JOURNAL
OF THE
House of Representatives
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
REGULAR SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
At Atlanta. Wednesday, June 22, 1921
1921 FOOTE & DAVIES CO. STATE PRINTERS
ATLANTA, GA.

JOURNAL
REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
Wednesday, June 22, 1921.
The Representatives-elect of the General Assembly of Georgia for the years 1921-1922, met pursuant to laws in the Representative Hall at 10 o'clock A. M., this day, and were called to order by E. B. :\Ioore, Clerk of the last House of Representatives. Prayer was offered by Dr. S. R. Belk, D. D., pastor of Trinity Church, M. E., South.
The Secretary of State transmitted to the Clerk the following certified list of the names of the Representatives-elect:
I, S. G. McLendon, Secretary of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify, That the seven pages of typewritten matter next attached contain a true copy of members of the House of the General Assembly, session 1921-1922, as the same appear on the election returns which are on file in this office.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, at the Capitol, in the City of Atlanta, this 22nd day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred.and forty-fifth.
S. G. McLENDox, Secretary of State.

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COUNTY.

NAME.

Appling ............. J. B. Moore.

Atkinson ............. A. Corbitt. Bacon ................ C. L. Sibley. Baker ............... D. F. Walker. Baldwin .............J. H. Ennis. Banks ............... J. G. B. Logan. Barrow .............. R. B. Russell, Jr.

Bartow .............. W. D. Trippe.

Bartow .............. M. L. Johnson. Ben Hill ............. Thomas J. Luke. Berrien .......... : ... P. T. Knight.

Bibb ................. Ben J. Fowler.

Bibb ................. J. F. Malone. ,Bibb ................. Nat R. Winship..

Bleckley ............. J. S. Wynne. Brantley ............. J. B. Strickland. Brooks ............... S. M. Turner. Brooks ...............Burton L. Weston.

Bryan ...............W. K. Smith.

Bulloch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. C. Parrish. Bulloch .............. Harvey Brannen. Burke ............... Emmett B. Gresham.

Burke ............... Cliff Hatcher. Butts ......... ; ......\V. E. Watkins. Calhoun .............. J. S. Cowart. Camden .............. James T. Vocelee. Campbell ............ Lawrence S. Camp. Candler .............. M. S. Miles. Carroll .............. I. H. P. Beck. Carroll .............. J. L. Smith.

Catoosa ..............W. C. Hullender. Charlton ............. T. L. Pickren. Chatham ............. David S. Atkinson. Chatham ............. E. Ormonde Hunter. Chatham . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. G. Valentino. Chattahoochee .... , ...E. F. Johnson.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1921.

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COUNTY.

NAME.

Chattooga ........... T. J. Anderson.

Cherokee ............ John W. Collins.

Clarke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. G. Dudley. Clarke ............... R. Toombs DuBose.

Clay ................. Zach Arnold.

Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. B. DeFoor. Clinch ...............\V. R. Dickerson.

Cobb ................. C. M. Dobbs.

Cobb ................. Gordon B. Gann. Coffee ............... J. \V. Quincey.

Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. J. Lewis.

Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . H. D. Ramsey. Cook ................ Dr. R. C. \Voodard. Coweta .............. J. Littleton Jones. Coweta .............. B. T. Thompson.

Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . M. B. Carr.

Crisp ................ S. C. Byrd. Dade ................ W. N. Tatum.

Dawson .............. P. T. Duncan.

Decatur ............. W. E. Griffin.

Decatur ............. T. M. Hines. DeKalb ..............Ralph McClelland.

DeKalb .............. Carl N. Guess.

Dodge ...............B. F. Horne. Dooly ................E. B. Dykes.

Dougherty ...........W. H. Beckham. Douglas ............. T. :& ""\\~itley.
Early ................ J.D. Haddock.

Echols ...............J. J. Peterson.

Effingham ............ A. N. Grovenstein. Elbert ...............W. T. Brownlee.

Elbert ............... Thomas M. Swift, Sr.

Emanuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas N. Brown. Emanuel .............W. E. Boatwright. Evans ...............W. H. Hodges. Fannin ...............B. S. West.

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COUNTY.

NAME.

Fayette .............. J. W. Culpepper.

Floyd ................John Camp Davis.

Floyd ................Harper Hamilton.

Floyd ................ John W. Salmon.

Forsyth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. L. Howard.

Franklin ............. Joe H. Gunnells. Fulton ............... ~furphy M. Holloway. Fulton ............... Ernest G. Bentley. Fulton ............... Virlyn B. :Moore. Gilmer ............... S. 0. Penlan. Glascock ............. E. L. Braddy. Glynn ............... B. F. Mann. Gordon .............. T. M. Owen.

Grady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John R. Singletary. Greene ............... Felix E. Boswell.

Gwinnett ............. John C. Houston.

Gwinnett ............. J. S. Shettlesworth.

Habersham ...........James H. Grant. Hall .................I. F. Duncan.

Hall ................. H. A. Langford.

Hancock . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. B. Brown.

Haralson .............Taylor Smith. Harris ............... B. J. Williams.

Hart ................ T. S. Mason.

Heard ............... J. W. DanieL

Henry ...............Edward L. Reagan. Houston .............Emmett Houser. Houston ............. C. H. Jackson. Irwin ................Marcus Fletcher.

Jackson ............. H. P. DeLaPerriere.

Jackson .............. S. J. Swindle. Jasper ............... Monroe Philips. Jeff Davis ...........W. L. Stone.

Jefferson .............James King.

Jenkins .............. J. A. Dixon. Johnson .............W. D. Summer.

.WEDNESDAY, JuNE 22; 1921.

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COUNTY.

NAME.

Jones ................W. J. Greene. Lamar .... , ..........J. E. Bush. Laurens ......... : .... C. H. Kittrell. Laurens ............ :. Henry Bunn Wimberly. Lanier ............... R. L. Patten.

Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. D. Clifton. Liberty .............. B. A. Way. Lincoln .............. J. M. Price. Long ................ J. A. Smiley.

Lowndes ............. J. E. Webb. Lowndes ............. G. A. Whitaker. Lumpkin ... .......... J. F. Pruett. McDuffie ............. J. Glenn Stovall.

Mcintosh ............William S. Tyson. Macon ............... Gilbert C. Robinson. Madison ............. G. Preston Whitworth. Marion .............. E. H. McMichael.

Meriwether ........... G. J. Keith. ~feriwether ........... vV. E. Smith. ~filler ........... : ... John R. Williams. Milton ...............J. H. Manning. Mitchell ............. J. M. Mayo, Jr.

Monroe ..............Samuel Rutherford. Montgomery .......... H. B. Fols.om.
Morgan ..............Chas. H. Baldwin. Murray .............. R. P. Hufstetler.

Muscogee ............ R. 0. Perkins. Muscogee ............W. C. Neill. Muscogee ............ S. B. Hatcher, Jr. Newton ..............E. W. Adams. Oconee ............... S. H. Griffith.

Oglethorpe ...........P. W. Davis, Sr. Paulding ............. C. B. McGarity. Pickens .............. T. E. Johnson. Pierce ............... A. P. Brantley. Pike .................H. B. Bloodworth.

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NAME.

COUNTY.

Polk .................William \V. Mundy.

Pulaski ..............Howard E. Coates.

Putnam ..............J. 0. Wall.

Quitman ............. G. F. worthy.

Rabun ............... J. E. Bleckley.

Randolph ............ Robert L. Moye.

Richmond ............ E. B. Reville.

Richmond ............'Nalter R. McDonald. Richmond ............ Mose B. Pilcher.

Rockdale ............ Arthur Whitaker.

Schley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. D. Herring.

Screven ............. Israel H. Evans.

Seminole .............W. H. VanLandingham.

Spalding ............. A. K. Maddox.

Stephens .............D. H. Collier.

Stewart ..............\V. S. Boyett.

Sumter ............... A. E. Hines.

Sumter ............... George W. Riley.

Talbot ............... A. J. Perryman, Jr.

Taliaferro ...........\V. W. Bird.

Tattnall ............. D. H. Holland.

Taylor ............... C. W. Foy.

Telfair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. \V. Philips.

Terrell .............. \Varren D. Parks.

Thomas ............. \V. Irwin Mcintyre.

Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. l\L Jones.

Tift .................L. E. Bowen.

Toombs .............. G.. \V. Lankford.

Towns ............... G. W. Franks.

Treutlen ............. J. T. Mixon.

Troup ...............J. B. Daniel.

Troup ...............Lee B. Wyatt.

Turner ...............D. J. Branch.

Twiggs .............. A. G. Wood.

Union ............... S. H. Neal.

Upson ............... J. J. Childs.

\VEDXESDAY, JuxE 22, 1921.

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NAl\IE.

COUNTY.

\Valker .............. Freeman McClure. \Valton ............... E. M. Williams. walton ...............John H. Adams.

\Vare ................ J. E. T. Bowden. Ware ................J. Dorsey Blalock. warren .............. F. B. Ricketson. Washington .......... J. E. Hyman. vVashington .......... T. L. Hawkins. vVayne .............. A. J. Nicholls: Webster .............W. H. Clark. _

Wheeler .............J. Lewis Sumner. White _............... A. H. Henderson, Jr. Whitfield ............. N. A. Bradford.

Wilcox ............... J. R. Monroe.

vVilkes ............... Boyce Ficklen, Sr.

Wilkes ...............W. 0. Bobo. Wilkinson ............ G. H. Carswell. vVorth ............... Mark Tyson.

The roll of the counties was called and the Representatives-elect came forward to the bar of the House of Representatives, the oath of office being administered by the Honorable Marcus vV. Beck, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia.

The next business in order being the election of a Speaker, Honorable J. H. Ennis of Baldwin, and Honorable R. 0. Perkins, of Muscogee, placed the name of Honorable \V. Cecil Neill, of Muscogee, in nomination, and the nomination was seconded by Messrs. Culpepper of Fayette, DuBose of Clarke, Tyson of Mcintosh, Lankford of Toombs, Mann of Glynn, ~Iason of Hart, DeLaPerriere of Jackson, Daniel of Heard, Moore of Fulton, Adams of vVal-

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ton, Herring of Schley, Monroe of "\Vilcox, Garswell of Wilkinson, Duncan of Hall, V ocelle of Camden, and Thompson of Coweta. There being no other nomination the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting for Mr. Neill were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clifton Coates

Collins

Haddock

Corbitt

Hamilton

Cowart

Hatcher of Burke

Culpepper

Hatcher of Muscogee

Daniel of Heard

Hawkins

Daniel of Troup

Henderson

Davis of Floyd

Herring

Davis of Oglethorpe Hines of Decatur

DeFoor

Hines of Sumter

DeLaPerriere

Hodges

Dickerson

Holland

Dixon

Holloway

Dobbs

Horne

DuBose

Houser

Dudley

Houston

Duncan of Dawson Howard

Duncan of Hall

Hufstetler

Dykes

Hullender

Ennis

Hunter

Evans

Hyman

Ficklen

Jackson

Fletcher

Jones of Coweta

Folsom

Jones of Thomas

Fowler

Johnson of Bartow

Foy

Johnson of

Franks

Chattahoochee

Gann

Johnson of Pickens

Gresham

Keith

Griffin

King

Griffith

Kittrell

Grant

,Knight

Greene

Langford of Hall

Grovenstein

Lankford of Toombs

Guess

Lewis

Gunnels

Logan

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Luke McClelland McClure McDonald McGarity Macintyre McMichael Mann Manning Mason Mayo Miles Mixon Monroe Moore of Appling Moore of Fulton Moye Mundy Neal of Union Nichols Owen Parks Parrish Patten Penland Perkins Perryman Peterson
Ayes, 186.

Phillips of Jasper Thompson

Phillips of Telfair Trippe

Pickren

Turner

Pilcher

Valentino

Pruett

Van Landingham

Quincey

Vocelle

Ramsey

Walker

Reagan

Wall

Reville

Way

Riley

Webb

Robinson

West

Russell

Weston

Rutherford

Whitley

Salmon

Whitaker

Shettlesworth

of Lowndes

Sibley

Whitaker

Singletary

of Rockdale

Smiley

Wh-itworth

Smith of Bryan

Williams of Harris

Smith of Carroll Williams of Miller

Smith of Haralson Williams of Walton

Smith of Meriwether Wimberly

Stone

Winship

Stovall

Wood

Strickland

Woodard

Sumner of Wheeler Worthy

Swift

Wyatt

Tatum

Wynne

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Clark Collier Maddox Malone

Neill of Muscogee Swindle

Price

Tison of Worth

Ricketson

Tyson of Mcintosh

Sumner of Johnson Watkins

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
"Upon consolidating the votes cast it was found

that Mr. Neill had received 186 votes, being the

entire number of votes cast. The Honorable W. Cecil Neill, having received a
majority of all the votes cast, was declared elected Speaker for ew~uing term of two years.

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The chair appointed the following committee to escort the Speaker to the Speaker's stand: :Messrs. Lankford of Toombs, Perkins of Muscogee, Ennis of Baldwin, and Hamilton of Floyd.

The Speaker was escorted to the Speaker's stand by the Committee and delivered an address to the House.
The next order of business being the election of the Clerk of the House, Honorable Carl K. Guess of DeKalb, placed in nomination the name of E. B. Moore of DeKalb County, which nomination was seconded by Messrs. Mundy of Polk, Quincey of Coffee, DeLaPerriere of Jackson, and Bird of Taliaferro.

There being no other nominatioi1s the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting for Mr. Moore were :Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett

Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Collins

Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans

-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1921.

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Ficklen

Kittrell

Reville

Fletcher

Knight

Ricketson

Folsom

Langford of Hall Riley

Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith

Lankford of Toombs Robinson

Lewis Logan Luke McClelland McClure McDonald

Russell Rutherford Salmon Shettlesworth Sibley Singletary Smiley

McGarity

Smith of Bryan

Greene

:VIacintyre

Smith of Carroll

Grovenstein

McMichael

Smith of Haralson

Guess

Maddox

Smith of Meriwether

Gunnells

Malone

Stone

Haddock

Mann

Stovall

Hamilton

Manning

Strickland

Hatcher of Burke Mason

Sumner of Johnson

Hatcher of Muscogee Mayo

Sumner of Wheeler

Hawkins

Miles

Swift

Henderson

Mixon

Tatum

Herring

:Vfonroe

Thompson

Hines of Decatur ::\-loore of Fulton Tison of Worth

Hines of Sumter Moye

Trippe

Hodges

Mundy

Turner

Holland

Neal of Union

Tyson of Mcintosh

Holloway

Nichols

Valentino

Houser

Owen

Van Landingham

Houston

Parrish

Vocelle

Howard

Patten

Walker

Hufstetler

Penland

Wall

Hullender

Perkins

Watkins

Hunter

Perryman

Way

Hyman

Peterson

Webb

Jackson

Phillips of Jasper West

Jones of Coweta Phillips of Telfair Weston

Jones of Thomas Pickren

Whitley

J o~son of Bartow Pilcher

Whitaker

Johnson of

Price

of Lowndes

Chattahoochee Pruett

Whitaker

Johnson of Pickens Quincey

of Rockdale

Keith

Ramsey

Whitworth

King

Reagan

Williams of Harris

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Williams of Miller Winship

Williams of Walton Wood

Wimberly

Woodard

Moore 194.

Worthy Wyatt Wynne

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
Upon consolidating the votes cast it was found that :Mr. Moore had received 194 votes, being the entire number of votes cast.
E. B. Moore, of DeKalb County, having received the majority of all the votes cast was declared elected Clerk of the House for the ensuing term of two years.
The Speaker appointed the following Committee of three members to escort the Clerk to the stand: Messrs. Guess of DeKalb, DuBose of Clarke, Mason of Hart.

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

Jlr. Speaker:
I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has organized by the election of Honorable Herbert Clay of the 39th District, as President of the Senate, and Honorable Devereaux F. McClatchey of Fulton County, as Secretary of the Senate, for the ensuing two years, and is now ready for the transaction of business.

.WEDNESDAY, JuNE 22, 1921.

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The following message was received from the
.. Senate through ~Ir. 2\IcClatchey, the Secretary
thereof:

111r. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the Senate to wit:
A resolution providing for a joint session of tlw General Assembly for the purpose of canvassing the vote for Governor and State House officers.

The following message was received from the Senate through ~Ir. ~IcClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

JJ r. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted tlw following resolution of the Senate to wit:
A resolution providing for a joint Committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives be appointed by the presiding officers of their respective branches to wait upon His Excellency the Governor, and inform him that the General Assembly has met and organized and is now ready for the transaction of business.
The Committee on part of the Senate are: Senators Jackson of the 21st, and Akin of the 4th.
On motion the Clerk of the House was instructed to notify the Senate that the House was organized and ready for business.

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The following resolutions of the Senate were read and adopted:

By Mr. Haralson of the 40th District-
Resolved, That a joint session of the G-eneral Assembly be held on Thursday, .June 23, at 11 o'clock for the purpose of canvassing the vote for Governor and State House officers and declaring the result.

By Mr. Akin of the 40th District-
Resolved, That a joint committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Represeiltatives be appointed by the presiding officers Of their respective branchM to wait upon His Excellency the Governor, and inform him that the General Assembly has met and organized and is now ready for the transaction of business.
The Speaker appointed the following Committee on the part of the House under the above resolution:
~fessrs. Culpepper of Fayette, Chairman,
Moore of Fulton,
Bird of Taliaferro.

The Committee, through its Chairman, reported that the Governor had been notified.
The next order of business being the election of Doorkeeper of the House, ~fr. A. J. Perryman of Talbot, placed in nomination the name of Mr. \Y. T.

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:Morris of Talbot, which nomination was seconded by ~Iessrs. Perkins of ::\Iuscogee, Foy of Taylor, -Williams of 1Valton, and Greene of Jones.

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

Those voting for Mr. Morris were ::\Iessrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bloodworth Bobo Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup

Davis of Floyd

Holland

Davis of Oglethorpe Houston

DeFoor

Hullender

DeLaPerriere

Hyman

Dickerson

.Jackson

Dixon

.Jones of Coweta

Dobbs

.Jones of Thomas

DuBose

.Johnson of Bartow

Duncan of Dawson .Johnson of'

Duncan of Hall

Chattahoochee

Dykes

.Johnson of Pickens

Ennis

Keith

Evans

King

Ficklen

Kittrell

Fletcher

Knight

Fowler

Langford of Hall

Foy

Lankford of Toombs

Franks

Lewis

Gann

Logan

Grant

Luke

Gresham

McClelland

Griffith

McClure

Greene

McDonald

Grovenstein

McGarity

Guess

Macintyre

Gunnells

McMichael

Haddock

Maddox

Hamilton

Mann

Hatcher of Burke Manning

Hatcher of Muscogee Mason

Hawkins

Miles

Henderson

Mixon

Herring

Monroe

Hines of Sumter Moore of Fulton

Hodges

Moye

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Mundy Neal of Union Nichols Owen Parks Parrish Patten Penland Perkins Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pilcher Price Quincey Ramsey Reagan Reville Ricketson Riley

Robinson

Walker

Russell

Wall

Rutherford

Watkins

Salmon

Way

Shettlesworth

Webb

Sibley

West

Singletary

Whitley

Smiley

Whitaker

Smith of Bryan

of Lowndes

Smith of Haralson Whitaker

Smith of Meriwether

of Rockdale

Stone

Whitworth

Stovall

Williams of Harris

Strickland

Williams of Miller

Sumner of Wheeler Williams of Walton

Swift

Winship

Tatum

Wood

Trippe

Woodard

Tyson of Mcintosh Worthy

Valentino

Wynne

Van Landingham

Vocelle

-:\{orris 166.

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

Upon counting the votes cast it was found that Mr. ~{orris had received 166 votes, being the entire number of votes cast.
Mr. Morris having received a majority of all the votes cast was declared elected Doorkeeper of the House for the ensuing term of two years.
The next order of business being the election of a Messenger of the House, Mr. Swift of Elbert, placed in nomination the name of l\fr.. G. H. Haynes of Gordon County, which nomination was seconded by ~[r. Bradford of \Vhitfield.

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There being no other nominations, the roll call was order~d and the vote was as follows:

Those voting for Mr. Haynes were .Messrs.:

,Adams of Newton Dixon

Johnson of

Adams of Walton Dobbs

Chattahoochee

Anderson

DuBose

Johnson of Pickens

Arnold

Duncan of Dawson Keith

Atkinson

Duncan of Hall

King

Beck

Dykes

Kittrell

Beckham

Evans

Knight

Bird of Taliaferro Ficklen

Langford of Hall

Bleckley

Fletcher

Lankford of Toombs

Bloodworth

Folsom

Lewis

Boatwright

Fowler

Logan

Bobo

Franks

Luke

Boswell

Gann

McClelland

Bowden

Gresham

McClure

Bowen

Griffin

McDonald

Boyett

Griffith

McGarity

Braddy

Grant

Macintyre

Bradford

Grovenstein

McMichael

Branch

Guess

Maddox

Brannen

Gunnells

Malone

Brown of Emanuel Haddock

Mann

Brown of Hancock Hamilton

Manning

Brownlee

Hatcher of Burke Miles

Bush

Hatcher of Muscogee Mixon

Byrd of Crisp

Hawkins

Monroe

Carr

Henderson

Moore of Fulton

Carswell

Herring

Moye

Childs

Hines of Sumter Mundy

Clark

Hodges

Neal of Union

Clifton

Holland

Nichols

Coates

Holloway

Owen

Collier

Horne

Parks

Collins

Houston

Parrish

Cowart

Howard

Penland

Culpepper

Hufstetler

Perkins

Daniel of Heard

Hullender

Perryman

Davis of Floyd

Hunter

Peterson

Davis of Oglethorpe Hyman

Phillips of Jasper

DeLaPerriere

Jackson

Phillips of Telfair

Dickerson

Johnson of Bartow Pickren

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Pilcher Price Quincey Ramsey Reagan Reville Ricketson Riley RO'binson Russell Rutherford Salmon Shettlesworth Singletary Smiley Smith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson

Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Wheeler Swift Tatum Thompson Trippe Tyson of :vlclntosh Valentino Van Landingham Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb West

Whitley Whitaker
. of Lowndes Whitaker
of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne

Haynes 167.

By unanimous consent the verifieation of the roll call was dispensed wit.h.
Upon counting the votes cast it was found that 1\:fr. Haynes had received 167 votes, being the entire number of votes cast.
}lr. Haynes of Gordon County, having re<'eind a majority of all the votes cast was declared elected jfcssenger of the House for the ensuing term of two years.
The next order of business being the election of a Speaker pro tem., 1\:fr. DuBose of Clarke County, placed in nomination the name of Honorable Zach Arnold of Clay County, which nomination was seconded by Messrs. Beckham of Dougherty, Culpepper of Fayette, Vocelle of Camden, and Moye of Randolph.

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There being no other nominations the roll rall was ordered and the Yote was as follows:

Th<;>se voting for Mr. Arnold were ~Iessrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Clark Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd

Davis of Oglethorpe Hunter

DeFoor

Hyman

DeLaPerriere

Jackson

Dixon

Jones of Coweta

Dobbs

Jones of Thomas

DuBose

Johnson of Bartow

Dudley

Johnson of

Duncan of Dawson

Chattahoochee

Duncan of Hall

Johnson of Pickens

Dykes

Keith

Ennis

King

Ficklen

Kittrell

Fletcher

Knight

Folsom

Langford of Hall

Fowler

Lankford of Toombs

Foy

Logan

Franks

Luke

Gann

McClelland

Gresham

McClure

Griffin

McDonald

Griffith

McGarity

Grant

Macintyre

Greene

:\-lcMichael

Grovenstein

Maddox

Guess

Malone

Gunnells

Mann

Haddock

Manning

Hamilton

Mason

Hatcher of Burke Miles

Hatcher of Muscogee Mixon

Hawkins

Monroe

Henderson

Moore of Appling

Herring

Moore of Fulton

Hines of Decatur Moye

Hodges

Mundy

Holloway

Neal of Union

Horne

Nichols

Houser

Owen

Houston

Parks

Hullender

Patten

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Penland Perkins Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pilcher Pruett Ramsey Reagan Reville Riley Russell Rutherford Salmon Shettlesworth

Sibley

Walker

Singletary

Wall

Smith of Carroll Way

Smith of Haralson Webb

Smith of Meriwether West

Stone

Whitley

Stovall

Whitaker

Sumner of Johnson

of Lowndes

Sumner of Wheeler Whitaker

Swift

of Rockdale

Tatum

Whitworth

Trippe

Williams of Miller

Turner

Williams of Walton

Tyson of Mcintosh Wimberly

Valentino

Wood

Van Landingham Woodard

Vocelle

Worthy

Arnold 167.

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

Upon counting the votes it was found that the Honorable Zach Arnold had rereived 167 votes for Speaker pro tern.
Mr. Arnold having received a majority of all the votes cast was declared elected Speaker pro tern. of the House for the ensuing term of two years.

The Speaker appointed the following members of the House to escort the Speaker pro tern. to the stand: Messrs. Herring of Schley, DuBose of Clarke, and williams of "\Valton.

The Speaker appointed the following members of the House to select a Chaplain for the ensuing term of two years: Messrs. Tatum of Dade, McMichael of Marion, Dykes of Dooly, McClure of \Valker, and Holloway of Fulton.

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The Committee appointed to select the Chaplain of the House of Representatives for the ensuing term of two years recommend that Rev. H. J. Ellis of Fulton County, be appointed Chaplain for ensuing two years.
Respectfully submitted,
TATUM of Dade, Chairman,
McMICHAEL of :\!arion,
DYKES of Dooly, McCLuRE of walker,
HoLLowAY of Fulton.

The report of the Committee 'vas adopted, and the Speaker appointed Rev. H. J. Ellis of Fulton County, Chaplain for the ensuing term of two years.
The Speaker appointed Miss Lela Braselton of J acksoi1 County, as postmistress for the ensuing "term.
On the motion of .Jir. Beck of Carroll, the rules of 1919-1920 were adopted for the ensuing term.

The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted:

A resolution by Mr. Dobbs of Cobb-
Resolved by the House, That all Confederate Veterans, who are members of the House, and also Dr. T. R. Whitley of Douglas, who is crippled, and also the candidates for Speaker, Honorable Howard

Joun~AL OF THE Hot~sE,
Ennis, Honorable George Carswell, Honorable Harper Hamilton and Hon..Max Johnson, be permitted to select their seats without drawing for the same.
A resolution by Mr. Smith of Carroll-
Resolved by the House, That Honorable Perryman Thompson of Coweta, and Honorable :Mark Tison of \Vorth, on account of physical infirmities, be allowed to select their seats without drawing for same.
The members of the House drew their seats under the provisions of Rule 200.
The following communication was received from Hon. Wm. A. Wright, Comptroller-General- of the State of Georgia:
CoMPTROLLER-GENERAL's OFFICE, STATE OF GEORGIA,
ATLANTA, June 22, 1~)~1.
To the General Assembly of Georgia: I hand you herewith tabulation of all fee reports
filed with me for the second, third and fourth quarters, 1920, and for the first quarter, 1921.
WM. A. \VRIGHT, Comptroller-General.

\YEDXE:,;LJAY, JuNE 22, 1921.

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FIRST QUART,ER, 1921.
A-State House officials and employees:
2\Irs. 2\L B. Cobb, State Librarian, , ....... $830.00
Logan Bleckley, Clerk Court of Appeals ... 863.80
.J. 0. Anderson, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Bond Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . 874.50
B-Sheriffs, City Courts:
J. C. Sipple, Sheriff City Court, Savannah-Receipts, $2,966.75; expenses, $742.50; number of men employed, three.
C-Court Reporters and Stenographers:
Xo reports.
D-Judges, City and County Courts:
G. Y. Tigner, Judge of City Court of Columbus, reports that he received no compensation, other than salary.
E-County Treasurers:
Xo reports.
F -Solicitors-General:
John A. Boykin, solicitor-general of Atlanta Judicial Circuit, reports an income of $1,363.19 and expenses of $3,532.52, leaving a deficit of $2,169.33.
\Valter C. Hartridge, solicitor-general of the Eastern Judicial Circuit, reports that he received from the Treasurer of Georgia $62.50 for the first quarter, 1921; he received from the City Court for .Jannary, $2,304.00; for February, $2,424.00, and for

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

March, $3,998.00. H~s expenses for the quarter were $556.78. He also received from Chatham County $800 on account of insolvent costs in the City Court and $800 on account of insolvent costs in the Superior Court.
G-Clerks, City and County Courts:
Waring Russell, Jr., Clerk of the City Court of Savannah, reports insolvent costs earned during the three months, $1,781.75, salary at $3 per diem, $234.00. Costs in civil cases, $1,306.72. Costs in criminal cases, $166.35. Received from the registry of the Court on account of insolvent costs for three months, $3,558.75. Received from Chatham County account of insolvent costs, $125.00. His expenses for the quarter were $1,077.43. Number of men employed, two.
H-Solicitors, City and County Courts:
Roy Dorsey, solicitor of the Criminal Court of Atlanta, reports receipts of $10,356.60, while his expenses were $3,610.70.
Erwin Sibley, solicitor County Court of Baldwin County, reports receipts of $490.34.
I-Ordinaries :
Henry McAlpin, Ordinary, Chatham County, reports receipts of $5,197.34. He paid Savannah Press $266.00; he paid four clerks $1,725, leaving net receipts of $3,206.34.
Ordinary, Bibb County, reports amount received, $2,065.14, one clerk employed regularly, others as needed, cost of clerk hire $325.

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Ordinary, Dawson County, reports that he received in cash, $68.75, amount due and uncollected, $122.00. Cost of clerk hire, nothing.
Ordinary, Douglas County, reports total fees of $168.50, amount insolvent or uncollected, $7; one man employed, cost of clerk hire, $30.
Ordinary, Fulton County, reports total commissions, $9,370.48. Eight me>n e>mploye>d. Cost of clerk hire, $4,135.00.
Ordinary, Glynn County, reports total commissions of $821.43. One man partially employed. Cost of clerk hire, $16.50.
Ordinary, Marion County, reports total commissions of $324.20.
Ordinary, Talbot County, reports total commissions, $218.45. One> woman e>mploye>d. Cost of ~lerk hire, $150.00.
Ordinary, 'Vayne County; reports total commissions of $459.06.
Ordinary, Haralson County, total commissions, $560.14; amount insolvent or uncollected, $82.60; one man employed; cost clerk hire, $85.
Ordinary, Dodge County, reports total receipts of $252.50.
,J-Clerks, Superior Courts:
Bleckley County: Total fees, $726.60; amount insolvent or uncollected, $361.60; number men employed, one; cost clerk hire, $180.00; fees in crim-

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JouRNAL OF THE RoesE,

inal cases, $62.10; fees in civil cases, $34.80; received for Court work, $45.00; fees for recording papers, $322.10.

Chatham County: Fees for recording papers,

$4,103.14; fees in civil cases, $2,465.16; fees in crim-

inal cases, $293.40; received for Court work,

$231.00; amount insolvent cost uncollected, $21,-

336.78; cost of clerk hire, $2,895.00; office expenses

and incidentals, iio9.59; number of men employed,

seven.

~

.;

Cobb County: Total fees, $1,800.00; amount in-

solvent or UIJ.collected, none; number of men em-

ployed, one; cost clerk hire, $875.00; fees in crimi-

nal cases, $592.10; fees in civil cases, $75.00; re-

ceived for Court work, $124.60; fees for recording

papers, $333.30.

.

Dawson County: Total fees, $430.70; total fees

paid, $232.95, leaving balance unpaid, $197.75.

Decatur County: Total fees, $2,054.51; amount insolvent or uncollected, $710.08; number men employed, self and two others ; cost of clerk hire and expenses, $561.50; fees in criminal Gases, $173.50; fees in civil cases, $1,044.86; received for Court work, $66.20; fees for recording papers, $769.95.

Fulton County: Total fees, $25,369.31; amount insolvent or uncollected, $4,446.77; number of persons employed, 32; cost clerk hire, $12,680; fees in criminal cases, $9,473.04; fees in civil cases, $5,315.75; received for Court work, $2,675.04; fees for recording papers, $7,879.48.

Gilmer County: Total fees collected, $106.80.

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Jefferson County: Total fees, $1,130.50; amount insolvent or uncollected, $420.75; number men employed, two; cost clerk hire, $360.00; fees in criminal cases, $78.70; fees in civil cases, $477.00; received for Court work, $34.50; fees for recording papers, $550.30.
Polk County: Amount insolvent or uncollected, about $300, in City Court; number of men employed, two; cost of clerk hire, one-half of receipts; received for Court work, $639.76; fees for recording papers, $400.00.
Treutlen County: Total fees, $500.60; amount insolvent or uncollected, $76.00; number men employed, none; cost clerk hire, $30.00; fees in criminal cases, $86.05; fees in civil cases, $45.00; received for Court work, $95.00; fees for recording papers, $198.55.
K-Sheriffs:
Chatham County: Receipts, $1,988.25; insolvent cost uncollected, $18,000.00; insolvent cost collected, $165.00; men employed, one; expenses, $375.00; civil fees, $1,823.25; net for quarter, $1,613.25.
]'ulton County: Total fees, $25,269.40; expenses, $22,694.08; net receipts, $2,575.32.
Polk County: Fees in criminal cases, $199.12; fees in civil cases, $4,178.85; all other fees including jail fees, $494.55; total, $872.52.
L-Tax Collectors:
Brooks County: For 1920, $3,440.11; for 1919, $2,588.84.

JouR~AL oF THE Hou:om,
Bibb County: Total commissions, $7,012.66; number men employed during January, six; during ]'ebruary and March, five; office expenses, $566.91; cost clerk hire, $2,304.00.
Chatham County: Fees and commissions, $8,885.74; from Chatham county, $450.00; total, $9,335.74; expenses, four clerks, $3,148.51; bond, $375.00; stamps, $75.00; total expenses, $3,598.51.
DeKalb County: Total commissions, $433.18; number men emplo~ed, one; cost clerk hire, $173.29.
Fulton County: Total commissions, $10,062.10; amount insolvent or uncollected, none; number men employed, seven; cost clerk hire, $5,170.80.
Glynn County: Total commissions, $2,382.2-!; number men emplo~ed, none; cost clerk hire, nothing.
,Jefferson Count~: 'l'otal fees, $164.67.
Campbell County: For last twelve months, commissions amount to $1,658.01.
Polk County: 'rotal fees, $638.53; one clerk employed, who gets one-half the fees.
".\I-Tax Receivers:
Fulton County: Received no commissions; .four clerks employed; cost clerk hire, $3,125.00.
X-Coroners: No reports.
0-Count~ Surveyors: Gl~llll County: For 1920, $500.00.

'VEDXESDAY, JUNE 22, 1921.

81

FUl:R'rH (~"CARTER, 1920.
A-State House officials and employees:
:\Irs. l\f. B. Cobb, State Librarian ......... $512.00
Logan Bleckley, Clerk Court of Appeals .... 47!").7(;
B-Sheriffs, City Courts:
J. C. Sipple, sheriff City Court of SaYannah: Reports im;olyent cost earned, $1,306.56; salar~' at $3 a da~, $237.00; costs in ciYil cases, $419.50; costs in criminal cases, $18.50; receiYed from registry of Court on account of insolvent costs, nothing; summoning juries, $30.00; total receipts, $2,362.50; men employed in office, $414.55; cost of maintaining automobile, $135.00.
C-( 1ourt Reporters and Stenographers:
~o reports.
D-Judges, City and County Courts.
G. Y. Tigner, Judge City Court of Columbus, reports he has receiYcd no fees or compensation other than salary.
E-t~ounty Treasurers.
No reports.
F-Solicitors-General:
'Valter C. Hartridge, Solicitor-General of the
Eastern Judicial Circuit, reports $62.50 received as salary from the State; fees from Superior Court, $1,496.72; receiYed from City Court in October, $:3,81 ~.00; receind from Cit~' Court for Xoyember,

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JouRXAL oF THE HousE,

$1,695.00; received from City Court for December, $1,257; expenses, $792.41.
John A. Boykin, Solicitor-General of Atlanta J udicial Circuit, reports receipts of $13,775.52; expenses, $3,516.97, leaving net, $10,258.55. The above is for the last six months of 1920 instead of by quarters, as the law requires.
George M. Napier, Solicitor-General of Stone ~fountain Circuit, reports total fees of $3,741.00, less $57.50 expenses, leaves net, $3,683.50.
J. R. Hutcheson, Solicitor-General of Tallapoosa Circuit, reports total fees of $3,654.19.
G-Clerks, City and County Courts:
waring Russell, Jr., clerk of City Court of Savannah, reports insolvent costs earned in the three months, $1,958.25; salary at $3 a day, $237.00; costs in civil cases, $1,125.89 ; costs in criminal cases, $28.90; received from the registry of the Court on account of insolvent costs for three months, $2,197.00; received from Chatham County account insolvent costs, $125.00. Expenses: One man at $200 a month, $600.00; one man at $108.33 a month, $325.00; extra hire, expenses, postage, etc., $89.57; total expenses, $1,014.57.
H-Solicitors, City and County Courts:
Lowry Arnold, Solicitor of Criminal Court of Atlanta, reports total income of $20,896.63; expenses, $887.49, leaving a balance of $20,009.14.
Erwin Sibley, Solicitor of the County Court of Bakbin County, reports a total of $259.41.

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J. A. \Vright, Solicitor of City Court of Polk County, reports $1,062.36.
!-Ordinaries:
Bibb County: Total receipts, $1,615.77; one clerk employed regularly and others as needed; cost of clerk hire, $300.
Calhoun County: Total received, $254.38; less expenses, $4.10, leaves net, $250.28.
Chatham County: Gross receipts, $3,807.82; four clerks' salaries, $1,650; citation fees paid Savannah Press, $202.00 ; net balance, $1,955.82.
Dawson County: Total commissions, $385.95; amount insolvent or uncollected, $246.60; number men employed, one; cost clerk hire, $10.00.
Douglas County: Total commissions, $253.00; amount insolvent or uncollected, $16.00; one man employed; cost clerk hire, $50.00.
Fulton County: Total commissions, $8,580.50; eight men employed; cost of clerk hire, $5,073.33.
~Iarion County: Total commissions, $287.55.
Polk County: Total all amounts for quarter, $1,062.36.
Talbot County: Total comm1sswns, $328.08; amount insolvent or uncollected, no record; number of men employed, one ; cost clerk hire, $45.00.
J-Clerks, Superior Courts.
Chatham County: Fees for recording papers, $3,705.74; received for Court work, $240.00; fees in

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JouRXAL OF THE HocsE,

civil cases, $1,225.75; fees in criminal cases, $675.38; amount imwlvell t or umollectcd, $21,336.78; cost of clerk hire, $2,559.00; number of men employed, four.
Dawson County: Total fees, $92.00; fees in criminal cases, $42.00; fees in civil cases, $14.25; fees for recording papers, $35.75.
Fulton County: Total fees, $22,255.82; amount insolvent or uncollec~ed, $6,036.00; number of persons employed, 32; cost of clerk hire, $12,310; fees in criminal cases, $7,527.15; fees in civil cases, $5,286.70; received for Court work, $2,934.75; fees for recording papers, $6,507.22.
Jefferson County: Total fees, $1,560.60; amount insolvent or uncollected, $535.85; number of men employed, two; cost of clerk hire, $375.00; fees in criminal cases, $441.00; fees in civil cases, $591.10; received for Court work, $75.30; fees for recording papers, $453.20.
K-Sheriffs.
Polk County: Total fees, $1,456.76; fees in criminal cases, $530.23; fees in civil cases, $253.98; received for Court work, $126.85; all other fees including jail fees, $545.70.
L-Tax Collectors:
Chatham County: Total commissions, $9,361.89; amount insolvent or uncollected, none; number men employed, five; cost clerk hire, $2,145.00; other expenses, $100.00.
M-Tax Receivers:

"\VEDXESDAY, Jl!NE 22, 1921.

35

Chatham Count~~: Total receipts, $14,318.15; total expenses, $2,356.67; net receipts, $11,961.48.
Macon Count~: Total receipts, $610.50. K-Coroners: No reports.
0-Count~ Surn~ors:
Xo reports.

THIRD QUARTER, 1920.

A-State House officials and employees: ..\Irs. 1\I. B. Cobb, State Librarian ... 0 $654.00 Logan Bleckle~~, Clerk Court of Appeals .... 672.10

Z. D. Harrison, Clerk Supreme Court . . . . . . 128.25

H. Y. "\Valker, cashier and assistant bond

commissioner . 0 0

0

0.

7.50.

B-Sheriffs of City Courts:

No reports.

C-Court Reporters and Stenographers.

Xo reports.

D-Judges, City and County Courts:

G. Y. Tigner, judge of City Court of Columbus, reports he has received no compensation other than salary.

E-County Treasurers: No reports.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

F-Solicitors-General:
\Valter C. Hartridge, Solicitor-General of the Eastern Judicial Circuit, reports $552.00 received from the City Court during July; $546.00 received from the City Court during August, and $1,848.88 received from the City Court during September. His expenses for the quarter were $558.64.
J. R. Hutcheson, Solicitor-General of the Tallapoosa Circuit, reports a total of $2,122.02 for the quarter.
George ~L X apier, Solicitor-General of the Stone Mountain Circuit, reports $2,296.00 received, and $25.50 expenses, leaving net, $2,270.50.
G-Clerks, City and County Courts.
\Yaring Russell, Jr., Clerk of City Court of Savannah, reports $1,395.15 insolvent cost earned; salary for the quarter, $234.00; costs in civil cases, $785.02; costs in criminal cases, $11.00; received from registry of the Court on account of insolvent costs, $1,212.50, received from Chatham county on account insolvent costs, $125.00. As to expenses, he reports one man at $200 a month, $600.00; one man $108.33 a month, $325.00; extra hire, postage and expenses, $34.39.
H-Solicitors, City and County Courts.
Lowry Arnold, Solicitor of the Criminal Court of Atlanta, reports a total of $11,153.91, with expenses amounting to $887A9, leaving net, $10,266.42.
Erwin Sibley, Solicitor of the County Court of Baldwin County, reports receipts, $634.65.

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!-Ordinaries:
Bibb County: Received, $2,102.62; one clerk employed regularly, others as needed; cost of clerk hire, $325.00.
Chatham County: Receipts, $3,938.31; Savannah Press, $171.50; five clerks, $1,623.00, making his net receipts, $2,144.41.
Calhoun County: Receipts, $194.60; expenses, $3.14; net, $191.46.
Douglas County: Receipts, $240.60; one man employed; cost clerk hire, $30.00.
Fulton County: Total commissions, $9,968.28; eight men employed; cost clerk hire, $4,393.33.
:\!arion County: Total commissions, $152.75.
Talbot County: Total commissions, $165.90; one man employed ; cost clerk hire, $22.00.
J-Clerks, Superior Courts:
Chatham County: Total fees collected, $8,428.5; ; amount insolvent costs due, $20,874.51; number men employed, four; cost of clerk hire, $2,559.00; fees in criminal cases, $801.00; received for Court work, $237.00; fees in civil cases, $1,212.97; fees for recording papers, $6,177.60.
Dawson County: Total commissions, $47.50; amount insolvent or uncollected, $101.10.
Fulton County: Total fees, $20,385.95; amount insolvent or uncollected, $3,261.20; number persons employed, 35; cost clerk hire, $12,645.00; fees iu

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criminal cases, $6,358.84; fees in civil cases, $5,619.33; received for Court work, $1,390.70; fees for recording papers, $7,017.01;.
Jefferson County: Total fees, $984.05; amount insolvent or uncollected, $471.75; two men employed; cost clerk hire, $325.00; fees in criminal cases, $281.00; fees in civil cases, $~~65.30; received for Court work, $35.50; fees for recording papers, $302.25.
K-Sheriffs :
Chatham Count~': Total fees, $1,640.00; amount insolvent or uncollected, $14,000.00; one man employed; cost clerk hire, $251.00; fees in criminal eases, $350.00; fees in civil cases, $1,039.00.
Polk County: Total fees, $1,504.1;8; amount illsolvent cost due, $920.00; fees in criminal cases, $690.69; fees in civil cases, $151.50; all other fees including jail fees, $662.69.
L-Tax Collectors.
Chatham County: Total commissions, $4,759.15; five men employed; cost clerk hire, $1,760.00; otlwr expenses, $100.00.
M-Tax Receivers:
:\lacon County: X o receipts; paid $50 for assistance.
K-Coroners:
No reports.
0-County Surveyors:
Dawson County: Received $14.50 and $2.00 UJlpaid.

\YEDXESDAY, JUNE 22, 1921.

SECOXD QL'"ARTER, 1920.

A-State officials and employees: Mrs. .JL B. Cobb, State Librarian .......... $412.00 _

Logan Bleckley, Clerk Court of Appeals. . . . 655.15

Z. D. Harrison, Clerk Supreme Court . . . . . . 283.45

H. Y. walker, cashier and assistant bond

commissioner

15.00

B-Sheriffs of City Courts: No reports.

C-Court Reporters and Stenographers: No reports. D-Judges, City and Count~ Courts: Xo reports. E-County Treasurers: Xo reports.

F-Solicitors-General:
\Yalter C. Hartridge, Solicitor-General of the Eastern Judicial Circuit, reports salary from the State of $62.50; fees from City Court for April, $1,347.00; fees from City Court for May, $1,076.00; fees from the City Court for .June, $2,320.00; expenses, $552.18.
John A. Boykin, Solicitor-General of Atlanta Judicial Circuit, r<'ports a gross income of $9r7S~.29; exp<'nses, $2,351.86, leaving net incom"' of : 7,422.43

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Chas. H. Garnett, Solicitor-General of the ~Iaeon Judicial Circuit, reports a total, $1,949.26 for the quarter.

J. R. Hutcheson, Solicitor-General of the Tallapoosa Circuit, reports a total $1,577.99 for the quarter.
G-Clerks, City and County Courts.

"\Yaring Russell, Jr., Clerk of the City Court of Savannah, reports insolvent costs earned, $1,277.45; salary, $234; eosts in civil cases, $922.82; costs in criminal cases, $24.90; received from registry of the Court on aceount of insolvent costs, $1,963.75; received from Chatham County account insolvent costs, $125.00; expenses, $936.04; two men employed.

H-Solieitors, City and Count~ Courts.

Lowry Arnold, Solicitor Criminal Court of Atlanta, reports total receipts, $13,277.23; expenses, $887.49, leaving net balance of $12,389.74.

Erwin Sibley, Solicitor of the County Court of Baldwin County, reports that he made $216.45. For first quarter, 1920, he reports he made $553.57. .

I-Ordinaries :

Bibb County: Amount received, $1,800.00; one

elerk employed regularly and others as needed; eost

clerk hire, $300.00.



Calhoun County: Total commissions, $140.50; expenses, $3.16, postage.

Chatham County: Receipts, $4,390.13; disbursements, $1,698.20; net balance, $2,691.93.

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Dawson County: Total commissions, $43.70; amount insolvent or uncollected, $85.14.
Douglas County: Total commissions, $206.44; amount insolvent or uncollected, none; one man employed; cost clerk hire, $30.00.
Fulton County: Total commissions, $7,882.49; eight men employed; cost clerk hire, $3,715.83.
Marion County: Total commissions, $109.10.
Talbot County: Total commissions, $259.55; one man employed ; cost clerk hire, $50.00.
J-Clerks Superior Courts:
Chatham County: Total fees collected, $6,941.27; amount insolvent costs due, $19,241.06; number men employed, four; cost clerk hire, $2,379.96; fees in criminal cases, $175.00; fees in civil cases, $1,292.50; received for Court work, $237.00; fees for recording papers, $5,236.75.
Dawson County: Total fees, $90.25; fees in criminal eases, $25.00; fees for recording papers, $65.25.
11-.ulton County: Total fees, $22,862.32; amount insolvent or uncollected, $4,380.85 ; 35 persons employed; cost elerk hire, $12,344.85; fees in criminal cases, $5,794.20; fees in civil cases, $6,758.70; received for Court work, $1,455.50; fees for recording papers, $8,853.92.
Jefferson County: Total fees, $1,102.90; amount insolvent or uncollected, $249.90; number men employed, two; cost clerk hire, $300.00; fees in criminal

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cases, $108.00; fees in civil cases, $219.55; received for Court work, $26.10; fees for recording papers, $749.25.
K-Sheriffs:
Chatham County: Total fees, $1,579.31; insol\'ent or uncollected costs, $15,000.00; number men employed, one; cost clerk hire, $300.00; fees in criminal cases, $225.00; fees civil cases, $1,279.31.
L-Tax Collectors:
Chatham County: Total commissions, $8,838.12; insolvent or uncollected costs, none; four men employed; cost clerk hire, $1,690.00; other expenses, $100.00.
~{-Tax Receivers.
Xo reports.
X-Coroners :
Xo reports.
0-Count~, Surveyors:
~o reports.
::\Ir. Carswell of wilkinson, moYed that the House do now adjourn until tomorrow morning- at 11 o'clock, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the Housr adjourned until tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
Thursday, June 23, 1921.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11 :00 o'clock A. JI.; was called to order by the
Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplaiu.

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

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr

Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy

Franks Gann Gresham Griffin Griffith Grant Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnells Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard Hufstetler Hullender Hunter Hyman Jackson

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Jones of Coweta Owen

Sumner of Wheeler

Jones of Thomas Parks

Swift

Johnson of Bartow Parrish

Swindle

Johnson of

Patten

Tatum

Chattahoochee Penland

Thompson

Johnson of Pickens Perkins

Tison of Worth

Keith

Perryman

Trippe

King

Peterson

Turner

Kittrell

Phillips of Jasper Tyson of Mcintosh

Knight

Phillips of Telfair Valentino

Langford of Hall Pickren

Van Landingham

Lankford of Toombs Pilcher

Vocelle

Lewis

Price

Walker

Logan

Pruett

Wall

Luke

Quincey

Watkins

McClelland

Ramsey

Way

McClure

Reagan

Webb

McDonald

Reville

West

McGarity

Ricketson

Weston

Macintyre

Riley

Whitley

McMichael

Robinson

Whitaker

Maddox

Russell

of Lowndes

Malone

Rutherford

Whitaker

Mann

Salmon

of Rockdale

Manning

Shettlesworth

Whitworth

Mason

Sibley

Williams of Harris

Mayo

Singletary

Williams of Miller

Miles

Smiley

Williams of Walton

Mixon

Smith of Bryan

Wimberly

Monroe

Smith of Carroll Winship

Moore of Appling Smith of Haralson Wood

Moore of Fulton

Smith of Meriwether Woodard

Moye

Stone

Worthy

Mundy

Stovall

Wyatt

Neal of Union

Strickland

Wynne

Nichols

Sumner of Johnson Mr. Speaker

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

The hour of convening the joint session of the House and Senate having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint session, convened for the purpose of counting and

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consolidating the vote and declaring the result thereof for Governor and State House officers, was called to order by Ron. Herbert Clay, President of the Senat().
Upon direction of the President, the Secretary of the Senate read the resolution convening the General Assembly in joint session.

The following resolutions were read and adopted:

By Mr. Nix of the 51st Dist:r:ict-
whereas, The General Assembly has been informed by the Secretary of the Sta~e that he holds in his office the returns of the election for the office of Attorney-General.
Therefore be it resolved by the GeneralAssembly of Georgia in joint session convened, That the Secretary of the State be requested to immediately transmit the said returns of the election for the office of Attorney-General to the General Assembly.

By ~Iessrs. Xix of the 51st, and Cone of the 49th Districts-
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia in joint session convened that the returns of the election of Attorney-General be consolidated in accordance with Article 6, Section 10, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of Georgia, as embodied in Section 6528 of the Code of Georgia, in the same manner as the returns of the election of Governor, and that the Governor issue a commission in accordance

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with surh consolidation and declaration of the results of said election of Attorney-General.
Resolved further, That said returns be transmitted to the Governor along with these resolutions.
Senator \Vohlwender of the 24th District, moved that the President appoint two members of the Senate and three of the House as tellers, to count, consolidate and declare the vote for Governor and State House officers.
The motion prentilcd, and the President appointed as tellers Senators \Vall of the 5th, and Bellah of the 42nd, and Representatives Valentino of Chatham, Holloway of Fulton, and Johnson of Pickens.
The tellers, through their chairman, Senator \Vall of the 5th District, on the part of the Senate, and Representative Valentino of Chatham, on the part of the House, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
\Ve, your tellers, appointed to canvass the vote for Governor and State House officers, beg leave to submit the following report:
For Governor-'fhomas "\V. Hardwick received 141,681 votes.
For Comptroller-General-vVm. A. \Vright received 141,628 votes.
For Secretary of State-S. G_ ~lcLendon received 141,683 votes.

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For Treasurer-\Vm. A. Speer received 141,675

votes.

Respectfully submitted,

\VALL of 5th District, Chairman,

BELLAH of the 42nd Distric-t,

Tellers on Part of the Senate.

VALExnxo of Chatham,

Chainna11,

HoLLOWAY of :F'ulton,

JonxsoN of Pickens,

Tellers on Part of tlw House.

The tellers, through their Chairman, Sena tor "~all of the 5th District, on the part of the Senate, and Representative Valentino, 011 the part of the House, submitted the following report:

Mr. President:
\Ve, your tellers, appointed to canYass the Yote for Attorney-GenPral, beg lean to submit the following report :
For Attorney-Heneral-Geo. ::\I. Xapier rcceiYed 141,676 Yotes.
Respectfully submitted, \VALL of the 5th, Chairman, BELLAH of the 42ud, From the Senate. VALENTIXo of ( 'hatham, Chairman, HoLLO\\"AY of l'ulton, J ouxsox of Pickens, From the House.

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Senator Jackson of the 21st District, moved that the report of the tellers be adopted, and the motion prevailed.
The President of the Senate declared the result of the canvass of the votes for Governor and State House officers.
Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson, moved that the joint session of the House and Senate be dissoln-'d, and the motion prevailed.
~Ir. McMichaei of Marion, moved that the House do now adjourn until tomorrow at 11 o'clock A. ~I., and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Houser of Houston, Bowden of \Vare, wall of Putnam, and Kittrell of Laurens.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.
Friday, June 24, 1921.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11 :00 o'clock A. M., was called to order by the Speaker; and opened with pra~'er 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.
The following message was. received from the Senate, through Mr. l\fcClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
llfr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to wit:
A resolution providing for a joint committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to arrange a program for the inauguration of the Governor-elect.
The Committee on part of the Senate are: Messrs. BoYKIN of 29th,
BRowK of 50th, \VoHLWEXDER of 24th.

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

ML Speaker:
The Senate has adopted thP following resolution of the Senate, to wit:
A resolution providing for a joint session of tlw General Assembly on Saturday, June 25, 1921, for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor-elect.

The following resolutions of the Senate were read and adopted:

By Mr. Boykin of 29th District-
A resolution providing for a joint committee of three from the Senate and five from the House to arrange a program for the inauguration of the GoYernor-elect.
The Speaker appointed as the Committee on the part of the House :
Messrs. ENNIS of Baldwin, Chairman, BEcK of Carroll, MAYO of Mitchell, BENTLEY of Fulton, KITTRELL of Laurens.

By Mr. Golucke of 19th District-
A resolution providing for a joint session of the General Assembly on Saturday, June 25, 1921, for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor-<'lect.

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The following resolution of the House was read anrl adopted :
By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A RESOLUTION.
~Whereas, the farmers of this State haYe suffered, and are suffering, tremendous losses, due to the shrinkage in the value of their products, as compared \vith former times, and as a consequence are in great distress and urgent need of financial s.upport to enable them to saYe their farms and pay their debts; and
\Vhereas, the banks of this State and other lending institutions haYe extended considerable assistance to the farmers, but are unable to provide the full measure of needed relief an<l at the same time care for the equally pressing needs of the commercial and manufacturing interests of the State; and
vVhereas, the Federal Farm Loan Act was passed by Congress to provide machinery whereby loans upon adequate security could be made to the farmers of the country in ordinary as well as extraordinary times, but we are advised that the banks organized thereunder are at the present time short of sufficient funds to care for the demand for loans which they are receiving all over the country and particularly this State ;
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that we heartily approve the policy of Congress in the passage of the Federal Farm Loan Act and approve the said Act itself, but suggest, recommend and request the two Senators from this State and all its Representatives in the

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House to further amend said Act so that banks organized thereunder may be immediately supplied with the additional funds urgently needed in the present emergency and urge upon our Senators and Representatives to use their utmost endeavors to accomplish this result with the least delay possible.
Resolved, further, That a copy of this resolution be promptly sent to our two Senators and to eacl1 of the Representatives.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Clerk, Mr. Cobb:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House two Communications in writing to \vhich he respectfully invites your attention.
STATE OF GEORGIA ExECUTIVE DEPARTME~T.
ATLA~TA, GA., June 22, 1921.
To the General Assernbly of Georgia:
The General Assembly, at the 1919 session, passed two, and at the 1920 session, ten, Constitutional Amendments for submission to the people of Georgia at the 1920 general election.
At the 1920 session, there was also passed a bill increasing the rate of legal advertising, and the newspapers in which the Constitutional Amendments submitted at the 1920 general election were published, carried them at the new rate.

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Only one or two of these ten bills passed in 1920, submitting amendments at the 1920 general election, reached the Governor prior to the adjournment of the Legislature. Even had such bills been passed in time to put through a deficiency appropriation to cover the cost of publishing such proposed Constitutional Amendments, it would have been impossible to correctly calculate the sum necessary.
The cost of publishing these twelve proposed amendments amounted to $25,662.00. Of this amount, only $15,792.00 has been paid, and this entire amount had to be paid out of the Governor's Contingent Fund for 1921, because at the time the account was presented there was left of the 1920 fund approximately only enough to meet the necessary expenses payable out of such fund for the balance of that year.
The cost of publishing Constitutional Amendments is payable from the Governor's Contingent Fund. This fund for each year during my term, and for many years prior thereto, has amounted to only $25,000.00 per annum. This fund is charged with the payment of many incidental expenses; for example; stamps, telephone rental, tolls, telegrams and incidental office supplies, such as carbon paper, pencils, pens, ink, and many other miscellaneous items for the Executive Department, office of the . Attorney- General, Comptroller- General, State Librarian, State Treasurer, State Tax Commissioner and Pension Commissioner.
Had the entire amount of the Contingent appropriation either for 1920 or 1921 been applied

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II I.

exclusively to the payment of bills for publishing

these Constitutional Amendments, it would have

been insufficient for that purpose by $662.00.

In addition to making the partial payment above referred to on the bill for publishing the Constitutional Amendments, $9,208.00 of the Contingent Fund for the current year has been applied to the payment of bills necessarily incurred. It is necessary, therefore, that a deficiency appropriation be made by you to this year's Contingent Fund, not only to pay the balance of the money due for publishing the Constitutional Amendments, but also to meet other expenses chargeable against this appropriation. Many of the papers in which these Amendments were published have not yet been paid the full amounts due them; and inasmuch as they have already waited for practically eight months, I urgently recommend that this appropriation be made at earliest possible moment. Other expenses with which this fund is charged also necessitates prompt action.

In my opinion, the present method of giving the public information as to Constitutional Amendments should be changed. In 1914, $13,740.13 was thus expended; in 1916, $6,132.00 was spent in this manner. It cost the State in 1918, $5,127.60, and, as above stated, in 1920, $25,662.00.

This money could be saved and yet the people of the Stat.e given adequate information concerning proposed Amendments. Let Constitutional Amendments be printed and copies mailed to the various county officers throughout the State, and Judges of the Courts (Superior, City and County) be required,

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from the proposal of the Amendments until the election, on the convening of their courts, to read the Amendments and expound and explain them to the Grand Juries and the people assembled in open court. A certain number of copies of these Amendments could also be sent to the Ordinaries of each of the counties for distribution among the people. Very few ever read the publications of these Amendments as now made. The cost is wholly disproportionate to the information that is disseminated through the present method of publishing them.
But if this plan should not be adopted, then at least some provision should be made whereby the Governor, or some other official, should be authorized to make a synopsis or abstract of each proposed amendment, so that the cost of publication will be greatly reduced and yet the same amount of information as now given be conveyed to the public. The cost could thus be reduced at least by twothirds.
The law requires that two other funds should be expended by direction of the Governor, namely; the Public Printing Fund and the Public Buildings and Grounds Fund.
For many years, $50,000.00 has been appropriated annually to the Public Printing Fund. For sever~l years, this sum has been found to be insufficient and deficiency appropriations have been made. The creation of several new departments, the increased cost of printing, and charging this fund (under recent laws) with the payment of printing expenses which, previous to the creation of the Department of Public Printing, were paid out of other ap-

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propriations, account for the necessity for an additional appropriation of $75,000.00 for this year, according t.o an estimate submitted by the Superintendent of Printing.
The Public Buildings and Grounds is in need also of a deficiency appropriation of at least $30,000.00. This amount will be necessary to defray the expenses chargeable to this fund during the remainder of this year. It has rarely happened in the last several years that the $50,000.00 usually appropriated for the upkeep of public buildings and grounds has been sufficient. It was necessary in 1917 (the year I was inducted into office) to supplement this appropriation by a deficiency appropriation amounting to $12,000.00 and again in 1918, by a deficiency appropriation of $20,000.00.
Too much money is being expended by the State for the upkeep of the Executive Mansion. This property should be sold or exchanged as soon as an advantageous arrangement can be made. The house is unfit for a residence. The property is located well within the business section of Atlanta, and its value for business purposes is such that it is folly to longer devote it to the purpose for which it is now used, especially in view of the fact that a large sum of money must necessarily be spent if it is rendered fit for habitation.
It was necessary, during the year 1920, in order to take care of several departments created by the General Assembly at the 1919 session, to make several changes in the Capitol building. The 1920 fund was insufficient to pay these bills in their entirety and it was necessary to pay, from this year's

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Public Buildings and Grounds Fund, several thousand dollars whicl1 were brought over from the previous year.
Respectfully submitted,
HuaH M. DoRSEY,
Governor.

STATE 0]' GEORGIA
ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT ATLANTA.

June 22nd, 1921.
T u the General Asse111bly of Georgia:
Gentlemen:
Attached hereto are:
(1) Letter of the Budget and Investigating Commission transmitting the report of that Commis. sion to the Governor; and requesting that the sam~ be submitted to you.
(2) The report of the Commission.
This is the minimum report according to the law. In courtesy to the new administration, the members of the Commission have arranged the form only c.f the general appropriations bill for your convenience and guidance without specifying detailed appropriations or measures not required by law, except in the following instances:
As shown by the Adjutant General; the State will be able to secure a considerable sum from the

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Federal Government for the support and maintenance of its military estiblishment, provided the General Assembly will make an appropriation.
We call attention to the fact that if the report and recommendations of the Budget and Investigating Commission had been followed by legislative enactment there would be no over-appropriations by the last legislature. Therefore, the Commission recommends again the passage of the Bill offered Amending the Constitution defining and regulating more closely the duties and work of the commission.
Respectfully,
HuGH M. DoRsEY,
Governor.

To His Excellency,

June 22nd, 1921.

The Governor of Georgia.

Dear Sir:

We have the honor to transmit, through you to the General Assembly, this report of the State
et and Investigating Commission.

Very truly yours,

HuGH M. DoRSEY,

Governor and Chairman.

R. A. DENNY,

Attorney-General.

M. L. BRITTAIN'

State School Commissioner.

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IvAN E. ALLEN, Chairman Appropriations Committee of the Senate.
GEO. H. CARSWELL, Chairman Appropriations Committee of the House.

I.
APPROPRIATIONS AS NO\V FIXED BY LA\V TO GO INTO THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
In the consideration of this Bill the following designating symbols are used as guides :
Roman Capitals (for example ''A'') refer to Divisions.
Spelled Numbers (For example "A") refer to Sections.
Numerals (for example "1 ") refer to Sub-Sections.
Small Roman Letters (for example "a") refer to Items.
Small Roman Numerals (for example "iv ") refer to Paragraphs.
In amending the bill, care should be taken to properly designate just what portions of the same are to be amended. Divisions should be referred to as "Divisions", Sections referred to as "Sections"; Sub-Sections referred to as "Sub-Sections", etc.

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ILLUSTRATION:
To make a change in the appropriation for the protection of live stock the amendment should read "To Amend Division 'A', Section 'Eight', Subsection '4', Item 'b', Paragraph 'ii' of the General Appropriations Bill.''

A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
An Act to make, for the fiscal years 1922 and 1923, and annually thereafter, until otherwise provided, appropriations fixed by previous laws, for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Legi;;:- , c;, and Judicial Departments of the State G'overnment, for the payment of public debt and the interest thereon, the support and maintenance of the public institutions and educational interests of the State.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the sums of money hereinafter set out, or so much thereof as may be needed, be, and the same are hereby appropriated for the fiscal years 1922 and 1923, and annually thereafter, until otherwise provided, and for the objects and purposes stated.

DIVISION "A"-EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. SECTION "OxE"-GovERXOR's OFFICE.
Sub-Section 1. Items. (a) For the salary of the Governor . . . . $ 7,500.00

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(b) For the salaries of the secretaries and clerks in the Governor's Office 10,000.00

(c) For the salary of a messenger for the E~ecutive Department, as provided by la'v .......................... .

950.00

(d) For a Contingent Fund, to be expended by the Governor, according to law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000.00

(Provided that from the above sum .~~~ ~xpenses of th.e Govern~r, incur- .:.:.:J m the transactiOn of busmess, for the State, shall be paid on itemized statements signed by him; and such expenses shall include the actual traveling expenses of any clerical help the Governor may in his discretion deem necessary.)

(e) For a reward fund, to be expended by the Governor, according to law.. 3,000.00

SECTION ''Two' '-OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. Sub-Section 1. Items.

(a) For the salary of the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00

(b) For the salary of a clerk to the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00

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SECTION ''THREE''-0FFICE OF CoMPTROLLER-GE.xERAL AND INsURANCE CoMMISSIONER.

Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salary of the Comptroller General

2,000.00

(b) For the salary of a Chief Clerk to the Comptroller General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00

(c) For the salary of an Insurance Clerk in the office of the Comptroller General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,400.00

(Provided, that $1,200.00 of the above appropriation shall be paid from the insurance fees, as provided by law)

(d) For the salary of a Clerk in the Wild Land Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00

(e) For the salary of a Public Service Corporation Tax Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . .

600.00

(f) For the salary of Insurance Commtsswner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00

(g) For the salary of a Deputy Insurance Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00

(h) For the salary of an Insurance Clerk in the Office of the Insurance Commissioner ....................... .

2,000.00

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SEcTION ''FouR' '-OFFICE oF THE STATE TREASURER.

Sub-Section 1.

Items.

(a) For the salary of the State Treasurer ........................... . 4,800.00

(b) Ji,or the salary of Assistant Treasurer ............................ . 3,600.00

(c) For clerical expenses

6,000.00

SECTION "FIVE"-OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY G-ENERAL.
Sub-Section 1.
Items. (a) For the salary of the Attorney Gen-
eral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00
(b) For the salary of an Assistant to the Attorney General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00
(c) For the salary of a stenographer to the Attorney General . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00

SEcTION

"Six "-ED-uCATIONAL DEP.\RT.M:ENT EDUCATIONAL lNSTIT"UTION8.

AND

sub-Section 1. Educational Department.

Items.

(a) For the salary of the State Superintendent of Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00

(b) For the salary of a clerk in the State Department of Education . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00

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(c) For the support and maintenance of the Common or Public Schools of the State, 50% of all revenue received by the State from all sources of income as taxation.

(Provided, that this appropriation shall be composed of special funds and taxes as provided by the Constitution of this State, and shall be kept and expended under the provi- . sions governing same.)

(d) For the use of the State Board of Vocational Education to meet the requirements of the Act of Congress, approved August 23rd, 1917 . . . . . . .

55,523.76

Sub-Section 2. Educational Institutions.
!terns.
(a) For the support and maintenance of the University of Georgia ........ .
(b) For the payment of the actual expenses of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia incurred in the discharge of their duties as Trustees, and the per diem of said Board as provided by law, such sum as may be needed ....................... .
(c) For the maintenance of the University Summer School .......... .
(d) For the support and maintenance of the Georgia School of Technology

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(e) For the support and maintenance of the State College of Agriculture
(f) For the State College of _.\griculture
(Provided, that the aboYe appropria-
tion shall be used to meet the re-
quirements of what is known as the Smith-Lever Bill and shall become available July 1st, 1922 and 1923.
(g) For the State College of Agriculture
(Provided that the above appropriation shall be used for extension work m co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture.)
(h) For the State College of Agriculture
(Provided that the above appropriation shall be used for holding :field meetings and farmers institutes.)
(i) For the support and maintenance of twelve District Agricultural Schools 180,000.00
(Provided that the above sum shall be equally apportioned among the said schools, each school recetvmg $15,000.00.)
(j) For the support and mliintenance of the North Georgia Agricultural College ............................ .
(k) For the support and maintenance of the State Medical College ....... .
(l) For the support and maintenance of the State Normal Sehool ......... .

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(m) For the Georgia Normal and Indus- . trial College .................... .

(Provided that of this sum, $

shall be used for maintenance and

$

for carrying on extension

work.)

(n) For the support and maintenance of the South Georgia Normal College ..

(o) For the support and maintenance of the Georgia Industrial School for colored youths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000.00

(p) For the. maintenance of the Georgia Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School for colored teachers . . . . . . .

5,000.00

(q) For the Maintenance of Summer School for colored teachers . . . . . . . . 2,500.00

(Provided that all appropriations in Sub-Section 2 are made to the University Trustees and requisition shall be made through that Board.)

Sub-Section 3. Educational and Eleemosynary Institutions.
Items.
(a) For the support and maintenance of the Academy for the Blind....... .
(b) For the support and maintenance of the School for the Deaf ........... .

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Sub-Section 4. Educational and Corrective Institutions.

Items.

(a) For the support and maintenance of the Georgia Training School for Girls ........................... .

(b) For the support and maintenance of the Georgia Training School for Boys ........................... .

SECTION "SEVEN "-DI:PARTMENT oF CoMMERCE AND LABOR.

Sub-Section 1.

ltems.

(a) For the salary of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor . . . . . . . . . . . 3,600.00

(b) For the salary of the As.sistant Commissioner of Commerce and Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,800.00

(c) For the salary of the chief clerk and stenographer to the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,500.00

(d) For the salary of a Factory In-

spector

1,200.00

(e) For the Contingent Fund of the Department of Commerce and Labor . . 1,800.00



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SECTIO~ ''EIGHT''-DEPARTMEXT OF AGRICULTURE.
Sub-Section 1. Office of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Items.
(a) For the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00
(b) For the salary of a clerk to the Commissioner of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00
(c) For the maintenance of the Department of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000.00

Sub-Section 2. Bureau of Markets.
Items.
(a) For the salary of the Director of the Bureau of Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Provided that in addition to the above sum, the necessary traveling expenses of the Director shall be paid.)
(b) For the purpose of carrying on the work of the Bureau of Markets ...

3,000.00

Sub-Section 3.-Chemist.

Items.

(a) For the salary of a chemist for the Department of Agriculture. . . . . . . . 3,000.00

(b) For the maintenance of the office and laboratory of the Chemist, including two assistant chemists at $1,000.00 each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15,500.00

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Sub-Section 5-State Veterinarian.
Items.
(a) For the salary of the State Veterinarian ......................... . 2,500.00
(Provided, that in addition to the . above salary the actual traveling expenses of the State Veterinarian shall be paid when same are incurred in the service of the State, statement of said expense to be audited by the Commissioner of Agriculture.)
(b) For the work of the State Veterinarian ......................... .
(Provided that the above appropriation shall be expended as follows, itemized statement of expenditures being furnished the General Assembly by the Commissioner of Agriculture.)
(1) For the protection of live stock from contagious and infectious disease. . . 5,000.00
(2) For exterminating the cattle tick and developing the live stock industry.. 25,000.00
(3) For combatting outbreaks of hog cholera and distributing serum m carrying on this work ........... .
Sub-Section 6. Oil Inspector.

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Items.
(a) For the salary of the Chief Oil Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,000.00

(Provided that in addition to the above salary the actual traveling expenses of said inspector shall be paid, as p'rovided by law.)
(b) For the salary of a clerk to the Chief Oil Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,500.00

Sub-Section 7. Department of IIorticulture and Pomology and Board of Entomology.

Items.

(a) For the salary of the State Entomologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00

(b) For the Maintenance of the Department of Horticulture and Pomology and the Board of Entomology . . . . 60,000.00

Sub-Section 8. Experiment Station.

Items.

(a) For the payment of the actual expenses of the Directors of the Georgia Experiment Station ........... .

800.00

(b) For the maintenance of the Coastal Plains Experiment Station........ .

SECTION ''NINE' '-GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
Sub-Section 1. Items. (a) For the maintenance of the State
Geological Survey ............... .

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(Provided that the above appropriation shall be spent under the direction of the State Geological Board, as provided by law.)

SEcTION "TEN"-RAILROAD CoMMISSION.
Sub-Section 1.
Items.
(a) ~,or the salary of the Chairman of the Railroad Commission . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00
(b) For the salaries of the remaining Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,400.00
(Provided that the above sum shall be appropriated in four equal salaries of $3,600.00 each.)
(c) For the employment of one or more rate experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000.00
(d) For the salary of a special attorney for the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00
(e) For the salary of a Secretary to the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00
(f) For the salary of a stenographer to the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00
(g) For a contingent fund for the Railroad Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00
(h) For a printing fund for the Railroad Commission .................... . 2,000.00

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SECTION "ELEVEN"-TAx CoMMISSION.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salary of the State Tax Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000.00
(b) For the salary of a clerk to the State Tax Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
(c) For the salary of a stenographer to the State Tax Commissioner . . . . . . 1,000.00

SEcTION ''TwELVE''-PRISON Col\IMISSION.
Sub-Section 1.
Items.
(a) For the salaries of members of the Prison Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,500.00
(Provided that this sum shail be equally apportioned in three salaries of $3,500.00 each.)
(b) For the salary of a Secretary to the Prison Commission . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00
(c) For the maintenance of the State Prison Farm .................... .
(d) For the maintenance fund of the Prison Commission .............. .

SECTION '' THIRTEEX ''-BOARD OF PUBLIC \VELFARE. Sub-Section 1. Items. (a) For the support and maintenance of
the Board of Public Welfare ..... .

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SECTION ''FouRTEE~''-PENSION CoMMISSION.
Sub-Section 1.
Items.
(a) For the salary of the Pension CommiSSioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000.00
(b) For the hire of clerical help in the office of the Pension Commissioner. . 3,900.00
(c) For the payment of pensions which shall become due ............... .
(Provided that should any fees be due any ordinaries for pension work, such fees shall be paid from the above appropriation. After paying all claims for said year, if there should be a surplus, the same shall be transferred by the Treasurer to the General Fund on January 1st.)
(d) For continuing the work of the Roster Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,600.00

SECTION "FIFTEEN"-PUBLIC PRINTING.

Sub-Section 1.

Items.

(a) For a general printing fund to be expended by the Governor, according to law .......................... .

(b) For the salary of the Superin-

tendent of Public PI;inting

3,000.00

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(c) For a contingent fund for the office of the Superintendent of Public Printing ....................... .

SECTION ''SIXTEEN' '-DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY.
Sub-Section 1.
Items.
(a) For the maintenance of the Department of Archives and History..... . (Provided that the above appropriation shall be expended at the direction of the State Historical Commission, as provided by law.)

SEcTION ''SEVENTEEN' '-STATE LIBRARY CoMMis-
SION".
Sub-Section 1. Items. (a) For the support and maintenance of
the State Library Commission. . . . . 6,000.00

SECTION ''EIGHTEEN''-STATE LIBRARY.
Sub-Section 1. Items. (a) For the salary of the State Libra-
rian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00 (b) For the salary of an assistant to the
State Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00

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(c) For the salary of an assistant to the State Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) For the purchase of books and supplies and for the incidental expenses of the State Library and Supreme Court, to be spent solely at the direction of the Supreme Court ........ .
. (e) For the purchase of books and supplies for the Court of Appeals ..... .
(f) For the maintenance of the Legislature Reference Department, to be expended as provided by law ..... .
(g) For the purchase of books for the office of the Attorney General ..... .
(h) For printing new volumes of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Reports .................. .

1,000.00

SECTION ''NINETEEN' '-MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Sub-Section 1. Items. (a) For the .maintenance of the Military
Department .................... .

SECTION ''TwENTY' '-STATE BoARD (l'F HEALTH.
Sub-Section 1. Items. (a) For the maintenance of the State
Board of Health ................ .

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(b) For the support and maintenance of the State Sanitarium for Tuberculosis Patients ................. .
(Provided that the above appropriation shall be expended under the direction of the State Board of Health) ........................ .

SECTION ''TWENTY-ONE''-STATE ELEEMOSYNARY
INSTITUTIONS.
St~b-Section 1.
Items.
(a) For the support and maintenance of the State Sanitarium ............ . (Provided that from this appropriation shall be paid all the expenses of the Sanitarium, including a salary of $2,500.00 for a resident physician and the salaries of the Trustees and their expenses as provided by law.)
(b) For the support and maintenance of the Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia ...................... : ..

SECTION "TwENTY-Two "-PuBLIC BuiLDINGS AND GROUNDS.
Sub-Section 1. Items. (a) For the upkeep fund of the Public
Buildings and Grounds .......... .
(Provided that from this fund shall

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be paid the salary of $2,500.00 due the keeper of public buildings and grounds, the expense of the ordinary repairs of public buildings, of coal, wood, lights, heat and furniture for the Executive Mansion and the various departments of the state government; and the hire of engineers, guards, watchmen, servants and other necessary labor at the Mansion and such porters for the various departments of the State government as the Governor may authorize; and all general expenses incident to the proper upkeep of the public buildings and grounds, and to hire such other labor as may be necessary and also the salary of the operator for the elevator at the State Capitol which salary shall not exceed $950.00.)

SEcTION ''TwE~TY-THREE''-PuBLIC DEBT.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the payment of obligations caused by the maturing of State Bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000.00
(b) To pay interest on the recognized valid debt of the State, for 1922 . . 226,030.00
For 1923 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217,872.50

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(c) For payment of interest on what is known as the Land Script fund....
(d) For the payment of the annual interest on the debt due by the State to the University of Georgia . . . . . .

6,314.14 8,000.00

DIVISION ''B''-JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
SECTION ''OxE''-SuPREME CouRT. Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,000.00
(Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $7,000.00 each.)
(b) For the salaries of the Supreme Court Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000.00
(Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in two equal salaries of $2,000.00 each.)
(c) For the salaries of Supreme Court stenographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,000.00
(Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $3,000.00 each.)
(d) For the salary of the Sheriff of the Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400.00

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(e) For the compensation of the clerk of the Supreme Court, an amount sufficient to cover the "difference between the costs received and the minimum salary allowed by law.
_(f) All fees due to Clerk of Supreme Court in pauper cases, upon proper showing to the Governor.
a (g) For contingent fund for th'
Supreme Court ................. .

SECTIOX ''Two''-CouRT OF APPEALS.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salaries of the Judges of the Court of Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,000.00
(Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $7,000.00 each.)
(b) For the salaries of the Court of A ppeals Reporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000.00
(Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in two equal salaries of $2,000.00 each.)
(c) For the salaries of the Court of Appeals stenographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,000.00
(Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $3,000.00 each.)

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(d) For the salary of the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400.00
(e) For the compensation of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, an amount sufficient to cover the difference between the costs received and the minimum salary allowed by law.)
(f) All fees due to the Clerk of the Court. of Appeals in pauper cases, upon proper showing to the Governor.
(g) For a contingent fund for the Court of Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00

SECTIOK ''THREE''- S "LPERIOR Co"LRTs.
Sub-Section 1.
Items.
(a) For the salaries of the .Judges of the Superior Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,000.00
(Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in thirty-five equal salaries of $5,000.00 each.)
(b) For the salaries of the SolicitorsGeneral .............. ........... . 7,750.00
(Provided that the above sum shall be apportioned in thirty-one equal salaries of $250.00 each.)
(c) For the payment of fees due Solicitors-General in criminal cases before the Supreme Court and Court of

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Appeals and Solicitors in criminal cases before the Court of Appeals, such amounts as may be due them under the terms of the fee bill.

DIVISION "C"- LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

SECTIOX ''0NE''-SEXATE.

Sub-Section 1. Officers and lllembers.

Items.

(a) For the compensation of the President of the Senate, per diem. . . . . .

10.00

(b) For the compensation of the mem-

bers of the Senate, per diem.......

7.00

(Provided that in addition to the above sums the President and members of the Senate shall receive mileage at the rate of 10c per mile.)

Sub-Section 2. Employees.

Items.

(a) For the compensation of the Secretary of the Senate, per diem. . . . .

60.00

(Provided that from the above appropriation shall be paid all the clerical expenses of the Senate.)

(b) For the compensation of the Mes-

senger of the Senate, per diem....

7.00

(c) For the compensation of the Door-

keeper of the Senate, per diem....

7.00

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(Provided the Messenger and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall receive the same _mileage as members of the Senate.)

SECTION "Two"-HousE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Sub-Section 1. Officers and Members.

Items.

(a) For the compensation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, per diem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10.00

(b) For the compensation of the mem-

bers of the House of Representa-

tives, per diem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.00

(Provided that in addition to the above sums, the Speaker and the memhers of the House of Representatives shall receive mileage at the rate of lOc per mile.)

Sub-Section 2.-Employees.

Items.

(a) For the compensation of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, per diem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

70.00

(Provided that from the above sum shall be paid all the clerical expenses of the House of Representatives.)

(b) For the compensation of the Mes-

senger of the House of Representa-

tives, per diem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.00

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(c) For the compensation of the Door-

keeper of the House of Representa-

tives, per diem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.00

(Provided that the Messenger and

the Doorkeeper of the House of Rep-

resentatives shall receive the same

mileage as the members of the

House of Representatives.)

Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the respective amounts appropriated by this Act for the salaries of the :various State House officers and clerical expenses of the various departments, shall be held and considered in full payment thereof, and such amounts shall not be increased directly or indirectly by payments 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 service, or for extra assistance rendered to such officers in any department of said government, and should extra service or assistance become necessary to said officers in said departments, the same shall be paid out of the amounts respectively appropriated 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 persons, as a salary or otherwise unless the same is authorized by law, audited by the Comptroller General, and the money duly appropriated therefor.

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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II.

APPROPRl:ATIONS NOT YET PAID.
June 1, 1921.
By Academy for Blind .......................... $ '' Agricultural Schools ......................... . " Albany Normal School (for Colored) .......... . '' Board of Health ............................. . '' Civil Establishment ......................... . College for Colored ......................... . " Contingent Fund ............................ . " Contingent Fund R. R. Commission ........... . '' Contingent Fund Supreme Court ............. . " Contingent Fund Court of Appeals ........... . '' Department of Agriculture(a) Maintenance ............................ . (b) Pure Food .............................. . (c) Chemicals ............................... . (d) Contagious Diseases ..................... . (e) Hog Cholera Serum ...................... . (f) Inspectors' Salary, etc., Est. . ............ . (g) Tick Eradication ........................ . (h) Veterinarian Expenses, Est. . ............. .
" Dept. of Agri. Warrants, Fertilizer, Est....... . " Dept. of Archives and History ................ . " Dept. of Commerce and Labor, Contingent ..... . " Experiment Station .......................... . " Game Protection Fund ....................... . " Geological Fund ............................. . " Georgia Medical College ..................... . " Ga. Normal and Industrial College ........... . "' " Horticultural Fund ...... .................... . " Incidental Expense General Assembly ......... . " Indexing House and Senate Journal ........... . " Indian Springs Fund ......................... . " Inspection of O'ils, Est. . ...................... . " Insurance Public Buildings, Etc. . ............ . " Insurance Department Fund ........... ...... . " Land Script Fund Interest .................. . " Legislative Pay Roll, Est. . .................. . " Library Fund ............................... . " Library Fund Reference Bureau ............... . " Library Fund Court of Appeals ............... . " :1\Iarket Bureau .............................. .
'' ~filitary Fund .............................. .

23,333.35 159,250.00
9,000.00 60,090.00 181,437.50 31,640.00
472.21 1,000.00 4,854.04 3,649.00
10,750.00 10,000.00 12,000.02
6,000.00 18,000.00 24,342.40 19,000.00
487.53 29,602.55
4,015.89 1,200.00 8,771.19 2,700.00 13,046.01 36,640.00 75,000.00 33,250.00
225.00 150.00 105.00 3,591.40 1,816.36 6,900.00 3,157.07 113,083.76 3,015.02 2,032.59 1,623.30 21,569.98 19,517.77

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" Coastal Plains Experiment Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000.00

Dept. of Agriculture (I. & F.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,500.00

'' Library Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,900.00

'' Dept. of Pub. Printing, Salaries and Exp. . . . . . .

5,600.00

'' Dept. o.f Commerce and Labor, Salaries . . . . . . . .

6,075.00

'' By North Georgia A. & ~I. College . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000.00

" Overpayment Taxes Refunded, Est. . . . . . . . . . . . .

7,500.00

'' Pension Fund ................................ 1,175,355.00

" Printing Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

248.10

'' Printing Fund R. R. Comn1ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,922.07

" Prison Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,329.83

'' Public Buildings and Grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,467.50

" Publishing Georgia Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,173.09

'' Public Debt-

(a) Interest ................................. . 147,533.05

(b) Sinking Fund ............................ .

5,500.00

" Rate Expert FUnd .. 0 0

3,000.00

'' Reward Fund ............................... .

4,750.00

'' Roster Fund .......... 0 0 0

3,287.14

'' School for the Deaf ......................... . 27,336.37

' ' School Fu_nd . . . . 4,486,429.73 0 0 0 '' School of Technology ....................... . 83,200.00

Soldiers' Home .............................. .

29,243.00

'' Solicitors Generals' Fees, Est. . ............. 0 " South Ga. A. & M. College, Val. . . . . 0 0 0. 0

6,255.00 42,070.00

" Special Appro. Legislative Com. . .............. .

7,500.00

'' State Normal SChool ......................... 0 '' State Sanitarium . 0

34,980.00 519,944.85

" State University, Support Fund ............... . 63,200.00

" State UniY. for Agri. College .. : .............. . 85,820.00

'' State lJniv. for Smith-Lever .................. . 21,562.98

'' Univ. for Farmers' Institute ........... 0

2,500.00

'' State Univ-. for Summer School" ............... .

7,500.00

" Stationery, General Assen1bly, Est............. .

192.38

'' Temporary Loan ........................... . 500,000.00

" Training School for Girls ....... 0

20,500.00

'' Tuberculosis Sanitarium ...................... . 31,000.00

'' Vocational Education ...... o o

20,103.79

'' Summer School (Colored) .......... o

'' Training School for Boys 0 0 o o

"

vocational Rehabilitation

.. 0

0

0



2,500.00 17,500.00 19,898.49

'' School for }Jiental Defectives .. o o o o. o " Furniture and Replacement (H. & S.) . 0 o

18,144.75 548.00

TOTAL ................................ $8,484,389.06

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III.

ESTIMATED REVENUE, 1921.

Assessed value of Property for Taxation, 1920 ..... $1,346,882,681

Property on Digest...... $1,181,473,058

Tax at 5 Mills..........

$5,907,365.29

Cost of Collection at 7%

413,515.57

Net to State ....... . Value Public Utility Corp. 165,409,623 Tax at 5 Mills ......... .

$5,493,849.72 827,048.12

$1,346,882,681 Net Revenue to State, Ad Valorem Tax ........ $6,320,897.84

ESTIMATED INCOME FROM OTHER SOURCES.
Poll Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $298,522 Professional Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,400 Back Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,936 Rent, W. & A. Railroad ................. . 540,000 Rent, Hotel Patten .................... . 8,340 Income Tax, Railroads exempt from Ad. Val. 8,691 Insurance Companies, Fees and Taxes ... . 740,000 Inheritance Tax ....................... . 250,000 Interest, State Depositories ."........... . 31,000 Fees, Fertilizers ....................... . 70,000 Fees, Pure Food ....................... . 45,000 Fees, Oil .............................. . 350,000 Fees, Game Protection ................ . 6,000 Fees, Office ........................... . 6,660 General & Poll Tax not on digest ....... . 100,000 Occupation Tax, Corporations, Foreign &
Domestic ......................... . 285,000 Special or Occupation Taxes ............. . 515,000 Sale of Acts, Codes and Reports ......... . 7,700 Miscellaneous Items ................... . 63,500
$3,501,748.00 Total Estimated Revenue, 1921 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,822,645.84

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IV.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Georgia; to create and establish a Commission to be known as the STATE BUDGET and INVESTIGATING COMMISSION; to define the duties and work of said Commission; to set forth the powers and authority of said Commission; to provide for the maintenance of said Commission, and to regulate the making of appropriations by the General Assembly of Georgia and to provide for the submission of said Amendment to the qualified voters of this State for adoption or rejection.

SECTION ONE.
The General Assembly of the State of Georgia hereby submits to the citizens of this State a proposed Amendment to the Constitution of Georgia, which proposed Amendment shall add to Article VII of the Constitution an additional Section to be known as Section XVIII, and shall read as follows:

SECTION XVIII.

Paragraph 1.

.

There shall be in this ''State a Budget and In-

vestigating Commission," composed of the Gover-

nor, who shall be its Chairman, The State Super-

intendent of Education, The Chairman of the Ap-

propriations Committee of the Senate, The Chair-

man of the Appropriations Committee of the House

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of Representatives, and the Chairman of the "\Vays and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. The Commission shall be provided for and maintained as a Department of the State Government.

Paragraph 2.
The Commission, in addition to such other duties not in conflict with the following, as may be imposed by statute, annually shall investigate the Departments and Institutions of the State and the laws governing the operation thereof and make to the General Assembly a report as to the conditions found to exist therein, and recommend such changes in said laws as may be deemed expedient. The Commission shall have access to all records and books of any State Official, Department, or Institution, and shall have the power to summons and administer oaths to any official or employee of any Department or Institution of the State, or any other person. The Commission also shall have the power and it shall be its duty to require of all Departments, Institutions, and Ag~ncies of the State, an estimate of their financial needs for the fiscal year or years specified by the Commission, and any other financial statements or estimates, as may be deemetl necessary;
Paragraph 3.
The Budget and Investigating Commission shall submit to the General Assembly at the session immediately preceding any fiscal year for which no ''General Appropriation Bill'' has be<:>n enacted, a

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report in which recommendation shall be made as to the amounts to be appropriated to each of the several Institutions and causes to which appropriations may be made under the Constitution and laws of this State, the amounts of which are not fixed by law.
The General Appropriations Bill shall include all of the items as recommended by said Commission, which several items so recommended may be reduced or omitted therefrom by the General Assembly under the usual rules thereof, but it shall require of each branch two-thirds of those voting to increase any such item so recommended, provided such two-thirds shall constitute a majority of the membership thereof.
No other appropriation bills shall be considered until the "General Appropriation Bill" has been finally acted upon by both the Senate and the Houst: of Representatives, and each other appropriation bill, including any bill for any appropriation in addition to those recommended in said report, shall be known as a "Special Appropriation Bill." No ''Special Appropriation Bill'' shall be valid, should the sum therein specified cause the total appropriations for any year or years in which the same is to be paid to exceed the total revenues, as estimated in the report of the Commission, unless each such "Special Appropriation Bill" shall provi.de the revenue necessary to pay the appropriation therein carried.
SEcTION Two.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That if
this Constitutional Amendment shall be agreed tc

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by a two-thirds vote of the members of the General Assembly of each House, the same shall be entered on each Journal, with the ayes and nays 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 in favor of adopting said Amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "In favor of ratification of Amendment to Article VII of the Constitution, establishing the State Budget and Investigating Commission"-; and those opposed to the ratification of said Amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: ''Against ratification of Amendment to Article VII of the Constitution, establishing the State Budget and Investigating Commission." If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the next General Assembly voting shall vote in favor of ratification, then said Amendment shall become a part of said Article VII of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION THREE.
Be it further enacted by the General Assembly that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

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By Messrs. Worthy of Quitman and Moye of Randolph-

A RESOLUTION.
Robert A. Lee, Hatchers, Ga.; Representative, Quitman County, Session 1919-20; Re-elected, without opposition, Session 1921-22, Born I'ebruary 21, 1867; Died May 9, 1921.
whereas, the quiet, manly and dignified bearing of Mr. Lee, as Representative; his faithful attention to duty and the advocacy of good and wholesome legislation; the fairness and justice which shaped his conduct and prompted his support of men and measures, were such as to make him popular with and commend him to the confidence and esteem of his fellow Representatives; and
whereas, His association with his people at home, in the various walks of life, such as farmer and merchant, County Commissioner, member of Baptist. church, Mason, Woodman of the "'~Noriel, and his participation in Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives, were such as to indicate the confidence of his people, in thus honoring him as their Representative; and
Whereas, The death of Mr. Lee brings sadness to the members of this House, especially those with whom he was associated at the previous session, Therefore
Resolved by the House of Representatives in ses. sion, that the sincere sympathy of members be ex-
tended Mrs. Lee, and other relatives of tlie deceased; and
Resolved further, That these resolutions be re-

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corded in the Journal of the House, and that a copy of the same be forwarded hy the Clerk to the widow of the deceased.
The next onl<>r of business was the call of the roll by Counties, for the introduction of new matter and the following bills and resolutions of the House were read the first time and ref!:'ITed to the Committees.

By Messrs. Moore of .Appling, Herring of Schley, McMichael ofMarion and Davis of Oglethorpe-
House Bill No. 1. A bill to amend an Act to reorganize and reconstruct the State Highway Department of Georgia, etc.
Heferred to Committee on Public Highways.
By Messrs. Moore of Appling, Herring of Schley, McMichael of Marion and Davis of Oglethorpe-
House Bill No. 2. A bill to provide for the collection of motor vehicle taxes, and for distribution, etc.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Malone of Bibb-
House Bill No. 3. A bill to require County Commissioners to erect mounds and bumps not over 100 feet from railroad crossings, etc.
Heferred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Messrs. winship, F,owler and Malone of Bibb-
House Bill No. 4. A bill to make appropriation for the payment of salaries of Malcolm D. Jones, ad-

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ditional Judge of the Superior Court of the Macon Circuit, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Strickland of Brantley-
Honse Bill No. 5. A bill to change the county site of Brantley County from Hoboken to Nahunta.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By "Mr. Watkins of Butts-
House Bill No. 6. A bill to repeal an Act to regulate the return and assessment of property for taxation, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on "Ways and Means.

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
House Bill No. 7. A bill to appropriate the sum of $25,000 to the State Board of Health for use in the eradication of malaria.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 8. A bill to amend, revise and consolidate the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Town of warsaw in Chatham County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
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By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 9. A bill to amend an Act ap-

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proved August 17, 1920, entitled an "Act to revise the dental laws of Georgia, etc.''
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.
By Mr. Hunter of ChathamHouse Bill No. 10. A bill to alter and amend Sec-
tion 1144, Vol. II. of the Code of the State of Georgia, relative to per diem payment and traveling expenses of witnesses for the State.
Referred to Committee on General .Judiciary.
By Mr. Dickerson of ClinchHouse Bill No. 11. A bill to amend an Act en-
titled ''An Act to prennt the shipment of tick infested cattle into the State, etc.''
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.
By Mr. Beckham of DoughertyHouse Bill No. 12. A bill to harmonize the State
and Federal game laws. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Whitley of DouglasHouse Bill No. 13. A bill to fix a uniform elate
upon which all municipal taxes in the State of Georgia shall become due.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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By Messrs. Brown and Boatwright of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 14. A bill to repeal an Act entitled ''An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Emanuel County.''
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Brown and Boatwright of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 15. A_ bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Emanuel, etc.
Referred t~ Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Hodges of Evans-
House Bill Ko. 16. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of the City of Claxton in Evan., County, etc.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 17. A bill to amend Section 60:~:> of the Code of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Houston of Gwinnett-
House Bill No. 18. A bill for quieting, perfecting and aiding land titles in this State, etc.
Referred to Committee on General .Judiciary.

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By Messrs. Jackson and Houser of Houston-
House Bill No. 19. A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to create the County of Peach, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. King of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 20. A bill to abolish the local school system of \Vrens, Jefferson County, Ga., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. \Vay of Liberty-
House Bill No. 21. A bill to repeal Sections 715 and 716 of the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Smith of Meriwether-
Honse Bill No. 22. A bill to amend. an Act, entitled "An Act to increase the membership of the Railroad Commission of Georgia, and. for other purposes.''
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Neill of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 23. A bill to provide for a secret and private ballot at all elections held in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectioDB.

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By Messrs. Davis of Oglethorpe and McMichael of

Marion-

...

House Bill No. 24. A bill to amend an Act 'known

as the Georgia Motor Vehicle position of funds, etc.

Law,

relative

to

dis-

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Moye of Randolph-
House Bill No. 25. A bill to repeal ''An Act to prohibit employees or servants of hotels, restaurants, barber shops, etc., from receiving tips from guests and patrons, etc.''
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Macintyre of Thomas-
House Bill No. 26. A bill to authorize the valuation of bonds and other securities owned by life insurance companies by the amortization method.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Messrs. Macintyre and Jones of Thomas-
House Bill No. '27. A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Thomasville, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
Honse Bill No. 28. A bill to propose to the people of Georgia an Act to amend Paragraphs 1 and 2

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of Section 11, Article 6, and Paragraph 1, Section 12, ttc., of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution ..

By Mr. Nichols of -wayne-
House Bill No. 29. A bill to provide for laying off of five road districts in the County of Wayne, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By :Messrs. Fowler, -Winship and Malone of Bibb-
House Resolution No. 1. A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia by adding a new Article to be known as ''Article Fourteen,'' providing for the removal of the Capitol from Atlanta to Macon.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to tlH~ Constitution.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
House Resolution No. 2. A resolution providing for an investigation of all the State Departments.
Lie on table one day.
Mr. Smith of Meriwether moved that the House take a recess, subject to the call of the Chair and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker again called the Honse to order.

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Mr. Bentley of Fulton submitted the following report of the Inaugural Committee, on the part of the House:

Mr. Speaker:
Your committee appointed to make arrangements and to provide for a program for the inauguration of the Governor-elect, beg leave to report as follows:
1. That the inaugural ceremony shall take place upon a platform erected for that purpose upon the grounds of the. Capitol at 12 :00 o'clock noon, Saturday, June 25, 1921.
2. That at 11 :45 A. M. on that day, the House ancl Senate assemble in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate presiding, whence they shall proceed to the inaugural stand f.or the ceremonies. Upon conclusion of the same, the House and Senate shall stand adjourned until11 :00 A. M. Monday, .June 27, 1921.
:3. That the joint committee of the House and
Senate will repair to the intersection of Peachtree and Harris streets, in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, at 10:45 Saturday morning, June 25, 1921, where they will meet the Governor-elect and join in escorting him to the Capitol.
4. That the Justices of the Sup10eme Court and the Court of Appeals, State Houe officers, elect and retiring, ex-Governors and Federal Judges are invited to assemble at the Governor's office at 11 :50 o'clock A. M., and join in the escort of the Governor and the Governor-elect to the place upon the Capitol grounds where the inaugural ceremonies will occur.

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5. That the order of the proceedings by the joint session at the place of inauguration will be as follows:
(a) Invocation by Rev. W. W. Memminger, Rector of All Saints Church, of Atlanta, Ga.
(b) Presentation of Governor-elect by the President of the Senate.
(c) Administration of the oath of office to the Governor-elect by the Hon. Roscoe Luke, Justice of the Court of Appeals.
(d) Presentation of the Great Seal of the State by the Secretary of State to the retiring Governor, who shall deliver the same to the Governor, who in turn delivers it to the Secretary of State:
(e) Inaugural address by the Governor.
(f) Congratulatory remarks by Hon. \Villiam J. Vereen, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Georgia.
(g) Benediction by Rev. W. vV. Memminger.
Respectfully submitted,
HowARD ENKis, Chairman, ERNEST G. BENTLEY,
J. M. MAYO, JR.,
c. H. KITTRELL,
I. H. P. BECK.

Mr.. Dobbs of Cobb moved that the House do now adjourn until tomorrow morning at 11 :30 o'clock, and the motion prevailed.

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Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Jackson of Houston; Quincey of Douglas, Phillips of Telfair, and Fletcher of Irwin.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 11 :30 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.
Saturday, June 25th, 1921.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this da~ at 11 :30 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker Pro Tern.; and opened with prayer by the Chapalin.
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.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Clerk, Mr. Cobb:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House two communications in writing to which he respectfully invites your attention.
The following message from Governor Hugh M. Dorsey was received and read:

STATE OF GEORGIA,
ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
June 25, 1921. To the General Assembly of Georgia:
In complying with the law, in obedience to which this Message-the last I shall have the honor to sub-

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mit-is sent to you, it is considered a full observance of the obligation imposed to discuss only those matters with reference to which an Executive is especially charged with some duty, or about which that official may be in a position to have special knowledge; and to recommend for your consideration only those measures deemed most necessary.
where previous General Assemblies have had the opportunity yours now has the necessity, for some action to solve the State's financial difficulties.
For several months before the Legislature convened in 1920, the State Treasury was unable to honor requisitions for appropriations made at the 1919 session of the Legislature, and some of these, and others passed in 1920 and payable during that year, are still unpaid.
Except for an authorization to the Governor in
1919 (Georgia Laws, 1919, page 1440, Resolution 16) to defer the distribution of State Road Funds to counties to which, under the law then existing, they were apportioned, it is probable that the embarrassment which occurred in 1920 would then have arisen.
For years it has been well understood by those familiar with the State's affairs that this condition would inevitably obtain unless appropriations were materially reduced or revenues substantially increased. Neither has been done.
The status of appropriations on January 1, 1913, and on January 1st of subsequent years, including the current year, is shown by an inspection of the following table, which sets out the "Undrawn Bal-

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ances '' which were carried over from the previous

year:

"Undrawn Balance" or Ap-
propriations for previous year

Balance in Treasury to help pay Undrawn Bal-

Deficit or amount not on hand necessary to
complete payment

unpaid on January 1st of each year.

ance

of ''Undrawn Balance.''

.Tan. 1, 191~ Jan. 1, 1914 .Jan. 1, 1915 .Jan. 1, 1916 Jan. 1, 1917 .ran. 1, 1918 Jan. 1, 1919 Jan. 1, 1920 Jan. 1, 1921

$2,092,794.79 1,607,431.30 1,901,702.07 2,259,261. 73 2,627,631.43 2,812,640.43 2,926,671.06 2,997,368.91 4,211,489.00

$1,113,517.31 739,625.75 787,455.88 842,799.09
1,386,136.42 1,459,531.18
813,139.66 909,825.64 1,024,801.15

$ 979,27'7 .48 667,805.64
1,114,246.19 1,414,562.42 1,241,496.01 1,383,309.25 2,113,631.40
2,087,743.27 3,186,687.85

The unusually large deficit with which the present year was _started is due to increased appropriations to public schools, Confederate Veterans, Legislators, officials, and increased allowances to many departments and larger maintenance funds to practically all our institutions. Due to the increased prices of all commodities occasioned by conditions growing out of the great World War, such increases -with possibly one or two exceptions-were unquestionably deserved; and in the case of some departments-and I think all institutions-the mcreases were absolutely necessary.

The unusually large deficit referred to was also brought about by the failure to collect taxes due for 1920. Even as late as the first of June, 1921, there still remained $521,827.67 of 1920 taxes uncollected. At the same date last year of previous years taxes, only $59,813.86 remained uncollected.

In 1920, only a small per cent., or about 13.17<fo of that year's anticipated revenues were paid into the

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Treasury previous to the convening of the Legis-
lature. In 1921, so far only approximately 8.417'o of
anticipated revenues have been collected, leaving yet to be collected about 91.59%, the bulk of which will not be available until toward the close of this year. In the meantime, half of our fiscal year has passed and within that period the necessities of the departments and institutions, as might reasonably be expected, have demanded a little less than one-half of the sums allotted for the entire year.
During 1920 and 1921, the highway funds, used prior thereto in the first six months of each year, have not been available to tide over the "lean" period. And also the litigation by oil companies restraining the collection of something over $80,000.00 of oil f~es has further reduced available funds and has added to this year's difficulties.
This condition could be relieved-at least to some extent-if you would immediately authorize the temporary use of such portions of the highway funds as may not be needed by that department. A large part of such funds could be used without interfering, hindering or delaying in any respect the State's road building program. . Under no circumstances should such funds be diverted from the purpose for which they were originally intended, and their use should be permitted only for such period as is absolutely necessary and to such an amount as can be certainly repaid when needed for road work.
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the fact that the State is borrowing, up to the Constitutional limitation, at a very high rate of interest as compared with that it is receiving as interest on these funds.
This would increase the borrowing power of the Governor by the amount of such funds thus used.
The Constitution should be amended, increasing the Governor's borrowing power. Prior to 1912 the Governor was authorized to borrow $200,000.00. A Constitutional amendment was passed that year increasing this power to $500,000.00. In 1912, the borrowing power of the Governor was approximately 3.55% of the appropriations. In 1913, under the new authorization, it was increased to 8.46% of appropriations. In 1920, this borrowing power amounted to only 5.41% of the appropriations for that year; and in 1921, it is further reduced to 5.07% of the appropriations.
In view of our financial system and needs, it is ad. visable to further authorize the Governor to borro)Y at least 10% of the appropriations made by the General Assembly for any fiscal year-or probably better, at least 10% of the anticipated revenues for any fiscal year; or, if not, to increase the power to some larger stated sum.
But the adoption of this plan would merely give partial relief, and for a limited time. The State is greatly in need of revenues far beyond that to be expected under our present plan of taxation. To give permanent and adequate relief we must change our tax system.

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The most sanguine adherents of the present plan could not reasonably expect thereunder revenues commensurate with the increasing demands of our government.
At the last session, requests were made by departments and institutions for over one million dollars appropriations more than were granted. That a large per cent. of such requests were meritorious and would have been in the interest of our people, I have no doubt.
The Lower House of the 1920 General Assembly was so impressed with this idea as to approve and. transmit to the Senate bills which had they been favorably acted upon, would have further increased appropriations passed at that session by approximately a quarter of a million dollars. Some departments and institutions needed and deserved even more than was asked. The annual reports of the heads of departments and institutions-to a careful reading of which you are respectfully urged-will, it is believed, sustain this assertion.
Our need for more revenue is also well illustrated by a pamphlet recently compiled by an official of the University of Georgia, entitled: "'Where Georgia Stands in Higher Education." The data set forth in this publication is surprising and interesting, and perhaps it will be profitable to submit here for your consideration some of the statements therein made:

''How THE UNIVERSITY IS SuPPORTED.
"During the past ten years the State of Georgia has contributed to the maintenance of the Univer-

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sity in Athens (which includes the Agricultural College) as follows:
1912, 1913, 1914, 1915 ............ $112,500 each year 1916 and 1917 ................... 120,000 each year 1918 and 1919 .................. 135,000 each year 1920 and 1921 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185,000 each year
''In 1913 the sum amounted to $165 per student. Instead of increasing with increased demands and the shrinkage of the dollar, the per capita appropriation has decreased so that it amounts to but $146 per student this year. The United States Bureau of Education reports the average annual cost of educating a student at a large number of typical universities to be $325.
"At this rate the education of the 1,262 regular students at the University of Georgia in 192():.1921 should have cost the citizens $412,950; but it cost less than half this amount.
''The teachers paid the difference by carrying
more hours of work than they ought to carry, and by
being paid lower salaries than they ought to receive. The students paid it by working with inadequate equipment, by living in dangerously overcrowded dormitories, or by being denied dormitory accommodations at all. The citizens of the State paid it
by limiting the University's service to the State, and
by denying some high school students the State University education which is rightfully theirs.
"The Educational Status of Georgia: In relation to its own past: During its early history, Georaig was one of the most progressive States in the Union in educational matters.

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"In 1850 the State of Georgia stood ninth in education (negroes, of course, not being then counted). Only eight States preceded her in the number of chartered academies and enrollment of students.

''But in 1921 Georgia stands at the lower end of

the list. The last report of the United States Bu-

reau of Education shows Georgia's rank among the

States:-

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''For college attendance compared with population, Georgia stands 34th.

'']'or attendance at publicly supported universities, colleges and normal schools, Georgia stands 37th.

''For university receipts from public sources per student, Georgia stands 40th.

'']'or university receipts from public sDurces per capita of population, Georgia stands 44th.

''For annual university appropriations from the State Legislature, Georgia stands 35th, only seven places from the bottom.

"Georgia's total present annual expenditures for all higher education within its borders is $445,000 less than the annual expenditure for chewing gum.

"A Comparison With Other Southern States~ Yet other Southern States are able to support their universities. North Carolina appropriated this year $1,490,000 for new university buildings and provided $500,000 a year for maintenance. It appropriated in addition $300,000 to the Women's Col-

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lege, and raised its appropriation to the Agricultural College to $600,000 for the next two years. Louisiana has cared for her State University by a two per cent. tax on the natural resources of the State, which will amount to over $3,500,000 a year for four years, and is preparing to provide a onemill tax for maintenance after that time.
"The Arkansas State Legislature of 1921 raised the tax for the support of the University from fourninths of a mill to one mill.
''In the past ten years, the State of Georgia has given just $10,000 for the erection of new university buildings. During that time the number of students has increased from 654 to 1,262. The demands on the University plant and equipment have therefore doubled, and only $10,000 has been appropriated for enlargement.
"From the returns of a canvas of State Universities, it appears that Georgia foots the list for building expenditures during the last ten years. Her nearest competitor was Kentucky, whose expenditure was fifteen times as great as that of Georgia.
"Other States have provided hundreds of thousands and even millions for new university and college buildings during those same ten years :
NORTHERN STATES: Michigan ............................... $4,000,000 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,824,000 Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500,000 Nebraska ............................... 2,315,570 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,078,757 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,076,600 Kansas .................................. 1,500,000

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.SOUTHERN STATES:

North Carolina .......................... $2,176,012 Texas .................................. 1,1811762 (Dormitory space has lwrn proYided for 800 students) Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000 ~Iississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966,500 (Dormitory spaee has been proYided for 200 students) Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875,500 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000 Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350,000 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262,000

8outh Carolina (for Clrmson College only)* Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

200,000 155,000 150,000
10,000

*No figures available for the UniYersity.

"The value of property and equipment of the University in Athens is placed at $997,000 in U. S. government reports. The University of Virginia is valued at $1,107,646, the University of Oklahoma - $4,820,566, California $17,244,000. The great State Universities of the Middle "\Vest show even more impressive contrasts with Georgia.

"HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY FRO}I THE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE OF LACK OF DORMITORY ROOM.
''How THE :FJNROLL::\IENT HAs GRowx.
Year 1868 ............... Students 171 Year 1885 ............... Students 183 Year 1890 ............... Students 196 Year 1895 ............... Students 249 Year 1900 ............... Students 279 Year 1905 ............... Students 375 Year 1910 ............... Students 531 Year 1915 ............... Students 644 Year 1920 ............... Students 1,262

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"For the men at the University there are only 90 rooms, originally intended for 90 students. When numbers became too great, 180 students were crowded into these rooms. Now there are 270 students living in these same 90 rooms-an overcrowded and unhealthy condition that should not be tolerated.
''This year, when all housing space on the campus and in the town had been used, three boys lived for weeks in an old barn rather than giYe up a uniYt>rsity education. They finally found a place to stay, but not in college dormitories. This is the sort of men Georgia is denying an education. In 1910, with 531 students, the dormitories housed 270 men.
"In 1920, with 1,262 students, the dormitories still housed only 270 men.
"In ten years the State has not added_ one room. for University Men: In those same ten years the State of Kentucky has provided room for 100 additional students; Indiana, 184; Iowa, at the State University, 585, and at the State College, 524; Nebraska, 140; \Vashington, 120; North Carolina, 114; Maine, 226; South Dakota, 110; South Carolina (Clemson), 220 ; Colorado, 200 ; \Vest Virginia, 110.

"THE STATE OF GEORGIA HAS PROVIDED NOTHING.
"Georgia's Faculty is Underpaid: In the last three years, fifty-two faculty members have left the "University for other positions."
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table on page - of comparative prices, wageR and salaries expressed in percentages from 1910 to 1920, the data for Curve A being obtaii_1ed from Bradstreet's Index of Commodity Prices; for Curve B, from the 1918 report of the Federal Bureau of Labor and from a publication of Babson's Statistical Organization, and Curve C from the records of the Registrar of the University of Georgia.
But the State's higher institutions of learning, with few, if any, exceptions, have been rendering a remarkable service, notwithstanding the handicap of lack of funds under which they have been forced to struggle for years; and in justice, it should be said that the University of Georgia, the parent institution, has, during the time I have served as Governor, very magnanimously withheld insistence for additional aid in order to permit its branches to receive increased and much needed appropriations, which have been liberal as compared with those made to the parent institution.
''In 1909, there were only 94 graduates of fouryear high schools. This year, we will have between four and five thousand. It is estimated the State will be called upon to care for an increase of from four to five hundred per cent. within the next few years. Georgia should prepare to meet the demands.
"vVe cannot escape our obligation to educate our young men and young women on the plea of poverty. The U. S. Census reports show that Georgia has a W<'alth of 2,200 million, as compar<:'d with Florida's

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1,000 million, Virginia's 2,200 million, mid North Carolina's 1,800 million.''
If it is expec.ted that the boys and girls of Georgia should have an equal chance with those of other States, the heretofore niggardly policy toward these institutions must be terminated and adequate funds given them.
Under the old tax methods, such funds cannot be provided. They can easily be provided, and without a burden to the tax payers, hy a changed system.
The needs of the University and the State College of Agriculture are not greater than those of the Georgia School of Technology; and if anything, the needs of the State Normal School at Athens are beyond those of not only the institutions mentioned, but of any other State educational institution.
It would consume too much space to here set out the needs of our sanitarium for the Insane, the Home for the Feeble-minded, the Tuberculosis Sanitarium, the Boys' Training School and that for the Girls, etc. The Asylum should be completely reorganized, but little or nothing can be done until funds are available.
The General Assembly of 1917-18 created a Tax Commission, the report of which Commission was submitted to the General Assembly of 1919-20 at its first session. The report of this Commission can be found in the Senate Journal for 1919, page 422, and the House Journal for 1919, page 375.
This Commission made an unusually thorough and exhaustive study of the intricate and complex ques-

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tion of taxation. Xine out of the ten members of that Commision concurred in the majority report. This report shows that other States have failed to raise adequate revenues under the ad valorem system of taxation similar to that which we have in Georgia, and becaus<; of the impossibility of devising under that system any kind of tax machinery which would succeed in realizing revenues from intangible property.
I see no valid objection to Hie plan embodied in the majority report. If interested in the views which I entertain on this subject, they can be seen by reference to my several messages to the General Assemblies with which I have served during the last four years. I dealt extensively with this matter in my first message to the General Assembly of 1917 and more in detail with the specific recommendation of the Tax Commission in m~' message transmitted to the General Assembly on July 6th, 1920 (Senate Journal, page 146 ; House Journal, page 273).
It is considered unnecessary to repeat here.
Eminent tax authorities, tax experts and those who have given the matter thorough investigation, unite, without, I believe, one exception, in condemnation of the ad valorem plan of taxation.
Dr. Richard T. Ely, of wisconsin, a recognized authority on taxation, says:
"The one unifonn tax on all property in direct taxation never has worked well in any modern community or State in the civilized

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world; though it has been tried thousands of times, and although ali the mental resources of able men have been employed to make it work well.''
And the Tax Commissioner of Wisconsin says: "It has broken down and been an absolute
failure."
The :3Iassachusetts Tax Commission's report contains this statement, in condemnation of the old system and in commendation of that recommended by the Georgia State Tax Commission:
"Since 1798 no further attempt has been made in England to levy a general property tax. In most of the other countries of Europe the result has been the same-now almost obsolete.
''Modern tax systems are based upon the principle that it is necessary to discriminate between the various classes of property and business, and employ different methods and rates of taxation in dealing with them.''
In 1914, the Nebraska Commission says:
"-With the economic development of the country, the rise of corporations with their issues of vast amounts of securities, the growth of the credit system, the multiplication of ways of securing an income with little or no use of property and with the expansion of State functions and the demand for increased public revenue, the general property tax has become wholly in-

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adequate. Scarcely a tax commissioner or writer of repute on tax matters wi1hin the last quarter century has discussed the general property tax without condemning it under present conditions as wrong in theory and pernicious in practice.''

In 1918, the :!\[ississippi Tax Commission reports:

"\Ye have had occasion to examine the reports of many special commissions appointed by various State Legislatures during the last few years for the purpose of investigating the question of taxation and revenue, and without exception such commissions have reported that the general property tax is a failure. Hundreds of commissions after exhaustive investigation have reported that the principle that all property, irrespective of kind or class, should he taxed equall~ and uniformly, is unjust, unsound, inadequate and inefficient. The experience of Mississippi is not peculiar. All other States where this tax prevails report that its operation is unsuccessful.

''All the countries of Europe, with the ex-

ception of a few cantons of ~witzerland, ab~tn

doned it years ago. Already many States of

the Union have repudiated and abolished it. It

has sinned away its day of grace, if it ever had

one.

No self-respecting people ought

to permit the present inequality and inequity

to exist after they have fully understood the

matter. The fault is not so much in the ad-

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ministration of the law as it is inherent in the law itself."
In the report of the Special Tax Commission of Montana, created by the Legislature of that State in 1917, an eminent American authority on taxation is quoted as saying:
''Practically, the general property tax, as actually administered is beyond all peradventure the worst tax known to the civilized world. It puts a premium on dishonesty, debauches the public conscience. It reduces deception to a system, and makes a science of knavery; it presses harder on those least able to pay. It imposes double taxation on the one, and grants entire immunity to the next. In short, the general property tax is so flagrantly inequitable that its retention can only be explained through ignorance or inertia.''
In a recent article by Dr. J. H. T. McPherson, pro: fessor of Political Science of the University of Georgia, and himself a member of our Tax Commission referred to above, the following statement is made:
''The most conspicuous example of an effort of this sort (to collect taxes by stringent laws under an ad valorem plan) is found in the State of Ohio. For many years the State authorities engaged in a relentless campaign to 'enforce the law.' Penalties, fines, imprisonments were imposed upon the hapless tax payers. A small army of secret spies, 'tax ferrets' they were called, stimulated by heavy commissions, was

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employed to unearth concealed property. But all in vain. Millions were indeed discovered and put on the tax books-temporarily. But the next year they would be gone-into secure hiding or out of the State. It is said that in one year New York received an influx of Ohioans equale to the entire population of Cleveland.
"The net result of this exhaustive effort is summed up in the report of a recent Ohio Tax Commission: 'After more than fifty years of experience, with all conceivable methods in the way of inquisition laws, severe penalties and criminal statutes designed to force the owners of moneys and credits, stocks and bonds, to put their holdings upon the tax duplicate, not only is the percentage of such property less than ever before, but public sentiment seems to be more and more approving evasion of tho law."
"These conditions are not peculiar to Georgia. They exist wherever the general property tax is in force."
There are very few who hme studied the question of taxation who favor a continuation of the old ad valorem system which we haw', and these few, I believe without exception, admit that it is necessary that a change in our machinery for the collection of taxes must be made. In other words, all admit that something must be done.
Therefore, I urge that if you should not adopt the plan recommended in the majority report of the Tax Commission, you should adopt the plan em-

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bodied in the minority report submitted by the one dissenting member of the Tax Commission, or the plan advocated and suggested by our Comptroller General who has had long experience in the practical administration of the present tax laws of this State, and who can certainly be relied upon to suggest methods adequate to the demands of the hour, if, under this plan, it is possible to devise changes that will be adequate. But I repeat, something should be immediately done.
There should be either a complete change of our tax methods, a revaluation of the property now on the tax books, the constitutional tax limit increaseu, or some other plan adopted.
If I were permitted to select the plan, I would Uilhesitatingly advise the adoption of the Constitutional amendments embodied in the majority report of the Tax Commission to which you have already been cited.
I again recommend a Constitutional budget system. It is probable that the executive budget plan has some features which makes it preferable to other plans. But it has been my thought that the plan embodied in the bill which I drew and which was recommended by the Budget and Investigating Commission and submitted to your predecessors in the report of that Commission for 1919, and which is again endorsed and set out in the report of the Budget and Investigating Commission to you at this session, will in every way meet our demands.
This bill provides that after this Commission has devoted the time necessary to an intelligent under-

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standing of the needs of the State's agencies, departments and institutions, and has recommended an apportionment of the State's revenues for these purposes, while items so recommended may be decreased or omitted under the usual rules of the General Assembly, the amount of no item may be increased except upon a two-thirds vote of the membership of each House of the General Assembly present and voting, provided that such two-thirds shall constitute a majority of such memberships.
This provision is very similar to one in the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.
It is a necessary provision to give the work of this Commission before your body that standing to which it is entitled. This provision is also in the interest of protecting your membership against the solicitations and importunities of those who seek appropriations, and tends to enable such matters to be settled upon merit alone.
This provision is not a limitation on the authority of the General Assembly in the matter of appropriating the State's funds. It is simply a sensible, reasonable and business-like regulation of the procedure by which appropriations are to be made. It must be recalled that the General Assembly has no unlimited power in this respect, as the Governor, by the exercise of the veto power, can over-rule the wishes, with reference to matters of legislation, of any number of Representatives in the Lower House less than 132 and any number of Senators less than 34, so that under the provision of the Constitutional

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amendment providing for the creation of the Budget Commission your body 'vill be placed under no further limitations than now.
:Members of your body would have the balance of power on the Commission, while the minimum membership authorized to increase any item recommended, 100 in the House and ~f) in the Senate, as now constituted, would suffice.
This provision would give to Georgia one of the essential requisites of a business budget system. It has been written into the laws of other States, and, after trial, has been found satisfactory. It is hoped you can approve this plan for submission to the judgment and wisdom of the people of this State, whose representative you are, and who can well be trusted
to say whether or not this is a wise and expedient
regulation to safeguard State expenditures and insure their wise use.
I desire also to endorse that provision of this suggested Constitutional amendment which requires that no other appropriation bill shall be considered until the General Appropriation Bill has been finally acted upon. During my tenure of office, the General Appropriation Bills have always been deferred and finally put through in the last minutes of the session, and hence have come to the Executive Department for consideration and action only after the adjournment of your body, and when to withhold approval of any item of consequence therein, would necessarily entail upon the tax payers of the State the expense of an extraordinary session. To delay

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the passage of the General Appropriation Bill until special appropriation bills have all been passed upon, must inevitably result always in the passage of special bills without any regard whatsoever to the State's ability to pay. It is unbnsiness-like and unsystematic.
The benefits that will accrue from the adoption of the plan embodied in the Budget Bill submitted, will be so apparent-if it is once put in practice-as to cause us to wonder that the old plan was ever permitted to exist.
Further, let me commend that provision in the last paragraph of the suggested Budget Bill which says that no special appropriation bill shall be enacted, should the amount therein carried cause the total . appropriations for any year or years in which the same is to be paid to exceed the total revenue as estimated in the report of the Budget and Investigating Committee, unless such special appropriation bill shall provide the revenue necessary to pay the appropriation therein.
The adoption of this will inevitably result in focusing the mind of the General Assembly on the amount of the State's revenue and the source from which it is derived, instead of permitting it in making appropriations-as has heretofore been the case -to think only of the great needs of the State and its institutions.
If this Budget Bill should be adopted, Georgia would never again be confronted with the situation which meets you at the threshold of your deliberations at this session.

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It is sometimes suggested that the exercise of the veto power by a Governor would, if applied, result in practically establishing a budget system. To this suggestion I cannot assent. No matter how well understood it may be that an Executive will compel, by the use of this power, an adjustment of expenditures to assets, the pressure for sufficient appropriations will be such that they will inevitably in too many instances, go beyond revenues, and usually it will be found that such appropriations arc of such merit that it will be difficult for an Executive to determine to which he should apply the veto. And there are also other difficulties which may well be illustrated by an examination of appropriations added by the 1920 Assembly, amounting to $861,066.37. (See Comptroller General's Report, 1920, page 12.) Small amounts as follows were passed:

To meet salary increases largely to very poorly paid members of our judiciary ...................... $ 10,426.37

As a deficiency appropriation to the Georgia School for the Deaf .................................... . 12,500.00

Similar appropriation to the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium ....................................... . 20,000.00

To Legislative Committees ....................... . To Special Investigating Committee appointed to in-
vestigate charges against the State Veterinarian ..

5,000.00 7,500.00

To the Agricultural Department for analyses in connection with check of the boll weevil ............. .
To Pensions ...................................... . To defidency, Pensions and Ordinaries ............ .

5,000.00 640.00
25,000.00

And including only two large appropriations, viz:

(a) a deficiency appropriation for the maintenance of the State Sanitarium of ...................... . 300,000.00

(b) and to Pensions under the Constitutional Amendment which was passed by the people in 1918 .... 475,000.00

$861,066.37

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which one of these should have been vetoed, or would an Executive feel authorized to veto~ If the veto should not be applied to the deficiency appropriation to the State Sanitarium and to the sum appropriated to pay pensions authorized by the people under the Constitutional amendment of 1918, whateYer might have been vetoed would have been wholly inconsequential.
Practically all of the $9,943,999.32-deducting therefrom, of course, the $861,066.37-appropriated at the 1920 session of the General Assembly was carried in the General Appropriation Bi_ll passed in 1919.
This bill was passed in the closing hours of the General Assembly at its 1919 session and did not reach the Governor until several days after the adjournment of that body, thus presenting these alternatives:
(1) The veto of whatever appropriations were made in their entirety (no scaling or reducing in part is possible) and thus denying to some departments or institutions any appropriation whatsoever, which, of course, would almost pertainl~r have necessitated their suspension; or,
(2) An extraordinary session of the General Assembly, which, although it might be convened for the shortest period necessary to transact even a minimum amount of business, which we shall imagine it would most expeditiously transact, would cost the tax payers, at a minimum, approximately, $25,000.00; and an addi7 tional $2,000.00 for each day thereafter.

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But, from an inspection of the diagram submitted herewith showing the total amount of appropriations authorized and the percentages of distribution to the several departments of the State and its institutions, could there have been any considerable saving had 1 Unless there was some reduction in the
40.2% of appropriations for 1920 to the support of
the public schools of our State, or to the pensioners of our State, who received 17.5% of the total appropriations for that year, any other saving would have been a mere bagatelle.
Those familiar with the devotion on the part of the members of the General Assemblies to the education of our children, and to our veterans, readily recognize the difficulties, even if the veto should be exercised.
It may be interesting to know how the budget system has been found to operate in those States where adopted. This can readily be seen by the following excerpts from statements made by Governors and budget officials :
The Governor of Ohio says :
"Having operated the State financial system on the budget plan since 1913, I do not know how we could properly manage without it. The expenditures of the State are placed upon a scientific basis, through which untold saving has resulted. The legislative finance committees have for their guidance the carefully estimated needs of all departments before any appropriation is made. "

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The Governor of Maryland says:
''It would be a long story to tell you why we adopted the Executive Budget System for Maryland. Briefly, we found that a budget prepared by the Governor after hearing from the different departments could be more accurately and expertly prepar?d than one which is hurriedly prepared by a legislative body. It has worked finely in Maryland.''
The Governor of Ncw Mexico says :
''The budget act here was adopted because of the realization of the inadequacy of check on public appropriations and expenditures under the old system, which left the appropriation bill until the last hour of the legislative session and its contents unknown to any but a few members of the Legislature before final passage."
The Governor of Wisconsin says :
''The first budget used in this State was presented to the Legislature of 1913. Prior to this time our fiscal affairs were in more or less of a chaotic state. In many instances no limits were placed upon the amount of money that departments might spend. Appropriations were scattered throughout our statutes and session laws. Appropriations were even duplicated, departments having as many as three appropriations for the same purpose.
''The budget plan has put the entire financial affairs of the State of Wisconsin upon a sound business basis. It enables the Legislature to

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consider a department's needs in an intelligent way and requires the departments to present facts to back up their budget figures.
"The budget system has also done away with departmental lobbyi11g. In previous years during the legislative session departmental work was more or less at a standstill until the necessary appropriation measures were enacted. Now, the departments pay no attention to the working of the Legislature. They are called before the Finance Committee when their budgets are considered. After the Finance Committee has passed upon these, bills take the proper course in the Legislature and require no departmental watching.''
The Governor of Washington says :
"Personally, I believe that a State organization ought to be operated under a budget system.''
The Governor of Oklahoma says :
''I believe in the budget system to the extent that I would like to see it a part of our State Constitution and made mandatory. Business government, \Vhere the estimates are made and are made with intelligence so that the estimated amount will be raised within a certain tax levy, renders efficiency and justice to the taxpayers.'' The Governor of New Jersey says :
''This is the second year of the budget policy 'llld the first year under my supervision. The ,isdom of the system cannot be disputed.''

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The Governor of l\Iaine says :
"The budget is intended to help the people exercise, through their chosen representatives, the right to control the public purse, to determine what work shall be done by the State, and how much shall be paid for it.''
The Chairman of the State Board of Control, California, says :
"The budget recommendations of the State Board of Control and the Controller, presented to the Legislature, as a study of the needs of the State departments and institutions, have been of benefit in that they present figures founded upon necessit}~ and eliminating the old hit-and-miss system. * * * * ''
The Budget Commissioner of Ohio, says:
"Probably the feature of the budget system which commends itself most to the people of the State is the one by virtue of which it seeks to avoid all confusion and put the statistics of State finance in the open.
"I might write much more regarding this, but think the fact that no move has ever been made by either party or no suggestion by a responsible public official that the old system be returned "is sufficient evidence of the approval of both parties.
"The system commends itself to conservatives
and radicals alike, because at a small expense it
enables them to know what is happening in regard to their public finances.''

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The Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati, says:
"There is no more important reform than the installation of an adequate budget system in our State governments. Only in this way can the affairs of government be conducted efficiently, economically and in a way to permit of an orderly development.''
The Professor of the western Heserve University says:
'' Ko single change would aid so largely to both democracy and efficiency as the introduction of proper budget methods.''
The report of the Michigan Budget Commission of Inquiry, says:
"\Ve know of no political economist of repute who docs not advocate a proper budget system of financing governments. Noted authorities on public finance are practically a unit in condemning the 'log-rolling' system of voting away the people's money and in 1uging as a prime essential to efficient and economical government the adoption of 'modern budgetary procedure."
I cannot too strongly urge the need of an adequate audit of the millions of dollars spent by our State government. The Governor should be authorized to appoint an officer, whose duty it should be to examine annually the accounts of each and every State department and institution. I do not know that any money is being misused or misapplied under our present system. It could be. By such an officer a

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uniform system of accounting could be established and a general purchasing plan, also greatly needed, be developed, and by which the State would be saved large sums.

I realize that there is, and justly, a prejudice against the creation of a new office, but there should be no objection to the employment of a general as well as a school auditor on a salar~', the amount of which would certain!~, be little more than is now being paid annually for necessary audits.
Mob Yiolence should be suppressed, and by State authorities.

If this is not done, it is very probable that Federal intervention will not be long delayed. There are now pending in the Federal Congress bills conferring jurisdiction upon Federal tribunals to punish those participating in lynchings. without awaiting :B'ederal action, I submit that it is the duty of Georgia to take drHstic steps to deal with this question.
Since my induction into office, on the 30th day of June, 1917, the newspapers have carried accounts of the following lynchings:

DATE

PARTY

1917

9/18 Rufus Moncrief

11/9 Jesse Slater

11/17 Cullins Johnson and D. C. Johnson
12/15 Claxton Dekle

1918 2/18 "Bud" Crosby

CHARGE
Rape. Writing insulting letter to young woman. Disputing white men's word.
In altereation killed one man and seriously wounded two others.
Assault to rape and stealing a baby.

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3/22 5/18
5/19 6/18
5/23 5/24

Spencer Evans William Head, \Vm. Thomps9n, Hayes Turner and Eugene Rice Mary Turner Chime Riley Jno. H. Williams Simon Schuman and 3 unidentified negroes. James Cobb Sidney Johnson John Calhoun

8/11 9/3 9/24 1919 4/13

Isaac Raney John Gillham Sandy Reaves
William Williams

5/2 Denny Brown

5/16 5/25 8/1 8/5
8/14 8/27 9/6 9/22

James Walters Berry Washington Charles Kelly Unidentified colored man James Grant Eli Cooper Obe Cox Ernest Glenwood

10/5 1\foscs Martin

Moses Freeman

10/6 10/7

Jack Gordon William Brown Eugene Hamilton

Rape. Complicity in a murder and alleged assault.
l\Iaking remarks about lynching of her husband. Complicity in a murder. Rape and munler.
C'ompli~ity in a murder and a!leged assault. Killing a planter in a dispute over a farm contract. Rape. Rape. Rape.
Alleged participation in clash between negroes and officers of the law. Killing wife ancl wounding 4 men of posse. AttPmpted rape. Killing man. Charge not given. ::\faking remarks about Chicago race riot. Alleged shooting of two men. Alleged Incendiary talk. ::\Iurder and rape. Circulating incendiary propaga!}cla. :\laking boastful remarks about another negro shooting officer of law. :\Iisleading members of mob searching for Jack Gordon. Shooting officers of law.
Sentenced for 10 years for attempt on life of farmer. Appeal taken; was being removed.

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10/16 2 unnamed men 11/3 Paul Jones 11/19 Wallace Baynes
11/30 Wesley Enretts

Charge not reported. Rape. Killing man assisting in attempt to arrest him. Shooting and wounding a man.

12/21 1920
3/4 6/21 9/25
9/25
11/18
11/23
11/30 1921
1/2
1/6 2/16 3/4
6/8

Charles West

Killing plantation owner.

Cornelius Alexander Jumping labor contract.

Phillip Gaithers

Rape and ~furder.

Felix Cremer

Aiding fugitive to escape, who

had wounded his landlord.

Unnamed man

Shooting landlord in a dispute.

William Ivory

Implicated in death of planter.

William Perry

Wife of Wm.

Pe.rry

Curley McKelvey Complicity in the killing of

planter.

Unnamed man

Rape.

James Roland

Shooting and fatally wounding

white planter.

Samuel Williams Charge not reported.

John L. Eberhardt Murder.

William Anderson Relative reported to have shot

officer. No specific charge against

Anderson except was on road

,with gun and was relative of man

who did the shooting.

Jno. Henry Williams ~furder and rape.

This makes a total of 58, all negroes. In 1917,

there were 5 lynchings; in 1918, 18; in 1919, 21; in

1920, 9, and so far in 1921, 5. Less than one-third of

those put to death were charged with rape, or at-

tempted rape. I think this data may be accepted as

fairly accurate.



The above list was taken from the newspapers. I assume that the accounts were accurate, and at least I ha,e seen no denials made.

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It sometimes happens that lynchings occur, no account of which appears in the press. Indeed, it has been charged that the influence of the mob in some instances has been such as to prevent any information of these occurrences being given to the world through such channels.

From sources .which so far as I know are reliable, I have information regarding other lynchings not included in above list.

Georgia sometimes stands at the head, and always

high on the list among the States of the Union in this

practice.



-While we have had fifty-eight victims of mob violence who were not accorded a trial under the law or lynched after trial, we have hundreds who participated in these murders who have never been brought to justice, and in many cases no effort whatsoever made to apprehend or punish them.

There are many instances of outrageous lynchings that could be prevented. Certainly there are instances where the perpetrators of such crimes could be, if the matter were properly investigated, brought to justice.

when information of impending mob violence is brought to the attention of the Executive, he should not be handicapped by having to await a call for military assistance from local authorities, but should be authorized, and indeed, it should be his duty, to see that officers get in immediate touch with the situation and take whatever precautionary measures are advisable.

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The financial condition of the State will not now permit, but as soon as that can be changed and adequate funds provided, a State Constabulary should be established. Such a Constabulary should be subject to the orders of the Chief Executive, not only in cases of emergency, but for the enforcement of all the State's criminal laws. Much could be done by a Governor through this agency to check all forms of crime, and especially could the violation of the prohibition laws be greatly curbed. Such a force could also compel the payment of automobile license fees and thus increase the State's revenues. :Many sheriffs are wholly derelict in their duties in this respect. The law establishing such a police force, should, of course, guard against its becoming a political machine in the hands of the Executive, but this can be easily accomplished. Many of the other States have already established such Constabularies and where so established they have been found efficient and wonderfully helpful.
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 community in which the crime was committed have fully performed their duties. Such peace officers should be accorded a full and fair hearing; but in the event it should be ascertained that they were derelict in the discharge of all duties which the situation imposed upon them, they should be subject to immediate removal.
A method should be provided whereby a State grand jury, that is, one composed of citizens selected from all sections of the State., under proper rules,

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regulations and safeguards, and aided and assisted by a special prosecuting attorney, might make a full and complete investigation into the crime, and have authority to return presentments against those participating in the mob violence. Those thus indicated should be tried at such a place as would be most con-
<lucive to the ascertaining of the truth, and before a
trayerse jury likewise drawn from the entire State. \Yhile this is drastic, still I submit that the nature of the offense against the sovereignty, peace, order and dignity of the State is such as to warrant those measures.
I haYe conc-luded that there is little reason to expect county grand juries and local officers to adequately deal "ith the mob murders of their communities. They are too numerous.
The practice of creating ne\Y counties should be discontinued. Georgia already has too many. No other State except Texas (which is more than five times as large as Georgia) has as many. Virginia stall(ls next, \Yith 22 counties. Statistics show that by far the larger number of lynchings occur in the smaller counties.
The expense of this entire proceeding should undoubtedly be taxed against the county in which the 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 do their full duty for the suppression of such violence; otherwise, such expenses should be paid from the public treasury.
The GoYernor should be giYen authority, temporarily, after such investigation as may be deeme<l by

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that official necessary, to remove any Sheriff found derelict in the performance of his duties, not only with respect to protecting prisoners, but as regards any failure on the part of that official to properly discharge the duties of his office. Also, there should be some provision made whereby the Chief Executive of the State could remove sheriffs and their deputies for an.'' personal misconduct which is incompatible with the position said official holds.
Lynching and its evil consequences have been discussed by some of my predecessors.
In his message to the General Assembly of Georgia, on October 26, 1892, Governor Northen said:
"I regret that the necessity exists for recommending the passage of more stringent laws for the protection of human life. * * * *
""\Vithin the last year, in this State, persons charged with crimes have been arrested and lodged in jail. "\Yhile thus in the custody of the law, bodies of flawless men have compelled the surrender of the prisoners and summarily executed vengeance upon them. These self-constituted judges and executioners are more than murders. They have not only taken human life without authority or excuse, but they have put before their fellow citizens an example, which, if followed to any extent, would speedily end in the dissolution of society itself. It becomes the General Assembly to consider and provide the proper remedy for this evil by legislation.

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''I would respectfully suggest, first, that the powers of the sheriff be more clearly defined and that his duties be emphasized by proper penalties for neglect to discharge them.
'' \Vhen a person is under arrest in the custody of the sheriff, it is the duty of the latter to protect him absolutely from molestation or bodily harm. * * * Should he fail to discharge this duty and personal damage or loss of life result, let his sureties respond in damages to the prisoner, or if the prisoner be slain, to his heirs. The sheriff himself should be punished by fine and imprisonment, and suspension or dismissal from office. * * * *
"I commend this whole subject to your earnest and intelligent consideration, satisfied as I am that no more important question ran engage your attention during the session.
''Surely your roming together were worse than idle and the whole machinery_ of justice a hollow and expensin mockery, if your will, after being crystalized into solemn statutes, to be read of all men, can be condemned and trampled upon."
In his message to the General Assembly of Georgia, on October 23, 1895, Governor Atkinson said:
''This (lynching) is wrong. It sacrifices the good name of our State in the eyes of the civilized world, the good opinion of which should be desired by all. These mobs, by violating the law, create a spirit of lawlessness and indirectly increase the very crime which they seek to sup-

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press. In several instances the parties lynched in this State have been taken from the hands of officers and most brutally, cowardly, and inhumanly treated. Such conduct cannot be too severely condemned. In my opinion it will be wise for the General Assembly to enact a law providing that whenever a person is taken from the hands of officers and maltreated or murdered, that the Governor be authorized to remove from office the man from whose custody he was taken, that the administrator or the family of the deceased shall have the right to recover from the county the full value of his life. The State has no right to permit its officers to take charge of a man, render him powerless to protect himself, and while in this helpless condition in the custody of the State to be taken by :an armed mob and maltreated or murdered. In all such i1~stances their legal representative should have redress in the courts, with right to sue in any county adjoining the one where the offense was committed, and the Governor should be empowered, in his discretion, to remove the officer.
''Such provision would make more active our law-abiding citizens in suppressing lawlessness and encouraging all of our people to resort to the courts for the punishment of the crime, even where the offense charged is the most brutal, the most dastardly and the most heinous. In each of these instances mentioned the party lynched has been a negro. What excuse can be given for this conduct when our race has control of the Legislature and of the courts, furnishing both the judges and the jurors. No white

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rr. an should insist upon the infliction of punishment in a case where he is unwilling to entrust the trial to the most intelligent and upright of hi;3 race. If a fair trial cannot be had before these in a court of justice, how can one be justly and fairly had by a raving mob~''
I submit that you could not render a greater service to the people of Georgia than by the enactment of some laws that will stop this crime, which is the one great blot upon our commonwealth and which causes Georgians who love justice and who have a pride in their ()tate to hang their heads in shame. "\Ve cannot con1ole ourselves with the statement that Georgia is no worse than other States. The record in this m1pect is against us.
As Governor .fttkinson says:
''No white rr..r.n should insist upon the infliction of punishment in a case where he is unwilling to entrust the trial to the most intelligent and upright of his race.''
If we do, we deny the victim the protection of the law which we have made; a trial in the court which we have established, over which a judge of our own selection presides and in which only our own race serve as jurors, and violate the law which we have made and defy the courts which we have establishe~.
And again Governor Atkinson, in a message to the General Assembly, in 1897, says:
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results to which it leads, or the enormity of the crime against human rights, government and civilization. To denominate these offenses, lynchings do not make them less lawless or barbarous. It is an attack upon government itself -a conflict between the forces of anarchy and law. It is fundamentally wrong, because it defies government, ignores law and punishes without law or evidence. Under our government, laws are made and unmade at the will of the majority. If there are unwise laws, the people can repeal, if a need for one, the people can enact. Any organized effort to set at naught our laws and punish crime without and in defiance of the law is itself criminal. It is more than criminal. In its very essence, it is treason against the majority and against governnlent. * * * *
"I am deeply concerned for a remedy of this evil that we may save from gguilt the men who engage in it, and protect the innocent, who are
too often sacrificed. * * * *
''I feel the more deeply upon this question because from the best information I can secure, I believe that during my administration there have been in this State several men lynched who were not guilty of the crimes with which they were charged. How many can never be known, for their tongues are hushed, and they are denied an opportunity to prove their innocence. I am informed that one man whom the mob believed to be guilty, was shot down. A question arose as to his identity, and he was salted down

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like a dog, shipped to the location of the crime and found to be the wrong man-an innocent man.
'~When an innocent man is lynched for a crime it serves to protect the guilty. The members of the mob, their friends, and sympathizers seek to impress it upon the community that the right one has been punished and the guilty goes unsought and unsuspected. Even during this year, evidence has come to light, showing that in several States victims of the mob have been innocent men. During my term of office, one man, who was rescued from the mob, was accorded a trial which resulted in showing that he was not guilty of the offense with which he was charged. Another fled from the mob to the Executive office and asked for protection and a trial by jury. They were given him, and it developed that he was not guilty of the charge for which the mob endeavored to take his life.
''To what extent this practice has been or will be used for purposes other than the alleged reason given to the public, will never be known. In one istance, not long ago, it was stated and asserted that a man who had been charged with rape came near being lynched. When the truth became known, it brought to light the fact that the purpose in preferring the charge was to have him lynched in order to suppress his evidence against parties who had been violating the prohibition law. In another instance, a man, charged with an assault upon a woman, escaped the mob, which was in pursuit, and estab-

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lished the fact that the charge was made against him to defeat the collection of a debt. Had the parties been lynched it is not probable that their guilt would have been questioned.
''These things serve to emphasize the importance of adhering to law and of your so legislating as to suppress this evil and guarantee to every one charge(l with a crime a fair and impartial trial.
'Responsibility for the crime of lynching rests not only upon actors, but upon the community which shuts its eyes to the crime and permits and tolerates it, and upon legislators who refuse to enact laws to suppress it.
"It can and will be stopped when the better element who deprecate mob law, aggressively condemn it and dr?termine to suppress the practice.

''Even had it been confined to offenses committed upon females it could not be justified.
''To adopt it, in these cases, is to put life of every man in the power of any woman who might for any reason desire his death. when such crimes are charged, the passion of the people is more deeply stirred than by any other, and the mob is quick to act.
"Yet viewed from the standpoint of reason and not of passion, there is less excuse for lynching in such cases than in any other. Delay cannot he given as a rf'ason, nor a fear that jus-

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ticc will be defeated. At ).fonticello and Columbus the men were taken out of the court room during the trial and lynched. In most cases they are taken from the custody of officers of the law, when they know that the court will convene and give a speedy trial. For this offense>, abo-..e all others, the courts arc quick to tr~-, all(l if guilty the juries cc>rtain to com-ict.
"It is not then that they fear delay or the acquittal of the guilty, but it is a defiance of the law. It is a desire to substitute passion for evidence and vengeance for justice.
"There is, therefore, no justification nor excuse for a resort to lynching, even in this class of cases, when the defendant is charged with the most dastardly and horrible crimes. No man doubts in these cases that the law will punish the guilty, and if he did, he could not find a remedy by making a murderer of himself. The -remarkable fact exists that in a majority of instances the party lynched is taken from the custody of officers. I can understand how a near relative of the victim of the lust of a human brute who sees before him the man whom he believes has committed the outrage, and in the heat of passion, slays him, can enlist the interest and sympathy of a community; but how any one can fail to condemn those who are guilty of the cowardly act of taking from the officers of the law a man who is disarmed and helpless, and hanging him without trial, surpassc>s my comprehension.

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"Both capital and worthy immigrants seek places where law is supreme and the frequent occurrences of lynching will advertise ours as a a lawless State and as a half-civilized people.
"It sacrifice~ the innocent, brings law into rlisrepute, creates lawlessness, impedes material growth, and in the eyes of all the world, low ers the standard of our civilization and rlegrades the character of our people. * * * *
"It is, therefore, necessary that without waiting for the slow process, the majority representing law, order, justice and civilization pass such legislation as will repress the lawless element and secure the reign of law. The certainty of prompt trials alone will not end lynchings. The delays of the law is a favorite excuse, but is not the real reason for its existence. Other legislation is needed to aid in checking it.
**** ''The arresting officer is now clothed with authority to take the life of the assailants when resisting their efforts to take a prisoner from his custody, and it is his duty to take life if necessary to protect the prisoner and retain him in custody. This he should be required to do at the hazard of his own life, or the prisoner should be unshackled, armed and given an opportunity to defend himself. The knowledge on the part of the mob that this would be done would deter it from pursuing its lawless purpose, and the law would be permitted to protect the innocent and punish the guilty.

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''That it may be ascertained whether or not the officer having the prisoner in custody does his full duty in every instance, I recommend the passage of a law requiring a thorough investigation ii~ every case and providing adequate punishment when he falls short of the full mrasure of his duty in protecting his prisoner. When this is done he should be ineligible to election or appointment to any office until his disabilities are removed by the General Assembly. The administrator or family of a party taken from the custody of an officer and killed, should be authorized to recover from the county the full value of his life, which, in no case, should be less than one thousand dollars. This provision will not only, by appealing to self-interests, make the stronger influences in each community active in opposition to lynchings but upon principle, is but doing justice to the family of the victim. When the State takes charge of a prisoner, it is its duty to protect him against all danger save the penalty of the law inflicted for the crime with which he is charged, and for failure to do so, it is just for damages to be paid.
"It cannot be seriously contended that the State has a right to disarm a citizen charged with crime, render him powerless to protect himself, and then surrender him to those who seek his life in violation of law, without justly incurring the obligation to pay damages therefor.
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is a remedy, and upon you rests the responsibility of providing it. If the suggestions herein made do not meet your approval, adopt others. I assure you that in your efforts to find the proper remedy, you will have my hearty co-operation.''
I do not hesitate to say also, as did Governor Atkinson in his message of 1897, that during my administration there have been, in this State, several \ynched who were not guilty of any crime for which m1der the laws of our State they could have been executed. And indeed, I believe that the hands of those who participated in taking the lives of several negroes are stained with the blood of men innocent of any crime.
During your limited session, it will be impossible fqr you to consider adequately and to dispose of all problems that could be called to your attention, and to discuss them all here would extend this message beyond all reasonable limits.
Accordingly, I have undertaken to deal only with those matters which in my opinion are of the most importance, and to which I recommend that you devote your time.
, while your predecessors in the General Assemblies of 1917-18 and 1919-20, enacted much progressive and constructive legislation, important matters were permitted, by their inaction, or probably because of an indisposition to undertake their solution, to be passed on to you. If our ~tate is to progress, a proper disposition of them should now, I submit, be made. This should not be further deferred.

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In conclusion : During the two terms which I have had the honor to hold a commission as Georgia's Chief Executive, I have endeavored to serve the interests of all Georgia and all Georgians to the best of my ability.
Respectfully submitted,
HUGH }.L DORSEY,
Governor.

REPORT ON CLE~IENCY CASES.

STA'rE OF GEORGIA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTl\IENT,

ATLANTA.

June 25, 1921.

To the General Assembly of Georgia:

I hand you herewith report, as required by the Constitution of the State, showing all clemency matters-reprieves, removals of disabilities, probations. paroles, commutations, conditional pardons and pardons granted since my last report submitted June 25th, 1920.
Respectfully submitted,
HUGH M. DORSEY,

Governor.

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REPRIEVES.
ULYSSES GOOLSBY: Early county; murder. Respited from July 23rd, 1920, to August 20th, 1920, and from August 20th, 1920, to September 17th, 1920, in order to give his attorneys time to submit newly discovered evidence to the Prison Commission and the Governor, and in order to allow time for a rehearing of his applieation for commutation of the death sentenee to life imprisonment, the last respite being granted at the request of the Prison Commission.
JOE JAMES: Twiggs county; murder. Respited from August 18th, 1920, to August 28th, 1918, in order to allow time for his leading counsel to appear before the Prison Commission and the Governor to present argument on application for commutation of the death sentenee to life imprisonment.
DAVE BO"'VDEX: Putnam county; murder. Respited from May 13th, 1921, to May 27th, 1921, in order to allow time for the Prison Commission and the Governor to review application for commutation of death sPntenc<:> to life imprisonmPnt.

REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES.
wALTER AKD ADIE REVELS: "Wilcox Su-
perior Court, June term, 1920; larceny; 6 months. These applicants served out their sentences. In view of the fact that this was their first offense, that they made restitution to the injured parties, and upon recommendation of the Prison Commission and

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a number of citizens of Wilcox county, disabilities removed and restored to full rights of citizenship, July 31st, 1920.
H. H. DUNHAM: Muscogee Superior Court, June term, 1916; forgery; 5 years. Applicant completed the service of his sentence, being released July 1st, 1920. In view of his splendid record while serving his sentence in Monroe county, and upon recommendation of a number of good citizens of that county and the Prison Commission, disabilities removed and restored to full rights of citizenship October 14th, 1920, order to become effective January 1st, 1921.
C. I. LASTINGER: Lowndes Superior Court, May term, 1905; larceny after trust; 12 months. It is shown that applicant was convicted of larceny after trust; that he was given a misdemeanor sentence of 12 months; that he served his sentence, and has, since that time, made a good citizen. In view of the recommendation of the Prison Commission and a number of officials of Lowndes county, disabilities removed and restored to full rights of citizenship N"ovember 12th, 1920.
vV. M. HERRI!'\GTON: Fulton Superior Court,
May term, 1911; attempt to murder; 5 years. Applicant finished serving his sentence several years ago, and it is shown by good citizens of Appling county that he has made a good citizen. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, disabilities removed and restored to full rights of citizenship, December 4th, 1920.

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EUGENE ORR: Fulton Superior Court, May term, 1918; larceny after trust; 3 years. This applicant completed the service of his sentence and in view of his good record and the recommendation of the Prison Commission, disabilities removed and restored to full rights of citizenship, December 16th, 1920.
BANKS AND CHARLIE vVEAVER: Bibb Superior Court, February term, 1919; burglary; 2 years. Applicants were paroled February 21st, 1920, and it is shown that they bore good reputations previous to this conviction and that their record, both in the penitentiary and since being paroled, has been good. At the time they were paroled, a full pardon was recommended by the trial judge and others. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, disabilities removed and restored to full rights of citizenship; order dated February 1st, 1921, to become effective February 11th, 1921, after two full years from the date they entered upon the service of their sentences.
JOHN McCULLOUGH: Chatham Superior Court, June term, 1904; forgery; 6 months or $500.00 fine. It appears that the jury which convicted applicant of the crime of forgery recommended that he be punished as for a misdemeanor, and that applicant paid the fine imposed, and that he has since live9 an upright life, now holding a position of trust. It is also shown that he has never been in any trouble except this one unfortunate affair. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, present Solicitor-General, and the Prison Commission, disabilities re-

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moved and restored to full rights of citizenship, .March 19th, 1921.
ARTHUR L. GROOVER: Richmond Superior Court, June term, 1916; bigamy; 5 years. Applicant completed the service of his sentence. In view of his good conduct as a prisoner, and the fact that it is shown this man belongs to a respectable and substantial family in Bulloch county, and that his character is considered good there, and upon recommendation of the Prison Commission~ disabilities removed and restored to full rights of citizenship, April 11th, 1921.
JOE BEADLES: Fayette Superior Court, March term, 1908; manslaughter; 15 years. This applicant was paroled October 14th, 1915, and the Prison Commission recommended commutation to present service on November 26th, 1917. Applicant completed the service of his sentence on .May 29th, 1919. In view of his good character prior to this conviction and his good record since, disabilities removed and restored to full rights of citizenship, April 28th, 1921.
RUSH IRWIX: I,ulton Superior Court, :Kovember term, 1919; manslaughter; 1 year. Applicant completed the service of his sentence. In view of the fact that prior to this occurrence for which he was convicted, he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of those who knew him and was, as I am informed, a good citizen, and upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, disabilities removed and restored to full rights of citizenship, May 3rd, 1921.

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PROBATIONS.
::\IARTHA REYNOLDS: :F'loyd Superior Court; violating prohibition law; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve remainder of her sentence on probation. ApproYed July 8th, 1920.
JOHX THOMPSON: Randolph Superior Court, May term, 1920; manufacturing liquor; 12 months. 1Jpon recommendation of the trial Judge and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $150.00. Approved July 16th, 1920, to become effective July 17th, 1920.
SEABORX ROZIER: City Court of Macon, June term, 1920; carrying concealed weapons; 8 months or 4 months and $150.00. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $150.00. Approved July 28th, 1920, to become effective August 1st, 1920.
J. L. LO",VRY: Cherokee Superior Court, August term, 1919; violating prohibition law; 12 months or $500.00. Upon recommendation of the Solicitor-General, present Judge, and the Pris~m Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $250.00. Approved July 31st, 1920.
DOCK HEARD : Walker Superior Court, August term, 1919; assault to rape; 12 months and 6 months in jail, or $1,000.00 fine. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Assistant Solicitor-Gen-

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eral, all twelve members of the trial jury, a large number of citizens, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved July 31st, 1920.
JOE REDDICK: Putnam Superior Court, September term, 1918; manufacturing liquor; 9 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, SolicitorGeneral and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $150.00. Approved August 13th, 1920.
FELT HAR~ION: Gorden Superior Court, September term, 1920; violating prohibition law; 3 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved September 15th, 1920.
CHARLIE VICKRUM: Jasper Superior Court, August term, 1920; having a pistol; 12 months or 6 months and $100.00 fine. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $100.00. Approved September 20th, 1920.
J. B. DANIELL: Laurens Superior Court, February term, 1920; cheating and swindling; 12
months. Upon recommendation of the prosecutor, trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved October 8th, 1920.

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NEAL CAMPBELL: City Court of Hall county, November term, 1919; assault and battery; 12 months and $250.00. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved October Rth, 1920.
SAM ROGERS: Muscogee Superior Court, November term, 1919; violating prohibition law; 12 months or 5 months and $300.00. Upon recommendation of the Solicitor-General and the Prison Commiss!on, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $100.00. Approved November 1st, 1920.
D. K. WALL: Laurens Superior Court, June term, 1920; violating prohibition law; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the prosecuting attorney, prosecutor, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved November 1st, 1920, to become effective November 15th, 1920.
R. M. MILAN: City Court of Blackshear, February term, 1920; violating prohibition law; 12 months and $150.00 fine. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor, prosecutor and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved November 2nd, 1920, to become effective November 17th, 1920.
J. V. DAVIS: Warren Superior Court, January term, 1919; Yiolating prohibition law; 12 months and 6 months in jail or $1,000.00. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, members of thP.

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trial and grand juries, a number of citizens, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $1,000.00. Approved November 15th, 1920, to become effective December 8th, 1920.
HENRY HARRIS: Morgan Superior Court, September term, 1919; violating prohibition law; 12 months and 6 months in jail or $750.00; 6 months and 6 months in jail or $250.00. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $1,000.00. Approved November 15th, 1920.
DAN AYERS: Hart .Superior Court, August term, 1920; selling liquor; 5 months and $500.00 fine or 6 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $500.00 and costs. Approved November 26th, 1920, to become effective December 1st, 1920.
\VRIGHT SMITH: McDuffie Superior Court, ::\larch term, 1919; assault to murder; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial jury, a number of citizens, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of all court costs. Approved December 6th, 1920, to become effective January 8th, 1921.
RALPH DAVENPORT: Troup Superior Court, July term, 1920; larceny; 12 months. Upon recom-

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mendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $100.00. Approved December lOth, 1920.
PEARL SLAUGHTER: Monroe Superior Court, September term, 1919; shooting at another; 1 to 2 years. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, and the Prison Commission, applicant's sentence commuted to 12 months and allowed to serve the remainder of her sentence on probation on payment of a fine of $75.00. Approved December 13th, 1920.
LESLIE MELTON: Randolph Superior Court, May term, 1920; larceny of auto; 1 year to 12 years. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, applicant's sentence commuted to 12 months and allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $100.00 and costs. Approved December 16th, 1920, to become effective January 3rd, 1921.
LUTHER GUERIN AND EVERETT GRANT: walker Superior Court, June term, 1920; burglary; 1 year each. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, prosecutor, and the Prison Commission, the sentences of applicants commuted to 12 months each and allowed to serve the remainder of their sentences on probation. Approved December 16th, 1920.
J. J. GORDON: Jones Superior Court, October term, 1919; selling liquor; 12 months and $1,000.00. Upon recomm<'ndation of the Prison Commission,

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applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $500.00 and costs; or, without the payment of $500.00 and costs, probation to begin March 31st, 1921. Approved December 16th, 1920.
FRAXK TRICE: Pulaski Superior Court, September term, 1919; manufacturing liquor; 12 months and 6 months in jail or $300.00. Upon recommendation of the Solicitor-General, ten of the trial jurors, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $300.00. Approved December 21st, 1920.
OTIS "\YOODALL: DeKalb Superior Court, October term, 1920; larceny; 5 years. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, trial jury, and the Prison Commission, applicant's sentence commuted to 12 months and allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved December 21st, 1920.
J A~IES ~IcAFEE AXD JAMES MERRITT: Fulton Superior Court, July term, 1920; larceny after trust; 12 months each. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicants allowed to serve remainder of their sentenees on probation. Approved Deeember 22nd, 1920.
JOHX 0. POXDER: Monroe Superior Court, September term, 1920; larceny; 6 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, prosecutor and the Prison Commission, appli-

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cant allo\\ed to serve remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of costs. Approved December 22nd, 1920.
LrTHER ADAMS AND l\IILLEDGE KNIGHT: \Vilkinson Superior Court, Xovember term, 1920; larceny; 12 months eaeh. Upon recommendation of the trial .Judge, Solicitor-General, prosecutor and the Prison Commission, applicants allowed to serve remainder of their sentences on probation upon payment of court costs. Appro\ed December 23rd, 1920.
H. H. JOXES: City Court of Savannah, May term, 1920; public indecency; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, appJicant allowed to seiTe the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved Deeember 24th, 1920.
\VILLIS E. \VRIGHT: Cit,\T Court of Carrollton, Decembrr term, 1920; violating prohibition law; 8 months. Upon reeommendation of the Solicitor, a number of citizens, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $300.00 and court costs. Apprond December 28th, 1920.
ARCHIE .:\LAXX: Fulton Superior Court, August term, 1920; robbery; 12 months or fine of $500.00. l~pon recommendation of the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved December 30th, 1920.
JIM BRO\VN: l\fuscogee Superior Court, May term, 1920; violating prohibition law; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial .Judge, SolicitorGeneral, and the Prison Commission, applicant al-

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lowed to serYe the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of costs. Approved January 3rd, 1921.
~IORT BRO"WDER, EUGENE BATES A~D LEE PRYOR: Dade Superior Court, September term, 1920; assault to rob; Browder and Bates 4 months each, Pryor 6 months. Upon recommendation of the prosecutor and the Prison Commission, Browder and Bates allowed to serve the remainder of their sentences on probation upon payment of fines of $175.00 each, and Pryor allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment _of a fine of $225.00. Approved January 7th, 1921, to become effective January 12th, 1921.
wiLLIE PIERCE: "Whitfield Superior Court, July term, 19~0; larceny; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved January 8th, 1921.
DAVE Sl\IITH: City court of Sparta, fall term, 1920; manufacturing whiskey; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved February 7th, 1921.
ROBERT L. TANNER: City Court of Atlanta, November term, 1920; misdemeanor; 6 months in jail. Upon recommendation of the Solicitor and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon pay

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ment of one-half of the court costs to the then Solicitor, :Mr. Lowry Arnold. Approved February 11th, 1921.
GABE TERRELL: Newton Superior Court, July term, 1920; pointing and carrying a pistol 6 and 6 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved February 23rd, 1921.
JOHN HOWARD: -Whitfield Superior Court, October term, 1920: misdemeanor; 6 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed
to serve the remainder of his sentence on proba-
tion. Approved Februery 23rd, 1921.
E~LMETT \VALLER: Pike Superior Court, April term, 1915; misdemeanor; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, appli-
cant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence
on probation. Approved February 28th, 1921.
A. L. PARTEE: DcKalb Superior Court, June term, 1919; misdemeanor; 12, 12 and 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, SolicitorGeneral and the Prison Commission, applicant al-
lowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on pro-
bation upon payment of a fine of $100.00. Approved March 9th, 1921.
G. M. l\fcKERLEY: Fulton Superior Court, October term, 1920; larceny; 12 months. Upon recom-

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mendatiou of the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved March 9th, 1921.
SAM BUTTS: City Court of Eatonton, .l\Iarch term, 1921; misdemeanor; 12 months or $25.00. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved March 9th, 1921.
FATE AXDERSOX: Richmond Superior Court, J auuary term, ] 921; violating prohibition law; 10 mouths. L pon recommendation of the trial Judge
and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to
serve the remainder of his sentence on probation, paying the court costs in equal installments every 30 days from date of his release. Approved "!\[arch
12th, ] 921, to become effective ::\!arch 22nd, 1921.
GEORGE \VILLIA::\IS: Troup Superior Court, August term, ] 920; attempting to manufacture liquor; 12 months or $.300.00 fine. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon pa~meut of a fine of $75.00. Approved March 12th, 1921.
J. H. COLLIER: Cit~ Court of Grady county, January term, 1921; cheating and swindling; 3, 3 and 3 mouths. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentences on probation. Approved April 5th, 1921.
FRANK DUGGER, Ji'RANK YOUNG AND CHARLEY BAGLEY: l\Iurray Superior Court, February term, 1920; manufacturing liquor; 1 to 2

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years each. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, trial jurors, and the Prison Commission, the sentences of applicants commuted to 12 months each and allowed to serve the remainder of their sentences on probation. Approved April 5th, 1921, to become effective April 17th, 1921.
BERT HlJGGIKS: Cobb Superior Court, NoYember term, 1919; violating prohibition law; 12 months or $1,000.00 fine. Upon recommendation of the Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved April 25th, 1921, to become effective May 15th, 1921.
\Y. C. ELROD: Gordon Superior Court, February term, 1920; selling liquor; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of all court costs. Approved April 25th, 1921, to become effective May 1st, 1921.
BRYA)JT PATE: Troup Superior Court, July term, 1921; larceny; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, prosecutor and the Prison Commission, applicant allo\\ed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $100.00. Approved May 2nd, 1921.
THlJRMAN POLK: Newton Superior Court, 1\ovember term, 1920; misdemeanor; 6 months. Because of physical condition, applicant allowed to

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serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of court costs. Approved May 7th, 1921, to become effective May 14th, 1921.
HARLSTON LAMPKIN: City Court of Gainesville, May term, 1917 ; larceny; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the Judge and Solicitor of the City Court of Gainesville and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved May 12th, 1921.
JESSIE wiLLIAMS : Calhoun Superior Court, August term, 1919; misdemeanor, 6 cases; 6 months each. The trial Judge, Solicitor-General, and the Prison Commission recommended that this applicant be released upon payment of fines of $50.00 in each case. Applicant served nearly 22 months in the chaingang. Applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentences on probation upon payment of a fine of $20.00. Approved May 18th, 1921.
GOLDEN TAYLOR: Gordon Superior Court, September term, 1920; kidnapping; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, SolicitorGeneral, eleven of the trial jq.rors, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of
costs not to exceed $60.00; Approved May 24th,
1921.
H. R. GRIMES: Terrell Superior Court, May term, 1921; misdemeanor; 30 days in jail and $800.00 fine and 12 months. In the sentence in this case, the trial Judge provided that after serving the jail sent<.'nce, applicant might serve the 12 months sen-

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tence on probation upon payment of the fine of $800.00. The trial Judge and the Prison Commission recommend that applicant be released from further service in jail, because applicant's mother is lying at the point of death. Upon the payment of the fine of $800.00, applicant allowed the privilege of serving the remainder of the jail sentence and the 12 months' sentence on probation. Approved June 2nd, 1921.
TOM BARNES: Harris Superior Court, December term, 1920; manufacturing liquor; 12 months. In view of the recommendations of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, prosecutor, warden and Chairman of County Commissioners of Harris county, and the Prison Commission, because of applicant's physical condition as shown by certificate of a physician, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved June 4th, 1921.
vVALTER WILKES: Polk County City Court,
January term, 1921; violating prohibition law; 12 months or $400.00 fi.ne. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, trial Judge, Solicitor, trial jurors, and a large number of citizens of Polk county, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation on payment of a fine of $100.00 and costs. Approved June 6th, 1921.
JIM BARFIELD: Crawford Superior Court, October term, 1920; manufacturing whiskey; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved June 8th, 1921.

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JESS \VILLIS : Cherokee Superior Court, August term, 1920; misdemeanor; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, present Solicitor-General, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved June lOth,. 1921.
ART AND HO\VARD DILLARD: Rockdale Superior Court, October term, 1919; car breaking; 12 months each. In Yiew of the good character of these applicants previous to this conviction, the recommendations of a large number of citizens of Rockclal0 county and the Prison Commission, applicants allowed to serYe the remainder of their sentences on probation. Approved June 11th, 1921.
JA.~IES L. KEY: Fulton Superior Court, February term, 1920; extortion; 12 and 12 months. In view of the recommendations of the Solicitor-General and the Prison Commission, and especially because of the condition of the applicant's family, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved June 13th, 1921.
JOHN L. CAUSEY: Crawford Superior Court, October term, 1920; violating prohibition law; 12 months. In view of the recommendations of the trial Judge, jurors, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence beginning June 25th, 1921, on probation upon payment of a fine of $300.00. Approved .June 13th, 1921.
TUR~ER WINFREY: Criminal Court of Atlanta, February term, 1921; gaming; 12 months.

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Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission and a number of citizens, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved June 17th, 1921.
HASTIKGS KENNEDY: Richmond Spperior Court, January term, 1921; larceny of automobile; 1
to 5 years. In vie'v of statement of the Judge regu-
larly presiding in the court where applicant was tried as to the disposition of the cases of joint-defendants, and also the recommendation of the Solicitor-General and Prison Commission, applicant's sentence commuted to twelve months' sentence and allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved June 22nd. 1921.
R. B. KELLY: Fulton Superior Court, N ovember term, 1920; gambling; 12 months or 7 months and $1,000.00 fine. In view of applicant's previous good reputation, his physical condition, the condition of his family, and the recommendations of the trial Judge and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation upon payment of a fine of $666.66. Approved June 22, 1921.
JAMES MOORE: Fulton Superior Court, 3fay term, 1920; larceny; 12 and 12 months. In view of the recommendations of the trial Judge, SolicitorGeneral, prosecutor, and the Prison Commission, applicant allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved June 22nd, 1921.
J. R. STEELE: Fulton Superior Court, January term, 1920; larceny of automobile; 1 year. The trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the Prison Com-

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mission recommend that this applicant be pardoned. In view of these recommendations, applicant's sentence commuted to twelve months' sentence and allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence on probation. Approved June 24th, 1921.

PAROLES.
Following paroles approved on representation made as to character of applicants previous to conviction, circumstances attending commission of crimes and prison deportment.
Every application for parole approved was recommended by every member of the Prison Commission.
DORA HOLLY: Coffee Superior Court, Decemher term, 1911; murder; life; approved July 8th, 1920.
::\I~S. EDNA P. GODBEE: Jenkins Superior Court, September term, 1913; murder life; approved ,July 8th, 1920.
ZANNIE BRYANT : Houston Superior Court, April term, 1917; rape; 10 years; approved July 9th, 1920, to become effective July 29th, 1920.
ISAAC CHESTNUT: Coffee Superior Court, October term, 1901; murder; life; approved July 16th, 1920.
LUTHER KENDRICK: Laurens Superior Court, April term, 1914; manslaughter; 15 years; approved .July 22nd, 1920.

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ALFRED JONES: Richmond Superior Court, March term, 1914; attempt to murder; 10 years; approved July 22nd, 1920.
J. L. REINHARDT: Madison Superior Court, September term, 1915; embezzlement; 7 years and 6 months; approved July 22nd, 1920, to become effective September 9th, 1920.
OBIE PO\VELL: Laurens Superior Court, Jannary term, 1916; manslaughter; 10 years; approved July 22nd, 1920, to become effective February lOth, 1921.
ARTHUR CLARK: Richmond Superior Court, February term, 1917; burglary; 10 years; approved July 22nd, 1920.
HO~IER HOLLIDAY: ~fuscogee Superior Court, May term, 1918; burglary 5 years; approved July 23rd, 1920, to become effective March 12th, 1921.
AUBRIE MELTON: Upson Superior Court, March term, 1919; burglary; 3 years; approved July 30th, 1920.
CLYDE BELCHER: Fulton Superior Court, June term, 1915; robbery; 20 years; approved July 30th, 1920.
ELI JACKSON, JR.: Washington Superior Court, September term, 1914; manslaughter; 12 years; approved July 31st, 1920.
CARL HAGAN: Fulton Superior Court, April term, 1919; larceny; 2 yeim;;; approved July 31st, 1920.

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J. B. DEAN: Fulton Superior Court, April term, 1919; larceny; 2 years; approved July 31st, 1920.
NEER SEWELL : Fulton Superior Court, May term, 1919; larceny; 2 years; approved August 5th, 1920.
HENRY FUTCH: Tattnall Superior Court, .June term, 1893; murder; life; approved August 7th, 1920.
J. TOM LONG: \Valton Superior Court, August term, 1915; assault with intent to murder; 7 years; approved August 8th, 1920.
ANDRE"W RICHARDSON: Fulton Superior Court, l\fay term, 1916; murder; life; approved August 30th, 1920.
A. C. (AL) REED: Coweta Superior Court, September term, 1916; manslaughter; 7 years; approved August 30th, 1920.
SILAS ::\IcLENDO~: Laurens Superior Court, January term, 1915; murder; life; approved August 30th, 1920.
JOHN DO\VDY: Oglethorpe Superior Court, Xovember term, 1913; murder; life; approved August 30th, 1920.
J. R. GUNTER: Fulton Superior Court, November term, 1916; dynamiting street car; 10 years; approved September 1st, 1920.
\YILL RYLEE : Clarke Superior Court, April term, 1915; robbery; 15 years; approved September 20th, 1920.

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Jil\I ORR: Randolph Superior Court, August term, 1919; attempt to murder; 3 years; approved September 20th, 1920.
GEORGE \VASHIN'GTOK: Elbert Superior Court, September term, 1905; murder; life; approved October 1st, 1920.
ROSS MIDDLEBROOKS: Rockdale Superior Court, October term, 1916; attempt to rape; 7 years; approved October 6th, 1920."
ROSCOE FLETCHER: Henry Superior Court, April term, 1911; rape; 20 years; approved October 6th, 1920.
BEN REESE: Houston Superior Court, October term, 1910; murder; life; approved October 8th, 1920, to become effective October 22nd, 1920.
TDI JOHNSON: Lincoln Superior Court, May term, 1914; murder; life; approved October 8th, 1920.
JIM MYRICK: Terrell Superior Court, May term, 1911; murder; life; approved October 8th, 1920.
\VILL ~fcKINNEY: Hall Superior Court, July term, 1914; murder; life; approved October 8th, 1920.
JOHN FOSTER: Spalding Superior Court, January term, 1907; murder; life; approved October 8th, 1920.
ROBERT JOHNSON: Columbia Superior Court, October term, 1908; murder; life; approved October 8th, 1920.

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ED HARRISON: Hall Superior Court, July term, 1914; murder; life; approved October 8th, 1920.
SAM MciNTOSH: Elbert Superior Court, September term, 1910; murder; life; approved October 11th, 1920.
EMMETT ISO~: Spalding Superior Court, August term, 1919; larceny; 4 years; approved October 11th, 1920.
wiLL NEAL: Jackson Superior Court, February term, 1914; murder; life; approved Octol;>er 11th, 1920.
PEYTON ELDER: Clarke Superior Court, December term, 1916; murder; life; approved October 14th, 1920, to become effective December 30th, 1920.
LUCIUS CLIATT: Turner Superior Court, October term, 1908; murder; life; approved October 14th, 1920, to become effective December 15th, 1920.
LEE LARKIN: Pulaski Superior Court, February term, 1914; murder; life; approved October 18th, 1920, to become effective November 20th, 1920.
GENE ELLINGTON: Fayette Superior Court, April term, 1916; manslaughter; 12 years; approved October 27th, 1920, to become effective December 4th, 1920.
OHE DOUGLAS: Terrell Superior Court, August term, 1919; manufacturing liquor; 2 to 2112 years; approved October 27th, 1920, to become effective November 28th, 1920.

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JESS HOvVELL: Colquitt Superior Court, July term, 1918; rape; 8 years; approved October 27th, 1920.
HATTIE SPEARS : Bibb Superior Court, July term, 1909; murder; life; approved October 27th, 1920.
SPENCER CLARK: Mitchell Superior Court, October term, 1916; cow stealing; 4 years ; approved October 27th, 1920.
CHARLIE PITTS : Henry Superior Court, April term, 1907; murder; life; approved October 27th, 1920.
ROSS GILLEY: Fulton Superior Court, May term, 1918; larceny; 3 years; approved October 27th, 1920.
RAS HUGHES: Jasper Superior Court, August term, 1908; murder; life; approved October 27th, 1920, to become effective November 27th, 1920.
JOE PARKER: Pickens Superior Court, April term, 1918; burglary; 5 years; approved October 27th, 1920.
vYILL JONES: Emanuel Superior Court, October term, 1902; murder; life; approved November 2nd, 1920.
:MARK GRAHAM: Clinch Superior Court, April term, 1899; murder; life; approved November 2nd, 1920.
LEONARD WALKER: DeKalb Superior Court, September term, 1918 ; assault to murder; 5 years ; approved November 2nd, 1920.

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J. \V. PARTEE: Clarke Superior- Court, June term, 1916; manslaughter; 12 years; approved November lOth, 1920.
\V. I. BOLTON: Gwinnett Superior Court, :Jiarch term, 1917; assault to murder; 4 years; approved November 15th, 1920, to become effective March 1st, 1921.
ELIJAY NAIL: Tattnall Superior Court, October term, 1913; murder; life; approved November 15th, 1920, to become effective December 14th, 1920.
LE~I PLUME.R: Fayette Superior Court, September term, 1917; seduction; -15 years; approved November 15th, 1920, to become effective January 15th, 1921.
FRANK E. COLEMAN: Chatham Superior Court, November term, 1918; attempt to murder; 2 years; approved November 15th, 1920.
PHONZO JOHNSON AND vVILL SIMPSON: Jackson Superior Court, February term, 1916; manslaughter; 10 years; approved November 15th, 1920, to become effective March 12th, 1921.
CLAUDE COOPER: Jackson Superior Court, Februar~ term, 1916; murder; life; approved November 15th, 1920, to become effective March 12th, 1921.
SAM HICKS: Paulding Superior Court, May term, 1916; murder; life; approved November 15th, 1920, to become effective December 11th, 1920.
ARTHUR BROvVN: Habersham Superior Court, :Jiarch term, 1909; murder; life; approved Xovembcr 15th, 1920.

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LEE JOXES: ~Elton Superior Court, March term, 1919; murder; life; approved November 16th, 1920, to become effective May 27th, 1921.
\VILL CO~IER: Houston Superior Court, April term, 1906; murder; life; approved November 15th, 1920, to become eff0ctive March 22nd, 1921.
.JESSE BAILEY: Early Superior Court, D('cember term, 1917; manslaughter, 5 years; approved Xovember 16th, 1920, to become effective December 15th, 1920.
LON SIMS: Madison Superior Court, March term, 1911; murder; life; approved 1\ovember 26th, 1920.
J. l\L BUSSELL: Liberty Superior Court, February term, 1917; forgery; G years; approved November 26th, 1920.
JAMES BUSH: Richmond Superior Court, November term, 1914; murder; life; approved November 26th, 1920.
EUGENE KEITH: DeKalb Superior Court, September term, 1915; manslaughter; 15 years; approved December 4th, 1920.
JOHX HICKS: Glynn Superior Court, }fay term, 1914; burglary; 12 years; approved December 4th, 1920.
ALOI\ZO GASTOX: Spalding Superior Court, January term, 1907; murd0r; lif0; approved DecemhC'r 6th, 1920.

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BILLIE LIGHT : Fulton Superior Court, November term, 1917; larceny; 5 years; approved December 6th, 1920.
ALLIE JONES: Burke Superior Court, October term, 1915; murder; life; approved December 7th, 1!-"120.
vVASHINGTON LOTT: Coffee Superior Court,
Febru_ary term, 1916; murder; life; approved December 8th, 1920, to become effective December lOth, 1920.
LUTHER OGLESBY: Clarke Superior Court, April term, 1918; robbery; 4 years; approved De<>ember 8th, 1920.
wiLL DAVIS: Henry Superior Court, April term, 1905; murder; life; approved December 8th, 1920.
BOB MITCHELL: DeKalb Superior Court, December term, 1916; manslaughter; 10 years; approved December 8th, 1920.
ZACK JORDAN: Washington Superior Court, September term, 1907; murder; life; approved De cember 8th, 1920.
JOHN SHIELDS: Madison Superior Court, August term, 1918; attempt to murder; 3 years; approved December 8th, 1920, to become effective De<>ember 23rd, 1920.
MARK CRANE: Lumpkin Superior Court, April term, 1911; manslaughter; 15 years; approved De<>c>mhc>r 9th, 1920, to bc><>ome effective May 29th, 1921.

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BOB ALLEN: Fayette Superior Court, March term, 1913; rape i 10 years; approved December 9th, 1920, to become effective February 8th, 1921.
ED \:VALKER: Fulton Superior Court, November term, 1917; manslaughter; 10 years; approved DecC>mber 9th, 1920, to become effective December 20th, 1920.
JOHN BRYAXT: Stewart Superior Court, April term, 1904; murder; life; approved December 9th, 1920, to become effective May lOth, 1921.
PATE GINN: Clarke Superior Court, October term, 1917; shooting at another; 3 years; approved December lOth, 1920.
OSCAR \:VILLIS: Butts Superior Court, October term, 1917; manslaughter; 10 ~-ears; approved December 14th, 1920, to hecome eff0ctive December 20th, 1920.
A. "B'. REAMS: Lowndes Superior Court, May term, 1918; manslaughter; 3 y<'ars; approved December 11th, 1920, to become effective February 28th, 1921.
BOB \VASHINGTON: Dougherty Superior Court, September term, 1919; manslaughter; 15 years; approved December 16th, 1920.
ED L. \:VILLIAMS: Brooks Superior Court, November term 1905; murder; life; approved December 16th, 1920.
ZACK SMITH: Taylor Superior Court, October term 1917; manslaught<'r; 17 yPars; approved Decemlwr 16th, 1920.

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ORLENA THOMAS: Cobb Superior Court, December term 1917; manslaughter; 15 years; approved December 16th,-1920.
TOM HILL: Baldwin Superior Court, January term 1915; manslaughter; 15 years; approved December 16th, 1920.
FREEMAN HUGHES: Montgomery Superior Court, May term 1905; murder; life; approve(l December 16th, 1920.
0. C. HARD"\:VICK: Terrell Superior Court, May term 1919; assault to murder; 4 years; approved December 18th, 1920.
wiLL BROvVN: Terrell Superior Court, November term 1903; murder; life; approved December 20th, 1920.
JOE TOOMER: Houston Superior Court, Octob<>r term 1907; murder; life; approved December 20th, 1920, to become effective March 13th, 1921.
JIM TAYLOR: --Webster Superior Court, April term 1911; murder; life; approved December 20th, 1920, to become effective April 9th, 1921.
ERNEST DAVENPORT: Fulton Superior Court, February term 1913; robbery; 12 years; approved December 21st, 1920.
FLOYD HARRISON: Terrell Superior Court, Spring term 1897; murder; life; approved December 21st, 1920.
GENE BRYANT: Mucogee Superior Court, May term 1907; murder; life; approved December _21st,
1920, to become effective .June 26th, 1921.

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JIM POOLE: Early Superior Court, October term 1917; assault to rape; 15 years; approved December 21st, 1920, to become effective May 28th, 1921.
LULA EVERETT: Decatur Superior Court, November term 1904; mayhem; life; approved December 21st, 1920.
PERRY HOMER : Lee Superior Court, May term 1912; murder; life; approved December 21st, 1920.
ALEX SMITH: Madison Superior Court, September term 1912; murde1:; life; appro\ed December 21st, 1920;
LOUIS OSLIN: Fulton Superior Court, December term 1910; murder; life; approYed December 23rd, 1920.
HENRY YOUNG: Greene Superior Court, August term1913; rape; 20 years; approwd December 23rd, 1920 .
JAMES CASON: Charlton Superior Court, March term 1918; attempt to murder; 4 years; approved December 23rd, 1920, to become effective June 7th, 1921.
ED\-VARD BUSBIN: Madison Superior Court, September term, 1912; manslaughter; 20 years; approved January 3rd, 1921.
:F'ALVIN VINCENT: Oconee Superior Court, July term, 1916; murder; life; approved Jannary 3rd, 1921.
MACK MATHEWS: Haralson Superior Court, May term 1915; burglary; 12 years; approved January 6th, 1921.

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JIM NEAL: -Wilcox Superior Court, March term 1911; murder; life; approved J auuary 7th, 1921, to become effective May 1st, 1921.
FRANK PRINCE: Cherokee Superior Court, August term 1919; burglary; 5 years; approved January lOth, 1921.
ANNIE LANE: Chatham Superior Court, June term 1909; murder; life; approved January lOth, 1921.
ROSA JOHNSON: Clarke Superior Court, April term 1917; forgery; 3 and 3 years; approved January 15th, 1921.
HENRY BENNEFIELD: Randolph Superior Court, May term 1909; murder; life; approved January 25th, 1921, to become effective May 23rd, 1921.
SPURGEON McLENDON: Dooly Superior Court, April term 1912; murder; life; approved January 25th, 1921, to become effective April 4th, 1921.
GROVER C. OUTLA\V: Richmond Superior Court, September term 1917; bigamy; 6 years; approved January 25th, 1921.
BONSIE BRO\VNLEE: Butts Superior Court, February term 1915; manslaughter; 15 years; approved January 26th, 1921, to become effective March 26th, 1921.
W. A. KENNEDY: Clarke Superior Court, October term 1916; manslaughter; 10 years; approved January 26th, 1921.

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GEO. L. NORMAND: Richmond Superior Court, February term 1917; bigamy; 6 years; approved January 27th, 1921, to become effective February 12th, 1921.
MER~ITT VAHNER: Henry Superior Court, April term 1915; manslaughter; 10 years; approved January 27th, 1921.
LUTHER SMITH: .Jasper Superior Court, May term 1919; manslaughter; 5 yc:1rs; approw<l J anuary 27th, 1921.
PARKS BURCH: Whitfield Superior Court, October term 1917; aiding escape; 4 years and 3 months; approved ~'ebruary 2nd, 1921.
RUFUS PO"WELL: Dooly Superior Court, December term 1908; rimrder; life; approved Ff'bruary 2nd, 1921, to become effective .Tunf' 7th, 1921.
MARSHALL PASCHALL: McDuffie Superior Court, March term 1910; murder; life; approved February 3rd, 1921, to become effective March 27th, 1921.
ORANGE RUCKER.: Franklin Superior Court, December term 1910; murder; life; approved February 3rd, 1921, to become effective .June 8th, 1921.
DOCK KIDD: Clarke Superior Court, November term 1914; manslaughter; 10 years; approved February 3rd, 1921, to become effective April 30th, 1921.
RICHMOND GHEEN: Terrell Superior Court, May term 1919; manufacturing liquor; 3 years; approved February 4th, 1921.

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"\'VILL TRAWICK: Hancock Superior Court, September term 1917; manslaughter; 10 years; approved February 5th, 1921, to become effective May 14th, 1921.
D. J. PRICE: Richmond Superior Court, April term 1919; burglary; 3 years; approved February 7th, 1921.
TOM SMITH: Burke Superior Court, October term 1914; manslaughter; 10 years; approw~d February 9th, 1921.
WATSON WHEELER: Wilkes Superior Court, February term 1918; rape; 20 years; approved February 9th, 1921.
NE"\VTON wELDON: Franklin Superior Court, .April term 1917; manslaughter; 12 years; approved February 9th, 1921, to become pffective .June 16th, 1921.
GEORGE HARDIN: Burke Superior Court, October term 1915; manslaughter; 7 years; approved February lOth, 1921.
JOHN COOK: Jasper Superior Court, .August term 1917; manslaughter; 5 years; approve<l February 11th, 1921.
"\VILLIS ELLISON: worth Superior Court, April term 1911; murder; life; approved February 16th, 1921, to become effective .Jnne 12th, 1921.
FRANK TUCKER: Liberty Superior Court, February term 1910; murder; life; approved February 16th, 1921.

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PEYTON TRUEHEART: Lowndes Superior Court, November term 1897; murder; life; approved February 23rd, 1921.

PETE THOMAS: Stewart Superior Court, April. term 1914; murder; life; approved February 28th, 1921, to become effective April 28th, 1921.

LEEMAN P.ARKS: Dawson Superior Court, February term 1917; burglary; 5 years; approved February 28th, 1921.

\-VILL DAVIS: Meriwether Superior Court, August term 1907; murder; life; approved March 1st, 1921, to become effective March 28th, 1921.

JACK CAIN: Spalding Superior Court, February term 1909; murder; life; aproved March 4th, 1921.

STEPHEN PHYMATE: Butts Superior Court, February term 1912; murder; life; approved March 9th, 1921, to become effective April 21st, 1921.

CIIANCEJY LOVE: Bibb Superior Court, Feb-

ruary term 1911; murder; life; approved March 9th,

1921.



JOHN HENRY SMITH: Crisp Su1wrior Court, August term 191~); manufacturing liquor; 2 to 3 years; approved March 9th, 1921.

PRINCE GALE: Glynn Superior Court, December term 1910; murder; life; approved March 12th, 1921.

SIMPSON BRO\VN: Fulton Superior Court, September term 1913; murder; life; approved March 15th, 1921.

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ELLA AUSTIN: Clayton Superior Court, August term 1915; manslaughter; 20 years; approved March 15th, 1921.
GEORGE DILLARD: Houston Superior Court, April term 1908; murder; life; approved March 15th, 1921.
MARK MOSES: Stewart Superior Court, November term 1912; murder; life; approved March 19th, 1921, to become effective November 7th, 1921.
FRED PETTY: Cobb Superior Court, March term 1918; manslaughter; 8 years; approved March 19th, 1921, to become effective March 3rd, 1922.
JOSH \VEAVER: Greene Superior Court, February term 1909; murder; life; approved March 21st, 1921.
ROY SHENEYFELT: Floyd Superior Court, July term 1919; burglary; 3 years; approved March 21st, 1921.
MABEL LEMONS: Fulton Superior Court, March term 1919; manslaughter; 10 years; approved March 21st, 1921, to become effective May 20th, 1921.
LEHMAN RUTLEDGE: Troup Superior Court, Novcmber term 1912; munler; life; approved March 25th, 1921.
LUCIUS GODFREY: Meriwether Superior Court, August term 1910; murder; life; approved March 29th, 1921.
CLEVELAND MARSHALL: Muscogee Superior Court, November term 1911; murder; life; approved March 29th, 1921, to become effective July 30th, 1921.

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ROBERT BILLINGS: Stewart Superior Court, October term 1910; murder; life; approved April 5th, 1921.
MOSE BRADLEY: Fulton Superior Court, February term 1912; burglary; 18 years; approved April 5th, 1921.
JESS POLSTON: Carroll Superior Court, April term 1909; murder; life; approved April 11th, 1921.
HAYWARD A. LESTER: Muscogee Superior Court, February term 1915; manslaughter; 15 years; approved Aprilllth, 1921.
DAMON LEE: wilcox Superior Court, September term 1915; murder; lift>; approved April 11th, 1921.
LESTER MITCHELL: Crawford Superior Court, March term 1916; murder; life; approved Aprilllth, 1921, to become effective July 20th, 1921.
L. G. REAVES: Telfair Superior Court, April term 1917; manslaughter; 15 years; approved April 25th, 1921.
TOM MATHEWs: Upson Superior Court, Nowmber term 1909; murder; life; approved April 25th, 1921.
MAGGIE WILLIAMS: Charlton Superior Court, October term 1912; murder; life; approved April 25th, 1921.
JACK SAILOR: Sumter Superior Court, May term 1919; assault to murder; 3 years; approved April 25th, 1921.

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W. C. SKIPPER: Fulton Superior Court, March term 1920; larceny; 2 to 5 years; approved April 25th, 1921.

LAYFIELD HARRIS: Miller Superior Court, April term 1912; manslaughter; 16 years; approveLl April 25th, 1921, to become effective June 18th, 19:21.

CHARLEY SMITH: Montgomery Superior Court, March term 1910; manslaughter; 15 years; approved May 5th, 1921.

McKINLEY HAMPTON: Fulton Superior Court, February term 1919; larceny; 4 years; approved May 11th, 1921.

ARTHUR LEE DA~IS: Muscogee Superior

Court, February term 1920; burglary; :2 years; ap-

proved May 11th, 1921.



D. K. FITZGERALD: Cobb Superior Court, November term 1918; bigamy; 6 years; approved May 16th, 1921.

WILLIAM JOHNSON: Fulton Superior Court, October term 1919; burglary; 5 years; approved May 17th, 1921.

HENRY vVILLIAMS: Clinch Superior Court, November term 1910; murder; life; apprond May 17th, 1921.

ARTHUR BRO\VN AND ELMON Fl'"L\VOOD: Dodge Superior Court, May term 1907; murder; life; approved May 19th, 1921.

LEON JOHNSON: Bibb Superior Court, November term 1919; larceny; 2 years; apprond May 19, 1921.

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JOHN HENRY EVANS: Gordon Superior Court, February term 1920; attempt to murder; 5 to 6 years; approved May 20th, 1921.
P. B. BAXTER: -Whitfield Superior Court, August term 1917; murder; life (Commuted to 10 years) ; approved May 23rd, 1921.
HENRY McDANIEL: Fulton Superior Court, April term 1919; rape; 20 years; approved May 24-th, 1921.
JERRY KEY: Jasper Superior Court, February term 1916; manslaughter; 10 years; approved May 24th, 1921.
ELLA MILLS: Montgomery Superior Court, May term 1918; manslaughter; 20 years; approved May 27th, 1921.
ALONZO HORTON: Spalding Superior Court, January term 1907; murder; life; approved May 27th, 1921.
NEw-MAN "WHITAKER: Cobb Superior Court, March term 1915; burglary; 10 years; approved May 27th, 1921.
JIM wRIGHT: Charlton Superior Court, April term 1911; manslaughter; 14 yems; approvecl May 27th, 1921.
-WILL MURRAY: Richmond Superior Court, February term 1911; murder; life; approved May 27th, 1921.
J. E. McDONALD: Calhoun Superior Court, December term 1917; manslaughter; 9 years; approved June 4th, 1921.

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. vVARREN CRIS\VELL: Twiggs Superior Court, April term 1896; wrecking train; life; approved June 9th, 1921.
JIM FAVORS: Fayette Superior Court, Decem. her term 1912; murder; life; approved June 11th,
1921.
CARRIE SCOTT: Warren Superior Court, October term 1911; murder; life; approyed .June 13th, 1921.
PORTER JONES: Putnam Superior Court, Spring term 1908; murder; life; approved June 13th, 1921, to become effective June 25th, 1921.
EUGENE CAMPBELL: Fulton Superior Court, May term 1917; robbery; 8 years; approved June 13th, 1921.
\VILL KENDRICK: Terrell Superior Court, May term 1907; murder; life; approved June 17th, 1921.
R. H. MAY: Decatur Superior Court, January term 1919; manslaughter; 18 years; approved June 16th, 1921.
HUGH L. HAR~ISON: Chatham Superior Court, August term 1913; murder; life; approved .June 20th, 1921, to become effective August 31st, 1921.
WILL SAINE: Lumpkin Superior Court, April term 1916; murder; life; approved June 21st, 1921.
vVARREN CLEMENTS: Lowndes Superior Court, May term 1914; murder; life; approved June 22nd, 1921, to become effective .June 30th, 1921.

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CHARLIE BRO~YK: Jenkins Superior Court, May term 1916; manslaughter; 10 years; approved June 22nd, 1921.
B. C. AMMONS: Sumter Superior Court, November term 1917; bigamy; 7 years; approved June 22nd, 1921, to become effective July 28th, 1921.
JESSE JACKS: Heard Superior Court, September term 1912; murder; life; approved June 22nd, 1921.
DAVE RICE: Fulton Superior Court, October term 1919; manslaughter; 3 years; approved June 22nd, 1921, to become effective July 14th, 1921.
MACK NELSON: ~Valker Superior Court, August term 1916; murder; life; approved June 22nd, 1921, to become effective September 6th, 1921.
LOYD BEVERLY: Upson Superior Court, March term 1919; shooting at another; 4 years; approved June 22nd, 1921.
FRED PERRY: wilkes Superior Court, March term 1900; murder; life; approved June 22nd, 1921.
WILL KIMBELL: Henry Superior Court, October term 1916; manslaughter; 10 years; approved June 22nd, 1921.
A. P. CHANDLER: Fulton Superior Court, May term 1916; burglary; 20 years; approved June 22nd, 1921.
G. C. RAY: Decatur Superior Court, May term 1911; murder; life; approved June 22nd, 1921.

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W. C. SULLIVAN: Fulton Superior Court, February term 1920; burglary; 1 to 5 and 5 to 10 years ; approved June 24th, 1921.

LUCIAN BROWN: Pulaski Superior Court, May term 1911; murder; life; approved June 24th, 1921.

FRED COPELAND: Clayton Superior Court,

February term 1919; larceny; 5 years; approved

.Tune 24th, 1921.



CHARLIE MANN: Clayton Superior Court, August term 1904; murder; life; approved .Tune 25th, 1921.

COMMUTATIONS.
The following cases in which commutations were granted, were recommended by the Prison Commission, except as noted.
BABE HENDERSON: Walton Superior Court, February term 1913; larceny and burglary; 5 and 5 years. This applicant was paroled July 7th, 1919, at which time the Governor stated that his sentence would be commuted at any time the Prison Commission so recommended. After serving a year on parole, the Prison Commission recommended commutation, stating that applicant had complied with the conditions of his parole and demeaned himself in a proper and satisfactory manner. Sentence commuted to present service July 16th, 1920.
FRANK LONG: Fannin Superior Court, October term 1919; violating prohibition law; 12 months. A pplicant and John Payne were jointly tried and convicted, and John Payne sentenced to pay a fine of

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$500.00. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, applicant's sentence commuted to the payment of a fine of $500.00 July 16th, 1920.
PICK COLEMAN: Emanuel Superior Court, April term 1920; selling liquor; 12 and 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, applicant's sentence commuted to present service July 16th, 1920.
MEL JOHNSON: Tattnall Superior Court, January term 1914; burglary and forgery; 6 and 5 years, Applicant served his six year sentence and nearly two years of his five year sentence. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge and about 500 citizens of Tattnall County, applicant's sentence commuted to present service July 31st, 1920.
ULYSSES GOOLSBY: Early Superior Court, December adjourned term 1917; murder; to hang. _In view of the facts as disclosed in the record in this case, the affidavit of the chief witness for the State, and statements from representative citizens that this conviction was wrong, applicant's sentence commuted to life imprisonment September 16th, 1920. The Prison Commission declined to recommend clemency in this case.
\VALTER ODUM: Thomas Superior Court, NoYember term 1893; arson; life. In view of applicant's old age, his long service, and physical condition, his sentence commuted to present service September 22nd, 1920.
HOWARD THRASH: Fulton Superior Court, April term 1920; larceny; 12 months. Upon recom-

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mendatioh of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, and others, sentence commuted to present service upon payment of $50.00 fine, October 4th, 1920.
PEARLY HENDRIX: Tattnall Superior Court, July term 1914; burglary; 10 years. In Yiew of applicant's youth and good character previous to this offense, and upon recommendation of the SolicitorGeneral, prosecutor, and trial jurors, his sentence commuted to present s~rvice October 8th, 1920.
LUTHER POPE: Fulton Superior Court, July term 1919; burglary; 2 years. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, and prosecutor, applicant's sentence commuted to present service October 8th, 1920.
WILL -WRIGHT: Chatham Superior Court, March term 1919; robbery; 10 years. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge Solicitor-General, and all of the trial jurors, applicant's sentence commuted to present service December 6th, 1920.
P. B. BAXTER: -Whitfield Superior Court, August term 1917; murder; life. Commutation to present selTice was recommended by the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, gnind and petit jurors, the Prison Commission, and many of the leading citizens of -Whitfield County. In view of the facts of the case and these recommendations, applicant's sentence was commuted from life imprisonment to a term of ten years, December 11th, 1920.
JOHN PONDER: Monroe Superior Court, November term 1919; manufacturing liquor; 3 years.

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Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, applicant's sentence commuted to present service December 16th, 1920.
ARTIE McRAE: City Court of Tifton, November term 1920; larceny; 6 months. In view of statements of the trial Judge, Solicitor, and others, indicating applicant's imbecility, sentence commuted to present service December 16th, 19~0.
LU:M ALLEN: "'V"ilkinson Superior Court, October term 1914; assault to murder; 10 years. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, six of the trial jurors, and others, sentence commuted to present service December 20th, 1920.
SANFORD EARLY: Fulton Superior Court, Fall term 1913; burglary; 10 years. In view of applicant's youth, the length of time senecl, and the rec?mmendations of a large number of citizens of Atlanta, sentence commuted to present service December 21st, 1920.
BESSIE SMITH: Johnson Superior Coart, October term 1914; murder; life. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, and others, sentence commuted to present service December 21st, 1920.
JEFF GUYTON: Dooly Superior Court, August term 1919; burglary; 5 years. In view of affidavits by two men admitting the burglary and exonerating applicant, his evident ignorance, his age, his previous good character, and recommendation of the Solicitor-General, applicant's sentence commuted to present service December 22ncl, 1920.

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EZEKIEL MOSES: Stewart Superior Court, October term 1912; murder; life. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, nine of the trial jurors, the prosecutor, and a large number of citizens, applicant's sentence commuted to present service December 23rd, 1920.
CHARLES ROSS: Crisp Superior Court, August term 1912; murder; life. This applicant is an old man about 70 years of age. In view of his good character previous to this offense, his good prison record, the facts of the crime, and recommendations of the county officers of Crisp County, sentence commuted to present service December 23rd, 1920.
ALEX TOMBERLIN: Coffee Superior Court, November term 1913 ; murder; life. This applicant was paroled October 28th, 1919, and made an excellent record as a paroled prisoner. In view of the great provocation applicant had for the homicide and the character of the negro he killed, sentenc~ commuted to present service December 28th, 1920.
JAKE TRAMMELL: Meriwether Superior Court, Spring term 1906; murder; life. This applicant was paroled March 26th, 1918, and it is shown that he made a good record on parole. In view of this and the fact that there is some doubt as to his guilt, sentence commuted to present service January 4th, 1921.
BILL WOOD: Oglethorpe Superior Court, May term 1920; escape; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge and Solicitor, applicant's sentence commuted to present service January 6th, 1921.

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GEORGE PROPES: Fulton Superior Court, November term 1917; manslaughter; 5 years. This applicant was paroled December 31st, 1919. In view of the circumstances of the homicide and his good record, applicant's sentence commuted to present service January 6th, 1921.
CHARLEY ALLEN: Henry Superior Court, April term 1906; murder; life. This applicant was paroled in August, 1918, at which time the trial .Judge recommended a pardon. Clemency was also recommended by the Solicitor-General and others. In view of these recommendations and his good record since being paroled, applicant's sentence commuted to present service January 26th, 1921.
JIM RICHARDSON: Fulton Superior Court, June term 1908; murder; life. rrhis applicant was paroled January 8th, 1920, and complied with the conditions of the parole. In view of his good record and the facts of the crime, sentence commuted to present service January 27th, 1921.
GEORGE WILLIAMS: Jackson Superior Court, F~bruary term 1912; attempt to murder; 10 and 10 years. In view of applicant's good character previous to this conviction, his good record as a prisoner, and the facts of the crime as presented to me, his sentence commuted to present service January 27th, 1921.
WILLIAM WALTERS: Chatham Superior Court, October term 1903; burglary; 20 and 20 years. This applicant was paroled September 18th, 1919, and made a good record on parole. In view of the facts of the offenses as presented to me, the length of

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time applicant has served and his good conduct, sentence commuted to present service January 31st, 1921.
JACK KIRK: City Court of Dublin, January term 1921; single larceny; 6 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor, prosecutor and citizens, applicant's sentence commuted to present service February 1st, 1921.
LEVI GANTT: Jasper Superior Court, December term 1920; larceny; 12 months. In view of facts now developed which were not presented to the Court at the time applicant was sentenced, and the recommendation of the trial Judge and Solicitor, applicant's sentence commuted to present service February 2nd, 1921.
\VILL "WHITE: Clarke Superior Court, April term 1916; manslaughter; 15 years. This applicant was paroled March 8th, 1918, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. His parole officer states that applicant is now in very bad health. Sentence commuted to present service February 3rd, 1921-order to become effective April 25th, 1921, after five full years service.
ALEX CARR: Fulton Superior Court, September term 1894; murder; to hang. After having been convicted of murder, applicant was tried for lunacy and committed to the Georgia State Sanitarium for the Insane, where he has been for the last 25 years. Certificates from the Sup~rintendent of this Institution state that in his opinion, applicant is hopelessly insane. The family of the defendant, in obedience to a death bed's request of this man's

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mother, beg that he be permitted to die relieved of the death sentence. Believing that applicant will remain for the balance of his days in the Asylum for the Insane and that probably at the time he committed this most inexcusable and most unmitigated crime he must have been mentally unbalanced, sentence commuted to present service February lOth, 1921.
E. J. McKENZIE: Gwinnett Superior Court, March term 1912; burglary; 12 years. This applicant was paroled December 12th, 1918, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. In view of this and the fact that he will have completed the service of his sentence on :May 9th, 1921, allowing him good time, to which he is entitled, sentence commuted to present service March 9th, 1921.
NELSE HOOD: Laurens Superior Court, .October term 1914; manslaughter; 10 years. This applicant was paroled December 3rd, 1918, and it is shown that he has made a good record on parole. In view of the facts of the crime and applicant's good record both before and since the conviction in this case, his sentence commuted to present service March 12th, 1921.
CLAUDE SEALS: Fulton Superior Court, March term 1911; robbery; 20 years. This applicant was paroled May 7th, 1917, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. A number of good citizens urge clemency because of applicant's excellent record since being paroled. In view

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of these recommendations and applicant's physical condition, sentence commuted to present service and citizenship restored March 17th, 1921.
MARTHA HARRIS: Wilkes Superior Court, December term 1914; murder; life. 'l1his applicant was paroled December 6th, 1919, and it is shown that she has complied with the conditions of the parole. She is very old and it is represented that she bore a good reputation previous to this conviction. Sentence commuted to present service March 19th, 1921.
J. W. BISHOP: Muscogee Superior Court, November term 1917; misdemeanor; 8 months. Applicant was convicted in 1917 and his sentence suspended. The defendant could have been probated for a certain period, and if that had been done, he would be free now, and probably that is what the Court intended. It is shown that applicant's deportment has been good over three years since conviction. Sente~ce corr:tmuted to present service March 21st, 1921.
SAM HAMMONTREE: ~Whitfield Superior Court, January term 1920; burglary; 12 months. Upon recommendation of the trial Judge, SolicitorGeneral, all of the trial jurors, and a large number of citizens of Whitfield County, and especially because it is shown that applicant is mentally defective, sentence commuted to present service March 21st, 1921.
JACK THOMPSON: Muscogee Superior Court, February term 1918; misdemeanor; 12 months. A pplicant was convicted in 1918 and his sentence sus-

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pended. The defendant could have been probated for a certain period, and if that had been done, he would be free now, and probably that is what the Court intended. It is shown that applicant's deportment has been good since this conviction. Sentence commuted to present service March 21st, 1921.
OSCAR BRIGHAM: Bibb Superior Court, February term 1920; shooting at another. In view of the recommendations of the Solicitor-General and prosecutor, and especially because of the condition of applicant's family, sentence commuted to present service March 29th, 1921.
CARL NUNNALLY: Screven Superior Court, August term 1919; misdemeanor (3 cases) ; 10, 8 and 6 months. This applicant served two of his sentences and had only a short while longer to serve on his last sentence. Upon recommendation of the present Solicitor and others, and because applicant has a wife and four children dependent upon him, sentence commuted to present service April 11th, 1921.
SARAH HOLMES: City Court of Macon, J anuary term 1921; stabbing; 5 months. Because of applicant's physical condition, her sentence commuted to present service April 22nd, 1921.
ED BOSTON: Dooly Superior Court, September term 1906; murder; life. In view of. applicant's previous good character, his good record as a prisoner, the length of time served, the facts of the crime as presented in this application, affidavits of eleven of the trial jurors to the effect that since the trial they have learned of certain facts, which, had

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they been presented at the trial, would have caused their verdict to have been either for a lesser offense than murder or for an acquittal, and the recommendations of the prosecutor and others, applicant's sentence commuted to present service April 25th, 1921.
SEABORN MORRIS: Pike Superior Court, April term 1908; murder; life. This applicant was paroled March 20th, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. He was only 17 or 18 old when the crime was committed. Full and complete pardon recommended by about 50 citizens of Meriwether County, who state that they have known applicant since he has been released on parole, that his conduct has been good and that he has shown himself to be a hard worker. Sentence commuted to present service May 7th, 1921.
R B. FLOYD: Laurens Superior Court, December term 1912; murder; life. This applicant was paroled March 17th, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. Applicant is a cripple and it is shown that previous to this conviction he bore a good character. Sentence commuted to present service and citizenship restored May 11th, 1921.

BUSTER SIMS: \Valton Superior Court, February term 1909; rape; 20 years. This applicant was paroled May 5th, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. It is shown that applicant was very young when he was convicted of this crime and that he was a very
obedient boy previous to this conviction. In view

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of his good conduct before and since this conviction, sentence commuted to present service May 12th, 1921.
DAVE BO\VDEN: Putnam Superior Court, September term 1920; murder; to hang. Because of evidence submitted with this application, which was not before the Court and jury, showing that applicant is of very weak mentality-had "crazy spell~" and at such terms "did not understand what he did," while at other times he was "a good, peaceable and humble negro,'' and upon recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, some of the jurors, Sheriff and other officials, applicant's sentence commuted to life imprisonment, May 17th, 1921.
NELSON MARSHALL: Thomas Superior Court, October term 1906; murder; life. This applicant was paroled November 14th, 1919, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. There are testimonials in the file showing the good character and reputation of applicant previous to this conviction and his good behavior since being received in prison. In view of the facts of the crime and length of time served, applicant's sentence commuted to present service May 17th, 1921.
JACK MOORE: Jasper Superior Court, August term 1909; murder; life. This applicant was paroled March 20th, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. In view of his good character previous to this conviction,

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the facts of the crime, the affidavits and recommendations submitted, applicant's sentence commuted to present service May 17th, 1921.
JIM HENRY: Muscogee Superior Court, November term 1910; murder; life. This applicant plead guilty. The Solicitor-General states: ''Had he been defended it is more than likely that a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter would haYe bt'en returned.'' Affidavits are submitted from two of the State's witnesses, and if they had tPstified to the facts set out in these affidavits, it is probable that applicant would have been acquitted-certainly would not have been convicted of a greater crime than voluntary manslaughter. It is shown that applicant bore a good character previous to this conviction and has made a good record as a convict. Applicant's sentence commuted to prest'nt service May 17th, 1921.
J. C. TURNER: Butts Superior Court, August term 1913; murder; life. This applicant, his brother and father were charged with murder. His father was convicted and hung. His brother was permitted to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced for a term of five years, which has been served. It is represented to me that applicant was a young boy at the time, and his father just before he was hung, acknowledged doing the killing. Clemency is recommended by seven of the trial jurors and a number of citizens of Butts County. Applicant's sentence commuted to present service May 19th, 1921.
P. A. COONER: Charlton Superior Court, October term 1914; manslaughter; 10 years. This appli-

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cant was paroled January 25th, 1917, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. Applicant is now recommended by a number of citizens who state that since his parole, he has made a good, law-abiding citizen, and that before his conviction, he bore a good reputation. Applicant's sentence commuted to present service and citizenship restored May 19th, 1921.
CICERO WILLIAMS: Fulton Superior Court, Fall term 1905; murder; life. This applicant was paroled December lOth, 1917, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. It is also shown that previous to thiR conviction, applicant bore a good reputation. There are some extenuating circumstances attending the commission of the crime, owing to which fact, together with his exemplary conduct since conviction, his sentence commuted to present service May 19th, 1921.
WILLIAM McMILLAN: Wilcox Superior Court, November term 1890; murder; life. This applicant was paroled January 2nd, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. Before being paroled, applicant served over 29 years in the penitentiary and has a clear record as a prisoner. He killed another negro and claims that he shot in self-defense. It is now shown that applicant is old and in very bad health. Applicant's sentence commuted to present service May 20th, 1921.
EZRA C. CHEWNING: DeKalb Superior Court, July Special term 1916; manslaughter; 15 years. This applicant was paroled October 28th, 1918, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions

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of the parole. In view of the excellent character of the applicant previous to this conviction, and his good behavior before and since he has been paroled, his sentence commuted to present service and citizenship restored May 20th, 1921.
JAMES FREEMAN: Tattnall Ruperior court, April term 1892; murder; life. This applicant was paroled November 13th, 1~15, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. Applicant was convicted upon circumstantial evidence and he still claims that tlie homicide was an accident. In view of the length of time applicant has served and his good record, his sentence commuted to present service May 23rd, 1921.
SNAP KITCHENS: washington Superior Court, September term 1913; murder; life. It is shown that applicant was only 15 years old at the time the crime was committed; that his participation in the commission of the crime was slight, he merely being present; that his two brothers did the actual shooting and were both convicted and hung. In view of this and the recommendations of the trial Judge, seven of the trial jurors, the prosecuting attorney, and several County officers, applicant's sentence commuted to present service May 24th, 1921.
BARNEY HARDISON: Sumter Superior Court, November term 1920; burglary; 12 months or 3 months and $50.00 fine. In view of the statement and recommendation of the trial Judge, applicant's sentence commuted to present service upon payment of a fine of $50.00.
HENRY DAVIS: City Court of Carrollton, December term 1920; carrying concealed weapon; 9

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months or $150.00 fine. It is shown that applicant is in the last stages of tuberculosis and his release is recommended by the trial Judge, Solicitor, County Physician, and others. Applicant's sentence commuted to present service May 24th, 1921.
HENRY KING: Fulton Superior Court, December term 1902; murder; life. This applicant was paroled February 13th, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. Applicant served over seventeen years in the penitentiary before being paroled. In view of his good character previous to this conviction, his good record before and since being paroled, and the fact that he was convicted on circumstantial evidence, his sentence commuted to present service May 28th, 1921.
TOM BASS: Colquitt Superior Court, May term 1897; murder; life. This applicant was paroled January 4th, 1919, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of his parole. Before being paroTed, applicant served nearly 22 years in the penitentiary. It is shown that applicant was never in trouble previous to this offense, and that his record as a convict has been good. Applicant's sentence commuted to present service May 27th, 1921.
KELLY MINCEY: Emanuel Superior Court, October term 1908; murder; life. This applicant was paroled October 4th, 1919, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. In view of his good conduct since being paroled, the circumstances un.der which he entered plea of guilty, the facts of the crime as shown by affidavits, and his good character previous to this offense, sentence commuted to present service May 27th, 1921.

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GEORGE BALL: Habersham Superior Court, September term 1911; robbery; 20 years. This applicant was paroled May 7th, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. It is shown that applicant bore a good character previous to this conviction and that his deportment as a prisoner has. been good. Applicant's sentence commuted to present service May 27th, 1921-order to become effedtiYe September 4th, 1921, after ten full years service.
PETE RUSSELL: Mitchell Superior Court, .July term 1905; murder; life. This applicant was paroled April 4th, 1918, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. In view of the length of time applicant served and his good record as a prisoner, his sentence commuted to present service May 27th, 1921.
JOE SAMPSON: Bulloch Superior Court, May term 1900; murder; life. In view of the length of time applicant has served-a little over 21 yearsand the facts of the crime as stated in his application, his sentence commuted to present service May 27th, 1921.
EMMETT ISON: Spalding Superior Court, August term 1919; larceny; 4 years. This applicant was paroled October 11th, 1920. In view of the fact that this applicant was severely injured in the head when a small boy, since which _he has been mentally deficient to a certain extent, being easily influenced, and further in view of the fact that this was his first conviction, and clemency being recom-

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mended by the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, and prosecutor, his sentence commuted to present service and citizenship restored June 1st, 1921.
WALT GLASS: Fayette Superior Court, March term 1915; manslaughter; 9 years. This applicant was paroled October 4th, 1919, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole, that he bore a goodcharacter previous to this conviction. The trial jurors and others recommend panlon. Applicant's sentence commutefl to present service June 4th, 1921.
ADDIE BINNS: Wilkes Superior Court, February term 1916; murder; life. This applicant was paroled May 4th, 1920, and it is shown that she has complied with the conditions of the parole. In view of applicant's good record both before and after her conviction, the circumstances of the homicide, her sentence commuted to present service June 4th, 1921.
LENA BELLE WAHREN: Hancock Superior Court, March term 1913; murder; life. This applicant was paroled February 13th, 1920, and it is shown that she has complied with the conditions of the parole, that she bore a good character previous to this conviction and that her record as a prisoner was excellent. Before applicant was paroled, the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, all 12 of the trial jurors and others recommended that her sentence be commuted to present service. ~.\. pplicant 's sentence commuted to present service .June 4-th, 1921.
J. B. MOSLEY: Columbia Superior Court, March term 1921; burglary; 12 months. In view of the certificates of two physicians attached to this ap-

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plication stating that applicant is insane, and further in view of the statement of the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Columbia County stating that applicant is insane and asking for clemency in order that he may be tried for lunacy, which is recommended by the trial Judge and Solicitor-General, applicant's sentence commuted to present service June lOth, 1921.
J. R. COLEMAN: Ben Hill Superior Court, July term 1918; manslaughter; 1 year. This applicant was tried twice. In view of the statements and recommendations of both of the trial "Judges, the statement of the Solicitor-General, and because of this man's physical condition and age, his sentence commuted to present service June lOth, 1921.
JAMES LOCKETT: City Court of Carrollton, January term 1921; carrying concealed weapon; 9 and 9 months. In view of the good character of applicant preyious to this conviction, the factl,; discovered since applicant's conviction, and the statement of the Solicitor, applicant's sentence commuted to a term o~ 9 months June 11th, 1921.
GREEN MERIWETHER: Calhoun Superior Court, December term 1909; murder; life. This applicant was paroled March 19th, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole and that he has demeaned himself in a proper and satisfactory manner. In view of applicant's good record both before and since being paroled, his sentence commuted to present serv1ce June 13th, 1921.
LETHIA HIGDON: Laurens Superior Court, July term 1910; murder; life. This applicant was

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paroled September 25th, 1919, and it is shown that she has complied with the conditions of the parole and that she has demeaned herself in a proper and satisfactory manner. This homicide was committed under very great provocation, and in view of the good character of applicant pre\ious to this offense, and her exceptionally good record as a prisoner, her sentence commuted to present senice J unc 13th, 1921.
CHARLIE ALLEN: Emanuel Superior Court, October term 1909; murder; life. This applicant was paroled December 21st, 1919, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole and that he has demeaned himself in a proper and satisfactory manner. In view of the showing made in the record and applicant's good record both before and since being paroled, his sentence commuted to present service June 13th, 1921.
M. R. BOSTICK: Lowndes Superior Court, November term 1916; forgery; 7 years. This applicant was paroled June 5th, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole and that he has demeaned himself in a proper and satisfactory manner. In view of applicant's good character previous to conviction, his good record both before and since being paroled, and the recommendations of the prosecutor and o~hers, his sentence commuted to present senice and his citizenship restored June 13th, 1921.
ROBERT wiLLIAMS: Lowndes Superior Court, May term 1896; murder; life. This applicant was paroled February 28th, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole.

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Before being paroled, this applicant served twentythree and a half years in the penitentiary. Because ofhis good record both before and since being paroled, sentence commuted to present service June 13th, 1921.
JOHN BUTLER: Berrien Superior Court, October term 1903; murder; life. This applicant was paroled July 16th, 1914, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole and that he has demeaned himself in a proper and satisfactory manner. Before applicant was paroled, the Prison Commission recommended commutation to present service ''On account of the heroic conduct of the applicant on or about the lOth day of September, 1906, in saving the life of a guard, J. J. Stephens, and in preventing the escape of two other prisoners in the custody of said guard, and rendering the guard all necessary assistance in removing him to the camp where he could secure proper attention, we think he deserves a reward at the hands of the State, and no better or more suitable reward could be given in recognition of said conduct than by commuting his sentence.'' Because of applicant's excellent record both before and since being paroled, his sentence commuted to present service June 13th, 1921.
GEORGE LOVETT: Screven Superior Court, December term 1898; murder; life. The .Prison Commission recommend parole. This applicant has served nearly 23 years in the penitentiary and the Warden states that his conduct has been exceptionally good and that he has been a faithful trusty for the past eight or nine years. In vie\Y of the

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facts of the homicide as shown in the record and the long and faithful service of this applicant, his sentence commuted to present service June 15th, 1921.

MILTON OWENS: Stewart Superior Court, October term 1903; murder; life. This applicant was paroled May 14th, 1919, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole and that he has demeaned himself in a proper and satisfactory manner. The evidence shows there was some provocation for this crime. In view of applicant's previous good character and his good record both before and since being paroled, his sentence commuted to present service June 22nd, 1921.

WILL GATES: Troup Superior Court, Novem-

ber term 1920 ; larceny; 12 months. In view of the

recommendations of the trial Judge, Solicitor-Gen-

eral and Prison Commission and on account of the

death. of applicant's wife and the condition of his

children, his sentence commuted to present service

June 22nd, 1921.



WILL JOHNSON: Clinch Superior Court, April term 1906; murder; life. This applicant was paroled May 12th, 1920, and it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole and that he has demeaned himself in. a proper and satisfa~ tory manner. In view of his good character previous to this conviction and his good record both before and since being paroled, his sentence coinmuted to present service June 22nd, 1921.

JOHN JORDAN: Terrell Superior Court, November term 1910; murder; life. The Prison Com-

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nnsswn recommend parole. It is shown by affidavits that just previous to his death, applicant's brother confessed to committing the crime for which applicant was convicted, and in view of these affidavits, applicant's sentence commuted to present service June 22nd, 1921.

WILL SMITH: Bibb Superior Court, February term 1908; murder; life. This applicant was paroled April 12th, 1920, and it is shown that he has demeaned himself in a proper and satisfactory manner and has complied with the conditions of the parole. In view of his good character previous to this conviction, and his good record both before and since being paroled, his sentence commuted to present service June 22nd, 1921.
0. C. SPENCE: Grady Superior Court, September term 1915; wrecking bank; 6 years. This applicant was paroled November 25th, 1919, and it is shown that he ~s complied with the conditions of the parole and that he has demeaned himself in a proper and satisfactory manner. In view of previous good character of applicant, his good record both before and since being paroled, and the fact that the dissenting opinion of .Judge George in the case reported in the 20th Georgia Appeals Report, page 61, has been sustained by the Supreme Court of Georgia in the case of Fordham vs. State, 98th S. E. Rep., page 267, applicant's sentence commuted to present service and citizenship restored June 24th, 1921.

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CONDITIONAL PARDONS.
GEORGE D. SEMKEN: Chatham Superior Court, July term 1919; embezzlement; 5 years. It is shown that previous to this offense, applicant bore a good reputation, and that since being confined his behavior has been excellent. It also appears that applicant's aged father, who is an invalid, and his sisters are badly in ne>ed of his serdce>s. The trial Judge, Solicitor-Gen<>ral, a number of officials of the City of Savannah and County of Chatham and the Prison Commission re>commended pardon. Conditional pardon granted July 26th, 1920, conditioned upon applicant complying with such terms as may be imposed upon him by the Prison Commission, his pardon to become effective at the expiration of his sentence, provided his deportment until the expiration thereof warrants such.
D. C. CHAMBERS: Haralson Superior Court, .July term 1917; forgery; 5 years. The Prison Commission recommended pardon because applicant was denied his rights under a special demurrer on account of the misunderstanding of the Court as to when said demurrer was presented (see Chambers vs. State bottom page 752, Vol. 22 Court of Appeals Report), and because the trial Judge now says that he does not wish his order to be construed that the demurrer was not presented to the Court in time, but that in the confusion he rna~ han overlooked it. Conditional pardon granted August 30th, 1920, on account of the recommendation of the Prison Commission, previous good character of applicant, and the condition of applicant's family; order to become effective September 18th, 1920, conditioned

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upon the performance by the applicant of such restrictions as may be imposed upon him by the Prison Commission, his pardon to become effective at the expiration of his sentence, provided his deportment until the expiration thereof warrants such.
HOMER A. WILLIAMS: Muscogee Superior Court, March term 1919; embezzlement; 2 years. The Prison Commission recommended a conditional pardon on account of the recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General and the attorneys of the prosecutor, and the further fact that there was no substantial loss, and applicant having served more than one year o_f his sentence and having only about 6 months more to serve, on condition that his conduct is exemplary and that he secure honest employment for the remainder of his term. Conditional pardon granted October 6th, 1920, conditioned upon applicant complying with such terms as may be imposed upon him by the Prison Commission, his pardon to become effective at the expiration of his sentence provided his deportment until the expiration thereof warrants such.
TRAVIS SPINKS AND WILLIAM CRIM: DeKalb Superior Court, March term 1919; robbery; ~ years. In view of the good character of applicants previous to this conviction, their excellent prison record, and the recommendations of the Prison Commission, trial Judge, Solicitor-General and prosecutor, conditional pardon granted October 6th, 1920, conditioned upon applicants complying with such terms as may be imposed upon them by the Prison Commission, their pardon to become effective at the expiration of their sentences provided their deportment until the expiration thereof warrants such.

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B. E. DUNWOODY: Chattooga Superior Court, September term 1917; manslaughter; 1 year. In view of the good character of applicant previous to this conviction, the recommendation of nine members of the jury which convicted him, the statement of the trial Judge, physical condition of applicant, and especially in view of the condition of applicant's wife, conditional pardon granted October 14th, 1920, to become effective November 2nd, 1920, conditioned upon applicant complying with such terms as may be imposed upon him by the Prison Commission, his pardon to become effective at the expiration of his sentence provided his deportment until the expiration thereof warrants such. The Prison Commission recommended. pardon.
PAUL N. DEMOTT, ALIAS CHARLES MARSHALL: Troup Superior Court, November term 1920; larceny of automobile; 1 year. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, applicant pardoned upon condition that an official from the Mississippi State Insane Hospital receive and transport him to that institution, November 17th, 1920.
RAYMOND SISSON: Fulton Superior Court, March term 1!)20; burglary; 1 to 5 vears. Upon recommendation of the Prison Commission, trial Judge, Solicitor-General, prosecutor, and especially because of the physical condition of applicant's father, pardon granted upon condition that applicant's father give bond in a sum not less than two thousand dollars, in which he shall obligate himself to personally see that this boy is put in such environment as will insure his proper deportment in the future, and in which he shall agree that in the

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event any crime is committed by his said son during the period for which he was sentenced by the Court, he shall make full restitution to the injured party or parties, if any; shall see that his said son shall not b.ecome addicted to narcotics; in the event his said son shall be guilty of an infraction of any of the laws of the State he shall return him, himself, to the Prison Commission, and in the event said Raymond Sisson shall leave the State, he shall bear the expense of returning him to the custody of the Prison Commission; said bond to be approved by the Chairman or a majority of said Prison CommisSion. Order dated November 27th, 1920.
TOBE CARSON: Marion Superior Court, October term 1919; assault to murder; 13 months. The Prison Commission recommended commutation to present service on account" of the eYidence in this case and recommendation of the Solicitor-General and County officials. In view of the good character of applicant previous to this conviction, the statements and recommendations of the Solicitor-General, prosecutor, ten members of the trial jury, and others, conditional pardon granted February 4th, 1921, conditioned upon applicant complying with such terms as may be imposed upon him by the Prison Commission, his pardon to become effective at the expiration of his sentence, provided his deportment until the expiration thereof warrants such.
F. B. FITCH: Fulton Superior Court, October ~erm 1920; larceny; 2 to 5 years. The Prison Commission recommended commutation to present service. Conditional pardon granted May 18th, 1921, in view of applicant's previous good character, his

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physical condition, it being made to appear that he is suffering with tuberculosis, and the fact that his home is in Michigan and that he will return to his home immediately upon release-conditioned upon applicant complying with such terms as may be imposed upon him by the Prison Commission, his pardon to become effective at the expiration of his sentence, provided his deportment until the expiration thereof warrants such.
G. C. CARSON: Fulton Superior Court, January term 1918; larceny; 5 years. This applicant served over twelve months on parole and "the Prison Commission recommend pardon. Con<litional pardon granted June 8th, 1921, conditioned upon applicant complying with such terms as may be imposed upon him by the Prison Commission, his pardon to become effectiw at the expiration of his sentence, provided his deportment until the expiration thereof warrants such.
-w. C. SULLIVAN: Fulton Superior Court, Feb-
ruary term 1920; burglary; 1 to 5 and 5 to 10 years. In view of this boy's youth, the recommendation of the trial Judge, Solicitor-General, Prison Commission, parole is hereby granted in the first sentence and conditional pardon in the second sentence upon the terms that he shall make monthly reports to the Prison Commission exactly as paroled prisoners do and shall comply with such other reasonable terms and conditions as may be imposed by the Prison Commission. This conditional pardon is more readily granted because there are other cases pending against this boy on which he may be readily handled if he does not deport himself properly. June 24th, 1921.

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TOM HILL: Spalding Superior Court, .January term 1914; rape; 18 years. Pardoned December 21st, 1920, because of affidavit of the prosecutrix and the acknowledged inability of the court officials to locate and punish her and thus correct the wrong done. The Prison Commission recommended commutation to present service.

ROBERT WILLIS: Putnam Superior Court, March term 1921 ; larceny; 12 months. Pardoned May 11th, 1921, because of newly discovered evidence and the recomm~ndations of the trial Judge, eleven of the trial jurors, and a large number of citizens. The Prison Commission recommended commutation to present service.

WALTER B. MEDLIN: Bibb Superior Court,

May term 1920; murder; life. Pardoned May 27th,

1921, because of newly discovered evidence and be-

cause it is shown that deceased was a very bad man.

Applicant's pardon was recommended by the Prison

Commission.



HILLIARD DIXON: Muscogee Superior Court, Spring term 1880; murder; life. Pardoned .Jun<:> 15th, 1921, because of newly discovered evidence tending to show that this applicant, who was convicted on circumstantial evidence, was not guilty. This applicant was paroled December 14th, 1914, after having served nearly 35 years in the penitentiary. The Prison Commission recommended commutation to present service.
AUSTIN GREEN: Fulton Superior Court, January term 1906; murder; life. Pardoned ,June 22ll(1., 1921. Applicant was paroled March 18th, 1918, and

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it is shown that he has complied with the conditions of the parole. He was convicted on circumstantial evidence furnished by one J.P. McDonald, who now states under oath that he erred in his statement to the jury and that he has sine~ been convinced that this applicant could not have committed the crime. The Solicitor-General, before applicant was parolerl, recommended pardon. Applicant's pardon was recommenderl by the Prison Commission.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to wit:
A resolution to adjourn the General Assembly on the 1st of July until July 5th, to athnd opening of Altamaha Bridge at Brunswick, Ga.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

By Messrs. Akin of the 4th, Thorpe of the 2nd and Thomas of the 3rll Districts:
Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, that the General Assembly adjourn on the first day of July until July 5th, in order that they may attend the opening of the Altamaha Bridge between Brunswick, Georgia, and Darien, Georgia, which is one of the biggest undertakings of its kind ever carried to a successful conclusion.

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The hour of.ll :45 o'clock A. M. having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the fioor of the House and the joint session, called for the purpose of inaugurating the Governor-elect, was called to order by Hon. Herbert Clay, President of the Senate.
Under direction by the President, the Secretary read the joint resolution, providing for the joint session of the House and Senate, and the resolution providing for the Joint Inaugural Committee.
The hour of 12 :00 o'clock having arrived., the Senate and. the House, in joint session, the Senate preceding and the House following, marched to the Capitol lawn, and when they had assembled on the platform built for that purpose the following program was carried out:
Prayer was offered by Rev. \V. \V. Memminger, Rector of All Saints Church, of Atlanta, Ga.
Presentation of the Governor-elect by the President of the Senate.
Administration of the oath. of office to the Governor-elect by the Hon. Roscoe Luke, Justice of the Court of Appeals.
Presentation of the Great Seal of the State by the Secretary of State to the retiring Governor, who in turn delivered it to the Governor, who in turn delivered it to the Secretary of State.
Inaugural address by the Governor.
Congratulatory remarks by Hon. William .J.

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Vereen, Chairman of the State Democratic Execu- tive Committee of Georgia.
Benediction by Rev. W. W. Memminger.
In accordance with Resolution No.6 of the Senate, the House, in joint session with the Senate, adjourned until Monday morning at 11 :00 A. M.

JouRXAL OF THE Ho-csE,

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.
Monday, June 27, 1921.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11 :00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker; and opene(] with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members ans,verecl to their names :

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley
Bloo~worth
Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr

Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy

Franks Gann Gresham Griffin Griffith Grant Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnells Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard Hufstetler Hullender Hunter Hyman Jackson

MoKDAY, JuKE 27, 1921.

Jones of Coweta

Owen

Sumner of Wheeler

Jones of Thomas Parks

Swift

Johnson of Bartow Parrish

Swindie

Johnson of

Patten

Tatum

Chattahoochee Penland

Thompson

Johnson of Pickens Perkins

Tison of Worth

Keith

Perryman

Trippe

King

Peterson

Turner

Kittrell

Phillips of Jasper Tyson of :\-Iclntosh

Knight

Phillips of Telfair Valentino

Langford of Hall Pickren

Van Landingham

Lankford of Toombs Pilcher

Vocelie

Lewis

Price

Walker

Logan

Pruett

Wall

Luke

Quincey

Watkins

:McClelland

Ramsey

Way

:McClure

Reagan

Webb

:McDonald

Reville

West

:\fcGarity

Ricketson

Weston

Macintyre

Riley

Whitley

:\fc:Michael

Robinson

Whitaker

:Maddox

Russell

of Lowndes

:\-Ialone

Rutherford

whitaker

Mann

Salmon

of Rockdale

Manning

Shettlesworth

Whitworth

:Mason

Sibley

Williams of Harris

:\-Iayo

Singletary

Williams of Miller

:Miles

Smiley

Williams of Walton

Mixon

Smith of Bryan

Wimberly

Monroe

Smith of Carroll

Winship

:\Ioore of Appling Smith of Haralson Wood

Moore of Fulton

Smith of :\-Ieriwether Woodard

:Moye

Stone

Worthy

Mundy

Stovall

Wyatt

Neal of Union

Strickland

Wynne

Nichols

Sumner of Johnson :\Jr. Speaker

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

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

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111r. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House, to wit:

By Mr. McMichael-
A resolution to request the two Senators and Representatives from this State to further amend the Federal Farm Loan Act.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees:

By .:\fr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 30. A bill to prohibit monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Messrs. Williams of Walton and Tatum of Dade-
House Bill No. 31. A bill to amend Section 2, Paragraph 1, Article ll, of the Constitution of the State so as to change the terms of county officers from four to two years, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.
By Messrs. Le,vis of Colquitt, Hines of Sumter and Monroe of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 32. A bill to propose to the people of Georgia amendment of Section 3 of Article 7 of

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the Constitution relative to draining and benefiting land.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Messrs. Lewis of Colquitt, Hines of Sumter and Monroe of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 33. A bill to propose to the people of Georgia amendment to the Constitution of Section 7, of Article 7, relative to taxes of municipal corporations.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. Boswell of Green-
House Bill No. 34. A bill to amend Section 720 of the Penal Code of the State of Georgia of 1910 relative to wrongful sale and removal of mortgaged property.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Messrs.- Jones and Thompson of Coweta-
House Bill No. 35. A bill to establish a system of public schools in and for the Town of Grantville.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Vocelle of Camden and Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 36. A bill to create a permanent Commission to be known as ''The Georgia State

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Canal and vVaterway Commission,'' and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Webb of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 37. A bill to regulate the statistics of leaf tobacco sold upon the floors of the Leaf Tobacco Warehouses of the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee ori General Agriculture No.1.

By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 38. A bill to amend Section 4809 of the Code of the State of Georgia of 1910, relative to Courts of Ordinary.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 39. A bill to promote the health and welfare of females employed in any establishment, by limiting working hours, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 40. A bill to amend Section 660 of the Penal Code of the State of Georgia, relative to election and registration laws, and for other purposes.

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Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Messrs. Hunter, Valentino and Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 41. A bill to provide that the earnings of a wife shall be her exclusive right and property and shall not be under the control of the husband.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Collier of Stephens-
House Bill No. 42. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for . the County of Stephens, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Collier of Stephens-
House Bill No. 43. A bill to repeal an Act entitled ''An Act to provide for County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Stephens,'' and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Perryman of Talbot-
House Bill No. 44. A bill to repeal an Act en-. titled ''An Act to establish a public school system for the Town of Talbotton,'' and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Messrs. Davis of Floyd and Lankford of Toombs-
Hause Bill No. 45. A bill to provide for reapportionment of representation in the General Assembly in accordance with constitutional amendment of 1920.
Referred to Committee on Engrossed.

By Mr. Groyenstein of Effingham-
House Bill No. 46. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Effingham, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Haddock of Early-
House Bill No. 47. A bill to amend an Act, entitled ''An Act to create and incorporate the City of Blakely,'' and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Messrs. Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd-
House Bill No. 48. A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Floyd County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb and Perryman of Talbot-
House Bill No. 49. A bill to be known as "Absent Voters' Law," to provide method whereby absent voters can vote, and for other purposes.

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Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Messrs. Reville, McDonald and Pilcher of Richmond-
House Bill No. 50. A bill to promote the efficiency and improve the condition of fire department in the City of Augusta, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 51. A bill to provide books for school children of public schools under certain restrictions, etc.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 52. A bill to amend an Act entitled ''An Act to prevent the shipment and movement of tick infested cattle into the State,'' and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By }fr. Whitley of Douglas-
House Bill No. 53. A bill to repeal an Act entitled ''An Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Douglas County,'' and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Engrossed.

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By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
House Bill No. 54. A bill to create a County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Douglas County, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Engrossed.

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
House Bill No. 55. .A bill to abolish the fees accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in criminal cases in Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. "\Vhitaker and "\Vebb of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 56. A bill to regulate and control the purchase, sale and use of explosives; to provide a penalty for violation of act, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Messrs. Moore of Appling, DeLaPerriere of Jackson, and Russell of Barrow-
House Bill No. 57. A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 13, Article 6 of the Constitution of Georgia, relative to Justices of the Supreme Court, etc.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.
By Messrs. Fowler and Malone-
House Resolution No. 7-57A. A resolution proposing to amend Article 2, Section 1, Paragraph 4,

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of the Constitution relative to conferring the right of suffrage upon females.
Referred to Committee on Amendment to Constitution.

By Mr. Mayo of Randolph-
House Resolution Xo. 8-57B. A resolution requesting the Secretary of State to furnish the House, through the Governor, with names of registered legislative agents.
To lie on table one day.

By ~fr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Resolution ~o. 9-57C. A resolution setting aside the 30th day of ::\lay, annually, as a national holiday designated as ~Iemorial Day.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
House Resolution Xo. 10-57D. A resolution memorializing Congress for the immediate passage of House Bills Num:t>ers 3726, 6048 and 119, providing for Federal co-operation in the reclamation of swamp and waste lands and the irrigation of waste lands.
Referred to Committee on Conservation.

By ::\Ir. Mc::\Iichael of MarionHouse Resolution Ko. 11-57E. A resolution cal1-

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ing on the Highway Commission to furnish certain information to the General Assembly.
To lie on table one day.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By l\fr. woodard of CookHom;(' Resolution No. 12.

A RESOLUTION".
Resolved, r:rhat the rules adopted for the Legislative session of 1919-20 together with all amendments adopted at the 1919-20 session shall be, and are here- by adopted for the session of 1921-22 with the following changes, to wit:

AMENDMENT NO. 1.
Add at the end of Rule No. 71 the following language: ''But no motion to reconsider the action of the House in ordering the main question shall be in order after the Clerk has called the first name on call of the ayes and nays, and the vote of any member has been given, or after a division of the House has been had on a vote, and the vote is in process of being counted and announced; in such cases the roll call shall be completed, the vote announced, and the result finally announced.''

Al\1E~Dl\1ENT NO. 2.
Amend Rule No. 198 so as to provide that no member shall be on more than four (4) committt't'S.

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A~IEXDMEN"T XO. 3.
Amend Rule No. 198 so as to provide that the committee heretofore known as Committee on Ap- propriations and Committee on \Vays and Means ,shall be consolidated into one (1) committee to be . known as "Committef' on Appropriations and \Vays and :Means.''

The following message was r0ceiYed from His Excellency, tlw Governor, through his Secretary, ~[r. Blalock:

}Jr. Speaker:
I am directed ):ly His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House a communication in writing to which he respectfully asks your consideration.

The following communication from the Governor was read:
June 27, 1921.
To the General Assembly of Georgia:
At an early date it is my intention to present for your consideration a statement concerning the fiscal affairs of the State, and to make certain recommendations with respect to the same, as well as cer.tain other general matters.
In advance of that statement I feel it my duty to call your attention to an important preliminary matter; it relates to the completion of the organization of the Senate and Hous0; in the formation of the committees of both bodies.

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I should hesitate to proffer any advice in a matter so peculiarly within the sole province of the two .Houses if I were not firmly convinced that the step I am about to recommend is an important and necessary one in the great task before us of readjusting the fiscal affairs of the State and of putting and keeping its finances on a sound business basis.
\Ye can never hope to accomplish that result unl<.'ss we provide a system by which we can carefully and accurately balance income against outgo-revenues against appropriations. Our present difficulties have been occasioned, largely, by a failure on the part of our predecessors to do so, and b~ making year after year appropriations that have exceeded, increasingly, the revenues of the State. \Ye must moid repeating that mistake; no appropriation, however worthy, must be made unless it can he demonstrated that the same is well within the revenue. This course is enjoined upon us not only b~ the necessities of our present situation, but also b~ the dictates of prudence and common sense, and the unanimous wish of the people of Georgia.
I do not believe that a real and effectiw buclg<'t system, one that will reall~ guide the Legislature, and really control its action, can be set and maintained outside of the two Houses; or independently, even in part, of their authority. I do not believe that the General Assembly of this State will ewr surrender to any outside commission or agenc~ an~ part of its power to make appropriations and levy taxes, by a majority vote, subject onl~ to the approval of the Governor. \Ye must have our real

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budget system as a part and parecl of our legislative maehinery-and I propose to you, today, the substantial beginning of one.
I reeommend that both in the Senate and in the House there be ereated a standing eommittee to be kno\Yll as the Committee on Finanee, and to have jurisdietion of all appropriation bills and revenue measures.
The advantages of sueh a ehangc arc, I think, obvious, if we are to keep our appropriations well within our revenues, then a single committee, and the same committee should be responsible for both, in order to keep them balanced against each other. In no other way can we accurately balanec income and outgo. The eommittee whieh informs the Senate or House how much money it can spend will then be called upon to inform the Senate or House how that money can be raised, and to propose the measures necessary to do so.
If the objection be made that this will entail too much work on one committee, then my repl~T is twofold: (1) That while it may greatly burden the men who take this work on their shoulders, yet the affairs of our State are in such a critieal eonclition that the performanee of this service is a duty to the State; (2) that the eommittee ean well constitute such sub-committees as may be necessary to secure the efficient transaction of its business, care being taken not to lose, in the committee as a whole, and before :final action in any case, that eorrelation between expenditures and revenues that is the prineipal reason for the enlarged funetions of the committee.

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The proposal I present is not a new one, the path I point out is not an untried one. For many years the General Assembly of Georgia followed it, and always with most satisfactory results. It was not until 1898 that the system I am urging you to return to, was abandoned, and the old finance committees of the Senate and House were split, in order to make in each body two committees-one to report on appropriations and the other on revenue measures. Let us compare results under the two systems, the one I suggest and the one in operation under the rules of both Houses of the previous General Assembly: From 1881 to 1898 inclusive, under the system of committee work to which I propose a return, it was not necessary for the State of Georgia to borrow a single dollar, in any year, "to meet casual deficiencies,'' or on account of any deficiencies in the revenue it provided to pay the appropriations it made. From 1899, after the old system was abandoned, and the responsibility was divided, up to and including 1920, there has not been a single year, except 19041 in which the Governor has not been forced to borrow large sums of money, varying from $100,000 in 1899, up to $700,000 m 1919, to meet such deficiencies.
It seems to me to be perfectly obvious that so long as we had in each House, a single committee charged with the responsibility of recommending both the appropriations and the tax measures, and consequently the responsibility of keeping the balance between the two, we were able to keep income and outgo adjusted, but that ever since we divided the responsibility and let one committee report on how much money we would spend, and let another

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committee report how much money we could raise, we have had trouble in keeping income and outgo together, until we have now reached the critical situation in which we find ourselves today.
I do not, of course, believe that the return to the old system, or this single reform in committee procedure, will prove a cure-all for all our ills; far from it-but it is a step, and an important one, in the right direction; one recommended to us by both past and present experiences, and by common sense and sound business principles, and I unhesitatingly urge the General Assembly to take it.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS "\V. HARDWICK,
Governor of Georgia.

Mr. .:\Ioore of ~'ulton, moved that the House do no\V adjourn until tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, and the motion prevailed.

The following communication was read:
To the Speaker, House of Representatives, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia.
Sir:
I am writing to remind the members of the House of the dinner to which they are invited Tuesday evening, the 28th, at 6:30 at the Ansley roof garden. The purpose of the dinner is to meet and hear Mr. R. T. Jeffery, an engineer of the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario. Every member is invited.

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As stated, no one commits himself to any policy by being present at this dinner, and no action will be taken at the dinner to obligate anyone.
Looking forward to the pleasure of seeing all members there, I am,
Sincerely yours.
~fARION .:\f. JACKt>OX.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. DaYis of Floyd, Smiley of Long, and Pilcher of Richmond.

The Speaker announced the House adjourncu until tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
Tuesday, June 28, 1921.

The House met pursuant to adjournment this da~ at 11 :00 o'clock A. :JL; was called to order b~ the Speaker, and opened with prayer b~ the ( 'haplain.

The roll "as called and the following nwmhers answered to their names:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr

Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy

Franks Gann Gresham Griffin Griffith Grant Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnells Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges rlolland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard Hufstetler Hullender Hunter Hyman Jacl,son

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Jones of Coweta Owen

Sumner of Wheeler

Jones of Thomas Parks

Swift

Johnson of Bartow Parrish

Swindle

Johnson of

Patten

Tatum

Chattahoochee Penland

Thompson

Johnson of Pickens Perkins

Tison of Worth

Keith

Perryman

Trippe

King

Peterson

Turner

Kittrell

Phillips of Jasper Tyson of Mcintosh

Knight

Phillips of Telfair Valentino

Langford of Hall Pickren

Van Landingham

Lankford of Toombs Pilcher

Voce lie

Lewis

Price

Walker

Logan

Pruett

Wall

Luke

l.,luincey

Wat\ins

McClelland

Ramsey

Way

McClure

Reagan

Webb

McDonald

Reville

West

McGarity

Ricketson

Weston

Macintyre

Riley

Whitley

McMichael

RD'binson

Whitaker

Maddox

Russell

of Lowndes

Malone

Rutherford

Whitaker

Mann

Salmon

of Rockdale

Manning

Shettlesworth

Whitworth

Mason

Sibley

Williams of Harris

Mayo

Singletary

Williams of Miller

Miles

Smiley

Williams of Walton

Mixon

Smith of Bryan

Wimberly

Monroe

Smith of Carroll Winship

Moore of Appling Smith of Haralson Wood

Moore of Fulton Smith of Meriwether Woodard

Moye

Stone

Worthy

Mundy

Stovall

Wyatt

Neal of Union

Strickland

Wynne

Nichols

Sumner of Johnson Mr. Speaker

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

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the second time:

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By Messrs. Davis of Floyd, and Lankford of Toombs-
House Bill No. 45. A bill to provide for the reapportionment of representation in the General Assembly in accordance with constitutional amendment of 1920.

By :Oir. \Vhitley of Douglas-
House Bill :No. 53. A bill to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Douglas County, and for other purposes.''

By :Oir. \Vhitley of Douglas-
House Bill No. 54. A bill to create a County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Douglas County, Georgia, and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent ~Ir. \Voodard of Cook, mowd that when the House adjourn it will stand adjourned until tomorrow morning at 11 :00 o'clock, and the motion prevailed.
The following bills of the House were read the first time and referred to committees:

By Mr. Tison of \Vorth-
House Bill :No. 58. A bill to control and regulate the sale of commercial fertilizer in the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

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By ~Iessrs. williams and Adams of \Valton-
House Bill No. 59. A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of \Valton County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Branch of Turner-
House Bill No. 60. A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Ashburn.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
Hause Bill No. 61. A bill to create the office of Prosecuting Attorney for each county of this State.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By ).fr. Pruett of Lumpkin-
House Bill Ko. 62. A bill to allow common carriers to issue annual passes to sheriffs and their lawful deputies.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By ).fr. \Vimberly -of Laurens-
House Bill No. 63. A bill to regulate the compensation of official court stenographers in counties having certain population.
Referred to Committee on General .Judiciary.

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By Messrs. Holloway, Bentley and :\Ioore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 64. A bill to increase the fees of coroners, constables and jurors in certain counties.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd-
House Bill No. 65. A bill relating to placing out of children under persons other than their parents.
Referred to Committee on Reformatories.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill X o. 66. A bill to proYide for a record book in each county of the State for a recording of discharged persons from the military service.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. whitley of Douglas-
House Bill No. 67. A bill to repeal Section 314-a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, of the Code of Georgia, creating a Department of Commerce and Labor.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
House Bill No. 68. A bill to amend an Act regulating the taking of shad from the waters of this State.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

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By ~Ir. Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 69. A bill providing for the holding of a primary election.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Mr. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 70. A bill to authorize common carriers in this State to sell articles of freight or baggage which are unclaimed or refused or cannot be delivered for any other re~son.

By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
House Bill No. 71. A bill appropriating $25,000.00 to supply deficiency in the appropriation for the upkeep of public buildings and grounds for the year 1921.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ways and .Means.

By ~Ir. DuBose of Clarke-
House Bill No. 72. A bill appropriating $25,000.00 to supply a deficiency in the appropriation to contingent fund for the year 1921.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Bush of Lamar, and Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill X o. 73. A bill to establish the Georgra Board of Pharmacy.

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Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By ).fr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 74. A bill to amend Section 1141 of the Penal Code.
Referred to Committee on GenPrnl .Tnclirinry.

B~ ~[r. :\Ioore of Appling-
House Bill Xo. 75. A hill to regulntP issuing mnrriage license.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

B~ Mr. Reagan of Henry-
House Bill No. 76. A bill proYiding for the election of a Treasurer of Henr~ County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County
~fatters.

By Mr. Reagan of Henry-
House Bill No. 77. A bill to repeal an Act abolishing the office of Trt>asurer in and for the County of Henry.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County :\fatters.

By Mr. Reagan of Henry-
House Bill No. 78. A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Rennues for the County of Henry.

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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Reagan of Henry-
House Bill No. 79. A bill creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and ReYenues for Henry County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County
~ratters.

By Messrs. Perkins and Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 80. A bill regulating speed of motor vehicles and motorcycles upon any public street or highway in this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By l\Iessrs. Bentley, ~[oore and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 81. A bill requiring all railroad companies to furnish protection to employees engaged in the yards and shops of said companies.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Rutherford of Monroe-
House Bill No. 82. A bill providing for the establishment and maintenance of a High School of Agriculture and Mechanics Arts in this State as a branch of the University of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Branches.

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The following resolutions of the House were rea<l the first time and referred to committees:

By :Mr. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Resolution 1\o. 13-82A. A resolution for the appointment of a committee to investigate the Department of Agriculture and the State College of Agriculture.
To lie on table one day.

By :Messrs. Duncan and Langford of Hall-
House Resolution Ko. 14-82B. A resolution to re-establish Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley as a penswner for the year 1919.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By ::\Iessrs. Hamilton of ~-,loyd, and Singletary of Grady-
House Resolution 1\o. 15-82C. A resolution requesting the members of Congress from Georgia to urge the passage of bill to authorize loan to Farm Loan Bank.
To lie on table one day.

By Messrs. Brown and Boatwright of Emanuel-
House Resolution No. 16-82D. A resolution to relieve County Tax Collectors of the penalty incurred by failing to settle with the ComptrollerGeneral on April 20, 1921.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and
'yays and Means.

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~fr..Moore of Fulton, moved tl:.at the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.

The following communication was read:

To the Hox. \V. CECIL XEILL, Speaker, and ~1emben:; of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia.
Gentlemen:
On behalf of the citizens of Campbell County, l desire to extend to you a most cordial and urgent invitation to attend a gr.eat Independence Day celebration and Farmers' Rally, to be held at rnion City, on July 4th.
We promise an all-day good time, of larger proportions than any such event that has taken place in Georgia for years. There will be thousands of farmers present from all parts of the State. The biggest folks in Georgia and some of the biggest in the United States will be there, that is they will if I am right in believing that you distinguished gentlemen will help to make it true by being our honored guests.
Our festivities will last all day, and the earlier you come to join them the merrier they will be.
Campbell County awaits you 'vith open arms. Honor us and come.
Respectfuly yours,
C. S. BARRETT.

Mr. Culpepper of Fayette, moved that the above invitation be accepted, and the motion prevailed.

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The following telegram was read and the invitation accepted :

SAVANNAH, GA., June 27, 1921.
HoN. w. u. XEILL, Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Atlanta.
I understand the Legislature wishes to attend the great celebration at Darien on the opening of the Darien bridge and highway on next Saturday, July 2nd. Savannah invites them to come by way this city. Please extend them invitation. \Ve will provide a breakfast that will please all, and plenty of automobiles to carry everybody to Darien. Have General Assembly adjourn and visit Savannah, Georgia's great seaport which exports five hundred millions yearly, and see splendid country from here to Darien. Everybody come.
~IuRRAY STEWART, ~Iayor.

Leave of absence was granted ~fr. Hyman of \V ashington.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 11 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
wednesday, June 29, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11:00 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 wm; dispensed with.
The journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and confirmed.
By unanimous consent, :\Ir. 'Yoodard of Cook, moved that when the House adjourn it will stand adjourned until tomorrow morning at 11 :00 o'clock, and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent, ~fr. ::\[c:\fichael of Marion, offered the follo\ving amendment to Rule 173 of the House:
A resolution to amend Rule 173 b~T adding at the end thereof: ''And such motion or resolution shall automatically, under the rules, come from the table and take its place upon the calendar without a vote of the House.''
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By unanimous consent, the following resolution of the House was taken from the table, read and adopted:

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By Mr. Moye of Randolph-
A resolution instructing the Secretary of State to transmit, in writing, weekly, to the Governor of the State, the names of registered legislative agents, together with the cause or causes for which they are registered to represent; and requesting the Governor to transmit such information to the members of this House.

By Mr. 1\fc-:\Iichacl of Marion-
A resolution instructing the State Highway Commission to furnish certain information to the General Assembly.
The following substitute submitted by Messrs. Turner of Brooks, and \Veston of Brooks, was read and adopted as amended :
Be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that the State Highway Commission be requested and is hereby requested to furnish to the General Assembly as early as possible a detailed report showing :
1st. The number of draftsmen or map-makers employed and the amount paid each.
2nd. Number of surveyors and the amount paid each.
3rd. Number of construction supenisors and road bosses and amount paid each.
4th. Amount of road and bridge 'vork accomplished by said board and its engineers.
5th. Full details of all its proceeding and expenditures since said board was created.

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The following amendment was read and adopted:

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
6th. That said Highway Commission shall also furnish in said report the name, price and number of automobiles said Commission has purchased, and for whose use.

'l'h0 following bills of the House wer<> rPad tlw first time and referred to committees:

By .:\[r. Way of Liberty-
House Bill No. 83. A bill to establish Boards of Education under the county unit plan, whenever this is decided by vote of electors, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By .:\Iessrs. "\Vay of Libert~-, and Folsom of ~[ont gomery-
House Bill No. 84. A bill to define who are and who may become members and selectmen of the .:\Iidway Society in Liberty County, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
B~- Mr. "'\Vest of Fannin-
House Bill No. 85. A- bill to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools for the Town of Blue Ridge.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By ~Ir. .:\Ioore of Appling-
House Bill No. 86. A bill to authorize and regulate the practice of chiropractic in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. l\Iund~ of Polk-
House Bill No. 87. A hill to amend the charter of the City of Cedartmvn.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

B~' l\fr. Branch of Turner-
House Bill No. 88. A bill to require the Com-
missioner of Agriculture to furnish certain infor-
mation upon request.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By ~fessrs. DuBose of Clarke, and Culpepper of Fayette-
House Bill No. 89. A bill to make appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Judicial and LegislatiYe Departments of the State Government, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and
\Vays and Means.

By .:\[r. Collier of StephensHouse Bill No. 90. A bill to amend an Act incor-

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porating the City of Toccoa, relative to the issuing of bonds.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Davis, Hamilton and Salmon of FloydHouse Bill No. 91. A bill to amend Section 341::!
of the Code of Georgia relative to debtors.
Referred to Committee on G. eneral Judiciarv. .
By ~[essrs. Davis, Hamilton and Salmon of FloydHouse Bill No. 92. A bill to amend Section 4016
of the Code of Georgia relative to the making of titles to land.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

B~ Messrs. Dobbs and Gann of Cobb-
House Bill X o. 93. A bill to amend th(' Act reorganizing the military forees of the State of Georgm.
Ref('rr('d to Committ('(' on ~filitary Affairs.

By ?l[r. Hamilton of Floyd-
House Bill Ko. 94. A bill to amend the Constitution relativ(' to increasing ih(' borrowing power of the Governor.
ReferrNl to Committ('e on Am('ndments to Constitution.
By Mr. Grov('nstein of Effingham.,.--
House Bill No. 95. A bill to am('nd an Act put-

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ting the Solicitor-General of the Atlantic Circuit on a salary.
Referred. to Committee on Special Judic.iary.

By Mr. Grovenstein of Effingham-
House Bill Ko. 96. A bill to amend an Act creating the Ogeechee Circuit.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. ).IcDonald of Richmond-
House Bill No. 97. A bill to amend. an Act making it a misdemeanor to obtain food, lodging, or other aecommodations at any hotel with intent to defraud. the keeper of same.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By ).Ir. Gresham of BurkeHouse Bill Xo. ~)~. ~,\_bill to provide for the rcg-
iHtration of fire arms.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By !\Ir. Vocelle of Camden-
House Bill No. 99. A bill providing for the construction of instruments heretofore or hereafter executed conveying title to, or creating liens on real estate.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

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By ::\Ir. Knight of Berrien-
House Bill No. 100. A bill to amend Article XI, Sections 171, 173, 174, of Compulsory Education Laws relatiYe to age.
Heferred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Quincey of Coffee-
House Bill K o. 101. A bill to repeal an Act providing for the election of the executive committees of all political parties in the County of Coffee.
Heferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By ::\Ir. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 102. A bill appropriating $10,000.00 for heating and p_lumbing, and $10,000.00 for agricultural equipment at the State Negro School at Albany.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ways and Means.

By ::\[essrs. Bowden and Blalock of \Yare-
House Bill No. 103. A bill to amend an Act entitled ''An Act to create a Bond Commission for \Vare County, Ga.; to define its duties, and for other purposes''; and for other purposes.
Engrossed.

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By Messrs. Mason of Hart, Nichols of \Vayne, and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill Ko. 104. A bill to amend an Act codifying the school laws of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Camp of Campbell, and Reagan of Henry-
House Bill X o. 105. A bill to amend Section 4747 of the Civil Code of Georgia relative to compensation of jurors.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill Ko. 106. A bill to provide that grand juries of counties having certain populations shall be required to examine the public records twice a year.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By ~Ir. Luke of Ben Hill__:_
House Bill No. 107. A bill to amend an Act codifying the school laws of this State.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By ~Ir. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 108. A bill to make applicable to all game and fish in this State the laws of force

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for the protection of game and fish, to dispense with the office of warden, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Lankford of rroombs-
House Bill No. 109. A bill to regulate and prescribe certain matters of review procedure and practice in the Courts of this State.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By .:\Ir. Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 110. A bill to amend Code Section 3298 by striking the words "where the principal does not exceed $100.00,'' and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Perkins of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 111. A bill to amend Section 86 of the Penal Code which reads as follows: "Putting out an eye," by striking out the word "misdemeanor" and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "Felony."
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Messrs. Kittrell and Wimberly of Laurens-
House Bill No. 112. A bill to establish Boards Qf Education under the county unit plan, to provide for the appointment of County Superintendents, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Messrs. 'Wimberly and Kittrell of Laurens et al-
House Bill No. 113. A bill to provide for free school books for public schools of this State, under certain conditions.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By .Mr. \Vhitley of Douglas-
House Bill No. 114. A bill to amend Paragraph G of Section 594 of the Code relative to providing for the owner or tenant in control of land to sell game caught or killed thereon.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 115. A bill to repeal the charter of the Town of Burroughs.
Referr<>d to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 116. A bill to amend an Act under which the County Commissioners and ex-officio Judges hold bi-monthly Court, so that same will read we<>kly instead of bi-monthly.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 117. A bill to amend Section 4995

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of the Code so as to provide that the Judges of Superior Courts in certain counties may appoint a secretary instead of a Court Bailiff.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By ~fessrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 118. A bill to amend Section 1908 of the Code of Georgia relative to suits on bonds given by pilots.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By ~Ir. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 119. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Colquitt County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By 1\fr. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 120. A bill to repeal an Act creating a board of Commissioners for the County of Colquitt.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County ::\fatters.

By ~fessrs. Holloway and l\foore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 121. A bill to make it unlawful to make false or fraudulent statements in order to procure money or other benefits unlawfully.
Referred to Committee on cniform State Laws.

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261

By ~Iessrs. Holloway and ~Ioore of Fulton-
House Bill ~o. 122. A bill to amend Section 63 of the Code of Georgia relative to the punishment for involuntary manslaughter.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. "\Yiuship, Fowler and Malone of Bibb-
House Bill No. 123. A bill to establish a lien in favor of jewelers, silversmiths and watchmakers, and to provide for the disposition of same.
Referred to Committee on Uniform State Laws.

By .Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill Ko. 124. A bill to amend au Act creating a Department of Insurance by adding a provision that any insurance company shall insert any condition in any fire insurance policy requiring the insured to procure a certificate from the nearest magistrate to the effect that he has sustained a loss equal to his policy in the estimation of the magistrate.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.
The following resolutions of the House were read the first time and referred to committees:

By Messrs. DuBose and Dudley of Clarke-

House Resolution Ko. 18-124A. A resolution approving the appointment of the Georgia Memorial Commission.

To lie on table one day.

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By Mr. Henderson of White-
House Resolution No. 19-124B. A resolution releasing E. L. Russell and others from surety on bond.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

The following message was received from the Senate through ~Ir. ~IcClatchey, the Secretary:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to wit:

By Mr. Hollingsworth-
A bill to provide for the reapportionment of representation in the General Assembly in accordance with a Constitutional amendment.

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

Jlr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolutions of the Senate, to wit:
A resolution providing for a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to mvestigate the condition of the State Treasury.
A resolution combining the Appropriations and l!'inance Committees.

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A resolution extending an invitation to Senator Thomas E. Watson to address General Assembly.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

By Messrs. Boykin of the 29th, Golucke of the 19th and others-
A resolution extending an invitation to Senator Thomas E. "\Vatson to address the General Assembly.
The Speaker of the House appointed the following members as the committee on the part of the House raised under the above resolution:
Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens, Chairman.
Foy of Taylor.
Daniel of Troup.

The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed on their passage :

By Messrs. Davis of Floyd, and Lankford of Toombs-
A bill providing for the reapportionment of representation in the General Assembly.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 114, Nays 19.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

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By l\fr. whitley of Douglas-
A bill repealing an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Douglas County.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Xays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was order0cl to b,~ immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By ~fr. whitley of Douglas-
A bill creating a County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Douglas County.
On the passage of the bill the Ay0s were 124, Xays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was ord0recl to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
.:\Ir. Bowden of \Yare moved that this Hous0 do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted .Messrs. Ramsey of Columbia, "\Vebb of Lowndes, and Reville of Richmond.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 11 :00 o'clock.

THURSDAY, JrNE 30, 1921.

265

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.
Thursday, June 30, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11:00 o'clock; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent tlw call of tlw roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 15 was taken from the table and placed on the calendar.
By unanimous consent the following House bills were read the second time and recommitted.
By Messrs. Reville, McDonald and Pilcher of Richmond-
A bill to promote the efficiency and improve the condition of fire department in the City of Augusta, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Mundy of PolkA bill to amend the charter of the City of Cedar-
town.
By Mr. King of Jefferson-
A bill to establish the local school system of Wrens, Jefferson County, Ga., and for other purposes.

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By Messrs. Brown and Boatwright of Emanuel-
A bill to repeal an Act entitled ''An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Emanuel County.''

By Messrs. Brown and Boatwright of Emanuel-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Emanuel.

By Messrs. Jones and Thompson of Coweta-
A bill to establish a system of public schools m and for the Town of Grantville.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 83 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 86 was ransferred from the Committee on Hygiene antl Sanitation to the Committee on Gent>ral .Judiciary No.1.
By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the Committef's:

By Mr. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 125. A bill to compensate persons suffering loss by theft, etc., and regulate punishment.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

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By Mr. Perkins of MuscogeeHouse Bill No. 126. A bill to make nun-cupative
wills made after the passage of this act invalid.
Heferred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Messrs. Parrish and Brannen of Bulloch-
Honse Bill No. 127. A bill to create a Board of three Commissioners for Bulloch County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Moore of ApplingHouse Bill No. 128. A bill relating to the eligihil-
ity of grand jurors concerning banking laws.
Heferred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Atkinson of ChathamHouse Bill No. 129. A bill to amend an Act np-
proved August 21, 1916, relative to State militia.
Engrossed.

By Mr. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 130. A bill to amend Section 189 of Penal Code of Georgia relative to punishment of offences of larceny after trust.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Cowart of CalhounHouse Bill No. 131. A bill to amend Section 1249

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of Volume 1 of Code of Georgia relative to selection of State Depositories by the Governor.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 132. A bill to fix automobile 1!cense tax in counties of State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Brown of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 133. A bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for school laws, and other purposes.''
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Branch of Turner-
House Bill No. 134. A bill to authorize county authorities of Turner County to pay salaries of court and county officers of Turner County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
House Bill No. 135. A bill to relieve persons from liability for torts committed by wives, etc.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

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By Messrs. Riley of Sumter, Phillips of Jasper, Greene of Jones and Houser of Houston-
House Bill No. 136. A bill to sequestrate the bus\ness of nurseries in this State.
Referred. to Committee on General Agriculture.

By Mr. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 137. A bill to amend Act approved August 16, 1920, to amend charter of the City of Moultrie.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Hamilton and Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 139. A bill to increase the salary of the Deputy Insurance Commissioner of Georgie:.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 138. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Berlin in Colquitt County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Hamilton and Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 140. A bill to make it unlawful to commit a trespass upon the lands of another.

By Messrs. Hamilton and Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 141. A bill to make tax collectors of counties in Georgia ex-officio sheriffs.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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By Messrs. Holloway, Bentley and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 142. A bill to regulate use of motor vehicles on streets and highways, etc.

Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Tison of Worth-
House Bill No. 143. A bill to amend an Act approved August 18, 1919, creating a new charter for the City of Sylvester.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Parrish and Brannen of Bulloch-
Honse Bill No. 144. A bill to abolish the Board of one Commissioner of Bulloch County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. McClelland of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 145. A bill relating to crimes and service, and appeals and certiorari in Georgia, etc.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Miles of Candler-
House Bill No. 146. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Metter in Candler County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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271

By Messrs. Bentley, Holloway and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 147. A bill to provide that any municipality of 150,000 can incur bonded indebtedness for street improvements.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Moore, Bentl<>y and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 148. A bill to amend Sections 44551 of Vol. 1 of Code of Georgia of 1910, relating to validation of bonds issued by counties, etc.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
House Bill No. 149. A bill to amend an Act of 1914, page 43, to amend Section 2, Paragraph 1, of Article 11, of Constitution relative to election of county officers.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Messrs. Beckham of Dougherty and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 150. A bill creating an investigating committee to be known as ''The Georgia State Board of Forestry.''
Referred to Committee on Conservation.

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By Mr. wimberly of Laurens-
House Bill No. 151. A bill to amend Section 4855 of Civil Code of Georgia of 1910, relative to Court Judges.
Referred to Committee on General .Judiciary.

By Mr. Hodges of Evans-
House Bill No. 152. A bill to amend Section 917 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to lev;v and distribution of male and female poll taxes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Whitworth of MadisonHouse Bill No. 153. A bill to amend Georgia Mo-
tor Yehicle Law relative to style of tags.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Childs of Upson-
House Bill No. 154. A bill to repeal Sections 4856-58 of Civil Code of 1910, relative to Court Judges.
Referred to Committee on General .Judiciary.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-

House Bill No. 155. A bill to amend Section 1065 of Penal Code of 1910, relative to misdemeanor convicts.

'

Referred to Committee on Penitentiary.

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273

By Mr. \Vall of Putnam-
House Resolution No. 20-155A. A resolution asking purchase of land by the State to be a cotton experiment station.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was read the second time :

By Messrs. Bowden and Blalock of \Vare-
House Bill No. 103. A bill to amend an Act approved August 4, 1919, entitled an ''Act to create a Bond Commission for \Vare County, Georgia, and for other purposes,'' relating to qualification and election of members.

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 Senate, to wit:
A resolution adjourning the General Assembly from today, Thursday, June 30th, until Tuesday morning, July 5th, at 11 o'clock.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

By Mr. \Vohlwender of 24th DistrictA resolution adjourning the General .Assembly

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from today, Thursday, June 30th, until Tuesday morning, July 5th, at 11:00 o'clock.

The following bill of the Senate was read the first time:

By Mr. Hollingsworth of the 17th-
A bill to provide for the reapportionment of representation in the General Assembly in accordanre with a Constitutional Amendment.
By unanimous consent this bill was ordered to be immediately engrossed.
Mr. Quincey of Coffee moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Anderson of Chattooga, Boyett of Stewart, King of J e:fferson, Salmon of Floyd, and Grant of Habersham.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Tuesday morning, July 5th, at 11 :00 o'clock.

TuESDAY, JULY 5, 1921.

275

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.
'ruesday, July 5th, 1921.
The House met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11 :00 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 last Thursday's proceedings was dispensed with.
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:
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Dougherty County.
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Albany.
The Speaker announced the following assignments as Standing Committees of the House for the ses sions of 1921 and 1922 :

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ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND.

STONE, Chairman.
Green Griffeth Houston

MALONE, Vice-Chairman.
Langford of Hall Reville Shettlesworth

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.

LANKFORD of Toombs, QmNCEY, Vice-Chairman.

Chairman. Adams of Newton Beck Baldwin Brantley Carswell Cowart Culpepper Davis of Floyd DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dykes Folsom Fowler Guess Haddock Henderson Hines of Decatur Holloway Houser Hunter

Knight Mason Mayo Moore of Appling Moye Mundy Parks Perkins Perryman Robinson Russell Rutherford Stovall Swift Thompson Vocelle Yveston Whitaker of
Lowndes Wyatt

TuESDAY, JuLY 5, 1921.

277

APPROPRIATIONS AND WAYS AND MEANS.

DuBosE, Chairman.

C-uLPEPPER, V.-Chairman.

Arnold

Jones of Coweta

Baldwin

Keith

Beckham

Kittrell

Bird of Taliaferro

McGarity

Boswell

McMichael

Bowen

Mann

Brantley

Manning

Brown of Hancock

Mayo

Brownlee

Moore of Appling

Bush

Moore of Fulton

Carswell

Mundy

Cowart

Pruett

Daniel of Heard

Quincey

Daniel of Troup

Reville

DeLaPerrierc

Smith of Carroll

Dickerson

Swift

Dixon

Thompson

Dobbs

vVeston

Duncan of Hall

Whitaker of

Ennis

Lowndes

Evans

Williams of Walton

Hatcher of Burke

Woodard

Hatcher of Mus-

cogee

AlTDITING.

DuNCAN of Hall,

SuMNER of ,Johnson,

Chairman.

Vice-Chairman.

Braddy Brown of Hancock Howard

Mixon Price

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BANKS AND BANKING.

vAN LANDINGHAM,

DELAPERRIERE,

Chairman.

Vice-Chairman.

Bowen

Patten

Cowart

Riley

Duncan of Hall

Shettlesworth

Fielden

Smith of

Fletcher

Meriwether

Grovenstein

Thompson

King Jones of Thomas

Wall whitley

Manning

CONSERVATION.

EvANS, Chairman.

CARR, Vice-Chairman.

Brannen

Malone

Childs

Penland

Horne

Ricketson

Hufstetler

Wynne

Lewis

CORPORATIONS.

PicKREN, Chairman.

CoLLINs, Vice-Chairman.

Blalock

Houston

Bleckley

Logan

Coates De.Foor

Phillips of Jasper Ramsey

Dudley

Tison of Worth

Fielden

TuESDAY, JULY 5, 1921.

279

COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS.

MoYE, Chairman.

WAY, Vice-Chairman.

Adams of Walton

Patten

Atkinson

Phillips of Telfair

Bradford

Quincey

Brantley

Reville

Clark

Salmon

Dickerson

Smiley

Griffith

Stone

Haddock

Strickland

Johnson of

Sumner of Wheeler

Chattahoochee

Swindle

Luke

Whitworth

Mixon

DRAINAGE.

MANNING, Chairman. HowARD, Vice-Chairman.

Brownlee

Nichols

Gann

Stone

Griffin

Walker

Gunnels

Tatum

EDUCATION.

MooRE, of Fulton,

GRESHAM, Vice-Chairman

Chairman.

McClure

Boatwright

McMichael

Boyett

Monroe

Bush

Nichols

Camp

Phillips of Jasper

Carr

Salmon

Clarke

Valentino

DeFoor

West

Foy

Whitaker of

Kittrell

Rockdale

Johnson of Bartow

Whitworth

Jones of Thomas

Williams of Miller

Luke

Woodard

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ENGROSSING.

ADAMs of Walton,

BRA~CH, Vice-Chairman.

Chairman.

Langford of Hall

Holland

Johnson of

Chattahoochee

ENROLLMENT.

HuLLENDER, Chairman PILCHER, Vice-Chairman.

Boatwright

Ramsey

Corbett

Walker

Pickren

Williams of Miller

Pruett

EXCUSES OF MEMBERS ABSENT wiTHOUT

LEAVE

Knw, Chairman. Hawkins

CoLLIER, Vice-Chairman. worthy

Winship

GAME AND FISH.

VocELLE, Chairman.

PHILLIPS of Jasper,

Carr

Vice-Chairman.

Clifton

Ricketson

Evans

Smiley

Griffin

Smith of Bryan

Holland

Sumner of Johnson

Parrish

Way

Phillips of Telfair

TuEsDAY, JrLY 5, 1921.

281

GENERAL AGRICULTURE NO. 1.

KITTRELL, Chairman. HADDOCK, Vice-Chairman.

Beckham Branch

Langford of Hall Luke

Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp

Parrish McGarity Manning

Collier

Miles

Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Evans

Monroe Sibley Smiley

Grant

Sumner of Johnson

Griffin Griffith Gunnels

Sumner of Wheeler Walker watkins

Hines of Decatur Hodges

Webb Whitaker of

Holland

Rockdale

Horne

williams of Harris

Johnson of

Chattahoochee

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GENERAL AGRICULTURE NO. 2.

McMICHAEL, Chairman. DE FooR, Vice-Chairman.

Adams of Walton

Keith

Bloodworth

Miles

Bobo

Mixon

Boswell

Neal of Union

Boyett

Nichols

Bradford

Phillips of Jasper

Brown of Emanuel

Ramsey

Childs

Shettlesworth

Clark

Swindle

Fletcher

Wall

Folsom

\Vhitworth

Greene

Williams of Miller

Hawkins

Williams of Walton

Hines of Sumter

Wood

Jackson

Worthy

Johnson of Bartow

Wynne

Jones of Coweta

TuESDAY, JuLY 5, 1921.

283

GENERAL JUDICIARY NO.1.

GuEss, Chairman.

FoY, Vice-Chairman

Bentley

Maddox

Blalock

Mason

Brannen

Moore of Appling

Brown of Emanuel

McClelland

Camp

McDonald

Collins

Perryman

Davis of

Reagan

Oglethorpe

Singletary

Dixon

Stovall

Franks

Tyson of Mcintosh

Henderson

Way

Houston

Weston

Knight

Wimberly

Lewis

GENERAL JlTDICIARY NO. 2.

DAvJs of Floyd, Chair- HATCHER of Muscogee,

inan.

Vice-Chairman.

Beckham

Robinson

Dyke_s

Rutherford

Hamilton

Smith of Carroll

Hatcher of Burke

Smith of

Houser

Meriwether

Hunter

Thompson

Jones of Coweta

Turner

Mayo

Vocelle

Moore of Fulton

Watkins

Moye

Whitaker of

Mundy

Lowndes

McGarity

Wyatt

Parks

Perkins

284

,JOURXAL OF THE 'HorsE,

GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.

ADAMS of Newton,

AxDERsox Yice-Chairman.

Chairman. Grant

Jones of Thomas Owens

Greene

Singletary

Grovenstein Holland

\Vebb

GEORGIA STATE SANITARIUM.

Exx1s, Chairman.

PICKREX, Vice-Chairman.

Adams of Walton

Hines of Decatur

Anderson

Hodges

Baldwin

Keith

Bloodworth

Pilcher

Boatwright

Ricketson

Boswell

Smith of Haralson

Bowden

Sumnn of ,Johnson

Brown of Hancock

\Vood

Herring

HALLS AND ROOMS.

PENLAND, Chairman. Horne

BowEx, Vice-Chairman. Peterson

HYGIENE AND SANITATION.

SMITH of Bryan,

wooD, Vice-Chairman.

Chairman

Jackson

Clifton Daniel of Heard Grovenstein

Owens Ricketson Valentino

Hawkins

Whitley

TuEsDAY,_ JuLY 5, 1921.

285

INSURANCE.

FicKLEN, Chairman.

JONEs of Thomas,

Bowen

Vice-Chairman.

Dobbs

Smith of Carroll

DuBose

Turner

Gresham

Tatum

Gunnels

Van Landingham

Monroe

INVALID PENSIONS AND SOLDIERS HOME.

BRADFORD, Chairman. HoRNE, Vice-Chairman.

Anderson

Smith of Bryan

Braddy

Strickland

Owen

Trippe

.JOURNALS.

FRANKs, Chairman.

.roHNsoN of Pickens,

Jackson

Vice-Chairman.

Miles

LABOR AND LABOR STATISTICS.

GuNNELs, Chairman Bow:EN, Vice-Chairman.

Arnold

Hines of Sumter

Bentley

Mann

Bobo

Patten

Davis of Floyd

Strickland

Dickerson

Tyson of Mcintosh

Folsom

Valentino

Guess

Wimberly

Hamilton

286

J ouRxAL oF THE HousE,

LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL

REAPPORTIONMENTS.

WoonwARD, Chairman. JONES of Coweta,

First District:

Vice-Chairman.

Atkinson

Eighth District:

Dixon

Davis of

Second District:

Oglethorpe

Mcintyre

Mason

\V alker

Ninth District:

Third District:

Logan

Riley

West

Worthy

Tenth District:

Fourth District:

Carswell

Jones of Coweta

Stovall

\Villiams of Harris Eleventh District:

Fifth District:

Bowden .

McClelland

\Vebb

Whitley

Twelfth District:

Sixth District:

Lankford of

Culpepper

Toombs

Maddox

Sumner of Wheeler

Seventh District:

Hamilton

Tatum

MANUFACTURERS.

BRANTLEY, Chairman. DunL~Y, Vice-Chairman

Bleckley

King

Brown of Hancock

Kittrell

Corbett

Phillips of Telfair

Fletcher

Wall

Jackson

'l'UESDAY, JuLY 5, 1921.

287

MILITARY AFFAIRS.

FowLER, Chairman.

wATKINs, Vice-Chairmap.

Byrd of Crisp

Phillips of Telfair

Dixon

Valentino

Dudley

\V"yatt

Ennis

MINES AND MINING.

HENDERSON, Chairman. RILEY, Vice-Chairman.

Blecldey

Duncan of Dawson

Clifton

Grant

M.l.TNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

SMITH of Meriwether, H YMAX, Vice-Chairman.

Chairman.

Herring

.Adams of Newton

King

Atkim:on

Johnson of Pickens

Bird of Taliaferro

McClure

Brown of Emanuel Bush

Pilcher Swindle

Coates

288

JouRNAL m' THE HousE,

P.KNPI'ENTIARY.

PERRYMAN, Chairman. -WILLIAMS of Walton

Adams of Newton

Vice-Chairman.

Bird of Taliaferro

Logan

Bloodworth

Luke

Bobo

McClelland

Boyett

Maddox

Bradford

Miles

Branch

Neal of Union

Byrd of Crisp

Nichols

Carr

Owens

Clarke

Patten

Collier

Penland

Collins

Perkins

Corbett

Peterson

Daniel of Heard

Pickren

Duncan of Dawson

Pilcher

Dykes

Price

Franks

Ramsey

Griffin

Salmon

Griffith

Shettleworth

Guess

Sibley

Henderson

Smiley

Herring

Smith of Bryan

Hines of Decatur

Sumner of \Vheeler

Hines of Sumter

Webb

Hodges

West

Hullender

Whitworth

Johnson of

Williams of Harris

Chattahoochee

Williams of Miller

Johnson of Pickens

Worthy

Knight

Wynne

Langford of Hall

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PENSIONS.

BoYETT, Chairman..

ANDERsoN, V.-Chairman.

Childs

Tison of Worth

Collins

Wood

Howard

PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS.

MooRE of Appling,

BRowN of Emanuel,

Chairman.

Vice-Chairman.

Beck

Lewis

Blalock

McMichael

F.oy

Mixon

Hatcher of Burke

Reagan

Hawkins

Robinson

~yman

Singletary

Lankford of

West

Toombs

PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR.

BENTLEY, Chairman.

Hufstetter

BROWNLEE, V.-Chairman.

PUBLIC HIGH"WAYS.

TuRKER, Chairman.

MANN, Vice-Chairman

Arnold

McGarity

Brannen

Macintyre

Byrd of Crisp

Moye

Daniel of Troup

Perryman

DuBose

Rutherford

Franks

Smith of

Gresham

Meriwether

Hatcher of Burke Holloway

Swindle Williams of Harris

Hufstetler

Winship

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PUBLIC LIBRARY.

MAsoK, Chairman.

WINSHIP, Vice-Chairman.

Daniel of Troup

Ricketson

DeFoor

Swift

Gresham

Van Landingham

Herring

Worthy

Howard

PUBLIC PRINTING.

BoATWRIGHT, Chairman. FoLsoM, Vice-Chairman.

Bobo

Parrish

Bowden

Peterson

Braddy

Price

McClure

Sibley

Malone

PUBLIC PROPERTY.

SwiFT, Chairman.

PARKs, Vice-Chairman.

Baldwin

Johnson of Bartow

Boswell

Keith

Camp

Monroe

Daniel of Troup

Russell

Davis of

Sibley

Oglethorpe

Stone

Hines of Sumter

Tyson of Mcintosh

Holloway

Winship

RAILROADS.

TATUM, Chairman.

ATKINSON, V.-Chairman.

Beckham

Hyman

Coates

Trippe

DuBose

Whitaker of

Fowler

Rockdale

Grovenstein

Woodard

Houser

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REFORMATORIES.

wiLLIAMS of Walton, BRADDY, Vice-Chairman.

Chairman.

Peterson

Branch

Reville

Davis of Floyd

Trippe

Hullender

\Vall

Malone

\Vynne

RULES.

THE SPEAKER, Ex-Officio, From the State at Large:

Chairman.

Carswell

MuNDY, Vice-Chairman.

De La Perriere

:F'irst District :

Fowler

Hunter

Gann

Second- District:

Hyman

Mayo

Johnson of Bartow

Third District :

Mcintyre

Arnold

Mann

Fourth District :

Parks

wyatt

Hatcher of

~,ifth District :

Musco gee

Moore of Fulton

Quincey

Sixth District :

Rutherford

Culpepper

Stovall

Seventh District:

Mundy

Eighth District:

Williams of Walton

Ninth District :

Russel1

Tenth District:

McDonald

Eleventh District:

Turner

Twelfth District :

Lankford of

Toombs

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SANITARIUM AT ALTO.

WHITLEY, Chairman. Clifton Fletcher Grant Houser Logan

DANIEL of Heard, Vice-Chairman.
Salmon Trippe "Whitaker of
Rockdale

SPECIAL .JUDICIARY.

McDoNALD, Chairman. Bentley Corbett Dykes

BLALOCK, Vice-Chairman. Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson Tison of Worth

McClelland Reagan

Way -Wimberly

STATE OF THE REPUBLIC.

MAciNTYRE, Chairman. SINGLETARY, V.-Chairman.

Johnson of Pickens

Van Landingham

Peterson

TEMPERANCE.

BEcK of Carroll, Chairman.
Childs Collier Davis of
Oglethorpe Ficklen

KNIGHT, Vice-Chairman. Greene Miles Neal of Union Penland Price

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UNIFORM STATE LAWS.

SJ\IITH of Haralson,

TISON of Worth,

Chairman.

Vice-Chairman.

Brannen

Perkins

Coates

Reagan

Foy

Robinson

Gann

\Vatkins

Houston

Weston.

Lewis

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND ITS

BRANCHES.

DoBBs, Chairman.

RussELL, Vice-Chairman.

Beck

McClure

Dudley

McDonald

Duncan of Dawson

Maddox

Ennis

Pruett

Hatcher of

Tyson of Mcintosh

Musco gee

Vocelle

Holloway

Whitaker of

Hufstetler

Lowndes

Hunter

WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD.

HAMILTON, Chairman. BIRD of Taliaferro,

Bleckley

Vice-Chairman.

Bloodworth

Owen

Brownlee

Parrish

Cowart

Pruett

Gann

Riley

Hodges

Smith of Haralson

Hullender

Strickland

Neal of Union

Wimberly

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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 resolution of the Senate:
Resolved, That the General Assembly meet in joint session in the Hall of House of Representatives on wednesday, July 6th, at 11:10 o'clock A. . M., for purpose of receiving such communication as the Governor of Georgia may desire to present.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd-
A resolution providing for a joint session of the General Assembly Wednesday morning at 11 :00 o'clock for the purpose of receiving any communication which his Excellency, the Governor, may see fit to present.

The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House, under the above resolution:
MEssRs. MuNDY of Polk,
ENNIS of Baldwin,
HousTON of Gwinnett.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted :

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By Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson-
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives that J. Hampton Rich, managing director of Boone Trail Highway Association of North Carolina, be allowed the privileges of the floor for the purpose of presenting a memorial tablet of Daniel Boone, the Southern Pioneer, to the Legislature of the State of Georgia.
The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House to notify Mr. Rich of the adoption of the resolution:
MEssRs. DELAPERRIERE of Jackson,
MoNROE of Wilcox,
FoLsoM of Montgomecy.

The Committee escorted Mr. Rich to the chair and he made the address of presentation.
By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was read the second time:

By Mr. Hollingsworth of the 17th-
A bill to provide for the reapportionment of representation in the General Assembly in accordance with a Constitutional Amendment.

The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and ordered engrossed:

By Mr. Fleming of the lOth_:_
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Dougherty County, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Fleming of the lOth-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Albany.
By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

B~ Messrs. Bowden and Blalock of \Vare-
House Bill No. 103. A bill to amend an Act entitled ''An Act to create a Bond Commission for W,.are County, Georgia; to define its duties, and for other purposes,'' and for other purposes.
On the passage of the bill the ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received tbe requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.
By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 10 was taken from the Committee on Conservation and placed upon the table under the rules of the House.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 113 was transferred from Committee on Appropriation to the Committee on Education.
By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was read the second time:

By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act reorganizing the military forces of this State so as to increase the number of members of the Governor's Staff.

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Mr. Mp.ndy of Polk moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Russell of Barrow.

The following communication was read:

Georgia Legislature:
Care Speaker of l'he HmtsP, Atlanta, Ga.
Resolution offered by Miss Mildred Rutherford, Athens, Ga., at the Conference of the Children of the Confederacy, Thursday, June thirtieth, inasmuch as there is a movement on foot to make decoration day, May thirtieth, a General Memorial Day for all war heroes. We, as Georgia children of the Confederacy now in conference in Athens, feel constrained to beg and plead that the Georgia Legislature will never yield to this movement, but will keep our Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia, April twentysixth, undisturbed and select another day not the decoration day chosen by the Grand Army of The Republic, but some other day for the memorial day to honor all other war veterans hoping that the Honorable Speaker of the House will see that this is brought before the Georgia Legislature at the proper time and by the proper person comes as a special request from the children of the Confederacy, the DirPctors and State Officers.
Miss M. RuTHERFORD,
State Historian of the U. D. C.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANT~, GA.
wednesday, July 6, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 :00 o'clock A. M. ; was
called to order by the Speaker; and opened with prayer by the Rev. B. F. Fraser, of 'Veslc>y Memorial Church of Atlanta, Ga.
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 bills of the Senate were read the second time:
By Mr. Fleming of the lOthA bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of
Dougherty County, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Fleming of the lOth-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Albany.
By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 5 was taken from the table and placed upon. the calendar.
By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were withdrawn from the Committee on Counties and County ~Iatters, read the second time, and recommitted to the Committee on Special .Judiciary:

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By Mr. Reagan of Henry-
A bill providing for the election of a Treasurer of Henry County, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Reagan of Henry-
A bill to repeal an Act abolishing the office of Treasurer in and for the County of Henry, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Reagan of Henry-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Henry, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Reagan of Henry-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Henry County, and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was read and tabled with amendments:

By Mr. Gresham of Burke-
A resolution authorizing the appointment of girls as pages in the House and Senate.
By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was read the second time and adopted:

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
A resolution memoralizing Congress to pass House Bills Nos. 3726, 6048 and 119, relative to providing Federal aid and co-operation with the States in the

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reclamation and irrigation of swamp and waste lands, and in the reforesting of cut-over-lands.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees:

By Messrs. Kittrell and Wimberly of Laurens-
House Bill No. 156. A bill to create a Board of Harbor, Port and Terminal Commissioners for the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens, and Moore, Bentley and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 157. A bill to create a lien in favor of jewelers and to provide for the foreclosure of same.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 158. A bill concerning the loading, shipment and sale of watermelons and to prescribe penalties for violators.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Whitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 159. A bill authorizing Commissioner of Roads and Revenues to convey fee simple title to trustees of Madison County High School.

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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Whitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 160. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Madison County Academy, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 161. A bill to amend Section 3321 of Civil Code of 1910 relative to municipal courts.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. \Voodard of Cook-
House Bill No. 162. A bill providing for the holding of two terms of Superior Court in Cook County.
Heferred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 163. A bill to amend Section 5986 of the Civil Code of the State of Georgia of 1910 relative to cost in legal cases.
Heferred to Committee on General Judiciary.

By Mr. Blalock of Ware-
House Bill No. 164. A bill to amend an Act prohibiting the use of trawl nets, etc., except in salt water.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

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By Mr. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 165. A bill providing punishment for misdemeanors to be fixed by the State.
Referred to Committee on General .Judiciary No.1.

By Mr. Riley of Sumter-

House Bill No. 166. A bill to amend Section 347

of Criminal Code of 1910 relative to changing mis-

demeanors to felonies, etc.



Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
House Bill No. 167. A bill to amend an Act knowu as the Georgia Motor Vehicle Law relative to distribution of licenses.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Landingham of Seminole-
House Bill No. 168. A bill to amend an Act regulating banking in this State.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Messrs. Ficklen and Bobo of \Vilkes-
House Bill No~ 169. A bill to provide for better enforcement of tax laws in the State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Yays and Means.

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By Mr. Boswell of Greene-
House Bill No. 170. A bill to provide for foreclosure of mortgages and bills of sale on crops, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General .Judiciary No.2.
B~~ ~[r. Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 171. A bill to amend the several acts creating the Board of Public Education of Savannah, etc.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Perryman of Talbot-
House Bill No. 172. A bill to amend an Act to create and establish the Securities Commission, etc.
Referred to Committee on General ,Judiciary No. 1.
By }fr. Grant of Habersham-
House Bill No. 173. A bill to provide for four terms of the Superior Court in Habersham C-ounty.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By ~Ir. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 174. A bill to amend Section 190, Vol. II of Code of 1910 relatin to pun;shment of offence of larceny after trust.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

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By ~Ir. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 175. A bill to amend Section 191, Vol. II of Code of 1910, relative to punishment of larceny after trust.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary
No.2.

By ~[r. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 176. A bill to amend Section 193
of Vol. II of Code of 1910, relative to punishment of larceny after trust.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By ~Ir. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill Xo. 177. A bill to amend Section 194
of Vol. II of Code of 1910, relative to larcen~r after
trust.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Grant of Habersham-
House Bill No. 178. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Habersham County.
Referr~d to Committee on Counties & County
Matters.

By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinHouse Bill Xo. 179. A hill to appropriate the

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sum of $200,000 for the Georgia State Sanitarium for the year of 1921.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

By Mr. Anderson of Chattooga-
House Bill No. 180. A bill to provide that the Board of Commissioners of certain counties may elect Clerk and fix salary.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd-
House Bill No. 181. A bill to restore rank of all active and retired officers of National Guard of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By ::\Iessrs. Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd-
House Bill No. 182. A bill to appropriate $75,000 to School for Deaf for dormitory. at Cave Springs.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By :Messrs. Hami1ton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd-
House Bill No. 183. A bill to appropriate sum of $18,000 to the School for the Deaf at Cave Springs.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

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By Messrs. Moore, Bentley and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 184. A bill to appropriate sum of $50,000 to Georgia Training School, and other schools.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By ~Ir. V ocelle of Camden-
House Bill No. 185. A bill to prohibit aliens and non-residents from catching turtles and like from salt waters for sale.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
House Bill No. 186. A bill to amend an act creating the Charter of the Town of Athens.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. DuBose and Dudley of Clarke-
House Bill No. 187. A bill to provide deficiencies in salaries of Judges Supreme, Court of Appeals, etc.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and
vVays and Means.

By ~fessrs. Williams of "\Valton, Howard of Forsyth, ~fanning of Milton, Tatum of Dade, and
vValker of Baker-
House Bill No. 188. A bill to amend act to pro-

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mote health by leveeing and ditching swamps, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Drainage.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
House Bill No. 189. A bill to provide bonds for title, etc., how executed and filed and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judici~ry No.2.

By Mr. Bird of Taliaferro-
Honse Bill No. 190. A bill to amend an act incorporating the City of Crawfordville in Taliaferro County.
Referred to Committee on ~funicipal Government.

By Messrs. Bobo and Ficklen of Wilkes-
House Resolution No. 23-190A. A resolution to lease the Governor's Mansion for a term of years, and not to spend over $25 in advertising same.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Mr. Reagan of Henry-
House Resolution No. 24-190B. A resolution providing for payment of "\V. L. "\Vynn of Henry County Georgia for mules destroyed by State Veterinarian.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

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By ::\Ir. Singletary of Grady-
House Resolution Ko. 25-190C. A resolution authorizing the Governor to sell the rental contract of western & Atlantic Railroad for a term of ten years, etc.
Referred to Committee on Western & Atlantic Railroad.

l\Ir. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and ways and Means, submitted the following report:

Jir. Speaker:

Your Committee on Appropriations and "\Vays 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 as amended:

House Bill 71.

House Bill 72.

DuBosE, Chairman.

'l'he following bills of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time :

By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
A bill appropriating $25,000.00 to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the upkeep of the Public Buildings and Grounds for the year 1921.

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By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
A bill appropriating $25,000.00 to supply a deficiency in the appropriation to the contingent fund of the Executive Department for the year 1921.

The following resolution of the House was read and carried over as unfinished business, with substitute by Mr. ~Ioye of Randolph:

By Mr. ~Ic-:\[ichael of ~[arion-
A resolution providing for the inspection of all State departments engaged in the collection or disbursement of State funds.
The hour of 11:00 o'clock A. M. having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint session, called for the purpose of hearing the address of His Excellency the Governor, Hon. Thos. \V. Hardwick, was called to order by the President of the Senate.
By order of the President, the resolution calling for the joint session of the General Assembly was read by the Secretary of the Senate.
His Excellency the Governor, Hon. Thomas vV.
Hardwick, delivered the following address:

To the General Assembly of Georgia:
The Constitution of Georgia provides that the Governor ''shall give to the General Assembly, from time to time, information on the State of the commonwealth, and recommend for their considerations such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient."

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In obedience to this requirement of our organic law and in the discharge of the high duty that it imposes, I appear before you today. While there is no uniform practice on the subject, it is my purpose as a general rule to transmit in writing, as most of my predecessors have done, my messages to the General Assembly. It is only the unusual and critical condition of the fiscal affairs of the State that prompts me to vary from that rule and to appear before you in person at this particular time.
In the beginning of this address, permit me to assure you that the condition of the fiscal affairs of our State is so grave as to demand at our hands the most serious attention and consideration and prompt and decided action. Politics stand adjourned. Ordinary political consideration should be set aside and the high and single purpose of the members of this body should be to serve the State, to promote its interests and to apply sound business principles to its fiscal affairs. It is in that spirit that I address you and it is in that spirit I urge your consideration of the message I bring to you.
In the first place, I wish to say. that, considered in the larger view, Georgia's finances are sound and sound to the core. Her bonded debt is less than six million dollars, and behind that bonded debt she not only possesses the resources of a rich and powerful State and of a mighty and industrious people, but also many public properties and a great income-producing property, the Western and Atlantic railroad, which is alone worth more than at least three or four times the total bonded debt of the State. Attached to this message I submit as an exhibit a memorandum showing the bonded debt of every state in

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the Union, and from it you will observe how small the bonded debt of Georgia is, in comparison with the larger states of the Republic, and even in comparison with many states that are far below it in both wealth and population. I deem it my duty at the outset of these remarks to call your attention and the attention of the public to this fact so that no thoughtless or uninformed person may think that because of the difficulties and embarrassment in the temporary and current fiscal affairs of the State, there is the slightest unsoundness in the fundamental finances of Georgia.
I come next to a discussion of the current fiscal affairs of the State and of our present financial situation. I shall discuss this situation frankly, and yet without any intention, desire or purpose to indulge in recrimination. To use a homely phrase, "the .ox is in the ditch." But the question of real importance to the State and to us is, not who put him in the ditch or how he got there, but how can we get him out? Still, it is but a matter of simple justice both to the incoming administration and to the present General Assembly for me to point out, in a perfectly good-humored way, that the situation that we face and the difficulties that we confront are not .of our own creation. \Ve are not responsible for the existance of the situation, but we are responsible if we do not do all in our power to remedy it, to apply sound business principles to it, and to restore the finances of the State to a safe and stable basis by the application of the principles of common sense to them.
In his message to the General Assembly of Georgia, of date of June 25, 1921, my predecessor, Gov-

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ernor Hugh M. Dorsey, made the following significant observation concerning this situation. He said:
"Where previous General Assemblies have had the opportunity, yours now has the necessity, for some action to solve the State's financial difficulties. For several months before the Legislature convened in 1920, the State treasury was unable to honor requisitions for appropriations made at the 1919 session of the Legislature, and some of these, and others passed in 1920 and payable that year are still unpaid.
''For years it has been well understood by those familiar with the State's affairs that this condition would inevitably obtain unless appropriations were materially reduced or revenues substantially increased. Neither has been done.''
Governor Dorsey further showed that on .Tanuary J, 1921, the deficit was $3,186,687.75.
Let me now invite your attention to the following brief statement of the State's financial affairs for the years 1920 and 1921 : In 1919 the General Assembly of that year appropriated for the year 1!)20 the sum of $9,074,616.50. In 1920 the Legislature added to the appropriatio"ns for the year 1920 the sum of $861,066.37. These two sums together aggregate the sum of $9,935,682.87, which grand total represents total appropriations made at all times for the calendar year 1920.
Against this amount, now let us balance the total revenues for the year 1920. From special taxes, ad valorum taxes and all other sources they amount

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to $8,970,244.04, and that on the assumption that every dollar of the ad valorum taxes for the year 1920, except the usual insolvent lists, would be collected. Even on that assumption, the excess of total appropriations made for the year 1920, over the total revenues of the State for that year was $965,438.83. To this deficit must be added the sum of $400,000.00 (round figures) for 1920 ad valorum taxes which are considered solvent but which the State has not yet been able to collect, and which, in my judgment, cannot be promptly collected in the large part on account of the present financial situation.
It will thus be seen that up to the present moment, the real present deficit for the year 1920 is the sum of $1,365,438.83, which is subject, of course, to whatever deduction therein is to be made, eventually, from the collection of these unpaid 1920 ad valorum taxes.
Now, let us consider the situation for the present year, 1921. The appropriations for 1921 were originally made in 1919, and total $9,845,628.00. During the presc:nt session it is absolutely necessary that certain deficiency appropriations be made for the current year, and among these I mention the following items:
To pay the salaries of the judges, to meet the increase allowed by law, $59,000.00.
For the contingent fund of the Governor, $25,000.00.
For the public property fund, $25,000.00.

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To provide for the re-insurance of the State's property, $150,000.00 (round figures).
To supply to Confederate veterans of the new class, added by the 1918 amendment to the Constitution, $500,000.00.
To meet the Act of 1920, increasing all pensions from $100.00 to $125.00, $400,000.00 (round figures).
From these figures it will be seen that the actual appropriations already made for the year 1921 must be supplemented by the increases above referred to, some of which are absolutely necessary, all of which are authorized by law, and if all of these items are allowed it would require the additional sum of $1,159,000.00.
Set against that, we have a total revenue for 1921, which the Comptroller estimates at $9,822,645.84, which must undoubtedly be reduced fully a million dollars, according to the estimate of our State Tax Commissioner, because the Comptroller has estimated the ad valorum property taxes on the basis of 1920 valuations, and it is well known to us all that the deflation has hit Georgia along with the balance .of the world, and hit it hard, and I quite concur in the opinion of the State Tax Commissioner that this year ad valorum property tax returns will fall fully $200,000,000.00 below the values of 1920. At a five mill rate, this means a million dollars lost in revenue, which leaves us only a total revenue which we can expect to get for 1921 of $8,822,645.84.
Now, remember that the total appropriations for 1921 amount to $9,845,628.00. Subtract from that the total revenue as stated above, $8,822,645.45, and

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the result is an actual deficit for 1921 of $1,022,982.55. If to this deficit be added $900,000.00 for the pensions already referred to, and $256,000.00 for the smaller items I have mentioned, and our deficit for 1921 will reach $2,181,982.55. If to this amount be added the 1920 deficit of $1,365,438.83, the total deficit for the two years will be $3,547,421.38.
This is, of course, a distressing picture. It pains me to draw it; but the public is entitled to know the facts. Both your body and myself are entitled to have the public know what the real facts are, and in what condition the public Treasury and finances of the State are left to us.
The power of the General Assembly to tax is sharply limited- by our Constitution, both as to the amount of tax that can be levied and the kind of tax that can be levied. "\Ye may not exceed the five mill limit, and we cannot impose any tax on property except an ad valorum tax. The finances of the State have gotten into this deplorable condition for two reasons.
First: Because the General Assembly, from year to year, has permitted more appropriations to be m;1de than the revenues of the State could pay.
Second: Because the appropriations were made one and two years in advance of the time they are to be paid and on the basis of the financial conditions at the time of enactment. Due allowance was not made in 1919 for the period of contraction and deflation which was inevitable and unescapable at the end of the war. For instance, in making the appropriations in year 1919 for the years 1920 and

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1921, the General Assembly of 1919 was acting in the midst of that inflation and general extravagance that marked that period and made appropriations for the yem 1920 and for the year 1921 without due and proper allowance for the sharp "inflation and contraction that came upon us soon after the war ended and manifested itself with terrific force m the fall of 1920.
The first suggestion that I shall make for your consideration is, what shall we do to remedy the unfortunate situation in which we find ourselves and to readjust our affairs so as to do all in our power to wipe out the deficit that now confronts us 1 In other words, what can we do for the immediate relief of the treasury and to restore at the earliest possible date that balance between expenditures and reYenues that common sense and sound business principles unite in requiring us to preserve?
I suggest for your consideration three things that can be done. First, cut the appropriations for 1920, and cut them to the bone. Cut every one of them that can be cut without absolutely destroying the efficiency of the service to which it was appropriated, and do so without favoritism horizontally and along the line. We cannot, of course, cut 1921 appropriations wherever the same have already been paid. 1Ve cannot, of course, cut 1921 appropriations where the rights of third persons have intervened or where sound principles of morality preyent: But every unexpended balance of appropriations for 1921 should be carefully and accurately examined into, and where it is possible to save a single cent, it must be saved. If it is necessary to cut them all twenty per cent. that must be done.

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If it is necessary to cut them twenty-five per cent. they should be cut twenty-five per cent. so that in the end we shall not have upon our statutes appropriations authorized by law for ~which the treasury cannot provide and which it cannot pay.
At another portion of this address I shall refer to some saving by abolishing useless boards and by doing away with unnecessary' officers and sinecures. On this subject I have very strong convictions and a firm and fixed purpose to do all in my power to accomplish this great reform that the people of Georgia have demanded of us. But for the purpose of this discussion and just at this point, I may as well say frankly to you and to the public that even the most drastic reforms that we can hope to accomplish along that line will never solve this problem; and unless we handle the larger appropriations in the same way that we do these smaller matters and apply the pruning knife to them all alike, we may never hope to solve this problem and wipe out this deficit and get the State's finances back to a sound basis.
I yield to no man in Georgia in my devotion to the common schools of this State. At an early and more happy period, when readjustment comes, it is my earnest hope and my confident belief that we will be able to still further increase the efficiency of our common school system. The education of the masses means much to me. I long to see the day come when we can pay the Georgia school teacher ~~ living wage, pay it monthly and do it without being forced to have recourses to the money lenders of the East. But until that day does come, until the State is provided with a rewnue system that will

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meet its growing demands in this direction, it is useless, worse than useless, it is dishonest to make appropriations even for the common schools which the treasury cannot pay.
I honor and respect the memory of the Confederate veterans of this State-those glorious men who followed Lee and Jackson-who gave so much for us and to us. I am unwilling that a single one of them should suffer want or privation so long as the State of Georgia can prevent it. But I hesitatingly say to you that it is useless, and worse than useless, it amounts if not to dishonesty to deceit, to appropriate money even to these glorious veterans, when the treasury cannot meet the appropriations and pay the money.
I believe in higher education. It is one of my keenest ambitions to do my part toward inaugurating a mighty and co-ordinated university system for this State, but it is useless, and worse than useless, deceitful if not dishonest, to appropriate money for these institutions of higher education, unless the treasury can meet the appropriations and pay them.
So it is with every appropriation that we made; no matter what any department of the civil government may urge as to the absolute necessity for ah appropriation, it is useless and worse than useless, deceitful if not dishonest, to appropriate money for these departments in excess of the ability of the treasury to meet these appropriations.
In their private affairs, the people of Georgia are forced to economize and cut to the bone, otherwise they cannot survive or hope to survive the financial storms that are upon them. In our public affairs,

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in the expenditure of public money, the necessity to economize and to cut is equally real and equally pressing, and I earnestly and solemnly urge that course upon you. Cut the unexpended 1921 appropriations to the bone wherever they can be cut, and do it impartially. Save the credit of the State and restore its finances to a solid and stable basis.
In my opinion, certain special taxes can be levied at once and the law is so framed as to provide for their immediate collection and for the early relief of th0 treasury. In making this suggestion, l am not unmindful of the fact that the husine~.s of the State, in almost every line, is carrying as heavy a load as it can bear, and it is not my purpose to insi~t upon any ad(litional tax being imposed at this juncture on any person, firm or corporation except in the few instances that I believe the tax can be levied and collected without serious injury to the business concerned, and without too great burden upon the consumer on whom in most cases the tax "ill ultimately fall. I suggest for your careful consideration the imposition of a license or busiIwss tax upon all dPalers in gasoline, whether wholesale or rehlil, except those dealers importing and selling g/lsoline in the original packages in which it is imported into this State. I am of the opinion that a law so framed will meet every test in the courts; that it does not constitute a violation of the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution; that the tax to be imposed can be measured by the quantity of gasoline sold, and if a tax even as low as one cent a gallon were imposed, it would raise in round figures $800,000.00. Such a tax will, of course, ultimately fall on the consumer, but I do not know of

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any class of citizens who can better contribute to the rescue of the State than those who consume gasoline. The fact that there has been several sharp recluctions in the price of gasoline recently will render the burden that much easier to be carried.
I commend this proposition to your serious and thoughtful consideration, with some hesitancy, because I know how unpopular any proposal for a new tax is in stringent times like these. Nevertheless, I urge it because I believe the fiscal condition of the State requires its careful consideration, and I believe it is one of the least burdensome taxes that can be suggested and that it is absolutely required to meet the necessities of the ~,reasury.
I unhesitatingly urge the imposition of a poll tax upon all female citizens; the tax to be imposed on female citizens on exactly the same terms it is now levied on the male citizens. Since women are now given by the organic law of the Republic the right to vote, and are put on a political equality with man, no good reason can be urged against the imposition of this tax, and my information and opinion is that a majority of our women are perfectly willing to pay it. The imposition of such a tax may haYe some pffect in helping us to avoid some of the problems growing out of the application of equal suffrage to both races, in this State. My opinion is that the imposition of a poll tax on women would probably raise several hundred thousand dollars for the State. We raise at present $298,522.00 from the poll tax on men, and it is not unreasonable to assume that substantially an equal amount could be raised from such a tax on women.

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I hope the Legislature may follow this suggestion, and in framing the law to accomplish it may do so in such manner as to permit us to collect this revenue at the earliest possible. date.
In 1909, the Legislature levied a tax on all persons and companies carrying on in this State the business of manufacturing or selling by wholesale or distributing from any depot, car, warehouse or agency any carbonated waters, or syrups or other article to be used in carbonated waters, or intended to be mixed with or blended with carbonated waters, or to be sold as soft drinks, 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. This tax was reenacted in the Tax Act of 1918. As worded, it has produced a negligible amount of revenue for this State, about $3,000.00 per annum.
I recommend careful consideration of the question involved in this matter, with a view to increasing the rate of taxation and with a view to requiring a tax to be levied on all the receipts of these persons or companies, whether such receipts arise from the sale of goods within this State or out of this- State, provided only, of course, the business of manufHcturing is conducted within this State. It seems to me that the manufacturers of soft drinks could weil afford to pay a much larger occupation tax to the State in this emergency, and I earnestly recommend to the Legislature the consideration of this question with a view to obtaining a substantial revenue from this source.

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I also rlirect your attention to the 25th Section of the General Tax Act of HH8, imposing a very small occupation tax upon each person, firm or corporation operating a bottling plant for the bottling of soft drinks. These interests are taxed very heavily by Federal authority, but if, as seems probable, that tax is taken off or materially reduced by the Congress during its present session, then they can easily stand a substantial State tax, and one that will produce considerable revenue. I commend this subject to your careful consideration.
In a general way, I urge upon the General Assembly a careful examination into all our special tax laws, with a view to increasing the revenues of the State in every possible direction, wh0revflr it can be justly done.
"\Vben you have done all in your power along both these lines I have suggested: ],irst, a drastic cut in the unexpended appropriations for 1921, and second, such additions to the revenue of the State as you may be able to provide, without injustice to business and without too great delay in collection, if you are still unable to balance our revenues for this two-year period, 1920 and 1921, with our expenses for the same period, it will then become necessary for you to consider some other method of relieving the situation, if any can be found.
The inevitable conditions which confront us are these.
First: The State, insofar as its power is exercised by its Governor and its Legislature under the Constitution, has exhausted its power to borrow money.

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Second: The constitutional limitation of five mills in the tax rate renders it impossible, aside from other considerations, to obtain any additional revenue by any increase in the ad valorum tax on property. Hedged in in both directions, the State may find it. is compelled to turn to its income, fixed and certain, other than that derived from taxation, namely, the rental of the western and Atlantic Railway. From this source the State receives $540,000.00 per annum. This income is in no way controlled as to its use by the Constitution. For many years, one-half of the rental of the road has been
applied to the support of the public school system
of the State.. The present necessity resting upon the State is mainly to take care of its educational interests as represented in its public schools. This income being at the free disposal of the Legislature, untrammeled by any constitutional limitation, the Legislature could, as could any other property owner, convert that rent into immediate revenue, by practically selling its rent notes. If, as I have said, revenue cannot be obtained otherwise and expenses cannot be reduced to that the two will meet, then it would seem to be inevitable that to supply its present and urgent needs, the State would be com-
pelled to discount this rent for such length of time
as may be necessary to meet the present crisis.
This suggestion has been made with great force and elearness by our present Secretary of State, Honorable S. G. McLendon, and I invite your careful attention to the consideration of the proposal outlined by him as a possible plan of raising at least in part the revenue that is needed to enable us to wipe out the deficit and strike a balance. Of

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course, it is with extreme reluctance that I am forced to consider and present to you this alternative, but the situation is desperate and no possible remedy ought to be neglected in your consideration of the subject. I haye reason to believe that if it be within your power, under our Constitution, to authorize the use of rentals that the proposition can he easily financed and that the discount of these rentals for a reasonable time would not constitute a debt against the State, within the meaning of our Constitution, which is probably the sole constitutional question at issue, and my own opinion is that such use of the rentals does not constitute the creation of a deht, within the meaning of our Constitution.
I have so far been addressing my remarks to the present and existing financial condition of this State, growing out of the failure of the revenues already levied to meet the appropriations already made. I come now to the question of the duty that confronts you this year of both providing the revenue and making the appropriatons for the ensuing two years. In this matter your responsibility is both original and primary. Upon you devolves the solemn duty of making and keeping the balance adjusted between income and outgo. It was for this reason that in the very first days of the session I urged upon you the advisability of consolidating in each house of the General Assembly the committees of responsibility, by constituting a single committee upon which should rest the responsibility of recommending the appropriations and providing the revenues to pay the same. It is a matter of deep gratification to me that you so readily and promptly

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took this step, for I think it is a vitally important one in the performance of the task before you. I quite agree with my predecessor in recommending that the general appropriations bill shall, as a rule, and except in cases where urgent necessity can be urged otherwise, be considered before special appropriation bills are considered, and I urge upon you the necessity of scanning with great care .every appropriation that may be suggested for your consideration for the support of the State government or for the furtherance of any object for which the State is required to make appropriation. I urge that you do not permit these appropriations to exceed in the aggregate the amount of revenue that you can count upon with absolute certainty as coming into the Treasury to meet the appropriations. \Ve must raise whatever revenue is necessary to supply the appropriations that may be made. Two considerations should ever be present in our thoughts and minds as we proceed to the performance of these tasks : First, that in times like these the people expect of us most rigid economy in the expenditure of public money and that under no circumstances and for no cause do they expect us to make appropriations in excess of the State's revenue. Under no circumstances, for no cause, would they justify us in so doing; second, in levying our taxes and raising our revenues we must not forget in times like these it is exceedingly difficult for the people to pay taxes and that taxes should be as small and as little burdensome as the efficient administration of our government, economically conducted, will possibly permit. It is my purpose to do all in my power to aid you to preserve the balance

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between the appropriations we have made and the revenues we are to raise for the ensuing two years, and I am confident in the hope that in this endeavor, so manifestly enjoined upon us all by prudence and common sense, I shall have your cordial and hearty co-operation. Let us not forget at any stage of the proceedings what I had the honor to say on a previous occasion, that while it is easy and pleasant to appropriate money for worthy objects, it is difficult and unpleasant to levy taxes with which to pay such appropriations, and still more difficult and still more unpleasant, especially at a time like this, for the people to go down into their pockets and pay these taxes. Besides, it is utterly useless to make appropriations for the common schools, for the pensions, for institutions of learning, or for anything else, unless at the same time we provide for funds with which to meet those appropriations.
The fiscal affairs of the State demand of us rigid and real economy. The fundamental principles of both Democracy and Americanism unite in warning us against too much regulation and too much paternalism. During the war period, growing out of the excitement incident to it, a perfect swarm of boards, bureaus and commissions, created both by Federal and by State legislation, infested the land. Georgia has not escaped the plague. We are board-ridden, commission-ridden and trustee-ridden, in this State. It can probably be said with truth that no one of these boards or commissions represents an activity that is wholly bad or for which some good things cannot be said. Yet, I think it can be said with even more truth and strength that many of them represent activities more or less paternalistic, which are

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not really essential to the proper conduct of our State Government, and with which we cannot well dispense, especially in hard times like these.
As far back as June 25, 1919, my predecessor in office heading a board called the Budget Investigation Commission, reported that Georgia was trusteeridden. This board pointed out that the university system alone had 277 trustees, and it made the following recommendation:
''We are decidedly of the opinion that it would be for the best interests of our higher institutions if a small board of control or State board of regents should replace the army of trustees now appointed largely by reason of political support. Either an ex-officio or a separate board of three to five, whose duty it should be to become familiar with the needs and operations of these higher institutions, present fully to the Legislature, to direct the purchase of supplies, give active supervision to the work generally, to so avoid the present rivalry and friction of the different boards, would be a great improvement over the present plan. The per diem and expenses now paid to these hundreds of trustees would pay for the services of a small board of regents that could become familiar with all the needs of our higher educational institutions and aid them effectively as well_as help the Legislature to see accurately as to the appropriations needed each year.''
This recommendation I heartily endorse and approve. Indeed, I am of the opinion that a board of regents for the entire educational system of our State might well be provided to take the place of the present State> Board of Education, and of all

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the boards of trustees of the University of Georgia, and of all its branches, and of every other institution of learning supported by the State. In my judgment, economy in the administratio.n of the affairs of these institutions, economy in the purchase of supplies needed by them, and a systematic correllation of the work of each one of them with the other, would be obtained by the adoption of such a plan, and as a result we would have a systematized, coherent and comprehensive educational system, beginning with the common schools and ending with the University, and our various normal and technical schools.
I unhesitatingly urge upon you a careful consideration of this plan, not only in the interest of real tJConomy, not only for the purpose of ridding the State of a number of um1ecessary office-holders, not only to relieve the Legislature of political importunities from these trustees, who annually come seeking money at your hands, but also to broaden and f1eepen and strengthen our educational system itself.
Tlus step is not a new one in this country. Many of our more important and progressive states have adopted it. Not one that has ever adopted the regency system for education, in whole or in part, has ever been willing to abandon it or return to the antiquated, disjointed and expensive system we maintain.
In like manner, I suggest for your consideration the feasibility and desirability of creating a single board of control, in lieu of the many different and separate ones that we now maintain, to manage the affairs of the Georgia State Sanitarium, the Geor-

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gia Academy for the Blind, the Georgia School for the Deaf, the various boys and girls industrial and reformatory schools; in short, of all the humanitarian and charitable institutions now supported by the State. The proposition is similar in principle and in application to the one I have just recommen(led for our educational institutions. The advantages to be derived from it are practically the Rame and hence I need not repeat or recount them. I merely suggest again, that a great number of unnecessary officials can thus be dispensed with, a great deal of unnecessary expense can thus be avoided. A common purchasing agency can doubtless effect real economies in supplying the needs of all these institutions and a comprehensive and cohesive system of administering the charities of this State can thus be set up.
I unhesitatingly recommend the abolishment of the Department of Archives of the State, established under the authority of the Act approved August 20, 1918. I recommend that the records and papers of this office be transferred to the custody of fhe State Librarian and that upon the State Librarian shall devolve the performance of all duties hitherto imposed by law upon the Department of Archives of the State. In my opinion, this office is an absolute sinecure. Its duties can be easily performed by the State Librarian. The annual cost of $7,:200.00 involved in its maintenance can be saved to the State.
I recommend careful investigation into the Public Welfare Board and the careful consideration of whether or not its continuation is necessary and can be afforded by the State. In my opinion, its func-

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tions can be performed by the General Board for the control of the State's charitable and humanitarian institutions, the creation of which I have already recommended.
I recommend a careful examination into the overhead and engineering expenses of the Highway Department of Georgia. The expenses for that dt>partment haYe grown so large that they are almost if not quite equal to the cost of the entire civil establishment of the State, outside of the Highway Department. I recommend that the General Assembly, through its proper committees, make full, exhaustive and careful inspection of the records and accounts of the Highway Commission, wit~1 a special Yiew to effect whatever economies may be made in that Department without impairment of efficiency.
I especially recommend to the General Assembly the consideration of the question as to whether or not there is any zeal necessity for an attorney for the Highway Commission, or whether the duties performed by that official cannot be well attended to by the Attorney-General of the State, and thus save the salary and expenses of the legal department of the Highway Commission.
I recommend and urge a careful an<l thorough examination into the affairs and operations, the expense account and reports of every department of our State government, of every board, bureau antl commission that exists by virtue of State law or State authority; with a view to determining; first, whether such agency of the Government performs any essential function for the State or not. If not, it ought to be abolished and the expense of its main-

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tenance avoided; second, even if such agency of the Government performs a useful, necessary function of the Government of this State, then its operation
ought to be examined into with a view to determin-
ing what reductions can be made in so critical a time as this in the expense of such department or commission and what economies can be effected in the administration of its affairs.
It is not my purpose to impair useful public service in any line of legimate and proper governmental activity. I do not to be so understood either by the members of the General Assembly or by the public; but I insist in times like these that it is imperatively necessary that we abolish every useless place, purge the pay roll of every useless official, cut out extravagance and waste wherever we can find it
I regret that I cannot be more specific on this subject than I have been, but the short length of time that has intervened since I assumed the office of Governor has not been sufficient to enable me to fully determine the facts in every instance. I, therefore, urge upon the General Assembly a careful investigation of this entire subject, and I especially urge upon the committees of the two houses that are called upon to appropriate money a careful and exhaustive examination into the matters herein suggested, in connection with each and every appropriation that is asked for. In like manner, I urge that the General Assembly, through its standing committees in both houses, shall investigate this subject with all the care and promptness possible,

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with a view to carrying out the will of the people of this State, in ridding the State and the treasury of all unnecessary incumbrances upon both.
The suggestions and recommendations that I have so far made to you have been directed principally toward the extrication of the State from its immediate difficulties, from its present critical situation. They do not, of course, present a permanent remedy, except in so far as they urge upon you the necessity for a careful balance between appropriations and revenues. That will always be necessary, under any system of taxation, and at all times. I wish next to present to you what I regard as a permanent solution of this problem. The recommendation that I shall make on this subject is drastic. It involves a complete change in our system of raising
the revenue to meet the expenditures of the State.
while totally disagreeing with many of the findings and conclusions arrived at by the report of our Special Tax Commission, as set out in its report to the Legislature of 1919, yet I would not be fair to these gentlemen if I did not say that I regard their report as a most valuable one, and say that that Commission is to be commended for the painstaking manner in which it performed its duties. I find myself in hearty accord with the conclusion reached by the body, that its present system of ad valorum taxation on property has broken down and is utterly inadequate to furnish the money required to operate our State government, even when that Government iE operated with the most rigid economy, unless we are prepared to starve our schools and to permanently deny to the Confederate veterans the pensions that the p~ople of this State at the ballot box

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have already given us authority to make, as soon as the finances of the State will permit. The old system has broken down, unless we are prepared to take backward steps in almost every direction in the administration of our State government and in providing for those institutions and objects which have been the subjects of our care and attention in the past and at the present time.
This was, true in 1919, even in the midst of flush war times, when the Commission reported, and it is still more true today, now that financial depression has come and holds our people in its stern and merciless grip. Under conditions like those which confront us at present, we will be fortunate indeed if we realize $4,500,000 from the ad valorem taxes, on property, other than the corporation taxes, for the year 1921, and yet that amount has already been appropriated by the State for 1921 for the common schools of Georgia alone. Further illustration of this point is, I believe, unnecessary.
I unhesitatingly propose that the State shall abandon the field of property taxation, on the ad valorum basis, leaving that field in the undisturbed posession of the counties and cities, subject to such limitations as may be imposed by law upon these sub-divisions of the State, in their exercise of that taxing power. In lieu of the present State tax on property, and as a substitute for it, I suggest a graduated income tax. I realize that a sudden change of system at a moment like the present, when business is so largely burdened, might prove dis.: astrous, but it must be recalled that the proposal cannot be put into effect unless the people of the State will amend the Constitution of the State and

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that the proposition to do so cannot be submitted to them prior to the general election of 1922. Consequently, the Legislature could not put the new system into operation, in all probability, before the calendar year of 1924. By that time, even the pessimist may reasonably expect a return to normal conditions. If the people should authorize such a change in our taxing system, then the tax machinery of the Federal government could be largely utilized, if not entirely utilized, for State purposes. Thus we would effect a saving of both the expense involved in the creation of an extensive and expensive tax machinery of our own and would avoid the necessity for burdening the tax payer with a double set of returns, one to the :F'ederal and another to the State government.
For the fiscal. year ending June 30, 1919, the Federal government collected from Georgia, in income tax, $25,062,149.50. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, $33,731,768.04. For the :fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, $32,000,000.00. This average for these three years is slightly in excess of $30,000,000.00 per annum, and when it is recalled that the greatest amount of revenue that we can hope to obtain for the present year from all ad valorum taxes including property on the digest and public utility corporation taxes, will be only slightly in excess of $5,000,000.00, it is perfectly apparent that a very reasonable percentage of the tax now collected by the Federal government in Georgia would produce revenue equal to the amount produced by our present system, and with a very slight increase of that percentage,- we will be enabled to raise suffi-

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cient reyenue to supply all the necessities of the State.
Under such a system we could give adequate support to our common schools, we could continue with even greater success our present splendidly successful campaign to eradicate illiteracy from Georgia. We could give to our Confederate pensioners, to our great institutions of learning, to our great humanitarian and charitable institutions, and to every branch or department of the State service that adequate and just support to which they are entitled, after the principles of real economy and scrupulous honesty are applied to their operation.
Let me say in this connection that, in my opinion, not only has our present system of taxation broken down, but also our present system of State and local tax assessment, or tax equalization, as you may prefer to call it. The task of equalizing, both as to individuals and counties has proven practically impossible and the system has become, I believe, wholly unacceptable to our people. In making this statement I do not intend any reflection upon any person or official connected with the system. I do not think the fault has been personal, but inherent in the system itself. \Ve will, of course, eventually discard the system if the proposition I make is finally adopted, yet I would suggest to you the utter impossibility, if you have any regard for the State's financial condition, of doing so until you have provided an efficient substitute to take its place; otherwise the Government cannot operate; otherwise the Treasury cannot ewn attempt to meet the obligations of the State. Pending the consideration of the proposal I haYe madP you to change tax systems,

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I would suggest that you make enry effort possible 1o so amend and improve our present tax equalization system as will correct its injustices and Improve its operation as much as possible.
I invite your particular attention to the recommendations of the State Tax Commissioner on this subject, which I am informed will soon be before you in the form of bills. I direct particular attention to two of the amendments the Tax Commissioner will suggest, of which I especially approve: First, where it is necessary for the State Tax Commissioner to raise returns of a county, as a whole or as to any particular class i'tl the county, and in doing so he directs that an additional per cent. be added to the digest, after the State Tax Commissioner takes such action, the question of equalization in the county and between the individual taxpayers therein, so as to make up the additional percentage required of the county shall be left to the local authorities. In addition to the above, I would especially commend the amendment that will be proposed to you to give any taxpayer in any county in Georgia, who is aggrieved by the decision of the local board in his county an opportunity to have the question at issue between him and tne local board determined by arbitration before the same shall become finally adjudicated. It seems to me that this is simple justice and that these two changes jn the law should be made at once.
\Ve cannot afford to throw away our present tax machine in the critical condition of our finances until we can provide a reasonable and efficient substitute therefor. \Ve will make such provision when we adopt the change in our tax system that I am

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suggesting to you today, if the same should meet with your approval and be approved by the people of Georgia. In making the change I have suggested, we will secure many advantages. Let me enumerate some of them here.
First, we will be able to do away with our present assessment system.
Second, we will be able to collect our revenues quarterly and we can pay as we go and meet our 8.ppropriations as they come due.
Third, we will put upon the intangible and invisible property of this State that fair and just proportion of the burdens of government 'vhich it ought to bear and which it now almost totally escapes. Even under the pressure of state and local assessments our present system has proven wholly inadequate to bring to the digest any but a negligible percent. of the intangible and invisible property of the State. The result has been that our tangible and visible property, although not returned for anything like its real value, has been forced to bear practically all of the burdens of the Government.
Let me quote you from the report of our Tax Commission of 1919 :
''Again, we are unable to form any well grounded conclusion as to the value of money, notes and accounts, bonds and taxable stocks in the State. It appears, however, that there was $322,000.00 on deposit in the banks of the State in September, 1918, according to the Bankers' Encyclopedia. We know from the tax digest that there was returned last year in round numbers, in money, notes, mortgages, ac-

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counts, bonds and taxable stocks, $65,000,000. This condition would be ludicrous if it was not absolutely distressing to all fair-minded citizens."
In practically every state in the Republic1 bitter experience has demonstrated that it is impossible to uncover this intangible and invisible property and to force it to bear its just proportion of the burdens of government, under any system of ad valorum taxation that has as yet been devised, or by any machinery that has yet been set up to operate such a system. Armies of ''Spies,'' ''Special Investigators,'' ''Special Tax Agents'' have been employed at different times and in different states, in the endeavor to accomplish that result, and yet the result has generally been that wherever the expeIiment has been tried, rather to enrage and arouse the people than to accomplish any substantial result and to bring any considerable portion of this property to the tax books. In our own State, we have recently had some experience of this sort that has not been productive of good feeling nor of substantial result. The income tax will not, of course, prove a perfect panacea, but the very nature of the tax is such as to more nearly equalize the burden be-
tween the owners of tangible and intangible prop-
erty than any other system that has yet been devised.
Fourth, it will distribute the burden more equally and more equitably and place it upon those shoulders which are strongest and best able to bear it. The limit at which we should begin to tax income& should be neither too high nor too low. It ought not to he too high because if we tax only the rich

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and the well-to-do, it would have a tendency to create classes and to make for class hatred among our people, because those who do not pay taxes might wish to burden the rich and well-to-do as heavily as possible for the maintenance of a wasteful government, to the support of which the masses them.selves do not contribute, and in which they have no stake.
It should not be too low, in order that a poor man barely able to support himself and family may not have a burden put upon him heavier than he can bear, thus in the end to become a charge upon the public. It should be graduated so that the burden can be distributed somewhat in proportion to ability. In its final form, three great principles of classification should be observed in such g~aduation, namely: First, the rate should be lightest of all on incomes produced by toil, whether, physical or mental, because such income represents capital more than income. Second, the rate should be next lowest on capital invested in productive enterprises, those which employ labor, support and develop the community. Third, the rate should be heaviest of all, except so far as public policy in connection with the sale of government securities shall otherwise suggest, on capital invested in funds, that run no risk, take no chance, employ no .labor, and that develop no community.
If these three simple rules, based on elemental justice, are followed, as they must and inevitably will be, then it seems to me an income tax is the fairest and most just way to raise money to defray the expense of government that has yet been de-

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vised by the mind of man. I believe with all my heart and soul that if we adopt it the weight will be taken off of toiling shoulders in Georgia that cannot bear the burden much longer, and placed on stronger shoulders-shoulders better able to bear it, better able, to raise the money we so urgently require to eradicate illiteracy in Georgia, to build our highways, to pay reasonable and just pensions and to pay every reasonable expense of a fonvard-looking and adequate government, economically and efficiently operated. As soon as our financial condition will admit of it, as soon as we can make adequate provision in this way for the education of the children of the State, it is my hope and belief that the State will provide at public expense school books for all children attending our public schools, beginning at first with those of the primar~ grade. If popular government is to survive, popular education must advance. The children of the poor as well as children of the rich and well-to-do must attend the public schools. Many children of the very poor cannot attend those schools unless the text books are furnished them free of charge. I hope to see this done at the very first moment the fiscal affairs of the State will possibly admit of it, but frankly I do not believe that the time will come when we can do it until we change our system of raising the revenue of the State. If criticism be made of this proposition on the ground that it is paternalism, then I reply that it is no more paternalism than the establishment and maintenance of the public school system itself. \Yise and sound public policy, that
reaches to the very roots of free government, IS
the basis upon which both propositions rest.

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But I must not prolong this argument, although it is upon a subject close to my heart and to which I have devoted much thought. For the reasons that I .urge, and many more that can be given, I recommend to the General Assembly that we submit to the people of Georgia for their approval at the next general election the proposition to so amend the Constitution of Georgia as to substitute an income tax system for our presmt system of property taxation, ad valorum.
This concludes the observations and recommendations that I believe it my duty to make, under the Constitution of our State, with reference to the fiscal and financial problems of the State. By far the greater part of this message has been devoted to that subject because of its overshadowing and overwhelming importance at this critical juncture "in the affairs of the State. There are, however, certain other general subjects to which I wish to direct your attention, with that brevity that is necessitated by the length of the address I have already made. I urge the enactment of a real and rigid Australian ballot law, to be applicable to primary and general elections alike, an(l to be installed at every precinct in Georgia, to the end that every voter of the State, however poor and humble, may have the opportunity to cast a free and untrammeled vote, and to the Pnd that vote-buying in our elections shall be rendered impracticable and shall cease.
Since the organic law of the Republic has conferred the power to vote upon the women of the country, I welcome into the ranks of our voters the women citizens of Georgia and urge that they

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exercise their new duties with that wisdom, justice and moderation that is emblazoned on the coat of arms of our beloved State.
The effect of the amendment to the Constitution of the United States establishing women suffrage is simply and solely to strike out from our State Constitution and from our State laws, so far as the same relate to qualifications of the voter, the word "male" and to leave that Constitution and those laws unchanged except in that respect. Every qualification of the Constitution and laws that _is applicable to males becomes and is by automatic action equally applicable to females, and no woman in Georgia, white or black, can exercise the privilege of voting unless she complies with our laws on the same terms and in the same manner as is required of males. I suggest to the General Assembly the necessity of strengthening the election laws so as to require, under severe penalties if necessary, that the registration officials shall enforce the laws of the State on the subject of registration and shall permit no citizen, white or black, man or woman, to register as a voter unless and until such person has strictly complied with the Constitution and laws of this State and has demonstrated his or her qualification to register as a voter under the requirements of existing law. If that be done, and a poll tax should be required of women, as suggested in another part of this address, I sincerely and earnestly hope that we can permit women to exercise the suffrage without re-opening the political aspects of the race question, and without subjecting the State to grave danger by an influx of negro women into her electorate. I earnestly urge upon

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the thoughtful consideration of this situation by the General Assembly and its appropriate committees.
Gentlemen of the General Assembly, in concluding this address, I have but one appeal to make to you, so far as the business affairs of the State are concerned, at least. Le~ us adjourn politics. Let's work together, shoulder to shoulder and side by side, for the good of the State in an earnest and honest effort to serve it and to put its finances on a safe basis and to work out its problems along the lines of correct business principles. In the effort to do this, I pledge you my heartly and wholehearted co-operation. I have no pride of opinion as to any plan or method that I have suggested today or that I may hereafter suggest. If your body can suggest a better. plan with respect to any of these matters than I have been able to suggest, no one will be more delighted than I and no one quicker to accept the suggestion. I come to you in no spirit of dictatorship, but in the spirit of co-operation. I believe with all my heart and soul and minrl and strength in the fundamental principles of democracy, one of which is the co-ordination and indepenrlence of the legislative, executive and its judicial functions. But you must remember by the Constitution of Georgia, the Governor is not only its executive, but is part of its legislative authority, and that I share with you a common duty and a common responsibility to the people of Georgia with respect to these important matters. May Wisdom attend your deliberations. May Justice inspire your councils. May Moderation mark your actions.

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LIST OF STATES AND THEIR BONDED

INDEBTEDNESS

Alabama ............................ $ 13,336,834

Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,009,275

Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,183,999

California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,835,883

Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,451,800

Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,062,100

Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,584,785

Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601,567

Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,620,202

Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,818,750

Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,063,920

Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648,170

Io"'a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

75,000

Kansas ............................ .

l(entucky .......................... . 2,552,021 Louisiana .......................... . 13,649,143

Maine ............................. . 4,470,053

Maryland .......................... . 28,983,881

Massachusetts ...................... . 129,371,163

Michigan ........................... . 10,433,098

Minnesota .......................... . 1,050,000

Mississippi ......................... . 8,431,057

Missouri ........................... . 6,507,83~)

Montana ........................... . 1,398,000

Nebraska .......................... .

Nevada ............................ . 732,000

New Hampshire .................... . 2,210,637

New Jersey ........................ . 116,000 New Mexico ........................ . 3,410,429

Ne'v York ......................... . 236,808,236

North Carolina ..................... . 9,603,900

North Dakota ...................... . 447,000

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Ohiq ............................... . Oklahoma .......................... . Oregon ............................ . Pennsylvania ......... .............. . Rhode Island ....................... . South Carolina ..................... . South Dakota ...................... . Tennessee .......................... . Texas ............. ' ................ . Utah ............................... . Vermont ............................ . Virginia ........................... . \Vashington ........................ . \Vest Virginia ...................... . \Visconsin .......................... . \Yyo1ning .......................... .

5,414,808 6,129,000 3,040,000 1,499,768 7,702,000 5,583,837 17,425,000 16,795,387 5,182,249 3,436,000
774,565 23,469,279
585,381 13,500,000
1,851,000 99,000

The aboYe figures are taken from the Reports on Statistics of Cities and States, issued by the Bureau of the Census for the year 1919.

Mr. Bro"n of the Fiftieth.moved that the General Assembly, in joint session convened, do now dissolve, and the motion prevailed.
The Senate withdrew.
Mr. :Jie.)Iichacl of Marion moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
A communication, signed by W. E. Small of the Georgia Capitol Removal Association, the Mayor of Macon, the County Commissioners of Bibb County, Representatives Fowler, "Winship and ~fa lone of Bibb County, Senator Holmes of the Twent~v seeond District, Representative Lankford of Toombs

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County, Representative Dixon of Jenkins County, and Ex-Representative Anderson of Jenkins County, relative to the Capitol removal and sale of the Governor's Mansion, was read.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 :00 o 'clork.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1921.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 :00 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 Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp

Carr Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom

Fowler Foy Franks Gann Gresham Griffin Griffith Grant Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter :iodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard Hufstetler Hullender

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Hunter

Neal of Union

Sumner of Johnson

Hyman

Nichols

Sumner of Wheeler

Jackson

Owen

Swift

Jones of Coweta Parks

Swindle

Jones of Thomas Parrish

Tatum

Johnson of Bartow Patten

Thompson

Johnson of

Penland

Tison of Worth

Chattahoochee Perkins

Trippe

Johnson of Pickens Perryman

Turner

Keith

Peterson

Tyson of Mcintosh

King

Phillips of Jasper Valentino

Kittrell

Phillips of Telfair Van Landingham

Knight

Pickren

Vocelle

Langford or Hall Pilcher

Walker

Lankford of Toombs Price

Wall

Lewis

Pruett

Watkins

Logan

Quincey

Way

Luke

Ramsey

Webb

McClelland

Reagan

West

McClure

Reville

Weston

McDonald

Ricketson

Whitley

McGarity

Riley

Whitaker

Macintyre

Robinson

of Lowndes

McMichael

Russell

Whitaker

Maddox

Rutherford

of Rockdale

Malone

Salmon

Whitworth

Mann

Shettlesworth

Williams of Harris

Manning

Sibley

Williams of Miller

Mason

Singletary

Williams of Walton

Mayo

Smiley

Wimberly

Miles

Smith of Bryan

Winship

Mixon

Smith of Carroll Wood

Monroe

Smith of Haralson Woodard

Moore of Appling Smith of Meriwether Worthy

Moore of Fulton Stone

Wyatt

Moye

Stovall

Wynne

Mundy

Strickland

Mr. Speaker

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

By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed on their passage:

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By Mr. Fleming of the lOth-
A bill abolishing the office of County Treasurer of Dougherty County and for other purposes.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill haYing received the requisite eonstitutional majority was passed.

By .~Ir. Fleming of the lOth-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Albany.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 82 was transfered from the Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 129, ordered to be engrossed, was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
By unanimous consent during the first part of the period of unanimous consents the following was obsened as the order of business:
1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules of the Hous~.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading House and Senate Bills, favorably reported, the second time.

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4. Passage of Uncontested Local House and Senate Bills and Uncontested General House and Senate Bills having a local application.
5. First Reading of Senate Bills and Resolutions.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first tim<>, and ref<>lT<'d to the committees.

By ::\Icssrs. Dohhs of Cobb, and Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill Xo. 191. A bill to empower the Secretary of State to grant Fire Insurance Companics, authority to re-insuie their policies.
Referred to Committee on Insuranc<>.

By ::\Icssrs. Fickl<>n and Bobo of "Wilkes-
House Bill No. 192. A bill to prescribe how officers authorized shall administer oaths, and attest papers, and penalty for non-performance.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. ::\Ioore of Appling-
House Bill Ko. 193. A bill to grant to the State Board of Education right to exercise power of eminent domain, etc.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By .Mr. Vocelle of CamdenHouse Bill No. 194. A bill to amend Section 5248

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of Civil Code of 1910, relative to dower and. bond therefor.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

B~, .Jir. Hendert>on of white-
House Bill No. 195. A bill to repeal an Act creat-ing a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of "White County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By .Jiessrs. Siblt>y of Bacon and Singletary of Grady-
House Bill Xo. Hl6. A bill to amend Section 1, Artiele 2, Paragraph 2, of Constitution of Georgia, relative to voting.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the . Constitution.

By Mr. Henderson of \Vhite-

fiouse Bill No. 197. A bill to (reate a Board of

County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for

\Yhite County.



Referred to Committee on Counties and County

:Jiatters.

By Messrs. De Foor of Clayton, Swift of Elbert and Arnold of Clay-
House Bill Ko. 198. A bill to create a State Board of Tax Review and prescribe duties.

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Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ways and Means.

By .:\Ir. Perkins of i\Iuscogee-
House Bill Xo. 199. A bill to provide time for presenting Cross Bills of Exception, etc.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Messrs. Swift of Elbert, Mundy of Polk and Arnold of Clay-
House Bill No. 200. A bill to amend the 1919 Tax Act, as to employment of Special Tax Agents.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Yays and .Means.

.By i\Ir. McClure of vValkerHouse Bill No. 201. A bill to amend the Charter
of the City of Rossville, in vValker County, Georgia.
Referred to Committee on .:\Iunicipal Government.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
House Bill X o. 202. A bil~ to amend an Act to abolish fee system in Superior Court of Blue Ridge Circuit.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By l\Ir. Ennis of Balawin and Dixon of JenkinsHouse Bill No. 203. A bill to appropriate the sum

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of $108,916 for completing Nurses' home at Georgia State Sanitarium.
Referred to Committee on Appripriations and "\Vays and Means.

By Messrs. Ennis of Baldwin and Carswell of Wilkinson-
House Bill No. 204. A bill to appropriate the sum of $20,053.57 for supplying deficiency in Georgia Training School for Boys.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and "\Vays and Means.

By ~fr. Carswell of wilkinson-
House Bill No. 205. A bill to propose amendment to Constitution of Georgia by striking Par. 1, Sec. 2,, Art. 7, relative to tax on corporations.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Consti~ tution.

By Messrs. Bentley and Holloway of Fulton and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 206. A bill to prescribe number and service of employees on passenger trains, etc.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. "\Vimberly of LaurensHouse Bill No. 207. A bill to provide for the
screening of dwellings, hotels and restaurants, etc.
uo~ll1l~UUS puu 0Uv~.8JH uo oan~rnUIOO Ol pa.I.IaJa'H

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By Mr. Blalock of Ware-
House Bill No. 208. A bill to amend Section 1087 of the Code of 1910, relative to taxation of submerged lands.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and 'Vays and Means.

By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens and Arnold of Clay-
House Bill No. 209. A bill to appropriate the sum of $8,000 for 1921 for State Board of Public 'Velfare.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and 'Vays and Means.

By Mr. Smith of Meriwether-
Honse Bill No. 210. A bill to reorganize and reconstitute the State Highway Department of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Evans of Screven-
House Bill No. 211. A bill to authorize levy on lands held under bond, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Mundy of PolkHouse Bill No. 212. A bill to amend Par. 3, Sec.

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4, Art. 3, of Constitution relative to bi-ennial sessions of House and Senate of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Messrs. Moye of Randolph and Quincey of Coffee-
House Bill No. 213. A bill to amend Par. 1 and 2, Sec. 4, Art. 3, of the Constitution, relative to election of members of the General Assembly.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
House Bill No. 214. A bill relative to common carriers selling refused freight and baggage, and repeal Sections 2757-60 of the Code of 1910.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
House Bill No. 215. A bill to amend Sec. 2167 of Civil Code of 1910, relative to elective franchise for women, and right to hold civil offices.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Mr. F'oy of Taylor-
House Bill No. 216. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court in the County of Taylor.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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By Messrs. Ham1lton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd, Parks of Terrell, Moore of Appling, Kittrell of Lowndes, Anderson of Chattooga, Bradford of whitfield, Tatum of Dade, McClure of \Valker and .McGarity of Paulding-
House Bill No. 217. A bill to call a constitutional convention of the people of Georgia.
Referred to Committee of Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 218. A bill relating to sale of alcoholic and intoxicating liquors in this State, and punishment therefor.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

By ~Ir. Smith of Haralson-
House Bill No. 219. A bill to amend Sec. 4424 of the Civil Code of 1910, relating to recovery for homicide, etc.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By ~Iessrs. Beck and Smith of Carroll-
House Bill No. 220. A bill to appropriate $75,000 to build a dormitory at Bowden Normal and Industrial College.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Fowler of BibbHouse Bill No. 221. A bill to create a Board for

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Music Teachers, and regulate teaching of music in State.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By .Messrs. Arnold of Clay, ~Iundy of Polk and Swift of Elbert-
House Bill No. 222. A bill to amend an Act approved August 14, 1913, known as the rrax Equalization Act.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill K o. 223. A bill to regulate public ultilities, and fix rates and provide penalties.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By .Mr. Brownlee of Elbert-
House Bill No. 224. A bill to amend an Act known as the ::\Iotor Vehicle Law, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Resolution No. 26-191A. A resolution to express a vote of confidence in the State College of Agriculture and also the State Department of ,Argiculture.
Referred to Committee on Lie on the Table 1 Day.

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By Mr. "\Vest of Fannin-
House Resolution No. 27-223A. A resolution directing the Collllllissioner of Pensions to put David Lunsford, of Morganton, Ga., Fannin County, on the pension roll.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Resolution No. 28-223B. A resolution to call upon Congress to return to the State the taxes illegally collected on cotton during the years 18631865.
Referred to Collllllittee on Lie on the Table 1 Day.

The following Resolutions of the House were read and adopted :

By Mr. Brownlee of Elbert-
A Resolution. Whereas, Hon. A. S. J. Stovall, ex-Senator and ex-Representative from Elbert County, Ga., and Hon. W. F. Jones, ex-Representative from Elbert County, Ga., are visiting in Atlanta, Ga., as guests of Hon. "\V. T. Brownlee, Representative of Elbert County.
Be it resolved that said former Assemblymen be ~xtended the privilege of the Floor of this House during their visit.

By Messrs. Bentley, Holloway and Moore of Fulton-
A Resolution. "\Vhereas, Hon. W. D. Upshaw,

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Congressman from this, the 5th District of Georgia, is visiting in Atlanta, Ga.
Be it resolved that said Congressman, be invited to speak to the members of this House assembled on July 8th, 1921, at 11 :00 o'clock A. M. for the period of 20 minutes.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary Xo. 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 report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 86.
House Bill No. 151.
GuEss of DeKalb, Chairman.

Mr. Kittrell of Laurens County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following bill of the House 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. 37.
KITTRELL of Laurens, Chairman.

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Mr. ~Ioore of Fulton County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

1llr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the House and ha\e instructed me as Chairman~ to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass :
House Bill No. 20.
)fooRE of Fulton, Chairman.

Mr. Fowler of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on ).lilitary Affairs, submitted the following report :

~Jr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Miltary Affairs 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. 129, by Mr. Atkinson of Chatham.
FowLER of Bibb, Chairman.

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

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11h. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
A bill to amend an Act crC'ating a Bond Commission for \Yare County.

The following message was receivC'd from the Senate, through ~Ir. 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:
A bill to provide for re-apportionment of representation in the General Assembly.

The following bills of the House favorably reported were read the second time :

By Mr. \Vebb of Lowndes-
A bill to regulate the Statistics of Leaf Tobacco sold upon the Floors of the Leaf Tobacco \Yarehouses of the State of Georgia.

By Mr. ~Ioore of Appling-
A bill to authorize and regulate the practice of Chiropractic in the State of Georgia and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Wimberly of Laurens-
A bill to amend Section 4855 of the Civil Code of Georgia, of 1910, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Fleming of the lOth-
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Dougherty County, Georgia, 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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By l\Ir. Fleming of the lOth-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Albany.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having recei\ed the rrquisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ::\[r. King of Jefferson---:-
A bill to abolish the local School System in and for the Town of \Vrens, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was ag:reed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes wrre 120, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutio_nal majority was passed.
Under the order of unfinished business, the following resolution of the House was taken up for consideration:

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A resolution providing for an investigation of all State Departments.
The following substitute for the above resolution was read:

By ~fr. Mc~iichael of Marion-
whereas, the Highway Act of 1919 requires the State Highway Board to make a complete report to the Governor thirty days prior to the meeting of the General Assembly, and
whereas, the report submitted not before the day of the meeting of the General Assembly, is not complete, in that it shows totals instead of details m expenditures, and
Whereas, these totals for overhead expenses, surveying, map-making and supervisory work seem unduly large as follows:
For Administration in Round Numbers . . . . $169,000 For Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,000 For Plans, Computations, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,000 For Supervision ....... ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244,000

Total Overhead Expenses ............ $574;000

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and Whereas, the report appears not to show the number of employees in any department or the salaries paid each, and
\Vhereas, it is reported that the said Highway Board has spent more than $100,000.00 on a rock quarry in north-east Georgia, and that they are still pouring out the money by the thousands on the said rock hill, and
WP.ereas, there are reports current that surveyors are making large sums, as much as $10,000 for surveying 20 miles of road, and
\Yhereas, it is reported that the said Highway Board has been paying certain newspaper reporters $125.00 per month to write flattering reports of their activities,-
Therefore, be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that a Committee of five (5) from the House and three (3) from the Senate be appointed by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate respectively, to make a thorough investigation of the acti'Cities, operations and expenditures of the Highway Board, and report their findings to the General Assembly at the-earliest possible moment.
Be it Further Resolved, That the Committee hereby reported shall have the authority to employ an auditor or auditors to aid in this work, as their judgment suggest, and that they shall have the authority to subpoena witnesses, call for books, records, contracts, and any other Act necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this Resolution.

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~Ir. Culpepper of Fayette, moved that the original resolution with all amendments be tabled.
l\Ir. Beck of Carroll called for the Ayes and Nays on the motion to table the resolution with all amendments, 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 Newton Bentley Bowen Culpepper Dobbs DuBose Dudley Foy Franks

Gann

Mason

Griffin

Penland

Hamilton

Strickland

Hatcher of Burke Turner

Hatcher of Muscogee Vocelie

Jones of Thomas Whitaker

Logan

of Rockdale

Macintyre

Wimberly

Maddox'

Winship

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Bobo Boswell Bowden Boyett Braddy Bradford Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock

Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Collier Collins Corbitt
Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Duncan of Dawson

Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Grant Gresham Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels
Haddock Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges

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Holland

Moore of Appling

Holloway

Moore of Fulton

Horne

Moye

Houston

Mundy

Howard

Neal of Union

Hufstetler

Nichols

Hullender

Owen

Hunter

Parks

Jackson

Parrish

Jones of Coweta Patten

Johnson of Bartow Perkins

Johnson of

Perryman

Chattahoochee Peterson

Johnson of Pickens Phillips of Jasper

Keith

Phillips of Telfair

King

Pickren

Kittrell

Price

Knight

Pruett

Lankford of Toombs Quincey

Lewis

Ramsey

Luke

Reagan

McClelland

Reville

McClure

Ricketson

:\-IcGarity

Riley

McMichael

Russell

Malone

Rutherford

Mann

Salmon

Mayo

Shettlesworth

Miles

Sibley

Mixon

Singletary

Monroe

Smiley

Smith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Smith of Meriwether Stovall Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson Trippe Tyson of Mcintosh Valentino Van Landingham Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb West Weston Whitley Whitaker
of Lowndes Whitworth Williams of Harris Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Boatwright Branch Brannen Bush Coates Cowart Duncan of Hall

Fowler Houser Hyman Langford of Hall McDonald Manning Pilcher

Rabin son Smith of Haralson Stone Tison of Worth Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Mr. Speaker

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll

call was dispensed with.

On the call of the roll the Ayes were 26, Xays 151. The motion to table was lost.

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?\Ir. Johnson of Bartow moved the previous question on the bill. The motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
By unanimous consent the following amendment was introduced, read and adopted:

By ::\Ir. Carswell of wilkinson-
To amend original Resolution Ko. 5 and all substitutes thereto by adding at the end thereof the following:
That the expenses incurred by the Committee investigating shall not exceed $500.00, and that the same shall report within ten days.
The substitute offered by ?\Ir. Mc::VIichael of Marion was adopted.
The original resolution as substituted and amended was adopted.
Mr. McMichael of }farion moved that the resolution just passed be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.

The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendment:

By :Messrs. Davis of ]'loyd and Lankford of Toombs-
A bill providing for the re-apportionment of representation in the General Assembl~ and for other purposes.
The following anwndment of the Senate was read :mel adopted:

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By i\fr. Hollingsworth of the 17th-
Amend House Bill No. 45 by adding after the words "United States of 1920," at the end of Section 2 of said bill, the following: ''provided, however, that said additional representatives shall receive their per diem for only the number of days served by them in this 1921 session of the Legislature."
Under the regular order of business the following bill of the House was read the third time :

By Mr. DeBose of Clarke-
A bill to . appropriate $25,000.00 to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the upkeep of the Public Buildings and grounds for the year 1921.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Hamilton of Flqyd 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 it do pass, as amended.
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:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Collier Collins Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dickerson Dobbs

DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Dykes Ennis Evans Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock

King Kittrell Knight Lankford of Toombs Lewis Logan Luke McClelland
~IcClure
McGarity Macintyre McMichael Maddox Malone Mann Manning Mason Miles Mixon Monroe

Hamilton Hatcher of Burke

Moore of Appling Moye

Hatcher of Muscogee Mundy

Hawkins

Neal of Union

Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter

Nichols Owen Parks Parrish

Hodges Holland Holloway

Patten Penland Perkins

Horne

Perryman

Houston

Peterson

Howard

Phillips of Jasper

Hufstetler

Phillips of Telfair

Hullender

Pickren

Hunter

Price

Jones of Coweta Ramsey

Jones of Thomas Reagan

Johnson of Bartow Ricketson

Johnson of

Russell

Chattahoochee Rutherford

Keith

Salmon

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Shettlesworth Sibley Singletary Smith of Bryan Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson

Trippe

Whitaker

Turner

of Rockdale

Tyson of Mcintosh Whitworth

Valentino

Williams of Harris

Van Landingham Wimberly

Vocelle

Winship

Walker

Wood

Wall

Woodard

Way

Worthy

Whitley

Wyatt

Whitaker

Wynne

of Lowndes

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Smiley

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Baldwin Brannen Bush Coates Cowart DeLaPerriere Dixon Duncan of Hall Ficklen Gann Houser Hyman

Jackson Johnson of Pickens Langford of Hall McDonald Mayo Moore of Fulton Pilcher Pruett Quincey Reville Riley Robinson

Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Stone Tison of Worth Watkins Webb West Weston Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Mr. Speaker

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

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that this house do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.

Mr. Bowden of \Vare was granted leave of._ absence.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10.00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
FRIDAY, JuLY 8, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 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 House Bill No. 189 was withdrawn from the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 and referred to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that when the House do adjourn that it stand adjourned until 11:00 o'clock A. M. Monday morning; and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of Unanimous Consents :
1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Second Reading of House and Senate. Bills and Resolutions :vhich have been favorable reported.

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4. Passage of Uncontested Local House and Senate Bills and Uncontested General House and Senate Bills having a local application.
5. First Reading of Senate Bills and Resolutions.

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

By ~Iessrs. Duncan and Langford of Hall-
House Bill No. 225. A bill to amend Section 2625 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to the domicile of the Railroad Commission.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr..Mayo of Mitchell-
House Bill No. 226. A bill to repeal an Act amending the Charter of the Town of Pelham, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on ~Iunicipal Government.

By Mr. Mayo of 'Mitchell-
House Bill No. 227. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Pelham, relative to selling Light and Water Plants.
Referred to Committee on ~Iunicipal Government.

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By :Mr. Patten of Lanier-
Honse Bill No. 228. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Lanier County, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters .

. By ::\Ir. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 229. A bill to amend Section 612 of the Penal Code of 1910, relatiYe to catching fish, etc.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By ~Ir. Folsom of ::\Iontgomery-
House Bill X o. 230. A bill to change the terms of Montgomery County Superior Court.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By ~Iessrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 231. A bill to amend Section 3033 of the Code of Georgia, relatiYe to guardianship of child.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr..Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 232. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new Charter for the City of Atlanta, ek
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Messrs. Whitaker and Webb of Lowndes, and Woodard of Cook-
House Bill No. 233. A bill to appropriate to the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia $65,000 for Normal College at Valdosta.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Hawkins and Hyman of \Vashington-
House Bill No. 234. A bill to regulate polling places in the State of Georgia, provide secret ballot, etc.
:ij,eferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Messrs. Hamilton of Floyd and Blalock of Ware-
House Bill No. 235. A bill to establish a system
of estimates of receipts and disbursements o! Coun-
ty Revenues.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By :Messrs. Hamilton and Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 236. A bill to amend an Act regulating the practice of optometry in the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

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375

By Messrs. Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd-
House Bill No. 237. A bill to amend the constitution of Georgia, so as to authorize the establishment of public libraries.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

Mr. Moore of Appling 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 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. 101 do pass.
House Bill No. 40 do pass.
Respectfully submitted, ~IooRE OF APPLING CouNTY, Chairman.

Mr. Vocelle of Camden County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the

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same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 68 do pass as amended. House Bill No. 108 do not pass. House Bill No. 114 do not pass. House Bill No. 185 do pass.
JAMES T. VocELLE, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciai'Y Ko. 1 have had under consideration House Bill No. 17 and House Bill No. 21 of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 21 do not pass.
House Bill No. 17 do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
GuEss OF DEKALB, Chairman.
:\Ir. w. E. Smith of :\Ieriwether County, Chair-
man of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

1vlr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the

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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. 87, to amend Charter of Cedartown, do pass.
House Bill No. 190, to amend Act incorporating Crawforddlle, do pass.
House Bill No. 201, to amend Charter of Rossville, do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
SMITH OF MERIWETHER, Chairman.

:\Ir. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and \Yays and )leans, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Appropriations and \Vays 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 recommendation that the same do pass:

House Bill No. 187.

DuBosE, Chairman.

Mr. )Ioye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County ~Iatters have had under consideration the following bills of

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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. 84. House Bill No. 119. House Bill No. 120. House Bill No. 127. House Bill No. 144. House Bill No. 159. House Bill No. 160.
Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, RANDOLPH CouNTY,
Chairman.
Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following Local bills, Nos. 90, 115, 137, 138, of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same hack to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
House Bill No. 90 do pass.
House Bill No. 115 do pass.
House Bill No. 137 do pass. House Bill No. 138 do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
PicKREN oF CHARLTON, Chairman.

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Mr. Davis of Floyd County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, has submitted the following report:

J.l:lr. Speaker: Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2 have
had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructe,!:l me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 148 do pass. House Bill No. 91 do pass.
House Bill No. 25 do pass.
House Bill No. 98 do not pass.
House Bill No. 9 do pass. House Bill No. 105 do pass. House Bill No. 82 do pass.
J. C. DAvrs oF FLoYD, Chairman.

Mr. Hullender of Catoosa County, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts and Resolutions, to-wit:
House Bill No. 103. An Act to amend an Act ereating a Bond Commission for \Vare County.

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House Bill No. 45. An Act providing for re-apportionment of the representation in the General Assembly of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER oF CATOOSA, Chairman.

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

Mr: Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit.:
A bill to create the new County of Peach.
A bill to declare that growing crops are personality.
The Senate has also adopted the following House Resolutions, to-wit:
A resolution requesting the State Highway Commission to furnish certain information to the General Assembly.
On request by the author, House Bill No. 114 was put on the Calendar for a second reading, for the purpose of disagreeing to the unfavorable report of the Committee.

The following bills and resolutions of the House, favorably reported, were read for the second time:

FRIDAY, JuLY 8, 1921.

3Sl

By 1\fr. Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 9. A bill to amend an Act to revise the Dental Laws of the State of Georgia.

By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 17. A bill to amend Section 6053 of the Civil Code of the State of Georgia of 1910.

By Mr. Moye of Randolph-
House Bill No. 25. A bill to repeal an Act prohibiting employees in restaurants and hotels from receiving tips.

By Mr. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 40. A bill to amend Section 660 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to violation of election and registration laws.

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
House Bill No. 68. A bill to amend an Act, regulating the taking of shad from the waters of the State, etc.

By ~fr. Rutherford of Monroe-
House Bill No. 82. A bill to provide for the establishment of a High School of Agriculture and Mechanics and Arts in this State as branch of the University of Georgia.

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By Messrs. Way of Liberty and Folsom of Montgomery-
House Bill No. 84. A bill to define who are and who may become members and selectment of the .Midway Society in Liberty County.

By Mr. Collier of Stephens-
House Board No. 90. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Toccoa, in Stephens County. By Messrs. Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd-
House Bill No. 91. A bill to amend Section 3413 of the Civil Code of the State of Georgia of 1910, relative to household provisions.

By Mr. Quincey of Coffee-
House Bill No. 101. A bill to repeal an Act to provide for the election of the Executive Committee of all political parties in Coffee County.

By ~fessrs. Camp of Campbell and Reagan of Henry-
House Bill No. 105. A bill to amend Section 4747 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to compensation of jurors.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 115. A bill to repeal the Charter of the Town of Burroughs in the County of Chatham.

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383

By ~Ir. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 119. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Colquitt.

By :\Ir. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 120. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Colquitt County.

By Messrs. Parrish and Brannen of Bullock-
House Bill No. 127. A bill to create a Board of' Three Cominissioners for the County of Bullock.

By :Jfr. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 137. A bill to amend au Act to amend the Charter of the City of Moultrie, in the County of Colquitt.

By :Jir. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 138. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Berlin, in the County of Colquitt.

By :Jlessrs. Parrish and Brannen of Bulloch-
Honse Bill No. 144. A bill to abolish the Board of one Commissioner for Bulloch County.

By Messrs. Bentley, Holloway and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 148. A bill to amend Sections 44551 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, relating to validation of Bonds issued by Counties, Municipalities and Divisions generally.

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By l\fr. "':Vhitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 159. A bill to authorize the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Madison County to make provisions for conveying fee simple title of County High School to the Trustees.

By ~Ir. "'Vhitworth of :Madison-
-
House Bill No. 160. A'bill to amend an Act incorporating the ~Iadison County Academy, sub-
stituting the words High School for Academy.

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
House Bill No. 185. A bill to prohibit aliens and non-residents of Georgia from catching turtles, etc., in salt waters.
By Messrs~ DuBose and Dudley of Clarke-
House Bill No. 187. A bill to provide for deficiencies in appropriations for salaries of Judges of the Supreme, Court of Appeals, etc., and for other purposes.

By :.rr. Bird of Taliaferro-
Honse Bill ~o. 190. A bill to amend an Act granting corporate authority to the City of Crawfordville in the County of Taliaferro, and for other purposes.
By l\Ir. McClure of Walker-
House Bill No. 201. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Rossville, in the County of ""~Nalker, and for other purposes.

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385

The following bill of the House was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By :Mr. Mundy of Polk-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Cedartown in reference to registration of voters, 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 125, Kays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 108, which had been unfavorably reported, was re-committed to the Committee on Game and Fish.

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

ll'Ir. S peaket:
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to deliver to the House a communication in writing to which he respectfully invites your attention.

The following message of His Excellency the Governor was read and 300 copies ordered printed:

To THE GEKERAL AssEMBLY:
I herewith transmit a communication from the Comptroller General of the State inclosing a de-

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tailed and itemized account of the appropriations for 1921, of the amounts paid on each appropriation and of the undrawn balances on each appropriation, as of date July 1, 1921.

In my opinion, the General Assembly is entitled to this information, and I trust you will give the same most careful consideration at this juncture.

Respectfully submitted,

w. THOMAS

HARDWICK,

July 8, 1921.

Governor.

STATEMENT OF UNDRAWN BALANCES

July 1st, 1921

Appropriated Drawn Balance Due

University of Georgia .... $ 108,000.00 $ 52,700.00 $ Summer School, Univer
sity of Georgia ....... . 7,500.00 Georgia School of Tech-
nology ............... . 225,000.00 152,000.00

55,300.00 7,500.00
72,800.00

State College of Agricul-

ture and extension work State College of Agricul-
ture Farmers' Institute.

130,000.00 2,500.00

55,220.00

74,780.00 2,500.00

Support and maintepance of 12 Dist. Agri. Schools
District Agricultural Schools, Special ...... .
North Georgia Agricultural College ......... .

180,000.00 48,000.00 30,000.00

75,000.00 21,000,00 12,500.00

105,000.00 27,000.00 17,500.00

Georgia Medical College .. 55,000.00 22,940.00

32,060.00

State Normal School. .... 74,000.00 39,020.00

34,980.00

Georgia Normal and Industrial College ......... . 112,500.00

46,875.00

65,625.00

South Georgia Normal College, Valdosta ........ . 72,500.00

42,720.0()

29,780.00

College for Colored (Bldg. fund) ................ .

25,000.00

25,000.00

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Academy for Blind ..... . 40,000.00 19,999.98

20,000.02

School for the Deaf ..... . 60,000.00 39,105.22

20,849.78

Georgia Training School

for Girls ............. . Georgia Training School

35,000.00

17,000.00

18,000.00

for Boys ............. . 30,000.00 15,000.00

15,000.00

Market Bureau ......... . 35,000.00 18,000.00

17,000.00

Veterinarian's expense .. . 1,875.16

937.58

937.58

For combating hog cholera 20,000.00

2,000.00

18,000.00

Coastal Plains Experiment

Station ............... . 25,000.00

25,000.00

Geological Department .. . 16,500.00

8,278.99

8,221.07

Prison Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,000.00 76,980.53

43,019.47

Pension Fund . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250,00(}.00 574,645.00 Printing Fund (Contin-

675,355.00

gent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00

1,500.00

Library Fund .......... .

4,000.00

1,539.17

2,460.83

Library Fund, Court of

Appeals .............. . 1,000.00

1,000.00

Library Fund, Reference

Bureau............... . 1,400.00

1,400.00

Incidental Expenses, Gen-

eral Asselllbly ........ .

225.00

225.00

Publishing Georgia Re-

ports ................. . 10,000.00

10,000.00

Board of Health . . . . . . . . . 90,590.00 41,500.00

49,090.00

Tuberculosis Sanitarium

56,000.00 38,000.00

18,000.00

State Sanitarium . . . . . . . . 891,334.00 445,666.98 445,667.02

Soldiers' Home . . . . . . . . . . 50,000.00 24,992.00

25,008.00

Supreme Court (Contin-

gent Fund) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00

3,000.00

School Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500,000.00 22,809.77 4,477,190.23

Total appropriated ........................ $8,312,424.16

Total drawn ............................... 1,866,630.22

Total Undrawn ......................... $6,445,793.94
School warrants that have been discounted by Educational Department ............................ $2,266,156.00 These discounted warrants are due February 1st, 1922.

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By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was withdrawn from the Committee on Education, read the second time and re-committed:
By Mr. Valentino of Chatham-
A bill amending the several Acts creating the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah, and the County of Chatham, and for other purposes.

The following resolutions of the House were taken from the table, read and adopted:

By Messrs. Hamilton of Floyd and Singletary of Grady-
A Resolution. wHEREAS, the agricultural interest of the United States are facing bankruptcy, on account of the scarcity of credits; and whereas, it is of the utmost importance to the whole people of the United States, who depend upon the farm for food and raiment, that the farmers continue to produce, which is impossible unless financial aid is granted; and
wHEREAS, the Federal Farm Loan Act was enacted for the purpose of affording financial credit
to the farming interest of the United States; and
wHEREAS, Ron. Gordon Lee, member of Congress from Georgia, has introduced a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to loan to the Federal Loan Board the sum of two hundred million dollars, to aid the farmers.
Now therefore, be it resolved that the General Assembly of Georgia hereby urges the passage of

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the said bill and requests the members of Congress from Georgia to support the said bill.
Be it further resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Hon. Gordon Lee, member of Congress, at "\Vashington, D. C.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
A Resolution. -WHEREAS, there is in the possession of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States millions of dollars representing illegal taxes collected from the Southern States during the years, 1863 to 1868, by the imposition of an illegal tax on raw cotton produced in these states, and
vVHEREAS, it has been difficult and almost impossible Jor claims to be established by individuals in a manner to meet the requirements of the United States Court of Claims, and
WHEREAS, these funds are legally and morally the property of the states from which illegally collected and the share of Georgia is approximately twelve million dollars, as shown by the records of the United State~ Treasury Department, THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA, that CONGRESS be hereby memoralized and requested to enact such legislation as will return these funds to the states from which taken by permitting the Governor and the Secretary of State under the great seal of the state to execute a valid release to the United States Government therefor, and thereafter permit each State to adjust claims upon said funds as may be

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just and proper and appropriate, and to thereafter make such disposition of the remaining funds as the people of each state through their lawful representatives may so desire.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Senators and Congressmen from the State be urged and directed to initiate and sponser such necessary legislation or action as may be appropriate or necessary to bring this result about.
The hour of 11 :00 o'clock having arrived the
House was addressed by the Ron. w. D. Upshaw,
Congressman from the 5th District, as provided by resolution of yesterday.
Under the regular order of business the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage :

By .Mr. \Vebb of Lowndes-
A bill to regulate the Statistics of Leaf Tobacco sold upon the floors of the Leaf Tobacco 'Narehouses of the State of Georgia.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 112 ; Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. DuBose of ClarkeA bill to appropriate $25,000.00 to supply a defi-

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ciency in the appropriation to the contingent fund of the Executive Department for the year 1921.

The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into a Committee of the whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. J olinson of Bartow 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 following amendment was read and adopted:

Amend by adding after the figures '' $25,000.00'' in the third line, Section One, the following: "or so much thereof as may be necessary.'' The Caption to be amended accordingly.

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 Newton Adams of Walton Arnold Atkinson
.Beckham
Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch

Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bush Camp Clifton Collier Collins Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe

DeFoor Dickerson DuBose Dudley Duncan of Hall Dykes Evans Folsom Franks Grant Gresham Griffith Grovenstein Guess

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Gunnels

Maddox

Haddock

Malone

Hamilton

Mann

Hatcher of Burke Manning

Hatcher of Muscogee Mason

Hawkins

Mayo

Henderson

Miles

Herring

Mixon

Hines of Decatur Monroe

Hines of Sumter Moore of Appling

Hodges

:\ioore of Fulton

Holland

Moye

Holloway

Mundy

Horne

Neal of Union

Houston

Nichols

Howard

Owen

Hufstetler

Parks

Hullender

Parrish

Hunter

Patten

Hyman

Penland

Jones of Coweta Perkins

Johnson of Bartow Perryman

Johnson of

Peterson

Chattahoochee Pickren

Johnson of Pickens Price

Keith

Pruett

King

Quincey

Knight

Ralll$6y

Langford of Hall Reville

Lankford of Toombs Ricketson

Lewis

Riley

Luke

Rutherford

McClure

Salmon

McGarity

Shettlesworth

McMichael

Sibley

Singletary Smiley Smith of Bryan Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Stone Stovall Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swindle Tatum Thompson Valentino Van Landingham Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb West Whitley Whitaker
of Lowndes Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt J\fr. SpeakPr

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Foy

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Anderson Baldwin Beck Bentley

Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen

Brannen Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Carr

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Carswell Childs Clark Coates Cowart DeLaPerriere Dixon Dobbs Duncan of Dawson Ennis Ficklen Fletcher Fowler Gann Griffin

Greene Hol4'ler .Jackson Jones of Thomas Kittrell Logan McClelland McDonald Macintyre Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pilcher Reagan Robinson Russell

Smith of Carroll Strickland Swift Tison of Worth Trippe Turner Tyson of Mcintosh Weston Whitaker
of Rockdale Whitworth Winship 'Vynne

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 143, Nays 1.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
A bill to authorize and regulate the practice of Chiropractic in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent this bill was carried over as unfinished business until Tuesday, July 12, 1921.
:Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted :Messrs. Beck of Carroll, Green of Jones, Jackson of Houston, and Hamilton of Floyd.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until ~[onday morning at 11 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE "HALL, ATLANTA, GA. MoNDAY, July 11, 1921.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11:00 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 Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Brannen
Brantl~y
Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr

Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpeppel' Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler

Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard Hufstetler Hullender

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Hunter

Neal of Union

Sumner of Johnson

Hyman

Nichols

Sumner of Wheeler

Jackson

Owen

Swift

Jones of Coweta

Parks

Swindle

Jones of Thomas Parrish

Tatum

Johnson of Bartow Patten

Thompson

Johnson of

Penland

Tison of Worth

Chattahoochee Perkins

Trippe

Johnson of Pickens Perryman

Turner

Keith

Peterson

Tyson of .:\lclntosh

King

Phillips of Jasper Valentino

Kittrell

Phillips of Telfair Van Landingham

Knight

Pickren

Vocelle

Langford of Hall Pikher

Walker

Lankford of Toombs Price

Wall

Lewis

Pruett

Watkins

Logan

Quincey

Way

Luke

Ramsey

Webb

McClelland

Reagan

West

McClure

Reville

Weston

McDonald

Ricketson

Whitley

McGarity

Riley

Whitaker

Macintyre

Robinson

of Lowndes

McMichael

Russell

Whitaker

Maddox

Rutherford

of Rockdale

Malone

Salmon

Whitworth

Mann

Shettlesworth

Williams of Harris

Manning

Sibley

Williams of Miller

Mason

Singletary

Williams of Walton

Mayo

Smiley

Wimberly

Miles

Smith of Bryan

Winship

Mixon

Smith of Carroll Wood

Monroe

Smith of Haralson Woodard

Moore of Appling Smith of Meriwether Worthy

Moore of Fulton

Stone

Wyatt

Moye

Stovall

Wynne

Mundy

Strickland

Mr. Speaker

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal

of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent House Bill No. 205 was transferred from the Committee on Amendments to Constitution to the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

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By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minute period of unanimous con~nts:
1st. Introduction of ne\v matter under the rules of the House.
2nd. Reports of Standing Committees.
3rd. Reading House and Senate bills and resolutions, favorably reported, the second time.
4th. Passage of uncontested House and Senate bills and general bills of House and Senate having a local application.
5th. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time.

The following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees.

By Messrs. Riley of Sumter, Hines of Decatur, and Clifton of Lee-
House Bill No. 238. A bill to regulate the election of members of the Georgia Railroad Commission.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Messrs. :Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 239. A bill to provide for condemnation proceedings for certain cities, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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397

By Mr. Mundy of Polk-
House Bill No. 240. A bill to create and establish a State Investigating and Budget Commission.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and vVays and Means.

By ~fr. "J:Iaddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 241. A bill to revise and consolidate the several acts relating to charter for the City of Griffin.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By :Messrs. Winship and Malone of Bibb-
House Bill No. 242. A bill to amend an Act creating the Municipal Court of the City of Macon.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By :Mr. ,'Winship of Bibb-
House Bill No. 243. A bill to amend the act creating the City Court of Macon, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Valentino of Chatham, Vocelle of Camden and Johnson of Bartow-
House Bill No. 244. A bill to establish kindergartens in the public schools of this State, etc.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. Hodges of Evans-
House Bill No. 245. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Evans County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By )fessrs. Herring of Schley and Foy of Taylor-
House Bill No. 246. A bill to repeal an Act to prevent the shipment of tick-infested cattle into the State.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By Messrs. Hines of Decatur and Brown of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 247. A bill to provide that dealers in paints and varnishes in this State shall label products for sale.
Referred to Committee on ~Ianufacturers.

By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bulloch-
Hause Bill No. 248. A bill to appropriate $8,000 to the Board of Trustees of 1st District Agricultural School, etc.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond-
House Bill .No. 249. A bill to appropriate $5,000

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for use of Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives for remainder of year and $50,000 for year of 1922.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and "'\Vays and Means.

By ~fr. \Vay of Liberty-
House Bill X o. 250. A bill to amend an Act creating a.Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Liberty County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 251. A bill to provide for deposit and withdrawal of funds coming into the hands of Confederate Soldiers residing at the Confederate Soldiers' Home.
Referred to Committee on Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home.

By ::\fr. Monroe of wilcox-
House Bill No. 252. A bill to reduce the number of terms of the "'\Yilcox County Superior Court.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary Ko. 1.

By Mr. Monroe of 1.VilcoxHouse Bill No. 253. A hill to change the hunting

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season in Georgia by amending Sec. 594-d, Penal Code of 1910.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Mayo of Mitchell-
House Bill No. 254. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Camilla, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By ::\fr. Mayo of Mitchell-
House Bill No. 255. A bill to amend an Act to provide for payment of salary to Treasurer of Mitchell County in lieu of commission and fees for services.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By ::\Ir. Clifton of Lee-
House Bill No. 256. A bill to provide for the construction of fish-ways over all dams in the State, etc.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Robinson of Macon-
House Bill No. 257. A bill to amend Act establishing the Public School S~-stem for Town of Marshallville, in the County of Macon, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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B~ 3Ir. Camp of Campbell-.
House Bill K o. 258. A bill to provide for the pay of Grand and Petit Jurors, under certain conditions.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By ::\Iessrs. DuBose and Dudley of Clarke-
House Bill No. 259. A bill to appropriate to the Trustees of University of Georgia for use of State
Normal School $30,000.00 for salaries due to
teachers, etc.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By ::\fr. Brantley of Pierce-
House Bill No. 260. A bill to change the name of the Railroad Commission to the Georgia Public Service Commission.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. \Villiams of Harris-
House Bill No. 261. A bill to fix the compensation of the members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Harris County, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By l\Ir. Reagan of HenryHouse Bill No. 262. A hill to provide for the

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annual registration and identification of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 263. A bill to authorize the settlement of claims of minors for personal injuries to be made directly by person liable through next friend, etc.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 264. A bill to require all officers of this State when seizing intoxicating beverages to make proper inventory of the same.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

Mr. Bentley of Fulton County, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor, submitted the following report:

M1. Speaker:
Your Committee on Privileges of the Floor have had mider 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. 30.
BENTLEY OF FuLTON, Chairman.

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Mr. Evans of Screven County, Chairman of the Committee on Conservation, submitted the following report:

Mr. SP,eaker:
Your Committee on Conservation 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. 56, to regulate and control the purchase, sale and use of explosives.
House Bill No. 150, creating an Investigative Committee to be known as the ''Georgia State Board of Forestry.''
I. H. EvANS OF ScREVEN, Chairman.

Mr. Boyett of Stewart County, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following House 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. 27-(223A).
BoYETT oF STEWART, Chairman.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has read and adopted the following: Resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
A resolution memorializing Congress to return certain funds to Georgia illegally collected during years 1865-1869.
The Senate has also read and adopted the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
A resolution memorializing Congress to pass certain bills providing for the reclamation of swamp and arid lands.

The following bills and resolutions of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Messrs. Whitaker and Webb of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 56. A bill to regulate and control the purchase, sale and use of explosives, and for other purposes.

By .;\fessrs. Beckham of Dougherty and :Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 150. A bill creating an Investigative Committee to be known as "The Georgia State Board of Forestry," and for other purposes.

By Mr. West of FanninHouse Resolution No. 27. A resolution directing

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the Commissioner of Pensions to put David Lunsford, of Morganton, Ga., Fannin County, on the pension rolls, and for other purposes.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted :

By Mr. ).fundy of Polk-
A resolution extending the privil0ges of the floor of the House to Hon. P. C. Harris, Adjutant-General of the l'nited States Army, during his stay in this City.

The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By ::\fr. Lewis of Colquitt-
A bill to amend an .Act Incorporating the Town of Berlin; to provide for the election of a ).farshall for th<-' said Town, 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Parrish and Brann<-'n of Bulloch-
A bill to abolish the Board of one Commissioner of Bulloch 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 119, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Whitworth of Madison-
A bill to authorize and direct the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Madison County to make deed conveying fee simple title to the Trustees of Madison County High School of school house lot in City of Danielsville, known as lot No. 41 in original plot of said City.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 119, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Whitworth of Madison-
A bill amending an Act Incorporating the ~Iadison County Academy, substituting the words "High School" for "Academy."
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 119, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Bird of Taliaferro-
A bill to amend an Act granting corporate authority to the City of Crawfordville and Acts amendatory thereof, so as to define the corporate limits of said City, to provide compensation for its Marshal and Night--Watchman, and for other purposes.
The report of the Conunittee, 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. McClure of Walker-
. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Rossville, so as to abolish the Public School System of said City, provide for extension of corporate limits, 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 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Way of Liberty and Folsom of Montgomery-
A bill to define who are and who may become Members and Selectmen of the ~fidway Society, in Liberty County, and for other purposes.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutiOiial majority was passed.

By Mr. Collier of Stephens-
A bill to amend an Act Incorporating the City A Toccoa, relative to the issuing of bonds, 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 119, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Quincey of Coffee-
A bill to repeal an Act to provide for the election of the Executive Committees of all political parties in 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 112, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requi~ite constitutional majority was passed.

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By :.Iessrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
A bill to repeal the Charter of the Town of Burroughs granted to the said Town by the Superior Conrt of Chatham County, and for other purposes.

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 109, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By l\Ir. Lewis of Colquitt-

A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Colquitt County, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By l\fr. Lewis of Colquitt-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Colquitt County, approved August 21, 1911, and the Act amendatory thereof.
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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Parrish and Brannen of Bulloch-
A bill to create a Board of three Commissioners for Bulloch County.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, .was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By )fr. Lewis of Colquitt-
A bill to amend an Act amending the Charter of the City of Moultrie, relative to election of Marshal, Clerk and Recorder by qualified voters, and for other purposes.
rrhe report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional ypajority was passed.

The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to committees:

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By Mr. Davidson of the 23rd-
A bill 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 Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Johns of the 27th-
A bill to declare that growing crops shall be personalty, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Fleming of the lOth-
A resolution memorializing Congress to return certain funds to Georgia illegally collected during years 1865-1869.
Referred to Committee on Lie On Table One Day.
Under the regular order of business the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage :

By Mr. Hunter of Chatham-
A bill to amend Section 660 of the Penal Code of the State of Georgia, relative to violation of the election and registration laws of the State of Georgia and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favor-able to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 108, Nays 12.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By .Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act entitled ''An Act to revise thl' Dental Laws of Georgia."
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 104, Nays 3.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority-was passed.

By :Messrs. ::\Ioore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
A bill to amend Section 6035 of the Code of Georgia relative to levy on shares of stock in a bank, or other corporation, 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 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constituttional majority was passed.
On motion of .Mr. Culpepper of Fayette, House Bill No. 25 was tabled.

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Mr. Smith of Haralson moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Perryman of Talbot, and Griffith of Oconee.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLA:NTA, GA.,
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the rall of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proeeedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 13 was taken from the table for the purpose of consideration.
~Ir. Wyatt of Troup moYed that action on Home Resolution No. 13 be indefinitely postponed, and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 185 was recommitted to the Committee on Game and Fish.
The following resolution of the House was read and adopted :
By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
A resolution extending the privileges of the floor of the House to Dr. Burwell Atkinson.
Upon request of the author House Bill No. 207 was placed on the Calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the unfavorable report of the Committee.

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

Jfr. Speaker:
The Senate has read and adopted the following resolution of the House:
A resolution calling upon Congress to return to the State the taxes illegally collected on Cotton during years 1863-1868.

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

}fr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, towit:
A bill to amend Section 3298 of the Code of 1910, so as to provide for the foreclosure of Bills of Sale in any amount.
A bill to amend au Act ereating a State Board of Architects.

::\Ir. Smith of Haralson County, Chairman of the Committee on Uniform State Laws, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Uniform State Laws have had under consideration the following House Bill No.

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121 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.
SMITH OF H;\RALSON, Chairman.

l\Ir. .McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

llir. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary 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. 48. To provide for holding four terms a year of Floyd Superior Court.
House Bill No. 162. Providing for holding two terms of Superior Court of Cook County and to fix the time of holding said terms.
Respectfully submitted,
l\fcDo::-<ALD OF RICHMOND, Chairman.

:Jlr. Smith of ~feriwether 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 re-

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port the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
No. 8. Revising Charter of Town of vVarsaw and
changing name to Town of Thunderbolt.
No. 147. Providing for a bonded indebtedness in certain Counties.
No. 143. Amending Charter of City of Sylvester.
No. 239. Providing for Condemnation Proceeding in certain Cities.
No. 241. Revising Charter of City of Griffin.
Respe~tfully submitted, SMITH o:b' MERIWETHER, Chairman.

Mr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 212.
LANKFORD oF TooMBs, Chairman.

Mr. Ficklen of Wilkes County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following bill 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 as amended :
House Bill No. 191.
MR. FicKLEX OF V\TILKEs, Chairman.

Mr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and 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. 149.
House Bill No. 31.
House Bill No. 57.
LANKFORD oF TooMBs, Chairman.

.Mr. Tatum of Dade County, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following House Bills Nos. 36 and

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158 and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
TATUM OF DADE, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Bryan County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as follows:
House Bill No. 75 do pass.
House Bill N_o. 207 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
SMITH oF BRYAN, Chairman.

~fr. Moore of Fulton 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 th(~ same do pass:

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House Bill No. 107. House Bill No. 85. House Bill No. 44. House Bill No. 35. House Bill N'"o. 100.
Respectfully submitted, MooRE oF FuLTO~, Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Appling County, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report:

11fr. Speaker:
Your Committ~e on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration the following House Bill K o. 23 and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
MooRE oF APPLING, Chairman.

~fr. Kittrell of Laurens County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following bill of the House 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:
House Bill No. 156. KITTRELL oF LAURE~s, Chairman.

The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, :\Ir. Blalock :.

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

The following communication from His Excellency, the Governor, was read:

To the General Assembly of Georgia:
I beg to direct your attention to the absolute necessity for some disposition, at this Session, of the property known as the Executive :\Iansion, located in the City of Atlanta, on the corner of Peachtree and Cain Streets.
That the present Governor's .Mansion is uninhabitable and no longer suited for the purpose of supplying the Governor of Georgia with a residence, is not a debatable proposition. I have not been able and will not be able to so use it. It is unsanitary, unhealthy and, in my opinion, its occupancy would imperil the health, to say nothing of the comfort, of whoever undertook to live in it.

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In his report to this General Assembly, the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds, Hon. T. E. Massengale, referred to this matter in the following language:
"I again for the third time call your attention to the Governor's Mansion. I consider it unsafe and unsanitary and I do not think the Governor and family should be forced to live in the house. I would suggest the sale of the Mansion which in my opinion could be sold for four or five hundred thousand <lollars, a suitable house bought for the Governor, and quite a nice sum be turned into the Treasury to go to the State's indebtedness."
In 1919, Governor Dorsey, in his annual message to the General Assembly, used the following language:
"Your attention ~s further called to that portion of the report of Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds dealing with the condition of the Executive Mansion. 'It is unsafe and unsanitary, it is also badly located for a residence. It could probably be easily exchanged for another home for the Governor, together with sufficient land located near the Capitol to accommodate the needs of the State for many years to come, and leave a surplus to be applied to the liquidation of the bonded debt of the State, as provided by the Constitution.' ''
Again, in 1917, Governor Dorsey made the following recommendation to the General Assembly of this State:
"The Executive Mansion should be sold or exchanged as soon as an advantageous arrangement

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can be made. It is located well within the business section of Atlanta and is ill-adapted to home requirements. Its value as an investment is wholly disproportionate to the purpose for which it is used."
In 1917, Governor Harris, in his message to the Legislature, made the following recommendation:
"It would be well if the Mansion could be sold or exchanged for some better place for the Governor and his family. Located at the intersection of two great business streets, the noise is so terrible that nothing can be heard at night that takes place within the house. The loudest alarm would have no effect inside the building. A child might get sick through the night and if alone no alarm could reach the parents. The cause of this is the increasing roar of the streets. The dust and smoke accumulates so fast that it is impossible to keep the Mansion clean for longer than 24 hours at a time. This causes a heavy expense to the State. The Mansion also is so situated that there are odors that fill it all times, possibly from open sewers in the streets or from defective plumbing on the lot. Many sewer repairs should be made and all the plumbing gone over to make it safe and comfortable for the incoming Governor. I most earnestly advise the Legislature to dispose of the property as soon as practicable so as to secure a better home in the City for the Governor and those dependent upon him. The location and size of the lot ought to give it a very good value, which might be utilized for the benefit of the State."
On June 25, 1915, Governor John M. Slaton, in his annual message to the General Assembly, said:

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''I recommend for your consideration at some proper season the disposition of the Executive Mansion. The ground upon which it is located is nearly in the heart of the City and is adapted to business purposes. The value of the ground makes the possession of the present Mansion an extravagance on the part of the State. Under the Constitution, all the property ot the State is pledged to pay its bonded debt. This constitutional provision might be met by effecting an exchange of the present Mansion property for some other locality on which an appropriate mansion has been erected, with surplus in cash payable to the State."
I regard it as useless to multiply citations of the recommendations of past chief executives of the State on this subject. Suffice it to say that the Executive l\fansion is at present wholly unsuited and wholly unsafe for residential purposes cannot be disputed. The lot on which it is located has a very large cash value and, in my opinion, would bring not less than $450,000.00, if the State is to make a fee-simple title to the same, or can be readily leased at a considerable annual rental for a period of years, if that method of disposition of the property is deemed wisest.
The Constitution of our State provides:
''The proceeds of the sale of the Western & Atlantic, Macon & Brunswick or other railroads held by the State, and any other property owned by the State, whenever the General Assembly may authorize the sale of the whole or any part thereof, shall be applied to the payment of the bonded debt

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of the State and shall not be used for any other purpose whatever so long as the State has any existing bonded debt.''
In spite of the fact that some of my predecessors have expressed the opinion that the constitutional provision above referred to is so broad in its terms as to include all public property of the State, my own opinion is that it does not include any of the public property of the State held for governmental
uses, but simply includes property like the vVestern
& Atlantic railroad and the holdings of the State in the Georgia railroad, and such other investments as the State holds for private uses and for business purposes. Regardless, however, of that question, I do not think that there is the slightest doubt that the State has the right to exchange the present Mansion property for a suitable residence for the Governor and to devote the surplus arising from such exchange to the payment. of the bonded debt of the State, and I urge that course upon you. In my opinion, $450,000.00 at least can be obtained from the sale of this property, that a suitable residence for the Governor can be procured and furnished at a cost not to exceed $100,000.00. The $350,000.00 thus obtained from the exchange could well be devoted to the payment of the principal and interest of the public debt. In that connection, I beg to call your attention to the following extract from the last report of the Treasurer of Georgia:
"In addition to the annual maturities of $100,000.00 for which sinking funds are provided, there will mature on the first day of January a small part of the debt, amounting to $207,000.00 for which no

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sinking fund was provided. This maturity represents the 4lj2 ~'o bonds issued under the Act of 1891, to take up the defaulted bonds of the Northeastern Railroad Company, endorsed by the State; and as there will be no surplus funds in the Treasury to apply to this part of the debt it will be necessary for the Legislature at the next session to authorize these bonds to be refunded or in some other way provide for their liquidation. In reference to this issue it may be appropriate to suggest that in view of the fact that the property known as the Governor's ::\[ansian is no longer considered desirable or even habitable as a place of residence and as its value is no doubt large enough to take care of this debt and to also provide a residence for the Governor, it would be a good business proposition to sell it and appropriate a part of the proceeds to the payment of these bonds rather than to eontinue them with a new issue."
As a business proposition, no person except a multi-millionaire, can afford to use for residential purposes a business lot in a great city worth in the neighborhood of half a million dollars. Certainly the State of Georgia, in its present financial condition, cannot a~ord any sueh expensive luxury.
Practically the only opposition to the recommendation that I make to you, so far as I am advised, comes from what is known as the Georgia Capital Removal Association. That organization, in a communication dated June 30, 1921, addressed to the Governor and to your Body, undertook to present certain objections to the recommendation I am now making. It is significant to note that even that

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organization concedes that ''The present Mansion property is in such a state of dilapidation and is actually so unsanitary as to make it undesirable as a place of residence. This Governor Hardwick insists on and all who are familiar with conditions at the Mansion must necessarily agree with him. It is not only undesirable as a residence, but it is actually unsafe.''
I insist that the proposition I submit to you is in no way properly connected with the so-called question of Capital removal. If the real estate holdings of the State in the City of Atlanta are decreased in value, it is difficult for me to see how that would unfavorably effect the cause of Capital removal. If the bonded debt of the State is reduced by $350,000.00, by the exchange of properties herein recommended, surely due account of that fact and due allowance for it could and would be made by the people, if the question of Capital removal were presented to them, and it would certainly be easier to sell a piece of residence property in Atlanta worth $100,000.00, or less, than it is to sell the present Mansion lot at its value, approximately $500,000.00. The Capital removal question has no legitimate connection with this proposal, and I sincerely trust that neither its friends nor its foes will insist upon such a connection. In any event, the State cannot afford to allow the continued agitation of this question to interfere with the proper protection and improvement of its property in Atlanta nor with the prompt consideration of the course I have submitted. Delay on such question is both unwise and unfair to the State and is besides a useless expense to the State.

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The State of Georgia is paying today an average of more than 7% on all the money it is forced to borrow, and 7% on $450,000.00 is $31,500.00 per annum, which amount is uselessly and extravagantly wasted by delay in the settlement of this question; while the present ~Iansion property remains idle, useless and unproductive.
For all of these reasons, I urge speedy and careful consideration of this question by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
THOS. w. HARQWICK,
Governor.

The following bills of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time :

By Mr. Neill of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 23. A bill to provide for a secret and private ballot, at all elections held in this State, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Vocelle of Camden and Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 36. A bill creating a permanent Commission to be known as ''The Georgia State Canal and Waterway Commission,'' defining its powers and duties, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 75. A bill to regulate issuing marriage license, provide for certificates of health, and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Knight of Berrien-
House Bill No. 100. A bill to amend Article XI, Section 171, 173, 174 of Compulsory Education Laws of the State of Georgia relative to age, and for other purposes.

By ~fr. Luke of Ben Hill-
House Bill No. 107. A bill to amend an Act codifying the School Laws of Georgia relative to elementary rudiments of vocal music.

By Messrs. Holloway and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 121. A bill making it unlawful to make false or fraudulent statements in order to procure money or other benefits unlawfully.

By Messrs. Bentley, ~foore and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 147. A bill to provide that any Municipality having a population of 150,000 or more, can incur bonded debt for street improvements.

By ~fessrs. Kittrell and Wimberly of Laurens, Childs of Upson and Hamilton of Floyd-
House Bill No. 156. A bill to create a Board of Harbor, Port and Terminal Commissioners for the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-

House Bill No. 158. A bill concerning the loading,

shipment and sale of watermelons and prescribing

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By .Messrs. Dobbs of Cobb and Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 191. A bill to empower the Secretary of the State to grant to Fire Insurance Companies authority to cover by their Policies losses ascribable to certain things or happenings.

By Mr. :Mundy of Polk-
House Bill No. 212. A bill to provide for the meeting of the General Assembly biennially instead of annually.

By .Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 239. A bill to provide for Condemnation Proceedings for certain Cities, and for other purposes.
Under the order of unfinished business, the following bill of the House was taken up for consideration:

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
A bill to authorize and regulate the practice of Chiropractic in the. State of Georgia; to define what is considered the practice of Chiropractic; to define the standing of Chiropractic College, and for other purposes.

The following amendments were introducep, read and adopted:

By Mr. Bentley of Fulton1. To amend Section 8 by striking out the words

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"disinterested parties" in line 8 and inserting in the place of the said two words ''county officials holding offices in the county where said applicant or licentiate has been practicing.''
2. Also to amend Section 9 by inserting after the clause ''a criminal abortion'' in line 12 the following: ''or the obtaining fee on representation that a manifestly incurable disease can be permanently cured; causing the publication and circulation of an advertisement of any remedy or means, whereby the monthly periods of women can be regulated, or the menses, if suppressed, can be re-established; causing the publication and circulation of an advertisement relative to any disease of the sexual organs.''
Mr. Pruett of Lumpkin 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 as amended.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 129,1\ays 18.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
~fr. ~foore of Appling moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

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By Messrs. Smith of Carroll and wyatt of Troup-
A resolution extending the privileges of the floor of the House to Ron. W. C. Adamson, former member of Congress from the 4th District of Georgia.
Under the regular order of business the following bill of the House was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By Messrs. whitaker and "\Vebb of Lowndes-
A bill to regulate and control the purchase, sale and use of explosives; to provide a penalty for the violation of any of the provisions of this Act, 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 117, Nays 21.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. "\Villiams of Walton moved that this House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 :00 o 1clock.

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The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 :00 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 House Bill No. 69 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of Unanimous Consents :
1. Introduction of Kew Matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Second reading of House and Senate Bills and Resolutions which have been favorably reported.
4. J.>assage of Uncontested Local House and Senate Bills and Uncontested General House and Senate Bills having a local application.
5. First Reading Senate Bills and Resolutions.
Under unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Corpmittees:

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By Messrs. McDonald, Reville and Pilcher of Richmond-
House Bill No. 265. A bill to amend Par. 1, Sec. 7 of the Constitution of Georgia, relative to the rate of taxation, with application to Augusta.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. McDonald of Richmond-
House Bill No. 266. A bill to regulate the employment of children under the age of 16, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. McDonald of Richmond-
House Bill No. 267. A bill to provide for the permanent registration of voters in the City of Augusta.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Reville of Richmond-
House Bill No. 268. A bill to amend an Act relative to paving the City of Augusta, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Moore, Bentley and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No~ 269. A bill to amend Section 20,

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Acts 1919, relative to extraordinary sessions of Legislature.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Messrs. Moore, Bentley and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 270. A bill to provide for Uniform Bill of Sale for Motor Vehicles, Registration, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Mr. Singletary of Grady-
House Bill No. 271. A bill to regulate the signing of Criminal Bonds by professional Bondsmen.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Foy of Taylor-
House Bill No. 272. A bill to prevent people who live in a Militia District of non-fence law, from voting in a County election for no-fence.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Mr. Smith of Haralson-
House Bill No. 273. A bill to amend. Sec. 2, Art. 6 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, relative to Clerks of Supreme and Court of Appeals.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

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By Messrs. Atkinson, Valentino and Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 274. A bill to alter and revise Acts relating to and Incorporating the )fayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on .Municipal Government.

By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 275. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for City and Port of Savannah, etc.
Referred to Committee on Mu11icipal Government.

By Mr. Hamilton of ~--,loyd-
House Bill No. 276. A bill relative to trapping and killing of quails in this State.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By 1\Ir. :Maddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 277. A bill to provide for the more prompt payment of the Confederate Soldiers and widows.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Dickerson of Clinch-
House Bill No. 278. A bill to provide for the rotation of Judges of the Superior Courts of the State.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

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By Messrs. 2\Iayo of 2\Iitchell, Hines and Griffin of Decatur, vValker of Baker, Singletary of Grady and Cowart of Calhoun-
House Bill No. 279. A bill to repeal the Act to establish the fee system in the Superior Court of the Albany Circuit.
Referred to Committee on General ,Judiciary No.2.
By Mr. Mundy of Polk-
House Bill No. 280. A bill to amend Section 542 of the Civil Code of 1910( relative to furnishing food and clothing to paupers.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By 2\Ir. Clifton of Lee-
House Bill No. 281. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to extending time of marriage, etc.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. Mixon of Treutlen-
House Bill ~o. 282. A bill to prescribe and fix compensation. of the Treasurer of Treutlen County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By 2\Iessrs. Thompson and Jones of Coweta-
House Bill No. 283. A bill to amend Section 5083 of the Code of 1910, relative to deed to secure a debt.

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Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 284. A bill to remove from office any County Officer, and method of removal.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens, Carswell of Wilkerson, Woodard of Cook, Bush of Lamar and Arnold of Clay-
House Bill No. 285. A bill to amend an Act to aid in the establishment of one or more consolidated Public Schools in each County in the State.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Brownlee of Elbert-
House Bill No. 286. A bill to require fish ways on all dams in this State used for power~ etc.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Knight of Berrien-
House Bill No. 287. A bill to repeal Act Incorporating the Town of Alapaha in Berrien County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Knight of BerrienHouse Bill No. 288. A bill to establish a new
Charter for the Town of Alapaha in Berrien County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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By Messrs. Sumner of Wheeler and Brown of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 289. A bill to regulate the calling of the docket of criminal cases in Superior Courts of the State.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Mr. Mason of Hart-
House Bill No. 290. A bill to amend Section 3414 of the Code of 1910, relative to pony homestead.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Mr. Clark of webster-
. House Bill No. 291. A bill to create the office of County Treasurer for the County of Webster, etc.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
House Bill No. 292. A bill to amend an Act providing for the registration of voters, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Bentley, Hollow~y and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 293. A bill to make appropriations

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to the Georgia School of Technology for the year 1921, to supply deficiency.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and l\feans.

By Messrs. Valentino of Chatham, Luke of Ben Hill and Guess of DeKalb--
House Bill No. 294. A bill to make it lawful for men and 'vomen to organize themselves together into labor organizations, 'et"c.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Hawkins of washington-
House Bill No. 295. A bill to require persons handling cooked and uncooked foods, etc., to file affidavit with Ordinary certain information.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
House Bill No. 296. A bill to amend the Act of 1896, creating a Charter for the City of Elberton.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Bentley of FultonHouse Bill No. 297. A bill making it a misdemeaor

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to practice the profession of law without being admitted to practice.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Clifton of Lee-
House Bill No. 298. A bill to make appropriation for the increase in salary due the Clerk-Bookkeeper of the Pension Office.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Messrs. Lankford of Toombs and Corbett of Atkinson-
House Resolution No. 37-296A. A resolution appointing three members from the House and two from the Senate to investigate and recommend a fair salary for all State Officials, including members of the General Assembly.
Lie on the Table One Day.

By :\Ir. Brantley of Pierce-
House Resolution No. 38-296B. A resolution in regard to revising all the freight rates of the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Webb of Lowndes-
House Resolution No. 39-297A. A resolution to appropriate $57.82 to reimburse J. S. Turner and

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L. M. Stanfill for expenses incurred in attending legislative investigation against State Veterinarian.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Resolution No. 40-297B. A resolution to make temporary provisions for a residence for the Governor and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
House Resolution No. 41-297C. A resolution requesting the Highway Commission to furnish the General Assembly information as to the amount of money spent in County from January 1, 1920, to ~fay 1, 1921.
Referred to Committee on Lie on the Table One Day.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
House Resolution No. 44-297D. A resolution providing for a Committee of seven to be appointed by the House to investigate the Highway Department, and for other purposes, independent of action in the Senate.

By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
House Resolution No. 42. A resolution to increase the Governor's Staff to thirty-four (34) members.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

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By Mr. Luke of Ben Hill-
House Resolution No. 43. A resolution providing House Bill No. 107 be set for a special order Thursday, July 14th, immediately after period of unanimous consent.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

2\fr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

ML 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. 34.
House Bill No. 97.
House Bill No. 252.
GuEss OF DEKALB, Chairman.

Mr. Beck of Carroll County, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Temperance 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. 264.
BEcK oF CARROLL, Chairman.
w. Mr. H. Vanlandingham of Seminole County,
Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, suhmitted the following report:

1llr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following No. 128 and 131 and majority of the Committee 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. 128.
House Bill No. 131.
"\V. H. vANLANDINGHAM OF SEMINOLE,
Chairman.

:Jfr. Manning of Milton County, Chairman of the Committee on Drainage, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Drainage 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. 188. Respectfully submitted,
J. H. MANNING oF MILTON, Chairman.

Mr. V ocelle of Camden County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:
House Bill No. 108 do not pass.
House Bills Nos. 12 and 253 do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 256 do pass.
House Bill No. 229 do pass as amended.
V ocELLE OF CAMDEN, Chairman.

Mr. .Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and 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:
House Bill No. 14. House Bill No. 15. House Bill No. 29. House Bill No. 46. House Bill X o. 195. House Bill No. 197. House Bill No. 228 as amended.
Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. ::\IoYE oF RANDOLPH, Chairman.

Mr. Davis of Floyd 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 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 ~o. 63. Compensation Reporters m Certain Counties.
House Bill No. 30. ~[onopolies and Trusts m Restraint of Trade.
House Bill No. 118. Pilotage Board.
House Bill No. 135. Torts of .Wife.

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House Bill X o. 110. Amending Code, Section 3298.
House Bill ~o. 194. Assignment of Dower.
J. C. DAvis OF FLOYD, Chairman.

Th~ following message was received from the Senate, through "jfr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
A bill to regulate certain matters on review procedure in the Courts of the State.
A .bill to amend Act creating new charter for City of Savannah.
A bill to provide for compensation of Juries in Justice Courts.
A bill to regulate salaries of all Stenographic R<.'porters of all Judicial Circuits.
A bill to prescribe the Bill of Costs to the Supreme Court.
A bill to provide for return of interrogatives taken under Art. 1 and 2 of Chapter 6 of 6th Title of Code.

The following message was received from the Senate, through ~Ir. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

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J'ir. Speaker:
The Senate has read and adopted the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
A resolution requesting members of Congress from Georgia to urge the passage of bill to authorize loan to Farm Loan Bank.

The following bills of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time :

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 12 A bill to harmonize the State and Federal Game Laws.

By l\fr. Monroe of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 253. A bill to change hunting season.
By Mr. Nichols of Wayne-
House Bill No. 29. A bill to provide for the establishment and laying off of five road districts in the County of wayne, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 30. A bill to prohibit monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Boswell of Greene-
House Bill No. 34. A bill to amend Section 720 of the Penal Code of 1910 relative to the wrongful sale or removal of-mortgaged property.

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By .Mr. Grovenstein of Effingham-
House Bill No. 46. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Effingham, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Wimberly of Laurens-
House Bill No. 63. A bill to regulate compensation of official court reporters in counties having therein cities of a certain population.

By Mr. McDonald of Richmond-
House Bill No. 97. A bill to amend an Act making it a misdemeanor to obtain food, lodging or other accommodations at any hotel with intent to defraud the keeper of same.

By Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 110. A bill to amend Section 3298 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to foreclosure of BiH of Sale to secure a debt.

By ::\fessrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 118. A bill to amend Section 1908 of the Code of 1910, relative to suits on Bonds given by Pilots, and for other purposes.

By Mr. ::\foore of Appling-
House Bill No. 128. A bill relative to the eligibility of Grand Jurors.

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By ::\Ir. Cowart of Calhoun-
House Bill No. 131. A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910, relative to selection of State Depositories by the Governor.

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
House Bill No. 135. A bill to relieve persons from liability for torts committed by their wives, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. williams of "\Valton, Howard of Forsyth, Manning of Milton, Tatum of Dade, and 'Valker of Baker-
House Bill No. 188. A bill to amend an Act to promote the public health, convenience and welfare by leveeing, ditching and draining the wet, swamp and overflowed land of the State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
House Bill No. 194. A bill to amend Section 5248 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to providing that dower may be assigned in lands, etc.

By ::\Ir. Henderson of 'Vhite-
House Bill No. 195. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of white, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Henderson of WhiteHouse Bill No. 197. A bill to create a Board of

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Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of "White, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Patten of Lanier-
Honse Bill No. 228. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Lanier County, and for other purposes.

By .:\Ir. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 229. A bill to amend Section 612 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to the catching or taking of fish from the waters of this State.
By ~Ir.Moore of wilcox-
House Bill No. 252. A bill to reduce number of terms of wilcox Superior Court.

By :Jiessrs. Beckham of Dougherty, Hines and Riley of Sumter, and Clifton of Lee-
House Bill No. 256. A bill to provide for the con-
struction of fishways over all. dams in this State, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 264. A bill to require all officers
of this State when seizing or taking possession of any intoxicating beverages or other concoctions, or stilling apparatus held or used in violation of the prohibition laws of this State to properly inventory the same, and for other purposes.
The following hilts of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

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By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
A bill to amend, revise and consolidate the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Town of Warsaw in Chatham County, to change the name of said town to Thunderbolt, etc.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 112, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Brown and Boatwright of Emanuel-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Emanuel..
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of. the bill the Ayes were 129, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~Iessrs. Brown and Boatwright of Emanuel-
a A bill to create Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Emanuel, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 128, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Jones and Thompson of Coweta-
A bill to establish a System of Public Schools in and for the Town of Grantville.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the iequisite constitutional majority was passed.

By .l\fr. Perryman of Talbot-
A bill to repeal an Act establishing a Public School System for the Town of Talbotton, Georgia, 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 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Floyd Superior 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By .\Ir. west of Fannin-
A bill to amend an Act to establish a System of Public Schools for the Town of Blue Ridge, now City of Blue Ridge, Fannin County, Georgia.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of .the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 126, Kays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By .\Ir. Tison of Worth-
A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the City of Sylvester, for the purpose of enlarging and extending the incorporate limits of said City, 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 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority ''ms passed.

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By ::\Ir. 'Voodard of Cook-
A bill providing for the holding of the two term~ of Superior Court of Cook County and to fix the time of holding said terms, 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 129, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. ~Iaddox of Spalding-
A bill to revise and consolidate tlie several Acts granting and amending the Charter of the City of Griffin relative to amending the Charter of said City, 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 124, 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. Johns of the 27th-
A bill to amend Section 3298 of the Code so as to provide for the foreclosure of bills of sale in any amount.

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Rt:-ferred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Messrs. Fleming of the lOth and Fleming of the 8th-
A bill to amend an Act creating a State Board of Architects.
Referred to Committee on Manufacturers.

The following bill of the House was taken up for its third reading and for the purpose of consideration:

By }fr. Keill of Muscogee-
A bill to provide for a secret and private ballot, at all elections held in this State, and for other purposes.
}fr. Quincey of Coffee moved that this bill be carried over as unfinished business until next Tuesday, July 19, and the motion prevailed.

The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. V ocelle of Camden and Pickren of Charlton-
A bill creating a permanent Commission to be known as ''The Georgia State Canal and \Vaterway Commission'' and for other purposes.
l\fr. Bowden of \Vare moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

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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 5.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~Ir. Vocelle of Camden-
A bill to amend an Act regulating the taking of shad from the waters of this State, and for otherpurposes.
Mr. Hatcher 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 passage of the bill as amended, was disagreed to and the bill was lost.
~Ir. Moore of Fulton moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Vocelle of Camden gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in disagreeing with the favorable report of the Committee on House Bill No. 68.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterda~r 's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent House Bill No 239 was eommitted to the Committee on \V. & A. Railroad.
By unanimous consent House Bill X o. 135 was reeommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No.2.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents:
1. Introduction of new matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Second reading House and Senate Bills and Resolutions which have been favorably reported.

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4. Passage of Uncontested Local House and Senate Bills and Uncontested General House and Senate Bills having a local application.
5. First Reading Senate Bills and Resolutions.

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

By l\Ir. Smith of Haralson-
House Bill No. 299. A bill to prohibit the use of evidence obtained through an unlawful search.
Referred to Committee on Uniform State Laws.

By ~Iessrs. Whitaker and "\Vebb of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 300. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of State Veterinarian, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By Messrs. wyatt and Daniel of Troup-
House Bill No. 301. A bill to create the Department of Library, History and Archives for the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Public Library.

By Mr. Brantley of Pierce-
House Bill No. 302. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for the County of Pierce.

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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Bird of Taliaferro-
Honse Bill No. 303. A bill to create the City
Court of Crawfordville in Taliaferro County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By l\Ir. Maddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 304. A bill to aid in the maintenance of the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station, etc.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Messrs. Perkins, Neill and Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 305. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Columbus, relative to creating a Commtsswn.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Hamilton of Floyd and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 306. A bill to create the Office of State Inspector of Masonry.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Messrs. Ficklen and Bobo of WilkesHouse Bill Ko. 30i. A bill to amend an Act

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establishing a Department of Insurance, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Smith of Carroll-
House Bill No. 308. A bill to confer upon the Railroad Commission right to fix premium rates of employees' insurance.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By ~fr. Brantley of Pierce-
House Bill No. 3()9. A bill to create the Office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pierce County. _
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Henderson of White-
House Bill No. 310. A bill to create the City Court of Cleveland, in and for the County of White.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Woodard of Cook, Ennis of Baldwin, DuBose of Clarke, DeLaPerriere of Jackson, :Moore of Fulton, Beckham of Dougherty, Bowden of Ware and Swindle of Jackson-
House Biil No. 311. A bill to appropriate ten thousand dollars to place Crawford W. Long's statue in Statuary Hall.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

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By Mr. Penland of Gilmer-
House Bill No. 312. A bill to amend Act so as to provide for a State Depository at Ellijay.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
House Bill No. 313. A bill to provide for the sale or exchange of the Governor's ~Iansion.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Messrs. Guess and McClella:qd of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 314. A bill to carry into effect an amendment to the Constitution, relatiYe to Judge of Stone Mountain Circuit.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson-
House Bill No. 315. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of wilkinson.
RefeFred to Committee on Counties and County :Matters.

By Mr. ~.,owler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 316. A bill to provide for appointment of reporters and stenographers in Counties having City of 30,000 to 54,000 inhabitants.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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By l\fr. :McMichael of Marion-
House Resolution No. 44. A resolution calling for an investigation by the House of Representatives of the State Highway Department.
Lie on Table One Day.

Mr. )fcDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

llir. Speaket':
Your Committee on Special Judiciary 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:
House Bill No. 76 do pass. House Bill No. 230 do pass. House Bill No. 77 do pass. House Bill No. 78 do pass. House .Bill No. 79 do pass House Bill No. 106 do pass. House Bill No. 216 do pass. House Bill No. 59 do pass. House Bill No. 163 do not pass. House Bill No. 173 do pass. House Bill No. 145 do pass. House Bill No. 116 do pass.
)fcDoNALD OF RicHlroxo, Chairman.

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Mr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

1l1r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the 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 not pass:
House Bill No. 33.
House Bill No. 32.
LANKFORD oF TooMBS, Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Appling County, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and El~ctions, submitted the following report:

illr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 215 and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
J. B. MooRE OF APPLING, Chairman.

Mr. Tatum of Dade County, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Railroads have had under

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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 as amended :
House Bill No. 70.
TATUM OF DADE, Chairman.

~fr. Moore of Fulton County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

ill'r. 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. 232 do pass, by substitute.
House Bill No. 285 do pass.
MooRE OF FuLTox, Chairman.

Mr. ~foye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

1.Ur. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties 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:

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House Bill No. 261. House Bill No. 250. House Bill No. 282. House Bill No. 291.
Respectfully sumbitted, RoBERT L. :\foYE of Randolph, Chairman.

Mr. Boyett of Stewart County, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following House Resolution No. 14 and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
BoYETT OF STEWART, Chairman.

~fr. Guess of DeKalb 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, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute:
House Bill No. 38 do pass by substitute.
GuEss OF DEKALB, Chairman.

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Mr. Bradford, Chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home 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. 251 that same do pass.
BRADFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Bryan County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bill of the Hous"e and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, to wit:
House Bill No. 73.
SMITH OF BRYAN, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Municipal Government have

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had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Biil No. 50. House Bill No. 226. House Bill No. 227. House Bill No. 287. House Bill No. 288. House Bill No. 274. House Bill No. 292. House Bill No. 186. House Bill No. 13 reported unfavorable with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, SMITH oF MERIWETHER, Chairman.

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

.~1r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to appropriate $25,000.00 to supply a deficiency for the upkeep of the Public Buildings and Grounds.

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The following bills of the House, fayorably reported, were read for the second time:

By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 38. A bill to amend Section 4809 of the Code of 1910, relatiw to tim<> for appeals.

By Messrs. williams and Adams of "\Valton-
House Bill Xo. 59. A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of \Valton County.

By Mr. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 70. A bill to authorize common carriers to sell articles of freight or baggage that are unclaimed.
By ~Iessrs. Bush of Lamar, and :F'owler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 73. A bill to establish the Georgia Board of Pharmacy, and for other purposes.
By Messrs.- Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill X o. 106. A bill to provide that Grand Juries of Counties haYing a population of more than 100,000 and less than 125,000 shall be required to examine records twice a year.
By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
. House Bill No. 116. A bill to amend an Act au-

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thorizing Judges of Chatham County to hold bimonthly courts.

By Mr. McClelland of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 145. A bill making it optional with persons convicted of a crime as to when they will begin service.

By Mr. Grant of Habersham-
House Bill No. 173. A bill to provide for four terms of the Superior Court of Habersham County per year.

By Messrs. DuBose and Dudley of Clarke-
House Bill No. 186. A bill to amend an Act to amend the Charter of the Town of Athens in Clarke County.

By Mr. Mc~fichael of Marion-
House Bill Ne. 215. A bill to amend Section 2167 of the Code of 1910, relative to elective franchise for women.

By Mr. Foy of Taylor-
House Bill No. 216. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court in Taylor County.

By Mr. Mayo of Mitchell-

House Bill No. 226. A bill to repeal an Act amend- .

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By Mr. Mayo of Mitchell-
House Bill No. 227. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Pelham, in Mitchell County.

By Mr. Folsom of Montgomery-
House Bill No. 230. A bill to change the terms of Montgomery County Superior Court.

By 1\fr. ~1oore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 232. A bill to amend an Act establishing the Charter of the City of Atlanta.

By Mr. \Vay of Liberty-
House Bill No. 250. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Liberty.

By Mr. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 251. A bill to provide for the deposit and withdrawal and regulation of monthly funds coming into the hands of the Confederate soldiers.
By Mr. williams of Harris-
House Bill No. 261. A bill to fix the compensation of members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Harris County.

By Messrs. Atkinson, Valentino and Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 274. A bill to alter, revise and

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amend the Act relating to the "Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah.

By Mr. Mixon of Treutlen-
House Bill No. 282. A bill to fix a compensation of the Treasurer of Treutlen County.

By Messrs. Arnold of Clay, Carswell of Wilkinson, Kittrell of Laurens, Woodard of Cook, Bush of Lamar-
House Bill No. 285. A bill to amend an Act to establish one or more consolidated schools in each County of the State.

By l\fr. Knight of Berrien-
House Bill No. 287. A bill to repeal an Act Incorporating the Town of Alapaha, in Berrien County.

By ~Ir. Knight of Berrien-
House Bill No. 288. A bill to provide and establish a new Charter for the Town of Alapaha in Berrien County.

By Mr. Clarke of Webster-
House Bill No. 291. A bill to create the Office of Treasurer for the County of Webster.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
House Bill No. 292. A bill to amend an Act providing for the permanent registration of voters.

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By )fessrs. Duncan and Langford of Hall-
House Resolution No. 14. A resolution to reestablish Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley as a Pensioner for the year 1919.

The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Nichols of Wayne-
A bill providing for the establishment and laying off five road districts in the County of Wayne, 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 126, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Grovenstein of Effingham-
A b~ll to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Effingham, 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 126, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By J.Iessrs. Reville, ~IcDonald, and Pilcher of Richmond-
A bill to promote the efficiency and improve the condition in the Fire Department of the City of Augusta 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 126, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. '

By ~fr. Reagan of Henry-
A bill providing for the election of a Treasurer of Henry County and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutioiml majority was passed.

By Mr. Reagan of Henry-
A bill to abolish the Office of Treasurer in and for the Cou11ty of Henry 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 117, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Reagan of Henry-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the Office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Henry, 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 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~fr. Reagan of Henry-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Henry County and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 100, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Henderson of White-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of White.

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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 122, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :Mr. Henderson of White-
A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of White.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 129, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :Mr. Monroe of Wilcox-
A bill to reduce number of terms of Wilcox Superior Court.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Patten of Lanier County-
A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Lanier County, and for other purposes.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, 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. Thomas of the 3rd-
A bill to regulate and prescribe certain matters of review procedure and practice in the Courts of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Pope of the 44th-
A bill to amend Section 4747 of Parks' Code, relative to compensation of juries in Justice Courts.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Snow of the 7th-
A bill to provide for the return and transmission of interrogatories taken under the provisions of Article 1 and 11 of Chapter 6 of the Code of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.
By Mr. Rountree of the 16th-
A bill to regulate the salaries of stenographic re-

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porters of all Judicial Circuits of the Superior Court of this State having a certain population.
Referred to Committee 011 Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Cone of the 49th-
A bill to amend Act creating a new Charter for the City of Statesboro.
Referred to Committee on :\funicipal Government.

By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd-
A bill to prescribe the bill of cost in cases carried to the Supreme Court and to the Court of Appeals of this State.
Referred to Committee 011 General Judiciary 1\o. 1.

The following resolution of the House was mtroduced and read:

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
A RESOLUTION.
-whereas, it is necessary to enact a new tax law for the State of Georgia, or to amend the existing tax laws of the State, and in order to properly accomplish this, it is necessary to employ the services of a competent stenographer:
Therefore, be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that the sum of seventy-fhe ($75.00) Dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the Ap-

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propriations and "\Yays and ~feans Committee for the purpose of employing a stenogTapher to do said work.
The resolution inYolving au appropriation, the House was desolved into the Committee of the "\Vhole House, and the Speaker designated 2\fr. Dobbs of Cobb 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.
rrhe 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 Yoting in the affirmative \vere Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin
Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Boatwright Bobo Bowden Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock

Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr
Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dobbs

DuBose Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock

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Hamilton

McDonald

Hatcher of Burke McGarity

Hatcher of Muscogee Macintyre

Hawkins

McMichael

Henderson

Malone

Herring

Mann

Hines of Decatur Manning

Hines of Sumter Mason

IIodges

Mayo

~rolland

Miles

Holloway

Mixon

Horne

Monroe

Houston

Moore of Appling

Howard

Moore of Fulton

Hufstetler

Moye

Hullender

Neal of Union

Hunter Hyman

Owen Patten

Jones of Coweta

Penland

Jones of Thomas Perryman

Johnson of Bartow Peterson

Johnson of

Phillips of Jasper

Chattahoochee Phillips of Telfair

.Johnson of Pickens Pickren

King

Pilcher

Knight

Price

Langford of Hall Pruett

Lankford of Toombs Ramsey

Lewis

Reville

Logan

Ricketson

Luke

Riley

McClelland

Robinson

McClure

Russell

RutheJ;ford

Salmon Shettlesworth Sibley Singletary Smiley Smith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson .Smith of )feriwether Stovall Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swmdle Tatum Trippe Tyson of :\lclntosh Van Landingham Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb Whitaker
of Lowndes Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Woodard Worthy Wynne

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Bentley

Dixon

::\Iundy

Bleckley

Dudley

Nichols

Bloodworth

Ennis

Parks

Boswell

Foy

Parrish

Bowen

Houser

Perkins

Brannen

Jackson

Quincey

Carswell

Keith

Reagan

Collins

Kittrell

Stone

Daniel of Troup

Maddox

Strickland

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Thompson Tison of Worth Turner Valentino West

Weston

Winship

Whitley

Wood

Whitaker

Wyatt

of Rockdale Mr. Speaker

Whitworth

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

On the passage of the Resolution the Ayes were 158, Nays 0.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent House Bill No. 16 was withdrawn from the House.

The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
A bill to harmonize the State and Federal game laws.
Mr. Hatcher of ~[uscogee moved to table original bill, substitute, and all amendments, and the motion prevailed.

By l\fr. Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to prohibit monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent the bill was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Boswell of GreeneA bill to amend Section 720 of the Penal Code of

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1910, relative to the wrongful sale or removal of mortgaged property.
Mr. Lankford of Toombs moved that bill be recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Wimberly of Laurens-
A bill to regulate compensation of official court
reporters in Counties having therein Cities of a
certain population.
The report 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 18.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
A bill to regulate the issuing of marriage license, providing for certificates of health, and for other purposes.
l\Ir. williams of vValton moved the previous ques-
tion; the motion prevailed &nd the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 88, Nays 58.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

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:Mr. .McMichael of .Marion gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 75.
Mr. Smith of Haralson moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Brown of Hancock and Fletcher of Irwin.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.
FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 :00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Rev. Daniel \V. Key of the Baptist Church.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimaus consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was taken from the table, read and adopted:
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
A Resolution. Resolved by the House of Representatives that the State Highway Commission be requested to furnish the General Assembly the amount of money spent in each county from January 1, 1920 to May 1, 1921.
By unanimous consent the follQwing was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents :
1. Introduction of New Matter under the rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.

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3. Second Reading of House and Senate Bills and Resolutions which have been favorably reported.
4. Passage of Uncontested Local House and Senate Bills and General House and Senate Bills having a local application.
5. First Reading Senate Bills and Resolutions. Mr. ~fundy of Polk moved that when the House adjourn it will stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10 :00 o'clock, and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Messrs. McClure of \Valker and Hamilton of Floyd-
House Bill No. 317. A bill to prohibit all aliens, o.r non-resident persons from storing or keeping dangerous explosives.
Referred to Committee on General Jud~ciary No.2.

By Mr. Kittrell of Laurens-
House Bill No. 318. A bill to promote intellectually and orderly the marketing of agricultural products.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By Mr. Luke of Ben HillHouse Bill No. 319. A bill to amend Section 5 of

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an Act to regulate sale and inspection of commercial fertilizers.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By Mr. Brantley of Pierce--
House Bill No. 320. A bill to amend an Act to create and incorporate the city of Blackshear m Pierce County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Atkinson, Hunter and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 321. A bill to amend several Acts creating the City Court of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Brantley of Pierce-
House Bill No. 322. A bill to create the Georgia Children's Code Commission, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Reformatories.

By Messrs. Gresham and Hatcher of Burke-
House Bill No. 323. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of \:Vaynesboro in Burke County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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487

By Mr. Rieketson of \VarrenHouse Bill No. 324. A bill to repeal an Act
establishing the Department of Game and Fish, etc.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By .Mr. Bush of Lamar-
House Bill No. 325. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Aldora in Pike County, etc.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Jones of Thomas-
House Bill No. 326. A bill creating a new Charter for the City of Boston in Thomas County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Bowden of Ware-
House Bill No. 327. A bill to require the date of manufacture to be stamped on all automobile tires, etc.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson-
House Bill No. 328. A bill to provide for the election of maximum tax of five mills, as per Par. 1, Sec. 4, Art. 8 of the Constitution.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Beckham of DoughertyHouse Bill No. 329. A bill to proYide for a defense

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in the Courts for violation of the game laws of the State.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Blalock of ware-
House Bill No. 330. A bill to provide that the Railroad Commission have jurisdiction over ice factories, etc.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Sibley of Bacon-
House Bill No. 331. A bill to amend Section 1249 of Volume 1 of Code of 1910, relative to State Depositories with application to the Town of Alma in Bacon County.
Referred to Commitee on Banks and Banking.

By :Jir. \Vhitaker of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 332. A bill to amend Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta in Lowndes County.
Referred to Committee on General .Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Monroe of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 333. A bill to repeal Act creating the independent local school system of Pineview, etc.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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489

By Mr. Monroe of wilcox-
House Bill No. 334. A bill to fix an open season for the killing of cat squirrels in Georgia, etc.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Smith of Carroll-
House Bill K o. 335. A bill to amend Section 414 of Penal Code of 1913, relative to the running of freight trains.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 336. A bill to amend an Act amending an Act, by adding a proviso to said amending Act in Section 7, relative to improving streets in Decatur, Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Pruett of Lumpkin-
House Bill No. :337. A bill to amend Article 7, Section 1, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, relative to a tax for roads and bridges.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie-
Honse Bill No. 338. A bill to amend an Act preventing the adulteration of food for man and beast, etc.
Refflrred to Committee on Hygiene an<l Sanitation.

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By Mr. Pruett of Lumpkin-
House Bill No. 339. A bill to amend Article 7, Section 12, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution relatiYe to increase of state bond debt for improYement of roads.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. Logan of Banks-
House Bill No. 340. A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act known as ''The Georgia Motor Yehicle Law," relative to annual license fees, and use of same.
Referred to Committee on Public Highwa~s.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
House Resolution No. 45. 340-A. A resolution appointing committee for the leasing of the Governor's Mansion for a period of years.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Resolution No. 46. 340-B. A resolution proYiding for the appointment of a committee to look into the feasibility of putting into operation a new system of enacting local legislation.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. -

By Mr. Kittrell of LaurensHouse Bill Xo. 341. A bill to substitute a Board

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491

of State Regents or Control for the different Boards of Trustees of the University, State institutions and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.

By Messrs. Turner of Brooks and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 342. A bill to amend the Highway laws of the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

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

llfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to amend the school laws of Georgia.

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

llfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to fix the amount of commutation tax for road work in Hall County.

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JOURNAL OF THE HousE,

Mr. Hullender of Catoosa County, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Act, to wit:
House Bill No. 71. An Act to appropriate $25,000 to supply a deficiency for the upkeep of the Public Buildings and Grounds for the year 1921.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER OF CATOOSA, Chairman.

Mr. l!.,icklen of Wilkes County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance 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. 26, by Mr. Mcintyre.
House Rill No. 139, by Messrs. Hamilton and Davis.

~Ir. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

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493

Jfr. Speaker: Your Committee on Counties 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. 64. House Bill No. 245. House Bill No. 255. House Bill No. 280.
Respectfully sulnnHted,
RoBERT L. ~IoYE, Chairman.

Mr. Turner of Brooks 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 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 not pass:
House Bill No. 1. Regulating road maintenance.
House Bill No. 2. To reorganize highway department.
House Bill No. 132. To fix automobile tax.
House Bill No. 262. To regulate motor vehicle tax.
S. M. TuRNER, Chairman.

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Mr.. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means, submitted the following report:

lifT. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means, have had under consideration the following House Bills and House Resolution of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the following recommendations :
House Bill No. 200. Do pass as amended. House Resolution No. 16. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 222. Do pass. House Bill No. 198. Do pass. House Bill No. 205. Do pass. House Bill No. 209. Do pass. House Bill No. 6. Do not pass.
Du BosE, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb 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 recommendations as follows:

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That House Bill No. 165 do not pass. That House Bill No. 125 do not pass. That House Bill No. 258 do pass by substitute. That House Bill No. 74 do not pass. That House Bill No. 117 do pass. That House Bill No. 284 do pass. That Senate Bill Xo. 12 do pass.

Mr. Kittrell of Laurens 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 r<>port the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 88.
House Bill No. 157.
Respectfully submitted,
KITTRELL oF LAURE~s, Chairman.

Mr. Davis of Floyd County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No.2 has submitted the following report :

111 r. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 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 as follows:
Senate Bill No. 47. Do pass. House Bill No. 130. Do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 154. Do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 269. Do pass. House Bill No. 279. Do pass. House Bill No. 283. Do pass. House Bill No. 192. Do not pass. House Bill No. 225. Do not pass.
J. C. DAvis, Chairman.

Mr. Perryman of Talbot County, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report:

1lfr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 155 and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

Mr. McDonald of Richmond 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 resolu-

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tions of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:
House Resolution No. 19.. Do pass. House Bill No. 161. Do pass House Bill No. 66. Do pass House Bill No. 122. Do pass. House Bill No. 146. Do pass. House Bill No. 27. Do pass. House Bill No. 254. Do pass. House Bill No. 140. Do not pass.
"\V. R. ~IcDo~ALD, Chairman.

House Bills Nos. 1, 2, 6, 132 and 225 were placed upon the calendar for the purpose of disagreeing with the unfavorable report of the Committees.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time :

By Mr. Macintyre of Thomas-
House Bill No. 26. A bill to authorize the valuation of bonds and other securities owned by life insurance companies.

By }fessrs. Macintyre and Jones of Thomas-
House Bill No. 27. .A bill to amend the .Act creating the City Court of Thomasville, in the County of Th.omas.

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By Messrs. Holloway, Bentley and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 64. A bill to increase the fees of coroners, constables and jurors in certain counties.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 66. A bill to provide for a record book in each County for recording discharges from military service of the United States.

By Mr. Branch of Turner-
House Bill No. 88. A bill to require the Commissioner of Agriculture to furnish certain information upon request.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 117. A bill to amend Section 4995 of the Code of 1910, relative to secretaries of Judges in the Superior Court in certain counties.

By Messrs. Moore and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 122. A bill to amend Section 68 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to punishment for involuntary manslaughter in commission of an unlawful act.

By Mr. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 130. A bill to amend Section 189, Volume II of the Code of 1910, relative to punishment for offense of larceny after trust.

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499

By Messrs. Hamilton and Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 139. A bill to increase the salary of the deputy insurance commissioner.

By Mr. Miles of Candler-
House Bill No. 146. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Metter in Candler County, Georgia.

By Mr. Childs of Upson-
House Bill No. 154. A bill to repeal Sections 4856-58 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to judges, etc.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
House Bill No. 155. A bill to amend Section 1065, Volume II, of Code of 1910, relative to misdemeanor convicts.

By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens and Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No.157. A bill to create a lien in favor jewelers, and provide for foreclosure on same.

By Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 161. A bill to amend Section 3321 of Civil Code of 1910, relative to State and Municipal Courts.

By Mr. De Foor of Clayton, Swift of Elbert, and Arq.old of Clay-
House Bill No. 198. A bill to create a State Board

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of Tax Review, and define duties and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Swift of Elbert, Mundy of Polk and Arnold of Clay-
House Bill No. 200. A bill to amend the 1919 Tax Act, as to the appointment of special tax agents.

By Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson-
House Bill No. 205. A bill to propose an amendment to the Constitution of Paragraph 1, Section 2, Article 7, relative to tax on earnings of corporations.

By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens and Arnold of Clay-
House Bill No. 209. A bill to appropriate $8,000 for 1921 for maintenance of State Board of Public \Velfare.

By Messrs. Arnold of Clay, Mundy of Polk and Swift of Elbert.
House Bill No. 222. A bill to amend an Act known as the Tax Equalization Act.

By Mr. Hodges of Evans-
House Bill No. 245. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Evans.

By Mr. Mayo of Mitchell-
House Bill No. 254. A bill to amend Act establishing the City Court of Camilla, Georgia, in County of Mitchell.

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By Mr. Mayo of Mitchell-
House Bill No. 255. A bill to amend an Act to provide for the payment of salary to Treasurer of Mitchell County.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 258. A bill to provide for the pay of Grand and Petit .Jurors, drawn on the regular panel.

By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentle~ of Fulton-
House Bill No. 269. A bill to amend Section 20. Acts 1919, relatiYe to use of proceeds of seized property.

By ~Iessrs. ~Iayo of Mitchell, Hines and Griffin of Decatur, \Valker of Baker, Singletary of Grady, and Cowart of Calhoun-
House Bill No. 279. A bill to repeal Act to establish fee system in Superior Court of Albany Judicial Circuit.

By Mr. Mundy of Polk-
House Bill No. 280. A bill to amend Section 542 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to care of paupers.

By l\fessrs. 'Thompson and Jones of Coweta-
House Bill No. 283. A bill to amend Section 5083 of Code of 1910, relative to deeds to secure a debt.

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By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 284. A bill to remove from office any county officer desired to be removed and method of so doing.

By Messrs. Brown and Boatwright of Emanual-
House Resolution No. 16. 82-D. A resolution to relieve county tax collectors of the penalty incurred by failing to settle with the Comptroller General on April 20, 1921.

By Mr. Henderson of 'Vhite-
House Resolution No. 19. 124-B. A resolution that one E. L. Russell and other sureties be released from bond.

By Mr.Johns of the 27thSenate Bill No. 12. A bill to amend Section 3298
of Code of 1910, relative to foreclosure on bills of sale.
By Mr. Johns of the 27th_:_
Senate Bill No. 47. A bill to declare that growing crops shall be considered personalty, etc.

The following bills of the House were read for the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Williams and Adams of Walton-
A bill to provide .for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Walton County and for other purposes.

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The report of the Con;tmittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
A bill to amend an Act relative to the holding of bi-monthly sessions, by commissioners and ex-officio judges at the courthouse in the County of Chatham.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 128, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Cowart of Calhoun-
A bill to amend Section 1249 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia, relative to selection of State Depositories by the Governor.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Grant of Habersham-
A bill to provide for four terms of the Superior Court of Habersham County and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 119, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. DuBose and Dudley-
A bill to amend an Act amending the Charter of the Town of Athens so as to provide for an additional ward in said City, 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 123, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority wass passed.

By Mr. Foy of Taylor-
A bill to change the time of holding the Superior
Court in Taylor County; to fix the time when suits are returnable, 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 123, Nays 0.

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'fhe bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~fr. :Mayo of Mitchell-
A bill to repeal an Act amending the Charter of the Town of Pelham relative to elrdinn of the Chief of Police by the people; to provide how said Chief may be elected, 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 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~fr. :\Iayo of Mitchell-
A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Pelham so as to authorize the sale of the Municipal Light Plant and \Vater Plant, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the pnssage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 109, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Folsom of Montgomery-
A bill to change the terms of Montgomery. Superior Court.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passi'ige of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Way of Liberty-
A bill to amend an Act creating a .Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues 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 103, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. \Yilliams of Harris-
A bill to fix the compensation of the members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Harris Comity 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 103, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Messrs. Atkinson, Valentino and Hunter of Chatham--
A bill to alter, revise, and amend the severalActR relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Alderm_en of the City of Savannah and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorahle to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 100, Nnys 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passerl.

By Mr. Mixon of Treutlen-
A bill to prescribe and fix a compensation of the Treasurer of Treutlen County, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 101, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Knight of Berrien-
A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Alapaha and an amendment thereto, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 102, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~Ir. Knight of Berrien-
A bill to provide and establish a new Charter for the Town of Alapaha, 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 104, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Clark of \Vebster-
A bill to create the office of County Treasurer for the County of Webster 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 105, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia, by repealing all of Section 21, relative to the registration of voters, and for other purposes.

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~'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 106, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Moore of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new Charter for the City of Atlanta and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes.

The following substitute offered by the Committee was read and adopted as amended:
An Act to amend an Act establishing a new Charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Gc>orgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That an Act establishing a new Charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 2Rth, 1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, be and the same iH hereby amended as follows :
Section 1. That females, having been qualified hy the Federal Constitution to vote, are hereby made eligible for election to and service on the Board of Education of the City.
Section 2. That Section 1 of an Act amending said Charter, approved August 20th, 1918, be amended by striking therefrom the figures, '' $750,

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000.00 '' and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$1,000,000.00" so that said Section may authorize the Mayor and General Council to borrow during any one year, a sum not exceeding one million dollars to cover necessary expenses and to be paid during the year in which such loans are made.
Section 3. That the provisions of the present Charter as codified in Section 121 of the City Code of 1910, be amended by striking therefrom the words "one and one-fourth per cent," and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''one and one-half per cent,'' so that said Section, when so amended, shall read as follows:
Section 121. For the purpose of raising revenu~ for the support and maintenance of said City Government, the said 1\layor and General Council shall have full power and authority, and they shall provide hy ordinance for the assessment, levy and collection of an advalorem tax on all real and personal property within the corporate limits of said City, not exceeding one and one-half per cent thereon which shall include the school tax, which under the laws of this State, is subject to taxation; provided, nevertheless, that all assessments of real property shall be made at the cash market valuation.
Section 4. It is hereby provided that the :Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, from, and after the passage and approval of this Act, shall appropriate and deliver to the Board of Education of Atlanta, Georgia, free from any charges in reference to city bonds for school purposes or the interest on same, or the sinking fund on same, to be used by said Board of Education in

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maintaining and expanding the public school system of Atlanta, Georgia, the following sums or funds each and every year:
(A) The state appropriation or fund received by the City of Atlanta, out of the State Treasury of the State of Georgia for educational purposes.
(B) Also the yearl~' non-resident tuition fund received by the said City of Atlanta, Georgia.
(C) Also not less than twenty-five per cent. (251r) of the total income of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, from all sources.
Section 5. That the provisions of the preceding section providing for an increase of the tax rate shall take effect for and during the year 1921, and all property of said City, subject to taxation, shall have assessed thereon an assessment equal to onefourth of one per cent., and the same shall be added to the present assessment and collected on the date now fixed for the last payment of taxes, and all the provisions of the present charter are made applicable to the enforcement and collection of the taxes, except the time of the first two payments thereof, shall appl~ to, and govern the collection of the added tax for said year 1921.
Sections 3, 4 and 5 of this Act shall not be effective until the same have been ratified by the majority voters voting at a special election to be held for that purpose.
The Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta, are authorized to call a special election to be held within thirty days from the approval of this

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Act, for the purpose of having the sections providing for increase of the tax rate approved or rejected by said qualified voter. The registration for voters
shall be open until ten days prior to the date of said
election, at which time the registration book shall be closed and all citizens of the City of Atlanta duly registered shall be qualified to vote at said special election. The ballots shall contain the following words : '' :B~or increase in taxes'' and ''Against increase in taxes.'' If a majority of the votes so cast shall be ''For increase in taxes,'' the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall become the law and be of full force and effect, according to the terms thereof. If a majority of the votes so cast shall be ''Against increase in taxes,'' the provisions of Sections 3, 4 and 5 of this Act shall be of no force and effect.
Section 6. 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. Bentley of Fulton-
by striking out the words "twenty-five (25%) per cent.'' in subdivision '' C '' of Section 4 of substitute for House Bill3232 and inserting in the place of said stricken words the following "twenty-six (26%) per cent." so that said subdivision "C" of said Section 4 of said substitute shall read as follows:
Section 4-Subdivision C. Also not less than twenty-six (26%) per cent. of the total income of the City of Atlanta, Georgia from all sources.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 105,, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.

The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees:

By Mr. Palmour of the 33rd-
A bill to fix the amount of commutation tax for road work in Hall County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County l\Iatters.

By Messrs. Fleming of the lOth and Bond of the 30th-
A bill to amend the school laws of Georgia as contained in the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia found on page 296 and in Section 19 on said page.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was read :

By Mr. Arnold of Clay-
A resolution. Whereas, it will require an expenditure of about $15,000 for the Standing Committees

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to make the visiting trips to the different institutions, and
Whereas, there can be no benefit to the State by ~aid trips and inspections, and

Whereas, it behooves the General Assembly to apply the rule of strictest economy, by beginning with the membership of this General Assembly.
Therefore be it resolved that all such trips and inspections be not made, and that no appropriatiou be made for same.

Mr. Bowden of Ware moved that the resolution be tabled.

On the tabling of the resolution, Mr. Arnold of Clay called for the Ayes and Nays 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 Walton Anderson Baldwin Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Bowden Bowen Bradford Brantley Brownlee Carr Childs Clark

Collins Davis of Floyd Dickerson Dobbs Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Foy Franks Grant Griffin Griffith Guess Gunnels Henderson Herring

Hines of Decatur Hodges Houser Hufstetler Johnson of Pickens Knight Langford of Hall Logan Luke McClelland McClure Maddox Miles Neal of Union Owen Patten

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Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pickren Pilcher Price Ramsey Reagan Ricketson Robinson Russell Salmon

Shettlesworth Sibley Singletary Smiley Smith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Swindle Tatum Thompson Tyson of Mcintosh Valentino Walker

Wall Webb West Whitley Whitaker
of Lowndes Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Arnold Atkinson Beck Bentley Boswell Boyett Braddy Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dixon DuBose Dudley Ennis Evans Folsom Gann Gresham Greene Grovenstein Haddock Hamilton

Hatcher of Burke Mayo

Hatcher of Muscogee Moore of Appling

Hawkins

Moore of Fulton

Hines of Sumter Moye

Holland

Mundy

Holloway

Nichols

Horne

Parks

Houston

Parrish

Howard

~uincey

Hullender

Reville

Hunter

Riley

Hyman

Rutherford

Jones of Coweta Smith of Haralson

Jones of Thomas Smith of Meriwether

Johnson of Bartow Stone

Johnson of

Stovall

Chattahoochee Sumner of Wheeler

Keith

Trippe

King

Turner

Kittrell

Vocelie

Lewis

Watkins

McDonald

Way

McGarity

Weston

Macintyre

Whitaker

~1cMichael

of Rockdale

Malone

Winship

Mann

Woodard

Manning

Wyatt

Mason

Wynne

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Those not voting were Messrs. :

Beckham Bleckley Branch Brannen Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Carswell Clifton Coates Collier Corbitt

DeLaPerriere

Pruett

Ficklen

Strickland

Fletcher

Sumner of Johnson

Fowler

Swift

Jackson

Tison of Worth

Lankford of Toombs Van Landingham

Mixon

Wood

Monroe



Mr. Speaker

Penland

Perkins

Phillips of Telfair

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

On the tabling of the resolution the Ayes were 83, Nays 85, and the motion was lost.

Mr. Beck of Carroll moved the previous question; the motion prevailed and the main question was ordered.

On the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Arnold called for the Ayes and Nays, 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 Newton Arnold Atkinson 'Beckham Bentley Bobo Boyett Braddy Brantley Bush

Byrd of Crisp Camp Cowart Daniel of Troup Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dixon DuBose Dudley Ennis

Evans Gann Gresham Grovenstein Haddock Hamilton Hawkins Holland Horne Houston

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Howard Hullender Hunter Hyman Jones of Coweta Johnson of Bartow Keith King Kittrell Lewis McDonald McGarity McMichael Maddox Malone Mann Manning Mason

Mayo Moore of Appling Moore of Fulton Moye Mundy Nichols Parks Parrish Phillips of Jasper Price Quincey Ramsey Reville Ricketson Riley Rutherford Salmon Singletary

Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Stone Stovall Trippe Turner Vocelle Wall Watkins Way Weston Whitaker
of Rockdale Woodard Wyatt Wynne

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Walton Anderson Baldwin Beck Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bloodworth Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bowen Bradford Brannen Brown of Emanuel Brownlee Carr Childs Clark Collins Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Dickerson Dobbs Duncan of Dawson

Duncan of Hall

Langford of Hall

Dykes

Logan

Ficklen

Luke

Folsom

McClelland

Foy

McClure

Franks

Macintyre

Grant

Miles

Griffin

Neal of Union

Griffith

Owen

Greene

Patten

Guess

Perryman

Gunnels

Peterson

Hatcher of Muscogee Pickren

Henderson

Pilcher

Herring

Reagan

Hines of Decatur Russell

Holloway

Shettlesworth

Houser

Sibley

Hufstetler

Smiley

Jones of Thomas Smith of Bryan

Johnson of

Smith of Carroll

Chattahoochee Strickland

Johnson of Pickens Sumner of Wheeler

Kni~ht

swipdle

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Tatum Thompson Tyson of Mcintosh Valentino Walker Webb

West

Williams of Miller

Whitley

Williams of Walton

Whitaker

Wimberly

of Lowndes Worthy

Whitworth

Williams of Harris

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Bleckley Branch Brown of Hancock Carswell Clifton Coates Collier Corbitt Culpepper DeLaPerriere Fletcher

Fowler

Pruett

Hatcher of Burke Robinson

Hines of Sumter Sumner of Johnson

Hodges

Swift

.Jackson

Tison of Worth

Lankford of Toombs Van Landingham

Mixon

Winship

Monroe

Wood

Penland

Mr. Speaker

Perkins

Phillips of Telfair

The roll call wns verified.

On the adoption of the resolution the .Ayes were 81, Nays B6, and the resolution was lost.

Mr. Arnold of Clay gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in defeating the adoption of House Resolution No. 47.

Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that beginning Saturday, .July 22rd, that sessions on all succeeding Snt-urdays during the remainder of this term be de-

voted to general business, and the motion prevailed.

Mr. Moore of Fulton moved that the House do now ndiourn, and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Johnson of Bartow, Mixon of Treutlen, Monroe of Wilcox, Langford of Hnll, and Collier of Stephens.

The Speaker nnnonncf'd the House adjoume<l 1mtil Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock,

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REPRESEXTATIVE HALL, ATLAXTA, GA.,
MoNDAY, JuLY 18, 1921.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment thi~ day at 10 :00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp

Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen

Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston

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Howard

Moye

Strickland

Hufstetler

Mundy

Sumner of Johnson

Hullender

Neal of Union

Sumner of Wheeler

Hunter

Nichols

Swift

Hyman

Owen

Swindle

Jackson

.Parks

Tatum

Jones of Coweta

Parrish

Thompson

Jones of Thomas Patten

Tison of Worth

Johnson of Bartow Penland

Trippe

Johnson of

Perkins

Turner

Chattahoochee Perryman

Tyson of Mcintosh

Johnson of Pickens Peterson

Valentino

Keith

Phillips of Jasper Van Landingham

King

Phillips of Telfair Vocelle

Kittrell

Pickren

Walker

Knight

Pilcher

Wall

Langford of Hall Price

Watkins

Lankford of Toombs Pruett

Way

Lewis

Quincey

Webb

Logan

Ramsey

West

Luke

Reagan

Weston

McClelland

Reville

Whitley

McClure

Ricketson

Whitaker

McDonald

Riley

of Lowndes

McGarity

Robinson

Whitaker

Macintyre

Russell

of Rockdale

McMichael

Rutherford

Whitworth

Maddox

Salmon

Williams of Harris

Malone

Shettlesworth

Williams of Miller

Mann

Sibley

Williams of Walton

Manning

Singletary

Wimberly

Mason

Smiley

Winship

Mayo

Smith of Bryan

Wood

Miles

Smith of Carroll- Woodard

Mixon

Smith of Haralson Worthy

Monroe

Smith of Meriwether Wyatt

Moore of Appling Stone

Wynne

Moore of Fulton

Stovall

Mr. Speaker

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

By unanimous consent House Bill No. 270 was transferred from the Committee on General

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Judiciary No. 1to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 178 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of Unanimous Consents :
1. Introduction of )Jew .:\latter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Second Reading House and Senate Bills and Resolutions which have been favorably reported.
4. Passage of Uncontested Local House and Senate Bills and Resolutions and Uncontested General House and Senate Bills and Resolutions having a local application.
5. First reading Senate Bills and Resolutions.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees:

By Mr. Hodges of Evans-
House Bill No. 343. A bill to amend an Act to prevent the introduction of infectious diseases of honey bees into the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Judic~ary No.2.

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By Mr. Way of Liberty-
House Bill No. 344. A bill to amend the Charter of the City Court of Hinesville in the County of Liberty.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By ~[r. \Vay of Liberty-
House Bill No. 345. A bill to amend the chartN of the Town of \Villie in Libert~ County.
R<>ferr<>d to Committee on Corporations.

By ~[r. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 346. A bill to amend an Act to cr<>ate a new Charter for the Cit~ of Albany.
Referred to Committe<> on General Judiciary Xo. 2.

By Mr. Bleckley of Rabun-
House Bill No. 348. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Clayton in Rabun County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By l\lr. Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 347. A bill to establish a department for intelligence tests in public schools of th<> State.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

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By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd-
House Bill No. 349. A bill to repeal Section 4263 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to corporations.
Referred_ to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By ~Ir. :Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 350. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Brunswick, in Glynn County.
Referred to Committee on ~funicipal Government.

By Messrs. Woodard of Cook and Bowen of Tift-
House Bill No. 351. A bill to amend Par. 2, Sec. 1, Art, 11, of the Constitution, relative to changing boundary of the County of Cook.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By .Jir. Gunnels of Franklin-
House Bill No. 352. A bill to amend an Act of 1911, establishing Public School System for Town of Canon, in Franklin and Hart Counties.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Mason of Hart- -
House Bill No. 353. A bill to provide for State Censorship of moving picture films, etc.
Referred to Committee on Temperance.

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By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
House Bill No. 354. A bill to repeal an Act to Incorporate the Inman School District in the Conn- ty of Fayette.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Culpepper of Fayette, Maddox of Spalding, Bloodworth o.f Pike and Reagan of Henry-
House Bill No. 355. A bill to create a new Judicial Circuit for the State to be known as the Griffin Circuit.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 356. A bill to empower County Commissioners in certain Cities to permit County taxes to be paid semi-annually or quarterly.
Referred to Committee an Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By M:r. Folson of Montgomery-
House Bill No. 357. A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910, relative to selection by Governor of State depositories in certain Cities.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County
~fatters.

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By Mr. Folson of Montgomery-
House Bill No. 358. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Montgomery.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Macintyre of Thomas-
House Bill No. 359. A bill to amend an Act regulating branding and sale of calcium, arsenate and other chemicals.
Referred to Committee an Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Macintyre of Thomas-
House Bill No. 360. A bill to require all persons, firms, etc., to label seeds, etc., intended for sale.
Referred to Committee an Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Bowden of Ware-
House Bill No. 361. A bill to make appropriation to the Georgia State Board of Entomology.
Referred to Committee au Appropriations and Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Williams and Adams of Walton-
House Bill No. 362. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Monroe in Walton County, etc.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By ~fr. ~fcMichael of Marion-
House Resolution No. 48. A resolution relating to placing on Calendar of bills Nos. 1 and 2, unfavorably reported by the Committee.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Kittrell of Laurenf!-
House Resolution No. 49. A resolution providing that House Bill No. 156 be set for special and continued order for Thursday, July 21st, 1921.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Ji,icklen of Wilkes-
House Resolution No. 51-362A. A resolution providing for appointing of a Committee of five members of the General Assembly to investigate whether the District Agricultural Schools are being rightly operated.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
House Resolution No. 52. A resolution requesting that House Bill No. 132 be made a special order
vVednesday immediately after unanimous consent.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Kittrell of Laurens County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:

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illr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have ~nstructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:

House Bill No. 319.

KITTRELL, Chairman.

::\fr. ~Ioye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County 1Iatters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties 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. 302.
House Bill Ko. 309.
House Bill No. 315.
Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. ~foYE, Chairman.

Mr. Vocelle of Camden 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 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. 185.

YocELLE, Chairman.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 2 has had under consideration House Bill No. 24, being a bill to provide for the disposition of the funds derived from the sale of motor vehicle taxes, and instruct me as its Chairman, to recommend that the same "do pass" by substitute.
Respectfully submitted,
McMICHAEL, Chairman.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted :

By Mr. Webb of Lowndes-
A RESOLUTION.
Whereas, our highly honored and most esteemed Secretary of State, Ron. Guyt. C. McLendon, has adopted an excellent system of keeping the books and records of his department, and
Whereas, the said reports submitted from this department, by the_ Secretary of State, contain an

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itemized statement of expenditures of funds entrusted to him, and
whereas, the General Assembly considers this system of keeping a record of expenditures most satisfactory and very necessary, and
Therefore be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives, that we ask the Governor to adopt a system, similar to that used by the Secretary of State, for the purpose of keeping a record of expenditures in all the other Departments of the State, thereby making reports from these departments, when submitted to the General Assembly, easily and concisely understood in detail.
By request of the Author, House Bill No. 185 was placed on the Calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the unfavorable report of the Committee.
By request of the Author, House Bill No. 57 was placed on the Calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the unfavorable report of the Committee.

The following bills, favorably reported, were read for the second time:

By _:..rr. Brantley of Pierce-
House Bill No. 302. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Pierce.

By Mr. Brantley of Pierce-
House Bill No. 309. A bill to create the Office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pierce County.

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By l\Ir. Carswell of Wilkinson-
House Bill No. 315. -A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilkinson County.

By Mr. Luke of Ben Hill-
House Bill No. 319. A bill to amend an Act to regulate the registration and sale of fertilizers, etc.

By Messrs. Davis of Oglethorpe and ~[cMichael of Marion-
House Bill No. 24. A bill to amend an Act known as the "Georgia Motor Vehicle Law" relative to the disposition of funds.

The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage :

By Messrs. Macintyre and Jones of Thomas-
A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Thomasville and Acts amendatory thereof, 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 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Miles of Candler-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Metter, in Candler County, Georgia.

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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 118, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hodges of Evans-
A bill to amend an Act. creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Evans.
The report 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. Mayo of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Camilla, in and for the County of Mitchell, relative to Judge's salary, 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 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By .Mr. Mayo of Mitchell-
A bill to amend an Act providing for the payment of a salary to the Treasurer of Mitchell County, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 121, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Mayo of Mitchell, Hines and Griffin of Decatur, Walker of Baker, Singletary of Grady and Cowart of Calhoun-
A bill to repeal an Act establishing the fee system in the Superior Court of the Albany Judiciary Circuit, as applied to the Office of the Solicitor General, 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 121, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. McMichael of Marion moved that the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 75; the motion prevailed, and the bill went to the heel of the Calendar.
Mr. Vocelle of Camden moved to reconsider the action of the House in defeating the passage of

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House Bill No. 68. The motion was lost and the bill was not reconsidered.

Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to adopt House Resolution No. 47.

2\Ir. :Moore of Appling moved the previous question; the motion prevailed and the main question was ordered.

On the motion to reconsider ~Ir. Perryman of Talbot called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was sustained.

The roll call was ordered and the vote \vas as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Arnold Beckham Bentley Boswell Braddy Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Childs Collier Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Troup Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DuBose Dudley Gann Gresham Grovenstein Haddock Hamilton

Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Hines of Sumter Holland Holloway Houston Howard Hunter Hyman Jones of Coweta .Jones of Thomas Keith King Kittrell Lewis McDonald McGarity McMichael Malone Mann :\fanning

:\1ason :\1onroe :\1oore of Appling ~Ioore of Fulton Moye :\Iundy Nichols Parks Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Price Ramsey Reagan Reville Rutherford Singletary Stovall Sumner of Wheeler Swift Thompson Trippe Turner

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Vocelle Walker Watkins Way

Weston

Winship

Whitaker

Woodard

of Lowndes Worthy

Whitaker

of Rockdale

Those voting m the negative were Messrs. :

Adams of Walton Anderson Baldwin Beck Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Bowden Bowen Bradford Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brownlee Clark Clifton Coates Collins Corbitt Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dobbs Duncan of Hall Dykes Ficklen

Folsom

Penland

Foy

Perryman

Franks

Peterson

Grant

Pickren

Griffin

Pilcher

Griffith

Ricketson

Greene

Robinson

Guess

Russell

Gunnels

Salmon

Henderson

Shettlesworth

Herring

Sibley

Hines of Decatur Smiley

Hodges

Smith of Bryan

Houser

Smith of Carroll

.Jackson

Sumner of .Johnson

.Johnson of

Tatum

Chattahoochee Tyson of Mcintosh

.Johnson of Pickens Valentino

Knight

Van Landingham

Lankford of Toombs Webb

Logan

West

Luke

Whitley

McClelland

Whitworth

McClure

Williams of Harris

Maddox

Williams of Miller

Miles

Williams of Walton

Neal of Union

Wimberly

Owen

Wood

Parrish

Wynne

Patten

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Atkinson Boyett Branch

Dixon Brown of Hancock Carr Carswell

Duncan of Dawson Ennis Evans

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Fletcher Fowler Horne Hufstetler Hullender Johnson of Bartow Langford of Hall Macintyre

Mayo

Stone

Mixon

Stl"ickland

Perkins

Swindle

Pruett

Tison of Worth

Quincey

Wall

Riley

Wyatt

Smith of Haralson Mr. Speaker

Smith of Meriwether

The roll call was verified.

On the motion to reconsider, the Ayes were 76, Nays 88, and the motion to reconsider was lost.

The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Macintyre of Thomas-
A bill to authorize the valuation of bonds and other securities owned by life insurance companies by the amortization method.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 111, Nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. l\Ioore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
A bill to amend Section 4809 of the Code of Georgja of 1910, to state time for appeals, and for other purposes.

The following substitute offered by the Committee was read and adopted :

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A bill to amend Section 4809 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, to state time for appeals, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, that Section 4809 of the Code of Georgia 1910, be amended by adding the words "and continue in session from day to day as the business of the court may require. No case returnable to the first Monday is to be tried during said term, that is not called on that day and regularly s-et for a hearing on said day, or at a later date,'' so that said section when so amended shall read as follows:
''Section 4809. When held, the Courts of Ordinary shall be held in each County, by the Ordinary thereof, on the first Monday in each month, and continue in session from day to day as the business of the Court may require. No case returnable to the first Monday is to be tried during said term that is not called on that day and regularly set for a hearing on said day, or at a later date.''
Section 2. All appeals from the Courts of Ordinary shall be entered within four days from the date of the judgment complained of.
Section 3. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with ~his 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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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 109, Nays 3.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By }fr. Beckham of Dougherty-
A bill to provide for a record book in each County of the State for the recording of discharges from the Military Service of the United States, and for other purposes.

The following amendment was read and adopted:

By ~fr. Beckham of Dougherty-
To amend House Bill No. 66 by adding at the end of Section 1 the following words: "The term Military Service as used herein shall also include the term Naval Service. Any records already now made by the Clerk of the Superior Court, in substantial compliance with this Act, shall be considered as recorded under the terms 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 100, Nays 5.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Hunter of Chatham-
A bill to authorize common carriers in this State to sell articles of freight or baggage which are un-

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claimed or refused or cannot be delivered for any reason, and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent the bill was recommitted to the Committee on Railroads.

By Messrs. Bush of Lamar and Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to establish the Georgia Board of Phannacy, to define its duties and powers, and for other purposes.
Mr. Beck of Carroll moved that further consideration on the bill be postponed until next Friday, July 22nd, immediately after order of the day.
Mr. Bowden of Ware moved that the House do now adjourn, the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 73 went over as unfinished business, with the motion of Mr. Beck for postponement of further consideration pending.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESE~TATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
TuESDAY, July 19, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 :00 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 House Bill No. 276 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 246 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 44 was placed upon the table.
The following message was received from the Senate, through l\fr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate and House, to wit:
A bill to provide for a private and secret ballot.
A bill to amend Act incorporating Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah.

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A bill to make salary of Solicitor-General of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit to $6,000.00.

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

.!.lit. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to abolish local school system for Town of Wrens.

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

Mt. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by substitute the following resolution of the House:
A resolution to investigate the highway department.

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

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



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STATE OF GEORGIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
. July 19, 1921.

To The General Assembly of Georgia:
The Constitution of 1877 requires that the Legislature of Georgia shall meet annually. I urge you to consider an amendment of the Constitution to provide for bi-ennial instead of annual sessions of the General Assembly.
The reasons which prompt me to make this suggestion are as follows:
First : I do so in the interest of economy. If we should have bi-ennial instead of annual sessions of the General Assembly, the expense would be cut in two and a saving to the State of approximately $56,000 per annum would be made. In times like these it behooves us to effect every possible economy in the expenditure of the money of the people.
Second: Bi-ennial sessions of the General Assembly would be an improvement over our present system for another and if possible even stronger reason; we have too many unnecessary changes in the law and amendments to the laws. In other words, too much legislation. If we had bi-ennial instead of annual sessions of the General Assembly the result would be that we would have fewer changes in our law and would avoid the disturbances to business incident to anticipated legislation and new legislation every year.

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For both of the above reasons, which I have attempted to state to you with brevity, I strongly recommend the submission of an amendment proposing bi-ennial sessions of our General Assembly hereafter.
Respectfully submitted,
Tnos. W. HARDWICK,
Governor.

By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the Senate substitute thereto:

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A resolution to investigate the Highway Department.

The following substitute of the Senate was read and concurred in:

By Mr. Ellis of the 47th-
Whereas, the State Highway Commission in order to co-operate with the counties, to secure the federal aid funds available and to build the system of State roads stipulated by the law creating said Highway Department having adopted a large and extensive road and bridge building program and whereas the legislature believing that the report of said Highway Commission was inadequate to fully acquaint the legislature and the people of this state with the affairs, acts and accomplishments of the said Highway Department during the past twelve months, therefore be it resolved that a 'joint

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committee of nineteen members be appointed by the Speaker of the House and the President of Senate, twelve members to be selected from the House and seven from the Senate respectively, whose duty it shall be to conduct a complete and detailed investigation of the Highway Department of this State, to inquire fully into all the affairs of the department including its expenditures, acts and accomplishments; it shall also be the duty of this committee to report its findings to the legislature within te1i days from its creation; it is especially provided that expenses of said committee shall amount to not more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars; the committee is clothed with full authority to conduct a full and complete investigation of said Highway Department.
By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees:

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
House Bill No. 363. A bill, to annually, in addition to the ad valorem tax, levy and collect a tax for the support of State Institutions.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 364. A bill to appropriate $15,000 to be used by the Prison Commission in converting part of the State Farm into a Peach Farm.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

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By :Mr. Bush of Lamar-
House Bill No. 365. A bill to increase the powers of the Georgia State Board of Entomology relative to contagious plant diseases.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By 1\fessrs. Jones and ~Iaclntyre of Thomas-
House Bill No. 366. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Meigs in Thomas County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By ~Iessrs. Jones and ~Iaclntyre of Thomas-
House Bill No. 367. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Meigs relative to the construction of transmission lines.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By .:\Iessrs. Hamilton and Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 368. A bill to authorize the Comptroller-General to withhold final settlement with the Tax Receivers until tax digest has been completed.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and "\Vays and Means.

By Mr. Blalock of Ware-
House Bill No. 369. A bill to amend Section 1037 of the Code of 1910, relative to testimony of husba_nd and wife against each other.

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545

Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Messrs. Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 370. A bill to amend Section 2825 of the Code of 1910, relative to the reviver of corporations.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 371. A bill to amend the Act establishing the Municipal Court of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on :Municipal Government.

By ~Iessrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill K o. 372. A bill to make it a criminal offense to set fire to or burn any automobile, to defraud.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By ~Ir. Howard of Forsyth-
House Bill No. 373. A bill to amend Act incorporating the Town of Cummings in Forsyth County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Moore of FultonHouse Bill No. 374. A bill to authorize the Con-

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federate Veterans Association of Fulton County to purchase additional space for cemetery purposes.
Referred to Committee on Invalid Pensions and Soldiers Home.

By Messrs. Johnson and Trippe of Bartow-
House Bill No. 375. A bill to amend Section 5918 of the Code of 1910, relative to evidence in new trials, etc.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
House Bill No. 376. A bill to create and name a special Board of Commissioners for the County of Cherokee.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Williams of Walton-
House Bill No. 377. A bill to appropriate $15,000 to the Georgia State Board of Entomology for investigation of diseases to plant life.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Messrs. Clifton of Lee and Hines of Sumter-
House Bill No. 378. A bill to make appropriation for the deficiency of the third Agricultural and Mechanical School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

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547

By Mr. Hines of Sumter-
House Bill No. 379. A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act amending several Acts incorporating the Mayor and Council of Americus, in the County of Sumter.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Smith of Carroll-
House Bill No. 380. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Carrollton.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Hatcher of Burke-
House Bill No. 381. A bill to amend Section 5056 of the Code of 1910, relative to Clerk and Judge of the City Court.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Hullender of Catoosa-
House Bill No. 382. A bill to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa County to construct road across W. &. A. Railroad, at Ringgold, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Logan of BanksHouse Bill No. 383. A bill to amend an Act to re-

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vise laws of State relative to commitments to the Georgia State Sanitarium.
Referred to Committee on Georgia State -Sanitarium.

By Messrs. Gunnels of Franklin and Mason of Hart-
House Bill No. 384. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Canon in the Counties of Franklin and Hart.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb, and Moore, Bentley and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 385. A bill to fix compensation of Jury Commissioners in certain counties, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Kittrell of Laurens-
House Bill No. 386. A bill to amend Section 1793 of Vol. 1 of Code of 1910, relative to fertilizer manufacturers.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By. Mr. Evans of Screven-
House Bill No. 387. A bill to amend an Act to provide for the payment by counties of certain populations of actual costs incurred in Superior and City Courts, etc.
Heferred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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549

By Messrs. Smith of Bryan, Way of Liberty, Smiley of Long and Parrish of Bulloch-
Honse Bill No. 388. A bill to amend section 594 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to change in hunting season.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Dobbs of Cob~
House Bill No. 389. A bill to provide bail for the appearance of persons charged with the offense of misdemeanor, etc.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Knight of BerrienHouse Bill N"o. 390. A bill to amend an Act creat-
ing the City Court of Nashville in Berrien County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Davis, Hamilton and Salmon of FloydHouse Bill No. 391. A bill to amend an Act creat-
ing the City Court of Floyd County. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 392. A bill to amend an Act relating to the solicitor of the City Court in Baxley, Appling County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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By Mr. Woodard of Cook-
House Bill No. 393. A bill to amend Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution to provide for a new Senatorial District to be known as the Senatorial District No. 52.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By Mr. DuBose of Clarke, and Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
B:ouse Bill No. 394. A bill to provide for an occupation tax upon all dealers selling gasoline in the State.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Resolution No. 53-393A. A resolution to relieve the bondsmen of Perry Hendrix, convicted in City Court of Baxley, escaped and recaptured.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Mr. McClure of Walker-
House Resolution No. 54. 393-B. A resolution to pay G. E. Walraven the sum of $75.00 for the loss of a cow.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Beck and Smith of CarrollHouse Resolution No. 55. 393-C. A resolution

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providing that the people of Carroll County vote as to whether they shall have one or five commissioners of Board of Commissioners.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County
Matters.

By Mr.Reagan of Henry-
House Resolution No. 56. A resolution requesting that House Bill No. 262 be referred to the Committee on Rules.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 286 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 211 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent, the following was established as the order of business during the remainder of the period of unanimous consents :
1. Reports of Standing Committees.
2. Reading House and Senate bills and resolutions favorably reported, for the second time.
3. Passage of Local Uncontested House and Senate bills and of Uncontested General House and Senate bills having a local application.
4. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time.

Mr. Hullender of Catoosa County, Chairman on the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts and resolutions, to wit:
House Bill No. 20. A bill to abolish the local school system in and for the Town of Wrens.
House Resolution No. 50. A resolution concerning itemized reports from the various departments of the State.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER OF CATOOSA, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Haralson County, Chairman of the Committee on Uniform State Laws, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Uniform State Laws 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. 299.
SMITH OF HARALSON, Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Fulton County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following 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. 104. Do pass. House Bill No. 257. Do pass. House Bill No. 244. Do pass as amen(l<'d. House Bill No. 333. Do pass Senate Bill No. 65. Do pass.
MooRE OF FuLTox, Chairman.

Mr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions, and haYe instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
House Bill No. 237.
House Bill No. 281.
House Resolution No. 46.
LANKFORD oF TooMBs, Chairman.

Mr.Kittrell of Laurens 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 bills and resolutions of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with recommendations as follows:
House Bill No. 11. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 246. withdrawn.
KITTRELL OF LAURE~s, Chairman.

Mr. Turner of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Highways haYe had unrler consideration the following House bills, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendations that the same do pass as follows:
House Bill No. 153, to amend Georgia Vehicle Laws. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 142, to regulate motor vehicles. Do pass.
House Bill No. 342, to amend highway laws. Do pass.
House Bill No. 80, to regulate use of motor vehicles. Do pass.
Mn. TuRNER, Chairman.

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Mr. Hamilton of Floyd County, Chairman of the Committee on \Vestern anrl Atlantic Railroad, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Western and Atlantic RF~il road, have had unrler 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 hy substitute:
House Resolution No. 25, refunding the rental of the Western and .Atlantic Railroad.
HAMILTO~ OF FLOYD, Chairman.

Mr. Boyett of Stewart County, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 277, 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. 277.
Respectfully submitted,
BoYETT OF STEWART, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

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M1-. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government 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 same do pass :
House Bill No. 47. House Bill No. 305. House Bill No. 323. House Bill No. 350. House Bill No. 348. Senate Bill No. 48.
Respectfully, SMITH OF MERIWETHER, Chairman.

Mr. Swift of Elbert County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Property, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Property have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 313, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended:
Respectfully submitted,
SwiFT, Chairman.

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Mr. Knight of Berrien County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Temperance have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 218, and have instructed me, as. Vice-Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
P. T. KNIGHT, Vice-Chairman.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 246 was withdrawn from the House.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time :

By Mr. Dickerson of Clinch-
House Bill No. 11. A bill to ameud an Act to prevent the shipment of tick infested. cattle into the State of Georgia.

By Mr. Haddock of Early-
House Bill No. 47. A bill to amend an Act creating the City of Blakely in. lieu of the Town of Blakely.

By Messrs. Perkins and Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 80. A bill to regulate the speed of motor vehicles upon the streets and highways.

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By :Messrs. Mason of Hart, Nichols of vVayne and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 104. A bill to amend an Act codifing the schools laws of the State of Georgia.

By Messrs. Holloway, Bentley and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 142. A bill to regulate use of motor vehicles on the streets and highways, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Whitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 153. A bill to amend an Act known as the "Georgia Motor Vehicle Law," relative to kind of tags.

By Messrs. Valentino of Chatharp, Vocelle of Camden and Johnson of Bartow-
House Bill No. 244. A bill to establish kindergartens in the P.Ublic schools of the State.

By Mr. Robinson of Macon-
House Bill No. 257. A bill to amend an Act establishing a public school system for the Town of Marshallville.

By Mr. Maddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 277. A bill to provide for the more prompt payment of the Confederate soldiers and widows of their pensions.

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By Mr. Smith of Haralson-
House Bill No. 299. A bill to prohibit the use of evidence obtained by or through an unlawful search.

By Messrs. Perkins, Neill and Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 305. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Columbus, in Muscogee County.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
House Bill No. 313. A bill to provide for the sale or exchange of the Governor's Mansion and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Gresham and Hatcher of Burke-
House Bill No. 323. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Waynesboro in Burke County.

By Mr. Monroe of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 333. A bill to repeal an Act, No. 330, of the Acts of 1915, relative to public school system.

By Messrs. Turner of Brooks and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 342. A bill to amend the highway laws of the State of Georgia.

By Mr. Bleckley of Rabun-
House Bill No. 348. A hill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Clayton, in Rabun County.

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By Mr. Singletary of Grady-
House Resolution No. 25. 190-C. A resolution authorizing the Governor to sell the rental contract of the western and Atlantic Railroad, \V. & A. R. R.

By Mr. Cone of the 49th-
Senate Bill No. 48. A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the City of Statesboro.

By Mr. :ffileming of the lOth-
A bill to amend the school laws of Georgia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 350. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Brunswick.

The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage.

By ::\Ir. Brantley of Pierce-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Pierce 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By .Mr. Brantley of Pierce-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Pierce County and for other pur- poses.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Roads and Revenues for the County of wilkinson.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees:

By Mr. Jones of the 37th-
A. bill providing for a secret and private ballot at all elections held in this State.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elec-tions.

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By Mr. Foy of the 1st-
A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating' the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah so as to provide for the extension of the present corporate limits of the City of Savannah and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Wohlwender of the 24th-
A bill to make the salary of the Solicitor General of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit $6,000.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that beginning with to-morrow morning, and until further notice, the hour of convening of the House would be 9 :30 o'clock A. M. and the motion prevailed.
Under the order of unfinished business, the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration :

By Messrs. Bush of Lamar and Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to establish the Georgia Board of Pharmacy and for other purposes.
The motion of Mr. Beck of Carroll that further consideration on the bill be postponed until next Friday was lost.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 55, Nays 68.

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The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
Mr l!,owler of Bibb gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No.73.
Under the regular order of business the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Neill of Muscogee-
A bill to provide for a secret and private ballot, at all elections held in this State, and for other purposes.
Mr. Hyman of Washington moved that action on the bill be postponed until Tuesday, July 26, and the motion prevailed.

By Messrs. Davis of Oglethorpe and McMichael of Marion-
A bill to amend an Act known as the Georgia Motor Vehicle Law, providing for the disposition of funds derived from the sale of motor vehicle tags, and for other purposes.
Mr. Arnold of Clay moyed that action on the bill be postponed until Thursday morning, July 21st, immediately following the period of unanimous consents.
Mr. Knight of Berrien moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

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On the motion to postpone action, Mr. McMichael of Marion called for the Ayes and Nays 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 Newton Hatcher of Burke Perryman

Arnold

Hatcher of Muscogee Phillips of Telfair

Atkinson

Henderson

Pruett

Bentley

Hines of Decatur

Quinc~y

Bloodworth

Hines of Sumter Reville

Boswell

:0-Iodges

Riley

Brannen

Holland

Robinson

Brantley

Holloway

Rutherford

Brown of Hancock Houser

Sibley

Brownlee

Hunter

Singletary

Bush

Jones of Coweta Smith of Carroll

Byrd of Crisp

Jones of Thomas Smith of Meriwether

Carswell

Johnson of Bartow Stone

Childs

Johnson of Pickens Strickland

Coates

King

Sumner of Wheeler

Collins

Kittrell

Thompson

Cowart

Lewis

Trippe

Culpepper

Logan

Turner

Davis of Floyd

McClelland

Tyson of Mcintosh

DeFoor

McDonald

Van Landingham

Dobbs

McGarity

Vocelle

-DuBose

Macintyre

Way

Dudley

:\faddox

Webb

Dykes

Mann

West

Ennis

Manning

Weston

Ficklen

Mayo

Whitaker

Folsom

Monroe

of Lowndes

Fowler

Moore of Appling Whitworth

Foy

Moore of Fulton

Williams of Harris

Franks

Moye

Williams of Walton

Gann

Mundy

Wimberly

Gresham

Neal of Union

Winship

Grovenstein

. Nichols

Woodard

Guess

Parks

Worthy

Haddock

Patten

Wyatt

Hamilton

Penland

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Adams of Walton Anderson Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bobo Bowden Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brown of Emanuel Camp Carr Clark Clifton Collier Corbitt Daniel of Heard Davis of Oglethorpe DeLaPerriere Dickerson Duncan of Hall Evans Fletcher Grant

Griffin

Phillips of Jasper

Griffith

Pickren

Greene

Pilcher

Gunnels

Price

Hawkins

Ramsey

Herring

Reagan

Houston

Ricketson

Howard

Russell

Hufstetler

Salmon

Hullender

Shettlesworth

Hyman

Smiley

.Jackson

Smith of Bryan

Johnson of

Smith of Haralson

Chattahoochee Stovall

Keith

Sumner of Johnson

Knight

Swift

Langford of Hall Swindle

Lankford of Toombs Tatum

Luke

Valentino

McClure

Walker

McMichael

Wall

Malone

Watkins

Mason

Whitaker

Miles

of Rockdale

Mixon

Williams of Miller

Owen

Wood

Parrish

Wynne

Peterson

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Baldwin Boatwright Bowen Daniel of Troup

Dixon Duncan of Dawson Horne Perkins

Tison of Worth Whitley :\Ir. Speaker

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

On the motion to postpone action the Ayes were 106, Nays 81 and the motion prevailed, and action on the bill was postponed until Thursday morning,

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July 21, immediately after the period of unanimous consents.
Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that 300 copies of this bill be printed with all substitutes and amendments, and the motion prevailed.
300 copies of House Bill No. 24 were ordered printed.
Mr. Smith of Carroll moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 :30 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 192].
The House of Representatives 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 Rev. J. R. King of the North Georgia Conference M. E. Church, South.
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 resolution of the House was introduced, read and adopted:
By Mr. Johnson of BartowA resolution authorizing and instructing the Clerk
of the House to communicate with Mr. S. N. Titlebaum, the stenographer employed in the investigation of the State Veterinarian Department during . the 1919-1920 session of the General Assembly, in order that he may procure from said stenographer the transcript of the report of said investigation for the use of the House, at the earliest possible moment.
By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Lankford of ToombsA resolution for appointment of three members
from the House and two from the Senate to inves-

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tigate and recommend a fair salary for all State officials, including members of the General Assembly.
By unanimous consent House Bill X o. 218 was recommitted to the Committee on Temperance.
By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was withdrawn from the Committee on Special Judiciary No. 1, read the second time, and recommitted.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Baxley, relative to the Solicitor thereof, and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 124 was withdrawn from the Committee on Insurance and referred to the Committee on General Judiciary No.2.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 81 was withdrawn from the Committee on Railroads and referred to the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.
By unanimous consent the follo,ving was established as the order of business during the remainder of the period of unanimous consents:
1. Introduction of new matter under the rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading House and Senate bills and resolutions favorably reported the second time.

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4. Passage of Uncontested Local House and Senate bills and of Uncontested Gene:ral House and Senate bills having a local application.
5. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees.

By Mr. Luke of Ben Hill-
House Bill No. 395. A bill to establish the City Court of Fitzgerald, in the County of Ben Hill.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

B~T Mr. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 396. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Moultrie, in Colquitt County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd-
Housl' Bill No. 397. A bill to make the office of State Veterinarian a part of the Agricultural Department.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.
By Mr. Knight of Berrien-
House Bill No. 398. A bill to amend the laws relating to issuing marriage licenses, by amending Section 2936 of the Civil Code of 1910.

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Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Messrs. Bobo of Wilkes, Ramsey of Columbia, Brownlee of Elbert, and Ricketson of Warren.
House Bill No. 399. A bill to repeal ~n Act to regulate the return and assessment of property.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.2.

By Mr. Whitaker of Rockdale-
House Bill No. 400. A bill to amend an .Act to prescribe the qualifications for voters in the City of Conyers.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 401. A bill to abolish fees heretofore paid to tax collector and receiver in the County of Dodge.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Whitaker of Rockdale-
House Bill No. 402. A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Rockdale County Superior Court.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Rutherford of MonroeHouse Bill No. 403. A bill to repeal an Act ap-

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proved August 4, 1917, to divide the City of Forsyth into six wards.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Fowler of BibbHouse Bill No. 404. A bill to submit to the voters
of Macon, the question of Manager Form of Government.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Fletcher of IrwinHouse Bill No. 405. A bill to rearrange the Cor-
dele Judicial Circuit, by adding the County of Irwin. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
House Bill No. 406. A bill to amend an Act to abolish the fee system in the Superior Court of the Cordele Judicial Circuit.
Referred to Committee on SpPcial Judiciary.

By Mr. Vocelle of CamdenHouse Bill No. 407. A bill to amend Section
1899 of the Political Code of 1910, relative to licensing pilots.
Referred to Committee on General .Judiciary No.2.
By Mr. Williams of WaltonHouse Bill No. 408. A bill to amend an Act to

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promote the public health, etc. by leeving, etc., the swamps and overflowed lands of the State.
Referred to Committee on Drainage.

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 409. A bill to make it unlawful
for any person to operate any vehicle propelled by steam, etc., with cleats or spikes attached, without first getting license of Commissioners.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Bowden and Blalock of Ware-
House Bill No. 410. A bill to provide the time which railroad companies shall make settlements for damage to live stock caused by their trains.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Clifton of Lee-
House Resolution No. 58. A resolution to make House Bill No. 256 a special and continuous order after the period of unanimous consent Thursday, July 21st.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Hodges of Evans-
A resolution concerning the visit by Committees to the State Penitentiary, convicts camps, and institutions, and for other purposes.

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Mr. Hullender of Catoosa County, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts and resolutions, to wit:
House Resolution No. 5. A resolution providing for an investigation of the State Highwa;r Department.
House Bill No. 85. An Act to amend an Act to establish system of public schools for Blue Ridge.
House Bill No. 190. An Act to amend an Act creating the Charter of the City of Crawfordville.
House Bill No. 138. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Berlin.
House Bill No. 72. An Act to appropriate $25,000 to contingent fund of Executive fund for 1921.
House Bill No. 90. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Toccoa.
House Bill No. 87. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Cedartown.
House Bill No. 8. An Act to amend the Charter of the Town of Warsaw.
House Bill No. 201. An Act to amend the Charter of the Town of Rossville,

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House Bill No: 162. An Act to provide for holding two terms Superior Court of Cook County.
House Bill No. 44. An Act to repeal an Act to establish a, public school system for the Town of Talbotton.
House Bill No. 115. An Act to repeal the Charter of the Town of Burroughs, relative to its Charter.
House Bill No. 35. An Act to establish a system of public schools in and for the Town of Grantville.

Mr. Van Landingham of Seminole County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

]h. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking 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. 331.
House Bill No. 35i.
House Bill No. 312.
Respectfully submitted, VA~ LANDINGHAM, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.1 have had under consideration the following House Bill Ko. 290, Senate Bill No. 50, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. And House Bill No. 41, with recommendation that the same do not pass.
GuEss, Chairman.

Mr. Turner of Brooks 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 House bills, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same baek to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as follows:
House Bill No. 167; ''to provide that the sheriffs of the several counties distribute motor vehicle license tags,'' do not pass.
House Bill No. 340; "to amend motor vehicle license law," do not pass.
MR. TuRNER oF BRooKs, Chairman.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bills, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back

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to the a_ouse with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 295. Do pass as amended. SMITH OF BRYA~, Chairman.

2\Ir. Davis of Floyd County, Chairman of the Com- mittee 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:
House Bill No. 189, do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 30, do pass as amended. House Bill No. 135, do not pass. House Bill No. 346, do pass as amended. House Bill No. 199, do pass. Senate Bill No. 31, do pass. House Bill No. 349, do pass as amended. House Bill No. 166, do not pass. House Bill No. 111, do not pass.
J. C. DAvrs, Chairman.

Mr. McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

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llfr. Speaker: 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 back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, as follows:
House Bill No. 96. Do pass. House Bill No. 95. Do pass. House Bill No. 385. Do pass. House Bill No. 271. As amended, do pass. House Bill No. 180. Do pass. House Bill No. 310. Do pass. House Bill No. 314. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 32. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 34. Do pass House Bill No. 141. Do pass.
Respectfully submitted, McDoNALD, Chairman.

Mr. \Villiams of \Valton County, Chairman of the Committee on Reformations, submitted the following report:
llfr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Reformations have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 322, of the House, 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 as amended.
E. M. WILLIAMS, Chairman.

~Ir. Gunnels of Franklin County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:

llfr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bill, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 327. Do pass by substitute.
GuNNELs, Chairman.
Mr. ~fason of Hart County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Library, submitted the following report:

llfr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Library have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 301, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass.
And a minority report was filed.
MAsoN oF HART, Chairman.
Mr. Kittrell of Laurens County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following resolution of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the. same do pass as amended:
House Resolution No. 20.
KITTRELL OF LAURENs, Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. }.[cClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

.llr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu-

tional majority the following bills of the House,

to wit:



A bill to revise the Acts incorporating the Town of warsaw.

A bill to establish s~stem of public schols for Grantville.

A bill to repeal an Act creating system of public schools for Talbotton.

A bill appropriating $25,000.00 to contingent fund. for year 1921.

A bill to establish system of public schools for Blue Ridge.

A bill to amend Charter of City of Cedartown.

A bill to amend an Act incorporating City of Toccoa.

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A bill to repeal the Charter of Town of Burroughs.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating Town of Berlin.
A bill providing for two terms of Superior Court of Cook County.
A bill to amend an Act giving corporate authority to City of Crawfordville.
A bill to amend the Charter of City of Rossville.
A bill to revise Acts amending Charter of City of Griffin.

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:
A bill to amend an Act establishing City Court of Jessup.

A bill to provide two additional terms of Superior Court of Clayton County.

A bill to make it unlawful to make any false statement to procure payment of any fraudulent claim against an~T industrial, health, life or accident insurance company.

A bill to repeal an Act establishing Glenwood pub-

lic school system.



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A bill to amend an Act establishing City Court of Reidsville.
The following message was received from the Senate, through ~fr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the follo,ving resolution of the Senate, to wit:
A resolution extending sympathy of General Assembly to Senator Peacock of the 48th District, in the recent illness of his wife.

The following bills and resolutions of thfl House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time :

By Mr. Grovenstein of Effingham-
House Bill No. 95. A bill to amend an Act putting the solicitor of the Atlantic Circuit on a salary.

By Mr. Grovenstein of EffinghamHouse Bill No. 96. A bill to amend an Act creat-
ing the Ogeechee Circuit.
By Messrs. Hamilton and Davis of FloydHouse Bill ~o. 141. A bill to make tax collectors
of counties in the State, ex-officio sheriffs of said counties.
By Mr. Anderson of ChattoogaHouse Bill No. 180. A bill to provide that the

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Board of Commissioner& of certain counties may elect clerk and fix salary.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
House Bill No. 189. A bill to provide that every bond for title, etc., shall be executed with the same formality as deeds conveying realty.

By Mr. Perkins of :Muscogee-
House Bill No. 199. A bill to provide time for presenting cross bills and bills of exception and for other purposes.

By Mr. Singletary of Grady-
House Bill No. 271. A bill to regulate the signing of criminal bonds by professional bondsmen.

By Mr. Mason of Hart-
House Bill No. 290. A bill to amend Section 3414 of the Code of 1910, relative to homestead exemption.

By ~Ir. Hawkins of Washington-
House Bill No. 295. A bill to require persons handling cooked or uncooked food to file affidavits with the ordinary of the county concerning said food.

By Mr. Henderson of White-
House Bill No. 310. A bill to create the City Court of Cleveland in and for the County of white.

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By Mr. Penland of Gilmer-
House Bill No. 312. A bill to amend Section 1249 of Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, relative to the State Depository at Ellijay.

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
House Bill Ko. 314. A bill to carry into effect an amendment to the Constitution authorizing Legislature to add an additional .Judge of Superior Court of Stone Mountain District.

By Mr. Brantley of Pierce-
House Bill No. 322. A bill to create the Georgia Children's Code Commission, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bowden of Ware-
House Bill ~o. 327. A bill to require the date of manufacture to be stamped on all automobile tires.

By ~fr. Sibley of Bacon-
House Bill No. 331. A bill to amend Section 1249 of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910, relative to State Depositories.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 346. A bill to create a new Charter for the City of Albany.

By Mr. Hamilton of FloydHouse Bill No. 349. A bill to repeal Section 4263

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of the Code of 1910, relative to evidence against corporations.

By Mr. Folsom of Montgomery-
House Bill No. 357. A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910, relative to State Depositories, with application to the Town of Alston.

By Mr. Evans of Screven-
House Bill No. 387. A bill to amend an Act to provide for the payment by counties of certain populations of Superior and City Court costs in certain cases.

By ~fr. \Vall of Putnam-
House Resolution No. 20. A resolution providing for supplying farmers with certain chemicals to kill the boll weevil, etc.

By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 31. A bill to regulate the review and practice in the courts of the State, and for other purposes.

By .Jir. Rountree of the 16th-
Senate Bill No. 32. A bill to regulate the salaries of stenographic reporters in all Judicial Circuits of of the Superior Courts.

By .1\Ir. Pope of the 44th-
Senate Bill No. 34. A bill to amend Section 4747 of Parks Annotated Code, relative to compensation in Justice's Courts of Juries.

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By l\fr. Thomas of the 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 50. A bill to prescribe the bill of cost in cases carried to the Superior Court and the Court of Appeals.

The following bills of the House and Senate were rc>ad the third time and placc>d upon their passage:

B~ :\[r. Haddock of Early-
A bill to amend an Act creating and incorporating the City of Blakely, relative to empowering said City to pave, macademize, curb and otherwise improve sidewalks, etc., and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Haddock of Early moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Robinson of Macon-
A hill to amend an Act establishing a public school system for the Town of ::-.farshallville, relative to appointing a Board of Education for said Town, and for .other purposes.
The report of the Committee>, which was favorable to the> passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Perkins, Neill and Hatcher of Muscogee-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Columbus so as to create a Commission for the City of Columbus, to be known as ''Parks and Playground Commission,'' 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 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Gresham and Hatcher of Burke-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of \Yaynesboro, relative to authorizing the :Mayor and Council of said City to purchase, own and operate an ice plant in and for said City, 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 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisitP constitutional majority was passed.

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587.

By ~Ir. Monroe of "Wilcox-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the local school system of Pineview, in order that the Pineview Public School system may be a part of the wilcox County syRtem, 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 117, Nays 0.
'fhe bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Bleckley of Habun-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Clayton, 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Mann of Glynn-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Brunswick, 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 150, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Cone of the 49th-
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 135, 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. Thorpe of the 2nd-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person to make or aid in the making of a false statement or representation in attempting to procure the payment of any false or fraudulent claim against any industrial, health, life or accident insurance company, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Insurance. By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Jesup, relative to the fees of the solicitor of said Court, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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589

By Mr. }fanson of the 35th-
A bill to provide for the holding of two additional terms of the Superior Court of Clayton County, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Colson of the 43rd-
A bill to repeal an Act creating and establishing the Glenwood Public School system, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By }Ir. Thorpe of the 2nd-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Reidsville, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted :

By }fessrs. Bond of the 33rd, Nix of the 51st, and Clay of the 39th-
A resolution; Whereas, Mrs. C. H. Peacock, the
a wife of our distinguished Senator from the 48th
District, has just successfully undergone serious operation at the St. Josephs Infirmary, and
Whereas, Mrs. Peacock is gradually improving,
Therefore, be it resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, that the General Assembly extend to the Senator from the 48th District, our heart-felt sympathy and best wishes for her speedy recovery.

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The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
-whereas, the Honorable 1N. J. Greene, a member of the lower House from Jones County, has asked leave to attend the burial of his son, who died as a brave soldier in the cause of his country on the fields of France,
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that the deep sympathy of the General Assembly of Georgia be extended to our Honorable Colleague and the members of his family, and that the brave example and sacrifice of his deceased son, who died as a soldier in the cause of his country be honorably commended.
Be it further resolved that upon concurrence of the Senate, that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Honorable W. J. Greene, member of the lower House from Jones County, as a lasting evidence of the sympathy of the General Assembly of Georgia in this, his hour of bereavement.

The following report of the Committee on Rules was read:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules, having had under consideration the matter of establishing an order of business beginning Wednesday, July 20th, instruct me, as its Vice-Chairman, to report back to the House the following resolution, with recommendation that same do pass:

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A resolution. Resolved, that beginning 1Nednesday, July 20th, immediately after the expiration of the period of unanimous consents, the following is hereby set as a calender of special orders, and in the order named, to wit~
House Resolution Xo. 25. To authorize the Governor to sell the rental contract of the Atlantic and "\Yestern Railroad for the purpose of raising revenue to meet the existing deficiencies.
That Rule 43, which prohibits the sec011d reading and re-committment of general bills, be suspended for today only, for the sole purpose of permitting the House, if it desires to do so~ to have read, a second time, the General Tax Bill, and to re-commit the same.
House Bill No. 156, to create a Port Commission, and etc.
House Bill No. 215, to amend Section 2167 of the Civil Code, relating to the elective franchise of women.
House Bill No. 222, entitled ''An Act to amend an Act approved August 15th, 19l3, known as the 'Equalization Tax Act.' ''
House Bill ~o. 198, entitled "An Act to create a State Board of Tax Review, and etc.''
House Bill No. 200, entitled "An Act to amend 1919 Tax Act," which provides for the employment of a special tax agent, submitting a new section therefor.
House Bill K o. 150, creating an honorary State Board of Forestry.
11rxoY, Vice-Chairman.

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The report of the Committee was agreed to and the order of business as set out in the report was adopted.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb, moved that the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill Xo. 73.

Mr. Camp of Campbell moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

On the motion to reconsider, ~Ir. Fowler of Bibb, called for the Ayes and Nays, 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 Newton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Beck Beckham Bentley Blalock Bloodworth Bowden Bowen Brannen Brantley Bush CoatP.s Culpepper Daniel of Heard Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dixon Dobbs

DuBose

McClelland

Dudley

McDonald

Ennis

Macintyre

Evans

McMichael

Folsom

Maddox

Fowler

Malone

G;rant

:\fann

Gresham

Mason

Hamilton

Mayo

Hatcher of Burke Monroe

Hatcher of Muscogee Moore of Fulton

Hawkins

Moye

Hines of Decatur Parks

Hines of Sumter Patten

Holloway

Phillips of Jasper

Hunter

Pruett

Jones of Coweta Quincey

Jones of Thomas Riley

Kittrell

Robinson

Knight

Sibley

Lankford of Toombs Singletary

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Smiley

Thompson

Smith of Bryan

Turner

Smith of Haralson Van Landingham

Smith of Meriwether Vocelle

Stone

_, Walker

Strickland

Wall

Webb West Winship Woodard Worthy

Those voting in the negatiw were Messrs.:

Adams of Walton Baldwin Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Bobo Boswell Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeLaPerriere Dickerson Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ficklen Fletcher Foy Franks Griffin Griffith

Grovenstein

Pickren

Gunnels

Pilcher

Haddock

Price

Herring

Ramsey

Hodges

Reagan

Holland

Reville

Horne

Ricketson

Houston

Russell

Howard

Rutherford

Hufstetler

Salmon

Hullender

Shettlesworth

Hyman

Stovall

Jackson

Sumner of Johnson

Johnson of Bartow Sumner of Wheeler

Johnson of

Swift

Chattahoochee Swindle

Johnson of Pickens Tatum

Keith

Trippe

King Langford of Hall Logan Luke McClure McGarity

Tyson of :\fclntosh Way Weston Whitley Whitaker
of Lowndes

Manning

Whitaker

Miles

of Rockdale

:Mix oil

Whitworth

:Moore of Appling Williams of Harris

Neal of Union

Williams of Miller

Nichols

Williams of Walton

Penland

Wimberly

Perryman

Wood

Peterson

Wyatt

Phillips of Telfair Wynne

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Those not voting were Messrs. :

Boatwright Childs Clark Clifton Gann Greene Guess

Henderson Houser Lewis Mundy Owen Parrish Perkins

Smith of Carroll Tison of Worth Valentino Watkins :.\fr. Speaker

On the motion to reconsider, the Ayes were 80, Xays 99, and the motion was lost.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was read the second time and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and
~leans:

By Messrs DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to annually, in addition to the advalorem tax, levy and collect a tax for the Rupport of State institutions.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

.By Messrs. whitaker of Rockdale and Hamilton of Floyd-
A resolution. Whereas, the Honorable .:Mark Tison of Worth, a member of the House of Representatives, is confined to his home with serious illness, be it resolved, that the House of Representatives extend to him and his family their deepest sympathy.
Resolved further, that a copy of this resolution be sent to Honorable ::\[ark Tison.

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The following message was received from the Senate, through )Ir. )fc(;latchey, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The President of the Senate has appointed the following Senators as a Committee on the part of the Senate to act under House Resolution No. 5:
- MEssRs. ELLis of 47th, CAMPBELL of 34th, HoLMES of 22nd, BELLAH of 42nd, :B--,LEMING of 8th, BoND of 30th, PoPE of 44th.

The Speaker appointed the following Committee the part of the House to act under House Resolution No.5:
MEssRs. McMICHAEL oF MARION, MANN OF GLYNN, DYKES OF DooLY, MAYO OF MITCHJ<JLL, PERRYMAN OF TALBOT' JOHNSON OF BARTOW' HoLLOWAY oF FuLTON, CowART oF CALHOUN, CAMP OF CAMPBELL, DAVIS OF OGLETHORPE, RuTHERFORD oF MoNROE, ARNOLD OF CLAY.

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The following bills and resolutions of the House, set as a special order by the House, were read the third time and placed upon their passage :

By Mr. Singletary of Grady-
A resolution authorizing the Governor to sell the rental contract of the Atlantic and \Vestern Railroad for a term of years, and for other purposes.

The following substitute was read:

By Mr. Arnold of Clay-

A BILL.
To be entitled An Act to authorize the Governor, from time to time, to set apart the rental of the 1Nestern and Atlantic Railroad, for limited periods, as a special fund, and to authorize the Governor to draw warrants against said special fund, to discount the same, and to place the proceeds in the Treasury for the purpose of meeting the obligations of the State then created and incurred by law, and for other purposes.
SECTION' I.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the Governor of the State is hereby duly authorized and fully empowered to assign and set aside, from time to time, and for periods not exceeding five years at any one time, the rental arising from the existing lease of the \Vestern and Atlantic

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Railroad, as a special fund to be used exclusively for the purpose of paying warrants drawn against the same, as hereinafter provided.
The periods covered by the said assignments or setting aside of said rentals, may be so long as, or less than five years, but the aggregate of said assignments outstanding at any one time shall not exceed the said rentals for five years.

SECTIOX 2.
Be it further enacted that in order to enable the State to meet its obligations then already created and incurred by law, and where revenue from other sources is, in the opinion of the Governor, not sufficient, the Governor of this State is hereby dul~ authorized and fully empowered, from time to time, to draw his warrant or warrants against the special fund created by Section 1 of this Act, so held as a special fund in the Treasury, for such sum or sums as may be required to meet appropriations duly made by law, and the Go,Ternor i.s further autho.rized and empowered to discount said warrants so drawn against said special fund, and to place the proceeds arising therefrom in the Treasury for the purpose of meeting and discharging the obligations of the State then created and incurred, as aforesaid, for which appropriations have been made by law. Said warrants shall be duly countersigned by the Comptroller General. The holders of said warrants shall further have all the rights and privileges which the original obligees of said then incurred obligations might have had against the State.

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SECTION 3.
Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

The following amendment to the substitute was read and adopted :

By Mr. Arnold of Clay-
To amend the substitute to House Resolution No. 25 as follows:

By striking Section 1 of said substitute and substituting therefor the following Section:

SECTION 1.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, that the Governor of the State is hereby authorized and fully empowered to assign and set aside not exceeding five years of the rental arising from the existing lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad as a special fund to be used exclusively for the purpose of paying warrants drawn against the same, as hereinafter provided.
The substitute as amended was adopted.
J[r. Blalock of \Vare moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The report ofthe Committee which was favorable to the passage of the resolution by substitute, was agreed to as amended.

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On the passage of the resolution by substitute as amended the Ayes were 136, Nays 12.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.
1\fr. Carswell of "\Vilkinson moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.

By Messrs. Kittrell and -Wimberly of Laurens and others-
A bill to create a Board of Harbor, Port and Term- inal Commissioners for the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

The following amendment was read and adopted:

By 2\Ir. Kittrell of Laurens, and Mr. Hamilton of Floyd-
Amend by striking all the remainder of Section 3 beginning with the word "provided" after the word ''same'' in the 5th line of Section 3, and insert in lieu thereof the following: "And marketing, facilities as they exist and any and all investigations tending towards development of such shipping, storing and marketing facilities as the Board may deem needful to the best interests of the people of Georgia. It shall be the duty of this Board to report at the next session of the Legislature, their findings with recommendations as to the future course to be pursued; provided for carrying out the aforesaid purposes, the Bureau of' Markets shall pay an amount not to exceed the expenses of the Board members,

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the salary of the Secretary and cost of experts demeed essential to the effective gathering of information needful to the Board.
Mr. Bowden of ware, moved the previous question, the motion prevailed and the main question was ordered.
rrhe 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 138, Nays 4.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. ~Ic:~Iichael of Marion-
A bill to amend Section 2167 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to extending the elective franchise to women, and for other purposes.

_The following substitute offered by the Committee was read and adopted:

A BILL.
To be entitled Au Act to amend Section 2167 of the Civil Code of 1910, to entitle women to the elective franchise and to hold any civil office in this State or in any subdivision thereof, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the. authority of the same, that the first sentence of Section 2167 of the Civil Code of 1910, which said

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sentence reads as follows: ''Females are not entitled to the privilege of the elective franchise, nor can they hold any civil office, or perform any civil functions, unless specially authorized by law, nor are they required to discharge any military, jury, police, patrol or road duty," be amended by striking therefrom the words in the first three lines of said Section: "entitled to the privileges of the elective franchise, nor can they hold any civil office, or perform any civil functions, unless specially authorized by law, nor are they," so that said first sentence of said Section 2167 shall read: ''Females are not required to discharge any military, jury, police, patrol or road duty."
Section 2. Be it further enacted, that women shall be entitled to the elective franchise in all elections held in this State on the same terms and conditions that now, or may hereafter apply to men.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, that women shall be entitled to hold any civil office whatsoever in this State, or in any county, militia district, municipality, or other subdivision thereof, on the same terms and conditions that now, or may hereafter apply to men.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same arc, hereby repealed.
:Mr. :Mason of Hart, moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable

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to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 124, Nays 21.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority \vas passed by substitute.
:Mr. Bowden of Ware, moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Greene of Jones, Childs of Upson, Smith of Carroll, Reville of Richmond, Houston of Gwinnett, Hamilton of Floyd, King of Jefferson, and Ramsey of Columbia.

The following communication was read:

Honorable Cecil Neill, Speaker of the House, General Assembly State of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia.
My dear Mr. Neill:
For myself and my congregation I am happy to extend to you and the members of the House a cordial welcome to our City. \Ve beg to assure you that it will be our good pleasure to do anything that we arc able to make your stay in Atlanta both pleasant and profitable.
By unanimous action my official board joins me in extending to you and the members of the House of Representatives a cordial invitation to worship with us during your sojourn here. Every legislator will find our doors open to him and a warm welcome awaiting him.

.WEDNESDAY, JuLY 20, 1921.

603

My official board and myself furthermore beg to extend to you and the members of the House an invitation to worship at our Church as a body on Sunday, July 24th, at 11 A. :M. We have set the date for this special invitation for the last of the month because we have understood that many members of the Assembly spend the week ends at home during the first of the session. We would like to have your body take some action, as may suit your pleasure, with reference to the special service on July 24th. A like invitation has today been addressed to the State Senate.
\Vith best wishes, I beg to remain,
~Iost cordially yours,
CosTEN J. HARRELL,
Pastor First Methodist Church, Atlanta, Ga.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 :30 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
THURSDAY, JuLY 21, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :30 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with pra~'er by the Chaplin.
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 bills of the House were withdrawn from the Committee, read the second time and re-committed:
By Mr. Hullender of Catoosa-
House Bill Xo. 382. A bill to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa County to construct a public road across the State's property, and for other purposes.
By. Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
House Bill Xo. 407. A bill to amend Section 1899 of the Political Code of 1910, relative to the appointment of pilots for the port of St. Mary's.
By Mr. Branch of Turner-
House Bill No. 134. A bill authorizing the County authorities of Turner County to pay cost in criminal cases to certain court officials.

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By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was withdrawn from the Committee on Corporations, read the second time, and re-committed to the Committee on Education:

By Messrs. Gunnells of Franklin and Mason of Hart-
House Bill No. 384. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Canon in the Counties of Franklin and Hart, and for other purposes.
:::\Ir. Mundy of Polk, moved that the House rescind its action in ordering a session for general business on next Saturday, July 23, and the motion prevailed.
Mr. ~fundy of Polk, moved that when the House adjourn that it do stand adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock, and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent 300 copies of House Bill No. 363, known as the General Tax Act, were ordered printed.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining period of unanimous consent :
1. Introduction of new matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading House and Senate bills and resolutions, favorably reported, for the second time.
4. Passage of Uncontested Local House and Senate bills and Uncontested General House and Senate bills having a local application.

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5 Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time.

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

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-

.

House Bill No. 411. A bill to require all manu-

facturers of manufactured milk to label the same.

Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
House Bill Xo. 412. A bill to provide for holding primary elections, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.
By ~fessrs. Atkinson, Hunter and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 413. A bill to amend the Acts incorporating the :\Iayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Pilcher of Richmond-
House Bill No. 414. A bill to provide for the election of recorder by the qmilified voters of the City of Augusta.
Referred to Committee on :\Iunicipal Government.

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B~- l\Ir. .:\[undy of Polk-
House Bill Xo. 415. A bill to amend Section 5243 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to condemnation of land.
R.eferred to Committee on Public Highways.

B~- .:\fr. Daniel of Heard-
House Bill Xo. 416. A bill to prescribe the hours alHl time of nurses, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on. Hygiene and Sanitation.

B~ Mr. Singletary of Grady-
House Bill Xo. 417. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Cairo, in Grady County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By l\fr. ~Villiams of ~ValtonHouse Bill Ko. 418. A bill to authorize the drain-
age district to refund drainage bonds.
Referred to Committee on Drainage.

By ::\[r. ~Vatkins of Butts-



House Bill No. 419. A bill to amend an Act au-

thorizing the Governor to lease the Indian Springs

Reserve in the County of Butts.

Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

B~ Mr. Horne of DodgeHouse Bill ~o. 420. A bill to provide for the ap-

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pointment of a Board of Jury Commissioners for the County of Dodge.
Referred to Committee on State of the Republic.

By ~fessrs. Grant of Habersham and \Yilliams of \Valton-
House Bill No. 421. A bill to appropriate $7,000 to Ninth District Agricultural and .Mechanical School and $6,000 to Fifth District Agricultural and
~Iechanical.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and .Means.

By ~Ir. \Vatkins of ButtsHouse Bill K o. 422. A bill to amend the Charter
of the City of Jackson in Butts County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By ~Ir. Swift of Elbert-
. House Bill No. 423. A bill to amend an Act to
create the Elbert Bond Commission.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By ~Ir. Swift of Elbert-
House Bill No. 424. A bill to amend an Act to provide a Board of Commissioners for the County of Elbert.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary Xo. J.

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By Mr. \Vest of Fannin-
House Bill No. 425. A bill to create a new Charter for the Town of Fry, in Fannin County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By :\Ir. Cowart of Calhoun-
House Bill No. 426. A bill to change the number of County Commissioners for the County of Calhoun.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Brownlee of Elbert and Childs of Upson-
House Bill X o. 427. A bill to make it unlawful for what is commonly known as muffler cut out to be used on any motor vehicle.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By ~fr. Smiley of Long-
House Bill K o: 428. A bill to amend the Charter
for the Town of Ludowici, in Long County.
Referred to Committee tm Counti~s and County :!\Iatters.
By Mr. Smiley of Long-
House Bill No. 429. A bill to establish the City Court of the Town of Ludowici, in Long County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By ~Ir. :\IcDouald of Richmond-
House Resolution Ko. 62. 425-A. A resolution requesting the Governor to reconvey land to TuttleNewton Home.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

l\Ir. Hullender of Catoosa County, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit:

House Bill No. 241. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Griffin.

House Bill No. 86. A bill to authorize and regulate the practice of chiropractic in the State of Georgia.

House Bill No. 59. A bill to provide for holding

four terms a year of the Superior Court of walton

County.



Respectfully submitted:

HuLLENDER OF CATOOSA, Chairman.

l\Ir. l\fcDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaket:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills of the House,

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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. 405, 406.
McDoNALD, Chairman.

.Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committc>c> on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 373, and by Howard of Forsyth, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
~Ir. Pickren of charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

M1. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 325, and Bush of Lamar, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to rc>port the same back to the House with the rc>commc>ndation that the same do pass:
PICKREN, Chairman.

Mr. Du.t3ose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and ways and ~leans, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means have had under consideration the following, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with recommendations as follows:
House Bill No. 363. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 394. Do pass.
DuBosE, Chairman.

Mr. ~foye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters. have had under consideration the following bills of the House and 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. 358.
House Bill No. 376.
Senate Bill No. 51.
Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. ~IoYE, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on ~funicipal Government, submitted the following report:

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lllr. 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 same do pass:
House Bill No. 326.
House Bill No. 403.
Respectfully, SMITH OF ~IERIWETHER, Chairman.

.Mr. McDonald of Richmond 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 House Bill No. 303, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
~IcDoNALD, Chairman.

~Ir. Brantley of Pierce County, Chairman of the Committee on ~Ianufactures, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on ~Ianufactures have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 36, and

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have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
A. G. DuDLEY, Vice-Chairman.

.Mr. Kittrell of Laurens County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:

ilh-. 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 :r:ecommendations as follows:
House Bill No. 52. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 300. Do pass
MR. \VEBB oF LowNDEs, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Fulton County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

illr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have 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 <lo pass:
House Bill No. 112.
House Bill No. 354.
MooRE oF FuLTox, Chairman.

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Mr. Tatum of Dade County, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

~11. Speaker:

Your Committee on Railroads have had under consideration the following House bills, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with recommendations as follows:
House Bill N"o. 62. Do pass as amended.

House Bill No. 335. Do pass.

House Bill No. 22. Do not pass.

House Bill No. 206. Do not pass.



TATUM, Chairman.

Mr. ~foore of Appling County, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report:
Your Committee on Privileges and Elections 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 as amended:
House Bill No. 272.
MooRE oF APPLING, Chairman.

~fr. ~foore of Appling County, Chairman of the Committee-on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration the following Senate bill and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended:
Senate Bill No. 7.
).fooRE oF APPLING, Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time :

By 2\Ir. Pruett of Lumpkin-
House Bill .No. 62. A bill to allow common carriers to issue passes to sheriffs and bailiffs.

By Messrs. Kittrell and vVimberly of Laurens-
House Bill No. 112. A bill to establish Boards of Education under the County Unit plan, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Foy of Taylor-
House Bill No. 272. A bill to prevent people of .:-.Iilitia Districts of no-fence law, from voting in County for election for no-fence.

By .:-.Iessrs. \Vhitaker and \Vebb of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 300. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of State Veter.inarian, relative to contagions diseases.

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By -:\Ir. Bird of Taliaferro-
Honse Bill No. 303. A bill to create the City Court of Crawfordville, in the County of Taliaferro.

By Mr. Bush of Lamar-
House Bill Xo. 325. A bill to incorporate the Town of Aldora in Pike County.

By -:\Ir. Jones of Thomas-
House Bill No. 326. A bill to create the Charter for the City of Boston in Thomas County.

By Mr. Smith of Carroll-
House Bill No. 335. A bill to amend Section 414 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to the running of freight trains.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
House Bill No. 354. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Inman School District in Fayette County.

By Mr. :F'ol<som of -:\Iontgomery-
House Bill No. 358. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Montgomery.

By Mr. Howard of Forsyth-
House Bill No. 373. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Cumming, in Forsyth County.

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By ::O.Ir. Collins of Cherokee-
House Bill No. 376. A bill to create a special Board of Commissioners for the County of Cherokee.

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
House Bill No. 394. A bill to provide for an occupation tax upon all dealers selling gasoline in this State.

By ::O.Ir. Rutherford of Monroe-
House Bill No. 403. A bill to repeal an Act to divide the City of :B'orsyth into six wards.
. B.v ~[r. Fletcher of Irwin-
House Bill i\o. 405. A bill to rearrange the Cordele Judicial Cireuit by adding the County of Irwin.

By ).[r. Fletcher of Irwin-
House Bill No. 406. A bill to abolish the fee system in the Superior Court of the Cordele Judicial Circuit.

By .Mr. ,Jones of the 37th-
Senate Bill No. 7. A bill to provide for a secret and private ballot at all elections held in this State.

By Mr. Fleming of the lOth-
Senate Bill Ko. 36. A bill to amend Act creating a State Board of Architects.

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By -:\fr. Palmour of the 33rd-
Senate Bill Ko. 51. A bill to fix the amount of commutation tax for road work in Hall County.

The following bills of the House were read the thir~ time and placed upon their passage.

By .Mr. Grovenstein of Effingham-
A bill to amend an Act putting the Solicitor-General of the Atlantic Circuit on a salary, relative to change in salary of said Solicitor-General.
The report 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 requisi-te constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Grovenstein of Effingham-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Ogechee 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 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Henderson of White-
A bill to create the City Court of Cleveland in and for the County of white, 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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :\Ir. Penland of Gilmer-
A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910, so as to provide for a State Depository at the Town of Ellijay, 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By 1Ir. Sibley of Bacon-
A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910, relative to adding the Town of Alma, in Bacon County, to the list of cities and towns selected by the Governor to contain banks as State Depositories.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Folsom of ~fontgomery-
A bill to amend Section 1249 of Code of 1910, relative to adding the Town of Alston, in Montgomery County, to the list of towns and cities selected by the Governor to contain banks as State depositories.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage. of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
A bill to amend an Act creating and establishing a new Charter for the City of Albany, and for other purposes.
The amendment of Mr. Beckham of Dougherty was read and adopted.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended, the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

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The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. ~fcClatchey, the Secretary thereof.
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu-
tional majority the following bills of House, to wit:
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Superior Court of Walton County.
A bill to authorize and regulate the practice of chiropractic in Georgia.
The fgllowing message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof.
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has_ read and adopted the following
resolution of the Senate, to wit:
A resolution providing for a Committee to investigate condition of State Agricultural District Schools.
A resolution authorizing the Governor to contract in respect to litigation between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company and the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof.
1'1-'Ir. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu-

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tional majority the following bill of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to create office of state auditor.

The following message was receiYed from the Senate, through }[r. ~[c0latche~, th<' Secrf'tary thereof.

lli1'. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by tlw r~quisite constitutional majority the followiitg bill of House, to wit:
A bill to amend Act establishing new Charter for City of Atlanta.
On request of the author, House Bill No. 206 was placed upon the calendar for t~w purpose of disagreeing to the unfayorable report of the Committee.

The following bill of the House, set as a specialorder by the House, was read the third time and placed upon its passage:
By }fessrs. Davis of Oglethorpe and McMichael of Marion-
A bill to amend an Act known as the Georgia ~Io tor Vchicle Law, providing for the disposition of funds derived from the sale of motor Yehicle tags, and for other purposes.
The following substitute was read and adoptccl:

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By ~Iessrs. Davis of Oglethorpe, :\Ic:\Iichael of Marion, Carswell of wilkinson, Rutherford of Monroe, Lankford of Toombs, Bowden of ware, and Arnold of Clay-

A BILL.
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to reorganize and reconstitute the State Highway Department of Georgia and to prescribe the duties and powers thereof; to create a system of State aid roads and provide for the designation, maintenance, improvement and construction of the same; to create and provide for a State aid road fund, and for the control and management thereof; to provide for the paving of said State aid roads by the State, or in cooperation with the counties, or with the United States Government; to provide for assistance to counties upon the public roads thereof, and in retiring county road bonds; to assent to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 11th, 1916, known as the' Act to provide that the United States shall aid the State in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes;'' to provide the right to condemn property for State aid roads in certain cases, and for other purposes.''

SECTION I.
To amend Provision 3 of Secti0n 2 of Article 5 on Page 249 of the Georgia Laws of 1919, as follows:
By striking the figures and words in the last line of Provision 3, to wit:
"4800 miles" and inserting in lieu therefor the figures and words, '' 5500 miles.''

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And by adding the following provision, to wit:
Provided that the said State Highway Department shall take over the State aid roads as aforementioned on or before January 1st, 1922, and provided further that when the various counties have complied with the law with reference to rights of way, and provided further that the said Highway Department in taking over said .-oad is not bound to the right of way of the road beds as located on January 1, 1922 but shall have the right to resurvey and relocate said road bed and right of way and it shall be the duty of the county or counties in which said resurvey and relocation is made to furnish the right of way on the relocation and resurvey free of charge to the said Highway Department.
SECTION 2.
Be repealing Section 7, Article 5, found on Page 251 of the Georgia Laws of 1919 known as an Act to create the Highway Department and insert in lieu thereof the following:
''That until the construction of the said designated System of State Aid Roads is completed all available funds from whatever source composing -the State Aid Fund shall be used for the construction of and maintenance of said State Aid Roads and to be apportioned to the several counties on the basis of the roads mileage as shown by the State System and under the direction and supervision of the State Highway Department, and for the support of said State Highway Department, or in lieu thereof, to refund to, or to reimburse counties which have actually constructed a similar road under the specifica-

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tions and supervision of the State Highway Department as a part or said designated State Aid Road System, Provided, that the sum to be used for the support of the said department shall be fixed annually, in advance, upon a budget sheet submitted by the State Highway Board and approved by the Governor of this State for the fiscal year, beginning on the first day of July, 1921, and for all succeeding fiscal years beginnM!g on the first day of July in each calendar year thereafter, Provided further that said sum shall not exceed 6% of the gross expenditure of all funds handled by and expended by and under the direction of said State Highway Department from all sources.
Provided that nothing herein shall prevent the State Highway Board from using any of its funds to meet the necessary requirements of the Federal laws appropriating money for the purpose of constructing hi~hways in Georgia.
That nothing in this provision or any other provision of this law shall be construed to mean that the county cannot- appropriate and spend any funds they desire on building and maintaining any of the State Aid Roads.

SECTION 3.
Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict 'vith this Aet be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Mr. Hines of Decatur moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

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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 by substitute the Ayes were 142,'Nays 8.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
Mr. Moore of Appling, moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Logan of Banks, moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Phillips of Telfair.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.
FRIDAY, JuLY 22, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 o'clock A. ~L; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Honorable J. F. ~falone, a member of the House of Representatives from Bibb County and also a member of the South Georgia Conference, ~I. E. Church South.
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 30 minutes period of unanimous consents:
1. Introduction of new matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading House and Senate bills and resolutions, favorably reported the second time.
4. Passage of Uncontested Local House and Senate bills and Uncontested General House and Senate bills having a local application.
5. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time.

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

By Messrs. wyatt and Daniel of Troup-
House Bill !\o. 430. A bill to repeal an Act to insure protection of State records by establishing a department of archives and history.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Messrs. Ficklen and Bobo of "Wilkes-
House Bill No. 431. A bill to amend an Act establishing a City Court in washington, Wilkes County, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Special Judi-ciary.

By 1\Ir. Quincey of CoffeeHouse Bill No. 432. A bill to amend the charter
of the City of Douglas.
Referred to Committee on ~funicipal Government.

By ~fr. Bush of LamarHouse Bill No. 433. A bill to establish the City
Court oi Barnesville, in Lamar County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. \Yhitaker of LowndesHouse Bill No. 434. A bill to authorize the Mayor
and Council of Valdosta, to grade streets.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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By Mr. Mundy of Polk-
House Bill No. 435. A bill to amend Section 547 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to public dedicated roads.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Folsom of Montgomery-
House Bill No. 436. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Montgomery County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 437. A bill to provide for election of judges of Municipal Court of Atlanta, Fulton Division.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By l\Ir. Bentley of FultonHouse Bill K o. 438. A bill to create a department
steam boiler inspectors for the State of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Sta-
tistics.
By :Mr. Corbitt of AtkinsonHouse Bill No. 439. A bill to am~nd an Act as to
time of holding Atkinson Superior Court. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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. B.v :\Ir. Arnold of Clav-
House Bill No. 440. A bill to make it the duty of officers in charge of repairing streets, to let work at lowest possible bid.

Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By :Messrs. Tison of "\Vorth and Lewis of ColquittHouse Bill No. 441. A bill to repeal certain Acts
relative to public school system of Sylvester.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By M. Brantley of Pierce-
House Resolution No. 63-441A. A resolution calling on Congress to amend the transportation Act of 1920, relative to intra-state traffic.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis-
House Resolution No. 64. 441-B. A resolution requiring the State librarian to deliver to the State Highway Commission a set of Georgia Supreme Court reports, and court of Appeals reports.
Referred to Committee on Public Library.

)Ir. Hullender of Catoosa County, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, signed and ready for de-

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livery to the Governor, the following acts and resolutions, to wit:
House Bill No. 9. An Act to amend the dental laws of Georgia.
' T House Bill No. 29. An Act to establish five road
districts in ayne County.
House Bill No. 46. An Act to create Board of Commissioners for Effingham County.
House Bill No. 50. An Act to improve conditions of fire department of the City of Augusta.
House Bill No. 84. An Act to dcfinc who arc and who may become members and selectmen of the :Midway Society, in Liberty County.
House Bill Xo. 116. An Act to amend an Act authorizing Commissioners of Chatham County etc., to hold their court bi-monthly.
House Bill No. 144. An Act to abolish the Board of 1 Commissioner of Bulloch County.
House Bill No. 159. An Act to direct Commissioners of Madison County to make deeds conve~' ing ~Iadison High School property to Trustees.
House Bill No. 160. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Madison County Academy.
House Bill No. 173. An Act to provide for four terms Superior Court of Habersham.
House Bill No. 195. An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of 'Vhitc.

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House Bill Xo. 197. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners for \Vhite County.
House Bill No. 228. An Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Lanier County-
House Bill Ko. 230. An Act to change the terms of ~Iontgomery County Superior Court.
House Bill Ko. 245. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Evans County.
House Bill No. 261. An Act to fix compensation of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Harris County.
House Bill i\o. 282. An Act to prescribe compensation of Treasurer of Treutlen Count~.
House Resolution No. 60. A resolution extending sympathy to the Honorable \V. J. Greene of Jones County.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER OF CATOOSA, Chairman.

~Ir. Smith of Bryan County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 416, 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:
House Bill No. 416... Same do pass.
SMITH oF BRYAN, Chairman.

Mr. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Llfr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters 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. 351.
House Bill No. 382.
House Bill No. 395.
House Resolution No. 55.
Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. ~[oYE, Chairman.

Mr. Davis of li'loyu Count~, 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
House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to re-

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port the same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:
House Bill No. 389. Do pass. House Bill No. 317. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 407. Do pass. House Bill X o. 423. Do pass. House Bill No. 424. Do pass. House Bill No. 332. Do pass. House Bill No. 329. Do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 381. Do pass. House Bill No. 126. Do not pass.
J. C. DAvrs, Chairman.

Mr. ).fcDonald of Richmond 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, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with recommendations as follows:
Senate Bill No. 98. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 78. Do pass.
House Bill No. 344. Do pass.
House Bill No. 321. Do pass. House Bill No. 409. Do pass.

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House Bill No. 385. Do pass. House Bill No. 392. Do pass. House Bill 1\o. 390. Do pass. House Bill No. 242. As amended. House Bill No. 243. Do pass. House Bill 1\o. 134. Do pass. House Bill K o. 316. Do not pass. House Bill No. 391. Pass as amended.

:J[r. \Y. H. Van Landingham of Seminole County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 168, and haYe instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
VAx LANDINGHAM, Chairman.

:Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, have had under consideration the following bills and resolution of the House, and have instructed me, as

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Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:

House Resolution No. 53.

House Bill No. 297.

House Bill No. 355.

House Bill Xo. 219.

GuEss, Chairman.

Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means submitted the following report:
Your Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 240, 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, Chairman.

"3Ir. Kittrell of Laurens 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 recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 318. Do pass.
House Bill No. 386. Do pass.
WEBB oF LowNDEs, Chairman.

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The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time.

By Mr. ~foore of Appling-
House Resolution Xo. 53-393A. A resolution to relieve the bondsmen of Perry Hendrix, convicted in the City Court of Baxley, and later paid the penalty for the offense.

By Messrs. Beck and Smith of Carroll-
House Resolution No. 55. 393-C. A resolution requiring an election to vote on the number of commissioners to be selected for the County of Carroll.

By }fr. Van Landingham of Seminole-
House Bill No. 168. A bill to amend an Act to regulate the banking in this State.

By Mr. Smith of Haralson-
House Bill No. 219. A bill to amend Section 4424 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to recovery by relatives in ~ase of homicide.

By }ft. Mundy of Polk-
House Bill Ko. 240. A bill to create a State investigation and budget commission.

By Messrs. Winship and Malone of Bibb-
House Bill No. 242. A bill to amend an Act creating the :}funicipal Court of the City of ~lacon.

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By ~Ir. "\Vinship of Bibb-
House Bill ~o. 243. A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of :Macon.

By Mr. Bentley of Fulton-
House Biil X o. 297. A bill to make it a misdemeanor to practice the profession of law without being admitted to the bar.

By .:\Ir. McClure of ";alker-
House Bill No. 317. A bill to prohibit all aliens, and corporations non-resident, from keeping explosives in the State.

By Mr. Kittrell of Laurens-
House Bill No. 318. A bill to promote intelligence in marketing agricultural products.

By ~Iessrs. Atkinson, Hunter and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill 1\o. 321. A bill to amend the Acts relating to the City Court of Savannah.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
House Bill X o. 329. A bill to proviue for a defense in courts when the acts charged are legalized under Federal la.ws.

By Mr. Whitaker of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 332. A bill to amend Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta in the County of Lowndes.

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By ~Ir. \Vay of Liberty-
House Bill No. 344. A bill to amend the Charter of the City Court of Hinesville, in Liberty County.

By :\Iessrs. \Voodard of Cook and Bowen of Tift-
House Bill No. 351. A bill to amend an Act amending Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitution of the State, by changing the northern boundary line of the County of Cook.

By ::\fessrs. :\Iaddox of Spalding, Bloodworth of Pike, Reagan of Henry, and Culpepper of Fayette-
House Bill No. 355. A bill to create a new Judicial circuit to be called the Griffin Circuit.

By Mr. Hatcher of Burke-
House Bill No. 381. A bill to amend Section 5056 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to clerks and Judges of the Superior Courts.

By Messrs. Guess and :McClelland of DeKalb and Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 385. A bill to fix compensation of jury commissioners in certain counties, .and for other purposes.

By l\Ir. Kittrell of Laurens and others-
House Bill K o. 386. A bill to amend Section 1793 of Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, relative to registering brands of fertilizers.

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By Mr. Dobbs of Cobb-
House Bill No. 389. A bill to provide bail for the appearance of persons charged with a misdemeanor, and for other purposes.

By .Mr. Knight of Berrien-
House Bill No. 390. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Nashville, in Berrien County.

By Messrs. Davis, Hamilton and Salmon of Floyd-
House Bill No. 391. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Floyd County.

By M-r. Luke of Ben Hill-
House Bill No. 395. A bill to establish the City Court of Fitzgerald, in and for the County of Ben Hill.

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 409. A bill to make it unlawful to operate cleated vehicles on roads in this State.

By Mr. Daniel of Floyd-
House Bill No. 416. A" bill to prescribe the hours and time of nurses working in this State.

By :Mr. Swift of Elbert-
House Bill No. 423. A bill to amend an Act entitled the Elbert Bond Commissioners.

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By .Mr. Swift of Elbert-
House Bill No. 424. A bill to amend an Act to to provide a Board of Commissioners for Elbert County.

By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 78. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Jesup, etc.

By .:\lr. Thorpe of the 2nd-
Senate Bill No. 98. A bill to amend an Act approved August 22, 1905, establishing the City Court of Reidsville.

The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage.

By Mr. Branch of Turner-
A bill authorizing the county authorities of Turner County to pay clerk and sheriff of Superior Court of said County, and clerk and sheriff of City Court of Ashburn, the!r costs in criminal cases in which defendent is sent to chaingang of said County, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 121, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Messrs. Bentley, Holloway, and Moore of Fulton-
A bill to provide that any municipality having a population of 150,000 or more, can incur bonded debt for street improvements.
The report 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. Bentley, Holloway and Moore of Fulton-
A bill to amend Sections 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450 anQ. 451 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, relating to validation of bonds issued by the counties, municipalities and divisions generally.
The report 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, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Culpepper of ~,ayette-
A bill to real an Act incorporating the Inman School District, in Fayette 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu-. tional majority was passed.

By Mr. Foy of Taylor-
A bill to prevent people who live in a militia district that has no-fence law, from voting in any county election for no-fence, held in such county; and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Committee was read and adopted: Provided this bill shall apply only to counties having not less than 11,450 population nor more than 11,500 population, according to census of 1920.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By l\Ir. Bird of Taliaferro-
A bill to create the City Court of Crawfordville, and for other purposes.
The.report of the Committee, which was favorable
t? the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, "Kays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Bush of Lamar-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Aldora, in Pike County, by providing for the appointing of commissioners for said Town, 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 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Jones of Thomas-
A bill creating and establishing new Charter for the City of Boston, 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 125, Nays 0.
The pill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~fr. Folsom of Montgomery-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Montgomery, 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 135, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Howard of Forsyth-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Cumming, relative to the election of ~fayor and Council, 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
A bill to create and name a special board of commissioners in and for the County of Cherokee, to be known as ''The New Court House Commissioners of Cherokee County,'' and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 135, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hullender of Catoosa-
A bill to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Catoosa County to construct
a public road across the right of way of Yvestern and
Atlantic Railroad.

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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 J\yes were 117, Na~s 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutiomil majority was passed.

By Mr. :Moore of Appling-
A bill to amend an Act approved August 22nd, 1907, with reference to the solicitor of the City Court of Baxley, in Appling County, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which vms 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. Rutherford of Monroe-
A bill to repeal an Act dividing the City of Forsyth, in Monroe County, into six wards, 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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By l\fr. Vocell~ of Camden-
A bill to amend Section 1899 of the Political Code of 1910, relative to the appointment of eight pilots for the port of St. Mary's.
The report of the Committee, which was fav~rable 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. Palmour of the 33rd-
A bill to fix the amount of commutation tax for road work in Hall County.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, ~ays. 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..Moore of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a new Charter for the City of Atlanta.
The following amendment of the Senate was read and agreed to :

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Be it enacted by the authority of the General Assembly that House Bill No. 232 be amended by adding thereto the following:
Section 1-A. Zon'ing regulations. The Mayor and General Council may in the interest of the public health, snfety, order, convenience, comfort, prosperity or general welfare, adopt by ordinance a plan or plans for the districting or zoning of the City for the purpose of regulating the location of trades, industries, apartment houses, dwellings or other uses of property, or for the purpose of regulating the height of buildings or other structures or the area or dimensions of the lots or of the yards used in connection with buildings or other structures, or for the purpose of regulating the alignment of buildings or other structures near stret>t frontages. The zoning regulations may be based upon any one or more of the purposes above described. The City may be divided into such number of zones or districts and such districts may be of such shape and area as the 2\.fayor and General Council shall deem best suited to accomplish the purposes of the zoning regulations. In the determination and establishment of districts and regulations, classifications may be based on the nature or character of the trade, industry, profession or other activity conducted or to be conducted upon the premises, the number of persons, families or other group units to reside in or use buildings, the public, quasi-public or private nature of the use of premises or upon any other basis or bases relevant to the promotion of the public health, safety, ordt>r, morals, convenience, prosperity or welfare.

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Section 1-B. Residence Sections. For the reasons above stated, said ~fayor and General Council shall have the further right and power in any districts proposed to be set aside primarily for residence purposes to further classify the use thereof and the class or classes of residents to be housed therein and to provide therein such other and similar regutions and restrictions as shall secure the peace and good order of the City and the residents thereof. N"o such ordinance or amendment thereto authorized by either of the above Sections shall be adopted except by three-fourths vote of the General Council.
Section 1-C. Preparation of plan; Notice and hearing; ordinance. i\o ordinance adopting zoning regulations as above authorized shall be passed by the 1Iayor and General Council until after a comprehensive plan for the zoning of the City has been prepared and submitted to the ~fayor and Genera Council by the City Planning Commission. 'Vhenever the City Planning Commission shall certify to the Mayor and General Council a plan for the zoning of the City, the Mayor and General Council shall hold a public hearing thereon and shall give thirty days notice of the time and place thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the City; and during s~id thirty days, a copy of such plan and proposed. ordinance shall be on file for public examination in the office of the City Planning Commission or any such other office as may be designated by the Mayor and General Council. No ordinance measure or regulation which violates, differs or departs from the plan

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or report submitted by the City Planning Commission shall take effect unless passed by a threefourths vote of the Mayor and General Council.
Section 1-D. Amendment of zone plan. The _jfayor and General Council may from time to time amend or change the regulations or districts established by the zoning ordinance, but no such amendment or change shall become effective unless the ordinance proposing such amendment or change shall first be submitted to the City Planning Commission for approval or disapproval, and the City Planning Commission shall have been allowed a reasonable time, not less than thirty days, for consideration and report. Whenever the owners of 50%- of the land in any area shall present a petition duly signed and acknowledged to the ~Iayor and General Council requesting an amendment of the regulations prescribed for such area, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and General Council to vote upon such amendment within 90 days of the filing of same by the petitioners with the City Clerk.
Section 1-E. Board of zoning appeals. The zoning regulations shall be enforced and administered by the inspecto-r of buildings under the rules and regulations of the board of zoning appeals. The
a Mayor and General Council shall create board of
zoning appeals which board shall hear and decide appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the inspector of buildings in the enforcement of the zoning regulations. The _jfayor and General Council may authorize the board of zoning appeals to administer the details of the application of any zoning regula-

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tions and may delegate to such board in accordance with general rules set forth in the zoning ordinance, power to permit exceptions to and variations from the zoning regulations and to administer the zoning regulations as specified therein; or such administrative powers and functions may be delegated by the :Mayor and General Council either in whole or in part to the City Planning Commission, and the City Planning Commission when acting in accordance :with such delegation shall be the board of zoning appeals.
Section 1-F. Certiorari to review decision of board of zoning appeals. Every decision of the board of zoning appeals shall be subject to writ of certiorari issued from the Superior Court upon the same terms as such writs are issued in any case.
Section 1-G. That the Mayor and General Council of the City of Atlanta are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire land for street purposes, either in widening existing streets or extending existing streets or opening new streets and to assess all or any part of the cost of obtaining same upon property located in an assessment district therefor in proportion to the benefits to the land located therein. Before undertaking to create a district, for the purposes named the Council shall appoint the committee on streets as viewers of the proposed improvement and of the land affected thereby. This committee, after viewing same, shall indicate to the chief of construction the land that will be affected by the opening of the streeet or portion of street. Said chief or his assistants shall make a map of all such land and submit same to this committee who

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shall go over the map and make such changes therein as, in their judgment, shall include all land that is benefited, by the proposed improvement, or omit therefrom any land which, in their judgment, is not benefited by the proposed improvement, except as herein after provided. When this map has been perfected, same shall be reported back to Council and an ordinance adopted establishing a taxing district for the widening, opening, or extension of the
named street, and for the assessment of all or any part of the cost thereof by the viewers designated therein upon the land in such taxing district in proportion to the benefits thereto; provided, however, that before any ordinance is adopted to widen or open or extend a street and the adoption of the taxing district therefor, the owners of property, within such proposed taxing district, shall be invited byletter deposited to their last known address in the United States mail at least five days before the time of defining or fixing the taxing district and providing for the improvement. At such time the committee on streets shall have a meeting and give all parties interested and who may desire to be heard an opportunity to appear and oppose or favor the proposed improvement. After the Mayor and General Council, on report of this committee finally adopts an ordinance establishing a taxing district, for the proposed improvement, and providing for the improvement, and same is not stopped by injunction or other legal process, then the owners of property within such taxing district shall be concluded from further objection thereto either as to the form in which the work has been done or the map made or any other technicality connected therewith.

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Section 1-H. If any property owner, within such taxing district, shall fail to pay the assessment on his property for such improvement then the clerk of council shall issue a fi. fa. against said property and the owner thereof for the amount of the assessment and same shall be placed in the hands of the City marshall and collected in the same manner and form as other executions for taxes are collected.

The following bill and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees:
By Mr. Manson of the 35thA bill to create the office of State auditor. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary
No.2.

By Messrs. Haralson of the 40th and Richards of the 41st-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to contract in respect to the litigation between the State . of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company and the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company.
Referred to Committee on Mines and ~lining.
By ~Ir. Golucke of the 19th-
A resolution providing for a committee to investigate the condition of State Agricultural District Schools.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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The following report of the Committee on Rules was read:

Jillr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules, having had under consideration the matter of establishing an order of business beginning 22nd day of July, 1921, instruct me, as its Vice-Chairman, to report back to the House the following resolution, with the recommendation that the same do pass:

A RESOLUTION.
Resolved that beginning immediately after the expiration of the period of unanimous consents, the following is hereby set as a calender of special orders, to wit:
That Rule No. 43, which prohibits the second reading and re-commitment of general bills be suspended for today only, for the sole purpose of permitting the House, if it so desires, to have read a second time the Appropriations Bill, House Bill ~o. 89, and re-commit the same.
MuxnY, Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committee was agreed to and the order of business as set out in the report 'vas adopted.

The following message was received from the Senate, through -:\fr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

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Jlfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, as amended, to wit:
A bill to provide four terms a year of Floyd Superior Court.
A bill to repeal an Act to create Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Douglas County.
A bill to create a County Commission of Roads and Revenues for Douglas County.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for Bulloch County.
A bill to reduce number of terms of .Wilcox Superior Court.

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:
A resolution extending sympathy to Honorable \V. J. Greene of Jones 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, to wit:

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A bill to amend an Act to revise the dental laws of Georgia.
A bill to provide for five road districts in Wayne County.
A bill to create Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Effingham County.
A bill to improve the fire department of Augusta.
A bill to define who shall l;le members of the Midway Society.
A bill to amend the Act authorizing bi-monthly meetings of Commissioners of Chatham County.
A bill to abolish Board of Commissioners of Bulloch County.
A bill authorizing Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of ~fadison to make deed conveying title fee simple to Trustees of ::\fadison County High School.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating Madison County Academy.
A bill to provide four terms ol Superior Court of Habersham County.
_A bill to repeal an Act to create County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for -White County.
A bill to create County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for White County.
A bill to abolish office of Treasurer of Lanier County.
A bill to change the terms of :Montgomery Superior Court.

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A bill to amend an Act creating Board of Roads and Revenues for Evans County.
A bill to fix compensation of members of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Harris County.
A bill to prescribe compensation of Treasurer of Treutlen County.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was withdrawn from the Committee, read the second time, and re-committed:

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to make appropriations for the general expense of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the State Government.
Under Rule 41 Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Appropriations and "\Vays and .Means Committee, called up House Bill No. 363, known as the General Tax Bill, and the same was read the third time and the aut~or and caption of which are as follows:

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to annually, in addition to the advalorem tax, levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government.
This being the General Tax Act, the Speaker ordered it taken up paragraph by paragraph, and the Clerk was so instructed.

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~Ir. Mundy of Polk, moved that debate for individual speeches on each paragraph of the bill be limited to five minutes, and the motion prevailed..
Section 1 was read and adopted.
Caption of Section 2, Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Section 2 were read and adopted.

The following Committee amendments to Paragraph 12 were read and adopted:
Committee amends Paragraph 12 of Section 2 of said bill by striking the first six lines thereof and substituting in lieu thereof, the following:
Upon every agent of, and upon every dealer in, and upon every person soliciting orders for the retail sale of automobiles, not including wholesale dealers or distributers soliciting or canvassing for local dealers or agents, the sum set out below.
In each county, such dealer, agent or solicitor selling or offering for sale at retail, automobiles, shall be required to pay one license fee only, so as to provide that all persons soliciting orders or selling automobiles at retail, shall pay a license to become a dealer or agent, and such license shall entitle such person to sell any make or makes of new or second hand automobiles in the said county in which said license is paid. Provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall conflict with Paragraph 13 of said general tax Act relating to second hand automobiles.
Committee amends Paragraph 12 of Section 2 of said bill by striking all of said Paragraph after line 6, and substituting in lieu thereof, the following:

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In each county with a population of less than 20,000, $35.00.
In each county with a population of between 20,000 and 30,000, $70.00.
In each county with a population of between 30,000 and 50,000, $105.00.
In each county with a population of between 50,and 75,000, $140.00.
In each county with a popu];:ttiou of between 75,000 and 100,000, $210.00.
In each county with a population of between 100,000 and 150,000, $275.00.
In each county with a population of exceeding 150,000, $345.00.
Paragraph 12 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraph 13 of Section 2 was read and adopted.

The following Committee amendment to Paragraph 14 was read and adopted:
Committee amends Paragraph 14 of Section 2 of said bill by striking from the third line thereof, the sum $250.00, and substituting in lieu thereof, the sum $100.00, and by striking from said Paragraph, the following: ''And upon every retail dealer in automobile tires and accessories, the sum of $25.00 for each place of business.''
Paragraph 14 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.

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Paragraphs 15, 16 and 17 of Section 2 were. read and adopted.

The following amendment to Paragraph 18 of Section 2 was read and adopted:

By Mr. Arnold of Clay-
By striking said paragraph and substituting therefor, the following: Automobile garages. Upon each person, 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-$50.00, in cities between 20,000 and 35,000-$35.00, in cities between 10,000 and 20,000-$25.00, in cities and towns of 1,000 to 10,000_:_$7.50, in cities and towns of less than 1,000-$5.00.

The following amendment to the Arnold of Clay amendment to Paragraph 18 of Section 2 was read and adopted :

By Mr. Davis of Floyd-
By adding to said paragraph,-and persons operating such garages within one mile of the limits of all incorporated cities-$5.00.
Paragraph 18 was read and adopted as amended.

The following amendment to Paragraph 19 of Section 2 was read and adopted:

By Messrs. Arnold of Clay and Parks of TerrellBy striking out the figures, $15.00, in line 3

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thereof, and substituting in lieu thereof, the figures, . $5.00, so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Jitneys and cars operated for hire, upon each person, frm or corporation operating what are known as jitneys, or keeping cars for hire, whether in connection with the operation of a garage or not, a tax of $5.00 per annum for each ear not over seven passenger, and a tax of $50.00 per annum for each car over seven passenger, whether operaterl inside or outsirle of the corporate limits of any city or town.

The following amendment to Paragraph 19 of Section 2 was read and adopted:

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
By striking out the word "fifty" anrl inserting therefor, the words "twenty-five."
Paragraph 19 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraphs 20 and 21 of Section 2 were read and adopted.
The following Committee amendment to Paragraph 22 was read and adopted:
Committee amends Paragraph 22 of Section 2 of said bill by striking from line two of said paragraph, the sum of $20.00, and substituting in lieu thereof, the sum $10.00.
Paragraph 22 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraph 23 of Section 2 was read and adopted.

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The following amendment to Paragraph 24 was read and adopted :

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
Amend Paragraph 24, Section 2, by inserting after the word "all" and before the word "Turkish,'' the following: ''persons, firms or corporations operating."
Paragraph 24 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.

The following amendment to Paragraph 25 of Section 2 was read and adopted :
By Messrs. Davis and Salmon of li'loyd-
By adding in line three, after the word ''motorcycle,'' the word ''horse.''

The following amendment to Paragraph 25 of Section 2 was read and adopted:
.
By :Jlr. Beck of Carroll-
By adding in line six, after the figures "$100.00," the words "or within five miles thereof."
Also in line six, after the figures '' $50.00,'' the words "or within five miles thereof."
Paragraph 25 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraphs 26, 27 and 28 of Section 2 were read and adopted.

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The following Committee amendment to Paragraph 29 was read and adopted:
Committee amends Paragraph 29 of Section 2 of said bill by striking therefrom, the sum of "$50.00," and substituting in lieu thereof, the sum of $25.00.
Paragraph 29 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraphs 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40 of Section 2 were read and adopted.

The following Committee amendment to Paragraph 41 was read and adopted:
Committee amends Paragraph 41 of Section 2 of said bill by striking, in the second line thereof, after the wo~:d ''wholesale,'' the words ''or retail.''

The following amendment to the Committee amendment was read and adopted:

By 2\[r. Beckham of Dougherty-
By adding to Committee amendment the following: "and upon each person, firm or corporation . operating any cigar store as a member, branch, or part of any chain store system or tobacco syndicate in cities over 25,000 population-$300.00 for each place of business.
Paragraph 41 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraph 42 of Section 2 was read and adopted.
Paragraphs 43, 43-A and 44 were read and adopted.

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The following amendment to Paragraph 45 of Section 2 was read and adopted:

By ~fr. Ennis of Baldwin-
Amend Paragraph 45, line three by striking out the words "five thousand," and inserting therefor, the words ''one thousand.''
Paragraph 45 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
:Mr. Arnold of Clay, moved that the House reconsider its action in adopting Paragraph 42 of Section 2, and the motion prevailed.

The following amendment to Paragraph 42 was read and adopted:

By ~Ir. Arnold of Clay-
Amend Paragraph 42 by striking "$50.00," and inserting in lieu thereof, $25.00.
Paragraph 42 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
:Mr. Fowler of Bibb, mowd that the House do now adjourn, the motion prevailed, and the bill went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Moore of Appling, Smith of Bryan, and Smith of Haralson.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 9 :30 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
MoNDAY JuLY 25, 1921.
The House of Representatives 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 dis,pensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal .of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
By .l\Ir. McDonald and others-
A resolution fixing the per diem C?f the Postmistress of the House of Representatives.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 355 was re-committed to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents :
1. Introduction of new matter under the rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees. 3. Reading House and Senate bills and resolutions, favorably reported, the second time.

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4. Passage of uncontested and local House and Senate bills and uncontested general House and Senate bills having a local application.
5. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time.

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

By Mr. Patten of Lanier-
Hause Bill No. 442. A bill to repeal an Act creating the independent school system of Milltown.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Patten of Lanier-
Hause Bill No. 443. A bill to provide for the fees and compensation of the ordinary of Lanier County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By ~fr. Branch of Turner-
House Bill No. 444. A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Ashburn, in -Turner County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary:

By Mr. Brown of EmanuelHouse Bill No. 445. A bill to make it unlawful

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for the judge to accept pleas of guilty, in certain cases.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary No.1.

By Messrs. Riley and Hines of SumpterHouse Bill No. 446. A bill to provide for the elec-
tion of trustees of consolidated school districts.
Referred to Committee on Education.
.Bv ::\fr. Valentino of Chatham~ House Bill No. 447. A bill to warrant the installa-
tion of sanitary plumbing in all private buildings
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By ~fr. Sumner of 'Vheeler-
House Bill No. 448. A bill to provide for holding three terms a year of 'Vheeler County Superior Court.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By )fr. Arnold of Clay-
House bill No. 449. A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 2 of Article 7 of the Constitution, relative to classification of property.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and 1Vays and Means.

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By ~Ir. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 450. A bill to regulate the manner of issuing bonds by counties in the State, etc.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. :\foore of Fulton-
House Bill i\o. 451. A bill to amend an Act to regulate the practice of professional nursing in the State.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 452. A bill to empower -planning commission to supervise subdivisions in counties of more than 200,000 population.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 453. A bill to provide that trust companies be allowed to act without giving b9nd.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By ~fr. McMichael of Marion-
House Bill No. 454. A bill to provide for the distribution of felony convicts on basis of road mileage.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

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By Mr. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 455. A bill to propose an amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 1, of the Constitution, relative to compensation of county officers.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.

By }.Iessrs. Neill, Hatcher an<l Perkins of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 456. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Columbus.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
House Bill No. 457. A bill to prohibit discharging of sewerage into streams from which city water is drawn.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Clifton of Lee-
House Bill No. 458. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Lee.
Referred to Conm1ittee on Counties and County
~ratters.

By ~Ir. Pruett of Lumpkin_:_ House Resolution No. 66. A resolution setting a

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continuous order for House Bill 1\o. 62, on Tuesday, July 26.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By ::\fr. Culpepper of Fayette-
House Resolution ~o. 68. 455-A. A resolution to appropriate the sum of $80.00 to pay widow of \V. ""\Y. ::\forrm,,, pension due her husband.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and
ways and ::\Ieans.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
B~' ::\Ir. Lankford of 'roombs-
A resolution. ""\Vhereas, the ravages and destruction b~- the boll weevil in the cotton producing states of the United States has gone beyond accuratA computation in dollars and cents, and today, is pra~ tically unchecked, and
""\Yhereas, it would be in the interest of science, eeonom~ and humanit~- that abundant inducement be offered to bring about some form of discovery on a scientifie basis,whieh would rid our country of this pestilence and eheck its inroad upon one of the greatest necessities of the human family, and
\Vhereas, all research in that direction has thus far been left largely to the individual agricultural departments of the states and the nation, without any special inducement to the scientific brain of the world to devote itself to an effective discovery, therefore-

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Be it resolved, by the General Assembly of Georgia, both branches concurring, that the Congress of the United States _be and is memorialized to set aside a gratuity in the sum of not more than five million dollars to be awarded as a prize to the scientist or person who will discover to the satisfantion of such examination as the Congress of thP United States may deem necessary to provide, an effective method of eliminating the boll weevil; the award of the ;prize or gratuity to be made in such manner that the right to the discovery shall become the property of the United States Government for the usc of the people of the United States.
Be it further resolved: That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to each member of the National House of Representatives and the United States Senate, properly signed by the officials of this General Assembly, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives of Georgia is hereby instructed to carry out this provision of this resolution.
.Mr. Mundy of Polk, moved that beginning thiR afternoon, and until otherwise ordered by the House, the House have afternoon session at 3:00 o 'dock P. ~I., and the motion prevailed.
The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Worthy of Quitman-
A resolution. Whereas, the Court House of Quitman County was destroyed by fire on February 1st, 1921, and all books, including Codes of Georgia, Supreue Court reports, Court of Appeals reports,

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form books, and Acts of the Legislature was thus consumed by fire ;
Be it therefore resolved, by the General Assembly of Georgia, that the State Librarian be, and she is hereby directed to furnish, at as early a date as possible, to the Clerk of Superior Court of Quitman County, out of the stock on hand, complete sets of the Supreme Court reports, from the first volume to the. last volume issued inclusive, and of the Court of Appeals reports from number one to the last volume issued, and three form books, and two sets of Park's Codes, and Acts of the General Assembly, up to and including the year 1920.

Mr. Hullender of Catoosa, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

111r. Speaker:
The Committeee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts and resolutions, to wit:
House Bill No. 37. An Act to regulate the statistics of leaf tobacco sold upon the floors of the Leaf Tobacco warehouses.
House Bill No. 38. An Act to amend Section 4809 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to time for appeals.
House Bill No. 63. An Act to regulate compensation of official court reporters in counties having towns of certain population.

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House Bill No.143. An Act to amend an Act approved August 18, 1919, to create a new charter for the City of Sylvester.
House Bill No. 216. An Act to change the time of holding Superior Court in Taylor County.
House Bill No. 48. An A~t to provide for holding four terms a year of the Floyd County Superior Court.
House Bill No. 53. An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Douglas County.
House Bill No. 54. An Act to create a county commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Douglas County.
House Bill No. 127. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners for Bulloch County.
House Bill No. 252. An Act to reduce the number of terms of Wilcox County Superior Court.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER OF CATOOSA, Chairman.

Mr. Henderson of -White County, Chairman of -the Committee on ~lines and Mining, has submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Mines and mining have had under consideration the following resolution, 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 :
Senate Resolution No. 29. A. H. HENDERSON, JR., Chairman.

Mr. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County -:\fatters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties 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 as amended:
House Bill Xo. 42, as amended.
House Bill Xo. 43, as amended.
Respectfully submitted,
RoBERT L. -:\foYE, Chairman.

J\fr. Voeelle of Camden County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

.Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bills of the House, and 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. 334. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 388. Do pass.
VocELLE, Chairman.

Mr. McDonald of Richmond 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:
House .Bill Ko. 60.
Respectfully submitted,
MeDoNALD, Chairman.

l\fr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate, 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. 19, proposing the creation of the County of Peach.

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Senate Bill No. 1, and substitute therefor, proposing the creation of the County of Peach.

The following message was received from the Senate, through .Jir. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

1.llr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of House and Senate, to wit:
A bill to change the time of holding Superior Court in Taylor County.
A bill to regulate the statistics of leaf tobacco.
A bill to amend Code relative to time for appeals.
A bill to regulate compensation of court reporters in certain counties.
A bill to amend Act creating Charter for City of Sylvester.
A bill to increase fees of coroners, constables and jurors in certain counties.
A bill to amend Act known as Inheritance Tax Act.
A bill relating to licensing, etc., of hotels.

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

M r.S peaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolutions, to wit:

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A resolution relieving Dan Odum as surety. A resolution relieving A. L. Binns as surety. A resolution relieving Z. A. Brooks as surety. A resolution relieving J. A. Cox as surety. A resolution appropriating $75.00 fo1: employment of a stenographer to do tax work.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time :

By Mr. Collier of Stephens-
House Bill No. 42. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Stephens County.

By Mr. Collier of StephensHouse Bill No. 43. A bill to repeal an Act to pro-
vide for county commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Stephens County.
By Mr. Branch of TurnerHouse Bill ~o. 60. A bill to amend an Act estab-
lishing the City Court of Ashburn in the County of Turner.
By Mr. Monroe of WilcoxHouse Bill No. 334. A bill to fix open season for
killing cat squirrels in Georgia:

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By ~Iessrs. Smith of Bryan, \Vay of Liberty, Smiley of Long, and Parrish of Bulloch-
Hause Bill No. 388. A bill to amend Section 594 of Penal Code by striking certain words.

By ~fessrs. Haralson of the 40th and Richards of the 41st-
Senate Bill No. 29. A bill to authorize the Governor to contract in respect to the litigation between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Mines.
The following bills and resolutions. of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage :

By ~Ir. \Vay of Liberty-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City Court of Hinesville.
The report 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. Guess and ~fcClelland of DeKalb and Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
A bill to fix compensation of jury commissioners in certain counties, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to thr passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 121, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Knight of Berrien-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Nashville, providing for the collection of fines and forfeitures, 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 122, Kays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Luke of Ben Hill-
A bill to establish the City Court of Fitzgerald, 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 123, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
A bill to rearrange the Cordele Judicial Circuit of the Superior Courts and the Tifton Judicial Circuit of the Superior 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 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Dykes of Dooly, moved that the bill be immediate!~, transmitt(ld to the S(lnate, and the motion prevail(ld.

By ~Ir. Anderson of Chatooga-
A bill to provide that Board of Commissioners of certain counties may elect clerk and fix salary of 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 Ay(ls were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. whitaker of Lowndes-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Valdosta, relative to increase in judge's salary, and for other purposes.
The report of the Co:rpmitte(l, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
A bill to amend an Act abolishing the fee system now existing in the Superior Court of the Cordele Judiciary Circuit, 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 hill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
~fr. Dykes of Dooly, moved that the hill he immediately transmitted to the Sonate, and the motion prevailed.
The hill having rC'ceived the rC'quisitC' constitutional majority was passed.

By ~[r. Swift of Elbert-
A hill to amend an Act entitled "Elbert Board of Commissioners, Bond Committee,'' and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the Ayes were - - , 1\ays--.
The hill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~[r. Swift of Elbert-
A hill to amend an Act providing Board of Comissioners for Elbert 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 118, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Davis, Hamilton and Salmon of Floyd-
A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of F'loyd 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 125,

Nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitution~! majority was passed.

By Messrs. Atkinson, Hunter and Valentino of Chatham-
A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and creating the City Court of Savannah, 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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By ~fessrs. Beck and Smith of Carroll-
A resolution relative to election of a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for 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 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court 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 122, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Thorpe of the 2nd-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Reidsville.
The report 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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The following- bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments:

By Messrs. Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Floyd Superior Court.
The following- amendment of the Senate was read and ag-reed to :

By .Messrs. Pope of the 44th and Bellah of the 42nd-
Amend by striking- the words ''January 1, 1922,'' in the fourth line of Section 1 of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "the passage of this Act.''

By ~Ir. -Whitley of Douglas-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Douglas County, and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read and agreed to :
Amend by inserting in lieu of Section 2, the following: "Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this Act shall not go into effect until the Act creating a county commissioner for Douglas County is ratified by a vote of the people of Douglas County, as provided for in House Bill No. 54."

By M:r. Whitley of Douglas-
A bill to create a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Douglas County, and for other purposes.

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'fhe following amendment of the Senate was read and agreed to :
Amend by changing Section 10 to Section 11 and inserting as Section 10, the following::
Section 10. Be it further enacted by the authority . aforesaid, that the Ordinary of Douglas County is
hereby directed to call an election not later than 60 nor less than 30 days from the passage of this Act. At said election, if a majority of the voters of Douglas County, vote for the passage of same, then this Act is to become effective. If a majority of the voters vote against the passage of this Act, then the same is not to take effect.
That in said election, those desiring to vote in favor of said bill, shall place upon their ballots ''For the Act creating one Commissioner of Roads and Revenues.'' Those desiring to vote against said bill, shall place upon their ballots ''Against the Act creating one Commissioner of Roads and Revenues.''

By :\fessrs. Parrish and Brannen of Bulloch-
A bill to create a Board of Three Commissioners for Bulloch County.
The following amendment of the Senate was read and agreed to :
Amend by striking all of Section 5 of said bill and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
''Section 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall select their own Chair-

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man, and shall also select a clerk, who shall give all of his time to said work, and shall prescribe the duties of said clerk and fix his salary; provided, however, said Board may if it sees fit, select one of their own number as both Chairman and Clerk and perscribe his duties and fix his salary. Said Chairman, shall upon the order of said Board, draw all warrants and become responsible for all funds handled by said Board, and said Chairman or said Chairman and Clerk, as the case may be, before entering upon his duties, shall give bond in_ a responsible Surety Company in the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars, payable to and be approved by the Ordinary of said County, conditioned on the .faithful performance of his duties as herein prescribed, and the premium on said bond shall be paid from the funds of said County as allowed hy law.

By Mr. Monroe of \Vicox-
A bill to reduce number of terms of Wilcox Superior Court.
The following amendment of the Senate was read and agreed to :
Amend by striking the word "third" in fourth line of the Act, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word "fourth," and by striking the word "September" in fifth line, and inserting in lieu thereof, the word ''October.''
On request of the author, Senate Bill No. 1, as amended, was placed upon the calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to tlw unfmorahle report of the Committee.

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Under Rule 41, Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Appropriations and "\Vays and ~leans Committee, called up House Bill No. 363, known as the General Tax Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author and caption are as follows:

By -:\Iessrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to annuall~-, in addition to the advalorem tax, levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government.
The following amendment to Paragraph 46 was read and adopted:

By ~Ir. Arnold of Clay-
Amend by adding "nor to entertainments commonly known as Chautauquas. ''
Paragraph 46 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Mr. Bowden of Ware moved that the House reconsider its action in the adoption of Paragraph 11 of Section 2, and the motion prevailed.

The following amendment to Paragraph 11 was read and adopted :

By -:\Ir. Bowden of "\Yare-
Amend by striking said paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof, the following:
All auctioneers selling jewelry by auction in said State, $200.00 in each county in 'vhich he conducts said sale.

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All auctioneers selling junk in said State shall pay the sum of $100.00 in each county in which he conducts said sale.
All auctioneers selling furniture and household goods in said State shall pay the sum of $100.00 in t-ach county in which he conducts said sale.
All live stock auctioneers selling live stock in said State shall pay the sum of $50.00 in each county in which he conducts said sale.
All non-resident real estate auctioneers shall pay the sum of $100.00 (each auctioneer) in each county in which he conducts said sale. All resident real estate auctioneers shall pay the sum of $50.00 in ea.:lh county in which he conducts said sale. In securing said license, said auctioneer must define to the tax collector before receiving license, the style and kind of sale he intends to conduct.
Paragraph 11 of Section 2 was read and adopted .as amended.
Paragraphs 47, 48 and 49 of Section 2 were read and adopted.
The following amendment to Paragraph 50 of Section 2 was read and adopted:

By i\Ir. Arnold of Clay-

Amend by adding after proviso, the following: ''or to companies doing or operating a real estate loan business as mentioned and discussed in Paragraph 71 hereafter."

Paragraph 50 of Section 2 was read and adopted

as amended.



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Paragraphs 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55 of Section 2 were read and adopted.

The following amendments to Paragraph 56 were read and adopted :
By ~Ir. Culpepper of FayetteAdd at end of Paragraph "that do not engage in
dry cleaning.''

By Mr. McClure of walker-
Amend by adding to end of line two, the following, to wit: "Upon all pressing clubs not engaged in dry cleaning, $5.00. ''
Paragraph 56 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraphs 57, 58 and 59 of Section 2 were read and adopted.

The following amendment to Paragraph 60 was read and adopted:

By Mr. Guess of DeKalh-
Amend line three by striking the figures ''One hundred dollars,'' and substituting therefor, the figures ''Two hundred dollars.''
Paragraph 60 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraph 60-A was read and adopted.
The following Committee amendment to Paragraph 61 of Section 2 was read and adopted:

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Committee amends Paragraph 61 of Section 2 of said bill by striking same, and numbering the succeeding paragraphs accordingly.
Paragraph 61 was struck out.
The following Committee amendment to Paragraph 62 was read and adopted:
Committee amends Paragraph 62 of Section 2 of said bill by striking from the third line thereof, the sum of $50.00, and substituting in lieu thereof, the sum of $10.00.
Paragraph 62 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraphs 63a, 63b, 63c, 63d, 63e and 63f of Section 2 were read and adopted.

The following amendment to Paragraph 64 was read and adopted:

By Mr. Parks fo Terrell-
Amend by striking the word ''or'' in line one thereof and substituting therefor the word ''and.''
Paragraph 64 of Section 2 was read and adopted.

The following amendment to Paragraph 65 wa:-; read and adopted:

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
Amend by adding after the word ''osteopathist'' in line two, the word "chiropractor~"
Paragraph 65 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.

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ParagTaphs 66 and 67 of Section 2 were read and adopted.
The following Committee amendment to Paragraph 68 of Section 2 was read and adopted:
Committee amends Paragraph 68 of Section 2 of said bill by striking from the fourth line thereof, at the end of said paragraph, the figures "$100.00," and substituting in lieu thereof, the figures '' $25.00. ''
Paragraph 68 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraphs 69 and 70 were read and adopted.

'l'he following amendments to Paragraph 71 were read and adopted :

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
Amend by striking all of said paragraph after the figures "$100.00" in the third line, and adding in lieu thereof, the following:
''Provided this tax shall not be required of attorneys-at-law who have paid the professional tax required by this Act, and who shall engage in negotiating loans on collateral other than wages, time or salary, provided further, that this tax shall not be required of any person, firm or corporation in any county in which its correspondent, agent or other local representative has paid said tax or otherwise complied with or conformed to this Section.

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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,'' so that said section when amended, shall read as follows:

'Loan Agents. Upon each person, firm or corporation negotiating loans and charging therefor any fee, commission or salary, in each county in \\hich he or they may carry on such business, the sum of $100.00. Provided, this tax shall not be required of attorneys-at-law who have paid the professional tax required by this Act, and who shall engage in negotiating loans on collateral other than wages, time or salary, provided further, that this tax shall not be required of any person, firm or corporation in any county in which its correspondent, agent or other loeal representative has paid said tax or otherwise eomplied with or eonformed to this Section.
Should sueh person, firm or corporation engage in loaning or negotiating loans upon wages, or time, or the purchasing of salaries, the sum of $100.00.''

The following amendment to the amendment of Paragraph i1 was read and adopted:

By ~Ir. McMichael of .Marion-
Amend the amendment of the gentleman from Toombs by striking out the figures '' $100.00, '' and substituting therefor the figures "$25.00."

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Committee amends Paragraph 71 of Section 2 of said bill by striking from the fourth line thereof, the sum of $100.00, and substituting in lieu thereof, the sum of $25.00.
Paragraph 71 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Mr. \:Villiams of \:Valton, moved that the House do now adjourn, the motion prevailed, and the bill went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Griffith of Decatur.
The Speaker ann()'ft.nced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.

3 :00 o'clock P. M.
The House met again at this hour, and was called to order by the Speaker.
Under Rule 41, Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Appropriations and Ways and Means Committee, called up House Bill No. 363, known as the General Tax Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author and caption of which are as follows:
By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to annually, in addition to the ad valorem tax, levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government.

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Paragraphs 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 and 88 of Section 2 were read and adopted.

The following amendment to Paragraph 89 was read and adopted :

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
Amend by striking the figures '' $25.00 in line three, and adding in lieu thereof, "$10.00," and by striking the figures '' $10.00'' in line four, and adding in lieu thereof, "'$5.00. ''
Paragraph 89 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraphs 90a, 90b, 90c and 91 of Section 2 were read and adopted.

The following amendment to Paragraph 92 was read and adopted :

By l\Ir. DeLaPerriere of Jackson-
Amend by striking the words ''ten dollars'' in line two, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words ''fifteen dollars.''
Paragraph 92 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
The following Committee amendment to Paragraph 93 was read and adopted:
Committee amends Paragraph 93 of Section 2 of said bill by striking all of said section and substituting in lieu thereof, the follo1ring:

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).foving pictures and vaudeville performances. Upon each and every electric show or exhibition of moving pictures, or illustrated songs, except where given for educational purposes, and upon each place where vaudeville performance is given, whether with or without electric shows or moving pictures, for each place of business in towns of less than 2,000 inhabitants, $2.50 per month; in citi~s from 2,000 to 5,000 inhabitants, $3.75 per month; in cities from 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, $6.25 per month; in cities from 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants, $9.50 per month; in cities of over 25,000 inhabitants, $10.00 per month.
Paragraph 93 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
.Mr. Fowler of Bibb, moved that the House reconsider its action in adopting Paragraph 46 of Section 2, and the motion prevailed.
Paragraph 46 of Section 2 was read and again adopted without amendments.
Mr. Bowden of vVare, moved that the House reconsider its action in adopting Paragraph 33 of Section 2, and the motion prevailed.
Paragraph 33 of Section 2 was read and agam adopted without amendment.

The following amendment to Paragraph 94 was read and adopted :

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
Amend by striking the sum of $50.00 in line three and substituting in lieu thereof, the following: "in

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towns or cities of 10,000 or less, $35.00; in cities of over 10,000, $50.00.
Paragraph 94 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
l\Ir. l\fcClure of walker, moved that the House reconsider its action in adopting Paragraph 90 of Section 2, and the motion was loat.
The following amendment to Paragraph 95 was read:

By Mr. Kittrell of Laurens-

Amend by striking from line four, "$15.00," and substituting "$25.00" instead.
The amendment was lost.
Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson, moved that the House reconsider its action in defeating the adoption of the above amendment.
On the motion to reconsider, Mr. Bowden of Ware, called for the Ayes and Nays, 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 Walton Anderson Baldwin Beckham Boatwright Boswell Bow dell Brantley Byrd of Crisp

Camp Carr Clark Davis of Oglethorpe DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dudley Ennis Evans

Fletcher Gresham Griffin Greene Hines of Decatur Hodges Holland Horne Johnson of Pickens

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Kittrell

Neal of Union

Knight

Nichols

Lankford of Toombs Owen

Luke

Penland

McClure

Phillips of Jasper

McMichael

Price

Manning

Riley

Mixon

Rutherford

Monroe

Sibley

Smith of Meriwether Strickland Swindle Vocelle Williams of Harris Williams of Walton Wynne

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Arnold Beck
Bird of Taliaferro Blalock
Bleckley Bloodworth Bobo Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Childs Coates Collier Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeFoor Dobbs Duncan of Hall Dykes Ficklen Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann

Grant

Pruett

Grovenstein

Quincey

Guess

Ramsey

Haddock

Reagan

Hamilton

Reville

Hatcher of Burke Ricketson

Hatcher of Muscogee Robinson

Hawkins

Russell

Henderson

Salmon

Holloway

Singletary

Houston

Smith of Carroll

Hullender

Stovall

Hyman

Sumner of Johnson

Jones of Coweta

Sumner of Wheeler

Jones of Thomas Swift

Johnson of Bartow Tatum

Keith

Thompson

Langford of Hall Turner

Lewis

Tyson of slclntosh

:\-fcClelland

Valentino

McDonald

Watkins

Macintyre

Way

Maddox

Weston

Malone

Whitaker

Mayo

of Lowndes

Moore of Fulton Whitaker

Moye

of Rockdale

Mundy

Williams of Miller

Parks

Wimberly

Patten

Wood

Perryman

Woodard

Peterson

Pickren

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Those not voting were Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Atkinson Bentley Bowen Bush Carswell Clifton Collins Corbitt Dixon DuBose Duncan of Dawson Griffith Gunnels Herring Hines of Sumter Houser Howard

Hufstetler

Smith of Bryan

Hunter

Smith of Haralson

Jackson

Stone

Johnson of

Tison of Worth

Chattahoochee Trippe

King

Van Landingham

Logan

Walker

McGarity

Wall

~I a n n

Webb

Mason

West

Miles

Whitley

Moore of Appling Whitworth

Parrish

Winship

Perkins

Worthy

Phillips of Telfair Wyatt

Pilcher

Mr. Speaker

Shettlesworth

Smiley

On the motion to reconsider, the Ayes were 52, Nays 95, and the motion was lost.

Mr. Mundy of Polk, moved that the House do now adjourn until tomorrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock, th!' motion prevailed, and the bill went over as unfinished business.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., TuESDAY, JuLY 26, 1921.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker and opened with prayer by the Honorable L. J. Ballard, Editor of The \Vesleyan Advocate and a member of South Georgia Conference M. E. Church South.

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

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee

Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLa.Perriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall

Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter

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Hodges

Mixon

Stone

Holland

Monroe

Stovall

Holloway

Moore of Appling Strickland

Horne

Moore of Fulton Sumner of Johnson

Houser

Moye

Sumner of Wheeler

Houston

Mundy

Swift

Howard

Neal of Union

Swindle

Hufstetler

Nichols

Tatum

Hullender

Owen

Thompson

Hunter

Parks

Tison of Worth

Hyman

Parrish

Trippe

Jackson

Patten

Turner

Jones of Coweta Penland

Tyson of Mcintosh

Jones of Thomas Perkins

Valentino

Johnson of Bartow Perryman

Van Landingham

Johnson of

Peterson

Vocelie

Chattahoochee Phillips of Jasper Walker

Johnson of Pickens Phillips of Telfair Wall

Keith

Pickren

Watkins

King

Pilcher

Way

Kittrell

Price

Webb

Knight Langford of Hall

Pruett Quincey

West. Weston

Lankford of Toombs Ramsey

Whitley

Lewis

Reagan

Whitaker

Logan

Reville

of Lowndes

Luke

Ricketson

Whitaker

McClelland

Riley

of Rockdale

McClure

Robinson

Whitworth

McDonald

Russell

Williams of Harris

McGarity

Rutherford

Williams of Miller

Macintyre

Salmon

Williams of Walton

McMichael

Shettlesworth

Wimberly

Maddox

Sibley

Winship

Malone

Singletary

Wood

Mann

Smiley

Woodard

Manning

Smith of Bryan Worthy

Mason

Smith of Carroll Wyatt

Mayo

Smith of Haralson Wynne

Miles

Smith of Meriwether Mr. Speaker

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

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By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minute period of unanimous consents :
1. Introduction of new matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Heports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading House and Senate bills and resolutions favorably reported, the second time.
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and uncontested general House and Senate bills having a local application.
5. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 444 was withdrawn from the Committee, read the second time and recommitted.
By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees:

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 460. A bill to require Board of Commissioners of Charlton County to pay Mayor and Council of the City of Folkston road taxes collected within corporate limits.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Pickren of CharltonHouse Bill No. 459. A bill to require Board of

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Commissioners of Charlton County to pay taxes collected in corporate limits to officials of St. George.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County .:\[atters.

B~, Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 461. A bill to repeal an Act authorizing Commissioners of Charlton County to pay taxes to officials of Homeland.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County .:\Iatters.

By 2\fr. Singletary of Grady-
House Bill No. 462. A bill to amend an Act to amend the Charter of Pine Park.
Referred to Committee on 2\funicipal Government.

By .:\fr. Bradford of -Whitfield-
House Bill No. 463. A bill to provide a new form of government for the City of Dalton, in Whitfield County.
Referred to Committee on 2\Iunicipal Government.

By 2\fr. Byrd of Crisp-
House Bill No. 464. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Cordele in Crisp County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By M:r. Perryman of TalbotHouse Bill Ko. 465. A bill to apropriate $1,-

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800.00 for salary of assistant of Department of Public Printing.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Bowden of \Vare-
House Bill No. 466. A bill to appropriate $500,000.00 to the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Alto, Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By ~Iessrs. Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of ]1,loydHouse Bill No. 467. A bill to authorize Insurance
Commissioner to appoint assistant fire inspector.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Houser of HoustonHouse Bill No. 468. A bill to repeal an Act to es-
tablish public school system for Town of Perry.
Refered to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 469. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of East Point, relative to tax rate.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

Mr. Hullender of Catoosa, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

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7.05

Mr. Speaker:

The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and resolutions, to wit:

House Bill "No. 250. An Act to amend Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Liberty County.

House Bill No. 27. An Act to amend the Act creating the City Court of Thomasville.

House Bill No. 76. An Act to provide for the election of a treasurer of Henry County.

House Bill No. 146. An Act to amend Act creating the City Court of .Metter.

House Bill No. 255. An Act to amend an Act to provide for the payment of salary to the Treasurer of Mitchell County.

House Bill No. 131. An Act to amend Section 1249 of Volume 1, of the Code of 1910, relative to election of State Depositories.

House Bill No. 315. An Act to amend an Act to

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create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Rev- enues for wilkinson County.

House Bill No. 291. An Act to create the office of county treasurer for the County of Webster.

House Bill No. 77. An Act to repeal an Act to abolish the office of treasurer in and for the County of Henry.

House Bill No. 254. An Act to amend an Act es-

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tablishing the City Court of Camilla, in the County of Mitchell.
House Bill No. 302. An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Pierce.
House Bill No. 309. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County r1f Pierce.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER OF CATOOSA, Chairman.

Mr. Kittrell of Laurens County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:

J1 r.Speaker:

Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 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 not pass:

House Bill No. 397.

KITTRELL, Chairman.

Mr. Dobbs of Cobb County, 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 follow-

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ing 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. 341.
Respectfully,
C. M. DoBBs, Chairman.

1fr. Piekren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Comrnittl'e 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. 345.

Housl' Bill No. 400.

PICKREN, Chairman.

~fr. :Vfoye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counies and County Matters have had under consideraion the following bills of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same bnck to the House with the recommendations that the same do pass:

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House Bill No. 428. House Bill No. 429. House Bill No. 458. House Bill No. 401. Do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Fulton County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

11Jr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education 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 No. 352.
Senate Bill No. 97.
MooRE oF FuLTON, Chairman.

~fr. Smith of ~feriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Muncipal Government, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on ~Iunicipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to re-

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port the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bills Nos. 4-56, 379, 367, 422, 371 and 413.
That House Bill No. 404 do pass as amended.
That House Bills Nos. 417 and 275 do pass by substitute.
Respect~ully,
SMITH OF MERIWETHER, Chairman.

Mr. Ficklen of \Vilkes County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:

illr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following Senate Bill, 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. 54.

FICKLEN, Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate, through 2\Ir. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills, to wit:
A bill to replace Act creating Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County.

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A bill to authorize City of Marietta to submit to the voters the question of bonds to be issued for the purpose of extending sewerage system.
A bill to provide for the exercise of the elective franchise by females.
A bill to amend Code relative to incorporation of interurban railroad companies.
A bill to amend Act aiding establishment and maintenance of one or more consolidated public schools, etc.
A bill to amend Code relative to freight trains.
A bill to provide for payment of actual cost in superior and city courts of certain counties.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time :

By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 275. A bill to create a board of harbor commissioners for the City and. Port of Savannah.
By Mr. Way of LibertyHouse Bill Ko. 345. A bill to amend the Charter
of the Town of willie in Liberty County.
By Mr. Gunnels of FranklinHouse Bill No. 352. A bill to amend an Act estab-
lishing the public school system in the Town of Canon.

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711

By ~fessrs. Jones and Macintyre of Thomas-
House Bill No. 367. A bill to amend the Charter ::>f the Town of ~Ieigs.

By ~fr. Hunter of Chatham-
House Bill No. 371. A bill to amend the Acts creating the Municipal Court of the City of Savannah.

By Messrs. Riley and Hines of Sumter-
House Bill No. 379. A bill to amend Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Mayor and City Council of Americus.

By Mr. \Vhitaker of Rockdale-
House Bill No. 400. A bill to amend an Act to prescribe qualifications of voters in the City of Conyers.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 404. A bill to submit to voters of ~facon the question of the City Manager plan.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 413. A bill to amend the Acts incorporating the ~fayor and Aldermen of Savannah.

By ~fr. Singletary of Grady-
House Bill No. 417. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Cairo.

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By :\Ir. watkins of Butts-
House Bill No. 422. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Jackson.

By Mr. Smiley of Long-
House Bill No. 428. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Ludowici, in Long County.

By Mr. Smiley of Long-
House Bill No. 429. A bill to establish the City Court of Ludowici, in Long County.

By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 456. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Columbus in Muscogee County.

By :\Ir. Clifton of Lee-
House Bill No. 458. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Lee County.

By ~Ir. Thorpe of the 2nd-
Senate Bill No. 54. A bill to make it unlawful for any person to procure false payments from insurance companies.

By ~Ir. Colson of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 97. A bill to repeal an Act creating the Glenwood public school system.

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713

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage :

By Mr. Collier of Stephens-
A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Stephens, and for other purposes.
The following Committee amendments were read and agreed to :
Amend Section 1 by striking therefrom the words "January 1st, 1922," and inserting in lieu thereof, the following words: ''January 1st, 1923. ''
Amend Section 3 by striking therefrom the words "-Wednesday, October 5th, 1921," and inserting in lieu thereof, the following ''mrds: "first Tuesday in December, 1922.''
Amend Section 3 by striking therefrom the words ''January 1st, 1922,'' and inserting in lieu thereof, the following words: "January 1st, 1923."
Amend Section 8 by striking therefrom the words "January 1st, 1922," and inserting in lieu thereof, the following words: "January 1st, 1923."
Amend by changing Section 13 to 15.
Amend by adding the following section to be designated Section 13:
Section 13. The question of the operation of the provisions of this Act shall be submitted to a vote of the people of Stephens County on the first Tuesday in November, 1922, along with the election of

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Representatives, members of Congress, Governor and State ij:ouse officers as follows: Those favoring the operation of this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots the words ''For one Commissioner." Those opposing the operation of this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots, "Against one commissioner." Should a majority of the qualified voters of the County vote ''For one commissioner,'' then the provisions of this Act shall be operative. Should a majority of the qualified voters of the County vote ''Against one commissioner," then the provisions of this Act shall not be operative.
Amend by adding the following section to be designated Section 14.
Section 14. Should the majority of the votes cast as provided in Section 13 hereof be ''For one commissioner," then there shall be held on the first Tuesday in December, 1922, an election for a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Stephens County. Said election shall be held as elections for other county o:fficer_s.
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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By ~fr. Collier of StephensA bill to repeal an Act providing for County Com-

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715

missioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Stephens, and for other purposes.
The following amendments of the Committee were read and agreed to :
Amend Section 1 by striking therefrom the words "January 1st, 1922," and inserting in lieu thereof, the following words : ''January 1st, 1923. ''
Amend by changing the number of Section 2 to 3.
Amend by adding the following section to be designated Section 2 :
Section 2. The provision of this Act shall not be operative until the provisions of ''An Act to create the office of County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Stephens; to provide for the election of such commissioner; prescribe his term of office; prescribe his duties; fix his salary, and for other purposes," shall become operative as therein provided.
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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Branch of Turner-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Ashburn, in and for the County of Turner.

The following amendment was read and adopted:

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By ~Ir. Branch of Turner-
Amend by striking from said bill Section 3 thereof and number succeeding sections accordingly.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended, the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By .Mr. Henderson of 'White-
A resolution to relieve Russell and others as surety on bond.
The report 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 constitwtional majority was passed.

By l\Iessrs. Haralson of the 40th and Richards of the 41st-
A resolution to authorize the Governor to contract in respect to the litigation between the State of Georgia and the Tennessee Copper Company and the Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 110, Nays 0.

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717

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. Manson of the 35th-
A bill to increase the fees of coroners, constables and jurors in counties of 200,000 or more population.
Referred to Committee on Uniform State Laws.

By Messrs. Fleming of the lOth and Bond of the 30th-
A bill relating to licensing, regulating and inspecting of hotels and restaurants in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary N"o. 2.

By Mr. Cone of the 49th-
A bill to amend an Act known as the Inheritance Tax Act.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. "\Vohlwender of the 24th-
A resolution that Don Odom be relieved of all liability on account of said bond of two thousand dollars given as bail for A. S. T. Jameson.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

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By :Mr. \Vohlwender of the 24th-
A resolution for the relief of A. S. Binns as surety.
R-eferred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By .Jir. \Vohlwender of the 24th-
A resolution for the relief of Z. A. Brooks as surety.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By .Mr. vVohlwender of the 24th-
A resolution for the relief of J. A. Cox as surety.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

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

J.llr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend an Act establishing City Court of Camilla.
A bill to amend an Act for the payment of a salary to treasurer of Mitchell County.
A bill to create Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pierce County.

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A bill to designate Arlington as a State Depository.
A bill to repeal an Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Pierce County.
A bill to amend an Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for \Yilkinson County.
A bill to create office of Count~ Treasurer for \Vebster County.
A bill to amend an Act creating City Court of l\fetter.
A bill to amend an Act creating City Court of Thomasville.
A bill to provide for election of treasurer of Henry County.
A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the office of treasurer of Henry County.
A bill to amend an Act creating Board of CommiSSioners of Roads and Revenues for Liberty County.

Under Rule 41, Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Appropriations and \Vays and Means Committee, called up House Bill No. 363, known as the General Tax Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author and caption are as follows:

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette
A hill to annually, in addition to the> ad valorem

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tax, levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government.

The following amendment to Paragraph 95 was read and adopted :

By Mr. Russell of Barrow-
Amend by striking the word ''architect'' from line 2 of said Paragraph 95, and to amend Paragraph 95b by inserting the word ''architect'' after the words ''electrical engineer'' in line one of Paragraph 95b.
Paragraphs 95 and 95b of Section 2 were read and adopted as amended.
Paragraph 96 of Section 2 was read and adopted.
The following Committee amendment to Paragraph 97 was read and adopted:
Committee amends Paragraph 97 of Section 2 of said bill by striking from the fifth line thereof, at the end of said line, the figures '' $50.00,'' and substituting in lieu thereof, the figures "$25.00."
Paragraph 97 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
1Ir. Whitworth of ::\Iadison, moved that the House reconsider its action in adopting Paragraph 78 of Section 2, and the motion prevailed.
Paragraph 78 of Section 2 was read and again adopted without amendments.
1\fr. Lewis of Colquitt, moved that the House reconsider its action in the adoption of Paragraph 64 of Section 2, and the motion was lost

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The following Committee amendment to Paragraph 98 was read and adopted:
Committee amends Paragraph 98 of Section 2 of said bill by striking all of said paragraph, and substituting in lieu thereof, the following:
Soda fountains. Upon each person, firm or corporation running, or operating soda fountains in this State, having one draught arm or similar device used in drawing carbonated water, $5.00.
Paragraph 98 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
Paragraphs 99 and 100 of Section 2 were read and adopted.

The following amendments to Paragraph 101 were read and adopted :

By .:\Ir. Arnold of Clay-
Amend by striking the figures '' $25.00'' in line three, and substituting the figures "$5.00."
Amend by striking the figures '' 10,000'' in line three, and substituting the figures '' 5,000.''
Paragraph 101 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
.:\Ir. Parks of Terrell, moved that the House reconsider its action in the adoption of Paragraph 45 of Section 2, and the motion was lost.
Paragraphs 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 and 107 of Section 2 were read and adopted.
Paragraph 108 of Section 2 was read and adopted.

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Paragraphs 109, 110, 111, 112 and 113 of Section 2 were read and adopted.
Mr. Ennis of Baldwin, moved that the House re-consider its action in the adoption of Paragraph 108 of Section 2, and the motion prevailed.

The following amendment to Paragraph 108 was 1ead and adopted:

By }[r. Ennis of Baldwin-
Amend by inserting "twenty-frye dollars" instead of "fifty dollars" in line three.
Paragraph 108 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
The following additional paragraphs to Section 2 were offerred by the Q.ommittee, read and adopted:
Paragraph 114. Upon each person, firm, partnership, or corporation buying salary or wage accounts hnd negotiable papers, $100.00 for each county.
Paragraph 115. Carbonic acid gas. Each person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing or vending soft drinks, made of or containing carbonic acid gas, or any substitute therefor, shall pay as a privilege license to carry on such business, two cents on each pound of carbonic acid gas or any substitute therefor so used; provided, that bottled drinks on which this license shall have been paid, may be resold in original packages without the payment of any further license under this schedule. Each person, firm or corporation engaged m such business shall keep accurate books and in-

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voices showing the quantity of carbonic acid gas or any substitute therefor, used in such business, and such other information relating to the business as may be required by the Comptroller-General to enable the State tax officials to check up the returns herein required. At the end of each calendar quarterly period, every person, firm or corporation engaged in such business shall make a report to the Comptroller-General on blanks to be furnished by the Comptroller-General, showing the amount of carbonic gas or other substitute therefor, consumed during the preceding quarter, and such other information as the Comptroller-General may require, verified by affidavit and shall with such report, remit the license herein provided for each pound of carbonic acid gas or other substitute therefor, consumed as shown by the report, and such remittance shall be paid into the State Treasury. If such report and remittance is not made within fifteen days after the end of the calendar quarter, there shall be added to the sum due for such license for the preceding quarter, ten per cent. additional license. The tax officials of the State shall have authority to examine the books and papers of any one engaged in such business, for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of all reports and remittances. Any person wilfully failing or refusing to make the reports and remittances herein required, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and any person wilfully making a false affidavit as to any report herein required, shall be guilty of perjury.

The following amendment to Paragraph 115 was read and adopted:

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By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
Amend by striking the words "two cents" in line five, and substituting in lieu thereof, the words "four cents."
Paragraph 115 of Section 2 was read and adapted as amended.

The following additional paragraph to Section 2 was offerred by Mr. Ficklen of wilkes, read and adopted:
Paragraph 116. Upon all persons or corporations operating ferries or toll bridges, $25.00 each. Tax to be paid to the tax collector of county in which the owner lives.

The following amendment to Paragraph 116 was read and adopted :

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
Amend by adding thereto the following: Provided that this tax shall not be required of any ferry or toll bridge, the receipts from which do not amount to $500.00 per annum.
Paragraph 116 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
The following additional paragraph to Section 2 was offered by Mr. Russell of Barrow, read and adopted:
Paragraph 117. Upon each beauty parlor or shop', hair dressing parlor, chiropodist or manicure shop, $10.00 per year, provided that this tax shall not ap-

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ply to manicure shops operating in connection with barber shops.
The following additional paragraph to Section 2 was offerred by Mr. Lankford of Toombs, read and adopted:
Paragraph 118. Upon each Grand Opera producing company, filling contraets in this State, $1,000.00 in cities of 100,000 or less population, or $2,500.00 in cities of more than 100,000 population for each of such contracts.

The following additional paragraph to Section 2 was offerred by ~Ir. Russell of Barrow, read and adopted:
Paragraph 119. Upon each and enry person, firm or corporation operating a swimming pool where admission fees are charged, or upon persons, firms or corporations keeping and renting bathing suits for hire, $20.00 per annum in counties of over 50,000 population, and $10.00 per annum in counties of under 50,000, provided that this section shall not apply to swimming pools operated by municipalities.
~Ir. Jones of Coweta, moved that the House reconsider its action in the adoption of Paragraph 100 of Section 2.
~Ir. wyatt of Troupe, moved that the House do now adjourn, the motion prevailed, and the bill went over as unfinished business, with the motion of Mr. Jones of Coweta pending.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :00 o'clock.

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3:00 o'clock P. M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
Under Rule 41, Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman
of the Appropriations and Vvays and Means Com-
mittee, called up House Bill No. 363, know11 as the General Tax Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author and caption are as follows:

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to annuall~', in addition to the ad valorem tax, levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government.
The motion of Mr. Jones of Coweta to reconsider Paragraph 100 of Section 2 was lost.
Section 2 was adopted as amended.
Section 3 was read and adopted.
Section 4 was read and adopted.
Section 5 was read and adopted.
Section 6 was read and adopted.
Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Section 7 were read and adopted.
Section 7 was .adopted.
Section 8 was read and adopted.
Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Section 9 were read and adopted.

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Section 9 was adopted. Section 10 was read and adopted.

The following amendment to Section 11 was read and adopted :

By ~Ir. Quincey of Coffee-
Amend the subsection of Section 11, referring to branch banks, on page 29 of House Bill 363, by striking all of said subsection after the word ''located'' on line 2 of said subsection, and inserting in lieu thereof, the foll_owing: "and the parent bank shall be relieved of taxation to the extent of the capital set aside for the exclusive use of such branches."
Section 11 was read and adopted as amended.
Section 12 was read and adopted.
Section 13 was read and adopted.
~Ir. ~Ioore of Appling, moved that Section 14 b1J stricken, and the motion prevailed.
The following additional section was offerred by ::\Iessrs. Bowden of \Vare, \Vimbcrly of Laurens, Davis of Floyd, Houston of Gwinnett, Shettlesworth of Gwinnott, Parks of Terrell, \Veston of Brooks, Holloway of Fulton, \Voodward of Cook, Lankford of Toombs, Adams of Newton and Guess of DeKalb, read and adopted:
Section 14. Upon all persons, compos mentis, of the age of 30 years or more, who are unmarried, the sum of $5.00 per year.

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~Ir. Greene of Jones, moved that the House reconsider its action in the adoption of Paragraph 98 of Section 2, and the motion was lost.
Substitute offerred by Mr. wyatt of Troupe was read.
~Ir. Bowden of ware, moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Smith of Haralson.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 :30 o 'clQck.

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The House of Representatives 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 dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 247 was withdrawn from the House.
Mr. Mundy of Polk, moved that beginning with to-morrow morning, this House do meet at 9:00 o'clock A. ~L, and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the 30 minutes period of unanimous consents:
1. Introduction of new matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading House and Senate bills favorably reported, the second time.
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and uncontested general House and Senate bills having a local application.

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5. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time.

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

By Mr. Smith of Haralson-
House Bill No. 470. A bill to amend Section 5858 of the Code of 1910, relative to incompetency of witnesses.
Referred to Committee on Uniform State Laws.

By ~Ir. Turner of Brooks-
House Bill No. 471. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Quitman.
Referred to Committee on ~Iunicipal Government.

By ~Ir. Blalock of Ware-
House Bill No. 472. A bill to amend an amended Act to create the public school system of Waycross.
Referred to Committee ou Education.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 473. A bill to provide qualifications as to selection of administrators.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinHouse Bill No. 474. A bill to amend an Act to es-

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tablish a Normal and Industrial school, relative to changing name of college.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 475. A bill to amend an Act to provide for election of Commissioners of Baldwin County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Phillips of Jasper-
House Bill No. 476. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jasper.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Phillips of Jasper-
House Bill No. 477. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jasper County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By ~Ir. Rutherford of Monroe-
House Bill No. 478. A bill to amend an Act, relative to appointment of special tax agents.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and "\Vays and :\feans.

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By ~Ir. Grant of Habersham-
House Bill No. 479. A bill to amend an Act and amendatory Acts creating the Charter of Mt. Airy, Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By ~[r. Strickland of Brantley-
Honse Bill No. 480. A bill to correct mistakes by amending Paragraph 2, Sedion 1, Article 2 of Constitution of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Smiley of Long-
House Bill No. 481. A bill to amend an Act to abolish the fee system in the Atlantic Judicial Circuit.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Gunnels of Franklin-
House Bill No. 482. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Franklin County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Gunnels of Franklin-
House Bill No. 483. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for Franklin County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Byrd of Crisp-
House Bill No. 484. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Crisp County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 485. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Folkston in Charlton County.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By l\fr. Smith of Haralson-
House Bill No. 486. A bill to amend Section 775 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to poisoning springs and fountains.
Referred to Committee on Uniform State Laws.

By ~[r. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 487. A bill to amend Charter of .. the City of Eastman, in Dodge County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By l\fr. Bird of Taliaferro-
Honse Bill No. 488. A bill requiring companies or persons operating street car lines in this State to furnish accommodations in separate cars for White and Colored passengers, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

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By Messrs. Moore of Fulton, Culpepper of Fayette, Webb of Lowndes, and Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
House Resolution No. 70. 487-A. A resolution to authorize the sum of $19,000 annually, in general appropriation bill for maintaining office of State Chemist.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Yays and Means.

l\Ir. Hullender, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Jlr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit:
House Bill No. 279. An Act to repeal an Act establishing the fee system now existing in the Superior courts of the Albany Judicial Circuit.
House Bill No. 310. An Act to create the City Court of CleYeland in \Vhite County.
House Bill No. 257~ An Act to amend an Act to establish a public school system for the Town of Marshallville, in Macon County.
Res.pectfully submitted, HuLLENDER oF CATOOSA, Chairman,
~Ir. Blalock of Ware County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

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Jlr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills, and have instructed me, as Vice-Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass :
House Bills K os. 439, 444 and 433.
Senate Bill No. 70. Do pass as amended.
BLALOCK, Vice-Chairman.

~lr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Comni.ittee on Appropriations and Ways and Means have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 208, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House "ith the recommendation that the same do pass:

House Bill K o. 208.

DuBosE, Chairman.

::\fr. Davis of 'F'loyu County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, has submitted the following report:

J!r. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to re-

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port the same back to the House with recommendations as follows:
House Bill No. 294. Do not pass. House Bill No. 296. Do pass by substitute.
J. C. DAvis, Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton 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. 320.

House Bill No. 362.

PICKREN, Chairman.

l\lr. Tatum of Dade County, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Railroads 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 by substitute as amended:

House Bill No. 260.

TATUM, Chairman.

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Mr. Swift of Elbert County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Property, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Property have had under consideration the following resolutions of the House, Nos. 23 and 45, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that House Resolution No. 23 do pass by substitute as amended.
That House Resolution No. 45 do not pass.
SwiFT, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government submitted the folowing 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 same do pass:
House Bill No. 432. To amend Charter of Douglas.
House Bill No. 463. City of Dalton.
Respectfully,
SMITH OF MERIWETHER, Chairman.

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~fr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

111. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the 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
House Bill No. 393 do pass.
House Bill No. 455 do not pass.
LA~KFORD OF TomiBs, Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate, through ~fr. McClatchey, the Secretary therof:

1~1r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of Senate and House, to wit:
A bill to regulate the business of nurseries in Georgia.
A bill to amend Act establishing public school system for Town of Marshallville.
A bill to repeal Act establishing fee system for Superior Court of Albany Judicial Circuit.
A bill to create City Court of Cleveland.
A bill establishing City Court of Fitzgerald.
A resolution providing for certain denials.

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A bill to amend an Act to regulate banking in the State of Georgia.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate fayorably reported, were read for the second time :

By Mr. Blalock of \Vare-
House Bill No. 208. A bill to amend Section 1087 of the Code of 1910, relative to taxation of submerged lands.

By Mr. Brantley of Pierce-
House Bill No. 260. A bill to change the name of the Railroads Commission of Georgia to Georgia Public Service Commission.

By ~fr. Swift of Elbert-
House Bill No. 296. A bill to amend an amended Act creating the Charter of the City of -Elberton.

By Mr. Brantley of Pierce-
House Bill No. 320. A bill to amend an Act to create and incorporate the Charter of the City of Blackshear.
By ~fessrs. \Villiams and Adams of vValton-
House Bill No. 362. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Monroe.

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By Mr. 'Voodard of Cook-
House Bill No. 393. A bill to amend Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution providing for a new Senatorial District, Number 52.

By ~Ir. Quincey of Coffee-
House Bill No. 432. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Douglas.

By ~Ir. Bush of Lamar-
House Bill No. 433. A bill to create the City Court of Barnesville, in Lamar County.

By ~Ir. Corbitt of Atkinson-
House Bill No. 439. A bill to amend an Act relative to time of holding Superior Court of Atkinson County.

By Mr. Branch of Turner-
House Bill No. 444. A bill to repeal an Act to establish the Ciiy Court of Ashburn in Turner County.

By ~Ir. Bradford of Whitfield-
House Bill No. 463. A bill to provide a new form of government for the City of Dalton in whitfield County.

By Messrs. Bobo and Ficklen of Wilkes-
House Resolution No.23. 190-A. A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate and dispose of the Governor's mansion.

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741

By Mr. W ohlwender of the 24th-
Senate Bill No. 70. A bill to make the salary of the Solicitor-General of the Blue Ridge Circuit $6,000.00 per year.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

By Mr. vVeaver of the 11th-
A resolution. Whereas, it has been reported all over the northern and eastern financial circles that Georgia is in the midst of a famine and her people stricken with an epidemic of pelagra and,
vVhereas, this report is doing untold damage to the State and every branch of its industries, therefore,
Be it resolved, by the House and Senate of the State of Georgia, now assembled, that such reports are absolutely without foundation and truth, and the press of the State co-operate with this body in correcting any such report or impression by giving as much publicity to this resolution as possoble.

The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage :

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to submit to the voters of Macon the question of proposed change of present form of City Government to that of Manager Form of Government.

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The following Committee amendment was read and adopted :

Amend bill by striking Section 77 thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof, the following:

]'or the year 1922, all legal advertisements of the City of ~facon, including all sales of property under execution in favor of said City, shall be advertised in the Macon Daily Telegraph, which shall be deemed the medium for legal advertisements for the City of Macon for that period; and for the year 1923, they shall be advertised in the Macon News, and it shall likewise be considered the advertising medium; and each year thereafter, the medium for legal advertisements for said City shall be held to alternate between the Macon News and the Macon Daily Telegraph; provided, that in no event shall the rate charged for advertising ever exceed the rate allowed publishers for sheriff's advertisements under the laws of this State; and provided, further, that all sales of Ptoperty under execution shall be made and conducted in the same way and manner as sheriff's sales under execution in the County of Bibb.

The report of the Committee, Vi'hich was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill as amended, the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.

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

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743

By Messrs. -Winship and Malone of Bibb-
A bill to amend the Act creating the Municipal Court of City of Macon.

The following Committee amendment was read and adopted:
Paragraph 1. By striking the words "four thousand dollars per annum'' appearing in line seven of Section 1, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words . "thirty-six hundred dollars per annum." And striking the words "four thousand dollars per annum'' in line nine of said Section 1, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "thirty-six hundred dollars per annum.''
Paragraph 2. By striking the words "twenty-one hundred" and "twenty-one hundred dollars per annum'' appearing in sixth and seventh lines of Section 2, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "nineteen hundred and eighty'' and ''nineteen hundred and eighty dollars per annum,'' and by striking the words "twenty-one hundred dollars per annum" in the ninth line of said Section 2, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "nineteen hundred and eighty dollars.''
Paragraph 3. By striking the words ''eighteen hundred" and "eighteen hundred dollars per annum'' in lines six and seven in Section 3, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "sixteen hundred and eighty" and "sixteen hundred and eighty dollars per annum,'' and striking the words ''eighteen hundred'' in line nine of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words ''sixteen hundred and eighty."

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Paragraph 4. By striking the words ''twenty-one hundred" and "twenty-one hundred dollars per annum'' in lines six and seven of Section 4, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "nineteen hundred and eighty'' and nineteen hundred and eighty dollars per annum," and striking the words "twenty-one hundred'' in lines eight and nine and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "nineteen hundred and eighty."
Paragraph 5. By striking the words "eighteen hundred dollars per annum'' in line five of Section 5, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words ''sixteen hundred and eighty dollars per annum,'' and striking the words "eighteen hundred" in line seven and inserting in lieu thereof, the words ''sixteen hundred and eighty."
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 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Winship of Bibb-
A bill to amend the Act creating the City Court of Macon, 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 117, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~fr. "\Vay of Liberty-
A bill to amend the charter for the Town of \Villie, Liberty County, relative to changing the limits and boundary lines of said Town, 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. "\\roodard of Cook and Bowen of Tift-
A bill to carry into effect an Act to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11 of the Constitution of this State, relative to changing the boundary line of the County of Cook, 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 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
A bill to create a Board of Harbor Commissioners for the City and Port of Savannah, and for other purposes.

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The Committee substitute was read and agreed to.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill by substitute, the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
'l'he bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitutc.

By Mr. Gunnels of Franklin-
A bill to amend an Act establishing and maintaining the public school system of the Town of Canon, in the Counties of Franklin and Hart, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was fayorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ~.\.yes were 127, Kays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By :J[essrs. Jones and :Jfaelntyre of Thomas-
A bill to amend the charter of the Town of }[eigs, in Thomas County, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, ~ays 0.
The bill haYing received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Hunter of Chatham-
A bill to alter, amend and revise the several Acts creating and establishing the Municipal Court of Savannah, 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 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Riley and Hines of Sumter-
A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act amending, revising and consolidating the several Acts granting corporate power upon the ~fayor and City Council of Americus, relative to tax, 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Riley of Sumter, moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Whitaker of Rockdale-
A bill to amend an Act nrescribing the qualifications for voters in the City of Conyers, and for other purposes.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the .Ayes were 110, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Atkinson, Hunter and Valentino of Chatham-
A bill to revise, alter and amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, relative to extending the jurisdictional limits of the Police Court of the City of Savannah.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Singletary of Grady-
A bill to amend an Act creating a charter for the City of Cairo.
The Committee substitute was read and adopted.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill by substitute, the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By jlr. \Vatkins of Butts-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Jackson, relative to increasing the tax limit for school 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 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~Ir. Smiley of Long-
A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Ludowici.
The report 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.

By ~Ir. Smiley of Long-
A bill to establish the City Court of Ludowici, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
A bill to amend the charter of he City of Columbus.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Clifton of Lee-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Lee.
' The report 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. Colson of the 43rd-
A bill to repeal an Act creating and establishing the Glenwood public school system approved August 19, 1919.

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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 passC"d.
::\[r. Fowler of Bibb gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill ~o. 404.
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees:

By Messrs. Ridley, Fleming of the lOth, Davison, Jackson and Thomas-
A bill for the licensing of nurserymen and horticultural experts doing business in Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.2.

By Mr. \Villiams of the 45thA bill establishing the City Court of Fitzgerald. RC"ferred to Committee on Special .Judiciary.

By Mr. Clay of the 39th-
A bill to authorize the City of ::\Iarietta, in Cobb
Count~, to submit to the voters of said City, whether
or not bonds shall be issued for certain purposes.
RefcrrC'd to CommittPC' on ::\funieipal Government.

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B~ ~[r. Clay of the 39th-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County
~ratters.

B~ Mr. Collum of the 13th-
A bill to amend an Act aiding in the establishment and maintenance of one or more consolidated public schools in each county of the State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By ~[r. "\Vohlwender of the 24th-
A bill to amend the Code of Georgia, relative to incorporation of interurban railroad companies.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary Ko. 2.

B~ ~[r. Boykin of the 29th and others-
A bill to provide for the exercise of the elective franchise by females.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.
By ~Ir. Snow of the 7th-
A bill to amend Section 414 of Code 1910, prohibiting the running of freight trains except as therein provided, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary Xo. 2.

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By Mr. Hollingsworth of the 17th-
A bill to amend au Act providing for payment by
counties of actual cost incurred in Superior and City Courts for the trial and conviction of misdemeanor convicts.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County
Matters.
Under Rule 41, Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Appropriations and \Vays and Means Committee, called up House Bill 363, known as the General Tax Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author and caption are as follows:

By .:\Iessrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to annually, in addition to the ad valorem tax, levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government.
.:\Ir. Arnold of Clay, moved that the House reconsider its action in the adoption of Paragraph 120 of Section 2, and the motion prevailed.

The following amendment was read and adopted:
By Mr. Arnold of Clay-
Amend by striking all of Paragraph 120 of Section 2.
Paragraph 120 of Section 2 was struck. Mr. Mundy of Polk, moved that individual debate upon the final passage of the bill be limited to 10 minutes.

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~Ir. Carswell of "Wilkinson, moved to amend the motion of the gentleman from Polk by making the time of individual debate five minutes, and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Holloway of Fulton, moved that the Houst> reconsider its action in the adoption of Paragraph 117 of Section 2, and the motion was lost.
:Mr. Ennis of Baldwin, moved that the House reconsider its action in the adoption of Paragraph 31 of Section 2, and the motion prevailed.

The following amendment to Paragraph 31 was read and adopted :

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
Amend by striking out the words ''one hundred'' in line 10 and inserting therefor the words "fifty dollars.''
Paragraph 31 of Section 2 was read and adopted as amended.
The caption was read and adopted.
Mr. Logan of Banks, moved the previous question, the call was sustained and the main question was ordered.
The substitute by Mr. wyatt of Troup, was lost.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the final passage of the bill, I~Ir. wyatt of 'l1roup, called for the Ayes and Nays, and the call was sustained.

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The roll call was ordered, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Anderson Arnold Atkinson
,Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Boswell Bowden Boyett Braddy Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark Collier Collins Culpepper Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dobbs DuBose Dudley. Ennis Evans Fletcher

Folsom

Nichols

Gann

Patten

Grant

Penland

Gresham

Peterson

Griffith

Pickren

Greene

Price

Grovenstein

Pruett

Haddock

Quincey

Hamilton

Ramsey

Hatcher of Burke Reville

Hatcher of Muscogee Riley

Hines of Sumter Salmon

Hodges

Sibley

Howard

Singletary

Hufstetler

Smith of Bryan

Hullender

Smith of c"arroll

Hyman

Smith of Meriwether

Jackson Jones of Coweta Jones of Thomas

Stone Strickland Swift

Johnson of Pickens Tatum

Keith

Thompson

Knight

Turner

Lankford of Toombs Tyson of Mcintosh

McClure

Valentino

McGarity

Van Landingham

Macintyre

Vocelle

McMichael

Wall

Maddox

Way

Mann

Webb

Manning

West

Mason

Weston

Mayo

Whitaker

Mixon

of Lowndes

Monroe Moore of Appling

Winship Woodard

Moore of Fulton Wynne

Moye

Mundy

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Walton Bentley Blalock Bobo Bowen Bradford Brannen Byrd of Crisp Clifton Corbitt Cowart Daniel of Troup DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ficklen Fowler Foy Griffin Guess Gunnels Hawkins

Henderson

Reagan

Herring

Ricketson

Hines of Decatur Robinson

Holland

Russell

Horne

Rutherford

Houston

Shettlesworth

Hunter

Smiley

Johnson "of Bartow Stovall

Johnson of

Sumner of Johnson

Chattahoochee Sumner of Wheeler

Kittrell

Swindle

Langford of Hall Trippe

Lewis

Walker

Logan

Watkins

Luke

Whitley

McClelland

Whitaker

Malone

of Rockdale

Miles

Whitworth

Neal of Union

Williams of Harris

Owen

Williams of Miller

Parks

Williams of Walton

Parrish

Wimberly

Perryman

Wood

Phillips of Jasper Wyatt

Phillips of Telfair

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Coates Franks Holloway Houser

King McDonald Perkins Pilcher

Smith of Haralson Tison of Worth Worthy Mr. Speaker

On the passage of the bill as amended, the Ayes were 114, Nays 72.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passe4 as amended.
l\lr. DuBose of Clarke, moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.

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The following report of the Committee on Rules was read:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules, having had under consideration the matter of establishing an order of business beginning 27th July, 1921, instruct me, as its Vice-Chairman, to report back to the House the following resolution, with the recommendation that the same do pass:
A resolution. Resolved that beginning 27th July, 1921, beginning immediately after House Bill 363, known as General Tax Act, the following is hereLy set as a calendar of special and eontinuing orders, and in the order named, to wit:
House Bill No. 386. To amend Section 1793, Volume 1 of Code of 1910, relative to registering brands of fertilizers.
House Bill X o. 80. To regulate the use of motor vehicles and motorcycles upon the higln,a~s and streets thereof.
House Bill No. 82. To provide for the establishment and maintenance of a high school of agriculture and mechanics in this State as a braneh of the University of Georgia.
House Bill N"o. 30. To prohibit monopolies and combinations in the restraint of trade in this State.
House Bill No. 187. To provide for deficiencies in appropriations for salaries of Judges of the Court of Appeals, the Superior and Supreme Courts and sreretaries, etc. .

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House Bill No. 394. To provide an occupation tax on gasoline.
House Bill No. 191. To amend the insurance laws of this State.
House Bill No. 317. To prohibit non-resident persons or companies from storing and keeping dynamite and other explosives, where they have no business or use for them.
House Bill No. 107. To provide for music to be taught in the public schools.
House Resolution No. 14. To appropriate $100.00 for pension due Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley.
MuNDY, Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committee was agreed to, and the order of business as set out in the report was adopted.
Mr. Arnold of Clay, moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Guess of DeKalb.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :00 o'clock.

3:00 o'clock P. l\L
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.

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The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the House, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens and others-
A bill to amend Section 1793 of Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia, relative to certain sum which shall be paid by manufacturers and manipulators of fertilizers, who have registered their brands for sale in this State, and for other purposes.
Mr. McMichael of :\{arion, moved that the bill be recommitted and the motion prevailed.
:Mr. Arnold of_ Clay, moved that all individual speeches for the remainder of the afternoon be limited to five minutes, and the motion prevailed.

By Messrs. Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
A bill to regulate speed of motor vehicles and motorcycles upon any public street or highway, and for other purposes.
The following substitute was offerred by Mr. Hatcher of l\Iuscogce, read and adopted:
An Act to regulate the use of motor-vehicles and motorcycles upon the public streets and highways of this State; and to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions of this Act.
Section 1. Every motor-vehicle and motorcycle, while in use or operation upon the streets or highways of this State, shall at all times be provided and equipped with efficient and serviceable breaks, and with a signaling device, consisting of a horn,

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bell or some other suitable device. It shall likewise be equipped with at least two front lamps, throwing strong, white lights to a reasonable distance in the direction in which such vehicle is proceeding, a rear lamp showing a red light plainly visible in the rewrse direction to which said vehicle is proceeding, and such other light as to clearly reveal the figures on the number-plate; provided, that a motorcycle shall be required to be equipped with one front light onl~. All of such lamps or lights shall at all times be kept burning while such whicle is in use or operation or standing in a public street or highway during the period from one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise.
Section 2. No person shall operate a motor-vehicle or motorcycle upon any public street or highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and safe, not to exceed a speed of 30 miles per hour, having due regard for the width, grade, character, traffic and common use of such street or highway or so as to endanger life, limb or property in any respect whatever.
r pon approaching any intersecting highway'
bridge, railroad crossing, dam, sharp curve, dugway or deep descent, or in traversing such intersecting highway, bridge, railroad crossing, dam, curve, dugway or descent, the operator of a motor-vehicle or motorcycle, shall at all times have said vehicle under immediate control, and shall not operate said vehiclP at a greater speed than ten miles per hour.
Upon approaching or passing any person walking in the roadway, traveling any public street or highway, or any horse or other draft animal being led,

7Gl
ridden or driven thereon, or upon any bridge or crossing at an intersection of public streets or highway:;;, the operator of a motor-vehicle or motorcycle shall at all times have the same under immediate control; and if such animal shall appear to be frightened, or if the person in charge thereof shall signal by raising his hand or calling, the operator shall immediately stop his vehicle. If traveling in the opposite direction, the operator shall hold his vehicle stationary until such animal shall have had reasonable time to pass by; and if traveling in the same direction, he shall use reasonable precaution iii order to avoid frightening the animal or causing accident; a~d in approaching or passing- such animal, the operator shall not use exhaust cut-out of his vehicle, or cause any other unnecessary noise.
No person operating a motor-vehicle or motorcycle upon a public street or highway in this State, shall drive the same past any street car, interurban or other passenger train, in said street or highway, while the same is standing still for the purpose of taking on or letting off passengers to or from such car or train.
Section 3. \Vhenever any operator of a motor-vehicle or motorcycle shall meet, on a public street or highway, any person or persons riding or driving one or more horses, or any other draft animal, or an.v other vehicle, approaching in the opposite direction, the operator shall turn his vehicle to the right so as to give one-half of the traveled roadway, if practicable, and a fair opportunity to the other to pass by without unnecessary interference; and if traveling in the same direction, he shall pass to the

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left side of the person or vehicle overtaken, and the person or vehicle overtaken shall give him a fair opportunity to pass.
The operator of a motor-vehicle or motorcycle in motion on any public street or highway, shall give due and timely warning, by using his signaling apparatus, to every person riding or driving any horse, or horses, or horse-drawn or other vehicle, which he may meet or approach; and he shall likewise give due warning and reduce speed upon approaching an.v sharp curve, dugway, descent or other dangerous place upon such street or highway.
Section 4. In case of accident to any person or damage to property upon the public street or high'vay, due to the operation of a motor-vehicle or motorcycle thereon, the operator of such machine shall immediately stop, and, upon request of the person injured or sustaining damages thereby, of any other person present, give such person his name and address ; and if he is not the owner of such vehicle, then the name and address of the owner thereof.
Section 5. Application for a chauffeur's license shall be made to the Secretary of State upon blanks prepared by him for such purpose, and shall be signed and verified by oath or affirmation. Such application shall be made annually on or before the first day of March, and shall contain a statement of the name and address of the chauffeur, and such other information as the Secretary of State may require; and shall be signed and endorsed by at least three responsible owners of motor-vehicles and employers of chauffeurs.

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Section 6. No person shall operate a motor-vehicle or motorcycle upon any public street or highway, whether as owner or operator of such vehicle, if under sixteen years of age, or while under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs; and no person shall take, use or operate any motor-vehicle or motorcycle upon the public streets and highways, without the permission of the owner thereof.
Section 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as changing or iterferring with any regulation or ordinance which has heretofore or may hereafter be adopted by any municipality of this State, regulating the running or operation of motorvehicles described in this Act; provided such regulation or ordinance is not in conflict with the provisions of this Act; and provided further, that nothing in this Act shall prevent cities and incorporated towns from regulating, by reasonable ordinance, the rate of speed, noisy cut-outs and glaring head-lights within said cities and towns; provided further, that nothing herein shall prevent incorporated cities and towns from requiring by ordinance, the owners of motor-vehicles residing within the incorporated limits of said cities or towns, to register the number of the State license with the clerk of the council or other officer to be designated by such city or town; together with a brief description of such motor-vehicle; and said incorporated cities or towns shall have the power to provide a penalty for the violation of such ordinance, provided no additional license fee shall be charged by any municipality.

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Section 8. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to curtail or abridge the right of any person to prosecute a civil action for damage sustained by reason of injury to person or property resulting from the negligent use of the public streets or highways by a motor-vehicle, or motorcycle by the owner or his employee, or by any other operation thereof.
Section 9. Be it further enacted, that should any of the provisions of this Act be illegal or unconstitutional, the same shall not vitiate the remaining provisions of said Act, but all of such provisions not held illegal or unconstitutional shall remain of full force and effect.

Section 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that every owner or operator of a machine shall have equal rights upon the public highways of this State with all other users of such highways, and no person or persons shall throw glass, nails, tacks, or other obstructions upon the public high"ays used and traversed by automobiles, or unreasonably obstruct or impede the right of travel of such owner or operator while operating, propelling or driving such machines, and no person or persons shall give any signal or signs of distress or danger, or call for assistance upon a person la\vfully operating any such machine on any of the public highways of this State, maliciously and without reasonable cause for so doing.

Section 11. Be it further enacted, that it shall be a misdemeanor for any person, firm or corporation to make, s<:'ll, or issue any license tag or number;

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and upon conviction, such person, firm or corporation shall be punished as provided by Section 12 of this Act.
Section 12. Be it further enacted, that any person violating any of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Section 13. 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 by substitute, the Ayes were 107, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
l\fr. Hatcher of Muscogee, moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Pickren of Charlton, moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to~morrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JuLY 28TH, 1921.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 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 Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Blackley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of CTisp Camp

Carr Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom

Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard Hufstetler Hullender

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Hunter

Neal of Union

Sumner of Johnson

Hyman

Nichols

Sumner of Wheeler

Jackson

Owen

Swift

Jones of Coweta

Parks

Swindle

Jones of Thomas Parrish

Tatum

Johnson of Bartow Patten

Thompson

Johnson of

Penland

Tison of Worth

Chattahoochee Perkins

Trippe

Johnson of Pickens Perryman

Turner

Keith

Peterson

Tyson of Mcintosh

King

Phillips of Jasper Valentino

Kittrell

Phillips of Telfair Van Landingham

Knight

Pickren

Vocelle

Langford of Hall Pilcher

Walker

Lankford of Toombs Price

Wall

Lewis

Pruett

Watkins

Logan

Quincey

Way

Luke

Ramsey

Webb

McClelland

Reagan

West

McClure

Reville

Weston

McDonald

Ricketson

Whitley

McGarity

Riley

Whitaker

:vraclntyre

Robinson

of Lowndes

McMichael

Russell

Whitaker

Maddox

Rutherford

of Rockdaln

Malone

Salmon

Whitworth

Mann

Shettlesworth

Williams of Harris

Manning

Sibley

Williams of Miller

Mason

Singletary

Williams of Walton

Mayo

Smiley

Wimberly

Miles

Smith of Bryan

Winship

Mixon

Smith of Carroll

Wood

Monroe

Smith of Haralson Woodard

Moore of Appling Smith of Meriwether Worthy

Moore of Fulton

Stone

Wyatt

Moye

Stovall

Wynne

Mundy

~trickland

Mr. Speaker

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

By unanimous consent leave of absence was grantQd to the Committee on Western & Atlantic Railroad.

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By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 100 was withdrawn from the Committee on General Judiciary No.. 2 and recommitted to the Committee on Railroads.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 225 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 23 was withdrawn from the Committee on Uniform State Laws and recommitted to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 416 was recommitted to the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that during the morning session individual speeches be lim~ted to five minutes, unless otherwise provided by the House, and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining period of unanimous consents :
1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading of House and Senate Bills and Resolutions, favorably reported, the second time.
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate Bills and uncontested general House and Senate Bills having a local application.
5. Reading Senate Bills and Resolutions the first time.

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By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House, \Vere introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees.

By Mr. King of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 489. A bill to abolish the local school system in and for the City of Wadley m Jefferson County.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. King of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 490. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of "\Vadley in Jefferson County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 491. A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Smiley of Long-
House Bill No. 492. A bill to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues f~r the County of Long.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Baldwin of Morgan-
House Bill No. 493. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new Charter for the City of Madison.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Daniel of Heard-
House Bill No. 494. A bill to aid in the construction of a High School Building for the Town of Franklin in Heard County.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Fowler, Malone and winship of Bibb-
House Bill No. 495. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Macon.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Boatwright and Brown of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 496. A bill to change the terms of the City Court of Swainsboro, in Emanuel County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Cowart of Calhoun-
House Bill No. 497. A bill to remove the County Site of Calhoun from Morgan to Edison.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Mr. Cowart of Calhoun-
House Bill No. 498. A bill to amend Section 502 of the Code of 1910, relative to place of holding court.

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Referred to Committee oil Privileges and Elections.

By Messrs. Hawkins and Hyman of Washington-
House Bill No_ 499. A bill to abolish the Tennille School District in the City of Tennille in Washington County.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
_House Bill No. 500. A bill to require all County Officers of Charlton County to give certain bonds, etc.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 501. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Messrs. Smith and Beck of Carroll-
1
House Bill No. 502. A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of Public Schools in the Town of Villa Rica.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Smith and Beck of CarrollHouse Bill No. 503. A bill to repeal an Act estab-

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lishing a system of Public Schools in the Town of

Temple.'.

.

Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Henderson of "White and Franks of Towns-
House Resolution No. 71-503A. A resolution to change the name of the G. N. & I. C. at Milledgeville, Ga., in the County of Baldwin.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
House Resolution No. 72-503B. A resolution providing for payment of pension of John W. Powell, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ways and Means.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
House Resolution No. 73-5030. A resolution providing for the payment of the pension to Mrs. Lucy .J. Fortson.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ways and Means.

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 constitu-
tional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend the Charter of City of Pelham.
A bill to amend an Act to abolish City Court of Valdosta.
A bill to repeal an Act to divide City of Forsyth.
A bill to repeal an Act amending Charter of Town of Pelham.
A bill to provide for bonded debts for street imprivements in municipalities of 150,000.
A bill to amend an Act to incoFporate City of Blakeley.
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate Alapaha.
A bill to amend the Act creating City Court of Floyd County.
A bill to amend Charter of City of Brunswick.
A bill to amend Acts creating City Court of Savannah.
A bill to amend the City Court of Nashville.
A bill to amend Charter of City of Columbus.
A Bill to amend an Act incorporating Town of Cumming.
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate Newnan School District.

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A bill to amend an Act incorporating Town of Canton.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Town of Aldora.
A bill to amend Charter of City Court of Hinesville.
A bill to amend Charter of City of Athens.
A bill to create a new Charter for Alapaha.
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Clayton.
A bill to establish a Charter for City of Boston.

Mr. Ficklen of wilkes County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:_

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance 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. 307.

Mr. Ficklen of Wilkes County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following bill of the House and

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have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass :
House Bill No. 467, by Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd.

Mr. McDonald of Richmond 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 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. 117. City Court of Fitzgerald.
House Bill No. 434, by substitute.
Respectfully submitted,
McDoNALD, Chairman.

Mr. Beck of Carroll County, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance, submitted the following report:

lJlr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Temperance 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 by substitute:

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House Bill No. 353. A bill to censor movmg pictures.
Respectfully submitted,
BECK OF CARROLL, Chairman.

Mr. Gunnels of Franklin County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the saine back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill no 410 do pass.
House Bill No. 81 do pass.
House Bill No. 438 do pass.
House Bill No. 39 do pass by substitute.
Gu~~ELS, Chairman.

Mr. Manning of Milton County, Chairman of the Committee on Drainage, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Drainage 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. 418. Respectfully submitted, J. H. MANNING, Chairman.

Mr. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Counties and County Matter;,;
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. 482. House Bill No. 483.
House Bill No. 459. House Bill No. 461.
House Bill No. 476. House Bill No. 477.
House Bill No. 442.
House Bill No. 443. House Bill No. 436.
House Bill No. 481. T.hat House Bill No. 426, do not pass, for the reason, that no posting of adYertisement, certificate

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of posting an advertisement were made, according to law, by direction of Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitte1l 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 same do pass:
House Bills No. 452, 462, 464, 485, 487, 479, 469.
Respectfully submitted~
SMITH oF MERIWETHER, Chairman.

Mr. Dobbs of Cobb County, 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 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. 474.

DoBBS, Chairman.

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Mr. Gresham of Burke County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following House and Senate Bills and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the following recommendations :
House Bill No. 468 do pass.
House Bill No. 51 do pass.
House Bill No. 221 do not pass.
Senate Bill No. 95 do pass.
Senate Resolution No. 30 do pass.
GRESHAM, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mt. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations-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. 366.

House Bill No. 336.

PICKREN, Chairman.

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Mr. Moore of Fulton 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 following recommendations:
House Bill No. 171 do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 193 do pass. House Bill No. 133 do pass. House Bill No. 328 do pass. House Bill No. 441 do pass.
MooRE OF FuLTON, Chairman.

Mr. Swift of Elbert County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Property, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Property have had under consideration the following Resolution No. 40 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 as amended:
House Resolution No. 40.
SwiFT, Chairman.

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Mr. McMichael of Marion County, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report:

M1. Speaker:

Your Committee on Agriculture No. 2 has had

under consideration Senate Bill No. 40 and House

Bill No. 343 and instruct me as its Chairman, to

report that they do pass.



McMICHAEL, Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time :

By Mr. Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 39. A bill to promote the health of females, by limiting their hours of work.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 51. A bill to provide books for school children under certain restrictions.

By Messrs. Bentley, Moore and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 81. A bill to require all railway companies to furnish protection to employees.

By Mr. Brown of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 133. A bill to amend Section 92 of Act to provide code school laws, and for other purposes.

782

JouR~AL oF THE HousE,

By Mr. Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 171. A bill to amend Acts creating the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 193. A bill to grant the State Board of Education the right of Eminent Domain.

By Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson-
House Bill No. 328. A bill to provide for the election of additional tax levy.

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 336. A bill to amend an Act amending an Act relative to repaving in the City of Decatur.

By Mr. Hodges of Evans-
House Bill No. 343. A bill to amend an Act to prevent the introduction of diseases of the honey bee into Georgia.

By Mr. Mason of Hart-
House Bill No. 353. A bill to provide for the State Censorship of moving picture films.

By Messrs. Jones and Macintyre of Thomas-
House Bil No. 366. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Meigs.

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783

By Messrs. Bowden and Blalock of \Vare-
House Bill No. 410. A bill to provide the time within which railroad companies shall settle for damages to live stock.

By Mr. Williams of Walton-
House Bill No. 418. A bill to authorize certain drainage districts to refund drainage bonds.

By Mr. Whitaker of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 434. A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council, of Valdosta, to change streets, etc.

By Mr. Folsom of Montgomery-
House Bill No. 436. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for the County of Montgomery.

By Mr. Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 438. A bill to create the Department of Steam Boiler Inspection for the State of Georgia.

By Messrs. Tison of Vvorth and Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 441. A bill to repeal certain Acts relative to the public schools system in the Town of Sylvester.

By Mr. Patten of Lanier-
Honse Bill No. 442. A bill to repeal an Act creating the independent school system of Milltown.

784

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

By Mr. Patten of Lanier-
Honse Bill No. 443. A bill to provide for and define the fees and compensation of the Ordinary) etc., of Lanier County.

By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 452. A bill to empower planing commiSSIOn to supervise subdivisions in certain Counties.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 459. A bill to repeal an Act to require Conunissioners of Charlton to pay taxes to St. George.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 461. A bill to repeal an Act to require officials of Charlton County to pay taxes to those of Homeland.

By Mr. Singletary of Grady-
House Bill No. 462. A bill to amend an Act to amend the Charter of the City of Pine Park.

By Mr. Byrd of Crisp-
House Bill No. 464. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Cordele.

By Messrs. Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of FloydHouse Bill No. 467. A bill to authorize the In-

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surance Commissioner to appoint an Assistant Fire

Inspector.



By Mr. Houser of Houston-
House Bill No. 468. A bill to repeal an Act to establish a public school system for the Town of Perry.

By Mr. Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 469. A bill to amend an Act relating to the Charter of the City of East Point.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 474. A bill to amend an Act to establish the Normal and Industrial College, relative to changing name.

By Mr. Phillips of Jasper-
House Bill No. 476. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jasper County.

By Mr. Phillips of Jasper-
House Bill No. 477. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads .and Revenues for Jasper County.

By Mr. Grant of Habersham-
House Bill No. 479. A bill to amend an Act and amendatory Acts to the Charter of Mt. Airy, Georgia.

786

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

By Mr. Smiley of Long--
House Bill No. 481. A bill to amend an Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Atlantic Judicial Circuit.

By Mr. Gunnels of Franklin-
House Bill No. 482. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of FTanklin.

By Mr. Gunnels of FTanklin-
House Bill No. 483. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Franklin County.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 485. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Folkston in Charlton County.

By Mr. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 487. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Eastman, in Dodge County.

By Mr. Fowler of BibbHouse Resolution No. 40-297B. A resolution to
make temporary provisions for a residence for the Governor, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Golucke of the 19thSenate Resolution No. 30. A resolution provid-

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787

ing for a Committee to investigate conditions of the State Agricultural District Schools.

By Messrs. Ridley, Fleming of the lOth, and others-
Senate Bill No. 40. A bill to provide for the licensing of nurserymen and horticulture experts in Georgia.

By Mr. Collum of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 95. A bill to amend an Act to aid in the establishment of consolidated public schools in counties.

By Mr. Williams of the 45th-
Senate Bill No. 117. A bill to establish the City Court of Fitzgerald.
On request of the author House Bill No. 426 was placed upon the calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the unfavorable report of the Committee.
On request of the author House Bill No. 294 was placed upon the calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the unfavorable report of the Committee.

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

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

788

J ouRxAL OF THE HousE,

The follo~wing message of His Excellency, the Governor, was read:

To the House of Representatives:
I herewith return to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, House Bill Number 63, without my approval.
This bill is.a general bill, with a local application, so drawn that its provisions apply only to the City of Dublin, in the County of Laurens. In brief, it provides a salary of $200 per month, payable out of the County funds for the stenographer of the Superior Court of the Dublin Circuit, for stenographic work for the Court in the County of Laurens.
Under date of July 25th, 1921, the author of this bill addressed a letter to me as GoYernor, asking me to disapprove this bill, on the ground that it was too heavy an expense to the taxpayers of Laurens County, and that upon more mature reflection, he had come to the conclusion that the taxpayers of Laurens County were already sufficiently burdened without any increase in expense whatever.
I am also informed that both Representatives from Laurens County take this view of the matter and which appears to me to be a just and reasonable view to take, under existing circumstances. I, therefore, am constrained to veto the bill and to return it to the House of Representatives without my approval.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS \V. HARDWICK, Governor.

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789

The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Charter for the City of Elberton.
The Committee substitute was read and adopted.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was
. agreed to. On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Brantley of Pierce-
A bill to amend an Act creating and incorporating the City of Blackshear.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having receivetl the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Williams and Adams of walton-
A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Monroe and for other purposes.

790

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Quincey of Coffee-
A bill to amend the Charter 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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr~ Bush of Lamar County-
A bill to create and establish the City Court of Barnesville.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 129, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Corbitt of Atkinson-
A bill to amend an Act relative to holding Atkinson Superior 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 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Branch of Turner-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Ashburn.
The report. of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 118: Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Bradford of Whitfield-
A bill to provide a new form of government for the City of Dalton, 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 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Wohlwender of the 24th-
A bill to make the salary of the Solicitor Genera] of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit $6,000.

192

JouR~AL oF THE HousE,

The following amendment of the Senate was read and adopted:
Amend by striking the figures '' $6,000'' in lines 26 and 27 of the caption thereof and in lines 7, 10 and 12 of Section 1, and the words ''Six Thousand Dollars'' in line 15 of Section 1, and insert in lien thereof at each of said points the figures "$4,500.00. ''
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, wat: agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amemled the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was_passed as amended.

'l'he followinR" messaR"e 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:
A bill to amend an Act placing Solicitor General of Atlantic Circuit on a salary.
A bill to amend an Act creating the Ogeechee Circuit.
A bill to authorize County authorities to pay Clerk and Sheriff of Superior Court of Turner County their costs in criminal cases.

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793

A bill to amend an Act to create City Court of Crawfordville.
A bill to repeal an Act creating Independent Local School System at Pine View.
A bill to amend an Act with reference to Solicitor of City Court of Baxley.

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

llfr. Speaker:

The. Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills and resolutions of the Senate, to wit:

A bill to amend an Act to codify the School Laws of Georgia.

A bill to amend an Act entitled ''The Georgia

Motor Vehicle Law.''



A bill to amend an Act to abolish Board of Roads and Revenues of Walker County.

A bill to provide for all gross amounts of money collected by any State Officer to be paid into the State Treasury without reduction of any fees for paying out such money.

A bill to create ''Georgia State Board of

Forestry."



A bill to provide for regulation of recording plats and subdividing land in Counties of more than 200,000 population.

794

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

A resolution requesting portraits of ex-Governors Hope Smith, Joseph M. Brown and Hugh M. Dorsey.
A resolution requesting portrait of Hon. Frank P. Rice.
A resolution presenting Daughters of Confederacy with portrait of General John B. Gordon.
A resolution providing for a Joint Committee to investigate Education System of Georgia
A bill to provide for disposal of'' Governor's Mansion.''

The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees:

By Mr. Childs of the 12th-
A bill to amend an Act to codify the School Laws of Georgia for the purpose of revising the School Laws, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Pope of the 44thA bill to amend Section 5 of au Act known as the
Georgia Motor Vehicle Law.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Messrs. Wall of the 5th and David of the 43rd-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate banking in State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

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795

By Mr. Pope of the 44th-
A bill to amend an Act to abolish the Board of C.ommissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Walker.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. \Valker of the 18th-
A bill to abolish reduction of fees by employees of this State on certain collections.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Messrs. Ellis of 47th and Snow of the 7th-
. A bill creating an Investigating Committee to be known as ''The Georgia State Board of Forestry.''
Referred to Committee on----

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
A bill regulating the recording of plats and the subdividing of land in certain Counties.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Haralson of the 40th-
A bill to provide for the disposal of the ''Governor's Mansion,'' and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

The following resolutions of the Senate were read and adopted :

796

JouR~ AL OF THE HousE,

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
A resolution requesting portraits of ex-Governors Hoke Smith, ,Joseph M. Brown and Hugh M. Dors~y.

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
A resolution requesting portrait of Honorable Frank P. Rice.

ByMr.---

A resolution presenting Atlanta Chapt~r of the

Daughters of Confederacy with a portrait of Gen.

John B. Gordon.



By Mr. Cone of the 49th-
A resolution to appoint a Joint Committee froin the Senate and House to investigate and report on the bills to establish a Board or Boards of Regents for the University of Georgia and itS' branches and for the Public Schools, and for other purposes.
Mr. Malone of Bibb moved that the House reconsider its action in the passage of House Bill No. 404, the motion prevailed, and the bill was placed upon the calendar for the purpose of reconsideration.

The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the House, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Rutherford of Monroe-
A bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a High School of Agriculture and

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797

Mechanics Arts in this State as a branch of the University of Georgia, and for other purposes.

The following amendment was read and adopted:

By Mr. Rutherford of Monroe-
Amend House Bill No. 82 by striking therefrom all all of Section 5.
Mr. Vocelle of Camden moved the previous question, the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was disagreed to and the bill was lost.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to prohibit monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade and for other purposes.
Mr. Smith of Bryan moved the previous question, the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.

798

J OURKAL OF THE HousE,

By Messrs. DuBose and Dudley of Clarke-

A bill to provide for deficiencies in appropriations for salaries of Judges of Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and others, and for other purposes.

The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Smith of Carroll as the Chairman thereof.

The Committee of the whole House arose and through its Chairman, r>ported 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 of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bloodworth Bobo Bowen Boyett Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley

Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Childs Clark Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor

DeLaPerriere Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin

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Grovenstein

Logan

Guess

Luke

Haddock

McClelland

Hamilton

McClure

Hatcher of Burke McDonald

Hatcher of Muscogee McGarity

Hawkins

Macintyre

Henderson

McMichael

Herring

Maddox

Hines of Sumter }Ialone

Holloway

Mann

Houser

Manning

Houston

Mason

Hufstetler

Mayo

Hullender

}1i!es

Hunter

Mixon

Hyman

Moye

Jackson

Mundy

Jones of Coweta

Neal of Union

.Jones of Thomas Nichols

.Johnson of Bartow Owen

Johnson of

Parks

Chattahoochee Parrish

Johnson of Pickens Penland

Keith

Phillips of Telfair

Kittrell

Pickren

Knight

Pilcher

Langford of Hall Price

Lankford of Toombs Quincey

Lewis

Ramsey

Reville Shettlesworth Singletary Smiley Smith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Smith of Meriwether Stone Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Thompson Trippe Turner Tyson of Mcintosh Valentino Van Landingham Vocelie Wall Watkins Way
West Weston Whitaker
of Lowndes Winship Wood Woodard Wyatt Wynne

Those Yoting in tlw negative were Messrs. :

Bleckley Bowden Bradford Brownlee Ficklen Greene Holland

Horne Howard King Moore of Appling Patten Riley Russell

Rutherford Swindle Tatum Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Wimberly

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Arnold Boatwright Boswell

Carswell Clifton Daniel of Heard

Dickerson Fletcher Griffith

800

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

Gunnels Hines of Decatur :a:odges Monroe Moore of Fulton Perkins Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pruett

Reagan Ricketson Robinson Salmon Sibley Smith of Haralson Stovall Strickland Swift Tison of Worth

Walker Webb Whitley Whitaker
of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Walton Worthy Mr. Speaker

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 141, Nays 20.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. DuBose of Clarke moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
..:\ bill providing for an occupation tax upon all dealers selling gasoline in this State, and for other purposes.
Mr. wyatt of Troup moved that the bill be tabled and the motion was lost.

The following amendment was read and adopted:
By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinAmend by striking the last part of Section 3 be-
gii;ning with the word "and" after the word "pur-

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chased'' in the 4th line of said Section and substitute in lieu thereof the following: All dealers shall make reports to their local oil inspector, who shall have authority to inspect books and records of all dealers, firms, persons and corporations selling gasoline, to determine that reports are correct and approve same, and they shall make reports to the Comptroller General as provided in this Act.

Mr. Bowden of Ware moved the previous question, the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.

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

On the passage of the bill Mr. Bowden of Ware called for the Ayes and Nays 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 Newton Anderson Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Boatwright Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel

Brown of Hancock Camp Carr Carswell Clark Collins Culpepper Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeLaPerriere Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Ennis

Evans Folsom Gann Grant Gresham Griffith Greene Grovenstein Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hender11on Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Horne

802

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

Hufstetler Hunter Jones of Coweta Jones of Thomas Johnson of Pickens Lewis Luke McClure McGarity Macintyre McMichael Maddox Malone Manning Mason Mayo

Mixon Moore of Fulton Moye :\Iundy Neal of Union Parks Penland Reville Riley Russell Sibley Singletary Smith of Carroll Swindle Thompson Turner

Tyson of Mcintosh Valentino Van Landingham Vocelie Wall West Weston Whitley Whitaker
of Lowndes Whitworth Wimberly Winship Wynne

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Adams of Walton Arnold Blalock Bloodworth Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Childs Corbitt Daniel of Troup DeFoor Dickerson Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Fowler Foy Franks Guess Haddock Hawkins Herring Hodges Holland

Houston

Phillips of Telfair

Howard

Pilcher

Hullender

Price

Hyman

Quincey

Jackson

Ramsey

Johnson of Bartow Ricketson

Johnson of

Rutherford

Chattahoochee Shettlesworth

Keith

Smiley

King

Smith of Bryan

Kittrell

Smith of Meriwether

Knight

Stone

Langford of Hall Strickland

Lankford of Toombs Sumner of Johnson

McClelland

Tatum

McDonald

Trippe

Mann

Walker

Miles

Watkins

Monroe

Way

Moore of Appling Webb

Nichols

Williams of Harris

Owen

Williams of Miller

Parrish

Wood

Patten

Woodard

Perryman

Worthy

Peterson

Wyatt

Phillips of Jasper

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803

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Bentley Brannen Clifton Coates Collier Cowart Daniel of Heard Dykes Ficklen Fletcher

Griffin Gunnels Holloway Houser Logan Perkins Pickren Pruett Reagan Robinson

Salmon Smith of Haralson Stovall Sumner of Wheeler Swift Tison of Worth Whitaker
of Rockdale Williams of Walton :\fr. Speaker

The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 87, Nays 79.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that the House do now adjourn until tomorrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Boyett of Stewart and McClelland of DeKalb.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

804

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 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 House Bill No. 468 was recommitted to the Committee on Education.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 260 was recommitted to the Committee on Railroads.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that the House convene tomorrow morning for the purpose of considering general matters and the motion prevailed.
The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Byrd of Crisp-
A resolution extending the privileges of the floor of the House to the Hon. W. H. Dorris, ex-representative from Crisp County.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining period of unanimous consents :

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805

1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading House and Senate Bills and Resolutions, favorably reported, the second time.
4. Passage of Uncontested Local House and Senate Bills and Uncontested General House and Senate Bills having a local application.
5. Reading Senate Bills and Resolutions first time.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees.

By Messrs. Holloway, Moore and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 504. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 505. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Kirkwood.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
House Bill No. 506. A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of public schools for the City of Ocilla.
Referred to Committee on Education.

806

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

By Mr. Phillips of Telfair-
Honse Bill No. 507. A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Phillips of Telfair-
Honse Bill No. 508. A bill to create the office of
. Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair
County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County
Matters.

By Mr. Dixon of Jenkins-
House Bill No. 509. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Millen in the County of .Jenkins.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Brownlee of Elbert-
House Bill No. 510. A bill to repeal an Act to regulate the assessment of property for taxation in the State.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Brantley of PierceHouse Bill No. 511. A bill to reqmre all retail

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807

venders and dispensers of soft drinks to pay an occupation tax.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

By Mr. Swift of Elbert-
House Bill No. 512. A bill to amend an Act entitled "Medical Examiner~, State Board of, etc."
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Messrs. Riley of Sumter and Cowart of Calhoun-
House Bill No. 513. A bill to regulate the :rpembership of Boards of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in certain Counties.
Referred to Committee on Special .Judiciary.

By Mr. Smith of Meriwether-
House Bill No. 514. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Manchester in Meriwether County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Whitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 515. A bill to amend Section 3287 of the Code of 1910, relative to foreclosure of chattel mortgages.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

808

JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

By Mr. Whitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 516. A bill to amend an Act to provide four terms a year of the Superior Court of Madison County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Ficklen of Wilkes-
House Bill No. 517. A bill to put in force Par. 1, Section 1, of Art. 7, of the constitution relative to ex-Confederate veterans..
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Messrs. Webb of Lowndes and Fowler of Bibb-
House Resolution No. 75-516A. A resolution authorizing certain casual repairs as might be necessary to the Capitol building.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

Mr. Hullender of Catoosa, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed., and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit:
House Bill No. 344. An Act to amend the charter of the City Court of Hinesville.

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House Bill No. 391. An Act to amend the Act creating the City Court of Floyd County.
House Bill No. 147. An Act to provide that any municipality having a population of 150,000 can incur bonded indebtedness.
House Bill No. 350. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Brunswick.
House Bill No. 332. An Act to amen(l an Act establishing the City Col\rt of Valdosta.
House Bill No. 292. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Canton.
House Bill No. 333. An Act to repeal an Act creating the Independent Local School System of Pineview.
House Bill No. 134. An Act authorizing disposal of cost in criminal cases in Turner County.
House Bill No. 95. An Act to amend an Act putting the Solicitor General of the Atlantic Circuit on a salary.
House Bill No. 390. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Nashville.
House Bill No. 354. An Act to repeal al1 Act to incorporate the Inman School District in Fayette County.
House Bill No. 373. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Cummings.
House Bill No. 321. An Act to amend the several Acts creating the City Court of Savannah.

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House Bill No. 96. An Act to amend an Act creating the Ogeechee Circuit.
House Bill No. 303. An Act to create the City Court of Crawfordville.
House Bill No. 325. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Aldora in Pike County.
House Bill No. 287. An Act to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Alapaha.
House Bill No. 305. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Columbus.
House Bill No. 403. An Act to repeal an Act to divide the City of Forsyth into six wards.
House Bill No. 392. An Act to amend an Act with reff'rence to the Solicitor of the City Court of Baxley.
House Bill No. 186. An Act to amend an Act to amend the charter of Athens.
House Bill No. 227. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Pelham.
House Bill No. 226. An Act to repeal an Act amendipg the charter of Pelham.
House Bill No. 47. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Blakely.
House Bill No. 288. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Alapaha.
House Bill No. 326. An Act to establish a new charter for the City of Boston.

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House Bill No. 348. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Clayton.
House Bill No. 274. An Act to amend Acts mcorporating Mayor, etc., of Savannah.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER OF CAToosA, Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Appling 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 House Bills of the House, Nos. 497 and 498, and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
MooRE, Chairman.

Mr. Vocelle of Camden County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

ML Speaker: Your Committee on Game and Fish 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. 324. Do not pass.
VocELLE, Chairman.

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Mr. Kittrell of Laurens 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 recommendation that the same do pass as follows:
House Bill No. 365. Do pass. House Bill No. 411. Do pass by substitute.
Respectfully submitted,
KITTRELL, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb 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:
Senate Bill No. 39. Do pass.
House Bill No. 278. Do pass.
House Bill No. 18. Do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 375. Do pass.

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House Bill No. 369. Do pass. House Bill No. 289. Do pass. House Bill No. 445. Do pass.
GuEss, Chairman.

Mr. Davis of Floyd 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 as follows:
Senate Bill No. 90. Do pass.
House Bill No. 124. Do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 235. Do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 372. Do pass.
House Bill No. 398. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 430. Do not pass.
J. c. DAvis, Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Appling 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 Senate Bill

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No. 72 and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
MooRE oF APPLING, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following repo~t:

Mr. Speaket:
Your Committee on Municipal Government 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 ,llecommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 490. Do pass.
House Bill No. 491. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 123. Do pass.
House Bill No. 471. Do pass.
SMITH oF MERIWETHER, Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Fulton 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 recom1nendation that the same do pass:

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House Bill No. 489. Do pass. House Bill No. 503. Do pass. House Bill No. 502. Do pass.
MooRE oF FuLTox, Chairman.

The following message was rec<>ived from the Senate, through -Mr. McClatclwy, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to revise Acts relating to Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah.
The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to the following bill of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to make the salary of the Solicitor General of the Blue Ridge .Judical Circuit $6,000.

The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. l\fcClatdw~-, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills and resolution of Senate, to wit:
A resolution providing for a .Joint Committee to consider tax measures.

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A bill to amend an Act to codify School Laws of State of Georgia.
A bill to amend an Act establishing a Department of Insurance.
A bill to create a New Senatorial District.
A bill to regulate public instruction in Glynn County.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Town of Hillsboro.
A bill to amend charter of City of Brunswick.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time.

By Mr. Houston of Gwinnett-
House Bill No. 18. A bill to aid in perfecting land titles in this State.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 124. A bill to amend an Act creating the Department of Insurance, by inserting a condition in policies.

By Messrs. Hamilton of Floyd and Blalock of Ware-
House Bill No. 235. A bill to establish a system of estimates of receipts from Counties of revenues.

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By Messrs. Sumter. of "'"Theeler and Brown of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 289. A bill to regulate the calling of the docket of criminal cases in Superior Courts of the State.

B.v Mr. Dickerson of Clinch-
House Bill No. 278. A bill to proYide for the rotation of the judges of the Superior Courts of this State.

By Mr. Bush of Lamar_:_
House Bill No. 365. A bill to increase the powers of the Georgia State Board of Entomology, relative to regulation of fruit trees.

By Mr. Blalock of \Vare-
House Bill No. 369. A bill to amend Section 1037 of the Code of 1910, relative to testimony by wife against husband.

By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 372. A bill to make it criminal to set fire to automobiles with the intent to defraud.

By Messrs. Johnson and Trippe of Bartow-
House Bill No. 375. A bill to amend Section 5918 of the Code of 1910, relative to evidence in new trials.

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By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 411. A bill to require all manufacturers and distributors of milk to label cans containing same.

By Mr. Brown of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 445. A bill to make it unlawful for the judge of courts in this State to except pleas of guilty except under certain circumstances.

By Mr. Turner of Brooks-
House Bill No. 471. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Quitman, and for other purposes.

By Mr. King of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 489. A bill to abolish the local school system for the City of Wadley.

By Mr. King of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 490. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Wadley, in the County of Jefferson.

By Mr. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 491. A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.

By Mr. Cowart of Calhoun-
House Bill No. 497. A bill to remove the County Site of the County of Calhoun from Morgan to Edison.

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By Mr. Cowart of Calhoun-
House Bill No. 498. A bill to amend Section 502 of the Code of 1910, relative to place of holding court, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Smith and Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 502. A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of public schools for the Town of Villa Rica.
By Messrs. Smith and Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 503. A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of public schools for the Town of Temple.

By Mr. Snow of the 7th-
Senate Bill No. 39. A bill to provide for the return of interrogatories taken in certain cases.

By Mr. Boykin of the 29th-
Senate Bill No. 72. A bill to provide for the exercise of the elective franchise by females.

By Mr. W ohlwender of the 24th-
Senate Bill No. 90. A bill to amend the Code of 1910, relative to incorporation of Interurban railroad companies.

By Mr. Clay of the 39th-
Senate Bill No. 123. A bill to authorize the City Court of Marietta to propose the question of an issue of bonds to the voters.

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r.rhe following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
A bill to amend an Act amending an Act authorizing the Mayor and Council of the Town of Decatur to make certain repairs and improvements. .
The report 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. Jones and Macintyre of Thomas-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Meigs.
The report 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. Whitaker of Lowndes-
A bill to authorize and empower the Mayor and Council of the City of Valdosta to make certain improvements, repairs, etc.
The Committee substitute was read and adopted.
The report of the Committee, which was favor-

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821

able to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 124, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Folsom of Montgomery-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Comnnsswners of Roads and Revenues 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 436, Nays 0.
The bill having received the ref(uisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Tison of \Vorth and Lewis of Colquitt-
A bill to repeal certain Acts relative to the Public School System of the Town of Sylvester, 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 123, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Patten of Lanier-
A bill to repeal an Act creating the independent local school system of Milltown, 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 116, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Patten of Lanier-
A bill to provide for and define the fees and compensation of the Ordinary of Lanier County and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill t~e Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
A bill to empower Planning Commission to supervise subdivisions in Counties of more than 200,000 population.
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. Pickren of Charlton-
A bill to repeal an Act. requiring and authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Charlton County to pay the Mayor and Council of St. George an ad valorem road tax.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 126, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
A bill to repeal an Act requiring and authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Roa<ls and Revenues of Charlton County to pay the Mayor and Council of Homeland an ad volorem property tax.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Singletary of Grady-
A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of Pine Park, 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 131, Xays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Byrd of Crisp-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cordele.
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 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Moore of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act relating to chartLr of City of East Point.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 131, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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825

By Mr. Phillips of Jasper-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jasper, 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 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Phillips of Jasper-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jasper, 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passell.

By Mr. Grant of Habersham-
A bill to amend an Act and Acts amendatory thereto relative to the charter of Mt. Airy, Ga., and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 119, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Smiley of Long-
A bill to amend an Act abolishing the fee system in the Superior Courts of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Gunnels of FTanklin-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Franklin County, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 118, Nays 0.
The bill having received- the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Gunnels of FranklinA bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Com-

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827

miSSioners of Roads and Revenues, 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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Folkston.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 118, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Horne of Dodge-

A bill to create a new charter for the City of Eastman.

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 118, Nays 0.

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Mr. Horne of Dodge moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Williams of the 45th-
A bill establishing the City Court of Fitzgerald in arid for the County of Ben Hill.

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 394.
Mr. Macintyre of Thomas moved the previous question; the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.

On the II_lotion to reconsider Mr. 'Vyatt of Troup called for the Ayes and Nays 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 Newton Anderson Atkinson Baldwin Beck Becl{ham

Bentley
Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright

Braddy Bradford Branch Brantley B~wn of Emanuel Brown of Hancocl'

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Camp

Hodges

Carr

Holloway

Carswell

Horne

Childs

Houser

Clark

Hufstetler

Clifton

Hunter

Collins

Hyman

Culpepper

Jones of Coweta

Daniel of Heard

Jones of Thomas

Davis of Oglethorpe Johnson of Pickens

DeLaPerriere

Kittrell

Dobbs

Lewis

DuBose

~IcClure

Dudley

:McGarity

Ennis

:Macintyre

Evans

McMichael

Folsom

Maddox

Gann

Malone

Grant

Manning

Gresham

Mason

Griffin

Mayo

Griffith

Mixon

Grovenstein

:Moore of Fulton

Gunnels

Moye

Hamilton

Mundy

Hatcher of Burke Neal of Union

Hatcher of Muscogee Nichols

Hawkins

Parks

Henderson

Parrish

Hines of Decatur Penland

Hines of Sumter Perkins

Pilcher Pruett Reville Riley Russell Salmon Sibley Singletary Smith of Carroll Strickland Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Thompson Turner Tyson of Mcintosh Van Landingham Vocelle Wall West weston Whitley Whitaker
of Lowndes Whitworth Williams of Miller Wimberly Winship Worthy Wynne

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Adams of Walton Arnold Boswell Bowen Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Coates Collier Cowart Daniel of Troup

DeFoor Dickerson Duncan of Hall Ficklen Fletcher Foy Franks Haddock Herring Holland Houston

Howard .Jackson .Johnson of Bartow Johnson of
Chattahoochee Keith King Knight Langford of Hall Lankford of Toombs Logan

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.JouR~AL oF THE HousE,

Luke Mann Miles Monroe Moore of Appling Patten Perryman Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Price Quincey

Ramsey

Trippe

Reagan

Walker

Ricketson

Watkins

Robinoon

Way

Rutherford

Whitaker

Shettlesworth

of Rockdalt.

Smiley

Williams of Harrie

Smith of Bryan

Williams of Walton

Smith of Meriwether Wood

Stovall

Woodard

Sumner of Johnson Wyatt

Tatum

Thos<> not voting were Messrs. :

Bobo Bowden Boyett Brannen Corbitt Davis of Floyd. Dixon Duncan of Dawson

Dykes Fowler Greene Guess Hullender McClelland McDonald Owen

Peterson Smith of Haralson Stone Tison of Worth Valentino Webb :\1r. Speaker

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

On the motion to reconsider the Ayes were 109, Nays 66 and the motion prevailed.

House Bill No. 394 went to the heel of the calendar to follow House Bill No. 516.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted :

By Messrs. Jones and Thompson of Coweta and Folsom of Montgomery-
A Resolution. Whereas, the Honorable Wm. 0. Bobo of Wilkes has just received a communication announcing the death of his brother;

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831

Therefore be it Resolved, that the sympathies of this body be extended to him and that he be excused froin. attendance upon this body for such time as he deems proper.
The following bills and resolutions of the House, set as a special order by the House, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Dobbs of Cobb and Hunter of Chatham-
A bill to empower Secretary of State to grant Fire Insurance Companies authority to cover by their policies losses ascribable to certain causes.

The following Committee amendment was reau and adopted:
Amend by inserting the word ''theft'' between the word ''commotion'' and the word ''and'' in both the caption and Section 1 of House Bill No. 191.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 101, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. McClure of Walker-
A bill to prohibit all aliens, or non-resident persons, companies, partnerships and corporations from storing, or keeping dynamite and gun-powder and other explosives in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

The following amendment was read and adopted:

By Mr. Davis of Floyd-
Amend by striking the words ''of Volume 6'' in line 5 of Section 2, and by striking the numeral "1914" on said line and inserting in lien thereof the numeral '' 1910. ''
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 102, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. McClure Of \Valker moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Luke of Ben Hill-
~\ bill to amend an Act codifying the school laws
of Georgia relative to the teaching of the elementary rudiments of vocal music.
Mr. McMichael of Marion moved that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on Education and the motion prevailed.

By Messrs. Duncan and Langford of Hall-
A resolution to re-establish Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley as a pensioner for the year 1919.
The resolution involving an appropriation, the

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833

House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Dobbs of Cobb, 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 same do pass.

The report of the Committee of the Whole House, 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.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Bloodworth Boatwright Boswell Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Camp Childs Clark Collier

Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Troup Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerrtere Dickerson Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Ennis Evans Folsom Fowler Franks Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke

Hatcher of .Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houston Howard Hunter Hyman Jones of Coweta Jones of Thomas Johnson of Bartow Johnson of
Chattahoochee Johnson of Pickens Keith King Kittrell Knight Langford of Hall

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Lewis Logan Luke McDonald Macintyre Maddox Malone Mann Manning Mason Mayo Miles Mixon Moye Mundy Neal of Union Nichols Patten Penland Perkins Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pickren Pilcher

Price

Tyson of Mcintosh

Ramsey

Van Landingham

Reagan

Vocelle

Reville

Walker

Ricketson

Wall

Riley

Watkins

Russell

Way

Rutherford

Wel>b

Shettlesworth

West

Sibley

Weston

Singletary

Whitley

Smiley

Whitaker

Smith of Carroll

of Lowndes

Smith of Meriwether Whitaker

Stone

of Rockdale

Stovall

Whitworth

Sumner of Johnson Williams of Harris

Sumner of Wheeler Williams of Miller

Swindle

Williams of Walton

Swift

Wimberly

Tatum

Wood

Thompson

Woodard

Trippe

Worthy

Turner

Wynne

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Carr

Foy

Gann

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Arnold Blalock Bleckley Bobo Bowden Bowen Boyett Byrd of Crisp Carswell Clifton Coates Collins Corbitt Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd

Dixon

McMichael

Dobbs

Monroe

DuBose

Moore of Appling

Dykes

Moore of Fulton

Ficklen

Owen

Fletcher

Parks

Greene

Parrish

Houser

Perryman

Hufstetler

Phillips of Telfair

Hullender

Pruett

Jackson

Quincey

Lankford of Toombs Robinson

McClelland

Salmon

McClure

Smith of Bryan

McGarity

Smith of Haralson

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Strickland Tison of Worth

Valentino Winship

Wyatt Mr. Speaker

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 144, Nays 3.
The resolution having received. the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following report of the Committee on Rules was read:

llfr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules, having had under consideration the matter of establishing an order of ,business beginning 28th of July, 1921, instruct me, as its Vice-Chairman, to report back to the House the following resolution, with the recommendation that same do pass :

A RESOLUTION.
Resolved, that beginning 28th of July, 1921, immediately after House Resolution No. 14, the following is hereby set as a calendar of special and continuing orders, and in the order named, to wit:
House Bill No. 104, to amend an ~ct approved August 19, 1919, codifying the School Laws of Georgia.
House Bill No. 240, to create an investigating budget commission.

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House Resolution No. 20, relative to the sale of calcium arsenic to farmers at cost.
MuNDY, Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committee was agreed to and the order of business as set out in the report was adopted.

The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the House, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Mason of Hart, Nichols of Wayne and Moore of Fulton-
A bill to amend an Act codifying the School Laws of Georgia.
Mr. Howard of Forsyth moved the previous question; the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 109, Nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional major~ty was passed.
Mr. Mason of Hart moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.

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By Mr. Mundy of Polk-
A bill to create and establish a State Investigating and Budget Commission, and for other purposes.
The following Committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by striking the word ''Finance'' where it appears in line 6 of Section 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Ways and Means" and "Appropriations'' wherever the word ''Finance'' appears in said Section 1. And by amending Section 6 by adding immediately after the word "thereof" in line 9 the following words: ''and said budget shall show the estimated revenue for the same period of time.''
Mr. Knight of Berrien moved the previous question; the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
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 123, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Wall of Putnam-
A resolution relative to setting aside land for experimenting in extinction of the boll weevil.
The following Committee substitute was read and adopted:

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''Whereas, the cotton boll weevil has become a menace to the citizens and more especially to the cotton producers of Georgia,
Be it Resolved, that the State Board of Entomology of Georgia be instructed and is hereby authorized to purchase in large qauntities, calcium arsenate and supply same at actual cost to the cotton growers of the State of Georgia, in quantities of ten pounds and up in sizes required by the Department of Agriculture in supplying tags for the same, and we recommend that the State Board of Entomology have the authority to use from their annual appropriation as a revolving fund of $10,000 (ten thousand dollars) for carrying out the previsions of this Resolution.''

Mr. Arnold of Clay 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 resolution by substitute, was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were

100, Nays 25.



The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that the House do now adjourn until this afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock, and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Ficklen of wilkes, Hyman of Washington, Monroe of Wilcox,

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Lewis of Colquitt, Lankford of Toombs, Ricketson of Warren, Boswell of Greene, Corbitt of Atkinson, Quincey of Coffee, DuBose of Clarke, 'Vest of Fannin and Clarke of 'Vebster.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock.

3:30 o'clock P. M.
The House of Representatives met again at this hour and was cafled to order by the Speaker.
The following resolution of the House was read and adopted :
By Messrs. Bentley, Holloway and Moore of Fulton-
Be it resolved that the General Assembly accept the invitation of the Georgia Tech school to attend a barbacue to be given next Tuesday, August 2nd, on the Tech campus at 1 :30 P. M.
Be it further resolved that when the House adjourns on said date that it adjourn until 3:30 P. M.
The following report of the Committee on Rules was read:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Rules, having had under con-
sideration the matter of establishing an order of business beginning the 29th of July, 1921, instruct

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me, as its Vice-Chairman, to report back to the House the following Resolution, with the recommendation that same do pass:

A RESOLUTION.
Resolved, that beginning the 29th of July, 1921, the Committee on Rules is hereby authorized to fix a calendar until the General Appropriations Bill is finally disposed of, and the order of business shall be fixed by said Committee accordingly.
MuxnY, Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committee was agreed to and the resolution as set out in the report was adopted.
The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Smith of Bryan, Way of Liberty, Smiley of Long and Long and Parrish of Bullock-
A bill to amend Section 594 of Penal Code, relative to hunting season.
The report 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, Kays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Singletary of Grady-
A bill regulating the signing of bonds by professional bondsmen, and for other purposes.

The following Committee amendment was read and adopted :
Amend by substituting Section Three of Said Bill to make it read as follows:
Section 3. Be it further enacted that professional bondsmen shall not by themselves, or himself, agents or employees, solicit business as such bondsmen, or shall either one of them, lounge about or around prisons or places where prisoners are confined, or the courts, for the purpose of engaging in or soliciting business as such bondsmen. Or shall any officer clothed with p<;>wer to arrest offenders of the law, either State or Municipal or keeper of turnkeys of prisons, suggest to or advise in ~my manner whatever any prisoner or prisoners, in custody of the law the employment of the services of any professional bondsmen to sign criminal bond or bonds for appearance in any court or courts at any time. Or shall any Attorney at Law lounge about and around any prison where prisoners are confined to engage in the solicitation of criminal cases to defend as an attorney at law. Or shall any Attorney at Law pay over to or give either directly or indirectly any part of monies collected or received as Attorney's fees in any criminal case to any arresting officer arresting or prosecuting the case in which the fees were paid. Or shall any Attorney at Law pay to any professional bondsman any greater sum out of fees collected in

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cases in which the fees were paid than this Act provides for. or shall any keeper of prison, turnkey or other employee of prison where prisoners are confined advise or name for employment an attorney at law in any case where prisoners are confined in such prisons, or receive any sum or money paid as fees or otherwise to Attorneys at Law in criminal case or cases against any prisoner in the custody of the law confined in prison which tlwy may be connected with in any capacity.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 100, Nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority \Vas passed as amended.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
A bill concerning the loading, shipment and sale of watermelons, and for. other purposes.

The follo\ving amendment was read and adopted:

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
Amend by striking Section three (3) and inserting in lieu thereof the fo~lowing:
Section 3. In liep. of the statement as to weight required under this Act, a sworn affidavit to the effect that no wagon or track scales, or other practicable means of weighing, are located at the point of

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loading, may be executed and attached, but in every case the statement as to count shall be made as required under this Act.
By striking Section 4 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
Section 4. Any person, persons, firm or corporation who shall fail to comply with any provisions of this Act or who shall make out any false statement in reference to the contents of said car or the weight thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 101, Nays 12.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
A bill to provide for the pay of Grand and Petit Jurors, and for other purposes.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
A bill to amend Section 612, relative to the catching of fish with seines.

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Mr. McMichael of Marion moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Swift of Elbert, Mann of Glynn and Perryman of Talbot.

The following communication was read:

July 29, 1921.
To the Hon. Speaker and Members of the General Assembly of Georgia.
Gentlemen:
You are cordially invited and respectfully urged to attend the meeting of the Baraca Class of the Central Baptist Church, Sunday morning, July 31st, 1921, at 9 :30.
Justice Walter F. George, of the Supreme Court, has accepted an invitation to address the class on this occasion.
You are assured a hearty welcome.
Respectfully yours,
J. M. PHARR, President.
J. V. TARVER, Teacher.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLA~TA, GA.,
SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Honorable J. F. Malone, Representative from Bibb County.
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, House Bills Nos. 497 and 498 were recommitted to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 18 was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No.1.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 258 was taken from the table and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 420 was withdrawn from the Committee on State of the Republic, read the second time and recommitted to the Committee on Counties and County Matters.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 229 was taken from the table and recommitted to the Committee on Game and Fish.

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By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 472 was withdravm. from the Committee on Education, read the second time and recommitted to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining period of unanimous consents:
1. Introduction of new matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading of House and Senate bills and resolutions favorably reported, the second time.
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and uncontested general House and Senate bills having a local application.
5. Reading Senate bills and resolutions the first time.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees:

By Messrs. Knight of Berrien and Herring of Schley-
House Bill No. 518. A bill to amend Section 1229 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to care of insane convicts.
Referred to Committee on Georgia State Sanitarium.

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By :Jir. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 519. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Eastman, relative to appointment.
Referred to Committee on Special ,JudiC'iary.

By }[r. Brantley of Pierce-
House Bill No. 520. A bill providing a tax on motion picture shows.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Hatcher of Burke-
House Bill No. 521. A bill to repeal Section 716 of Penal Code of 1910, relative to fraudulent contracts.
Referred to Committee on General .Judiciary No.2.

By Messrs. Adams and \Villiams of 1Nalton, Bobo of Wilkes, Braddy of Glascock, and Brownlee of Elbert-
House Bill No. 522. A bill to create a Board of Equalizers, in lieu of the present Board of Equalizers.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Henderson of vVhiteHouse Bill No. 523. A bill to repeal an Act to in-

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corporate the Town of Robertstown, in the County of White.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Moore, Bentley and Holloway of J;,ulton-
House Bill No. 524. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta by extending limits.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Moore, Bentley and Holloway of Fulton-
House Bill No. 525. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta by annexing certain property.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By :r..rr. Culpepper of Fayette-
House Bill No. 526. A bill to authorize Governor to issue bonds for retirement of public debt.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ways and ~feans.

Mr. McDonald of Richmond 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 House bills Nos. 473, 448, 513 and 431, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with

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the recommendation that the same do pass, and further recommended that House Bill No. 202 do not pass.
McDoNALD OF RICHMOND, Chairman.

Mr. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

.IJ!lr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters, 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. 484. House Bill No. 492, as amended. House Bill No. 500. House Bill No. 501. House Bill No. 516. Senate Bill No. 23. Senate Bill No. 114. Senate Bill No. 128. Senate Bill No. 134.
Respectfully submitted,
RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman.

Mr. Swift of Elbert County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Property, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Property have had under consideration, Bill of the Senate, No. 49, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended, and that House Resolution No. 62 do pass.
SwiFT, Chairman.

Mr. Tatum of Dade County, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speake1:

Your Committee on Railroads 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 by substitute as amended:

House Bill No. 260.

TATUM, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb 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, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended:

House Bill No. 34.

GuEss, Chairman.

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Mr. Manning of Milton County, Chairman of the Committee on Drainage, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Drainage 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 as amended :
House Bill No. 408.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. MAxxnw, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Haralson County, Chairman of the Committee on Uniform State Laws, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Uniform State Laws 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. 470 and 486.
SMITH OF HARALSON, Chairman.

Mr. Evans of Screven County, Chairman of the Committee on Conservation, has submitted the following report :

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Conservation 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. 125 by Mr. Ellis of the 47th and Mr. Snow of the 7th, same being an Act to establish the State Board of Forestry.
EvANS OF ScREVEx, Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time:

By Mr. Williams of Walton-
House Bill No. 408. A bill to amend an Act to promote the public health, etc., by ditching and leveeing.
Referred to Committee on Drainage.

By Messrs. Ficklen and Bobo of 'Vilkes-
House Bill No. 431. A bill to amend an Act establishing a City Court in Washington, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Sumner of Wheeler-
House Bill No. 448. A bill to provide for holding three terins a year of Superior Court of Wheeler County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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By Mr. Smith of Haralson-

House Bill No. 470. A bill to amend Section 5858

of the Code of 1910, relative to incompetency of

witnesses.



Referred to Committee on Uniform State Laws.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 473. A bill relating to selection of administrators in certain cases.
Referred to Committee on Special .Judiciary.

By Mr. Byrd of Crisp-
House Bill No. 484. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Crisp.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Smith of Haralson-
House Bill No. 486. A bill to amend Section 775 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to poisoning fountains, etc.
Referred to Committee on Uniform State Laws.

By Mr. Smiley of Long-
House Bill No. 492. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Long.

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By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 500. A bill to require officers of Charlton County to give bonds in certain cases.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 501. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County.

By Messrs. Riley of Sumter and Cowart of Calhoun-
House Bill No. 513. A bill to regulate the membership of Boards of Commissioners in certain counties.

By Mr. Whitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 516. A bill to amend an Act to provide for holding four terms of the Superior Court of Madison County.

By Mr. McDonald of Richmond-
House Resolution No. 62. 425-A. A resolution providing for the purchase of certain property for the establishment of a Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives.

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
Senate Bill No. 23. A bill to increase the fees of Coroners, etc., in counties of 200,000 or more.

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855

By Mr. Haralson of the 40th-
Senate Bill No. 49. A bill to provide for the disposal of property known as the Governor's Mansion.

By Mr. Hollingsworth of the 17th-
Senate Bill No. 114. A bill to amend an Act to provide payment of costs in certain cases in certain counties.

By Messrs. Ellis of the 47th, and Snow of the 7th-
Senate Bill No. 125. A bill to create an investigation committee known as the Georgia State Board of Forestry.

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
Senate Bill No. 128. A bill to provide that certain counties must record plats and subdivisions, etc.

By Mr. Clay of the 39th-
Senate Bill No. 134. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in Cobb County.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted :

By Mr. Woodard of Cook-
A resolution authorizing the Committees of the House and Senate on Congressional Reapportionment to meet during the recess of the General Assem-

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bly and for the payment of the per diem of the members of said committees as well as all actual expenses.

The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. King of Jefferson-
A bill to abolish the local school system in and for the City of Wadley in the County 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 105, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. King of Jefferson-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of wadley.
The report 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. Horne of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Dodge County.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 105, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Smith and Beck of Carroll-
A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of public schools for the Town of Villa Rica.
The report 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.

By Messrs. Smith and Beck of Carroll-
A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of public schools for the Town of Temple.
The report 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.

By Mr. Clay of the 39th-
A bill to authorize the City of Marietta to submit question of bond issue to the voters of said city.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 102, Nays 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. Rountree of the 16th-
A bill to amend an Act to codify the school laws of this State.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Golucke of the 19th-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a Department of Insurance.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Messrs. Jones of the 6th and Snow of the 7th-
A bill to amend Article 3, Section 3, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution relative to providing for a new Senatorial District.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Ridley of the 28th-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Hillsboro, in the County of Jasper.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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By Mr. Akin of the 4th-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Brunswick.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Akin of the 4th-
A bill to amend an Act to consolidate and amend an Act to regulate public instruction m Glynn County.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Johns of the 27th and others-
A resolution postponing action on the income tax measures before the General Assembly until the session of 1922, and for other purposes.
Lie on table one day.

The following bills of the House and Senate, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, were read the third time ancl placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Blalock of Ware-
A bill to amend Section 1087 of the Code of 1910, relative to classification of submerged lands for taxation, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 106, Nays 4.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Dobbs of Cobb-
A bill to provide bail for the appearance of persons charged with the offense of a misdemeanor and of witnesses in this State to provide for the giving of cash bonds by persons charged with any bailable offense or crime, 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 104, Nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-
A bill to provide for a defense in the Courts of this State for violation of the game laws, and for other purposes.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted:
A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to authorize the State Game and Fish Commissioner in the case of migratory birds, to fix and declare such open seasons and other regulations concerning the same as will remove conflicts between the State and Federal game laws.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia as follows:
Section 1. From and after the passage of this Act, the State Game and Fish Commissioner of Georgia, in the case of migratory birds, shall have the right and duty to change, fix and declare such seasons and regulations for the hunting of migratory birds in this State so as to make the same conform to such seasons and regulations as may be prescribed by the Federal Government where the Federal Government by act or valid regulation has expressly fixed any such seasons in this State.
Sec. 2. Upon fixing and declaring any such season, the said Game and Fish Commissioner shall mail a copy of such ruling or order fixing said season to the Clerk of the Superior Court of each county which clerk shall file the same in a safe manner and keep the same available for the information of the public.
Sec. 3. All laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are 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 101, Nays 5.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Messrs. Fleming of the lOth and Fleming of the 8th-
A bill to amend an Act creating a State Board of Architects.

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The following substitute was read and adopted~

By Messrs. Culpepper of Fayette, Hatcher of Burke, and others-
A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to amend Section 25 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia of 1919, pages 132 anc1133, approved August 18, 1919, creating a Board of Architects, for examination, registration, etc., by adding to said section a provision to extend certaln provisions of said Act to architects who were in the militaryor naval service of the United States on said date, and architects or draftsmen engaged in work for any person, firm or corporation doing shipbuilding or other war work for the United States in 1917 or 1918 who had before the date of said Act received from a technological college or school in this State a certificate as to efficiency and had practiced architecture thereunder, 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 aforesaid, That Section 25 of the Acts of the Legislature of Georgia of 1919, pages 132 and 133, approved August 18, 1919, creating a Board of Architects, for examination, registration, etc. be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said Section 25 the following:
It is, however, provided that all persons who were practicing architeCts within this State within the meaning of said Act of August 18, 1919, but who on said date were enlisted in the military or naval ser-

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vice of the United States and failed to register and to secure a certifiea:te from the Board of Architects, may within six months from the passage of this amendment apply for and recei've a certificate from said Board to practice architecture provided the requirements specified in Section 17 of said Act and other sections of said Act are complied with, and all persons who prior to the passage of said Act were engaged as an architect or draftsman in work for any person, firm or corporation doing shipbuilding or other war work for the United States in any State during any portion of 1917 or 1918 and who prior to the passage of said Act had received a certificate from a technological college or school in G-eorgia certifying to or showing his efficiency and had practiced architecture thereunder in this State, alone or in connection with any person, firm or corporation, are hereby allowed to register under said Act without an examination and shall immediately receive from said Board a certificate of qualification to practice under the title of architect, which shall be irrevocable, and without evidence being required of qualification or knowledge or professional practice, upon application and payment of the fee required by lmv within SIX months fr~m the passage of this amendment.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 100, Nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
Mr. Culpepper of l<"ayette moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.

By Messrs. Valentino of Chatham, Vocelle of Camden, and Johnson of Bartow-
A bill to establish kindergartens in the public schools of this State, and for other purposes.
Mr. Bowden of Ware moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Perkins of Muscogee-
A bill to provide time for presenting Cross Bills or Exceptions, 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 10:2, Nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
A bill to amend Section 5248 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to assignment of dower in lands held unde~ bond for title, and for other purposes.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 100, Nays 9.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Pruett of Lumpkin-
A bill to allow common carriers to issue annual passes to sheriffs and their lawful deputies, and for other purposes.
Mr. Bowden of Ware moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that when the House adjourn that it do stand adjourned until Monday morning at ,.9 :00 o'clock, _and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Ramsey of Columbia moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Camp of Campbell.
. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.
MoNDAY, August 1, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 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 bills of the House were withdrawn from the Committee on Municipal Government, read the second time and re-committed:
By Mr. Smith of MeriwetherHonse Bill No. 514. A bill to amend an Act in-
corporating the City of Manchester.
By Mr. Henderson of WhiteHouse Bill No. 523. A bill to repeal an Act in-
corporating the Town of Robertstown.
By Messrs. Holloway, Bentley and Moore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 504. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta.

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By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 505. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Kirkwood.

By Messrs. Holloway, Bentley and Moore of Ful. ton-
House Bill No. 524. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta.

By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
House Bill No. 525. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta.
By unanimous consent House "Bill No. 5 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 62 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining period of unanimous co11sents :
1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading House and Senate Bills and Resolutions, favorably reported, the s~cond time.
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and uncontested general Honse and Senate bills having a local application.

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5. Reading Senate Bills and Resolutions the :first time.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that during the day individual speeches be limited to :five minutes and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the :first time and referred to the Committees:

By Messrs. Tison of Worth and Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 527. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Warwick in the County of Worth.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
House Bill No. 528.' A bill to repeal an Act to create a Bureau of Markets, for cultivating products within the Department, etc.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By Mr. Monroe of WilcoxHouse Bill No. 529. A bill to create a Bond Com-
mission for the County of Wilcox.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
Hause Bill No. 530. A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners for the County of Toombs.

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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
Hause Bill No. 531. A bill to amend an Act providing for the working of the public roads of Toombs County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Quincey of Coffee-
House Bill No. 532. A bill to create a county depository in and for the County of Coffee.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Quincey of Coffee-
House Bill No. 533. A bill to repeal an Act creating a county depository for Coffee County.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Monroe of Wilcox-
House Resolution No. 77. 533-A. A resolution seeking to relieve the bonds.men of M. W. Hutchin-. son, Tax-Collector of Wilcox County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Blalock and Bowden of Ware-
House Resolution No. 79. 533-B. A resolution providing for the readjustment of all lines of human

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endeavor, and to relieve the suffering among the people.
Lie on table one day.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-
A resolution for the appointment of a joint committee of the House and Senate to bring about a uniformity of laws between Georgia and Florida regulating fishing in the salt water boundary of the two States.

Mr Hullender, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts and resolutions, to wit:
House Resolution No. 69. A resolution requiring the State Librarian to furnish certain books to the Clerk of Superior Court of Quitman County.
House Bill No. 376. An Act to create the special Board of Commissioners for Cherokee County.
House Bill No. 331. An Act to amend Section 1249 of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910, relative to State Depositories.

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House Bill No. 357. An Act to amend. Section 1249 of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910, relative to State Depositories.
House Bill No. 312. An Act to amend Section 1249 of Volume 1 of the Code of 1910, relative to State Depositories.
House Bill No. 272. An Act to prevent people in no-fence law Militia Districts from voting under certain conditions.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER oF CAToosA, Chairman.

Mr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaket:
Your Committee on Amendments to Constitution 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. 107 redistricting the State of Georgia as to Senatorial Districts.
LANKFORD, Chairman.

Mr. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

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. 111r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties 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 as amended:
House Bill No. 507, as amended.
House Bill No. 508, as amended.
House Bill No. 5, withdrawn, under unammous consent of author.
Respectfully submitted,
RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman.

Mr. McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

111r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 53 and have instructed me as chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
MR. McDoxALn, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb 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 bill of the House and have instructed me as chairman, to report the same back to the Hou~e with the recommendation that the same do pass:

House Bill No. 172.

GuEss, Chairman.

The following message was receiYed from tho Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu-
tional majority the_ following bills, to wit: A bill creating a new Judicial Circuit to be known
as Piedmont Circuit. A bill to create a new Board of Commissioners fo~~
Cherokee County.
A bill to prevent certain people from voting.
A bill to make Alma a State Depository.
A bill to make Alston a State Depository.
A bill to make Ellijay a State Depository.
A resolution requiring State Librarian to furnish certain literature to Quitman County.

The following communications were received from His Excellency, the GoYernor:

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Hon. Cecil Neill, Speaker of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.

J.l!y Dear Mr. Speaker:
I beg to hand you herewith certified copy of the election returns for an additional Representative from the County of Laurens, as transmitted to me by the Secretary of State.
Very respectfully, THOMAS \V. HARDWICK,
Governor.

To the Honorable Thos. W. Hardwick,

Governor:
I have the honor to report a special election held in the County of Laurens on the 29th day of July, 1921, for the election of an additional representative from said county in the General Assembly of Georgia. Following is the result thereof:

Jerome Kennedy ..................... 1031 Votes.

L. Q. Stubbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 Votes.

A. McCook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 votes.

(Seal)

S. G. McLENDON, Secretary of State.

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H on. Cecil Neill, Speaker of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.

My Dear Mr. Speaker:
I beg to hand you herewith certified copy of the election returns for an additional Representative from the County of Dodge, as transmitted to me by the Secretary of State.
Very respectfully, Tnos. \V. HARDWICK,
Governor.

To the Honorable Thos. W. Hardu:ick,

Governor:

I have the honor to report a special election held in the County of Dodge on the 29th day of July, 1921, for the election of an additional Representative from said County in the General Assembly of Georgia. Following is the result thereof:

G. M. Clements, received .............. 618 Votes.

L. T. Thompson, received ............. 732 Votes.

S. G. McLENDON,

(Seal)

Secretary of State.

The Representative- elects, Messrs. Jerome Kennedy of Laurens County and L. T. Thompson of

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Dodge County caine forward to the bar of the House and were sworn in as members of the House of Representatives, the oath of office being administered by the Honorable Alexander W. Stephens, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time :

By Mr. Perryman of Talbot-
House Bill No. 172. A bill to amend an Act to create and establish the Securities Commission.

By Mr. Phillips of Telfair-
Honse Bill No. 508. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County.

By Mr. Phillips of Telfair-
Honse Bill No. 507. A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Telfair County.

By Mr. Whitley of Douglas-
House Bill No. 55. A bill to abolish the fees accuring to the office of Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit.

By Messrs. Jones of the 6th, and Snow of the 7th-
Senate Bill No. 107. A bill to amend Art. 3, Sec-

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tion 2, Par. 1, of the Constitution, providing for the 52nd Senatorial District.

The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Ficklen and Bobo of Wilkes-
A bill to amend an Act establishing a City Court in Washington, Ga., and Wilkes County.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the r~quisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Sumner of Wheeler-
A bill to provide for holding three terms a year of the Superior Court of Wheeler County, and for
. other purposes. 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Turner of Brooks-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Quitman.

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The substitute of Mr. Turner of Brooks, was read and adopted.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, wa:,; agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 1:~0, Nays 0.
. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Byrd of Crisp-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for tl~t~ County of Crisp, 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 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the req1~isite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Whitworth of Madison~
A bill to amend an Act providing for holding four terms of the Superior Court of Madison County in the. Northern 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 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Messrs. Riley of Sumter and Mr. Cowart of Calhoun-
A bill to regulate the membership of Boards of Roads and Revenues in all Counties in this State which have a population, according to the U. S. Census of 1920 of not less than 10,125 and not niore than 10,375, etc., and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable fo the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the ~\yes were 129, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
. . A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Com-
missioners of Roads and Revenues for the Count.v
of Charlton.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
A bill requiring all County Officers of Charlton County, required by law to give bond, to give suret)' bonds in approved surE'ty companiPs, and for other purposes.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117~ Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Smiley of Long-
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roaus and Revenues for the County of Long.

The following amendment was reau and adopted:

By Mr. Smiley of Long-
Amend by inserting the name of W. A. Strickland in line 3 of Section 6, the name of T. L. Howard in line 4 of said Section, and the name of T. P. Gordon in line 6 of said Section.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 121, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
.A bill regulating the recoruing of plats and the subdividing of lands in Counties of certain population, and for other purposes.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117. Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hollingsworth of the 17th-
A bill to amend an Act providing for the payment by Counties having a certain population of cost inem-red in Superior and City Courts for the trial and conviction of misdemeanor convicts, 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 ~\yes were 115! Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Clay of the 39th-
A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County, and for other purposes.
T~e report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 121, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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The following bills of the House and Senate, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Wimberly of Laurens-
A bill to amend Section 4855 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to Judges of the Superior Court.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on General ,Judiciary No. 1, and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-

A bill to regulate issuing of marriage license, provide for certificates of health, and for other purposes.

Mr. Moye of Randolph moved the previous question; the call was sustained and the main question was ordered.

The report of the Committee, which was favorablfl to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the final passage of the bill Mr. Moore of Appling called for the Ayes and Nays, and the call was sustained.

The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voti~g in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Walton Arnold Atkinson Beckham

Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Boatwright Bobo

Bowden Braddy Bradford Branch

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Brantley Brown of Hancock Bush
Carr
Collier Cowart Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Evans Ficklen Folsom Grant Gresham Griffin Hatcher of Burke Hawkins Hines of Decatur Holloway Horne Houser Jones of Thomas Johnson of Bartow Keith Kennedy King

Kittrell

Reville

Knight

Rutherford

Langford of Hall Sibley

Lankford of Toombs Singletary

McClelland

Smith of Bryan

McMichael

Smith of Meriwether

Maddox

Stone

Malone

Sumner of Johnson

Mason

Sumner of Wheeler

Miles

Van Landingham

Mixon

Vocelle

Monroe

Walker

Moore of Appling West

Moore of Fulton Weston

Moye

Whitley

Mundy

Whitaker

Nichols

of Lowndes

Patten

Whitaker

Perryman

of Rockdale

Phillips of Telfair Whitworth

Pickren

Williams of Walton

Pilcher

Wimberly

Price

Winship

Ramsey

Woodard

Reagan

Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Anderson Beck Blalock Bloodworth Boswell Bowen Brannen Brown of Emanuel Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Clifton Coates Culpepper Davis of Floyd DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dobbs

Dudley Duncan of Hall Ennis Fletcher Foy Franks Gann Greene Grovenstein Gunnels Haddock Herring Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Houston Howard

Hunter Hyman Johnson of Pickens Lewis Luke McClure McGarity Manning Mayo Neal of .Union Parrish Penland Peterson Pruett Quincey

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Riley Shettleswvrth Smiley Smith of Carroll Strickland

Tatum

Williams of Miller

Thompson of Coweta Wood

Tyson of Mcintosh Wyatt

Watkins

Wynne

Way

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Baldwin Bentley Boyett Camp Carswell Childs Clark Collins Corbitt Daniel or Heard Daniel of Troup Dixon DuBose Duncan of Dawson Dykes Fowler Griffith

Guess

Ricketson

Hamilton

Robinson

Hatcher of Muscogee Russell

Henderson

Salmon

Hufstetler

Smith of Haralson

Hullender

Stovall

Jackson

Swif;.

Jones of Coweta

Swivdle

Johnson of

Thompson of Dodge

Chattahoochee Tison of Worth

Logan

Trippe

McDonald

Turner

Macintyre

Valentino

Mann

Wall

Owen

Webb

Parks

Williams of Harris

Perkins

Mr. Speaker

Phillips of Jasper

The roll call was verified.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 85, Nays 63.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill relative to the execution of deeds conveying realty, and for other purposes.

The following Committee substitute was read and adopted:

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A BILL.
To amend Sections 4213, 4214 and 4215 of the Civil Code of 1910, which relate to the recording of Bonds for Title.
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 4213 of the Code of 1910, be amended by striking out all the words after the word ''therein'' in the second line thereof and by substituting therefor the following words: ''Bonds to reconvey realty, contracts to sell or convey realty, or any interest therein, and every transfer or assignment or any such instruments shall be executed with the same formality as is now required by the laws of this State for the execution of deeds conveying realty and shall be recorded in the County where the property therein described is located,'' so that 'vhen so amended said Section shall real as follows:
''Bonds for title to land or any interest therein, bonds to reconvey realty, contracts to sell or convey realty, or any interest therein, and every transfer or assignment of any such instrument, shall be executed with the same formality as is now required by the laws of this State for the execution of deeds conveying realty and shall be recorded in the County where the property therein described is located.
Section 2. That said Section 4214 be amended by inserting after the word ''bond'' in the third line thereof, the following words: ''The obligee, transferee or assignee,'' and by striking out the word "filing" in the second line thereof, and substituting

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therefor the word "recording," so that said Section when so amended shall read as follows :
''Such record shall from the date of record be notice of the interest and equity of the holder of such bond, the obligee, transferee or assignee, in the property therein described.''
Section 3. That said Section 4215 be amended by inserting after word ''title'' in the second line thereof the following words: "bonds to re-convey, contract to sell or convey, or transfer or assignment of any such instruments;'' so that said Section when so amended shall read as follows:
''When any such bond for title, bond to re-convey, contract to sell or convey realty, or any interest therein, or transfer or assignment or any such instrument, shall have been recorded and subsequently surrendered or satisfied, such surrender or satisfaction may be entered of record by the Clerk of the Superior Court in the same manner that cancellations or mortgages and deeds to secure debts are now entered of record.''
Section 4. 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 102, Nays 3.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

.

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887

By Mr. Hodges of Evans-
A bill to amend an Act preventing the introduction into and dissemination within the State of Georgia of contagious and infectious diseases of honey bees, 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 108, Nays 3.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Messrs. Camp of Campbell and Reagan of

Henry-

'

A bill to amend Section 4747 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to compensation of jurors in Justice Courts.

The report 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 4.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Hamilton of Floyd and Blalock of Ware-
A bill to establish a system of estimates of receipts

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and disbursements of County Revenue, and for other purposes.
Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis moved that the bill, substitute and all amendments be tabled and the motion was lost.
The Committee substitute was lost.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was disagreed to and the bill was lost.
Mr. Blalock of Ware gave notice that at the proper time he would ask that the House reconsider its action in defeating the passage of House Bill No. 235.

By Mr. Knight of Berrien-
A bill to amend Article XI, Section 171, 173 and 174, of Compulsory Education Laws, relative to age.
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 disagreed to and the bill was lost.
Mr. Howard of Forsyth moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. McGarity of Paulding.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :00 o'clock.

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3 :00 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 bills of the House, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, were read the third time and placed upon their passage :
By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
A bill to amend the Act creating the Department of Insurance by adding a provision to same preventing any Insurance Company from requiring the insured to procure certificate as to the amount of loss sustained.
The following substitute of the Committee was read and adopted:
A BILL.
To Be Entitled. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act for the establishment of a Department of Insurance, etc., approved August 19th, 1912, by adding to Section 23, in the fourth line thereof, after the word "Commissioner," the following: Provided that any policy condition requiring the insured to procure the certificate of the near~st magistrate or notary public, (not interested in the claim as a creditor or otherwise, nor related to the insured) living nearest the place of fire, stating that he has examined the circumstances and

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believes the insured has honestly sustained loss to the amount that such magistrate or notary public shall certify, shall be null and void.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that the Act providing for the establishment of a Department of Insurance, etc., shall be amended by adding to Section 23, in the fourth line thereof, after the word '' Commissioner'' the following: ''Provided that any policy condition requir!ng the insured to procure the certificate of the nearest magistrate or notary public (not interested in 1jhe claim as a creditor or otherwise, nor related to the insured) living nearest the place. of fire, stating that he has examined the circumstances and believes the insured has honestly sustained loss to the amount that such magistrate or notary public shall certify, shall be null and void,'' so that when said Section 23 is amended i.t will read as follows: ''Be it further enacted, that each and every fire insurance company doing business in this State shall adopt and write a standard or uniform policy, such as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, provided that any policy condition requiring the insured to procure the certificate of the nearest magistrate or notary public (not interested iR the claim as a creditor or otherwise, nor related to the insured) living nearest the place of the fire, stating that he has examined the circumstances and believes the insured has honestly sustained loss to the amount that such magistrate or notary public shall certify, shall be null and void, and it shall be unlawful to issue any other class of policy in this State; Provided, however, that local

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891

assessment fire insurance companies doing business in not more than four Counties in a division in the State of Georgia, may issue and write such form of policy as may be prescribed by the Commissioner.''
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of la,~s in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 110, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitu. tional majority was passed by substitute.

The following communications were received from His Excellency, the Governor:

Hon. Cecil Neill, Speaker of the H ousP of Representatives, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.

My Dear Mr. Speaker:
I beg to hand you herewith certified copy of the election returns for an additional Representative from the County of Mitchell, as transmitted to me by the Secretary of State.
Very respectfully, THOS. \V. HARDWICK, Governor.

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To the Honorable Thos. W. Hardwick,

Governor:

I have the honor to report a special election held in the County of Mitchell on the 29th day of July, 1921, for the election of an additional Representative from said County in the General Assembly of Georgia.- Following is the result thereof:

H. L. McDonald, received ............. 1121 Votes.

B. H. Rawls, received .............. ~ . 581 Votes.

S. G. McLENDON,

(Seal) -

Secretary of State.

H on. Cecil Neill, Speaker of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.

My Dear Mr. Speaker:

I beg to hand you herewith certified copy of the election returns, for an additional Representative from the County of Worth, as transmitted to me by the Secretary of State.

Very respectfully,

w. THOMAS

HARDWICK,

Governor.

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Hon. Thos. lV. Hardwick,

Governor.

I have the honor to report a special election held in the County of Worth on the 29th day of July 1921, for the election of an additional representative from said County in the General Assembly of Georgia. Following is the result thereof:

\V. S. Hufstetler

received 363 votes

G. R. Nottingham

"

496 "

0. M. Thomoson

"

278 "

Greene B. Williams

"

144 "

S. G. McLENDON,

Secretary of State.

The Representative-elects Messrs. H. L. McDonald of Mitchell County and G. R. Nottingham of Worth County came forward to the bar of the House and were sworn in as members of the House of Representatives, the oath of office being administered by the Honorable Alexander \V. Stephens, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia.
The following bills and resolutions of the House, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, were read th.e third time and placed upon their passage :

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
A bill to amend Section 4995 of the Code of 1910,

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so as to provide that the Judges of the Superior Courts in certain counties may appoint a secretary, in lieu of one of the Court bailiffs provided by said Section, 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 102, Nays 2.
The bill having receiwd the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
A bill to amend Section 1908 of the Code of 1910, relative to suits on bonds given by pilots, 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 108, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ::\Ir. Hatcher of Muscogee-
A bill to amend Section 3321 of the Civil Code of 1910, by adding after the word "State," where the same occurs in said Section, the words ''Municipal Court, or other courts," and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Xays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By .:\fessrs. J olmson and Trippe of Bartow-
A bill to amend Section 5918 of the Code of 1910, relative to the obtaining of evidence in cases of injunctions and motions for new trials, and other like cases, where the hearing is had in another 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 104, Nays 3.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. McDonald of Richmond-
A resolution authorizing and requesting the Governor to reconvey to the Tuttle-Newton Home in Augusta, a certain tract of land.
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 having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ::\fr. Kittrell of LaurensA bill to amend Section 1793 of the Code of 1910,

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relative to sums paid by manufacturers of fertilizers, and for other purposes.

The following Committee amendment was read and adopted :
Amend by striking from said Section all the words between the word ''Agriculture'' in the 33rd line, and all the words in lines 34, 35 and 36, up to, but not inclusive of the word ''shall,'' and substitute in lieu thereof, the following words:
''The entire amount arising from the fee of 30 cents a ton, shall be paid into the State Treasury as rapidly as collected, and a sum which shall not in any event, exceed the sum of one hundred thousand . ($100,000) dollars inclusive of the regular appropriation, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall arise from two-thirds of the 30 cents a ton fee, that is to say, 20 cents a ton."
Further amend said Section 1 by adding at the close thereof, the following words:
"The payments to be made the Department of Agriculture, for the use of the Bureau of Markets, shall be paid on the warrant of the Governor from time to time as needed. The balance, all told, shall remain in the State Treasury for other purposes.''
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 114, Nays 30.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

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l\Ir. Vocelle of Camden, moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Haddock of Early gave notice that at the proper time, he would ask that the House reconsider its action in the passage of House Bill No. 513.
l\Ir. l\Ic2\Iichael of l\Iarion, moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.

The following communication was read:

Hon. Cecil Neill, Speaker, House of Representatives.

Dear MT. SzJeaker:
I will thank you to make the following announcement to the House of Representatives:
Governor and Mrs. Hardwick will receive in honor of the l\Iembers of the General Assembly and their families, at the Georgian Terrace Hotel on Tuesday evening, August second, from nine to eleven.
Yours very truly,
D. B. BLALOCK,
Secretary.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
TuESDAY, AuousT 2, 1921.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Honorable W. J. Greene, Representative from Jones County.

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

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton
I
Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford
Bran~h
Brann,en Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bro_wnlee Bush

Byrd of Crisp

Evans

Camp

Ficklen

Carr

Fletcher

Carswell

Folsom

Childs

Fowler

Clark

Foy

Clifton

Franks

Coates

Gann

Collier

Grant

Collins

Gresham

Corbitt

Griffin

Cowart

Griffith

Culpepper

Greene

Daniel of Heard

Grovenstein

Daniel of Troup

Guess

Davis of Floyd

Gunnels

Davis of Oglethorpe Haddock

DeFoor

Hamilton

DeLaPerriere

Hatcher of Burke

Dickerson

Hatcher of Muscogee

Dixon

Hawkins

Dobbs

Henderson

DuBose

Herring

Dudley

Hines of Decatur

Duncan of Dawson Hines of Sumter

Duncan of Hall

Hodges

Dykes

Holland

Ennis

Holloway

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Horne

Monroe

Stovall

Houser

Moore of Appling Strickland

Houston

Moore of Fulton

Sumner of Johnson

Howard of Forsyth Moye

Sumner of Wheeler

Howard of Screven Mundy

Swift

Hufstetler

Neal of Union

Swindle

Hullender

Nichols

Tatum

Hunter

Owen

Thompson of Coweta

Hyman

Parks

Thompson of Dodge

Jackson

Parrish

Tison of Worth

.Jones of Coweta Patten

Trippe

.Jones of Thomas Penland

Turner

Johnson of Bartow Perkins

Tyson of Mcintosh

.Johnson of

Perryman

Valentino

Chattahoochee Peterson

Van Landingham

.Johnson of Pickens Phillips of Jasper Vocelie

Keith

Phillips of Telfair Walker

Kennedy

Pickren

Wall

King

Pilcher

Watkins

Kittrell

Price

Way

Knight

Pruett

Webb

Langford of Hall Quincey

West

Lankford of Toombs Ramsey

Weston

Lewis

Reagan.

Whitley

Logan

Reville

Whitaker

Luke

Ricketson

of Lowndes

McClelland

Riley

Whitaker

McClure

Robinson

of Rockdale

McDonald

Russell

Whitworth

McGarity

Rutherford

Williams of Harris

Macintyre

Salmon

Williams of Miller

McMichael

Shettlesworth

Williams of Walton

Maddox

Sibley

Wimberly

Malone

Singletary

Winship

Mann

Smiley

Wood

Manning

Smith of Bryan

Woodard

Mason

Smith of Carroll Worthy

Mayo

Smith of Haralson Wyatt

Miles

Smith of Meriwether Wynne

Mixon

Stone

Mr. Speaker

~fr Mundy of Polk moved that during the day, individual speeches be limited to five minutes on all

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bills, except that known as the gasoline tax bill, on which the limit would be ten minutes, and the motion prevailed.
The journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved.
By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were withdrawn from the Committee, read the second time and recommitted:

By 2\Ir. Horne of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Eastman, and for other purposes.

B~ Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
A bill to require and authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Charlton County, to pay the Mayor and Council of the City of Folkston certain taxes.
By unanimous consent, notice to reconsider the action of the House in the passage of House Bill No. 513 was withdrawn.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining period of unanimous consents:
1. Introduction of new matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading of House and Senate bills favorably reported, the second time.

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4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and uncontested general House and Senate bills having a local application.
5. Reading of Senate bills and resolutions the first time.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees:

By ~Iessrs. Smith and Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 534. A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Temple, in Carroll County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Horne of Dodge-
House Bill No. 535. A bill to provide for active service of the Superintendent of the Academy for the Blind.
Referred to the Committee on Academy for the Blind.

By .Mr. Hufstetler of Murray-
House Bill No. 536. A bill to abolish the Board of Supervisors of Murray County, and elect a Board of Commissioners.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By :Mr. Owen of Gordon-
House Bill No. 537. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Sugar Valley, in Gordon County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By ~Ir. "Wall of Putnam-
House Bill No. 538. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Putnam County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Bradford of "\Vhitfield-
House Resolution No. 80. 538-A. A resolution concerning the burial of Confederate Dead from Soldiers Home in Atlanta, Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By .Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Resolution No. 81-538B. A resolution to provide for a survey of the lands of the State known as the Coloby Lands of Georgia State Sanitarium for the Insane.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

The following communication from His Excellency, the Governor, was read:

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903

Hon. Cecil Neill, Speaker of the House of RepresentatJives, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.

My Dear Mr. Speaker:

I beg to hand you herewith certified copy of the election returns for an additional Representative from the County of Screven, as transmitted to me by the Secretary of State.

Very respectfully,

w. THOS.

HARDWICK,

Governor.

To the Honorable Thos. TV. Hardwick,

Governor.

I have the honor to report to you an election held in the County of Screven on the 30th day of July, 1921, for the election of an additional representative from said County in the General Assembly of Georgia. Following is the result thereof:

H. L. Howard

557 votes

W. J. Walker

315 "

S. G. Mci-1ENDON,

Secretary of State.

The Representative-elect, Mr. H. L. Howard of Screven County, came forward to the bar of the House and was sworn in as member of the House of

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Representatives, the oath of office being adminis-
tered by the Honorable Alexander w. Stephens, As-
sociate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia.

1\Ir. Hullender of Catoosa, Chairm~n of the Committee on Enrollment submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following acts and resolutions, to wit:
House Bill ~o. 346. An Act to create a new charter for the City of Albany.
House Bill No. 66. An Act to provide for a record book in each county in the State for the recording of discharges from military service, etc.
House Resolution No. 77. A resolution for the Committee on Reapportionment to meet during recess.
House Bill No. 407. An Act to amend Section 1899 of the Political Code of 1910, relative to pilots for the port of St. Mary's.
House Bill No. 232. An Act to amend the charter for the City of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 36. An Act to create a permanent Commission to be known as ''The Georgia State Canal and \Vaterway Commission.''
Respectfully submitted,
H ULLEXDER oF CATOOSA, Chairman.

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Mr. Turner of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report :

Jfr. Speaker: Your Committee on Public Highways 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 witli the recommendation as follows:
Senate Bill No. 57. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 210. Do not pass. House Bill Ko. 224. Do not pass. House Bill Ko. 3. Do not pass. House Bill No. 427. Do not pass.
House Bill No. 415. Do pass. House Bill 435. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 454-. Do pass as amended.
MR. TuRNER, Chairman.

~Ir. ~Ioore of Fulton County, Chairman of th... Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

.'t/r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education 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 recommenrlations as follows:

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House Bill No.. 107. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 446. Do pass. House Bill No. 499. Do not pass. House Bill No. 468. Do not pass. Senate Bill No. 71. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 135. Do pass.
-:\fooRE OF FuLTON, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb 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 report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 151. As amended.
House Bill No. 488. Do pass.
House Bill No. 18. Do pass by substitute.

~Ir. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and "\Yays an<l Means, submitted the following report:

J.fr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Approriations and Ways and Means have had under consideration the following

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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. 364.

DuBosE, Chairman.

Mr. McDonald of Richmond 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 have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Resolution No. 77. Seeking to relieve the bondsmen of M. Hutchersen, Tax Collector of wilcox County.
House Bill No. 529. Providing for the creating l'f a bond Commission for County of wilcox.
Respectfully submitted,
McDoNALD OF RICHMOND, Chairman.

Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means have had under consideration the follow-

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ing bills of the House, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that:
House Bill No. 89. Do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 526. Do pass.
DuBosE, Chairman.

)lr. Moore of Appling County, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report:

Mt. Speaker:
Your Committee on Privileges and Elections 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. 497.
House Bill No. 498. J. B. MooRE, Chairman.

Mr. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

'Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House, and 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:
House Bill Ko. 530. House Bill No. 531.
Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L; ~ioYE, Chairman.

Mr. Vocelle of Camden County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

1.llr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bills of the House, and haYe instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:
House Bill Ko. 164 do pass by substitute.
House Bill Ko. 229 do pass as amended.
VocELLE, Chairman.

:Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

ivlr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government 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:

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House Bills Nos. 493, 495, 509, 524, 525, 396, 527, and 514 as amended.
Senate Bills Nos. 121 and 132. Respectfully,
SMITH OF MERIWETHER, Chairman.

The following report of the Committee on Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home was read:

111r. Speaker:
We, your Committee on Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home, desire to report that we find the Soldiers' Home in fine condition, and commend the .Superintendent for his good efficacious work, and loyalty to his duty.
\Ve find that milk is only served in the hospital, and ask that this highly satisfactory liquid nourishment be also served in the Home proper, as several of the old soldiers are without teeth.
We find the hospital in excellent condition, and know that the sick are receiving the best attention.
As the State has 117 acres of land at the Home, with 30 acres in cultivation, and are at present, renting same and buying all vegetables used at the Home from the leaser, and knowing this to be fine farming land, and more acreage being easily put in cultivation, we recommend the purchase of two (2) mules and the obtaining of four more trusties from the State Farm, so that the Home may produce its own vegetable food.

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we found the sanitary condition excellent, and the old soldiers highly pleased with the conditions, except as to the fact that milk was not seryed in the Home.
Very truly yours,
BRADFORD, Chairman HoRNE, Vice-Chairman. ANDERSON BRADDY OwEN SMITH OF BRYAN STRICKLAND TRIPPE.

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:
A bill to amend Code, relative to pilots for port
of St. Mary's.
A bill to create "The Georgia State Canal and waterway Commission.''
A bill to amend Act creating new charter for Albany, Ga.
A bill to provide for a record book of discharges from military servict> in e>ach county.

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'l'he following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has also read and adopted the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution providing that the House and Senate Committees ,on Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment to meet during recess.

The following bills a~d resolutions of the House and Senate favorably reported, were read for the second time :

By ~Ir. Blalock of ware-
House Bill No. 164. A bill to amend an Act to prohibit the use of trawl nets, purse nets, etc.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 364. A bill to appropriate $15,000 in converting certain area of the State Farm into a peach farm.

By ~Ir. Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 396. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie.

By ~Ir. ~Iundy of Polk-
House Bill No. 415. A bill to amend Section 5243 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to condemnation of lands.

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By Mr. Mundy of Polk-
House Bill No. 435. A bill to amend Section 547 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to the registering of public roads.

By ~Iessrs. Riley and Hines of Sumter-
House Bill Xo. 446. A bill to provide for an election of trustees of consolidated school districts.

By .Mr. :McMichael of .Marion-
House Bill Ko. 454. A bill to provide for the distribution of felony convicts among the counties of the State.

By Mr. Bird of Taliafer.ro-
House Bill No. 488. A bill requiring companies or
persons operating street car lines in this State to
furnish accommodations in separate cars for White
and Colored passengers, etc.

By :J[r. Baldwin of ~forgan-
House Bill Ko. 493. A bill to amend an Act providing for a new charter for the City of Madison.

By Messrs. Fowler, :Malone and -Winship of Bibb-
House Bill Xo. 495. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Macon, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Dixon of Jenkins-
House Bill No: 509. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of :\[illen~ in the County of Jenkins.

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By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
House Bill No. 526. A bill to authorize the Governor to issue bonds for the retirement of the public debt.

By Messrs. Tyson of -...vorth and Lewis of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 527. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Warwick in -...vorth County.

By Mr. ~Ionroe of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 529. A bill to pro.vide for the creation of a Bond Commission for the County of Wilcox.

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
Honse Bill No. 530. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Toombs County.

By Mr. Monroe of Wilcox-
House Resolution No. 77. 533-A. A resolution
seeking to relieve the bondsmen of M. vV. Hutchin-
son, the Tax Collector of Wilcox County.

By Mr. Rountree of the 16th-
Senate Bill No. 71. A bill to amend an Act to codify the school laws of the State of Georgia.

By Mr. Ridley of the 28th-
Senate Bill No. 121. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Hillsboro, in the County of Jasper.

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By Mr. Akin of the 4th-
Senate Bill Ko. 132. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Brunswick.

By Mr. Akin of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 135. A bill to amend an Act to consolidate and regulate public instruction in Glynn County.

The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By .:\fr. Smith of l\feriwether-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Manchester.

The following Committee amendment was read and adopted :

By adding after the woru ''cent'' in the eighth line of Section 1 of said bill, the following:
''and by striking the words 'in addition' to the ordinary tax herein allowed, the Mayor and Council may, in case of emergency to be adjudged by them, levy an additional tax, when the same shall have been authorized by a vote of two-thirds of the legal voters of said City, not exceeding one-half of one per cent. on the taxable property of said City, the said additional tax to be added to the ordinary tax and collected at the same time, and used for the same purpose," so t1Iat said Section 17, thus amended shall read as follows:

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"Section 17. Be it further enacted that for the purpose of raising revenue for the support and maintenance of City Government, the ::\[ayor and Council of said City shall have full power and authority, and shall provide by ordinance for the assessmimt and collection of ad valorem tax on all real and personal property within the corporate limits of said City, which is subject to be taxed by the State, said tax not to exceed one and one-half of one per cent. upon the value of said property, for
ordinary expenses. In addition to the taxes for or-
dinary current expenses herein allowed, the ::\fayor and Council may levy an extraordinary tax, not exceeding one-half of one per cent. on the taxable property of said City, to be used only for paving or macadamizing or otherwise improving the streets, or for paying the interest and principal of the public debt.''
The Committee further amends said bill by adding after the word ''ordinance'' in the last line of amended Section 59, in Section 6 of said bill, the following words :
''The Mayor and Council may, in their discretion, abolish the public utilities Commission of said City.''
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received. the requisite constitutioilal majority was passed as amended.

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917

By ~fr. Phillips of Telfair-
A bill to create the office of County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County, and for other purposes.
The following Committee amendment was read and adopted:
Section 18. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this Act shall become effective if and when it shall be ratified in the following manner, to wit:
An election shall be held by the registered voters of the County of Telfair at the usual places of holding regular elections on the 15th da~' of September, 1921; said election to be held in like manner as other elections in said County arc usually held. 'l'hosc desiring to vote for the ratification of this Act shall han written or printed on their ballots the words "For ratification of an Act creating a Board of Three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for 'l_'elfair County,'' and those desiring to vote against ratification of this Act shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "Against ratification of an Act creating a Board of Three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Telfair Count~.'' If a majority vote in said election is for ;ratification, this Act shall take effect immediately upon the result of said election being declared and not otherwise.
Section 19. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it is hereby made the duty of the Ordinary of Telfair County to appoint the managers of said election to be held under this Act, and

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if any manager or managers at any voting place fail or refuse to serve after appointment, then any three freeholders of said County, and who are qualified to vote in said election at such voting place are hereby authorized to hold and superintend such election. Returns of such election, after the managers of such election have consolidated same, shall be made to the Ordinary of said County who shall declare the result of said election, and it is hereby made the duty of such managers, one from each voting place, to meet in the courthouse at noon of the following day after said election, and consolidate such election and make returns of the result to the Ordinary, and the ballots and talley sheets of such . election, after said managers have consolidated said returns, shall be filed with the Clerk of Superior Court of said County as provided by law in other elections.
Section 20. Be it further enacted, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and are hereby repealed.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Phillips of Telfair-
A bill to repeal an Act to create the office of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County.

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The following Committee amendment was read and adopted.
Amend as follows:
Section 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, that the Act repealing the Act creating a Board of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County, approved August 18, 1919, shall not become operative until the Act creating the Act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County is ratified by a majority vote of the ballots cast in the election to be held on September 15, 1921, for the purpose of ratifying the Act creating a Board of Three Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Telfair County.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs Bentley, Holloway and Moore of Fulton-
A bill to amend City charter of Atlanta by annexing certain property.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By .Jiessrs. ~Ioore, Holloway and Bentley of F'ulton-
A bill to amend charter of Cit~T of Atlanta by extending City limits.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Kays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
A bill providing that Grand Juries of counties of certain population shall be required to examine and audit the public records twice a year, 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

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By Mr. Golucke of the 19th-
A resolution providing for a Committee to investigate condition of State Agricultural District schools.

The following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to the Committee:

By Mr. Johns of the 27th-

A bill to create and organize a new judicial circuit of the Superior Courts of this State.

Referred to Committee on General Judiciary Xo. 2.

~Ir. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and "\Yays and ~leans, gave notice that he would call up the General Appropriation Bill immediately after the dispositon of the bill known as the Gasoline Tax Bill.

Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the General Appropriation Bill be taken up for consideration at 11 :00 o'clock.

On this motion Mr. Arnold of Cia~ called for the .Ayes and Xays, and the call was sustained.

The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Arnold Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Boswell Bowden Boyett Brown of Hancock

Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Childs Collier Daniel of Troup DeFoor

DeLaPerriere Duncan of Hall Ficklen Fowler Foy Haddock Hawkins

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Herring

Nichols

Holland

Owen

Howard of Forsyth Peterson

Johnson of Bartow Phillips of Jasper

Johnson of

Pickren

Chattahoochee Quincey

Keith

Ramsey

Langford of Hall Reagan

Lankford of Toombs Rutherford

Lewis

Salmon

Logan

Smith of Bryan

McDonald of

Stone

Richmond Sumner of Johnson

Mann

S\7mdle

Moore of Appling Tatum

Trippe Walker Wall Watkins Webb Whitley Whitaker
of Rockdale Williams of Harris Williams of Walton Wood Woodard Wyatt

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Blackley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Braddy Bradford Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Camp Carr Carswell Clark Clifton Culpepper Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe Dickerson Dobbs DuBose

Dudley

Hyman

Ennis

Jones of Coweta

Evans

Jones of Thomas

Fletcher

Johnson of Pickens

Folsom

Kennedy

Gann

King

Grant

Kittrell

Gresham

Knight

Griffin

Luke

Griffith

McClelland

Greene

McDonald of

Grovenstein

Mitchell

Gunnels

:\IcMichael

Hamilton

Maddox

Hatcher of Burke Malone

Hatcher of Muscogee Manning

Henderson

Mason

Hines of Decatur :\Ia yo

Hines of Sumter Miles

Hodges

Mixon

Holloway

Monroe

Horne

Moore of Fulton

Houser

Moye

Houston

Mundy

Howard of Screven Neal of Union

Hufstetler

Nottingham

Hullender

Hunter

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Parks Parrish Patten Penland Perkins Perryman Phillips of Telfair Pilcher Pruett Reville Ricketson Russell Shettlesworth

Sibley

Van Landingham

Singletary

Vocelle

Smiley

Way

Smith of Carroll West

Smith of Haralson Weston

Stovall

Whitaker

Sumner of Wheeler

of Lowndes

Swift

Whitworth

Thompson of Coweta Williams of ~iller

Thompson of Dodge Wimberly

Turner

Winship

Tyson of ~cintosh Worthy

Valentino

Wynne

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Bentley Bowen Brannen Coates Collins Corbitt Cowart Dixon

Duncan of Dawsop. Dykes Franks Guess Jackson McClure McGarity Macintyre

Price Riley Robinson Smith of Meriwether Strickland Tison of Worth ~r. Speaker

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

On the motion that the General Appropriation Bill be taken up for consideration at 11 :00 o'clock the Ayes were 61, Nays 119, and the motion was lost.

~Ir. Blalock of \Vare moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to agree to the favorable report of the Committee on House Bill No. 165 and the motion prevailed.

By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 79 was referred to the Committee on Rules.

The following bill of the House, set as a spacial order by the House under resolution of the Rules

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Committee, was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By ~Iessrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill proYiding for an occupation tax upon all dralrrs sPlling- gasolinr m this Statr and for otlwr purposes.

Mr. McJiicharl of Jfarion moYed that thr House reconsider its action in agrering to the rrport of the eommittee.

On this motion Mr. w~att of Troup called for the A~es and Nays and the call was sustained.

Jlr. Bentley of Fulton moYed the previous question; the motion prevailed and the main question was ordered.

The roll call was ordered and tlw ,ote was as follows:

Those Yoting in the affirmatiYe were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bloodworth Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen

Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark Clifton Collier Collins Culpepper Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor

Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Ennis Evans Folsom Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess

.

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Gunnels

Malone

Smiley

Hatcher of Burke Mann

Smith of Carroll

Hatcher of Muscogee Manning

Smith of Haralson

Henderson

Mason

Smith of Meriwether

Hines of Decatur Mayo

Stovall

Hines of Sumter Mixon

Strickland

Hodges

Monroe

Sumner .of Johnson

Holloway

Moore of Appling Sumner of Wheeler

Houser

Moye

Swift

Howard of Screven Mundy

Thompson of Coweta

Hullender

Neal of Union

Thompson of Dodge

Hunter

Nichols

Turner

Hyman

Owen

Tyson of Mcintosh

.Jones of Coweta Parks

Van Landingham

.Jones of Thomas Parrish

Wall

Johnson of

Patten

Way

Chattahoochee Penland

West

Johnson of Pickens Perkins

Weston

Keith

Phillips of Jasper Whitaker

Kennedy

Pickren

of Lowndes

Kittrell

Price

Whitworth

Lewis

Pruett

Williams of Miller

Logan

Ramsey

Williams of Walton

Luke

Reville

Wimberly

McClure

Riley

Winship

McDonald of

Russell

Woodard

Mitchell Salmon

Worthy

McMichael

Sibley

Wynne

Maddox

Singletary

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Boatwright

Franks

Peterson

Bobo

Haddock

Quincey

Boswell

Hamilton

Reagan

Bowden

Hawkins

Ricketson

Bowen

Herring

Rutherford

Brownlee

Holland

Shettlesworth

Bush

Houston

Stone

Byrd of Crisp

Howard of Forsyth Tatum

Daniel of Heard

Hufstetler

Trippe

Daniel of Troup

Johnson of Bartow Walker

DeLaPerriere

King

Whitaker

Dickerson

Knight

of Rockdale

Duncan of Hall

Langford of Hall Williams of Harris

Ficklen

Lankford of Toombs Wood

Foy

Miles

Wyatt

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Those not Yoting were Messrs. :

Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Coates Corbitt Cowart Duncan of Dawson Dykes Fletcher Fowler Horne

Jackson

Robinson

McClelland

Smith of Bryan

.McDonald of

Swindle

Richmond Tison of Worth

McGarity

Valentino

Macintyre

Vocelle

:vroore of Fulton

Watkins

Nottingham

Webb

Perryman

Whitley

Phillips of Telfair }lr. Speal;er

Pilcher

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

On the motion to reconsider the Ayes were 138, Xays 45 and the motion prevailed.

:)[r. Vocclle of Camden mond the previous question; the motion prevailed and the main question was ordered.

The following amendment was read:
B~ ~fr. Bowd:n of warc-
Amend b~ adding to bill '' rdcrendum and submit
to the people for majority Yote before it can be adopted."
On the adoption of this amcndm:nt Mr. Bowden of W'"are called for the A~'es and Xays and the call was sustained.
The roll call was ordered and the yotc was as follows:

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Those ,oting in the affirmative were Messrs. :

Blalock Bobo Bowden Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Carr Daniel of Troup DeLaPerriere Dickerson Duncan of Hall Fowler Foy Haddock Hawkins Herring

Holland

Stone

Howard of Forsyth Stovall

Kennedy

Sumner of Johnson

Langford of Hall Thompson of Dodge

Lankford of Toombs Trippe

Lewis

Walker

Owen

Watkins

Perryman

Webb

Peterson

Whitley

Phillips of Jasper Whitaker

Quincey

of Rockdale

Ricketson

Williams of Walton

Rutherford

Wyatt

Smiley

Smith of Bryan

ThosP voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Boswell Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bush Camp Carswell Childs Clark Clifton

Collier Collins Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Ennis Evans Ficklen Folsom Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Hamilton

Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of :Muscogee Henderson Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Houser Houston Howard of Screven Hufstetler Hullender Hunter Hyman .Jones of Coweta .Jones of Thomas Johnson of Bartow Johnson of
Chattahoochee Johnson of Pickens Keith King Kittrell Knight Luke McClure :\icDonald of Mitchel

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McMichael Maddox M'a.J.one Mann Manning Mason )layo
Miles Mixon )lonroe Moore of Appllng Moye Mundy Neal of Union Nichols Nottingham Parks Parrish Patten

Penland

Tatum

Perkins

Thompson of Coweta

Phillips of Telfair Tyson of Mcintosh

Pilcher

Van Landingham

Price

Vocelle

Pruett

Wall

Ramsey

Way

Reville

West

Riley

Weston

Russell

Whitaker

Salmon

of Lowndes

Shettlesworth

Whitworth

Sibley

Williams of Harris

Singletary

Williams of Miller

Smith of Carroll Wimberly

Smith of Meriwether Winship

Strickland

Wood

Sumner of Wheeler Worthy

Swift

Wynne

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Bowen Coates Corbitt Duncan of Dawson Dykes Fletcher Gunnels Holloway

Horne

Reagan

Jackson

Robinson

Logan

Smith of Haralson

McClelland

Swindle

McDonald of

Tison of Worth

Richmond Turner

McGarity

Valentino

Macintyre

Woodard

Moore of Fulton

~fr. Speaker

Pickren

On the adoption of the mnenument the Ayes were 42, Nays 133 and the amendment was lost.

The following substitute was read and adopted:

By l\fr. Ennis of Baldwin-

A BILL
To be entitled an Ad, providing for an occupation ta:: upon all distributors selling fuels in this State,

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requiring all distributors therein to register and make returns, providing penalties for violations of this Act, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that the terms used in this Act shall be construed as follows:
"Distributors" shall include any person, association of persons, firm or corporation, whether resident or located, who imports or causes to be imported, fuels as her~in defined, into the State; and also any person, association of persons, firm or corporation, who produces, refines, manufactures or compounds fuels as herein defined, within the State.
"Fuels" shall include gasoline, benzol, naptha, and other motor fuels commonly used in internal combusion engines.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority . aforesaid, that every distributor who sells fuels in
this State (except those importing and selling it in the original packages in which it is brought into the State) shall pay an occupaton tax of one cent per gallon upon every gallon of such fuel sold.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that every such distributor shall register with the O;rdinary of each County in which he or they may be engaged in selling fuels, on or before September 1st, 1921, and on the same day of the same month of each succeeding year, giving his place of business and postoffice address, in a well-bound book to be kept for that purpose by the Ordinary of each county.

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Ser. -!. Be it further enaded by the authority aforesaid, that such distributors shall keep and preserve all invoices and bills of fuels sold for the period of one year, and submit the same to the Comptroller General of this State, whenever required by him.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all distributors of fuels in this State shall make quarterly returns to the Comptroller General of all fuels sold by them to others and of all fuels sold by such distributors at their service stations. The first of said returns shall be m:ade on October 1st, 1921, and embrace the period bet"een the date of this Act and said date, and quarterly thereafter.
Ser. 6. Be it further enacted by the authorit~ aforesaid, that every distributor selling fuels as aforesaid, shall make returns to the Comptroller General on October 1st, 1921, and quarterly thereafter of the number of gallons of fuels sold, which shall be sworn to before an officer of this State authorized to administer oaths; and shall make the first payment of said tax on October lst, 1921, and quarterly thereafter.
Ser. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that any distributor who shall fail to register, to make the returns aforesaid, to pay the said tax when due or fail to do any other act in this Act required, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished as provided in Section 1065 of the Penal Code.
Ser. 8. Be it further enacted b~' the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Ad are hereby repealed.

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The following amendment to the substitute was read and adopted:
By Messrs. Hyman of 'Vashington and Vocelle of
CamdenAmend the substitute for House Bill Ko. 394 by adding after the last word in Section 1 thereof, the following-:
"ProYided that nothing contained in this section or in this Ad shall appl~ to kerosene oil.''
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 103, Xays 61.
The bill haYing received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.
By unanimous consent the House agreed to conwne tonight at 8 :00 o'clock.
~[r. Hamilton of Floyd moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock.

3 :30 o'clock P. ~[.
The House of Representatiws met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.

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Under Rule 41 Mr. DuBose, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means, called up House Bill No. 89, known as the General Appropriation Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author and caption are as follows:

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A hill to make, for the fiscal years 1922 and 1923, and annually thereafter, until otherwise provided, appropriations fixed by previous laws, for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the State Government, for the payment of public debt and the interest thereon, the support and maintenance of the public institutions and educational interests of the State.
:Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that the House instruct the Committee of the Whole House to limit individual speeches on each item of the bill to five minutes, and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that the House instruct the Committee of the 'Vhole House to consider the bill item by item, and the motion prevailed.
The bill invol.ving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Arnold of Clay as Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the whole House arose, and through their Chairman reported progress and begg2d leave to sit again.

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933

.:\Ir. .:\IcMichael of Marion moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tonight at 8 :00 o'clock.

8:00 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 folowing message was received from the Senate, through .:\Ir. .JicClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Jlr. &peaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to repeal an Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jasper County.
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize Ordinary of Bacon County to collect a special tax from persons subjeet to road duty in county.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jasper County.
The following messake was received from the Senate, through ~Ir. ~fcClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to create office of Commissioner of Roads and ReYenues for Stephens County.
A bill to repeal au Act to pro\ride for County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Stephens County.
A bill to amend an Act to establish City Court of Ashburn.
A bill to repeal an Act to create Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Henry County.
A bill to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Henry County.
A bill to repeal an Act to provide for election of executive committees of political parties in Coffee County.
A bill to rearrange the Cordele Ju(licial Circuit:
A bill to amend an Act to abolish fee system in Superior Court of Cordele Judicial Circut.
A bill to amend an Act to create Elbert Board of Commissioners.
A bill to amend an Act to proYide for Board of Commissioners of Elbert County.
A bill to amend charter of City of Americus.
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the House, to wit:

Tl..TESDAY, AunrsT 2, 1921.

935

A resolution to relieve Russell and others as surety.
Under Rule 41 Mr. DuBose, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and ~leans, called up House Bill No. 89, known as the General Appropriation Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author and caption arc as follows:

B~, ::\Icssrs. DuBose of Clarke and CulpPpper of Fa~' ette-
A bill to make appropriations for the ordinar~, expenses of the different Departments and Institutions of the State and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the \Vhole House and the Speaker designated ::\Ir. Arnold of Clay as Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the \Vhole House arose, and through their Chairman reported progress and begged leave to sit again.
~Ir. Carswell of \Vilkinson moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjournPd until tomorrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 o'clock A. M.; was
called to order by the Speaker, anrl opened with
prayer by the Rev. B. F. Fraser of theM. E. Church, South.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reauing of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 57 was recommitted to the Committee on Public Highways.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 235 was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No.2.
By unanimous consent House Bill No, 416 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimo.us consent the following bill of the House was withdrawn from the Committee, read the second time and recommitted:
By Mr. Beck of CarrollHouse Bill No. 534. A bill to repeal an Act to
amend an Act incorporating the Town of Temple in Carroll County.

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937

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining period of unanimous consents :
1. Introduction of New Matter ~nder the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.

3. Reading House and Senate Bills and Resolutions, fayorably reported, the second time.
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate Bills and uncontested general House and Senate Bills having a local application.
5. Reading Senate Bills and Resolutions first time.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House, were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees.

By Messrs. Smith and Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 539. A bill to amend an Act fixing the rate of taxation in the State for public school purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Parks of Terrell-
House Bill No. 540. A bill to amend an Act and amendatory Acts creating a Board of Commissioners for Terrell County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Turner of Brooks-
House Bill No. 541. A bill to amend an Act to revise the health laws of the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Messrs. Owens of Oor<lon, D~wis of :B-,loyd, Johnson of Bartow, Hawkins an<l Hyman of \Vashington-
House Resolution No. 8:2-539A. A resolution appropriating and llirecting the governor to re-imburse merchants of various Counties of Georgia, who paid certain cigarette and tobacco taxes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Holloway of Fulton-
House Resolution No. 83-539B. A resolution re<wiring doctors to report cases as requested by the State Board of Health.
Referred to Committee on H~giene awl Sanitation.

By Messrs. Miles of Candler and Brown of Emanuel-
House Resolution No. 84-539C. A resolution authorizing the Board of Commissioners of Roads and ReYenues of Candler County to contract for the completion of the courthouse.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

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939

Mr: Hullender of Catoosa, Chairman of. the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Enrollment has examined,
found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to wit:
House Bill No. 79. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners for Henry County.
House Bill No. 78. An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Henry.
House Bill No. 101. An Act to rc>peal an Act to provide for the election of the Executin Committee
of Coffee Coun. tv. .
House Bill No. 43. An Act to repeal an Act to provide for County Commissioners of Stephens County.
House Bill No. 405. An Act to re-arrange the Cordele Judicial Circuit.
House Bill No. 42. An Act to create the office of Commissioner for Stephens County.
House Resolution No. 19. A resolution for the relief of Russell and other sureties.
House Bill No. 60. An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Ashburn.
House Bill No. 423. An Act to amend an Act entitled ''Elbert Bond Commission.''

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House Bill No. 406. An Act to amend an Act to abolish the fee system in the Cordele Judicial Circuit.
House Bill No. 424. An Act to amend an Act to provide Board of Commissioners for Elbert County.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER, Chairman.

Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee 0'11 Appropriations and Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

lJilr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations and Ways
and Means have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Sena~e and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 356. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 27. Do pass.
House Bill No. 465. Do pass.
House Bill No. 34. Do pass. Respectfully submitted,
DuBosE, Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Fulton County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

WEDNESDAY, AuausT 3, 1921.

941

.Jfr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Education 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:

Senate Bill No. 30.

House Bill No. 506.

MooRE, Chairman.

Mr. Kittrell of Laurens 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 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. 81.
Respectfully submitted,
KITTRELL of Laurep.s, Chairman.

Mr. Davis of Floyd 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

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House and have ins,tructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 437. Do not pass. House Bill No. 480. Do pass.
J. C. DAvis, Chairman.
Mr. Bradford of \Vhitfield County, Chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home 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. 80. Do pass. BRADFORD, Chairman.
Mr. McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Juclicia"ry, 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

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943

same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended :
House Bill No. 472.
McDoxALD, Chairman, REAGAX, ~\cting Secntary.

Mr. MoyP, of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Counties and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that tlw same do pass:
House Bill No. 475.
House Bill No. 538.
House Bill No. 532.
House Bill No. 533.
House Bill No. 536. Senate Bill No. 112. As anwnclefl, b~- House Committee.
House Bill No. 4:20. Do not pass. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman.

The following report of Penitf'ntiar~- Imestigating Committ0e was rea(l:

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Han W. Cecil Neill, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Penitentiary beg leaYe to submit the follmving report of its inspection trip, and other activities of the State Farm and Penitentiary:
Food: AU food was suitable for the prisoners, except that provided for the sick, which was not a suitable diet for prisoners who are unable to work.
Clothing: We found clothing to be sufficient and adequate for their needs.
Bedding: We found the sleeping quarters well provided with bedding, except as hereinafter referred to in this report under the head '' Sanitation.''
\Vater Supply: We found that the water supply was not just what it should be. The water was muddy and not fit for bathing. This water was not used for drinking purposes, as the drinking water was supplied from surface wells and carried in hand-buckets. The flushing system was very poor, and the piping in bad fix. ~We recommend that the flushing system be thoroughly overhauled and such piping repaired as needed.
Buildings: All buildings in fairly good repair, except tubercular building, which is badly in need of rl"pairs. The colored female ward needs recovermg.

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945

Dining Room: We wish to commend the keeper of the dining halls for keeping the same in a well arranged and sanitary condition.
Sanitation: We find the sanitary condition of all departments to be good, except the white male ward and the colored female ward and the basement of the white female ward. The odor in the basement of the white female ward was such that ~our Committee suggests that foods therein stored shoul1l not he served to the inmates.
The bunks in the white male '';ard and the colored female ward were deplorably infested with chinches. We jarred the bunks and a great number of bed bugs fell on the floor. This Committee has been advised that the guard who was in charge of this department has been discharged since this Committee made its inspection.
The beds and bedding in the male wards and the colored female wards were found to be unclean.
1,Ve found the soap supply inadequate.
We find that the inmates that have infectious diseases are kept in the same wards with, and side by side with, those who are not so infected. We find that no provision has been made by the Prison Commission for the separate keeping of the sane and the insane, and that the sane eat and sleep in the same ward where the insane are kept, which en-
dangers the safety of the inmates. Vve recommend
that adequate provision be made by the proper authorities for these parties thus afflicted.
vVe found two cells in the rear end of the white
male ward, and in each of said cells was incar-

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cerated a conYict in solitary confinement, and the location of said cells is so near the toilets that no human being ought to be therein confined. These two prisoners are permitted once a week only to go from cells to bath room.
\Ye also found in the female colored ward sweat boxes just large enough for a person of normal size to be confin('d for punishment; said sweat boxes containing chains for the purpose of preventing the prisoners incarcerated therein from assuming a squatting position. Tlwse sweat boxes have no yentilation.
This Committee thinks this mode of treatment inhumane, that a more humane treatment for incorrigibles should be adopted by the Prison Commission.
\Ye recommend that the Prison Commission make suitable provision for all prisoners who are placed in solitary confinement.
Abe Powers: This Committee has had direct information from the Prison Commission itself that it was not aware of the incarceration of one Abe Powers, (a notorious bunco man and wire tapper, known throughout the State of Georgia), at the State Farm, until after the escape of the said Abe Powers from said State Farm. This Committee also has direct information from \Varden J. E. Smith, and Holderfield, of the State Farm, that the said Abe Powers was made a trusty within ten days after his arrival at the State Farm, and that as said trusty he was not kept under guard, but was allowed as a "trusty water boy" to go back and forth on the

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pnson farm during the day without being under guard. This Committee also has direct information from Holuerfield, under whose care the said Abe Powers was entrusted, that he was not concerned about guarding the said Abe Powers but that it was simply his duty to see that said Abe Powers did his work as a water boy. Also, that at the time the said Powers escaped from said prison farm he was left in the field without a guard, and that the first information he had of the escape of Powers came from a trusty who reported forty-five minutes after the escape of said Abe Powers, that the said Powers failed to report at lunch time.
\Ve find that the Prison Commission has been derelict and has neglected its Lluty in this case, in that it allo,\ed the Secretary o_f the Prison Commission to order the said Powers to the State Farm without its knowledge, for that Sec. 1205 of the Penal Code of 1910 charges the Prison Commission with the duty of placing at the State Farm such convicts as are under the law entitled to be incarcerated therein. From the Prison Commission's statement this duty seems to have been shifted from the Prison Commission to the Secretary of the Prison Commission, and nowhere in the Georgia law has the Secretary of the Prison Commission any right or authority whatsoewr to assign prisoners to the State Farm.
"\Ve recommend that the Prison Commission in the future abide by the laws of Georgia in the performance of its duties.
\Ve also find after investigation that the Prison Commission of Georgia has failed to comply with

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Sec. 1200 of the Penal Code of Georgia of 1910, in that it has failed to require constant and thorough disinfection of the quarters of the convicts and the observation and maintenance of sanitary rules and appliances, which said Section of said Code reads as follows: "It shall be the duty of the Prison Commission to require constant and thorough dis~nfection of the quarters of the convicts, and the observance and maintenance of sanitary rules and appliances. ''
The charges made by Arnold "'Vorley against the Prison Commission are not considered in this report.
The sub-Committee's report on the conditions of the crops, live-stock, ma~hinery, etc., is hereto attached and made a part of this report and marked "Exhibit A."
We recommend that the Prison Commission in the future perform its duties as required by said Section 1200 of the Penal Code, as this is necessary for the well being of the inmates incarcerated at the State Farm.
This Committee finds that there are certain phases of the State Farm and Penitentiary which should be further investigated, and we recommend the appointment of a sub-Committee of at least seven, to be appointed by the Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee, to make a thorough investigation of the Penitentiary and Prison Farm, including all records in the office of the Prison Commission of Georgia

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and its subsidiary agencies, with power to compel witnesses to appear before it under oath.
A. J. PERRYMAN,
Chairman, Penitentiary Committee.

"EXHIBIT A."
To the Chairman of flu>. HmtsP and Senate
PenifPnfiary Commiffpes,

Mr. Speaker:
vVe, your Committee, appointed to inspect the
State Prison Farm on .July 23rd, beg to submit the following report:
This Committee .traYeled all over the Farm and f~?und it well cultivated, and the crops show that they have been well planned and worked. They are Yery much better than crops on adjoining farms, and in our opinion this is the best crop we have ever seen on this farm.
This farm is composed of 4200 acres, according to information furnished by the Chairman of the Prison Commission, 2000 of which is under fence, a large portion of this being used for spring and summer pasture, while some of the land under cultivation is used for pasture during the fall_ and winter. The crops on the farm are as follows: About 200 acres was in oats, 75 acres in wheat, and about 1500 acres in corn. Most of the land sowed in grain is planted in corn and forage crops. It is the opinion of the Committee that this farm will produce nearly 20,000 bushels of corn this year. The

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farm has been producing all of the foodstuffs used on the farm, and also produces corn meal for the prisoners. About 2750 gallons of syrup was made
on the farm last year, according to information
furnished by the Superintendent of the farm. They have three potato-curing houses on this farm, two at the men's camp and one at the women's camp. The potato crop this year is unusually good, and we commend the Prison Board for buildillg curing houses and producing so many potatoes. \Ye also find that they grow very large vegetable crops and produce enough vegetables for the entire farm.
There is about 300 acres of swamp land on the creeks that run through this farm, and if this land could be properly drained it would be worth more than four times as much as the same number of acres of hill sides. \Ve think this land should be drained in accordance with the Georgia drainage law passed in 1911.
\Ve find that there is practically no improved farm machinery used on the farm. \Ve presume, however, that this is due to the fact that the farm labor is unskilled. \Ve also find that all farm tools and ma-
chinery are exposed to the weather.
\Ve find that the State has a large number of live stock on this farm. At the men's camp they have 200 hogs, 50 milk cows, 70 dry cows, 42 calves and 1 bull. They have 20 mules, 19 mares, 24 colts, 4 horses and 1 jack. At the women's camp they have 150 hogs, 55 cows, 15 heifers, 16 calves and 1 bull. They have 25 mules, 3 mares and 1 colt. \Ve find that the cow barns have been badly damaged by a

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recent wind storm, the same being braced with pine poles.

\Ve commend the management of the farm for raising live stock, and especially m raising mules for use on the farm.

Respectfully submitted,

'Vn.LIAMS of \Valton, Chairman, BRA::\"CH,

BYRD of Crisp, 'VILLIAMS of Harris,

\YYXXE,
BRADDY, SH"VTTLESWOHTH,

ADAMS of Newton, TAYLOR, RICHARDS, RouNTREE,

Senators.

The following minorit~ report of ~aid Committee was read:

lllr. Speaker:
Mr. \Villiams of 'Valton has requested me as Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee to hand in the attached report as a Minority report of the Penitentiary Committee.
A.J. PERRYMAN,
Chairman, Penitentiary Committee.

J o-.:Rx AL o.F THE HousE,
We, your Committee on Penitentiary, beg leave to submit the following report:
On July 23rd, we made an inspection of the State Prison Farm. \Ve had a sub-Commit~ee to inspect the farm and live stock on the farm, and that report is hereby made a part of this report and is hereto attached.
We made a thorough examination of the condition of both the women's and men's camps. We found that the water supply is not just what it should be. The water is muddy and all the water used by both camps is being carried in buckets; the system water only being used to flush toilets and for watering stock and washing purposes. The sanitary condition of the women's camp is very good, the only criticism being the condition of the roof on the colored women's building, which should be repaired at once. We also found that the diet in the hospital wards was not what it should be for sick prisoners. The food otherwise was wholesome and sanitary.
The sanitary condition of the men's camp i& very good, with the exception of vermin being found in the white ward. This condition should not exist and attention has been called to the warden, and the guard held responsible for this condition, has been discharged and a change will be expected in this condition at once. The hospital for tubercular patients is being- well kept and we commend the Prison Commission for segregating the tubercular patients from other prisoners.

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The quarters for prisoners and the grounds surrounding are in a splendid condition, with the exceptions mentioned heretofore.
We deplore the fact that the Committee has allowed the Arnold \Vorley matter to have so much publicity. After hearing both sides of this matter, we are thoroughly convinced this man is not responsible for what he has done. He does not realize what is meant by preferring charges against the Prison Commission and other people.
We further think that owing to the prominence of the Abe Powers case, that it is nothing but right that this matter should be investigated, and we approve of the manner in which it hail been presented to us. And after hearing all the evidence furnished, we think this Powers' escape was a thing that could not, under the circumstances, be prevented. After the escape of Powers, we think the Warden and members of the Prison Commission did everything in their power to capture him, as they have done in every case brought to their attention.
\Ve commend the. Commission, the Warden and ];'arm Superintendent for being courteous to us by furnishing us with the information desired in the investigation and for their faithful performance of their duties.
By unanimous consent 300 copies of the above reports were ordered to be printed.

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 of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to reorganize Military forces of this Statt
A bill to amend charter of Omaha.
A bill to amend charter of Glenwood.
A bill to amend an Act regulating taking shad from waters.
A bill to re-constitute the Highway Department.
A bill to fix amount of fees for Sheriffs in ConntiPs of not less. than 31,784, or more than 31,786 population.
A bill to amend Act to create Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Butts County.
A bill to repeal an Act to establish City Court of Alma.

The following nwssage ~was receiYe(l from the Senatt:>, through Mr. McClatchey, the SecrPtary thereof:

ll!r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of Senate, to wit:
A bill to protect railway companies incident to stringing wires over railroad tracks.
A bill to provide for appointment of Administrators in certain cases.

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A bill to amend Section 82 of Code of Georgia, r~lative to return of elections.
A bill to amend an Act providing how returns of elections for State Treasurer, Comptroller General shall be made.

The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the S<>cretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide for fe<>s of Ordinary of Lanier County.
A bill to amend charter of Meigs.
A bill to allow Board of Commissioners of certain Counties to elect a Clerk.
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues to pay Mayor the ad valorem tax collected from property within corporate limits of Cit~' of Homeland.
A bill to amell(1 an Act to incorporate City of Blackshear.
A bill to amend the charter of Town of \Yillie.
A bill to amend charter of City of Monroe. .
A bill to amt>ncl an Act relating to charter of Enst Point.

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A bill to create a new charter for Eastman.
A bill to amend an Act relative to charter of Mt. Airy.
A bill to authorize Mayor of Valdosta to grade streets.
A bill to amend an Act establishing public school system of Town of Canon.
A bill to amend an Act creating charter of City of Cairo.
A bill to repeal Act creating local school system of Milltown.
A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Macon.
A bill to amend charter of Meigs.
A bill to repeal an Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jasper County.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jasper County.
A bill to establish the City Court of Ludowici.
A bill to amood the charter of Town of Ludowici.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate City of Folkston.
A bill to amend an Act to amend charter of Pine Park.
A bill to provide new form of government for Dalton.
A bill to amend charter of City of Jackson.

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A bill to amend the charter of City of vVaynesboro.
A bill to create a Board of Harbor Commissioners for City of Savannah.
A bill to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and ReYenues for Lee County.
A bill to fix compensation of .Jury Commissioners in certain Counties.
A bill to amend Act creating new charter of Elberton.
A bill to repeal an Act requiring Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Charlton County to pay Mayor of St. George certain ad valorem tax.
A bill to amend Act to create Municipal Court of Macon.
A bill to repeal an Act to establish system of public schools for Villa Rica.
A bill to repeal certain Acts relative to public school system of Town of Sylvester.
A bill to amend an Act to prescribe qualifications for voters in City of Conyers.
A bill to repeal present public school system for Temple, Ga.
A bill to amend an Act to create office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Dodge County.
A bill to amend an Act to abolish fee system in Superior Courts of Atlantic Judicial Circuit.

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A bill to amend the charter of City of Cordele.
A bill to amend charter of Douglas.
A bill to amend an Act relative to Town of Decatur.
A bill to abolish local system of schools for \Vadley.
A bill to amend an Act granting corporate power to Mayor and Council of Americus.
A bill to revise Acts incorporating Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah.
A bill to amend the charter of City of Wadley.
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the House, to wit:
A resolution to increase members of Boards of Commissioners of Carroll County.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of Senate, to wit:
A resolution requesting House to return House Bill No. 15 for correction.

The following communication from His Excellency, The Governor, was read:

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Hon. Cecil Neill, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Atlanta, Ga.

My Dear Mr. Speaker:

I beg to hand you herewith certified copy of the election returns for an additional Representative from the County of Jefferson, as transmitted to me by the Secretary of State.

Very respectfully,

w. THOS.

HARDWICK,

Governor.

To the Honorable 1'/ws. W. Hardu;ick,

Governor:

I have the honor to report a special election held in the County of Jefferson on the 30th day of July, 1921, for the election of an additional Representative from said County in the General Assembly of Georgia. Following is the result thereof:

Roy V. Harris ....................... 531 Votes.

J. B. Sinquefield .................... .471 Votes.

S. G. McLENDoN,

(Seal)

Secretary of State.

The Representative-elect, Mr. Roy V. Harris of Jefferson County, came forward to the bar of the House and was sworn in as member of the House of Representatives, the oath of office being admin-

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isteretl by the Honorable 0. H. P. Bloodworth, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time.

By 1\fr. Stovall of McDuffie-
Hause Resolution No. 34-264D. A resolution to appropriate $852,000 for the increase in the pension list, as provided by law.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
House Bill No. 356. A bill to authorize the County Commissioners in certain Counties to receive taxes quarterly, etc.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means.

By Mr. Perryman of Talbot-
House Bill No. 465. A bill to apvrovriate $1800 to the Department of Public Printing.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means.

By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinHouse Bill No. 475. A bill to amend an Act pro-

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viding for the election of Board of Commissioners for Bald-..vin County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Strickland of Brantley-
Honse Bill No. 480. A bill to correct certain mistakes in the Acts of the General Assembly relative tQ the County of Brantley.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Quincey of Coffee-
House Bill No. 532. A bill to create a County Depository in the County of Coffee.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Quincey of Coffee-
House Bill No. 533. A bill to repeal an Act creating a County Depository in and for the County of Coffee.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Hufstetler of Murray-
House Bill No. 536. A bill to abolish the Board of Supervisions and substitute Board of Commissioners in Murray County.

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By Mr. Wall of Putnam-
House Bill No. 538. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Putnam.

By Mr. Bradford of Whitfield-
House Resolution No. 80-538A. A resolution concerning the burial of the Confederate dead from Soldiers' Home in Atlanta, Georgia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Resolution No. 538B-81. A resolution to provide for a survey of lands of the State known as the Coloby Lands of Georgia State Sanitarium for the Insane.

By Mr. Cone of the 49th-
Senate Bill No. 27. A bill to amend an Act known as the Inheritance Tax Act.

By Mr. Pope of the 44th-
Senate Bill No. 112. A bill to amend an Act to abolish the Board of Commissioners of Walker County.
The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Blalock of WareA bill to amend an Act to amend an Act as

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amended creating a public school system for the City of Waycross.
The following Committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend as follows:
By adding to the caption thereof in the 15th line after the words ''failure to do so,'' the words ''and to provide the qualifications of the President or Chairman of the Board of Educati'on of the City of Waycross.''
By adding to said bill a new Section after Section 1 thereof, to be numbered Section 2, and renumbering the remaining Sections, said new Section to read as follows:
"Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that no person shall be eligible to succeed himself as President of the Board of Education of the City of Waycross, or as Chairman thereof. The term of the office of said Board shall not exceed one year, and at least one term shall intervene before a person who has served as President or Chairman shall again be eligible to hold said 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 the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

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By Mr. Lewis of Colquitt-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the rf'quisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Dixon of Jenkins-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Millen in the County of Jenkins.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Baldwin of Morgan-
A bill to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Madison.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 129, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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963

By Messrs. Fowler, Malone and -Winship of Bibb-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Macon, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Tyson of \Vorth and Lewis of Colquitt-
A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Warwick in \Vorth 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 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Monroe of wilcox-
A bill providing for the creating of a Bond Commission for the County of \Vilcox, 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 122, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Toombs.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majori~y was passed.

By Mr. Monroe of Wilcox-
A resolution seeking to relieve the bondsmen of M. \V. Hutchinson, Tax Collector, Wilcox 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 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
A bill to increase the fees of Coroners, Constables and Jurors, in Counties of 200,000 or more population.
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. Ridley of the 28th-
A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Hillsboro, in the County of Jasper, in this State.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Akin of the 4th-
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 129, 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. Ridley of the 28thA bill to creat<> a Board of Commissioners of

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Roads and Revenues for the County of Jasper, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Ridley of the 28th-
A bill to repeal an Act to create a Boar<l of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of ,Jasper.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By Mr. Taylor of the 46th-
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize Ordinary of Bacon County to collec! special tax from all persons subject to road duty under the general law of the State.
Referred to Committee on Counties aml County Matters.
The following resolution of the Senate was read:

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
A resolution providing for a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives to investigate the coll(lition of the State Treasury.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the resolution be tabled and the motion prevailed.
The following resolution of thC' Senate was rea<l and adopted :

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By Messrs. Johns of the 27th, Clay of the 39th and others-
A resoiution postponing action on the income tax measures before the General Assembly until the session of 1922, and for other purposes.
Under Rule 41 Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and ways ancl Means, called up House Bill No. 89, known as the General Appropriation Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author aml caption are as follows:

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to make appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the different departments and institutions of the State, and for other purposes~
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Arnold of Clay as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the \Yhole House arose, and through their Chairman reported progress and
begged leave to sit again.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Carswell of wilkinson-
A resolution. BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives that the bill reported by the Appropriations and \Vays and Means Committee be re-

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committed to the committee with instructions that all appropriations not fixed by la\v be reduced at least ten per cent.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Committee report the bill back to the House by three-thirty o'clock today.
Mr. Davis of Floyd moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at three o'clock.

3 :00 o'clock P. M.
The House of Representatives 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 communication from His Excellency, the Governor, was read:
H on. Cecil Neill, Speaker of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.
My Dear Mr. Speaker: I beg to hand you herewith certified copy of the
election returns for an additional Representative

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from the County of Colquitt, as transmitted to me by the Secretary of State.

Respectfully submitted,

,v. THOS.

HARDWICK,

Governor.

To the Honorable Thos. W. Hardwick,

Governor:

I have the honor to report to you a special election held in the County of Colquitt on the 1st day of August, 1921, for the election of an additional representative from said county in the General Assembly of Georgia. Following is the result thereof:

R. G. Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 votes.

W. M. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 voteR.

L. J. McPhaul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 vote.

Mrs. R. L. Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 vote.

W. A. Covington

1 vote.

S. G. McLENDON,

(Seal)

Secretary of State.

The representative-elect, Mr. R. G. Clark, of Colquitt County, came forward to the bar of the House and was sworn in as member of the House of Representatives, the oath of office being administered by the Honorable 0. H. P. Bloodworth, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia.

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The following bill of the House set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By Messrs. Sumner of Wheeler and Brown of Emanuel-
A bill to regulate the calling of the docket of criminal cases in the Superior and City Courts of this State, and for other purposes.

The following amendments were read and adopted:

By Mr. McClelland of DeKalb-
Amend by adding the following paragraph:" That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the cases in which the defendant desires to plead guilty.''

By Mr. Way of Liberty-
Amend by adding after Section 2 the following: "Provided further that the Judges may call and dispose of the jail cases in their order before calling the other cases on the docket.''
Mr. Pruett of Lumpkin 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 as amended.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 108, Nays 50.

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

Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and ways and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Conm1ittee on Appropriations and Ways and Means have had under consideration the substitute for House Bill No. 89 and acting under the instructions of the House have instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass as amended.
DuBosE, Chairman.

Under Rule 41 Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and
Means, called up House Bill No. 89, known as the
General Appropriation Bill, and the same was read the third time time, and the author and caption are as follows:
By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to make appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the different departments and institutions of the State, and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Arnold of Clay as the Chairman thereof.

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The Committee of the Whole House arose, and through their Chairman reported progress and begged leave to sit again.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blalock:

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

The following communication of His Excellency, the Governor, was read:

To the House of Representatives:
I regret to be forced to return herewith, without my approval, House Bill No. 332, which originated in the House of Representatives.
This bill, in brief, provides that the Clerk of the Superior Court of Lowndes County shall be exofficio clerk of the City Court of Valdosta, and that the salary of the Judge of the City Court of Valdosta shall be increased to $2,400 per annum.
Since the creation of the City Court of Valdosta, every judge of that Court has been permitted to appoint the clerk of court, and it seems to be unfair to deprive the recently appointed Judge of the -City Court of Valdosta of the power to appoint his clerk, when that power has been exercised, without any question or challenge, by every single one of his predecessors.

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The bill also carries an increase in the salary of $400 per annum for the Judge of the City Court. This of course increases the burdens of the taxpayers to that extent. Since the Judge of the City Court of Valdosta states that he does not desire the increase in salary, it seems to me that it is unwise to burden the taxpayers of Lowndes County with this increase.
For the above reasons, I am constrained to return the bill to the House of Representatives.
This, August 3, 1921.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS \V. HARDWICK,
Governor.

Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that when this House adjourn that it do stand adjourned until tonight at 8 :00 o'clock and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tonight at 8 :00 o'clock.

8:00 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.

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By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was introduced, read the first time and referred to Committee :

By Messrs. Adams and williams of "\Valton-
House Bill No. 542. A bill to amen<l an .Act mcorporating the Town of LogansYille.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
House Bill No. 506. A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of public schools for the City of Ocilla.

By Mr. Childs of the 12th-
Senate Bill Ko. 30. A bill to amend an Act to codify the School Laws of Georgia for the purpose of reviving the School La-ws, and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent the following Senate Amendments to House Bill No. 346 were read and concurred in:
1. Amend Section 14 by inserting between the words ''a Chief of Police'' and the words ''a City Attorney" the words "a Chief of the Fire Department.''

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2. Amend sub-section (b) of Section 21 by striking therefrom the words ''a Chief of the Fire Department.''
3. Amend sub-paragraph (c) of Section 21 by inserting between the words ''a Chief of Police'' and the words ''the City Attorney'' the words ''The Chief of the Fire Deparfment. ''
4. Further amend by adding an additional section to be known as Section 23-~\_ an<l to follow Section 23 and to precede Section 24, and to read as follows:
''The Fire Department shall be under the direct management of the Chief of the Fire Department, elected by the Commission and to hold office at the pleasure of the Commission. The compensation of the Chief of the Fire Department shall be fixed by the commissioner and the salaries of the other officers and employees of the Fire Department shall be fixed by the Chief of the Fire Department, subject to the approval of the Commission. All officers and employees of the Fire Department shall be elected and appointed by the Chief of the Fire Department and to serve at his pleasure. The Fire Department and the Chief shall at all times be subject to the supervision and control of the Commission and the Department shall be charged with the duty of preventing and fighting fires, the enforcement of laws and ordinances designed to prevent fires, and with such other duties as may be assigned to tpe Department by the Commission. All purchases for the Fire Department must be made by the City Manager and the Chief of the Fire Department and City

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Manager shall co-operate in their respective duties for the advancement of an efficient and economical administration, of the affairs of the city.
Under Rule 41 Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means, called up House Bill No. 89, known as the General Appropriation Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author and caption are as follows:

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to make appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the different departments and institutions of the State, and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the \Vhole House and th~ Speaker designated Mr. Arnold of Clay as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the \Vhole House arose, and through their Chairman reported progress and begged leave to sit again.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

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H~rR.::::SE..XTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. THURSDAY, August 4, 1921.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 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 Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Blackley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp

Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher

Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Harris Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard of Forsyth

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Howard of Screven Moore of Appling Stovall

Hufstetler

Moore of Fulton

Strickland

Hullender

Moye

Sumner of Johnson

Hunter

Mundy

Sumner of Wheeler

Hyman

Neal of Union

Swift

Jackson

Nichols

Swindle

Jones of Coweta Nottingham

Tatum

Jones of Thomas Owen

Thompson of Coweta

Johnson of Bartow Parks

Thompson of Dodge

Johnson of

Parrish

Tison of Worth

Chattahoochee Patten

Trippe

Johnson of Pickens Penland

Turner

Keith

Perkins

Tyson of Mcintosh

Kennedy

Perryman

Valentino

King

Peterson

Van Landingham

Kittrell

Phillips of Jasper Vocelie

Knight

Phillips of Telfair Walker

Langford of Hall Pickren

Wall

Lankford of Toombs Pilcher

Watkins

Lewis

Price

Way

Logan

Pruett

Webb

Luke

Quincey

West

McClelland

Ramsey

Weston

McClure

Reagan

Whitley

McDonald of

Reville

Whitaker

Mitchell Ricketson

of Lowndes

McDonald of

Riley

Whitaker

Richmond Robinson

of Rockdale

McGarity

Russell

Whitworth

Macintyre

Rutherford

Williams of Harris

McMichael

Salmon

Williams of Miller

Maddox

Shettlesworth

Williams of Walton

Malone

Sibley

Wimberly

Mann

Singletary

Winship

Manning

Smiley

Wood

Mason

Smith of Bryan

Woodard

Mayo

Smith of Carroll Worthy

Miles

Smith of Haralson Wyatt

Mixon

Smith of Meriwether Wynne

Monroe

Stone

Mr. Speaker

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

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By unanimous consent House Bill Ko. 499 was recommitted to the Committee on Ellucation for the purpose of disagreeing to the unfaYorable report of the committee.
On request of the author House Bill No. 324 was placed upon the calendar for tlw purpose of disagreeing to the unfayorable report of the committee.
On request of the author House Bill No. 437 was placed upon the calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the unfayorable report of the committee.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 207 was recommitted to the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining period of unanimous consents :
1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules of the House.
2. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading House and Senate Bills and Resolutions, fayorably reported, the second time.
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate Bills and uncontested general House and Senate Bill having a local application.
5. Reading Senate Bills and Resolutions the first time.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees:

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By Messrs. Adams and Williams of Walton-
House Bill No. 542. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Logansville in the Counties of Gwinnett and Walton.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By 2\Iessrs. Howard and Evans of ScrevenHouse Bill No. 543. A bill to amend an Act to
establish a City Court for the City of Sylvania.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. King and Harris of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 544. A bill to fix compensation of Commissioners of Jefferson County.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

By l\Ir. Davis of FloydHouse Bill No. 545. A bill to regulate foreclosure
of a bill of sale or retention to title, etc.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary Xo. 2.

By Mr. Logan of Banks-
House Bill No. 546. A bill to abolish the Act entitled ''Banks County Commutation Road Tax,'' etc.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Foy of Taylor-
House Resolution No. 86. A resolution providing for a joint committee to make a thorough investigation of all evidence upon which pamphlet entitled ''The Negro in Georgia'' is based and report same back to House.
Lie on table one day.

The following communication from His Excellency, the Governor, was read:

HoN:. CEciL NEILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.

1l'ly dear Mr. Speaker:
I beg to hand you herewith certified copy of the election returns for an additional Representative from the County of vValker, as transmitted to me by the Secretary of State.
Vcry respectfully,
THOS. ,Y. HARDWICK,
Governor.

To the Honorable Thos. lV. Hardwick, Got:ernor:
I have the honor to report to you a special election held in the County of Walker on the 1st day of August, 1921, for the election of an additional Representative from said county in the General Assembly of Georgia. Following is the result thereof:

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S. "\Y. Farris ................... 388 votes

Don Harris ................... 413 "

Chas. Robert Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . 746 "

S. G. McLExDox.

(Seal)

Secretary of State.

The Representative-elect, ::\Ir. Chas. R. Jones of "\Valker County, came forward to the bar of the House of Representatives and was sworn in as member of the House of Representatives, the oath of office being administered by the Honorable 0. H. P. Bloodworth, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia.
Mr. Hullender of Catoosa, Cl~airman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

J:Jr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed aml r-eady for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts awl Resolutions, to wit:
House Resolution No. 55. A resolution providing increase of number of members of Board of Commissioners of Carroll County.
House Bill No. 180. An Act that Board of Commissioners of certain counties may elect clerks, etc.
House Bill No. 242. An Act to amend an Act creating the Municipal Court of Macon.

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House Bill No. 243. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Macon.
House Bill No. 275. An Act to create a Board of Harbor Commissioners for the Citr and Port of Savannah.
House Bill No. 296. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for Elberton.
House Bill No. 317. An Act to prohibit aliens, etc., from storing explosives.
House Bill No. 320. An Act to amend an Act creating the City of Blackshear.
House Bill No. 323. An Act to amend charter of the City of Waynesboro.
House Bill No. 345. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of -Willie.
House Bill No. 352. An Act to amend an Act establishing public school system for the Town of Canon.
House Bill No._362. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Monroe.
House Bill No. 366. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Meigs.
House Bill No. 367. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Meigs.
House Bill No. 379. An Act to amend an Act further empmvering the officials of Americus.
House Bill No. 385. Au Act to fix the compensation of jury commissioners of certain counties.

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House Bill X o. 413. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the officers of Savannah.
House Bilr No. 417. An Act to amend an Act creating charter for the City of Cairo.
House Bill No. 422. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Jackson.
House Bill Ko. 428. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Ludowici.
House Bill Ko. 429. An Act to establish the City Court of Ludowici.
House Bill Ko. 432. An Act to amend the eharter of the City of Douglas.
House Bill No. 434. An Act to further empower the .Mayor, etc., of Valdosta.
House Bill No. 441. An Act to repeal an Act relative to public school system of the Town of Sylvester.
House Bill No. 442. An Act to repeal an Act creating the independent school system of ~Iilltown.
House Bill K o. 443. An Act to define the compensation of Ordinary of Lanier County.
House Bill No. 458. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee.
House Bill No. 459. An Act to repeal an Act relative to Board of Commissioners of Charlton County.
House Bill No. 461. An Act to repeal an Act relative to the Board of Commissioners of Charlton County.

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House Bill No. 462. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Pine Park.
House Bill No. 463. An Act to relate to the government of the City of Dalton.
House Bill No. 464. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Cordele.
House Bill No. 469. An Act to amend thP charter of the City of East Point.
House Bill No. 476. An Act to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for the County of Jasper.
House Bill No. 4i7. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners for Jasper County.
House Bill No. 481. An Act to amend an Act abolishing fee system in Atlantic Judicial Circuit.
House Bill No. 485. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Folkston.
House Bill No. 487. An Act creating a new char-ter for the City of Eastman.
House Bill No. 489. An Act abolishing the local school system of wadley.
House Bill No. 490. An Act to amend the charter of the City of wadley.
House Bill No. 491. An Act to amend Act creating a Commissioner for Dodge County.
House Bill No. 502. An Act to repeal an Act establishing public schools for the City of Villa Rica.

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House Bill Ko. 503. An Act to repeal an Act creating public school system for the Town of Temple.
House Bill ~o. 479. An Act to amend the charter of the Cit~, of ~It. Airy.
House Bill Xo. 400. An Act to anwnd an Act to prescribe the qualifications of the> votc>rs of the> City of Con~'ers.
House Bill No. 336. An Aet to amend an Aet relating to the> Town of Deeatur.
House Bill Ko. 456. An Act to amend the eharter of the City of Columbus.
House Bill Ko. 190-C. An Aet to authorize the Gonrnor from time to time to set apart the rental
. of the> "\Yestern & Atlantic Railroad. Respc>etfully submitted,
HuLLENDER of Catoosa, Chairman.

~[r. Mo~e of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and Count~ ~ratters, submitted the following rc>port:

Jfr. 8pPakrr:
Your Committee on Counties and County Mattc>rs 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. 460. House Bill No. 542. House Bill No. 540.
Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman.

:\[r. :\lcDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Spl'cial .Judiciary, submittl'd the following report:

ftf1. Speaker:

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 back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:

House Bill No. 402.

House Bill Ko. 496.

House Bill No. 519.

Senate Bill Ko. 93.

McDoNALD, Chairman.

Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and ways and ~II:'ans, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means have had under consideration the following bill of the House 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:

House Bill No. 360.

DuBosE, Chairman.

1\fr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report :

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on }lunicipal 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 same do pass:
House Bills X os. 523, 534.
That House Bills X os. 505 and 504 do pass as amended.
Respectfully,
SMITH OF MERIWETHER, Chairman.

:\[r. Guess of DeKalb Count~-, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary Xo. 1 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 as amended.
GuEss oF DEKALB, Chairman.

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:J[r. Tatum of Dade County, Chairman of the Committee Oil Railroads, stibmitted the following report:

.1/r. SpPaker:
Your ( 'ommittee 011 Railroads have had under cou:-;ideration the following bills and resolutioBs of the Senate aud House aBel have instructed me as chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill N"o. 100.
House Bill Xo. 70 do pass by substitute.
House Resolutiou Xo. 63 do pass.
TATUl\I, Chairman.

The followin~ nwssage was received from the Senate, through :Mr. ~IcClatchcy, the Secretary thereof:

Jlr. Speaker:
'fhe Senate has passed by the requisite constitutiomtl majorit~ the following bill of the House to wit:
A bill to fH"event storiug of dyuamite in Georgia hy aliens, non-resident persons, corporations, etc.

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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JouRNAL 01!' THE HousE,

A bill to amend Sections 469 and 470 of Code relative to referendum to the counties affected.
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to wit:
A resolution condemning Pittsburg plus system on steel rates.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passel! b~ the requisite constitutioi}al majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide bail for appearance of persons charged with misdemeanors.
A bill to authorize Governor to set apart rental of the \V. & A. Railroad.
The President has appointed as a committee on part of the Senate to act under Senate Hesolution No. 30 the following Senators, to wit:
~Ir. Hutchens of the 38th.
~Ir. Golucke of the 19th.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: ThJ Senate has passed as amended by the requisite

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constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to regulate purchase and usc of explosives.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. .:\IcClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speake1: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu-
tional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to regulate operation of motor vehicles upon roads of State.
A bill to repeal an Act establishing public school system of Ocilla.
A bill to amend Section 2825 of Code relative to reviver of corporations, charters, etc.
A bill to amend an Act to regulate practice of professional nursing.
A bill to permit Mutual Fire Insurance Companies to issuP g-uarm1tc>e fund cc>rtificatc>s.
The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time :
By Mr. Hunter of ChathamHouse Bill No. 70. A bill to authorize common
carriers to dispose of unclaimed baggage in certain cases.

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By ~Ir. l\faclntyre of Thomas-
House Bill No. 360. A bill to require all persons, firms, etc., to label seeds for sale.

By l\Ir. whitaker of Rockdale-
House Bill No. 402. A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Rockdale Superior Court.

By ~lessrs. Boatwright and Brown of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 496. A bill to change the terms of the City Court of Swainsboro.

By ~Iessrs. Beck and Smith of Carroll-
House Bill No. 534. A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act incorporatil}.g the Town of Temple
By Messrs. Adams and Williams of walton-
House Bill No. 542. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Logansville, in Walton and Gwinnett Counties.
By ~lr. Brantley of Pierce-
House Resolution No. 63. 441-a. A resolution authorizing the Congress to amend the Transportation Act and regulate traffic among the different States.
By Messrs. Brown of Emanuel and .:\Iiles of Candler-
House Resolution No. 84. 539-c. A resolution authorizing the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Candler County to contract for completion of courthouse.

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By Mr. Manson of the 35thSenate Bill No. 93. A bill to provide for the hold-
ing of two additional terms of Clayton Superior Court.
By Mr. Snow of the 7th-
Senate Bill No. 110. A bill to amend Section 414 of the Code of 1910, relative to running freight trains on Sunday.
By ~[r. Parks of Terrell-
House Bill No. 540. A bill to amend an Act and amendatory Acts, creating a Board of Commissioners for Terrell County.
The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

B~ -:\Iessrs. ~Ioore, Bentley and Holloway of Fulton-
A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta relative to extending the city limits of same.

The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend House Bill No. 504 by striking Section 3 and substituting the following for said Section 3 of said bill:
Section 3. The provisions of this Act shall not go into effect, however, unless three-fifths of the voting qualified voters of the Town of Kirkwood vote for an-

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nexation of the territory above described, at an election to be held on the 28th day of September, 1921, at the usual places for voting, or as near thereto as voting places can be secured and to be held under the regular election managers, as now provided by the ordinances of the Town of Kirkwood or, if they fail to hold this election, then any three citizens, who are property owners of the Town of Kirkwood, shall hold the election in place of the regular election managers, or, if part of the said managers appear, and the others do not appear at said places to hold said election, then their places may be supplied from citizens of Kirkwood 'vho are property owners. The polls shall open at 6:00 o'clock A. M. and close at 6 :00 o'clock P.M.

Those in favor of annexing said territory to the City of Atlanta shall have written or printed on their ballots the words :
"For Annexation."
Those opposed to such annexation shall have written or printed on their ballots the words:
''Against Annexation.''
If three-fifths of the qualified voters of the Town of Kirkwood, voting in said election, shall vote for annexation, then the provisions of this Act shall become effective and be of force on January 1, 1922. But if more than two-fifths of the qualified voters of the Town of Kirkwood, voting in said election, shall vote against annexation, then the provisions of this Act shall cease and thereafter be of no effect.

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The managers of said election shall report same to the Mayor and Council of the Town of Kirkwood at Council Chamber at 12 :00 o'clock noon, following the date herein fixed for said election. If the Mayor and Coundl of the Town of Kirkwood are present at said time, then the result of said vote shall be declared, but if all or any part of the Mayor and Council are absent, then the said managers shall proceed to declare the result of this vote and same shall thereupon become final, and the provisions of said Act shall be of force, as above provided.
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 183, Xays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino of Chatham-
A bill to authorize and empower County Commissioners in all counties having a certain population to adopt rules and regulations permitting taxpayers to pay county taxes quarterly or semi-annually, 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 205, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constit~ tional majority was passed,

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By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
A bill to require and authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Charlton County to pay the Mayor and Council of the City of F,olkston certain taxes collected in said city.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes we1:e 163, Nays 0.
The bill l)aving received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By _jlr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to amend an Act providing for the election of Board of County Commissioners by the people of Baldwin County.
The re-port of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 1!):~, Xays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By }lr. Strickland of Brantley_:_
A bill to correct certain mistakes and inaccuracies appearing in the Act providing for the creation of the County of Brantley.
The report of the committee, which was favorabl0 to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 187, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ).fessrs. Guess and .McClelland of DeKalb-
A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Kirkwood.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 173, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
A bill to repeal an Act establishing a public school system in the City of Ocilla, 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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By ~Ir. Horne of Dodge-
A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Eastman relative to filling certain vacancies in offices of said City Court.

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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 163, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite eonstitutional majority was passed.

By ~[r. Henderson of "\Vhite-
A bill to repeal an Act to ineorporate the Town of Robertstown.
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 153, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Quincey of Coffee-
A bill ereating a county depository m and for Coffee County, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 143, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Quincey of CoffeeA hill to repeal an Act ereating a county deposi-

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tory in and for Coffee County, apprond August 19, 1916.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the A~'es were 12~, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite eonstihltional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hufstetler of ~Iurrny-
A bill to abolish the Board of Supervisors of Murray County, and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes w<>re 13~, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By 1fr. "\Yall of Putnam-
A bill to repeal an Act amending an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and R~venues for the County of Putnam, 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 113, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By .Mr. Akin of the 4th-
A bill to amend an Act to consolidate and amend an Act to regulate public instruction in Glynn County.
The report of the committee, which was fayornhl<> to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the ~\yes w<>re 104, Nays 0.
The hill haYing received the requisit<> ronstitutional majority was passed.

B~, ~Ir. Pope of the 44th-
A bill to amend an Act to establish the Board of Roads and ReYenues for the County of "\Yalker.
The following amendment of the Honse was read and adopted:
Amend Section 1 by adding thereto thP following: "Except said Board may, in its discretion, allow reasonable compensation for work clone or time serwd h~' said section overseers over and above time required of tlwin as being subjert to road dut~' ''
The report of the committee, \Yhich was f<wornhl<' to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the A~,es were 110, Xays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

The following bills of the Senate wer<> read the first time and referred to committees:

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By "Jir. Snow of the 7th-
A bill to protect railroad companies and their employees from danger incident to stringing of wires by wire companies over railroad tracks.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By l\Ir. Hutchens of the 38th-
A bill to amend an Act to reorganize the military forces of the State.
Referred to Committee on "Jiilitary Affairs.

By l\Ir. Childs of the 12thA bill to amend the charter of the Town of Omaha. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By l\Ir. Colson of the 15th-
A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Glenwood.
Referred to Committee'on Municipal Government.
By ~fr. Akii1 of the 4th-
A bill to amend an Act regulating the taking of shad from the waters of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Messrs. Clay of the 39th, and David of the 43rd-
A bill to organize and reconstitute the State Highway Department, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

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By ,\Ir. Fleming of the 8th-
A bill to fix sheriffs' fees in counties of certain population.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County ?\Iatters.

By Mr. Golucke of the 19th-
A bill to amend Section 82 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to election returns.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By ~Ir. Golucke of the 19th-
A bill to amend au Act providing how returns of elections for State Treasurer, Comptroller General, etc., shall be made.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By 1Ir. Thomas of the 3rd-
A bill to provide for appointment of administrators under certain circumstances.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Mills of the 26th-
A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Butts.
Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.

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By Mr. Taylor of the 46th-
A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Alma.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. l.
The following bill of the House, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By ~Ir. ],owler of Bibb-
A bill to submit to the voters of .Jfacon the question of proposed change of present form of government to that of ~Ianager form of government.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend bill creating a new charter for the City of l\Iacon by striking Section 77 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
],or the year 1922 all legal advertisements of the City of Macon, including all sales of property under execution in favor of said city, shall be advertised in the ~lacon Daily Telegraph, which shall be deemed the medium for legal advertisements for the City of :Macon for that period; and for the year 1923, they shall be advertised in the Macon News, and it shall likewise be considered the advertising medium, and each year thereafter the medium for legal advertisements for said city shall be held to alternate between the Macon News and the Macon Daily Telegraph; provided, that in no event shall the rates charged for advertising ever exceed the rate allowed publishers

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for sheriff's advertisements under the laws of this State; and provided, further, that all sales of property under execution shall be made and conducted in the same way and manner as sheriff's sales under execution in the County of Bibb.
The report of the committee, which was fan>rablt to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 118, Nays 17.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.
Under Rule 41 ~fr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and ways and :Means, called up House Bill No. 89, known as the General Appropriation Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author and caption are as follows:

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to make appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the different departments and institutions of the State, and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the whole House and the Speaker designated ~[r. Arnold of Clay as the Chairman thereof.

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The -Committee of the whole House arose, and through their Chairman reported progress and begged leaw to sit again.
The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted :

By Mr. -:\[c:\[irhael of 1\Iarion-

A RESOLUTION.
Whereas, Sergeant Bernard S. Greene, a son of a member of the House, Honorable \Ym. J. Greene of the County of Jones, heard his country's call, went across the seas and gave his life fighting at thr front "that the world might be made safe for democracy," and
\Vhereas, the body of the gallant young officer is no"\V en route to be interred in the burial grounds of his boyhood home at Gray, J onrs County, on next Sunday at 2:00 o'clock P. :M.
Therefore be it resolved, that the sympathy of this House be extendrd to our fellow member, Hon. \Ym. J. Greene and his family, and that he be excused from attendance upon this House for the remainder of the week.

By Mrssrs. Hatrher and Xeill of Muscogrr-

A RESOLUTION.
\Yhcreas, the Honorable R. 0. Perkins, a member of the House of Representativrs from ~Iuscogee County, has asked leave to attend the burial and funeral of his mother, in thr State of ~[issouri.

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Now therefore be it resolved by the House, that the deep sympathy of this body be extended to our honorable colleague and the members of his family.
Be it further resolved, that the leave of absence asked by our honorable colleague be granted, and that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Hon. R. 0. Perkins, member of the Lower House from .:\fuscogee County, as lasting evidence of the sympathy of the House in this his hour of lwrravement.
Mr. Hamilton of Floyd moved that the Housr do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :00 o'clock.

3:00 o'clock P. i\L
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.
Under Rule 41 :Mr. DuBose of Clarke, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means, called up House Bill No. 89, known as the General Appropriation Bill, and the same was read the third time, and the author and caption are as follQWS:
By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke, and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to makr appropriation for the orrlinary ex-

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penses of the different departments and institutions of the State, and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Arnold of Clay 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 clo pass as amended.
Mr. Beckham of Dougherty, moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.
FRIDAY, August 5th, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 o'clock; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous cons<>nt the call of the roll \vas dispensed with.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The following bills of the House, were introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committees:
By Mr. McMichael of MarionHouse Bill No. 547. A bill to provide for the col-
lection of an occupation tax upon dealers in fancy c1gars.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations ancl Ways and Means.
By Mr. Brown of EmanuelHouse Bill No. 548. A bill to repeal an Act to in-
corporate the Town of Norristown in Emanuel County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
The following communication from His Excellency, the Governor, was read:

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HoN. CECIL NEILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.

My Dear Mr. Speaker:
I beg to hand you herewith certified -copy of the election returns for an additional Representative from the County of DeKalb, as transmitted to me by the Secretary of State.
Very respectfully,
THOS. w. HARDW1CK,
Governor.

l'o the Honorable 1'hos. W. Hardwick:

Governor.

I have the honor to report to you a special election held in the County of DeKalb on the 3rd day of August, 1921, for the election of an additional representative from said county in the General Assembly of Georgia. Following is the result thereof:

Bond Almand .................... 221 Yotes.

Paul L. Lindsey .................. 563 votes.



L. J. Steele ........................ 628 votes.

Ed. L. Sutton ..................... 118 votes.

S. G. McLENDoN,

(Seal)

Secretary of State.

The Representative-elect, Mr. L.J. Steele, of DeKalb County, came forward to the bar of the House

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and was sworn in as member of the House of Representatives, the oath of office being administered by the Honorable \V. F. Jenkins of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia.

Mr. Vocelle of Camden County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bill of the 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. 118.

VocELLE, Chairman.
Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass :
House Bill No. 546.
PICKREN, Chairman.

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Mr. Davis of Floyd County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, has submitted the following report:

M1. Speaker: Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 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 as follows:
Senate Bill No. 35 do pass as amended. Senate Bill No. 16 do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 370 do pass. House Bill No. 515 do pass.
House Bill No. 545 do pass.
J. C. DAvis, Chairman.

Mr. Vanlandingham of Seminole County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate No. 63 and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
VANLANDINGHAM, Chairmnn.

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Mr. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report :

Mt. Speaker: Your Committee on Counties and County Matters
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:
Senate Bill No. 153. Senate Bill No. 156.
House Bill No. 544. Senate Bill No. 142, do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman.

Mr. Boyette of Stewart County, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions 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 not pass:
House Bill No. 517. House Bill No. 281.
Respectfully submitted,
BoYETTE, Chairman.

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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 resolutions of the House, to wit:
A resolution restablishing Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley as a penswner.
A resolution to ret,>ulate fishing between Georgia and Florida.

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 and Senate, to wit:
A bill to regulate signing of criminal bonds by professional bondsmen.
A bill to amend an Act to establish City Court in "\Vashington, Ga.
A bill to establish City Court of Barnesville.
A bill to fix time of holding Atkinson Superior Courts.
A bill to repeal Act to establish City Court of Ashburn.

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A bill to make an appropriation for furnishing free text books.
A bill to promote intelligent marketing of agncultural products.

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 Se:nate, to wit:
A bill to amend Act creating the Securities Commission.
A bill to amend an Act to create City Court of Gray.

The following- messag-e 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:
A bill to provide three terms a year of Superior Court of Wheeler County.
A bill to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Long County.

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A bill to amend an Act to hold four terms of Superior Court of Madison County.
A bill to amend 4995 of Code to allow Judges of Superior Courts to appoint Secretaries in lieu of bailiffs in certain counties.
A bill to amend charter of City of Atlanta to extend limits.
A bill to empower Planning Commission to supervise subdivisions in certain counties.

The following bills of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time:

By Messrs. Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 370. A bill to amend Section 2825 of the Code of 1910, relative to the revivers of corporations.

By Mr. -Whitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 515. A bill to amend Section 3287 of the Code of 1910, relative to foreclosure of chattel mortgages.

By Messrs. King and Harris of Jefferson -
House Bill No. 544. A bill to fix the compensation of the Board of Commissioners of Jefferson County.

By Mr. Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 545. A bill to regulate the foreclosure of a bill of sale, etc.

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By Mr. Logan of Banks-
House Bill No. 546. A bill to abolish the Banks County Commutation Road Tax.

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
Senate Bill No. 16. A bill to create the office of State Auditor, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Fleming of the lOth and Bond of the 30th-
Senate Bill No. 35. A bill to regulate licensing of hotels, restaurants, etc.

By Messrs. "\Vall of the 5th, and David of the 43rd-
Senate Bill No. 63. A bill to amentl an Act regulating banking in the State of Georgia.

By Mr. Aiken of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 118. A bill to amend an Act regulating taking shad from the waters of the State.

By Mr. r_raylor of the 46th-
Senate Bill No. 153. A bill to rPpcal an Act relating to the collection of taxes in Bacon County.

By Mr. Mills of the 26th-
Senate Bill No. 156. A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Butts County.
The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

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By Messrs. Miles of Candler and Brown of Emanuel-
A resolution to authorize the Board of Commissioners of Hoads and Hevenues of Candler County to contract for the completion of a courthouse for said county, and for other purposes.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted :
Amend by striking the caption and inserting th~ following as the caption to the resolution:
A resolution to authorize the Board of Commis'sioners of Hoads and Reyenues for the County of Candler to receive from the King Lumber Company a building erected by it for a courthouse unaer a contract with said county of Candler for the erection of said courthouse, and to come to a full and complete settlement with the King Lumber Company for work done and money expended by it upon sai1l courthouse, and to settle in full with said King Lumber Company for the purchase price of said courthouse, and to relieve the Board of County Commissioners of said County of Candler who entered int,) a contract with the said King Lumber Company for the erection of said courthouse, and which contract was subsequently declared illegal, from all liability for money paid to King Lumber Company in tlw execution of said contract before the same was declared illegal, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution as amended, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. vVhitakl>r of Rockdale-
A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Rockdale, 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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the re(]uisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Boatwright and Brown of Emanuel-
A bill to change the terms of the City Court of Swainsboro, 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 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered Immediately transmitted to the Senate.

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By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
A bill to amend an Act providing for the working of the public roads, etc., for the County of Toombs, 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 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Parks of Terrell-
A bill to amend an- Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Terrell County.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Adams and Williams of -walton-
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Logansville.
The report 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.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
A bill to provide for the holding of two additional terms of the Superior Court of Clayton County, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to tht> passage of tht> bill, was agret>d to.
On the passage of tht> bill the Ayes were 139, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was withdrawn from the Committee, read the second time and recommitted:

By Messrs. Smith and Beck of Carroll-
A bill to amend an Act fixing rate of taxation for public school purposes in Carroll County.

The following report of the Committee on Rules was read:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules having had under consideration the matter of suspending the Rule of the House allowing Chairmen of Committees twenty minutes for discussion, instruct me, as its ViceChairman, to report back to the House the following resolution with recommendation that same do pass:

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.A. Resolution. ResolYed, that on all measures on today's calendar, except House Bill No. 89, known as the General Appropriations Bill, the rule allowing Chairmen of Committees twenty minutes for discussion, be suspended, and that the debate shall be closed when the main question is ordered.
~IuxnY, Vice Chairman.

The report of the Committee was agreed to and the resolution contained therein was adopted.
The following Senate amendment to House Bill No. 389 was read and concurred in:
Amend by striking Section 2 and numbering remaining sections accordingly.

The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to Committees:
'V By ~Ir. eaver of the 11th-
A resolution condemning Pittsburg plus system of rates on steel.
Referred to Committee on Manufactures.

By .Mr. Sheffield of the 9th-
A bill to amend Sections 469 and 470 of the Code of 1910, relative to referendum to the counties affected.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

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By .:\Iessrs. Bellah, Cone and Pope of the 42nd, 49th and 44th-
A bill to regulate the operation of motor vehicles upon the public streets and highways of this State, and for other purposes.
Referred. to the Committee on General Judiciary Xo. 2.

By Mr. Wohlwender of the 24th-
A bill to permit mutual fire insurance companies, organized under the laws of the State of Georgia, to issue and sell surplus fund or guarantee fund certificates, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Akin of the 4th-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the practice of professional nursing in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. "\Vohlwender of the 24th-
A bill to ameud Section 2825 of Code of 1910, relative to the reviver of corporations.
Referred to the Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By :Mr. .,Williams of the 45th-
A bill to repeal an Act establishing a public school system in the City of Ocilla, and for other purposes.

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Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters.
Mr. ~fundy of Polk, moved that individual speeches during the remainder of the day be limited to :five minutes, and the motion prevailed.
The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to authorize the Governor to issue bonds of the State for the purpose of retiring that portion of the public debt falling due January 1st, 1922, and for other purposes.

The following substitute was read and adopted:

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to authorize the Governor of the State to issue bonds of the State to the amount of $174,000.00 and negotiate such bonds for the purpose of raising money with which to pay off that portion of the public debt which falls due January 1, 1922, and to give the Governor any necessary authority in connection therewith, and for other purposes connected therewith.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to issue negotiable bonds of the State in an amount not to exceed

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the sum .of one hundred seventy-four thousand dollars, ($174,000.00) par value, or so much thereof as may be necessary when added to the funds now in the Treasury from the sale of public property of the State will make a total of two hundred seven thousand dollars, ($207,000.00)and to negotiate such bonds for the purpose of raising money to pay off that portion of the principal of the public debt falling due January 1, 1922, amounting to two hundred seven thousand dollars, ($207,000.00). Said bonds are to be issued and negotiated at such times and in such amounts not exceeding in the aggregate, the sum of one hundred seventy-four thousand dollars, ($174,000.00) as the Governor may, in his discretion, see proper, and in order to meet the wants of the State.
The G-overnor may make such temporary binding agreement to deliver such bonds as may be necessary, and the bonds, signed by the Governor exercising the functions of that office, whether prior to or after the first day of January, 1922, shall be binding and of full force and effect, and such binding force shall equally belong to the other officers required to sign such bonds, who may be in office at the time the Governor signs such bonds. Said bonds are each to be of such varyirig denominations as the Governor may see proper to fix, and shall bear in-
terest at the rate not exceeding 5Y2 % per annum,
the interest payable semi-annually, the principal of such bonds to mature July 1, 1945. The yearly installments to be either varying or uniform amounts, as the Governor may direct, and shall be payable, both principal and interest, at the office of the Treasury of the State, in the City of Atlanta,

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Ga., and also in the State of New York, at such place as the Governor may elect. Said bonds shall be signed by the Governor and Secretary of State, and countersigned by the Treasurer of said State, and on its behalf. To each of said bonds shall be attached coupons for the interest, and upon each shall be engraved, printed, or lithographed, the signature of the Treasurer of the State for it and on its behalf. Each coupon may be redeemed at the Treasury or place designated for payment, without being accompanied by the bonds to which they belong. The bonds shall not be sold or disposed of for less than their par value.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, that in order to facilitate the sale and negotiation of such bonds, the Governor, exercising his discretion as to terms and conditions, may give notice by publication in such place or places, and for such length of time as he may see proper, of his intentions to issue said bonds, and he may invite bids for the same, and the lowest rate of interest at which the bidder will take such bonds, or any portion thereof, provided nothing herein provided shall be held or construed to limit the Governor to this method of sale and negotiation, but he "may reject any and all bids made in response to such published notice, and in his discretion may proceed to readvertise as often as he sees fit, and may proceed to dispose of such bonds or such portion as he deems advisable by private negotiation, if in his judgement, the best interest of the State shall demand such a course.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, that if said bonds be sold at a premium, the entire amount of

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such premiums shall be added to and become a part of the sinking fund, devoted to, and to be used solely and exclusively in payment and reduction of the principal of the public debt of the State, or such premium may be applied and used to lessen the amount of bonds sold, in the discretion of the Govrrnor.
Section 4. Be it further enactecl, That the Governor is hereby authorized to issue upon such terms and under such regulations as he may from time to time prescribe, not inconsistent with existing laws, registered bonds, in lieu of and in exchange for any bonds authorized to be issued in pursuance of the provisions of this Act. Such registered bonds shall be similar in all respects, to the bonds authorized to be issued by the provisions of this Act, except they shall not be coupon bonds, and the principal and interest shall be payable only at the Treasury of the State. Said registered bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five and one-half per centum per annum, payable semi-annually. Said bonds shall be transferable on the books of the Treasurer of the State, in person or by power of attorney, the form of which shall be as follows:
For value received .......... assign to ........... . the within registered bonds of the State of Georgia, number ........ of the denomination of$........ . and .......... hereby authorize the transfer thereof on the books of the Treasurer of the State of Georgia. Dated ............ State of .......... . Countv of ............ Signature of assignor, town of ............. Personally appeared before me the above named assignor. Known or proved to be the

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.............. payer of the within bond and signed the above transfer and acknowedged the same to be his free act or deed. witness my hand and official signature and seal this . . . . . . . . day of .... 19 .... . Said power of attorney shall be executed in the presence of any judge of a Court of Record in this State, a justice of the peace or notary public, when the power of attorney is executed in this State, and if executed out of the State, then in the presence of any Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Georgia, resident in the State of the assignor, or ordinary or judge of the Probate Court, or like officer of the county of the residence of the assignor.
Be it further enacted, that there be endorsed on each of the bonds issued in pursuance of this Act, the following extracts from the Constitution of this State, viz:
''The proceeds of the sale of the \Vestern and Atlantic Railroad held by the State and any other property owned by the State, whenever the General Assembly may authorize the sale of the whole or any part thereof, shall be applied to the payment of the bonded debt of the State, and shall not be used for any other purpose whatever, so long as the State has any existing bonded debt. The General Asembly shall. raise by taxation each year, in addition to the sum required to pay the public expenses and interest on the public debt, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which shall be held as a sinking fund to pay off and retire the bonds of the State which have not yet matured and shall be applied to no other purpose whatever.''

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Be it further enacted, that all bonds, whether coupon or registered bonds, issued under the provisions of this Act, shall be exempt from all taxation by or under the authority of this State, or any municipal, county or authority whatsoever.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, that all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 108, ~ays 5.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette, moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.

By ~Ir. wimberly of Laurens-
A bill to amend Section 4855 of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to the appointment of judges in certain cases, and for other purposes.
.Mr. Bowden of "\Vare, moved that the bill be tabled, and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Brantley of Pierce-
A bill to create the Georgia Children's Code Commission, and for other purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 9.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Bowden of ware, moved that the bill be immediately tranmitted to the Senate, and the motion preYailed.

By Mr. McDonald of Richmond-
A bill to amend an Act to make it a misdemeanor to obtain food, lodging, or other accommodations at any hotel with inte.nt to defraud the keeper of same.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was lost.

By Messrs. DuBose of Clarke and Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to make appropriation for the ordinary expenses of the different departments and institutions of the State, and for other purposes.
~lr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson, moved the previous question.
On this motion Mr. Lankford of Toombs called for the Ayes and Nays, and the call was sustained.
The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Arnold

Griffith

Perryman

Atkinson

Greene

Phillips of Jasper

Baldwin

Grovenstein

Pickren

Beck

Guess

Ramsey

Beckham

Gunnels

Reagan

Bentley

Haddock

Reville

Bleckley

Hatcher of Burke Riley

Bloodworth

Hatcher of Muscogee Russell

Boatwright

Harris

Rutherford

Boswell

Hawkins

Sibley

Bowen

Herring

Singletary

Brantley

Hines of Decatur Smiley

Brown of Emanuel Hines of Sumter Smith of Haralson

Brown of Hancock Holland

Smith of Meriwether

Bush

Holloway

Stone

Camp

Howard of Screvep. Stovall

Carswell

Jones of Thomas Strickland

Childs

Johnson of

Sumner of Wheeler

Clark of Webster

ChattahoocheE> Swindle

Clifton

Johnson of Pickens Thompson of Coweta

Collier

Keith

Turner

Collins

King

Tyson of Mcintosh

Culpepper

Langford of Hall Valentino

Daniel of Heard

Lewis

Van Landingham

Daniel of Troup

:\fcClelland

Walker

Davis of Oglethorpe .\1cClure

Wall

DeFoor

McGarity

Watkins

DeLaPerriere

;\lac Intyre

Way

Dixon

McMichael

West

Dobbs

Maddox

Weston

DuBose

Mann

Whitley

Dudley

Manning

Whitworth

Duncan of Hall

Mason

Williams of Harris

Ennis

Mayo

Williams of Miller

Evans

Miles

Williams of Walton

Fowler

Monroe

Wimberly

Franks

Moye

Winship

Gann

Neal of Union

Woodard

Grant

Nichols

Worthy

Gresham

Parrish

Wynne

Griffin

Penland

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Those Yoting in the negatiYe were Messrs.:

Adams of Walton Anderson Blalock Bobo Bowden Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Carr Coates Corbitt Cowart Davis of Floyd Dickerson Duncan of Dawson Ficklen Fletcher Foy Hamilton Henderson

Hodges

P.arks

Horne

Patten

Houston

Peterson

Howard of Forsyth Phillips of Telfair

Hullender

Pilcher

Hyman

Price

Jackson

Quincey

Jones of Walker

Ricketson

Johnson of Bartow Salmon

Knight

Shettlesworth

Lankford of Toombs Smith of Bryan

Logan

Smith of Carroll

Luke

Sumner of Johnson

McDonald of

Swift

Mitchell Tatum

McDonald of

Thompson of Dodge

Richmond Trippe

Malone

Vocelle

Moore of Appling Webb

Moore of Fulton

Whitaker

Mundy

of Rockdale

Nottingham

Wood

Owen

Those not Yoting were Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Bird of Taliaferro Brannen Clark of ColquiH Dykes Folsom Houser Hufstetler

Hunter Jones of Coweta Kennedy Kittrell Mixon Perkins Pruett Robinson

Steele Tison. of Worth Whitaker
of Lowndes Wyatt }lr. Speaker

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

On the motion for the previous question the Ayes were 121, Nays 64, the motion preYailC'd and the main questioned was ordered.

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The following Committee substitute was read:

A BILL
To be entitled An Act to make, for the fiscal years 1922 and 1923, and annually thereafter, until otherwise provided, appropriations fixed by previous laws, for the ordinary expenses of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Departments of the State Government, for the payment of public debt and the interest thereon, the support and maintenance of the public institutions and educational interests of the State.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the sums of money hereinafter set out, or so much thereof as may be needed be, and the same are hereby appropriated for the fiscal ~rears 1922 and 1923 and annually. thereafter, until otherwise provided, and for the objects and purposes stated.

DIVISION A.
Executive Department. Section 1. Governor's office. Sub-section 1. Items. (a) For the salary of the Governor, $7,500.00. (b) For the salaries of the secretaries and clerks in the Governor's office, $10,000.00. (c) For the salary of a messenger for the Executive Department, as provided by law, $950.00.

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(d) For a contingent fund, to be expentled by the Governor, according to law, $25,000.00.
(Provided that from the above sum the expenses of the Governor, incurred in the transaction of business, for the State, shall be paid on itemized statements signed by him; and such expenses shall include the actual traveling expenses of any clerical help the Governor may, in his discretion, deem necessary.)
(e) For a reward fund, to be expended by the Governor, according to law, $3,000.00.
"The Governor shall require of the Superintend-. ent, (or the treasurer or official having charge of the finances of any institution or department) a monthly statement of all expenses, itemized and sworn to, before issuing any warrant.''
Section 2. Office of Secretary of State.
Sub-section 1. Items.
(a) For the salary of the Secretary of State,
$2,000.00.
(b) For the salary of a clerk to the Secretary of State, $1,000.00.
Section 3. Office of Comptroller-General and Insurance Commissioner.
Sub-section 1. Items.
(a) For the salary of the Comptroller-General, $2,000.00.
(b) For the salary of a chief clerk to the Comp troller-General, $1,800.00.

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(c) For the salary of an insurance clerk in the office of the Comptroller-General, $2,400.00.
(Provided, that $1,200.00 of the above appropriation shall be paid from the insurance fees, as provided by law.)
(d) For the salary of a clerk in the Wild Land Department, $1,000.00.
(e) For the salary of a public service corporation tax clerk, $600.00.
(f) For the salary of Insurance Commissioner,
~'3,000.00.
(g) For the salary <1f a Deputy Insurance Commissioner, $3,000.00.
(h) For the salary of an insurance clerk in the office of the Insurance Commissioner, $2,000.00.
Section 4. Office of the State Treasurer and State
Bank Examiner. Sub-section. 1. Items.
(a) For the salary of the State Treasurer, $4,800.00.
(b) For the salary of Assistant Treasurer, $3,600.00.
(c) For clerical expenses, $6,000.00.
Section 5. Office of the Attorney-General.
Sub-section 1. Items.
(a) For the salary of the Attorney-General, $5,000.00.

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(b) For the salary of an Assistant to the Attorney-General, $2,500.00.

(c) For the salary of a stenographer to the Attorney-General, $1,500.00.

Section 6. Educational Department and Educational Institutions.

Sub-section 1. Educational Department. . Items.

(a) For the salary of the State Superintendent

of Schools, $2,000.00.



(b) For the salary of a clerk in the State Department of Education, $1,200.00.

(c) For the support and maintenance of the common or public schools of the State, $4,250,000.00 for 1922, $4,500,000.00 for 1923 and 50% of all revenue received by the State from all sources of income or taxation.

(Provided, that this appropriation shall be composed of special funds and taxes as provided by' the Constitution of this State, and shall be kept and expended under the provisions governing same.)

(d) For the use of the State Board of Vocational Education to meet the requirements of the Act of Congress, approved August 23rd, 1917, $39,000.00.

Sub-section 2. Educational Institutions. Items. (a) For the support and maintenance o'f the University of Georgia, $85,000.00.

(b) For the payment of the actual expenses of the Board of Trustees of the University of .Georgia incurred in the discharge of their duties as Trustees,

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and the per diem of said Board as provided by law, such sum as may be needed.

(c) For the maintenence of the University Summer School, $6,000.00.
(d) For the support and maintenance of the Georgia School of Technology, $112,500.00.

(e) For the support and maintenance of the State College of Agriculture, $80,000.00.

(f) For the State College of Agriculture, $100,000.00 for 1922 and $100,000.00 for 1923.

(Provided that this appropriation shall be used to meet the requirements of what is known as the Smith-Lever Bill, and shall become available July 1st, 1921 and 1922.)

(g) For the suport and maintenance of the Bowden State Normal and Industrial College, $15,000.00.

(h) For the State College of Agriculture, $35,000.00.

(Provided that the above appropriation shall be used for extension work in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture.)

(i) For the State College of Agriculture, $2,-

250.00.

.

(Provided that the above apropriation shall be used for holding field meetings and farmers institutes.)

(j) For the support and maintenance of twelve District Agricultural schools, $180,000.00.

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(Provided that the above sum shall be equally apportioned among the said schools, each school receiving $15,000.00.)
(k) For the support and maintenence of the North Georgia Agricultural College, $27,000.00.
(1) For the support and maintenance of the State Medical College, $35,000.00.
For teaching hygiene and public health, $14,500.00.
(m) For the support and maintenance of the State Normal School, $63,000.00.
(n) For the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, $90,000.00.
(Provided that this sum, $90,000.00, shall be used for maintenance, including a summer term, and $12,500.00 for carrying on extension work.)
(o) For the suport and maintenance of the South Georgia Normal College, $31,500.00.
(p) For the support and maintenance of the Georgia, Industrial and Normal School for colored youths, $10,000.00.
(q) For the maintenance of the Georgia Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School for colort>d teachers, $15,000.00.
(r) For the maintenance of Summer school for colored te~chers, $2,500.00.
(Provided that all appropriations in Sub-Section 2 are made to the University Trustees and requisition shall be made through that Board.) (Provided

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also, that the educational institutions named in SubSection 2 are hereby authorized to charge reasonable tuition fees should same be necessary for support of such institutions).
Sub-Section 3. Educational and Eleemosynary institutions. Items.
(a) For the support and maintenance of the Academy for the Blind, $36,000.00.
(b) F.or the support and maintenance of the School for the Deaf, $70,000.00.
Sub-Section 4. Educational and Corrective institutions. Items.
(a) For the suport and maintenance and repairs of the Georgia Training School for Girls, $31,500.00.
(b) For the support and maintenance of the Georgia Training School for Boys, $27,000.00.
Section 7. Department of Commerce and Labor.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salary of the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, $3,600.00.
(b) For the salary of the Assistant Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, $1,800.00.
(c) For the salary of the clerk and stenographer to the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, $1,500.00.
(d) For the salary of the Factory Inspector, $1,200.00.

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(e) For the contingent fund of the Department of Commerce and Labor, $1,800.00.
Section 8. Department of Agriculture.
Sub-Section 1. Office of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Items.
(a) For the salary of the Commisioner of Agriculture, $5,000.00.
(h) For the salary of a clerk to the Commissioner of Agriculture, $2,500.00.
(c) For the maintenance of the Department of Agriculture, $15,000.00.
The further sum of $3,000.00 to carry out Paragraph 11, Section 2068, Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910.
Sub-Section 2. Bureau of Markets. Items.
(a) For the salary of the Director of the Bureau of Markets, $3,000.00.
(b) For the purpose of carrying on the work of the Bureau of Markets, $35,000.00.
Sub-Section 3. Chemist. Items.
(a) For the salary of a chemist for the Department of Agriculture, $3,000.00.
(b) For the maintenance of the office and laboratory of the chemist, including two assistant chemists at $1,000.00 each, $15,500.00.
For execution of the provisions of Pure Food and Drug Act of August 21, 1906, $10,000.00.
Sub-Section 4. State Veterinarian. Items.

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(a) For the salary of the State Veterinarian, $2,500.00.
(Provided, that in addition to the above salary, the actual traveling expense of the State Veterinarian shall be paid when same are incurred in the service of the State, statement of said expenses to be audited by the Commissioner of Agriculture.)
(b) For the work of the State Veterinarian, $40,000.00.
(Provided that the above appropriation shall be expended as follows, itemized statement of expenditures being furnished the General Assembly by the Commissioner of Agriculture.)
(1) For the protection of live stock from contagious and infectious disease, $5,000.00.
(2) For exterminating the cattle tick and developing the live stock industry, $25,000.00.
(3) For combatting outbreaks of hog cholera and distributing serum in carrying on this work, subject to the statutory requirements of 1919, $10,000.00.
Sub-Section 5. Oil In~pector. Items.
(a) For the salary of the Chief Oil Inspector, $3,000.00.
(Provided, that in addition to the above salary, the actual traveling expenses of said inspector shall be paid as provided by law.)
(b) For the salary of a clerk to the Chief Oil Inspector, $2,100.00.

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Sub-Section 6. Department of Horticulture and Pomology and Board of Entomology. Items.
(a) For the salary of the State Entomologist, $3,000.00.
(b) For the maintenance of the Department of Horticulture and Pomology and the Board of En~ tomology, $60,000.00.
Sub-Section 7. Experiment Station. Items.
(a) For the payment of the actual expenses of the Directors and repairs of the Georgia Experiment Station, $8,000.00.
(b) For the maintenance of the Coastal Plains Experiment Station, $22,500.00.
Section 9. Geological Department.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the maintenance of the State Geological Survey, $15,000.00.
(Provided, that the above appropriation shall be spent under the direction of the State Geological Board, as provided by law.)
Section 10. Railroad Commission.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salary of the Chairman of the Railroad Commission, $5,000.00.
(b) For the salaries of the remaining Commissioners, $14,400.00.
(Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in four equal salaries of $3,600.00 each.)

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(c) For the employment of one or more rate experts, $4,000.00.
(d.) For the salary of a. special attorney for the Commission, $2,500.00.
(e) For the salary of a secretary to the Com~nis sion, $3,000.00.
(f) For the salary of a stenographer to the Commission, $1,200.00.
(g) For a contingent fund for the Railroad Commission, $3,000.00.
(h) For a printing fund for the Railroad Commission, $2,000.00.
Section 11. Tax Commission.
Sub-Section l. Items.
(a) For the salary of the State Tax Conunissioner, $4,000.00.
(b) For the salary of a clerk to the State Tax Commissioner, $1,500.00.
(c) For the salary of a stenographer to the State Tax Commissioner, $1,000.00.
Section 12. Prison Commision.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salaries of members of the Prison Commission, $10,500.00.
(Provided, that this sum shall be equally apportioned in three salaries of $3,500.00 each.)
(b) For the salary of a secretary to the Prison
Commission, $2,500.00.

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(c) For tlw maintenance of the State Prison Farm, $85,000.00.

(1) For the maintenance fund of the Prison Commission, $22,500.00.

Section 13. Board of Public welfare.

Rub-Section 1. Items.

(a) For the support an(l maint<'nance of the Board of Public \Velfar<', $15,000.00 for 1922 and $15,000.00 for 1923.

Section 14. Pension Commission.

Sub-Section 1. Items.

(a) For the salary of the Pension Commissioner, $4,000.00.

(b) For the hire of clerical help in the office of the Pension Commissioner, $3,900.00.

(c) For the payment of pensions which shall be-

come due for each of the ~ears 1922 and 1923, $1,-

250,000.00.

.

(Provided, that should any fees be due any ordinaries for pension work, such fees shall be paid from the abow appropriation. After paying all claims for said ~ear, if there should be a surplus, the same shall be transferred by the Treasurer to the General Fund on January 1st.)

(d) For continuing the work of the Roster Commission, $5,000.00.

Section 15. Public Printing.

Sub-Section 1. Items.

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(a) For a general printing fund to be expended by the Governor according to law, $40,000.00.
(b) For the salary of the Superintendent of Public Printing, $3,000.00.
Section 16. Department of Archives and History.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the maintenance of the Department of Archives and History, $6,000.00.
(Provided, that the above appropriation shall be expended at the direction of the State Historical Commission, as provided by law.)
Section 17. State Library Commission.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the support and maintenance of the State Library Commission, $6,000.00.
Section 18. State Library.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salary of the State Librarian, $1,800.00.
(b) For the salary of an assistant to the State Librarian, $1,500.00.
(c) For the salary of an assistant to the State Librarian, $1,000.00.
(d) For the purchase of books and suplies and for the incidental expenses of the State Library and Supreme Court, to be spent solely at the direction of the Supreme Court, $4,000.00.

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(e) For the purchase. of books and supplies for the Court of Appeals, $1,000.00.
(f) For the maintenance of the Legislature Reference Department, to be expended as provided by law, $1,600.00.
(g) For the purchase of books for the office of the Attorney-General, $250.00.
(h) For printing new volumes of the Supreme Court and Court of Apeals reports, $10,000.00.
Section 19. Military Department.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the maintenance of the Military Department, $25,000.00.
Section 20. State Board of Health.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the maintenance of the State Board of Health, $67,500.00.
(b) For the support and maintenance of the State Sanitarium for Tuberculosis Patients, $40,000.00.
(Provided, that the above appropriation shall be expended under the direction of the State Board of Health.)
(c) For work in connection with venerial diseases, $10,000.00.
Section 21. State Eleemosynary Institutions.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the support and maintenance of the State Sanitarium, $800,000.00.

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(Provided, that from this appropriation shall be paid all the expenses of the Sanitarium, including a salary of $2,500.00 for a resident physician and the . salaries of the Trustees and their expenses as provided by law.)
(b) For the support and maintenance of the Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia, $40,000.00.
Section 22. Public Buildings and Grounds.
Sub-Section l. Items.
(a) For the upkeep fund of the Public Buildings and Grounds, $45,000.00.
(Provided, that from this fund shall be paid the salary of $2,500.00 due the keeper of public buildings and grounds, the expense of the ordinary repairs of public buildings, of coal, wood, lights, heat and furniture for the Executive Mansion and the various government departments of the State; and the hire of engineers, guards, watchmen, servants and other necessary labor at the Mansion and such porters for the various departments of the State government as the Governor may authorize; and all general expenses incident to the proper uphep of the public buildings and grounds, and to hire such other labor as may be necessary and also the salary of the operator for the elevator at the State Capitol, which salary shall not exceed $950.00.)
Section 23. Public Debt.
Sub-SI:'ction 1. Items.
(a) For the payment of obligations caused by the maturing of State bonds, $100,000.00.

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(b) To pay interest on the recognized valid debt of the State, for 1922, $226,030.00.
For 1923, $217,872.50.
(c) For the payment of interest on what is known as the Land Script fund, $6,314.14:.
(d) For the payment of the annual interest on the debt due by the State to the University of Georgia, $8,000.00.
DIVISION B.
Judicial Department.
Section 1. Supreme Court.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court, $42,000.00.
(Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $7,000.00 each.)
(b) For the salaries of the Supreme Court reporters, $4,000.00.
(Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in two equal salaries of $2,000.00 each.)
(c) For the salaries of Supreme Court stenographers, $18,000.00.
(Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $3,000.00 each.)
(d) For the salary of the Sheriff of the Supreme Court, $2,400.00.
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:ficient to cover the difference between the costs received and the minimum salaries allowed by law.
(f) All fees due to Clerk of Supreme Court in pauper cases, upon proper showing to the Governor.
(g) For a contingent fund for the Supreme Court, $3,000.00.
Section 2. Court of Appeals.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salaries of the Judges of the Court of Appeals, $42,000.00.
(Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $7,000.00 each.)
(b) For the salaries of the Court of Appeals reporters, $4,000.00.
(Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in two equal salaries of $2,000.00 each.)
(c) For the salaries of the Court of Appeals stenographers, $18,000.00.
(Proviued, that the above sum shall be apportioned in six equal salaries of $3,000.00 each.)
(d) For the salary of the Sheriff of the Court of Appeals, $2,400.00.
(e) For the compensation of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, an amount sufficient to cover the difference between the costs received and the minimum salary allowed by law).
(f) All fees due to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals in pauper cases, upon proper showing to the Governor.

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(g) For a contingent fund for the Court of Appeals, $3,000.00.
Section 3. Superior Courts.
Sub-Section 1. Items.
(a) For the salaries of the Judges of theSuperior Courts, $175,000.00.
(Provided, that the above sum shall be apportioned in thirty-five equal salaries of $5,000.00 each.)
(b) For the salaries of the Solicitors General, $7,750.00.
(Provided, that the above sum shall be appor tioned in thirty-one equal salaries of $250.00 each.)
(c) For the payment of fees due Solicitors General in criminal cases before the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals and Solicitors in criminal cases before the Court of Appeals, such amounts as may be due them under the terms of the fee bill.)

DIVISION C. Legislative Department. Section 1. Senate. Sub-Section 1. Officers and Members. Items. (a) For the compensation of the President of the Senate, per diem, $10.00. (b) For the compensation of the members of the Senate, per diem, $7.00.

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(Provided, that in addition to the above sums, the President and mf'mbers of the Senate shall receive mileage at the rate of 10 cents per mile.)

Sub-Section 2. Employees.

Items.

(a) For the compensation of the Secretary of the

Senate, per diem, $60.00.



(Provided, that from the above appropriation shall be paid all the clerical expenses of the Senaie.)

(b) For the compensation of the Messenger of the Senate, per diem, $7.00.

(c) For the compensation of the Doorkeeper of the Senate, per diem, $7.00.

(Provided the Messenger and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall receive the same mileage as members of the Senate.)

Section 2. House of Representatives.

Sub-Section l. Officers and members.

Items.

.

(a) For the compensation of the Speaker of the

House of Representatives, per diem, $10.00.

(b) For the compensation of the members of the House of Representatives, per diem, $7.00.

(Provided, that in adtlition to the above sums, the Speaker and the mt>mbers of the House of Representatives shall receiYt> mileage at the rate of 10 cents per mile.)

Sub-Section 2. Employees.

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Items.

(a) For the compensation of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, per diem, $70.00.

(Provided, that from the above sum shall be paid all the clerical expenses of the House of Representatives.)

(b) For the compensation of the Messenger of the House of RepresPntatins, pPr diem, $7.00.

(c) For the compensation of the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, per diem, $7.00.

(Provided, that the Messenger and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives shall receive the same mileage as the members of the House of Representatives.)

(d) For incidental expenses of the House of Representatives for each session, 1922, 1923, $125.00.

(e) For incidental expenses of the Senate for each session, 1922, 1923, $100.00.

(f) For indexing Journals of the House, $125.00.

(f-1) For indexing Journals of the Senate,

$125.00.

.

(g) For the expenses of the Legislative Committee while visiting the various institutions and properties of the State during the session, and for expenses and per diem of ad interim committees when authorized by the chairman of such committee, to make visits, the sum of $7,500.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary to be paid on itemized statements submitted and approved.

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(h) For new furniture and replacement in the House and Senate chambers to be paid on approval of the Secretary of State, each the sum of $350.00, to be immediately available.
(i) For compensation of Doorkeeper, Assistant Messenger and other attaches of the House and of the Senate, not otherwise provided for, such sums as may be authorized by resolution of either branch of the General Assembly for the sessions 1922, 1923, to be immediately available.
Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the respective amounts appropriated by this Act for the salaries of the various State House officers and clerical expenses of the various departments, shall be held and considered in full payment thereof, and such amounts shall not be increased directly or indirectly by the payment 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, and should extra service or assistance become necessary to said officers in said departments, the same shall be paid out of the amounts respectively appropriated 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 persons, as a salary or otherwise, unless the same is authorized by law, audited by the Comptroller-General, and the money duly appropriated therefor.

FRIDAY, AcGusT 5, 19:21.

1055

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 Committee amendments to the substitute were read and adopted:
~\.mend by inserting as part of Section 1, SubSection 1, Item (b) of Division A, the following:
l<~or the purpose of paying insurance on the State property, the same to be expended by the Governor, $100,000.00. This appropriation applies only to the year 1922.
.Amend by striking Section 6, Sub-Section 2, Item (b) of Division A.
~-\.mew1 Section 6, Sub-Section 1, Item (c) of Division A, by striking all of said item down to the word "taxation" in the third line of the printed bill and by substituting the following: ''For the support and maintenance of the common or public schools of the State, four million two hundred fifty thousand dollars, ($4,250,000.00) for each of the years 1922 and 1923, and should the revenue of the State excee<1 the sum of eight million five hundred thousand dollars ($8,500,000.00) then one-half of the excess of each year to be applied to said col1llllon or public schools."
Amend Section 6, Sub-Section 1, Item (cl) of Division A, by adding the following: ''The sum of $21,353.29 for each of the :fiscal years 1922 and 1923 for the use of the State Board for Vocational Education to meet the requirements of the ~ct of Con-

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gress, approved June, 1920, for the vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons under authority of an Act of the Legislature approved August 16, 1920."
Amend Section 6, Sub-Section 2, Item (e) of Division A, as follows: "Provided that not more than $5,000.00 of all monies appropriated to the State College of Agriculture shall be used in payment of the salary of the President thereof, and provided further, that in the event the said President shall receive any salary or fees from funds appropriated by the Federal Government, then only said monies shall be used from the State appropriation as will, added to the Federal fund, total $5,000.00~''
Ameml Section 8, Sub-Section 2, Item (b) of Division A, as follows, by adding to said item the following: ''Provided, that this amount shall not be paid to the Bureau of Markets in the event the sum of $100,000.00 is received by said Bureau of Markets from the fertilizer inspection fees.''
Amend Section 13, Sub-Section 1 of Division A RS follows: "By inserting after the word 'welfare' the figures '$15,000.00' for each of the years 1922 and 1923. '' Amend further by adding the following: ''For the support and maintenance of the Board of Public Welfare for balance of year 1921, the sum $8,000.00. ''
Amend Section 14, Sub-Section 1, Item (c) of Division A by adding at the end thereof the following: ''The same to be paid to that class of pensioners drawing a pension prior to the Acts of 1919, and the amounts to be paid to be the same as paid prior to all Acts of the year 1919."

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1057

On the aboYe amendment, Mr. Bowden of Ware called for the Ayes and Nays, and the call was sustained.

The roll call was orclerecl and the Yote was as follows:

Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Walton Arnold Atkinson Beck Beckham Bentley Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowen Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bush Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Webster Coates Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Hall Ennis

Evans

Mann

Ficklen

:\Ia yo

Fletcher

:Vlonroe

Folsom

:\Ioore of Appling

Franks

:\Ioore of Fulton

Gann

:\Ioye

Griffith

Nichols

Grovenstein

Nottingham

Haddock

Parrish

Hamilton

Penland

Harris

Perryman

Hatcher of Burke Quincey

Hatcher of Muscogee Ramsey

Hawkins

Reagan

Hines of Decatur Reville

Hines of Sumter Rutherford

Hodges

Sibley

Holloway

Smiley

Horne

Smith of Carroll

Houser

Stovall

Howard of Screven Sumner of Wheeler

Hyman

Thompson of Coweta

Jones of Coweta Turner

Jones of Thomas Tyson of Mcintosh

Keith

Valentino

Kennedy

Van Landingham

King

Wall

McClelland

Watkins

McClure

Way

McDonald of

West

Mitchell Weston

McGarity

Whitley

Macintyre

Whitworth

McMichael

Worthy

Maddox

Wynne

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Anderson Baldwin Bird of Taliaferro B<>wden Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Clark of Colquitt Clifton Collier Collins Corbitt Dickerson Duncan of Dawson Foy Grant Griffin Gunnels Henderson Herring Holland Houston Howard of Forsyth Hufstetler

Hullender

Price

Jackson

Pruett

Jones of Walker Ricketson

Johnson of Bartow Salmon

Johnson of

Shettlesworth

Chattahoochee Singletary

Johnson of Pickens Smith of Bryan

Knight

Stone

Langford of Hall Strickland

Lankford of Toombs Sumner of Johnson

Lewis

Swift

Logan

Swindle

Luke

Tatum

Malone

Thompson of Dodge

Manning

Trippe

Mason

Vocelle

Miles

Walker

Mundy

Webb

Neal of Union

Whitaker

Owen

of Rockdale

Parks

Williams of Harris

Patten

Williams of Miller

Peterson

Wimberly

Phillips of Jasper Wood

Phillips of Telfair Woodard

Pickren

Pilcher

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Cowart Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe Dykes Fowler Gresham Greene Guess Huntel'

Kittrell

Smith of Meriwether

McDonald of

Steele

Richmond Tison of Worth

Mixon

Whitaker

Perkins

of Lowndes

Riley

Williams of Walton

Robinson

Winship

Russell

Wyatt

Smith of Haralson Mr. Speaker

On the adoption of the amendment, the Ayes were 104, Nays 77.

FRIDAY, AuausT 5, 1921.

1059

Amend Section 14, Sub-Section 1, Item (d) of Division A by inserting "$3,600.00."
Amend Section 14, Sub-Section 1, Item (b) of Division A by adding a new item to be known as Item (b b), to read as follows, to wit:
"(b b) For the salary of the clerk-bookeeper of the Pension office, from July the 19th, 1920 to January 1st, 1922, the sum of $870.00, to become available immediately.''
Amend Section 15, Sub-section 1, Item (a) of Division A as follows: Provided that all departments of the State Government and all State Institutions which are require_d by law to submit reports to the Governor or the General Assembly or which may be called upon to submit reports by the Governor or the General Assembly, shall, prior to the printing of such report, submit the same to the Governor together with the statement of the number of copies of such report deemed necessary by such department and a statement of the expense of printing such report and shall secure the approval of the Governor, as to number of copies to be printed and the expense thereof. No such reports shall be printed without the approval of the ~overnor.
Amend Section 19, Item (a) of Division A by adding the follo\ving proviso, to wit: "Provided, that the above sum shall be expended as follows: $25,000.00 for the sole use of the various military organizations to be devided among the several organizations in quarterly payments to be used by said organization to pay armory rent, clerk hire and other necessary expenses and to the commanding officers

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on warrants drawn on the State Treasury, and to be approved by the Governor.

'' $10,000.00 for the use of the Military Department to pay the salaries of the Adjutant General and' such other clerical help as is deemed necessary by the Governor, and for riot duty and incidental expenses of the said Military Department. J:i,or the QuartermastPr 's Department, for the upkeep of State Arsenal, printing, stationery and freight.''

Amend Section 20, Sub-Section 1, Item (a) of Division A by striking the figures '' $67,500.00'' and inserting in lieu thereof, the figures '' $81,431.00. ''

Amend Section 20, Sub-Section 1, Item (b) of Division A by striking the figures "$40,000.00" and insert in lieu thereof '' $50,000.00. ''

Amend Section 22, Sub-section 1, Item (a) of Division A by substituting the figures "$35,000" for the figures '' $45,000'' in said item.

Amend the caption by striking the words ''and annually thereafter, until otherwise provided'' whenever same appear.

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute as amended, was agreed to.

The bill involving an apropriation, the roll call was ordered, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin

Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock

Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell

FRIDAY, AuausT 5, 1921.

1061

Bowden Bowen Boyett Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Collier Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Ennis Evans Ficklen Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Griffith Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke

Hatcher of Muscogee Perryman

Hawkins

Phillips of Jasper

Hines of Decatur Pickren

Hines of Sumter Pilcher

Hodges

Price

Holland

Pruett

Holloway

Quincey

Houser

Ramsey

Houston

Reagan

Howard of Screven Reville

Hyman

Russell

.Jackson

Rutherford

Jones of Coweta Salmon

Jones of Thomas Sibley

Jones of Walker

Singletary

Keith

Smith of Carroll

Kennedy

Smith of Meriwether

King

Steele

Kittrell

Stone

Langford of Hall Stovall

Lewis

Strickland

Logan

Sumner of Johnson

McClelland

Sumner of Wheeler

McClure

Tatum

McDonald of

Thompson of Coweta

Mitchell Trippe

:\lcDonald of

Turner

Richmond Tyson of Mcintosh

McGarity

Valentino

Macintyre

Van Landingham

Maddox

Vocelle

:Mann

Wall

Mason

Watkins

:\Ia y o

Way

l\files

Webb

Monroe

West

Moore of Appling Weston

Moye

Whitaker

Mundy

of Lowndes

Neal of Union

Whitworth

Nichols

Williams of Walton

Nottingham

Woodarci

Parks

w.orthy

Parrish

Wynne

Patten

Penland

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Braddy Bradford Brownlee Clifton Collins Grant Gresham Griffin Henderson Herring Horne Howard of Forsyth Johnson of Bartow

Johnson of

Smiley

Chattahoochee Swift

Johnson of Pickens Swindle

Knight

Thompson of Dodge

Lankford of Toombs Walker

Luke

Whitaker

Malone

of Rockdale

Manning

Williams of Harris

Owen

Williams of Miller

Peterson

Wimberly

Phillips of Telfair Wood

Ricketson

Shettlesworth

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Carswell Coates Cowart Davis of Floyd Dykes Fletcher Greene

Hufstetler Hullender Hunter McMichael Mixon Moore of Fulton Perkins Riley

Robinson Smith of Bryan Smith of Haralson Tison of Worth Whitley Winship Wyatt Mr. Speaker

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 148, Nays 35.

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

Mr. DuBose of Clarke moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate, and the motion prevailed.

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
A bill to car;ry into effect an amendment to the Constitution relative to additional judge for the Stone Mountain District.

FRIDAY, AuGUST 5, 1921.

1063

Mr. McDonald of Richmond moved that the House do now adjourn, the motion prevailed, and the bill went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Riley of Sumter:.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :00 o'clock.

3:00 o'clock P. M.
The House of Representatives 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 resolution of the House was read and adopted :
By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis-
A resolution authorizing the Committee on Academy of the Blind to visit said institution during vacation, and for other purposes.
The following report of the Committee on Western and Atlantic Railroad was read:
1l:lr. Speaker: Your Committee on \Vestern and Atlantic Rail-
road beg leave to submit herewith our report: The \Vestern and Atlantic Railroad is a standard,
single-track, main line road connecting Atlanta, Georgia, with Chatanooga, Tenn., being 136.8 miles

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in length, of which 121.3 are in Georgia, and 15.5 in Tennessee. It has no branch lines; it runs in a northwesterly direction through Fulton, Cobb, Bartow, Gordon, whitfield and Catoosa Counties in Georgia, and through Hamilton County in Tennessee.
Taken in its entirety,. it may be with some qualification said that the vVestern and Atlantic is a most c>xcellent railroad, and is maintained up to a high standard. HoweYer, most of the depots, section houses and other buildings are in need of repair, and the depots are inadequate to the demands of traffic; all the bridges are in good condition, but with heayy traffic they seem in some cases rather light.
The sidetracks are the best lot of switches we have eYer examined; the road-bed is for the most part in excellent shape; we find in some cases, new ties are needed. The waterways and culverts, taken as a whole, are in remarkable good condition.
The chief value of the road is in Atlanta and Chattanooga Terminals, these being located in the actual business center of each city.
'Ve recommend that passenger depots be erected at the following towns along the road, namely; Marietta, Cartersville, Calhoun and Dalton, and that rain sheds be built at other points along the road.
The Committee respectfully calls your attention to the net cash rental, and as a part of the consideration of the lease the lessee stipulates in the contract that it will expend during the term of the lease in betterments and additions to the property leased,

FRIDAY, Auav-sT 5, 1921.

1065

property chargeable to capital account under the Interstate Commerce Commission's accounting rules, and exclusive of ordinary repairs and maintenance to keep the property in first-class condition, so as to adequately and efficiently discharge its duties as a common carrier of passengers and freight, not less than the average annual sum of $60,000.00.
"\Ve recommend that a committee of ten be appointed by the Speaker of the House to call upon the Railroad Commission with the request that this part of the lease contract be complied with.
"\Ve wish to extend to Captain Baldwin our thanks and appreciation for his kind consideration of the Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
HARPER HAMILTOX, Chairman.
\V. W. Bmn, Vice-Chairman.

~[r. Ficklen of \Yilkes County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance 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 that the same do pass:
Senate Bill N"o. 129.
Respectfull~,
BoYcE FICKLEX, SR., Chairman.

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Mr. Smith of Bryan County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:

111 r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation 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. 143. Do pass.
SMITH oF BRYAN, Chairman.
Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means, submitted the following report:

Jlr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations and Ways
and Means 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 recommendations as follows:
House Bill No. 293. Do pass. House Bill No. 204. Do pass. House Bill No. 233. Dp pass. House Resolution No. 82. Do pass. House Bill No. 203. Do pass. House Bill No. 183. Do pass.
Respectfully,
DuBosE, Chairman.

FRIDAY, AuausT 5, 1921.

1067

~Ir. DuBose of Clarke. County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

J.llr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations and 1Nays
and .:\leans 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 recommendations as follo,vs:
House Bill No. 377. Do pass. House Bill No. 359. Do pass.
House Bill No. 249. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 368. Do pass. House Bill No. 421. Do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 179. Do pass. House Bill No. 259. Do pas as amended.
DuBosE, Chairman.

.:\Ir. Fowler of Bibb County, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report:

11'!r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Military Affairs have had under consideration the rollowing bill of the Senate, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommenaation that the same do pass:

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Senate Bill No. 92. Increasing the number
of Aide-de-Camps from 29 to 34, and to make
eligible to appointment of Adjutant General, veterans of the world \Var who saw 12 months service.
FowLER, Chairman.

).[r. Moore. of Appling 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 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. 145.
Senate Bill No. 146.
MooRE OF APPLING, Chairman.

Mr. McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

.llr. 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. 543.

McDoNALD, Chairman.

FRIDAY, AuausT 5, 1921.

1069

}fr. ~Ioore of Fulton 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 as amended:
House Bill No. 539.
MooRE OF FuLTON, Chairman.

The following bills and resolution of the House and ~enate favorably reported, were read for the second time :
By Messrs. Owens of Gordon, Davis of Floyd, Johnson of Bartow, Hawkins and Hyman of Washington-
House Resolution No. 82. 539-A. A resolution appropriating and directing the Governor to reimburse merchants who paid tax on tobaccos.

By :Mr. Hutchins of the 38th-
Senate Bill No. 92. A bill to amend an Act to reorganize the military forces of this State.

By Mr. Golucke of the 19th-
Senate Bill No. 156. A bill to amend an Act providing how return of elections for State Treasurer, etc., be made.

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By :\Ir. Mills of the 46th-
Senate Bill No. 146. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Butts County.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill N o.179. A bill to appropriate $200,000 for supplying deficiency in the fund of the Georgia State Sanitarium.
By Messrs. Ennis of Baldwin and Dixon of J enkms-
House Bill No. 203. A bill to .appropriate the sum of $108,916 to the Georgia State Sanitarium.
By ~Ir. Ennis of Baldwin and Carswell of wilkinson-
House Bill No. 204. A bill to appropriate $20,053.57 for deficiency in the Georgia Training School.

By Messrs. Whitaker and Webb of Lowndes, and Woodard of Cook-
House Bill Ko. 233. A bill to appropriate $65,000.00 to the South Georgia State Kormal College.

By 2\Iessrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond-
House Bill No. 249. A bill to appropriate $5,000 for Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives.

By Messrs. DuBose and Dudley of Clarke-
House Bill No. 259. A bill to appropriate $30,000.00 to the State Kormal College.

FRIDAY, AuGUST 5, 1921.

1071

By Messrs. Holloway, Bentley and ~foore of Fulton-
House Bill No. 293. A bill to make an appropriation to Georgia Technology for deficiency.

B~, Mr. Macintyre of Thomas-
House Bill No. 359. A bill to regulate the branding of calrium arsenat<', and for oth<'r purposes.

By Messrs. Hamilton and Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 368. A bill to authorize Comptroller-General to do certain things.

By Mr. williams of \Valton-
House Bill No. 377. A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 to the State Board of Entomology.

By .:\Iessrs. Grant of Habersham and \Villiams of Walton-
House Bill No. 421. A bill to appropriate $7,000.00 to the 9th District Agricultural and Mechanical School.

By Messrs. Howard and Evans of Scrl'ven-
House Bill No. 543. A bill to amend an Act to establish a City Court for the City of Sylvania.

The following resolution of the House, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, was read and adopted:

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By ::\fr. Brantley of Pierce-
\Vhereas, in recent decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission, interpretations have been given the Transportation Act of 1920, such as gives to the Interstate Commerce Commission complete authority over the entire subject of transportation and including the right to prescribe intra-state rates;
And whereas, it means, in effect the abrogation of all authority of state regulation to make and prescribe rates for intra-state movement of freight;
And whereas, the freight rates are in some instances so burdensome and excessive at this time as to prohibit the movement of various commodities, and the passenger rates are so excessive as to deter travel to the end that the railroads are receiving less in passenger revenues than they would receive if a lesser rate were in effect;
Therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, the Senate of Georgia concurring; that we call upon the Congress of the United States to so amend the Transportation Act of 1920, and in such plain language, that the authority of the States over intra-state traffic in their respective States, will be fixed and certain in language, plainly declaring the. right of States to prescribe intra-state rates.
Be it further resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent each United States Senator and Congressman from the State of Georgia.
By unanimous consent the resolution was ordered to he immediately transmitted to the Senate.

FRIDAY, AUG"LST 5, 1921.

1073

The following resolution of the House, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee was read:

By Messrs. Guess of DeKalb and Knight of Berrien-
A resolution for the appointment of investigating committee of the State P(>nitentiary and convict camps of the State, and for other purposes.
Mr. Hyman of Washington moved that the resolution be tabled, and the motion prevailed.

The following bills and resolutions of the House, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Guess and McClelland of DeKalb-
A bill to carry into effect an amendment of the Constitution of this State authorizing additional judges of the Superior Court for the Stone ~foun tain District, and for other purposes.
~Ir. King of Jefferson, called the previous question; the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to, and the bill was lost.
::\Ir. Guess of DeKalb gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in disagreeing to the favorable r~ port of the Committee.

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By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A bill to provide for the distribution of the felony convicts of this State, and for other purposes.
Mr. McClelland of DeKalb, moved that the bill be tabled, and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-

A bill to require all officers of this State to make inventory of intoxicating liquors or distilling apparatus seized, and for other purposes.

Mr. Wyatt of Troupe, moved that the bill be tabled.
On the motion to table ~fr. Beckham of Dougherty called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was sustained.

The roll call was ordered, and the vote was as follows:

'l'hose voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Bird of Taliaferro Bloodworth Bobo Boswell Braddy Bradford Brannen Bro.wnlee Byrd of Crisp Clark of Colquitt Coates Collins Daniel of Troup Dickerson Dixon Dobbs

Foy Franks Gann Griffith Grovenstein Haddock Hawkins Herring Hines of Decatur Hodges Holland Houston Jackson Johnson of Pickens Keith Kennedy

Logan Manning Parrish Patten Penland Peterson Ram,sey Reagan Reville Russell Salmon Smiley Smith of Carroll Smith of Meriwether Steele Swindle

FRIDAY, AuausT 5, 1921.

1075

Trippe Tyson of Mcintosh Way Weston

Whitaker

Wyatt

of Lowndes Wynne

Williams of Walton

Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Anderson

Hyman

Perryman

Beck

Jones of Coweta Phillips of Telfair

Beckham

Jones of Thomas Price

Bentley

Johnson of

Quincey

Bleckley

Chattahoochee Rutherford

Bowen

King

Shettlesworth

Boyett

Knight

Sibley

Branch

Langford of Hall Stone

Brown of Emanuel Lewis

Stovall

Childs

McClure

Strickland

DeLaPerriere

McDonald of

Sumner of Johnson

Evans

Mitchell Sumner of Wheeler

Ficklen

Macintyre

Tatum

Folsom

Maddox

Thompson of Coweta

Grant

Malone

Thompson of Dodge

Gunnels

Mann

Turner

Hamilton

Mason

Van Landingham

Hatcher of Burke Moore of Appling Vocelle

Hatcher of Muscogee Moye

Walker

Henderson

Mundy

Watkins

Hines of Sumter Neal of Union

West

Holloway

Nottingham

Whitley

Horne

Parks

Wood

Howard of Screven

Those not voting were Mess~s. :

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Blalock Boatwright Bowden Brantley Brown of Hancock Bush Camp Carr

Carswell Clark of Webster Clifton Collier Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DuBose Dudley

Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Fletcher Fowler Gresham Griffin Greene Guess Harris Houser

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Howard of Forsyth Mixon

Hufstetler

:VIonroe

Hullender

:\Ioore of Fulton

Hunter

Nichols

Jones of VValker

Owen

Johnson of Bartow Perkins

Kittrell

Phillips of Jasper

Lankford of Toombs Pickren

Luke

Pilcher

McClelland

Pruett

McDonald of

Ricketson

Richmond Riley

McGarity

Robinson

McMichael

Singletary

Mayo

Smith of Bryan

Miles

Smith of Haralson

Swift Tison of Worth Valentino Wall Webb Whitaker
of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Wimberly Winship Woodard :VIr. Speaker

On the motion to table the Ayes \Vere 57, Kays 68, and the motion was lost.

Mr. Vocelle of Camden 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.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 106, ~ays 46.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Boswell of Greene-
A bill to amend Section 720 of the Penal Code of' 1910, relative to the wrongful sale or removal of mortgaged property.
The following Committee amendment was read and adopted:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1921.

1077

Amend by striking Section 1 and substituting in lieu thereof, the following Section:
''That Section 720 of the Criminal Code of Georgia of 1910 be and the same is hereby amended as follows: by inserting at the end of line 2, at the word 'propert~,' in said Section, and before the word 'shall' in line three of said Section, the words 'or bill of sale to secure (lebt' a11<l after the word 'debt' in line four and brfore the word 'without,' insert the words 'or debt secured by bill of sale,' and by inserting after the word 'mortgage' in the sixth line of said Section, the words 'or bill of sale.' ''
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 106, Nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By }Iessrs. Hamilton and David of Floyd-
A bill to make tax collectors of counties in the State of Georgia ex-officio sheriffs of said counties.
Mr. Knight of Berrien moved that the bill be tabled, and the motion preyailed.

By .:\Iessrs. Thompson and Jones of Coweta-
A bill to amend Section 5083 of the Code of 1910 so as to make same applicable to cases where a deed to seeure debt has been given.

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Mr. Smith of Carroll moved that the House do now adjourn, the motion prevailed, and the bill went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Brown of Hancock, Fletcher of Irwin and Singletary of Grady.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

SATURDAY, AuGusT 6, 1921.

1079

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
SATURDAY, AuGUST 6, 1921.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 o'clock was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Honorable Perry T. Knight, Representative from Berrien County.

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

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush

Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes

Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges

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Holland

Mayo

Holloway

Miles

Horne

Mixon

Houser

:\ion roe

Houston

Moore of Appling

Howard of Forsyth Moore of Fulton

Howard of Screven Moye

Hufstetler

Mundy

Hullender

Neill of C\luscogee

Hunter

Neal of Union

Hyman

Nichols

Jackson

Nottingham

Jones of Coweta

Owen

Jones of Thomas Parks

Jones of Walker

Parrish

Johnson of Bartow Patten

Johnson of

Penland

Chattahoochee Perkins

Johnson of Pickens Perryman

Keith

Peterson

Kennedy

Phillips of Jasper

King

Phillips of Telfair

Kittrell

Pickren

Knight

Pilcher

Langford of Hall Price

Lankford of Toombs Pruett

Lewis

Quincey

Logan

Ramsey

Luke

Reagan

McClelland

Reville

McClure

Ricketson

McDonald of

Riley

Mitchell Robinson

McDonald of

Russell

Richmond Rutherford

McGarity

Salmon

Macintyre

Shettlesworth

McMichael

Sibley

Maddox

Singletary

Malone

Smiley

Mann

Smith of Bryan

Manning

Smith of Carroll

Mason

Smith of Haralson

Smith of }leriwether Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Tison of Worth Trippe Turner Tyson of Mcintosh Valentino Van Landingham Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb West Weston Whitley Whitaker
of Lowndes Whitaker
of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne :\-Ir. Speaker

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1081

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

The following resolution of the House was introduced and read the first time:

By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie-
A resolution to authorize the apointment of a commission to investigate the State's finances, and for other purposes.
Lie on table one day.

Mr. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and ~Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Comittee on .Appropriations and 'Vays and Means have had under consideration the following bill of the House, and have instructed me, as Chair-
man, to report the same back to the House with the
recommew1ation that the same do pass:

Housl' Bill No. 547.

DuBosE, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Commitee on Municipal Government 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:
House Bill No. 548.
Senate Bills Nos. 103 and 108.
Respectfully,
Sl\nTH OF MERIWETHER, Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Fult0n County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education haw 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. 499.
MooRE OF FuLTox, Chairman.

Mr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

.lJ!lr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the 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:

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1083

House Bill No. 28. A bill to abolish the office of Solicitors General of this State.
House Bill No. 61. To create the office of County Prosecuting Attorney.

The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. M~Clatchey, the Secretary thereof.

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to amend Code designating compensation for County Court bailiffs.

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, to wit:
A bill to permit corporations to issue non par stock.
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of Senate, to wit:
A resolution to relieve ,J. J. Price as surety.

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JouRNAL OF 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 constitutional majority the following bills, to wit:
A bill to amend drainage law.
A bill to amend Act known as Georgia Motor Vehicle Law.
A bill to provide for compensation of deputy clerks of county courts.
A bill to correct mistakes in Act creating Brantley
Count~r.

The following message was received from the Senatf', 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:
A bill to create a Bond Commission for Colquitt County.
A Bill to repeal an Act to create Board of Commissioners for Colquitt County.
A bill to amend an Act to create public school system for Waycross.
A bill to amend the charter of City of Quitman.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1921.

1085

A bill to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Franklin County.
A bill to repeal an Act to create Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Franklin County.
A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for Crisp County.
A bill to amend an Act to grant a new eharter for Madison.
A bill to amend charter of City of Macon.
A bill to require county officers of Charlton County to give bond.
A bill to create Bo8rd of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Charlton County.
A bill to amend charter of Atlanta to include Kirkwood.
A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate Town of Kirkwood.
A bill to repeal an Act to create Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County.
A bill to create office of County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Telfair County.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Millen.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Manchester.
A bill to amend charter of Town of Warwick.
A bill to create a Bond Commission for wilcox County.

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

Mt. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the foilowing bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill to prohibit deceptive sign boards in form of railway crossing sign boards.
A bill to construe 3630 of Code, relative to words, ''if capable of identification.''
A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Gray.
The Senate has passed by 'he requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to provide for an occupation tax on gasoline.

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

llfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House by substitute as amended, to wit:
A bill to amend Act known as ''Georgia Motor Vehicle Law.''
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the House, to wit:

SATURDAY, AlJ"Gt:'ST 6, Hl21.

1087

A resolution to authorize State Board of Entomology to purchase calcium arsenates.
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:
A bill to establish public school system for Sparta.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
Honse Bill No. 28. A bill to amend a paragraph relative to the office of Solicitor-General, and create office of County Prosecuting Attorney.

By Mr. Lankford of Toombs-
Hause Bill No. 61. A bill to create the office of prosecuting attorney for each connt~r in this State. By Messrs. Hawkins and Hyman of \Vashington-
House Bill No. 499. A bill to amend an Act to abolish the Tennille School District in the City of Tennille in the County of Washington.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
House Bill No. 547. A bill to provide for a tax on high price cigars.

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By Mr. Brown of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 548. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Norristown, in the County of Emanuel.

By Mr. Childs of the 12th-
Senate Bill No. 103. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Omaha.

By Mr. Colson of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 108. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Glenwood, Ga. so as to provide who shall be entitled to vote in elections of said Town and to provide for a system of registration for the voters thereof.

By Mr. ..Aiken of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 143. A bill to regulate professional nursing in the State of Georgia.
"r By Mr. ohlwender of the 24th-
Senate Bill Ko. 129. A bill to permit mutual fire insurance companies to issue and sell surplus fund or guarantee fund certificates and to organize under the laws of Georgia.
The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Messrs. Smith and Beck of Carroll-
A bill to amend an Act fixing rate of taxation for pubEc school purposes in Carroll Cou:pty.

SATURDAY, AuausT 6, 1921.

1089

The following amendment was read and adopted:
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
Amend by adding a new Section 2 and numbering the rest accordingly. Section 2. Be it further enacted that this Act shall not take effect until submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Carrollton at the next regular election for mayor and councilmen after the approval of this Act. Those voting for this Act shall have written or printed on their ballot the words '' :F'or Tax Increase'' and those voting against this Act shall have written or printed on their ballot the words ''Against Tax Increase" and if a majority of those voting vote for tax increase then this Act shall take effect immediately.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
. By Messrs. Howard and Evans of ScrevenA bill to be entitled An Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania, in and for the County of Screven.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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JouRNAL oF THE Hou~E,

By Mr. Logan of Banks-
A bill to be entitled an Act to abolish an Act entitled ''Banks County Commutation Road Tax.''
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By .Messrs. King and Harris of Jefferson-
A bill to fix the compensation for the members of Board of Roads and Revenues of Jefferson 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 187, 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 Messrs. Rountree of the 16th and Walker of the 18th-
A bill to make an appropriation for the furnishing of free text books.
Referred to Committee on Education.

SATURDAY, AuausT 6, 1921.

1091

By Messrs. \Vall of the 5th and David of the 43rd-

A bill to amend an Act to create and establish the sureties Commission.

Heferred to Committee on General Judiciary

No.2.



By Mr. \Veaver of the 4th-
A bill to permit corporations to issue non par stock subject to consent of Railroad Commission of Georgia.
Heferred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Messrs. Mills of the 26th and Weaver of the 11th-
A bill to promote the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through co-operation, and for other purposes.
Heferred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1.

By Mr. Jackson of the 21stA bill to amend Act creating City Court of Gray. Referred to Committee on Special .Judiciary.

By Mr. Boykin of the 29th-
A resolution for relief of J. J. Price as surety. Heferred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.
The follmving Senate amendments to House bills were read and concurred in:

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Amend House Bill No. 190-C as follows: Provided that $100,000.00 set aside as public school fund be paid out of the general fund.
Amend House Bill No. 56 by striking from line nine ot Section 6, the words and figures ''fifty cents,'' and by inserting in lieu thereof, the words "twenty-five cents."

By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 224 was recommitted to the Committee on Public Highways.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 281 was recommitted to the Committee on Pensions.
The Speaker made the following assignment to Standing Committees of the new members of the House:

Thompson of Dodge:
Education, General Agriculture No. 2, Counties and County Matters, Engrossing.
McDonald of Mitchell: Appropriations and ways and Means, General Agriculture No. 1, Railroads, Banks and Banking.
Kottingham of Worth: Amendments to Constitution, General Judiciary No. 2, Corporations, Public Printing.

SATURDAY, AuausT 6, 1921.

109~l

Kennedy of Laurens : Georgia State Sanitarum, General Agriculture No. 1, Banks and Banking, Railroads.
Harris of Jefferson: Corporations, General Judiciary No. 1, Insurance, Military Affairs.
Clark of Colquitt: Appropriations and Ways and Means, Counties and County Matters, Education, General Judiciary No.1.
Howard of Screven: Amendments to Constitution, Appropriations and \Vays and Means, General Agriculture No. 1, Game and Fish.
Jones of Walker: Enrollment, Counties and County Matters, General Judiciary No. 2, General Agriculture No. J
Steele of DeKalb: Appropriations and \Vays and Means, General Judiciary No. 1, Military Affairs, Reformatories.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

The following Committee on part of the House was appointed by the Speaker under provisions of Senate Resolution No. 30, relative to investigation of agricultural schools :
Knight of Berrien,
Russell of Barrow,
Camp of Campbell.

The follo\ving Commitee on part of the House was appointed by the Speaker under provisions of Senate Resolution No. 44, relative to matter of investigation question of Board of Regents for public institutions:
Ennis of Baldwin,
Macintyre of Thomas,
Moye of Randolph,
Mundy of Polk,
\Voodard of Cook.

Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that during the day, individual speeches be limited to five minutes, and the motion prevailed.

The following resolution of the House was read:

By Mr. Watkins of Butts-
A resolution relative to the return of House Bill No. 386 to the House from the Senate for the purpose of correcting an error.

The following substitute was read:

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1095

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin and others-
Resolved by the House that the Senate be requested to return House Bill No. 386 for the purpose of correcting an error.
Mr. Arnold of Clay moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The resolution was adopte>d by substitute.
By unanimous consent the resolution was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following report of the Commitee on Rules was read:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Comittee on Rules, having had under consideration the matter of suspending the rule of the House allowing Chairmen of Committees twenty minutes for discussion, instruct me, as its ViceChairman, to report back to the House the following resolution with recommendation that the same do pass:
A resolution. Resolved, that for all measures on today 's calendar, the rule allowing Chairmen of Commitees twenty minutes for discussion, be suspended, and that the debate shall be closed when the main question is ordered.
MeNDY, Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committee was agreed to and the resolution contain<'d therein was adopted.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

Mr. wyatt of Troupe moved that the House do now adjourn.

On this motion, Mr. Wyatt of Troupe called for the Ayes and Nays, and the call- was sustained.

The roll call was ordered, and the vote was as follmvs:

Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.:

Bleckley Bobo Boswell Braddy Brannen Brownlee Corbitt Daniel of Troup . Dickerson Duncan of Dawson

Foy Haddock Hawkins Hufstetler Jackson Perryman Peterson Quincey Reagan Russell

Rutherford Smith of Haralson Stone Swindle Thompson of Dodge Walker Watkins Wood Wyatt

Those voting in the negatin were Messrs. :

Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Boatwright B<>wden Boyett Bradford Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Childs

Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Collier Collins Cowart Davis of Floyd DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Ficklen Folsom Fowler Gann Grant

Gresham Griffin Griffith Grovenstein Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Holland Holloway Horne Houston Howard of Forsyth Howard of Screven Hullender Hunter .Jones of Coweta Jones of Thomas

SATURDAY, AuGL'"ST 6, 1!>21.

1097

Jones of Walker

Miles

Johnson of Bartow Mixon

Johnson of

Monroe

Chattahoochee Moore of Appling

Johnson of Pickens Moore of Fulton

Kennedy

Moye

King

Mundy

Kittrell

Neal of Union

Knight

Nichols

Langford of Hall Nottingham

Lankford of Toombs Owen

Lewis

Parrish

Logan

Patten

Luke

Phillips of Jasper

McClelland

Phillips of Telfair

McClure

Pickren

McDonald of

Pilcher

Mitchell Price

McDonald of

Pruett

Richmond Ramsey

McGarity

Reville

Macintyre

Ricketson

Maddox

Robinson

Malone

Salmon

Mann

Shettlesworth

Manning

Smiley

Mason

Smith of Carroll

Mayo

Smith of Meriwether Steele Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Tatum Thompson of Coweta Trippe Turner Tyson of Mcintosh Van Landingham Voce lie Way West \Ves.ton Whitley Whitaker
of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Woodard Worthy Wynne

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Baldwin Bloodworth Bowen Brown of Hancock Carswell Coates Culpepper
Daniel of Heard Davis of Oglethorpe Evans Fletcher Franks

Greene Guess Gupnels Hines of Sumter Hodges Houser Hyman Keith McMichael Parks Penland Perkins Riley

Sibley Singletary Smith of Bryan Swift Tison of worth Valentino Wall Webb Whitaker
of Lowndes Winship ~lr. Speaker

The roll call was verified.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

On the motion to adjourn, the Ayes were 29, Nays 141, and the motion was lost.

The following bill of the House, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By Mr. Cowart of Calhoun-

A bill to remove the County site of Calhoun County from Morgan to Edison, in saill County.

Mr. DuBose of Clarke 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 Speaker orclere<l the roll called, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were l\Iessrs.:

Adams of Walton Arnold Atkinson Bentley Bleckley Braddy Brown of Emanuel Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Clark of Colquitt Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Davis of Floyd DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dobbs

DuBose Dudley Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Fowler Franks Gann Gresham Griffin Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hawkins

Henderson Herring Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Howard of Forsyth Hufstetler Hullender Hunter Jackson .Jones of Coweta Johnson of Bartow .Johnson of Pickens King Knight Langford of Hall

SATURDAY, AuausT 6, 1921.


1099

Lankford of Toombs Owen

Lewis

Parks

McClelland

Parrish

McClure

Patten

McDonald of

Penland

Mitchell Peterson

NlcDonald of

Phillips of Jasper

Richmond Phillips of Telfair

Macintyre

Pilcher

McMichael

Price

Maddox

Ramsey

Malone

Reagan

Manning

Reville

Miles

Ricketson

Mixon

Salmon

Moore of Fulton

Smiley

Mundy

Smith of Carroll

Neal of Union

Smith of Haralson

Nottingham

Steele

Sumner of Johnson Tatum Trippe Turner Valentino Van Landingham Watkins West Whitley Whitaker
of Lowndes Whitaker
of Rockdale Williams of Walton Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Anderson Beck Blalock Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Bowden Boyett Bradford Brantley Bush Carr Childs Clark ~f Webster Collier Daniel of Troup Dickerson Dixon Duncan of Dawson Evans

Ficklen Folsom Foy Grant Haddock Hines of Decatur Houston Howard of Screven Jones of Thomas Joues of Walker Keith Kennedy Kittrell Luke McGarity Mason Monroe Moye Nichols Perryman

Pickren Quincey Robinson Shettlesworth Sibley Smith of Bryan Sumner of Wheeler Tyson of Mcintosh Vocelle Walker Way Webb Weston Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Wimberly Wood

1100

J ouRxAL oF THE HousE,

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Baldwin Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Boswell Bowen Branch Brannen Brown of Hancock Camp Carswell Clifton Coates Collins Daniel of Heard Davis of Oglethorpe

Fletcher

Russell

Griffith

Rutherford

Greene

Singletary

Hatcher of Muscogee Smith of Meriwether

~fines of Sumter

Stone

Houser

Stovall

Hyman

Strickland

Johnson of

Swift

Chattahoochee Swindle

Logan

Thompson of Coweta

Mann

Th.ompson of Dodge

Mayo

Tison of Worth

Moore of Appling Wall

Perkins

Winship

Pruett

Mr. Speaker

Riley

The roll call was verified.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 103, Nays 58.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was loBt.
Mr. Moye of Randolph gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass the above bill.

Mr. Wyatt of Troupe moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 9:00 o'clock.

~foNDAY, AuGUST 8, 1921.

1101

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
MmmAY, AuGUST 8, 1921.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 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 Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleck ley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp

Carr Carswell Childs Clan!: of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher

Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard of Forsyth

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Howard of Screven Moore of Appling Stovall

Hufstetler

Moore of Fulton Strickland

Hullender

Moye

Sumner of Johnson

Hunter

Mundy

Sumner of Wheeler

Hyman

Neal of Union

Swifl;

.Jackson

Nichols

Swindle

Jones of Coweta Nottingham

Tatum

Jones of Thomas Owen

Thompson of Coweta

Jones of Walker

Parks

Thompson of Dodge

Johnson of Bartow Parrish

Tison of Worth

Johnson of

Patten

Trippe

Chattahoochee Penland

Turner

Johnson of Pickens Perkins

Tyson of Mcintosh

Keith

Perryman

Valentino

Kennedy

Peterson

Van Landingham

King

Phillips of Jasper Vocelie

Kittrell

Phillips of Telfair Walker

Knight

Pickren

Wall

Langford of Hall Pilcher

watkins

Lankford of Toombs Price

Way

Lewis

Pruett

Webb

Logan

Quincey

West

Luke

Ramsey

Weston

McClelland

Reagan

Whitley

McClure

Reville

Whitaker

McDonald of

Ricketson

of Lowndes

Mitchell Riley

Whitaker

McDonald of

Robinson

of Rockdale

Richmond Russell

"Whitworth

McGarity

Rutherford

Williams of Harris

Macintyre

Salmon

Williams of Miller

McMichael

Shettlesworth

Williams of Walton

Maddox

Sibley

Wimberly

Malone

Singletary

Winship

Mann

Smiley

Wood

Manning

Smith of Bryan

Woodard

Mason

Smith of Carroll Worthy

Mayo

Smith of Haralson Wyatt

Miles

Smith of Meriwether Wynne

Mixon

Steele

Mr. Speaker

Monroe

Stone

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

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Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that during the remaining part of this session, individual speeches be limited to ten minutes, and the motion prevailed.

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

By Mr. Womble of the 25th-
Senate Bill Ko. 109. A bill to construe No. 3630 of Code relative to phrase, "if capable of i<lentification. ''
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Mr.Johns of the 27thSenate Bill No. 120. A bill to amend the drainage
laws of this State.
Referred to Committee on Drainage.

By Mr. Manson of the B5thSenate Bill No. 127. A bill to amend the Georgia
Motor Vehicle Law.
Refl:'rred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Thomas of tlw 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 154. A bill to correct certain mistakes relative to creation of Brantley County.
Referred to Committee on Gen<'ral .TlHliciar~ No.2.

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By Mr. Johns of the 27th-
Senate Bill No. 151. A bill to amend Section 4775 of Parks Code, providing for compensation of deputy clerks.
Referr~d to Commitee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Johns of the 27th-
Senate Bill No. 155. A bill to repeal Section 4775 of Parks Code, relative to compensation for County Court bailiffs.
Referred to Commitee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Fleming of the lOth-
Senate Bill No. 158. A bill to prohibit placing of any device of the form of a railway crossing signboard along the roads of this State.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. ,Jackson of the 21st-
Senate Bill No. 163. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Gray.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Hunt of the 20thSenate Bill No. 167. A bill to establish a public
school system for the City of Sparta. Referred to Committee on Education.
Mr. Hullender, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the follmving report:

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Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly signed, properly enrolled and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and resolutions, to wit:
House Bill No. 389. An Act to provide bails for the persons charged with a misdemeanor.
House Bill No. 156. An Act to create a Board of Port, Harbor and Terminal Commissioners for the State of Georgia.
House Bill No. R94. An Act providing an occupation tax on all dealers selling gasoline.
House Bill No. 271. An Act regulating the signing of criminal bonds by professional bondsmen.
House Bill No. 117. An Act to amend Section 4995, Code of 1910, relatiw to Judges of Superior Courts in certain counties.
House Bill No. 119. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Colquitt County.
House Bill No. 120. An Act to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Colquitt County.
House Bill No. 56. An Act relative to purchasing and using explosives in this State.
House Bill No. 431. An Act to amend an Act establishing a City Court in \Vashington, Georgia.
House Bill No. 433. An Act creating a City Court for Barnesville, Lamar County.
House Bill No. 439. An Act amending an Act relative to holding Atkinson Superior Court.

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House Bill No. 444. An Act to repeal an Act establishing the City Court of Ashburn, in the County of Turner.

House Bill No. 448. An Act providing for three terms of Superior Court a year in Wheeler County.

House Bill No. 452. An Act providing for regulation by mayor and council or board of _Commissioners of the recording of plots and subdividing of lands in certain counties.

House Bill No. 471. An Act to amend the charter
of the City of Quitman:

House Bill No.' 483. An Act to repeal an Act cre-

ating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Rev-

enues for Franklin County.

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House Bill No. 484. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners for the County of Crisp.

House Bill No. 492. An Act to create a Boanl of Commissioners for Long County.

House Bill No. 493. An Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Madison.
House Bill No. 495. An Act to amend the charter
of the City of Macon.
House Bill No. 500. An Act relative to County officers of Charlton County giving surety bonds.

House Bill No. 501. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Charlton County, Georgia.

House Bill No. 509. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Millen.

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House Bill No. 514. An Act to incorporate the City of Manchester, of Meriwether and Talbot Counties.

House Bill No. 516. An Act providing for holding four terms of Superior Court of Madison County.

House Bill No. 524. An Act amending the charter of the City of Atlanta.

House Bill No. 525. An Act amending the charter of the City of Atlanta relative to annexing new property.

House Bill No. 527. An Act amending the charter of the Town of Warwick, in Worth County.

House Bill No. 529. An Act creating a bond Commission for Wilcox County.

House Resolution No. 14. A resolution to reestablish Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley as a pensioner for the year 1919.

House Resolution No. 20. A resolution authorizing the State Board of Entomology to purchase



calcium arsenate for use of farmers.

House Resolution No. 78. A resolution for the appointment of a joint committee to regulate the uniformity of laws between Georgia and Florida, relative to fishing.

House Resolution No. 77. A resolution seeking to relieve the bondsmen of M. W. Huchinson, Tax Collector of Wilcox County.

Respectfully submited,

H ULLE~DER OF CATOOSA, Chairman.

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Mr. Davis of Floyd County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, has submited the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary Xo. 2 haw 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 as follows:
Senate Bill No. 152. Do pass.
J. C. DAns, Chairman.

Mr. vVoodard of Cook County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitecl the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education 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 as amended:
Senate Bill No. 41. Do pass as amended.
vVooDARD, Vice-Chairman, Pro Tern.

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 of the House, to wit:
A bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act creating Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Putnam County.
A bill to abolish Board of Supervisors of Murray County.
A bill to amend an Act to incorporate Town of Temple.
A bill to repeal an Act creating County DepositOIT for Coffee County.
A bill to creatP a County Depository for Coffee Qounty.
A bill to repPal an Act to incorporate Town of Rob('rtstown.
A bill to amend Act establishing City Court of Eastman.
ThP Senate has passed the following resolution of th(' House, to wit:
A resolution for State authorities to reconvey tract of land to Tuttle-Newton Home.

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

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Mr. Speaket:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills and resolutions of the House, to wit:
A resolution memorializing Congress to amend the Transportation Acts of 1920, relative to intrastate traffic.
A resolution memorializing Congress to set aside money for the elimination of the boll weevil.
A resolution requesting Committee on Academy for the Blind, to visit institution during vacation.
A resolution requesting return of House Bill 389.
A resolution for relief of bondsmen of M. W. Hutchenson, Tax Collector of Wilcox County.
A bill to amend an Act creating a Department of Insurance.

The following message was receive<l from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof.

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requiRite constitutional majority the following:
A bill to amend Sections 445 and 451 of Code of 1910.
A bill to amend Sections 4213 and 4215 of Civil Code of 1910, relating to the recording of bonds for title.

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A bill to authorize Secretary of State to allow fire insurance companies to reinsure.

A bill to amend Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article

11 of Constitution, relative to boundary of Cook

County.

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A bill to aniend Section 5918 of Code of 191Q, relative to evidence in cases of injunctions.

The follo,ving 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:
A bill to make all ex-Confederate Soldiers eligible to draw pension.
The Senate has adopted the following resolution to wit:
A resolution requesting House to return to Senate House Bills Nos. 507 and 508.
The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to Senate Bill No. 112.
The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blalock:

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives, a commu-

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nication in writing, to \Vhich he respectfully invites your attenion.

The following communications from His Excellency, the Governor, were read:

To The House of Representatives:
I am forced to return, without my approval, to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, House Bill No. 405.
This bill provides that the County of Irwin shall he taken from the Tifton judicial circuit of this State, and be placed in the Cordele judicial circuit.
Legislation of this character can in no sense be fairly regarded as local legislation. It cannot be contended that such is the legal status of the bill, for it is not insisted that notice of the intention to offer the bill in the Legislature was given, in accordance with the requirements of the law. (Park's Code, Volume 1, Section.357.) Besides, our courts have uniformly held that amendments to the laws organizing or creating courts are general laws and not local laws.
Nor can it be contended that in any correct moral sense the bill is a local one. It affects two great judicial circuits of the State. It affects eight counties of the State. It affects 13:~,000 people of the State; indirectly it affects all the people of the State, any one of whom may have to litigate in the courts in either of these circuits.
As constitutNl at present, the Crisp circuit is com- posed of four counties, Crisp, Ben Hill, wilcox and

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Dooley, with a total population of 69,546. The Tifton circuit is composed of the four counties of Tift, 'Vorth, Irwin and Towns, with a total population of 63, 492.
It will thus be seen that the two circuits have the same number of counties and are substantially equal in population, although the Crisp circuit has even now 6054 more population than the Tift circuit.

If the County of Irwin were taken from the Tifton circuit and added to the Crisp circuit, the population of the two circuits would then stand as follows:

The Crisp circuit, 82,216; Tifton circuit, 50,822.
The Cordele circuit has at present sixteen terms. of the Superior Court per annum, while the Tift circuit has only ten terms of the Superior Court per annum. If the changes proposed by this bill were made, the Cordele circuit would have eighteen terms per annum, and the Tifton circuit would have eight terms per annum.
This bill, if it became a law, would take at least $1,000. per annum out of the pocket of the present Solicitor-General of the Tift circuit and put the same into the pocket of the present Solicitor-General of the Cordele circuit.
It seems to me that the ge11eral policy of our law ought to be to equalize as far as possible, the population, business and territory of the several circuits, and the duties, responsibilities and compensation of the officers thereof. That this is a sound proposition, I do not think any thoughtful man can well dispute.

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If this bill were enacted, instead of tending to equalize the circuits and the officers in respects above referred to, it would tend to create disparity between them in all of those respects.
I believe that considerations of a public and general character should control in the enactment of legislation respecting our courts and their administration, and it seems to me that this bill is wrong in principle if tested by any fair rule of the character above referred to.
~ do not think that circuits should be disarranged, particularly to render them unequal and disproportionate, merely because the people of any one county might wish to change circuits. It seems to me that in the organization of our courts and of our circuits, reasons of a public and general character ought to control. I doubt, however,. very seriously whether the people of Irwin County have any real desire to have that County changed from the Cordele to the Tifton circuit. Petition('l protesting against the change have been submitted to me, signed by nine of the eleven members of the bar of Irwin County, and by about eleven hundred citizens of that County. In addition thereto, the officers of the Tifton circuit object to the change, and many members of the bar and other citizens of the other three counties of the Tifton circuit have vigorously protested against it.
In this connection, I desire to quote from a recent letter of the Judge of the Superior Courf of the Tifton Circuit, Ron. R. Eve, Tifton, Ga.:
"I am opposed to this transfer, first, because virtually every citizen of Irwin County is opposed

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to the change. Second, because it will over-load the Cordele Circuit and reduce the Tifton Circuit below a reasonable size. And, third, because no single sound reason could be advanced why the change should be made.

"It is very apparent that the bill was introduced at the suggestion of, and is being pushed through at the instance of some three or four persons, only one of whom is a resident of Irwin County, the others being citizens of Ben Hill County.

"I am sure that it is not the will and desire of the members of your body that counties be buffeted from circuit to circuit without any justification or excuse. Justice demands that the welfare of the counties and circuits be not sacrificed at the whim or to gratify the selfish desire of a few individuals.''

For all of these reasons, although I regret very much to be forced to do so, I am constrained to veto this bill and to return it to the House of Representatives, without my approval.

Respectfully submitted,

w. THOMAS

HARDWICK,

Governor.

To The House of Representatives:
I am constrained to return, without my approval, House Bill No.406, to the House of Representatives, in which it originated.
This bill provides for the abolition of the fee sys~ tern now existing in the Superior Courts of the C.or-

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dele Judicial Circuit, and the substitution of a salary system, in lieu thereof.
I unhesitatingly approve the main purpose of the bill, which is to establish a salary system in lieu of the fee system now existing in the Cordele Circuit, and should approve the bill with very great pleasure but for the fact that the bill includes in its terms the County of Irwin, which, under the law, does not belong to the Cordele Judicial Circuit, and as to which I han been compelled to withhold my approval of the bill transferring that County from the Tifton to the Cordele Circuit.
The bill as drawn is faulty, for the reason that the County of Irwin is included in its provisions. If the General Assembly should see fit to change it so as to eliminate that County from its provisions, I shall be very glad indeed to approve the measure, for I thoroughly approve of the principle involved in the bill.
Respectfully submitted,
THOS. \V. HARDWICK,
Governor.

The following bills of the Senate favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. \Vohlwender of the 24th-
A bill to amend Section 2825 of Code of 1910, rel-
.ative to the reviver of corporations.

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By Messrs. Rountree of the 16th and \Valker of the 18th-
A bill to make appropriation for the furnishing of free text books.
The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Hawkins and Hyman of Washington-
A bill to abolish the Tennille School District.
The following Committee amendment was read and adopted:
By striking from House Bill No. 499, all of Section 2, and inserting in lieu thereof, the following Section as Section 2 :
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this Act shall not go into effect, nor shall the said Tennille School District, in the City of Tennille, County of washington, State of Georgia, be abolished until this Act shall have been submitted for ratification to the qualified voters of the said City ofTennille, and approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at a special election to be held in said City, on the first Wednesday in June, 1922. Said election to be called by the Mayor and Council of said City. Said election shall be held and goYerned under the same rules and regulations as special elections are held in the said City for filing vacancies for municipal officers, including notice and registration of voters. At said election, the question submitted shall be ''For abolishing Tennille School District,'' and ''Against abolishing Tennille School District.'' The Mayor and Council

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shall prepare the tickets to be voted at said election, and the managers of said election shall report the results to the Mayor and Councilmen of said City, who shall enter said report upon the minutes of the Council and declare the results of said ele_ction.
In the event a majority of the qualified voters Yote in favor of abolishing said Tem1ille School District, then said Act shall become effective as soon as the returns are consolidated and the results declared by the Mayor and Council of said City.
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 107, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitte(l to the Senate.

By Mr. Brown of Emanuel-
A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Norris town.
The report 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. Colson of the 15th-
A bill amending the charter of the Town of Glen-
wood, relative to elections.
The report 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 constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Childs of the 12th-
A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Omaha.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Cowart of Calhoun moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 497 ; the motion prevailed, and the bill went to the heel of the calendar.
On the report of the Rules Committee, Mr. Arnold of Clay moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question ordered.
The following amendments to the calendar set by the Committee on Rules were read:

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By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-

Amend by placing at the head of the calendar, House Bill No. 179 and House Bill No. 203.

On the adoption of this amendment, Mr. Ennis of Baldwin called for the Ayes and Nays, and the call was sustained.

The roll call was ordered and the vote \vas as follows:

Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Walton Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bleckley Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Camp Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Coates Corbitt Cowart DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon DuBose Dudley Duncan of Hall Ennis Evans Fielden

Folsom

Lewis

Fowler

Luke

Grant

:VlcClelland

Gresham

:VIcClure

Greene

~IcDonald of

Guess

Mitchell

Gunnels

:VlcDonald of

Hamilton

Richmond

Harris

McGarity

Hatcher of Burke Macintyre

Hatcher of Muscogee McMichael

Hawkins

Malone

Herring

Manning

Hines of Decatur Mason

Hines of Sumter Miles

Holloway

:Vlixon

Houser

Monroe

Howard of Screven :Vioore of Appling

Hunter

:Vioore of Fulton

Hyman

:VIoye

Jackson

:Viundy

Jones of Coweta

Nichols

Jones of Walker

Nottingham

Johnson of Bartow Parrish

Johnson of

Penland

Chattahoochee Perryman

Keith

Phillips of Jasper

Kennedy

Pruett

King

Reville

Langford of Hall Shettlesworth

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Sibley

Tatum

Smith of Bryan

Trippe

Smith of Haralson Tyson of Mcintosh

Smith of Meriwether Valentino

Steele

Van Landingham

Stovall

Voce lie

Strickland

Wall

Sumner of Johnson Way

Sumner of Wheeler West

Swindle

Whitley

Whitaker of Lowndes
Whitworth Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wynne

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Anderson Arnold Boatwright

Hodges Holland Horne

Robinson Russell Rutherford

Bobo

Jones of Thomas Salmon

Brownlee

Knight

Smiley

Byrd of Crisp Carr

Lankford of Toombs Stone

Patten

Turner

Daniel of Troup

Peterson

Walker

Davis of Oglethorpe Phillips of Telfair Weston

Foy

Pickren

Whitaker

Gann

Price

of Rockdale

Griffin

Quincey

Wyatt

Grovenstein

Ramsey

Henderson

Reagan

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bloodworth Boswell Brannen Brown of Hancock Bush Carswell Clifton Collier Collins Culpepper Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Dobbs

Duncan of Dawson Dykes Fletcher Franks Griffith Haddock Houston Howard of Forsyth Hufstetler Hullender Johnson of Pickens Kittrell Logan Maddox Mann Mayo Neal of Union

Owen Parks Perkins Pilcher Ricketson Riley Singletary Smith of Carroll Swift Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Tison of Worth Watkins Webb Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Mr. Speaker

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By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the adoption of the amendment the Ayes were 116, Nays 39, and the amendment was adopted.

By Mr. Bowden of WareAmend by adding at the top thereof, House Bill
No. 249.
The amendment was adopted.

By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie-
.Amend by placing House Bill No. 34 on the calendar, same to follow Senate Bill No. 90 on the calendar.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 34 was placed upon the calendar to immediately follow Senate Bill No. 90.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that the House instruct the Commitee of the "\Vhole House that during the remainder of the day, individual speeches on all appropriation bills be limited to three minutes, and the motion prevailed.
The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond-
A bill to appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives for

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the year 1921 and $50,000.00 for 1922, and for other purposes.

The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Wyatt of Troupe as Chairman thereof.

The Committee of the Whole House arose, and through their Chairman, reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

The following Committee amendment was read and adopted :
Amend Section 2 by striking the figures ''$50,000.00" in line two, and substituting the figures '' $25,000.00. ''
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, 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 or Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bloodworth Boatwright Bowden Braddy

Bradford Branch Brantley Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Childs Clark of Colquitt Clifton Collins Cowart Culpepper Davis of Floyd

Davis of Oglethorpe DeLa.Perriere Dixon Dobbs Dykes Ennis Ficklen Folsom Fowler Franks Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith

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Grovenstein

McDonald of Mitchel Russell

Gunnels

McDonald of

Rutherford

Hamilton

Richmond Sahnon

Harris

Macintyre

Shettlesworth

Hatcher of Burke McMichael

Sibley

Hatcher of Muscogee Maddox

Smith of Bryan

Hawkins

Malone

Stone

Henderson

Manning

Stovall

Herring

Mason

Strickland

Hines of Decatur Mayo

Sumner of Johnson

Hines of Sumter Miles

Sumner of Wheeler

Hodges

Mixon

Tatum

Holland

:Monroe

Trippe

Horne

Moore of Appling Turner

Houser

Moore of Fulton Tyson of Mcintosh

Houston

Moye

Valentino

Howard of Screven Mundy

Van Landingham

Hullender

Neal of Union

Vocelle

Hunter

Nichols

Walker

Hyman

Nottingham

Wall

Jackson

Parks

Watkins

Jones of Coweta Parrish

Way

Jones of Thomas Patten

Webb

Jones of Walker

Penland

Whitley

.Johnson of Bartow Perryman

Whitaker

Johnson of

Peterson

of Lowndefi

Chattahoochee Phillips of Jasper Whitaker

Johnson of Pickens Phillips of Telfair

of Rockdale

Kennedy

Pickren

Whitworth

King

Pilcher

Williams of Walton

Kittrell

Price

Wimberly

Knight

Pruett

Winship

Langford of Hall Quincey

Wood

Lankford of Toombs Ramsey

Woodard

Lewis

Reville

Worthy

McClure

Robinson

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Bleckley Bobo Boyett Clark of Webster Corbitt Daniel of Troup

Dickerson Duncan of Hall Evans Foy Gann Greene

Keith Smiley Smith of Meriwether Swindle Wyatt

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Those not voting were Messrs. :

Bentley Boswell Bowen Brannen Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bush Carswell Coates Collier Daniel of Heard DeFoor DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson

Fletcher Guess Haddock Holloway Howard of Forsyth Hufstetler Logan Luke McClelland McGarity Mann Owen Perkins Reagan Ricketson

Riley Singletary Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson Steele Swift Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Tison of Worth West Weston Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Wynne :vrr. Speaker

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the pessage of the bill the Ayes were 145, Nays 17.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
A bill to appropriate $200,000.00 to supply deficiency in the maintenance of the Georgia State Sanitarium for the year 1921.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Quincey of Coffee 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 following Committee amendment was read and adopted :
Amend by inserting the figures "$150,000.00" when "$200,000.00" appears.

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, 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 Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Bloodworth Bowden Boyett Braddy Brantley Brown of Emanuel Camp Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Collins Culpepper Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe Dickerson Dixon

Dobbs DuBose Dudley Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Franks Grant Griffin Griffith Greene Gunnels Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hawkins Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holloway

Houser Howard of Screven Hullender Hunter Hyman Jackson Jones of Coweta Jones of Walker Johnson of Bartow Keith Kennedy King Kittrell Langford of Hall Lankford of Toombs Lewis Logan Luke McClelland McClure :WcDonald of
Richmond :\lcGarity MacIntyre

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McMichael Maddox Malone Mann Manning Mason Monroe Moore of Appling Moore of Fulton :Moye Mundy Neal of Union Nichols Owen Parks Parrish Phillips of Jasper

Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pilcher Pruett Reville Robinson Shettlesworth Sibley Smith of Haralson Steele Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Tatum Trippe

Turner Tyson of Mcintosh Van Landingham Wall West Whitley Whitaker
of Lowndes Whitaker
of Rockdale Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Woodard Worthy Wynne

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Arnold Bradford Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Carr Daniel of Troup DeFoor Duncan of Hall Foy Gann Grovenstein Henderson Hodges

Holland

Rutherford

Jones of Thomas Salmon

Knight

Smiley

McDonald of

Smith of Bryan

Mitch.ell Smith of Meriwether

Mayo

Stone

Nottingham

Valentino

Patten

Walker

Perryman

Way

Peterson

Whitworth

Price

Williams of Harris

Quincey

Wood

Ramsey

Wyatt

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Atkinson Bentley Blalock Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowen Branch Brannen Brown of Hancock

Bush Carswell Clifton Coates Collier Corbitt Cowart Daniel of Heard DeLaPerriere Duncan of Dawson

Gresham Guess Haddock Hatcher of Muscogee Horne Houston Howard of Forsyth Hufstetler .Johnson of
Chattahoochee

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Johnson of Pickens Miles Mixon Penland Perkins Reagan Ricketson

Riley

Tison of Worth

Russell

Vocelle

Singletary

Watkins

Smith of Carroll Webb

Swindle

Weston

Thompson of Coweta Williams of Miller

Thompson of Dodge Mr. Speaker

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes. were 119, Na~'s 38.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. Wohlwender of the 24th-
A bill to amend Code of 1910, relative to incorporation of interurban railroad companies.

The following amendment was read and adopted:

By Messrs. Guess, McClelland and Steele of DeKalb-
Amend by amending Section 1 by adding at the <'nd thereof, the following:
''Provided however, that nothing herein shall be construed to impair any valid, subsisting contract now in existence between any municipality and any railroad company or any street or interurban railroad or railway company, and provided this Act shall not operate as a repeal of any existing municipal ordinance. And the Railroad Commission shall

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not have the power and authority under this Act to increase the fares on the lines of such companies which have heretofore been fixed by contract between such companies and any 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 118, Nays l.
The bill having r<>ceived the requisit<> consti tutional majority was passed as amend<>d.

By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie-
A resolution to appropriate $852,000.00 to complete the payment of pensioners, and for other purposes.
The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committ<>e of the \Vhole House, and the Speaker designatecl Mr. Hussell of Barrow as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the \Vhole House arose and through their Chairman, reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The following Committee amendment was read and adopted :
Amend by adding after the figures '' 1921'' in line 13 of Section 1, ''to pay pensioners that are entitled to same under Acts of 1919, $1,050,000.00 for the year 1922 and $1,050.000.00 for the year 1923'' and also amend caption to correspond.

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The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution as amended, 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.:

Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brown of Emanuel Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Childs Clark of Webster Clark of Colquitt
Clifton Coates Collins Cowart Davis of Floyd Dickerson Dobbs Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Folsom

Foy

McClelland

Grant

McClure

Griffin

:\fcDonald of

Griffith

Mitchell

Greene

:\fcDonald of

Grovenstein

Richmond

Guess

McGarity

Gunnels

McMichael

Hamilton

Maddox

Hatcher of Burke Malone

Hatcher of Muscogee Manning

Hawkins

Mason

Henderson

Miles

Herring

Mixon

Hines of Decatur :\1onroe

Hines of Sumter Moore of Fulton

Hodges

Moye

Holland

Mundy

Holloway

Neal of Union

Horne

Nichols

Hullender

Nottingham

Hyman

Owen

.Jackson

Parks

.Jones of Coweta

Parrish

Jones of 'Valker

Patten

Johnson of Bartow Penland

Johnson of

Phillips of Jasper

Chattahoochee Phillips of Telfair

Johnson of Pickens Pickren

Kennedy

Pilcher

Knight

Price

Langford of Hall Pruett

Lankford of Toombs Quincey

Lewis

Ramsey

Luke

Reville

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Robinson

Strickland

Russell

Sumner of Wheeler

Rutherford

Swift

Salmon

Tatum

Shettlesworth

Turner

Sibley

Valentino

Smiley

Van Landingham

Smith of Bryan

Vocelle

Smith of Haralson Walker

Smith of Meriwether Watkins

Steele

Way

Stone

Webb

Stovall

West

Whitley Whitaker
of Lowndes Whitaker
of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Wimberly Wood Woodard Wyatt Wymie

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Atkinson Bobo Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor

Fowler Franks Howard of Screven Hunter Keith

King Mann Moore of Appling Tyson of Mcintosh Wall

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Baldwin Bentley Blalock Boswell Brantley Brown of Hancock Bush Carswell Collier Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeLaPerriere Dixon DuBose Dudley Duncan of Pawson

Ficklen Fletcher Gann Gresham Haddock Harris Houser Houston Howard of Forsyth Hufstetler Jones of Thomas Kittrell Logan Macintyre Mayo Perkins Perryman Peterson

Reagan Ricketson Riley Singkltary Smith of Carroll Sumner of Johnson Swindle Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Tison of Worth Trippe Weston Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Winship Worthy Mr. Speaker

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


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On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 139, Nays 15.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

rrhc following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
.
By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton-
A resolution requesting the Governor to return House Bill No. 525 for the purpose of correcting errors therein.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that when the House adjourn, that it do stand adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock.
Mr. Holloway of Fulton moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock.

3 :30 o'clock P. M.
The House of Representatives 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 read the first time and referred to the Committee:

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1133

By Mr. Boykin of the 29th-
A bill to make all ex-Confederate Veterans eligible to draw pensions, who were citizens of Georgia on January 1, 1920.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. Wyatt of Troupe-
A resolution to instruct the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate to prepare, publish and mail to each member of the General Assembly, a statement showing status of unfinished business at time of adjournment.

By Mr.Hullender of Catoosa-
A resolution relative to certain members and officers of House and Senate remaining five days after sessiOn.

By Mr. Davis of Floyd-
A resolution relative to unfinishe.d business of the present session.

By Mr. McMichael of Marion-
A resolution paying stenographer employed in the investigation of the Highway Department.

Mr. Tatum of Dade County, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Railroads 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 as amended :

Senate Bill No. 88.

TATUM, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Commitee ou Municipal Corporations 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. 163.
Respectfully
SMITH oF MERIWETHER, Chairman.
Mr. Manning of Milton County, Chairman of the Committee on Drainage, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Drainage have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back

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1135

to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 120.
Respectfully submitted, J. H. MANNING, Chairman.

Mr. Kittrell of Laurens County, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture No. 1, has submitted the following report:

lJlr. Speaket:
Your Committee on Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 101, 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. 101, on Co-operative Marketing.
C. H. KITTRELL, Chairman

The following bills of the Senate favorabl~ reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Snow of the 7th-
A bill to protect railroad companies and their employees from certain (langers.

By Messrs. .Mills and 'Veaver of the 26th and 11th-
A bill to promote the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through co-operation, etc.

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The following bill of the House was returned from the Senate at the request of the House for the purpose of correcting an error:

By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens and others-

A bill to increase the fertilizer tag tax from 10 to
:w cents per ton.

This bill passed the House on August 1st without an ~-\ye and Nay Yote being called. The said bill was returned to the House from the Senate for the purpose of taking an Aye and Nay vote.

The Speaker ordered the roll call, and the vote ~was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Anderson Arnold Atkinson Beck Beckham Blalock Boatwright Bobo Bowden Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Childs Clark of Webster Clifton Collins

Cowart Culpepper Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DiXOll DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Ennis Evans Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Grant Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Hamilton

Hatcher ot Muscogee
Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur hines of Sumter Hodges Ilolland Holloway Horne Houser Howard of Screven Hullender Hunter Hyman Jackson Jones of Coweta .Jones of Thomas Jones of Walker Johnson of Bartow Johnson of Pickem Kennedy Kittrell Knight

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1137

Lankford of Toombs Parrish

Valentino

Luke

Patten

Van Landingham

McClelland

Penland

Vocelle

McDonald of

Peterson

Way

Richmond Phillips of Jasper Webb

McGarity

Price

West

Macintyre

Pruett

Whitaker

McMichael

Ramsey

of Lowndes

Malone

Reville

Whitaker

Manning

Russell

of Rockdale

Mason

Sibley

Whitworth

Mayo

Smiley

Williams of Harris

Miles

Smith of Meriwether Williams of Walton

Mixon

Steele

Wimberly

Monroe

Sumner of .Johnson Winship

Moore of Appling Sumner of Wheeler Wood

Moore of Fulton Swift

Woodard

Mundy

Thompson of Dodge Worthy

Neal of Union

Trippe

Wynne

Nottingham

Tyson of Mcintosh

Those voting in the negative were Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Baldwin Blackley Bloodworth Boswell Carr Clark of Colquitt Corbitt Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor Dobbs Dykes Ficklen

Gann

Mann

Harris

:\>Ioye

Hatcher of Burke Nichols

Hawkins

Owen

Howard of Forsyth Perryman

Johnson of

Quincey

Chattahoochee Rutherford

Keith

Salmon

King

Smith of Bryan

Langford of Hall Stovall

Lewis

Tatum

McClure

Turner

McDonald of

Watkins

Mitchell Whitley

Maddox

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Bowen Brown of Hancock Bush

Carswell Coates Collier DeLaPerriere Dickerson

Fletcher Gresham Haddock Houston Hufstetler

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Logan Parks Perkins Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pilcher Reagan Ricketson Riley

Robinson

Tison of Worth

Shettlesworth

Walker

Singletary

Wall

Smith of Carroll

Weston

Smith of Haralson Williams of Miller

Stone

Wyatt

Strickland

~lr. Speaker

Swindle

Thompson of Coweta

The roll call was verified.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 42.

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

By unanimous consent the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following bills and resolutions of the House, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, were rea<l the thinl time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Bentley, Holloway and Moore of Fulton-
A bill to appropriate the Georgia School of Tech-
nology a deficiency appropriation for 1921.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. \Vatkins of Butts as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the \Vhole House arose, and through their Chairman, reported the bill back with the recommendation that the same do pass.

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113~)

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.:

Arnold Atkinson Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bloodworth Bowden Braddy Bradford Brantley Brown of Emanuel Camp Carswell Clark of Webster Coates Cowart Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Hall Ennis Evans Folsom Fowler Franks Grant Griffin Griffith Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Hamilton

Harris

Moore of Fulton

Hatcher of Burke Moye

Hatcher of Muscogee Mundy

Hawkins

Parks

Henderson

Patten

Herring

Perryman

Hines of Decatur Phillips of Jasper

Hines of Sumter Phillips of Telfair

Holloway

.Pruett

Horne

Reville

Houser

Robinson

Howard of Screven Russell

Hunter

Rutherford

Jackson

Sibley

.Jones of Coweta

Smith of Bryan

Jones of Thomas Steele

Jones of Walker

Stovall

Johnson of Bartow Strickland

Johnson of Pickens Sumner of Johnson

Kennedy

Sumner of Wheeler

Kittrell

Swift .

Knight

Tyson of Mcintosh

Langford of Hall Valentino

Logan

Van Landingham

McClelland

Vocelle

McClure

Wall

McDonald of

Watkins

Mitchell Way

Macintyre

West

McMichael

Whitaker

Mann

of Lowndes

Manning

Williams of Walton

Mason

Winship

Mayo

Woodard

:\Hies

Worthy

}fonroe

Wynne

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Baldwin Bleck ley Boatwright Bobo Boyett Branch Brownlee
Byrd of Crisp -
Carr Childs Clark of Colquitt Collins Corbitt Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Dickerson Ficklen
!f'OY

Gann Greene Tfodges :Holland Howard of I<'orsyth Hufstetler Hullender Hyman Keith King Lewis Luke McGarity Maddox Malone Mixon Moore of Appling Neal of Union Nichols Nottingham Owen

Parrish Peterson Price Quincey Ramsey Reagan Salmon Smiley Tatum Thompson of Dodge Turner Walker Whitley Whitaker
of Rockdale Williams of Harris Wimberly Wood Wyatt

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Bentley Boswell Bowen Brannen Brown of Hancock Bush Clifton Collier Culpepper DeLaPerriere Dixon Duncan of Dawson Dykes Fletcher Gresham

Haddock

Smith of Carroll

Houston

Smith of Haralson

Johnson of

Smith of Meriwether

Chattahoochee Stone

Lankford of Toombs Swindle

:\IcDonald of

Thompson of Coweta

Richmond Tison of Worth

Penland

Trippe

Perkins

Webb

Pickren

Weston

Pilcher

Whitworth

Ricketson

Williams of Miller

Riley

:\fr. Speaker

Shettlesworth

Singletary

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call "as dispensed with.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 60.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered to be
immediat'ly transmitted to the Senate.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that when the House adjourn, that it do stand adjourned until to-night at 8 :00 o'clock, and the motion preyailed.

By Mr. Davis of Floyd and others-

A resolution appropriating and authorizing and (lirecting the Governor to reimburse the merchants of the various counties of Georgia, who paid certain cigarette and tobacco taxes, and for other purposes.

The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Bowden of 'Vare as the Chairman thereof.

The Committee of the 'Vhole House arose andreported the resolution back to the House with the reconmwndation that the same do pass.

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.

The resolution involving an appropriation, the roll call was ordered, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Atkinson

Baldwin Beck Beckham Bleckley

Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen

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Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brantley Brown of Ema~uel Brownlee Camp Carr Childs Clark of Colquitt Coates Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dickerson Dixon DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Ennis Evans Ficklen Grant Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Hamilton Harris Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur

Hines of Sumter Parrish

Hodges

Patten

Holland

Peterson

Horne

Phillips of Jasper

Houser

Phillips of Telfair

Howard of Screven Pickren

Hullender

Price

Hunter

Pruett

Hyman

Ramsey

Jones of Coweta Reagan

Jones of Thomas Reville

Jones of VValker

Robinson

Johnson of Bartow Russell

Johnson of

Salmon

Chattahoochee Sibley

Johnson of Pickens Smiley

Knight

Steele

Langford of Hall Stovall

Lewis

Strickland

Luke

Sumner of Wheeler

McClure

Swift

McDonald of

Tatum

Mitchell Trippe

McDonald of

Van Landingham

Richmond Vocelle

Macintyre

Wall

McMichael

Whitaker

Maddox

of Lowndes

Malone

VVhitaker

Manning

of Rockdale

Mayo

Whitworth

:\Ioore or Appling VVilliams of VValton

Moore of Fulton Wimberly

Mundy

Winship

Nichols

Wood

Nottingham

Woodard

Owen

Parks

Those voting in the negative vvere Messrs. :

Carswell Clark of VVebster Collins Culpepper Daniel of Troup Foy

Hatcher of Muscogee Smith of Meriwether

Howard of Forsyth Tyson of Mcintosh

Keith

Walker

Kittrell

Watkins

Logan

VVay

Smith of Bryan

Wyatt

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11-!3

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bloodworth Boatwright Brannen Brown of Hancock Bush Byrd of Crisp Clifton Collier Corbitt Cowart DeLaPerriere Dobbs Dykes Fletcher Folsom Fowler Franks Gann Gresham Haddock

Hatcher of Burke Rutherford

Holloway

Shettlesworth

Houston

Singletary

Hufstetler

Smith of Carroll

Jackson

Smith of Haralson

Kennedy

Stone

King

Sumner of Johnson

Lankford of Toombs Swindle

McClelland

Thompson of Coweta

:\icGarity

Thompson of Dodge

Mann

Tison of Worth

Mason

Turner

:\files

Valentino

Mixon

Webb

Monroe

West

Moye

\Veston

Neal of Union

Whitley

Penland

Williams of Harris.

Perkins

Williams of Miller

Perryman

Worthy

Pilcher

\Vynne

Quincey

Mr. Speaker

Ricketson

Riley

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

On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 119, Nays 18.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the resolution was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following Senate amendments to House bills wer read and concurred in:

Amend House Bill No. 504 by substituting in Section 3 of said bill, the word "majority" wherever

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JouRNAL OJ< THE. Hou:::;E.,

in said section, the words ''three-fifths'' and ''twofifths'' appear.
Amend House Bill No. 505 by striking- the words and fig-ures "two-fifths (2/5)" and the words and figures "three-fifths (3/5)" wherever they occur in said bill, and substitute therefor, the word "majority.''
Mr. DuBose of Clarke moved that the House do nov, adjourn, and the motion prevailetl.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-night at 8:00 o'clock.

8:00 o'clock P. l\L
The House met again at this hour aud was callell to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The following bill of the Senate was read the fir:::;t time and referred to a Committee:
By Mr. Rountree of the 16thA bill to regulate boxing of turpC'ntine and pro-
vide protection from fire. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture
No.1.
The following Senate amendments to House Bill No. 482 were read and concurred in:

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1145

..Amend House Bill No. 482 by striking the whole of Section 2 of said bill, and substituting in lieu thereof, a new section to be known as Section 2.
Section 2. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that for the purpose of this Act, the said County of Franklin shall be divided into three Commissioner's Districts, to be constituted as follows, to wit:
The first Commissioner's District shall be composed of Carnesville (264th), Canon (1363rd), Stranges (812th) Militia Dictricts. The Second District shall be composed of Bryant's (206th), Gumlog (213th), Red Hill (212th), Wellborn (1377th), Flintville (211th) Militia Districts, and the third Commissioner's District shall be composed of Manleys (370th), Middle River (1420th) Gunnels (210th ), Dooleys (263rd), Ashland (1686th) Militia Districts.
The Commissioners aforesaid shall have authority by a majority vote of said board, to attach any new militia that may be created to any one of the three Commissioners' Districts.
~\mend House Bill No. 482 by adding a new paragraph to be known as:
Section 14. Be it further enacted that the provisions of this Act shall not become effective until submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of Franklin County as herein provided. An election is hereby called for Friday, September 23, 1921, to be held in said County in the same manner and at the same place as general elections for said State and County officers are now held, on which date, those

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favoring the election of County Commissioners under the provisions of this Act, shall cast their balots, and have printed, or written thereon, the words : ''For the election of Commissioners,'' and those opposed thereto, the words: ''Against the election of Commissioners.'' Should a majority of qualified voters, voting at said election cast their ballots ''For the election of Commissioners,'' then in that event, this Act shall become of full force and effect. The vote in said election shall be consolidated in the same manner as the vote in general elections, and the returns thereof, made to the Ordinary of said County, and said Ordinary shall declare the result thereof.

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:
A bill to amend City charter of Atlanta by annexing certain property.
The Senate has concurred in the House amendlnent to Senate Bill Ko. 90.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof.

Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu-

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1147

tional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to amend Code No. 4747 by striking "One dollar and twenty-five cents.''
The Senate has adopted the following resolutions, to wit:
A resolution requesting House to return Hous<' Bills 504 and 505 for correction.
A resolution for Committee to visit UniyNsity of Georgia and branches.
A resolution for Committee to visit Penitentiary and convict camps.
A resolution requesting Clerk of House and Secretary of Senate to compile status of unfinished business.
A resolution to allow certain officials to remain after adjournment.
A resolution providing for unfinished business of Session.

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 Senate, to wit:
A bill to regulate boxing of turpentine.

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The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

B~- Messrs. Grant of Habersham and Williams of Walton-
A bill to appropriate $7,000.00 to the 19th District Agricltural and Mechanical School and $6,000.00 to the 5th District Agricultural and Mechanical School.
The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into a Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Whitaker of Lowndes as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the \Vhole House arose, and through their Chairman, reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same clo pass as amended.
The following Committf'e amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by striking the figures "$7,000.00" in line four, Section 1 and substituting the figures "$5,000.00,'' and by striking the figures '' $6,000.00'' in line eight, Section 1 aml substituting in lieu thereof, "$4,000.00." Caption to be amended accordingly.
Mr. Camp of Campbell 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 as amended, was agreed to.

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1149

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 Newton Adams of WaltoB. Arnold Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Bowden Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Camp Carr Carswell Childs Coates Cowart Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Hall Ennis Folsom Grant Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Gunnels Hatcher of Burke

Hatcher of Muscogee Owen

Hawkins

Parks

Henderson

Parrish

Herring

Patten

Hines of Decatur Phillips of Jasper

Holloway

Phillips of Telfair

Houser

Pickren

Howard of Forsyth Pilcher

Hullender

Price

Hunter

Pruett

Jones of Coweta Reville

Jones of Thomas Robinson

Jones of Walker Russell

Johnson of

Salmon

Chattahoochee Sibley

Johnson of Pickens Smith of Bryan

Kennedy

Smith of Haralson

Kittrell

Steele

Knight

Stovall

Langford of Hall Strickland

Logan

Sumner of Johnson

Luke

Swift

McClure

Swindle

McDonald of

Tatum

Mitchell Trippe

McDonald of

Turner

Richmond Tyson of Mcintosh

McGarity

Valentino

Macintyre

Van Landingham

McMichael

Vocelle

Malone

Wall

Mann

Way

Manning

Webb

Mason

Weston

Miles

.Whitaker

Moore of Fulton

of Lowndes

Moye

Whitworth

Mundy

Williams of Walton

Neal of Union

Woodard

Nottingham

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Those yoting in the negative were Messrs. :

Atkinson Bowen Brown of Emanuel Byrd of Crisp Clark of Colquitt Daniel of Troup Dykes Ficklen Foy Hines of Sumter

Holland

Perryman

Horne

Peterson

Howard of Screven Reagan

Hyman

Smiley

Lewis

Sumner of Wheeler

Lankford of Toombs Thompson of Dodse

Mixon

Whitley

Monroe

Williams of Harris

Nichols

Wimberly

Those not yoting were Messrs.:

Anderson Bentley Boatwright Bobo Boswell Boyett Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Clark of Webster Clifton Collier Collins Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Heard DeLaPerriere Duncan of Dawson Evans Fletcher Fowler Franks

Gann Gresham Guess Haddock Hamilton Harris Hodges Houston Hufstetler Jackson Johnson of Bartow Keith King McClelland Maddox Mayo Moore of Appling Penland Perldns Quincey Ramsey Ricketson

Riley Rutherford Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Carroll Smith of Meriwether Stone Thompson of Coweta Tison of Worth Walker Watkins West Whitaker
of Rockdale Williams of Miller Winship Wood Worthy Wyatt Wynne Mr. Speaker

By unanimous consent the Yerification of the roll call was clispensed with.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 28.

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1151

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

B~- Mr. Luke of Ben Hill-
~\ bill to amend Section 5 of an Act to regulate the registration, sale, etc., of commercial fertilizers so that no time limit shall be placed on the use of fertilizer tags.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of t~e bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 0.
The bill having rf'ceived the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the .bill was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

B~' Mr. DuBose and Dudley of Clarke-
A bill to appropriate $30,000.00 to the State Normal School.
Thf> bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into a Commitee of the whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Brown of Emanuel 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.

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The following Committee amendment was read and adopted :
Amendment to House Bill No. 259.

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, 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 Newton Adams of Walton Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beckham Bentley Blalock Bleckley Boswell Bowden Bowen Braddy Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Cowart Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe Dickerson Dixon DuBose Dudley Duncan of Hall Dyhe,;

Ennis

McDonald of

Folsom

Richmond

Grant

McGarity

Griffith

~lac Intyre

Grovenstein

McMichael

Harris

Mann

Hatcher of Burke Manning

Hatcher of Muscogee Mason

Hawkins

Mayo

Henderson

Miles

Hines of Decatur Monroe

Holloway

Moore of Appling

Houser

Moore of Fulton

Howard of Forsyth Moye

Hunter

Mundy

Jackson

Nottingham

Jones of Coweta Owen

Jones of Thomas Parks

Jones of Walker Patten

Johnson of Bartow Phillips of Telfair

Kennedy

Pickren

Kittrell

Pilcher

Knight

Quincey

Langford of Hall Robinson

Lewis

Russell

Logan

Rutherford

Luke

Sibley

McClure

Smith of Bryan

McDonald of

Steele

Mitchell Stovall

Strickland

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Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Tatum Trippe Turner Tyson of Mcintosh Valentino

Van Landingham Whitworth

Vocelle

Williams of Harris

Way

Williams of Walton

Webb

Wimberly

West

Woodard

Whitaker

of Lowndes

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Bobo Byrd of Crisp Daniel of Troup Ficklen Foy Greene Herring

Hines of Sumter Mixon

Holland

Parrish

Howard of Screven Perryman

Hyman

Thompson of Dodge

Johnson of

Wall

Chattahoochee

Malone

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Anderson Beck Bird of Taliaferro Bloodworth Boatwright Boyett Bradford Brannen Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Clark of Webster Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Culpepper DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dobbs Duncan of Dawson Evans Fletcher Fowler Franks Gann Gresham

Griffin

Ricketson

Guess

Riley

Gunnels

Salmon

Haddock

Shettlesworth

Hamilton

Singletary

Podges

Smiley

Horne

Smith of Carrol!

Houf:'ton

Smith of Haralson

Hufstetler

Smith of Meriwether

Hullender

Stone

Johnson of Pickens Swift

Keith

Swindle

King

Thompson of Coweta

Lankford of Toombs Tison of Worth

McClelland

Walker

Maddox

Watkins

Neal of Union

Weston

Nichols

Whitley

Penland

Whitaker

Perkins

of Rockdale

Peterson

Williams of Miller

Phillips of Jasper Winship

Price

Wood

Pruett

Worthy

Ramsey

Wyatt

Reagan

Wynne

Reville

~1r. Speaker

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By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 108, Nays 18
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. Bowden of \Vore moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-moiTO\V morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

TuESDAY, AuGUST 9, 1921.

1155

REPRESEXTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., TuESDAY, AuGUST 9, 1921.

The House of ~epresentatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 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 Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Bradford Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp

Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher

Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard of Forsyth

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Howard of Screven Moore of Appling Stovall

Hufstetler

Moore of Fulton

Strickland

Hullender

Moye

Sumner of Johnson

Hunter

Mundy

Sumner of Wheeler

Hyman

Neal of Union

Swift

Jackson

Nichols

Swindle

Jones of Coweta Nottingham

Tatum

Jones of Thomas Owen

Thompson of Coweta

Jones of VValker Parks

Thompson of Dodge

Johnson of Bartow Parrish

Tison of Worth

Johnson of

Patten

Trippe

Chattahoochee Penland

Turner

Johnson of Pickens Perkins

Tyson of Mcintosh

Keith

Perryman

Valentino

Kennedy

Peterson

Van Landingham

King

Phillips of Jasper Vocelle

Kittrell

Phillips of Telfair Walker

Knight

Pickren

Wall

Langford of Hall Pilcher

Watkins

Lankford of Toombs Price

Way

Lewis

Pruett

Webb

Logan

Quincey

West

Luke

Ramsey

Weston

McClelland

Reagan

Whitley

McClure

Reville

Whitaker.

McDonald of

Ricketson

of Lowndes

Mitchell Riley

Whitaker

;\fcDonald of

Robinson

of Rockdale

Richmond Russell

Whitworth

McGarity

Rutherford

Williams of Harris

Macintyre

Salmon

Williams of Miller

McMichael

Shettlesworth

Williams of Walton

Maddox

Sibley

Wimberly

Ma~one

Singletary

Winship

Mann

Smiley

Wood

Manning

Smith of Bryan

Woodard

Mason

Smith of Carroll Worthy

Mayo

Smith of Haralson Wyatt

Miles

Smith of Meriwether Wynne

Mixon

Steele

:\fr. Speaker

Monroe

Stone

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

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1157

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 haye 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. 52. Do pass.
GuEss oF DEl(ALB, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Commitee on General Judiciary 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. 104.
GuEss OF DEl(ALB, Chairman.

Mr. Ficklen of Wilkes County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Insurance haYe had under

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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 :
FICKLEN, Chairman.

Mr. McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Jlr. 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:
Senate Bill No. 163.
MeDoNALD OF RICHMOND, Chairman.

Mr. Turner of Brooks 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 Senate bills, and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to "the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as follows:
Senate Bill No. 127. Do pass.
Senate Bill No. 158. Do pass as amended.
MR. TURNER, Chairman.

TuESDAY, AuousT 9, 1921.

1159

The following bills and resolutions of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Golucke of the 19th-
A bill to amend an Act for the establishment of a Department of Insurance, and ~or other purposes.

By Mr. Johns of the 27th-
A bill to amend the drainage laws of this State.

By Mr. Manson of the 35thA bill to amend the Georgia Motor Vehicle Law.

By Mr. Fleming of the lOth-
A bill to prohibit placing of any device in the fonn of a railway crossing signboard along the roads of this State.

By Mr. Jackson of the 21st-
A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of
Gray.

By Mr. Boykin of the 29thA resolution for the relief of J. J. Price as surety.

By Mr. Rountree of the 16th-
A bill to regulate boxing of turpentine and provide protection from fire.

The following bill of the Senate was read the thir~l time and placed upon its passage:

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By Mr. Mills of the 26th-
A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Butts.
The report 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.

The following resolutions of the Senate were read:

By Mr. Campbell of the 34th-
A resolution requesting House to return to Senate House Bills Nos. 504 and 505 for the purpose of correction.
Mr. Moore of Fulton moved that the resolution be tabled and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Campbell of the 20th-
A resolution for the House and Senate Committee on the cniversity of Geor-gia and its branches to visit the University and its branches between this date and the 19:22 session.
Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the resolution be tabled, and the motion prevailed.

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1161

By Mr. Campbell of the 34th-
A resolution allowing the Penitentiary Committee to visit the various convict camps and prison farm.
Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the resolution be tabled, and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent, Senate Bill No. 60 was withdrawn from the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senat! was withdrawn from the Committee, read the second time and recommitted:

By Messrs. Davis and Salmon of Floyd-
A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Rome.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that during the day, individual speeches be limited to five minutes, and the motion prevailed.
The following Senate amendments to House bills were read and concurred in:
Amend House Resolution No. 62 by adding tlw following as a caption or title of the said resolution:
"A resolution to authorize the Governor of Georgia to transfer to the Tuttle-Newton Home the property of 100 acres of land described in the following resolution, and for other purposes:''
Amend House Bill No. 525, ''An Act to amend an Act to amenrl an Act establishing a nC'w charter for the City of Atlanta," approvf'cl February 28th,

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1874, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, by extending the limits of said City so as to annex and include the following territory, to wit:
1st. Parcel: Land lots 2 and 52 of the 17th District; 2nd. Parcel: Certain territory at the northeast corner of Gault Street and Second street in Land Lot 41 of the 14th District; 3rd. Parcel: Certain land beginning west of Ontario A venue; 4th. Parcel: All that part of Land Lot 110 of the 17th. District as therein described, which amendment was passed at the present session of the General Assembly be amended by striking said fourth parcel from said Act, as therein more fully described.
Be 'it enacted by the authority of the General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by said authority as follows:
Section 1. That an Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, approved February 28th, 1874, and the sewral Acts amendatory thereof, by extending the limits of saicl City so as to annex and include certain territory described as Parcels 1, 2, 3 and 4, and which amendment was passed at the present session of the General Assembly, be itself amended by striking therefrom the land therein described under the section called fourth parcel, and more particularly described as ''all that part of Land Lot 110 of the 17th District of Fulton County, Georgia, beginning at the corner of the present city limits on the south line of Land Lot 110 and near the southeast corner of said land lot and extending thence north, parallel with the west line of said land lot to the north line of said land lot; thence east along the north line of

TuEsDAY, AuGusT 9, 1921.

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said land lot to the northeast corner of said land lot; thence south along the .east line of said land lot to the southeast corner of said land lot; thence west along the south line of said land lot to the beginning point.''
Said last described parcel of land is hereby stricken from said Act amending the charter of the City of Atlanta as aforesaid, and the Act as passed, shall cover only parcels 1, 2 and 3 as therein described.
Section 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Mr. Bowden of Ware moved that Senate Resolution No. 57 be taken from the table, and the motion was lost.

The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Conunittee, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Ellis of the 47th and Snow of the 7th-
A bill creating an investigative committee to be known as "The Georgia State Board of Forestry."
The report 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 7.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Snow of the 7th-

A bill to provide for the return and transmission of interrogatories under the provisions of Articles I and II of Chapter 6 of the Code of 1910, and for other purposes.

Mr. Dobbs of Cobb 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.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 76, Nays 35.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite con-

stitutional m~jority was lost.



By Mr. Collum of the 13th-
A bill to amend an Act to aid in the establishment and maintenance of one or more consolidated public schools in each county of the State, and for other purposes.
Mr. Dobbs of Cobb 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.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 128, Nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

TuE~DAY, AuuusT ~), 1921.

1165

By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd-
A bill to regulate and prescribe certain matters of review procedure and practice in the courts of this State, 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 117, Nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Macintyre of Thomas gave notice that at the proper time, he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No. 31.

By Mr. Akin of the 4th-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate the practice of professional nursing in the State of Georgia.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 105, Nays 13.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Thorpe of the 2nd-
A bill to make it unlawful for any person to make or aid in making a false statement or representation in attempting to procure the payment of any false o~ fraudulent claim against any industrial, health, life or accident insurance company.

1166

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. J olms of the 27thSenate Bill No. 12. A bill to amend Section 3298
of the Code of 1910, relative to the foreclosure of bills of sale.
The following substitute was read and adopted:

By Mr. "Wyatt of Troupe-

A BILL.
To be ~ntitled, An Act to amend Section 3298 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 which is as follows:
" 3298-Bill of s.ale to secure debt, foreclosure of.
The owner of any bill of sale to personal property to secure a debt where the principal sum does not exceed one hundred dollars, may foreclose the same in the same manner as mortgages on personal property are now foreclosed, under the laws of this State, by adding after the word ''sale,'' and before the word ''to'' in the first line of said Section, the words: ''Or written contract retaining title,'' and by striking out the words ''where the principal sum does not exceed one hundred dollars,'' where the

TuESDAY, AuGFST 9, 1921.

1167

same occur in said section, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words: ''Or written contract where title is retained to personal property to secure a debt,'' 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 awl after the passage of this Act, Section 3298 of the CiYil Code of Georgia of 1910 be, and the same is hereby amended as follows:
By adding after the word ''SALE'' and before the word ''TO'' in the first line of said Section, the words: "OR wRITTEN CONTRACT RETAINING TITLE,'' and by striking out the words ''where the sum does not exceed one hundred dollars,'' where the same occur in said Section, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "OR -WRITTEN CONTRACT -WHERE TITLE IS RETAINED TO PERSONAL PROPERTY TO SECURE A DEBT'': so that sai<l Section when so amended shall read as follows:
:~298-Bill of Sale or written contract retaining title to secure debt, foreclosure of.
The owner of any bill of sale to personal property to secure a debt, or written contract where title is retained to personal property to secure a debt, may foreclose the same in the same manner as mortgagees on personal property are now foreclosed under the laws of this State.''
Section 2. Be it further enacted by authority of the same, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hen-'by repealed.

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JouRNAL oF THE HousE,

The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
. The bill having recf'ived the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Messrs. \Vall of the 5th and David of the 43rd-
A bill to amend an Act to regulate banking in the State of Georgia.
Mr. Perryman of Talbot moved that the bill and all amendments be tabled, and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Hutchens of the 38th-
A bill to amend an Act to reorganize the military forces 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 103, Nays 20.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Haralson of the 40th-
Senate Bill No. 49. A bill to provide for the disposal of property in the City of Atlanta, known as the "Governor's Mansion," and for other purposes.
Mr. Beck of Carroll offered a substitute.

TuESDAY, AuGUST 9, 1921.

1169

Mr. Camp of Campbell moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

On the adopton of the Beck substitute, Mr. Arnold of Clay called for the Ayes and Nays, and the call was sustained.

The roll call was ordered, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting m the affirmative were Messrs.:

Anderson Baldwin Beck Bowden Braddy Branch Brannen Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Byrd of Crisp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clifton Corbitt Daniel of Heard Duniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Dixon Ficklen Folsom Fowler Foy Gresham

Griffin

Riley

Hawkins

Rutherford

Hines of Decatur Sibley

Holland

Smiley

Horne

Smith of Bryan

Houser

Smith of Carroll

Jackson

Stone

Keith

Sumner of Wheeler

King

Tatum

Knight

Thompson of Dodge

Lankford of Toombs Valentino

Lewis

Walker

:\lcDonald of

Wall

Richmond Watkins

:.fcMichael

Webb

:\falone

Williams of Harris

Miles

Williams of Miller

Mixon

Wimberly

:\loye

Winship

Parrish

Wood

Patten

Woodward

Perryman

Wyatt

Phillips of Jasper Wynne

Phillips of Telfair

Quincey

Those voting in the n>gative w>re Messrs. :

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Arnold

Atkinsonn Beckham Bentley

Blalock Bleckley mood worth

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Boatwright

Henderson

Neal of Union

Bobo

Herring

Nichols

Boswell

Hines of Sumter

Nottingham

Bowen

Hodges

Owen

Boyett

Holloway

Parks

Bradford

Houston

Penland

Brantley

Howard of Forsyth Pickren

Brownlee

Howard of Screven Price

Bush

Hufstetler

Pruett

Camp

Hullender

Ramsey

Clark of Webster Hunter

Reagan

Collins

Jones of Coweta

Reville

Cowart

Jones of Thomas Russell

Culpepper

Jones of Walker Shettlesworth

Davis of Oglethorpe Johnson of Bartow Smith of Haralson

DeFoor

Johnson of

Smith of Meriwether

DeLaPerriere

Chattahoochee Steele

Dickerson

Johnson of Pickens Stovall

Dobbs

Kennedy

Strickland

Duncan of Dawson Kittrell

Sumner of Johnson

Duncan of Hall

Langford of Hall

Swift

Ennis

Luke

Swindle

Evans

McClelland

Trippe

Franks

McClure

Tyson of Mcintosh

Gann

McDonald of

Van Landingham

Grant

Mitchell Vocelle

Griffith

McGarity

Way

Greene Grovenstein

Macintyre Maddox

west Weston

Guess

Manning

Whitley

Gunnels

Mason

Whitaker of

Haddock Harris

Monroe Moore of Appling

Rockdale Williams of Walton

Hatcher of Burke Moore of Fulton

Hatcher of Muscogee Mundy

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Bird of Taliaferro Logan

Singletary

Coates

Mann

Thompson of Coweta

Collier

Mayo

Tison of Worth

DuBose

Perkins

Turner

Dudley

Peterson

Whitaker of Lowndes

Dykes

Pilcher

Whitworth

Fletcher

Ricketson

Worthy

Hamilton

Robinson

Mr. Speaker

Hyman

Salmon

TuEsDAY, AuausT 9, 1921.

1171

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the adoption of the substitute, the Ayes were 72, Nays 1f0, and the substitute was lost.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 128, Nays 13.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that the House do now adjourn until this afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock, and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Thompson of Coweta.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.

3 :30 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 followng message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blalock:

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

The following communication from His Excellency, the Governor, was read:

To the General Assembly of Georgia.
On July 6, 1921, I pointed out to you that the deficit in the Treasury of the State by the end of the present year would exceed $3,000,000.00. This deficit was not created either by myself or by the present General Assembly, and the responsibility for it does not rest upon us. The responsibility for its creation is not upon us, but both the present Governor and the present General Assembly will be responsible, and the people of the State will be justified in holding us responsible, unless we do all in our power to relieve the situation.
Finding it impossible to cut the appropriations already made for the year 1921, because in almost every instance it was shown that contracts had been entered into and obligations assumed on the faith of those appropriations, and finding it also impossible to raise any considerable amount of revenue by new taxation that could be collected in the few months that will remain of the year 1921, the General Assembly has been forced to adopt the drastic plan of authorizing the Governor to discount the rentals of the 'Vestern and Atlantic Railroad for a period of five years, and has in addition thereto, levied an

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occupation tax on the importers of gasoline. It can be safely assumed that from these two sources of revenue the State will net something like $2,500,000.00, which will approximately relieve the situation up to and including the year 1921.

But it must be rememberl:'d that the \Vestern and Atlantic rental fund and the gasoline tax for the last quarter of 1921 are needed, ahd more than needed, to meet the deficiencies of the present year, including absolute!~ necessary deficiencies for the present year.

The discount of the \Vestern and Atlantic rentals

for the period of fiye years was an operation of the

most drastic character, and can be justified only on

the ground that no other way could be found to

supply the money that was necessary to make up the

Treasury deficit, and to save the credit of the State.

If, after having performed a drastic operation of

this character, because of the critical condition of

the State's finances, the General Assembly should

immediately put the State back in the same hole for

next year and for 1923, the performance would be

indefensible, and could not be justified by any one.

I feel that the General Assembly is entitled to the

fullest information as to the State's revenues for

the years 1922 an(l 1923, so that it may not, under

any circumstances, make the mistake of appropri-

ating more money than the revenues of the State

will pay.



\\Tith a view to giYing to the General Assembly the most accurate and detailed information that it is possible to procure, I haYe requested the Comptroller General of the State, Hon. \Vm. A. \Vright, to

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furnish me with an estimate of the revenue of the State for the years 1922 and 1923. I quote you a letter from the Comptroller General under date of August 8th, with two accompanying tables:
''In compliance with your request, I have estimated from the information now in my possession, the revenue of the State for the years 192:! and 1923, based up~n the General Tax Act of 1921 as passed by the House. The total figures, you will observe, amount to $9,257,442.84.
"The ad valorem tax is based upon the 1921 returns, as far as they are available. They show a decrease in the property on digest of $125,000,000., and a decrease in the public service corporations of $350,000. My estimate of the revenue to the State from this source is $5,737,897.84.
''Eliminating the rental from the \Vestern and Atlantic Railroad property, oil fees, the estimated revenue from other sources than ad valorem taxes, based upon the present tax Act, is $2,585,410.00.
"As far as I am able to estimate, the increase to be derived from the new General Tax Act, as passed by the House, will amount to $234,135.00. You will note that there are nine subjects upon which special taxes have been levied on which I have made no estimate. To do so would be pure guess work on my part, as I hav.e no data whatever, on which to base an estimate.
''I have not included in these figures, poll tax to be collected from women who desire to qualify to vote. My judgment is that at the outside, not more than 75,000 will qualify during 192:2 and 1923. I

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note that Paragraph 1, Section 2, imposes a poll tax upon every inhabitant between the ages of 25 and 60 years. It may be that this is a typographical error, if not, the number of men between the ages of 21 and :25 who would be relieved from the payment of poll tax under existing law, would probably off-set the number of women who will register and vote."
(Signed) ""\Vl\r. ~-\ ..WRIGHT,
Comptroller General

gSTIMATED REVEXL"E FoR 19:22-1923.
Property on Digest, ($125,000,000 less than 1920) .................. $1,056,473,058

Tax at mills .......... $ 5,282,365.29 Cost of collection at 7%. 369,765.57

Net to State ..................... $ 4,912,599.72

Public utility corpora-

tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 165,059,624

Tax at 5 mills . . . . . . . . . .

825,298.12

Net revenue to State, ad valorem tax ................ $ 5,737,897.84
EsTIMATED REvExuE FRoM OTHER SouRcEs.
Poll tax (Men) ........... $ 298,522 Professional tax . . . . . . . . . . . 62,400 Back taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,936 Income tax, railroads, ex-
empt ad valorem. . . . . . . . . . 8,692 Insurance fees and taxes. . . . 720,000

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Inheritance tax ........... . 250,000 , Interest, State depositories .. 30,000 Fees, fertilizers ........... . 70,000 Fees, pure food . ." . . . . . . . . . 45,000 Fees, game protection . . . . . . . 6,000 Fees, office ................ . 6,660 General and poll tax not on
Digest ................. . 100,000 Occupation tax (Foreign
and domestic corporation). 285,000 Special or occupation taxes .. 515,000 Sale of Acts, codes and
reports ................. . 7,700 Miscellaneous items ....... . 63,500
2,585,410.00

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$ 8,323,307.84

Estimated additional tax, New Gen-

eral Tax Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,135.00

Estimated revenue from one

cent tax on gas .................. . 700,000.00

Total ........................... $ 9,257,442.84
You will observe from these tables, the Comp- troller estimates the total rewnue of the State at $9,257,442.84 for the years 1922 and 192:-3. In making this estimate, the Comptroller estimates the net revenue to the State from ad valorem taxes, including the tax on public utility corporations, $5,737,897.84. He estimates the total revenue of the State from other sources at $2,585,410.00, making a total of $8,323,307.84. He estimates the revenue from the one cent per gallon tax on gas at $700,000., and the additional revenue to be derived from the new Gen-

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eral Tax Act as passed by the House, at $234,135,00. There are nine small items in the tax bill passed by the House which the Comptroller is unable to estimate, but from which he. assures me, no considerable additional revenue can be obtained.
I next call your attention to a letter addressed to me by the Comptroller General under date of August 9th, 1921, in which he estimates that, with the single exception of 5% tax on amusements, the increases 'made by the Senate in the General Tax Bill as passed by the House, are inconsequential and will raise only an inconsiderable amount of revenue. The letter is as follows:
''In compliance with your request, I have examined the amendments to the General Tax Act adopted by the senate, for the purpose of estimating what effect these amendments will have on the estimated revenue to be raised by said tax act. I beg to submit the following:
Amendment 19A It is impossible for me to make an estimate as to the amount of tax which will be collected under this paragTaph, as I have no data upon which to base an estimate.
Amendment 41A I am without any data upon which to base an estimate.
Amendment 27A Amending Paragraph 97, increasing tax on soda fountains. This increase will probably amount to $5,000 per year.
Amendment 29D May increase the revenue from the tax imposed on cafes and restaurants about $2,000.

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"I can make no estimate as to what revenue will be derived from the 5'lo tax imposed upon amusements, as I am absolutely without data on which to base an estimate.
''The other amendments I do not think will effect the revenue one way or the other."
(Signed) \Vl\L A. -WRIGHT,
Comptroller General.

On this subyect I think it proper to inform you that I have reliable information that if the 5% tax on amusements is retained in the bill, the amount of revenue that we can reasonably hope to derive therefrom will be approximately $375,000., unless the effect- of this tax is to curtail the business of the people conducting moving picture shows and other amusements, and consequently to reduce by the amount of such curtailment the amount of tax to be (lerived therefrom.
Consequently, the General Assembly will readily see that the total amount of" revenue of the State cannot be greater than about $9,264,000., unless the amusement tax becomes a part of the law, and in that event can only be $375,000. greater, at best. I beg to invite your attent-ion to the fact that the General Appropriation Bill, as passed by the House, itself carries a total of $9,193,520.14.
I assume that it is true that no thoughtful man will dispute the proposition that the fiscal affairs of this State should be administered along strictly business lines. The income and outgo must be carefully measured and balanced against each other, and

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appropriations in excess of the revenues of the State cannot be made, and could not be approved.
I urge upon the Legislature the necessity of keeping these appropriations well within the revenues of the State. No other policy is either sound or sane. No other policy can be approved by either reason or common sense; and I am sure that I will not appeal in vain to the General Assembly of the State to apply the principles of common sense and sound business to its affars.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS "\V. HARDWICK,
Governor.

Mr. Hullender, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Conm1ittee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts an<l resolutions, to wit:
House Bill No. 523. An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the Town of Robertstown.
House Bill No. 519. An Act to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Eastman.
House Bill No. 375. An Act to amend Section 5918 of the Code of 1910, relative to evi<lence in cases of injunction.
House Bill No. 148. An Act to amend Sections of

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Code of 1910, relative to validation of bonds issued by counties.
House Bill No. 533. An Act to repeal an Act creating a county depository for Coffee County.
House Bill No. 532. An Act to create a depository for Coffee County.
House Bill No. 536. An Act to abolish the Board of Rnpervisors of Murray County.
House Bill No. 534. An Act to repeal an Act amending the charter of the Town of Temple.
House Bill .Ko. 351. An Act to amend Paragraph 2 of the Constitution of Georgia, changing the boundary line of the County of Cook.
House Bill No. 191. An Act to authorize fire insurance companies to reinsure in certain cases.
House Bill No. 124. An Act to amend an Act creating a Department of Insurance.
House Bill No. 189. An Act to amend Sections of Code of 1910, relative to recording of bonds for title.
House Bill No. 538. An Act to repeal an Act amending an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for the County of Putnam.
House Resolution No. 63. A resolution memorializing Congress to amend the Transportation Act of 1920, regulatin.g intra-state traffic.
House Resolution No. 67. A resolution memorializing Congress to set aside money for the elimination of the boll weevil in the South.

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House Resolution No. 89. A resolution for the Committee of the Academy for the Blind to visit the institution during vacation.
Respectfully submitted,
H"l'LLENDER OF CAToosA, Chairman.

Mr. Hullender of Catoosa, Chairman of the Committt:>e on Enrollmt:>nt, submitted tlw following report:

Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly Enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts and resolutions, to wit:
House Bill No. 504. An Act to amend an Act establishing the charter of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 505. An Act to amend an Act to establish a charter for Atlanta.
House Resolution No. 62. A resolution authorizing the Governor to transfer certain property of the Tuttle-Newton Home.
House Bill No. 105. An Act to amend Section 4747 of Civil Code of 1910, rt:>lative to compensation of jurors.
House Bill No. 482. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners for Franklin County.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER oF CAToosA, Chairman.

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Mr. Boyett of Stewart County, Chairman of the Committee on .Pensions, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions haYe had under consideration the following, 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. 96. Respectfully,
BoYETT, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General .Judiciary No. 1, submittetl the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 haYe 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. 147.
GuEss OF DEKALB, Chairman.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

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Jlr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to abolish an Act entitled ''Banks County Commutation Road Tax.''
A bill to fix compensation for members of Board of Roads and Revenues of Jefferson County.
A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Terrell County.
A bill to amend an ~~ct fixing the rate of taxation for public school purposes.
~"- bill to change the terms of the City Court of Swainsboro.
A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Sylvania.
A bill to amend an Act providing for the election of Board of County Commissioners, by the people of Baldwin County.
A_ bill to rt>peal an Act to require and authorize the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Charlton County to pay the Mayor and Council of the City of Folkston the ad valorem road tax collected from property within the corporate limits of said City.
A resolution authorizing the Board of Roads and Revenut>s of the County of Candler to contract for the completion of a courthouse for said County.

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A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Rockdale County.
A bill to prevent dissimination of diseases of infectious bees.

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

llfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:
A bill fixing the time of holuing the Superior Courts in the various counties comprising the Cordele Judicial Circuit.
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of Senate, to wit:
A resolution providing that consent of the State for the erection of Spring Street viaduct be g1ven the City of Atlanta.

The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb and others-
A resolution requesting the Finance Committee of the Senate to make provision in the General Appropriation bill for a sum of $2,500 for the purpose of providing a residence for the Governor and his family.

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By Messrs. \Vebb of Lowndes and Knight of Berrien--
A RESOLUTION.
\Vhereas, we learn that our co-member, T. A. ~Whitaker is quite ill with an attack of indigestion, and
\Vhereas, we as a body and individually have a great deal of sympathy for our brother representative in his affliction, and
Be it resolved,therefore, that we extend our sympathy to him in this great affliction, and trust for his immediate recovery so that we may have the pleasure of his presence with us in these last few hours of the General Assembly of the session of 1921.

The following bill of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time :

By Mr. Boykin of the 29th-
A bill to make fl.ll Confederate Veterans eligible to draw pensions, ~who were citizens of Georgia on January 1st, 1920.
By unanimous consent, Senate Bill No. 147 was withdrawn from the Committee on Special Judiciary and recommitted to the Commitee on General Judiciary No. 1.
Bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the House uncler resolution of the Rules Committee, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

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By Mr. "'ohlwender of the :24th-
A bill to amend Section 2825 of Code of Georgia of 1910, relative to the reviver of corporations.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of tlw bill the Ayes were 106, Nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority wm; passed.

By Mr. Golucke of the 19th-
.\ bill to amend Section 8:2 of the Code of 1910, relative to election returns.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 111, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

B~, Mr. Golucke of the 19th-
.,\ bill to amend an Act providing how returns of l'lections for certain State officers shall be 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 113, Nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Snow of the 7th-
A bill to amend Section 414 of Code of 1910, relative to the running of freight trains on Sunday.
Mr. Rutherford of Monroe called the previous question; tlw call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
Tlw report of tlw Committee, which was favorable to tlw passaw' of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the AyPs were 165, Nays 0.
Tlw bill having recein'd the r<'qnisite constitutional majority was passe<l.

By l\f<>ssrs..Jones of the 6th and Rnow of the 7th-
A bill to amend Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution to provi<le for n new Senatorial District.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

B~ Messrs..Jones of tlw 6th and Snow of the 7th-
A BILL.
To be entitled, An Act to amend Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, which relates to the number of Senators, the number of Senatorial Districts and the composition of such districts so as to increase the number of Senators and Senatorial Districts from fifty-one

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to fifty-two, and to create one new Senatorial District to be known as Senatorial District Fifty-two, to provide for the reapportionment of counties to certain Senatorial Districts, 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 Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, be and the same is hereby amended as follows:
(a) By striking out of the words "fifty-one," whenever said words occur in said Section as amended, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words ''fifty-two.''
(b) So that when so amended, that part of said Article contained in Paragraph 1 so amended, shall read as follows:
''Paragraph 1. The Senate shall consist of fiftytwo members. There shall be fifty-two Senatorial Districts as now arranged by counties. Each district shall have one Senator.''
Section 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that said Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be, and the same is hereby further amended as follows: That until changed in the manner provided by law, the Sixth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Echols, Lowndes and Brooks; that the Seventh Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Thomas, Grady and Decatur; that the Eighth Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Miller, Mitchell and Seminole,

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and the Fifty-second Senatorial District shall be composed of the Counties of Cook, Berrien and Lanier.
Section 3. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that for the purpose of creating and organizing the Senatorial District hereinbefore named and set out in Section 2 of this Act, the counties composing the same are hereby transferred from the district .to which they have been heretofore attached, to the new districts hereby created.
Section 4. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, that if this constitutional amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members of each House of the General Assembly, the same shall be entered on their 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 one new Senatorial District,'' 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 creating one new Senatorial

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District.'' If a majority of the electors qualified to Yote 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 a special election in the new Fifty-second Senatorial District, so created for the election of a senator for said new district in the next General ~.\ssembly as is provided by law for the filling of vacancies caused by death or resignation.

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 call was ordered, and the vote was as follows:

Those voting m the affirmative \Yore Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy

Bradford -Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Coates Collins Culpepper Daniel of Heard

Daniel of Troup Davis of Oglethorpe Dickerson Dixon Dobbs
DuBo~e
Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Folsom Fowler Foy G!"ant Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein

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Guess

:\IcClure

Riley

Gunnels

l\IcDonald of

Russell

Haddock

Mitchell Rutherford

Harris

:\IcDonald of

Salmon

Hatcher of Burke

Richmond Shettlesworth

Hatcher of Muscogee :\1cGarity

Sibley

Hawkins

Macintyre

Smiley

Henderson

l\Ic!V!ichael

Smith of Bryan

Herring

Maddox

Smith of Carroll

Hines of Decatur :\falone

Smith of Meriwether

Hines of Sumter

:\Iann

Steele

Hodges

:\1ason

Stovall

Holland

l\Iayo

Stric-kland

Holloway

:\liles

Sumner of Johnson

Horne

:\Ion roe

Sumner of Wheeler

Houser

Moore of Appling Tatum

Houston

Moore of Fulton Thompson of Dodge

Howard of Forsyth :\1oye

Trippe

Howard of Screven Mundy

Turner

Hullender

Neal of Union

Tyson of Mcintosh

Hunter

Nichols

Valentino.

Hyman

Nottingham

Van Landingham

Jackson

Owen

Vocelle

Jones of Coweta

Parks

Walker

Jones of Thomas Parrish

Wall

Jones of Walker Patten

Watkins

Johnson of Bartow Penland

Way

Johnson of

PHryman

Webb

Chattahoochee Peterson

West

Johnson of Pickens Phillips of Jasper Whitaker of

Kennedy

Phillips of Telfair

Rockdale

King

Pickren

Whitworth

Kittrell

Pilcher

Williams of Harris

Knight

Price

Williams of Miller

Langford of Hall

Pruett

Williams of Walton

Lankford of Toombs Quincey

Wimberly

Lewis

Ramsey

wyatt

Luke

Reagan

McClelland

Reville

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Bentley Bobo Brannen Camp

Collier Corbitt Cowart Davis of Floyd

DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dudley Duncan of Dawson

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Ficklen Fletcher Franks Gann Gresham Hamilton Hufstetler Keith Logan Manning

Mixon

'l'ison of Worth

Perkins

Weston

Ricketson

Whitley

Robinson

Whitaker of LoWndes

Singletary

Winship

Smith of Haralson Wood

Stone

Woodward

Swift

Worthy

Swindle

Wynne

Thompson of Coweta Mr. Speaker

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 165, Nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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

JJfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended, by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:
A bill to levy tax on real and personal property. The following report of Committee on the investigation of State Highway Department was read:
To the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the General Assembly:
In pursuance of the joint resolution of the Senate and House, we, your Committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the State Highway Com-

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m1sswn, haYe the honor to submit the following report:
I. The Committee was duly organized by electing Ron. R. C. Ellis, Chairman; Hon. E. H. McMichael, Vice-Chairman, and Honorable Lawrence S. Camp, Secretary.
II. "\Ve had before us the officers of the Highway Department, and called upon said department to furnish us with all books, accounts, and all papers, contracts, et cetera, which they promptly did.
III. \Ve ha-\re held public hearings to which all persons were invited to attend, and before which, any one having complaints was asked to appear, and we are frank to state that we were agreeably surprised to find that only one county came forward with a complaint, namely, the County of Dade. The complaint of Dade County was due to a misapprehension on the part of one of the County CommissiOners. The evidence clearly exonerates the Department from any blame, and clearly shows the road in question to have been built as cheaply as possible for the location and time at which the contract was let, and that the engineering was thorough and competent, and further, that the completed road is entirely satisfactory and constructed as planned.
IV. \Ve were authorized to secure the services
of an auditor if deemed necessary, and were fortunate to secure the services of one thoroughly familiar with the affairs of the Department, namely, J. H. Drewry, Certified Public ~~ccountant of the Dre,,T~-W.hiddon Audit Company, appointed by

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Governor Dorsey, and retained by Governor Hardwick, to semi-annually audit the accounts of the Department. This auditor appeared before us, and showed conclusively that the Department was handing its financinal affairs in a thoroughly business-like and efficient manner; that accounts were kept on th~ ''Imprest'' system, the safest and most reliable system of accounting; that enry expenditure had been fully covered by receipts and vouchers, which had been checked personally by him or members of his firm. He testified further, that he checked the items making up the engineering and admin~stration expenses, and found them correct.
V. \Ve han very carefully gone into the matter of the purchase by the Department for tlie State of a rock quarry in Elbert County at the purchase price of $90,000.00. Our investigation shows that the Commission and State Highway Engineer were thoroughly justified in this purchase, \vhich has already caused a material.saving to the State in the purchase of stone; that the value of the quarry at present is considerably more than the purchase price paid; that the utmost care was shown in the purchase, and a most thorough investigation of its worth and suitability made before the purchase was consummated; that the quarry is surpassed by none in the South, and further, we hereby commend the Commission and Department in the purchase for the splendid foresight and business acumen exercised.
VI. We investigated the matter of the distribution of the State's fnds and were gratified to ascertain that the bulk of the funds had gone to weaker

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counties, and that counties below the average in tax valuation received more that three times as much of this fund per one million dollars of tax valuation. Realizing the desire and insistence of the wealthier counties for State aid, we highly commend tlw department in this distribution.
'rii. '\Ve investigated an accusation by a cttlzen
of Clarke County that the cost of engineering was excessive on a project constructed by the County. The evidence shows that the cost of engineering was reasonable, and that Clarke County was the principal in a contract for engineering in which the Department did not participate, and over which, it therefore had no control.
VIII. We further investigated the force of the Department and the amount of work handled. The evidence shows a department organized and operating at a maximum of efficiency. Not a single complaint was heard concerning projects handled in their entirety by the department. Not a word was even rumored concerning the excellent maintenance work inaugurated and being carried out by the department.
The evidence shows that the engineers are above the average; that their work is exacting and requires specialization; that their work has proven satisfactory to the Federal Government; that they had developed under the tutelage of our State Highway Engineer at an almost unbelievable rate, to handle their work economically and well; that they handled their work so efficiently that their engineering costs

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were greatly below the average for the nation at large, and below any State in this section of the country.
IX. \Ve further find that although there have been many rumors of bad judgment being displayed by the Commission and Department, and considerable criticism, we do not believe such criticism was based upon fact, but do believe the rumors unfounded as shown by the evidence.
X. \Ve were impressed by the tremendous amount and variety of work the State Highway Department is doing. We were amazed at the magnitude of their operations and the mass of minute details required in the presentation of plans for proposed roads and bridges in order to get approval for Government aid, and to secure the payment of Government funds. Until we had come in contact with the department and personally seen its varied lines of work, we did not realize all it has accomplished in building highways throughout the State.
XI. After a thorough investigation and many long hearings, we have come to the conclusion that Georgia has a Highway Department, which in our opinion, ranks far ahead of all others, and we are especially impressed with the business ability of the entire Board, and we further find Mr. Neel, the Chief Engineer of the Department, to be a very efficient
officer, and the Board is to be congratulated in se-
curing his services, and Georgia congratulated upon being able to have such a man, public spirited enough to accept the execution and control of a business for
the State at a salary of one-third to one-fourth less

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than private concerns pay for such responsibility. vVe believe he has associated together a capable, thorough, honest and painstaking corps of engineers and employees, and we have ascertained that the State of Georgia has a Highway Department to be proud of, whieh has done more than could reasonably be expected of it in so short a time.
It is indeed a pleasure to find that the Highway Department has been in the hands of men who we believe have the best interests of the State and its people at heart, and are doing everything possible to,vard the upbuilding of the State, and in our opinion, if allowed to continue, will give to Georgia one of the best, if not the best, system of Highways of any State in the Union. We feel that they are entitled to receive at the hands of our people the highest praise, and that they should be commended to the fullest extent of the State's ability for what they have clone and are now doing.
In concluding, we find that criticism of the Department is not justified by the facts, and instead of being criticized, the work of the Department should be deeply appreciated by all fair minded Georgians. They have done and are doing great .work, and should not be retarded but should receive and have the full confidence of all the people of the State. A careful perusal of the attached complete stenographic record of the proceedings of your Committee will show full and complete justification for giving the Department the highest praise.
Attached hereto and made a part of this report, is a complete and detail audit of the accounts of the Department up to and including June 30, 1921; the

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full stenographic record of our proceedings and exhibits, A to Y inclusive. Your careful consideration is respectfully invited to all of these.
Respectfuly submitted,
R. C. ELLIS, Chairman, RoBT. H. HoLMEs, \V. 0. FLEMING, R. \V. CAl'dPBELL, J. M. BELLAH, L. RUTHERFORD, M. M. HoLLOWAY, ZACH ARNOLD, A. J. PERRYMAN, J. M. MAYO,JR., E. B. DYKES, M. L. JoHNsox.

The following minority report of Committee on the investigation of State Highway Department vms read:

Jl r. Speaker:
'Ve the undersigned members of the Committee
of nineteen (19) members-twelve from the House and seven from the Senate, appointed by the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, respectively, to investigate the activities of the State Highway Board, and to report our findings to the General Assembly in ten days, beg lean to submit the following minority report:

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As soon as it was possible to do so after our appointment, a meeting was held, and the Committee organized by electing Senator Ellis as Chairman, Representative McMichael of Marion as Vice-Chairman, and Representative Camp of Campbell as Secretary.
The joint resolution of tlw House and Senate granted the right to the Committc>e to Pmploy a stenographer, auditors and to subpoena witnesses, and provided that $500 might be expended for this purpose. In the beginning of our proceedings, a stenographer was employed at $1.50 per hour for the time actually engaged in work, but the majority of the Committee overwhelmingly voted down a motion to employ an auditor or auditors. This majority positively expressed opposition to the expenditure of any money for subpoenaing witnesses or employing auditors. A motion was made at two clifferent meetings of the Committee, by McMichael of Marion, as the records will show, to employ an auditor to represent the Committee, but it was voted down each time. The majorit~ took the position that the Governor had appointNl an auditor to audit the books of the Highway Department, ancl that the investigating Committee should wait for the report to be submitted by that auditor. It 'ms ascertained that this auditor was originall~ employetl b~ tlw Highway Department, and that it was he who inaugurated the system of bookkc>eping for the Department.
It was also ascertained that this same auditor had later been employc>d by Gonrnor Dorsey to audit the books of the Department, nnll upon that nn<lit,

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the report of the Highway Department submitted to the General Assembly on the opening day of this session was made. On or about the middle of July, after members of the Legislature had complained of the incompleteness of the report, Governor Hardwick requested the same auditor to audit the books. On Monday night, August 1st, he came before the Committee with the \Vork only partially done, and requested an extension of time until the following 'Vednesday night. By "\Vednesday night the work was not ready, so a further extension was granted. It seems that there was a misunderstanding as to the date of the next meeting, but it did happen that some of the Committee met, receiwd the auditor's report, pronounced it good, and said "well done." It is an intricate system, just about as difficult to understand as a problem in differential calculus would be. All we can do is to presume or belieye that the checking is accurately done, but we haYe had no figures to show just exactly what items went into the sum total for surveying, what items went into the sum total for computations, or what items went into the sum total for supervision. To illustrate: A contract is let on some project for, say, $90,000. A certain percentage of this amount is figured out and charged to surveying, a certain percentage for computations, and a certain percentage for supervision, but the actual amounts paid to the Yarious officers do not yet appear. The Highway Board reports that the Federal Government requires that their reports be made upon these percentage bases, and that by applying these percentages upon the total amount of moneys expended, the following sums for fourteen months were arriYed at:

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For surveys and all expenses ........ $ 84,893.98 For plans and computations ....... . 75,947.98 For supervision of construction ..... . 244,037.36

Total for fourteen months charged to three items above ............ $404,879.32
These items are embodied in the annual report submitted to the General Assembly.
Pursuant to House Resolution No. 11, dated July 11th, the Highway Board on July 19th, submitted a supplementary report giving the number of employees in the three departments named above, and the salaries paid to each. Calculating these salaries at the annual rate for fourteen months, the data being taken from the supplementary report. The sum total for all such salaries for surveys, computation and supervision is .............. $235,650.00 Thus we find in the annual report that the Highway Board has reported as ovPrhead expenses in the three departments named above, a total of .................................. $404,879.32
And in their supplementary report in which they give the number of employees and the salaries paid, the total for salaries is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235,650.00

Leaving a difference of .............. $169,229.32
What items of expense went into this big difference we do not know; the reports do not show; we can only suppose that it was consumed in hotel and board bills, railroad and automobile expenses and the like.

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.\s this investigation was begun in the latter part of the session, our time for the work was too limited to make an exhaustive study of expenditures upon road building or projects, as they are called, but from the investigations made, it is our opinion that the average mileage cost is out of ~ill proportion to the financial ability of the counties and the State. \Ye clo not belieYe the State is able to construct roa<ls of a type so expensin as the Highway Department has nquire<l. There are about 4,800 mileR in the State system of county site to county site roads. The reports show that projects finishe(l and under construction to be finished by the end of this year will be less than 300 miles of pavement and less than 900 miles of top soil roads, with some 50 bridges, and that when this number is finished, about $18,000,000 will have been expended.
It requir<>s but a simple calculation to show that if the 4,800 miles should be built at 75 per cent. of that cost, something like $200,000,000 would be r<'quired. A continuation of this plan wouhl everlastingly bankrupt tlw State; it is simply beyond tlw ability of the State to do it; and we believe the dictates of common sense and sound business judgment demand a greatly reduced mileage cost. As an illustration of these expensi,e plans, we cite Dade County. This small county vot<:>d $60,000 of bonds for road building. They let contracts approyed by the Highway Board for two projects; namely, Pro-
ject Ko. 65 and Project No. :n, the former for 2.33
miles and the latter for 4.25 miles, total in the two projects, 6.58 miles. These projects wer<> not built of concrete, but of top soil, clay and chert. The cost of project 65 "as $28,2i~6.7l per mile, and that of

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project 31, $16,000 per mile. The total cost of the 6.58 miles was $1:33,791.50, or $20,333 per mile! Think of that! A top soil road in a poor county costing $20,333 per mile! The result is, Dade County is bonde(l to the hilt, her money fully matched by Federal funds is all gone on 6 1/2 miles of road, and they see no hope for much more road building. No wonder that Dade's present County Commissioner, new in office, Mr. Cureton, appeared before the Committee and expressed great dissatisfaction with what had been done. His county is absolutely exhausted on 6 1/2 miles of road. \Ve cite this instance only; others still more expensive could be cited.

ELBERT CorxT QuARRY.
\Ve find that the Highway Board has expended to date, about $125,000 on a stone quarry in Elbert County, just a few miles from the South Carolina line, and it appears that very large sums of money, probably seventy or eighty thousand dollars, are yet necessary to put it in full operation. The Highway Board and experts to tPstify to the value of the quarry, the value of the stone for ~oad building, the inexhaustible supply, etc. \Ye make no attack upon the integrity and sincerity of purpose that prompted the buying of this quarry in the extreme Northeast Georgia, at such an enormous price, but we do most emphatically disagree with their judgment, for the foHowing reasons:
(1) The quarry should have been located in a more central part of the State. There are abundant supplif's of stone in the Stone Mountain region, and in other central sections of the State, ample in sup-

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ply, durable in quality, and in every way adequate to the needs of the State's demands. \Vhat a feast the railroads will have in hauling crushed stone from this remote Northeast corner of the Rtate to the Northwest, Central and South sections of the State! The question arises: Will not the heavy freight rates on these long hauls to counties remotely situated, make the use of the products of the quarry prohibitive?
(2) \Ve believe that a quarry sufficient for the State's needs should have been bought or leased at a price far less than that paid. And we are assured that that could have been done.
The original Act creating the State Highway Board required that every mile of the 4,800 in the systE>m should be paved. The experiences in paving to elate prove conclusively that an absolute compliance with that paving requirement would overwhelmingly bankrupt .the State.
The amending Act, now pending, strikes out this absurd paving proposition, and leaves it to good judgment and discretion as to what materials are most available and best suited to local conditions. "C"nder this amendment, and with a change in administration, we doubt if there will be a call for onetenth as much paving material as heretofore, and we therefore doubt the wisdom of further large expenditures upon a quarry situated so for from the territory to be supplied.
In conclusion we wish to state that we have been limited, and even restrained by the majority, in our investigations. We could only make a beginning
through hearsay eviclence. vVe had letters from

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different counties making complaints and gtvmg names of people who would appear and give testimony, but the majority denied us the right to subpoena witnesses, as the resolution provided. Under these restraints imposed by the majority, and under the limitation of time and pressure of other legislative duties, our report is necessaril~ incomplete, but it is the best we could do under tlw circumstances.
Respectflly sbmittf'cl,
Senators: CHAS. N. Boxn, 30th DisT. DAviD F. PoPE, 44th DisT.
Representatives:
McMicHAEL OF MARION CouNTY,
DAns OF OGLETHORPE CouNTY.

B~ unanimous consent, 300 copies of the report of the Committee on the State Highway investigation and 300 copies of the Minority Report of the Committee on the State Highway investigation were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Bowden of \Vare moved that the House do now ~11ljourn, and the motion prevailed.
The Speak<>r announce<l the House adjourne<l until to-morrow morning at 9 :00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLAXTA, GA.,
WEDNESDAY, ALTGUST 10, 1921.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 :00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and ope>nf'd with pra~'Pl' h~' the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb ga\'e notice that at the proper time he woul<l move that the House reconsidPr its action in passing Senate Bill No. 49.
By unanimous consent the reading of the ,Journal of ~'esterday 's proceedings was dispensed with.
The following rf'solution of the House was read an<l a<lopted:
B~' Mr. Childs of UpsonA resolution. "\Yh"reas, today is the last <h1~' of
this s<ssion of the Lf'gislature, and
"\Yhereas, today 's session may take us into a night sf'ssion, and
"\Vhereas, in legislating for the good of tlw State should be done in soberness and truth.
Therefore lw it resolved, that all of our deliberations be don<> in the quietest and most dignifie<l manner.

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Be it further resolYed, that no leYity be inuulgetl in, on this the last day and night of the present session ; excepting some good singing.

Tht> Speaklr made the following Committee assignments:
Mr. Fowler of Bibb was transferred from the Committee on Railroads to the CommittPI:' on Legislative Reapportionment.
Mr. Bowden of \Yare was transferre<l from the Committee on Legislative Reapportionment to the Committee on Railroads.
Mr. Hullt>IHl<>r of Catoosa, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment submitted the following report:

illr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for deliYery to th<> GoYernor, the following ~\cts an<l resolutions, to wit:
House Bill Ko. :34i3. .An ...:\ct to mnentl an ~\ct to preyent the intro<luction of contagious diseases of the honey bee into the State.
Honse Bill Ko. 402. ~-\n Act to provide for holding four terms a ye>ar of Rockdale Superior Court.
House Bill No. 460. An Act to repeal an Act relative to Board of Commissioners of Charlton.
House Bill No. 475. An Act to amend an Act relative to election of Boanl of Commissioners of Baldwin County.

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House Bill No. 496. An Act relative to terms of the City Court of Swainsboro.
House Bill No. 539. An Act to amend an Act relative to rate of taxation for public school purposes in Carrollton.
House Bill No. 5-t-0. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Terrell County.
House Bill No. 543. An Act to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Sylvania.
House Bill No. 544. An Act to fix the compensation of Board of Commissioners of J e:fferson.
House Bill No. 546. An Act to abolish an Act relative to Banks County Commutation Road Tax.
House Resolution J\o. 84. A resolution relative to completion of courthouse of Candler County.
House Resolution No. 94. A resolution relative to status of unfinished business at the close of the session of 1921.
House Resolution No. ~)5. A resolution relative to persons authorized to remain after aujournment.
House Resolution No. ~)6. A resolution relatin to undisposed of business going over to next session.
Respectfully submitted,
H lJLLENDER OF CATOOSA, Chairman.

The following resolution of the Senate was read:

By Mr. Manson of the 35thA resolution that consent of the State for erection

of Spring Street Viaduct be given to City of Atlanta.
On the adoption of the resolution the Ayes were 110, Nays 2, and the resolution was adopted.
The following bills and resolution of the Senate were read the thinl time and placed upon their passage:
By Mr. Taylor of the 46th-
A bill to repeal an Act to authorize Ordinary of Bacon County to collect special tax from all persons subject to road duty.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Jackson of the 21st-
J.. bill to amend Act creating City Court of Gray.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, vms agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 163, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Boykin of the 29thA resolution for the relief of J. J. Price as surety.

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The report of the Committee, which was favoiable
to the passage of the resolution was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the ~\yes were 106, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 308 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 1:29 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent, House Bill Ko. -l-i37 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent, House Bill No. 110 was withdrawn from the House.

The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considE>ring a Senate substitute therefor:

B~ Messrs. Davis of Oglethorpt> and McMichael of Marion-
House Bill No. U. ..A Bill to allll'nll an ..:\ct known as the Georgia Motor Vehicle Law.
The substitute of the Senate was disagreed to.
The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules CommittPE>, were read the third time a11<l placed upon their passage:

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By Mr. Cone of the 49th-
A bill to amend an Act, as amended, known as the Inheritance Tax Act.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the A~Tes \Yere> l 11, 1\ays 3.
The bill hming received the re>quisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr.Johns of the 27th-
A bill to amend the drainage laws of this State.
The report of the C~mmittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 4.
The bill having received the r('quisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb moved that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No. 49, aiHl the motion prevailed.

The following bill of the House was read the thir<l time and placed upon its passage:

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb and others-
House Bill No. 49. A bill to provide for the disposal of property in the City of Atlanta known as . the ''Governor's Mansion,'' and for other purposes.

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The following amendment was read and adopted:

By Messrs. Fowler of Bibb and Moore of Fulton-
Amend the caption by inserting after the words "proposals for," the words "and effect, "and by striking the word ''recommendations,'' and substituting in lieu thereof, the words "its actions," so that the same when amended, will read as follows:

A BILL.
To he entitlecl An Act to create a Commission to receive proposals for and effect the lease of the property at the corner of Peachtree and Cain Streets in Atlanta, known as the "Governor's Mansion,'' to report its actions thereon to the General Assembly, and for oth~r purposes.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 135, Nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. Macintyre of Thomas moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass Senate Bill No. B9 ; the motion prevailed, and the bill went to the heel of the calendar.

The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering the Senate substitute therefor:

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By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
A bill to amend Sections 4213, 4214 and 4215 of Civil Code of 1910, relative to the recording of bonds for title.

The following substitute of the Senate was read and agreed to:
A BILL.
To be entitle() An Act to provide that every bond
for titles, bond to reconvey realty, contract to sell
or convey realty or any interest therein, and every transfer or assignment of any such instruments, shall be executed with the same formality as is now required by the laws of this State for the execution of deeds conveying realty; to require the filing and recordling of all such instruments in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county where the
land lies, and to fix the priority of such instruments,
with reference to subsequently executed, but previously filed instruments, taken without notice to the former, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows, to wit:
Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Act, every bond for title, bond to reconvey realty, Contract to sell or to convey realty or any interest therein, and every transfer or assignment of any of such instruments shall, except as between the parties thereto, be executed with the same formality as is now required by the laws of this State for the execution of deeds conveying realty.

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Section 2. That from and after the passage of this Act, every bond for title, bond to reconvey, contract to sell or convey realty, or any interest therein, and any transfers or assignments thereof, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county where tlw lan1l r<'ferred to therein lies.
The filing and recording may be made at any time, but such bond for title, bond to reco~vey, contract to sell or convey realty, or any interest therein, an<l any transfer or assignment thereof, shall lose its priority over deeds, loan deeds, mortgages, bonds for title, bond to reconvey, contracts to s~ll or convey realty, or any interest therein, and any transfer or assignment. thereof from the same vendor, obligor, transferror, or assignor, which may be executed subsequently, but previously filed for record~ and taken without notice of the former instrument.
Section 3. That all laws, and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

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 resolution of the House :
A resolution appropriating $1,050,000 to completP paym.ent of old rolls and new rolls of pensions.

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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:
A bill amending Acts relative to public roads of Toombs County.
A bill to regulate use of motor vehicles.
A bill to amend Code relative to wrongful sale of mortgaged property.
~.\.. bill to repeal Act establishing school system of Ocilla.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has read and adopted the following rPsolution, to wit:
A resolution to direct lessees of Western and Atlantc Railroad to erect new depots in certain cities.

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

llfr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu-

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tional majority the following bill of the House to wit:
A bill to make appropriations for expenses of State departments and public institutions.
The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

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

111r. Speaker:
The Senate has read and adopted the following resolution, to wit:
A resolution providing a temporary residence for the Governor.

By Mr. Manson of the 35th-
A bill to amend the Georgia Motor Yehicle Law.
The report 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 7.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Akin of the 4th-
A bill to amend an Act for the regulation of taking shac1 from the 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 108 Nays 10.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Bradford of Whitfield-
A resolution concerning burial of Confederate dead from Soldiers' Home in Atlanta, Ga.
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 133, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the resolution was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd-
A bill to prescribe the bill of cost in cases carried to the Superior Court and to Court of Appeals 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 37.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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Mr. Beck of Carroll moved that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No. 50, and the motion was lost.

By Mr. Boykin of the 29th and others-
A bill to provide for the exercise of the elective franchise by females.
The report 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 13.
The bill having received the requisite constitu.tional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Mills of the 26th and \Veaver of the 11th-
A bill to provide for aid m the co-operative marketing of farm products.
The report 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 8.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

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Mr. Speaker:

.

The Senate insists on Senate substitute to House

Bill No. 24.

The President has appointed as a Conference Committee on pa~t of Senate, to act on House disagreement to Senate substitute to House Bill No. 24.

Senators: ELLIS OF 47TH CAMPBELL OF 34TH KRINGEN OF 31sT

The Senate has concurred in House Amendment to Senate Bill No. 49.
Mr. Turner of Brooks moved that a committee of five be appointed by the Speaker to confer with the Committee of the Senate in reference to House Bill No. 24, and the motion prevailed.

The Speaker appointed the following Conference Committee on part of the House on House Bill No. 24:
Messrs. McMichael of Marion, DeLaPerri<'re of Jackson, Carswell of Wilkinson, Arnold of Clay, Davis of Oglethorpe.

The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules

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Committee, were read the third time and placed upon their passage :

By Messrs. Rountree of the 16th and Walker of the 18th-
A bill to make an appropriation for the furnishing of free text books.
Mr. Camp of Campbell moved the previous question; the motion preYailed, and the main question was ordered.
The following substitute was read and adopted:

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-

A BILL.
To be entitled, An Act to provide books for school children of public schools under certain restrictions, to give Boards of Education authority to make rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, that on and after the passage of this Act, the Board of Education of the common schools of each county in this State and the Boards of Education established by special act of the Legislature of Georgia, and the Boards of Education operating under local tax system, shall furnish books to those pupils whose parents are not able to furnish them.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, that the different Boards of Education mentioned in Section 1 of

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this Act shall have the authority to donate or lend the books to the pupils as they may deem best entitled to them, under Section 1 of this Act, if in their judgment, they think best to lend them they may do so to all pupils in school or any number of grades at their discretion.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, that the Boards of Education mentioned in Section 1 of this Act, shall have the authority to make such rules and regulations in carrying out the provisions of this Act, as they may deem best in order to protect the interests of the State, not in conflict with existing laws.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of the teachers to co-operate with the Boards of Education in obtaining information in determining what pupils are entitled to the benefits of Section 1 of this Act. It shall be their duty to assist the Boards of Education in preserving and taking care of the books furnished by the Board.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, that the Boards mentioned in Section 1 of this Act shall have authority to use any funds coming into their hands for said purposes, not to exceed ten per cent. of the total amount received in any year.
Section 6. Be it further enacted, that all laws and 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 by substitute.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 108, Nays 30.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Messrs. Ridley, Fleming of the lOth, Davison, .Jackson and Thomas-
A bill for licensing of nurserymen an<l horticultural experts doing business in Georgia.
Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis called the previous question; the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.

The following amendment was read and adopted:
By Mr. Macintyre of Thomas and others-
AmelHl by striking the word "pecans" in Section 7 and elsewhere wherever it appears in said bill. Also by adding a new section, appropriately numbered, and to read as follows:
''The sale of pecan trees are excepted from the provisions of this Act, and all such sales will be regulated by the laws already in force.''
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 102, Nays 9.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
Mr. Greene of Jones moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass Senate Bill No. 40; the motion prevailed, and the bill went to the heel of the calendar.

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Mr. Mayo of Mitchell moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :00 o'clock.

3:00 o'clock P. M.
The House met again at this hour and was calle<l
to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Rutherford of Monroe moved that the calendar set by the Committee on Rules for today be amended by putting Senate Bill No. 40 at the heel thereof, and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette, Chairman of the SubCommittee on Appropriations and Ways and Means, gave notice that he would call up House Bill No. 363, known as the General Tax Act, immediately after Senate Bill No. 31, for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto.
The following resolutions of the House and Senate were read and adopted :
By Messrs. Parks of Terrell and Moye of Randolph-
A resolution requesting the Governor to have an architect investigate the acoustic properties of the House of Representatives and see if defects can be ohdated.

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By Mr. David of the 43rd-
A resolution to direct lessees of Western and Atlantic Railroad to erect new depots in certain cities.

The following bill of the Senate, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Commitee, was read the third time and placed upon its passage:
By Messrs. F'leming of the 1Oth and Bond of the 30th-
A bill relating to licensing, regulating and inspecting of hotels and restaurants in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State.
Mr. Henderson of White moved that the bill be tabled, and the motion prevailed.

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 House, to wit:
A bill to appropriate funds for deficiency to Georgia School of Technology.
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of House, to wit:
A resolution requesting Governor to return House Bill No. 439 to House for correction.

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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 House bills and resolutions, to wit:
A bill to provide that Grand Juries in certain counties examine and audit public records.
A bill to amend charter of Moultrie.
A bill to amend Act incorporating Town of Loganville.
A bill to repeal Act to incorporate TmYn of Norristown.
A resolution appropriating to reimburse various merchants who paid certain cigarette and tobacco tax.
A resolution concerning burial of Confederate dead.
A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to 9th District A. and M. School and $4,000.00 to the 3th District School.
A bill to provide deficiency in appropriations for salaries of judges of Supreme Court of Appeals, etc.
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to wit:
A resolution providing for the appointment of a joint committee to investigat<> affairs of State Sanitarium at Milledgeville.

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The Senate has passed by requisite constitutional majority:
A bill to amend an Act creating Board of CommissiOners of Roads and Revenues for Toombs County.

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House Bills, to wit:
A bill to appropriate the sum of $5,000 for usP and maintenance of the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives.
A bill to amend Code relative to sums paid by manufacturers of fertilizers.

The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatclwy, the Secretar~
thereof:

Mr. Speaker: The Senate disagrees to House substitute to Sen-
ate Bill 41.
A bill to make appropriation for tlw furnishing of free text books.
The Presillent appointed as a conff'rf>ncP to act on part of Senate:
::\Iessrs. walker of 18th, Boykin of 28th, Rountree of 16th.

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1227

Mr. Beck of Carroll moved that the Chair appoint a committee to confer with the Committee of the Senate in reference to Senate Bill No. 41, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed the following Committee as a Conference Committee on Senate Bill No. 41:
Messrs. Beck of Carroll, Camp of Campbell, Gresham of Burke.

The following report of the Conference Committee on House Bill No. 24 was read :

Mr. Speaker:
\Ye your Conference Committee on House Bill No. 24, known as the Highway Bill, passed by the Senate by substitute, beg leave to make the following recommendation:
\Ve have carefully considered the positions taken by both the House and the Senate, and have agreed upon a substitute for the substitute offered by the Senate. The provisions of the substitute offered by your Committee represent as far as we could agree, the main principles of both bills, and it is our earnest desire that it be accepted.
Respectfully submitted,
Senators:
ELLIS OF 47TH DISTRICT,
CAMPBELL OF 34TH DISTRICT,
S.Bi KIMZEY.

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Members of House: McMicHAEL OF MARION, DAVIS OF OGLETHORPE, GEo. H. CARSWELL OF WILKINSON, ZACH ARNOLD,

DELAPERRIERE OF JACKSON. The following substitute offered by the Conference Committee was read and adopted:
Conference Committee substitute for Senate substitute to House Bill No. 24.
A BILL.
1'o be entitled, An Act to amend an Act entitled ''An Act to reorganize and reconstitute the State Highway Department of Georgia, and to prescribe the duties and powers thereof; to create a system of State Aid Roads and provide for the designation, maintenance, improvement and construction of the same; to create and provide for a State Aid Road Fund, and for the control and management thereof; to provide for the paving of said state aid roads by the State, or in co-operation with the counties, or with the United States Government; to provide for assistance to counties upon the public roads thereof, and in retiring county road bonds. To assent to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 11, 1916, known as the 'Act to provide that the United States shall aid the State in the construction of rural post roads, and for the other purposes;' to provide the right to condemn property for State Aid Roads in certain cases; to provide for a change

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in the manner of the selection of the Chairman and other members of the Board, and for other purposes.''
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that Provision 3 of Section 2 of Article 5 on page 249 of the Georgia Laws of 1919, be amended as follows:
By striking the figures and words in the last line of Provision 3, to wit:
"4,800 miles," and inserting in lieu thereof, the words and figures '' 5,500 miles.''
And by adding the following provision, to wit:
Provided that the said State Highway Department shall take over the State Aid Roads as aforementioned, on or before January 1, 1922, and provided further, that when the various counties have complied with the law with reference to rights-ofway, and provided further, that the said Highway Department, in taking over said road, is not bound to the right-of-way of the road beds as located on .January 1, 1922, but shall have the right to resurvey and relocate said road bed and right-of-way, and it shall be the duty of the county or counties in which resurveys and relocation is made, to furnish the right of way on the relocation and resurvey free of charge to the said Highway Department. Provided, that in relocating any road or right of way, the State Highway Department shall confer with the Ordinary or County Commissioners, as the case may be, and giw due consideration to their wishes, but in case

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of disagreement, the judgment of the State Highway Board shall prevail.
Section 2. Be it further enacted that Section 7, Article 5, found on page 251 of the Georgia Laws of 1919, known as an Act to create the Highway Department, be and the same is hereby repealed, an<l a new section enacted in lieu thereof, as follows:
''That until the construction of the said designated system of State Aid Roads is completed, all available funds from whatever source, composing the State Aid Road Fund shall be used for the construction of and maintenance of said State Aid Roads and to be apportioned to the several counties on the basis of the road mileage as shown by the State system and under the directions and supervision of the State Highway Department, and for the support of the said State Highway Department, or in lieu thereof, to refund to, or to reimburse counties which have actually constructed a similar road under the specifications and supervision of the State Highway Department, as a part of said designated State Aid Road system. Provided, that the sum to be used for the support of the said Department shall be fixed annually, in advance, upon a budget sheet submitted by the State Highway Board and approved by the Governor of this State, for the fiscal year, beginning on the first day of July, 1921, and for all succeeding fiscal years beginning on the first day of July in each calendar year thereafter. Provided further, that said sum shall not exceed six per cent. of the gross expenditures of all funds handled by and expended by and under the direction of said State Highway Department from all sources.

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Provided that nothing herein shall prevent the State Highway Department from using any of its funds to meet the necessary requirements of the Federal Laws appropriating money for the purpose of constructing highways in Georgia.
That nothing in this provision or in any other provision of this law shall be construed to mean that the county can not appropriate and spend an~ funds they desire on building and maintaining any of the State Aid Roads.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, that before the
amounts to be. distributed ar~ apportioned as pro-
vided in Section 2 of this amendment, the State Highway Board is authorized to set aside the sum of $50,000 to be used in emergencies only. Provided that if such funds are not expended on such emergency work by December first of any year, sai(l funds shall revert to the general fund and be apportioned among all the counties of the State, as hereinbefore provided.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, that the counties and State Highway Board shall have the right to enter into agreements for the purpose of using the funds of such county or counties to construct some portion of the State highway where the funds for the one county are not sufficient, provided however, that it must be a mutual agreement between the county or counties and the State Highway Board entered into in "Titing and spread upon the minutes of the proper authorities of the county or counties, and upon the minutes of the State Highway Board.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, that Section 2 of sai(l .Act be amendP(l by adding aftf>r the words

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''Governor of the State'' the words, ''and confinned by the Senate."
Section 6. Be it further enacted, that all of Paragraph 3 of Section 2 of said Act be stricken, and the following paragraph inserted in lieu thereof, to wit:
That the Governor of the State shall designate the member of said Board who shall act as Chairman thereof, and said appointment shall be confirmed by the Senate. Provided further, that the term of office of all initial appointees shall include -in addition that fractional part of the year intervening between the date of appointment and January first of the succeeding calendar year, from which latter date the two, four and six year terms of office shall be reckoned.
Section 7. Be it further enacted, that Paragraph 5 of Section 2 of saidAct be and the same is hereby stricken, and a new paragraph inserted in lieu thereof, which shall read as follows:
That when the Chairmanship is made vacant by death, resignation or other cause, the successor to that office shall be designated by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and shall hold office for a term consistent with other provisions of this Act.
Section 8. Be it further enacted, that this Act is not to become a law until January 1, 192~.
Section 9. 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 repealell.

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1233

Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson moved that the report of the Conference Committee be adopted.
On this motion, Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson called the previous question; the call was sustained, .and the main question was ordered.
On the adoption of the report of the Conference Committee the Ayes were 134, Nays 30, and the report was adopted.
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 House Bill:

A bill to appropriate $30,000 to State Normal School to supply deficiency.

Mr. Speaker:
The report of the Conference Committee on House Bill No. 24 was read and adopted.
A bill to amend Act known as the Georgia Motor Vehicle law, relative to the sale of tags.
The House took up House Bill No. 363, known as the General Tax Act, for the purpose of considering Senate amendments, and all amendments thereto were disagreed to.
The following resolution of the House was reall nncl auopted:

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By Mr. Corbett of Atkinson-
A resolution asking the Governor to return House Bill 439 for the purpose of correcting same.
The following Senate amendment to House Bil! No. 259 was read and agreed to :
Amend House Bill 259 by adding a new section to be known as Section 3, numbering other sections accordingly:
Section 3. Be it further enacted that $15,000.00 be and is hereby appropriated for the maintenance for the school for the deaf and dumb at Cave Springs for remainder of the year 1921, and $3,000.00 for putting in a new water system at said institution.
Amend caption by adding to caption as follows: ''Also to appropriate $18,000.00 for School for Deaf and Dumb, and for other purposes.''

Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the Chair appoint a conference commitee on House Bill No. 363, known as the General Tax Bill, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed the following Conference Committee on part of the House on House Bill No. :163:
Messrs. Carswell of Wilkinson,
Lankford of Toombs,
Bowden of "\Vare, Arnold of Clay,
Culpepper of Fayette.

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1235

Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the House do uow adjourn until tonight at 8 :00 o'clock, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announcerl the House adjourned until tonight at 8 :00 o'clock.

S :00 o'clock P. M.

The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee moved that the call of the roll be dispensed with, and the motion prevailed.

The following report of the Conference Committee on Senate Bill No. 41 was read:

We the undersigned Conference Committee on part of House that have had under consideration, with similar Committee from Senate, Senate Bill No. 41, known as Free Text Book Bill, beg to report that such Committees f,ailed to agree.

B. F. WALKER, Chairman,

J. LEONARD RouNTREE,

JAMES H. Bo1"RIN.

Committee on part of Senate.

J. H. P. BECK,
LAWRENCE s. CAMP,

E. B. GRESHAM.

..

On part of the House.

Mr Beck of Carroll moved that the report of the

Commitee be adopted, and the motion prevailed.

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

llfr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives a conmmnication in writing to which he respectfully invites your attention.

The following communication of His Excellency, the Governor, was read:
To the General Assembly of Georgia:
I beg to call your attention to what appears tu be a real and urgent nf'ed for the State Sanitarium.
The appropriations made for this great charity of the State for the current fiscal year amount to $891 ,- :~34.00. According to the warrants already issued to this institution, it has drawn out $594,212.64. This amount has all been sp_ent by the institution to carry it for seven months of the current year. This represent~ a monthly expenditure of $84,887.52. If the expenditure for the next five months is at the same rate, it is certain that it will take $424,406.60 to run the Sanitarium through the current year.
The annual appropriation for this year is exhausted, except for the sum of $297,111.36. It is therefore apparent, from the figures submitted, that the deficit for the year would be $127,295.14.
In addition to the above, it is only fair to say that the winter months are coming on, and coal, blankets and heavy winter clothes have not yet been pur-

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chased for the inmates. I therefore think that an estimate of $150,000.00 as deficiency for this institution is well within the facts and is absolutely needed in order to maintain this great charity of the State. Furthermore, I have no doubt of the ability of the State Treasury, under legislation already passed, to meet this expense.
Under thes<:> circumstanc<>s, I invite your serious consideration to what seems to me to be a real necessity. It woul<l be nothing short of calamity if the State should fail to support this great charity. While I by no means advocate either recklessness or extravagance in its expenditures, it seems to me that the deficiency in the amount recommended is an absolute necessity, unless we are prepared to close its doors.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAR \V. HARDWICK,
Governor.

The following message \vas received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr~ Blalock :

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor, to deliwr to the House of Representatives a communication in writing to which he respectfully invites your attention.
The following communication of His Excellency, the Governor, was read:

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To the General Assembly of Georgia :
I beg to call your attention to the condition of the general printing fund for the current year.
I am advised by the Superintendent of Public Printing that there now exists a deficit in the general printing fund amounting to $43,821.00, which amount is now past due and owing to the following firms:
Byrd Printing Company, $30,444.15, covering the ,Printing of annual reports for the Secretary of State, Comptroller General, Insurance Commis'sioner, tax blanks for Insurance Department and ComptrollerGeneral, commissions, election blanks and stationery for Executive Department, Library and Banking Department.
Index Printing Company, $8,821.85, covering the printing of blanks for Industrial Commission, call statements; Banking Department, annual reports; Commerce and Labor Department, blanks for Insurance Department, and Comptroller General, messages of the Governor, etc.
Dickerson-Roberts Company, $2,020.00, covering the printing of annual reports of Board of Public
welfare, Pension Commissioner, call statements for
Banking Department, etc.
Amounts, ranging from $15.00 to $500.00, and making a total of $2,535.00 owing to Ross-Farrar Printing Co., Kendrick williams Co., Atlanta Printing Company, Dowman Wilkins Co., Townley and Kysor and 1<-,oote and Davies, for printing blanks for the Industrial Commission, Commissions for

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Executive Department, blanks for Banking Department, stationery, etc., for State Library.
There is nothing now in the treasury to the credit of the General Printing Fund, with which to pay for the printing for the remainder of the current year. The Superintendent of Public Printing estimates that it will require the sum of $33,650.51, for printing the following items alone:
Acts of the Legislature ............. $ 16,842.45 Journals of Senate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,201.13 Journals of House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,164.12 Tax Blanks (Comptroller-General) . . . 8,386.61 Tax Digests for 1922. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,056.20

Total. ......................... $ 33,650.51
It seems, in view of the above facts that the de- ficiency appropriation of $75,000.00 asked for by the Superintendent of Public Printing is a necessity and should be made.
Respectfully submitted, THOS. \V. HARDWICI{,
Governor.

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

Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives a commu-

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nication in writing, to which he respectfully invites your attention.

The following comm.unication of His Excellency, the Governor, was read:

To the House of Representatives:
I herewith return to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, House Bill No. 105, without my approval.
This bill seeks to increase the pay of jurors in .Justice Courts, from $1.25 to $2.50 per clay. The financial depression from which the country is now suffering makes this increase utterly unjustifiable at this time. I am therefore, returning this bill to you disapproved.
Respectfully submitted,
THos. W. HARDWICK,
Governor.

The following message wa:; received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passad by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of House, to wit:
A bill to amend Code relative to submerged lands.
A bill to amend Code relative to bonds given by pilots.
A bill authorizing Go,ernor to issue bonds.

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1241

The Senate has adopted the following resolution of House, to wit:
A resolution requesting Governor to have architects inwstigate Hall of 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 House, to wit:

A bill to abolish the Tennille School District.

The Senate has concurred in House substitute to Senate Bill Xo. 12.

The following resolution of the House was read:

B~, Messrs. Quincey of Coffee, "\V'atkins of Butts and others-
A resolution urging the Governor and Conrptroller General to reduce the ad valorem tax levy for 1922.
Mr. Davis of Oglethorpe moved that the resolution be tabled, and the motion prevailed.

The following bills and resolutions of the Senate, set as a special order by the House under resolution of the Rules Committee, were read the third time and placed upon tpeir passage:

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By Mr. Rountree of the 16th-
A bill to amend an Act to codify the school laws of the State of Georgia.
Mr. How_ard of Forsyth moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was onlere(l
The report 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 26.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. "Wimberly of Laurens moved that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No. 11, and the motion was lost.

By Messrs. Fleming of the lOth and Bond of the 30th-
A bill to amend the school laws relative to the reading of the Bible in public schools.
Mr. wyatt of Troup called the previous question; the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill Mr. Davis called for the Ayes and Nays, and the call was sustained.
The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

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Those Yoting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Beck

Hines of Sumter

Salmon

Beckham

Holloway

Shettlesworth

Bentley

Horne

Sibley

Bleckley

Houser

Smiley

Bowen

Houston

Smith of Bryan

Braddy

Hufstetler

Smith of Haralson

Bradford

Hullender

Smith of Meriwethe1

Branch

Jones of Thomas

Steele

Brannen

Jones of VValker

Stovall

Brantley

Johnson of Bartow Sumner of .Johnson

Brown of Hancock Kennedy

Swift

Brownlee

King

Swindle

Bush

Kittrell

Tatum

Byrd of Crisp

Langford of Hall

Trippe

Camp

McClelland

Valentino

Carr

McClure

Van Landingham

Clifton

McDonald of Mitchell Vocelle

Cowart

McMichael

VValker

Daniel of Heard

Maddox

Wall

Daniel of Troup

Malone

VVatkins

Davis of Floyd

Manning

Webb

Davis of Oglethorpe MRYO

West

DeF"lor

Moore of Appling Whitley

DeLaPerriere

Moore of Fulton

Whitaker of

DuBose

Moye

Lowndes

Duncan of Hall

Mundy

Whitaker of

Ennis

Neal of Union

Rockdale

Ficklen

Nichols

Whitworth

Franks

Nottingham

VVilliams of Harris

Gann

Owen

VVUiiams of Miller

Guess

Parrish

VVilliams of VValton

Gunnels

Penland

VVimberly

Haddock

Perryman

Wood

Hatcher of Burke Reagan

VVoodard

Hatcher of Muscogee Reville

VVorthy

Hawkins

Robin~on

wynne

Herring

Russell

Hines of Decatur

Rutherford

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Newton Bird of Taliaferro Boatwright

Atkinson

Blalock

Bobo

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Brown of Emanuel Childs Clark of Colquitt Collins Corbitt Dickerson Dixon Dudley Evans Fletcher Folsom Fowler ;Foy Gresham Griffith Greene Grovenstein Harris Henderson

Hodges

Mason

Holland

Mixon

Howard of Forsyth Parks

Howard of Screven Patten

Hunter

Peterson

Hyman

Phillips of Jasper

Jackson

Phillips of Telfair

Jones of Coweta

Pickren

Johnson of

Pilcher

Chattahoochee Price

Johnson of Pickens Qumcey

Keith

Ramsey

Knight

Riley

Lewis

Smith of Carroll

Logan

Strickland

McDonald of

Sumner of Wheeler

Richmond Thompson of Dodge

McGarity

Tyson of Mcintosh

Macintyre

Wyatt

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Baldwin Bloodworth Boswell Bowden Boyett Carswell Clark of Webster Coates Collier

Culpepper Dobbs Duncan of Dawson Dykes Grant Griffin Hamilton Lankford of Toombs Luke Mann Miles Monroe

Perkins Pruett Ricketson Singletary Stone Thompson of Coweta Tison of Worth Turner Way Weston Winship Mr. Speaker

B~ unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the bill. the Ayes were 110, Nays 60.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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1245

By Mr. Wohlwender of the 24th-
A bill to permit mutual fire insurance campanies to issue and sell surplus fund or guarantee fund certificate, and for otl~er purposes.
Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee, which was favorable to tlw passt1ge of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 9.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By M<'ssrs. Pilchf'r and McDonald of Richmond-

A RESOLUTION.
vVhereas, our honored colleague and brother, HonOl'able Eatonton Bonner Reville is in receipt of a telegram, and
Where~s, our persevering brother and colleague is advised by said telegram that his fourth heir has arrived in the person of a ten pound boy,
Therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives that congratulations of the House of Rep-. resentatives be extended to the Honorable Eatonton Bonner Reville, and
Be it further resolved that said boy be, and he is hereby named and called ''Eatonton Bonner Reville,

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Jr.," and further, that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mrs. Eatonton Bonner Reville.
The following Senate amendment to House Bill No. 208 was read and agreed to :
Amend House Bill No. 208 by adding after thP words ''each year'' in the 22nd line the following: ''and not including fish ponds, mill ponds or imponded waters.''
The following resolution of the House was taken up for the purposP of considering Senate amendment thereto:
By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie-
A resolution to appropriate $1,050,000 to complete the payment of the old rolls and new rolls of penSIOners.
The Senate amendment was disagreed to.
Mr. Stovall of McDuffie moved that a conference committee of three be appointed from the House to confer with the Conference Committee of the Senate on House Resolution No. 34, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed the following Conference Committee on House Resolution No. 34: .
Messrs. Stovall of McDuffie, Ennis of Baldwin, Rutherford of Monroe.
The Speaker appointed the following Committee on part of the House under Senate Resolution No. 47, relating to Tax Commission:

"\VED~ESDAY, AuGUST 10, 1921.
Messrs. Carswell of "\Vilkinson, Brantley of Pierce, Bowen of Tift, Culpepper of Fayette, Dudley of Clarke, Hunter of Chatham, Mundy of Polk, Lankford of Toombs, Parks of Terrell, Thompson of Coweta.

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The Speaker named the following Committee, on part of the House, under House Resolution No. 78.
Messrs. Vocelle of Camden,
Pickren of Charlton.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

By Mr. Hunt of the 20th~\ resolution providing for appointment of joint
committee to investiga.te affairs of State Sanitarium at Milledgeville.
The Speaker appointed the following Committee on part of the House under the above resolution:
Messrs. Corbitt of Atkinson,
Greene of Jones, Quincey of Coffee.

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1Vlr. Speaker:
The Senate insists on Senate amendment to House Resolution No. 34.
The President appointed as Conference Committee on part of Senate:
Messrs. Johns of 27th, "\Vakler of 18th, "\Veaver of 11th.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The President appointed as Committee on part of Senate to act under House Resolution 58:
Messrs. Hunt of 20th, Lassiter of 14th.

The President appointe<l as Committee on part of Senate to act under House Resolution 78:
Messrs. Foy of 1st, Thorpe of 2nd.

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 in reference to House Bill 363, known as General Tax Act.

The following message was receivetl from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

Mr. Speaker:
The President has appointed the following Senators as a Committee on part of the Senate to act under Senate Resolution 47, known as the Tax Commission Resolution:
Messrs. Nix of 51st,
Walker of 18th, Johns of 27th, Jones of 37th, Snow of 7th.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has failed to pass by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to wit:
A bill to prohibit monopolies in restraint of trade.
A bill to require an inventory of confiscated liquors.

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A bill to appropriate $150,000 for deficiency at Georgia State Sanitarium.

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:
A bill to amend Code by adding words ''Municipal Court or other Courts.''
A bill to regulate sale of commercial fertilizers.
A bill to amend Code relative to Game Laws.
A bill to permit a public road across Western and Atlantic property near Ringgold, Ga.
The following Senate amendment to House Bill No. 427 was read and agreed to :
Amend House Bill No. 427 by striking Section 2 of same and numbering remaining sections accordingly.

The following report of the Conference Committee on House Bill No. 363 was read:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee of Conference has met on House Bill No. 363, known as the General Tax Bill, with a like Committee of the Senate, and we have agreed on the following report:

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The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 1 relative to poll tax for women.
The Hquse adopts Senate amendment No. 2 relative to detective agencies.
The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 3 relative to auctioneers, and the House adopts Senate
prOVISO.
The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 3, Paragraph llD relative to auctioneers..
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 4 relative to retail dealers in automobiles.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 5 relative to automobile assembling plants.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 1-A as to levy of tax for sinking fund.
The Semite recedes from its amendment No. 2-A relative to collection agencies.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 3-A
relative to amusement parks.
The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 6-B relative to commission merchants and brokers.
The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 8 relative to book agents.
The House adopts amendment No. 9 relative to real estate dealers.
The House adopts Senate amendment to Paragrah 41 of Section 2, relative to wholesale cigar dealers.
The House adopts Senate Amendment No. 41-A relative to retail cigar dealers.

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The House adopts Senate amendment No. 19-A relative to jitneys and autos for hire.

The House adopts Senate amendment No. 11 rel-

ative to concerts and shows.



The House adopts Senate amendment No. 13 relative to insurance adjusters.

The House adopts Senate amendment No. 14 relative to ice cream manufacturers.

The Hou~e adopts Senate amendment No. 15 relative to farmers exemption to Mutual Insurance Tax.

The House adopts Senate amendment No. 16 as to lightning rod agents.

The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 17 as to live stock dealers.

The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 18 as to loan agents.
The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 19. as to loan agents.

The House adopts Senate amendment No. 20 as to loan agents on salaries.

The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 21 as to legislative agents.

The House adopts Senate amendment No. 22 as to slot machines.

The House adopts Senate amendment No. 23 as to dealers in motorcycles.

The House adopts Senate amendment No. 24 as to merry-go-rounds.

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The House adopts Senate amendment No. 25 as to stove peddlers.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 26 as to monument dealers.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 27 as to architects, etc.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 27-A as to soda founts.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 28 as to soft dri;nk syrups.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 29 as to hotels.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 29-A as to restaurants and cafes.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 29-B as to undertakers.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 29-C as to patent rights.
The House adopts Senate amendment No. 29-D as to cafes and restaurants.
The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 31 as to amusement tax.
The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 32 as to amusement tax.
The Committee offers the following amendment to Paragraphs 60 and 60-A:
''Provided this tax shall not be required of bona

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fide residents who have paid the tax required m Paragraph 69."
Messrs. Nix of the 51st, Wohlwender of the 24th, ]'leming of the 10th, Bellah of the 42nd, PaJmour of the 33rd, On part of the Senate.
Messrs. Carswell of Wilkinson, Culpepper of Fayette, Bowden of Ware, Arnold of Clay, Lankford of Toombs, On part of the House.

Mr. Carswell of -Wilkinson moved that the report of the Conference Committee be adopted, and the motion prevailed.
The following amendments of the Senate to House Bill No. 363, agreed upon by the Conference Committee, were agreed to by the House:
Amend Paragraph 2 of Section 2 by insm-ting the figures '' $100,000'' in blank in said paragraph.
Amend Paragraph 7, Section 2, by striking the figures '' $100,000'' in the last line of said paragraph, and adding the following: "In cities over 25,000, $200.00; in cities from 10,000 to 25,000, $50.00; and in cities less than 10,000, $25.00. ''

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Amend Paragraph 9 of Section 2 by inserting after the word "Attractions" in line five, the figures "$250.00."
Amend by striking all of Paragraph 12, Section 2, and inserting in lieu thereof the following paragraph:
"Paragraph 12, Section 2. Automobiles. Upon every agent of, upon every agent in, and upon every person soliciting orders for the retail sale of automobiles, not including wholesale dealers or distributors soliciting or canvassing for local dealers, the sums set out below, viz.:
''In each county, such dealer, agent or solicitor selling or offering for sale, at retail, automobiles, shall be required one license fee only, so as to provide that all persons soliciting orders, or selling automobiles at retail, shall pay a license to become a dealer or agent, and such license shall entitle such dealer to sell any make or makes of used or second hand automobiles, and shall entitle said dealer to operate in connection with said business, a service station, in the said county in which said license is paid. Any dealer having paid such tax to be allowed any number of employes for the purpose of selling cars within the county wherein such tax has been paid.
''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 between 50,000 all(l 75,000, $110.00; in each county with a

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population between 75,000 and 100,000, $165.00; in each county with a population between 100,000 and 150,000, $220.00; in each county with a population exceeding 150,000, $275.00. Provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall conflict with the provision fixing a license upon exclusive dealers in used cars.''
Amend Paragraph 16, Section 2, by striking all of said paragraph, and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
"16. Upon every agent or representative of any foreign or non-resident corporation, said agent or representative having an office in this State, operating an automobile assembling plant, $500.00 in each county.''
Amend by adding a new paragraph to be known as Paragraph 19-A.
19-A. Cars operated for hire. Upon each person, firm or corporation operating or keeping automobiles for hire, whether in connection of a garage or not, a tax according to the following scale: "\Vhether in or outside of the corporate limits of any city or town. For each automobile so operated in or near towns or cities not over 5,000 population, $10.00; of population from 5,000 to 15,000, $15.00; of population from 15,000 to 30,000, $20.00; of population from 30,000 to 50,000, $25.00; of population from 50,000 and over, $40.00. Provided, however, these taxes shall not be required of operators or keepers of automobiles for hire when such automobiles are run over or operated upon a fixed or uniform route, and in such cases, the schedule of fees shall be as follows:

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Upon every person, firm or corporation operating automobiles for transportation of passengers upon a regular fixed route, commonly known as jitneys, and for a uniform fare of not more than seven cents, the following amounts: ''For a five passenger car or less, $15.00 per annum; and for every such car carrying more than five passengers, $25.00 per annun1.''
Amend Paragraph 29 of Section 2, by striking all of said paragraph, and numbering the following paragTaphs accordingly.
Amend Paragraph 33 of Section 2, by striking the words ''for each county in which such business is carried on'' in the third and fourth lines of said paragraph, and substituting in lieu thereof the following: ''In the county in which the principal office, or branch office is located.''
Amend Paragraph 41 by striking same and substituting the following therefor:
Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the sale of cigars at wholesale in cities of less than 50,000 population, $50.00; for each place of business, and in cities of 50,000 and over, $100.00 on each place of business.
Amend by inserting a new paragraph to be known and numbered as 41-A of Section 2.
41-A. Retail dealers in cigars. Upon each person, firm or corporation engaged in the sale of cigars at retail, in towns or cities of less than 2,000, $5.00; in towns or cities of more than 2,000 and less than 5,000, $10.00; in towns or cities of more than 5,000 and less than 10,000, $20.00; in towns or cities of

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more than 10,000 and less than 20,000, $25.00; in towns or cities of more than 20,000 and less than 30,000, $30.00; in towns and cities of more than 30,000 and less than 40,000, $35.00; in towns and cities of more than 40,000 and less than 50,000, $40.00; in towns and cities of more than 50,000, $75.00.
Amend Paragraph 46, Section 2, by adding at the end of said paragraph the following: "Provided, further, that this Section shall not apply to histrionic, dramatic, and operatic performances given in regularly licensed theaters and opera houses, but upon each such theatre or opera house in towns of less than 2,000 inhabitants, $2.50 per month; in cities from 2,000 to 5,000 inhabitants, $3.75 per month; in cities from 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, $6.25 per month; in cities from 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants, $9.50 per month; in cities of over 25,000 inhabitants, $12.50 per month.''
Amend Paragraphs 60 and 60-A by adding the following at the end thereof: ''Provided this tax shall not be required of bona fide residents who have paid the tax required in Paragraph 69."
Amend Paragraph 62-E of Section 2, by adding after the word ''Residence'' in the second line of Sub-paragraph, 62-E, the following: "Not to apply to local insurance agents who adjust losses without renumeration.''
Amend Paragraph 63, Section 2, by striking all of said paragraph and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
"63. Upon each person, firm or corporation manufacturing ice cream, or selling same at wholesale,

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in cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, $50.00; in cities of from 20,000 to 50,000, $25.00; in cities of from 10,000 to 20,000, $10.00; and in cities less than 10,000, $5.00. ''
Amencl Paragraph 68, Section 2, by striking the figures "$30.00" in line three of said paragraph and substituting in lieu thereof the figures '' $50.00. ''
Amend Paragraph 70-B, of Section 2, by striking the figures "$25.00" in the last line of said paragraph, and adding m lieu thereof the figures "$100.00."
Amend Paragraph 77, of Section 2, by striking the figures "$5.00" and substituting in lieu thereof the figures '' $10.00. '' And further amending said paragraph by adding at the end of said paragraph, after the figures "$5.00" the following: "-Where there is no chance incurred by reason thereof.''
Amend Paragraph 79, Section 2, by striking the figures "$50.00" and substituting in lieu thereof the figures '' $25.00. ''
Amend Paragraph 81, Section :2, by striking the figures "$25.00" in the last line of said paragraph, and adding in lieu thereof the following: ''In cities over 50,000 inhabitants, $50.00; in cities between 10,000 and 50,000, $30.00; in cities between 5,000 and 10,000, $20.00; and in cities or towns less than 5,000t $10.00.''
Amend Paragraph 89-B of Section 2, by striking the figures ''$200.00'' in the last line of said paragraph, and substituting therefor the figures ''$25.00. ''

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Amend Paragraph 91 by striking all of said paragraph and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
"91. Monument Dealers. Upon each firm or corporation selling monuments or tombstones, the sum of $10.00 in each county in which they shall do husiness. ''
Amend Paragraph 94-B, Section 2, by beginning at the word "Provided" in the second line of said paragraph, and striking the remainder of said paragraph.
Amend Paragraph 97 of Seetion 2 by adding after the figures "$5.00" in line three, the following: ''and for each additional arm or device, "$5.00."
Amend Paragraph 98 of Section 2, by striking from said paragraph the words ''one-fourth of one per cent,.'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''one-half of one per cent.,'' and by inserting after the word "wholesale" the words "or retail," and by adding at the end of said paragraph the words: ''Provided, however, that said tax shall be collected upon said syrup or carbonated water only once, and shall be paid by the wholesale dealer in said syrup if sold within the confines of this State by such wholesale dealer; and if said syrup or carbonated water shall be purchased by the retail dealer without the limits of this State and shall be shipped to a point within the limits of this State the same shall be taxed in the hands of such retail dealer, and for the purposes of this tax the price paid for' such syrup or carbonated water shall determine the receipts for the same.''

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1261

Amend Paragraph 99, Section 2, by striking the words ''One dollar per annum for each sleeping room'' in the second .line of said paragraph, and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "In cities of over 30,000, $1.00 for each sleeping room per annum, and in cities and towns less than 30,000, 50 cents for each sleeping room per annum.''
Amend Paragraph 100 of Section 2 by striking all the words after the word ''provided.''
Amend Paragraph 100 by inserting after the figures '' $5.00" a new sentence as follows : "In cities of over 5,000 and le"ss than 10,000, $15.00. ''
Amend Paragraph 105 of Seeton 2 by inserting after the word "same" and before the words "in cities'' in line two, the following: ''Commonly known as undertakers.''
Amend Paragraph 110 of Section 2 by adding the words ''for each county in which said business is carried on.''
Amend Section 7 by adding the following at the end thereof: "Provided further, that local organizations, known as Farmer's Mutual Insurance Companies, ope.rating in not more than four counties shall not be subject to this tax.''

The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blalock:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives a commu-

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nication in writing, to which he respectfully invites your attention.

The following communication of His Excellency, the Governor, was read:

_ To the House of Representatives:
I desire to withdraw my veto message with relation to House Bill No. 105, and request the House to return the same for further consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
THos. W. HARDWICK, Governor.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Mundy of Polk-
A resolution. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that a committee of five be appointed, three to be appointed by the Speaker of the House and two to be appointed by the President of the Senate, to notify the Governor that the General Assembly has completed the business before it and now stands ready to adjourn sine die.
The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
A RESOLUTION. Whereas, our efficient and beloved Speaker, having during the present session of the General As-

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sembly, made his rulings on all parlimentary questions, and otherwise conducted himself in such a manner as to gain the love, esteem and good fellowship of said House,
Therefore be it resolved, that this House extend to him a rising vote of thanks that he might know and realize on this the last night of the session of 1921, he leaves here with the good will an<l love of every member thereof.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the report of Conference Committee relative to pension appropriation.
The President appointed as a second Conference Committee on part of Senate to act on pension appropriation:
Messrs. Cone of 49th, Brown of 50th, Hollingsworth of 17th.

The Conference Committee on House Resolution No. 34 reported back that the Committee had not been able to reach any agreement.
Mr. Stovall of McDuffie moved that the Speaker appoint the same Committee for further conference and the motion prevailed.

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The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Dru;tiel of Troup-
A resolution. Resolved by the House of Representatives of Georgia that this body endorses the action of Honorable Thomas E. Watson, United States Senator from Georgia, in opposing the appointment of Lincoln Johnson as Recorder of Deeds.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Holloway of Fulton-
.
A RESOLUTION.
whereas, the Clerk, Mr. Moore, and his able assistant, Mr. Bridges, have rendered faithful, efficient and courtt'ous service during this session of the House,
Therefore be it resolved, that the House extend a rising vote of thanks to the Clerk and his assistant for their efficient and faithful service.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted :

By Mr. Hyman of vVashington-
A resolution. Resolved by the House of Representatives that the thanks of this body be extended the Post-mistress for her uniform courtesy during this session.

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The following report of the Conference Committee on House Resolution No. 34 was read:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Conference Committee on House Resolution No. 34 has met a like Committee on the part of the Senate, and beg leave to report as follows:
'Ve recommend that the Senate recede from its
amendment to said resolution.
And we further recommend as a substitute for said Senate amendment the adoption of the following amendment:
''Amend by striking all words after the figures '1919' in line four of second page of said resolution down to the word 'Resolved' in line nine of said resolution.''
Respectfully submitted,
MEssRs. CoNE of the 49th, HoLLINGSWORTH of the 17th, BRowN of the 50th, On the part of the Senate.
MESSRS. ENNIS OF BALDWIN' STOVALL OF McDuFFIE, RuTHERFORD oF MoNROE, On the part of the House.

Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson moved that the report of the Committee be agreed to, and the motion prevailed.

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The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Messrs. Mundy of Polk and Jones of Coweta-
A resolution. Resolved, that the thanks of this Body be extended to our Speaker-Protem, the Honorable Zach Arnold of Clay, by rising vote for his fair and impartial rulings, and assure him of our friendship and respect.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the report of Conference Committee with reference to pension appropriation.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty-

A RESOLUTION.
Whereas, Mr. Mundy, Vice-Chairman of the Rules Committee, has performed his duties in a fair and impartial manner and has discharged his difficult duties in a highly satisfactory manner,
Therefore, be it resolved, by the House, that a vote of thanks and appreciation and confidence be extended for keeping the House working and cooperating in aYoiding an extra sessiOn.

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Mr. Speaker:
The President appointed as a Committee on part of the Senate, to notify Governor, the General Assembly has completed business before it, and now stands ready to adjourn sine die, the following:
Messrs. Nix of 51st,
W ohlwender of 24th.

The following Committee was appointed on the part of the House to notify the Governor that the General Assembly has completed the business before it, and was now ready to adjourn sine die:
Messrs. Mundy of Polk,
Wyatt of Troup,
Mayo of Mitchell.

Mr. Hullender, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and resolutions, to wit:
House Bill No. 187. An Act to provide for de'ficiencies in the salaries of judges of the Supreme, Superior Courts, etc.
House Bill No. 24. An Act to amend what IS known as the "Georgia Motor Vehicle Law."

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House Bill No. 472. An Act to amend the Act creating a public school system for Waycross.
House Bill No. 499. An Act to abolish the Tennille School District, etc.
House Bill No. 208. An Act to ameml Section 1087 of the Code of 1910, relative to classification of submerged lands for taxation.
House Bill No. 249. An Act to appropriate $5,000 to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives.
House Bill No. 259. An Act to appropriate money to the State Normal School, etc.
House Bill No. 293. An Act to appropriate money to the Georgia School of Technology for deficiency.
House Bill No. 319. An Act to regulate the sale and inspection of commercial fertilizer, etc.
House Bill No. 382. An Act to authorize Board of Commissioners of Catoosa County to have constructed public roads over State property.
House Bill No. 386. An Act to amend Section 1793 of the Code of 1910, relative to fertilizers.
House Bill No. 388. An Act to amend Section 594 of Penal Code of Park's Supplement, relative to hunting season.
House Bill No. 396. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie.
House Bill No. 34. An Act to amend Section 720 of the Penal Code relative to wrongful sale of mortgaged property, etc.

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House Bill No. 80. An Act to regulate the use of motor vehicles, etc., upon public highways.
House Bill No. 106. An Act to provide Grand Juries in certain counties to inspect county books.
House Bill No.l18. An Act to amend Section 1908 of the Code of 1910, relative to suits on bonds given by pilots.
House Bill No. 161. An Act to amend Section 3321 of the Co(le of 1910, relative to municipal courts.
House Bill No. 506. An Act repealing an Act establishing a public school system in the City of Ocilla.
House Bill No. 526. An Act to authorize Governor to issue bonds for the retirement of the public debt.
House Bill Ko. 530. An Act to amend an Act creating a Boar(l of Commissioners of Toombs County.
House Bill No. 531. An Act to amend an Act relatin to public roads of Toombs County.
House Bill No. 542. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Logansville.
House Bill Ko. 548. An Act to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Norristown.
House Resolution No. 34. A resolution to appro-
priate money to new and old rolls of pensioners.
House Resolution No. 80. A resolution concerning burial of Confederate dead from Soldiers' Home.

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House Resolution No. 82. A resolution authorizing the Governor to reimburse dealers in cigars who have paid certain taxes.
House Resolution No. 101. A resolution requesting the Governor to have investigated, the acoustic properties of the Hall of the House of Representatives.
House Resoluton No. 102. A resolution requesting the Governor to return House Bill No. 439 for correction.
House Resolution No. 106. An Act authorizing the President and Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the Governor that the General Assembly is ready to adjourn.
House Bill No. 363. An Act to levy and collect annually, in addition to ad valorem tax, a special tax of certain persons and property.
House Bill No. 89. An Act to make appropriations to the various public officers and institutions of the State.
House Bill No. 421. An Act to appropriate $7,000 to the Ninth District A. and M. School.
House Resolution. A resolution providing for temporary leasing or otherwise providing temporary ''mansion'' for the Governor.
Respectfully submitted,
HuLLENDER OF CAToosA, Chairman.

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 following resolution, to wit:

By Mr. Palmour of the 33rd-
Resolved that the General Assembly adjourn sine die.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and concurred in by the House :

By Mr. Palmour of the 33rd-
Resolved that the General Assembly do now adjourn sine die.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned sine die.

..

INDEX
TO THE
HOUSE JOURNAL
FOR THE
YEAR 1921

INDEX

PART I.

HOUSE BILLS.

A

ABSENT VOTER (See Elections, Part I)-

Academy for Blind-

Active Supt. of ................................ .

901

ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, ETC.Provide qualifications ............................. 730 853

AGRICULTURAL PRODGCTS (See Crops Part I)Market intelligently ............................. .485 639

AGRICGLTGRAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGESTo establish High School of Agr. and Mech. Arts 246 381 796

ALCOHOL (See Liquor, Part I)-

APPROPRIATIONS-

To pay new judge Macon Cireuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

92

Board of Health, ~falaria, $25,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

93

$25,000 Deficiency Upkeep Public Buildings .... 244 308 368

$25,000 Deficiency Contingent Fund ........... 244 309 391

General Appropriations 253 658 921 932 935 969 973

978 1006 1008 1031

$20,000 Negro School, Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

256

$200,000 Ga. State Sanitarium ................ 304 1070 112;j

$75,000 Dormitory, Cave Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

305

$18,000 School for Deaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

305

$50,000 Ga. Training School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

306

Appropriation for deficiency in Judges' salaries 306 384 798

$108,916 Nurses Home Ga. State Sanatarium ....... 353 1070

$20,053.57 Ga. Training School for Boys ............ 353 1070

$8,000 Public Welfare Board ...................... 354 500

$75,000 Bowdon College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

356

$65,000 Normal College, Valdosta .................. 374 1070

$8,000 1st Dist. Agr. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

398

$55,000 Ga. Training School Mental Defectins

398 854 1070 1122

INDEX

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$30,000 Salaries State Normal at Athens ..... .401 1070 1151

Appropriation Defidency Ga. School of Technology

439 1071 1138

Appropriation Deficiency Salary Clerk Pension Dept.

441

$57.82 J. S. Turner and L. M. Stanfil . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

441

$10,000 Crawford W. Long's Statue . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

461

$75 Clerk of Tax Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

478

Appropriation State Board of Entomology . . . . . . . . . .

525

$15,000 to Prison Commission for State Farm ...... 543 912

$15,000 to Board of Entomolgy, Plant Disease ...... 546 1071

Appropriation 3rd Dist. Agr. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

546

,75.00 to G. E. Walraven, Loss of Cow . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

550

$7,000 Fifth Dist. School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

608

$1,800 Asst. Supt. Printing ........................ 703 960

$500,000 State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Alto . . . . . .

740

$19,000 annually State Chemist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

734

Appropriation pay pensions .............. 808 960 1129 1246

$7,000 Xinth Dist. Agr. School 547 1071 1184 1234 1263 1265

ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, DEPTAR'l'MENT OF-

To create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

459

Repeal Act creating . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

629

A"LSTRALIAX BALLOT (See Election Laws, Part I)-

Al'TO)IOBILES (See )fotor V<'hicles, Part I) Crime to s<'t fire to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 817

ArTO~lOBILE TIRESDat<' of manufactur<' stamped on .................. 487 583

B RANKS AND BANKIXG-
To amend law of ................................. 302 638

RILLS OF SALER<'gulat<' foreclosure of .......................... 982 1017

BOARDS OF EDUCATIOX-

To elect under County Unit Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

252

To establish under County Unit Plan .............. 258 616

Savannah, amend ........................... 303 388 782

State Board to exercise eminent domain ............ 350 782

BOILER IXSPECTORSCr<'at Department of Stenm ....................... 630 783

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BOND OR BAILProYide in misdemeanor eases ................ 549 641 860

BOND COMMISSIONWare Co., amend ............................ 256 273 296 Elbert Co., amend ................................ 608 641 Wilcox, create .............................. 868 914 965

BOXDS, STATEAuthorize GoYernor to issue ................. 606 848 1025

BOXDSMEX, PROFESSIONALRegulate signing bonds by ................... 435 582 841

BOXlJt\ FO'R TITLESFor exeeuting and filing ................ 307 582 884 1213

BRAXTLEY CO. (See Const. Amndts., Part l ) -

Bl'DGET COMMISSIONTo create ................................... 397" 638 837

BFREAG OF :MARKETS-

Repeal Act creating

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c

CALCilJ)I ARSENATE-

Amend Aet to regulate sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

525

CATTLE-

To amend Act, shipment of tick-infested .......... 94 557

To amend Ad, shipment of tick-infested (Stone)....

229

To repeal Aet, shipment of tick-infested (Herring)..

398

CHARTERS, MUXICIPAL\Varsaw, amend ............................. 93 265 452 Blakely, amend ............................. 228 557 585 Augusta, fire dept. . .................... 229 265 474 976 Cedartown, amend ........................... 253 265 385 Toccoa, amend .............................. 253 382 408 Burrough~ repeal ............................ 259 382 409 ){oultrie, amend ............................. 269 383 410 Berlin, amend .............................. 269 383 405 Sylvester, amend ............................ 270 383 452 Atlanta, bonds for streets ............... 271 429 643 648 Athens, amend .............................. 306 470 504 CrawfordyiJle, amend . : . ..................... 307 384 407 RossYille, amend ............................ 352 384 407

INDEX

1277

Pelham, amend .............................. 372 470 505

Pelham, water and lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 471 505

Atlanta, amend .............................. 373 471 509

Atlanta, condemnation proceedings ................ 396 430

Griffin, revise .............................. 397 383 455

Augusta, registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

434

Augusta, paYing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

434

SaYannah, revise ............................ 436 471 507

SaYannah, Port Commission .................. 436 710 745

Alapaha, repeal ............................. 438 472 507

Alapaha, establish ........................... 438 472 508

Elberton, amend .................... ........ 440 739 789

Columbus, c-ommission parks ................. 460 559 586

Blackshear, amend .......................... 486 739 789

Waynesboro, amend .......................... 486 559 586

Aldora, amend .............................. 487 617 645

Boston, create ............................... 487 617 645

Decatur, street improvement ................ .489 782 820

Canton, registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 472 508

Willie, amend ............................... 522 710 745

Albany, amend .............................. 522 583 621

Clayton, amend .............................. 522 559 587

Brunswick, amend .......................... 523 560 587

Monroe, amend ................................... 525 739

Meigs, amend ............................... 544 711 746

Meigs, amend transmission lines .............. 544 782 820

Cumming, amend ............................ 545 617 646

Americus, amend ............................ 547 711 747

Canon, amend .................................... 548 605

::\Ioultrie, amend ............................ 569 912 964

Conyers, qualification of voters .............. 570 711 747

Forsyth, repeal Act, six wards .............. 571 618 647

Macon, Manager Form ........ 571 711 741 751 796 1005

Savannah, amend ............................ 606 711 748

Augusta, Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

606

Cairo, amend ............................... 607 711 748

,Jaekson, amend ............................. 608 712 749

Fry, create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

609

Ludowici, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 712 749

Douglas, amend ............................. 629 740 790

Valdosta, grade streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 783 820

Street work to lowest bidder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

631

Atlanta, Planning Commission ................ 669 784 822

Columbus, amend ............................ 670 712 750

1278

INDEX

Pine Park, amend ........................... 703 784 824

Dalton, new government ..................... 703 740 791

Cordele, amend .............................. 703 784 824

East Point, amend .......................... 704 785 824

Quitman, amend ............................. 730 818 877

Mt. Airy, amend ............................ 732 785 825

Folkston, amend ............................. 733 786 827

Eastman, amend ............................. 733 786 827

Wadley, amend ............................. 769 818 856

Madison, new charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 913 964

Macon, amend ............................... 770 913 965

Franklin, high school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

770

Atlanta, extend to Kirkwood ......... 805 866 1005 1161

Kirkwood, repeal ............................ 805 867 999

Millen, amend .............................. 806 913 964

:Manchester, amend .......................... 807 866 915

Robertstown ................................ 847 866 1000

Atlanta, extend limits ..... ; .. 848 867 920 1005 1143 1161

Atlanta, annex property ................ 848 867 919 1144

Warwick, amend ............................ 868 914 965

Temple, repeal amendment ................... 901 936 994

Sugar Valley, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

902

Logansville, amend .......................... 976 994 1021

Logansville, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

982

Norristown, repeal .......................... 1010 1088 1118

Rome, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1161

CHILDREN'S CO'DE COMMISSION, GA.Create ..................................... .486 583 1030

CHILDREN, MINOR-

Placing out of children in guardians' hands . . . . . . . .

243

Claims for personal injuries of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

402

CHIROPRATICTo regulate practice of ..................... 253 361 430

CODE AMENDM~NTS TO CODE OF 1910-

Section 1144, amend, compensation witnesses........

94

Section 6035 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 381 412

Sections 715-716, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

96

Section 720, amend, mortgaged property .. 225 448 481 1076

Section 4809, amend, Courts of Ordinary ...... 226 469 535

Section 660, amend, election laws ... ......... 226 381 411

Section 314, repeal, Dept. Commerce and Labor . . . .

243

Section 1141, amend .............................. 245 1087

INDEX

1279

Sec.tion 3413, amend, debtors ....................... 254 382

Section 4016, amend, land titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

254

Section 4747, amend, Jurors' compensation .... 257 382 887

Section 3298, amend ............................. 258 449

Section 86, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

258

Section 594, amend, sell game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

259

Section 4995, amend, Judges appointing secretaries

259 498 893

i::ledion 1908, amend pilots ................... 260 449 894

Section 63, amend, involuntary manslaughter ...... 261 498

Section 189, larceny after trust .................... 267 498

Section 1249, Morgan State Depository ...... 267 450 503

Sections 445-451, county bonds .............. 271 383 643

Section 4855, amend, Court Judges ...... 272 362 882 1030

Section 917, amend, female poll tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

272

Sections 4856-4857-4858 repeal Court Judges ........ 272 499

Section 1065, amend, misdemeanor ................ 272 499

Section 3321, amend, Municipal Courts ...... 301 499 894

Section 5986, amend, costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

301

Section 347, amend, misdemeanors, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .

302

Section 190, amend, larceny after trust . . . . . . . . . . . .

303

Section 191, amend, larceny after trust . . . . . . . . . . . .

304

Section 193, amend, larceny after trust . . . . . . . . . . . .

304

Section 194, amend, larceny after trust . . . . . . . . . . . .

304

Section 5248, amend, dower .................. 350 450 864

Section 1087, amend submerged lands ......... 354 739 859

Section 2167, amend, females to hold office .... 355 470 600

Sections 2757 to 2760, repeal, unclaimed freight . . . .

355

Section 4424, amend, recovery for homicide ........ 356 638

Section 2625, amend, R. R. Commission . . . . . . . . . . . .

372

Section 612, amend, catching fish ............ 373 451 843

Section 3033, amend, guardianship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

373

Section 594D, amend, hunting season ........ 399 448 840

Section 20, Acts 1919, seized property ............. .434 501

Section 542, amend, paupers ...................... 437 501

Section 5083, amend, deed secure debt ..... .437 501 1077

Section 3414 amend, pony homestead .............. 439 582

Section 1249, amend, Ellijay State Dept....... 461 582 620

Section 1249, amend, Alma, State Dept....... 488 583 . 620

Section 414, amend, freight trains ................. 489 617

Section 4263, amend, corporations ................. 523 583

Section 1249, amend, Alston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 584 621

Section 1037, amend, testimony husband and wife .. 544 817

Section 5918, amend, evidence in uew trial. ... 546 817 895

1280

INDEX

Sedion 5056, amend, City Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 640

Section 179~, amen it, fertilizer manufacturers

548 640 759 895 1136

Section 594, amend, hunting season ................ 549 679

Section 2825, amend, reviver of corporations ....... 545 1017

Section 2936, amend, marriage license . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

569

Section 1899, amend, license of pilots ........ 571 604 648

Section 5243, amend, condemnation of land ........ 607 912

Section 547, amend, public roads .................. 630 913

Section 5858, amend, incompetency, witness ........ 730 853

Section 775, amend, springs poisoned .............. 733 853

Section 3287, amend, foreclosure chattel mortgages 807 1017

Section 502, amend, holding court ................ 770 819

Section 1229, amend, insane convicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

846

Section 716, amend, fraudulent contracts . . . . . . . . . .

847

CO:\L\IISSIONER OF AGRICULTURETo furnish information ........................... 21i.3 498

COMMIS8IOXERS aF ROADS AXD REVENUES-

Emanuel Co., repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 266 452

Emanuel Co., create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 266 452

Wayne Co., 5 districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 448 473

Stephens Co., create ......................... 227 678 713

Stephens Co., repeal ........................ 227 678 714

Effingham Co., create ........................ 228 449 473

Douglas Co., repeal ..................... 229 241 264 685

Douglas Co., create .................... 230 241 264 685

Henry Co., repeal ........................... 245 299 475

Henry Co., create ........................... 246 299 475

Chatham Co., amend, bi-weekly court ......... 259 470 503

Colquitt Co., create ......................... 260 383 409

Colquitt Co., repeal ........................ 260 383 409

Bulloch Co., 3 commissioners ............ 267 383 410 686

Bulloch Co., abolish one commissioner ........ 270 383 405

Turner Co., pay county officials .............. 268 604 642

.Madison Co., title to Madison Co. High School 300 384 406

Habersham Co., create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

304

Chattooga Co., elect clerk .................... 305 581 681

White Co., repeal ........................... 351 450 475

White Co., create . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 451 476

Evans Co., amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 1500 531

Liberty Co., amend .......................... 399 471 506

Harris Co., compensation ..................... 401 471 506

Pierce Co., repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 529 560

INDEX

1281

Pierre Co., create ........................... 461 529 561

Wilkinson Co., amend ........................ 462 530 561

Chatham Co., taxes paid quarterly ............ 524 960 997

Montgomery Co., create ..................... 525 617 645

Cherokee Co., Special Board .................. 546 617 646

Catoosa Co., road across W. & A. R. R......... 547 604 646

Screven Co., pay court costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 584

Carroll Co., people to YOte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 638 684

Elbert Co., amend ........................... 608 642 682

Calhoun Co., change number ............... , . . . . . . .

609

Montgomery Co., repeal .................... 630 783 821

Lee Co., create .............................. 670 712 750

Charlton Co., Pay City of Folkston, taxes .......... 702 900

Charlton Co., Pay City of St. George, taxes .. 702 784 823

Charlton Co., repeal to pay Homeland ........ 703 784 823

Baldwin Co., amend ........................ 731 960 998

Jasper Co., repeal ........................... 731 785 825

Jasper Co., create .......................... 731 785 825

Franklin Co., repeal ......................... 732 786 826

Franklin Co., create .................... 732 786 826 1144

Crisp Co., create ............................ 733 853 878

Dodge Co., amend ........................... 769 818 856

Long Co., amend ............................. 769 853 880

Charlton Co., amend ......................... 771 854 879

Telfair Co., repeal .......................... 806 876 918

Telfair Co., amend .......................... 806 876 917

Sumter Co. and Calhoun Co., regulate ........ 807 854 879

Toombs Co., amend .......................... 868 914 966

Murray Co., create .......................... 901 961 1001

Putnam Co., repeal .......................... 902 962 1001

Terrell Co., amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 995 1021

Candler Co., Court House .................... 938 994 1019

Jefferson Co. compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982 1017 1090

CO~L\UTTEE, ASSIGNMENTSThompson of Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McDonald of Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nottingham of Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kennedy of Laurens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harris of Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clark of Colquitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard of Screven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jones of Walker ........ ."........................

1092 1092 1092 1093 1093 1093 1093 1093

12&2

INDEX

Steele of DeKalb Bowden of Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fowler of Bibb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1093 1207 1207

COMMITTEES, CONFERENCEH. B. No. 24, State Highway Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1219 1227 S. B. No. 41, Text Book Bill .................... 1227 1235 H. B. No. 363, General Tax Act .................. 1234 1250 H. B. No. 34, Pensions .................... 1246 1263 1265

COMMITTEES, SPECIAL--

Escort Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12

Escort Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

Notify Governor ................................. 16 16

Escort Speaker Pro-tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22

Appoint Chaplain ................................ 22 23

Inaugural ceremonies ........................ : . . .

50

T. E. Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

263

To arrange for joint session to hear Governor's address 294

Arrange for address on Daniel Boone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

295

On H. R. No. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

595

Agricultural Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1094

Board of Regents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1092

State Highway Committee ....................... 1192 1198

Tax Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1247

Harbor Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1247

Ga. State Sanitarium ............... ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1247

COMMITTEES, STANDINGAssigned by Speaker ........................... 276 to 293
COMM;O'N CARRIERS (See Railroads, etc., Part I)-

COMMUNICATIONS-

Secretary of State .... .. .. .. . .... ... .. ....... .....

1

Comptroller-General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24

Marion M. Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

237

Hon. C. S. Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

248

Hon. Murray Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

248

Miss M. Rutherford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

297

Ga. Capital Removal Ass 'n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

345

Pastor 1st Methodist Church, Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . .

603

Central Baptist Church ...................... : . . . . .

844

From Sec 'y D. B. Blalock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

897

COMMUTATION TAXAbolish for Banks Co ........................ 892 1018 1090

INDEX

1283

CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS HOMERelative to funds of inmates of ................... 399 471 Burial of inmates of ....................... 902 962 1217

CONFEDERATE VETERANS ASSOCIATION, FULTON CO.-

To authorize purchase of cemetery space . . . . . . . . . .

545

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS-

Amend Art. 6, Sections 11 and I2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

97

Amend Capital to Macon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

98

Amend Art. II, Sec. 2, Par. I, Term of County Offieers

224

Amend Art. 7, Sec. 3, Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

224

Amend Art. 7, Sec. 7, Municipal corporation taxes

225

Amend Art. 6, Sec. 13, Par. 1, Justices of Supreme Court

230

Amend Art. 2, Sec. 1, Par. 4, Female Suffrage . . . . .

230

Amend, Borrowing power of Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

254

Amend Art. 11, Sec. 2, Par. I, County Officers ..... 271 1087

Amend Art. 2, See. 2, Par. 2, Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

351

Strike Art. 7, Sec. 2, Par. 1, Corporation tax . . . . . . 353 500

Amend Art. 3, Sec. 3, Par. 3, Biennial sessions .... 354 430

Amend Art. 3, See. 4, Par. 1 and 2, Members of Gen.

Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

355

Amend, to establish public libraries . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .

375

Amend, relative to tax rate, Augusta . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

434

Amend Art. 6, Sec. 2, Clerks Supreme Court . . . . . .

435

Amend, relative to marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

437

Art. 8, Sec. 4, Par. I, Collection 5 mills tax . . . . . . . .

487

Amend Art. 7, Sec. I, Par. 1, Road tax . . . . . . . . . . . .

489

Amend Art. 7, Sec. I2, Par. 1, Increase bonds . . . . . . . .

490

Amend Art. 11, Sec. I, Par. 2 County line, Cook Co.

523 640 745

Amend Art 3, See. 2, Par. 1, New Senatorial Dist.. , .. 550 740

Amen<! Art. i, Sec. 2, Par. I, Classification of prop-

erty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

668

Amend Art. I, Sec. 4, Par. 1, Compensation County

Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

670

AmPIHI Art. 2, Sec. 1, Par. 2, Mistakes, Brantley Co.

732 961 998

Art 7, Sec. I, Par. I, Put in force amendment, pensions

808 960

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-

To call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

COXVICTS, FELONYDistribute on mileage basis ................... 669 9I3 I074

1284

INDEX

COOK CO. (See Const. Amendment, Part I)-

CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPAL (See Charters ~fun., Part I)-

COVNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS-

System of receipts and disbursements ........ 374 816 887

Removal of county officers ........................ 438 501

Manner of issuing bonds . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

669

Fees of coroners, constables, jurors Fulton Co.......

717

COFXTY DEPOSITORIESCoffee Co. repeal ........................... 869 961 1000 Coffee Co., <>reate ........................... 869 961 1000

COCNTY OFFICERS (See Counties &<>, Part I)Charlton Co., to give certain bonds ............ 771 854 879

COCXTY St'"PERINTEXDEXT OF EDUCATION-

COFNTY SITE-

To change for Brantley Co........................

93

Calhoun Co., from Mlorgan to Edison .... 770 818 1098 1119

COlTXTY TREASURERSTo provide for election of, for Henry Co ..... 245 299 474 To repeal Act abolishing office of, for Henry Co 245 299 474 Lanier Co., abolish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 451 476 ~fitchell Co., pay salary .................... 400 501 532 Treutlen Co., compensation ................. .437 472 507 Webster Co., create ......................... 439 472 508

C01TRTS, CITY AND COUNTY-

Claxton, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

96

ThomasYille, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 497 530

Ashburn, amend ........................... 242 678 715

}fetter, amend ............................. 270 499 530

l\Iacon, amend ............................... 397 639 744

Camilla, amend .............................. 400 500 531

Crawfordville, create ......................... 460 617 644

CleYeland, create ............................. 461 582 620

Savannah, amend ............................. 486 639 683

Valdosta, amend ............................. 488 639 681

Hinesville, amend ........................... 522 640 679

Carrollton, amend .............................. .

547

NashYille, amend ........................... 549 641 680

Floyd Co., amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 641 683

Baxley, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 568 647

Fitzgeral<l, establish ......................... 569 641 680

INDEX

128!i

Ludowici, establish ......................... 609 712 749 \Yashington, amend ......................... 629 852 877 Barnesville, create .......................... 629 740 790 Ashburn, repeal ............................ 667 740 791 Swainsboro, change terms ..... : . ............ 770 994 1020 Eastman, amend ............................ 847 900 999 Sylvania, amend ............................ 982 1071 1089

COU.8TS, MUNICIPAL--

~Iacon, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 638 743

Savannah, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 711 747

Atlanta, elect Judges ........................... .

630

COURTS, SUPERIORFloyd Co., four terms .................. 228 266 "'alton Co., four terms ....................... 242 Laurens Co., compensation of stenographer .. 242 Cook Co., two terms ........................ 301 Habersham Co., four terms ................... 303 Taylor Co., change time .................... 355 ~fontgomery Co., change terms .............. 373 Wilcox Co., change term . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 399 Rockdale Co., four terms .................... 570 Atkinson Co., change time .................. 630 Wheeler Co., three terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 Madison Co., 4 terms ....................... 808

453 685 469 502 449 482 383 455 470 504, 470 504 471 505 476 687 994 1020 740 790 852 877 854 878

COURT STENOGRAPHERS-

Appointment of, in Macon

462

CROPS-

Foreclose mortgage on

303

D DEFEXSE-
Provide in cases of game law when State and Nation conflict ........................................ 487 639
DE:;\TAL LAWSAmend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 381 412
DOCKETTo regulate calling of, in Superior Courts .... 439 817 972
DRAI:;\AGETo promote health by draining swamp lands ........ 307 450 To amend drainage laws, Williams of Walton .... 571 852 Refund drainage bonds, Williams of walton ...... 607 783

1286

INDEX

E

ELECTION AND ELECTION LAWS-

Provide secret ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 428 456 563

Absent voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

228

Primary elections, Beek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

244

Repeal Act, Coffee County ................... 256 382 408

Provide seaet ballot, Hawkins and Hyman . . . . . . . .

374

Amend Registration Act, Collins of Canton . .439 472 508

Provide for primary elections, Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

606

El\IINENT DOMAIN (See Boards of Education, Part I)-

EVIDENCETo prohibit use of, obtainctl by unlawful scar~h .... 459 559

EXPERHIENT STATION-

To create cotton, boll weevil ................ 273 584 837

To maintain Ga. Agri. Exp. Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

460

EXPLOSIVESTo regulate, trade in ......................... 230 404 432 Prohibit aliens from storing explosives in State 485 639 831

F FALSE STATE:MENTS-
rnlawful to make . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 429

FEESTo increase fees of coroners, constables &c of Fulton Co. . ............................................. 243 498

FEMALES (See Const. Amend., Part I) (See Labor Statis tics, Part I)-
FENCES AND NO FENCE LAWRegulate voting on ........................ 435 616 644
FERTILIZERSTo regulate sale of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 To amend Act regulating sale of, Luke ....... 485 530 1151

FIRE ARMSTo provide registration of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

FISHWAY (See Game and Fish, Part I)-

FOOD-

Regulate handling cooked and uncooked foods ...... 440 582

Amend Pure Food Act, Stovall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

489

I~DEX

1287

G

GAME AND FISH-

To harmonize National and State Laws ...... 94 448 481

To amend Act, catching shad .............. 243 381 457

To abolish office of warden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

257

To amend trawl net Act ......................... 30i 912

Prohibit aliens from fishing in salt waters ........ 306 384

Construct fishways over dams, Clifton ............ 400 451

Killing and trapping quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

436

Fish ways over dams, Brownlee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

438

Repeal Act creating Dept. of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

487

Provide defense in courts for violations ...... 487 639 860

Fix open season cat squirrels ...................... 489 678

GASOLINE (See Tax Laws, Part I)-

GEORGIA BOARD OF FORESTRYTo create ........................................ 271 404

GEORGIA CANAL AND WATERWAY COMMISSIONTo establish ................................. 225 428 456

GEORGIA STATE BO'ARD OF ENTOMOLOGYRelative to contagious plant diseases .............. 544 817

GEORGIA STATE SANITARIUM-

. Revise laws of commitment to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

547

GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY-To establish ................................ 244 469 562

GIRLS' NORMAL INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE, MILLEDGE

VILLE-

Change name, Ennis .............................. 730 785

Change name, Henderson ani! Franks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

772

H

HARBOR, PORT AND TERMINAL COMMISSIONERSTo rreate for State ......................... 300 429 599

HEALTH LAWS-

To amend Act to redse

938

HONEY BEESTo amend Act, infedious diseases .......... 521 783 887

1288

INDEX

HOTELS, IXXS, BOARDING HOUSES, ETC.-

Amend Act, to defraud .................... 255 449 1031

Provide screens for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

353

HL"SBAND AND WIFE-

Earnings of wife, her exclusive property . . . . . . . . . .

227

I ICE FACTORIES (See Railroad Commission, Part I)-

INDIAN SPRINGS-

Amend Art to lease

607

TXSCRANCE-

\'aluation of bonds, of life ins. Co. by amortization

methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 497 535

To amend Act creating Department of, conditions

261 816 889

Authority to renew fire ins. policies .......... 350 430 831

Amend Act creating Dept. of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

460

INSCRAXCE COMMISSIONER-

To increase salary of Deputy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

269

'ro appoint Asst. State Fire Inspector ............ 704 784

J JE\VELERS (See Liens, Part 1)-

.JOIXT SESSIONS-

CanYass Yote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44

Inaugural ceremonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

270

Address by GoY. Hardwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

309

JCDGESRotate judges of superior courts .................. 436 817 Illegal to pleas of guilty, certain cases ............. 667 818

JCDICIAL CIRCUITSOgeechee Circuit, amend ................... 255 581 619 Put in force constitutional amendment, judge Stone Mountain Circuit .................... 462 583 1062 1073 Create Griffin Judicial Circuit .................... 524 640 Cordele Circuit, rearrange .............. 5il 618 680 1112

.TFRORSTo proYide compensation for Campbell County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 501 84:l 887

INDEX

1289

JURORS, GRANDIn certain countie~ (Chatham) examine public records twice annually ....................... 257 469 920 Eligibility in banking cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 449

JURY COMMISSIONERS-

Fix compensation, DeKalb County. . . . . . . . . . . . 548 640 679

For Dodge County ........................... .

607

K KINDERGARTEN (See Srhool Laws, Part 1)-

L

LABOR AND LABOR STATISTICS-

To limit work hours of females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 781

Employment of children under 16 years . . . . . . . . . . .

434

Lawful to organize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

440

LANDS-

To authorize levy when under bond

354

LAND TITLESTo perfect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 816

LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENTTo put in force constitutional amendment relative to .................................. 228 241 263 367

LIENS-

Conveying title to 1eal estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

255

In favor of jewelers ............................. 261 499

In favor of jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

300

LIQUOR AND LIQUOR TRAFFIC-

Relating to sale of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

356

Officers to make inventory ...................... 402 451

M

:\fADISON COUNTY ACADEMYAmend Act incorporating

301 384 406

MANSION, EXECUTIVE OR GOVERNORS-

To lease for five years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

307

Sale or exchange of ........................ 462 559 1211

Committee to lease ......................... 490 740 1211

Temporary residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 786

1290

INDEX

MARRIAGE LICENSE (See Code Amendment, Part I)To regulate issuing of . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 428 482 592 882

MASONRY-

To create State Inspector of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

460

MEDICAL EXAMINERS, STATE BOARD OF-

Amend Aet creating ....... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

807

)IESSAG ES-EXECUTIVE-

Governor Dorsey 0

52

57 102 148

GoYernor Hardwick 000000000.233 309 385 421 540 787

874 891 892 958 970 974 983

1011 1111 1115 1236 1237 1239 1261

MESSAGES, SENATE14 15 15 49 50 219 224 262 262 273 275
294 361 361 380 404 415 415 447 447 468 491 491 539 540 540 579 580 581 595 622 622 623 623 655 656 657 677 678 709 718 738 772 792 793 815 815 873 902 911 912 933 934 953 954 955 958 991 992 993 1015 1016 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1108 1109 1110 1111 1146 1147 1171 1183 1184 1192 1214 1215 1215 1216 1218 1224 1225 1226 1226 1233 1233 1240 1241 1248 1248 1249 1249 1250 1266 1267 1270 1271

)fiDWAY SOCIETY OF LIBERTY C(J.Members of

252 382 407

)fiLITARY-

Record in each county of discharged persons 24:l 498 537

Amend Act reorganizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 296

Amend Ad, State Militia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

267

Restore rank of former offieers National Guard....

305

MILKLabel manufaetured milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606 818

MINOR CHILDREN (See Children, Part 1)-

~IISDEMEANORS-

Punishment for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

302

To practiee law without admission to ............. 440 639

~lOTION PICTURES-

State censorship ................................. 532 782

Tax motion pidure shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

847

INDEX

1291

MOTOR VEHICLES-

To provide for collection of tax on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

92

To amend law relative to distribution of funds . . . .

97

To regulate speed of .... 246 530 557 593 623 1210 1229

To fix license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

268

To regulate use of on highways, etc........... 270 558 759

To amend law of Whitworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 558

To amend law of Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

302

To amend motor vehicle law, Brownlee . . . . . . . . . .

357

Provide for registration of, Reagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

401

Provide uniform bill of sale for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

435

Amend motor vehicle law, Logan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

490

Unlawful to use muffler cut-out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

609

)fUSIC TEACHERS, BOARD OF-

To create

356

N NEW l\IEMBER8-
Jerome Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. T. Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. L. McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. R. Nottingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. L. Howard Roy V. Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. G. Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chas. Robt. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. J. Steele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

876 876 893 893 903 959 971 984 1011

NEW COUNTIEs-

Peach Co., create

96

NURSES-

To prescribe duty hours of professional . . . . . . . . . . . 607 641

Amend Act regulating professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

669

NURSERIEs-

To regulate

269

0

OATHS (See Officers, Part I)-

OFFICERs-

Manner of administering oaths, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

350

12!12

INDEX

OPTOMETRY-

Amend Act regulating

374

ORDINARYProvide compensation for, of Lanier Co....... 667 784 822

ORGANIZATION-

Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12

Doorkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16

::\Iessenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18

Speaker pro tern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20

Chaplain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23

Postmistress

23

p

PAINTS, VARNISHES, ETC.-

Dealers to label

398

PENSIONs-

To re-establish Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley ....... 247 473 832

David Lunsford ................................. 358 404

Provide prompt payment, Maddox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 558

Widow of W. W. Morrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

671

John W. Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

772

Lucy J. Fortson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

772

PHARMACY, BOARD OF (See Ga. State Board of Phar., Part 1)-

PLUMBIKG, SANITARY-

Install in all private homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

668

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE-

To regulate certain matters of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

258

Relating to service, appeal, etc................... 270 470

Cross bills of exception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 582 864

Misdemeanor to practice without admission ........ 440 639

PRIVILEGES a.F FLOOR-

H. S. J. Stovall and W. F. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

358

PROSECUTING ATTORNEYTo create office of ... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 1087

PUBLIC HIGHWAYs-

Counties to erect humps 100 ft. from R. R. crossing

92

INDEX

1293

PUBLIU PHINTINGH. B. No. 363, 300 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reports Penitentiary Committee, 300 copies . . . . . . 300 copies Special Committee on State Highway. .
PUBLIC UTILITIEs-To regulate

605 953 1205
357

Q QUAIL (See Game and Fish, Part 1)-

R

RAILROAD COMMISSION OF GEORGIA-

To amend Act creating ......................... .

96

To regulate election of members of ............. .

396

To change name of ............................. . 401 739

To fix: rates of employees' insurance ............. .

461

Jurisdiction oYer ice factories ................... .

488

HAILROADS A~D STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES-

Common carriers to give passes to sheriffs, etc. 242 616 865

Common carriers to sell unclaimed freight 244 469 537 993

Railroads to protect yardmen, etc ............... . 245 781

Passenger crews ................................ .

353

Sell unclaimed freight, Code Sections 2757 to

2760, repeal .................................. .

355

Time limit to live stock claims .................. . 572 783

Street R. R.s, separate cars for white and colored .. 733 913

RELIEF-

E. L. Russell, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 502 716

,V. L. 'Vynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

307

Perry Hendrix: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

q50

.M. VV. Hutchinson ..................... 638 869 914 966

REPORTS CONFERE.XCE C<JMMITTEE-

II. B. 24, State Highway Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1227

S. B. 41, Text-book Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1235

H. B. 363, General Tax Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1250

H. B. 34, Pensions ............................. 1263 1265

REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES-

Chaplain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23

Inaugural Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

99

State Highway Committee ...............0 ....... 1192 1198

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INDEX

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES-

Amendments to Constitution ........... 417 418 464 553

676 738 871 1082

Appropriations and )Vays and Means .. 308 377 494 611

637 735 906 907 940

973 989 1066 1067 1081

Banks and Banking

444 574 636 1013

Conservation .................................... 403 851

Corporations ........... 378 611 611 707 736 779 1012

Counties and County Matters. 377 445 465 492 527 612

634 675 707 777 849

871 908 943 988 1014

Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 776 851 1134

Education .............. 360 419 465 552 614 708 779

780 814 905 940 1069 1082 1108

Enrollment . . . . . . . . 379 492 551 573 610 631 673 704

734 808 870 904 939 984 1104

1179 1181 1207 1267

Game and Fish ........ 375 445 528 675 811 909 1012

General Agriculture, No. 1. . . . 359 420 495 526 554 578

614 637 706 812 941 1135

General Agriculture, No . 2 ................. . 528 781 941

General Judiciary, No. 1. ......... 359 376 443 466 494

574 636 812 850 872

906 990 1157 1157 1182

General Judiciary, No. 2 .......... 379 446 495 576 634

735 813 1073 1108

Georgia State Sanitarium ....................... .

Hygiene and Sanitation . . . . . . . . . . 419 467 575 633 1066

Insurance .............. 417 492 709 774 774 1065 1158

Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home . . . . . . . . . 467 910 942

Labor and Labor Statistics ...................... 577 776

Manufacturers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

613

Military Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 1067

Mines and Mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

674

Municipal GoYernment ... 376 416 467 556 612 708 737

778 814 909 990 1081 1134

Penitentiary ................................ 496 944 951

Pensions .......................... 403 466 555 1014 1182

Privileges and Elections . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 420 464 615 616

811 813 908 1068

Privileges of Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

402

Public Hig~ways ................. 493 554 575 905 1158

INDEX

1295

Publie Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

577

Publie Printing ................................ .

Publie Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 737 780 849

Railroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418 464 615 736 850 991 1133

Reformatories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

577

Rules ........ 591 655 757 835 839 1022 1095 1119 1122

Sanitarium at Alto ............................. .

Special Jurliciary ... 416 463 496 576 610 613 635 676

734 775 848 872 943 907 989 1067 1158

State of Republic .............................. .

Temperance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 557 775

Uniform State Laws ....................... 415 553 851

University of Georgia and Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706 778

Western and Atlantic Railroa<l .................. 555 1063

ROADS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATETo amend road law, Toombs Co.

869 914 1021

s

SCHOOL BOOKS (See Schools, etc:, Part I)-

SCHOOL AND SCHOOL LAWS--

'Vrens, Ga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 265 362

Grantville, establish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 266 453

Talbotton, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 266 453

To provide free text-books ...................... . 229 781

Blue Ridge, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 267 454

To amend Compulsory Education Laws . . . . . . 255 429 888

Codified Laws, amend, Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 558 836

Codified Laws, amend, Luke, add music . . . . 257 429 832

Free School Books .............................. .

259

Amend School Laws, Brown of Emanuel

(Section 92) ................................. . 268 781

Kindergartens in schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 558 864

Marshallville, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 558 585

Provide for consolidated schools ................. . 438 472

Pineview, repeal ........................... 488 559 587

Create Department of Intellectual Tests .......... .

522

Canon, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 710 746

Inman school district, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 617 643

Sylvester, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 783 821

Milltown, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 783 822

Election trustees of Consolidated School Districts .. 668 913

Perry, repeal ................................... . 704 785

Waycross, amend .......................... 730 785 963

1296

INDEX

Wadley, abolish ........... ~ ................ 769 818 856

Tennille, abolish ........................... iii 1087 1117

Villa Rica, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771 818 857

Temple, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772 818 857

Ocilla, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805 976 999

Fix rate taxation for schools, Carroll Co.

937 1022 1088

SECURITIES COMMISSIONTo amend Act creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 303 876

SEEDSFor sale to be labeled ............................ :i25 !l!l4

SEWAGE-

Regulate discharge of, in streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

liiO

SHAD (See Game and Fish, Part 1)-

SOFT DRINKS (See Taxes, etc., Part I)-

SOLICITORS, GENERAL-

'fallapoosa Circuit, abolish fees ................. . 230 876

Atlantic Circuit, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 581 619

Blue Ridge Circuit, amend ..................... .

352

Albany Circuit, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 501 532

Cordele Circuit, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 618 682 1115

Atlantic Circuit, amend .................... 732 786 826

SQUIRRELS (See Game and Fish, Part 1)-

STATE)IENTS, FALSETo make for pecuniary benefit

260 429

STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT-

To amend Act creating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

!l2

To amend Act creating (DaYis and

:\IcMichael) ................ 97 530 593 623 1210 1229

To reorganize, Smith of Meriwether . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

354

Amend highway laws, Turner .................... 4!H 559

STATE VETERINARIAN-

To amend Act creating .......................... 459 616

To make State Veterinarian part of State Agri

cultural Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

569

T

TAXES AND TAX LAWS---

To repeal Tax Equalization Law, Watkins . . . . . . . .

93

To fix uniform time of paying municipal taxes . . . .

94

INDEX

1297

To proYide better enforcement of ............... .

302

Create State Board of Tax Review .............. . 351 499

Amend Tax Law, special agents ................. . 352 500

Amend Tax Equalization Act ................... . 357 500

General Tax Act .............. 543 594 658 688 694 719

726 753 1234 1250 1252

Gasoline Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 618 782 800 828 924

Repeal Tax Equalization Law, Bobo, etc. . . . . . . . . .

570

Amend Tax Act relatiYe special agents . . . . . . . . . . .

731

Repeal Tax Equalization Act, Brownlee . . . . . . . . . .

806

Tax soft drinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

806

Tax motion picture shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

847

Xew Equalization Tax Law, Adams and others....

847

Rate of taxation for schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

937

Tax on cigars ................................... 1010 1087

TAX COLLECTORS-

To relieve in certain instances ................... 247 502

To make ex-officio sheriffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 581 1077

Abolish fees of, for Dodge County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

570

TAX RECEIVER8-

Comptroller-General, to withhold settlement with..

544

'l'EXT BOOKS (See School Laws, Part 1)-

THEFT-

To compensate for lo~s by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

266

TIP8To repeal anti-tipping Aet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 381

TOBACCOTo regulate statistics of leaf ................ 226 361 390 Refund tobacco tax ....................... 938 1069 1141

TORTS (See Wife, Part 1)-

TRADE-

To prohibit monopolies in restraint of trade. . . . . . . 224 448

481 797

TRESPASS-

rnlawful to ..................... -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

269

TRUST CO'MPANIE8-

Act without bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

669

TUTTLE-NEWTON HO~IEReconYey land to ...................... 610 782 895 1161

1298

INDEX

u

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA-

To substitute Board of Regents for Board Trustees

490

UPSHAW, W. D.-

Address

390

v
VEHICLEUnlawful to operate with eleats ................. 572 641

w
W ATERMELON8-
To regulate shipment and sale of . . . . . . . . . . . 300 429 84i!:

WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROADTo discount contract with L. & N. R. R.

308 560 596

WIFE (See Husband and Wife, Part I)To relieve husband from torts by wife ......... , . . 268 450

WILLS-

To make non-cupative invalid ............ :. . . . . . .

266

Partn.

HOUSE RESOLUTIONs-

Relative to drawing seats ....................... .

24

Relative to drawing seats ....................... .

24

Relative Federal Farm Loan Bank .............. . 51 388

Investigate all departments of State ............. .

98

Secretary of State to furnish list of legislative

agents ....................................... . 231 251

To make May 30th Memorial Day ............... .

231

Memorialize Congress, draining swamp lands .... . 231 299

State Highway Department, for information .. 232 251 542

To adopt and amend Rules of House .............. .

232

Committee to investigate Department of Agriculture

and State College of Agriculture ............. .

247

Members Congress to urge Farm Loan Bank ..... .

247

To relieve Tax Collectors ....................... .

247

To amend Rule 173 ............................ .

250

Approving Georgia Memorial Commission ........ .

261

Address of J. Hampton Rich, subject Daniel Boone

295

Girls as pages in House ........................ .

299

"INDEX

1299

Investigate all Departments of State ........ 309 363 542

Confidence in State Department of Agriculture and

State Co~lege of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

357

Congress urged to refund ill~gal cotton tax ..... . 358 389

Privileges of floor toW. F. Jones and A. S. J. Stovall

358

Inviting W. D. Upshaw to make address ......... .

358

Floor extended Gen. P. C. Harris ................ .

405

Floor extended Dr. Burwell Atkinson ............. .

414

Floor extended Hon. W. C. Adamson .............. .

432

Joint committee on salaries of officials .......... .

441

Revising freight rates .......................... .

441

Temporary residence for governor ............... . 442 786

Highway Dept. to furnish certain information .. 442 484 542

Committee to investigate Highway Dept.......... .

442

Increase Governor's Staff ...................... .

442

H. R ]'fo. 107, special order ................... .

443

To in\estigate State Highway Dept. . ............ .

463

Committee to plan for local legislation ........... .

490

No vacation trips by committees, Arnold ....... . 513 533

H. B8-. No. 1 and 2, special order ............... .

526

H. R No. 156, special order .................... .

526

Committee on Agri. Schools ..................... .

526

H. B. No. 132, special order ................... .

526

Commending system of records used by Sec 'y of State

528

H. R No. 262, special order ................... .

551

Clerk secure transcript on Babsen investigation .. .

567

Committee on State Officers salaries ............. .

567

H. B. No. 256, special order ................... .

572

Committees to visit institutions during vacation .. 572 1073

Sympathy for Hon. W. J. Greene ................ .

590

Sympathy for Hon. Mark Tison ................ .

594

Urge Congress to amend transportation Act ... 631 994 1072

State Librarian deliver books, State Highway Dept.

631

Per diem of postmistress of House ............. .

666

H. B. No. 62, special order ..................... .

670

Request Congress to investigate boll weevil ....... .

671

Librarian furnish books to Quitman Co. . ......... .

672

Floor extended to Hon. W. H. Dorris ........... .

804

Casual repairs State Capitol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

808

Sympathy for Hon. W. 0. Bobo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

830

Attend Tech barbecue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

Committees on Congressional reapportionment vaca-

tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

855

Adjustment lines of human endeavor . . . . . . . . . . . .

869

UOIJ

INDEX

Joint committee on Ga. anu Fla. Laws . . . . . . . . . . . .

870

Survey of Calaby Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902 962

Doctors report cases, Board of Health . . . . . . . . . . . .

938

Instructing committee whole House on Gen. App.

Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

969

Investigate origin of pamifhlet "Negro in Ga."...

983

Sympathy Hon. W. J. Greene . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1007

Sympathy Hon. R. 0. Perkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1007

Committee on Academy for Blind to visit . . . . . . . .

1063

Commission investigate State's finances . . . . . . . . . .

1071

Request Senate to return H. B. No. 386..........

1094

Request Governor to return H. B. No. 525 . . . . . . . .

1132

Clerk to mail members, unfinished business . . . . . .

1133

Officials remain over 5 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1133

Relatin to unfinished business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1133

Pay stenographer of special committee, State Highway 1133

~fake prodsion for residence of Governor . . . . . . . .

1184

Sympathy for :M:r. Whitaker of Lowndes........

1185

Deliberate quietly on last day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1206

Acoustic properties of Hall of Rep.............. : .

1223

Request Governor to return H. B. No. 439 . . . . . .

1234

Crging that ad valorem tax rate be reduced . . . . . .

1241

Congratulating E. B. Reville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1245

Committee to notify Governor of adjournment . . . .

1262

Thanks to Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1263

Thanks to Clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1264

Endorsing Senator Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1264

Thanks to postmistress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1264

Thanks to Speaker pro-tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1266

Thanks to vice-chairman rules committee . . . . . . . .

1266

PART ill.

SENATE BILLS.

A

ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, GUARDIANS, ETC.-

Provide for appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1004

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSTo promote orderly marketing of .......... 1091 1135 1218

ARCHITECTSAmend Act creating Board of ............... .456 618 861

INDEX

1301

Al'DITOR, STATECreate office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 1018

B

BANKS AXD BANKINGAmend A~t to regulate ... .'................. 794 1018 1168

BRAXTLEY COUNTY'l'o ~orr<>et mistakes in ~reating Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1103

c

CHARTERS, ~WXICIPAL-

Albany, amend ........................ 296 298 349 362

Statesboro, amend ........................... 478 560 588

Savannah, extend limits ........................ .

562

:Marietta, bond election ..................... 751 819 857

Hillsboro, amend ............................ 858 914 967

Brunswick, amend ........................... 859 915 967

Omaha, amend ............................. 1003 1088 1119

Glennwood, amend ......................... 1003 1088 1119

Rome, amend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1161

CO~E AMEXDMENTS-

Section :l298, amend, bills of sale ............ 455 502 1166

Section 4747, amend, Justice Court Jurors ........ 477 584

Section, amend, interurban railroads .......... 752 819 1122

Section 414, amend, Sunday freight trains .... 752 995 1187

Section 82, amend, eleetion returns .......... 1104 1069 1186

Sections 469 and 470, amend, referendum to counties

1023

Section 2825, amend, reviYer of corporations 1024 1116 1186

Seetion 36:10, to construe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1103

Se~tion 4775, amt>nd, compensation deputy clerks..

1104

St>etion 4773, repeal, compensation ~ourt bailiffs..

1104

CO~DIISSIOXERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES-

Cobb Co., repeal ............................. 752 855 881

Walker, amend Act to abolish ............... 795 962 1002

.Jasper Co., ~reate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

967

,Jasper Co., repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

968

Butts Co., amend ...................... 1004 1018 1070 1160

COXSTABLES (St>t> Counties and Co. Matters, Part III)-

1302

INDEX

COXSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS-

Amend Art. 11, Sec. 1, Par. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

411

Amend Art. 3, Sec. 3, Par. 1, new Senatorial Dist.

858 876 1187

CORPORATIONS MUNICIPAL (See Charters Municipal, Part III)-

CORPORATIO'NSTo issue non-par stock under R. R. Commission. . . .

1091

COSTS AND FEESCounty pay court costs and fees, Screven Co. 753 855 881

COFNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERSIncrease fees coroners, constables, jurors, Fulton Co. 717 854 966 Recording of plats, etc. in Fulton Co ........ 795 855 880

COUNTY TREASURERDougherty Co. _.................. _.... _295 298 349 362

COURTS, CITY AND COUNTY-

Jesup, amend ......... _..................... 588 642 684

Reidsville, amend .............. _............ 589 642 684

Fitzgerald, establish ........................ 751 787 828

Alma, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1005

Gray, amend ......................... 1091 1104 1159 1209

COFRT REPORTERS, STENOGRAPHICTo regulate salaries of ............. - ........... 477 584

COURTS, SUPERIGRClayton Co., two additional terms ............ 589 995 1022

CROPSTo dP<>lare to be personalty ...................... 411 502

D DRAINAGE-
To amend drainage laws .................... 1103 1159 1211
DlTCKTOWN COPPER CO. (See Senate Resolutions, Part IV)-

E ELECTIONS-
Provide secret ballot, Jones ...................... 561 618 Franchise for females ....................... 752 819 1218 Returns made, how, Golucke . , ............. 1004 1069 1186

INDEX

130:;

EXECUTIVE MANSIONDispose of .................................. 795 855 1168

F FALSE STATE.MENTS-
rnlawful to make, to secure insurance ........ 588 712 1165

FEESAbolish, reduetion of certain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fix sheriff's fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

795 1004

FEM:ALES (See Elections, Part III)-

G GAME AND FISH-
Amend Act, catching shad ................. 1004 1018 1216
GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF FORESTRYTo create .................................. 795 855 1163
GOVERNO'R 'S MANSION (See Executive Mansion, Part III)-

HOTELS, INNS, ETC.License and. regulate

H 717 1018 1224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0

I INSURANCE-
Amend Act creating Department of, Golucke .... 858 1159 Fire Insurance Cos., sell surplus fund .... 0 1024 1088 1244
INTERROGATORIESReturn and transmission of .......... 0 0 0 0 477 819 1164

J

Jl'DICIAL CIRCUITS-

Barrow Circuit, create

921

L
LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENTTo reapportion

274 295

MARKETING (See Agricultural Products, Part III)-

IXDEX

~IILITARY-
To re-organize turces ...................... 1003 1069 1168

~IOTOR VEHICLE-

Amend law of ................................. .

794

Regulate operation of .......................... .

1024

To amend general law of ................. 1103 1159 1216

N NURSERY EXPERTS-
To license ................................. 751 787 1222
NCRSINGTo amend Act to regulate ....................... 1024 1088

0 ORDINARY-
Bacon Co., ~ollect taxes, repeal .............. 968 1018 1209
p PENSIONS-
Eligible to receive pensions if residing in State Jan. 1, 1920 ..................................... 1133 1185
PRACTICE AND PROCEDUREPrescribe matters of review .................. 477 584 1165 Prescribe bill of costs to higher courts ........ 478 585 1217

R

RAILROADS, STREET RAILROADS, ETC., IXTERCRBAX, ETC. (Sec Code Amend., Part III)-
Proteet from danger of" stringing wires .......... 1003 1135

RELIEF OF-

Dan Odum

717

A. S. Binns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

718

Z. A. Brooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

718

J. A. Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

718

J. J. Price ................................ 1091 1159 1209

ROADS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATEProhibit placing of R. R. cross device on any .... 1104 1159

INDEX

1305

s

i::!CHOOLS AND SCHOOL LAWS-

Amend Section 19, school laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 560 1242

Glenn wood, repeal ........................... 589 712 750

Amend consolidated district Act ............. 752 787 1164

Amend codified laws, Childs . : .................... 794 976

Amend codified laws, Rountree .............. 858 914 1242

Glynn Co., amend ........................... 859 915 1002

Ocilla, repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1024

Free text books ............................ 1090 1117 1220

Sparta, establish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1104

SECURITIES COMMISSIONAmend Act to create .......................... : .

1091

SOLICITORS-GENERALBlue Ridge Circuit, amend ................... 562 741 791

i::!TATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTRe-organize

1003

T
TAXES AND TAX LAWSCo(Ilmutation tax for Hall Co. . ............. 513 619 648 Amend Inheritance Tax Act ................. 717 962 1211
TENNESSEE CaPPER CO. (See Senate Resolutions, Part IV)-
TPRPENTINERegulate boxing of .............................. 1149 1159

PART IV.

SENATE RESOLUTIONS.

Joint committee to notify Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16

Joint session for June 23rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16

Inaugural committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50

Joint session, inaugurate June 25th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50

Memorial Representative Lee of Quitman . . . . . . . .

91

Attend opening Altamaha Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

219

T. E. Watson to make address :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

263

Adjourn June 30th to July 5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

274

Providing joint session to address of Governor . . . .

294

Congress to refund illegal cotton tax ........ , . . .

411

1306

INDEX

Sympathy to Senator C. H. Peacock . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

589

Contract with Tenn. Copper Co. and Ducktown Cop

per Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 679 716

Investigate Agri. Schools .................... 654 786 920

On false reports of famine in Georgia . . . . . . . . . .

741

Portraits of Governors Hoke Smith, J. M. Brown and

Hugh M. Dorsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

796

Portrait of Frank P. Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

796

Present portrait, Gen. Gordon to Daughters' Confed

eracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

796

Committee on Board of Regents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

796

Postpone action on income tax, session 1922 . . . . . . . . 859 969

Investigate State Treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

968

Instructing committee of whole House on Gen. App.

Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

969

Condemning Pittsburgh plus system . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1023

Request return of H. B. No. 504 and H. B. 505. . . .

1160

Committees on University of Ga. to visit in vacation

1160

Penitentiary committee to visit in vacation . . . . . .

1161

Consent of State to Spring Street Viaduct . . . . . . . .

1208

W. & A. R. R. lessees to build certain depots . . . . . .

12" t

Joint Committee, Ga. State Sanatarium . . . . . . . . . .

1247

Adjourn sine die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1271