617 
 
To abolish .fees for Flint Judicial Circuit.......... 
 
352 
 
To abolish fees for Blue Ridge Circuit .. .412 446 536 1131 
 
1201 1203 
 
To abolish fees for Cherok.ee Circuit ......... 450 500 1138 
 
To abolish fees for Coweta Circuit ............. 531 575 608 
 
To abolish fees for Western Judicial Circuit 851 871 1127 1182 
 
To abolish fees for Stone Mountain Circuit. . . . . . . . 1129 
 
 INDEX 
 
1267 
 
SOFT DRINKS (See Code Amendments). 
 
STO~LEN GOOD8- 
 
To bring from one State to another. . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 215 
 
SUITS (See Practice and Procedure). T. 
TAXES AND TAX LAW8- 
 
To provide metllod of taxing notes, mortgages, etc.. . 
 
72 
 
To .relieve soldiers and sailors from poll tax duration 
 
of war ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 86 442 
 
To authorize Towns county to levy a tax .. 377 411 '447 957 1046 
 
1120 1191 
 
To levy tax for support of government ..... : . . . . . . . 
 
618 
 
To amend Act providing for inheritance tax. . . . . . . 645 684 
 
TAX COLLECTORs- 
 
To require all state funds to be deposited .in State De 
 
positories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
294, 
 
 
 
TAX RECEIVERS (See Code Amendments). 
 
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES (See Railroad 
 
CommiBSion). 
 
TEMPERANCE DAY- 
 
To designate in schools 
 
223 
 
TEXT BOOK8- 
 
To have prepared a suitable text book on Civil Govern- 
 
ment 
 
289 
 
TIP8To make JIDlawfui to give or receive ........ 8 265 490 1129 
 
 1268 
 
INDEX 
 
TRADE COMMISSION- 
 
To create for State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
228 
 
TREES, NUT OR FRUIT- 
 
To regulate sale of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
492 
 
TRAIJIHNG SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (See Appropriations). 
 
TRIALS (See Practice and Procedure). 
 
TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM- 
- 
To amend Act creating . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 464 
 
u. 
 
UIDVERSITY OF GEORGIA- 
 
To prohibit trustees of State institutions to make con 
 
tract with a trustee ............................ 491 1197 
 
To amend Act creating board of trustees for North 
 
Georgia Agricultural College ................. 553 656 962 
 
To make president of Alumni Society a member of 
 
board of trustees of .............................. 554 802 
 
To accept certain lands and buildings for . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
573 
 
v. 
 
VEAZEY BILL- 
 
To require inspection of asylums, convents, etc..... 1007 1009 
 
VENEREAL DISEASEsRelating to ....... ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 682 
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION- 
 
To provide for ................................ 130 216 981 
 
 INDEX 
 
1269 
 
w. 
 
WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT- 
 
To create for State ................ r........... 295 
 
WARRANTS, SEARCH- 
 
To authorize to issue .in certain eases 
 
265 
 
WARRENTON, GA. (See Schools), 
 
WEAPONS- 
 
To prohibit selling 1>r giving away of pistols, etc...... 
 
53 
 
WEAVER, W. F., SENATOR- 
 
On death of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
202 
 
Pay per diem of ................ : . ........... 296 444 764 
 
WESTMORELAND, A. F.- 
 
Oath administered ..................... :. . . . . . . . . . . 
 
867 
 
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD- 
 
To authorize to exercise eminent domain (Clifton).. 
 
293 
 
To authorize to exercise eminent domain (Atkinson).. 
 
293 
 
To authorize W. & A. commission to sell certain lands 882 
 
WILLS- 
 
To prohibit specific. performance of promise to make will ........................... .-... ... . . . . . . . . . . . 68 79 
 
WIRE FENCING- 
 
To make felony the wilful cutting of . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . 
 
344 
 
WORK OR FIGHT (See Labor and Labor Statistics), W. A. WRIGHT (See Communications). 
 
 1270 
 
INDEX 
 
PART II. 
 
HOUSE RESOLUTIONS. 
 
To provide joint committee on advisability of selling 
 
Governor's mansion ..... : ..................... . 11 304 
 
To notify United States Constitutional amendment on 
 
liquor, etc. . ................... : . .............. . 
 
11 
 
To make H. B. No. 62 speciai order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 76 
 
To commend administration of President Wilson ... . 
 
12 
 
To make S. R. No. 71 a special order .............. . 13 14 
 
To appoint committee on sale of State farm .... 54 94 217 421 
 
To make S. B. 59 special order ................. . 
 
63 
 
To investigate combination of automobile dealers ... . 
 
65 
 
To adjourn General Assembly from July 3 to July 8 .. 65 122 
 
To make H. B. 112 special order ................ . 
 
73" 
 
To make H. B. 448 special order ................ . 
 
73 
 
To authorize Governor to transfer portrait of Gen. Gor- 
 
don to University of Georgia ................. . 
 
74 
 
To make H. B. 579 special order .................... . 
 
132 
 
To provide funds for state library to furnish Consti 
 
tution ................... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
166 
 
To provide lithia water for use of House . . . . . . . . . . 
 
174 
 
To make H. B:- 653 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
177 
 
To make H~ B. 655 special order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
177 
 
To make H. B. 447 .special order ................... 208 348 
 
To provide order of business July 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
208 
 
Relative to State Press Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
232 
 
To appoint committee on State-owned wharves (Eve) 
 
273 
 
To make S. B. 178 special order ................... 281.313 
 
To authorize treasurer of Cobb county to buy Liberty bonds .. ~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 656 805 
 
To make H. B. No. 258 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
282 
 
To make H. R. No. 175 speeial order ................ 282 284 
 
To make H. B. No. 104 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
296 
 
To make H. Bs. No. 28 and No. 34 special orders.... 296 
 
On resignation of Mr. Fowler of Bibb . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
303 
 
To provide for the reebleminded .... .'. . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 464 
 
To make H. B. No. 205 Sp4lcial order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
340 
 
Relative to employment of persons ............... 340 370 
 
To make H. B. No. 348 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
357 
 
To make H. B. No. 265 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
357.. 
 
To make H. B. No. 676 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
357 
 
 INDEX 
 
1271 
 
Requesting Ga. Ry. & Power Co. to recognize earmens' 
 
union ........................'................ 
 
357 
 
Relative to Mr. Hall of Bibb ...................... . 
 
371 
 
To make H. Bs. Nos. 623 and 593 speeial orders ..... . 
 
378 
 
To make H. B. No. 603 special order ............. . 
 
378 
 
To make H. B. No. 386 special order ............ . 
 
379 
 
To make H. B. No. 544 special order .............. 
 
401 
 
To make H. B. No. 366 speeial order ............. . 
 
401 
 
To tender sympathy to Hon. A. H. Giddens, death in 
 
family ........................................ . 
 
419 
 
To invite Hon. Cliff Williams to address General As 
 
sembly .... , ............................... 
 
419 
 
To make H. B. No. 98 speciaJ order ............... . 
 
435 
 
To make B. B. No. 32 special order ................. . 
 
435 
 
To authorize Rules Committee to fix calendar for after- 
 
noon seSBion .................................. 
 
448 
 
Relative to naming Civil War "The War Between the 
 
States" ....................................... . 
 
448 
 
To provide for compensation of John R. Robertson .. 
 
453 
 
To make H. B. 687 special order .................... 
 
453 
 
To inake S. B. No. 141 special order ............. 498 931 
 
To purchase portr;lit of Hugh McCall ........... . 
 
532 
 
To plalle B. B. No. 104 on calendar ................ . 532 806 
 
To pay armory rent of National Guards ......... . 
 
532 
 
To fix calendar for afternoon session .............. 538 539 Authorizing Governor to employ counsel in recovering 
 
lands ..... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
554 
 
To make Senate Bill No. 86 special order }. . . . . . . . . 
 
554 
 
To make B. B. No. 160 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
645 
 
To make H. B. No. 376 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
646 
 
To accept certain lands in Irwin county ........ 646 .699 804 
 
To appoint a joint highway commission . . . . .  . . . 698 851 916 
 
To make H. B. No. 896 special order . . . . . . . . .  .... , . . 
 
706 
 
To make H. B. No. 854 special order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
773 
 
Relative to Henry W. Watterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
852 
 
To appoint joint committee on salaries of State House 
 
officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
852 
 
To amend rules relative to unanimous consent . . . . . . 
 
853 
 
To employ stenographer to draft General Tax Bill. . 
 
900 
 
To return H. B. 676 from Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
900 
 
To permit girls to all departments of the University 
 
of Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
924 
 
To extend sympathies to Hon. H. R. DeJarnette. . . 
 
943 
 
To extend sympathy to Hon. Marcus W. Beck...... 
 
9~4 
 
To authorize Governor to borrow money . . . . . . . . . . 1013 1108 
 
 1272 
 
;INDEX 
 
To provide for unfinished business of session of 1918 To extend privileges of floor to Hon. H. J. Fullbright To authorize the Governor 'to improve the acoustics of 
hall of House of Representatives . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . To appoint committee to notify Governor of sine die 
adjournment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
1014 1033 
1137 
1235 
 
SENATE BILL8---  
 
PUT Ill. A. 
 
ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, GUARDIANS, ETC. 
 
To authorize to purchase Liberty Bonds for minor children .. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 605 
 
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL8--- 
 
Archives, department of, to create .............847 869 1134 
 
AGE OF CONSENT- 
 
To fix age of consent 
 
314 
 
ADVERTISING- 
 
To prohibit use of railroad crossing signs for. . . . .  134 ~05 
 
ATTACHMENT8--- 
 
To provide for the issue and levy of in foreclosure proceedings ................................. 309 329 1035 
B. 
BARBER8--- 
 
To amend Act regulating occupation of .......... 575 1135 
 
 INDEX 
 
1273 
 
BLINDNESS- 
 
For prevention of ............................. 847 870 1138 
 
BONDS (See Municipal Corporations, Part ill). 
 
BONDS FOR TITLE- 
 
To provide for execution and record of 
c. 
CEMETERIES- 
 
500 684 
 
To amend Act for protection ................. 945 991 1198 
 
CHARTERS, MUNICIPAL-- 
 
To amend charter of Pelham ................... 332 444 468 
 
To amend charter of Canton ..................332 364 468 
 
To create a new charter for Rome ............... 347 783 831 
 
To amend Act to create charter of Fairmont ... .418 576 609 
 
To amend charter of Blue Ridge ............... .'. 663 685 715 
 
To amend charter of Griffin .................. . . . . 
 
717 
 
CHILD, MINOR (See Wife, Part III) (See Administrators, Part ill.) 
 
CHIROPRACTIC- 
 
To regulate practice of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932 990 1198 1204 
 
CODE AMENDMENTS OF CODE .OF 1910- 
 
To amend Code 1910, apportionment of convicts..... 
 
121 
 
To amend Code 1910, eases marked ''in default''. . . . 121 
 
To amend Code of 1910, writs of certiorari . . . . . . . 
 
122 
 
To amend Section 639 Irwin's C(Jde, width of certain 
 
roads ...................................... 308 500 608 
 
Relating to Section 4135, waivers ................ 309 830 
 
To amend Section 5585, rules of ejectment . . . . . . . . 332 383 
 
To amend Section 3931, law of inheritance. . . . . . . . . . 369 869 
 
To amend Section 173, assistant state librarian .. 369 445 540 
 
 1274 
 
INDEX 
 
To 1repeal Section 6134, stenographers Supreme 
 
Court ...................................... 578 699 1041 
 
To amend Section 1202, relative to tax receiver .. 610 699 1Uf2 
 
To amend Section 372, adultery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
805 
 
To amend Section 2823, certain corporations .... 907 959 1187 
 
To amend .Sections 2408, 2409, investments by insur 
 
ance companies .............................945 990 1133 
 
To amend Section 859, challenge of jurors. . . .   .  94S 9!H 
 
To amencl Section 1036, defendant in criminal eases .. 945 991 
 
To amend Section 1188, salary of prison commission. . 
 
992 
 
To amend Section 1677, establishment of sanitariums.. 
 
993 
 
COLLEGE, NORMAL (See Valdosta, Part III). 
 
COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES- 
 
To amend Act creating for Cherokee county .... 308 605 662 To create for Hart county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . 308 364 To amend Act creating supervisors for Murray Co. 332 464 516 To repeal Act creating for Hart Co............369 536 577 To create for Hart county . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 To repeal Act creating for Lee county ,.......... 717 870 911 To amend Act creating for Lee county .......... 717 870 910 To amend Act creating for Bleckley ..... ~ ..... 807 871 911 To amend Act creating for Meriwether ......... 945 1013 1035 
 
CONSTABLES- 
 
To fix and regulate fees of 
 
610 
 
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS- 
 
To amend Constitution relative to school tax 121 201 221 448 
 
470 516 
 
To amend Constitution relative to municipal 
 
bonds ..................................... 134 444 1140 
 
To amend Constitution relative to paying pensions .. 309 444 
 
To amend Constitution changing senatorial dis- 
 
tricts ...... _.............................. 347 445 1108 
 
To amend Constitution relative to judges of Eastern 
 
Judicial Circuit ............................... 368 1036 
 
To amend Constitution relative to salaries of judges of 
 
Superior Courts . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
536 
 
To amend Constitution regulating powers of taxation 609 1108 
 
 INDEX 
 
1275 
 
To amend Constitution relative to Atkinson Co.. 610 782 1169" 
 
To amend Constitution relative to State Treasurer 663 851 1145 
 
To amend Constitution relative to changing tax laws.. 
 
663 
 
To amend Constitution relative to taxation ........ 665 684 
 
To amend Constitution relative to highways........ 
 
782 
 
To amend relative to s'alaries of judges of Superior 
 
Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
877 
 
To amend relative to State borrowing money. . . . . . . . 
 
931 
 
To amend relative to pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931 958 1116 
 
CONYICTS (See Counties and County Matters, Part III.). 
 
CONTRACTs- 
 
To regulate indeterminate contracts 
 
876 
 
CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPAL- 
 
To authorize to purchase water works, gas and elee 
 
trie plants .....................: ............ : .. . 
 
307 
 
To incorporate Ridgeway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 783 
 
To amend Act re-incorporating Thomasville .... 716 830 909 
 
To repeal Act to incorporate Lavonia . . . . . . . . . 931 991 1033 
 
To incorporate Lavonia ......................946 991 1033 
 
To amend Acts incorporating Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
993 
 
COSTS AND "FEE8- 
 
To regulate costs in certain felony eases 
 
333 383 
 
COTTON AND COTTON SEED- 
 
To .regulate future contracts in cotton ........... 846 869 
 
COURT OF APPEALS (See Supreme Courts, Part III.). 
 
COURTS, CITY AND COUNTY- 
 
To fix salary of judge of city court of Thomasville 369 413 469 
 
To amend Act creating city .court of Greensboro .. 369 413 469 
 
To repeal Act creating city court of Cleveland .... 579 605 662 
 
To repeal Act creating city court of Fort Gaines. . . . 
 
806 
 
To repeal Act creating city court of Polk county .. 876 908 1019 
 
 1276 
 
INDEX 
 
COURTS, SUPERIOR- 
 
To provide for compensation for clerks of . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
331 
 
To provide" four terms of Clay Superior Court...... 
 
806 
 
COURT, SUPREME, AND COURT OF APPEALS- 
 
To fix compensation of deputy clerk of . . . . . . . . . . 578 699 To fix salaries of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of 831 959 1046 
1185 
 
D. 
DEEDS AND MORTGAGESDefining manner of recording and execution. . . . . . . . 201 218 
 
DEPOSITORY STATE- 
 
To authorize a sixth State depository in Atlanta ......................................... 537 803 836 909 
 
DRAINAGE- 
 
To amend Sections 32, 34 and 38 of drainage law .... 847 991 
 
E. 
ELECTIONS- 
 
To repeal Act fixing date of primary in Mitchell county ...................................... 418 464 515 
To permit voters to vote at any precinct;. . . . . . . . . . . 716 803 
 
ESTATES, TRUST- 
 
To require bond of trustees .................. 308 413 1186 
 
F. 
FEMALE (See Age of Consent, Part ill). FISH (See Game and Fish, Part III). 
 
 INDEX 
 
1277 
 
G. 
GAME AND FISH- 
 
To amend Aet creating department of  . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
578 
 
To give consent of State to U. S. Congress to pro- 
 
teet game and fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 803 
 
To prohibit hunting except own land . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 803 
 
To regulate taking of shad from fresh waters of State 1041 
 
GEOLOGIST, STATE- 
 
_GJi::ORGIA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH- 
 
To enlarge powers of .... ~ ....................... 847 870 
 
GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY- 
 
To provide for election of vice-chairman of board of trustees ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       . .   310 575 
 
GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLs- 
 
To amend Aet creating ...................... 663 684 1134 
 
H. HUNTING (See Game and Fish, Part III). 
 
I. INSURANCE- 
To amend Aet regulating issuance of policies. . . . . . 201 305 To further regulate eastialty insurance . . . . . . . . . . . 848 959 INTERROGATORIEBINDETERMINATE SENTENCEsTo prescribe ..... , ..................... ~. 134 2i7 
 
 1278 
 
INDEX 
 
ISLANDS OF GEORGIA- 
 
To provide for protection of .......... ~ .......... 687 803 875 
 
J. 
JJJDGES (See Constitutional Amendments, Part III)- 
To prohibit judges from expression bf opinion of jury verdicts ....................................945 991 1185 
 
L. 
LIVE STOCK- 
To prohibit certain male animals from running at large ............................... . . . . . . . . . . . 578 958 
To prohibit shipment of tick-infested cattle .... 610 657 1115 
 
M. MARRIAGE LICENSES- 
 
To amend Code relative to issuing of, Section 2936 308 330 To regulate the issuance of ...................... 876 907 
 
MEDIUAL EXAMINERS, STATE BOARD OF- 
 
To amend Aet to establish ................... 876 931 1133 
\ 
N. 
NATIONAL BANKS- 
 
NATIONAL FOREST RESERVE- 
 
To amend Act for establishment of .  . . . . . . . . . 610 657 755 
 
NEW COUNTIES- 
 
To create county of Cook 
 
310 475 
 
 INDEX 
 
1279 
 
P. 
PENSIONS (Bee Constitutional Amendments, Part ill). PHARMACY-'- 
 
To amend Act creating Georgia Board of Pharmacy .........................................846 870 fi36 
 
PRODUCE DEALERS. 
 
PROPER~Y, STOLEN- 
To prohibit bringing stolen- property from another State .....................................332 413 496 
 
PROSTITUTION- 
 
To penalize soliciting for pUl'poses of .......... 876 991 1139 
R. 
RELIEF- 
 
Of C. H. Dickerson ......................... 577 959 1019 
 
ROADS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE- 
 
To substitute alternative road law in Murray Co... 847 907 1135 
B. 
SALARIES- 
 
To fix salaries of State House officials...... 993 1032 1186 
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL LAWSTo codify school laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 To repeal Act to establish public schools of Lavonia 932 959 992 
 
SHERIFFS AND DEPUTIESTo regulate compensation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 612 687 
 
 1280 
 
INDEX 
 
SOLICITORS GENERAL- 
 
To abolish fee system of Chattahoochee Circuit. . . . . . 
 
469 
 
T~ 
TAX ASSESSORs- 
 
To fix compensation of ....................... 307 605 1186 
 
TAXES AND TAX LAW8- 
 
To collect all past due taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
119 
 
To levy and collect general tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
309 
 
~o regulate return of property for taxation. . . . . . . . 329 1132 
 
To make tax returns to railroad commission......... 
 
805 
 
TAX COLLECTORs- 
 
To appoint as ex-officio sheriffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . 309 
 
TENNESSEE COPPER CO- 
 
'ro authorize Governor to enter into contract with ...................................... 537 830 1150 
 
. TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM- 
 
To amend Act to establish at Alto ............. 848 870 1034 
v. 
VENEREAL DISEASE8- 
 
To require reporting -of 
w. 
WAGE8To provide semi-monthly payment of 
 
847 870 1201 1172 
 
WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENTTo create ................ - . _............ 992 1032 1159 1162 
 
 .. 
 
INDEX 
 
1281 
 
WATERWORKS AND LIGHTS (See Municipal Corporations, Part III). 
 
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD- 
 
To authorize to exercise right of eminent- domain 716 869 1034 To authorize right of eminent domain to . . . . . . 716 869 1035 
 
WORK LAW- 
 
To require certain personw. to work ...... 201 218 316 334 348 580 812 
 
PART IV. 
 
SENATE RESOLUTIONs- 
 
To provide committee to notify Governor. . . . . . . . . . 
 
5 
 
To ratify U. S. Constitutional amendment relative to 
 
liquor traffic ................................. 15 22 24 
 
To appoint joint committee on hoarding food . . . . . . . . . 
 
121 
 
To appoint joint committee on local legislation...... 310 364 
 
To hold joint session. Address of Lieut. Milson. . . . . . 
 
315 
 
To appoint commission on statistics of feeble- 
 
minded ..................................... 370 685 1133 
 
Inviting W. J. Robinson to make address on flax... 
 
448 
 
To authorize working convicts on campus at Techno- 
 
logical College .................................. 537 782 
 
To appoint joint committee to investigate sale of State 
 
farm . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. . .. .. . . . . .  577 
 
Relative to collegiate degrees .............. : . .... 665 802 
 
To adjourn sine die ....................-. .  . . . . . . .  1235 -