JOURNAL OF THE House of Representatives OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY At Atlanta, Wednesday, June 28, 1922 1922 BYRD PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS ATLANTA, GA. JOURNAL REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. WEDNESDAY, JuNE 28, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to law this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, Hon. W. Cecil Neill of Muscogee, and opened with prayer by the Rev. J. Sprole Lyons of Atlanta. 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 Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel ,Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of \Vebster Clifton Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel, of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson J)ixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant . 4 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, Gresham Lankford of Toombs Riley Griffin Lewis Robinson Griffith Logan Russell Greene Luke Rutherford Grovenstein McClelland Salmon Guess McClure Sapp Gunnels McDonald of Mitchell Shettlesworth Haddock McDonald of Sibley Hamilton Richmond Singletary Harris McGarity Smiley Hatcher of Burke Macintyre Smith of Bryan .Hatcher of Muscogee McMichael Smith of Carroll Hawkins Maddox Smith of Haralson Henderson Malone Smith of Meriwether Herring Mann Steele Hillhouse Manning Stone Hines of Decatur Mason Stovall Hines of Sumter Mayo Strickland Hodges Miles Sumner of Johnson Holland Mixon Sumner of Wheeler Holloway Moore of Appling Swift Horne Moore of Fulton Swindle Houser Moye Tatum Houston Mundy Thompson of Coweta Howard of Forsyth Neal of Union Thompson of Dodge Howard of Screven Nichols Trippe Hufstetler Owen Turner Hullender Parks Tyson Hunter Parrish Valentino Hyman Patten Van Landingham Jackson Penland VanZant Jones of Coweta Perkins Voeelle Jones of Thomas Perryman Walker Jones of Walker Peterson Wall Johnson of Bartow Phillips of Jasper Watkins Johnson of Phillips of Telfair Way Chattahoochee Pickren Webb Johnson of Pickens Pi~cher \Veston Keith Price Whitley Kennedy Pruett Whitaker of Lowndes King of Jefferson Quincey Whltaker of Rockdale King of Wilcox Ramsey Whitworth Kittrell Reagan Williams of Harris Knight Reville Williams of Miller Langford of Hall Ricketson Williams of Walton . )' WEDNESDAY, J"?"NE 28, 1922 5 Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne Mr. Speaker The follow.ing message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the Senate to inform the House of Representatives that the Senate has met in regular session and is ready for the transaction of business. The following resolution was read and adopted: By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Resolution No. 112. Resolved, by the House of Representatives, that the Clerk of the House notify the Senate that the House of Representatives is now in regular session and ready for the transaction of business. The folloWing resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Resolution No. 113. Be it resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that a committee consisting of three from the House and two from the Senate be appointed to notify the Governor that the 6 JouRNAL o.F THE HousE, General Assembly is now in regular session ready for the transaction of business and for the reception of such messages and communications as His Excellency, The Governor, may see proper to make. The Speaker appointed the following members on . the part of the House: Messrs. M:undv of Polk' Ennis of Baldwin, and Adams of Newton. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty- House Resolution No. 114. TVhereas, some of the members of the House have passed to the Great Beyond since our last session, and TVhereas, it is fit and proper 'that the House should take some proper action in reference to the memory of such deceased members, Now therefore be it resolved by the House that the speaker do appoint a committee of three members to draft proper resolutions and recommend to the House such action as may be deemed proper in the premises. The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: ..WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1922 7 klr. Speaker: The Senate has adopted the 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 to wait upon His Excellency, the Governor, and inform him that the General Assembly has convened in regular session and is ready for the transaction of business. The committee on part of the Senate under the above resolution are Messrs. Nix of 51st, Jones of 37th. The following resolution of the Senate was read and concurred in: By Mr. Nix of the 51st- A resolution providing for a joint committee of two from the Senate and three from the House of Representatives to wait upon His Excellency, the Governor, and inform him that the General Assembly has convened in regular session and is ready for the transaction of business. The committee on the part of the House under the above resolution was as follows: Messrs. Mundy of Polk, Ennis of Baldwin, and Adams of Newton. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: 8 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Webb of Lowndes- House Resolution No. 115. Whereas. Hon G. A. Whitaker, a member of this House, representative from the County of Lowndes, has had to undergo a surgical operation, which prevents his attendance upon this body at this time; Therefore, be it resolved, by the House of Representatives, now assembled, that we sympathize with Representative whitaker in his illness, and trust that in the Providence of God he Will, shortly be fully restored to health, and enabled to take his accustomed place with us. Be it further resolved, That leave of absence is hereby granted to Representative Whitaker during the time he may be detained on account of said operation and illness. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Resolution No. 116. Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, that the General Assembly convene in joint session on Thursday, June 29th, 1922, at eleven o'clock A. M., to receive such communication as the Governor may have to make. The following resolution of the House was read: By Mr. McMichael of Marion- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1922 9 House Resolution No.117. A resolution relative to the Majority and Minority Reports of committee investigating the Highway Department. By unanimous consent the above resolution was tabled. By unanimous consent 300 copies of the above reso- lution and the Minority and Majority Reports of the Investigating Committee of the State Highway Com- mission were ordered to be printed. The committee appointed to notify His Excellency, the Governor, that the General Assembly had convened and was ready for the transaction of business reported that the Governor had been so notified. The following message from His Excellency, the Governor, was read: June 29, 1922. Ron. Cecil Neill, Speaker, House of Representatives, Capitol. My dear Mr. Speaker: I beg to hand you herewith certified copi.es of election returns for Representatives from the counties JouRNAL OF THE HousE, of Fannin, Worth, Wilcox, and. Whitfield, as traumitted to me by the Secretary of State. Very respectfully, THOS. W. HARDWICK, Governor. March 3rd, 1922. Hon. Thos. W. Hardwick, Governor, State Capitol. Dear Sir: I have the honor to report to you the results of an election held in Wilcox County, Georgia, March 1st, 1922, for the purpose of electing a representative in the Georgia Legislature to fill the unexpired term of Ron. J. R. Monroe, decea~ed. Following is the result thereof: R. 0. Holton received 368 votes. John N. King received 572 votes. Respectfully, S. G. McLendon, Secretary of State. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1922 11 March 27th, 1922. Hon. Thos. W. Hardwick, Governor, State Capitol. Dear Sir: I have the honor to report to you the results of an election held in and for the County of Whitfield, State of Georgia, March 24th, 1922, for the purpose of electing a representative from said county to fill the unexpired term of ~. A. Bradford, deceased. Following is the result thereof: Dennis Barret received 614 votes. W. ~L Sapp received 786 votes (elected). Respectfully, S. G. McLENDON, Secretary of State. June 5th, 1922. Hon. Thos. W. Hardwick, Governor, State Capitol. Dear Sir: I have the honor to report to you and hereby certify that an election was held in Worth County, . .. 12 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Georgia, May 31st, 1922, for the purpose of electing two (2) members of the General Assembly in and for said county, to fill the unexpired terms of G. R~ Nottingham, resigned, and Hon. Mark Tison, deceased. Following is the result thereof: W. 0. Bozeman, received 954 votes (elected). C. W. Hillhouse received 823 votes (elected). W. S. Hufstetler received 460 votes. R. T. Sizemore received 328 votes. 0. M. Thomason received 445 votes. Respectfully, S. G~ McLENDON, Secretary of State. June 20th, 1922. Hon. Thos. W. Hardwick, Governor, State Capitol. Dear Sir: I have the honor to report to you and hereby certify that an election. was held in Fannin County, Georgia, June 14th, 1922, for the purpose of electing ;. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1922 13 a representative in and for said county, to fill the unexpired term of Ben S. West, resigned. Following is the result thereof: Blaine VanZant received 845 votes (elected). J. B. Chastain received 829 votes. Respectfully, S. G. McLENDON, Secretary of State. The following members-elect came forward to the Clerk's desk and took the oath of office, the oath being administered by the Hon. Alexander W. Stephens, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals: Mr. W. M. Sapp of Whitfield. 'Mr. John N. King of Wilcox. Mr. W. 0. Bozeman of Worth. Mr. C. W. Hillhouse of Worth. Mr. Blaine VanZant of Fannin. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Dykes of DoolyHouse Resolution No. 118. Whereas, Providence 14 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, in its divine wisdom has, since we last assembled, called from our hall our honored and loved Chaplain, Rev. H. J. Ellis, and Whereas, he was held in affectionate regard by all the members of the House, each and every one of whom miss him and deplore his untimely taking off; Therefote, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives that the sincere sympathy of its members and officers be extended his bereaved family and a copy of this Resolution be by the Clerk furnished them. Be it Further Resolved that the Speaker of the House be authorized to name a successor to our late esteemed and lamented Chaplain. Under the authority of the above resolution the Speaker appointed the Rev. John H. Little of Fulton County, a member of the North Georgia Methodist Conference, as Chaplain of the House of Representatives. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: Ry Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Resolution No. 119. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that a committee consisting of three from the House WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1922 15 and two from the Senate be appointed to meet His Excellency, the Governor, at 11 o'clock, Thursday, June 29th, 1922, and escort him to the House of Representatives for the purpose of delivering his annual message to the General Assembly. The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House under the above resolution: Messrs. Carswell of Wilkinson, Corbitt of Atkinson, and Langford of Hall. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Guess of Dekalb- House Resolution No. 126. A resolution providing for the emloyees of the House of Representativ.es. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: The Senate has concurred in the following resolution of the House to-wit: Resolved that the General Assembly convene in Joint Session on Thursday, June 29th, 1922, at 11 o'clock, to receive such communication as the Governor may have to make. By unanimous consent the following bills and reso- 16 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, lutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the committees: By Mr. Perryman of Talbot- House Bill No. 551. A bill to regulate certain practices before the Prison Commission and the Governor in clemency cases, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Penitentiary. By Mr. King of Wilcox- House Bill No. 552. A bill vesting in the Railroad Commission authority to regulate the operation of Motor Vehicles used in the transportation of passengers, freight, etc. Referred to Committee on Railroads. By Messrs. Moore and Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 553. A bill to provide for Temperance day in the public schools, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Temperance. By Messrs. Holloway and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 554. A bill to authorize and empower the Trustees of the Georgia School of Technology to charge and collect reasonable tuition. WEDNESDAY, JuNE 28, 1922 17 Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches. By Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson: House Bill No. 1555. A bill to amend Article 8, Section 4, paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Messrs. Bobo and Ficklen of Wilkes- House Bill No. 556. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Washington, Georgia, etc. Referred to Committee on Municipal Governm~nt. By Messrs. Bobo and Ficklen of WilkesHouse Bill No. 557. A bill to provide that the li~ of mortgages on crops given to secure the payment of debts, etc., shall be good from the date of execution. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Gu,ess of Dekalb- House Bill No. 558. A bill concerning and regu- . lating the guardianship of children, etc. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. J8 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Boatwright and Brown of Emanuel- House Bill No. 559. A bill to change the terms of the city court of Swainsboro and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Haddock of Early- House Bill No. 560. A bill to amend Sec. 1225 of the Code as amended by Act approved Aug. 14, 1915, relative to counties of certain populations. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. DuBose of Clark- House Bill No. 561. A bill to amend an Act enti- tled ''An Act to create a department of Insurance, and for other purposes.'' Referred to Committee on Insurance. By Mr. Foy of Taylor- House Bill No. 562. A bill to repeal an Act to prevent the shipment of tick infested cattle in the state of Georgia. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 19:2:2 19 By Mr. Cowart of Calhoun- House Bill No. 563. A bill to change the county site for the county of Calhoun from Morgan to Arlington, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. By Mr. Perkins of Muscogee- House Bill No. 564. A bill to provide for the electrocution of persons sentenced to punishment o~ death, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Herring of Schley- House Bill No. 565. A bill to provide for the terms of opening and closing polls in certain counties of the state in school bond elections and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections. By Mr. Beck of Carroll- House Resolution No. 120. A resolution requesting the State Highway Commission to submit a re- 20 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, port to the House of Representatives relative to State and National roads in each county. Lie on table one day. By Mr. Moye of Randolph- House Resolution No. 121. A resolution memoralizing Congress for the repeal of the Bankruptcy Law. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty- House Resolution No. 122. A resolution relative to the payment of Confederate pensions and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Messrs. Hunter of Chatham and Parks of Terrell- House Resoluti-on No. 124. A resolution relative to expenses incurred by Committee considering changes in tax system. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Messrs. Ricketson of Warren and Stovall of McDuffie- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1922 21 House Resolution No. 125. A resolution to pay pensions of Christopher Shelton in Warren County, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. The following resolution of the House was read for the nrst time: By Mr. McMichael of Marion- House Resolution No.123. A resolution relative to the State Highway Commission spending money on a rock quarry in Elbert County. Mr. McMichael of Marion moved that the above resolution be referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to be reported on not later than July 6th, and the motion prevailed. Mr. Vocelle of Camden moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. The following invitation was read and accepted: Atlanta, Ga., June 24, 1922. Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, 22 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Atlanta, Georgia. Gentlemen: The Georgia State Sheriff's Association extends a cordial invitation to you and each of you to attend an 'old fashioned' barbecue to be given at Lakewood Park at 1 o'clock on June 28th next. We feel that on this auspicious occasion this Barbecue and this Association could not be more highly honored than by having you present. Very respectfully yours, 0. B. JORMAN, President. H. G. BRADLEY, Secretary. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. THURSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 23 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened wi'th prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy 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 Collier Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Dads of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis E\ans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee llawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway 24 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Horne :Mayo Houser ~Iiles Houston )lixon Howard of Forsyth )loore of Appling Howard of Screven ::\Ioore of Fulton Hufstetler Moye Hullender )Iundy Hunter Neal of Union Hyman Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parrish Jones of VValker Patten Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee Perryman Johnson of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren King of VVilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pruett Langford of Hall Quincey Lankford of Toombs Ramsey Lewis Reagan Logan Reville Luke Ricketson McClelland Riley McClure Robinson McDonald of Mitchell Russell :McDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon McGarity Sapp )laclntyre Shettlesworth McMichael Sibley Maddox Singletary Malone Smiley Mann Smith of Bryan Manning Smith of Carroll Mason Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of \Vheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall \Vatkins \Vay Webb Weston Whitiey Whitaker of Lowndes Wltitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris \Villiams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy VVyatt VVynne )lr. Speaker By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. THURSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 25 By unanimous consent House Bill No. 327 was recommitted to the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 203 and House Bill No. 204 were recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By unanimous consent the following report of the Joint Committee on Bills to Establish Board of Regents for University of Georgia and its Branches was submitted and read. To the Senate and House of Representatives: The joint committee appointed under Senate Resolution No. 44 to investigate and report on measures pending in both branches of the General Assembly relating to the creation of a Board of Regents for the University of Georgia and its branches, as well as the eleemosynary institutions of the State, submit the following as their report: This committee has been called together twice between sessions, and has had assembled for its study the laws of various states having laws similar to those now proposed for this state. A study has also been made of the higher institutions of learning in this State, with a view of recommending corrective measures as needed. In addition, considerable information has been obtained from those interested in education in Georgia. 26 Jo<:RNAL OF THE HousE, This committee has deemed it advisable to restrict its efforts to those institutions of the State constituting the University and its br~nches, including every institution that under the laws of this State is designated as a department of the University, includ- ing the twelve A. & M. Schools. vVe believe that the government of the other institutions of the State, including the eleemosynary and penal institutions, if changes are needed, should not be placed under that Board whose duties relate entirely to matters of higher education. We conclude that the system of higher education in Georgia has grown up without the proper unity or co-ordination. The Constitutional limitation as to appropriations for this class of education has made it advisable or necessary to create in various localities, as branches of the University, such schools as normal schools and even district agricultural schools, all of which exist with little, if any, unity or central direction. We have reached the conclusion that because of the lack of unity and co-ordination the Legislature of this State is under a constantly increasing pressure from year to year either to make all appropriations the same for each institution of a particular class, independent of its particular needs, or else to favor unduly one institution over another because of political influence and prestige on the part of those who have charge of such institutions. One result of this is that there has grown up more or less friction between the friends of education in this State. An- THURSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 27 other result is th~t there is an increasing reluctance on the part of well qualified and self-respecting educators to assume responsibility for the State's educational institutions. \Ve believe that there should be no cause of conflict between the branches of the State's University. We are thoroughly convinced also that there should be no -conflict or cause of conflict between the higher institutioi1s of learning on the one hand, and the schools of the State under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education on the other. We are convinced that the prosperity of the public schools is more largely dependent upon the welfare of the institutions of higher learning than is currently supposed. \Ve d.esire to say that our recommendations, if enacted into laws, would only serve as a first step in the direction of unifying and co-ordinating the institutions of the State. \Ve recommend that the following laws be enacted: 1. That there be established a Board of Control to consist of five (5) members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, and whose compensation shall be the same as that of members of the General Assembly and actual expenses, in addition, and whose terms of office shall be for a period of 6 years, with over-lapping terms. 28 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, That this Board of Control shall have authority over the Trustees of the University of Georgia and its every department, with power to appoint and with power to remove for cause. The number of Trustees for the University proper and each of its branches shall be fixed in the discretion of the Board of Control at not less than five nor more than nine for any one institution. The Board of Control shall make reports to the General Assembly at the beginning of each regular sessiOn. 2. That one-tenth of all the State's income shall be set apart annually and appropriated by law for the support -~nd maintenance of the University of Georgia and its branches and departments, which sum shall be apportioned by the Board of Control annually according to the requirements of said institutions. Respectfully submitted, Howell Cone, Chmn. Wm. W. Mundy, Sec. W. 0. Fleming E. W. Childs J. H. Evins Robert L. Moyer W. J. Macintyre. THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 29 The following resolution of the House was read for the first time and ordered to lie on the table one day: By Mr. Arnold of ClayHouse Resolution No. 127. A resolution requiring certain information from the Department of Agriculture. By unanimous consent the following report of the Joint Tax Committee was submitted and read: We, the Joint Tax Committee of the House and Senate make the following report: The Committee, after much inquiry and careful cuiisideration, is of the opinion, and so reports to the General Assembly, that an income tax as a substitute for the ad valorem tax, or in conjunction . with an ad valorem tax, would be inopportune, inexpedient and unsatisfactory, and would only result in added burdens to the people of the State. The Committee is of the further opinion, and so recommends to the General Assembly, that any changes proposed at this time in the law on the subject of taxation should be to enact provisions for a reasonable classification of property for purposes of taxation, it being the belief of the committee that such a system would result in the voluntary dis- 30 J o<:RNAL OF THE HousE, closure of large amounts of intangible property not now on the books for taxation. Our construction of the Resolution under which we act is that we have nothing to do with the bill now pending looking to the repear of the present Tax Equalization law. Carswell of Wilkinson, Chairman. To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House: \Ve, the undersigned members of the Tax Committee appointed by Yirtue of a Joint Resolution approved August 13th, 1921, beg leave to submit the following minority report: Under the present Constitution, it has been clearly demonstrated that it is impossible for the General Assembly to enact into law, a fair, just and equitable Tax bill. Invisible property escapes taxation, and the burdens of taxation fall most heavily upon that class of citizens and tax payers who are least able to bear the same. The tax payer with his home or little farm, and small dealers who can barely make a living are taxed far and beyond their ability to pay, while the real wealthy, and citizens with large incomes, escape taxation. With the demands on the State to support its schools, eleemosynary institutions, pensions, and its civiil establishments, and with the decreased value on property, a condi- THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 31 tion confronts us that is almost critical. The people and property that now pay the taxes, can pay no more. They deserve and demand relief. State, county, school, and municipal taxes are too high for the present tax payer to carry the burden. A limited income tax with proper exemptions would reach a class of citizens who enjoy the benefits of government without contributing to its support. Our present system of taxation is the most perfect method of protecting the tax dodger that this class could desire, and they fight every effort made to p~r fect the laws that would give relief to those now carrying the unjust taxes imposed by the State. We, therefore, recommend ,., 1st. An income tax, not to exceed three per cent. with proper exemptions. 2nd. That the Constitutional limit of five mills be reduced to four mills. 3rd. That an amendment restricting the county rate be earnestly considered. 4th. That a Committee composed of three tax experts, three members of the House, two from the Senate, and ten others representing the different interests, agricultural and otherwise, be appointed by the Governor to draw a bill or bills to be submitted to the next General Assembly covering the question of taxation in ,Georgia. 32 JouRNAL OF THE Hous:E, 5th. That if the present system of taxation continues, arid the present class must pay the same, that all appropriations be reduced twenty-five per cent, and that all salaries of State Officials be reduced likewise. G. H. Carswell J. W. Culpepper 0. A. Nix A. G. Dudley G. W. Lansford. The Speaker made the following committee assignments: Mr. Bozeman of Worth- Military Affairs Municipal Corporations Special Judiciary University of Georgia and its Branches. Mr. Hillhouse of Worth- Appropriations and Ways and Memts Education General Agriculture No. 2 Pensions. THURSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 33 Mr. King of Wilcox- Banks and Banking Education General Agriculture No. 1 Railroads Mr. Sapp of Whitfield- Education General Judiciary No. 2 Georgia State Sanitarium Pensions Mr. VanZant of Fannin- Counties and County Matters General Agriculture No. 2 Georgia State Sanitarium Penitentiary r.,. Mr. Kittrell of Laurens was appointed on the Com- mittee of Amendments to the Constitution in place of Mr. Nottingham of Worth, resigned. The speaker appointed the following committee to draft resolutions on deceased members: Messrs. Da- Sig. 2 34 JouRNAL OF THE Ho-usE, vis of Oglethorpe, :Malone of Bibb, and Beckham of Dougherty. The following message was received'rom the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof. Ji r. Speaker: The Senate has read and adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit: A resolution extending an invitation to Senator Tomas E. Watson to address the General Assembly in joint session. The following resolution of the Senate was read :mrl concurred in: By :Messrs. Boykin of the 29th, Walker of the 18th, and Jackson of the 21st- A resolution inviting Hon. Thomas E. Watson to address the Georgia Legislature. The hour of 11 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. Thomas \V. Hardwick, was called to order by the President of the Senate. By order of the President, the resolution calling THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 35 for the joint session of the General Assembly was read by the Secretary of the Senate. The President appointed the following committee to wait upon His Excellency, the Governor: Messrs. G:olucke of the 19th, :Manson of the 35th, Thomas of the 3rd, Bowden of Ware, Dixon of Jenkins, and Penland of Gilmer. His Excellency the Governor, Thomas W. Hardwick, delivered the following address: TO THE GEN'ERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: In obedience to the Constitutional mandate, I again appear before you "to give information on the State of the Commonwealth" and to recommend for your consideration such measures as may seem necessary or expedient. It is my purpose in this message to deal only with matters of the highest and most general importance consequently, I shall, from time to time, transmit in writing for your consideration other messages dealing with other matters, as the session progresses and as these matters may be properly brought to your attention. FISCAL AFFAIRS. I beg to invite your attention, first of all, to the fiscal affairs of our State. They are of the utmost im- 36 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, portance and demand your :first and most careful attention. Taken as a whole, the State has undergone, and is undergoing, one of the periods of most profound depression in its entire history, and the condition of its people of all classes and of all sections is such as to imperatively demand of us the application of the soundest principles to our fiscal affairs a?-d the practice of rigid economy and drastic retrenchment in the expenditure of public money, to the end that the credit of the State may be preserved, the efficiency of its government may remain unimpaired, and at the same time, is possible, the tax burdens of its people may be lessened. When this General Assembly began its work on the fourth Wednesday of June of last year, and I became your Governor on the Saturday following, we were confronted by a most difficult and embarrassing situation. According to the last Annual Message of Governor Dorsey, of date June 25, 1921, he estimated the deficit, or the amount not on hand necessary to complete the payment of "undrawn balances," as of date January 1, 1921, to be $3,186,687.85. In my message to you of date June 26th, 192;1, I estimated that the deficit would reach the total :figure of $3,547,421.38 by the end of the year 1921 unless some relief was afforded. Both of these estimates were slightly in excess of the real :figures, for the reason that the State Tax Commissioner had estimated that there THuRSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 37 would be a fall in property values of $200,000,000 in 1921 below 1920, which meant the loss of $1,000,000 in revenue, when figured at ,the constitutional rate of 5 mills. Later in the year it developed that the shrinkage in values was only about $80,000,000, instead of $200,000,000, as had b~en estimated, consequently the loss in revenues was only about $400,000, instead of $1,000,000, as estimated in the figures given by Governor Dorsey and myself. It is thus apparent that the real deficit was substantially $2,500,000, on January 1, 1921, and but for the measures we adopted to prevent irt, would have reached the sum of practically $3,000,000 by December 31, 19m. Last Summer we were confronted by this situation. It was not of our creation. Neither the present General Assembly nor the present Governor caused it or contributed to it, but the responsibility was upon us to meet it and to remedy it, if possible. Confronted by this situation, what courses were open to us~ The answer is simple. It was our duty ta reduce the appropriations for the year 1921 so far as the same were undrawn, or else increase the revenues for that year so as to strike a. balance and make the one equal to the other; or, to accomplish that result, partly by reducing appropriations already made and partly by increasing the revenues; or, if it should prove impossible, for reasons hereafter referred to, to accomplish this result in either of the above ways, then to raise the money in some other way so as to enable the treasury to meet the demand upon it, so as to save 38 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, the credit of the State. It naturally suggested itself to you at first, as it did to me, that the best way to accomplish the result was to reduce the appropriaions for 1921, particularly in a time of hardship and depression. But it must be remembered that we were dealing with approprjations already made by previous legislatures, a great part of which had already been spent, and when we came to the effort to reduce the unspent part of those appropriations we found it was practically impossible to do so, because in almost every case, the rights of third persons had intervened, moral or contractual obligations entered into on the faith of the appropriations already made to school teachers, pensioners and other creditors of the State were so strong that we could not, without great injustice and great hardship, reduce the appropriations already expended in part, on the faith of which these engagements had been entered into. Unable, for this reason, to make any considerable reduction in the. appropriations for 1921, the Legislature next endeavored to raise additional revenue for the year 1921, in order to meet these appropriations, but when you came to the consideration of this question, you found yourselves confornted by two great practical difficulties. First, the money was needed for the year 1921; two-thirds of that year had already passed and it was difficult, under the Constitutional limitations under which the Legislature operated, to materially increase the revenues in the short part of the year that was left; second, THURSDAY, J-uNE 29, 1922. 39 business conditions of the State were so bad generally that it was practically impossible to raise additional revenue for the year 1921 in any great amount, without working a hardship, if not confiscation, on such classes of business as in ordinary times might have been taxed in an emergency of this character. Consequently, the General assembly was forced, in order to preserve the credit of the State and to pay the appropriations made by the preceding General Assembly, to provide for the discount of the rental of the "\Vestern & Atlantic railroad for a period of five years in the future. I unhesitatingly recommended that course to the Legislature as a last and desperate remedy for a situation which it did not create and which I did not create, but which we found confronting us and menacing us 'vhen we assumed the responsibility of office. No citizen of Georgia could have been more reluctant than I was to advise such a course. No man is more keenly aware than I am of the dangerous precedent it set, but it was a condition, not a theory, that confronted us, and it was absolutely indispensable to adopt some remedy to preserve the credit of the State and to save her obligations from dishonor. Yielding to that imperative necessity, the General Assembly passed this legislation with only a very few dissenting votes against it in either House. After the adjournment of the General Assembly, the Constitutionality of this legislation was publicly 40 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, assailed. So much doubt was cast upon its legality that it was impossible for me to discount theW. & A. rentals at any reasonable rate of interest, in a time of financial unrest and depression, without having that question finally settled by our Supreme Court. Consequently, I brought Mandamus Proceedings in the Sueprior Court of Fulton County to compel the Comptroller General to sign these warrants, upon his refusal to do so. The question thus raised was finally adjudicated on the 7th day of December, 1921, by the Supreme Court of Georgia, in the ca-se of Wright, Comptroller vs. Hardwick, Governor, in favor of the Constitutionality of theW. & A. Rental Funding Act. After the decision was rendered and after due advertisement thereof, and competitive bidding therefor, the rental above referred to was sold to the Citizens & Couthern Bank, of this State, and the National Park Bank, of New York City, at a discount rate of 5.95%, netting $2,297,586.21 to the State, after the discount had been deducted from the principal sum of 2,700,000, which is the aggregate of five years' rental on the W. & A. Railroad, at $540,000 per annum. The proceeds of the rental were used entirely for two purposes. First, the larger part of the same, $1,960,408, for the payment of all past due pensions to the Confederate veterans in the discharge of all arrears due them, of every class, up to and including December 31, 1921. Second, the remainder of same, $337,178.21, was appropriated to the payment of teachers in the common schools of the State, for THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 41 arrears due them during the year 1921. As a necessary part of the fiscal policy of last year adopted by your body and recommended by myself, a tax of one cent per gallon, imposed at the source, was levied on all gasoline consumed in the State, it being the intention of the Legislature and myself that this tax should make up the loss in revenues occasioned by the discount of theW. & A. rental, for the purposes above recited. This tax will, I am confident, produce fully $800,000 per annum, fully 50% more than the W. & A. rental. The returns by quarters up to date are as follows: From August 10, 1921, to October 1, 1921, (1 month and 20 days)------------$113,662.87 For quarter ending December 31, 192L_ 188,884.32 For quarter ending March 31, 1922______ 151,305.65 For period of 7 months and 20 days total sum 9f _______ _: __________$453,812.84 The quarters not embraced in the above figures are the summer quarters, in which the consumption of gas is largest. I submit that this tax, borne in large part by those best able to stand it, is the most just and equitable tax that could be imposed in order to replace the W. & A. rentals, and that it more than accomplishes that purpose. By this fiscal policy, which was the only one that could be suggested by any thoughtful person in the Legislature, or out of it, we were enabled to "pull the ox out of the ditch" and to restore the finances of the State to a sound and stable basis. 42 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, We come next to deal with the question of revenues and appropriations for the years 1922 and 1923. The total appropriations for these years were greatly reduced below the total of those made for the year 1921. The appropriations made for the year 1921 at the session of the General Assembly in 1919 totaled $9,845,000. The deficiency appropriations for 1921, authorized by law and made at the last session of the General Assembly, amounted to $1,141,884.61, making a grand total of appropriations for the year 1921 of $10,886,884.61, whereas the total appropriations made by you last Summer for the year 1922 amount to $9,452,317.15, a reduction in appropriations for 1922 under appropriations for 1921 of $1,434,567.37. This figure is within the revenues of the State and can be met and defrayed by them, unless at the present session deficiency appropriations should be passed by your body to destroy the balance and create a deficit. I am sure that you will heartily agree with me that that" is impossible and impracticable, unless additional revenue should be provided by you to meet such appropriations. Because of the necessity for making this drastic cut in appropriations, your body was not able to deal as generously as you would liked, or as their merits justify, and in some cases demand, with many of the institutions of the State and many of the different objects for which appropriations were made, because you were unable to get a single inch away from the proposition, ll;PPlicable alike to sound finances and good, common sense, that income and outgo must be carefully and accurately balanced TH-cRSDAY;JuNE 29, 1922. against each other. However worthy the appropria- tion may be, it cannot and must not be made unless we have the money to pay it with. ''Pay as you go'' is the only safe motto for either an individual or the State, and that the present Legislature for the first time in many years has had the courage to apply this doctrine to our State's affairs and to live . up to it, should be, as I believe it is, a source of real encouragement and of profound gratification to all of the sensible people of this State. The application of the doctrine ''Live within your means'' to the affairs of either an individual or a government, is never a pleasant operation; mutterings and growl- ings, many of them low and deep, nearly always result from it, but as certain as we live, it is the only plan by which permanent safety and enduring happiness can come either to an indiviudal or to a State. In obedience to this great principle of sound business and of common sense, we have been com- pelled, whatever our desires and wishes, to "fashion our garment according to the cloth," to appropriate whatever our revenues would pay, and no more; and if the financial affairs of this State are to be placed and kept on a sound and stable basis, this great principle must be vigilantly adhered to in the future, and you may rest assured that so long as I am Governor of Georgia, it will be adhered to; and I earnestly hope arrd sincerely believe that in the effort to maintain it, I shall have your hearty co- operation and your undivided support. No appro- priation greater than can be paid by th.e revenues of 44 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, the State should be made by you, or can be approved by me. Let me next invite your attention to the condition of our budget at the present time. We owe on undrawn balances on 1921 appropriations the sum of $63,740.81. We have not failed to pay this amount because of any inability of the treasury to pay it, but because requisitions therefor have not yet been duly and properly presented to the Governor. In due course these undrawn balances will be paid on proper requisitions and warrants. We also owe certain State Depositories in Atlanta the. sum of $500,000 borrowed by the Governor on February 27, 1922, under authority of law, to supply casual deficiencies in revenue, and used to__pay 1921 common school appropriations. The interest up to September 9, 1922, on this loan will amount to $13,472, the rate of interest being 5%. This makes a total of $577,212.81 due on 1921 obligations. To meet these obligations, we have the following revenue from 1921 not yet collected. Ad valorem taxes for 1921 uncollected on June 10, 1922_____________________$572,504,51 1919, 1920 and 1921 railroad taxes uncollected on June 10, 1922____________ 66,268.53 Total ------------------------$638,863.04 This amount, if collected, will over-pay our past due obligations by the sum of $61,6!50.23, and it is fair to assume that even in hard times like the pres- THuRSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 45 ent, we will collect at least enough past due revenue to pay these undrawn balances of 1921. We come next to the budget for the year 1922. The appropriations, exclusive of automobile license taxes, appropriated to highway construction, made for 1922 total $9,438,845.15. In this connection, I submit to you a table marked Table A, from the Treasurer's office, showing these appropriations in detail, showing those of them already paid, and showing those that are not yet paid. We have so far collected of the revenues for 1922, from all sources except ad valorem taxes, $1,248,049.03. ..t\. close and accurate estimate of the amount of revenues for the year 1922 yet uncollected, from sources other than ad valorem taxes, shows a total of $3,784,140.13, making a total of revenue for the year 1922, from all sources except ad valorem taxes, of $5,032,189.16 (See statement in detail from Comptroller's office, marked Table B, hereto attached). In addition to the above, it is estimated by the State Tax Commissioner (See Exhibit D) that the net revenue from ad valorem taxes of this year will be $4,600,000, consequently the total revenue, exclusive of license taxes appropriated to highway board, for the State for the year 1922 will be $9,632,189.15. This must be compared with the total appropriations of $9,452,317.52, and when so compared it will be seen that the revenues for the year will exceed its appropriations by a comparatively small sum of $179,872. This, I submit, is only a reasonable margin when the difficulty of collecting taxes up to the last dollar in times like these is considered. 46 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, In this connection, I feel it my imperative duty to call your attention to the following language of the General Appropriation Act of August 15, 1921, (Ad of 1921, Page 10, Sub-section C): ''For the support and maintenance of the Common or Public Schools of the State, Four Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($4,250,000) for each of the years 1922 and 1923, and should the revenue of the State exceed the sum of Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($8,500,000), then one-half of the excess of each year to be applied to said Common or Public Schools.'' As I said to you last year: ''I yield to no man in this State in my devotion to the Common Schools of this State; at a later and more happy period when readjustment comes, it is my earnest hope and mr confident belief that we will be able to further increase the efficiency of our common schools in this State. The education of the masses means much to me. I long to see the day when we can pay the Georgia school teacher a living wage, pay it in cash every month, without resorting. to discount processes. But until that day comes, until the State is provided with a revenue system that will meet its growing demands in this direction, it is useless, worse than useless, to make appropriations even for the common schools which the treasury cannot pay.'' One-half of the revenue of the State for 1922 will amount to $4,800,000, in round figures. This will THURSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 47 involve an increased appropriation for the common schools of $550,000, over the sum fixed in the General Appropriation Act, if the second clause thereof is to remain in force. If we could collect every cent of taxes due the State from every possible source, we would not have one-third enough money to pay this additional amount to the common schools, consequently it seems to me to be an absolute necessity to repeal the concluding paragraph of the Section of the Appropriation Act to which I refer, unless the Legislature can provide, and can provide at once, t:b.e funds with which to meet this great increase. In concluding this discussion of our fiscal affairs, I cannot too strongly impress upon you the necessity for economy and retrenchment. The condition of our people in every walk of life and every section of the State demands it. Agriculture is practically prostrate; business languishes; commerce is halted; the people everywhere, in city, in town and in the rural sections, are forced to apply the most rigid economy to their personal affairs. Certainly they have the right to expect of their governments, both national and State, the appilcation of the same principle in the expenditure of public money. RETREN"CHMENT AND ECONOMIES IN ADMINISTRATION. I repeat my recommendation of last year regarding Bureaus, Boards, and Commissions, and urge upon the Legislature a thorough and careful examination into the affairs and operations of every department of our State government, of every 48 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Board, Bureau and Commission that exists by virtue of State law: or State authority, with a view to determine, 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 maintenance saved; second, even if such agency of the government performs a useful and necessary function, then its operations ought to be examined into with a view to determine what reduction 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 legitimate and proper governmental activity. I do not intend 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, and cut out extravagance and waste wherever we find it. I urge upon the Legislature, and especially upon the appropriation committees of the two houses, a careful and exhaustive examination into the matters herein suggested, with a view to carrying out the will of the people of this State, and of ridding the State and the treasury of all unnecessary encumbrances upon both. In my opinion, the Department of Archives and History should be abolished. It performs no necessary function to the State and its records can be well kept in the State Library. If the work of in- THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 49 dexing is to be completed, it can be just as wc;ll per- formed there by a clerk at $1,500 per annum. I unhesitatingly recommend the reduction of the number of the Railroad Commissioners from five to . three. The Railroad Commission has very little to do with the fixing of railroad rates within the State, since recent federal statutes as construed by the Supreme Court of the United States have deprived it of that power. The federal statute in question is in plain derogation of the right of the States to control their local affairs, and so far as it confers upon the Interstate Commerce Commission the right to fix rates wholly within a state, it should be repealed. Until it is, however, there is no necessity for the present commission of five members on the theory that they are needed to perform any considerable amount of work in fixing railroad rates. Besides, it will be remembered this Commission for many years functioned with three members, and it was only after the conclusion of a political campaign that it was necessary to increase its number to carry out the policy of a new administration and to carry into eff~ct the will of the people of Georgia, as expressed at the ballot box in that campaign. No such situation now exists, and it seems to me, in a time like this, the people of Georgia can well dispense with the two railroad commissioners that were then added to that body and can well reduce its number from five to three, thus effecting a saving of $7,200 per annum. In this connection, it is worthy of note that thirty-eight of the States of the Union hav:e 50 JouR~AL oF THE HousE, only three Railroad Commissioners. No Southern State, except Georgia, has more than three. I recommend to the General Assembly of Georgia the repeal of the law providing for an attorney for the Highway Commission of Georgia. In my opinion, the duties performed by the attorney for the Highway Commission can be well attended to by the Attorney-General of the State, with the aid of the various county attorneys handling road matters; and thus a saving of the salary and expense of the legal department of the Highway Commission can be effected. I repeat my statement to you of last year, to the effect that 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 that many of them represent activities more or less paternalistic, which are not really essential to the proper conduct of our State Government, and with which we can well dispense, especially in hard times like these. As far back as June 25, 1919, Governor Dorsey, heading a board called the Budget Investigation Commission reported that Georgia was trustee-ridden. This Board pointed out that the University system alone had 277 trustees and it made the following recommendation: "We are decidely of the opinion that it would be for the best interest of our higher institu- THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 51 tions 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 direet 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 oYer 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 higher educational system of our State might be well provided to take the place of the presen.t boards of trustees of the University of Georgia, and of all of its branches, and of every other institution of leaming supported by the State. In my judgment, economy in the administration 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 52 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, 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 opon you a careful consideration of this plan, not only in the interest of real economy, not only for the purpose of riding the State of a number of unnecessary 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 deepen and strengthen our educational system itself. This 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 to return to the antiquated, disjointed and expensive system we maintain. At the last session of the General Assembly a joint committee from the two houses was appointed . to consider this question. I understand that committee will report to you during the present Session, and I earnestly bespeak for its report that careful consideration and wise action to which the Importance of this subject entitles it. AUDITING SYSTEM FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA I strongly urge upon you the establishment for THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 53 the State of Georgia of a complete, modern and upto-date business system in the operation of its :fiscal affairs. I am anxious to apply to the business of our State the same sound business methods which are applied to the affairs of great corporations and large businesses, whenever they are successful, throughout the country. It must be understood that in making this recommendation, I have no intent to reflect, and do not in fact reflect, upon the integrity and ability, the high character and splendid services, of our distinguished Treasurer, the Hon. Wm. J. Speer, and of our distinguished ComptrollerGeneral, the Hon. Wm. A. Wright. Two better, purer and truer men never served Georgia at any period of her history, and if the State were searched from end to end, with the purpose of :finding faithful and efficient servants to :fill the places occupied by these gentlemen, it is not probable that the equal of either of them, in either efficiency or :fidelity, could be found. My association with them has been in every way pleasant, and to them I am indebted for many acts of personal courtesy, for strong and wise advice in the conduct of the State's affairs, and unfailing aid in the administration of those affairs. What I have to recommend in regard to these matters no more reflects upon them or upon the conduct of their officers than it does upon the present Governor or upon the conduct of his office. Nor is it my purpose to change the structural base of the State's :fiscal administration, except insofar as it be necessary to bring our present machinery up to date and to provide modern business methods and necessary 54 JocRNAL OF THE HousE, safeguards for the conduct of the State's fiscal affairs. In my opinion, the State of Georgia unnecessarily spends hundreds of thousand of dollars annuttlly, because of the lack of planning by departmental and institutional heads, because of poor appropriating methods, and because of an inadequate system of auditing collections and expenditures. The present system has been continued without material change from the elate when appropriations were small and when the appropriating authorities were personally acquainted with almost all State officers and had first hand knowledge of practically all State acth'ities. As the State government has grown in size and complexity and as the amounts of money collected and spent every year have increased, the old system, which was sufficient in simpler days, has not been changed and extended to meet the new con(litions. The State's financial affairs are in theory centered largley in the operations of the office of the Governor, the Comptroller-General and the Treasurer, whereas, in p1actice most of them center in the offices of the large outside expending and collecting agencies, such as the State Sanitarium, the State Highway Department, and the Department of Agriculture. The only effective way to work the necessary reforms and to apply to our present system modern business methods, so that responsible central officers will again be able to exercise a controlling influence upon the collecting and spending of moneys, is to change the appropriating machinery of the Legislature, so as to force careful THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 55 planning on the part of departmental and institutional heads, and to require that the appropriation acts shall be drawn in such form that no expenditures can be made unless authorized by the act and to provide that an auditing staff shall enforce the intent of the General Assembly. The work being done by the Comptroller-General, the additional auditing now done through the Governor's office under the provision of the last Appropriation Bill, providing that ''That the Governor shall require of the Superintendent 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 warrants," has been effective in making some saving and preventing some extravagance. It is to be noted, however, that the law does not give to the Governor, or to the Comptroller, or to any officer of the State any authority to pass upon the correctness or reasonableness of the !terns, or to reject any item because the same appears unnecessary or extravagant. Besides, a clerical force much larger than that of the Governor's office or the Comptroller's office would be required to exercise any such supervision; a central auditing staff is necessary. I urge and recommend the establishment of an auditing staff for the State, with a State Auditor and Accountant at its head. The expense of such an office, with all the necessary assistants, will not exceed the sum of $30,000 per annum; and government experts, who have carefully investigated the situation estimate that such an office would easily effect a saving of from two hundred to 56 ,JouRNAL OF THE HousE, three hundred thousand dollars per annum, the amount of the saving depending upon the provisions of the law establishing the office, the promptness with which the work is begun, and the thoroughness with which it is done. As an offset to the expense, it is pointed out that perhaps $15,000 a year is now paid for the annual audit of a few institutions and departments; and when a State Department of Auditing is established these payments will be no longer necessary and can be saved. Consequently, the net expense to the State for the establishment of this department, will not exceed $15,000 per annum over the amount already spent in a desultory and haphazard manneJ.~ for auditing some departments and institutions of the State, and will, in my judgment, effect a saving in expenditure amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. The first large expense to the State under the present fiscal system results from the failure of the departments and institutions to plan their work. In the reports made to me by expert investigators of several agencies examples are given of large expenditures made without any definite plan on the part of the responsible officers. To remed~, this condition, it is recommended that one of the duties of the State Auditor and Accountant shall be to secure both plans and estimates of cost, and these plans and estimates shall be reviewed by the Governor and then submitted to the General Assembly with his recommendation thereon. The largest single source of loss, according to the investigation I have made, results from failure to THURSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 57 audit expenses before payments are made. The futility of audits made at the e;nd of the year or at irregular times when there is no system of current control is perfectly apparent. After the money is sperit, it is impossible to take any effective action with regard to such matters as irregular attendance of employees, excessive salaries, high prices paid for supplies and equipment, or expenditures for goods or services which have not been received. The only way to prevent this kind of losses is to hold up payment until the expending officers can show that the services or goods are needed, that authority for the purchase has been granted, that money for the payment has been appropriated, that the goods or services have been received, and that the prices it is proposed to pay are reasonable. In my judgment, the auditing of collections by the State agencies outside of the Capitol is even looser than the auditing of expenditures. The treasury is practically compelled to accept without question whatever money is turned over to it by many of the collecting agencies. It has no means whatever of knowing whether all the money due the State has been collected, whether all the amount colle~cted has been turned into the State treasury, or whether all measures have been taken to protect the State's interests. It is known that in many cases the methods used by these collecting agencies are lax. Some of them admit that money which ought to be paid to the State is never collected. Few State agencies outside of the Treasury Department receive any inter- 51-1 .JoL:RNAL OF THE HousE, est on large deposits they make in the loeal banks. In some cases, departments and institutions collect and expend considerable sums without taking the trouble to report the facts to the State's central financial officers. This action on their part is sometime authorized by law, and is sometimes taken without express legal sanction. The Treasurer and Comptroller are largely helpless in the matter, and only in exceptional cases can the Governor take effective action. The practice of making continuous statutory appropriatiOiis year after year without bi-ennial review by the General Assembly is a pernicious one, which encourages administrative officers not to plan their work and which leads to extravagance and loss. Most of the appropriations made in this manner are not so important or for such worthy causes that they should take precedence over others, and the review of every proposal should be made annually or biennially. Such a review, annually or bi-ennially, coupled with the turning into the State Treasury of every dollar collected by any State agency or received from outside sources (such as the Federal Government) is a prerequisite to any serious attempt to effect economies in the fiscal matters of this State. The po\vers and duties that ought to be conferred upon the State Auditor and Accountant, would make this office one of the most important in the State government. Subject to the approval of the Governor, he would install in the various departments and institutions such forms and procedure as might be THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 59 necessary to safeguard the collection and handling ofmoney, and take all proper steps to insure the proper use and protection of stores, equipment and other property. He would review currently all the financial transactions of the departments and institutions and if he found them in accordance with the law and regulations, approve them for payment.. Without such approval, it would be unlawful for any disbursing officer to pay any claim for goods or services. He would also assist the Governor and General Assembly, as required in securing estimates and plans for State agencies, in reviewing such estimates and plans, and in gathering data as to operating, efficiency, and costs. He would report to the Governor and General Assembly such facts and conditions as he might consider significant, and particularly all irregularities and excessive costs which ought to be prevented. In my judgment, the creation by the General Assembly of an auditing committee to review the report of the State auditor and accountant and to direct special investigations and .audits, whenever the same are de.emed necessary, is also of considerable importance. In connection with the work of the proposed auditing department, I unhesitatingly recommend a change in our system of making general appropriation bills and some modification of the existing law in relation to the Budget Commission. I do not believe that an executive budget commission can ever be practicable or effective. l\Iy opinion is that the real Budget Commission must be the appropriating committees of the two houses of the General As~ 60 JouRXAL OF THE Ho-csE, sembly. There are two systems of making appropriations, especially where large amounts and ma:tly interests are involved. For instance, the Federal Government appropriates thousands of millions of dollars annually on the plan of requiring, as a rule, itemizations of all appropriations, by every department of the government. On the other hand, the State of Georgia follows the plan .of making lump sum appropriations. There are some difficulties inherent in both systems. Under the system of appropriating by item, there is not enough elasticity to secure the best practical results in the operation of governmental service. At the same time, it tends towards economy and keeps down extravagance, and is, on the whole, preferable to the lump sum system of appropriating money. The latter system allows too much latitude to the administrative departments and agencies of the government and tends to encourage both extravagance and graft. If we should establish an auditing system of the kind that I have recommended to you, I should also recommend that in the law. establishing the department of State auditing, provision should be made for a change in our system of making appropriations, particularly with reference to our general appropriations bills. The auditing department should require of the head of each department and institution of the State government, a statement, item by item, of each appropriation, and wliat funds are desired by such department or institution. The auditing department should then, in turn, submit such plans and THuRSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 61 estimates of the department or institution to the Governor who, in turn, would submit them to the General Assembly for reference to the appropriate committees, and for final action by the two houses themselves upon each item of appropriation. The judgment of the General Assembly would be final, both upon the total amount of the appropriation to be made and the various items thereof. After the appropriations are once made by item, there should be no transfers between different items, except by the express approval of the Q-overnor, whenever unforseen conditions have made such transfers necessary or desirable, and whenever such transfers are made, the -Governor should be required to report them to the Legislature on the first day of the next session thereafter. It seems to me that a budget and auditing plan along this line, which will be laid before you with more explicitness and clearness in a report made to me by an expert government engineer employed for that purpose, will combine the strong points of the federal system of making appropriations with the strong points of our present State system of making them, will make for economy and honesty in the expenditure of public money, will provide against extravagance and dishonesty i:q expenditure, and, finally, will give sufficient elasticity to the operation of institutions and departments so as not to unduly hamper them when unforseen contingencies shall require the transfer of funds from one item of appropriation to another. It is my keenest ambition to have you install a thorough and up to date business system for the 62 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, transaction of the State's fiscal affairs and in the collection and expenditure of its moneys. I wish above all things to see the establishment of an auditing system which shall check up in detail every item of expenditure before the money therefor is drawn out of the State treasury, so far as practicable, and which shall, in its "follow-up check," show with absolute and unerring accuracy, how each and every penny of the tax money of the people is spent, for what it was spent, and whether it was wisely spent or foolishly spe~t. I believe we can install such a system, and by doing it save hundreds of thousands of dollars for the tax payers of Georgia, besides giving them better service in ever~ direction. I earnestly hope that you may co-operate with me in this endeavor, and feel sure that you will do so. In pursuance of my purpose to give the State a business administration and in an endeavor to investiga,te as carefully and accurately as I could into the operations of its various departments and institutions, with a view to effecting economy and improvement in the service, wherever practicable, on April 10, 1922, I employed the firm of Griffenhagen and Associates of Chicago, who are, in my opinion, the greatest governmental engineering experts in this country, to make a preliminary survey of the various departments and institutions of the State government and particularly of the fiscal machinery of the State Government with a view to determine what economies could be effected and what service improved, and what kind of an adequate and up-todate fiscal machinery could be provided for the State. THURSDAY, ,JUNE 29, 1922. 63 The reputation of the finn employed is high. They sent me two of their strongest men, ~Iessrs. Fred Telford and Hugh J. Reber, the former being a member of the finn. This firm has done a great deal of good \Vork in the way of making surveys as to governmental departments and activities for the Congress of the United States, for the government of the Dominion of Canada, for the States of Illinois, Maryland and South Carolina, and for the great {lities of Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Montreal. :Jiy attention was particularly attracted to their work by the ver~' satisfactory results they have accomplished in South Carolina for the government of that St~te. They have prepared and submitted to me thirteen separate reports as follows: 1-Auditing and Fiscal System of the State. 2-Department of Agriculture. 3-Department of Printing. 4-Department of Public Health. 5-Department of Public welfare. 6-Training School for Boys. 7-Confederate Soldiers Home. 8-Confederate Roster Commission. 9-Department of Archives and History. 10-Academy for the Blind. 11-State Library. 12-Starte Library Commission. 13-Report on office space in the Capitol Buildmg. These reports, in my opinion, contain invaluable information for the use of the General Assembly ,, 64 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, and all of them will be transmitted to the General Assembly, by special message, for its information and consideration. ,All of these r~ports except the latter relate to matters concerning which the Legislature is clothed with both responsibility and power. The last report relates to office space in the Capitol Building and indicates that by a proper adjustment of offices in the Capitol Building ample provision can be made for all of the officers of the State and their clerical forces, without the necessity of building a Capitol Annex and without the necessity of renting outside quarters for any department of the State, which is now being done at an expense of $3,000 per annum. These reports show that in the Department of Agriculture alon~ one hundred to two hundred thousand dollars per year can be saved by cutting off useless and unnecessary officeholders and by other economies. They indicate that from three to four thousand dollars per annum can be saved at the Academy for the Blind, where 30 employees are required to look after 65 white inmates. They indicate that $6,000 per year can be saved by transferring the records of the Department of Archives and History to the State Library and that from $20,000 to $25,000 per annum can be saved by reforms and economies in the Department of Public Printing. These reports show that $1,500 per annum can be saved in the State Lib'rary by avoiding the unnecessary purchase of duplicate law books. I shall submit these reports to you with the utmost oonfidence that, in the main, the facts stated are true THURSDAY, J U~E 29, 1922. 65 and the conclusions drawn therefrom are correct, and the reforms advocated and the retrenchments planned are wise, and in the interest of honesty and economy. These investigators were instructed by me to go into each of these matters as much as they could in a preliminary report, showing neither favor nor hostility to any official or to any department, but to report the facts truly and without favor, and to fearlessly recommend whatever changes and improvements they thought desirable or necessary. It is quite probable that neither your body nor I will agree to all of their recommendations, but the investigations have been honestly made and are en~ titled to your very serious consideration. Undoubtedly many intrenchments and many improvements in service are suggested in these reports and I submit to you for your careful consideration the que~ tion as to whether or not it would not be wise for this State to follow the example of South Carolina in this matter and have a full and comprehensive survey of the State government, all of. its departments, all of its institutions and all of its agencies made on a larger and more comprehensive scale, for the use of the General Assembly at its next Session. AuSTRALlAX BALLOT LA"\V AXD BI-ENNIAL SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I again urge the enactment of a real and rigid Australian Ballot Law, to be applicable to primary and general elections alike and to be installed at every precinct in Georgia, to the end that every voter in the State, however poor and humble, may Sig. 3 66 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, have the opportunity to cast a free and untrammeled ballot, and to the end that vote-buying in our elections shall be rendered difficult and impracticable. I again urge you to submit an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia to provide for Bi-ennial sessions, instead of Annual Sessions, of the General Assembly. I make this recommendation for the following reasons : 1st: I do so in the interest of economy. If we should have bi-ennial, instead of annuai, sessions of the General Assembly, the expense would be cut in two and a saving to the State of from $55,000 to $60,000 per annum would be effected. In times like these it behooves us to effect every reasonable economy in the spending of the money of the people. 2nd: Bi-ennial sessions of the General Assembly would be an improvement over annual meetings for another and, if possible, even stronger reason; under the annual system we have too many unnecessary changes in the laws and too many amendments to the laws. In other words, too much legislation. If we had bi-ennial, instead of annual sessions, the tendency would be to have fewer changes in the law and the disturbances of both business and the people incident to the annual tinkering with the laws would be avoided. A great majority of the States of the Union have bi-ennial sessions of the General Assembly, and the experience of the several States, on the whole, seems to establish the proposition that bi-ennial sessions of the General Assembly are preferable to annual sessions, or to sessions every four years. THURSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 67 TAXATION. In presenting to you my views on the difficult and eomplicated subject of taxation, I wish to assure you that I do so without either pride or obstinacy of opinion. I do so because my sense of duty to the State and to its people impels me to give you my views on this question, and I do so with the utmost deference to those of you, and to those of my fellow citizens elsewhere who do not agree with me about it, and who may entertain different views on the subject; I do so in the earnest hope that this body, on whom rests the responsibility for action, may approach the consideration of this most important and most difficult question in the spirit of mutual tolerance and of common counsel, out of which may come wise and conservative action. I am afraid that the average man does not reaEze how small a percentage of the taxes that he pays is imposed or collected by the State for State purposes. To say nothing of Federal taxes, the proportion of the tax burdens occasioned by expenditures of the State is relatively small and is comparatively negligible. In Georgia the total bonded debt of the State is only $5,486,202. On the other hand, the total bonded indebtedness of all Georgia counties is $12,714,000, and the total floating indebtedness of all counties is $779,000, and the total bonded debt of Georgia towns and cities is $37,940,000 and the total floating debts of such towns and cities are $1,181,200. When these figures are consolidated, it will be seen that Georgia counties and cities have a total 68 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, bonded indebtedness of $50,654,000, and a total floating indebtedness of $1,960,200, or a total debt of $52,614,200 against a total bonded debt of the State of $5,486,202. In addition to the above, it is worth while to remember and consider that the average rate of the Georgia county (including local school tax) is 18.3 mills, against a State rate of 5 mills; in other words, the State only gets 21.1% of the amount of State and County taxes that the taxpayer pays to the Tax Collector each year. Next, let us take the case of the Georgia taxpayer who lives in a city, or in an incorporated town, however small; first, he must pay 5 mills to the State; next, 10 mills, on the average, for city taxes; next, 18.3 mills, on the average; for the county tax. So the taxpayer living in a city or town pays on the average 33.3 mills, of which only 5 mills, or 15% goes to the State of Georgia. The figures above cited are taken from the Financial Chronicle of December, 1921. Annexed to this address is Table C, showing by the details of these fig11res, by counties and by cities. They are presented for the purpose of showing to you and to the public how relatively small a part of the tax burden is really occasioned by State expenditures and how comparatively negligible a portion of our total taxes is really paid for State purposes. The figures prove that we can never get a satisfactory distribution of the burden of taxation and a satisfactory system of taxation which will give a correct and a proper distribution of the burden, until we apply the correct fundamental prin- THURSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 69 ciples to County and City taxation, as well as to State taxation. The Constitution of 1877, in establishing the present tax system of Georgia (Paragraph 1, Sec. 2, Art. 7), provided : "All taxation shall be uniform upon the same classes of subjects, and ad valorem on all property subject to be taxed within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax.'' It will be observed that no limit upon the tax rate was contained in the Constitution. One of the greatest of American jurists has stated, with great terseness and truth: ''The power to tax is the power to destroy." The framers of our Constitution of 1877 evidently believed, so far as the government is concerned, that the power to tax is the power to live. In support of that doctrine, it can be cited that even up to the present day, the power to tax (except as to a few special taxes) is not limited, so far as the rate or amount of the tax to be levied is concerned, in any of the forty-eight states of the Republic or in the United States Government itself, or in the government of any civilized country on earth, except in Georgia. The doctrine that the legislative body of the State is not to be limited, generally speaking, in the tax rate it may impose, stood unchallenged in Georgia, as well as in the rest of the world, up to the year 1902. It stood unchalleng-ed in this State enn when the Constitution of 1877 was adopted, at the close of the reconstruction era. . In 1902, Governor Terrell, in the contest for elec- 70 J O"LRNAL OF THE HousE, tion as Governor, advocated an amendment of the Constitution of the State, imposing a limit of five mills upon ad valorem taxes. After his election in 1902, the General Assembly, at its 1903 session, submitted such an amendment to the electorate of the State and the same was ratified by it at the general election of 1904 . It is not my purpose, in calling attention to these historical facts, to challenge the wisdom of the decision the people then made. It is a departure in the science of government, and while the State stands practically alone in making it, I am not prepared to declare that the decision was an unwise one, and I do not seek to re-open the question. It is necessary, however, to keep the historical facts in mind in order to understand the reasons for the present situation and to intelligently consider proposed remedies. Prior to the adpotion of the amendment of 1904, the tax rate on property was fixed under the law by the Governor and the Comptroller-General, after the Legislature had made its appropriations and after the digests were made up in the several counties, at whatever figure was necessary in order to meet the appropriations and to discharge the obligations of the State. Consequently under this system there could be no treasury deficit. It was merely a matter of mathematics. The Legislature and the Governor were responsible for the rate, whether high or low, because of their action in passing and approving appropriation measures. The system established direct responsibility and strict accountability to the peoplf', and if the Legislature THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 71 or the Governor spent too much money or spent it for purposes of which the people did not approve, the remedy was in the hands of the people themselves. After the adoption of the amendment of 1904, however, the situation completely changed. The Constitutional limit of taxation, 5 mills, was soon reached and a great tendency developed among members of the General Assembly to make liberal appropriations, since the tax rate could not exceed 5 mills, in any event, and the General Assembly could not be charged with increasing taxes. In such a situation, how easy and pleasant it was for memebrs of the General Assembly to vote for appropriations urged With so much eloquence and zeal and persistence, year after year, by beneficiaries who urgently pressed their claims, particularly so when in most cases where the objects for which the appropriation were sought were just and meritorious! The inevitable result of such a system was that appropriations should gradually exceed the revenue. On January 1, 1913, according to the table presented by Governor Dorsey in his message of last year (page 4) the "Deficit or amount not on hand to complete payment of 'Undrawn Balances,' amounted to $979,277.48." It then became apparent that something must be done to secure more revenue for the State, in order to meet its increasing 1?-eeds, to pay its growing appropriations. In such a situation, two plans and only two plans were feasible. One was to devise other and addi- 72 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, tional methods of taxation, to force classes of property then notoriously escaping taxation, to bear their just proportion of the tax burden; the other was to provide additional machinery by which the property then on the digest could be raised in value, so that, while the tax rate remained unaltered, the increased valuation would produce greater revenues for the State to pay increasing appropriations. The latter plan was followed by the Legislature in 1913, and the result was our present so-called Tax Equalization or Tax Assessment law, whichever you choose to term it. I have always thought that the former plan shouldhave been followed. I thought so then, and made the first public attack on the Equalization Law. I think so yet, strongly and unalterably. I contend that if additional revenue was a necessity, as it appeared to be, that such additional revenue should have been raised from classes of property then wholly or practically untaxed, instead of simply increasing the burden of the holders of visible and tangible property, by forcing up the values on their property, and forcing them to bear practically all of the burden of taxation. I still maintain that position, and maintain it as strongly and earnestly as possible. Never in my life, however, have I advocated the destruction of one piece of necessary goven1mental machinery, unless and until I was prepared to submit a plan to provide another and more efficient or equally efficient piece of machinery in place of it. Charged with solemn responsibility, in this cns1s, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 73 of our affairs, I am not now prepared to advocate the destruction of our present tax machinery, without proposing a reasonable and efficient substitute for it. That, however, I am prepared to do. For your part, Gentlemen of the General Assembly, charged as you are with the primary responsibility in this matter, you cannot afford, as men of honor, true to your oaths of office, faithful to the trust imposed in you by the people, to throw away our present tax machinery, unless and until you are prepared to adopt a reasonable and effieient substitute therefor. I hope that you are so prepared, that you may be able to agree upon such a substitute for our present tax system; but unless you are and until you are, you cannot afford to destroy the present assessment systems, in the present critical condition of the State's finances and in the present distressii1g financial condition of the people themselves. If you destroy it without providing an adequate substitute for it, or if you destroy it, and simply return, in times like these, to the old system of voluntary tax returns, without providing machinery for collecting an adequate amount of revenue from corporations, individuals and classes of property now practically untaxed by the State, you will lock the wheels of Government in this State. If you permit every corporation and individual in this State, in times like these, to pay jhst as much and only just as much as he or it elects to pay, then the State cannot operate, it cannot meet its obligations already assumed, it cannot pay its appropriations already made, it cannot educate its children, it can- 74 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, not open and maintain its schools, it cannot give even a meager support to its higher institutions of learning. In short, it simply cannot function, and must and will be set back more than fifty years. These consequences are so unavoidable, so inescapable and so terrible to contemplate, that I cannot believe that the General Assembly of Georgia could -possibly contemplate such a procedure. Even if irresponsible persons, upon whom, fortunately, responsibility in this matter does not rest, suggest the repeal of the tax laws and oppose every substitute therefor that is suggested and offer none themselves, surely there can be no serious excuse for the chosoo representativs of the people of Georgia to entertain so demagogical_ a proposition. It is easy for self-seeking politicians to oppose all taxes, since all taxes are more or less unpopular, and to advocate all appropriations, since all appropriations are more or less popular, but the General Assembly of this State can never seriously contemplate such a program. The common sense of the people of Georgia may be relied upon to deal effectively with those of its public men who take such an absurd position. I now wish to present to you what I think is a reasonable and efficient substitute for our present system, and whart I recommend to you as such. Let me repeat to you, as I said last year: "I realize that a sudden change of system at a moment like the present, when business is so heavily burdened, might prove disastrous; but it must be recalled that the proposal I make cannot be put in effect unless THURSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 75 the people of the State amend the Constitution of Georgia, and that the proposition to do so cannot be submitted to them prior to the general election of 1922, and consequently the Legislature could not put a new system in operation, in all probability, before the calendar year of 1924. By that time, even the pessimist may reasonably expect a return to normal conditions.'' In the next place, let me say that at the present moment, and especially in the present hard times, I am not so much concerned about raising more revenue as I am concerned to secure a just and equal distribution of the present burdens of taxation. In hard times, like these, by rigid economy and by drastic retrenchment, the General Assembly can, as you demonstrated last year, make the absolutely necessary appropriations within the revenues as at present provided. But when average times and normal prosperity return, the present revenue system is inadequate to produce sufficient revenue, u:riless we are prepared to starve our schools ~nd to permanently deny to the Confederate Veterans pensions that the people of this State, at the ballot box, have already given us authority to make as soon as the finances of this 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 t~e subjects of our care and attention in the past and at the present time. The great fundamental trouble, outside of its in- 76 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, adequacy, about our present tax system as applied to State, County and City Taxes alike, is that there is neither justice nor fairness in the manner in which the burden is distributed. It bears hardest, and especially in times like these, upon the shoulders that are weakest, and lightest upon the shoulders that are strongest. Under the Act of August 20, 1918, the last Special Tax Commission for Georgia was organized. It began its labors in September, 1918, and ended them in June, 1919. It was composed of many able and upright men; it made a careful and exhaustive investigation into tax matters, and made an able and comprehensive report. I agree with many but not all of its conclusions. I take pleasure in saying to you, for the second time within the year, that its report is a most valuable one, and one well worthy of the most serious consideration. Its report condemns our present tax system and it denounces it, for three reasons: 1st. Because it does not bring to the digest a reasonable part of the actual value of property of the State. 2nd. Because the property returns are not equitably apportioned between the various classes of property. 3rd. Because it does not provide adequate support and proper maintenance, on a reasonable basis for the States various departments a_nd activities. In elaboration of this view, let me submit the following, with particular reference to the second and, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 77 in my opinion, the most vital of the objections urged by the Commission: In 1920, according to .the reports bf the Comptroller-General, real estate (including city property) was assessed for taxation at a valuation of $714,151,382, while money and solvent debts were valued at only $81,500,073, merchandise at $77,515,231, stocks and bonds at $4,807,964. According to that same report, household and kitchen furniture, practically all of it except that of the very rich being without any real cash value, paid taxes on a valuation of $41,435,377, as against a $4,807,964 valuation of stocks and bonds. Horses, mules and cattle in this State were assessed at $63,427,932, against a little over $4,800,000 for stocks and bonds. Plantation and mechanical tools, implements with which the poor and lowly make their daily bread, were valued at $15,480,349, or more than three times as much as all of the stocks and bonds of this State. Again, under our present delightful tax system, while the value of all property was increasing from $261,000,000 (round figures) in 1875, to $1,347,000,000 in 1920, about 416 per cent, the taxable value of money, notes, accounts and solvent debts only increased in the same period from $37,000,000 to $81,000,000, or about 119 per cent; in other words, money, notes, accounts and solvent debts increased for taxation purposes only one-third of the general increase of all property in the State. Let me quote you, next, from the report of our State Tax Commission of 1919 ~ ''Again, we are unable to form any well grounded 78 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, conclusion as to the value of money, .notes and accounts, bonds, and taxable stocks of 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. \Ve know from the tax digest that there was returned last year, in round numbers, in money, notes, mortgages, accounts, bonds and taxable stocks, $65,000,000. This condition would be ludicrous if it was not absolutely distressing to all fair-minded citizens.'' Again: ''Money, notes, accounts and solvent debts" were returned for taxation for the year 1920 at $81,500,073. The report of our State Bank Examiner as of date December 2, 1921, showed at that time on deposit in the State Banks of Georgia alone $261,653,393.00. As a rule, in this State the deposits in our National Banks located in Georgia amount to a little more than half of those in our State banks, so that in 1920 the deposits in all our banks was approximately $400,000,000. When it is recalled that the item of $81,500,000 covered the returns not only on money, but on notes, accounts and solvent debts, and .that according to the best estimates that are obtainable; the aggregate of these notes, accounts and debts is greater than the amount of money on hand, it is perfectly evident that not ten per cent of the actual money on hand in the State was returned for taxation in the year 1920. But why multiply instances of these glaring in- justices and inequalities 1 It could be done almost indefinitely, but I shall not tax your patience with THuRSDAY, JuNE 29, 1!:122. 79 further detail. Yes, there is just one more I shall cite, because it is particularly significant. In the face of the deflation in values that is now upon us, property returns, on the whole, shrunk seven per cent in Georgia between 1920 and 1921, and yet in this same period money, notes and accounts shrunk from $81,500,000 in 1920, to $64,906,000 in 1921, or more than twenty per cent. In the light of these facts, I submit a substantive, concrete proposal. I propose that the State shall abandon the field of property taxation on the ad valorem basis, leaving that field to the exclusive possession of the local authorities, county and city, subject to such limitations as may be placed by law on the exercise of that power by them. In lie~ of the property tax for State purposes and as a substitute for it, I propose a graduated income tax, and I urge the General Assembly to submit to the people in the election this Fall a constitutional amendment to that effect. 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 the expense involved in the creatron.and maintenance of an extensive and expensive tax machinery of our own and would avoid the necessity for burdening the taxpayer with a double set of returns, one to the Federal and ano,ther to the State government. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, the Federal government collected from Georgia, in income 80 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, tax, $25,062,149.50. For the fiscal year ending Julie 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 valorem taxes, including property on the digest and public corporation taxes, will be only about $5,500,000, it is perfectly apparent that a very reasonable percentage of the tax now collected by the Federal GoYernment in Georgia would produce revenu~ equal to the amount produced by our present system, and with a very slight increase of that percentage, we will be enabled to raise sufficient revenue to supply all the necessities of the State. I repeat my recommendation to you of last year in favor of an income tax. It should be a tax on net incomes, in the same sense that such a tax is levied and collected by the Federal Government. It should not contain a tax on the gross output of manufacturing and industrial concerns. Georgia needs too much development along this line to permit of such a drastic tax; besides, such a tax is inherently unjust and unfair. "Cnder a proper income t-ax, we could give adequate support to our common schools, and continue with even greater success our present campaign for the eradication of illiteracy in Georgia. We could give to our Confederate pensioners and to our great institutions of learning, to our great humanitarian and charitable institutions, to our common schools, and to other departments of THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 81 the State government that adequate and just support to which they are entitled, after the principles of real economy and scrupulous honesty are applied to their operation. If the people will make the change I have suggested, it will secure many advantages. Let meendeavor to enumerate some of them: 1st. We will be able to do away with our present tax assessment system. 2nd. We will be able to collect our revenue quarterly and in that way to pay as we go and to meet our appropriations as they come due. 3rd. In that way it will put upon the intangible and invisible property of this State that fair and . just proportion of the burden of the government which it ought to bear and which it now almost wholly escapes. If the question be raised as to how an income tax will do more towards forcing intangible and invisible property to bear some proportion of the burdens of the State Government than our present system of taxation, then the reply is three-fold: a. We will eventually be able to utilize the tremendous machinery of the Federal Government, with its thousands of inspectors and agents who are constantly examining into tax matters and forcing the return on a great percentage of all incomes. b. The question of value is one of opinion, and one about which there may be honest differences of opinion. The question of income is one of fact, 82 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, about which there can be no honest difference of opinion. It is only necessary to ascertain the facts. c. The income tax law applies only to the incoll\e on such intangible and invisible property, and not j;o its principal value. This is the principle that has induced many of our leading States to adopt the income tax plan of reaching this property, rather than rely upon clumsy and impractical n:;tachinery under an ad valorem system. Since most of the larger States have adopted the income tax plan of reaching these classes of property, it is a safe plan for Georgia to follow, since we do not wish to tighten credits in this State or to drive this class of property, that can .easily be removed, into other States. Besides, it must be remembered that whatever amount of in- come tax is paid by the corporation or individual to the State can be deducted from his or its income tax return to the Federal Government. 4th. It will distribute the burden more equally and more equitably, and will place it upon the shoulders of those who are strongest and best able to bear it. Agriculture is practically prostrate in this State. For two years a vast number of our people who follow this means of livelihood have made nothing and have sustained frightful losses. For the second year now they have been practically unable to pay their taxes. Tens of thousands of tax fi fas against farmers have been taken up by relatives, friends or creditors, and are awaiting payment if that ever becomes possible. Thousands of THURSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 83 farms have been legally advertised and other thousands sold for taxes in Georgia. The same thing is true as to homes held by the masses of people, in cities, towns and villages. These people are entitled to some relief, to some lessening, if possible, of the burdens of taxation upon them. So long as agriculture languishes, every other industry and business in the State languishes. When it revives, every other business and every other industry will revive with it. The State Tax Commissioner informs me that the property returns this year will fall to practically $1,000,000,000, and this reduction is from the highwater mark of 1920, when the property returns woce $1,346,882,000. Of the $1,000,000,000 tax values in Georgia for the present year, substantially $600,000,000 represents land and real estate. When to this great class of property is added every other class of tangible and visible property, the demonstration is complete that more than 90 per cent of the burdens of State taxation are borne and carried by the holders and owners of tangible and visible property. These men cannot bear the burden any longer, and are entitled to relief. If you will adopt the proposition I present to you, and the people shall ratify it, every single one of them will get relief from the whole of the five mills of State tax, and while this by no means is the larger part of the burdens of taxation which they must carry, for they will still be left to bear the expense of county and city governments, it is some relief and is most necessary and important in the present crisis. 84 JouR~AL OF THE HousE, For the above reasons, and for other reasons fully elaborated in my message to you last summer, I reiterate the recommendation I then made to you, which is that we substitute a State income tax for our present system of ad valorem taxation for State purposes. As I stated in the outset of my discussion of this subject, I have no pride of opinion about this matter, and merely give you my views upon it because of the duty imposed upon me by law to do so, because of my honest, earnest and unshakable convictions upon the subject. Since, however, the subject is acute and every possible angle of it ought to be considered, it is my duty to call to your attention certain alternative proposals on this question that are entitled to serious consideration at your hands. In the first place, I deem it my duty to invite your attention to the report and recommendation of the Tax Commission of 1919. That body as a substitute for Paragraph 1, Section 2, Article 7 of the Constitution of 1877, recommended the following: ''All taxes shall be levied and collected under general laws and for public purposes only. The General Assembly shall have the power to classify property for taxation and to adopt different rates and methods for different classes of property and to segregate different cases of property for State and local taxation. But all taxation shall be uniform upon the same classes of subjects within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax. Taxes may be levied ad valorem upon any given class of THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 85 property without regard to the method used in levying taxes on any other class of property. Taxes may be imposed upon incomes, inheritances, privileges and occupations, which classes of taxes may be graduated, and when levied may contain provisions for reasonable exemptions." Another proposal which deserves serious consideration at your hands is as follows: Substitute for Paragraph 1, Section 2, Article 7 of the Constitution of 1877 the following language: ''All taxes shall be uniform upon the same classes of subjects, and when ad valorem, assessed on all property within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws, and for the purposes only, authorized by this Constitution. The General Assembly may impose taxes not to exceed 6 per centum upon incomes, also tax upon inheritances, privileges and occupations, all of which taxes may be graduated and the laws under which they are levied may contain provisions for reasonable exemptions. The General Assembly shall exempt all property, real and personal, except that of public service corporations, from ad valorem taxes for State purposes in each year in which the revenues from other sources are sufficient to meet the legal obligations of the State maturing during the year and to pay the appropriations made by the General Assembly for that year. In the event, however, such revenues are insufficient for those purposes, then an ad valorem tax not to exceed 21-2 mills upon each dollar of the value of all property, real and personal, may be levied." 86 J Ol;RNAL OF THE HousE, In support of this proposition many strong arguments can be advanced. It has many merits, many checks and counter-checks. In the first place, it guarantees some affirmative relief by remitting at least 50 per cent of the amount of State taxes now paid on the ad valorem basis by property holders of this State. I:n addition to that, if the times are normally prosperous, it means, in all probability, there will be no necessity for levying a State property tax in Georgia, provided the Legislature is reasonably economical in its appropriations. In the next place, by the imposition of a limit upon the income tax rat.e, it guarantees the corporation and individuals who will pay the income tax against excessive burden; and in the next place, it gives to the Legislature strong reasons for economy in its expenditures, because otherwise the collection of a general property tax will be necessary throughout the State, and that would be quite likely to prove unpopular. Then, again, it leaves the great masses of the citizens and taxpayers of Georgia in a position where they are the guardians of economical appropriations and expenditures. If the appropriations are too large to be met b~ the limited income tax, they must foot the bill. It is only fair to mention that under a system very much like this, no State property tax has been levied for two years past in the State of North Carolina. In presenting to you not only my own views on this great question, but the various views and plans that have been suggested and considered, I feel that I am only discharging my Constitutional duty to you THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 87 and to the public. Taxation is the most complex and complicated of all questions that 'legislative bodies are called upon to consider, and I know that at your hands it will have the thoughtful and careful consideration that is imperatively demanded. If the present taxing.system of Georgia is to be abolished, then it is your duty to provide an efficient and adequate substitute therefor, and one that will distribute the burden of taxation justly and equitably among all citizens and among all classes of property. If we are to educate our children, improve our highways, maintain our charitable and humanitarian institutions, and sustain the proud position of Georgia as the Empire State of the South, the wealth of the State must foot the bill, and not its poverty. The taxing system of the State should be revised with wisdom and with justice to all persons and to all classes of property. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS W. HARDWICK, Governor. 88 J orRXAL oF THE HorsE, TABLE A. Undrawn appropriations of 1921 brought forward to 1922, unpaid __$4,261,446.54 Last quarter of 1921 Civil Establish- ment 109,825.00 Total ____________ ----------------$4,371,271.54 By amount paid on same to June lOth -------------$4,197,705.73 By amount paid on Civil Establishment for last quarter of 1921 ________ 109,825.00 -----*4,307,530. 73 Total 1921 appropriations unpaid on June 10 ________________________$ 63,740.81 Appropriations for 1922______________ 9,438,845.15 Less 1922 appropriations paid by war- rants to June 10, 1922_____________ * 2,469,650.86 Total unpaid 1922 appropriations June 10, 1922 ------------------$6,969,194.29 Paid on 1921 appropriations _________ 4,197,705.73 Paid of Civil Establishment 4th quarter of 1921 -------------------------- 109,825.00 Paid on 1922 appropriations ________ 2,469,650.86 Total _______________ -------------$6,777,181.59 Amount of 1921 appropriations yet un- paid as above --------------------- 63,740.81 TmJRSDAY, JuNE 29, 1922. 89 Amount of 1922 appropriations yet unpaid, as above ------------------ ** 6,969,194.29 Aggregate unpaid June 10, 1922____$7,032,935.10 *Summary of disbursements by warrants since January 1, 1922, exclusive of Highway funds and refunds of W. & A. rental warrants. **Note-The amount of unpaid 1922 appropriations does not include Temporary Loan of $500,000.00 and interest of $13,472.00, due September 9, 1922, borrowed on February 27, 1922, and used to pay 1921 school appropriation. This is an obligation to become due and not an appropriation. Schedule of 1922 appropriations and estimates a t t a c h e d .. APPROPRIATIONS AND ESTIMATES 1922. By Academy for Blind ---------------$ 36,000.00 " Aricultural Schools _____________ _ 180,000.00 " Albany Normal School (for Colored) 15,000.00 '' Binding Journals ---------------- 550.00 " Board of Health ________________ _ 91,431.00 " Board of Public Welfare ________ _ 15,000.00 " Bowdon State N. and I. College___ _ 15,000.00 " Civil Establishment ____________ _ 439,300.00 '' Coastal Plains Experiment Station 22,500.00 " College for Colored _____________ _ 10,000.00 " Contingent Fund _______________ _ 25,000.00 '' Contingent Fund Commerce and Labor ------------------------ 1,800.00 90 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, '' Contingent Fund Railroad Commis- sion -------------------------'' 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. ____ E (g) Tick Eradication _________ _ (h) Veterinarian Expenses ____ E '' Department of Archives and His- tory -------------------------'' Dept. of Commerce and Labor, Salaries ---------------------'' Department of Public Printing, Salaries ---------------------" Experiment Station _____________ _ " Furniture and Replacement (H. & s.) -------------------------- '' Game Protection Fund, Salary___ _ " Geological Fund ----------------'' Georgia Normal and Industrial College ----------------------" Horticultural Fund -------------'' Incidental Expense General As- sembly ----------------------" Indexing House and Senate Jour- nal --------------------------" Indian Spring Fund ------------- 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 18,000.00 10,000.00 15,500.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 ~9,999.13 25,000.00 1,618.00 6,000.00 8,100.00 3,000.00 8,000.00 700.00 3,600.00 15,000.00 102,500.00 63,000.00 250.00 250.00 105.00 THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 91 " Inspection of Fertilizers ________ E 41,941.03 '' Inspection of OilsSalaries ____$5,100.50 Expenses __ . 1,000.50 6,101.00 " Insurance Public Building, etc.___ _ 105,000.00 " Insurance Department Fund ___ _ " Land Script Fund Interest_ ______ _ " Legislative Committees _________ _ " Legislative Pay Roll ___________ E " Library Commission ___________ _ 9,200.00 6,314.14 7,500.00 117,174.56 6,000.00 " Library Fund --------"----------" Library Fund Reference Bureau__ 4,250.00 1,400.00 " Library Fund Court of Appeals __ 1,000.00 " Market Bureau ------------------ 103,000.00 " Military Fund __.________________ _ 25,000.00 " North Georgia A. & l\L College___ _ 27,000.00 " Overpayment Taxes Refunded ___ E 8,448.54 " Pension Fund ____ _______ __ 1,250,000.00 " Printing Fund------------------- 40,000.00 " Printing F'und, Railroad Commis- sion -------------------------" Prison Fund -------------------" Public Buildings and Grounds ___ _ " Publishing Georgia Reports _____ _ 2,000.00 107,500.00 35,000.00 10,000.00 " Public Debt: (a) Interest ________$226,030.00 Interest at 4% per cent ______ 4,108.75- (b) Sinking Fund _:_ _____________ _ (c) Refunding Bonds ___________ _ 230,138.75 100,000.00 207,000.00 " Rate Expert Fund --------------- 4,000.00 !)2 Jo1:R~AL OF THE HousE, " Reward Fund __________________ _ 3,000.00 " Roster Fund -------------------- 3,600.00 " School for the Deaf ____________ _ 70,000.00 '' School Fund -------------------- 4,250,000.00 " Sehool for Mental Defectives ____ _ 25,000.00 " School of Technology ___________ _ 112,500.00 " Soldiers' Home _________________ _ 45,000.00 " Solicitors Generals' Fees _______ E 9,825.00 '' South Georgia A. & M. College, Val. -------------------------- 31,500.00 " Special Appropriation, Legislative Comm. ______________________ _ " State Medical College ___________ _ 7,500.00 49,500.00 " State Normal School ______ . _____ _ 63,000.00 " State Sanitarium _______________ _ 800,00.0.00 " State University, Support Fund__ 93,000.00 '' State University, for Agri. College 117,250.00 " State University, for Summer School -----------------------" Summer School Colored Teachers __ 6,000.00 2,500.00 " Training School for Boys________ _ 27,000.00 " Training School for Girls ________ _ 31,500.00 " Tuberculosis Sanitarium ________ _ 50,000.00 $9,438,845.15 THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922. 93 TABLE B. As OF DATE JUNE 10, 1922. Estimated revenue from all sources except ad valorem taxes : Railroad and other public service cor- porations ---------'----------------$ 828,508.16 Rental of State's property located at Chattanooga, Tenn. --------------- 8,340.00 Income tax from railroads ___________ _ 2,044.00 Insurance tax and insurance fees _____ _ 700,000.00. Inheritance tax --------------------- 330,000.00 Interest from depositories ___________ _ 15,000.00 Fertilizer fees ----------------------- 200,000.00 Pure food fees ---------------------- 30,000.00 Oil fees --------------------------. __ 400,000.00 Oil fees due from United States Court 275,597.00 Game protection fees _______________ _ 5,000.00 Office fees -------------------------- 8,000.00 Fuel oil tax -----------------------. _ 800,000.00 Occupation tax --------------------- 250,000.00 Carbonic Acid Gas _________________ _ 20,000.00 All other special or occupation taxes __ 550,000.00 Sale of Acts, Codes and Court of App. Reports -------------------------- 5,000.00 Poll tax ---------------------------- 392,000.00 Professional tax ___________________ _ 62,700.00 Taxes collected not on digest _______ _ 100,000.00 Miscellaneous (back taxes, etc.)------- 50,000.00 Total ________ --------------------$5,032,189.16 94 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Revenue collected, see list attached____ 1,248,049.03 Balance --------------------------$3,784,140.13 1921 ad valorem taxes uncollected June 10, 1922 -------------------------- 572,594.51 1919, 1920' and 1921 railroad taxes un- collected June lOth ---------------- 66,268.53 Total ----------------------------$ 638,863.04 This estimate of revenue due and revenue collected does not contain and receipts from Motor Vehicle Fees, Rental of W. & A. Railroad or borrowed money. 1922 TAXES COLLECTED IN 1922 THROUGH JUNE 10, 1922. To Abstract Companies Tax ---------~ " Adding .Machine Companies _____ _ " Advertising Agents _____________ _ " Agencies -----------------------" Auto Accessories ---------------" Artists ------------------------. " Athletic Clubs ------------------" Auctioneers --------------------" Automobile Agents _____________ _ " Auto Assembling Plants _________ _ " Awning and Tent Makers _______ _ " Adjustment Bureaus ------------" Back Taxes --------------------" Bill Distributors----------------" Barbers' Shops-----------------" Barbers' Supplies ----------~---- 45.00 1,080.00 792.00 1,597.50 3,150.00 414.00 90.00 810.00 14,377.05 270.00 135.00 45.00 12,953.77 22.50 8,325.63 180.00 FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 95 " Beauty Parlors ----------------- 216.0(:) " Bee License Tax ---------------- 375.00 " Bicycles ------------------------- 513.00 " Billards and Pool ---------------- 18,630.00 " Bill Posters --------------------- 540.90 " Book Agents --------------. ____ _ 4.50 " Bond Makers -------------------- 180.00 " Bottlers -----------------------~' Brokers (S. & B.) _______________ _ 405.00 3,150.00 " Cafes and Restaurants _________ _ 1,552.50 " Carbonic Acid Gas _____________ _ 5,704.92 " Cars for Hire ------------------- 2,394.00 " Cash Registers ------------------ 540.00 " Cemetery Agents ---------------" Cigar Dealers (W. & R.) _________ _ 198.00 1,777.50 " Cigarette Dealers ---------------- 68,672.30 " Coal and Wood Dealers _________ _ 2,322.00 " Gold Storage Tax -------------- 8,370.00 " Construction Companies _______ _:___ 209.14 " Contractors --------------------- 1,250.68 " Cost on Fi Fas ------------------ 8.00 " Detective Agents ---------------" Directory Tax ----------~-------" Dividends from Stocks __________ _ 585.00 112.50 1,391.00 " Dry Cleaners ---------.----------- 450.00 '' Electrical Contractors and Electricians _______________________ _ 144.00 " Electric Shows -----------------" Electric Shows Supplies _________ _ " Employment Agencies ___________ _ 3,205.64 1,350.00 495.00 " Fees from Fertilizers ___________ _ 159,000.00 " Fees from Pure Food ___________ _ 14,000.00 " Forest Reserve Fund ------------ 6.10 96 J OL"R~ AL oF THE HousE, " Fuel Oil Tax ___________________ _ '' Garnes -------------------------" Game Protection Fees ___________ _ " Garages ------------------------'' Hotels -------------------------" Ice Cream Dealers, wholesale _____ _ " Inheritance Tax ________________ _ " Insolvent General Tax __________ _ " Insolvent Poll Tax ______________ _ " Insurance Agents _______________ _ '' Insurance Fees -----------------" Insurance Tax by Companies_____ _ '' Implement and Machinery Mfrs. and Agents __________________ _ " Interest from Depositories _______ _ " Junk Dealers -------------------" Land Title Registration Fees____ _ '' Laundries ---------------------" Lease Indian Spring ____________ _ " Lenders on Wages ______________ _ " Lighting Plants _____________ . __ _ " Live Stock Dealers ______________ _ " Loan Agents ---~---------------" Lumber Dealers ________________ _ " Manufacturers Soft Drinks ______ _ " Merchandise Brokers -----------" Money Refunded ---------------" l\Ionurnent Dealers --------------" Motorcycle Dealers _____________ _ " Musical Dealers ________________ _ " Occupation Tax (Capital) _______ _ " Office Fees --------------------- 151,137.21 112.50 5,000.00 3,165.75 4,027.95 274.50 147,321.73 19,210.34 416.23 22,423.50 52,186.00 106,485.97 430.00 695.59 918.00 80.97 562.50 110.00 3,510.00 67.50 1,165.50 693.00 193.50 1,495.39 1,957.50 1,794.26 468.00 112.50 3,924.00 208,180.04 150.25 THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1922. 97 '' Oil Fees 26,426.02 " Oyster and Shrimp Packers ------- 315.00 " Palmists -----------------------" Pawnbrokers ____ _: ______________ . 810.00 5,490.00 '' Peddlers ------------.----------- 4,590.00 " Pensions Refunded -------------- 83,782.03 '' Picture Frame Dealers ----------- 9.00 " Pistols and Cartridges ---------- 7,600.50 " Playing Card Dealers ------------ 2,079.00 " Patented Articles ---------------- 22.50 " Pumping Systems --------------" Railroad News Companies ______ _ 90.00 1,3150.00 '' Real Estate Agents ---~--------- 3,393.00 " Rental Public Property ---------- 8,475.00 " Safes and Vaults ---------------- 360.00 " Sale of Public Property ---------- 1,049.07 " Sale of Acts -------------------- 213.58 " Sale of Codes ------------------. 391.64 '' Sale of Court of Appeal Reports__ _ 698.70 " Sale of Supreme Court Reports ___ _ 1,076.87 " Sanitariums --------------------- 1,057.50 '' Sewing Machine Agl:lnts ---------" Sewing Machine Companies _____ _ 870.00 400.00 " Show Tax ---------------------- 776.71 " Slot Machines ------------------- 859.50 " Soda Fount Tax ----------------- 3,424.50 '' Stevedores ---------------------- 270.00 " Steamboat Companies ----------- 90.00 '' Teachers' Agencies -------------- 135.00 " Traders ------------------------ 22.50 " Trucks (G. & 0.) ---------------- 3,699.00 " Typewriter Agents 1,440.00 Sig. 4 98 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, " Undertakers -------------------" Used Car Dealers -------------. _ '' VVarehouses --------------------" VVeighing Scales ----------------- 3,460.50 270.00 2,380.50 367.20 Total receipts during January 1stJune lOth, 1922______________$1,248,049.03 THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1922. 99 TABLE "C". TAX RATE OF CITIES 1921. Abbeville _.:. ______20 Acworth _________120 BBiibshboCp it:y. __-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- 50 Adel ____________ 25 Blackshear ______ 20 Adairsville _______15 Blakely __________15 Adrian __________ 70 Blue Ridge ______ 220 Ailey ____________ 0 Alapaha --------- 90 Albany __________19 Alma ____________170 Bogart ---------- 70 Boston __________15 BBoowwemrsavnil_le___~_-_-_-_-_-1870 Alto _____________ 3 Braswell _________ 0 Americus ________20 Bremen _________15 Apalachee _______ 3 Brewton ____ . ____ 0 Arabi ___________ 60 Bristol __________ 0 Arlington ________170 Bronwood _______10 Ashburn _________17 Brooklet _________ 5 Athens __________17 Atlanta __________15 Broxton ---------~5 Brunswick ______ 20 Auburn __________ 3 Buchanan -------- 0 Augusta _________190 Buena Vista _____ 21 AAuvsetreall _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_1510 Buford __________ 20 Bullochville ------ 20 Aberdeen ________ 1 Butler ----------- 0 Alamo ___________12 Byromville ______ 5 Arcade __________ 5 Avalon __________ 2 BByorwodnen---__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-103%. Argyle __________ 3 Bridgeboro ______ 0 Baconton ________15 Box Springs _____ 0 Bainbridge _______15 Bostwick ________ 0 Baldwin _________ 5 Ball Ground ______ 5 Barnesville ______10 Brooks --------- 5 BCraidnwsoelnl _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-154 Bartow __________10 Cairo ___________15 Baxley __________170 Calhoun ______ . __ 20 BBeelnmtoonnt--_-_-__-_-_-_-_-_- 36 Camak __________10 Camilla __________15 Berlin ___________ 5 Bethlehem _______ 20 CCaannotonn -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-1120 100 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Carlton ---------- 8 Carrollton _______170 Danville --------- 5 Dawson _________18 Cartersville ______18 Decatur _________15 Cave Springs ____ 9 Douglas --- ____180 Cecil ------------ 5 Cedartown _______170 Douglasville _____120 Dublin __________15 Chalybeate Springs 5 Chauncey ________ 5 Chatsworth ______ 5 Chester __________ 5 Chickamauga _____120 Chipley _,_ ________10.1 Clarkesville ______10 Claxton _________ 8 Clayton __________15 Climax __________10 Dahlonega ------- 8.3 Eastman ________15 Eatonton ________15 Elberton ________150 Ellaville _________10 Ellijay __________ 9 Fairburn ________ 20 Fayetteville ______ 5 Fitzgerald _______15.7 Forsyth _________ 9 Cobbtown ________ 5 Cochran _________160 Colbert __________ 3 Cole1nan _________ 5 College Park _____ 20 Collins ----------Colquitt _________ 8 9 Fort Gaines ______15 Fort Valley ______15 Franklin -------- 20 Gainesville _______170 Garfield _________ 5 Gay _____________ 5 Geneva __________ 0 Columbus ________18 Georgetown ______ 0 Comer ----------- 5 Commerce _______15 Gibson __________ 5 Gillsville ________ 2 Concord --------- 70 Glennville _______15 Conyers _________180 Glenwood ________ 5 Cooledge __.______10 Godfrey _________ 5 Cordele _________16.6 Gordon __________10 Cornelia _________170 Grantville _______10 Covington _______15% Grayson _________ 20 Crawfordville ____n Greensboro ______15 Crossland ________10 Greenville _______10 Culloden _________ 4 Griffin __________180 Cusseta __________ 4 Guysie __________ 0 Cuthbert ________220 Guyton __________10 Center ----------- 2 Clarkston ________ 3.7 Graham _________ 0 Gray ____________ 0 Dallas ---------- 80 Graysville _______ 0 Dalton __________15 Hag~an ---------- 20 THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1922. 101 Hahira __________20~ Hamilton ________ 5 Hampton -------- 8~ Hapeville ________15 Haralson ________ 0 HHaarrtrwiseolnl -_-__-_-_-_-_-_-200 Hawkinsville _____ 20 Hazlehurst ______17~ Helena __________10~ Higgstown _______ 0 HHiilrlasmboro___-_-_-_-_-_-_-- 00 Hogansville ______15 Homeland _______ 5 Homerville ______ 5 Hoschton ________ 12~ Holly Springs ____ 2 Hickox __________ 0 Hilltonia ________ 0 HHoelbeonke-n--_-_-_-__-_-_-_-_- 84 Ideal ____________11 Iron City ________10 Inman ___________ 0 Jackson ________ 16 Jasper __________ 3~ Jefferson ________17 Jenkinsburg _____ 5 Jesup ___________15 Jonesboro _______10 Junction City ---- 5 Jakin ----------- 5 Keysville ________ 5 Kingsland _______ 4 Kingston ________ 2~ Kirkwood _______ 17~ Kite -----~------ 8 LaFayette _______12 Lawson __________ 3 LaGrange _______ 12~ Lake Park _______ 5 Lavonia _________ 17~ Lawrenceville ____19 LLeeeasrbyur-g---_-__-_-_-_-_-_-105 Lenox ----------- 5 Leslie ----------- 5 Lexington _______ 0 Lilburn __________ 5 Lithia Springs ___ 3 Lithonia _________ 25 Locust Grove ____ 3~ Logansville ______10 Louisville ________16 Lovejoy _________ 2 LLuodvoewtt ic-i---__-_-_-_-_-_-_- 55 Lula ____________ 6 Lumber City _____ 12~ Lumpkin ________ 22 Luthersville ______ 4 Lyerly __________ 4 Lyons ___________ 16~ Lily _____________ 20 Linwood _________ 5 *Lincolnton ______15 ~aeon ___________ 15 ~adison _________ 18 1Ianchester ______10 1fansfield ________15 ~apleton ________ 0 ~arietta ________ 14 ~arshallville _____ 0 ~artin __________ 5~ ~1aysville ________ 15 *~eigs __________ 10 1Ienlo ----------- 4 ~errillville ______ 0 ~etcalf ---------- 5 ~etter __________ 23 Midville _________15 102 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, *Milan __________ 5 Milledgeville _____120 Millen ___________10 Milner ----------- 70 Mineral Bluff ____ 5 Mitchell --------- 20 Molena ---------- 40 Monroe __________120 Montezuma ______15 Monticello _______ 6 Moreland ________ 5 *Morven ________ 8 Moultrie _________ 21 Mountville _______ 1 Mountain City ____ 5 Mount Airy ______10 *My:stic ---------- 5 Modoc ----------- 0 Middleton _______ 0 Mauk ____________ 5 Morgan ---------- 0 Mount Vernon ___ 0 *Milltown ________30 Meansville _______ 5 ~1ontrose ________ 0 ~1anassas ________ 5 McCaysville _____ 25 McDonough ______ 10 McRae Nashville --------________ 2870 *Naylor _________ 5 Newborn ________12 Newnan _________120 *Nicholls ________ 20 Nicholson ________ 1 Norcross -------- 9 Nonnan Park ____ 70 NNuewneizng-to-n---_-__-_-_-_-_- 55 Oakfield --------- 5 Ocilla __ :._ ________ 22 Ochlocknee _______ 0 Odessadale ______ 5 Odum ----------- 70 *Oglethorpe ______ 21 Oliver ___________ 5 Omega ---------- 5 Oxford ---------- 0 Palmetto ________15 Parrott ---------- 8 Patterson ________ 0 Pavo ____________12 Pearson _________120 Pelham __________15 Pembroke _______10 Pepperton _______ 4 Perry ___________18 Pinehurst ________20 Pine Park _______ 7 Pineview ________ 5 PP liat tisn s - -_-_-_-__- _-_-_-_-_-_- 190 Plainville ________ 30 Pooler ----------- 5 Poulan ---------- 80 Powder Springs __ 5 Primrose ________ 6 Pendergrass ----Preston _________ 2700 Plainfield ________ 20 Quitman _________ 19 Ray City ________ 5 Rebecca _________10 Reidsville ________10 Rentz ___________ 20 Reynolds ________ 5 Rhine ----------- 5 Richland _________20 Ringgold ________ 20 Roberta _________ 5 Rochelle _________15 Rockmart ________120 THURSDAY JuNE 29, 1922. 103 Rocky Ford ______ 5 Rome ____________15 Rossville _________ 5 Roswell __________10.6 Royston _________170 Ranger __________10 Riverdale ________ 0 Rockledge _______10 Reno ____________ 0 Sale City ________10 Sandersville _____170 Sasser ___________ 5 Savannah ________16.6 Scott ____________ 5 Screven ---------- 5 Senoia ___________130 *Seville __________ 5 Shady Dale ______ 6 Sharon __________ 5 Sharpsburg ______ 5 Shellman ________15 Smithville _______ 5 Smyrna _________ 70 Social Circle _____16 Soperton ________10 Sparks __________ 20 Sparta __________12 *Stapleton _______10 Springfield _______ 3 Statesboro _______19 Statham _________10 Stillmore ________12 Stockbridge ______ 8~ Stone Mountain __14 St. Charles ______ 5 St. George _______ 5 *Summertown ____ 6 Summerville _____15 *Sumner _________ 5 Sunny Side ______ 0 Suwanee _________ 4 Swainsboro ______10 Sylvania _________10 Sycamore -------- 70 Sylvester ________18 Scotland _________14 Stonewall ________ 0 Sugar Valley _____ 5 Shingler _________ 3 Talbotton ________10 Tallapoosa _______14 Tullulah Falls ____. 4 Tarrytown -------.20 Temple ----0---- 5 Tennille _________170 Thomaston ______17 Thomasville _____14 Thomson ________15 Tifton ___________18 Tiger ____________ 5 Toccoa __________ 16.7 Toomsboro _______ 5 Trenton _________ 0 TTuyrbiene --_-__-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-120 0 *Ty-Ty __________10 Tyrone __________ 3 Tennga __________ 0 Talking Rock __ __ 4 Tignall __________ 8 Twin City ________ 20 Unadilla _________ 20 Union City _______ 20 *Union Point ----- 60 Uvalda ---------- 3 Uptonville _______ 0 Valdosta _________16.7 Vidalia __________15 Vienna ___________16 Villa Rica ------- 70 Vanna ----------- 0 *Vidette --------- 5 104 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, WWaacdoley-_-_-_-_~_-_-_-_-_-_-107~ Waresboro ------- 4 *Warrenton ______15 Warsaw _________ 3 Warwick ________ 5 Washington ______13 Watkinsville ----- 5 Waycross ________18 Waynesboro ----- 6 West Point ______ 17~ Whigham ________ 8 White Plains _____ 0 Whitesburg ______ 5 *Willacoochee ____17~ Winder __________15 Winokur ________ 0 Woodbury _______ 7 Woodland ------- 3~ Woodstock ------- 2~ Worth----------- 0 W*Wrernigsh-ts-v-i-l-le---__-_-_-108 Woolsey --------- 0 Weston __________, 7~ Woodbine ------- 5 Wesley ---------- 2~ Waverly Hall ---- 2 Yatesville ________ 4 White ----------- 3~ Zebulon --------- 7~ Average rate 10.1 mills. *Denotes tax rate levied in 1920. THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1922. 105 COUNTY Bonded Debt Total Tax State's Floating Rate Proportion Debt (Mills) (Per Cent) Appling ---------$ 40,000 $ 20,000 20 25 Atkinson -------Bacon ----------Baker ----------Baldwin _________ Banks ----------Barrow ---------- Barlow --------- Ben Hill _________ 72,500. 100,000 ------ ----------- 250,000 ------ 42,500 20,000 32% 15.5 150,000 30 16.6 ------ 31 16.1 ------ 240 20.4 ------ 23 21.7 ------ 230 21.2 ------ 25 20 20,000 220 22.2 Berrien --------- ------ Bibb ------------ 1,440,000 Bleckley -------- 65,000 Brantley -------- ------ Brooks ----1------ 125,000 Bryan ---------- ------ Bulloch --------Burke ---------- Butts ----------Calhoun _________ --------------------- Camden --------- -----Candler --------- ------ Campbell ________ ------ Carroll ---------- ------ Catoosa --------- -~---- Charlton -------- 50,000 Chatham -------- 2,583,000 Chattahoochee --- ------ Chattooga ------- 33,000 Clarke ---------- 510,000 Cherokee -------- ------ ------ 22 22.7 ------ 19 26.3 ------ 240 20.4 ------ 16 31.2 ------ 21 23.8 ------ 24 20.8 ------ 22 22.7 ------ 16 31.2 ------ 27 18.5 ------ 40 12.5 ------ 18% 26.6 ------ 35 14.3 ------ 220 22.2 ------. 220 22.4 ------ 210 23.2 ------ 22.8 21.9 ------ 220 22.4 ------ 20 25 25,000 23 21.7 ------ 17 29.4 ------ 20 25 106 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, COUNTY Bonded Debt Clay -----------Cla~rton --------- Clinch ----------Cobb ----------.-- Coffee ---- --- ---- Colquitt --------Columbia -------- Cook ----------Coweta ---------Crawford ________ Crisp ----------Dade_ - --------- -----L----- ------ ------ ------ 500,000 -----240,000 500,000 ------ 40,000 60,000 Dawson --------Decatur --------DeKalb --------Dodge ---------Dooly ----------Dougherty ------ ----------- 500,000 94,000 ------ 460,000 Douglas --------Early ----------Echols ---------Effingham ------- ---------------- ------ Elbert -------- -- ------ Emanuel -------- ------ EYans - ----- ---- ------ Fannin --------Fayette --------Floyd ----------Forsyth --------Franklin -------- ------ ------ 704,000 ------ 30,000 Total Tax State's Floating Rate Proportion Debt (Mills) (Per Cent) ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 30,000 ------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- 22Yz 210 170 220 230 22 20 25 220 25 20 19.3 24 25 220 220 23 18 27.8 27 27 24 190 30 37 30 250 19 260 25 22.2 23.2 28.5 22.2 21.2 22.7 25 20 22.2 20 25 25.9 20.8 20 22.2 22.2 21.7 27.7 18 18.5 18.5 20.8 25.5 16.6 13.8 16.6 19.5 26.3 18.8 20 THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1922. 107 'COUNTY Bonded Debt Fulton ---------- ------ Gilmer ---------- ------ Glascock --------- ------ Glynn --------- 310,000 Gordon --------- Grady ---------- _-_-_-_-_-_-, Greene ---------- ------ Gwinnett -------- ------ Habersham ------ ------ Hall ------------ 60,000 Hancock -------- 44,000 Haralson -------- ------ Harris ---------- 35,000 Hart ------------ ------ Heard Henry -__-_-_-_-_--._-_-__- ------ ------ Houston -------- ------ Irwin ----------- ------ Jackson --------- 100,000 Jasper ---------- ------ Jeff Davis ------- ------ Jefferson -------- 50,000 Jenkins --------Johnson --------Jones ----------Lamar ---------Lanier - ----- ---- Laurens --------Lee ------------Liberty --------- ------ ------ ------ ----------- 500,000 80,000 ------ Total Tax State's Floating Rate Proportion Debt (Mills) (Per Cent) ------ ------ ------ ----------- ---------------- ------ -__-_-_-,-__- 22~ 17~ 27 23 23 27 21 22~ 18 22~ 20 22.2 28.5 18.5 21.7 21.7 18.5 23.8 22.2 27.7 22.2 25 ------ 18 ------ 23~ ------ 25 ------ 30 ------ 30 ------ 24 ------ 24~ ------ 20 ------ _22 ------ 26 100,000 20 27.7 21.2 20 16.7 16.7 20.R 20.4 25 22.7 19.2 25 ------ 28~ 17.5 ------ 18 27.7 ------ 24 20.8 ------ 20 25 ------ 20~ 24.4 15,000 22 22.7 ------ 21 ------ 18 23.8 27.7 108 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, COUNTY Bonded Debt Total Tax State's Floating Rate Proportion Debt (Mills) (Per Cen~ Lincoln ---------- 30,000 ------ 27 18.5 Long ------------ ------ ------ 19 26.3 Lowndes -------- 100,000 88,000 200 24.4 Lumpkin -------- 76,000 ------ 20 25 Macon ---------- 190,000 ------ 30 16.7 Madison -------- ------ ------ 18 27.7 Marion ---------- ------ ------ . 24 20.8 McDuffie -------- ------ ------ 18 27.7 Mcintosh ------- 76,000 ------ 27 18.5 Meriwether ------ ------ ------ 22 22.7 Miller ----------- ------ ------ 280 17.5 Milton ---------- ------ ------ 28 17.8 Mitchell --------- ------ ------ 25 20 Monroe --------- ------ ------ 20 25 Montgomery ----- ------ ------ 30 16.7 Morgan ---------- ------ 170 28.5 Murray --------- ------ ------ 23 21.7 Muscogee ------- ------ ------ 150 32.2 Newton --------- ------ ------ 18 27.7 Oconee ---------- ------ ------ 23 21.7 Oglethorpe ------- ------ ------ 17 29.4 Paulding -------- ------ ------ 18 27.7 Pickens --------- ------ ------ 180 27 Pierce ------------ 45,000 ------ 26 19.2 Pike ------------- ------ 24 20.8 Polk ------------ 200,000 ------ 19 26.3 Pulaski --------- ------ ------ 30 16.6 Putnam --------- 2,000 ------ 22 22.7 Quitman -------- ------ ------ 25.4 19.7 Rabun ---------- ------ ------ 250 19.6 THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1922. 109 COUNTY Bonded Debt Total Tax State's Floating Rate Proportion Debt (Mills) (Per Cent) Randolph ------- ------ ------ 20 25 Richmond ------- 62,000 136,000 220 22.2 Rockdale -------- ------ ------ 26 19.2 Schley ---------- ------ ------ 16 31.2 Screven --------- ------ ------ 40 12.5 Seminole ---------- ------ ------ 30 16.6 Spalding _____ 406,000 ------ 230 21.2 Stephens -------- . ------ ------ 26 19.2 Stewart --------- ------ ------ 23 21.7 Sumter --------- 224,000 ------ 20 25 Talbot Taliafe r-ro------------.-.--- 46,000 ------ ------ 220 22.2 ------ 23 21.7 Tattnall ------- ------ ------ 220 22.2 Taylor ---------- ------ ------ 20 25 Telfair ---------- ------ ------ 22 22..7 Terrell ---------- ------ ------ 25 20 Thomas ---------- 76,000 24,000 18 27.7 Tift -------.----- 346,000 ------ 28 17.8 Toombs --------Towns ---------- Treutlen -------- Troup --------:---- ---------------- 615,000 ------ 24 20.8 ------ 19 26.3 ------ 35 14.3 50,000 230 21.2 Turner ---------- Twiggs --------- lJnion ----------- lJpson ----------- Walker --------- Walton --------Ware ----------- Warren --------- 70,000 ----------- 150,000 400,000 200,000 500,000 ------ ------ 24 20.8 ------ 18 ------ 20 25 ------ 170 28.5 ------ 18 27.7 ------ 20 25 ------ 23 21.7 ------ 25 20 110 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, COUNTY Washington 1Nayne ---------- Webster _________ Wheeler _________ White ----------Whitfield -------Wilcox ---------wilkes ---------Wilkerson ------Worth ---------- Bonded Debt ------ 200,000 --------------------- 140,000 125,000 ------ 400,000 Total Tax State's Floating Rate Proportion Debt (Mills) (Per Cent) ----------- ------ ----------- --------------------- ------ 25 20 20 25 23.32 21.4 40 12.5 19 26.3 20 25 27 18.5 19 26.3 30 16.7 33 115.1 $12,714,000 $779;000 3715.32 21.1 THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1922. CITY Debt Bonded Adel --------------------$ 57,500 Albany ----------------- 447,000 . lunericus ______________ _ 289,000 Ashburn ---------------- 67,000 Athens ________________ _ 669,000 *Atlanta ---------------- 14,400,000 Augusta _______________ _ 3,175,000 Bainbridge ____________ _ 172,000 Barnesville ____________ _ 130,500 Blackshear ____________ _ 56,000 Blakely ________________ _ 80,000 Boston ----------------Brunswick _____________ _ Buford ________________ _ 34,500 242,000 35,000 Oairo -----------------Calhoun _______________ _ 69,000 53,000 Canton ----------------- 59,500 Carrollton _____________ _ 288,000 Cartersville ____________ _ 172,000 Cedartown -------------- 275,500 College Park ------------ 48,000 Coluinbus ______________ _ 1,628,000 Coininerce -------------- 70,000 Cordele ----------------- 227,000 Covington __________ .:. __ _ 70,000 Dalton ------------------ 115,000 Dawson ---------------- 114,000 Decatur ---------------- 182,000 Doerun ----------------- 34,000 Douglas ---------------- 120,000 111 Debt Floating 46,000 55,000 7,000 200,000 11,000 127,000 1,000 12,000 17,400 3,100 12,000 19,921 25,500 14,000 600 3,000 112 JouRNAL o:F THE HousE, .CITY Debt Bonded Douglasville ___________ _ Dublin -----------------East Lake -------------East Point -------------Eatonton ---------------Fitzgerald ___________ _ 48,000 382,000 65,000 116,000 65,000 224,000 Forsyth ---------------Fort Gaines ___________ _ 38,600 46,000 Fort Valley ------------- Gainesville ------------Grantville _____________ _ 77,000 235,500 500,000 Griffin ------------------- 286,000 Hapeville --------------- 40,000 Hartwell --------- _____ _ 106,500 Hawkinsville ------------- 105,000 Hogansville ------------- 43,500 Jesup ------------------ 62,000 Kirkwood ---------------- 140,000 LaFayette --------------- 59,000 LaGrange --------------- 915,000 Lawrenceville ------------ 51,100 Lithonia ---------------- 35,000 Louisville ---------------- 42,000 McDonough ------------- 40,500 McRae ----------------- 73,000 Macon -----------------~Iadison ---------------- Manchester ------------Marietta --------------- 1,993,000 135,000 85,000 165,000 Milledgeville ------------ 172,000 Debt Floating 6,000 130,000 500 8,500 2,800 4,000 4,000 1,000 1,100 15,000 5,000 3,000 15,600 10,000 THURSJ)AY JUNE 29, 1922. CITY Debt Bonded :Millen 51,000 ~Ionroe ----------------- 130,000 Montezuma ------------- 31,000 Monticello -------------- 47,000 Moultrie ---------------- 143,000 Nashville --------------- 47,000 Nevv-nan ----------------- 204,000 Ocilla _________________ _ 56,000 Pelham ----------------- 110,000 Quitman ---------------- 22,000 Reynolds --------------- 50,000 Rockmart -------------- 50,000 Rome -------------------- 500,000 Royston ---------------- 70,000 Sandersville ___________ _ 75,000 Savannah ______________ _ 3,524,000 Sparta ----------------- 66,500 Statesboro --------------- 19:5,000 Svvainsboro -------------- 125,000 , Sylvania ---------------- 35,000 Sylvester --------------- 100,000 Tallapoosa ------------- 67,000 Tennille ---------------- 53,000 Thomaston ------------- 96,000 Thomasville ------------ 285,000 Tifton ------------------ 123,000 Toccoa ----------------- 152,000 Unadilla ---------------- 49,000 Valdosta---------------- 471,000 Vidalia ----------------- 129,000 113 Debt Floating 29,000 12,000 17,000 5,000 220,000 23,000. 15,000 5,000 114 J OL'RXAL OF THE .HOUSE, CITY Vienna -----------------\Vashington ____________ _ \Vaycross ______________ _ \Vaynesboro ___________ _ \Vest Point ____________ _ \Vinder ________________ _ \Voodbury _____________ _ Debt Bonded 52,000 116,000 368,000 71,1500 77,500 116,000 35,000 Debt Floating 71,000 50,000 $37,940,000 $1,181,200 *Atlanta's authorized bond issue of $8,900,000 included. THURSDAY JUNE 29, 1922. 115 EXHIBIT D. OFFICE STATE TAx CoMMISSIONER Atlanta, Georgia, June 14, 1922. Hon. Thomas W. Hardwick, Governor, State Capitol, Atlanta. Dear Sir: As requested by you on yesterday, I am furnishing you an estimate of the revenues for the present year from ad valorem taxes. During the early part of the year I held tax conferences throughout the State and from the information furnished me in these conferences by tax officials, there will be a reduction in the value of country .real estate of about ten per cent average for the whole State. There will be practically no reduction in city property, while there will be in live stock and other personal property a reduction of possibly twenty per cent. This will mean an average loss of the total digest values of about ten per cent. This will mean an aggregate return from all of the counties of about One Billion Dollars, and the net revenues after expense of collection, will run about Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand ($4,600,000) Dollars. The inheritance taxes for the year will probably run about the same as last year, or, around Three Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand ($325,000) Dollars. 116 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, These being the only two classes of taxes which come immediately under the supervision of this office, I am not in position to make you an estimate of the probable revenues arising from the special taxes, fees, and taxes on fuel oils. The ComptrollerGeneral's office could furnish you an estimate of these revenues. Very truly yours~ H. J. FuLLBRIGHT, State Tax Commissioner. HJF/A Mr. Jackson of the 21st moved that the General assembly, in joint session convened, do now dissolve, and the motion prevailed. The Senate withdrew. Mr. Moore of Appling moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 117 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 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 report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. House Bill No. 563, Calhoun County. House Bill No. 565, Schley County. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman. 118 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, By unanimous consent the following report of the Mansion Leasing Committee was submitted and read: STATE CAPITOL, ATLANTA, GA. To The General Assembly of Georgia: In compliance with an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, 1921, creating a Commission to be known as the Mansion Leasing Commission, to receive proposals for, and affect the lease of the property at the corner of Peachtree and Cain streets in Atlanta, known as the Governor's Mansion, to report its acts and doings thereon to the General Assembly and for other purposes. I have the honor as Secretary of said Commission to make the following report to-wit: The Commission as aforesaid met in the office of the Governor on the morning of August 31st, 1921, for the purpose of perfecting an organization of said Commission and on motion, Honorable Thomas W. Hardwick Governor, was elected chairman, and Carl N. Guess Representative from DeKalb, was elected secretary. In perfecting the organization of said commission a sub-committee was appointed therefrom consisting of the following gentlemen: Hon. Thomas \V. Hardwick Governor, S. G. McLendon Secretary of State, George M. Napier Attorney General, Thomas J. Carling of Macon, Bibb County, and Carl N. Guess secretary of said Commission. The sub-committee FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 119 being given authority by the Commission as a whole, to furnish on request any and all data and particulars pertaining to the lease of said property to the newspapers of Atlanta, the State of Georgia, and out of the State should demand be made for the same, and in addition the sub-committee in their discression were to advertise for bids through any of the newspapers of this State and out of the State, as they might deem proper, said advertisement to be on a fifty year lease of said property, and thereafter report their acts and doings to the Corr,:tmission as a whole, at a meeting to be held in the office of the Governor September 8th, 1921. During the period of time from perfecting the organization of said Commission as heretofore referred to, up to and including the date the lease of said property was awarded to the Massell Realty Company of Atlanta, the Commission met on seven (7) different occasions in the office of the Governor trying in every manner possible to get the very best results for the State. All meetings of said Commission were held in the open for any discussion pertaining to the leasing of said property, and any other points relating thereto which would be to the interest of the State, by authority yested in the sub-committee advBrtisements on a fifty year lease were placed with the three daily papers of Atlanta, the New York Herald, and the Chicago Tribune, and on the final meeting of the sub-committee February 1st, 1922, The Massell Realty Company of Atlanta Georgia, having submitted the best biq, and one in which the subcommittee considered to be for the best interest 120 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, for the State was accepted, and a report of said committee to that affect was immediately made to the Commission as a whole, which report was unanimously approved. In awarding the lease of said Mansion property to the Massell Realty Company, a bond of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000) dollars, as security bond was required to be filed in the office of the Governor, which has been complied with, and other stipulations of the contract relating to the leasing of said property is hereto attached marked exhibit ''A'' and made a part of this report. Respectfully submitted, THos. W. HARDWICK, Governor. Chairman Mansion Leasing Commission. CARL N. GuEss, Secretary Mansion Leasing Commission. EXHIBIT "A" State of Georgia, Fulton County. This agreement and contract made and entered into this the first day of February, 1922, by and between the State of Georgia, party of the first part, acting through THE MANSION LEASE COMMISSION, created by Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, and duly empowered to execute this lease contract, as shown by Bill numbered 224, approved August 15th, 1921, (see Georgia Laws, 1921, pages 194, and 195) and Massell Realty Im- FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 121 provement Company, a corporation, party of the second part. WITNESSETH, That said party of the first part, hereinafter called the Lessor, has leased to, and does hereby lease to the party of the second part, hereinafter called the Lessee, and that Lessee has leased from, and does hereby lease from Lessor, the property called and known as the GOVERNOR'S MANSION PROPERY, in the City of Atlanta, said State and County, the same having the following metes and bounds: Fronting East on the West side of Peachtree Street, one hundred and forty three (143) feet; running back West along and parallel with Cain Street three hundred eighty-one and seven tenths (381.7) feet on the North side of this tract, and four hundred, and eight, and one ienth (408.1) feet on the South side thereof to Spring Street; and having a West frontage of one hundred and forty six (146) feet along the East side of said Spring Street; the .same constituting the entire area in said GOVERNOR'S MANSION PROPERTY, whether containing more or less than the exact measurements just above set out, for a period of Fifty (50) years, beginning on June 1st, 1922, and expiring on May 31, 1972. AMOUNT AND TIME OF RENTAL pAYMENTS Lessor accepts the lease of the property as above stated and agrees to pay therefor the following amounts as annual rental, in twelve equal installments, payable monthly in advance, to the Treasurer 1:22 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, of the State of Georgia, on or before twelve o'clock noon, on the tenth of each and every month during the period of this lease, time being of the essence of the contract, to-wit: from June 1, 1922 to May 31, 1932, the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars per annum; from June 1, 1932, to May 31, 1942, the sum of Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars per annum: From June 1, 1942 to May 31, 1952, the sum of Thirty Thousand ($30,000.00) Dollars per annum; from June 1, 1952, to May 31, 1962, the sum of Thirty-five Thousand ($35,000.00) Dollars per annum : From June 1, 1962 to May 31, 1972, the sum of Forty-three Thousand, Five Hundred ($43,500.00) Dollars per annum. FIRST QuARTER's RENT PAm IN ADvANCE. Lessor hereby acknowledges the receipt of the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars cash in hand paid, which covers the first three months rental herein named, that is to say, for the months of June, July and August, 1922. And, in addition to the amounts which lessor shall receive for said property lessee agrees to pay during the entire term of this lease all taxes both on the lot and the improvements as they now are, or may hereafter be made, which may be lawfully assessed against said property, and all street and sidewalk improvements, curbing, white lights, sewers or any other kind of assessments which may be lawfully assessed against said property. FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 123 ALL TAxEs, INsURANCE, ETc., To BE PAID BY LESSEE. All taxes and cha:rges herein named shall be paid by the Lessee to the Lawful Tax Collectors, within the time required by law, in ordinary course, and without penalty thereof, except in such cases as the Lessee may contest the legality, or amount thereof, in which event, payment shall be made before levy of execution on final judgment. For all payments made by the lessee herein required to be paid to the lawful Tax, or like Collecting Officers, lessee shall at once furnish to the lessor duplicate receipts, or other satisfactory evidence of such payments. Lessee also agrees to pay the fire insurance premiums on not less than seventy-five (75) percent of the value of the buildings to be erected on said property, and to pay the premiums on a reasonable amount of liability insurance. Lessee shall at once furnish duplicate receipts, or satisfactory evidence of such payments. AMoUNT To BE ExPENDED FoR BuiLDINGS. Lessee is bound to expend at least the sum of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars in the erection of a permanent building on said property, within the first twelve months of this lease period; and is likewise bound to expend not less than the additional sum of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250,000.00) Dollars, within the next five years of the lease period: so that by the end of the first six years of the lease period the amount expended for a permanent building, or buildings, on said property shall 124 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, amount to not less than Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($350,000.00) Dollars. FniE-PROOF BuiLDINGs. All buildings on said property, whether permanent or temporary, shall be of fire proof construction, in accordance with the accepted meaning of the term "fire proof" in this State, at the time of the erection of the respective buildings, and such buildings shall be in keeping with the surroundings at the time of the erection of such buildings, and in accordance with the building requirements of the City of Atlanta, and to determine if these provisions are being complied with, the plans and specifications shall be submitted to the Governor, or other duly constituted authority. RIGHT To CANCEL LEASE. Upon the failure of lessee, or of its successors or assigns to comply with the terms and stipulations contained in the two paragraphs next hereinbefore written, lessor shall have the right to cancel this lease, and take possession of the property upon thirty days written notice. Also lessor shall have the right to verify the amounts expended for said permanent improvements. BoND FoR ONE HUNDRED THousAND DoLLARS. Lessee shall give a bond, of even date herewith, satisfactory to lessor, guaranteeing the expenditure of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 125 during the first twelve months of this lease, as aforesaid. ALL DAMAGES AssuMED BY LEssEE. Any and all damages to persons or property which may be suffered by lessee, its tenants, or its laborers, or by any person, or persons whomsoever, by reason of anything that may be done, or which may occur about the buildings, improvements, premises, sidewalks, or premises adjoining at any time during the lease period, shall be borne by the lessee, and all suits for any claims or damage arising in any manner whatsoever in connection therewith shall be defended, and judgment thereon, if any, paid by the lessee. N0 ENCUMBRANCE EFFECTIVE AGAINST LESSOR. No mortgage or incumbrance shall be placed on any of the buildings, or improvements, to be erected on this property, except with the express understanding that the same shall be inferior to all of lessor's rights under this lease, and that such buildings and improvements shall -vest unincumbered in lessor upon any breach or default under the conditions and stipulations herein, as well as upon the expiration of the lease. No RECEIVER OR TRusTEE SHALL AcQUIRE INTEREST. It is agreed that no Receiver or Trustee, in legal proceedings with which the lesse may be concerned, nor of any persons to whom lessee may transfer this 126 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, lease, shall ever have any interest or claim in or to the leased premises, or in or to this lease, or to the rents arising thereunder, unless such Receiver or Trustee is appointed at the instance of lessor to protect its interests. It is also agreed that the rights given to lessor under this lease oontract are optional to it, and are cumulative to any right it may have now, or hereafter, to enforce this lease contract. LEssEE's RIGHT To TAKE PossESSION Upon the execution of this lease contract, together with the payment of the aforesaid Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, to cover the rental for the first three months, and upon the execution and delivery to lessor of the bond guaranteeing the erection of permanent buildings during the first twelve months of this lease, as aforesaid, lessee or his assigns, shall have the right to take possession of the property, and to demolish, remove and dispose of the buildings and improvements thereon, and also to grade and excavate the ground in preparation for the erection of permanent building, or buildings to be erected thereon. LEssoR's RIGHT To RE-ENTER. UPoN DEFAULT. It is hereby expressly provided that, in the event lessee defaults in the payment of rents, taxes, or other assessments against said property, time being of the essence of the contract, lessor may, at its option, and upon thirty-days written notice cimcel this lease without claim or liability for damages, and re-enter and take possession of said property. FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1922. 127 ALL BUILDINGs To BE KEPT IN REPAIR. Lessee shall keep all buildings and improvements erected on this property in fair and reasonable repair at all times without cost to lessor, and is to keep such buildings and improvements insured, with loss payable to lessor and lessee jointly as their interests may appear in an amount equal to seventyfive percent of the value of such buildings and improvements. Lessee is to pay premiums on all insurance, and to deliver all policies to lessor. In the event of any <>f the buildings or improvements erected upon the premises herein leased shall be injured or destroyed by fire, or any other agency or cause, lessee shall begin their repair, restoration and replacement within ninety days, and the proceeds from any and all policies of insurance on said buildings shall be utilized and applied to the repair, restoration or replacement of such buildings or improvements. ALL BuiLDINGs AND IMPROVEMENTS REVERT TO L~o~ssoR. All buildings and improvements upon the premises, including elevators and all appurtances thereto, and all engines, dynamos, boilers, furnaces, heating apparatus, and all such appliances used in connection with any buildings that may be erected, and any and all essential parts of any building or improvement that may be placed on the leased premises which shall be deemed and considered a part of the realty, at the expiration of the lease period, or at the time of any default which may operate to cause a 128 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, termination of the lease, as herein provided, immediately shall become the property of, and title thereto vest in lessor free from any claim of lessee, its assigns, or any person whomsoever. It is expressly agreed that any and all sub-lessees and transferees under this lease contract, shall be bound .by the terms, stipulations and conditions contained herein. In witness whereof, lessor has hereunto, by the aforesaid duly empowered MANSION LEASE COMMISSION, duly constituted according to the provisions of said Act as aforesaid, executed this lease contract, and has duly obligated the STATE OF GEORGIA, the owner of said property: And the lessee, through its proper officers, duly authorized to do so, has signed this instrument, and caused its seal to be attached thereto, the same being done in duplicate, on the day and year first above written. Executed in presence of, who witnesss as to all of the Commissioners except Senator Pat Haralson, Julian B. McCurry and Senator Frank Mauston. R. 0. HuiE, ALBERT CoLLIER, N. P. State at Large. As to Pat Haralson, JOHN HARALSON' B. B. FITE, N. P. Union Co. Ga. FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 129 As to Julian B. McCurry, HENRY McCuRRY, J. D. BRADWELL, Judge City Court of Athens. Executed in the presence of R. 0. HuiE, ALBERT CoLLIER. Witnesses as to signature of Frank S. Manson: T. R. GRESS, N. P. State at Large,. Residence, Atlanta, Ga. SEwARD M. SMITH. THOS. w. HARDWICK, Governor. Sig. 5 S. G. McLENDON, Secretary of State. GEo. M. NAPIER, Attorney General. PAT HARALSON, FRANK c. MANSON, THos. M. SwiFT, SR., J. B. DANIEL, THOS. J. CARLING, CARL N. GuEss, JULIAN B. McCURRY, C. M. MrrLAM, Constituting the MANSION LEASE COMMISSION. MAssELL REALTY IMPROVEMENT Co. BY BEN. J. MASSELL, President. 130 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, The following bills of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time : .By Mr. Cowart of Calhoun- House Bill No. 163. A bill to change the county site from Morgan to Arlington. By Mr. Herring of Schley- House Bill No. 563. A bill to change the county for the Treasurer of the County of Schley, and for other purposes. Mr. McMichael of Marion moved that House Resolution No. 117 be taken from the table and placed upon the Calendar, and the motion prevailed. 1Ir. McMichael of Marion moved that House Resolution No. 117 be referred to the Committee of the Whole House, to be reported back to the House not later than July 7th, and the motion prevailed. The following Resolution of the House was taken from the table, read and adopted: By Mr. Beck of Carroll- House Resplution No. 120. A resolution requesting certain information from the Highway Commission. The following resolution of the House was taken from the table and read: FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 131 By Mr. Arnold of Clay- House Resolution No. 127. A resolution requesting certain information from the Department of Agriculture. By unanimous consent further consideration of the above resolution was postponed until next Wednesday Morning, July 5th, immediately following the order of unanimous consents. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referrd to the Committees: By Messrs. Steele, Guess and McClelland of DeKalb- House Bill No. 567. A bill to be entitled an act to create a new Judicial circuit, known as DeKalb Circuit, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. Steele, Guess and McClelland of DeKalb: House Bill Ne. 568. A bill to repeal an act, approved August 13, 1914, entitled "An Act to regulate the business of Investment Companies." Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. By Messrs. Valentino of Chatham and Moore of Fulton: 132 JoURNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 569. A bill to amend the tax act of 1921, as to Billboards, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Camp of Campbell- House Bill No. 570. A bill to establish a county depository in Campbell County, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Camp of Campbell- House Bill No. 571. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Campbell County and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Moore and Holloway of Fulton- House Bill. No. 572. A bill to amend an act creating a municipal court of Atlanta, by permitting clerks to administer oaths. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Messrs. Moore and Holloway of FultonHouse Bill No. 573. A bill to authori~e tlte FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 133 various counties to prescribe the fiscal year to cover a definite period, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Counties and Oounty Matters. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 574. A bill to amend Article 13, Section 1, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution as to publication of amendments to the Constittution, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Messrs. Whitaker of Lowndes and Woodard of Cook- House Bill No. 575. A bill to change the name of the South Georgia State Normal College at Valdosta. Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. By Mr. Vocelle of Camden- House Bill No. 576. A bill to amend Section 5849 ~f the Code pertaining to the subpoenaing of witnesses resident in a county, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Vocelle of Camden- 134 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 577. A bill to require non-residents of Camden County Georgia, to procure licenses to fish in said county. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Messrs. DuBose and Dudley of Clark- House Bill No. 578. A bill to authorize the collection of tuition by the University of Georgia and its branches. Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. By Messrs. DuBose and Dudley of Clarke, and Way of Liberty- House Bill No. 1579. A bill to supply a deficiency in the school funds caused by misappropriation of R. N. Berrien. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Mann of Glynn- House Bill No. 580. , A bill to build and construct certain roads in Glynn County, and for othe.r purposes. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Mann of Glynn- House Bill No. 581. A bill to grant to Glynn County certain marsh lands, and for other purposes. FRIDA.Y, JuNE 30, 1922. 135 Referred to Committee on Public Property. By Mr. Hodges of Evans- House Bill No. 582. A bill to amend an act approved August 16, 1915, relative to Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in Evans Co. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Rutherford of Monroe- House Bill No. 583. A bill to provide for the establishment of a school of Agriculture in the State, and for other purposes. Referred to Gommittee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. By 'Mr. Hodges of Evans- House Bill No. 584. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Claxton. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Brown of Emanuel- House Bill No. 585. A bill to amend an act to define the age of female consent to sexual intercourse in the State. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. 136 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher 3:nd Pekins of Muscogee- House Bill No. 568. A bill to amend an act to abolish Justice Courts and J. P.'s in the State of Geogia. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary . No.2. By Mr. Singletary of Grady- House Bill No. 587. A bill to prohibit the levying and collection by taxing authorities in counties of certain population. Refered to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Boswell of Greene- House Bill No. 588. A bill to amend Section 38 of the Civil Code of 1910, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections. By Mr. Beck of Carroll- House Bill No. 589. A bill to provide for establishing a printing plant and commission for the State of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Public Printing. By Mr. Singletary of GradyHouse Bill No. 590. A bill to amend an act known FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 137 as the act regulating the signing of criminal bonds in this State. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Messrs. Camp of Campbell, Russell of Barrow, Reagan of Henry and Baldwin of Morgan- House Bill No. 591. A bill to amend an act approved August 9, 1920, relative to protection of furbearing animals. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. By Mess:cs. Bentley, Holloway & ~Ioore of Fulton- House Bill No. 592. A bill to amend the constitution to authorize various branches to abolish fees in certain counties. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Mr. McClelland of DeKalb- House Bill No. 593. A bill to amend Section 870 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, relative to charters in cities of certain population. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. Moore of Fulton and DeLaPerriere of Jackson- House Bill No. 594. A bill to provide for credit unions, to define their power, and for other purposes. 138 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Messrs. Bobo and Fielden of Wilkes- House Bill No. 1595. A bill to amend and change Section 3306 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, relative to bonds for title to personal property. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis- House Bill No. 596. A bill to abolish an act entitled ''An Act to establish the City Courf of Hazlehurst.'' Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis- House Bill No. 597. A bill to repeal an act approved August 18, 1919, entitled an act to make tax colleclors in cetain counties ex-Officio Sheriffs. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr.Hatcher of ~urke- House Bill No. 598. A bill to amend Section 1249, Vol. I, of the Code of Georgia,- relative to the selection of banks. Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. WEDNESDAY, JuLY 5, 1922. 139 By Mr. Steele of DeKalb- House Bill No. 599. A bill to prohibit pool and billiard rooms and like places in the State and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Messrs. Pilcher and McDonald of RichmondHouse Bill K o. 600. A bill to amend the act ap- proved J ul~, 25, 1921, relative to the fire department of city of Augusta. Referred to Committee on }Iunicipal Government. By Messrs. Macintyre and Jones of ThomasHouse Bill Ko. 601. A bill to amm1d an act creat- ing the City Court of Thomasville. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Ricketson of WarenHause Bill No. 602. A bill to amend an act to establish the public schools for the Town of Warrenton, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Education. By Messrs. Hines and Griffin of Decatur- House Bill No. 603. A bill to amend Section 5(a) of Article 5, and Section 3 of Art. 6, etc., of Constitution relative to State Highway of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Public Highway. 140 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Swin"dle & DeLaPerriere of Jackson- House Bill No. 604. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Nicholson, in Jackson County. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Moore of Fulton- House Bill No. 605 A bill to authorize consolidation of the Independent school system, by special act. Referred to Committee on Education. Bv Mr. Reagan of Henry and Russell of Barrow- House Bill No. 606. A bill to amend an act approved August 9th, 1920, relative to fur-bearing animals in the State of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. By Mr. Moore of Appling- House Bill No. 607. A bill to provide for the control of veneral diseases, examination, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. By Mr. Byrd of Crisp- House Resolution No. 128. 606A. A resolution to appropriate money to widow ofT. P. Powell, and for other purposes. FRIDAY, JuNE 30, 1922. 141 Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Henderson of White- House Resolution No. 129. 606B. A resolution to pay the old class pensioners $226,700.00, for 1922, and new pensioners $975,000.00. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. The following resolution of the House was read, referred to the Committee on the Privileges of the Floor, reported favorably, and adopted: House Resolution No. 130. Resolved by the Legislature of (!eorgia that 'the privileges of the floor be extended to Mrs. Virginia Clay and Mrs. Margaret Jones, the beautiful and charming wives of the President of the Senate and the Senator from the 39th. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted- By Mr. Hamilton of ~loyd- House Resolution No. 131. Whereas, it having been communicated to the Georgia Legislature that Hon. Woodrow Wilson, former president of the United States, continues to improve in health followin,g his attack of three years ago, therefore be it Resolved, That the said Georgia Legislature, in annual session assembled, express its gratification 142 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, and its wish and xpectation that Mr. Wilson may be spared to see a full fruition of his efforts for international peace and good will. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Spealoer: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate: A bill to enable electors of this State who are absent from the counties of their residence on election days be allowed to vote. The following; message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Spealoer: The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the Senate to-wit: A resolution requesting that when the General Assembly adjourn today it stand adjourned until 11 o'clock Wednesday, July 5th, 1922. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 11 was withdrawn from the House. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 28 was tabled. .. FRID.(\Y, JuNE 30, 1922. 143 The following resolution of the Senate was read: Senate Resolution No. 66. A resolution requesting that when the General Assembly adjourn today it stand adjourned untilll o'clock Wednesday, July 5th, 1922. Mr. Wyatt of Troupe moved that the above resolution be concurred in, and the motion prevailed. The following bill of the House was read the third time and placed upon its passage: 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 the hours of their employment, providing sanitary conditions of employment, and for other purposes. Mr. Beckham of Dougherty moved that the House do now adjourn, the motion prevailed, and the bill went over as unfinished business. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Smiley of Long, Bowden of Ware, Cowart of Calhoun, and Beckham of Dougherty. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. 144 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham ,Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy 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 Hawkin~ Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur WEDNESDAY, JuLY 5, 1922. 145 Hines of Sumter Mann Smith of Carroll Hodges ::\Ianning Smith of Haralson Holland :Mason Smith of Meriwether Holloway Mayo Steele Horne Miles Stone Houser ::\Iixon Stovall Houston Moore of Appling Strickland Howard of Forsyth Moore of Fulton Sumner of Johnson Howard of Screven Hufstetler Moye :\Iundy Sumner of Wheeler Swift Hullender Neal of Union Swindle Hunter Nichols Tatum Hyman Owen Thompson of Coweta Jackson Parks Thompson of Dodge Jones of Coweta Parrish Trippe Jones of Thomas Patten Turner Jones of Walker Penland Tyson Johnson of Bartow Perkins Valentino Johnson of Perryman ' Van Landingham Chattahoochee Peterson VanZant Johnson of Pickens Phillips of Jasper Vocelle Keith Phillips of Telfair Walker Kennedy Pickren Wall King of Jefferson Pilcher \Vatkins King of Wilcox Price Way Kittrell Pruett Webb Knight Quincey Weston Langford of Hall Ramsey Whitley Lankford of Toombs Reagan Whitaker of Lowndes Lewis Reville Whitaker of Rockdale Logan Ricketson Whitworth Luke Riley Williams of Harris McClelland Robinson \Villiams of Miller McClure Russell Williams of Walton McDonald of Mitchell Rutherford Wimberly McDonald of Salmon Winship Richmond Sapp Wood McGarity Shettlesworth \Voodard Macintyre Sibley Worthy McMichael Singletary Wyatt. Maddox Smiley Wynne Malone Smith of Bryan l\Ir. Speaker 146 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 127 was withdrawn from the House. By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was taken up for consideration: By Mr. Arnold of ClayHouse Resolution No. 127. A resolution re- questing certain information from the Department of Agriculture. The following substitute for the above resolution was read: By Mr. Arnold of Clay- A resolution requesting certain information from the Commissioner of Agriculture and The President of the State College of Agriculture, and for .other purposes. 1Vhereas, for several years a large number of citizens of Georgia have desired certain information regarding the Department of Agriculture and the State College of Agriculture located at Athens, such as the number of employees, the services rendered by each and the sums paid each and whereas it has been' generally understood that there is a great deal of duplication in the work of the Department of Agriculture and the State College of Agriculture. WEDNESDAY, JuLY 5, 1922. 147 Now therefore in order to give the people the information to which they are entitled and to correct any evils which may exist as to duplication of the work as aforesaid, Be it resolved, by the House of Representatives: That the Commissioner of Agriculture be and he is hereby requested to furnish to the House of Representatives of Georgia the following information towit: 1. The names and addre-sses of all employees of the Department of Agriculture, its branches, and sub-departments, including the department of Entomology, and all other sub-departments, who have drawn pay, from any public fund whether they were on the regular pay roll or not, or whether they devoted full or part time or not, or whether the pay came out of regular appropriations or not, together with the sum or sums drawn by each, and a statement of the duties of each, and the services performed by each. Also in addition to the salary or fees paid ea:ch a statement of the sums drawn by each as expenses whether for traveling expenses or otherwise. The above information to cover the period from June 1st, 1921, to June 1st, 1922. 2. A complete list of oil and fertilizer inspectors with their addresses the fees or salaries drawn by each for the saine period. 3. The amount of appropriations to each department together with a statement of other sums received by the Department or employees from 148 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, other sources, such as fertilizer and oil inspection fees for same period. 4. A statement of the time devoted by each employee to their official duties. 15~ The disposition of cotton samples and other samples received by the Depart~I~usE, Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Vocelle of Camden- House Bill No. 618. A bill to repeal Section 388 of Penal Code of 1910, relative to courts having jurisdiction in certain crimes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Messrs. Neill, Perkins and Hatcher of Muscogee- House Bill No. 619. A bill to ratify and confirm a sale by the Commissioners of Commons of Columbus, Georgia, etc. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Way of Liberty- House Bill No. 620. A bill to make it unlawful for any person to kill and butcher any cow, etc., except under certain circumstances. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Houston of Gwinnett- House Bill No. 621. A bill to amend an act approved Aug. 17, 1908, amending the act incorporating the town of Norcross. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. wEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1922. 173 By Messrs. Bentley of Fulton, Fowler of Bibb, Winship and Malone of Bibb- House Bill No. 622. A bill to regulate the operation of Motor vehicles in towns and cities of certain population. Referred to Committee on Railroads. By Messrs. Bentley of Fulton and McClure of vValker- House Bill No. 623. A bill to make appropriation for the University of Georgia and Georgia School of Technology. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 624. A bill to regulate boxing contests and exhibitions by establishing State Boxing Commission. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Reagan of HenryHouse Bill No. 625. A bill to provide for the buying and selling of loose line cotton and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture. By Mr. Reagan of Henry- House Bill No. 626. A bill to amend an act en- 174 ;rouR~AL oF THE HousE, titled an act to annually levy and collect an additional tax. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and "\Vays and Means. By }lr. Hodges of Evans- House Bill Xo. 627. A bill to amend an act to establish the City Court of Claxton and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. Holloway and Moore of Fulton- House Resolution No. 628. A bill to amend the general appropriation Act for 1922-1923 relative to appropriation for Georgia School of Technology. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and "\Vays and Means. By l\Iessrs. }loore and Hollo,vay of Fulton- .House Bill Xo. 629. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on ~Iunicipal Government. By Mr. Knight of Berrien- House Bill No. 630. A bill to change the venue in investigation by Grand Juries in certain cases. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. . WEDNESDAY, JL!LY 5, 1922. 175 By Messrs. Malone and Winship of Bibb- House Bill No. 631. A bill to repeal an act so far as it relates to the County of Bibb, in abolishing road commissioners. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. B~ l\Ir. Beck of Carroll- House Bill Ko. 632. A bill to make appropriations for new and old pensions, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Messrs. Williams of Miller and Walker of Baker- House Bill Xo. 633. A bill to amend an act approved Aug. 17, 1920, entitled "An act to license and regulate business of making loans," and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary ~0. 2. By Mr. \Valker of BakerHouse Bill No. 634. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of walker County. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Hamilton of FloydHouse Bill No. 635. A bill to amend Art. 3, Sec- 176 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, tion 4, Par. 7, of the Constitution relative to appointments by the governor. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin- House Bill No. 636. A bill to rearrange the Tifton Judicial Circuit of the Superior Court, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Messrs. Culpepper of LaFayette and DuBose of Clarke- House Bill No. 637. A bill to amend an Act entitled ''Au act known as the General Tax Act,'' app. August 15, 1921. Referred to Committee :m Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Corbitt of AtkinsonHouse Bill No. 638. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Pearsons in the county of Coffee. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Griffith of Oconee- House Bill No. 639. A bill to prescribe the rules of evidenc~ in certain criminal cases, and for other purposes. WEDNESDAY, JuLY 5, 1922. 177 Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Moore of Appling- House Resolution No. 132. (607-A). A resolution requesting appointing of committee to investigate salaries of state officials. Lie on Table 1 Day. By Mr. Williams of Walton- House Resolution No. 133. (607-B). A resolution requesting certain information from the State Sanitarium at Alto. Lie on Table 1 Day. By Mr. Watkins of Butts- House Resolution No. 134. (607-C). A resolution relative to immediately taking up for consideration House Bill No. 6. Referred to Committee on Rules. By Messrs. Lewis and Clarke of Colquitt- House Resolution No. 135. (607-D). A resolution providing for committee to investigate Department of Agriculture, and report to House. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: 178 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Resolution No. 136. Resolved, that whereas there is now idle and magnificent property of the lJuited States Government at Muscle Shoals, and Whereas, it would be for the best interest of the United States and for the South that Muscle Shoals should be fully developed, and Whereas, there continues in the South a great army of unemployed, and Whereas, the best offer for the Shoals has been made by Mr. Henry Ford, !':on therefore, Be it resolved that the General Assembly of Georgia hereby urges the Congress of the United States to accept the offer for Muscle Shoals as made by Mr. Henry Ford, and we urge all members of Congress from Georgia to use their influence to this end. Be it further Resolved, that a cop~- of this resolution be sent to each member of Congress from Gearg-ra. The following bill of the Senate was read the third tim' and placed upon its passage. By Mr. Jones of the 37th- Senate Bill N" o. 7.-A bill to provide for a secret and private ballot at all elections held in Georgia. ).1r. Davis of Floyd moved that the House do now WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1922. 179 adjourn; the motion prevailed, and the above bill went over as unfinished business. Leave of absence was granted Mr. Tatum of Dade. The following communication from His Excellency, the Governor was read: EXECUTIV~J DEPARTMENT, Atlanta, July 5, 1922. To the Members of the General Assembly of Georgia: It affords me much pleasure to extend you an invitation, in behalf of the Better Films Committee of Atlanta, to attend a moving picture exhibition in the House of Representatives this evening at eight o'clock. One of the films to be presented IS entitled, ''Dixie's l\[ountain Majesty,'' which is the first showing of the recent official government tour of the Xational Forest Reserve in northeast Georgia. I sincerely hope a large attendance will be present. THos. W. HARDWICK, Governor. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. 180 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. By unanimous consent the call of the roJl 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 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 fb::st time. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read for the first time, and referred to the committees : THURSDAY, JuLY 6, 1922. 181 By Mr. Sumner of Wheeler- House Bill No. 640. A bill to change and fix the time for holding the Superior Court of Wheeler County. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Smith of Carroll- House Bill No. 641. A bill to appropriate certain sums to the Prison Commissioner for installing water system. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 642. A bill to preserve the property of the Western & Atlantic Railroad and repeal Resolution No. 31. Referred to CommiJttee on Western & Atlantic Railroad. By Mr. Holland of Tattnall- House Bill No. 643. A bill to amend an act approved Aug. 1915, providing for two terms of Superior Court of Tattnall Co. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-- House Bill No. 644. A bill to amend an act approved Aug. 17, 1920, relative to supply of Parks Annotated Code. 182 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Swift of Elbert- House Bill No. 64-5. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Elbert County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County ~ratters. Mr. Moore of Fulton County, Chairman of the Committee on Education submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Y:our Committee on Education have had under consideration the following Bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. House Bill Xo. 602. .MooRE OF FuLTON, Chairman. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof. Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate towit: THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922. 183 A Bill to repeal Section 967 of Penal Code providing for criminal procedure. The following bill of the House, favorably reported, was read for the second time: By :\Ir. Ricketson of \VarrenHouse bill No. 602. A bill to amend an act to establish Public Schools for the town of \Vanen. Referred to Committee on Education. The following bill of the House was re,td the third time and placed upon its passage: By ~Ir. Herring of Schley- A bill to provide for the salary of the Treasurer of the County of Schley 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 132, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. The following bill of the 'Senate was read the firs. time and referred to Committee : By :\Ir. Fleming of the 10~h- Senate Bill No. 4. A bill relative to electors of this state voting in certain elections while absent 184 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, from the county of their residence, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the second time and recommitted: By Mr. Moore of ApplingHouse Bill No. 608. A bill to create the Office of Roads and Revenues for county of Appling. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Moore of Appling- House Bill No. 609. A bill to amend an Aet approved July 29, 1915, Creating board of Commissioners for County of Appling. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. The following information was transmitted to the House by the State Highway Department in response to House Resolution No. 120: STATE HIGHWAYDEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA Atlanta, Ga., July 6, 1922. Subject-Resolution No. 120, June 30, 1922. THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922. 185 HoNORABLE W. CEciL NEILL, Speaker, House of Representatives. Mr. Speaker: In accordance with House Resolution No. 120 adopted by the House of Representatives, June 30, 1922 which reads: ''Resolved by the House of Representartives that the Highway Commission be requested to furnish the House of Representatives how many miles of State Aid and Federal Aid Roads in each county, also the amount of money expended in each cqunty for the years 1920 and 1921. Whether of State Funds or Federal Funds.'' The State Highway hereby respectfully submits the information therein requested. STATE HIGHWAY BOARD, By JoHN N. HoLDER, Chairman, RoBT. C. NEELY, STANLEY s. BENNETT. EXPENDITURES OF STATE AND FEDERAL FlJNDS. County Mileage State Appling __ 25.0 ---------- Bacon -- 29.4 21,196.39 Atkinson_ 17.3 $ 432.35 Baldwin - 45.6 Banks -- 26.9 Baker --- 14.0 Bartow -- 38.1 Barrow - 25.0 Berrien -- 44.2 31,252.65 3,077.39 140.21 9,034.36 33,157.10 1,346.28 1920 Federal -~-------- 14,264.96 ---------------------------- 1,171.86 ---------------------------- 1921 State Federal $ 13,985.79 ---------- 54;,103.84 9:,285.80 140.36 ---------- 6,236.86 Cr 35,900.01 3,717.72 9,802.68 112,07 19,792.53 15,188.66 5,866.63 31,359.40 Cr 69,906.94 2,007.40 ---------- 186 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Ben Hill - 13.3 Bibb ---- 42.2 Brooks -- 45.6 Brantley _ 36.2 Bleckley - 16.6 Bryan --- 48.9 Bulloch - 51.5 Burke -- 39.7 Butts --- 29.0 Campbell_ 16.4 Camden - 34.:3 - Candler 24.2 - Calhoun 17.9 Carroll -- 65.9 Catoosa - 13.5 Chatham _ 38.4 Chatooga 31.5 Chtchee - 34.1 Cherokee_ 21.8 Charlton - 18.9 Clinch --- 28.5 Clayton -- 30.3 Clay ---- 33.3 Clarke -- 25.7 Cobb ---- 43.9 Columbia_ 26.6 Coffee --- 34.7 Cook ---- 16.9 colquitt - 43.5 Coweta -- 54.8 Crisp ---- 24.4 Crawford_ 43.9 Dade ---- 23.0 Dawson - 9.5 Decatur __ 56.5 DeKalb - 23.9 Dodge -- 34.4 Dooly --- 48.0 Dougherty 31.15 Douglas - 23.8 Early --- 27.4 Echols -- 18.4 Effingham 32.8 Elbert --- 48.1 51,124.80 ---------- 46,496.98 ---------- 5,850.34 174,067.27 22,200.99 Cr 89,563.09 8,808.49 73,837.54 4,026.77 30,264.58 ---------- ---------- 563.88 5,628.02 1,640.68 ---------- 337.55 1,034.60 491.41 ---------- 10,267.26 ---------- 3,485.58 17,282.19 4,973.38 11,296.34 5,344.24 ---------896.33 ---------1,270.00 ---------- ---------- ---------- 163.11 11,940.65 ~,(942.37 1,113.40 4,022.97 3,985.31 1,309.37 ------------------- ---------- ---------- 9,375.91 1,222.98 ---------- 1,149.00 14,162.58 7,234.79 1,649.84 23,399.48 52,049.00 219.86 ---------- 1,217.46 144,865.15 4,892.96 4,516.86 18,973.09 89,131.50 1,510.71 5,986.85 1,601.43 19,406.90 920.10 ---------- 69.15 Cr 26,329.39 388.75 ---------- 1,068.00 4,563.03 41,815.00 12,204.07 1,859.89 98,841.73 4,045.43 ---------- 16,690.51 ---------- 1,191.88 ---------- 3,189.96 6,035.73 5,037.21 12,358.94 1,413.69 2,578.79 ---------- 24,107.50 ---------- 109,839.33 3,259.50 6,927.80 33,037.71 18,236.56 1,589.22 4,007.92 1,602.77 Cr 10,938.24 871.40 271.48 10,193.11 36,763.78 ---------30,582.62 6,792.50 2,075.78 7,851.61 ---------- 1,116.09 37,943.87 ---------- 72,417.38 --------- 65,000.00 ---------- ---------- 1,961.32 ---------- 4,129.43 4,052.46 2,244.27 ---------.45 ---------- 1,073.07 72,605.56 3,347.79 ---------2,218.49 ---------2,551.49 --------- 450.68 3,039.91 23,900.52 24,443.00 16,734.30 5,000.00 671.02 ---------- 7,315.84 2,757.00 5,692.53 ---------- 4,955.07 34,694.01 5,029.59 5i,085.94 11,598.02 68,814.06 1,600.36 31,546.24 3,351.84 9,914.47 1,977.12 ---------1,173.23 ---------1,863.34 ---------- 4,750.31 --------- 1,723.84 782.54 5,039.32 4,220.15 20,065.35 3,342.10 7,883.31 36,640.43 THURSDAY, J.ULY 6, 1922. 187 Emanuel - 52.3 733.07 62,339.58 Evans -- 11.3 Fannin -- 27.5 Fayette - 11.5 Floyd --- 47.8 6,446.75 18,895.56 1,034.65 27,3!16.14 1,577:98 ------------------- 36,789.84 Forsyth - 27.6 Franklin - 35.7 Fulton -- 34.0 Gilmer ___ 26.0 Glascock _ 10.5 Glynn --- 53.1 Glordon - 56.1 Grady --- 28.4 Gr~en --- 46.6 Gwinnett 48.0 27.90 32,016.46 1,397.89 ---------2,197.03 ---------- 31,865.15 ---------2,618.33 ---------- 14,064.96 24,548.95 101.24 Cr -------- 4,500.83 23,352.06 865.97 ---------- 159,072.59 22,192.41 Habersham 26.0 ---------- Hall ---- 45.3 61,565.60 4,703.38 12,604.35 Hancock - 49.1 2,802.93 1,554.52 Haralson_ 30.2 6,423.50 20,161.94 Harris -- 20.1 808.88 8,079.29 Hart ---- 22.2 Henry --- 26.5 530.86 ---------- 14,576.32 1,919.13 Heard -- 19.8 Houston - 71.6 Irwin --- 32.7 Jackson - 40.5 41,385.15 ---------1,294.69 ---------2,841.26 ---------- 3,950.36 13,260.71 Jasper -- 41.3 1,545.34 ---------- Jefferson_ 54.6 1,673.56 ---------- . Jeff Davis 22.3 283.71 ---------- Jenkins - 35.1 7,634.54 ---------- Jones --- 45.2 1,467.42 ---------- Johnson __ 12.7 1,440.73 ---------- Lanier --- 17.2 ---------- ---------- Lamar --- 28.3 ---------- ---------- Laurens - 77.9 2,330.83 7,323.17 Lee ----- 17.!f 1,164.46 3,878.25 Liberty -- 42.4 1,524.20 ---------- Lincoln -- 20.0 1,204.57 ---------- Long --- 36.0 ---------- ---------- Lowndes_ 60.3 6,443.42 54,188.55 Lumpkin_ 31.2 106,010.88 8,856.02 Macon -- 42.3 5,027.25 34,118.07 Madison - 31.9 Meriwether 49.1 209.01 ---------- 6,614.86 9,703.51 11,042.25 10,342.61 5,969.09 16,114.55 23,473.89 52,421.39 11,746.88 4,707.80 11,475.12 97,633.84 1,299.83- Cr 23,785.26 1,776.18 8,000.00 529.99 Cr 31,728.76 17,654.11 10,373.36 16,459.28 ---------- 37,089.87 141,915.38 4,275.19 ---------- 5,512.91 31,145.48 c, 6,529.01 4,500.23 24,423.54 117,393.19 8,863.91 ---------- 32,348.20 Cr 71,061.73 15,420.65 17,705.68 1,044.20 22,076.78 17,910.01 35,857.08 5,664.99 13,165.71 8,702.54 787.83 -19,412.73 ,Or 35,452.17 436.80 Cr 20,196.91 106,831.53 ---------- 3,030.36 43,719.04 52.11 ---------- 9,544.02 16,024.53 293.24 ---------- 2,574.48 CR 3,004.37 2,191.32 192.82 ---------1,470.69 3,079.37 ------------------- ---------- ---------- 128,800.30 1,024.75 17,394.34 9,113.42 ---------- 623.14 6,391.67 1,842.11 ---------123.82 Cr 67,785.81 101,459.59 64,221.00 4,217.12 19,500.87 2,119.48 ---------- 8,238.66 46,338.07 188 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Marion - 31.9 Milton -- 9.0 Miller --- 14.3 Mitchell - 47.2 Monroe -- 36.3 Morgan __ 32~4 ---------6,374.87 712.67 3,580.46 4,401.41 16,565.33 ---------1,096.68 ---------18,753.94 ---------56,378.61 972.11 ---------- 3,607.41 21,482.17 1,932.56 21,661.90 1,413.46 Cr 72,955.86 13,026.61 1,655.45 31,513.69 64,62L39 Montgmry 19.1 3,920.96 14,618.23 3,955.49 58,034.81 Muscogee 35.2 Murray - 21.2 McDuffie_ 27.0 1,292.36 ---------- 4,630.55 ---------- 1,977.94 6,387.51 1,262.93 ---------- 3,044.91 40,737.80 3,700.68 11,724.65 Mcintosh_ 38.4 Newton -- 23.9 Oglethorpe 17.2 Oconee -- 32.3 Paudling _ 21.9 9,390.21 2,096.12 3,562.38 15,040.40 7,209.81 ---------- ------------------- 9,107.21 5,008.31 42,369.12 45,000.00 4,381.02 29,564.8! 7,049.09 ---------- 5,199.50 Cr 7,228.89 483.86 ll,527.19 Pickens __ 27.6 Pierce -- 20.4 Pike ---- 32.9 Polk ---- 29.7 Putnam __ 55.5 Pulaski -- 44.2 1,256.38 Cr -------- 16,139.55 ---------6,373.69 ---------1,870.80 ------------------- ---------- 15,942.33 31,096.43 22,983.75 46,~14.76 58,838.46 7,502.32 791.83 14,650.70 7,492.31 28,729.23 29,095.92 21,625.57 ---------121,964.28 6A-;HOUSE JOURNAL CROUCH ---------- Quitman - 35.0 1,552.69 ---------- 18,094.65 14,605.78 Rabun --- 41.7 12,426.47 7,487.78 3,208.71 16,912.90 Rockdale_ 7.2 ---------- ---------- Randolph_ 40.6 2,ll6.49 7,009.53 2,550.93 ---------- 1,845.08 19,766.46 Richmond 54.0 4,798.10 2,408.90 2,508.65 30,726.22 Seminole_ 12.6 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Schley --- 24.7 1,066.32 1,288.60 2,249.03 3,684.50 Screven - 27.2 1,087.20 ---------- 1,277.50 ---------- Spalding _ 39.8 37,895.47 89,659.54 84.54 76,021.86 Stephens_ 21.9 7,106.02 21,299.75 2,822.04 15,247.04 Stewart __ 61.4 Sumter -- 55.1 4,610.79 ---------- 1,787.32 46,818.26 7,392.03 10,755.15 1,577.80 Cr 89,718.54 Talbot -- 39.7 Tattnall - 65.6 Taylor -- 31.2 Telfair -- 29.2 Taliferro_ 11.5 Terrell -- 33.5 Tift ----- 45.2 '.l1lomas - 65.5 279.26 ---------- 950.49 ---------- 8,708.59 ---------- 3",562.99 ---------- 1,053.76 ---------- 1,629.70 7,810.32 487.58 ---------- 4,756.14 61,450.93 1,497.08 1,370.35 6,681.43 3,883.49 4.00 1,714.96 4,795.00 3,541.15 ---------- ll,378.94 24,592.31 8,381.43 ---------- 13,453.29 17,280.85 41,800.66 Towns --- 20.2 12,863.44 16,128.69 60,467.16 27,588.67 Toombs -- 15.4 11.04 ---------- 14.49 ---------- ... THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922. 189 Treutlen - 14.2 Troup ,__ 52.1 Turner -- 14.6 Twiggs -- 26.9 Upson -- 26.7 Union --- 45.6 :Walker -- 33.6 Walton :.._ 36.3 Ware ---- 53.7 warren - 35.4 WtJhngton 55.9 Wayne -- 55.7 Webster - 21.0 White --- 25.1 W!heeler_ 43.6 Whitfield_ 24.8 Wilkes - 50.6 Wilkinson 37.7 Wilcox -- 36.6 Worth -- 52.3 17.94 4,&70.19 8.45 3,513.65 8,698.40 20,808.34 3,158.47 22,288.30 191.04 17,152.83 766.27 3,152.29 550.09 133.57 294.29 7,315.47 3,89~38 2,516.63 966.62 17,520.08 ---------69,939.26 ------------------- ---------- ---------998.16 80,739.41 ------------------- 10,448.61 ---------- ------------------- 20,395.42 ---------73,506.28 ------------------- 41,455.90 8.93 ---------- 602.67 108,6~AO 2,244.27 ---------- 7,613.66 7,444.31 ~126.14 24,592.31 36,003.79 ---------315.33 13,646.68 3,100.21 Cr 37,199.42 2,307.46 56,341.81 13,600.56 19,150.55 9,087.59Cr 22,617.36 2,590.65 7,481.62 10,092.62 4,591.30 ---------- ---------5,131.19 67,326.06 387.99 ---------- .55,079.28 5710916.12 5,109.14 Cr 7,469.18 180.62 8,304.91 24,458.15 27,396.86 By unanimous consent Senrute Bill No. 57 was withdrawn from the Committee on Public Highways and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 566 was withdrawn from the Committee on Privileges and Elections and recommitted to the Committee on Education. Mr. McMichael of Marion gave notice that on tomorrow he would move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House for the purpose of taking up for consideration House Resolution No. 117. Under the order of unfinished business, the follow- 190 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, ing bill of the Senate was taken up for further consideration: By Mr. Jones of the 37th- Senate Bill No. 7. A bill to provide for a secret . and priva1te ballot at all elections held in this State. The following Committee amendments were read and adopted : By striking from line No. 7 of Section No. 1 of said bill the word "joint" and the words "Board of Registrars'' and insert in lieu of the words ''Board of Registrars'' the word ''Ordinary,'' so that after amending the line No. 7 of Section 1 shall read" duty of the Ordinary of each County at." And the said bill is further amended by striking from Sections 3, 7, 16 and 17 the words "Board of Registrars ''and the words ''members of the Board of Registrars,'' or by striking from any other section of this bill where these words appear, and insert in lieu thereof the word ''Ordinary.'' By striking from said bill the Sections No. 18 and X o. 19, and renumbering the following Sections accordingly. By adding a new Section to be known as Section No. 19, as follows: ''Any Clerk of the Superior Court, or other officer into whose custody said ballot, and other election papers may thereafter be placed, who shall look into or inspect for the purpose of ascertaining how any elector voted, or who shall give out, tell, make known, or THURSDAY, JuLY 6, 1922. 191 furnish any data, memorandum or other information concerning for whom any elector voted; or against whom any elector voted, except when required by legal_process, shall be guilty of a felony and on conviction, shall be punished by confinement and labor in the Penitentiary not less than one year noi longer than two years.'' By adding to said bill Section to be known as Section ~o. 20 as follows: "Be it further enacted that in primary elections the Executive Committees of the several counties shall have the authority to fix the time for the opening and closing of the polls in their respective counties; but the closing time must be uniform throughout the county." By adding to Section 1, after the last line the following: ''No person or persons, other than the voter himself while occupying the booth or while in the immediate act of voting, shall come within ten feet of said booth or booths while said polls are open. . This Section shall not apply to any of the officers in charge of holding said election.'' The following amendmen~to the committee amendment was read and adopted: By Mr. Neill of Muscogee- By striking therefrom the word ''Felony'' and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Misdemeanor," and by striking therefrom the words ''By confinement and labor in the penetentiary not less than one year nor longer than two years," and inserting in 192 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, lieu thereof the following: ''as prescribed in section 1065 of the Penal Code of 1910. '' The following amendments to the original bill were read and adopted. By Mr. Neill of Muscogee- By striking from Section 1 the figures 1922 and substituting in lieu thereof the figures 1924, so as to make such bill effective from and after January 1,1924. By adding at the end of Section 2 thereof the following language: ''All candidates for nomination for State and County offices, including members of the General Assembly, in primary elections which are called and held by any political party, shall qualify as such candidates, in accordance with the rules of the party, calling the primary not later than thirty da~s previous to the holding of such primary, and the committee or other party authority of such party shall not fix any other or different time limit for qualification provided however that this provis- . ion shall not apply to special primary elections to fill vacancies.'' By adding after the word ''election'' in the twenty-second line of said section, fixing the time for the filing of names with the Secretary of State, the following language: "except in cases where a second Primary Election is necessary the names of such candidates shall be filed with the Secretary of State just as soon as possible after the determination of the result of said Second Primary.'' THURSDAY, JuLY 6, 1922. 193 By striking from Section 16 at the beginning thereof the words as follows: "Whereby the terms of this Act a joint duty is imposed upon the members of the Board of Registrars of the Counties of this State, said duty may be performed by a majority of said board of Registrars; and the.'' Mr. Macintyre of Thomas 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 as amended. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 129, Nays 13. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. Mr. McClelland of DeKalb moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Walker of Baker and Fowler of Bibb. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. Sig. 7 194 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, JuLY 7, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that when the House adjourn today that it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. Brannen of Bullock moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. 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 which have been favorably reported. 4. Passage of Uncontested Local House and FRIDAY, JuLY 7, 1922. 195 Senate Bills and 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 and Senate were introduced, read the first time and referred to the committees: By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd- Senate Bill No. 74. A bill to repeal Section 967 of Penal Code of 1910, relative to criminal procedure. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Williams of the 45th- Senate Bill No. 162. A bill to fix the time of holding the Superior Courts in various counties of Cordele Judicial Circuit. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. Branch of Turner and Coates of Pulaski- House Resolution No. 137. (669-A). A resolution to restore T. D. Davis to the Pension Rolls of the State of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Pensions. 196 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Mann of Glynn- House Bill No. 138. (669-B). A resolution to prevent disbanding or junking of the A. B. & A. Railroad. Referred to Committee on W. & A. Railroad. By Mr. Whitley of Douglas- House Resolution No. 139. (669-C). A resolution relative to who shall serve on Committees investigating State Departments. Referred to Committee on Rules. By Mr. Perryman of Talbot- House Resolution No. 140. (669-D). A resolution requiring the Prison Commission to furnish certain information to the General Assembly. Lie on Table 1 Day. By Messrs. Harris and King of J e:fferson- House Bill No. 646. A bill to abolish the local school system for the town of Stapleton (formerly Spread). Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Herring of Schley- House Bill No. 647. A bill to amend an act approved July 23, 1920, relative to fees of Clerks of Superior Courts, etc. FRIDAY, JuLY 7, 1922. 197 Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Messrs. Clarks and Lewis of Colquitt- House Bill No. 648. A bill to amend an act establishing Board of Commissioners for Colquitt county. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Thompson of Dodge- House Bill No. 649. A bill to amend Section 1, of an act relative to consolidated schools in certain counties. Referred to Committee on Education. By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 650. A bill relative to public sanitation in counties of certain populations. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 651. A bill to appropriate certain sums of money to Georgia School of Technology. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. 198 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 652. A bill to authorize counties of certain populations to provide for the paupers of the county. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Gann and Dobbs of Cobb- House Bill No. 653. A bill to amend an Act Entitled "An Act to regulate the use of motor vehicles in Georgia." Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By Messrs. McClure of \Valker and Russell of Barrow House Bill No. 654. A bill to appropriate $50,000 to the University of Georgia for Agriculture. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- House Bill ~o. 655. A bill to appropriate $150,000 for deficiency Georgia State Sanitarium for 1921. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1922. 199 By Mr. Adams of Walton- House Bill No. 656. A bill to decrease the membership of the Railroad Commission of Georgia. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By l\Ir. Horne of Dodge- House Bill No. 657. A bill to amend Section 2613 of Code of 1910, relative to the railroad commission of Georgia. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Branch of TurnerHouse Bill No. 658. A bill to repeal an act to establish the City Court of Ashburn. . Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. Atkinson of Chatham and Moore of Fulton- House Bill No. 659. A bill to provide for stenographic help for official reporters. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No2. By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty- House Bill No. 600. A bill to appropriate $30,000 to Agricultural and Industrial School at Albany. 200 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Bozeman of Worth- House Bill No. 661. A bill to amend an act approved Aug. 18, 1919, establishing a charter for city of Sylvester. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Quincey of Co~ee- House Bill No. 662. A bill to provide for the surrender of railroad franchises in Georgia. Referred to Committee on Railroads. By Messrs. Davis of Oglethorpe, Keith of Meri. wether, Brown of Emanuel, and McMichael of of Marion- House Bill No. 663. A bill to make it unlawful for conspiring to hinder firms or corporations doing certain things. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Kittrell of Laurens- House Bill No. 664. A bill to reduce the membership of the Railroad Commission of Georgia. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. ./ FRIDAY, JuLY 7, 1922. 201 By Mr. Webb of Lowndes- House Bill No. 665. A bill to require the State Veternarian to co-operate with State Bureau of . Animal Industry in suppression of Bovine tuber- culosis. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- House Bill .No. 666. A bill to require Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Baldwin County to pay certain fees. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Williams of Walton- House Bill X o. 667. A bill to decrease the membership of the Railroad Commission of Georgia. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Messrs. Ficklen and Bobo of Wilkes- House Bill No. 668. A bill to amend Section 331 of Code of 1910, relative to meeting of General Assembly. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Messrs. Whitley of Douglas, Malone of Bibb and Horne of Dodge- 202 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 669. A bill to amend prohibition law by providing specific punishment for violations thereof. Referred to Committee on Temperance. 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 instrueted me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. House Bill No. 440. House Bill No. 587. House Bill No. 614. House Bill No. 573 (by substitute). House Bill No. 570. House Bill No. 571. Respectfully subrilltted, RoBERT L. MoYE, 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 FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1922. 203 had under consideration the following Bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairwan, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that following do not pass. Senate Bill No. 119. House Bill No. 10. House Bill No. 92. House Bill?\o. 99. House Bill Xo. 174. House Bill No. 175. House Bill No. 176. House Bill No. 177. House Bill No. 231. House Bill No. 521. House Bill No. 576. That following do pass: House Bill No. 564 (as amended). House Bill No. 586. House Bill Xo. 618. Respectfully submitted, J~o. CAMP DAvis, Chairman. Mr. Williams of walton County, Chairman of the Committee on Reformatories submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Reforma,tories have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same 204 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, back to the House with the recommendation that the . same do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 65. Respectfully subm1tted, E. M. WILLIAMS OF WALTON, Chairman. Mr. Moore of Appling County, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections have submitted .the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration the following Senate Bill No. 110 of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass. Respectfully submitted, MooRE oF APPLING, 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 Bill of the House FRIDAY, JuLY 7, 1922. 205 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. 581. Respectfully submitted, SwrFT of Elbert, 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 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. 626. Do pass. House Bill No. 204. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 203. Recommitted to this Committee is returned to the House with the same recommendation as formerly viz., that it do pass. DuBosE, Chairman. Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government submitted the following report: 206 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, 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. 584. House Bill No. 580. House Bill No, 600. House Bill No. 604. SMITH OF MERIWETHER, Chairman. Mr. Guess of DaKalb 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 recommendat:Uon as follows: Senate Bill No. 60, do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 617, do pass. House Bill No. 621, do pass. House Bill No. 608, do pass. FRIDAY, JuLY 7, 1922. 207 House Bill No. 609, ~o pass. Respectfully submitted, GuEss OF DEKALB, 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. 619. PICKREN, Chairman. The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read for the second time : By Mr. Arnold of Clay- House Bill No. 440. A bill to make it .the duty of certain officers to let contracts to lowest bidders in road work. 208 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Perkins of Muscogee- House Bill No. 564. A bill to provide for the electrocution of persons sentenced to death. By Mr. Camp of Campbell- House Bill No. 570. A bill to establish a county depository in Campbell County. By Mr. Camp of Campbell- House Bill No. 571. A bill to abolish the office of county Treasurer of Campbell oounty. By Messrs. Moore & Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 573. A bill to authorize various counties to prescribe period of fiscal years By Mr. Mann of GlynnHouse Bill No. 580. A bill to provide construction of certain roads in the county of Glynn. By Mr. Mann of GlynnHouse Bill No. 681. A bill to grant to Glynn county certain marsh lands herein prescribed. By Mr. Hodges of EvansHouse Bill No. !584. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Claxton. By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee- FRIDAY, JuLY 7, 1922. 209 House Bill No. 586. A bill to amend an act to abolish Justice Courts in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. By Mr. Singletary of Grady- House Bill No. 587. A bill to prohibit the levying of taxes by authorities in counties of certain populations for certain county purposes. By Messrs. Pilcher and McDonald of Richmond- House Bill No. 600. A bill to amend an act approved July 25, 1921, relative to fire department of city of Augusta. By Messrs. Swindle and DeLaPerriere of Jackson- House Bill No. 604. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Nicholson in Jackson County1 Georgia. By Mr. Maddox of SpaldwinHouse Bill No. 614. A bill to provide a fund for employing county police in certain counties of the State. By Mr. Guess of DeKalb- House Bill No. 617. A bill to fix compensation of Jury Commissioners and for other purposes. By Mr. Voeelle of CamdenHouse Bill No. 618. A bill to repeal Section 388 210 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to jurisdiction of certain courts over certain offenses. By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee- House Bill No. 619. A bill to ratify and confirm a sale by the Commissioner of Commons of City of Columbus. By Mr. Houston of Gwinnett- House Bill No. 621. A bill to amend an act approved Aug. 17, 1908, amending an act incorporating the city of Norcross. By :Mr. Reagan of Henry- House Bill No. 626. A bill to amend an act entitled ''An Act known as the General Tax Act,'' and for other. purposes. By Messrs. Wall of the 5th and David of the 43rd- Senate Bill No. 60. A bill to amend an act entitled ''An act to establish the Securities Commission.'' 'rhe following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage : By Mr. Ricketson of Warren- House Bill No. 602. A bill to amend an act to establish Public Schools for the town of Warrenton, so as to fix the terms of office of members of said Board of Education and to provide for their election FRIDAY, JuLY 7, 1922. 211 by the qualified voters 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 125, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Moore of Appling- House Bill No. 608. A bill to create the office of Roads and Revenue of the county of Appling, provide for his election, recall and further 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. Moore of Appling- House Bill No. 607. A bill to amend an act approved July 29, 1915, crea,ting a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, for the county of Appling, amending same by Referendum and further purposes. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 212 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 122, 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. lJ1 r. Speaker: The Senate has read and adopted the following resolution to-w1t: A Resolution inviting Hon. Wm. J. Harris to address the General Assembly, at present session. Mr. McMichael of Marion moved that the House do now resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House for the purpose of taking up for consideration House Resolution No. 117 and the motion prevailed. The following resolution of the House was read: By Mr. McMichael of Marion- House Resolution No. 117. A resolut~on that the House approve the Minority Report of the State Highway Department Investigating Committee. Under the above motion, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Mundy of Polk as the Chairman thereof. The Committee of the Whole House arose and FRIDAY, JuLY 7, 1922. 213 through their Chairman reported progress and begged leave to sit again. Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on next Tuesday morning immediately following the period of unanimous consents for the purpose of taking up the above resolution for further consideration and the motion prevailed. Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Trippe and Johnson of Bartow. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o 1clock. 214 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. :MoNDAY, JULY 10, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy 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 Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway MoNDAY, JuLY 10, 1922. 215 Horne Mayo Houser Miles Houston Mixon Howard of Forsyth Moore of Appling Howard of Screven Moore of Fulton Hufstetler Moye Hullender Mundy Hunter Neal of Union Hyman. Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parrish Jones of \Valker Patten Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee Perryman Johnson of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren King of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pruett ;Langford of Hall Quincey Lankford of Toombs Ramsey Lewis Reagan Logan Reville Luke Ricketson McClelland Riley McClure Robinson McDonald of Mitchell Russell McDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon McGarity Sapp Macintyre Shettlesworth McMichael Sibley Maddox Singletary Malone Smiley Mann Smith of Bryan Manning Smith of Carroll Mason Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb weston \Vhitley Whitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of ~iller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt \Vynne Mr. Speaker By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 216 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, 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. 2. Reports of Standing Committees. 3. Reading of Hous.e 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 of the House, were introduced, read for the first time and referrd to the committees: By Mr. V ocelle of Camden- House Bill No. 670. A bill to amend Section 5997 of Civil Code of Georgia of 1910, relative to legal fees of sheriffs. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Coates of Pulaski- House Bill No. 671. A bill vesting in the Railroad Commission of Georgia, authority over motor vehicles. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. MoNDAY, JuLY 10, 1922. 217 By Mr. Wimberly of Laurens- House Bill No. 672. A bill to amend Section 2823 of Code of 1910 relative to publication of petitions for incorporation of charters granted by Superior Courts. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Horne of Dodge- House Bill No. 673. A bill to extend the power and authority of the Chairman of the State Highway Department. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty- House Bill No. 674. A bill to withdraw the priviledge of admission to the Georgia Bar by diploma alone. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 675. A bill to define the liability of hotel keepers for lost articles. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Messrs. Pilcher, McDonald and Reville of Richmond, and Hamilton of Floyd- 218 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 676. A bill to prohibit employ.ment of :firep1en in cities of certain population. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Munday of Polk- House Bill No. 677. A bill relative to authority of officers who attest the executions of deeds, etc. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Messrs. DeLaPerriere and Swindle of JacksonHouse Bill No. 678. A bill to amend Section 1, of the Act amending the Highway Department Act, approved Aug. 10, 1921. Referred to Committee on Public Highway. By Mr. Strickland of Brantley- Honse Bill No. 679. A bill to require non-residents of Brantley county to secure licenses .to :fish in water thereof. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. By Mr. Steele of DeKalb- House Bill No. 680. A bill to amend an Act known as the Georgia \Vorkmen Compensation Act, approved Aug. 17, 1920. Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics. MoNDAY, JuLY 10, 1922. 219 By Messrs. Grannen and Parish of Bullock- House Bill No. 681. A bill to amend Section 2 of an act approved Aug. 10, 1903, relative to city court of Statesboro. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Wall of Putnam- House Resolution No. 141. (680-A) A resolution to investigate work of the State Board of Entomology. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1. By Mr. Holloway of Fulton- House Resolution No. 142. (681-A). A resolution to provide for adjourned session of Appropriations and Ways and Means Committees. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. Mr. McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report: Mr. Speake1: Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration House Bill No. 601. To amend an Act creating "The City Court of Thomasville" and instructed me as their Chairman to report the a same back to the House with recommendation that 220 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, the same do pass. Also House Bill No. 658. To abolish City Court of Ashburn and direct me to report that the same do pass. P. WALTER McDoNALD oF RICHMOND, Chairman. The following bills of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time : By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 65. A bill relating to the placing out of children by persons other than parents or relatives. By Messrs. Macintyre and Jones of Thomas- House Bill No. 601. A bill to amend an act creating the City Court of Thomasville. By Mr. Branch of Turner- House Bill No. 658. A bill to repeal an act to establish the City Court of Ashburn, Turner county. The Following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage : By ~fr. Camp of Campbell- House Bill No. 570. A bill to establish a County Depository in Campbe1l County, and for other purposes. MoNDAY, JuLY 10, 1922. 221 The report 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. Camp of Campbell- House Bill No. 571. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Campbell 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 112, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Mann of Glynn- House Bill No. 580. A bill relative to building and construction of certain roads in Glynn County outside corporate limits 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 111, Nays 0. 222 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The bill having received the requisite constitutional.majority was passed. By Mr. Hodges of Evans- House Bill No. 584. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Claxton. The report 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 Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee- House Bill No. 586. A bill to amend an act to abolish Justice Courts and office of Justice of Peace and Notary Public Ex-officio J. P. and to create in lieu a :Municipal Court in and for Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, and regulation of cost bills, 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, No.2. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. MoNDAY, JULY 10, 1922. 223 By Mr. Singletary of Grady- House Bill No. 587. A bill to prohibit the levying or collection by the taxing authorities of any counties of this State having a certain population of any ad valorem tax in e'xcess of 10 mills in the aggregate for county purposes, except for certain purposes~ and for other purposes. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Swindle and DeLaPerriere of Jackson- House Bill No. 604. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Nicholson, so as to enlarge the corporate limits and change the terms of the :M:ayor and Councilmen, 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 Messrs. Neill, Perkins and Hatcher of Muscogee- 224 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill Ko. 619. A bill to ratify and confirm a sale by the Commissioners of Commons of the City of Columbus to J. T. Cooper by deed dated October 6, 1910, of all of that tract of land designated in the survey of Commons of the City of Columbus, Georgia, as Block Number 42, 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 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Houston of Gwinnett- House Bill No. 621. A bill to amend an Act amending an act incorporating the town of Norcross so as to change the time of holding elections for Mayor and Councilmen 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 constituttional majority was passed. By Mr. Mann of Glynn- House Bill No. 581. A bill to grant to Glynn County certain marsh land and for other purposes. MoNDAY, JuLY 10, 1922. 225 The following committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend by adding to paragraph (1) one the following: ''Provided said grant herein created shall be used exclusively for highway purposes, and Provided further that should said use herein designated be abandoned,_ then said property shall revert to the State." 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 110, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. The following resolution of the Senate was read and concurred in : By Messrs. Thorpe of the 2nd, Foy of the 1st, Campbell of the 34th, and others : Senate Resolution No. 70. A resolution by the 8enate, the House concurring, that Hon. Wm. J. Harris be invited to address the General Assembly. By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was read: By Mr. Perryman of Talbot- House Resolution No. 104. A resolution to require the Prison Commission of Georgia to furnish Sig. 8 226 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, to the General Assembly certain needed information and for other purposes. The follo\\ring amendment to the above resolution was read and adopted : By Mr. Arnold of ClayAmend by striking July 11th and substituting July 15th as the time for submitting said information. The resolution was adopted as amended. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 64 was withdrawn from the House. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 12 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar. By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were placed upon the table: Senate Bill No. 16. Senate Bill No. 17. Senate Bill No. 30. By unanimous c;onsent the further reading of Senate Bills was dispensed with. The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage : By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty- House Bill No. 12. A bill to harmonize the State and Federal game laws where conflicts now exist by MoNDAY, JuLY 10, 1922. 227 providing for a defense in the State Courts when the acts charged are legalized under Federal Law. Mr. Duncan .of Hall movd that the bill with all amendments and substitutes be tabled and the motion prevailed. 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 the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, and in lieu thereof to prescribe a statutory salary for such office, and for other reasons. The following substitute was read and adopted: By Mr. Whitley of Douglas- An Act to abolish the fee sy~;~tem now existing in the Superior Court of the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor-General and all fees now, heretofore or hereafter to the office of Solicitor-General, in said circuit, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation attached to said office; to provide for the payment of a salary to said Solicitor-General, in addition to the salary prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; to provide for the disposition of the fines, forfeitures and fees, including insolvent costs, accruing to the office of Solicitor-General in said judicial circuit; to impose certain duties upon the clerks of the Superior courts of the counties composing said circuit, and upon the 228 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Solicitor-General of said circuit, in reference to the ' collection, payment and disposition of all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to the office of Solicitor-General; to provide for the levy and collection of a tax by the county authorities of the various counties composing said circuit for the purpose of paying the salary of the said SolicitorGeneral, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. The fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of solicitor-general, and all fees now or heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, be and the same are hereby abolished, in so far as the same constitutes the compensation of said solicitorgeneral; but the same schedule of fees and costs, prescribed under existing laws, shall remain for the purpose of ascertaining the sum or sums to be paid into the treasuries of the counties composing said . judicial circuits, as provided by Section 3 of this Act; and the solicitor-general of said judicial circuit shall hereafter be paid a salary, as hereinafter provided, in lieu of fees, as under the present system. SEc. 2. The salary of the solicitor-general of the said Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit shall be the sum of $3,750.00 per annum, in addition to the salary of $250.00 per annum prescribed in Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State; MoNDAY, JuLY 10, 1922. 229 which said salary (additional to the constitutional salary of $250.00 per annum) shall be paid pro rata out of the general treasuries of the various counties composing said circuit; that is each county shall pay one-fourth (1;4) of said salary. It shall be and is hereby made the duty of the ordinary, county commissioners, or other authority having control of county matters, in each of said counties, to cause the part or portion of said salary, so assessed against each of said counties, to be paid to said solicitorgeneral quarterly, in each year, out of the funds of said counties; that is to say, on the first days of April, July, October, and January, and upon regular county warrants issued therefor; and it is further made the duty of said ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities, having control of county mwtters, to make provisions annually, when levying taxes for expenses of courts, for the levying and collection of sufficient taxes in their respective counties, for the purpose of paying the portion of said salary chargeable against their respective counties, as hereinbefore set forth; and the power to levy taxes for such purpose is hereby delegated to said counties. Said salary of $3,750.00 and the constitutional salary of $250.00 shall be in full payment for all the services of said solicitorgeneral for all traveling and other expenses and for all sums paid out by said solicitor-general for clerical aid and legal assistants engaged or employed by him, except as provided in Section 5 of this Act. SEc. 3. In the distribution among officers of 230 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, court of all costs, both in particular cases or matters and all insolvent costs, and all fines, forfeitures, and fees paid into the superior courts of the counties composing said judicial circuit or which may become due and payable therein, the said counties shall be subrogated to the rights and claims of the solicitor-general of said circuit, and any former solicitor-general, and shall stand in their places and stead, and shall be entitled to all funds, moneys and emoluments accruing to said office in said judicial circuit; and hereafter when orders on this insolvent fund or other judgment or finding are entered or approYed in behalf of other officers of court, instead of the same being entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, as under the present system, the same shall be entered and approved in the name of the solicitor-general, for use and benefit of the respective counties of said circuit. All costs, both in particular cases or matter, and all insolvent costs, and all fines, forfeitures and fees, and all funds, monies, and emoluments accruing to the office of solicitor-general in said judicial circuit, under any laws heretofore or now existing or which may hereinafter be enacted, shall be collected by the clerks of the superior courts of the various counties composing said judicial circuit, and shall be paid by said clerks into the treasuries of their respective counties ; all of which said sums shall be the property of said counties; that !s to say, all sums collected from any and all cases or matters arising in any particular county shall be paid by said clerk into the treasury of that county, and shall become the prop- MoNDAY, JuLY 10, 1922. 231 erty of such county. Said clerks shall make written reports, under oath, of the amounts so collected, and make payment and remittance thereof to the treas- urers or other custodians of county funds of said counties, within thirty days after the adjournment of each term of court held in their respective counties, and shall furnish a duplicate of said sworn statement to the ordinaries, county commissioners, or other county authorities of such counties, at the time of making such statement and remittance to said county treasurers. Said clerks of the superior courts of said counties shall keep an accurate, detailed and exact record of all fees and emoluments, including insolvent costs, earned by the said solicitor-general of said circuit, from any and all sources whatsoever, arising within their respective counties, and likewise keep a record of all sums collected by them, under the provisions of this Act, and paid by them into the treasuries of their respective counties; and their books, records and vouchers relating thereto shall be open to the inspection of the public, as other public records, and shall be the subject of investigation and inquiry by the grand juries of said counties; and shall also be audited whenever the books and records of other county officials are audited. SEc. 4. The solicitor-general of said circuit is hereby made chargeable with the duty of justly and accurately accounting to said clerks for all fees earned and cost collected from any source whatsoever, in the various counties of said circuit; and, at 232 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, the conclusion of each term of court, he shall reView and verify the books, records and vouchers of said clerks, as to all fees earned and costs collected; and it shall be his duty at all times, to exercise supervision over the collection of all said fines, fees and forfeitures, in all of the counties of said circuit, and to see that all sums of money due thereunder are faithfully collected and accurately accounted for and paid into the treasuries of said counties; and it shall be his duty to furnish his own services as attorney at law in the collection of all such sums, whenever it becomes necessary. SEc. 5. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the fees now allowed by law to solicitorgeneral of this State for appearance in criminal cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of this State. SEc. 6. This Act shall not go into effect until the first day of January, 1923. SEc. 7. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. The following amendments to the substitute were read and adopted : By Mr. McGarity of Paulding- Amend by adding to Section 2 of said bill the following: ''In no event shall said Solicit_or-General, at any one time, draw from or be paid as a salary out of the Treasury of any one of the counties in the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit a greater sum or amount MONDAY, JULY 10, 1922. 233 than his office, under this act, has caused to be paid into said treasury during the time for which said salary is being paid.'' Amend by striking from lines 4 and 5 on page 4 the following words: ''The adjournment of each term of court held in their respective counties''; and by placing in lieu thereof the following words: ''Same has come into his hands." The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute as amended, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 108, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended. By Mr. Pruett of Lumpkin- House Bill No. 62. A bill to allow common carriers, operating and doing business in this State, to issue annual passes, to sheriffs and their lawful deputies and for other purp<;>ses. The following Committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend by adding at the end of Section 1, the following words : ''Provided, that the term 'Sheriffs and their lawful deputies' as used in this Act shall mean one sheriff and one lawful deputy for each county of this state. Provided further, that when- 234 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, ever any sheriff or deputy shall travel on such free pass, such sheriff or deputy shall have no right to charge or colleet, from any source, railroad fare covering such trip." 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 116, Nays 16. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By Mr. Hunter of Chatham- House Bill No. 70. A bill to authorize common carriers to dispose Df articles of freight or baggage which has been unclaimed or refused. Mr. Duncan of Hall moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and the bill went over as unfinished business. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Langford of Hall, and Clark of Colquitt. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. TuESDAY, JuLY 11, 1922. 235 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. TuESDAY JuLY 11, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal 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. 2. Reports of Standing Committees. 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. 6. Report of Special Memorial Committee. By unanimous consent, the following bills and 236 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the committees: By Mr. Munday of Polk- House Bill No. 682. A bill to prohibit any person, firm or corporation from giving. anything to any person to secure State, City or County trade. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Phillips of Jasper- House Bill No. 683. A bill to amend an act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads & Revenues for Jasper County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Carswell of Wilkinson & Chlpepper of Fayette- House Bill No. 684. A bill relating to a special officer for protection of common carriers. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Collins of Cherokee- House Bill No. 685. A bill to amend an :Act relative to public school system of Canton, Cherokee County. Referred to Committee on Education. TuESDAY, JuLY 11, 1922. 237 By Messrs. Williams and Adams of Walton- House Bill No. 686. A bill to amend an act relative to changing time of holding Superior Court of Walton County. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. Gresham & Hatcher of Burke.Hou.se Bill No. 687. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Waynesboro. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. McGarity of Paulding House Bill No. 688. A bill to amend Section 416 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to certain callings. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Wimberly of Laurens- House Bill No. 689. A bill to amend section 3176 of Code of 1910, relative to bonds to be given by surviving partners of a firm. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson- House Bill No. 690. A bill to make it a misdemeanor to write a check with the intent to defraud. 238 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No 2. By Mr. Clarke of WebsterHouse Bill No. 691. A bill regulating manner of tax collectors settling with school authorities of school taxes. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Valentino of Chatham- House Bill No. 692. A bill regulating sale of drugs in state of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics. By Messrs. Moye others- of Randolph, Munday of Pork and House Bill No. 693. A bill to substitute a Board of Control for the different Boards of Trustees of the University of Georgia. Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 694. A bill to fix the fees of coroners in the counties of the state. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. TuESDAY, JuLY 11, 1922. 239 By Mr. Riley of Sumter- House Bill No. 695. A bill to amend Section 4126 of Code of 1910 relative to responsibility for purchasing shipped goods by mistake. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Messrs. Riley and Hines of Sumter- House Bill No. 696. A bill to amend an act relative to granting corporate authority to City of Americus. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Luke of Ben Hill- House Bill No. 697. A bill to amend Section 33, 34 and 35 of Charter of the city of Fitzgerald. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Brown of Emanuel and Lankford of Toombs- Honse Bill No. 698. A bill to change fees for licenses of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By Mr. Lankford of Tooinbs- House Bill No. 699. A bill to abolish . the independent school system of the city of Lyons. Referred to Committee on Education. 240 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Lankford of Toombs- Honse Bill No. 700. A bill to abolish the office of Attorney for the Railroad Commission of Georgia. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Fowler of Bibb- House Bill No. 701. A bill empowering the Governor to appoint railroad policemen and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Williams of MillerHouse Bill No. 702. A bill to amend an act creat- ing the charter of the city of Colquitt. Referred. to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Collins of Cherokee- House Bill No. 703. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Canton. Referred to Committee on Muncipal Government. By Mr. Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 704. A bill to pay veterans of worl.d war a State bonus. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. TuESDAY, JuLY 11, 1922. 241 11r. 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 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 to-wit: House Bill No. 554. House Bill No. '575. DoBBS oF CoBB, Chairman. Mr. 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 House Bills No. 598 and No. 568 and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. VAN LANDINGHAM of Seminole, Chairman. Mr. Ficklen of Wilkes County, Chairman of the 242 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Committee on Insurance submitted the following report: M 1. Speaker: Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following House Bill No. 561 and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. BoYcE FrcKLEN, Chairman. Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations has submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bill of the House, House Bill No. 616, and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass. PICKREN OF CHARLTON, Chairman. By unanimous consent, the following bills of the House, favorably reported by the Committees, were read for the second time: By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and B-entley of Fulton- TuESDAY, JuLY 11, 1922. 243 House Bill No. 554. A bill to authorize and empower the Trustees of Georgia Sehool of Technology to collect tuition fees. Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. By Mr. DuBose of ClarkeHouse Bill No. 561. A bill to amend an Act en- titled ''An Act to create the Department of Insurance.'' Referred to Committee on Insurance. By :Messrs. Guess, Steele & McClelland of DeKalb- House Bill No. 568. A bill to repeal an Act, approved Aug. 13, 1914, entited ''An act to regulate the business of Investment Companies.'' Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. By Messrs. Whitaker of Lowndes and Woodard of Cook: A bill to change the name of the South Georgia State Normal College at Valdosta. Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. By Mr. Hatcher of Burke- House Bill No. 598. A bill to amend Section 1249 of Vol. 1 of Code of 1910, relative to the Governor selecting certain banks as State Depositories. Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. 244 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Messrs. Macintyre and Jones of Thomas- House Bill No. 601. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Thomasville. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 109, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Guess of DeKalb- House Bill No. 617. A bill to fix compensation of Jury Commissioners 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. Branch of Turner- House Bill No. 658. A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Ashburn and for other purposes. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. TuESDAY, JuLY 11, 1922. 245 On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Pilcher and McDonald of Richmond- House Bill No. 600. A bill to amend an Act to promote the efficiency and improve the condition of 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 130, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. The following report of the Special Memorial . Committee was submitted and read: Mr. Speaker: Your Special Committee appointed to draft suitable resolutions concerning ithe death of certain members of this House since last session, respectfully submit the attached resolution and recommended its adoption. We further. recommend that the members of this committee be allowed five minutes on the floor of the House to pay a fitting tribute to the memory of 246 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, these men who have died, such tribute to be concluded by prayer by Malone of Bibb. Respectfully submitted, DAVIS OF OGLETHORPE, ~!ALONE OF BIBB, BEcKHAM oF DouGHERTY. The following resolution of the Special Memorial Committee was read and adopted by unanimous rising vote : House Resolution No. 143: lVhereas, an all wise providence has removed from the ranks of this house since our last session the spirits of J. R. Monroe of Wilcox, Mark Tison of Worth, and N. A. Bradford of Whitfield, all of whom were well beloved and active members of this House, and TVhereas, in the passing of these excellent characters the House is inexpressibly grieved with a sense of deep loss, Now Therefure be it Resolved by the House that we express our sympathy to the families of these departed ones and give assurance of the appreciation and high esteem in which these beloved members were held, and that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the Journal of the House and a copy sent by the Clerk to the families of the deceased. TuESDAY, JuLY 11, 1922. 247 In compliance with the report of the Special Memorial Committee the House was lead in prayer by the Hon. J. F. Malone, Representative from the County of Bibb. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 239 and House Bill No. 642 were withdrawn from the House By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 16 was taken from the table and recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration: By Mr. Hunter of ChathamHouse Bill No. 70. A bill to authorize common carriers in this State to sell articles of freight or baggage which are unclaimed or refused, and for other purposes. The following substitute was read and adopted: By Mr. Hunter of Chatham- A bill to be entitled" An ~J\.ct 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 reason and provide for the disposition of proceeds thereof, and repeal Sections 2757, 2758, 2759 and 2760 of the Code of the State of Georgia of 1910, which sections relate to the sale of unclaimed freight and disposition of the proceeds thereof, and for other purposes." 248 J O"C"RNAL OF THE HousE, 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 any common carrier having an office or place of business in this State, and which has had in its possession for a period of sixty days after arrival at destination any article of fr:eight, not live or perishable, or baggage which is unclaimed or refused or cannot be delivered for any reason, may after the expiration of the said sixty days, sell the same at public auction any point where in the opinion of the common carrier the best price can be obtained, provided, however, that written notice of such sale shall be mailed to the consignor or consignee not less than fifteen days before such sale shall be made, or notice of the sale shall be published once a week for two weeks in newspaper where sheriff's advertisements are published at the point of sale, and the said sale shall also be published as aforesaid at the Court House door in said County and also upon a bulletin board for that purpose in the station at said point. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted that where such freight is live freight, the same niay be sold on five day's notice, the carrier to give the notice in such manner as the carrier in the exercise of good faith and with a view to making the best sale shall determine; personal notice to either consignor or consignee of such freight or notice advertised in newspaper in which sheriffs' advertisements are published, shall be deemed sufficient. SEc. 3. Be it further enacted that where such TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1922. 249 freight is perishable freight, or freight subject to determination, the common carrier may sell the same in such manner and at such time as will best protect the interest of the carrier, the consignor and consignee, and wherever practical the consignor and consignee shall be notified of the proposed sale of such freight. SEc. 4. Be it further enacted that a record shall be kept of the articles sold under the provisions of this Act, of the name and address of purchaser and of the prices obtained for same, and the carrier shall, after deducting all charges, and expense of the advertisement and sale, pay the balance to the owner of such articles. SEc. 5. Be it further enacted, That Section 2757 of the Code of 1910 of the State of Georgia, providing for the sale of undelivered freight after six months, That Section 2758 of said Code, providing for the sale of undelivered live freight after five days notice and undelivered perishables after twenty-four hours notice, That Section 2759 of said Code, regulating the disposition of the net proceeds of any such sale, and That Section 2760 of said Code, providing that upon compliance with the foregoing sections carrier shall be relieved of liability for safekeeping of freight or proceeds, be and the same are, hereby repealed. SEc. 6. .Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. 250 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The following amendment to the substitute was read and adopted: By Mr. Thompson of Coweta- Amend by striking from line 12 of Section 1 the word "or" and substituting in lieu thereof the word "and", and by striking from line 5 of Section 2 the words "either" and "or consignee." 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 125, Nays 3. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended. By unanimous consent House Hill No. 244 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted : By Mr. Brownlee of Elbert- House Resolution No. 144. Be it resolved by the . House of Representatives that the privileges of the floor of the House be extended to the Hon. J. G. Childs during his stay in the city, or for the day. Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House for the TuESDAY, JuLY 11, 1922. 251 purpose of continuing the discussion of House Resolution No. 117 and the motion prevailed. Under the above motion the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Mundy of Polk 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 by substitute. 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. STATE OF GEORGIA: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA. To the General Assernbly of Georgia: In February, 1922, the State Board of Entomology made a contract with The Sherwin-Williams Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, to furnish to the farmers 252 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, of Georgia, through the State Board of Entomology, sufficient stocks of Calcium Arsenite to meet the demands and requirements of the farmers of Georgia, at and for the contract price of nine (9c) cents per pound, delivered in car load lots at any point in Georgia. Since the execution of the aforesaid contract the price of Calcium Arsenite has advanced, and the State Department of Enotomology is having considerable trouble in securing the performance of the . contract by The Sherwin-Williams Company. Under the distressing agricultural conditions in Georgia, this is a grave menace to our cotton crop, and it is most important that the General Assembly shall take immediate steps to give to the State Board of Entomology funds with which to secure the performance of the contract by said Sherwin-Williams Company, and to otherwise provide for Calcium Arsenite for the farmers of Georgia. House Bill No. 377, by Mr. Williams, of Walton, has already been recommended by the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and ::\feans, and is now on the calendar of the House ready for passage. I earnestly urge you to give immediate consideration to the above measure, as it is believed that its passage will greatly relieve the above situation. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS \V. HARDWICK, Governor. TuESDAY, JuLY 11, 1922. 253 The following resolution of the House was read: By Mr. McMichael of Marion- House Resolution No. 117. A resolution that the House approve the Minority Report of the State Highway Department Investigating Committee. The following Committee substitute was read and adopted: Whereas, the members of the House have not read all of the evidence submitted to the Highway Committee, Therefore be it resolved, that both the majority and minority reports be filed for information of the House, and that the Committee be discharged. On the adoption of the resolution the Ayes were 126, Nays 45, and the resolution was adopted by substitute. Mr. Vocelle of Camden moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. 254 Jo-c-RNAL OF THE HousE, REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. "'WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. 1\L; 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 \Valton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleck ley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy 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 Da,is of Floyd Da,is 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 Gn.nt Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hin~;s of Sumter Hodges Holland WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1922. 255 Holloway Mayo Horne Miles Houser Mixon Houston ~Ioore of Appling Howard of Forsyth Moore of Fulton Howard of Screven Moye Hufstetler :Mundy Hullender Neal of Union Hunter Nichols Hyman Owen Jackson Parks Jones of Coweta Parrish Jones of Thomas Patten Jones of \Valker Penland Johnson of Bartow Perkins Johnson of Perryman Chattahoochee Peterson Johnson of Pickens Phillips of Jasper Keith Phillips of Telfair Kennedy Pickren King of Jefferson Pilcher King of Wilcox Price Kittrell Pruett Knight Quincey Langford of Hall Ramsey Lankford of Toombs Reagan Lewis Reville Logan Ricketson Luke Riley ::\IcClelland Robinson McClure Russell ::\IcDonald of Mitchell Rutherford McDonald of Salmon Richmond Sapp ::\IcGarity Shettlesworth ::\Iaclntyre Sibley McMichael Singletary Maddox Smiley Malone Smith of Bryan Mann Smith of Carroll :\Ianning Smith of Haralson Mason Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stomll Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall \Vatkins Way \Vebb Weston Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth 'Villiams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of 'Valton Wimberly \Yinship 'Yood \Yoodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne ::\Ir. Speaker 256 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules. 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. The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted: By Mr. Johnson of Bartow- House Resolution No. 146. A resolution extending the priviledges of the floor of the House to Mrs. W. H. Felton. By Mr. Johnson of Bartow- House Resolution No. 145. A resolution extending ing the privileges of the floor of the House to Mrs. G. Veasey. By Messrs. Rile~- of Sumter and Williams of Miller- .WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1922. 257 House Resolution No. 150. A resolution extending the privileges of the floor of the House to Dr. 0. B. Bush and Judge Crawley of Waycross. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the committees: By Mr. Horne of Dodge~ House Resolution No. 147. (705-A). A resolution to amend Article 6, Section 7, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution relative to jurisdiction of justice courts in civil cases. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bulloch- Honse Resolution No. 148. (715-A). A resolution to authorize the sale of certain lands for benefit 1st. District A. & M. School. Referred to Committee on Public Property. By Messrs. Ficklen & Bobo of Wilkes- House Resolution No. 151. (717-A). A resolution relative to the salaries of members of the General Assembly and other officials. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. Sig. 9 258 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Lankford of Toombs- Honse Bill No. 705. A bill to control the placement of all revenues of the State of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Messrs. Guess, McClelland and Steele of De- Kal~ House Bill No. 706. A bill to carry into effect an amendment to the constitution relative to additional judge of Superior Court of Stone Mountain Circuit. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. Munday of Polk and McGarity of Pauldmg- House Bill No. 707. A bill to amend an act entitled ''An Act to protect fur-bearing animals ~n the State." Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. By Mr. Home of Dodge- House Bill No. 708. A bill to amend Section 789 of Criminal Code relative to jurisdiction of Justice Courts. - Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Mr. Collins of CherokeeHouse Bill No. 709. A bill to amend an act of WEDNESDAY, JuLY 12, 1922. 259 Extra-Ordinary Session known as the Georgia Motor Vehicle Law. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By Mr. Jones of WalkerHouse Bill No. 710. A bill to require drivers of motor vehicles to stop before crossing any railroad. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By Mr. Swift of Elbert- House Bill No. 711. A bill to prevent improper practice of mid-wives in certain cases. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 712. A bill to require State banks to become members of the Federal Reserve. Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. By Mr. Griffith of Oconee- House Bill No. 713. A bill to amend Section 1169 of Code of 1910 relative to redemption of property sold for taxes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of BullochHonse Bill No. 714. A bill to amend an act to create the city Court of Statesboro. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. 260 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Parks of Terrell- House Bill No. 715. A bill to amend an act establishing the City Court of Dawson. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette- House Bill No. 716. A bill to make it unlawful for Secretary of State to grant charters including in name of corporation the word "Georgia." Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- House Bill No. 717. A bill to appropriate $29,000.00 for erection of Cold Storage plant at State Sanitarium. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and Means. Mr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and ::\leans submitted the ~ollowing report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations and Ways and .Means have had under consideration the following resolution of the House and have instructed me as Vice-Chairman, to report the same back to the WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1922. 261 House with the recommendation that the same do pass. / House Resolution No. 124 Appropriating $1,500.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay expenses of Tax Commission. CuLPEPPER OF FAYETTE, Vice-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 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. 556. House Bill No. 629. House Bill No. 661. Respectfully submitted, SMITH oF MERIWETHER, Chairman. Mr. Tatum of Dade County, Chairman of the Committee on Railroads submitted the following report: 262 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Railroads 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. 214. TATUM OF DADE, 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 report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. House Bill No. 648. House Bill No. 650. House Bill No. 652. House Bill No. 666. House Bill No. 683, as amended. House Bill No. 597. House Bill No. 645, as amended. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman. WEDNESDAY, JuLY 12, 1922. 263 Mr. Davis of Floyd County, Chairman of the Com- ) mittee 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 No. 585. House Bill No. 675. House Bill No. 677. Respectfully submitted, JoHN C. DAvis, Chairman. Mr. Walter R. McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary submitted the follo\\nnedy Kittrell Langford of Hall Logan .\IcCielland .\IcGarity .\Iaddox. .\Janning .\Iixon }loore of Appling .\Ioye Price Quincey Ramsey Reagan Ricketson Rutherford Salmon Sapp Shettlesworth Smith of Meriwether Stovall Sumner of Johnson Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge "'atkins "'hitaker of Rockdale \\'hitworth \Yilliams of Miller \Yimberly \Yood Wyatt .Those not voting were :Messrs: Baldwin Beckham Bentley Blalock Bloodworth Byrd of Crisp Clark of Colquitt Cowart Culpepper Davis of Floyd DeLaPerriere Dixon Dobbs DudlPy Fletcher Folsom Hodges .JolmRon of Pickens .\Iann Nichols Patten Perkins Phillips of Telfair Robinson Steele \Yalker Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes \Villiams of Harris Worthy .\Jr. Speaker Ayes 110, Nays 66. By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 300 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 110, Nays 66. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. Mr. Williams of Walton moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Reville and McDonald of Richmond, Houser of Houston, Blalock of Ware, Ficklen of Wilkes, and Luke of Ben Hill. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922. 301 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, JuLY 14, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 631 was withdrawn from the House. By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules. 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 ~nd uncontested general House and Senatebills 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: 302 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Moore and Holloway of Fulton-:-- House Resolution No. 163. (748A).. A resolution for the relief of J. T. Jones as a surety on a bond. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. "\Vay of LibertyHouse Bill No. 740. A bill to authorize the Gov- ernor to sell State lands. Referred to Committee on Public Property. By Messrs. Gann and Dobbs of Cobb- House Bill No. 741. A bill to appropriate certain sums to the Confederate Soldiers Cemetery at Marietta, Ga. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 742. A bill to amend Art. 7, Sec. 1, Par. 2 of the constitution relative to income taxes. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Messrs. Henderson of White, Knight of Berrien, and others- House Bill No. 743. A bill to levy a special tax on all soft drinks and near beers. FRIDAY, JuLY 14, 1922. 303 Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 744. A bill to make it a violation of the law to draw a check without sufficient funds to cover. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Messrs. Horne of Dodge and Moore of Fulton- House Bill No. 745. A bill to amend the several acts relating to government of Confederate Soldiers' Home. Referred to Committee of the Whole House. By Mr. Dixon of Jenkins- House Bill No. 746. A bill to amend act esta,blishing a Board of Commissioners for Jenkins County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. DeFoor of Clayton- House Bill No. 747. A bill to repeal an act to incorporate the City of Rex in Clayton County. Referred to Committee on Corporations. 304 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By ~~r. Neill of Muscogee- House Bill No. 748. A bill to amend Par. 3, Sec. 1, Art. 2 of the Constitution relative to poll taxes in Georgia. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Messrs. Childs of Upson, Wimberly of Laurens, and Whitley of Douglas- A bill to repeal a system of tax equalization now in force in Georgia. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. Mr. McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary submitted the following report: 1l{r. 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 recom:tnendation that the same do pass : House Bill No. 559. House Bill No. 706. House bill No. 714. House Bill No. 681. House Bill No. 686. FRIDAY, JuLY 14, 1922. 305 Senate Bill No. 151. Senate Bill No. 15~5. WALTER R. McDoNALD, Chairman. Mr. Williams of Walton County, Chairman of the Committee on Reformatories submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Reformatories 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. 730. \VILLIAlVIS OF \VALTON, Chairman. l\fr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Vice-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 following bill and resolution of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows: House Resolution No. 154. Do pass. House Bill No. 655. Do pass. 306 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Resolution No. 54. Do not pass. CuLPEPPER oF FAYETTE, Vice-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 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. 703. House Bill No. 696. House Bill No. 425. House Bill No. 676, as amended. Respectfully submitted, 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 bills of the House and FRIDAY, JuLY 14, 1922. 307 have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill No. 691. House Bill No. 699. House Bill No. 566. House Bill No. 685. ~IooRE of Fulton, Chairman. Mr. Beck of Carroll County, Chairman of the Committee on Temperance submitted the following report: lJ!lr. 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: House Bill No. 553. BEcK of Carroll, Chairman. Mr. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report: 308 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Counties and County Matters 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. 156, (Jasper County). Author of House Bill No. 631, requested return of bill back to House, for purpose of withdrawing same and is returned herewith for that purpose. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman. Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2 have had under consideration the followi~g bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairmim, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows: Senate Bill No. 57. Do not pass. House Bill No. 620. Do not pass. House Bill No. 659. Do not pass. FRIDAY, JULY 14; 1922. 309 House Bill No. 647. Do pass by substitute. Respectfully submitted, HATCHER of Muscogee, Vice-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 same back to the House with the recommendations as follows: House Bill No. 577. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 679. Do pass. House Bill No. 707. Do not pass. JAMES T. VocELLE, 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 310 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, 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. 726. House Bill No. 680. GuNNELLs of Franklin, 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 as amended: House Bill No. 687. PICKREN of Charlton, 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 and FRIDAY, JuLY 14, 1922. 311 Resolution of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows: House Resolution No. 141. Do pass. House Bill No. 528. Do not pass. Respectfully submitted, KITTRELL of Laurens, Chairman. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the Committees, were read for the second time: By Mr. West of Fannin- House Bill No. 425. A bill to create a new charter for the Town of Fry, Fannin C.ounty. By Messrs. Moore and Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 553. A bill to provide for Temperance Day in the public schools of the state. By Messrs. Boatwright and Brown of Emanuel- House Bill No. 559. A bill to change the terms of the City Court of Swainsboro. By Mr. Moore of FultonHouse Bill No. 1566. A bill to provide for the 312 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, opening and closing of polls in certain counties for School Bond Elections. By Mr. Herring of Schley- House Bill No. 647. A bill to amend an act to fix the fees of the Clerks of Superior Courts in certain counties. By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- House Bill No. 655. A bill to appropriate $150,000.00. to Georgia State Sanitarium. By Messrs. Pilcher, Reville and McDonald of Richmond, and Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 676. A bill to prohibit the employment of firemen in towns of certain population. By Mr. Strickland of Brantley- Hause Bill No. 679. A bill to require non-residents of Brantley County to secure licenses to fish in said county. By Mr. Steele of DeKalb-- House Bill No. 680. A bill to amend an act known as the Georgia Workmen's Compensation Act. By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bulloch- Hause Bill No. 681. A bill to amend Sec. 2 of an Act creating a City Court for Statesboro. FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922. 313 By Mr. Collins of Cherokee- House Bill No. 685. A bill to amend an act entitied an act to amend an act amending the Act establishing public schools for the Town of Canton. By Messrs. Williams and Adams of Walton- House Bill No. 686. A bill to amend an act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Walton County. By Messrs. Gresham and Hatcher of Burke-- House Bill No. 687. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Waynesboro. .1\y l\Ir. Clarke of Webster- House Bill No. 691. A bill to regulate the manner of settling accounts of Tax Collectors in this State. By Messrs. Riley & Hines of Sumter- House Bill No. 696. A bill to amend an act amending an act incorporating the City of Americus. By Mr. Langford of r.Doombs- House Bill No. 699. A bill to abolish the independent school system for the City of Lyons in Toombs County. By Mr. Collins of Cherokee- House Bill No. 703. A bill to amend an act incorporating the Town of Canton in Cherokee County. 314 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Guess, McClelland and Steele of DeKalb- House Bill No. 706. A bill to carry into effect an amendment to the constitution relative to the Stone Mountain Circuit. By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bulloch- House Bill No. 714. A bill to amend the charter of the City Court of Statesboro. By Mr. Guess of DeKalk- House Bill No. 726. A bill to amend the Georgia Workmen's Compensation Law. By Mr. Strickland of Brantley- House Bill No. 730. A bill to amend an act establishing the Juvenile Courts. By Mr. vVall of Putnam- House Resolution No. 141. (680A). A resolution to appoint a joint committee to investigate the State Board of Entomology. By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette- House Resolution No. 154. (724A). A resolution appropriating money for payment of interests on the public debt. By l\Ir. Phillips of JasperHouse Resolution No. 156. (737B) A resolution FRIDAY, JuLY 14, 1922. 315 providing for election of member of Board of Commissioners of Jasper County. By Mr. Johns of the 27th- Senate Bill No. 151. A bill to amend Section 4775(g) of Par.ks Code relative to compensation of deputy clerks. By Mr. Johns of the 27th- Senate Bill No. 155. A bill to repeal Section 4775 of Parks Code relative to compensation of County Court Bailiffs. The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon th.eir passage: By Messrs. Holloway and Moore of Fulton- House Bill No. 572. A bill to amend an act creating a Municipal Court of Atlanta by permitting Clerks to administer oaths in criminal warrants. The report 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 receiv.ed the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Parker of Terrell- House Bill No. 715. A bill to amend the Act establishing the City Court of Dawson. The report of the Committee, which was favorable 316 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, 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. Luke of Ben Hill- House Bill No. 697. A bill to amend Sections 33, 34, and 35 of the Charter of Fitzgerald by providing for the permanent registration of all qualified 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 120, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Vocelle of Camden- House Bill No. 577. A bill requiring non-resi- dents of Camden County to procure a license to fish in any of the fresh waters of said county, and for other purposes. The following committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend by adding the following proviso : ''Provided that this act shall not apply to owners of club houses in existence at the time of the passage of FRIDAY, JuLY 14, 1922. 317 this act in said county or on streams forming the boundary of said 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 Mr. Hodges of Evans- House Bill No. 582. A bill to amend an Act providing a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Evans. The following committee amendment was read and adopted : Amend by striking from line 6, Section 3 of said bill the following words "The Ordinary of said County shall be Clerk" and inserting in lieu of said stricken words the following words : ''And the said Commissioners shall elect a clerk,'' and by striking ''The Ordinary of said County shall be Clerk of said Board whose duty it shall be to," beginning line 17 in said six section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The duty- of Clerk of said Board shall be to." The report of the Committee, wpich was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0. 318 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock and the motion prevailed. Mr. McMichael of Marion moved that the House do now resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House for the purpose of considering House Resolution No. 149 and that the Committee of the Whole House be instructed to report the same back to the House in thirty minutes, each side being allowed fifteen minutes for debate, and the motion prevailed. Under the above motion the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Fowler of Bibb as Chairman ther.eof. The Committee of the whole House arose and through their chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. The following resolution of the House, favorably reported by the Committee, was read the second time: By Mr. McMichael of Marion- House Resolution No. 149. A resolution providing for appointment of committee to investigate Highway Commission. FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922. 319 By unanimous consent Mr. Lankford of Toombs was allowed to cast his vote at this time on the Biennial Session Bill and the Income Tax Bill. He voted ''Aye'' on both bills. By unanimous consent Mr. Mixon of Treutlen was allowed to cast his vote at this time on the Biennial Session Bill and the Income Tax Bill. He voted ''Aye'' on both bills. By unanimous consent 300 copies of House Bill No. 589 were ordered printed for the use of the House and Senate. The following report of the Committee on Rules was submitted and read: Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Rules having had under consideratioll an order of business for today, have instructed me as Vice-Chairman to report as a special and continuing order of business to be taken up immediately after the period of unfinished business, the following : House Resolution No. 53. (Relief of bondsman). Debate 5 minutes. House Resolution 124. (To reimburse expenses of Special Tax Committee). House Bill No. 377. House Bill No. 629. (Atlanta charter bill). Each side limited to 15 minutes debate. MUNDY of Polk, Vice-Chairman. 320 JouRNAL 01' THE HousE, Mr. Macintyre of Thomas called for a division of the report. 1. Making House Resolution No. 53 a special order. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of that order of business, was agreed to. House Resolution No. 53 was set as a special order. 2. Making House Resolution No. 124 a special order. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the adoption of that order of business, was agreed to. House Resolution No. 124 was set as a special order. 3. Making House Bill No. 377 a special order. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of that order of business, was agreed to. The vote on the establishment of this order was Ayes 96, Nays 16. This vote not being a majority of the House the order was note$tablished. FRIDAY, JuLY 14, 1922. 321 Mr. Horne of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and the report of the Committee on Rules went over as unfinished business. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Dobbs of Cobb, Johnson of Bartow, Johnson of Chattahoochee, Fowler of Bibb, Lankford of Toombs and Anderson of Chattooga. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Sig. 11. 322 OF JouRNAL THE HousE, REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., MoNDAY, JuLY 17, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy 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 Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway MONDAY, JULY 17, 1922. 323 Horne Mayo Houser Miles Houston Mixon Howard of Forsyth l\Ioore of Appling Howard of Screven Moore of Fulton Hufstetler ::\Ioye Hullender Mundy Hunter Neal of Union Hyman Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parrish Jones c.f Walker Patten Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee Perryman Johnson of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren ~ing of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pruett Langford of Hall Quincey Lankford of Toombs Ramsey Lewis Reagan Logan Reville Luke Ricketson McClelland Riley McClure Robinson McDonald of Mitchell Russell McDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon McGarity Sapp Macintyre Shettlesworth Mcl\Iichael Sibley Maddox Singletary Malone . Smiley Mann Smith of Bryan Manning Smith of Carroll Mason Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of \Vheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb 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 Mr. Speaker By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 324 J ovRNAL OF THE HousE, The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By :Messrs. Neill of Muscogee and Beckham of Dougherty- A RESOLUTION. House Resolution No. 164. Resolved by the House, the Senate concur~ing, That the General Assembly of Georgia extends its most cordial greetings to the Georgia section of the American Legion assembled in annual State reunion and convention at "\Vaycross, Georgia, and expresses the earnest hope that the meeting will be a happy and profitable one for this patriotic organization. Resolved further, That the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House jointly communicate by telegraph the contents of this resolution to the proper official of said organization. . By unanimous consent House Bill Xo. 518 was withdrawn from the Committee on State Sanitarium and re-committed to the Committee on Penitentiary. By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 1. Introduction of new matter under the rules. 2. Reports of standing committees. 3. Reading of House and Senate bills and resolutions, favorably reported, the second time. MoNDAY, JuLY 17, 1922. 325 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 Mr. Hillhouse of Worth- House Resolution No. 165 (762A). A resolution requesting the placing of S. L. Lesseur on the pension roll. Referred to Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Resolution No. 166 (762B). A resolution for the relief of J. L. Adams as surety on bond. Referred to General Judiciary Committee Ko. 2. By Messrs. Boatwright and Brown of Emanuel- House Resolution No. 167 (762C). A resolution for the relief of J. B. Hall as surety on bond. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Franks of TownsHouse Bill No. 750. A bill to prohibit the catching of fish in certain waters in Towns County. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. 326 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Harris and King of J e:ffersonHouse Bill No. 751. A bill to amend an Act creat- ~ ing the City Court of Louisville, Jefferson County. Referred to Special Judici"ary Committee. By Mr. Horne of Dodge- House Bill No. 752. A bill to authorize the State Treasurer to set aside appropriation relative to license tags. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By Mr. Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 753. A bill to appropriate certain sums for welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 754. A bill to amend Section 2820 of Code of 1910 relative to capital stock of trust companies, etc. Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. By Messrs. Steele, Guess and McClelland of DeKalb- House Bill No. 755. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Chamblee, Georgia. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. MoNDAY, JuLY 17, 1922. 327 By Mr. Moore of FultonHouse Bill No. 756. A bill to repeal an Act incor- porating the Town of Bolton, Georgia. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty - House Bill No. 757. A bill to permit cities of certain populations to issue bonds for construction of schools. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. By Messrs. Bentley, Moore and Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 758. A bill to amend the charter of the City of College Park. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Brown of Emanuel- House Bill No. 759. A bill to prohibit the growing of cotton on any of the lands of the State of Georgia for 1924. Referred to General Agricuitural Committee No. 1. By Mr. Smith of Bryan- House Bill No. 760. A bill to appropriate $3,500.00 for repair of State Sanitarium at Alto. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. 328 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, -By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee- House Bill No. 761. A bill to vest title to certain lands in Columbus, Georgia, in Commons of said city. R_eferred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 762. A bill to amend an Act creating the Municipal Court of Atlanta. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- House Bill No. 763. A bill to provide a local Board of Trustees for the Georgia Military College. Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. The report of the Prison Commission of Georgia, as called for in House Resolution No. 140, was submitted to the House and referred to the Committee on Penitentiary. The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. West of Fannin- House Bill No. 425. A bill to create a new charter for the Town of Fry. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. MoNDAY, JuLY 17, 1922. 329' On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 134, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority waspassed. By Mr. Phillips of Jasper- House Resolution No. 156. A resolution to elect members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues by popular vote of Jasper County, and for other purposes. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Boatwright and Brown of Emanuel- House Bill Ko. 559. 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 133, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Moore of Fult9nHouse Bill No. 566. A bill to provide for the term 330 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, of opening and closing polls in certain counties in school bond 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 121, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Gresham and Hatcher of Burke- House Bill No. 687. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Waynesboro authorizing the Mayor and Council of said city to construct, grade, pave and otherwise improve the streets, etc. The following committee amendments were read and adopted: Amend caption by inserting in line four.( 4) before the word ''The'' and after the word ''assess'' the following words "not more than two-thirds (2/3) of" and striking out of line seven (7) the words "either wholly or in part.'' So that said caption when amended shall read as follows: ''An 4-ct to amend the charter of the City of Waynesboro, authorizing the Mayor and Council of said city to construct, grade, pave and otherwise improve the streets of the city of Waynesboro, and to assess not more than twothirds (2/3) of the cost for such construction, grading, paving and other improvements of said streets, out of the real estate abutting on the streets so im- MoNDAY, JuLY 17, 1922. 331 proved, and also to provide for the issuance of bonds therefor, and for other purposes.'' Amend by striking out of Section 3, line 3, the words ''The entire'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "not more than (%) two-thirds of the." 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 128, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By Mr. Strickland of Brantley- House Bill No. 679. A bill requiring non-residents of Brantley County to procure a license to fish in any of the waters 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 123, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bulloch- House Bill No. 681. A bill to amend Section 2 of an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro, and for other purposes. 332 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 132, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Collins of Cherokee- House Bill No. 685. A bill to amend an Act amending an Act authorizing the establishment of a system of Public Schools in the Town of Canton, 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, . Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Williams and Adams of Walton- House Bill No. 686. A bill to amend an Act to change the time of holding May and November terms of Walton Superior Court, 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. MoNDAY, JuLY 17, 1922. 333 The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Riley and Hines of Sumter- House Bill No. 696. A bill to amend an Act to amend, revise and consolidate the several Acts granting corporate authority to the City of Americus. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 128, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Lankford of Toombs- Hause Bill No. 699. A bill to abolish the inde- pendent school system for the City of Lyons, 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- House Bill No. 703. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Canton. 334 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 130, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bulloch- Honse Bill No. 714. A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court 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 126, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By ~fr. Herring of Schley- House Bill No. 647. A bill to amend an Act to fix the amount of the fees of Clerks of the Superior Courts of this State in counties of certain population. The following committee substitute, the caption as follows, was read and adopted: A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Ellaville, in and for the County of Schley, and for other purposes. The report of the committee, which was favorable MoNDAY, JuLY 17, 1922. 335 to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 124, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute. 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: By Mr. Clay of the 39th174. A bill to amend Section 958 of Penal Code, to provide bail in misdemeanor cases. By Mr. Bell of the 42nd191. A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal the Act creating the County Court of Chattooga County. By Mr. Manson of the 35th- 172. A bill to carry into effect in the City of Atlanta the amendment to the Constitution relative to abolition of justice courts and justice of the peace. By Messrs. Neill of Muscogee and Beckham of Dougherty- 164. A resolution extending greeting to Americau Legion assembled at Waycross. 336 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Under the head of unfinished business the report of the Committee on Rules was taken up for further consideration. Mr. Wall of Putnam moved that the House reconsider its action in disagreeing to the report of the Committee on Rules on House Bill No. 377. l\fr. Hatcher of Muscogee moved the previous question; the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered. The motion prevailed. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the adoption of House Bill Ko. 377 as a special order, was agreed to. House Bill No. 377 was set as a special order. 4. Making House Bill No. 629 a special order. .Mr. Bozeman of Worth moved the previous question; the call was sustained, and the main question was ordered. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the adoption of that order of business, was agreed to. House Bill No. 629 was set as a special order. Under orders of the day the following bills and resolutions of the House, set as a special order on recommendation of the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage: MoNDAY, JuLY 17, 1922. 337 By Mr. Moore of Appling- House Resolution No. 53. A resolution to relieve the bondsmen of Perry Hendrix, convicted in the City Court of Baxley, and for other purposes. 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 111, Nays 0. The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Hunter of Chatham and Parks of Terrell- House Resolution No. 124. A joint resolution relative to paying the expenses incurred by the committee considering changes in the tax system. The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Beck of Carroll as Chairman thereof. The Committee of the Whole House arose, and through their Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. The resolution involving an appropriation, the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 338 JouRNAL. oF THE HousE, Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: Adams of Newton AdallLS of Walton Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bloodworth Bobo Bowen Boyett Braddy Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brownlee Camp Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Collier Culpepper Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dixon Ennis Ficklen Franks Gann Grant Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Hamilton Harris Parrish Hatcher of Burke Patten Hatcher of Muscogee Penland Hawkins Perkms Herring Peterson Hines of Decatur Phillips of Jasper Hines of Sumter Phillips of Telfair Hodges Pickren Holland Pilcher Holloway Price Horne Pruett Houston Ramsey Hbward of Forsyth Reagan Hullender Riley Hunter Russell Hyman Salmon Jackson Sapp Jones of Coweta Shettlesworth Jones of Thomas Sibley Jones of Walker Singletary Johnson of Pickens Smiley Kittrell Smith of Bryan Knight Smith of Meriwether Lewis Steele Luke Stovall ~cClelland Sumner of Wheeler McClure Swift McDonald of Mitchell Tatum McDonald of Thompson of Coweta Richmond Thompson of Dodge Macintyre Turner Malone Tyson Manning Valentino Mason Van Landingham Mayo Vocelle Miles Walker Moore of Fulton Wall Mundy Way Neal of Union Weston Nichols Whitley Owen Whitaker of Rockdale Parks Whitworth MoNDAY, JuLY 17, 1922. 339 Williams of Miller Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wynne Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Hillhouse Those not V'oting were Messrs : Anderson Arnold Bentley Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Brannen Brown of Hancock Bush Byrd of Crisp Carr Carswell Coatet~ Collins Corbitt Cowart Daniel of Heard Dickerson Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Mann Evans Mixon Fletcher :Moore of Appling Folsom Moye Fowler Perryman Foy Quincey Gresham Reville Haddock Ricketson Henderson Robinson Houser Rutherford Howard of Screven Smith of Carroll Hufstetler Smith of Haralson Johnson of Bartow Stone Johnson of Strickland Chattahoochee "Sumner of Johnson Keith .Swindle Kennedy Trippe King of Jefferson VanZant King of Wilcox \Vatkins Langford of Hall 'Vebb Lankford of Toombs Whitaker of Lowndes Logan Williams of Harris l\IcGarity Williams of Walton McMichael Wyatt Maddox ~Ir. Speaker Ayes 132; Nays 1. By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dirmedy Phillips of Telfair King of .Jefferson Picknn King of Wilcox Pilelter Kittrell Price Knight Pruett Langford of Hall Quiucey Lankford of Toombs Ramsey LPwis RPagan Logan Reville Luke Ricketson McClelland l\iley McClure Hobinson McDonald of Mitchell Itussell 1\IeDonald of Rutherford Richmond f-lalmon JicGarity Sapp Mac Intyre Shettlesworth ::\Tci\Iichael Sibley Maddox Hinglt>tary Malone Smiley Mann Smith of Bryan Manning Smith of Carroll :Mason f-lmi th of Haralson Hmith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson !Sumner of vVheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thornpwn of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Voce lie Walker \\'all Watkins \Yay vVehb \Veston Whitley \Vhitaker of Lowndes \Vhitaker of Rockdale Whitworth \Villiams of Harris Williams of Miller \Villiams of Walton \\'irnherly \Vinship \Yood \Voodard W0rthy Wyatt Wynne Mr. Speaker The following message \vas received from the Senate, through l\Ir. ~IcClatchcy, the Secretary thereof: THURSDAY, JuLY 20, 1922. 383 Jlr. Speaker: r_t'he Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of House, to-wit: House Bill l\o. 621. A bill to amend Act incorporating Town of Norcross. House Bill No. 634. A bill to change time of holding the Superior Court of Baker County. House Bill No. 596. A bill to abolish Act establishiHg City Court of Hazelhurst. House Bill ~ o. 643. A bill to amend Act providing for holding two terms of Superior Court of Tatnall County. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Jlr. i-1peaker: The Senate has read and adopted the following Senate resolutions, to-wit: Senate Resolution K o. 81. A resolution accepting i1witation of people of Townsend, Ga., to a barheeue. Senate Resolution )Jo. 82. A resolution expressing appreciation for invitation to \Voman 's Club recepticm. Senate Resolution ~o. 26. A resolution relieving L. B. \Villiams as surety on bond. '!'he following message was received from the Senatt', through l\Jr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 384 JOURNAL oF THE HousE, Mr. Speaker: The Senate has read and adopted the following resolution of the House, to-wit: House Resolution No. 152. A resolution providing for a joint committee to obtain subscriptions to place memorials of Alexander H. Stephens and Dr. Crawford M. Long in the Hall of Fame. The President has appointed the following Senators as a committee on the part of the Senate to act under the above resolution: Messrs. Johns and Golucke. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 791 was withdrawn from the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means and recommitted to the Committee on Eduoation. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 583 was withdrawn from the Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches and recommitted to the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2. By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was withdrawn from the committee, read the second time, and recommitted: THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922. 385 By Mr. Robinson of Macon- House Bill No. 778. A bill to amend an Act relative to establishing the City Court of Oglethorpe. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 786 was withdrawn from the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means and recommitted to the Committee on Pensions. By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was introduced, read, and adopted: By Mr. Pickren of Charlton- House Resolution No. 780. A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Hon. W. H. Burt. , By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules. 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. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions. By unanimous consent, the following bills and Sig. 13. 386 J Ol!RNAL OF THE HousE, resolutions of the House were introduced, read the :first time and referred to the committees: By Mr. Sapp of Whitfield- House Resolution No. 179 (806A). A resolution providing payment of pension to widow of Martin Arnold. Referred to Committee on Pensions. By Messrs. Johnson of Bartow and Bobo of Wilkes- House Bill No. 794. A bill to amend Article 7, . Section 2, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution relative to exempt property. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. Biy Mr. Wyatt of Troup and Mr. McClelland of DeKalb- House Bill No. 795. A bill to provide for the levy. ing of taxes other than ad valorem taxes. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Williams of Harris- House Bill No. 796. A bill to amend an Act to reorganize the State Highway Department. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. 'rHURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922. 387 By Mr. Way of Liberty- House Bill No. 797. A bill to make it unlawful to kill certain animals away from the premises of owner in Liberty County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis- House Bill No. 798. A bill to amend an amended Act by substitution creating a new charter for City of Hazelhurst, in Jeff Davis County. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Beck and Smith of CarrollHouse Bill No. 799. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Bowden, in Carroll County. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Bobo and Ficklen of Wilkes- House Bill No. 800. A bill to provide for the operation of motor trucks, etc., respective to weights. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By Mr. Holland of TattnallHouse Bill No. 801. A bill to amend Section 1249 of Code of 1910, relative to State Depositories. Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking. ~ .. .I 388 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. King of Wilcox- House Bill No. 802. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Rochelle. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Mann of Glynn, Holloway of Fulton, and others- House Bill No. 803. A bill to create a Bond Commission for the State of Georgia. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Mr. Mann of Glynn, Holloway of Fulton, and others- House Bill No. 804. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the proceeds of highway bonds. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Messrs. Hufstetler of Murray, Owen of Gordon, McClure and Jones of Walker, and Sapp of ~. Whitfield- House Bill No. 805. A bill to prohibit taking fish from any of streams, etc., with a seine, etc. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. By Messrs. Moore and Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 806. A bill to repeal an Act entitled an Act to repeal an Act to protect persons fur- ' THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922. 389 nishing labor and material for construction of public works. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By Messrs. Mann of Gljnn and Holloway of Ful'ton and others- House Bill No. 807. A bill to create a Bond Commission for too State, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: Senate Bill No. 148. House Bill No. 773. House Bill No. 782. Respectfully, SMITH of Meriwether, Chairman. Mr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report: 390 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Amendments to -Mle 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. 555. House Bill No. 724. House Bill No. 748. House Bill No. 635. And that the following bills of the House do not pass: House Bill No. 668. House Bill No. 94. House Bill No. 610. House Resolution No. 147. LANKFORD of Toombs, Chairman. Mr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Vice-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 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: THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922. 391 House Bill No. 449, as amended. House Bill No. 637. House Bill No. 716. CuLPEPPER of Fayette, Vice-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 hills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : House Bill No. 772. House Bill No. 790 MooRE of Fulton, Chairman. Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the fol1owing report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 392 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 747. House Bill No. 774. Senate Bill No. 213. PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the committees, were read for the second time: By Mr. David of the 43rd- :Senate Bill No. 148. A bill to amend an Act establishing a charter for the City of Calhoun. By Mr. Johns of the 27th- Senate Bill No. 213. A bil1 to amend the charter of the Town of Statham. By Mr. Arnold of Clay- House Bill No. 449. A bill to amend Paragraph 1, Section 2, Article 7 of the Constitution relative to tax on classified property. By Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson- House Bill No. 555. A bill to amend Article 8, Section 4, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution, relative to schools. By Mr. Hamilton of FloydHouse Bill No. 635. A bill to amend Article 3, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922. 393 Section 4, Paragraph 7 of the Constitution, relative to appointments by Governor. By Messrs. Culpepper of Fayette and DuBose of Clarke- .House Bill No. 637. A bill to amend an Act entitled ''The General Tax Act.'' By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette- House Bill No. 716. A bill to make it unlawful for corporations, etc., to use word "Georgia" in its corporate name. By Mr. Johnson of Chattahoochee- House Bill No. 724. A bill to amend Article 2, Section 3, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution relative to consol'idation of offices of Clerk and Ordinary. By Mr. DeFoor of Clayton- House Bill No. 747. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of Rex, in Clayton County. By Mr. Neill of Muscogee- House Bill No. 748. A bill to amend Paragraph 3, Section 1, Article 2 of the Constitution relative to poll taxes. By Mr. King of Wil'cox.;_ House Bill No. 772. A bill to repeal Act establishing public school system in Town of Abbeville. 394 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Hines and Riley of Sumter- House Bill No. 773. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Americus. By Mr. Boyett of Stewart- House Bill No. 774. A bil'l to repeal an Act to establish a public school system for the Town of Richland. By Messrs. Langford and Duncan of Hall- House Bill No. 782. A bill to amend by substitution the charter of the City of Gainesville. By Mr. Sumner of Wheeler- House Bill No. 790. A bill to repeal an Act to establish a system of public schools in the Town of Almo. The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Singletary of Grady- House Bill No. 616. A bill to -amend the town charter of Whigham, and for other purposes. 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 biU the Ayes were 123, Nays 0. THURSDAY, JuLY 20, 1922. 395 The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute. By Mr. Swift of Elbert- House Bill No. 733. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Elberton by providing for the registration of voters of said city, and for other purposes. 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 'bin the Ayes were 140, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute. The following resolution of the Senate was read the first time and referred to a committee: ]3(y Mr. W ohlwender of the 24thSenate Resolution No. 26. A resolution relieving L. B. Williams as surety on bond. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. The following resolutions of the Senate were read and concurred in : By Mr. Thorpe of the 2ndSenate Resolution No. 81. A resolution accepting 396 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, invitation of people of Townsend to barbecue and cel'ebration. By Mr. Manson of the 35th- Senate Resolution No. 82. A resolution to express appreciation for invitation to Woman's Club. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. McClure of Walker- ' House Resolution No. 180. A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Ron. T. F. McFarland. The Speaker appointed the following committee _,n the part of the House under House Resolution N~. 152, a resolution pertaining to the placing of ~memorial's to A. H. Stephens and Crawford W. Long in the Hall of Fame: _Messrs. DeLaPerriere of Jackson, Russell of Barrow, Reville of Richmond. '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 Senate bills, to-wit: .t . . ' ' THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922. 397 By Messrs. Walker of 18th and Johns of 27th- Senate Bill No. 122. A bil1 to amend Section 3931, . Paragraph 6, of Code of 1910, so as to make the mother an equal heir with the father, brother, and sister of a. deceased intestate. By Mr. Nix of the 51st- Senate Bill No. 176. A bill to amend Section 5 of Article 5 of an Act approved August 18, 1919, so as to a.dd a. proviso at the end of Section 5 providing that no material, machinery or supplies .shall be purchased except from the l'owest and best bidder. By Mr. Womble of 25th- Senate Bill No. 232. A bill to require all persons operating automobiles or trucks to stop same before entering covered bridges, and for' other purposes. By Mr. Lasseter of 14th- Senate Bill No. 231. A bill to amend an Act approved August 16, 1920, so as to fix the time of holding the Superior Courts in the Cordele Circuit of this State. By Mr. Haralson of 40th- Senate Bill No. 224. A birl to provide additional grounds for revoking the licenses of businesses engaged in insuring against liabilities. 398 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. David of 43rd- Senate Bill No. 219. A bill to repeal an Act amend- ing road laws in Gordon County. The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution, to-wit: By Mr. Clay of 39th- Senate Resolution No. 83. A resolution to em- power Georgia Secretary of State to sign marketing agreement of Georgia Cotton Growers. 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: By Messrs. Weaver of 11th and Aiken of 4th- Senate Bill No. 286. A bill to permit all co-rporations now incorporated by the Secretary of State, except insurance, bank and trust companies, to issue non-par stock, or partly non-par stock, and partly non-par stock, and for other purposes. Under Orders of the Day, the following bill of the House, set as a special order on the recommendation of the Committee on Rules, was read the third time f and placed upon its passage: By Mr. Mundy of PolkHouse Bill No. 212. A bill to amend Paragraph 3, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922. 399 Section 4, Article 3 of the Constitution so as to provide for biennial instead of annual sessions of the General' Assembly, and for other purposes. Mr. Knight of Berrien moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The following substitute was read and adopted: A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Paragraph 3, Section 4, Articre 3 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, by striking the word and figures "October, 1878, '' in line 3, and inserting in lieu thereof the word and figures ''June, 1923,'' and by striking the word "annually" in line four and inserting in lieu thereof the word "biennially" and by striking the word ''fifty'' in line six and inserting in lieu thereof the word "sixty," so as to provide for the meeting of the General Assembly biennially instead of annually and for sixty days instead of fifty and the manner of submitting same for ratification, and for other purposes. SEcTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Paragraph 3, Section 4, Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia be and the same is hereby amended by striking the word and figures "October, 1878," in line 3, and inserting in lieu thereof the word and figures ''June, 1923,'' and by striking the word ''annually'' in line four and inserting in lieu thereof the word "bien- 400 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, nially," and by striking the word ":fifty" in line six and inserting in lieu thereof the word ''sixty,'' so that when said Paragraph 3, Section 4, Article 3 of the Constitution is so amended it shall read as follows: ''Paragraph 3. Meeting of the General Assembly. The :first meeting of the General Assembly after the ratification of this Constitution, shall be on the fourth Wednesday in June, 19'23, and biennially thereafter, on "the same day, until the day shall be changed by law. No session of the General Assembly shall continue longer than sixty days; provided, that if an impeachment trial is pending at the end of sixty days, the session may be prolonged till the completion of said trial.'' SEcTION 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said amendment shall be agreed to by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each House, it shall be entered upon the Journal of each House with the "Ayes" and "Nays" thereon and published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District in said State for two months previous to the time for holding the next general election and shari, at the next general election, be submitted to the people for ratification. All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting said proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words : ''For ratification of Amendment to Paragraph 3, Section 4, Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, providing for the meeting of the General Assem- THURSDAY, JuLY 20, 1922. 401 bly biennially:'' and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the w:ords : ''Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 3, Section 4, Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, providing for the meeting of the General Assemllly biennially-,'' and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for the members of the General Assembly voting thereon shall vo~ for the ratification thereof, when the returns shall be consolidated, as are required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly, and return thereof made to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation of the results of said election by one insertion in one of the dairy papers of this State, declaring the amendment ratified. SEcTION 3. Be it further e~acted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. The report of the committee, which wa.s favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to. The bill involving a constitutional amendment, 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 Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowen Boyett Braddy Branch Brantley Brown of Hancock 402 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Carr Childs Clatk of Colquitt Clark of VVebster Colt!.er Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dudley Dykes Ficklen Fletcher Gann Grant Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Gunnels Haddock Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Houser Houston Hufstetler Hullender H;vman Jackson Price Jones of Coweta Quincey Jones of Thomas Ramsey Jones of VValker Reagan Johnson of Bartow Ricketson Johnson of Riley Chattahoochee Robinson Keith Russell Kennedy Rutherford King of VVilcox Salmon Knight Sapp Langford of Hall Shettlesworth Lankford of Toombs Sibley Lewis Singletary Logan Smiley ~IcClure Smith of Bryan ~IcDonald of Mitchell Smith of Carroll :\IcGarity Smith of Haralson ~laclntyre Smith of Meriwether ~Iaddox Steele Malone Stone :\Iann Stovall l\Ianning Strickland ~Ia son Sumner of Johnson Mayo Swift Miles Tatum :\Iixon Thompson of Coweta ~Ioore of Appling Trippe Moore of Fulton Van Landingham :\Ioye Vocelle :\Iundy Walker Neal of Union Wall Nichols Watkins Owen Way Parks Whitaker of Roekdale Parrish Whitworth Patten Williams of Harris Penland Woodard Perkins Worthy Perryman Wyatt Phillips of Jasper 'Vynne Phillips of Telfair Pickren THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922. 408 Those voting in the Negative were Messrs: Anderson Bentley Bleckley Bowden Bozeman Brown of Emanuel Carswell Clifton Daniel of Heard Davis of Oglethorpe Dixon Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Ennis Evans Foy Franks Guess Hamilton Harris Horne Howard of Forsyth Howard of Screven Johnson of Pickens Kittrell Luke McClelland McDonald of Richmond McMichael Peterson Pilcher Pruett Sumner of 'Vheeler Tyson Valentino VanZant Wimberly Wood Those not voting were Messrs : Blalock Brannen Camp Coates Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Dobbs DuBose Folsom Fowler Gresham Hunter King of Jefferson Reville Rwindle Thompson of Dodge Turner Webb 'Veston Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Winship ::\Ir. Speaker Ayes 144; Nays 38. The roll call was verified. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 144, Nays 38. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute. :Mr. Dykes of Dooly moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. 404 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Leave of absence was granted Mr. Boyett of Stewart. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1922. 405 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, July 21, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton Adallli! of Walton And!erson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth noatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy 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 Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway 406 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Horne 1Iayo ffouser :Miles Houston ~lixon Howard of Forsyth )loore of Appling Howard of Screven Moore of Fulton Hufstetler l\ioye Hullender Mundy Hunter Neal of Union Hyman Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parrish Jones of Walker Patten Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee Perryman Johnson of Pickens .Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren King of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pruett Langford of Hall Quincev Lankford of Toombs Ram8ey Lewis Reagan Logan Reville Luke Ricketson 1IcClelland Riley )lcClure Robinson McDonald of Mitchell Russell McDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon )lcGarity Sapp 1Iaclntyre Shettlesworth )lc)fichael Sibley 1Iaddox Singletary )Ialone Smiley )!ann Smith of Bryan )Ianning Smith of Carroll 1Iason Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Rumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum ;fhonipson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Yalentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins \Vay Webb " 7eston Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes \Vhitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly \Vinship Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne )lr. Speaker By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1922. 407 By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules. 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. 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 Mr. Holloway of Fulton- House Resolution No. 183. (817A). A resolution for the payment of certain money to Charles W. Crankshaw. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By ~r. Phillips of Telfair- Honse Resolution No. 184. (817B). A resolution to relieve from liability Tax Collector and Sureties on bond of Tax Collector of Telfair County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. 408 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty- House Resolution No. 185. (8170). A resolution appropriating money, which was omitted through typographical error from General Appropriation bill of 1921. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Messrs. Bleckley of Rabun, Neal of Union and others- House Bill No. 808. A bill to authorize Treasurer of State to pay certain sums to certain counties. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Hodges of Evans- House Bill No. 809. A bill to amend an Act to create city court of Claxton. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- House Bill No. 810. A bill to amend the charter of the City of :Milledgeville. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Russell of Barrow- House Bill No. 811. A bill to establish the City Court of Barrow County. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. FRIDAY, JuLY 21, 1922. 409 By Messrs. Moore and Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 812. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Brownlee of Elbert- House Bill No. 813. A bill to amend an Act known as the ''Georgia Motor Vehicle Law.'' Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By Messrs. McDon~ld,. Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- House Bill No. 814. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Augusta. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 815. A bill to repeal an act re. lative to the payment of certain wages. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Pruett of LumpkinHouse Bill No. 816. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the fees system in Northeastern Circuit. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. McClure and Jones of WalkerHouse Bill No. 817. A bill to amend an Act 410 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, abolishing commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Walker County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Resolution No. 181. A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Mr. Thomas J. Hamilton. 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 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. 778. SMITH of Haralson, Chairman. Mr. Anderson of Chattooga County, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Pensions have had under con- FRIDAY, JuLY 21, 1922. 411 sideration 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. 786. ANDERSON of Chattooga, 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 ha. 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 as follows: House Bill No. 720. Do pass. House Bill No. 792. Do pass. House Bill No. 453. Do not pass. House Bill No. 1557. Do not pass. House Bill No. 560. Do not pass. House Bill No. 595. Do not pass. House Bill No. 700. Do not pass. Respectfully submitted, JoHN CAMP DAVIs, o_f Floyd, Chairman. Mr. Dobbs of Cobb County, Chairman of the Com- 412 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, mittee 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 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. 578. House Bill No. 763. And with recommendation that the following do not pass: House Bill No. 693. DoBBS of Cobb, 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 bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to repGrt the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows: House Bill No. 552. Do pass by substitute as amended. House Bill No. 662. Do not pass. TATUl\! of Dade, Chairman. FRIDAY, JuLY 21, 1922. 413 Mr. McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee Qn Special Judiciary submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consider~tion 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: House Bill No. 636. Do not pass. House Bill No. 729. Do not pass. House Bill No. 751. Do pass. House Bill No. 779. Do pass. House Bill No. 781. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 191. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 189. Do pass. MeDoNALD of Richmond, 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: 414 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Resolution No. 136~ A resolution urging Congress to accept Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals. House Bill No. 580. A bill relative to building and constructing certain roads in Glynn County. House Bill No. 581. A bill to grant to Glynn County certain lands herein described. House Bill No. 609. A bill to amend an Act approved July 29, 1915, creating a Board of Commissioners for the County of Appling. House Bill No. 240. A bill to establish a State Budget and Investigating Committee. House Bill No. 556. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Washington. House Bill No. 601. A bill to amend an Act creating a City Court of Thomasville. House Bill No. 627. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court ot \Jlaxton. House Bill No. 658. A bill to repeal an Act relative to the City Court of Ashburn, Turner County. House Bill No. 634. A bill to change the time of holding Superior Court of Walker County. House Bill No. 596. A bill to abolish an Act establishing the City Court of Hazelhurst. House Bill No. 643. A bill to amend an Act ap- FRIDAY, JuLY 21, 1922. 415 proved Aug. 1915, relative to terms of Superior Court of Tattnall County. House Bill No. 621. A bill to amend an Act approved Aug. 17, 1908, amending the Aact incorporating the town of Norcross. House Resolution No. 152. A resolution to provide for a joint committee to obtain subscriptions to place memorials to A. H. Stephens and Crawford W. Long in the Hall of Fame. House Bill No. 582. A bill to amend an Act ap- proved Aug. 16, 19115, providing a Board of Commis- sioners for Evans County. , House Bill No. 666. A bill to require Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Baldwin County to pay certain fees. House Bill No. 699. A bill to abolish the independent school system of the City of Lyons, Toombs County. House Bill No. 685. A bill to amend an Act relative to establishment of public school system in Canton, Cherokee County. House Bill No. 648. A bill to amend an Act establishing a Board of Commissioners of Colquitt County. House Bill No. 356. A bill to empower County Commissioners in certain Counties to adopt rules permitting tax payers to pay taxes in quarterly or semi-annual payments. 416 JouRNAL OF THE HouSE, House Bill No. 571. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Campbell County. Respectfully submitted, HuLLENDER of Catoosa, Chairman. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: :Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House. House Bill No. 356. A bill authorizing County authorities in certain Counties to collect taxes either quarterly or semi-annually. House Bill No. 571. A bill to abolish office of Treasurer of Campbell County. House Bill No. 582. A bill to amend Act providing a Board of Commissioners of Roads anbinson Hullender Russe(l Jackson Ruthecforri Jones of Walker ~app Johnson of Bartow Shettlesworth Ke;th Steele Kennedy Stovall Kittrell Sumner of Johnson Knight Sumner of \Vheeler Langford of Hall Tatum Lankford of Toombs Valentino Lewi~ VanZant Luke Watkins :\IcDonald of Way Richmond Whitaker of Rockdah :\Iixon Whitworth :\Ioore of Appling \Villiams of Harri< Neal of l'nion \Vinf'hip Owen Wood Patten Woodard Peterson MoNDAY, JuLY 24, 1922. 493 Those not voting were Messrs: Atkinson Baldwin Bird of Taliaferro Boatwright Boswell Boy~tt Bozeman Branch Brown of Hancock Bush Carr Carswell Clark of Webster Coates Culpepper Dixon DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Dykes Ficklen Fletcher Fowler Gann Hicketson Guess Singletary Hodges Smiley Holloway Stone Houser Swindle Hufstetler Thompson of Dodge Hunter Trippe Hyman Turner Johnson of Van Landingham Chattahoochee Walker King of Jefferson Wall Logan Webb !llcClelland Weston !~lacIntyre Whitley Maddox Whitaker of Lowndes ~lann Williams of Miller Mason Williams of Walton Mayo Wimberly Parrish Wyatt Perryman Wynne Pruett :!llr. Speaker Quincey Reagan By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the adoption of the resolution the Ayes were 59, Nays 82. The resolution having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. Mr. Arnold of Clay gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to ~dopt House Resolution No. 187. Mr. Vocelle of Camden moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. 494 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Leave of absence was granted Mr. Webb of Lowndes. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. 'f'}li ;;:jj '1', .IBI .o 14 oh 9EwoH J TuESDAY, JuLY 25, 1922. 495 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., TuESDAY, July 25, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham BtJntley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock - Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy 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 Diekerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis E\anR 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 Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway 496 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Horne .:\Iayo Houser .:\Iiles Houston .:\Iixon Howard of Forsyth .:\Ioore of Appling Howard of Screven Moore of Fulton Hufstetler .:\Ioye Hullender :\fundy Hunter ~eal of Union Hyman Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parri~h Jones: ,_,f \Valker Patten ,Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee Perryman Johnson of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren King of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pruett Langford of Hall Quincey Lankford of Toombs Ramsey Lewis Reagan Logan ReYille Luke Ricketson )llcClelland Riley :McClure Robinson McDonald of Mitchell Russell .:\IcDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon .:\IcGarity Sapp :\lac Intyre Shettlesworth :\Ic:\Iichael Sibley :\Iaddox Singletary :\Ialone Smiley )!ann Smith of Bryan .:\fanning Smith of Carroll .:\Ia son Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Sto,all Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb \Veston Whitley \Yhitaker of Lowndes \Yhitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly \Yinship \Yood Woodard \Yorthy Wyatt Wynne ~\lr. Speaker The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read. TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1922. 497 By unanimous consent Mr. DuBose of Clarke was granted leave of absence during illness. By unanims"'' '3.a. u 8 ..".." 0 ->.=".' .-".,,' Boxes, wooden packing, except cigar boxes.............. 13 Carriages and wagons, ineluding repairs................ 66 Coffins, burial cases and undertakers' goods.......... 7 Cooperage ............................ 10 Furniture, wood, other than rattan and willow.. 24 Lumber and timber pro- ducts - 1,512 Lumber, planing-mill pro- ducts, not including planing mills connected with sawmills .................. 131 Shipbuilding, wooden, ineluding boat building.... 7 Turpentine and Rosin......... 441 Wood, turned and carved.. 4 Total ........................ 2,115 831 852 212 138 1,215 15,921 3,176 1,030 7,971 125 31,471 $ 1,140,531 1,796,651 653,695 435,153 2,263,084 18,918,831 8,917,601 3,102,121 3,693,142 257,877 $41,178,686 $ 2,185,591 3,544,259 932,252 659,694 3,702,915 26,836,279 14,029,180 3,220,693 10,874,714 354,630 ---- $66,340,207 The extent to which these industries are a factor in the industrial life of the State is apparent when it is stated that they comprise almost 500 per cent. of the industrial establishments of the State, employ 22 per cent. of Georgia's wage earners, represent 10 per cent. of the capital invested in manufactures and produce practically 10 per cent. of the manufacturing wealth of the State. They rank first among the industries of the State in the number of establishments, second in the number of persons employed, third in the amount of capital invested and 544 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, third m the value of products produced. A direct comparison with other leading industries is given below: -o -o _..c",' oa "bll ".g.',fe_; ,_,.<:: .ao..o...>o.-~ z";~g "c0 '-"o"c':' <.... n0".. c-: ~ ="">' ]c. u"' -6.... 0.. 0 ->""c'-":o""-' Cotton goods -- 132 Lumber and forest products..2,115 Oil and cake, cotton seed....... 116 Fertilizers ------------ 144 39,417 31,471 6,607 5,.342 $150,191,479 41,178,686 31,647,732 59,482,762 $192,185,896 66,340,207 99,320,307 47,479,842 As will be shown latt-r in this report, the primary forest industries of Georgia are on tht- decline and the above tabulation is given in order to emphasize the industrial importance of the problem with which the State is confronted. The continued shrinkage of these forest industries must inevitably serve to intensify conditions of unemployment, to reduce the earning power of great numbers of our citizens, to curtail local markets for our own products and to decrease the inflow of wealth to the State. THE ExTENT OF FoREST DEPLETION. The total area of forest land in Georgia, as given by the U. S. Forest Service, is 20 million acres, of which all has been cut owr with the exception of about one million acres. There are some six and a half million acres of cutover land which contain second growth timber of some merchantable value for lumber, seven and one-half million acres which contain unmerchantable second growth, excepting as cordwood materials, and five million acres of fort-st land classed as waste because it has been so severely cut and burned that it is producing nothing. The area of totally idle forest land in the State, therefore, is equivalent to almost -!0 per cent. of the State's improved farm area. ~ WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 545 The foregoing figures show that of the original virgin forests in the State, less than one-twentieth remain and that our people and our wood-using industries are rapidly becoming dependent upon second growth timber or upon lumber imported from other States. Their future independence is however threatened because of the destruction of our second growth timber in many parts of the State by fire and improper methods of turpentining. In short, your committee finds that not only have our original forests been largely destroyed but that under present .methods of neglect and public disregard of forest lands, we cannot count, even in a small way, upon our haphazard second growth to meet our needs of the immediate future. GEORGIA's WooD REQUIREMENTS. According to figures supplied by the American Forestry Association, Georgia is today consuming approximately 520 million feet of lumber annually, of which 338 million feet are produced within the State and 182 million feet are imported from other parts of the country jlS follm"s: From: Central States 651,000 feet Southern Pine States ----------------- 152,049,000 '' North Carolina Pine States __________ _ 11,708,000 " Lake States 484,000 '' Oregon and Washington_____________ _ 6,129,000 '' California __________________________ _ 10,006,000 '' Placing a nominal value of $30.00 a thousand on the lumber imported, the people of Georgia are already send- ing over five million dollars a year outside the State for lumber. It is significant that 16 million feet of the amount imported came from as far as California, Washington and Oregon, on which the freight alone is from $20.00 to I $25.00 a thousand feet. This fact serves to emphasize the growing dependency of the Southern States upon the Sig. 18 546 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Pacific Coast timber as our Southern pine forests become exhausted, and the resultant financial drain upon our citizens in obtaining lumber. Other sections of the United States, your committee finds, are paying huge tributes to the West for lumber because their forests have become depleted. It is inevitable that as our own forests become exhausted, we will have to turn to the West in order to meet our lumber requirement because the last great body of timber in the United States is on the Pacific Coast. In this connection, your committee desires to quote an extract from an address delivered by J. G. Peters, of the U. S. Forest Service, before the Georgia Forestry Association at Macon, on June 7. Speaking of Georgia, Mr. Peters said: ''The number of farms in this State, according to the 1920 census, is about 311,000. It has been estimated that the lumber requirements of the average efficiently run farm for upkeep and improvements is 2,000 board feet .. yearly. This would mean, therefore, 622,000,000 board feet yearly for this State, which exceeds your present yearly consumption of lumber for all purposes and is more than 80 per cent of your present yearly lumber production. Bear in mind that these 622 millions would represent your requirements for the upkeep and improve' ments of farms alone, and that this estimate is based on the average farm for the entire country. But will Georgia be content merely with the average farm Y ''The per capita consumption of Georgia is among the lowest of the States. This is indicated by preliminary computations of lumber consumption lately prepared in the Forest Service. It is far below that of the big agricultural States of the West and is even below that of the small, manufacturing States of New England. It is nearly in a class with the per capita consumption of those European countries where wood is a luxury. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 547 ''Surely this cannot continue in Georgia where the possibilities for growth and development are unlimited. Some day you will use several times the quantity of lumber you are now using. Are you going to anticipate this and provide for a supply at home, or will you follow the example of the Lake States and permit timber depletion to continue unchecked and then after your supply has dwindled, be forced to bring lumber from the Pacific Coast or perhaps from Siberia?" The wood requirements of our farms are but one of many needs in maintaining the prosperity of our State. Already our peach growers require 25,000,000 feet annually for boxes in which to market their fruit. Our vegetable growers are likewise dependent upon cheap and accessible lumber for crates. Our fmniture, carriage, wood turning and cooperage factories are even more directly dependent while almost every industry in the entire State must use wood in one way or another. Our greatest and most vital need now and in the future is probably in the building of homes. Exhaustion of our local forests imposes an increased expense upon our industries and our home builders and tends to improverish the State by drawing money from the State. According to the Forest Service, the per capita consumption of lumber in Georgia is 179 feet a year. The average for the nation is 300 fePt ~ year. Regions undergoing rapid agricultural development invariably show the highest per capita wood consumption. Such a development in Georgia or simply a change from cotton to more diversified farming, your committee believes, will demand not less than the average per capita of 300 feet, or a total of 870,000,000 feet, which is 100,000,000 in excess of the total lumber production of the Stat( in 1920. Your committee desires to point that the national demand for lumber is a factor of increasing importance in our local and State forest situations. The growing shor- ........ 548 .Jm:RNAL OF THE HousE, tage of timber in the East is naturally stimulating the com- petition for lumber in the Eastern markets and the ten- dency of the situation is to increase the prices which the lumber mills are able to obtain in these great Eastern .. markets. Being to their advantage to sell at the best prices obtainable, Georgia mills naturally export their lumber unless they can obtain equally favorable prices locally. The drain upon our local timber is in consequence becoming greater as the general demand for lumber in- creases and the available supply declines, while at the same time the scale of lumber prices is gradually being pushed upward. This situation merely serves to hasten the ex- haustion of our remaining forests and io emphasize the need and wisdom of prompt action to utilize the forest- growing power of our denuded forest soils. EviDENCE OF FoREST ExHAUSTION. Georgia's Lumber Cut. One of the most striking evidences of the rapidity with which our forests are disappearing is found in the declining production of lumber in the State. The following figures are taken from the U.S. Census and show the lumber cut in Georgia for the years given: 1899 -------------------1,308,610,000 feet 1904 --------------------1,135,910,000 " 1909 ____________________ 1,342,249,000 " 1914 --------------------1,026,191,000 " 1919 -------------------- 893,965,000 " 1920 -------------------- 761,800,000 " Since 1909, it will be seen, the production of lumber in Georgia has declined almost 50 per cent. This represents a direct loss in the wealth of the State. The mill value of the 1909 cut at prices then prevailing was approximately $19,000,000 but the same cut today, had it been maintained, would have a mill value of over $32,000,000, or $13,- , WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 549' 000,000 in excess of the value of Georgia's present reduced cut. If the production of lumber in Georgia during the next ten years declines in the same proportion as during the past decade, the people of the State will be forced to import from other regions of the United States a large portion of their lumber requirements and will have the added cost of transportation to meet. The cause of Georgia's declining cut is found in her declining supply of forest reserve. In 1909, the Government estimated that the State's reserve of pine timber was 32 billion feet while at the present time it is placed at only about 24 billion feet. Migration of Sawmills. The U. S. Census shows that in 1909 there were 1991 sawmills in Georgia. Figures just issued in the 1920 Census give the number of mills in the State in that year as 694, a loss of 1,300 plants, or 65 per cent. of its mills, during one decade. Dismantled mill plants and deserted communities throughout the lumber regions of the State are forbidding reminders of the migration of an industry which, under wise and proper management of our forest lands, should be a permanent and leading industry in the State. Shrinkagp of E1nployment. Your committee has been greatly surprised to find that the exhaustion of our forests is exerting a strong influence upon employment and means of livelihood in the State. In both 1900 and 1910, the U. S. Census shows, that more wage earners in Georgia were employed by the primary forest industries than any other manufacturing industry in the State. In 1910, over 40 per cent. of all the wage earners in the State were engaged in lumbering or related work. By 1910, the number had dropped to 33 per cent. and by 1920 to only 18 per cent. Despite the increase in population in the State during these two de- 550 .TovRNAL OF THE HousE, cades, the number of persons who found employment in the forests declined from 38,827 in 1900 to 23,141 in 1920, or 40 per cent. DECLINE oF GEORGIA's NAVAL SToRES INDUSTRY. While the shrinkage of our lumber industry has been alarmingly great during the past ten years. the decline of our turpentine and naval stores industry has been even more marked. Men engaged in this industry in the State freely express grave concern as to the future existence of the industry, many believing that it is facing practical extinction in Georgia because of the wanton and destructive attitude maintained towards our young growth timber, upon which the future of the industrY. necessarily depends . . Exhaustion of Georgia's pine timber is clearly reflected in the waning of our naval stores industry during the past twenty years. The decline in production during that period has been approximately 75 per cent. In 1920, Secretary Meredith, of the Department of Agriculture, asserted that within six years Georgia, at its then rate of decline, would be reduced to a negligible position in the naval stores industry. Mr. Thomas Gamble, of the Naval Stores Review and a profound student of the industry believes that at best, ''But ten years are before us in which we can hope for Georgia to retain even a third or fourth place among important naval stores States." Says Mr. Gamble: "Men of long experience and intimate knowledge believe that while Georgia has still a few seasons of comparatively fair naval stores production before it, there must be, after a matter of perhaps two or three years expansion resulting from tempting higher values for the output, a radical, almost perpendicular, drop in the quantities of timber to be worked and the resulting crops. A WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 551 great natural source of wealth is passing away before our eyes; and industry which should bring millions of dollars to the State every season is shrinking to one of minor proportions; a trade that has belted the earth with its cargoes and brought Savannah and Brunswick into contact with every civilized people of the globe, threatens to largely disappear and become almost a reminiscehce within the next decade. ''In 1890 of the total production Georgia contributed about 53 per cent. For twelve years, from the season of 1891-92 to the season of 1902-03, over 1.300,000 packages of naval stores were yearly handled at Savannah alone, or roughly speaking six hundred million pounds a season. The greatest volume of traffic in them at Savannah was in 1896-97, with the phenomenal aggregate of 1,640,000 barrels. Brunswick at the same time handled 260,000 barrels, a total for the two Georgia ports of 1,900,000 packages, with the enormous aggregate freight weight of nine hundred million pounds. For the twelve years referred to the average receipts of the two ports, representing almost entirely Georgia production, was 1,550,000 barrels. ''Compare this with the handlings at the two ports last season of 603,000 barrels; some of which came from Florida and Alabama, and we can the more readily appreciate the tremendous falling off in Georgia's importance as a naval stores and lumber State, for the two industries, as we know, go hand in hand. When the production of the United States was at its height Georgia supplied 50 to 60 per cent. Now that the production has decreased from that height by one-third Georgia supplies but 20 to 25 per cent. of the decreased total. "The past bas its lessons only. What has been done cannot be undone. But what of the future? Is the prediction of the Federal Government to be fulfilled 1 Is Georgia by the close of this decade to cease to be a naval stores and lumber State worthy of especial mention Y Are '552 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Savannah and.Brunswick to follow Wilmington and Char leston as ports through which once moved many hundreds .of thousands of barrels of naval stores in twelve months ,. but which no longer handle large shipments of turpen.tine and rosins? These are the pressing questions of the .,hour. If the answer to them is 'Yes'-and we all feel that it is-then the problem confronting the progressive intelligence of Georgia is how to avoid this direful probability, how to promote and preserve and even expand ''two great wealth-producing and men-employing industries, and at the same time protect the general interests of ' 'the State inasmuch as further forest denudation must inevitably affect our farming classes in the effect on rainfall, freshets, erosion and other vital conditions.'' SoiL ERosw~. Another striking evidence of forest devastation in Georgia is found in the increasing destruction of soil by :floods. It is a well established fact that forests exert a regulatory influence upon water run-off and thereby protect the soil against floods and the gullying action of surface water.. Much of our soil in Georgia is readily subject to erosion and those who travel about the State from year to year cannot fail to observe the increasing, and in many cases the alarming, extent to which our soil is being gullied and washed away, farm property seriously injured and sources of water supply rendered unusable because of the destruction of forest growth on such vast areas of our land. Dr. S. W. McCallie, State Geologist, has followed this situation for years, visiting from time to time practically every section of the State. The destruction of wealth, actual and potential, is in his opinion far more serious than is generally appreciated. Aceording to him the effect of deforestation on the filling of water power storage dams ..in the State is already alarming. So great has become the ..washing away of our soils that, according to Dr. McCal- WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 553' lie all of Georgia's water power storage dams will under present conditions be filled with sediment within the next one hundred years or sooner. The Savannah river is now, it is estimated, carrying to the ocean two and onehalf million tons annually of soil.matter. ''The retardation of this enormous wash which fills the storage dams," declares Dr. McCallie, "and thereby les- sens the effectiveness of our water power, is one of the strongest arguments for the protection of our forests.'' EcoNoMIC AsPECTs oF THE SITUATION. Your committee has pointed out in considerable detail incontrovertible evidences of the alarming extent to which forest depletion has advanced in this State. It has sought to indicate some of the effects upon the present and future prosperity of the State, of the decline of a group of industries which rank among the most important in the State. Its duty would not be well performed, however, if it did not summarize the far-reaching consequences of continued devastation and neglect of our forests and our forest lands. (1) As has already been shown, the exhaustion of our forests is rapidly destroying our two basic forest industries-lumbering and turpentining, and thus (a) depriving large numbers of our people of employment which formerly was open to them; (b) depriving the State of the inflow of wealth which follows the exportation of lumber and tur- , pentine; (c) pauperizing local communities in those sec- tions where these industries are the main means of support; (d) compelling our citizens to send more and more money outside the State in order to obtain their wood requirements; (e) undermining our independence as home builders by making our citizens increasingly dependent upon the uncertainties, high prices and competition of distant lumber markets and (f) destroying in many sections, soil and its productive power, the purity and re- 554 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, gularity of our streams, and the actual and potential water power wealth of the State. (2) Mention should also be made of the vast areas of land which are being rendered non-productive in whole or in part. Already five million acres are virtually idle and the area is being added to year by year while almost fourteen million acres are in a state of haphazard production and yielding a forest growth far short of that possible. Such land, if not now, eventually becomes a burden upon the State. This is clearly proven by the experience of the State of Michigan, where millions of acres of waste cut-ove;r land have in the past decade, reverted to the State. in lieu of taxes, thus depriving counties of needed revenue and thwarting their development, socially, agriculturally and industrially. In the face of the productive power of our forest lands, as determined by competent authorities, our continued neglect and misuse of them appeals to your committee as inexcusable. Mr. Austin Cary, of the United States Forest Service, who for three years has been studying growth conditions in the Southern pine belt, stated recently: ''With timber growing recognized as an economic matter, the question at once arises where timber can be most advantageously g-rown, what sections are so endowed as to produce it at most profit, and right there is where South Georgia comes in, with very exceptional advantages. Wood for paper making, as has just been indicated, can be grown in a fraction of the time required in regions from which the industry now draws its main supplies, and the same thing would hold of wood that might be required for somewhat similar industries. For the production of saw timber, not indeed of the old heart variety to which the South is accustomed (we shall never see that in large quantities again), but thoroughly serviceable for most purposes, 25 to 60 years may be set as the time required, and yields looked for greater than these had from WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 555 the native timber. Then the forests of the region possess this peculiarity, that the most common timber trees yield naval stores in addition to lumber and wood, a very great advantage indeed in respect to value production. ''I have now outlined somewhat more fully, the reasons for the tremendous attraction which the region exerts on a professional forester. My own belief, in fact, is (and that has 30 years experience behind it during which I have worked in every timber region of the U.S. and seen the forests of several European countries), that no region in the world probably has greater natural facilities for producing timber values than the district centering on the Okefenokee Swamp, stretching west from near Savannah some miles north of Waycross to Valdosta, the border passing thence south to Liveoak and taking in a large area of irregular shape in the State of Florida. Longleaf, and particularly slash pine characterize this region, the latter in my opinion a species which will be recognized in future, for the combination of utility in its products, for its readiness of reproduction and rapidity of growth, as one of the most valuable trees on the earth's surface. The gross area of this region is something like 5,000,000 acres in the State of Georgia." (3) The prosperity of many industries not directly related to the lumber and turpentine industries are in part dependent upon our forests. The railroads of Georgia, for example, derive from 25 to 50 per cent. of their tonnage from the movement of lumber and forest products and the exhaustion of our local stumpage naturally deprives the railroads of much tonnage needed to keep them operating on a sound and prosperous basis. The maintenance and development of the fruit and vegetable industry in the State is intimately dependent upon a cheap and accessible supply of box and crate rna.terials, as has already been mentional. Your committee believes that within the next ten years, the competition .556 JouRNAL OF THE HousE . for box lumber in the South will be an important if not a serious factor in. the marketing of fruit and vegetable .crops. The demand for shipping crates in the South is rapidly increasing with the increasing acreage of land coming into _bearing. It is estimated, for example, that the present acreage of citrus fruit planted in Florida alone will in ten years require 240,000,000 feet of box lumber annually, (equivalent to the standing timber on 50,000 acres), or almost five times the estimated annual growth of pine saw timber in the whole State. Georgia's acreage of fruit and vegetables is likewise increasing and with crate demands accumulating on the large scale indicated and the forest supply constantly and rapidly waning, it is inevitable that Georgia growers will sooner or later be f:orced to import their lumber needs largely from the West coast. In that event, their crates will cost much more than if the lumber were obtained locally. The additional cost will naturally limit the boundaries of the region in which the Georgia grower can mar.ket his crops in competition with fmit and vegetables from other regions. The same economic considerations apply to other industries of the State which must use wood or the products of the forest in th~ manufacture or marketing of their products. They are aspects of the forest problem which have a fundamental bearing upon the permanent welfare of thE' State and which in other States where forest depletion is somewhat more advanced than in Georgia, are making themselves felt to an aggravating and menacing degree. As an example, your committee makes reference to the State of New York where during the period 1912 to 1919, a decline of 65 per CPnt. in the lumbn cut of the State was accompanied by the disappearance of 35 per cent. of the wood-using industries Qf the State. (4) The devastation of our f01esh;, your committee desires to point out, is prejudicial to all those things which .. '4 ... _;. . t' WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 557 go to make our citizens contented and proud of their State. It is destructive of game and wild life, of recrea- tional freedom in the country and of the development of ... regions especially suitable for game and recreational pre- serves. Barren and unsightly cut-over lands yield little revenue for the building or support of good roads, neither do they draw tourists from other States. DESTRUCTIVE AGENCIES. Lumbering. Your committee recognizes that lumbering is a proper and legitimate industry and when properly conducted should be fostered and encouraged. Lumbering as car- ried on in this State in the past and at the present time, however, is often destructive to forest perpetuation. Vast areas have been cut so clean of all timber that natur.al re- forestation has been precluded. If cutting were conducted with the conscious intention of leaving a few seed trees on each acre and of doing as little damage as possible to the young growth on the land, natural reforestation would be obtained on a much more extensive scale. As indica- tivt> of the methods of cutting advocated by the U. S. Forest Service, there is appended to this rt>port Exhibits A and Exhibits B. . , Porest Fires. The worst enemy to the regeneration of our cut-over forest is, in the judgement of your committee, unrestricted and un-regulated forest fires. Due to a belief of long standing that the burning of the woods improves the forage and to the almost complete absence of any public sentiment against forest fires, thousands of acres of forest land are swept by flames every year, young forest growth being destroyed or stunted and the fertility of the soil impoverished. ',-. 558 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, In this State in the five years from 1916 to 1920, inclusive, there were reported to the Forest Service 20,000 forest fires, more than double the number reported in any other State. Ninety per cent. of these fires resulted from carelessness or from design; 10 per cent. from lightning, the only agency that cannot be controlled. Twenty-five per cent. were of incendiary origin, 23 per cent. from causes unknown, 17 per cent. from brush burning, and the remainder were caused chiefly by campers, lumbering, and railroads. These fires burned over more than 5,000,000 acres, or one-fourth of the State's forest land area, and caused a money loss to timber and improvements alone of $4,250,000. These figures are conservative; they are incomplete, because of the difficulty of securing statistics of this character where no protective organization exists in the State which could collect them. If to these direct losses are added the losses which cannot very well be measured in dollars and cents, such for example as the destruction of small trees, the killing of game, the drying up of fishing streams, the burning up of soil fertility, the removing of the ground cover from mountain lands, which makes it possible for erosion to follow and silt to be deposited in the river channels, and the rendering and keeping idle ah area estimated to be 5,000,000 acres of forest land in this State, it is readily apparent that the total damage reaches a staggering figure. In speaking of the forest fire situation in Georgia, Mr. J. G. Peters of the lT. S. Forest Sen-ice recently asserted: ''Obviously the thing to do, the thing which a number of other States have done, is to put a stop to the practice of promiscuous and broadcast burning of the woods. Some people say that it cannot be done, that it is a part of the very life of the people, is in fact regarded by many as an inalienable right, and that it is inevitable. But it can be _done, because it is already being done. I would hate to WED:NESDAY, JuLY 26, 1922. 559 think that the situation in Georgia is any worse than it used to be in East Texas a:rid in Louisiana. Yet a big dent is being made in the progress of stopping forest fires in those States. Let Georgia take its cue not only from these two States, but as well from North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and others, from the no less than 27 States all told which have seen the practical value of stamping out the forest fire menace. All of these have recogp.ized their responsibility to aid in providing timber supplies for their citizens for all time.'' TuRPE:NTINING. No one who travels through the cut-over pine districts of South Georgia can fail to be impressed with the abundance of young growing timber which has followed the cutting of the original forests. Much of this young timber, which should be the source of our future supply of lumber and turpentine, is however being destroyed or rendered worthless by destructive methods of turpentining employed by some operators. No~ only are trees too small to withstand the check of the process being utilized but the larger sized trees are in very many instances hacked so heavily as to destroy their vitality and life within a few years. From the standpoint of perpetuating our pine forests and of providing a future supply of pine stumpage, your committee believes this situation to be an especially serious and menacing one. It is of the belief that turpentining, if properly done, is not antagonistic to the growing of timber crops; that, in fact, turpentining is a legitimate by-product operation, but it does not believe that our future supply of timber and turpentine should be menaced and curtailed by unrestricted and destructive methods. Statement by Fonner Forester of the United States. ''Your committee, in discussing with the Hon. Henry S. Graves, Ex-Forester of the United States, the Forestry . ' 560 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, situation in Georgia, desires to call your attention to the following very pertinent statements made by him. ''The prosperity of Georgia will depend in a large part upon the way she handles her natural resources. Heretofore the forest resources in comparison to population have been so vast that the effect of wastefulness has not been felt. ''The depletion of the forests of the East is greatly increasing the net drain upon Georgia's forests for the national market. The time has already arrived when Georgia can no longer look upon her forests as a re!lerve of raw material for the general market. She must consider her own present and future needs. She must consider how her forests can supply the requirements of her growing population, build the ne" dwellings and farm improvements that will be needed, and supply the raw material for permanent forest industries. ''Georgia will soon cease to be a factor in supplying the nation's needs for lumber. Already four-fifths of the virgin forest is gone. Her annual production of lumber and turpentine is steadily declining, and this decline is not being adequately replaced by other development where the forest is being used up. 'Georgia's problem is now to determine how the for- ests that remain can be made to serve in building up the State on a permanent basis. This means prevention of further wasteful dissipation of this resource and the sub- stitution of constructive forest perpetuation for methods of the present fporraecstticuetsiliozfatdieovnaastnad- tion by axe and fire. ''It is difficult for me to see how a prosperous Georgia can do with less than 750 million feet of lumber for her O\vn uses; and if any future development in keeping with the possibilities of this great State can materializr, she will need more. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 561 ''Georgia has some excellent hardwood forests in the mountains and also in the bottom lands of the lower country. These hardwood forests furnish the basis for many small wood-using industries. Such industries may be made permanent if the forests are properly conserved and utilized. Think what it means to a farming community in the mountains to have a local furniture factory, to have a market for any mature logs a man p1ay have on his land, to haYe an opportunity each year to labor in the woods in slack times, to have a local market for crops, to have the industrial vitality that com.es from the presence of a manufacturing concern. ''Is it necessary to depict the community where the forest has been destroyed, the local sawmills and woodusing factories have closed, where the support of these industries in keeping up the roads, churches, and schools has been lost, where a large part of the land is no longer capable of yielding taxes and lies waste and a burden rather than an asset to the community? "Such a picture applies in every region where the land is in part unadapted to cultivation and there are not many parts of the State where every acre can profitably be used for cultivation. ''The old idea still prevails that the forest is a temporary crop to be removed for settlement. Of course this is true where the land is needed for agriculture. But our lumbermen haYe seemed to proceed on the idea that they can strip off all the forest over thousands of acres, and may then invite settlers tq come upon the lands to establish homes. After the first lumbering comes the cutting for ties and poles and in the South the small trees are now being used up in a few years by destructive.methods of turpentining. Forest fires are not only allowed to burn but are set out to keep the ground clear; and this is preventing an adequate growth of pine. 562 J OT:RNAL OF THE HousE, ''The second growth pine in a region, the presence of young trees that now or soon can produce turpentine, the opportunities to secure an ample supply of fuel and pole wood for farm purposes are attractions to a settler. The widespread devastation of our coastal plain lands will be the greatest factor in prE!venting settlement. People will not come to a treeless Georgia.. ''The question of the right handling of the forests is intimately tied in with the possible development of the State. It is not a problem of providing for future generations. It is one of insuring the new settlers with raw materials now, a question of having in different parts of the State timber and wood to aid in the establishment and maintenance of local wood-using industries, a question of improving the standards of convenience and comfort of the home rather than lowering it, a problem of making an attractive region for new comers in country and town. '~Georgia must face her problem frankly. It doesn't do to say she has. unexhaustible forest resources, for she hasn't. She must recognize that a large part of the forest is burned over evety year and that steadily this is reducing her forest capital by injuring standing timber and retarding or completely preventing regrowth. Destructive dissipation of natural resources and progressive State development can not go hand in hand. If the first continues the se~on(l "ill not take place. It is not a difficult thing to prevent forest devastation by fire and otherwise, if the people want forests. But forests cannot be protected and perpetuated. unless the people all help to prevent fire and support the public agencies that will point the way to a better handling of them.'' GEORGIA's EssENTIAL NEEDs. Although the virgin or original old growth of our State will soon be at an end, the State is still rich in possessing within its boundaries vast areas of forest land WEDNESDAY, JuLY 26, 1922. 563 which is not suitable or needed for agricultural use. This land is naturally adapted to the rapid ~owing of forests. We have soil of wonderful forest productivity; we are blessed with long growing seasons and with native species which will produce merchantable crops in from 25 to 50 years and they yield a great variety of products of world value. We are fortunate in having such conditions as make the management of our forest lands comparatively simple if we but exercise that simple management, which your committee believes, embodies the first steps in solving our forest problem. They may be summarized as follows: (1) The control and regulation of forest fires and the development of a public sentiment which recognizes the menace of forest fires and will co-operate in stamping them out. (2) The stopping of the destruction of young pine timber by improper and ruthless methods of turpentining. Your committee believes the naval stores industry will readily co-operate in placing fair and reasonable restrictions upon operators. (3) The general education of the people of the State to the value of our forests and our forest lands, their place and importance in our economic lives, and our dependency upon their products, to the end that there may be developed a sane and enlightened public attitude with respect to our forest sitnation and its urgency as a public problem. RECOMMENDATIONS. Your committee believes that the foregoing needs can be met only by the State assuming the responsibility of leadership in the forestry work of the State. This conclusion is based upon the experience of other States where no advancement in forestry was obtainable until the '564 ,JorRxAL oF THE HousE, States themselves recognized their responsibilities and created forest departments authorized by law to protect their forests and to promote forest management throughout the State. Today, thirty-four States of the Union have forest departments and are appropriating a total of $4,000,000 annually for forest work. Twenty States are acquiring State forests, a total of almost 6,000,000 acres having been acquired to date. In conclusion your committee respectfully wishes to submit the following recommendations for your careful consideration and action: 1. The establishment by action of the General Assembly of Georgia of an independent forestry organization to be supervised by and subject only to the State Board of Forestry. 2. The g1vmg of the necessary police powers to the personnel of this organization to afford the proper means of enforcing all forestry laws in Georgia. 3. The financing of this organization and the work of the Board through a special forestry fund to be derived either by a severance tax similar to that now in effect in Louisiana or by occupational tax drawn along the line of that in Florida. Copies of the two acts referred to are attached and are marked Exhibits C and D. -!. Th~ exclusive use of such funds to be under the direct jurisdiction of the Georgia State Board of Foreiltry and us'ed for the protection and reproduction of our natural forest area. 5. That special technical investigations and studies be carried on by the forestry organization for the advancement of adequate forestry policies in the State. 6. That advantage be taken of the co-operation offered. by the Federal Government for fire prevention in the WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 565 same way tha. Federal Aid is supplied for highway con'struction. 7. That the' attached copies of proposed bills which your committee has drawn to meet the requirements of a forestry policy in Georgia be given the endorsement of the Board and submitted with the report of this Board to the General Assembly for action. Respectfully submitted, S. W. McCALLIE, B. H. STONE, H. G. SPAHR. A BILL to be ENTITLED, An Act to promote Forestry interests in the State of Geor'gia under the direction of the Georgia State Board of Forestry; to increase the powers and duties of such Board and to more fully define them; to provide for a State }<'orester, the manner of his appointment and to prescribe his qualifications, powers and duties; to provide for a system of Forestry protection, management and replacement, and for its maintenance; to provide a State Forestry fund; to provide for State Forests and for other purposes. SECTION L 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 object of this Act is to bring about, so far as may be, the production of timber on all forested and cut-over land in State or private ownership not now required for other uses than the growth of timber, in order to insure an adequate and continuous supply of forest products for the use and necessities of the citizens and industries of the State. 566 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the a~thority aforesaid, That the short title of this Act shall be ''The Foresf Act." SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the terms of office of the four citizen members of the Georgia State Board of Forestry created by the Act of the Legislature approved August 15, 1921, and found in Georgia Laws 1921, page 192, shall expire on the first day of September, 1923, 1924, 1925, and 1926, respectively, the term of each to be designated by the Governor; and their successors shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of four years, beginning on the day next following the last day of the expired term, except that any person chosen to fill an unexpired term shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the member whom he shall succeed. So far as practicable all such appointees shall be selected with reference to their knowledge of and interest in the production and use of forest products in the industries of the State. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Board of Forestry hereinafter called the Board shall meet annually at some regular time to be determined upon by the Board and on call of the President at such other times as occassion may require. The members of the Board shall receive no cempensation for their services as such, but they shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses while in the performance of their duties. DuTms AND PowERS OF THE BoARD. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the duties and powers of the Board shall be : (1) Perso~i (a) Sta.'te 1\>rester.-To appoint a State Forester who shall have been technically trained in the profession of forestry and in addition shall have had at least two years experience in the practical and adminis- WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 567 trative work of that profession, the exact extent and character of which shall be certified by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, to demote or remove such State Forester only for just cause, due public hearing and record of the proceedings being made by the Board ; to pay him such salary and allow him such office and other expenses incidental to the performance of his official duties as the Board in its discretion deems necessary; to require the State Forester to devote his whole time to the duties of his office and to attend all meetings of the Board and to charge him, under full authority of law, with the immediate direction and control (subject only to the supervision and approval of the Board) of all matters relating to forestry as authorized by this Act or as may be otherwise authorized by law. (b) Subordinate Personnel.-To appoint as occasion may require, remove for cause, define the qualifications and duties, assign them titles, and fix the compensation of such technical forestry assistants and other subordi. nate employees as may be necessary and designate those who shall have, and they are hereby given, police powers in and concerning all matters relating to or connected with the State Forests, hereinafter provided for, and the enforcement of any and all other provisions mentioned in or coming within the scope and purpose of this Act. (2) Forest Fires.-To take such action and provide and maintain such organized means as possible and as may seem necessary to prevent, control, and extinguish forest fires including the enforcement of any and all laws pertaining to the protection of forests and woodlands. (3) Forestation.-(a) To encourage forest and tree planting for the production of a wood crop, for the protection of water supply, for windbreak and shade or for any other beneficial purpose contributing to the general welfare, public \lygiene and comfort of the people. 568 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, (b) To grow, collect, purchase, or import for such purposes such necessary trees, plants and shrubs and their seeds, cuttings, or other means by which they may he propagated, and to dispose of the planting materials so grown, collected, purchased, or imported, under such contracts, terms, and conditions, as in the judgment of the Board, may be to the public interest under this Act. (4) Technical Investigations and Studies.-To cause to be made such technical investigations and studies concerning forest conditio.ns, the propagation, care, and protection of forest and shade trees, the care and management of forests, their growth, yield, and the products and byproducts thereof, and the industries incidental thereto, and any other competent subject, including forest taxation, bearing on the timber supply and needs of the State which the Board in its discretion may deem proper. (5) Co-operation and Assistance.-To assist and cooperate with, under such terms as in the jujdgement of the Board will best serve the public interests, any Federal or State Department or institution, county, town, corporation, or individual in the preparation and execution of plans for the protection, management, replacement, or extention of the forest, woodland and roadside or other ornamental tree g-rowth in the State. (6) Education and Publication.-To encourage public interest in the forests and forestry, by means of correspondence, the public press, periodicals, and moving pictures, the publication of bulletins and leaflets for general distribution, and delivery of lectures. (7) Care and Management of State Forests.-To have the general care, custody, control, and regulation of all lands set apart or acquired for State Forest purposes, to devise ways and means by which State Forests shall be made so far as possible self-supporting; and to that end the Board may, and hereby is authorized, under such WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 569 rules and regulations as it shall prescribe, to dispose of by sale, licence, permits, or any other appropriate means, any timber or other products, and to lease, or otherwise grant under limited permit and subject to its supervision and a reasonable charge, the occupancy and use of any land, water, or other resource of the State Forests not inconsistent with the purposes for which said Forests are established. (8) Rules and Regula.tions.-To make rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions specifically mentioned in this or any other Act which the Board may be given-'authority ,to enforce. All rules and regulations so made when incorporated in the records of the Board and public notice given of that fact shall have the force and effect of law after the expiration of 60 days, unless it can be shown that an emergency exists by which the public interest is seriously endangered when the specific rule or regulation involved shall by public notice be made immediate.ly effective: Provided. That any court of competent jurisdiction may suspend the operation of any order or regulation for such time, not to exceed 60 days, as may be necessary to grant a public hearing or hearings to any person or persons aggrieved thereby. (9) Supervision of Expenditures.-To control the expenditures of any and all funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the several purposes set forth in this Act, and under suitable regulations and restrictions to specifically authori;r,e any officer or employee of the Board to incur necessary and stipulated expenses in connection with the work upon which such person may be engaged. (10) Biennial Report.-To submit biennially to the Legislature a report of the expenditures, proceedings, and results achieved, together with such other matters including recommendations concerning legislation as are germane to the aims and purposes of this Act. ,570 .JouRNAL oF THE HousE, SEC. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Board is hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, to set apart and reserve as State Forests any lands acquired under Section 7 for the purpose of timber production, game and wild life protection, securing favorable conditions of waterflow, recreational and such other uses as the Board deems proper, and as areas upon which forestry may be demonstrated as a means of preventing the waste of the poorer grade soils through idleness and erosion by utilizing them for the production of timber and other forest products. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted by the authoritytaforesaid, That lands necessary for the purposes outlined in the preceding section, including any which may already belong to the State not otherwise devoted to some public purpose may be acquired by the Board for State Forests, the title to vest in the name of the State, their acquisiti~n by the Board, which hereby is authorized, to be by gift, or by purchase approved by an Act of the Legislature. No title or interest in any of the said lands, held as State Forests under this Act shall be subject to be taken by any body-corporate, whether municipal or a private corporation, or any person whatsoever possessing the power of eminent domain by condemnation proceedings against the Board or the State: Provided. That the Regulations of the Board shall provide under suitable conditions for the issuance of easements for rights of way and other uses of the land which are desirable for the public welfare. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all moneys derived from the license tax imposed on the business of severing forest products, together with all moneys derived from the sale of timber or other products from the State Forests, and all moneys derived from penalties, minus the cost of prosecution imposed for the violation of this Act, shall be covered into the State -WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 571 . . Treasury and placed to the credit of a special fund to be known as the Forestry Fund, which fund is hereby appro- priated and made available for expenditure as the Board may direct in carrying out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 9. Be it further t>nacted by the authority aforesaid, That until sufficient moneys are derived from the sources named for the Forestry Fund as provided by this Act, a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is hereby authorized to be placed to the credit of the Forestry Fund from moneys not otherwise expended in the State Treasury in order that the Board may begin its administrative work without delay: Provided. That any part of said sum that may be expended by the Board will be refunded in the State Treasury from the Forestry Fund when moneys are aYailable from the other sources named in this Act. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be unlawful to do any of the following acts, to wit : (1) To drop within or near forest lands any lighted match, cigar, cigarette or pipe tobacco without completely extinguishing the same. (2) To leave camp or other fires unextinguished and unattended in or near forest lands. (3) To negligently allow fires in or near forest land to escape and damage the property of another. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Section or who violates any of the rules and regulations made by the Board under the provisions of Section 5, Sub-Section 8 of this Act, or who violates any of the Forestry Fire Laws in the Georgia Code of 1910, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished under the provision of Section 1065 of the Penal Code of 1910. 572 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall take effect immediately upon its passage and its approval by the Governor. If any clause, sentence, para!!raph, or part of this Act shall be adjudged or decreed by any court of competent jurl.sdiction to be invalid, such judgment or decree shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operations to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or decree shall have been rendered. SEC. 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 'fhat all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. EXHIBI'l' C. ACT No. 31. House Bill No. 223, Substitute for House Bill No. 119. AN ACT. To carry into effect Article 229 of the Constitution of 1898 as amended at the rlection in November, 1910, and as repeated in the Constitution of 1913, by levying a licrnse tax upo~ all persons, firms, corporations, or associations of persons engaged in the business of severing natural resources from the soil or water; including all forms of timber, turpentine and other forest products; minerals, such as oil, gas, sulphur, salt, coal and ores; also marble, stone, gravel, sand, shells and other natural deposits; and prescribing the method of collecting and enforcing thr payment of such license tax ; requiring all those engaged in the severance of, and dealing in, such natural resources to make such reports of their business as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of this act; to provide penalties; and to repeal certain laws and all laws in conflict herewith. WEDNESDAY, JuLY 26, 1922. 573 SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That there is hereby levied a licrnse tax for the year 1920 and for each subsequent year upon each person, firm, corporation or association of persons engaged in the business of serving natural resources from the soil or water; including all forms of timber, turpentine and other forest products; minerals, such as oil, gas, sulphur, salt, coal and ores; also marble, stone, gravel, sand, shells and other natural deposits. Said license taxes shall be collected quarterly by the tax collectors as hereinafter set forth and paid into a special fund which is hereby created to be known as the Severance License Tax Fund of the State of Louisiana. The license to operate in each quarter shall. be based on the market value of the quantity severed in the last preceding quarter-annual period. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That every such person, firm, corporation or association of persons engaged within the State in the business of severing any or all such natural resources from the soil or water shall, within thirty (30) days after the expiration of each quarter-annual period expiring, respectively, on the last day of June, September, December, and March of each year, file with the Supervisor of Public Accounts a statement under oath, on forms prescribed by him, of the business conducted by such persons, firm, corporation or association of persons during the last preceding quarter-annual period, showing the kind of natural resources so severed or produced, the gross quantity and actual cash value thereof, and such other reasonable and necessary information pertaining thereto as the Supervisor of Public Accounts may require for the proper enforcement of the provisions of this act. There shall also be shown on such quarterly reports the location of each such natural resource and the place or places where produced or severed from the soil or water. At the time of rendering such quarter-annual report each such person, firm, corporation or association 574 JoL"RNAL OF THE HousE, of persons shall concurrently file a duplicate thereof with, and pay to, the tax collector of the parish where said natural resource is taken or severed from the soil or water a license tax equal to two per centum (2%) of the gross value of the total production thereof dur1ng the preceding three months; and the value of all such products shall be computed as of the time when, and at the place where, each such product or natural resource is severed or taken from soil or water. For the purpose of this act the market value of all such products or natural resources shall be computed in their unmanufactured state immediately after severance from the soil or water. The making of said reports, and th~ payment of said license taxes, shall be by those actually engaged in the operation of severing, whether it be the owner of the soil, or a lessee who is severing from the soil of another, or the o\vner of any such natural resources severing from the soil of another. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted etc., That the Supervisor of Public Accounts shall have the power to require any such person, firm, corporation or association of persons engaged in severing all such natural products from the soil or water to furnish any additional information by him deemed to be necessary for the purpose of computing the amount of said license tax; and for said purpose to examine the books, records, and files of such person, firm, corporation or association of persons; and to that end shall have power to examine witnesses, and if any such \\"itness shall fail or refuse to appear at the request of the Supervisor of Public Accounts, or refuse access to books, records and files, said Supervisor of Public Accounts shall certify the facts and the name of the witness so failing and refusing to appear, or refusing access to books and papers, to the District Court of the State having jurisdiction of the party; and said court shall thereupon issue a summons to the said party to appear WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 575 before the said Supervisor or his assistant, at a place designated within the jurisdiction of the court, on a day fixed, to be continued as occasion may require, and give such evidence, and open for inspection such books and papers, as may be required, for the .purpose of ascertaining whether or not any return so made is the true and correct return as herein required; and whenever it shall appear to the Supervisor that any such person, firm, corporation or association of persons engaged in severing such natural products from the soil or water has unlawfully made an untrue or incorrect return, as herein provided, said Supervisor shall correct the return and shall compute said license tax on same, and certify the same to the tax collector for collection. SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That the license tax provided by this act shall become delinquent after the date fixed for each quarter-annual report to be filed in the office of the Supervisor of Public Accounts, and from such time shall, as a penalty for such delinquency, be subject to similar penalties to those provided in the general license laws of this State; and the payment of the license tax levied by this act shall be in addition to, and shall not affect the liability of the parties so taxed for, the payment of all state, paroc_hial, municipal, district and special taxes upon their real estate and other corporeal property; but no other tax in addition hereto shall be imposed upon the rights to produce in this State those things whose production is~ubject to a license tax by the provisions of this act. SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That if any person, firm, corporation or association of persons shall fail to make a report of the gross production and value of its natural products (upon which the license tax is herein levied) within the time prescribed by law for such report, it shall be the duty of the Supervisor of Public Accounts to examine the books, records, and files of any 576 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, such person, firm, corporation or association of persons to ascertain the amount and value of such production and to compute the tax thereon as provided herein, and according to the procedure hereinbefore provided, where witnesses refuse to testify, or access to books and papers is refused, and shall add thereto the cost of such examination, together with any penalties accruing thereon. SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That when any license tax provided for in this act shall become delinquent, the Supervisor of Public Accounts shall issue an order directed to the Sheriff of any parish wherein the same or any part thereof accrued, and the sheriff to whom said order shall be directed shall proceed against the property, assets, and effects of the person, firm, corporation or association of persons against whom said license tax is assessed in the same manner as he is authorized by the general license laws to proceed in the collection of delinquent licenses, collecting penalties as prescribed by general laws. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, etc., That any person who shall intentionally make any false oath to any report required by the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of perjury and shall be subject to all penalties prescribed for said crime. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That it is hereby made the duty of the Supervisor of Public Accounts to supervise and enforce the collection of all license taxes that may be due under the provisions of this act; and, to that end, the said Supervisor is hereby vested with all of the power and authority conferred by this act. SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, etc., That it is hereby made the duty of all purchasers and others dealing in any natural product severed from the soil or water of Louisiana to file quarterly with the said Supervisor of Public Accounts a statement, under oath, showing the WEDNESDAY, JuLY 26, 1922. 577 names and addresses of all persons, firms, corporations or associations of persons from whom each said purchaser or dealer has purchased any natural product severed from the soil or water of Louisiana during said quarter; together with the total quantity of, and gross value paid for, each such natural product. Said reports shall be filed within thirty (30) days after the expiration of each quarter, and shall be made on such forms as may be prescribed by said Supervisor of Public Accounts. The failure of any person, firm, corporation or association of persons to make reports as herein provided shall be punished by fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor m:ore than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each such offense. SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That Act No. 296 of 1914 and all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of the present Ae.t, and especially Act No. 20 of the Extra Session of 1918, be and the same are hereby repealed; provided, however, that nothing contained in this act shall in any wise be construed to impair, or de- prive the State of whatever rights it may have against parties subject to a license tax under said Act No. 20 of the Extra Session of 1918 and other laws; and all rights, interests and titles of the State to any license taxes that may be legally due under said Act No. 20 of the Extra Ses- sion of 1918 and other laws are hereby specially reserved, whether the same be in litigation or not; it being the true intent and purpose of the present act that said Act No. 20 of the Extra Session of 1918 and other laws shall remain in full force and effect until such license taxes shall be- come due under this present act; and no obligation that may be due the State for license taxes under said Act No. 20of the Extra Session of 1918, and other laws prior to the date when this present act shall go into effect shall in any manner be impaired; provided further that all funds collected under this act and said prior tax laws shall be turned into the Severance License Tax Fund of the State of Lousiana. Sig. 19 578 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, etc., That this act shall take effect from and after July 1, 1920; and the first quarterly report thereunder, and license tax payable on the value of the production shown thereby, shall be computed on the operations of the preceding three months ending June 30, 1920. . SEC; 12. Be it further enacted, etc., That if any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this act, shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act; but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or any part thereof, directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment has been rendered. EXHIDIT D. ' REVISED GENERAL STATUTES OF FLORIDA, 1920 (VOL. 1.) CHAPTER II. OF TITLE VI. Occupationa! Taxes and Licenses Involvilng Forest Products. A large and inclusive list of business and occupations , are required to pay an occupational tax or license, ex- cept farmers and growers producing and offering for sale farm and grove products and products manufactured therefrom by them other than intoxicating liquors, wine or beer; the county tax being placed at 50 per cent. of the state tax, and municipalities being allowed to levy up to 50 per cent thereof. Among the said businesses and oc- cupations are those mentioned in the sections below, in- volving forest products. (See sections 803, 804, 805, m Vol. I of said code; and section 995~ shown below). FOREST PRODUCTS. Primary Operations. SEC. 885. Distillers a.nd ma.nufacturers of spirits of turpentine and rosin.-Distillers and manufacturers of WEDNESDAY, JuLY 26, 1922. 579 spirits of turpentine and rosin: Owners or managers of each still in operation during any portion of the year for which the same is taxed, shall pay a license tax as follows: On each still with a capacity of sixteen barrels or less, shall pay a license tax of twenty dollars. On each still with a capacity of over sixteen barrels and not more than twenty barrels, shall pay a license tax of thirty-five dollars. On each still with a capacity of more than twenty barrels and not over twenty-five barrels, shall pay a license tax of forty-five dollars. On each still with a capacity of twenty-five barrels or over, shall pay a license of sixty-five dollars. SEC. 791. Retort plants (Wood distillation plants).Retort plants with a capacity of twenty-five barrels, shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars; less than twentyfive and more than fifteen barrels, fifteen dollars; less than fifteen barrels and more than ten, ten dollars. SEC. 979. Saw mills, planing mills, dry kilns.-Saw mills, including planing mills and dry kilns, shall pay a license tax as follows : With a daily capacity of ten thousand feet or less, shall pay a license tax of ten dollars : Provided, That saw mills cutting less than three thousand feet per day shall pay no license. With a daily capacity of more than ten thousand feet and less than twenty-five thousand feet, shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars. With a daily capacity of twenty-five thousand feet and less than fifty thousand feet, shall pay a license tax of fifty dollars. 580 JouRNAL m THE HousE, With a daily capacity of more than fifty thousand feet, shall pay a license tax of one hundred dollars. SEC. 980. Shingle mills.-Shingle mills, whether connected with a saw mill or not, shall pay a license tax as follows: With a daily capacity of twenty-five thousand shingles or more, shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars. With a daily capacity of less than twenty-five thousand shingles, shall pay a license tax of ten dollars. Secondary Operations. SEC. 867. Carriage or wagon factories.-Carriage or wagon factories, owners or managers of, shall pay a license tax of five dollars. SEC. 893. Furniture dea.lers.-Furniture, dealers in, with a capital of seventy-five thousand dollars or more, shall pay a license tax of fifty dollars; with a capital less than seventy-five thousand and not less than fifty thousand dollars, shall pay a license tax of thirty-five dollars. With a capital less than fifty thousand and not less than twenty-five thousand dollars, shall pay a license tax of twenty dollars, and with a capital less than twenty-five thousand dollars, shall pay a license tax of ten dollars. Provided, that this does not apply to persons paying a merchant's license. SEC. 920. Lumber dealers.-Lumber dealers, carrying a stock on hand and sellng at retail, shall pay a license tax of fifteen dollars. Buying or selling on commission or exporting, shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars. SEC. 923. Manufacturers. etc.-Manufacturers of barrels, tubs and buckets, by machinery, shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 581 Manufacturers of turpentine barrels, shall pay a liceBse tax of twenty-five dollars for each factory. Manufacturers of vegetable crates or fruit crates shall I pay a license tax of fifteen dollars. Manufacturers of sash, doors and blinds, shall pay a license tax of ten dollars. Manufacturers of furniture, shall pay a license tax of ten dollars. Manufacture of pencils or cedar slats employing twenty-five hands or more, shall pay a license tax. of twenty-five dollars; employing less than twenty-five hands, shall pay a license tax of ten dollars. SEC. 937. Naval stores factors, etc.-Naval stores fac- tors, or persons, firms or corporations organized for th~ purpose of handling naval stores, shall pay a license tax as follows : Having a capital stock of two million dollars or over, pay a license tax of five hundred dollars for each place of business. Having a capital stock of ()De million and less than two million dollars, shall pay a license tax of two hundred and fifty dollars for each place of business. , Having a capital stock of less than one million dollars and more than five hundred thousand dollars, one hun~ dred and fifty dollars for each place of business. Having a capital stock of five hundred thousand dollal1J and more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, one hundred dollars for each place of business. Having a capital stock of two hundred and :fifty thousand dollars and more than one hundred thousand dollars fifty dollars for each place of business. 682 JOURNALOFTHE,HOUSE, . Having: a, capital stock of one hundred thousand dol- lars or less, twenty-five dollars for each place of busi- ness. ' ~ ! ' .~ ! ' ' ' . . '; ' SEC. 958. Planing mills.~Planing mills and novelty works, not connected, with saw mills, shall pay a license tu of teildollars. SEC. 991. Wa.gon f&ctories.-Wagon factories shall pay a license tax of ten dollars. ExEMPTION SEC. 996. Fa.rm and grove products exempt from license t&x;-That all farm and! grove products, and prod- ucts manufactured therefrom, 'except intoxicating liquors, wine or beer, shall be exempt from all forms of license tipr, State, county and municip~l, when the same is being oflere'd for sale or sold by the farmer or grower producing the said products. . By unanimous consent the following bill of the Hdnse was withdrawn from the Committee on County and County Matters, read the second time, and recommitted: I. By Mr. McGarity of Paulding- Rouse. :Sill No. 830. A bill to amend an Act abolishing Paulding Board of Commissioners. The following resolutions of the House were read an~ adopted: By Mr. Mundy of Polk- . HoJIS.e Resolution No, 193. A., resolution that until otherwise ordered, beginning next Tuesday ~EDNESDAY,JULY26, 1922. 583 morning that the House convene at nine o'clock, and that the House have afternoon sessions beginning at three o'clock. By Mr. Lankford of Toombs- House Resolution No. 192. A resolution relative to holding up of "The Capitol Removal Bill" until after trip of General Assem~ly to Savannah. By Mr. McDonald of Richmond- House Resolution No. 194. A resolution extend. ing the privileges of the floor to Hon. Geo. B. Barrett of August-a. Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House, set as a special order on the: recommendation of the Committee on Rules for a second reading and for the purpose of disagreei.Dg to the unfavorable report of the committee, vms taken up for further consideration: By Mr. ~altkins of Butts- House Bill No.6. A bill to repeal an Act to regu-: late the return and assessment of property for taxa-' tion in this State. ' ; The bill had been read the second time. On the question of agreeing to the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage :of . the bill, Mr. Reagan of Henry moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main ques~ tion was ordered. JouRNAL OF THE HousE, L On the question of agreeing to the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill, the Ayes were 56, Nays 107, and the report of the committee was not agreed to. Mr. Watkins of Butts moved that the House disagree to the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill. Mr. Stovall, of McDuffie, moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. . On thi& question Mr. Bentley of Fulton 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: 1\dalll.5 of Walton And~rson Baldwin Beck Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Bloodworth Hob!' Bowden Braddy Brown of Hancock Brownlee Byrd of Crisp qamp Carr Cim;well Ohilds Cl.ark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Collier Corbitt Culpepper . Daniel of Troup Davis of Oglethorpe DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dfxon .IJuncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall EnniR Evans Ficklen Fletcher Fowler Foy Frank~ Grant Griffin Griffith Greene Gunnels Haddock Harris Hawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard of Forsyth Howard of Scre\"en Hullender Hyman WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. 585 Jackson }Iundy Jones of \Valker Neal of Union Johnson of Bartow Owen Johnson ol Patten Chattahoochee Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair Kittrell Pickren Knight Pilcher Langford of Hall Price Lankford of Toombs Pruett Lewis Ramsey Logan Reagan Luke Reville McClelland Ricketson McClure Russell McDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon McGarity Sapp McMichael Shettlesworth. Maddox Sibley Malone Singletary Mayo Smiley Mixon Smith of Bryan ::\Ioore of Appling Steele Moore of Fulton Stone .. Stovall Sumner of Johnson ~umner of .Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum . Thompson of Dodge Van Landingham VanZant Walker Watkins Way Webb Whjtaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of H.arris. Williams of Miller\. Williams of Walton Wimberly Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Adams of Newton Arnold Atkinson Beckham Bentley Blalock Boatwright Boswell Bowen Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Bush Coates Davis of Floyd DeFoor Dobbs Dudlf>y Dykes Folsom Gresham Grovenstein Guess Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hunter Jones of Coweta Johnson of Pickens King of Jefferson ::\IcDonald of Mitc~ell ::\-Iaclntyre :Yianning :Mason Miles l\oloye Nichols Parks Parrish Penland Perkins Perryman Riley Robinson J ouBNAL OF THE HousE, Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Strickland Thompson of Coweta Turner Tyson Valentino V ocelle 'Veston Winship Those not voting were Messrs : Boyett Bozeman Collins Cowart Daniel of Heard DuBose Gann Hufstetler Jones of Thomas King of Wilcox Mann Quincey Trippe Wall Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes ~Ir. Speaker By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the question of disagreeing to the report of the committee the Ayes were 134, Nays 56. The motion of Mr. Watkins of Butts prevailed, the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of he bill, was disagreed to, and the bill took its proper place upon the calendar. Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Salmon of .fi~loyd and Kennedy of Laurens. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 58i REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLAN.T:A, GA., Thursday, July .27,1922. " The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was ~led to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. By unanimous consent th~ call of the, roll was dis~ pensed with. By unanimous consent the reading of the .Journal of yesterday's proceedings w~s dispensed :~vith. .: By unanimous .consent the following bill of .the House was withdrawn from the Committee on Generai Judiciary No. 2, read the second time, and re: committed: By Mr. Vocelle of Camden-. House Bill No. 853. A bill to amend an Act rel~ tive to the incorporation of the City of St. Marys. By unanimous consent the following was estab~ lished as the order of business during the remaining part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules. 2. Reports of Standing Committees. 3. R-eading of House and Senate bills and resolutions, favorably reported, the second time. 588 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, 4. Passage ~f 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 Mr. Perryman of Talbot: House Resolution No. 196 (864A). A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate penal institutions. 'Referred to Committee on Penitentiary. By Mr. Arnold of Clay- House Resolution No. 197 (869A). A resolution appointing committee to investigate report of State College of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture. Lie on table. By Messrs. Turner of Brooks and Perryman of Talbot- House Bill No. 856. A bill to amend an Act authorizing State Highway Department to regulate weight of vehicles going over bridges. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By Messrs. Atkinson, Hunter and V.alentino of Chatham- THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 589 A bill to amend the charter of the City of Savannah. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Messrs. Clarke and Lewis of Colquitt- House Bill No. 858. A bill to require officers of State to attest signing of documents in certain cases. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. By Messrs. DuBose and Dudl'ey of Clarke___, House Bill No. 859. A bill to appropriate $15,000 to University of Georgia for use of State College of Agriculture. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. B~r Messrs. Neill, Perkins and Hatcher of Muscogee- House Bill Ko. 860. A bill to extend the corporate limits of the City of Columbus. Referred to General .Judiciary Committee No. 2. By Mr. Pickren of Charlton- House Bill No. 861. A bill to require non-residents of Charlton County to secure licenses to fish in said County. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. "590 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, By Mr. Hamilton of FloydHouse Bill No. 862. A bill to require the teaching of the Constitution in the schools of the State. Referred to Committee on Education. By Messrs. Reville and Pilcher of Richmond- House Bill No. 863. A bill to amend Section 6065 of Code of 1910 relative to official organ of certain counties. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. By Mr. Turner of Brooks- House Bill No. 864. .A bill to amend an Act and amendatory Acts, relative to definition of "trailer" and other words. Referred to Committee on Public Highways. By M.r. Camp of Campbell- House Bill No. 865. A bill to appropriate money to pay debt due on publ'ic printing, and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson- House Bill No. 866. A bill to appropriate money to contingent fund for the Governor. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 591 By Mr. Reagan of Henry- House Bill No. 867. A bill to appropriate money for upkeep of public.buildings and grounds. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette- House Bill' No. 868. A bill to appropriate money to pay insurance premiums on State property. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Woodard of Cook- House Bill No. 869. A bill to amend sections 696 and 697 of Code of 1910, relative to laying out and opening of public roads. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. Mr. McD.onald 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 House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 592 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 854. House Bill No. 849. McDoNALD of Richmond, Chairman. :\Ir. Gunnels of Franklin County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted. the following report: Jlr. Speaker: Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me a Chairman, to report the same hack to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute: House Bill No. 327. GuNNELLs, of Franklin, Chairman. Mr. Van Landingham of Seminole County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report: Jl r. 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 same back to the House with the recommendation that THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 593 House Bills Nos. 801 and 754 do pass, and that House Bill No. 712 do not pass. VAN LANDINGHAM of Seminole, Chairman. :Mr. Mason of Hart County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Libraries, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Public Libraries have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report same back to the Uouse with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended: House Bill No. 734. MASON of Hart, Chairman. Mr. Hyman of Washington County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass: 594 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 814. HYMAN of Washington, Vice-Chairman. Mr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments of the Constitution, submitted the following report: 1Vlr. Speaker: Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate respectively and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Resolution No. 188, by amendment. Senate Bill No. 42. LANKFORD of To'ombs, Chairman. l\lr. 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 THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 595 back to the Hlouse with the recommendation that the same do pass : House Bill No. 798. PICKREN of Charlton, Chainnan. Mr. Vocelle of Camden County, Chainnan of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the follo'Ying 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. 214. VocELLE of Camden, Chainnan. 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 Chair 596 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, man, to report same back to the House with the recommendation as follows: House Bill No. 744, do pass. Senate Bill No. 172, do pass. House Bill No. 775, do pass. Senate Bill No. 174, do pass. House Bill No. 684, do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 663, do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 569, do pass by, substitute. GuEss, Chairman. ~Ir. Hullender of Catoosa, Chairman of the Com mittee on Enrollment, submitted the following report: J/ r. Speaker: The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, signed and ready for deliYery to the Governor, the following Acts and reso lutions, to-wit: House Resolution No. 156 (737B). A resolution to elect members of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Jasper County by popular vote. House Bill No. 425. A bill to create a new charter for the Town of Fry, Fannin County. House Bill No. 559. A bill to change the terms of holding court of Swainesboro. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 597 House Bill No. 584. A bill to amend the charter of the City Court of Claxton. House Bill No. 598. A bill to amend Section 1249 of the Code of 1910 relative to the selection of banks by the Governor so as to include the City of Waynesboro. House Bill No. 600. A bill to amend the Act relative to the fire department of City of Augusta. House Bill No. 602. A bill to amend an Act to establish the Public Schools for Warrenton. House Bill No. 604. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Nicholson, in Jackson County. House B'ill No. 616. A bill to amend an Act and amendatory Acts incorporating the Town of Whigham. House Bill No. 646. A bill to abolish the local school system for the Town of Stapleton. House Bill No. 661. A bill to amend an Act establishing a charter for the City of Sylvester. Hause Bill No. 681. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Statesboro. House Bill No. 687. A bill to amend the charter of the City of \Vaynesboro. House Bill No. 696. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Americus. House Bill No. 697. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Fitzgerald. 598 .T-ouRNAL oF THE HousE, House Bill No. 702. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Colquitt. House Bill No. 703. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Canton, Cherokee County. House Bill No. 727. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Clarksville, Habersham County. House Bill No. 733. A bill to amend an Act incor. porating the City of Elberton, Elbert County. House Bill No. 755. A bill to amend an Act incor. porating the City of Chamblee, DeKalb County. House Bill No. 761. A bill to vest title to certain lands in Commons of City of Columbus. House Bill No. 772. A bill to repeal an Act establishing Public School system in Abbeville, Wilcox County. House Bill No. 778. A bill to amend an Act relative to City Court of Oglethorpe, Macon County. House Bill No. 790. A bill to repeal an Act establishing system of Public Schools of Alamo, Wheeler County. Respectfully submitted, HuLLENDER of Catoosa, Chairman. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: THURSDAY, JuLY 27, 1922. 599 Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed. by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bills, to-wit: House Bill No. 559. A bill to change the terms of the City Court of Swainsboro. House Bill No. 598. A bill to. create a State depository at Waynesboro, Ga. The following bills as amended: House Bill No. 683. A bill to amend an Act creat- ing a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Reve- nues for Jasper County. House Bill No. 77'2. A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of Public Schools in wilcox County. House Bill No. 778. A bill to amend an Act amending an Act establishing a City Court for the City of Oglethorpe. House Bill No. 790. Abill to repeal an Act establishing a system of Public Schools for the City of Alamo. The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House resolutions, towit: House Resolution No. 156. A resolution to elect members of the Commission of Roads and Revenues of Jasper County by popular vote. 600 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bills, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 230. A bill authorizing Legislature to add one or more additional Judges of Superior Court for the Stone Mountain Circuit. Senate Bill No. 197. A bill to amend. an Act placing Solicitor-General of Cherokee Circuit on salary. 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 and resolutions: Senate Bill No. 263. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Eastman, in the County of Dodge; to define its jurisdiction and powers, and for other purposes. Senate Bill No. 218. A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of .Jesup; to provide for the election of officers and fixing their salaries, their term of office, their right of taxation, their right to control public property for school purposes, etc., and for other purposes. Senate Bill No. 242. An Act entitled an Act to amend the charter of the City of Covington, Georgia, Laws 1918, Sections 10 and 16, pages 635 and 638 respectively, and for other purposes. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 601 Senate Resolution No. 84. A resolution authorizing Secretary of State to accept surrender of charter of Chattanooga Rapid Transit Company and authorize Chattanooga Railway and Light Company to cease operating of cars upon that line of railroad constructed by Chattanooga Rapid Transit Company, and for other purposes. Senate Bill No. 253. A bill to amend an Act protecting fur-bearing animals of the State of Georgia. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the committees, were read for the second time: By Mr. Manson of the 35th- Senate Bill No. 172. A bill carrying into effect amendment to Constitution abolishing Justice Courts in Atlanta. By Mr. Clay of the 39th- Senate Bill No. 174. A bill to amend Section 958 of Penal Code of 1910 to provide bail in misdemeanor cases. By Mr. Haralson of the 40th- Senate Bill No. 214. A bill to give Federal authority right to establish rules for protection of game and fish. By Mr. Golucke of the 19thSenate Bill No. 42. A bill to amend Paragraph 602 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, 22, Section 1, Article 1, of the Constitution relative to the carrying of pistols. By Messrs. Swift of Elbert and othersHouse Resolution No. 188 (840A). A resolution to amend Constitution relative to power of General Assembly over payment of Confederate veterans and their widows. By Mr. Bowden of Ware- House Bill No. 327. A bill to require the date of manufacture to be stamped on automobile tires. By Messrs. Valentino of Chatham and Moore of Fulton- House Bill No. 569. A bill to amend the General Tax Act of 1921 relative to bill boards. By Messrs. Davis of Oglethorpe, Keith of Meriwether, and others- House Bill No. 663. A bill to make it unlawful for people to enter a conspiracy to prevent or hindering one's occupation. By Messrs. Carswell of Wilkinson and Culpepper of Fayette- House Bill No. 684. A bill relative to the protection and safety of employees and passengers of common carriers. By Mr. Mason of Hart- House Bill No. 734. A bill to give counties of the State the right to establish free public libraries. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 603 By Mr. Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 744. A bill to make it a violation of the law to issue a check with intent to defraud. By Messrs. Moore, Holloway arid Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 754. A bill to amend Section 2820 of Code of 1910 relative to capital stock of trust companies. By Messrs. Moore of Fulton, Duncan of Hall, and others- House Bill No. 775. A b~ll to empower county authorities to keep in repair places of holding Justice Courts. By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis- House Bill No. 798. A bill to amend an Act by substitution creating a pew charter for Hazelhurst. By Mr. Holland of Tattnall- House Bill No. 801. A bill to amend Section 1249 of Code of 1910, relative to including City of Collins among State Depositories. By Messrs. Houser and Jackson of Houston, and others- House Bill No. 849. A bill to place the SolicitorGeneral of the Macon Judicial Circuit on a salary. 604 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, By Messrs. Hyman and Hawkins of Washington- Hiouse Bill No. 854. A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Sandersville. The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette- House Bill No. 829. A bill to incorporate the Inman School District, 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, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Bowden of Ware- House Bill No. 725. A bill to amend an Act to create a Bond Commission for Ware 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 ~-\yes were 127, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Dixon of JenkinsHouse Bill No. 746. A bill to amend an Act te THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 605 establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jenkins County. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 128, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed. By :Mr. Franks of Towns- House Bill No. 750. A bill to prohibit the catching of fish in the waters of Brastown Creek, 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 Messrs. McClure and Jones of Walker- House Bill No. 785. A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to amend an Act to give the Commissioners of Roads and Revenue,, Ordinary, or County Judge certain power and authority in certain counties. 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. 606 ,JouRNAL OF THE HousE, On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 132, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. By Mr. Lankford of Toombs- Honse Bill No. 841. A bill to create the City Court of Lyons. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 137, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Lankford of Toombs- Honse Bill No. 840. A bill to abolish the City. Court of Toombs 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 136, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Foy of TaylorHouse Bill N~ 837. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Taylor County, and for other purposes. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 607. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 132, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Luke of Ben Hill- House Bill No. 828. A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in and for Ben Hill County. The report of the Committee, which was favorah!e to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 131, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional .majority was passed. By Messrs. Mc'Clure and Jones of Walker- House Bill No. 817. A bill to amend an Act abolishing the Board of Roads and Revenues and creating the Board of Commissioners for the County of Walker, and for other purposes. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On. the passage ~f the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0. 608 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Foy of Taylor- House Bill No. 836. A bill to create the office of .County Treasurer of Taylor County, and for other purposes. 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 the Ayes were 135, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute. By Mr. vVay of Liberty- House Bill No. 797. A bill to make it unlawful for any person to kill and butcher any cow, hog, sheep or goat away from the premises of the owner in the County of Liberty without posting a description of the animal so slaughtered; to prescribe the punishment therefor, and for other purposes. The following amendments were read and adopted: By Mr. Way of Liberty- In the caption in the sixth line following the word "owner" strike the words "the County of Liberty" and insert in lieu thereof the following words : ''Counties having a population not less than twelve THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 609 thousand seven hundred twenty (12,720) nor more than thirteen thousand (13,000)." In Section 1 in the sixth line following the words "sheep or goat" strike the words "the County of Liberty" and insert in lieu thereof the following words: "Counties having a population not less than twelve thousand seven hundred twenty (12,720) nor more than thirteen thousand (13,000).'' The report of the Committee, which wa~ favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 135, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitu- tional majority. , was passed as amended. 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, to-wit: House Bill No. 425. A bill to create a new charter for the T'own of Fry. Hlorise Bill No. 755. A bill to amend an Act incorporating City of Chamblee. House Bill No. 703. A bill to reincorporate the Town of Canton. House Bill No. 727. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for City of Clarkesville. Sig. 20 610 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 661. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for City of Sylvester. House Bill No. 761. A bill to vest the title to Lot No. 3 in Block 66 of Commons of City of Columbus. House Bill No. 604. A bill to amend charter of Town of Nicholson. House Bill No. 696. A bill to amend an Act to amend the several Acts granting corporate authority to City of Americus. House Bill No. 681. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro. House Bill No. 616. A bill to amend several Acts granting corporate authority to Town of Whigham. House Bill No. 584. A bill to amend charter of City of Claxton. Rouse Bill No. 687. A bill to amend charter of City of Waynesboro. House Bill No. 646. A bill to abolish the local School System for the Town of Appleton. House Bill No. 600. A bill to amend an Act to improve the fire department of the City of Augusta. House Bill No. 773. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Elberton. House Bill No. 697. A bill to amend charter of City of Fitzgerald relative to registration of voters. House Bill No. 702. A bill to amend an Act creating the City of Colquitt. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 611 The following bill as amended: House Bill No. 714. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Statesboro. The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional majority the following House resolutions, towit: House Resolution No. 191. A resolution accepting the invitation of the City of Savannah to inspect the proposed harbor in said City. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- A RESOLUTION. House Resolution No. 199. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly of Georgia deeply appreciates the many courtesies shown the General Assembly of Georgia by the citizens of the City of Atlanta; and, Be it furt'her resolved, That our thanks be tendered to Mayor Key for the splendid dinner and entertainment tendered by him to the General Assembly of Georgia during this the 1922 session. Be it further resolped, That we assure Mayor Key. and the City of Atlanta that the many acts of kindness will always be remembered and appreciated and we will be glad to be of service to them. 612 - JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Mayor Key. The following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to a committee: Senate Bill No. 173. A bill to abolish an Act regulating the practice of occupation of _barbers. Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics. A communication from the State Tax Commissioner was read and referred to the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted: By Mr. McClure of Walker- Hause Resolution No. 198. A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Mr. W. P. Jackson. By Mr. Bowden of Ware- A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Mr. Charles Redding. The following report of the Committee on Rules was submitted and read: Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Rules having had under consideration an order of business, have instructed me as their Vice-Chairman to report as follows: THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 613 House Resolution No. 149 to be taken up immediately, special and continuing order, after disposition House Bill No. 69. (Debate limited to ten minutes.) Senate Bill No. 1, for a second reading and agreeing or disagreeing to the report of the Committee, to follow immediately after the consideration of House Resolution No. 149. (Debate limited to ten minutes to side). House Bill No. 205. Income Tax. House Bill No. 449. Classification Tax. MuNDY, Vice-Chairman. Mr. Wyatt of Troup called for a division of the report. 1. Making House Resolution No. 149 a special order. . The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of that order of business, was agreed to. House Resolution No. 149 was set as a special order. 2. Making Senate Bill No. 1 a special order. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of that order, was agreed to. Senate Bill No. 1 was set as a special order. 3. Making House Bill No. 205 a special order. Mr. Beck of Carroll moved the previous question; 614 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the House recon- sider its action in ordering the main question, and the motion was lost. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of that order of business, was agreed to. On the vote to establish this as a special order of business the Ayes were 88, Nays 74. This not being the requisite constitutional majority House Bill No. 205 was not established as a special order. 4. Making House Bill No. 449 a special order. Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. On agreeing to the report of the Committee, which was favorable to the adoption of that order of busi':less, the Ayes were 63, Nays 85, and the report of the Committee was disagreed to, and the recommendation of the Committee on Rules to set House Bill No. 449 as a special order was lost. Mr. Arnold of. Ola.v moved that the House recon- sider its action in failing to agree to the report of the Committee on Rules to set House Bill No. 449 as a special order. THURSDAY1 JULY 27, 1922. 615 Mr. Bowden of Ware moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and the report of the Committee on Rules went over as unfinished business with the motion of Mr. Arnold of Clay pending. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Moore of Appling, McClelland of DeKalb, and Swift of Elbert. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. 616 .rouRNAL oF THE HousE, REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. Friday, July 28, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton Adalll8 of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Hobc Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Lyrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of \Vebster Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Da,is of Floyd Dads 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 Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 617 Horne Mayo Houser Miles Houston Mixon Howard of Forsyth Moore of Appling Howard of Screven Moore of Fulton Hufstetler Moye Hullender Mundy Hunter Neal of Union Hyman Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parrish Jones of Walker Patten Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee Perryman Johnson of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren King of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pr.uett Langford of Hall Quincey Lankford of Toombs Ramsey Lewis Reagan Logan Reville Luke Ricketson McClelland Riley McCl.ure Robinson McDonald of Mitchell Russell McDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon :\icGarity Sapp Macintyre Shettlesworth McMichael Sibley Maddox Singletary Malone Smiley Mann Smith of Bryan ~Ianning Smith of Carroll Mason Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stovall Strickland .Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham I. VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall WatkinH Way Webb Weston Whitley \Vhitaker of Lowndes Wh,itaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton \Vimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne ~Ir. Speaker The following message was r~ceived from the 618 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Senate, through :Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: ntr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate Bills to-wit: Senate Bill No. 178. A bill to authorize the authorities of various Counties of this State to prescribe the fiscal year of such county. Senate Bill No. 258. A bill to amend an Act abolishing a Board of Roads and Revenues and creating a Board of Commissioners for the County of Walker. Mr. Lankford of Toombs gave notice that at the proper time he would move that ,the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 797. The Journal of yest~rday 's proceedings was read. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 633 was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 for the purpose of reconsidering the action of said committee in reporting the bill unfavorably. By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules. 2. Reports of Standing Committees. FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 619 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. ],irst 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 Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- House Resolution No. 200. (879A). A resolution providing for a school building site on the State Farm. Referred to Committee on Public Property. By Mr. Valentino of Chatham- House Resolution No. 201. (879-B). A resolution providing for the purchase of a portrait of Hugh McCall. Referred to Committee on Appropriations ana "\Vays and Means. By Mr. Sapp of Whitfield- House Resolution No. 202. (879-C) A resolution providing for appointment of Committee to investigate accoustics of House. Referred to Committee on Public Property. 620 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Logan of Banks- House Bill No. 870. A bill to amend the School Laws of Georgia, relative to reading of Bible in public schools. Referred to Committee on Education. By Messrs. Pilcher, Reville and McDonald of Richmond- House Bill No. 871. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Augusta. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Messrs. McClure of Walker and Boatwright of Emanuel- House Bill No. 872. A bill to amend an Act creating the Department of Public Printing. Referred to Committee on Public Printing. By Messrs. Culpepper of Fayette and McMichael of Marion- House Bill Ko. 873. A bill to appropriate additional money for the Military establishment of the , State. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Messrs. Daniel of Troup and Foy of Taylor- House Bill No. 874. A bill to regulate and prescribe the appointment of the State Veterinarian. FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 621 Referred to Committee on General Agricult1,1re No.1. By Mr. Luke of Ben Hill- House Bill No. 875. A bill to amend the School Laws of Georgia, relative to vocal music. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Holland of Tattnall- House Bill No. 876. A bill to amend an Act known as "Tattnall Board of Commissioners, created.'' Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Holland of Tattnall- House Bill No. 877. A bill to amend an Act known as '' Tattnall Road Law Adopted.'' Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Perryman of Talbot, Knight of Berrien, and others- House Bill No. 878. A bill to repeal Art. 1 of the Penal Code of 1910, relative to the Board of Pardons. Referred to Committee on Penitentiaries. 622 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Sapp of Whitfield- House Bill No. 879. A bill providing that good or bad behavior of defendant shall be submitted to jury in all felony cases. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. Mr. Perryman of Talbot County, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted tP.e following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Penitentiary 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 )Jo. 518. PERRYMAN of Talbot, Chairman. :}lr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and .\leans, submitted the following report: Jfr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations and Ways 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: FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 623 House Bill No. 866. House Bill No. 867. House Bill No. 868. CuLPEPPER of Fayette, Vice-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 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. 592. LANKFORD of Toombs, Chairman. l\fr. Turner, of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report : .t. l r. 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 as follows: 624 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 796. Do pass by substitute as amended. House Bill No. 825. Do pass as amended as substitute for House Bill No. 796. House Bill No. 856. Do pass. House Bill No. 864. Do pass. House Bill No. 800. Do not pass. House Bill No. 673. No not pass. House Bill No. 752. Do not pass. House Bill No. 710. Do not pass. MR. TuRNER, 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 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. 830. Senate Bill No. 182. Senate Bill No. 219. Respectfully submitted, l\foYE, of Randolph, Chairman. FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 625 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 ~he House with the recommendation as follows: House Bill No. 764. Do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 557. Do not pass. House Bill No. 858. Do not pass. House Bill No. 853. Do pass. House Bill No. 682. Do pass. House Bill No. 860. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 765. Do pass by substitute. Respectfully submitted, JoHN CAMP DAvis, of Floyd, Chairman. The following messages from His Excellency, the Governor, were read: STATE OF GEORGIA: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA. To The General Assembly of Georgia: I am now and have always been of the opinion that 626 JouR~AL OF THE HousE, the Tax Equalization law ought to be repealed, but it cannot and should not be repealed unless and until some adequate way of supplying the revenue that will thereby be lost shall be supplied. It is conservatively estimated that the State will lose at least two million dollars of its revenue by the repeal of this law, consequently that amount of revenue must be supplied for the State in some other way, by income-tax, or otherwise, before the Equalization law is repealed, or its repeal becomes effective. If it is supplied, concurrently with the repeal, we can and should repeal the Equalization law. It should be borne in mind, however, that the income-tax amendment must be submitted to the people for ratification at the approaching November election and cannot become effective until it is approved by the people at that election. Consequently, the repeal of the Tax Equalization law should not become effective until January 1, 1924, even if the income-tax bill also passes. If the people ratify the income-tax bill, then the same can be put in operation by January 1, 1924, before any loss in revenue occurs from the repeal of the Equalization law. If the people do not ratify the income-tax bill, the General Assembly will have opportunity, during its 1923 session, to provide for the loss of revenue occasioned by the repeal of the E~qualization law. Respectfully submitted, w. THOS. HARDWICK, Governor . FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 627 STATE OF GEORGIA: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA. July 17, 1921. RoN. CEciL NEILL, Speaker, House of Representatives, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Mr. Speaker: I am inclosing you herewith information with respect to legislative agents, as requested by Resolution recently adopted by your body, as the same is furnished to me by the Secretary of St~te. ' Respectfully submitted, Tnos. \V. HARDWICK, Goven10r. A RESOLUTION Whereas, it is of utmost importance to the members of the House, and great interest to the legislative work of the State, that the name of registered legislative agents, registering with the Secretary of State, be furnished the House, from time to time, and, Whereas, It is of like i~portance and interest, that the cause or interest for which agents register, be furnished the members of the House, Therefore 628 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Resolved by the House of Representatives in session, that the Secretary of State be instructed to transmit, in writing, weekly, to the Governor of said State, the name or names of such registered legislative agents, together with the cause or causes for which they are registered to represent;. and Resolved, that His Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit such information, so imparted by the Secretary of State, weekly, by his written message, or in any manner he may see fit to impart such information to the members of this House. STATE OF GEORGIA: OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. I, S. G. McLendon, Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify, That the one page of typewritten matter hereto attached is a true copy of the registration of legislative agents for 1921, as the same appear of record in this office. lu Testinwny lt'hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, at the Capitol, in the City of Atlanta, this sixth day of July in the ~ear of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and twentyuRNAL OF THE HousE, In the caption in the seventh line following the words "according to" strike the words "U. S. Census of 1920," and insert in lieu thereof the following words, "the last available U.S. Census." In Section 2, in the seventh and eight lines following the words "according to the" strike the words '' U. S. Census of 1920, '' and insert in lieu thereof the following words: "last available U. S. Census." The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By Messrs. Houser and Jackson of Houston, Fowler of Bibb, and others- House Bill No. 84~. A bill to place the Solicitor General of the Macon Judicial Circuit upon a salary. The report of the Committee, which was favorable . to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 124, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Vocelle of CamdenHouse Bill No. 853. A bill to amend an Act to FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 635 amend, consolidate, and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of St. Mary's. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 137, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitu- tional majority was passed. By Messrs. Hyman and Hawkins of Washington- House Bill No. 854. A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Sandersville. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 137, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Manson of 35th- Senate Bill No. 17-2. A bill to carry into effect in the City of Atlanta, the amendment to the constitution relative to abolition of Justice Courts and Justice of the Peace. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 135, Nays 0. 636 JocRNAL OF THE RoesE, The bill having reeeived the requisite constitutional majority was passed. The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees: By l\Ir. Thomas of 3rd- Senate Bill No. 218. A bill to incorporate the City of Jesup. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Manson of 35th- Senate Bill No. 178. A bill to authorize the authorities of the various counties to prescribe time for fiscal year as regard to taxes. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. David of 43rd- Senate Bill No. 197. A bill to amend the Act placing Solicitor General of Cherokee Circuit on salary. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. Campbell of 34th and Manson of 35th- Senate Bill No. 230. A bill authorizing Legislature to add one or more additional Judges of the Superior Court for the Stone Mountain Circuit. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 637 By Mr. Campbell of 34th- Senate Bill No. 242. A bill to amend charter of the City of Covington. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Hutchens of 38th- Senate Bill No. 253. A bill to amend an Act to protect fur bearing animals of State of Georgia. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1. Mr. Pope of 44th- Senate Bill No. 258. A bill to amend an Act abolishing the Board of Roads and Revenues and creating a Board of Commissioners for the County of Walker. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Peacock of 48th- Senate Bill No. 263. .A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Eastman. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Pope of 44th- Senate Resolution No. 84. A resolution authorizing Secretary of State to accept surrender of charter of Chattanooga Rapid Transit Company, and for other purposes. 638 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Referred to Committee on Railroads. The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments : By Mr. Herring of Schley- House Bill No. 565. A bill to provide for a salary for the Treasurer of Schley County, and for other purposes. The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in : Amend Section 1, by striking the figures '' 1923, '' and inserting in lieu thereof the figures '' 1925. '' By Mr. Phillips of Jasper- House Bill No. 683. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jasper. The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in : Amend by striking the words and figures ''Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars'' and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "Two Thousand ($2,000) Dollars'' wherever they occur in the caption and sections of the bill. By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bulloch- Honse Bill No. 714. A bill to amend au Act to create the City Court of Statesboro. FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 639 The ~ollowing Senate amendment was read and concurred in : Amend by striking all of Section 2 thereof after the words "costs bill" in lOth line of said section and inserting the following: "Then so much of said fund not so absorbed shall be paid on the insolvent cost bill of the Sheriff of said court for the preceding year, in event said Sheriff shall have an insolvent cost bill for said year unpaid at said time." M:r. Lankford, of Toombs, moved that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 797. Mr. Wyatt, of Troup, moved the previous question. On this motion Mr. Arnold of Clay called for the Ayes and Nays. Mr. Williams of Walton moved that the House do now adjourn. On this motion Mr. Arnold of Clay called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. The motion of Mr. Williams of Walton that the House do now adjourn was lost. The call for the Ayes and Nays on the motion for the previous question was not sustained. The motion of Mr. Wyatt of Troup calling the previou~ question prevailed. On the question of ordering the main question Mr. Arnold of Clay called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. 640 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The main question was ordered. ~Ir. Lankford, of Toombs, moved that the House reconsider its action in ordering the main question. On the motion Mr. Arnold of Clay called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. The motion of Mr. Lankford, of Toombs, that the House reconsider its action in ordering the main question was lost. On the motion that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 797, Mr. Vocelle, of Camden, called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. The motion to reconsider the passing of House Bill No. 797 was lost. 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 Senate bill to-wit: Senate Bill No. 271. A bill to repeal law providing for special attorney to Railroad Commission. The Senate has passed by the requisite t::onstitutional majority the following House Resolutions, towit: House Resolution No. 124. A resolution to ap- FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 641 propriate $1,500 to pay expenses incurred by com.mittee investigating tax system. House Resolution No. 199. A resolution thanking the Mayor and citizens of Atlanta for the entertainment given them July 26, 1922. Mr. Bentley of J;,ulton moved that the House do now adjourn until Monday morning at 11 o'clock. Br. Beck of Carroll moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was qrdered. On the motion to adjourn Mr. Lankford of Toombs called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. The motion to adjourn was lost. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Arnold of Clay- House Resolution No. 197. A resolution calling for appointment of committee to examine and investigate certain information from the Commissioner of Agriculture in pursuance with House Resolution No. 127. The Speaker appointed the following committee under the above resolution: Messrs. Arnold of Clay, Daniel of Troup, Kittrell of Laurens. Under the order of unfinished business the report Sig. 21 642 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, of the Committee on Rules was taken up for further consideration with the pending motion of Mr. Arnold of Clay, that the House reconsider its action in failing to agree to the report of the Committee on Rules to set House Bill No. 449 as a special order, before the House. The motion was lost. Mr. Bentley, of Fulton, moved that when the House adjourn today it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved the previous question. On this motion Mr. Lankford of Toombs called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. The motion for the previous question prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The motion that when the House adjourn today it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock prevailed. The following bill and resolution of the House, set as a special order on the recommendation of the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage : By Mr. Clark of Webster- House Bill No. 691. A bill regulating the manner which the several Tax Collectors of this State shall account and settle with the school authorities for school taxes and for other purposes. .' ' '- FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 643 The report 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 1. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. Mr. Vocelle of Camden moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost. By Mr. McMichael of Marion- House Resolution No. 149. A resolution calling for appointment of a joint committee to investigate the records, deeds, activities and operations of the State Highway Department. The following amendment was read and adopted : By Mr. Beck of Carroll- Amend by adding the following: "Resolved further they shall have authority to investigate the difference or discrepancies in its reports submitted at the session of 1921 and its report submitted in 1922, showing the amount of money spent in each county.'' The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee as the Chairman thereof. The Committee of the Whole House arose, and through their Chairman reported the resolution 644 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution as amended, was agreed to. Mr. Bentley of Fulton moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost. I 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 Bentley Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Bowden Boyett Bozeman Braddy Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Carr Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Collier Collins Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Evans Fowler Foy Grant Gresham Griffin Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Houser Houston Howard of Screven Hyman Jackson Jones of Coweta .Jones of Walker .Johnson of Bartow .Johnson of Chattahoochee .Johnson of Pickens Keith King of Jefferson !{.ing of Wilcox Kittrell Knight Langford of Hall Lankford of Toombs Lewis Logan Luke McClure ).lcDonald of Mitchell FRIDAY, JuLY 28, 1922. 645 McDonald of Pilcher Richmond Price Macintyre Pruett McMichael Ricketson Maddox Riley Mason Robinson Mixon Rutherford Moore of Fulton Sapp Moye Shettlesworth Mundy Sibley Neal of Union Singletary Nichols Smiley Parks Smith of Bryan Parrish Smith. of Carroll Penland Steele Peterson Stovall Phillips of Jasper Sumner of Johnson Phillips of Telfair Sumner of Wheeler Pickren Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Van Landingham Vocelle Walker Wall Watkin~ Way Webb . Wb;itaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Wood Woodard Worthy Wynne Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Dobbs Jones of Thomas Strickland Wimberly Those not voting were Messrs : Adams of Newton Atkinson Baldwin Bird of Taliaferro Boswell Bowen Brannen Byrd of Crisp Camp Carswell Coates Cowart Daniel of Heard Davis of Oglethorpe DuBose Dudley Dykes Ennis Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Franks Gann Griffith Hamilton Hines of Sumter Howard of Forsyth Hufstetler Hullender Hunter Kennedy McClelland ~IcGarity Malone :!l.fan~1 lianning Mayo Miles Moore of Appling Owen Patten Perkins Perryman Quincey Ramsey Reagan Reville Russell Salmon Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether 646 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Stone Swift Swindle Turner Tyson Valentino Williams of Walton VanZant Winship Weston Wyatt Whitley Mr. Speaker Whitaker of Lowndes The roll call was verified. On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 138, Nays 4. The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. Mr. Bowden of Ware moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. Leave of absence was granted Mr. Bobo of Wilkes. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 11 o'clock. MoNDAY, JuLY 31, 1922. 647 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. Monday, July 31, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton .Adams of Walton .Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Dobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy 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 Hamiltoll Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway p48 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Horne :M.ayo Houser Miles Houston Mixon Howard of Forsyth .:Moore of Appling Howard of Screven Moore of Fulton Hufstetler Moye 'Hullender Mundy . -Hunter Nealof Union Hyman Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parrish Jones of Walker Patten Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee Perryman Johnson of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren King of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pruett Langford of Hall Quincey Lankford of Toombs Ramsey Lewis Reagan Logan Reville Luke Ricketson McClelland Riley McClure Robinson McDonald of Mitchell Russell McDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon McGarity Sapp Macintyre Shettlesworth McMichael Sibley Maddox Singletary Malone flmiley Mann Smith of Bryan Manning Smith of Carroll Mason Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnsen Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb Weston Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale " 7hitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne )Ir. Speaker By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. MoNDAY, JuLY 31, 1922. 649' Bv unanimous consent the following was .establish;d as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents : 1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules. 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 general House and Senate bills hav-. ing a local application. 5. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions. By Mr. Williams of Walton- House Bill No. 890. A bill to repeal Sec. 1578, Art. 1, Code of 1910, relative to discharge of lunatics. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary 1 No. I. By Messrs. Moore, Hollowaj; and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 891. A bill to make it a misdemeanor to interfere with gas pipes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Davis of Oglethorpe' ;, House Bill No. 892. A bill to establish a State De- pository in Crawford, Oglethorpe County. 650 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham- House Bill No. 893. A bill to appropriate $25,000 to assist in building dormitory at G. S. I. C. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Messrs. Gann & Dobbs of Cobb- House Bill No. 894. A bill to amend charter of the city of Marietta. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton- Hou-se Bill No. 895. A bill to amend the charter of the. City of East Point, relative to issuance of bonds. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 896. A bill to amend the charter pf the city of East Point, relative to civil service department. Referred to Committee 011 l\Iunicipal Government. MoNDAY, JuLY 31, 1922. 651 By :Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 897. A bill to amend the charter of the city of East Point, relative to wards. .I Referred to the Commtitee on Municipal Govern- ment. By Mr. Maclnty:e of Thomas- House Bill No. 898. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Thomasville. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the committees : By Mr. Greene of Jones- House Resolution No. 204. (897A). A resolution providing for election of more than one member of Board of Commissioners.of Roads and Revenues for Jones County. Refe:r:red to Committee on General Agriculture No.2. By Mr. Wood of TwiggsHoose Bill No. 880. A bill to amend an Act estab- lishing a new charter for the city of Jeffersonville. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 652 .JOURNAL oF THE HousE, By Messrs. Bozeman of Worth and Russell of Barrow- House Bill No. 881. A bill to amend section 5898 of code of 1910, relative to the transmition of interrogatories. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Messrs. DeLaPerriere and Swilfdle of Jackson- House Bill No. 882. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Jackson County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Macintyre of Thomas- House Bill No. 883. A bill to tax Gypsy horse traders. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Baldwin of Morgan- House Bill No. 884. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Morgan Co'tmty. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Hunter of Chatham- House Bill No. 885. A bill to appropriate certain money for State Sanitarium for Tubercular patients. MoNDAY, JuLY 31, 1922. 653 Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Coates of Pulaski- House Bill No. 886. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues, Pulaski County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Mr. Coates of Pulaski- House Bill No. 887. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Hawkinsville. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr.. Coates of Pulaski- House Bill No. 888. A bill to amend. an Act fixing salary of treasurer of Pulaski County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. McMichael of Marion & Clifton of Lee- House Bill No. 889. A bill to provide for distribution of certain motor vehicle tax funds. Referred to Committee ou Public Highways. Mr. McMichael, of Marion, moved that the above bill, which was referred by the Speaker to the Committee on Public Highways, be referred to the Committee of the whole House. 654 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, On this motion Mr. McMichael, of Marion, called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustain..d. The motion was lost a11d the bill was referred to the Committee on Public Highways. 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 Senate Bills, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 227. A bill to amend code relative to executions of deeds outside of the State. Senate Bill No. 233. A bill to amend Act codifying the School Laws of Georgia. Mr. Culpepper, of Fayette County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation and Ways and Means, submitted the following report: Jlr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations :and Ways and Means have had under consideration the following Bill of the House, and have instructed me as Vice-Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. House Bill No. 873. CULPEPPER, of Fayette, Vice-Chairman. MoNDAY, JuLY 31, 1922. 655 Mr. Moore, of Fulton County, Chairman of the Oommittee on Education, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education 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. 875. Do pass. House Bill No. 791. Do pass as amended. MOORE, of Fulton. Mr. Pickren, of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Corporations have had un- der 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. 218. House Bill No. 850. House Bill No. 826. House Bill No. 799, by substitute. PICKREN, of Charlton, Chairman on Corporations. ;' ~~ f ... ',.It . I ' _. . ' .' ...' . ' ,' oI ., , ,.. ,\ I t ., .' # l ~ r a I . . . " i .''. . ~ .." .. r' ~ ... ' < 656 JouRNAL OF THE HoL'sE, The following message was received from his Ex. cellency the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. Blalock: Mr. Speaker: I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to delivery to the House of Representatives a communication in writing to which he respectfully invites your attention. STATE OF GEORGIA: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA, Ga.: July, 31, 1922. To the General Assembly of Georgia: We have successfully passed through the sufferings and dangers of War and have made progress toward overcoming the larger difficulties which have followed in its wake. We are still, however, in the transition state from general depression to prosperity and must do all in our power to create agencies and develop processes which will accelerate the transition. In our section, one of the greatest needs is capital in small amounts, available to farmers and industrial workers. Great numbers of our people feel that there is no way to profit by their possible savings, because too MoNDAY, JULY 31, 1922. 657 small to invest or even to deposit; Therefore, what could be saved, is wasted. Credit unions have been organized to s~lvage this capital and have proved wonderfully successful in Europe, Canada and twelve of our states, including Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and other important states. Credit Unions accumulate capital by the issuance of shares, payable in cash or weekly installments which are quite small, varying from ten to twentyfive cents. Emphasis is placed entirely on the regularity of savings and the unit is so small that any one who earns may save a part of what he earns. In Massachusetts, the membership of such Credit Unions in 1920 was approximately 30,000, with assets of $4,000,000.00. Credit Unions not only afford protection against loan sharks, but open up for the farmer sources of much needed credit for financing and improving of farms. The movement has been approved by many of our ablest and most thoughtful men, and by banking, business and philanthropic institutions. A bill is to be introduced in the Legislature to permit the organization of such unions in this State. This bill meets with my hearty approval and I hope that the Legislature will give it their most earnest consideration. Respectfully submitted, THOS. W. HARDWICK, Govenor. i58 JOURNAL OF THE HoUSE, By unanimous eonsent, the following bills of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the com- . mittees, were read for the second time: By Mr. McMichael, of Marion, and others- House Bill No. 791. A bill to authorize counties to levy certain taxes for educational purposes. By Messrs. Beck and Smith of Carroll- .House Bill No. 799. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Bowden. By Mr. Byrd, of Crisp- House Bill No. 826. A bill to amend an act creating a new charter for the Town of Arabi. By Mr. Brantley of Pierce- House Bill No. 850. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Blackshear, in Pierce County. By Messrs. Culpeper, of Fayette and McMichael, of Marion- House Bill No. 873. A bill to make additional appropriation for 1922 for maintenance of military establishment. By Mr. Luke of Ben Hill- House Bill No. 875. A bill to amend an Act codifying the School Laws of Georgia. MoNDAY, JuLY 31, 1922. 659 By Mr. Thomas, of the Third District- Senate Bill No. 218. A bill to incorporate the City of Jesup and for other purposes. The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage : By Mr. Manson, of 35th- Senate Bill No. 182. A bill to prescribe and fix a compensation for the Treasurer of Clayton 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 117, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. David, of 43d. Senate Bill No. 219. A bill to repeal an Act amending road laws of Georgia in Gordon 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 requisite constitutional majority was passed. 660 JouRNAL OJ<' THE HousE, By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins, of Muscogee- House Bill No. 860. A bill to provide for the extension of the corporate limits of the City of Columbus. The following committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend by adding after the figures '' 1925'' in Section 17 of said bill the following words: ''Provided that the total indebtedness to be assumed by said city under this Section shall not exceed one hundred thousand 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 150, Xays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By Mr. Pruitt, of Lumpkin- House Bill No. 816. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of Solicitor-General, and for other purposes. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. MoNDAY, JuLY 31, 1922. 661 On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, 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 Messrs. Thorpe, of 2d, and Cone of 49thSenate Bill No. 227. A bill to amend Code of 1910, relative to executions of deeds outside of State. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. By Mr. Childs, of 12thSenate Bill No. 233. A bill to amend an Act codi- fying School Laws relative to conferring degrees. Referred to Committee on Education. By Messrs. Boykin, of 29th, and Walker of 18th- Senate Bill No. 271. A bill to repeal law providing for special attorney for Railroad Commission. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. Mr. Mundy, of Polk, moved that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the motion prevailed. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Messrs. Mixon of Treutlen and Davis of Oglf>thorpe- 662 .JOL'RNAL oF THE HousE, A RESOLUTION House Resolution No. 205. Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that the General Assembly of Georgia express their appreciation of the hospitality of the City of Savannah and the citizens of Tybee on the recent trip of inspection of port facilities of Savannah and that the General AssembLy further expresses its appreciation of the patriotic motives that prompted the City of Savannah to extend this invitation to the General Assembly with the hope that great good may result to the people of our entire state from the movement contemplated in the effort to establish a state port at Savannah. The following report of the Committee on Rules was submitted and read: Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration an order of business, have instructed me as their Vice-Chairman to report as a special order of business for July 31st only; beginning immediately after the present order of unfinished business, as follows: Senate Bill No. 224. Providing for settlement of insurance policies. Senate Bill No. 214. Protection fish, game, ek House Bill Xo. 65. Welfare bill. MoNDAY, JuLY 31, 1922. 66;1 House Resolution No. 165. To put party on pension roll. House Resolution No. 169. For appointment of Committee on State Line. House Bill No. 554. To authorize Tech to charge tuition. House Bill No. 203. For appropriation to State Sanitarium. .MUNDY, of Polk, Vice-Chairman. The report of the committee was agreed to. On establishing the order of business as set out in the report of the committe a constitutional majority not having so voted the order was not established. Mr. Mundy, of Polk, moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to establish the order of business as set out in the report of the Committee on Rules and the motion prevailed. The order of business as set out by the Committee on Rules was established and set as a special order. Mr. Swift, of Elbert, moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. By unanimous consent leave of absence was granted Mr. Stovall, of McDuffie. By unanimous consent Mr. Stovall, of McDuffie, was allowed to cast his vote at this time on House Bill No. 6, and retire. He voted "Aye." 664 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. 3 o'Clock P.M. The House met again at this hour and was cnHed to order by the Speaker. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck lieckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleck ley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of \Vebster Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Dads of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudhy Duncan of Dawson Duman of Hall Dykes Enni~ E\ans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy Frank' Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Gronnstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway MoNDAY, JuLY 31, 1922. 665 Horne l\layo Houser :Miles Houston ::\Iixon Howard of Forsyth ::\Ioore of Appling Howard of Screven ::\Ioore of Fulton Hufstetler ::\IoyP Hullender :\fundy Hunter ~eal of Union Hyman Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parrish .Jones of Walker Patten Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee PPrryman Johnson of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pi<'kren King of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Pri<'e Knight Pruett Langford of Hall Quincev Lankford of Toombs Ramsey Lewis RPagan Logan Re,ille Luke Ril'ketson ::\IcClelland Riley McClure Robinson :McDonald of Mitchell Russell McDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon McGarity Sapp :\lacIntyre Shettlesworth McMichael Sibley :Maddox l'lingletary Malone Smiley Mann Rmith of Bryan Manning Smith of Carroll Mason Rmith of Haralson Smith of Meriw~thf'r Steele Stone St{)vall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb Weston Whitley Whitaker of Lvwndes Wlutaker of Rockdale Whitworth \Villiams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne Mr. Speaker Under orders of the day, the following bill of the Senate, set as a special order on the recommenda- 666 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, tion of the Committee on Rules, was taken up for the purpose of a second reading and agreeing or disagreeing to the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill: By Mr. Davison, of 23d- f?enate Bill No. 1. A bill to propose to the qualified electors of this state an amendment to the Constitution relative to creation of Peach County. The bill was read for the second time. The report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill, was not agreed to. Mr. Houser, of Houston, moved that the report of the committee be disagreed to. On this motion Mr. Robinson called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. The report of the committee was disagreed to and the bill took its place upon the Calendar. Under orders of the day, the following bills of the House and Senate, set as a special order for today on the recommendation of the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Haralson of 40th Senate Bill No. 224. A bill to provide additional grounds for revoking the licenses to do business in Georgia of companies engaged in the business of MoNDAY, .JuLY 31, 1922. 667 insuring against liability of various kinds and for other purposes. Mr. Smith, of Bryan, moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The report of the Committee, whi~h 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. Mr.. Watkins, of Butts, moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost. By Mr. Haralson of 40th- Senate Bill 214. A bill to give Federal Government authority to establish rules for protection of game and fish. Mr. Moore, of Appling, 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 108, Nays 2. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 668 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Vocelle, of Camden, moved that the House i now adjourn and the motion was lost. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 65. A bill relating to the placing of children by persons other than the parents or relatives of such children, and for other purposes. The substitute by Mr. Williams of Walton was read. The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Gann of Cobb 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 not pass. Mr. Knight of Berrien moved that the bill and substitute be tabled, and the motion prevailed. By Mr. Jones of Walker- House 'Resolution No. 169. A resolution relative to the boundary line between Georgia and Tennessee. The following amendment was read and adopted: By Mr. Tatum of Dade- Amend by inserting in the fourth line after the word "Walker" the following words: "and Dade" and after the word ''Hamilton'' the words ''and Marion.'' MoNDAY, JuLY 31, 1922. 669 The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to as amended. On the passage of tne resolution the Ayes were 107, Nays 0. The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. ~fr. Davis of Floyd moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. The Speaker Pro-tem, Mr. Arnold, of Clay, announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. 670 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., Tuesday, August 1, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules. 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. 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 Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Bill No. 899. A bill to amend the charter . of the Cit.v of Cedartown, and for other purposes. TuESDAY, AuGUST 1, 1922. 671 Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Neill, Perkins and Hlatcher of Muscogee- House Bill No. 900. A bill to repeal certain Acts to change the place of holding legal sales in the County of Muscogee. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 2. By Messrs. Grovenstein of Effingham and Evans of Screven- House Bill No. 901. A bill to prohibit the taking of :fish from any of the fresh water streams of this State with traps or netting. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. By Messrs. Whitaker and Webb of Lowndes- House Bill No. 902. A bill to amend an Act to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for th~ County of Habersham. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Bowden of Ware, Pickren of Charlton, and others- House Bill No. 903. A bill to appropriate $75,000 to aid certain counties in tick eradication. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. 672 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, M:r. McDonald of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report: Mr. Speake1: 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 as follows: Senate Bill No. 230 do pass as amended. McDoNALD of Richmond, Chairman . .Mr. Ennis of Baldwin County, Chairman of the Committee on State Sanitariums, submitted the following report : Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on State Sanitariums 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. 383. J. H. ENNIS, Chairman. '.Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report: TuESDAY, AuGUST 1, 1922. 673 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: House Bill No. 203. Do pass. Respectfully submitted, GuEss of DeKalb, Chairman. The following report of the Special Joint Committee appointed under Senate Resolution No. 78, to provide funds for the payment of pensions to Confederate veterans, was submitted and read: ATLANTA, GA., August 1, 1922. To the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the libuse: We, the undersigned members of the committee, appointed under Senate Resolution No. 78, to provide a source of revenue to pay confederate pensions, and to draft the necessary tax bills for the levy and collection of a tax on luxuries, embodying the ideas contained in said Senate Resolution, beg leave to submit the following report: 1. All tax bills introduced in pursuance of this resolution, after having been drafted by this committee, shall be known as ''Taxes to Pay Confederate Pensions.'' Sig. 22 674 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, 2. We recommend that a tax be levied, equal to ten per cent on the sales, price of all tickets to moving picture houses, and places of similar amusement, boxing matches or ring contests, concerts, professional baseball and football games, and that a tax be levied equal to ten per cent of all amounts paid for the privilege of engaging in the amusements and luxuries conducted in pool rooms, dance halls, shooting galleries, and places of similar amusement. 3. We further recommend that a tax be levied, equal to twenty per cent. ~n the sales price of all' soft drinks, when made from a combination of syrup, extracts, or flavoring matter, together with plain or carbonated or mineral water; and that a tax be levied equal to twenty per cent. on the sales price of all near beer and imitations of beer, and of all bottled waters, and mineral waters, sold by soda fountains, or dispensed over the counter. This recommendation includes all bottled drinks and bottled waters. 4. We further recommend that a tax of one mill be levied for the privilege of recording, notes, mortgages, bills of sale, security deeds and all other security papers, said tax to be paid by the payee of said paper to the Cferk of the Superior Court when the same is offered for record. 5. Attached hereto and marked exhibits 1, 2 and 3, are bills providing for the levy and collection of the taxes recommended in sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof. 6. In presenting the foregoing report this committee has acted in pursuance of the provisions of TuESDAY, AuGusT 1, 1922. 675 the said Senate Resolution No. 78. Yet this committee takes this opportunity to say that if the State of Georgia would adopt a sound, equitable, and adequate plan of taxation, it would be unnecessary to engage in the taxation of special businesses, amusements and pleasures, which are already heavily and perhaps unjustly burdened with taxation, as the recommendations of this report call for. And this committee most earnestly recommends that such a sound, equitable and adequate plan of taxation be adopted by the State as early as possible, that the special taxes hereinbefore recommended may be repealed at the earliest practical moment. Respectfully submitted, GoLUCKE of 19th Dist., HoLLINGSWORTH of 17th Dist., A. C. RouNTREE, CuLPEPPER of Fayette, Bmn of Taliaferro. A BILL To be entitled: An Act to require persons, firms, . associations, and corporations, operating motion picture shows and places of similar amusement, boxing matches or ring contests, concerts, professional baseball and football games, pool rooms, dance halls, shooting galleries and places of similar amusement, to pay an occupation tax, to make returns, to provide penal'ties, and for other purposes. 676 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That persons, firms, associations, and corporations, operating motion picture shows and places of similar amusement, boxing matches or ring contests, concerts, professional baseball and football games, pool rooms, dance halls, shooting galleries and places of simil'ar amusement, for gain, in this State, shall pay an occupation tax of one cent on each ten cents or fraction thereof, paid for tickets, or admission, or for the privileges, of such shows or exhibitions. 2. That every such person, firm, association or corporation, shall make to the Comptroller-General of this State, monthly returns of such tax, and pay the same on the first of each month for the preceding month, the first of said returns to be made on October 1, 1922, and to embrace said tax from the date of this Act to said date, and each succeeding return to embrace the tax for the preceding month~ 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that any person, firm, association or corporation failing to make such returns and to pay said tax shall for each offense be guilty of a misdemaanor, and punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code. 4. All taxes collected under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the State Treasury and by it shall be paid as a fund for the payment of pensionii to Confederate Soldiers, until all pensions for Con- Tu.ESDAY, AuGUST 1, 1922. 677 federate Soldiers for each calendar year shall be paid in full, when the overplus, if any, shall be turned by the Treasury into the general fund, and theD. held subject to the payment of general appropi'i~ tions. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. A BILL To be Entitled: An Act to Require all retail vend'ors or dispensors of soft drinks, whether in glass or in bottle, bottled waters, mineral waters, and other waters sold at soda founts, to pay an occupati6n tax, to register, to make monthly returns, and payment of said tax, to provide penalties, and for other purposes. SEcTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is he:reby enacted by authority of the same, that each vendor or dispensor of soft drinks, whether in glass or in bottle, bottled waters, mineral waters, or other waters sold at soda fountains, as hereinafter defined, shall pay an occupatien tax for ,each five cents or fraction thereof, paid to such vendor or dispensor for such drinks. SECTION 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that soft drinks, as herein used, mean all beverages commonly known as soft drinks, such ~s orangeade, orange crushes, lemonade, limeade, pineapple. juice, coca cola, chero cola, root beer, bevo, 6.78 . JouRNAL oF THE HousE, moxie, phosphates, fruit and flavoring syrups, comp!)unded or mixed with plain or carbonated water, n1ilk or malted milk shakes in any form, cream and egg shakes, ice cream, ice cream sodas, ice cream sundaes, ice cream sandwiches, ice cream cones, and all similar drinks. This list is not intended to be complete, but merely illustrative of the beverages falling within the meaning of soft drinks. This list includes drinks served in bottle as well as in glass, and also bottled waters, mineral waters, and other waters sold at soda founts. SEcTION 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that each vendor or dispensor of soft drinks or waters as hereinbefore described, in this State, shall register by the first Monday in Octo'ber, 1922, with the ordinary of each county in which he does business, in a well-bound book to be kept for that purpose, by signing his name and giving his place of business, post office, address, and date of re.gistering. SEcTION 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that each vendor or dispensor of soft drinks or waters as hereinbefore described, shall make sworn monthly returns to the Comptroller-General of this State of all such occupation tax due by him, and pay the same at the time of making such returns. The first of such returns shall be made on or before October 1, 1922, and shall embrace all of such tax due between the date of this Act and the time of such return. Such returns shall be sworn to by some officer authorized by law to administer oaths. TuESDAY, AuGUST 1, 1922. 679 SEcTION 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that any vendor or dispensor who shall fail to register, make said returns, or pay said tax when due, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction punished as provided in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of this State; and any vendor or dispensor who shall make a false sworn return shall be guilty of false swearing and punished as provided in Section 262 of the Penal Code of this State. SECTION 6. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Comptroller-General of this State shall issue an execution for such tax whenever any vendor or dispensor fails to pay the same, which shall be levied and collected as other tax executions issued by him are enforced. SECTION 7. All taxes collected under the provis~ ions of this Act shall be paid into the State Treasury and by it shall be held as a fund for the payment' of pensions to Confederate Soldiers, until all pensions for Confederate Soldiers for each calendar year shall be paid in full, when the overplus, if any, shall be turned by the Treasury into the general fund, and th~n held subject to the payment of gene1;al appropriations. SECTION 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. A BILL To be Entitled: An Act to require the payees or holders of all notes, mortgages, bills of sale, se- 680 .JouRNAL oF THE HousE, ,ourity deeds, and all other security papers, when \ .offering same for record, to pay a privilege tax for recording same, to require monthly returns of said tax so collected by the Clerk of the Superior iCourts, to provide penalties for the holders or payees collecting said tax from the maker of said se.curity paper, to provide penalties for failure of the Clerk of the Superior Court to make returns to the Comptroller-General, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the payee or holder of any note, mortgage, bill of sale, security deed, or other security paper, when offering the same for record, shall pay a tax of one mill upon the principal sum promised to be paid in said note, mortgage, bill of saJe, security deed, or other security paper, to the Cle~k of the Superior Court where the same is offered for record, for the privilege of recording the same. SECTION 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Monday in October, 1922, and on the first Monday in each and every month thereafter, the Clerk of the Superior Court in each county in this State shall make a return to the Comptroller-General of this. State of all taxes provided for in this Act collected by him, and shall remit all of suph taxes provided for in this Act and collected by hi~ to the Treasury of this State on said date. TuESDAY, AuGUST 1, 1922. 681 SECTION 3. It shall be a good and valid defense to the collection or foreclosure of any note, mortgage, bill of sale, security deed, or other security paper, that the holder or payee of the same required the maker thereof to pay the tax for the privilege of recording the same. SEcTION 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any Clerk of the Superior Court who shall fail to make remittance to the State Treasury, as provided for in this Act, or who shall fail to make the report called for in this A~t to the ComptrollerGeneral, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished as provided in Section 1065 of the Penal Code. SECTION 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no note, mortgage, bill of sale, security deed or other security paper, shall be entitled to be recorded until the tax required by this Act shall have first been paid. SECTION 6. All taxes collected under the provisions of this Act shall be paid into the State Treasury and by it shall be held as a fund for the payment of pensions to Confederate Soldiers, until all pensions for Confederate Soldiers for each calendar year shall be paid in full, when the overplus, if any, shall be turned by the Treasury into the general fund, and then held subject to the payment of general appropriations. SECTION 7. Be it further enaded by the authority G82 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws m con~ flict with this Act are hereby repeal~d. The following message was reviewed from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. McCurry: Mr. Speaker: } am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives a communication in writing to which he respcetfully invites your attention. STATE OF GEORGIA, ExECt:TIVE DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA, .August 1, 1922. To the General Assembly of Georgia: , I hand you herewith, as required by the Constitu- tion of Georgia, report of the Board of Visitors to the University of Georgia. Respectfully submitted, THos. \\". HARDWICK, Governor. To the Honorable Board of TrusteesA University of Georgia. Gentlemen: we beg to submit herewith our report for transmission to his J1~xcellency, Ron. Thos. \V. Hardwick, Governor of Georgia. TuESDAY, AuausT 1, 1922. 683 The greatest need of the University at this time, as we interpret the situation, after personal intel;views with the Chancellor, Deans and the heads of various departments, and after a careful and exhaustive examination of the buildings and grounds, may be summerl up as follows : PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT. The outstanding need of the University is enlarged physical equipment. The general air of the buildings is one of dilapidation, giving the University a poverty-stricken appearance. The situation is distressing, acute, almost tragic. Most of the high schools of the state, the preparatory schools and branches of the University have much better equipment than is to be found on the campus. With few exceptions, none of the buildings are new or adequate to the requirements. Certainly, they are not in keeping with the prestige and honorable career of the oldest state University in the United States. Th9 committee on Buildings and Grounds has done the best it could with the means at hand, and has worked hard to keep up appearances. ~fore dormitory room is made imperative, not only by the increased enrollment, but by the attendance of women students in large numbers. Despite the fact that the attendance has increased from 400 to mote than 1,400 in the past few years, not a single new dormitory has been provided in twenty years. We urgently recommend that dormitory accomodation be provided at the earliest possible date. JouRNAL oF THE HousE, ,We recommend that the dormitories and buildings be painted, and that a heating plant be installed in the Chapel. We find that all the buildings on the CB;lllPUS are clean and neatly kept. This applies to th~ Chapter Houses as well. In order to make the dormitories a fit place in which to live we point out the need for running water in the rooms and adequate bathi11g facilities. ExTENSION \VoBK. During the past few years a great deal has been done through the Extension Division of universities in other states and the Agricultural College in this state. The University must be taken to the people. When the people of the State once realize that the University is their own, theirs to serve in every possible way, the foundation for a Greater University will have been laid. The high schools of the state graduated this year 1,183 more students than in 1921. The high schools are feeders for the University. In addition to the many thousands of people who would normally be reaclwd and benefited through the Department of Extension work, it is highly probable that a great number of these high school graduates who ~will ,be unahle to attend the University, will be enabled to continue their studies through the Extension Division. The Department of Education, the School of Commerce, and the Extension Division of the State College of Agriculture are doing a splendid work, and we urge that their facilities for reaching more people be enlarged. We TuESDAY, AuGUST 1, 1922. 685 recommend that the Peabody Library be given facilities for extension work. We recommend that more room and additional teaching force be provided in the School of Commerce, the Department of 'English, and the Department of Romance Languages, and that enlarged facilities be given the Department of History and Economics. GEOLOGY. As another step in the progress of the University, a Department of Geology and Mineralogy has been created through the generosity of the General Education Board, the purpose of which is to give the University a larger part in the development of the natural resources of the State. ScHOOL OF JouR~ALISM In connection with the School of Journalism, we recommend that a printing plant be established. By the installation of typesetting machines and printing equipment, the University could save thousands of dollars annually on its printing. Not only would this addition prove valuable for the training given the students and the money saved, but a printing plant would offer the means of a self-help to a large number of deserving boys and girls. ATHLETICS. "\Ve favor and recQmmend the creation of a Department of Physical Education in the University. 686 .JoeRNAL OF THE HousE, The calls from high schools for teachers trained to act as athletic coaches are numerous and insistent. Stricted regulation of athletics, that makes proficiency in scholarship a requisite to participation m sports, is a movement in the right direction. lN.FIRMARY. It was a matter of great satisfaction to find the lnfirmary so neatly and well kept. This institution fills an important place in the life of the University. 1t has proved n real blessing to the students. We recommend that an additional boiler be installed in the Infirmary for the purpose of furnishing heat. AGRICULTURAL CoLLEGE. vVe strongly recommend the purchase of certain lands and buildings adjacent to the tract of the College of Agriculture. \Vith the exception of about fifteen acres the College of Agriculture owns all the land on the college farm. The installation of a sprinkler system in the dormitory at the State College of Agriculture would give a much lower insurance rate, and would be a profitable investment. This Board tinds the state of Georgia owns at the state College of Agriculture buildings and equipment worth approximately one million dollars. The property is inaclequutely protected from loss b~' fire. The extension of water mains, at a cost of about $25,000 would give proper fire protection. \Ve heartily approYc the recc-mmendation of Dr- TuESDAY, AuGUST 1, 1922. 687 Soule for an Enabling Act, providing for the employment of county agents and making it legal to pay the salaries of such agents out of the general tax levy. The department of Horticulture informs this Board that with a slight increase in appropriation, scientific investigations that would be of great value to the country in time of war, could be carried on. STUDENT AcTIVITIES. The student body of the University is composed of a splendid body of men and women. We find with much gratification that the students are applying themselves to a serious work in a studious, earnest manner. The heads of all departments have spoken in highest terms of the department of the students, and this we have found to be true after careful investigation. The religious atmosphere of the University is good, and beyond question the University of Ge~r gia is one of the great moral forces of the state. Splendid work has been done by the Young Women's Christian Association, and the Young Men's Christian Association, and we commend the capable management of these organizations. Co-EDUCATION. Co-education, this board is glad to report, is proving popular with both students and professors. The young ladies are among the best students, and they are fully justifying the wisdom of opening the University to women on the same basis as men. The 688 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, scholarship of both nien and women ranks high, and is a matter of favorable comment by the heads of all departments. wAR MEMORIAL FUND. It is a matter of great interest to all friends of the University, and the cause of education in general, to know that the University of Georgia during the past fall raised more than a million dollars in the War Memorial Campaign. N"ot only did the alumni rally loyally to the call for help, hut the general public subscribed liberally, and the General Education Board gave one hundred thousand dollars. Much of the credit for this forward-looking movement, which marks a new and better day for the University, is due to ~fr. Harry Hodgson, who worked with unflagging interest and utmost loyalty. Mr. Hodgson deserves the thanks of the people of the entire state. ~While he was ahl~, assisted, yet be is entitled to honor and praisp for having put over a big movement in a manner that surprised even the most loyal supporters of the University. This campaign, designed to honor the many brave University of Georgia men who gave their lives in the World War, was really a campaign of education, and farreaching good is bound to follow. CHA~CELLOR BARROW If the rest of the world has lost its balance during the trying period of readjustment through which the country is passing, the University of Georgia has TuESDAY, AuGUST 1, 1922. 689 maintained its morale. A spirit of service everywhere prevails. Professors worked to the point of exhaustion, do their duty without complaining. Students, denied by the state adequate rooming facilities, somehow find a hole in the wall and press forward. Much of this spirit of loyalty and devotion is due to the leadership of Chancellor D. C. Barrow. A christian gentleman of the highest type, he is a leader who sees through the darkest cloud. Chancellor Barrow is the inspiration of the University, and it is the sincere wish of this board that the Greater University of the Future may be realized during his administration. FINANCIAL SrPPORT. It is easy for this Board to recommend more money for this or that purpose, but getting the funds is another matter. vVhat we have been concerned with most is trying to devise some plan to give the University proper financial support. It is childs play for the General Assemblly to appropriate money with no funds in sight to pay the appropriation. More revenue cannot be raised, we believe, under the existing system of taxation. If the University is to continue to grow, it is imperative that more funds be provided. Unless this is speedily done the University will he forced by the logic of events to occupy a second or third rate position. The best brains of the state, the most patriotic service, the broadest statesmanship should be used to work out a solution to this problem. Upon 690 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, education depends civilization itself. So momentous is the task involved, so far-reaching the result, that this board has ventured to suggest that all other plans and purposes for the time being should be made secondary to that of securing adequate funds for the proper maintenance of the higher institutions of learning. It may be pointed out that most of the towns a:qd cities of the state have been able to provide proper school facilities only by voting bonds. This board congratulates the University and Dr. H. C. -White upon his fifty years of distinguished serYice to the University and to the state. The board desires to congratulte Professor J oseph Lustrat on the signal honor that has come to him in being named by the French government as '' Officier d 'Acadamie. '' \Ve wish to call especial attention to the fact that e\ery courtesy, kindness and consideration bas been shown this board, and information has been given freel~ and cheerfully by the Chancellor, Deans and the heads of the Yarious departments. Respectfully submitted, R. E. BRooKs, Chairman, E. R. HoRTON, LUTHER ELROD, .J. D. JONEs, Secretary, Board of Visitors. TuESDAY, AuGUST 1, 1922. 691 By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the committees, were read for the second time: By Mr. Logan of Banks- .House Bill No. 383. A bill to amend an Act to revise the laws of Georgia with reference to commitments to the Georgia State Sanitarium. By }lessrs. Guess of DeKalb and Davis of Floyd- House Resolution No. 203. A resolution to create a commission to regulate. the distribution of coal 'vithin the State. B~ }fessrs. Campbell of the 34th and :Manson of 35th- Senate Bill No. 230. A bill to authorize the addi- tion of one or more judges of the Superior Court of. Stone 1fountain Circuit. The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By l\Iessrs. Beck and Smith of Carroll- House Bill Xo. 799. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Bowdon. 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. 692 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 122, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majojrity, was passed by substitute. By Mr. Byrd ofCrisp- House Bill No. 826. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the Town of Arabi. The report 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 1\Ir. Brantley of Pierce- House Bill No. 850. A bill to amend an Act to create and incorporate the City of Blackshear. The report of the Committee, which waa favora bk to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 121, Xays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Thomas of 3rd- Senate Bill No. 218. A bill to incorporate the City of .Jesup, and for other purposes. TuESDAY, AuGusT 1, 1922. 693 The report 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. 'l'he following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate substitute: By Mr. Strickland of Brantley- Honse Bill No. 480. A bill to correct certain mistakes of the General Assembly for the creation of Brantley County and for other purposes. The following Senate substitute was read: A BILL To Be Entitled ''An Act to correct certain mistakes and inaccuracies appearing in the act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 14th, 1920, proposing an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article II of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, providing for the creation of the County of Brantley, with reference to the boundaries of said new county as appearing in Section 1, Paragraph 1 of said Act, and for other purposes. '' WHEREAS, in the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 14th, 1920, proposing an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article II 694 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, provid- . ing for the creation of the new county of Brantley, and which proposed amendment to the Constitution was adopted by the people of Georgia, it is provided in Section 5 thereof that the General Assembly is authorized to correct any mistake or inaccuracies in reference to the boundaries of said new county as contained in Paragraph 1 of Section 1 of said Act, and, WHEREAS, there are certain inaccuracies appearing in said paragraph of said section of said Act. NOW THEREFORE, IN ORDER THAT said inaccuracies or mistakes may he corrected, be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that said Ac.t proposing an Amendment to the Constitution for the creation of the said new county of Brantley, as the same appears in Georgia Laws 1920, pages 34, 38, be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking from line 20 of Paragraph 1 of Section 1 of a said Act, on page 35 of said Laws, the words ''Buffalo Creek'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words "The Big Satilla River," and by striking from said line 20 of said paragraph of said section of said Act the words "Eastwards along" and by striking from line 21 and 22 of said paragraph of said section of said Act, the words ''the line between counties of Charlton and \Yayne to the Big Satilla River and the western line of Camden County,'' and by inserting in lieu thereof the following, ''North- TuESDAY, AuGusT 1, 1922. 695 ward along the channel of said Big Satilla River to the Camden line,'' so that said paragraph 1 of said Section 1 of said Act, when so amended, shall read as follows: SECTION 1. In addition to the counties now provided for by the Constitution of Georgia, as amended, there shall be organized, by this further amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article II, another new county to be known as Brantley, the same to be laid out from the counties of Pierce, Charlton and Wayne, and shall include all of the territory embraced within boundaries as follows, to-wit: "Beginning at the southeast corner of Pierce County, at the southeast corner of lot of land number three hundred (300) in the 9th District of Pierce County, and thence northwards along the line between Pierce and Charlton Counties to the southwest corner of land lot number thirteen (13), in the 2nd District of Charlton County; thence eastwards along the south line of land lots numbers thirteen (13), fifty-two (52), seventy-seven (77), one hundred and sixteen (116), one hundred and forty-one (141), one hundred and eighty (180), two hundred and five (205), and fractional lot two hundred and forty-four (244), and thence continuing in a straight line to the Big Satilla River, and thence northward along the channel of said Big Satilla River to the Camden County line;'' thence northwards along the line between Wayne and Camden Counties to the Glynn County line; thence further northwards along the line between the Counties of Wayne and Glynn to a point on said county line one 696 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, mile north of the main line of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway; thence westwar'ds along a line one mile north of and parallel with the aforesaid main line of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway to the Little Satilla River, and the line between the Counties of \Vayne and Pierce; thence southeast along the channel of the Little Satilla River to the southwest corner of land lot numhtlr one (1) in the 3rd District of \Vayne County; thence southwards along the west lines of land lots numbers thirty-two (32) and thirty-one (31), in the 2nd District of Pierce County, to the channel of the Big Satilla River; thence westwards up the channel of the Big Satilla River, through Pierce County, to the county line between Pierce and Ware Counties; and thence south and southwest along the county line between Pierce and \Yare Counties to the Charlton County line; and thence eastwards along the county line between Pierce and Charlton to the southeast corner of Pierce Count~~, the point of beginning aforesaid.'' SECTION 2. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Mr. Pickren of Charlton moved that the House concur in the Senate substitute, and the motion prevailed. By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was withdrawn from the Committee, read the sceond time, and recommitted: TuESDAY, AuGusT 1, 1922. 697 By :Messrs. Reville and Pilcher of Richmond- House Bill No. 863. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to the official organ of certain counties. The following resolution of the House was introduced and read : By :M.r. Arnold of Clay- House Resolution No. 206. A resolution calling for joint committee to investigate certain charges relative to the Tax Equalization Law. Mr. Beck of Carroll moved the previous question; the motioo prevail~d, .and the main question was ordered. The resolution was lost. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted by a unanimous rising vote : By Messrs Brown of Emanuel and Mixon of Treutlen- A RESOLUTION. House Resolution No. 207. Wlvereas, information has been received that the wife of W. E. Boatwright, member of this House from the County of Emanuel, has passed to the Great Beyond; Therefore be it resolved by the House of Representatives that this House express its deep and heartfelt sympathy for Mr. Boatwright in his great sorrow and that it is the wish of the members of this 698 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, body that the hand of the Great Healer may be felt in healing this great sorrow and in mending his broken heart. Be it further resolved that the Speaker of the House be requested to wire our condolence to our bereaved member. The following report of the Committee on Rules was introduced and read: Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Rules having had under consideration an order of business have instructed me as their Vice-Chairm.an to report the following special and continuing order to be taken up immediately after unfinished business : House Bill No. 6. To repeal Equalization Act. House Bill No. 205. To provide an income tax. House Bill No. 449. To provide segregation and classification tax. House Bill N.o. 260. To reorganize Railroad Com- miSSIOn. House Bill No. 592. Fee system bill. House Bill No. 213. To provide for 4-year terms for members of General Assembly. House Bill No. 203. Appropriation to State Sani~ tarium. House Bill No. sn. Emergency appropriation for military. TuEsDAY, AuGusT 1, 1922. 699 These bills set for morning sessions only. MuNDY, Vice-Chairman. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 873 was withdrawn from the morning calendar as recommended by the Committee ori Rules: By unanimous consent House Bill No. 873 was placed as the first bill on the calendar for this afternoon. The report of the Committee on Rules, which was fayorable to the adoption of the order of business, was agreed to. The order of business, as set out in the report of the committee, was established and set as a special order. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Bowden of \Vare- A RESOLUTION. House Resolution No. 208. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, that whereas, the theatre and moving picture people of Atlanta, in their desire to entertain and make pleasant the stay of the members of this body in Atlanta, have thrown wide their doors to the will of each and every member and his family, and have exerted every effort to make them enjoy the amusements of the city, Therefore 700 JOURNAL OF THE 'HOUSE, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, that the deepest thanks and appreciation of this body be extended to the owners, managers and employees of every theatre and moving picture house in the city, and that our best wishes go to them for continued prosperity. The following report of the Committee on Rules was introduced and read: Mr. Speaker: The Committee on Rules having had under consideration the fixing of an order of business for afternoon sessions, have instructed me as their ViceChairman to report that the Committee on Rules be authorized to fix special orders of business for afternoon sessions independent of orders fi.xed for morning sessions, until otherwise ordered. MuNDY, Vice-Chairman. On the adoption of the report ~Ir. Wyatt of Troup moved the previous question ; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The following amendment was read and adopted: By Mr. McMichael of Marion- Amend by adding the following proviso: Provided that the report of the Rules Committee may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the House. The report of the committee, which was favorable TuESDAY, AuGusT 1, 1922. 701 to establishing this as an order, was agreed to as amended. The order of business as set out in the report was established. 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: House Bill No. 811. A bill entitled ''An Act to establish a City Court of Barrow County, in and for the County of Barrow.'' House Bill No. 822. A bill to amend ''An Act to establish a City Court in the County of Hall, and to provide for the appointment of a Judge and Solicitor thereof.'' House Bill No. 647. A bill to amend an Act to fix the amount of the fees of the Clerks of the Superior Courts of this State in counties having less than fifty thousand population. Senate Bill No. 196. A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dougherty, to prescribe their powers, and for other purposes. The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majojjrijty the following- Senate bill, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 274. A bill to amend the present charter of the City of Albany. 702 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The Senate has read and adopted the following. House resolution, to-wit: House Resolution No. 205. A resolution thanking the City of Savamuih for their hospitality and for the entertainment given the General Assembly. Under orders of the day the following bill of the House, set as a special order on the recommendation of the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed upon its passage: 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 in this State, and for other purposes. By unanimous consent Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson was allowed to cast his vote at this time and retire. He voted ''Aye'' on the bill and ''No'' on all amendments. By unanimous consent Mr. DuBose of Clarke was allowed to cast his vote at this time and retire. He voted ''No'' on the bill and ''Aye'' on the two amendments. Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 6 went over as unfinished business. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. 3fcGarity of Paulding and Moore of Appling. The following communication was read: TuESDAY, AuGusT 1, 1922. 703 BRUNSWICK, GA. RoN. CECIL NEILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Atlanta, Ga. while Brunswick is informed that there is hardly a possibility of the State port matter coming up before you gentlemen at this session, however, in the event there is such a possibility we want you to be fully advised of and acquainted with Brunswick's marvelous possibilities for the establishment of State owned port and terminals. We think it only fair that you should familiarize yourself with Brunswick's superior advantages, and we extend through you to all of the members of the House of Representatives a most cordial invitation to visit Brunswick at Brunswick's expense next Saturday and Sunday or the following Saturday and Sunday, or whatever time you wish to designate, but whatever time you decide to come it should be in advance of any action that may be taken by the Legislature touching the question of the establishment of State owned port and terminals. (Signed) City of Brunswick, by C. D. Ogg, Mayor; County Commissioners, by C. Miller, Chairman; Board of Trade, by J. W. Simmons, President; Young Men.'s Club, by Frank M. Scarlett, Chairman; Rotary Club, by M. Rose, President. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock. 704 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, AFTERNOON SESSION, 3 o'Clock P.M. The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was introduced, read the first time and referred to a committee: By Messrs. Bowden of Ware, Pickren of Charlton, and others- House Bill No. 903. A bill to appropriate $75,000 for aid in certain counties in the work of tick eradicaction. The following report of the Committee on Rules was submitted and read: Mr. Speaker: The Rules Committee having had under consideration an order of business for the afternoon session of August 1st instruct me as their Vice Chairman to report the following special order of business : House Bill No. 873. Emergency Appropriation for Militiary. House Resolution No. 154. To appropriate to pay intPrest on the bonded debt. TuESDAY, AuGusT 1, 1922. 705 House Resolution No. 165. To place party on pension roll. House Bill No. 645. Elbert County Local Bill. House Bill No. 554. To authorize T'ech to charge tuition. House Bill No. 575. To change the name of South Ga. Normal School at Valdosta. House Resolution No. 190. Appropriation for stationery. House Bill No. 203. Appropriation for State Sanitarium. House Bill No. 157. Jewelers Lien Bill. House Bill No. 564. Electric chair Bill. Senate Bill No. 176. Letting contracts by Highway Department. Senate Bill No. 198. Nursery Bill. In Commtitee. House Bill No. 669. To amend Prohibition Law. House Bill No. 716. Amending Charter Laws. House Bill No. 832. To Amend Gasoline Tax Bill. MUNDY, Vice-Chairman. The following bills of the House and Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were n:d the third time and placed upon their passage: Ey Messrs. Culpepper of Fayette and McMichael of Marion- Sig. 23 706 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 873. A bill for additional appropriation for military establishment in the State of Georgia and for other purposes. Mr. Fowler of Bibb moved that the Committee of the Whole House be instructed to limit the debate on this bill to ten minutes and the motion prevailed. The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Knight of Berrien as the Chairman thereof. The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the HiOuse with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. Mr. Smith of Carroll moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The following committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend by adding to Section 1, the following words: "Provided said funds shall be used only for payment of expenses of troups on riot or special duty and only so much of said funds as may be necessary for said purpose shall be used, all funds to be drawn on warrant of the Governor.'.' 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: TuESDAY, AuausT 1, 1922. 707 Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs : Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Bobo Boswell Bowden Boyett Bozeman Braddy Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Hall Ennis Evans Folsom Fowler ~IcC l u r e Franks McDonald of Mitchell Grant McMichael Gresham Maddox Griffin M!tlone Greene Mann Grovenstein ::\Ianning Guess Mason Gunnels Mixon Haddock Moore of Fulton Hamilton Mundy Hatcher of Burke Neal of Union Hatcher of Muscogee Parrish Hawkins Patten Henderson Penland Herring Perkins Hillhouse Perryman Hines of Sumter Peterson Hodges Pickren Holland Pilcher Holloway Price Horne Pruett Houser Ramsey Houston Reville Hullender Ricketson Hunter Russell Hyman Rutherford Jones of Coweta Salmon Jones of Walker Shettlesworth Johnson of Bartow Sibley Johnson of Singletary Chattahoochee Smith of Bryan Johnson of Pickens Smith of Carroll Keith Steele Kennedy Strickland King of Jefferson Sumner of Wheeler King of Wilcox Swift Kittrell Tatum Knight Thompson of Coweta Lewis Thompson of Dodge Logan Trippe McClelland Valentino 708 JOURNAL oF THE HousE, Van Landingham VanZant Watkins Webb Whitaker of Rockdale Woodard Wimberly Worthy Winship Wood Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Daniel of Troup Ficklen Foy Hines of Decatur Howard of Screven Luke Phillips of Jasper Reagan Smiley Smith of Haralson Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Those not voting were Messrs : Adams of Newton Baldwin Boatwright Bowen Brannen Bush Clifton Coates Collier Collins Cowart DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Duncan of Dawson Dykes Fletcher Gann Griffith Harris Howard of Forsyth Hufstetler Smith of Meriwether Jackson Stone Jones of Thomas Stovall Langford of Hall Sumner of Johnson Lankford of Toombs Swindle McDonald of Turner Richmond Tyson ~IcGarity Vocelle ~faclntyre Walker Mayo Wall Miles Way :Moore of Appling Weston Moye Whitley Nichols Whitaker of Lowndes Owen Whitworth Parks Williams of Harris Phillips of Telfair Wyatt Quincey Wynne Riley ~Ir. Speaker Robinson Sapp Ayes 135, Na.ys 12. By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 135, Nays 12. TuEsDAY, AuGusT 1, 1922. 709" The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that during the remainder of the session, unless otherwise ordered by the House, during the afternoon session individual speeches be limited to ten minutes and the motion prevailed. By unanimous consent the bill just passed was ordered to be immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette- House Resolution No. 154. A resolution to appropriate money for paying interest on the Public Debt. Mr. Smith of Carroll moved that the Committee of the Whole House be instructed to limit the debate on this resolution to five minutes to each side and the motion prevailed. The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. DeFoor of Clayton as the 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. Mr. Smith of Carroll moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. 710 J ounNAL OF THE HousE, . 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 Walton .Anderson .Arnold .Atkinson Heck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bobo Boswell Boyett Bozeman Braddy Branch Brantley Brown of Hancock Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Coates Collier Corbitt 'Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dickerson Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Ennis Evans Ficklen Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Grant Gresham Griffin Greene Grovenstein Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Houser Houston Howard of Forsyth Howard of Screven Hunter Hyman Jones of Coweta Jones of Walker Johnson of Bartow Johnson of Pickens Keith Kennedy King of Jefferson King of Wilcox Kittrell Knight Langford of Hall Luke ::'llcClelland McClure McDonald of Mitchell ::\IcDonald of Richmond 1\Iac!ntyre McMichael Maddox Malone Mann Manning Mason Mixon Moore of Fulton Moye Mundy Neal of Union Owen Parrish Patten Perkins Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper TuESDAY, AuausT 1, 1922. 711' Pickren Pilcher Price Pruett Quincey Ramsey Reagan Reville Ricketson Riley Robinson Russell Rutherford Salmon Shettlesworth Sibley Singletary Smiley Smith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Steele Strickland Sumner of Wheeler Swift Tatum Thompson of C9weta Trippe Tyson Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Watkins Way Webb Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth .Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wynne Those not voting were Messrs : Adams of Newton Guess Phillips of Telfair Baldwin Harris Sapp Bentley Horne Smith of Haralson Bloodworth Hufstetler Smith of Meriwether Boatwright Hullender Stone Bowden Jackson Stovall Bowen Jones of Thomas Sumner of Johnson Brannen Johnson of Swindle Brown of Emanuel Chattahoochee Thompson of Dodge Bush Lankford of Toombs Turner Clifton ~wis Valentino Collins Logan Walker Cowart DeLaPerriere McGarity Mayo Wall Weston. Dixon Miles Whitley Dykes Moore of Appling Whitaker of Lowndes Fletcher Nichols Wyatt Gann Parks ~Ir. Speaker Griffith Penland Ayes 152, Nays 0. By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 712 JOURNAL oF THE HousE, On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 152, Nays 0. The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. Mr; Williams of Harris moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost. By unanimous cons~nt Mr. Quincey of Coffee was allowed to cast his vote on House Bill No. 6 at this time and retire. He voted ''Aye'' on the bill and "No" on all amendments. By Mr. Hillhouse of Worth- House Resolution No. 165. A resolution placing Mr. S. L. Lesseur on the pension roll. 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 60, Nays 50. The resolution having failed to receive the re- quisite constitutional majority was lost. Mr. Hillhouse of Worth gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass Blouse Resolution No. 165. Mr. Beck of Carroll moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost. The following bill of the House, s'et as a special TuESDAY, AuousT 1, 1922. 713 order by the Committetl on Rules, was taken up for the purpose of considering a Senate amendment: By Mr. Swift of Elbert- House Bill No. 645. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Elbert County and for other purposes. Mr. Howard of Forsyth moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. Mr. Hillhouse of Worth moved that the bill be tabled, and the motion was lost. The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in: Amend by striking Section 10 and substituting in lieu thereof the following: ''Section 10. That the provisions of all foregoing Sections of this Act shall become operative only after an election to be held within twenty days after its approval. Those favoring having one commissioner shall have printed on their ballots ''For One Commissioner,'' those who favor three commissioners shall have printed on their ballots ''For Three Commissioners.'' If a majority shall vote for one commissioner, then the provisions of this act shall be null and void. If a majority shall vote for three commissioners, then the provisions of the foregoing sections of this Act shall become valid, and become operative under the terms of this Act. (Provided, however; That in no event shall the provisions contained in Section 1-A, 714 JouRNAL o:r THE HousE, , of the Act of 1919, contained-in Georgia Laws, 1919, pages 643, 644 and 645, be in any manner affected by the adoption of this Act, if the same shall be approved by the people, as aforesaid.) Amend Section Ten by adding after the word ''aforesaid,'' the following: ''Said election shall be called by the Ordinary of Elbert County and held under the laws now provided for holding elections for county officers.'' Section Eleven. That ~II laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed. The following bills and resolutions of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third. time and placed upon their passage: ~y Messrs. :Moore, Holloway, and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 554. A bill to authorize and impower the Trustees of the Georgia School of Technology to charge and collect reasonable tuition, 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 110 Nays 5. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1922. 715 By Messrs. Whitaker of Lowndes and Woodard of Cook- House Bill No. 575. A bill to change the name of the South Georgia State Normaml College at Val-: dosta. The report 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 Mr. Arnold of Clay- House Resolution No. 190. A resolution appropriating money to pay for certain supplies used by the members of the House of Representatives. The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Fowler of Bibb as the Chairman thereof. The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. The resolution involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows : 716 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: Adams of Walton Anderson 'Arnold .Atkinson Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleck ley Bobo Boswell Boyett Braddy Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Coates Daniel of Heard Daniel.of Troup Da\is of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DuBose Dudley Duncan of Hall Evans l<'icklen Folsom Fowler Franks Grant 'Gresham Greene Grovenstein Moore of Fulton Guess Moye Gunnels }Iundy Hamilton Xeal of Union Hatcher of Burke Owen Hawkins Parrish Henderson Patten Herring Penland Hillhouse Perkins Hines of Decatur Peterson Hines of Sumter Pickren Holland Pilcher Holloway Price Houser Pruett Houston Ramsey Howard of Forsyth Reville Howard of Screven Ricketson Hunter Riley H~man Robinson Jones of Coweta Salmon Jones of Walker Sapp Johnson of Bartow Shettlesworth .John~ou of ~miley Chattahoochee Smith of Bryan Johnson of Pickens ~mith of Carroll Keith Smith of Haralson Kennedy 1:-;teele King of Jefferson Strickland Kittrell Swift Knight Tatum Langford of Hall Thompson of Coweta Le\\;s Thompson of Dodge ~IcClure Trippe ~IeDonald of ~Iit!'!Je!l Tyson 1leDonald of \'alentino Riehmond \'an Landingham ~Iaelntyre Yoeelle }laddox \Yay :\lalmw \Vpston ".\fanning Whitaker of Rockdale ~Iason \Yilliams of Walton .\lixon Wimberly -Winship TuESDAY, AuGusT 1, 1922. 717 Wood Woodard Those not voting were Messrs : Adams of Newton Baldwin Bloodworth Boatwright Bowden Bowen Bozeman Brannen Bush Camp Carr Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs Duncan of Dawson Dykes Ennis Fletcher Foy Gann Griffin Griffith Haddock Harris Hatcher of Mu~cogee Hodge~ Horne Hufstetler Hullender Jackson .Jones of Thomas King of Wilcox Lankford of Toombs Logan Luke ~IcClelland McGarity McMichael Mann Mayo Miles Moore of Appling Nichols Parks Perryman Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Quincev Reagan Russell Rutherford Sibley Singletary Smith of Meriwether Htone Stovall Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swindle Swindle Turner VanZant Walker \Vall Watkins Webb Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes Whitworth Williams of Harris WilliamH of Miller Worthy Wyatt Wynne 1Ir. Speaker Ayes 127 Nays 0. By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed witl]. On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 127, Nays 0. The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 718 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Hhuston of Gwinnett moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. Leave of absence was granted :Mr. Quincey of Coffee. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. WEDNESDAY, AuousT 2, 1922. 719 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., Wednesday, August 2, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. l\L; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. I By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedi~gs was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules. 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. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions. By unanimous c~nsent, the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the committees: By Mr. Webb of Lowndes- House Resolution No. 209 (912A). A resolution to 720 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, appropriate certain money to pay witnesses at hearing before State Ventinarian. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and \Vays and ~leans. By Messrs. Moore, Holloway of Fulton, Guess, Steele and McClelland of DeKalb- House Bill No. 904. A bill to amend an act carrying into effect constitutional amendment, relative to abolition of Justice Courts in Atlanta. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By -:\Ir. Beckham of Dougherty- House Bill No. 905. A bill to require reports of all State Officials yearly. " Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2. By Messrs. Ficklen and Bobo of Wilkes- House Bill Ko. 906. A bill to amend the charter of the city of \Vashington. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. McGarity of Paulding- House Bill :Xo. 907. A bill to regulate all four-year high schools, which receive certain state aid. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Weston of Brooks- House Bill Xo. 908. A bill to amend the charter of the city court of Quitman. WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 2, 1922. 721 Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. Beck of Carroll- House Bill No. 909. A bill to provide for the return of all evidences of indebtedness for taxation. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Bowden of Ware- House Bill No. 910. A bill to authorize the State Highway Departm~nt to purchase bridges and ferries, etc. Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics. By .Mr. Quincey of Coffee- House Bill No. 911. A bill to amend the charter of the town of Nicholls, in Coffee County. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By l\Ir. Wimberly of Laurens- House Bill No. 912. A bill to amend an act creating a new charter for the town of Rockledge. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Perkins of Muscogee- House Bill X o. 913. A bill to amend the General Tax ~\ct relative to insurance companies. 722 J OlJRNAL OF THE HousE, Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Messrs. Hyman and Hawkins of WashingtonHouse Bill No. 914. A bill to authorize officials of Sandersville to collect certain taxes annually. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Brown of Emanuel- House Bill No. 915. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Adrian, in counties of Emanuel and Johnson. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted : By Mr. Perryman of Talbot- House Resolution Ko. . . .. A resolution .to allow the Committee on Penitentiary to retire from the Hause for thirty minutes for the purpose of considering important matters. .Jir. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and "Ways ~mel Means, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations and vVays and .Jieans have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chair- WEDNESDAY, AuousT 2, 1922. 723 man, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill No. 579. DuBosE of Clarke, 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 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. 233. l\IooRE of Fulton, 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 same back to the House with the recommendations as follows: 724 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, House Bill No. 805. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 901. Do pass. JAMES T. VocELLE, 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 and resolutions of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to report same back to the House with the recommendation as follows: Senate Resolution No. 75. Do pass. House Bill No. 833. Do not pass. SMITH of Bryan, Chairman. ~lr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: J/r. Speake.r: 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 H~use with the reconunendation that the same do pass : WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 2, 1922. 725 House Bill No. 887. House Bill No. 898. House Bill ~o. 899. PICKREN of Charlton, , 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 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 ~o. 200. House Resolution :No. :202. SwiFT of Elbert, Chairman. Mr. :Yloye 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 726 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows: House Bill No. 876. Do pass. House Bill No. 877. Do pass. House Bill No. 902. Do pass. Ifuuse Bill No. 884. Do pass. House Bill No. 886. Do pass. House Bill No. 888. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 258. Do pass. House Bill No. 831. Do not pass. Senate Bill No. 157. Do not pass. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE of Randolph, 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 bills 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. 217. Do not pass. Senate Bill No. 253. Do pass. GuEss, Chairman. WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 2, 1922. 727 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 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 Rill No. 821. LANKFORD of Toombs, Chairman. Mr. Perryman of Talbot County, Chairman of the Committee on Penitentiary, submitted the following report: J.ll r. Speaker: Your Committee on Penitentiary have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the H~mse with the recommendation that the same do pass : House Bill Xo. sn. PERRYMAN of Talbot, Chairman. 728 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill No. 871. House Bill No. 835. House Bill No. 845. House Bill No. 843. Senate Bill No. 242. House Bill No. 722, as amended. House Bill No. 842, as amended. House Bill No. 758, by substitute as amended. SMITH of Meriwether, Chairman. l\lr. Davis of Floyd County, Chairman of the Committee on General .Judiciary Xo. 2, submitted the following report: Jlr. Speaker: Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and haYe instructed me as Chair- WEDNESDAY, AuousT 2, 1922. 729 man, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows: Senate Bill No. 14. Do not pass. House Bill No. 767. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 863. Do pass. House Bill No. 881. Do pass. House Bill No. 900. Do pass. Respectfully submitted, JoHN CAMP DAvis, Chairman. 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 and Resolutions, to-wit: House Resolution No. 124. A resolution relative to paying expenses incurred by committee considering changes in the tax system. House Bill No. 480. A bill to correct mistakes in creation of the county of Brantley. House Bill ~o. 565. A bill to provide for the salary of the Treasurer of the county of Schley. House Bill l\o. 683. A bill to amend an act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jasper. 730 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, House Bill No. 714. A bill to amend an act relative to the city court of Statesboro, in Bulloch county. House Bill No. 645. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Elbert county. House Bill No. 810. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Milledgeville. House Bill No. 822. A bill to amend an act establishing the city court of Hall county. House Bill No. 763. A bill to provide a local Board of Trustees for the Georgia Military Academy. House Bill No. 725. A bill to create Bond Commissioners for Ware county. House Bill No. 647. A bill to amend an Act relative to fees of clerks in Superior Courts in counties of certain populations. House Bill No. 811. A bill tp create a City Court for the County of Barrow. House Bill No. 629. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta, and for other purposes. The following message was received from His Excellency the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. McCurry: Mr. Speaker: I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to deliver to the House of Representatives a communi- WEDNESDAY, AuausT 2, 1922. 731 cation in writing to which he respectfully invites your attentio.n. STATE OF GEORGIA, ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA, August 2, 1922. To the General ..A.ssentbly of Georgia: I beg to invite your attention to certain inequalities an injustices which exist under the laws of our State against women, and to urge upon you such modification of the law as will remove these injustices and discriminations: 1. I recommend that Section 3033, Volume 1 of the Civil Code of 1911 be so amended as to give to the Mother, as well as the Father, whether a widow or not, equal right with the Father to appoint a guardian for the persons of their children and for such property as she may devise or bequeath to such child. 2. I recommend that Section 3032, Volume 1 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1911 shall be so amended as to make the Mother and Father equal natural guardians of their minor children. 3. I recommend that Section 3031 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1911, Volume 1, be so amended as to confer a joint control and an equal right upon the Father and Mother with respect to the services and proceeds of labor of minor children. 732 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, 4. I recommend that Section 4467 of the Civil Code of this State shall be so amended as to confer a right of action against any person who sells or furnishes spirituous liquor to a minor child upon the Mother as well as upon the Father of such child. 5. I further recommend that legislation be enacted granting to each and every married woman in the State of Georgia the absolute right to have, hold, own, retain and enjoy as her separate property any wages or earnings acquired or gained by her in employment or occupation of business as her special estate and property, and the consent of the husband to the work or labor of his wife shall not be necessary and that the said earnings in every case shall be the sole and separate property of the wife. In conclusion, I urge and recommend the repeal of every unfair discrimination against married women, but would urge extreme care in the consideration of the question as to whether or not laws which protect her in the enjoyment of her separate property are not wise and should not be retained. In my judgment, many of these laws are for the best interests of the women of the State and should never be repealed. They are intended for her protection and accomplish that result, in many cases. Respectfully submitted, w. THOMAS HARDWICK, Governor. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1922. 733 By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate,. favorably reported by the committee, were read for the second time: By :Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- House Resolution No. 200 (879A). A resolution providing for the establishment of a school building on State Farm. By Mr. Sapp of whitfield- House Resolution No. 202 (879C). A resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to investigate accoustics of House of Representatives. By Mr. Ridley of the 28th- Senate Resolution No. 75. A resolution providing for the acceptance of fund from Congress to better health conditions. By Mr. Childs of the 12th- Senate Bill No. 233. A bill to amend an act codyfying the School laws of the State of Georgia. By Mr. Campbell of the 34thSenate Bill No. 242. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Covington. By Mr. Hutchens of the 38thSenate Bill No. 253. A bill to amend an act to protect the furbearing animals of the State. 734 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, By Mr. Pope of the 44th- Senate Bill No. 258. A bill to amend an act abolishing the Board of Roads and Revenues for Walker County. By Mr. Peacock of the 48th- Senate Bill No. 263. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Eastman. By Messrs. DuBose and Dudley of Clarke and Way of Liberty- House Bill No. 579. A bill to supply a deficiency in the School Funds caused by misappropriation of R.N. Berrien. By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- House Bill No. 722. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta. By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 758. A bill to amend the charter of the city of College Park. By Mr. Trippe of Bartow- House Bill No. 767. A bill to provide giving notice of the use of person's names in names of corporations. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1922. 735 By Messrs. Hufstetler of Murray, Owens of Gordon and others- House Bill No. 805. A bill to prohibit the taking of fish from streams with seines, nets, etc. By Messrs. Neill, Perkins and Hatcher of Muscogee- Blouse Bill No. 821. A bill to amend par, 1, Sec. 13, art. 6 of the constitution, relative to payment of Judge Superior Court of Muscogee County from Treasury of said County. By Mr. Byrd of Crisp- House Bill No. 835. A bill to repeal the present and provide a new charter for the city of Cordele. By Messrs. Winship, Fowler and Malone of Bibb- House Bill No. 842. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Macon. By Messrs. Winship, Fowler and Malone of BibbHouse Bill No. 843. A bill to permit the County of Bibb to support the Macon Hospital. By Messrs. Dobbs and Gann of CobbHouse Bill No. 845. A bill to amend an act es- tablishing the town of Austell. 736 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By ~Iessrs. Reville and Pilcher of Richmond- House Bill No. 863. A bill to amend Section 6065 of Code of 1910, relative to official organs. By .Messrs. .McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- House Bill No. 871. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Augusta. By Mr. Holland of Tattnall- House Bill No. 876. A bill to amend an act known as the "Tattnall Board of Commissioners, Created." By Mr. Holland of Tattnall- House Bill No. 877. A bill to amend an act known as ''The Tattnall Road Law, Adopted.'' By Messrs. Perryman of Talbot, Knight of Berrien and others- House Bill No. 878. A bill to repeal Article 1 of Penal Code of 1910, relative to Penitentiaries. By Messrs. Bozeman of Worth and Russell of Barrow- House Bill No. 881. A bill to amend section 5898 of Code of 1910, relative to interrogatories. By Mr. Baldwin of MorganHouse Bill No. 884. A bill to amend an act to WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1922. 737 oreate a Board of County Commissioners for Morgan County. By Mr. Coates of Pulaski- House Bill No. 886. A bill to amend an act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County. By Mr. Coates of Pulaski- House Bill No. 887. A bill to amend an act creating a new charter for the city of Hawkinsville. By Mr. Coates of Pulaski- House Bill No. 888. A bill to amend an act fixing the salary of the Treasurer of Pulaski County. By Mr. Macintyre of Thomas- House Bill No. 898. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Thomasville. By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Bill No. 899. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Cedartown. By Messrs. Neill, Perkins and Hatcher of Muscogee- House Bill No. 900. A bill to repeal certain acts applying to the city of Columbus and Muscogee County. Sig. 24 738 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Grovenstein of Effingham and Evans of Screven- House Bill No. 901. A bill to prohibit the taking of fish from fresh water streams of this State with seine or trap, etc. By Messrs. Whitaker and Webb of LowndesHouse Bill No. 902. A bill to amend an act estab- lishing a Board of Commi~sioners of Roads and Revenues for Habersham County. The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage : By Messrs. Moore, Holloway, and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 652. A bill to authorize additional ways for counties of certain population to provide for support of paupers, and for other purposes. The following amendment was read and adopted: By Mr. Moore of Fulton- Amend by striking "seventy-five thousand" in line three of the caption and substituting ''one hundred and fifty thousand'' therefor, and by striking "75,000" in line two of section one and substituting "150,000" therefor. 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 131, Nays 0. WEDNESDAY, AuausT 2, 1922. 739 The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority wa.s passed as amended. By Messrs. Moore, Hlolloway, and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 650. A bill to authorize counties of certain population to provide for necessary public sanitation, and for other purposes. Th~ following amendment was read and adopted: By Mr. Moore of Fulton- Amend by striking "75,000" from line two of the caption and substituting "150,000" therefor and by striking "75,000" in line three of section one and substituting '' 150,000'' therefor. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the pa,ssage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. The following bills of the ~enate were read the first time and referred to the comnri.ttees: By Mr. Fleming of lOthSenate Bill No. 274. A bill to amend Charter of City of Albany. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. 740 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, / By Mr. Fleming of lOth- . Senate Bill No. 196. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dougherty, and for other purposes. By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was withdrawn from the Committee on Special Judiciary, read the second time, and recommitted: By Mr. Peacock of 48th- Senate Bill No. 263. A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Eastman. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 782 was recommitted to the Committee on Municipal Government. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof. Jfr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite c.onstitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit: House Bill No~ 725: A bill to amend Act creating bond commission for Ware County. House Bill No. 638. A bill to amend Charter of City of Pearson. House Bill No. 629. A bill to amend Charter of City of Atlanta. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1922. 741 House Bill No. 763. A bill to provide a local Board of Trustees for Georgia Military College. A bill to amend Act creating Charter of City of Milledgeville. The following message was received from the Sen.ate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Bill of the Senate, towit: Senate Bill No. 275. A bill to amend Act providing a system of Public Schools for Albany, Ga. The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments: By Mr. Russell of Barrow- House Bill No. 811. A bill to create a City Court for the County of Barrow. The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in : Amend by striking Section 5] and numbering sequent sections accordingly. By Mr. Bowden of Ware- House Bill No. 725. A bille to amend Act to amend an Act to create a Bond Commission for Ware County. 742 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The following Senate ~mendments were read: Amend by striking Section 2 of said bill and substituting in lieu thereof as Section 2 the following: ''Section 2. The term of the eight elective members of said Bond Commission now in office shall expire _ on Nov. 15, 1922.'' Amend by striking Section 3 of said bill and substituting in lieu of Section 3 as Section 3 the following: "Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the eight elective members of said Ware County Bond Commission to succeed the present elective members of the Commission shall be elected at the general elction to be held in Ware County for State House Officers in the year 1922." Mr. Bowden of Ware moved that the House concurr in the above amendments of the Senate and the motion prevailed. Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration: By Mr. Watkins of Butts- House Bill No. 6. A bill to repeal the act to regulate the return and assessment of property for taxation in this State. Mr. Gresham of Burke moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1922. 743 On the passage of the bill Mr. Wyatt 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 Walton .Anderson Baldwin Beck Bird of Taliaferro Bloodworth Bobo Bowden Braddy :Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Collier Corbitt Culpepper Daniel .of Troup DeLaPerriere Dickerson Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Evans Foy Franks Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Harris Hawkins Pilcher Henderson Price Herring Pruett Hillhouse Quincey Hines of Decatur Ramsey Hodges Reagan Holland Reville Houser Ricketson Houston Robinson Howard of Forsyth Russell Howard of Screven Rutherford Hullender Shettlesworth Hyman Singletary Jackson Smiley Johnson of Bartow Stone Keith Stovall Kennedy Sumner of Johnson King of Wilcox Sumner of Wheeler Kittrell Swindle Knight Tatum ,Langford of Hall Thompson of Dodge Lewis VanZant Logan Watkins Luke Way :McDonald of Whitley Richmond Whitaker of Rockdale McMichael Whitworth ~Iaddox Williams of Harris llixon Williams of Miller Neal of Union Williams of Walton Owen Wimberly Patten Wood Peterson Woodard Phillips of Jasper Wyatt Pickren Wynne 744 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, .Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Adams of Newton Arnold Atkinson Beckham Bentley Blalock Bleckley lioswell Bowen Boyett Bozeman Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Carswell Coates Collins Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dobbs DuBose Dudley Dykes Ennis Ficklen Mundy Folsom Nichols Fowler Parks Gresham Parrish Hatcher of Burke Penland Hatcher of Muscogee Perkins Hines of Sumter Perryman Holloway Phillips of Telfair Hunter Riley Jones of Coweta Salmon J one~ of Thomas Sapp Jones of Walker Sibley Johnson of Smith of Bryan Chattahoochee Smith of Carroll Johnson of Pickens Smith of Haralson King of Jefferson Smith of MPriwdher Lankford of Toomb8 Steele :UcClelland Strickland McClure Thompson of Coweta :\IcDonald of Mitchell Trippe :\>Iaclntyre Turner Malone Tyson Mann Van Landingham Manning Vocelle :Mason Walker Mayo Webb ~Iiles 'Veston Moore of Fulton Winship ~loye Worthy Those not voting were Messrs : I:IGatwright Bush Cowart Dixon FletcherGann Grant Hamilton Horne Hufstetler :\IcGarity ~Ioore of Appling Swift Valentino \Vall 'Vhitaker of Lownde~ :\lr. Hpeaker Ayes 104, Nays 86. The roll call was verified. WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 2, 1922. 745 On the passage of the bill th~ Ayes were 104; Nays 86. The bill having received the requisite constitu'tional majority was passed. Mr. Moye of Randolph gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 6. Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved that the bill just passed be immediately transmitted to the Senate. Mr. Arnold of Clay moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost. On the motion to immediately transmit Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. On the motion to. immediately transmit Mr. Vocelle of Camden called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. On the motion to immediately transmit House Bill No.6 to the Senate the Ayes were 109, Nays 39, and the motion prevailed. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted : A RESOLUTION. House Resolution No. 210. Whereas our veteran member from the County of Habersham, the Honorable James Hampton Grant, an old and honored Confederate Veteran, is now confined to his room on account of sickness; 746 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Therefore be it resolved: That the House of Rep- resentatives extend to our distinguished member our heartfelt sympathy and earnestly express the hop'e of his speedy recovery and that he will soon be in his accustomed seat near the Speaker's stand. Mr. Bentley of Fulton moved that the HO'Use re. consider its action in voting to immediately trans. mit House Bill No.6 to the Senate. Mr. McMichael of Marion moved that the House do now adjourn. The motion to adjourn, taking precedence over the preceding motion, prevailed. Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Grant of Habersham and Fowler of Bibb. The Speaker announced the Ho.use adjourned un. til this afternoon at 3 o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. 3 o'Clock P.M. The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker Pro-tem, Mr. Arnold of Clay. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dis. pensed with. The following report of the Committee on Rules was submitted and read: Mr. Speaker: The Rules Committee having had under considera- WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 2, 1922. 747 tion an order of business for an afternoon session August 2nd, has instructed me as their Vice-Chair~ man to report the following order: House Bill No. 157. Jewelers Lien Bill. House Bill No. 203. Appropriations State S~ni~ tarium. Senate Bill No. 253. Fox and Opossum. House Bill No. 564. Electric Chair. House Bill No. 18. Title Bill. Senate Bill No. 176. Letting Contracts by High~ way Department. House Bill No. 669. Amendment to Prohibition Law. House Bill No. 716. Amending Charter Law. House Bill No. 832. Amend Gasoline Tax Bill. House Bill No. 626. Female Poll Tax Exemption. House Bill No. 754. Capital Stock Trust Companies. Senate Bill No. 230. DeKalb County Judge Bill. House Bill No. 765. Chattahoochee Judgeship. MuNDY, Vlice-Chairman. By unanimous consent Mr. Pickren, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report : 748 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, 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. 834. PICKREN, Chairman. By unanimous consent 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 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. 622. T.nT:u of Dade, Chairman. By unanimous consent ~Ir. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report: Mr. Sp.eaker: Your Committee on Muni-cipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the WEDNESDAY, AuG-usT 2, 1922. 749 House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendati~n that the same do pass: House Bill No. 896. House Bill No. 885. House Bill No. 880. House Bill No. 897. House Bill No. 894. House Bill No. 782, by substitute. SMITH of Meriwether, Chairman. By unanimous consent Mr. McMichael of Marion County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report: Mr. Sp.eaker: Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 2 has had under consideration House Resolution No. 204 and instructed me as its Chairman to report that the same do pass. 1\fc~iicHAEL, Chairman. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House, favorably reported by the committees, were read for the second time: By Mr. Greene of Jones: House Resolution No. 204 (897A). A resolution 750 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, providing for the election of more than one member of Board of Commissioners of Jones County. By Messrs. Bentley of Fulton, Fowler of Bibb, and others- House Bill No. 622. A bill to regulate the operation of motor vehicles in certain towns and cities. By Messrs. Langford and Duncan of Hall- House Bill No. 782. A bill to amend the act incorporating the City of Gainsville. By Mr. Boswell of Greene- House Bill ~o. 834. A bill to amend an act incorporating the town of Greensboro. By ~lr. W.ood of TwiggsHouse Bill No. 880. A bill to amend the charter of the City of .Jeffcrsonville. Ky .\lr. Hunter of ('hatham- House Bill No. 885. .A bill to authorize offici:als of towns and municipalities to appropriate sums to State Sanitorium for Tubercular patients. By Messrs. Gann and Dobbs .of CobbHouse Bill No. 894. A bill to amend the charter of the City of ~Iarietta. WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 2, 1922. 751 By Messrs. Bentley, Holloway and Moore of Fulton- House Bill No. 897. A bill to amend the charter of the City of East Point. By Messrs. Bentley, Moore and Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 896. A bill to amend the charter of the City of East Point. The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage. By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens, Holloway, Moore, and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 157. A bill to create a lien in favor of jewelers and to provide for the foreclosure of same. The following amendments were read and adopted: By Mr. Beck of Carroll- Amend section one by striking out the words ''or bona fide private" in line 15 thereof. By Mr. Beckham of Dougherty- Amend by adding to section one the following words: "Provided, that no lien in favor of any person shall arise where goods have been stolen and pawned or deposited without consent of true owner.'' 752 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The repott of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. On the passage of the bill the ,Ayes were 109, Kays 4. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed as amended. By .Messrs. Ennis of Baldwin and Dixon of Jenkins- House Bill No. 203. A bill to appropriate $108,916.00 for supplying deficiency for completion of Nurses Home at State Sanitarium. The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Pickren of Charlton as the Chairman thereof. The Committee of the whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. The revort of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. ~Ir. ShettlPsworth of Gwinnett moved that the bill he tabled. .:\Ir. Culpepper of :B'ayette moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 20:3 went over as unfinished business. Leave of absence was granted .:\Ir. Hillhouse of "\Yorth. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1922. 753 REPRESE~TATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., Thursday, August 3, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the ChapLain. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the reading of the J ourna] of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were withdrawn from the committee, read the second time, and recommitted: By Mr. Fleming of the lOth- Senate Bill No. 274. A bill to amend present charter of City of Albany. By Mr. Fleming of the lOth- Senate Bill No. 275. A bill to amend an Act to provide for a system of public schools for the City of Albany. By unanimous consent 300 copies of House Bill No. 878 were ordered printed for the use of the House and Senate. By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the remaining Jo"LRNAL OF THE HousE, part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents: 1. Introduction of New Matter under the Rules. 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. 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 Messrs. Guess, Stelle and McClelland of DeKalb: House Bill No. 916. A bill to repeal Section 1398 of Civil Code of 1910, relative to admission of females in rolleges. Referred to the Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches. By :Mr. King of Wilcox: House Bill No. 917. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for County of Wilcox. Referred to Committees on Counties and County -:\Iatters. THURSDAY, AuausT 3, 1922. 755 By Mr. King of Wilcox: House Bill No. 918. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Wilcox County. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. King of Wilcox: House Bill No. 919. A bill to repeal an Act establishing Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilcox County. Referred to Committees on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Guess, Steele and McClelland of DeKalb- House Bill No. 920. A bill to amend an Act to establish a Normal and Industrial College at Bowdon. Referred to the Committee on University of Georgia and ts Branches. By Messrs. Steele, Guess and McClelland of DeKalb- House Bill No. 921. A bill to amend Section 1430, of the Civil Code of 1910, relative to Trustees of Academy for Deaf and Dumb. Referred to Committee on Georgia School for the Deaf. 756 Jo"CRXAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Perryman of Talbot- House Bill No. 922. A bill to create a Bond Com mission of the State to issue Highway Bonds, etc. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Mr. Perryman of Talbot- House Bill No. 923. A bill to amend Art. 7 of Constitution so as to permit issuance of Highway Bonds, etc. Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution. By Mr. Byrd of CrispHouse Bill No. 924. A bill to repeal an Act amending the charter of the City of Cordele. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Messrs. Beck of Carroll and others- House Bill No. 925. A bill to provide for a fair distribution of motor vehicle tax funds. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture Xo. 2. The bill was referred by the Speaker to the Committee on Public Highways. By unanimous consent the bill was withdrawn from that Committee and referred to the Committee on General Agriculture ~o. 2. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1922. /57 By Messrs. Clarke and Lewis of Colquitt- House Bill No. 926. A bill to amend Section 4651 of Code of 1910, relative to list of N. P. 's & J. P. 's. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1. By Mr. Baldwin of Morgan- House Bill No. 927. A bill to amend an Act and Amendatory Acts creating a new charter for City of Madison. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis- House Bill No. 928. A bill to amend an Act establishing a system of public schools for Hazelhurst. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Stone of Jeff DavisHouse Bill No. 929. A bill to fix the terms of the Superior Court of Jeff Davis County. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. Clarke and Lewis of Colquitt- House Bill No. 930. A bill the amend the charter of the Town of Doerun. Referred to Committees on Corporations. 758 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. McMichael of Marion- House Bill No. 931. A bill to amend an Aet relative to consolidated public schools in each county. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Henderson of WhiteHouse Bill No. 932. A bill to repeal an Act creat- ing a city court of Cleveland. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Messrs. Horne and Thompson of DodgeHouse Bill No. 933. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Eastman. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie- Hause Bill No. 934. A bill to amend an Act fixing the salary of the Solicitor General of Augusta Judicial Circuit. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1. Mr. Gunnels of Franklin County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report: }fr. Speaker: Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics THURSDAY, AuousT 3, 19~2. 759 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. 910. GuNNELS of Franklin, Chairman. Mr. Pickren, of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report : 111 r. 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. 906. House Bill No. 912-. PICKREN, of Charlton, Chairman. Mr. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report: 760 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mt-. Speaker: Your Committee on Counties and County ~atters 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 recom~ mendation that the same do pass: Senate Bill No. 178. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MovE, Chairman. The following communication was received from Mr. S. G. McLendon, Secretary of State: STATE OF GEORGIA, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. I, S. G. McLendon, Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify, That the one page of typewritten matter hereto attached is a true copy of the names of legislative agents registered with this office under an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved August 19, 1911, as the same appear of record on page 16 of the Docket of Legislative Appearance, which is of file in this office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my band and affixed the seal of my office, at the Capitol, in the City of Atlanta, this third day of August, THURSDAY, AuGusT 3, 1922. 761 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-sixth. S. G. McLENDON, Secretary of State. Legislative Agents registered with the Secretary of State for 1921. Narne of Attorney or Agent number 16; Grover Middlebrookls, Atlanta; 17, W. I. Geer, Colquitt, Georgia. Firm or Association represented; Georgia Hotel Men's Association, filed August 1, 1921; G. A. Dozier, J. J. and S. L. Monroe, J. M. Clements et al; R. M. Jordan, E. G. Jordan; all of Calhoun County, Georgia. Subject Matter-Fee. Favoring or opposing certain legislation in re "Hotels and Hotel Keepers.'' $25.00; Opposing of Court House from Morgan, Georgia to Edison, Georgia, and also Bill to abolish Board of County Commission of Calhoun County and establish new Board, $25.00. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resoultions of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the committees, were read for the second time: 762 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Ficklen and Bobo of Wilkes- House Bill No. 906. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Washington, Georgia. By Mr. Bowden of Ware- House Bill No. 910. A bill to authorize the State Highway Department to condemn land, and bridges, etc. By Mr. Wimberly of Laurens- House Bill No. 912. A bill to amend an Act creat~ ing a new charter for the Town of Rockledge. By Mr. Manson of the 33rd- Senate Bill No. 178. A bill to authorize the different counties to fix the period of the fiscal year. The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Coates of Pulaski- House Bill No. 887. A bill to amend' Act creating new charter for City of Hawkinsville. The report of the committee, w~ich was favorable to the passage of the bHl, was agreed to. Qn the passage of the bill the Ayes were 12S, Nays 0. THURSDAY, AuausT 3, 1922. 763 The bill having received the requisi~e constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Coates of Pulaski- House Bill No. 888. A bill to amend Act fixing salary of Treasurer of Pulaski County. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 128, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Macintyre ~f Thomas- House Bill No. 898. A bill to amend charter of City of Thomasville. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 0. The bill having received the re9.uisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Holland of TattnalHouse Bill No. 876. A bill to amend Act known as '' Tattnall Board of Commissioners created.'' The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. .. 764 JouRNAL OF THE Hoc8E, On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 133, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Holland of Tattnall- 'House Bill No. 877. A bill to amend Act known as '' Tattnall Road Law adopted.'' The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 132, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Baldwin of MorganHouse Bill No. 884. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for County of Morgan. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 131, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Coates of PulaskiHouse Bill No. 871. A bill to amend charter of City of Augusta. THURSDAY, AuGUST 3, 1922. 765 The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 206, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutiomi1 majority was passed. By Mr. Coates of Pulaski- House Bill No. 886. A bill to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the hill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Fowler, Winship and Malone of Bibb- House Bill No. 843. A bill to permit the County of Bibb to support the Macon Hospital The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 201, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitu tional majority was passed. 766 J Ol.TRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Dobbs and Gann of Cobb- House Bill No. 845. A bill to amend an Act estab. lishing and creating a new charter for the Town of Austell. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 190 Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Boswell of Green- . House Bill No. 834. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Greensboro. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 140, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Wood of Twiggs- Honse Bill No. 880. A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the City of Jeffersonville. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed. .. THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1922. 767 On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 139, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Gann and Dobbs of Cobb- House Bill No. 894. A bill to amend the charter . of the City of Marietta. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 138, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Bentley, Holloway, and Moore of Fulton- .House Bill No. 896. A bill to amend the charter 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 137, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Langford and Duncan of Hall- House Bill No. 782. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Gainesville. , 768 J ouRxAL oF THE HousE, The Committee substitute was read and adopted. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, ":'as agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 141, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute. By Messrs. Whitaker and Webb of Lowndes- House Bill No. 902. A bill to amend an Act to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Habersham and the County of Lowndes. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Bill No. 899. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Cedartown. The report 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, ~ays 0. THURSDAY, AuausT 3, 1922. 769 The bill having received the requisite Constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Bentley, Moore, and Holloway of Ful ton- House Bill No. 897. A bill to amend the charter 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 145, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Fowler, Winship, and Malone of Bibb- House Bill No. 842. A bill to amend the charter of Macon. The following Committee Amendment was read and adopted: Amend by adding thereto the following Sections: ''Section 4. The City of Macon is hereby authorized to bargain, grant, sell and convey to owners of property in Square 95, original city, which fronts on Second Street in the City of Macon, and which lies between the encroachment line on Arch Street and Oglethorpe Street in said City, encroachment extending into said Second Street from the original line of said Second Street, a distance of twentyfour (24) feet." Sig. 25 770 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, ''Section 5. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act 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 wer~ 109, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By Mr. Green of Jones- House Bill No. 204. A resolution for the election of more than one member of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Jones County. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 142, Nays 0. The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. .McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Rich- mond- House Bill No. 722. A bill to amend charter of City of Augusta. The following Committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend Section 45 by striking the words ''at the THURSDAY, AuousT 3, 1922. 771 Court House of Richmond County'' between the words" at the" and "City of Augusta" and insert in lieu thereof ''at the regular voting places in each ward in said City." ' By adding to said Section 45 between the words "appointed" and "made all usual" the following ''But no employer or officer of the City of Augusta shall be appointed as Manager or Clerk.'' 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 147, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By Mr. Pope of 44th- Senate Bill No. 258. A bill to amend an Act abolishing the Board of Roads and Revenues and creating a Board of Commissioners for the County of Walker. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 150, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 772 JOURNAL oF THE HousE, By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton- ,House Bill No. 758. A bill to amend the charter of College Park. The Committee substitute was read and adopted. The following Committee amendments to the Committee substitute were read and adopted: The Committee on ~funicipal Government of the House amends the substitute to House Bill No. 758 by adding to the caption, after the word ''thereto,'' and before the word ''and,'' in the next to the last line of same, the following: ''So as to provide for the election of the members of the Board of Education of the City of College Park," and the Committee further moves to amend said substitute by adding after Section Eleven thereof, the following Sections, as Sections Twelve, Thirteen and Fourteen, to-wit: Section Twelve. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that Section 1 of the Act of the General Assembly, amending the said Acts incorporating the City of Manchester, approved August 10, 1920, and relating to the election of the member of the Board of Education of the City of College Park (Georgia Laws, page 1189), be, and the same is hereby repealed. Section Thirteen. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that Section 3 of the Act of the General Assembly amending the aforesaid Acts in- THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1922. 773 corporating the City of Manchester, approved Au- gust 14, 1908 (Georgia Laws, page 557 and 558), providing for the Election of the members of the Board of Education of said City, be, and the sam~ is hereby repealed, and the following Section Sub- stituted in lieu thereof as Section 3 of said Act to- wit: . ''Section 3. That a Board of Education for said City is hereby created and the same shall consist of the Mayor of said City of College Park, who shall be ex-officio a member of s~d Board, and of five members who shall be citizens of said City, and who are free-holders, to be elected at the general elec- tion for Mayor and Council to be held in said City on the first Monday in December, 1922, on the same manner in which the Mayor and Councilmen of said City are elected; two of said members of said Board shall be elected at said time from the City at large, and their terms of office shall begin on the first day of January, A. D. 1923, and shall continue for three years, and until their successors are elected and qualified; three members of said Board shall be elected at said time, whose term of office shall be- gin on the first day of January 1923, the election of said three members to be as follows: One member of said Board shall be elected from the First Ward in said City, and shall be a resident of said Ward, for a term of one year; one member of said Board shall be elected from the Second 1;Vard of said City, and shall be a resident of said W ~d for a term of two years; and one member of said Board shall be 774 JouRNAL OF THE Ho-r.:sE, .elected from the Third Ward in said City, a. nd shall be a resident, of said Ward for a term of three years; that on the first Monday in December of each and any year thereafter in which any of the terms of office of any of the members of said Board elected as herein provided, shall expire, there shall be held an election, as herein provided, _for a successor of successors in office to the member or members of said Board whose term of office will expire, under the provisions of this Act on December 31, of said year. The term of office of the members of said Board, after the expiration of the terms just provided for, shall be three years, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and one of said members shall be elected for said term for the First Ward; and shall be a resident thereof, and one of said members shall be elected from the Second Ward, for said term, and shall be a resident thereof, and one of said members shall be elected for said term from the Third Ward, and shall be a resident thereof. Said Board shall elect from their own members a President, Vice-President, and a Secretary and Treasurer. No member of the Board shall receive any compensation for his services, except the Secretary and Treasurer, who shall receive such compensation as the Board may prescribe. No member of said Board shall hold the office of Councilman of said City, and the election of any member of the Board to such office shall immediately work a forfeiture of his office as a member of said Board. Any vacancy in said Board caused by death, resigna- ... THURSDAY, AuousT 3, 1922. 775 tion, removal or otherwise than by the expiration of the term of office of a member shall be filled by said Board until the next regular election for such member or members. All elections for the members of said Board of Education shall be by the qualified ~ voters of said City, as herein provided for, and shall . be held under the same rules and regulations and . with the same qualifications as to electors, as are provided for in the elections for Mayor and Councilmen of said City. The Board of Education of said City, as at present constituted, shall continue in office and be authorized to perform all the d11ties which they are at present empowered and authorized to perform, until the first day of January, 1923." Section Fourteen. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Sections Twelve and Thirteen of this Act, relating to the election of the members of the Board of Education of said City shall not become effective or operative unl.ess and until the same are ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of said City voting in an election which shall be called for that purpose by the Mayor . and Council of s~id City within fifteen days from the date of the passage of this Act, and which election shall be held not later than sixty days from the passage of the ordinance of the Mayor and Council of said City calling said election, notice of which election shall be given in the manner prescribed by the charter of said City, and which shall be subject to the same rules and regulations governing elections for Mayor and Councilmen of said City. Those 776 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, in favor of the ratification of said Sections shall cast ballots in said election having written or printed Jthereon the words: ''For election of members of Board of Education by the people;'' those against the ,ratification of said Sections shall cast ballots in .said election having written or printed thereon the :words~ ''Against election of members of Board of Education by the people.'' In the event the result ,of said election. is in favor of the ratification of said .Sections, they shall thereupon immediately become ;effective. The Committee further moves to amend said sub.stitute by renumbering Sections Twelve and Thirteen thereof, so that the same will follow Sections Twelve, Thirteen and Fourteen of this amendment, and he numbered respectively, Sections Fifteen and Sixteen of said substitute bill. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of t_he bill by substitute as ame~ded, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 139, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended. ,By Messrs. Neill, Perkins and Hatcher, of Muscogee- A BILL. House Bill No. 821. To be entitled an Act to 'amend Paragraph 1, Section 13 of Article 6 of the THURSDAY, AuGUST 3, 1922. 777 Constitution of Georgia regulating the salaries (}{ the Judges of the Superior Courts, by providing for the payment from the County Treasury of Muscogee County to the Judge of the Circuit of which said County is a part, an additional compensation; and for other purposes. Section 1. The General As~embly of the State of Georgia hereby proposes to the People of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution of this State, as follows: ' By adding to Paragraph 1 of Section ~3, of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia as it now is the following~ "Provided, That the County of Muscogee, from and after January 1, 1925, shall pay from its Treasury to the Superior Court Judges of the Circuit-of which it is a part such sums as will with the salary paid each Judge from the State Treasury, make a salary of Six Thousand Dollars per annum to each Judge, and said payments are d~clared to be a part of the Court expenses of such County.'' Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that whenever the above proposed amendment to the Constitution of this State shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the Houses of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered upon their Journals, with the ayes and nays taken thereon, the Governor shall, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to cause the 778 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, above proposed amendment to be published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District in this State for the period of two months next preceding the time of holding the next General election; and the Governor is hereby authorized and directed to provide for the suhmission of the amendment proposed for ratification, or rejection to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after said publication, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. All persons voting at such_ election in favor of adopting the said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, ''For amendment to Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6 of the Constitution, providing for additional compensation to be paid by Muscogee County, to the Judges of the Circuit of which it is a part.'' All persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, ''Against amendment to Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of _\.rticle 6 of the Constitution providing for additional compensation to be paid by Muscogee County to the Judges of the Circuit of which it is n pnrt." If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote for ratification, the Governor shall, when he ascertains the same from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns from said election .shall be referred in the same manner as in cases of election for members of the General Assembly to count and .. THuRsDAY, AuGUST 3, 1922. 77f! ascertain the result, issue his proclamation for one insertion in one daily paper of the State, announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified. Section 3. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are repealed. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the biP, was agreed to. The bill involving a constitutional amendment, the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: ~.\dams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Bowden Boyett Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Camp Carswell Clark of Colquitt Clark of \Vebster Coates Collins Corbitt Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dobbs DuBo.;e Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Folsom F~vler Foy Frank" Gann Gresham Griffin Griffith Grovenstein Guess Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Sumter Hodges Horne Houser Hullender Hunter Hyman .Jackson .Jones of Coweta. Johnson of Bartow .Johnson of Chattahoochee .Johnson of Pickens Keith Kennedy King of Jefferson King of Wilcox Kittrell Knight Langford of Hall Lankford of Toombs 780 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Lewis Logan Luke McClelland l\1cClure McDonald of Mitchell McGarity Macintyre McMichael Maddox Malone Manning Mason Mayo Miles Moye Neal of Union Nichol~ Owen Parks Parrish Patten Penland Perkin~ Pl'rryman Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pilcher Pruett Ricketson Riley Robinson Rutherford Sapp Sibley Singletary Smith of Mt>riwl'thcr ~teele Stovall ~tril'kland ::>umner of Johnson ~umnPr of \Vheeler ~wift ~windle Thompson of Coweta l hompson of Dodge Trippe Tyson Yalentino \'an Landingham \'an Zant \ melle Walker Watkins \\'ay \\'eston \\'ltitaker of Rockdale \\'hitworth \Yilliams of Harris \\'illiams of ='>1iller Williams of Walton Winship \\'o()(l \\'oodard \\'ynne 'rhose voting in the negative were .Messrs: Bubo Boswell Clifton Collier Daniel of Troup DeFoor Greene Haddock Holland Houston Howard of Forsyth Jones of Thomas Price Ramsey Salmon ~hettle"vorth Webb \\'orthy Those not voting were Messrs : Bentley .Blalock Bloodworcth Boatwright Bowen Brown of HancO<'k Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Carr Childs Cowart Culpepper Dixon Fletcher Grant Gumwls Hillhon,e Hine' of Detatur Holloway Howard of ~nenn Hufstetler .Jones of \Valker .\!<'Donald of .\lann Ri('hmond :\lixon :\loore of Appling :\loore of Fulton .\Iundy I'Pter~on THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1922. 781 Phillips of Jasper Quincey Reagan Reville Russell Smiley 1:->mith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson 1:->t{)ne Tatum Turner Wall \Vhitley \Vhitaker of Lowndes Wimoerly Wyatt )[r. Speaker By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the passage of the bi'll the Ayes were 141, Nays 18. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majorit:v was passed. By Messrs. McDonald, Reville and Pilcher, of Richmond- House Bill No. 760. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Paragraph 1, of Section 13, of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, in so far as said paragraph relates to the salary of the .Judge of the Superior Court of the Judicial Circuit in which is located the County of Richmond, so as to require the County authorities of Richmond County, from the Treasury of said County, to supplement the salary of such .Jmlge in such ammmt as when added to the amount receiYed hy him out of'the State Treasury will amount to seven thousand dollars per annum. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6, of the Constitution be amended as follows: 782 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, (a) By striking out the word "Richmond" wherever it appears in paragraph 1. (b) By adding at the end of Section 1 of said paragraph the following: .And provided, Further that the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Richmond, or such other Board or person as may from time to ~ime exercise the administrative powers of said county, shall supplement from said county's Treasury, the salary of the Judge of the Superior Court of the circuit of which the said County of Richmond is a part, but such sum as may be necessary with salaries paid such judge from the State Treasury to make a salary for said Judge of $7,000.00 per annum; and such payments are declared to be a part of the court expenses of said County, and such payment shall be made to the Judge now in office, as well as to his successors. The provisions of this amendment shall take effect and the salaries herein provided for shall begin from the ratification of this amendment, as provided in the second section hereof, and shall apply to the incumbent in office, as well as his successors. Section 2. Be it further enacted that if this amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly of each House, the same shall be entered on their Journals, with the ayes and nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause the amendment to be published in one or .more of the newspapers in each Congressional District for at least two months immediately preceding the next THURSDAY, AuGUST 3, 1922. 783 general election, and the same shall be submitted to the people at the next general election, and all persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the proposed amendment to the constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: ''For ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1 of Section 13 of Article 6, of the Constitution fixing .the salary of the Judge of the Superior Court of the Augusta Circuit;" and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: ''Against ratification of amendment to Paragraph 1, of Section 13, of Article 6 of the Constitution fixing the salary of the Judge of the Superior Court of the Augusta Circuit;'' and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for the members of the next General Asserp.bly voting shall vote in favor of the ratification as shown by the consolidation and by the returns made as now provided by law in elections for members of the General Assembly, then said amendment shall become a part of Paragraph 1, of Section 13, of Article 6, of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. Section 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are repealed. 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: 784 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Those voting in the affirmativP were Messrs: Adams of Newton Fowler }fc.:Vlichael Anderson Franks 1Iaddox Arnold Gann 1Ialone Atkinson Uresham .\Iann Baldwin Griffin .\Janning Beck Griffith 11a~on Beckham Grovenstein }file,; Bird of Taliaferro Guess }Io.re Bleckley Gunnels Xir Reagan Carswell Howard of ScrPven Ricketson Clark of Colquitt Hullender Hiley Clark of Webster Hunter Robinson Coates .Jaom ~Iad11tyre Yan Landingham THURSDAY, AuGusT 3, 1922. 78;) VanZant Vocelle Watkins \Yay Webb Weston Winship WMtaker of Rockdale "ood Whitworth W~arcl Williams of Harris \Yorthy William" of Walton Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Adams of \Valton Bobo Boyett 1Brownlee Clifton Collier DeFoor Greene Haddock Hodges Holland Jones of Thomas Keith .McDonald of Mitehell Price Ramsey Salmon " 7 illiams of ~Ii ller Those not voting v-tere Messrs : Bentley Blalock Boatwright Brannen Brantley Bush Childs Cowart DaYis of Oglethorpe Dixon Duncan of Dawson Fletcher Foy Grant Hillhouse Houston Howard of Forsyth Hufstetler Russell Hyman Rutherford .Jones of Walker Shettlesworth .Johnson of Pickens ~ingletary :McClure ~mith of Bryan ~IcDonald of ~mith of Carroll Ri~:hmond ~mith of Haralson :\Ia yo Tatum ::\liXOll Turner ::\Ioore of Appling \\.alker ::\loore of Fulton Wall :\Iundy \YhitlPy Neal of Union \Vhitaker of Lownde,- Perryman Wimberly Peterson Wyatt ; THURSDAY, AuousT 3, 1922. 797 19. House Bill No. 674. Amending Law Relative to Bar Examination. 20. House Bill No. 300. State Veterinarian. 21 House Bill No. 745. Adding Women to Vote of Trustees State Sanitarium. 22. House Bill No. 626. Female Poll Tax Exemption. 23. House Bill No. 383. Amending Law relative to Committment State Sanitarium. 24. House Bill No. 139. Deputy Insurance Commissioners Salary. 25. House Resolution No. 160. Appropriation for Mansion Lease Committee. 1\fmmY, Vice-Chairman. The following Bills of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees: By Mr. Corbitt, of Atkinson- House Bill No. 935. A bill to amend the Act creating Board of Commissioners for Atkins~n County. Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins, of Museogee- 798 J OFRXAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 836. A bill to empower governing bodies of cities to select Mayor pro-tem, or Recorder pro-tem, for certain purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Mr. Beck, of Carroll- House Bill No. 837. A bill to amend Section 695 of Parks Code, Volume 1, relative to road duty. Referred to Committee on County and County Matters. Mr. DuBose, of Clarke County, Chairman of the Commitee 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 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. 883. DuBOSE, of Clarke, Chairman. Mr. Moore, of Fulton County, Chairman of the Committee on Education submitted the following report: \ THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1922. 799 Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following Bill of the House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill No. 914. Do pass. MOORE, of Fulton, Chairman. Mr. Kittrell, of Laurens County, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture No. 1 submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker : Your Committee on Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following Bill of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: Senate Bill No. 198. Do pass. C. H. KITTRELL, of Laurens, 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 Resolution of the Sen- 800 JocRXAL OF THE HousE, ate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: Senate Resolution No. 71. TATUM, of Dade County, Chairman. Mr. Guess, of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 submitted the folJowing report: 11Ir. 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 as follows: House Bill No. 594. Do pass by substitute. Senate Bi llNo. 161. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 590. Do not pass. House Bill No. 823. Do pass. House Bill No. 698. Do pass. CARL N. GUESS, Chairman. Mr. Smith, of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Corporations submitted the following report: Lllr. Speaker: Your Committee on Municipal Corporations have had under consideration the following Bill of the THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1922. 801 House and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: H;ouse Bills Nos. 911, 915, 927, 933. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 857. SMITH2 of Meriwether, Chairman. The following bills and resolutions of t~ House and Senate, favorably reported by the committees, were read the second time: By Messrs. Moore, of Fulton, and DeLaPerriere, of Jackson- House Bill No. 594. A bill to provide credit unions and for other purposes. By Messrs. Brown, of Emanuel, and Lankford, of Toombs- House Bill No. 698. A bill to change the annual fees for licensing motor vehicles. By Messrs. Hunter, Atkinson and Valentino, of Chatham- 'L House Bill No. 857. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Savannah. By Mr. Macintyre, of Thomas: . House Bill No. 883. A bill to tax Gypsy traders in this State. Sig. 26 802 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Quincey, of Coffee- House Bill No. 911. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Nicholls in Coffee County. By Messrs. Hyman & Hawkins, of Washington- House Bill No. 914. A bill to authorize certain officials of Sandersville to collect certain taxes. By Mr. Brown, of Emanuel- House Bill No. 915. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Adrian. By Mr. Manson, of the 35th- Senate Resolution No. 71. A bill providing a commission for junking the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway Co. By Mr. Taylor, of the 46thSenate Bill No. 161. A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Alma. By Mr. Ridley, of the 28thSenate Bill No. 198. A bill to provide for licens- ing of nurserymen. The following resolution of the House was in- troduced and read: By Mr. Kittrell, of LaurensHouse Resolution No. 213. A resolution. THURSDAY, AuausT 3, 1922. 803 Whereas, The City of Brunswick has tendered an invitation to the General Assembly to visit the City of Brunswick on the following Saturday and Sunday, August 5 and 6, at the expense of the City of Brunswick, for the purpose of inspecting their City and prospective terminal facilities, therefore Be it Resolved, by the House, the Senate concurring: That this cordial invitation be accepted, awaiting their arrangements for necessary transportation facilities, and that the General Assembly stand adjourned from its adjournment hour Friday until Monday morning, following, at 11 o'clock, in order that all members may be enabled to avail themselves of this cordial and hospitable invitation. The following amendment was read and adopted: By Messrs. Bowden, of Ware, and Williams, of Wal ton- Amend by striking out the words and figures ''August 5 and 6'' and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures ''August 12 and 13. '' The following amendment to the above amend ment was read and adopted: By Mr. Neill, of Muscogee- Amend amendment to original resolution by add. ing after '' 12 and 13'' the following words: ''Said day the 12th being declared 'die non. ' '' By unanimous consent Mr. Mann, of Glynn, was allowed to add the following proviso: 804 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, "Provided, That two-thirds of the members of the Honse and Senate accept the invitation and agree to make said trip to Brunswick. '' The substitute by Mr. Moye, of Randolph, was lost. The resolution was adopted as amended. Mr. Bowden, of Ware, moved that the resolution be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed. Under order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration: By Mr. Ennis, of Baldwin, and Mixon, of Jenkins- House Bill No. 203. A bill to appropriate $108,916.00 for supplying deficiency for completion of Nurses' Home at State Sanitarium. The pending motion of Mr. Shettlesworth, of Gwinnett to table the bill was lost. Mr. Perkins, of Muscogee, moved that during the remainder of the session, unless otherwise ordered by the House, during the afternoon session indi- vidual speeches be limited to five minutes and the ,. motion was lost. Mr. Hawkins, of Washington, moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main ques~ tion was ordered. .. THURSDAY, AuausT 3, 1922. 806 The bill involving an appropriation, the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: .Anderson Baldwin Beckham Bleckley Bloodworth Bowden Bowen Boyett Braddy Brantley Brown of Hancock Brownlee Clark of Webster Clifton Collins Cowart Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DeLaPerriere Dixon DuBose Duncan of Dawson Ennis Fowler Gresham Griffith Greene Grovenstein ;Hamilton Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Hines of Sumter Horne Houser Howard of Screven Hullender Jackson Jones of Walker Johnson of Bartow Johnson of Pickens Keith King of Jefferson King of Wilcox Lankford of Toombs Lewis Luke McClelland McClure McDonald of Mitchell llcGarity McMichael Maddox Malone Mann Manning Mayo Miles lfundy Nichols Owen Penland Perkins Phillips of Jasper Pilcher Pruett Ramsey Reagan Reville Riley Robinson Russell Sapp Smith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson Steele $tone Strickland Sumner of JohnsoB Swift Swind,le Tatum Trippe Van Landingham VanZant Webb Winship Woodard Worthy Wynne Those voting in the negative were Messrs : .Adams of Walton Arnold Bobo Boswell Branch Byrd of Crisp Camp Childs Clark of Colquitt Collier Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Troup DeFoor Dickerson 806 JouRNAL 'oF THE HousE, Duncan of Hall Foy Griffin Haddock Harris Hatcher of Burke Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hodges Holland Holloway Houston Hunter Hyman J one~ of Coweta Knight Langford of Hall :\fixon ~loye Neal of Union Parrish Patten Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickren Salmon Smiley Smith of Meriwether Sumner of Wheeler Tyson Vocelle Walker Way Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Wood Wyatt Those not voting were Messrs : Adams of Newton Atkinson Beck Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Boatwright Bozeman Brannen Brown of Emanuel Bush Carr Carswell Coates Davis of Oglethorpe Dobbs Dudley Dykes Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Parks Franks Perryman Gann Price Grant Quincey Guess Ricketson Gunnels Rutherford Hillhouse Shettlesworth Howard of Forsyth Sibley Hufst~tler Singletary Jones of Thomas Stovall Johnson of Thompson of Coweta Chattahoochee Thompson of Dodge Kennedy Turnt>r Kittrell Valentino Logan Wall ~IcDonald of Watkins Richmond Weston 2\Iaclntyre Whitley Mason \Vhitaker of Lowndes ~foore of Appling Williams of Harris Moore of Fulton :\Ir. Speaker By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 90, Nays 56. THURSDAY, AuGusT 3, 1922. 807 The bill having failed to receive the requisite con- stitutional majority was lost. Mr. Ennis, of Baldwin, gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House recon., sider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 203. By Mr. Perkins, of Muscogee- Rouse Bill No. 564. A bill to provide for electrocution of persons sentenced to death and for other purposes. Mr. Mundy, of Polk, moved that during the r~ mainder of this afternoon's session individual speeches be limited to five minutes and the motion prevailed. Mr. Vocelle, of Camden, moved the previous ques.., tion, the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The following committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend by striking the words ''at Milledgeville, Georgia," wherever they occur in said bill and m~ serting in lieu thereof the words ''wherever lo:cated.'' The report of the committee, which was favorabley 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: 808 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: Arnold Baldwin Beckham Bleckley Bowen Braddy Branch Brantley Brown of Hancock Childs Clark of Webster Clifton Collins Culpepper Davis of Floyd Foy Franks Guess Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Herring Hines of Sumter Horne Howard of Screven Perryman Hullender Phillips of Telfair Jones of Coweta Pilcher Jones of Walker Reville Johnson of Bartow Riley Keith Robinson King of Jefferson Sapp King of Wilcox Smith of Carroll Knight Steele McClelland Stone McClure Stovall McDonald of Mitchell Strickland McMichael Sumner of Johnson Maddox Swift Mann Thompson of Coweta Moyl' Tyson Mundy VanZant Nichols Vocelle Owen Woodard Parks Wyatt Parrish Wynne Penl~nd Perkins Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Adams of Walton Anderson Beck Bloodworth Bobo Boyett Brownlee Byrd of Crisp CD.rswell Clark of Colquitt Collier Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Ennis Folsom Greene Grovenstein Henderson Hines of Decatur Hodges Holland Hyman Langford of Hall Lankford of Toombs Lewis Luke Patten Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pickren Ramsey Smiley Smith of Bryan Smith of Haralson Way Wimberly Wood THURSDAY, AuGusT 3, 1922. 809 Those not 'voting were Messrs.: Adams of Newton Atkinson Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Brannen Brown of Emanuel Bush Camp Carr Coates Corbitt Cowart Davis of Oglethorpe DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Dykes Evans Ficklen Fletcher Fowler Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Gunnels Pruett Haddock Quincey Hamilton Reagan Harris Ricketson Hawkins Russell Hillhouse Rutherford Holloway Salmon Houser Shettlesworth Houston Sibley Howard of Forsyth Singletary Hufstetler Smith of Meriwether Hunter Sumner of Wheeler Jackson Swindle Jones of Thomas Tatum Johnson of Thompeon of Dodge Chattahoochee Trippe Johnson of Pickens Turner Kennedy Valentino Kittrell Van Landingham Logan Walker McDonald of Wall Richmond Watkins :McGarity Webb Macintyre Weston Malone Whitley Manning Whitaker of Lowndes Mason Whitaker of Rockdale Mayo Whitworth Miles Williams of Harris Mixon Williams of Miller Moore of Appling Williams of Walton Moore of Fulton Winship Neal of Union Worthy Price Mr. Speaker By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 67, Nays 40. 810 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. Mr. Perkins, of Muscogee, gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 564. Mr. Smith, of Haralson, moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. FRIDAY, AuGUST 4, 1922. 811 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA: Friday, August 4th, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names: Adams of Newton AdalW! of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee BUBh 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 Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway 812 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Hotne l\fayo Houser Miles Houston Mixon Howard of Fm-syth Moore of Appling Howard of Screven Moore of Fulton Hufstetler Moye H11llender Mundy Hunter Neal of Union Hyman Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parrish Jones of Walker Patten Johruwn of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee Perryman Johnson of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren King of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pruett Langford of Hail Quincey Lankford of Toombs Ramsey Lewis Reagan Logan Reville Luke Ricketson McClelland Riley McClure Robinson McDonald of Mitchell Russell McDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon McGarity Sapp Macintyre Shettlesworth Mdiichael Sibley Maddox Singletary Malone Smiley Mann Smith of Bryan Manning Smith of Carroll Mason Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stmall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb \Veston Whitley \Vhitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard \Yorthy Wyatt Wynne ~Ir. Speaker By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. .... '. ... ... FRIDAY, AuGUST 4, 1922. 813 . ' .:.:. By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consent- 1. Introduction of .New Matter under the Rules. 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 Renate 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 Mr. Miles of Candler- House Bill No. 938. A bill to repeal an act incorporating the town of Aline. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By Mr. Miles of Candler- House Bill No. 939. A bill to reqmre Board of Commissioners of Candler County to publish Statement. : ..... Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. 814 JoeRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis- House Bill No. 940. A bill to amend the constitution so as to abolish the office of Tax Receiver of Jeff Davis County. Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By ~Ir. Stone of Jeff Davis- House Bill No. 941. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Jeff Davis County. Referred to Committee on Counties and County Matters. By Messrs. Smith and Keith of Meriwether- Honse Bill ~o. 942. A bill to amend an act relative to Confederate veterans. Referred to Committee on Pensions. By Mr. Moore of Appling- House Bill No. 943. A bill to amend an act creating a Board of Commissioners for Appling County. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. By Mr. Cowart of Calhoun- House Bill No. 944. A bill to change the name of the City Court of Morgan to City Court of Arlington. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1922. 815 Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Cowart of Calhoun- House Bill No. 945. A bill to create the City of Arlington in lieu of Town of Arlington. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Bird of Taliaferro- House Bill No. 946. A bill to require operators of Motion Picture Theaters to pay occupation tax. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette- House Bill No. 947. A bill to require all payees or holders of mortgages, etc., to pay privilege tax. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Brantley of Pierce- House Bill No. 948. A bill to require all vendors of soft drinks to pay an occupation tax. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report: 816 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 have . had under consideraion the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the Ifuuse with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill No. 934. GuEss of DeKalb, Mr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report: j}Jr. 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 as follows: House Bill No. 738. Do pass. House Bill No. 794. Do not pass. LANKFORD of Toombs, Chairman. Mr. Moye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Matters, submitted the following report: FRIDAY, AuGUST 4, 1922. 817 Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Counties and County Matters 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. 185. Senate Bill No. 186. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE of Randolph, 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. 275. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 274. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 196. J?o pass. House Bill No. 905. Do pass. House Bill No. 936. Do pass. 818 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 694. Do pass. Rouse Bill No. 633. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 202. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 86. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 4. Do pass as amended. Respectfully submitted, .J. C. DAvis of Floyd, Chairman. Mr. Hullender, of Catoosa, 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 and Resolutions of the House, to-wit: House Bill No. 827. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of vVarwick. House Bill No. 853. A bill to amend an act amending the charter of the City of St. ~:lary's. House Bill No. 849. A bill to place the Solicitor General of Macon Judicial Circuit on salary. House Bill No. 837. A bill to repeal an act to abolish the office of Cbunty Treasurer of Taylor County, Georgia. FRIDAY, AuGUST 4, 1922. 819 House Bill No. 836. A bill to create the office of County Treasurer of Taylor County, Georgia. House Bill No. 756. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Bolton Georgia. House Bill No. 830. A bill to amend an Act of 1920, approved August 10, 1920, abolishing Paulding Board of Commissioners by striking sections 4, 5 and 6. House Bill No. 816. A bill to repeal an Act approved August 8, 1918 entitled "An Act to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of Solicitor General. House Bill No. 638. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Pearson in Atkinson County Georgia. Hou!3.e Bill No. 570. A bill to establish a County depository for the County of Campbell. House Bill No. 773. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Americus. House Bill No. 798. A bill to amend an amended act by substitution ~ntitled an act creating a new charter for the City of Hazlehurst. House Bill No. 812. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta. House Bill No. 818. A bill to consolidate and amend the charter of Americus. 820 JouRNAL o:r THE HousE, House Bill No. 820. A bill to create a new charter for the City of Vidalia. Respectfully submitted, HULLENDER of Catoosa, Chairman. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the Committees, were read for the second time: By Messrs. Williams of Miller and Walker of Baker- House Bill No. 633. A bill to amend an act to license the business of making loans in the State. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 694. A bill to amend an Act to fix the fees of coroners, etc.; in this State. By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens and McMichael of Marion- House Bill No. 738. A bill to amend the constitution relative to State Owned Terminals in Georgia. By Mr. Beckham of DoughertyHouse Bill No. 905. A bill to require reports of all State Officials yearly. FRIDAY, AuGUST 4, 1922. 821 By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie- Honse Bill No. 934. A bill to amend an Act to fix the salary of the Solicitor General of Augusta Judicial Circuit. By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee- House Bill No. 936. A bill to allow officials of corporated Cities to elect Mayor and Recorder pro. terns, and for other purposes. By Mr. Fleming of the lOth- Senate Bill No. 4. A bill to allow absent voters to vote in elections. By Messrs. Weaver of the 11th, and Akin of the 4th- Senate Bill No. 86. A bill to permit corporations now incorporated by Secretary of State to issue non par stock. By Mr. Thomas of the 3rdSenate Bill No. 185. A bill to create the office of Supervisor of Public Roads for \Vayne County. By Mr. Thomas of the 3rdSenate Bill No. 186. A bill to abolish the County commissioners of Wayne County. By Mr. Golucke of the 19thSenate Bill No. 202. A bill to amend Section 4381. 822 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, of Code of 1910, relative to period of limitation of actions. By Mr. Fleming of the lOth- Senate Bill No. 275. A bill to amend an act establishing system of public schools for City of Albany. By Mr. Baldwin of Morgan- House Bill No. 927. A bill to amend an act to amend the charter of the City of Madison. By Messrs. Horne and Thompson of Dodge- House Bill No. 933. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Eastman. The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:- By Mr. Wimberly of LaurensHouse Bill No. 912. A bill to amend an Act crea- ting a new charter for the town of Rockledge. The report 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 constitt:tional majority was passed. FRIDAY, AuousT 4, 1922. 823 By Messrs. Moore, Holloway, and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 823. A bill to fix compensation for bailiffs in certain Counties. The report of the committee, which was favorablf' to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 156, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Brown of Emanuel- House Bill No. 915. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Darian. The report 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. Atkinson, Hunter, and Valentino of Chatham- House Bill No. 857. A bill to amend the charter of Savannah. The following committee amendment was read and adopted: 824 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Amend by adding Section 5 (a) as follows: ''Be it further enacted that Section 5 of this Act shall not go into effect unless same is ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of the City of Savannah, who shall vote at the next General Election to be held on the :first Tuesday in November 1922, at which election the authorities of the City of Savannah shall make necessary arrangements to submit this issue to the voters.'' 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 141, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By Messrs. Hyman and Hawkins of Washington- Hl.ouse Bill No. 914. A bill to authorize Mayor and Council of City of Sandersville to levy and collect certain ta..'\:es. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 133, ~ays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Reville and Pilcher of Richmond- House Bill No. 863. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to official organ of certain Counties. FRIDAY, AuGUST 4, 1922. 825 The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 134, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Quincey of Coffee- House Bill No. 911. A bill to amend the Charter of Nicholls. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 134, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Byrd of Crisp- House Bill No. 835. A bill to repeal the present Charter of City of Cordele and to provide for a new charter for the City of Cordele. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill,. was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was paesed. 826 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Ficklen and Bobo of Wilkes- House Bill No. 906. A bill to amend the Charter of City of Washington. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Campbell of 34th- Senate Bill No. 242. A bill to amend the Charter of City of Covington. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the.bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 145, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Taylor of 46th- Senate Bill No. 161. .A bill to repeal an Act to establish the City Court of Alma. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 134, Nays 0. FRIDAY, AuGUST 4, 1922. 827 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. Johns of 27th- Senate Bill No. 276. A bill to change time of holding Superior Court of Barrow County. Referred to Special Judiciary Committee. By Mr. Boykin of 39th- Senate Bill No. 283. A bill to amend charter of Lincolnton. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Manson of 35th- Senate Bill No. 286. A bill to amend an Act to carry into effect provisions of an Act relating to abolition of Justice Court. Referred to General Judiciary Committee No. 1. By Messrs. Thorpe of 2nd, Thomas of 3rd, and Jackson of 21st- Senate Bill No. 288. A bill to incorporate the Town of Townsend in Mcintosh County. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By unanimous consent, granted to Mr. Williams of Walton, House Bill No. 878 was recommitted. 828 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By unanimous consent House Bill No. 869 was withdrawn from the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means and recommitted to the Committee on County and County Matters. / By unanimous consent House Bill No. 244 was taken from the table and placed upon the calendar. The following resolution of the House was read: By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Resolution No. 214. A Resolution providing that the House remain in session on this day until 2 o'clock P. M. and when it adjourn it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Mr. Vocelle of Camden moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. T~e resolution was adopted. Mr. Perkins of Muscogee moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 564 and the motion prevailed. Mr. Ennis of Baldwin moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 203 and the motion prevailed. Under the order of unfinished business the following bip of the House was taken up for further consideration : FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1922. 829 By Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson- House Bill No. 205. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the levying of an income tax. The pending motion, of Mr. Henderson of White, for the previous question was lost. Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson moved that further consideration of this bill be postponed until next Tuesday morning immediately following the confirmation of the Journal, and the motion prevailed. Byunanimous consent House Bill No. 449 was set .as a special order to immediately follow House Bill No. 205. By unanimous consent 300 copies of the substitute and amendments to House Bill No. 205 and 300 copies of House Bill No. 449 were ordered printed for the use of the House and Senate. T'he following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Jones of Coweta- A RESOLUTION. House Resolution No. 215. Whereas, just seventyone years ago to-day in the good old land of Wilkes a baby boy first opened his blue eyes upon the glad light of day; and Whereas that baby boy has since grown into the Honorable Boyce Ficklen of Wilkes, an esteemed and able member of this House, 830 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Resolved that we assure Hon. Boyce Fielden of our love and esteem, that we congratulate him upon his good health and years, and wish him many happy returns. Under orders of the day the following bill of the House, set as a special order by the- Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed upon its passage: By Mr. Brantley of Pierce- House Bill No. 260. A bill to change the name of Railroad Commission of Georgia to the Georgia Public Service Commission and for other purposes. Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The following committee substitute was read and adopted: A BILL To be entitled an Act to change the name of the Railroad Commission of Georgia to the Georgia Public Service Commission; to revise, enlarge and define the duties and powers of, what shall, after the passage of this Act be known as the Georgia Public Service Commission; to extend its powers and jurisdiction over sleeping car companies; to provide for a public prosecutor to represent the public in all matters before the Commission, to fix his salary, define his duties and provide for his FRIDAY, AuGUST 4, 1922. 831 appointment by the Governor; to provide a license fee to be collected from all public utilities companies for the maintenance of said Commission; to give said Commission authority to employ such experts, attorneys, clerks, statisticians, engineers, secretary and such other help, as in the opinion of the Commission may be necessary and to fix the compensation of each; to provide rules of procedure, and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage and approval of this Act the name of the Railroad Commission shall be, and the same is hereby changed to that of the Georgia Public Service Commission; that all of the authority, rights,. powers, duties, privileges and jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Georgia are hereby expressly conferred upon the Georgia Public Service Commission as full as if so p.amed in any laws of this State; that all actions and proceedings now or hereafter pending in the name of the Railroad Commission shall survive; and be continued and prosecuted by and in the name of Georgia Public Service Commission; and that no rights, privileges, immunities or appropriations granted to or made in behalf of the Railroad Commission of Georgia shall merge, lapse, or be lost by reason of such change of name, but shall be conferred, transferred and imposed upon the Georgia Public Service Commission. Section 2. The Commission shall have power to 832 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, employ, during its pleasure, such officers, experts, attorneys, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks and employees as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, or to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon the Commission. The compensation of such officials and all other employees shall be fixed by the Commission at such sum as it shall deem reasonable and proper. Section 3. There shall be assigned to the work of the Commission an Assistant Attorney General, to be known as a Public Prosecutor, whose sole and exclusive duties shall be that of representing the public, or assisting in representing the public, as and when such representation is desired by the public in particular cases, in all matters heard before the Commission, in which the public has an interest. Such Assistant Attorney General shall be appointed by the Governor, for a period not less than six years; shall be paid out of the funds provided for the maintenance of the Commission a salary or" three thousand dollars per annum and all legitimate traveling expenses incurred in the proper discharge of his duties, and shall be provided by the State with proper and suitable working offices. The qualifications for the Assistant Attorney General provided under this section shall be based upon experience in the line of work to be performed. Before any order shall be issued by the Commission affecting the public, or the public service companies, contemplating either an increase or decrease FRIDAY, AuausT 4, 1922. 833 in rates, not less than 15 days' notice shall be given to all interested parties and full opportunity afforded of being heard with regard to such proposed change on the part of the Commission. Copies of all complaints and petitions respecting the work of the Special Attorney General, together with copies of all . notices, as to hearings, shall be furnished to the Special Attorney General by the said Commission promptly. Section 4. That the Commission shall prescribe the rules of procedure and for taking of evidence in all matters that may come before it. In the investigations, preparations and hearings of cases, the Commission shall not be bound by the strict technical rules of pleading and evidence, but it may exercise such discretion as will facilitate its efforts to ascertain the facts bearing the right and justice of the matters before it. In all formal cases heard and determined, the Commission shall render an opinion, setting out the issues involved in the case, and its decision, ruling and finding thereupon. ...' ~.JII'_t: Section 5. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings had before the Commission, on any formal investigation bad and all testimony shall be taken down by the official reporter appointed by the Commission. Section 6. The Commission, or any party, may, in any investigation, cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the State to be taken in the manner prescribed by law, for like depositions in civil actions in civil courts. B,ig. 27 834 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, Section 7. The powers, duties and jurisdiction heretofore conferred upon the Railroad Commission of Georgia are hereby extended to sleeping car companies and to persons, companies or associations operating sleeping cars; to companies or persons operating vehicles as common carriers in the transportation of freight and passengers. Section 8. There shall be paid by all public service corporations or utilities, subject to the provisions of this Act, a special license fee in addition to those now required by law. Such fee shall be fixed by the Comptroller General of Georgia upon each of such public service corporations or utilities, according to the value of its property, as ascertained by the last preceding State Tax Assessment, and shall be apportioned among such public service corporations or utilities, upon the basis of such valuation, so as to produce a revenue of seventy thousand ($70,000.00) dollars per annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall be paid on or before the 20th day of January in each year. The Comptroller General shall notify each public service corporation or utility of the State of the amount due by it under the provisions of this Act, and said license fee shall be paid to the State Treasurer on or before the 20th day of January as above provided; such sum of seventy thousand ($70,000.00) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated and set aside for the purpose of paying the salaries, compensations, costs and expenses of the Public Service Commission, its members and employees, FRIDAY, AuGUST 4, 1922. 835 and the Special Attorney General above provided, and no other sum shall be appropriated therefor. In case of default in payment by any public service corporation, company or person of such fee as provided in this section, the. Comptroller General shall proceed to collect the same, in the same manner as franchise taxes are now collected. Section 9. The annual salary of each Commissioner shall be as at present provided by law. All officers, experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks and employees of the Commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Commission; and the salaries as fixed by the Commission for the officers, experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks and other employees and as fixed by this Act for Commissioners, shall be paid monthly from the funds provided for the use of the Commission, after being approved by the Commission. All the expenses incurred by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this Act, including the actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and disbursements of the Commission, their officers and employees incurred while on business of the Commission shall be paid from the funds provided for the use of the Commission, after being approved by the Commission. Section 10. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. If any action, sub-section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Act is 836 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Act. The following amendments to the substitute were read and adopted: Committee amends as follows: 1. By striking from the caption and elsewhere in the bill the word ''license'' wherever the same occurs before the word "fee," wherever the said word may occur. 2. By striking from the caption in the fifth and sixth lines thereof the following: "to extend its powers and jurisdiction over sleeping car companies.'' 3. By adding at the end of Section 3 the following words: ''Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the Public Utility Counsel to appear in hearings or controversies between private individuals and corporations, or private individuals or corporations, or in any case, hearing, or controversy unless the public at large in one or more communities is affected or concerned." By adding the following at the end of Section 4: ''The Public Service Commission shall conduct hearings and investigations in ~ifferent parts of the State, when, in the opinion of the Commission, such hearings will best serve the interest and convenience of the public.'' FRIDAY, AuGUST 4, 1922. By striking all of Section 7 of said bill. 837:. By Mr. Wyatt of Troup- Amend by adding thereto a new section to read as follows: "Beginning with the expiration--Df the present term of office of Hon. J. A. Perry and Hon. C. M. Candler the membership of the Commission shall be reduced to three members. '' By Mr. Wyatt of Troup, Moye of Randolph, and Hillhouse of Worth- Amend by adding thereto in Section 3 to read as follows: ''Provided, however, that there shall be no attorney for the Commission except the attorney herein provided for to represent the public. The present duties of the attorney to the Railroad Commission and the duties of the attorney provided for to represent the public shall be performed by one man.'' Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main ques- , tion was ordered. The report of the committee, which was favorable. to the passage of the bill by substitute as amend~d, was agreed to as amended. On the passage of the bill the Speaker ordered the . roll call and the vote was as follows: 838 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs : Adams of Newton Anderson Arnold Beck Beckham Blalock Bloodworth Bobo Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy Brantley Brownlee Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Collier Collins Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Dickerson DuBose Ennis Evans Ficklen Folsom Foy Fcanks Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holland Horne Houser Howard of Forsyth Howard of Screven Hunter Hyman Jackson Jones of Coweta Jones of Thomas Jones of Walker Keith King of Jefferson King of Wilcox Knight Lankford of Toombs McDonald of Mitchell Macintyre McMichael Mann Manning Moye Neal of Union Nichols Parks Parrish Patten Penland Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pruett Ramsey Riley Russell Rutherford Sibley Singletary Smiley Smith of Bryan Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Thompson of Coweta VanZant Vocelle Walker Webb Whitaker of Rockdale Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Woodard Worthy Wyatt \Vynne Those voting in the Negative were Messrs: Adams of Walton Baldwin Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Boswell Branch Brannen Brown of Hancock Camp Davis of Floyd DeFoor Dixon FRIJ?AY, AuGUST 4, 1922. 839 Dobbs Duncan of Hall Fowler Gann Guess Harris Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Holloway H"ouston Hullender Johnson of Pickens Kittrell Langford of Hall Lewis Luke McClelland McClure )Jaddox Mason Mayo Miles Moore of Fulton Mundy Owen Perkins Pilcher Reagan Reville Ricketson Robinson Salmon Sapp Shettlesworth Steele Stovall Tatum Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Watkins Way Whitley Williams of Walton Wimberly Those not voting were Messrs : Atkinson Bleckley ...soatwright Bowden Brown of Emanuel Bush Byrd of Crisp Carr Clifton Coates Cowart Davis of Oglethorpe DeLaPerriere Dudley Duncan of Dawson Dykes )foore of .Appling Fletcher Price Grant Quincey Hodges Smith of Carroll Hufstetler Stone Johnson of Bartow Swindle Johnson of Thompson of Dodge Chattahoochee Van Landingham Kennedy Wall Logan Weston llcDonald of Whitaker of Lowndes Richmond Whitworth )lcGarity Winship 11alone Wood 1Iixon Mr. Speaker Ayes 106, Nays 58. The roll call was verified. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 106, Nays 58. B40 .JouRNAL OF THE H~YesE, The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority, was passed by substitute as amended. Mr. Williams of Walton gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 205. . Mr.. Jleckha~ of D?ugherty mo~ed th~.-bill JUSt paSsed be unmed1ately transmitted t~en- ate, and the motion prevailed. .;... The following message was received from His Excellency, the Governor, through his Secretary, Mr. McCurry: M1. 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. STATE OF GEORGIA, ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ATLANTA. To the General Assembly of Georgia: I respectfully desire to call your attention to the situation existing in some of the counties in Southern Georgia with regard to the work of tick eradication. I am constantly receiving letters from citizens in that section, complaining of the situation and asking FRIDA, AuGUST 4, 1922. 841 for some relief. It appears that they have a problem to deal with in that section that is di:fferen~ from what it is in other sections of the State, and much more difficult. It seems that in some of these counties there is very little land being cultivated and that cattle are allowed to roam at will through vast open r~ges. Under these conditions, it is very difficult for the citizens to gather these cattle together for the purpose of dipping, and in some sections practically amounts to the confiscation of the cattle. It is most unfortunate that regrettable instances of lawlessness and disorder and open and violent resistance to the laws of the State have occurred in some of these counties, and I am constrained to believe that a vast majority of the people in these counties are law-abi.ding citizens of Georgia and deeply regret and deplore these occurrences. Resolutions to that effect, adopted by representative mass meetings of responsible citizenshave been presented to me, and I am informed that all resistance to the law has ceased; certainly that such of it as occasionally manifests itself is not supported by public sentiment and is condemned by the law-abiding citizens of the territory concerned. Under these circumstances, I feel that I ought to say that it should not be the purpose and intent of the laws of this State to work any undue hardship upon any of its citizens, and that local conditions sometimes make it necessary to so amend the law that it can be applied to the whole State, with wisdom and with justice, and I urge that you investigate 842 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, this subject carefully and seek some remedy which will relieve the unfortunate situation existin~ in some of these counties. The laws of Georgia must be enforced and upheld, but they must be made with intelligence and framed so as not to work unnecessary hardship upon the people, and their enforcement is rendered much easier whenever they are so framed. Consequently, I urge upon the General Assembly prompt consideration of this question, with the view of making such changes in the law as may be necessary, in the interest of the people as a whole, so as not to work undue and unnecessary hardship upon any locality. Respectfully submitted, w. THOMAS HARDWICK, This August 4, 1922. Governor. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 592 was set as a special order on next Tuesday to immediately follow House Bill No. 449. By unanimous consent 300 copies of House Bill No. 592 were ordered printed for the use of the House and Senate. By unanimous consent the House took under consideration at this time the calendar set for yesterday afternoon's session. Mr. Guess of DeKalb moved that House Resolu- FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1922. 843 tion No. 203 be taken from the table, and the motion prevailed. The following resolution of the House taken from the table was taken up for immediate consideration, read the third time, and placed upon its passage : By Messrs. Guess of DeKalb and Davis of Floyd- House Resolution No. 203. A resolution t.o create a commission to regulate the ~istribution of coal within this State, and for other purposes. The following amendments were read and adopted: By Mr. Davis of Floyd- Amend by substituting the name ''Railroad Commission'' in said resolution where the words ''a commission of 5 men'' appears. Amend further by striking the last paragraph beginning with the word "That" and ending with the word "Georgia." The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to as amended. On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 105, Nays 6. The resolution having received the requisite Constitutional majority, was passed as amended. The following bill of the House, set as a special order for yesterday afternoon's session by the Com- . '844 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, mittee on Rules, was read the third time and placed upon its passage: By Messrs. Moore, Holloway and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 754. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to capital stock of trust companies, and for .other purposes. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. l\Ir. Bentley of Fulton moved the previous question; the motion preYailed, and the main question was ordered. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 89, Nays 18. The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majojrity, was lost. Mr. Moore of Fulton gave notice that at the proper time he would moYe that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 754. l\Ir. Valentino of Chatham moYed that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 9 o'clock. MoNDAY, AuGUST 7, 1922. 845 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. Monday, August 7th, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boswell .Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Carswe!! Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Coates Collier Collins Corbitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Dads of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Dtmean of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis Evans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilt{)n Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Hende1son Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway 846 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Horne :\I a y o Houser Miles Houston Mixon Howard of Forsyth :\Ioore of Appling Howard of SereHn :\Ioore of Fulton Hufstetler :\Ioye Hullender ~Iundy Hunter ~eal of Union Hyman Nichol~ .Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks .Tones of Thomas Parrish Jones of \Valker Patten Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee. Perryman John~on of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren King of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pruett Langford of Hall Quineey Lankford of Toombs Ram'e.'' Lewis RPagan Logan ReYille Luke Ritkebon McClelland Riley M<"Ciure Rohinson McDonald of :\litchell Russell :\lcDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon :\IcGarity Sapp Macintyre Shettlesworth !\ic::\Iichael Sibley Maddox SingiPtary :\Ialone Smiley :\Iann Smith of Bryan Manning Smith of Carroll Mason Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone StoYall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb 'VPston Whitley 'Yhitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth 'Yilliams of Harris 'Yilliams of Miller _Williams of Walton Wimlwrly Winship Wood 'Vommittee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 141, Nays 2. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority wa.s passed. THGRSDAY, A"L'GUST 10, 1922. 961 By Mr. Williams of Harris- House Bill No. 796. A bill to amend an Act to reorganize State Highway Department relative to Federal Aid Roads. The following committee substitute was read and adopted: By Mr. Williams of Walton- 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 and for the control and management thereof; to provide for the paving of said State Aid Roads by the State, or cooperation with the county 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 other purposes ;'' to provide the right to condemn property for State Aid Roads in certain cases; to provide for a change in the manner of the selection of the Chairman and other members of the Board, and for other p)lrposes.'' Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by Sig. 31 962 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, authority of the same, That provision 3, Section 2, of Article 5 on page 249, Georgia Laws of 1919, and amendments thereto, Acts 1912, page 200, be amended by striking out the figures and words in lines 2 and 3, Paragraph 2, Section 1, Acts 1921, page 200: ''And inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures 5,500 miles and inserting in lieu thereof ''Not to exceed 7 per centum of the total highway mileage of said State,'' and by adding the following provision, to-wit: ''The said Highway Department may have the right to construct and maintain State Aid Roads in and through towns of not more than twenty-five hundred population.'' Section 2. Be it further enacted by authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. The following committee amendment to the above substitute was read and adopted: Amend Section 1 by adding thereto the following: "Provided that nothing contained in said provision shall be construed as effecting the present State aid mileage of 5,500 miles.'' The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute as amended, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 129, Nays 5. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922. 963 By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to tlte Senate. By Messrs. Moore, Bentley and Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 592. A bill to amend the Constitution so as to authorize various counties to abolish fees of certain county offices and to provide salaries in lieu thereof. The following committee substitute was read and adopted: AN ACT To amend Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State, so as to authorize the General Assembly to consolidate the offices of Tax Collector and Tax Receiver: To abolish the fees accruing to the Ordinary, Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Solicitor and other officers of any City or County Court, and any other officers having charge of the transaction of county matters in any county in this State: To prescribe salaries and expenses in lieu thereof, sources of payment and levy of tax therefor: To provide what disposition shall be made of fees accruing to said offices: When approved by the voters of such county or counties; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That Article 11, Section 3, 964 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of Georgia, which is as follows : ''Whatever tribunal, or officers, may hereafter be created by the General Assembly, for the transaction of County matters, shall be uniform throughout the State, and of the same name, jurisdiction and remedies, except that the General Assembly may provide for the appointment of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in any County, and may abolish the office of County Treasurer in any County, or fix the compensation of County Treasurer and such compensation may be fixed without regard to uniformity of such compensation in the various Counties,'' be amended by inserting in said paragraph the following words, "May consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector in any County,'' following the words thereof ''Except that the General Assembly may provide for the appointment of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in any County," and by adding at the end of said paragraph the words ''And except that the General Assembly may in any County, by general or special laws, abolish the fees accruing to the Ordinary, Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Solicitor and other officers of any City or County Court, and any other officers having charge of the transaction of County matters, and in lieu thereof prescribe salaries and sources of payment thereof for such officers, their deputies and assistants, and provide for clerical and other expenses of such officers and for levy of such purposes of a tax additional to other taxes, and provide what disposition shall be made of THURSDAY, AuausT 10, 1922. 965 the fees accruing to such offices, all without regard to the uniformity of such compensation or methods or sources of payments thereof in the various counties; provided that no such legislation with respect to abolishment of fees and prescribing of salaries and expenses shall operate so as to affect the compensation of any official during the term of office for which he may have been elected prior to approval and adoption of this Act by the voters of the County to be affected as hereinafter provided; (and, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to work a forfeiture of the accrued legal fees due the respective officers herein affected up to the time of said approval and adoption of the same by each County as affected,) nor shall be effective in any County until a majority of qualified voters thereof who vote at a regular election or a special election called for that purpose and held in such manner as may be, by general or special law, prescribed by the General Assembly, shall approve and vote for the same," so that the said paragraph when so amended will read as follows, to-wit: "Whatever tribunal, or officers, may hereafter be created by the General Assembly, for the transaction of County matters, shall be uniform throughout the State, and of the same name, jurisdiction and remedies, except that the General Assembly may provide for the appointment of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in any County, may consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector in any County, and may abolish the office of County T!easurer in any County, or fix the compensation of County 966 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Treasurer and such compensation may be fixed without regard to the uniformity of such compensation in: various Counties; and except that the General Assembly may in any County, by general or special laws, abolish the fees accruing to the Ordinary, Clerk of the Superior Court, Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Solicitor and other officers of any City or County Court, and any other officers having charge of the transaction of County matters, and in lieu thereof prescribe salaries and sources of payment thereof for such officers, their deputies and assistants, and provide for clerical and other expenses of such officers and for levy for such purposes of a tax additional to other taxes, and provide what disposition shall be made of the fees accruing to such offices, all without regard to the uniformity of such compensation or methods or sources of payments thereof in the various Counties; provided that no such legislation with respect to abolishment of fees and prescribing of salaries and expenses shall operate so as to affect the compensation of any official during the term of office for which he may have been elected prior to approval and adoption of this Act by the voters of the County to be affected as hereinafter provided; (and, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to work a forfeiture of the accrued legal fees due the respective officers herein affected up to the time of said approval and adoption of the same by each County as affected,) nor shall be effective in any County until a majority of qualified voters thereof who vote at a regular election or a special election called for that purpose, and held THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922. 967 in such manner as may be, by general or special law, prescribed by the General Assembly, shall approve and vote for the same.'' . . Section 2. Be it further enacted, by th~ authority aforesaid, That if this amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds vote of the members of the General Assembly of each House, the same shall be entered upon their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, arid the Governor shall cause the amendment to be published in one or more of the newspapers in each congressional district, for two months previous to the time of holding the next general election, and the same shall be submitted to the people at the next general election, and the voters thereat shall have written or printed on their ballots ''For ratification of amendment to Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State, authorizing the abolishment of fees accruing to County officers and the substitution of salaries in lieu thereof and the consolidation of the offices of Tax Collector and Tax Receiver,'' or ''Against ratification of Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State, authorizing the abolishment of fees accruing to County officers and the substitution of salaries in lieu thereof and the consolidation of the offices of Ta.x Collector and Tax Receiver,'' as they ma.y choose, and if the people shall ratify such amendment by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting therein, as shown by consolidation thereof and returns made, as provided hy law, then said amend- 968 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, ment shall be and become a part of said Article 11, Section 3, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make proclamation thereof. Section 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the Act be and the same are, hereby repealed. The following amendments to the committee substitute were read and ad~pted: By Mr. Fowler of Bibb- Amend by striking the following language wherever it appears in the bill: "and, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to work a forfeiture of the accrued legal fees due the respective officers herein affected up to the time of said approval and adoption of the same by each County as affected.'' By adding after the word ''County'' in line 21 of Section 1 the following ''having a population according to the census of 1920 of not less than 42,500;'' and by adding the words "42,500" after the word ''County'' in line three of page three of said substitute. 1\ir. Hawkins of vVashington moved the previous question. Mr. Wyatt moved that the bill, substitute and all amendments be tabled, and the motion was lost. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922. 969 The motion for the previous question prevailed and the main question was ordered. :Mr. McMichael of :Marion moved that the House reconsider its action in ordering the main question and the motion was lost. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute as amended, was agreed to as amended. The bill involving a constitutional amendment 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 Bleckley Bloodworth Boswell Bowen Boyett Bozeman Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bush Carr Carswell Clark of Webster Cowart Culpepper Davis of Floyd DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dykes Ennis Evans Folsom Fowler Gann Gresham Griffin Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins Herring Hillhouse Hodges Holloway Horne Houser Howard of Forsyth Howard of Screven Hufstetler Hullender Hunter Hyman Jackson Jones of Coweta Jones of Thomas Johnson of Bartow Johnson of Chattahoochee Keith Kennedy King of Jefferson King of Wilcox Kittrell Knight Lankford of Toombs Lewis Luke ::\IcCielland ::\IcClure ::\IcDonald of Mitc-yn ::\IcGarity Macintyre 970 .TouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mc::llichael l\laddox Malone Mason Mayo Miles :Moore of Appling l\Ioore of Fulton l\Ioy<' Mundy Nichols Owen Parks "Parrish Patten Perkins Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pruett Reagan Robinson Rutherford Salmon Sapp Shettlesworth Sibley Singletary Smiley Rmith of Bryan Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone ::Stovall Striekland Sumner of Johnson Swift Tatum Thompson of Coweta Trippt Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham Vocelle Wall \Yay Webb Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Walton Winship Woodard Worthy \Vynne Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Anderson Beck Bobo Bowden Braddy Branch Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Childs Clark of Colquitt Clifton Coates Collier Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Da,is of Oglethorpe Duncan of Dawson Du~an of Hall Ficklen Pickren Fletcher Pilcher Foy Price Franks Quincey Grant Ramsey Griffith Reville Greene Ricketson Harris Riley Hender~on Smith of Carroll Hines of Decatur Sumner of Wheeler Holland Thompson of Dodge , Houston VanZant Johnson of Pickens \Yalker Langford of Hall Williams of Miller McDonald of \Yimberly Richmond ""ood slanning Wyatt Neal of Union Penland THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922. 971 Those not voting were Messrs : Baldwin Bentley Blalock Boatwright Collins Corbitt Dudley Gunnels Hamilton Hines of Sumter Jones of ,Walker Logan Mann Mixon Phillips of Telfair Russell Swindle Watkins Weston Mr. Speaker Ayes 133, Nays 54. The roll call was verified. On the passage of the bill the .Ajyes were 133, Nays 54. The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. Mr. Moore of Fulton gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 592. By unanimous consent when the House adjourn it will stand adjourned until this afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock. Mr. McDonald of Richmond 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. AFTERNOON SESSION' 3 o'Clock P. M. The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. 972 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. The following bills of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees: By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Bill Ko. 998. A bill to appropriate additional money to State Board of Entomology. Referred to Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means. By Mr. Singletary of Grady- House Bill No. 999. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Cairo. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. By Mr. McDonald of Richmond- House Resolution No. 225 (998A). A resolution to establish library for Judge of Federal Court, Southern District. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary. 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 Chair- THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922. 973 man, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill No. 987. Senate Bill No. 84. CARL N. GuEss, Chairman. }Ir. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on :Municipal Corporations, submitted the following report: JJ; r. Speaker: Your Committee on ~lunicipal Corporations have had under consideration the following bill of the H'ouse and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pas' s: House Bill :No. 990. SMITH of 2\leriwether, Chairman. Mr. ;\Ioye of Randolph County, Chairman of the Committee on Counties and Count~- 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 report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: 974 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 995. House Bill No. 983. House Bill No. 972, as amended. House Bill No. 980. House Bill No. 997. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman. Mr. Ennis of Baldwin County, Chairman of the Committee on Georgia State Sanitarium, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on . Georgia State Sanitarium 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. 993. Respectfully submitted, ENNis of Baldwin, Chairman. The following message was received from the Senate, through :Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: The Senate has concurred in House amendments THURSDAY, AuGUST 10, 1922. 975 Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 9A and 1Q to Senate Bill No. 7, a bill known as the Australian Ballot Bill. The Senate has. disagreed to the House amendments Nos. 7 and 8 to abo~e bill. The President appoints as a Conference Committee on the part of the Senate: Messrs. Jones of 37th, Nix of 51st, and Jackson of 21st. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, tbe Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate bill, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 252. A bill to require the posting of rates in hotels and to place the inspection of hotels under the supervision of the State Board of Health. 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 Senate: Senate Bill No. 240. A bill to amend Section 2820 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910, relative to the increase of the capital stock of trust companies, b~~ providing that the capital stock of such companies 976 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, shall not be limited '.'to a sum not exceeding two million dollars.'' Senate Bill No. 250. A.bill relative to payment of poll taxes. By unanimous consent, the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the committees, were read for the second time: By Mr. Clifton of Lee- House Bill No. 972. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Lee County: By Mr. Bush of Lamar- House Bill No. 980. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for Lamar County. By Messrs. Dobbs and Gann of Cobb- House Bill :Ko. 983. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Cobb County. By Messrs. Harris and King of .Jefferson- House Bill Xo. ~)87. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Louisville. By Messrs. Atkinson, Hunter and Valentino of Chatham- House Bill No. 990. A bill to provide for precinct voting in Chatham County. THURSDAY, AuausT 10, 1922. 977 By i\lessrs. Ennis of Baldwin and Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 993. A bill to authorize Trustees of Georgia State Sanitarium to review commitments. By Messrs. Weaver of the 11th and Aiken of the . 4th- Senate Bill No. 84. A bill to permit all corporations incorporated by Secretary of State, except insurance, banking and trust companies, to increase capital stock. -The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage : By Mr. Swift of Elbert- House Resolution No. 160. A resolution appropriating money to pay expense of ){ansion Leasing Committee. The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Tatum of Dade as the Chairman thereof. The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 978 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, 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 Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Bloodworth Bobo Boswell Boyett Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Webster Collier Cowart Culpepper Davis of Floyd Da\is of Oglethorpe Dickerson Dobbs Dykes Ennis Ficklen Folsom Foy Franks Gann Macintyre Grant McMichael Gresham Maddox Griffin Malone Greene Mason Grovenstein Mayo Gunnels Miles Haddock }loore of Appling Hawkins Moore of Fulton Henderson ::\Ioye Herring Mundy Hodges Holland Neal of Union Owen Holloway Parks Horne Parrish Howard of Forsyth Patten Hullender Penland lfnnter Perryman Hyman Peterson Jones of Coweta PhillipR of Jasper Jones of Thomas Phillips of Telfair Johnson of Bartow Pilcher ,Johnson of Price Chattahoochee Pruett Johnson of Pickens Ramsey Keith Reville Kennedy Ricketson King of Jefferson Riley King of Wilcox Robinson Kittrell Russell Knight Rutherford Lankford of Toombs Salmon LPwis Sapp Logan Shettlesworth :\IcC l u r e Sibley McDonald of Mitchell Smith of Carroll :\IcDonald of Smith of Haralson Richmond Smith of ~'!eriwether :\IcGarity Steele THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922. 979 Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Wheeler Swift Tatum Thompson of Coweta Turner Tyson Valentino VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Way Webb Weston Whitaker of Lowndes Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Those voting in the negative were Messrs : Hillhouse Howard of Screven Luke Smith of Bryan Those not voting were Messrs : Adams of Newton Atkinson Bentley Blalock Boatwright Bowden Bowen Camp Clark of Colquitt Clifton Coates Collins Corbitt Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dixon DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Mixon Evans Nichols Fletcher Perkins Fowler Pickren Griffith Quincey Guess Reagan Hamilton Singletary Harris Smiley Hatcher of Burke Sumner of Johnson Hatcher of Muscogee Swindle Hines of Decatur Thompson of Dodge Hines of Sumter Trippe Houser Van Landingham Houston \:Vatkins Hufstetler Whitley Jackson Whitaker of Rockdale ,Jones of Walker Whitworth Langford of Hall Williams of Walton McClelland Wynne ~Iann lfr. Speaker ~ianning Ayes 141, Nays 4. By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 980 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 141, Xays 4. The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By 1\Ie.ssrs. Hamilton, Davis and Salmon of Floyd- House Bill No. 467. A bill to authorize the Insurance CommisRion to appoint an assistant fire inspector. The report 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, 1\ays :21. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was, passed. By Mr. Williams of 45thSenate Bill No. 270. A bill amending Code of 1910 relative to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of ferries over streams dividing one or more counties. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Xays 17. The bill having received the requisite eonstitutional majority was passed. Mr. ~fundy of Polk moved that when the House THURSDAY, AuausT 10, 1922. 981 adjourn it stand adjourned until to-night at 8 :00 o'clock. Mr. McMichael of Marion moved that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until to-morrow morning at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion was lost. The motion that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until to-morrow morning at 8 :30 o'clock was lost. The motion that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until to-night at 8:00 o'clock was lost. By Mr. Woodard of Cook- House Bill No. 869. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to the laying out and opening of public roads. The report 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 2. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Valentino of Chatham and Moore of Fulton- House Bill No. 569. A bill to amend Tax Act of 1921 as to bill boards. 982 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The following committee substitute was read and adopted: A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend the General Tax Act of 1921, providing annually in addition to the ad valorem tax on real and personal property as now required by law to levy and collect a tax for the support of the State Government and public institutions, approved August 15, 1921, by striking from the fourth paragraph of Section two of said Act all following the word "sold" appearing as the second word in the seventh line of said paragraph four of said Section two, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ''In each county where located, fifty cents a location.'' Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, paragraph four of section two of the General Tax Act approved August 15, 1921, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said section all appearing after the word ''sold'' the second word in the seventh line of said paragraph, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ''In each county where located, fifty cents for each location," so that when amended said section shall read: "4th. Advertising. Upon each person, firm or corporation conducting the busine!'ls of an advertis- THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922. 983 ing agency, using other means than billboards, $50.00; upon each person, firm or corporation conducting the business of advertising by signs painted, pasted or printed on bill boards or other places where space is leased, rented or sold, in each county where located, fifty cents for each location," and a location is defined to be 75 lineal feet or a fractional part thereof, and proviiled further that before painting or posting such locations or fractional part thereof it shall be the duty of the person or persons so advertising to register with the 10rdinary and Tax Collector of said county as required by hiw, and in case of any increase of advertising the Ordinary shall in each instance be notified as to the number of locations. Section 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 123, Nays 4. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute. Mr. McMichael of }!arion moved that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until to-morrow morning at 8 :30 o'clock. Mr. Wyatt of T'roup moved that the House do now adjourn, and the motion prevailed. .- 984 JOl:RxAL OF THE HorsE, Leave of absence was granted Mr. Langford of Hall. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9:00 o'clock. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 985 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AuGusT 11TH, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the reading of 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. King of Wilcox- House Bill No. 1000. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Abbeville. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By .Mr. King of WilcoxHouse Bill No. 1001. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Abbeville. Referred to Committee on Corporations. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 986 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Speaker: The Senate has concurred in House Amendments to the following Senate Bill: Senate Bill No. 253. A bill for the protection of furbearing animals in Georgia. The following message was receivd 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: House Bill No. 903. A bill to create a new charter for City of. Eastman. House Bill No. 857. A bill to amend the charter of City of Savannah. House Bill No. 888. A bill to fix salary of Treasurer of Pulaski County. House Bill No. 617. A bill to fix compensation of Jury Commissioners. House Bill No. 886. A bill to amend an Act to create Commissioners for Pulaski County. House Bill No. 934. A bill to fix salary of Solicitor of Augusta Circuit. House Bill No. 823. A bill to fix compensation for Bailiffs. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 987 House Bill No. 914. A bill granting authority to Mayor and Council of Sandersville. House Bill No. 906. A bill to amend charter of City of Washington. House Bill No. 884. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Morgan County. House Bill No. 758. A bill to amend charter of College Park, Georgia. The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the House, to-wit. House Resolution No. 204. A resolution for the election of more than one member of Board of Commissioners of Jones County. 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 Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the sam~ back to the House with the followingrecommendations: Senate Bill No. 278. Do pass as amnded. Senate Bill No. 280. Do not pass. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman. 988 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Turner of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on P:ublic 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 with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill No. 971. Senate Bill No. 216. TuRNER of Brooks, 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. 996. PICKRE~ of Charlton, Chairman. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 989 Mr. Hullender, of Catoosa, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report: 1llr. Speaker: Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed, and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and Resolutions of the House, to-wit: House Bill No. 886. An Act to amend Act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Pulaski County. House Bill No. 884. An Act to amend an Act creating Board of Commissioners for Morgan County. House Bill No. 906. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Washington. House Bill No. 914. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Sandersville. House Bill No. 934. An Act to amend Act fixing salary of Solicitor-General of Augusta Judicial circuit. House Resolution No. 204. A resolution for election of additional members of Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones County. House Bill No. 617. An Act to fix the compensation of Jury Commissianers in certain counties. 990 JOURNAL OF THE ,HOUSE, House Bill No. 823. An Act to fix compensation of bailiffs in certain courts. House Bill No. 888. An Act to amend an Act fixing salary of the Treasurer of Pulaski County. Respectfully submitted, HULLENDER of Catoosa, Chairman. The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the Committees, were read for the second time: By Messrs. Langford and Duncan of Hall- House Bill No. 971. A bill to regulate the running of automobiles and the use of cut-outs. By Mr. Braddy of GlascockHonse Bill No. 995. A bill to repeal an Act estab- lishing Commissioners for Glascock County. By Mr. McClelland of DeKalbHouse Bill No. 996. A bill to amend an Act creat- ing a new charter for the Town of Decatur. By Mr. Stone of J e:ff DavisHouse Bill No. 997. A bill to repeal an Act creat- ing a Board of Commissioners for J e:ff Davis County. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 991 By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd- Senate Bill No. 216. A bill to amend the Georgia Motor Vehicle Law. By Mr. Sheffield of the 9th- Senate Bill No. 278. A bill to amend Act creating Board of. Commissioners for Early County. The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Clifton of Lee- House Bill No. 972. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Lee. The following committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend House Bill No. 972 by striking therefrom the following paragraph: ''That said Board of Commissioners to be elected as provided herein, shall promptly elect a Chairman from their number, who shall be paid a salary of one Hundred dollars per annum, and the other four members of the Board shall be paid a salary of sixty dollars per annum; and a clerk shall be elected who shall be paid at the rate of three hundred dollars per year as his salary,'' and by inserting in lieu and instead thereof the following paragraph: 992 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, ''That the ballot to be used in the General Election in Lee County, in 1922, shall have a blank line thereon, preceded by the words ''For Chairman, County Commissioners,'' and the voters voting may write on their ballot the name of the candidate for County Commissioner in said election whom they desire to be Chairman of said Board of Roads and Revenues; and the candidate for County Commissioner who is elected Commissioner in said election, and who also receives the largest number of votes for Chairman in said election shall be Chairman of the Board of Roads and Revenues, as herein provided. That said Chairman shall devote his entire time, attention and service to Lee County and its affairs, as the agent of said Board of Roads and Revenues, and shall act as the purchasing agent of said Board of Roads and Revenues, and shall be paid a salary aij the rate of Eighteen Hundred ($1,800.00) dollars per year; provided, that said Chairman shall at all times be under the jurisdiction of, and be amenable to the said Board of Roads and Revenues. That the other four members of said Board of Roads and Revenues shall each be paid a salary of Sixty Dollars per annum; and a clerk shall be elected who shall be paid at the rate of Three Hundred Dollars per year as his salary." 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 119, Xays 0. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 993 . The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By Mr. Harris and King of Jefferson- House Bill No. 987. A bill to amend Act creating City Court of Louisville. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 132, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Atkinson, Valentino and Hunter of Chatham- House Bill No. 990. A bill to provide for precinct voting 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 130, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. McDonald, Pilcher and Reville of Richmond- House Bill No. 981. A bill to amend an Act to Sig. 32 99! Jot:R~AL OF THE HousE, establish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of Augusta 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 104, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Bowden and Blalock of Ware- House Bill No. 986. A bill to amend the charter of City of Waycross. The report 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. Bush of Lamar- House Bill No. 980. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for County of Lamar. The report 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. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 995 The bill having received. the requisite constitutional majority was passed.. By Mr. Quincy of Coffee- House Bill No. 984. A bill to amend the charter of the City 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 116, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite eonstitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Dobbs and Gann of Cobb- House Bill No. 983. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County. 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 117, Nays 0. The bill having reeeived the requisite constitu. tional majority was passed. By Mr. Davis of 23rd- Senate Bill No. 291. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Houston County. 996 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. Davison of 23rd- Senate Bill No. 294. A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners of Houston County. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 119, 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. Manson of 35thSenate Bill No. 240. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to increase of capital stock of trust companies. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Messrs Thorpe of 2nd and Foy of 1stSenate Bill No. 250. A bill relating to the pay went of poll taxes. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 997 Referred to Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. By Mr. Fleming of lOth- Senate Bill No. 252. A bill to require the posting of rates in all hotels and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was withdrawn from the Committee, read the second time, and recommitted: By Mr. Hutchens of 38th- Senate Bill No. 308. A bill to amend an Act amending an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Haralson County. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 994 was withdrawn from the Committee on Special Judiciary and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2. Mr. Holloway of Fulton moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 592 and the motion prevailea. 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 Senate Bills, to-wit. 998 J ouR:NAL OF THE HousE, Senate Bill No. 320. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Crawfordville. Senate Bill No. 304. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Valdosta so as to provide for a public amusement park. The following bills of the House and Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Valentino of Chatham- House Bill No. 171. A bill to amend and Act to establish a permanent Board of Education for the City of Savannah and for other purposes. The following substitute was read and adopted: By Mr. Valentino of Chatham- AN ACT To be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a permanent Board of Education for the City of Savannah and to incorporate the same, and for other purposes'' approved March 21, 7866; and also t'o amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a permanent Board of Education for the City of Savannah and to incorporate the same and for other purposes, approved March 21, 1866, and to change the name and extend the authority and powers of the said Board, and for other purposes,'' approved December 18, 186&, and for other purposes. FRIDAY, AuG"L"ST 11, 1922. 999 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 several Acts approved March 21, 1866, and December 18, 1866, creating the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and County of Chatham are hereby amended by adding thereto the following: The entire membership of said Board, except the Massie School Commissioners, shall be subject to election by the qualified voters of said County. They shall be elected from the County at large and such election shali be held under the provisions of the General Laws governing County elections, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Section 2. The candidates in number equal to the number or members to be chosen, who have the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected. If. at any election, a member is to be chosen to fill a vacancy and to serve out an une:A.rpired term, candidate may be chosen as above provided, but the~ shall, in all cases, be designated on the ballots as candidates to fill a vacancy and the date of the unexpired term shall be stated. Section 3. On the first day of January 1923, the term of office of the three members of the-permanent Board who were last elected shall cease and terminate. On January 1, 1925, the term of office of the three members of the permanent Board then serving 1000 J oeRNAL oF THE HousE, and who were last elected shall terminate. On January 1, 1927, the term of office of the remaining members of the permanent Board shall terminate. At the general election occurring in the month of November 1922, three members of the Board of Education shall be elected to fill the offices of members whose term of office terminates, January 1, 1923, they shall hold office for a term of six years. At the general election in 1924 three additional members shall be elected to hold the offices of those members whose term of office terminates January 1, 1925, and at the general election in 1926, three members shall be elected to hold the office of those members whose term of office terminates January 1, 1927. Each of the members so elected shall hold office for a term of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter every two years at regular election. Three members of the Board shall be elected to fill the office of those members whose term of office expires the following January. Section 4. Any vacancy in said Board from whatever cause ocurring, shall be temporarily filled by the other members of the Board as soon as practicable after vacancy occurs. The member so chosen shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified, which successor must be elected at next regular election. Section 5. No person shall be eligible to the office of member of the Board of Education, who has I FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1922. 1001 not attained the age of thirty years, or who is not the owner of real estate in Chatham County, and who is not a citizen of and bona fide resident of Chatham County, for three years preceding his election; or who holds or discharges office, deputyship, or agency, under the City or County, or under the State of Georgia, or any department thereof, or under the United States, or any foreign government, except that of Notary Public, or Militia Officer of Georgia. No person shall be eligible to this office who is directly or indireptly interested in an~ contract with the Board, or whose father, son, brother, wife, daughter, mother, or sister, is employed in any capacity by such Board, or in any of the Public Schools, or who is directly or indirectly interested in the sale to the Board of books, stationery, or other prop. erty. If he shall after election become a candidate for any office or agency, or for the nomination thereto, the holding and discharging of which would have rendered him ineligible before ele.ction, or if he shall move out of the County, or shall do ~r incur anything which would have rendered him ineligible for election, or if any of his relatives above specified be employed by the Board, his office shall, by order of the said Board be declared vacant, and shall be :filled as directed. Section 6. This Act shall not go into effect until it shall have been adopted at a special election to be called and held not more than thirty days after 1002 Jo-uRNAL OF THE HousE, the passage of this bill and it shall be the duties of the County Commissioners to call such an election. Notice of said election to be given by County for the four weeks preceding the election by advertisement, once a week in any daily newspaper published in the City of Savannah. Section 7. All laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith 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 117, Xays 8. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By :Mr. Whitworth of Madison- House Bill No. 515. A bill to amend Code of 1910, relative to the foreclosure of Chattel Mortgages before due. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of, the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 93, Nays 29. The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 1003 By Messrs. Moye o;f Ran.dy Dykes Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Gunnels Haddock Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of :Muscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Sumter Holland Holloway Houser Houston Hufstetler Hullender ll.Ut)ter 1004 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Jones of Coweta Neal of l'nion Jones of Thomas Owen Johnson of Bartow Parks Johnson of Penland Chattahoochee Phillips of Jasper Keith Phillips of Telfair Kennedy Price King of Jefferson Pruett ,King of Wilcox Ram~ey Lankford of Toombs Rt>ville McDonald of Riley Richmond Robinson McGarity Russell :Macintyre Sapp Malone Shettlesworth l\Iann Sihley Mason Smiley :\loore of Fulton Smith of Bryan Moy, Smith of Carroll Mundy Smith of Meriwether Stovall Strickland Sumner of Wheeler Tatum Tripp!' Turner Valentino Van Landingham Vocelle \\"alker Wall Way Webb \Veston \Yilliam~ of ~Iiller \Yilliam~ ,of Walton \Yin~hip \Voodard Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Arnold Atkinson 'Baldwin Bleck ley Branch Brown of Emanuel "Byrd of Crisp Carswell Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Coati'S Corbitt Cowart Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe Dickerson DuBose Duncan' of Hall Ennis Evan~ Ficklen Folsom Foy Guess Hines of Decatur Hodges Howard of Forsyth Howard of Screven H~man Jal'kson JonP~ of Walker Johnson of Pickens Kittrell / Knight Le"i:-~ Logan Luke :\IcCielland :\ll'llure McDonald of :\Iitchell :\IcMichael Maddox Manning Miles :\Ioore of Appling Parrish Patten Perryman PPtcrson Pickren Pilcher Ricketson Rutherford Salmon Singletary Smith of Haralson Steele Sumner of .Johnson Swindle Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Tyson FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. VanZant Watkins Whitley lVhitaker of Lowndes \Yhitaker of Rockdale Wood \Yhitworth Worthy Williams of Harris Wyatt Wimberly Wynne 1005 Those not voting were Messrs : Boatwright Bowen Daniel of Heard Dixon Duncan of Dawson Fletcher Fowler Hamilton Horne Langford of Hall ~Mayo ~Iixon Nichols Perkins Quincey Reagan Stone Swift ~lr. Speaker The roll call was verified. On tlt'e passage of the bill the Ayes were 113, Nays 75. The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. Mr. Moye, of Randolph, gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 213. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Messrs Penland, of Gilmer, Dobbs and Gann of Cobb, Atlcinson qf Chatham, and Arnold of Clay- A RESOLUTION House Resolution No. 226. Whereas, The esteemed representative from Cherokee, Hon. John W. Collins, has deserted the noble 1006 J OL"RXAL OF THE HousE, fraternity of bachelorhood, and been fortunate enough to discover a champion to aid him in entry into the ranks of the benedicts, therefore Be it resolm-:d by the House, That the membership of this body extend to the newly married couple its warmest and most cordial wishes for many years of happiness. Mr. Mundy, of Polk, moved that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and the motion prevailed. The Speaker appointed the following committee, on the part of the House, as conference committee on Senate Bill No. 7: Messrs. Hyman of Washington Davis of Oglethorpe Knight of Berrien. By Mr. Davison of 23rd- To be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified electors of this State an amendment to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, as amended by the ratification of the qualified electors of this State of the several Acts approved, respectively, on July 19, 1904, July 31, 1906, July 30, 1912, August 14, 1912, July 7, 1914, July 27, 1914, August 11, 1914, August 15, 1917, August 21, 1917, July 30, 1918, August 11, 1919, July 8, 1920, and August 14, 1920, and for other purposes. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1922. 1007 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the following amendment is hereby proposed to Paragraph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, as amended by the ratification of the qualified voters of said State, of the several Acts approved, respectively, on July 19, 1904, July 31, 1906, July 30, 1912, August 14, 1912, July 7, 1914, July 27, 1914, August 11, 1914, August 15, 1917, August 21, 1917, July 30, 1918, August .11, 1919, July 8, 1920, and August 14, 1920, to-wit: By Adding to said paragraph the following language: . ''Provided, however, that in addition to the Counties now provided for by this Constitution there shall be a new County laid out and created from the territory now comprising Houston and Macon Counties, to be made up and composed of all that part of the territory of Houston and Macon Counties described and contained with boundaries as follows: ''Beginning at the point where the Counties of Bibb, Houston and Crawford corner; running thence along the line between the Counties of Houston and Crawford, to the point where the Counties of Houston, Crawford and Macon corner; thence in a Southwesterly direction along the line between the Counties of Crawford and Macon, to the middle of the run of Flint River; thence in a southerly direction, 1008 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, down the middle of the run of Flint River to the Southern line of fractional lot No. 149 in the Eighth District of Macon. County; thence East, along the Southern line of lots Nos. 149, 140, 11.7, 108, 85, 76, 53, 44 and 21 in the Eighth District of Macon County to the Southwest corner of lot No. 12 in the Eighth District of Macon County; thence South, along the Western line of lot Ko. 13 in the Eighth District of Macon County, to the Southwest corner of said lot No. 13 in the Eighth District of Macon County; thence East, along the Southern line of said lot No. 13 in the Eighth District of Macon County, to the Southwest corner of lot No. 253 in the Ninth District of Macon County; thence South along the \Vestern line of lots Nos. 254, 255 and 256 in the Ninth District of Macon County, and the Western line of lots Nos. 1, 32, 33, 64 and 65 in the Fourteenth District of Macon County to the Southwest corner of said lot No. 65; thence East, along the Sout~ern line of lots Nos. 65, 66 and 67 in the Fourteenth District of Macon County tp the Southwest corner of lot No. 68 in the Fourteenth District of Macon County; thence South, along the Western line of lot No. 93 in the Fourteenth District of Macon County to the So-qthwest corner of lot No. 93 in the Fourteenth Di~:~trict of Macon County; thence East along the Southern line of lots Nos. 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, and 88 in the Fourteenth District of Macon County to the Southwest corner of lot No. 87 in the Fourteenth District of Houston County; thence continuing East along the Southern line of FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 1009 lots Nos. 87, 86, 85 and 84 in the Fourteenth District of Houston County to the Southwest corner of lot .No. 83 in the Fourteenth District of Houston County; thence North along the Western lip.e of lots Nos. 83, 78, 51, 46, 19, and 14 in the Fourteenth District of Houston County to the Southwest corner of lot .No. 33 in the Ninth District of Houston County; thence North along the Western line of lots Nos. 33 and 34 in the Ninth District of Houston County to the Southwest corner of lot No. 35 in the Ninth District of Houston County; thence East the entire length of the South line of said lot No. 35; thence North the entire length of the East line of said lot No. 35; thence East the entire length of the South line lot No. 29; thence North the entire length of the East line of lot No. 29; thence East the entire length of the Southern line of lot No. 5 (said lots Nos. 35, 29 and 5 being in the Ninth District of Houston County) to the line between the Ninth and Tenth Land Districts of Houston County; thence North along said District line to the Southwest corner of lot No. 11 in said Tenth District; thence Eas the entire length of the Southern line of lot No. 11; thence East the entire length of the Southern line of lot No. 23; thence North the entire length of the Eastern line of lot No. 23; thence East the entire length of the Southern line of lot No. 41; thence North the entire length of the Eastern line of lot No. 41; thence East the entire length of the Southern line of lot No. 57; thence North the entire length of the Eastern line of lot No. 57; thence East the entire 1010 .JoL"RXAL OF THE HousE, length of the Southern line of lot No. 71; thence North the entire length of the Eastern line of lot No. 71; thence East the entire length of the Southern line of lot Xo. 91; thence Korth the entire length of the Eastern line of lot Xo. 91; thence East the entire length of the Southern liue of lot No. 101; thence Xorth the entire length of the J<_Jastern line of lot No. 101, thence East the entire length of the Southern line of lot Xo. 125; thnce North the entire length of the East ern l~ne of lot No. 1215; thence East the entire length of the Southern line of lot No. 131; thence North the entire length of the Eastern line of lot No. 131; thence East the entire length of the Southern line of lot No. 159; thence North the entire length of the Eastern line of lot No. 159; thence East the entire length of the Southern line of lot Ko. 161; thence Xorth the entire length of the Eastern line of lot Xo. 161 (said lots Nos. 11, 23, 41, 57, 71, 91, 101, 125, 131, 159 and 161 being in the Tenth District of Houston County) to the Southwest corner of lot No. 144 in the Fifth District of Hous- ton County, thence North along the Western line of lots Nos. 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153 and 154 to the line between Houston and Bibb Counties; thence westerly, along the line between the Counties of Houston and Bibb, to the point where the Counties of Houston, Bibb and Crawford corner, the same being the point or place of beginning.'' '' Th~t the said new County shall be known as the FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 1011 County of Peach and the City of Fort Valley shall be the County Site of the same. ''That, irrespective of other provisions of this Constitution said County of Peach shall, upon its creation, be entitled to one Representative in the House of Representatives of this State, and said County of Peach shall be entitled to one Representative in the House of Representatives of Georgia until the apportionment shall be changed 'by law, in ac- cordance with the provisions of this Constitution. "That the said County of Peach shall be attached to the Same Congressional District and to the same Judicial Circuit, and to the same State Senatorial District as those to which the County of Houston is attached at the date of the ratification of this amendment. ''That all legal voters residing in the limits of the County of Peach entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia, shall, on the first Wednesday in January following the ratification of this proposed amendment, elect a Represenative in the House of Representatives of this State, and Ordinary, a Clerk of the Superior Court, a Sheriff, a Coroner, a Tax CollectQr, a Tax Receiver, a County Treasurer and a County Surveyor. Said special election shall be held at the several election precincts existing within the limits of said Peach County at the time of the adoption of this proposed amendment and the Ordinary of Houston County shall appoint election managers for such 1012 Jo"CRXAL oF THE HousE, election precincts as may be located in Houston County at the time of the adoption of this proposed amendment; and the Ordinary of Macon County shall appoint election managers for such precincts as may be located in Macon County at the time of the adoption of this proposed amendment. On the day succeeding the holding of said election the election managers shall meet at the Council Chamber of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Fort Valley and consolidate the vote for the officers named; and the general laws of this State now in force as to elections, consolidation of the votes, the return of the election and the commission of officers shall be applicable to the officers elected at the election herein provided for. The officers elected at said election and the Representative in the House of Representatives shall hold their offices until the next General Election for such officers throughout the State and until their successors are elected and qualified. The General Assembly is hereby given power to create any additional statutory offices in said County or statutory courts, therein, and to provide for filling said offices. Any vacancies that may occur before the next General Election after the elections as herein provided may be filled in the same manner as such vacancies are now filled under the law. The Justices of the Peace and the Constables residing in the territory included within the limits of the said County of Peach shall exercise the duties and powers of their offices until new militia districts are laid out in said County FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1922. 1013 of Peach as now provided by law, and Justices of the Peace and Constables therefor elected. ''That the Superior Courts of said Peach County shall be held on the :first Monday in March and the :first Monday in September of each year. ''That the Congressional and Senatorial Districts, the Judicial Circuit to which said Peach County is attached, the times of holding the terms of the Superior Court, and the limits of the County shall be as designated above until changed by law. ''Provided, that the laws applicable to the organization of counties as found in Sections 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code of 1910 of Georgia, and in any other Acts or Sections having applicability, are hereby made applicable to said County of Peach, whenever the same may be created by the proposed amendment to the Constitution, and that said County, when created, shall become a statutory County and shall be subject at all times to all laws applicable to all other counties of this State. "That the property of all tax payers included within the limits of the said Peach County as herein above designated is hereby made ratably chargeable with any debt that may have been incurred by either of the. counties from which the territory included in the new County of Peach is taken by the legally constituted authorities of the counties for the purpose of raising revenues for the benefit of either of said counties, whether the said debt is a bonded debt or 1014 J o-vRNAL oF THE HousE, one which has been incurred for the benefit in any way of either of said counties. The value of the taxable property included within the limits of the said County of Peach at the time of the adoption of this amendment to the Constitution in proportion to the value of the property in the counties for which the said County of Peach is taken shall determine the proportionate amount of the indebtedness which shall be borne by the property of the tax payers located within the 'limits of said proposed new county. ''Authority is hereby given to the Ordinary of the said County of Peach and to the officers of the counties from which said territory is taken who are charged with the management of the business of said counties to settle and agree upon an amount of the said indebtedness that shall be assessed against and paid by the said County of Peach; and it is hereby made the duty of the Ordinary of the said County of Peach when the amount of said indebtedness with which the said County of Peach is chargeable is so ascertained to cause a tax to be levied upon all of the property within the limits of the said County of each sufficient to pay off and discharge the proportionate part of the indebtedness due b~ the said Peach County. "In the event of the failure or refusal of the Or-. dinary of Peach County to levy such tax, it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Circuit to which the said County of Peach is at- FRmw, AuausT 11, 1922. 1015 tached to compel the Ordinary of the said Peach County to perform the duty herein required of him. In the event of the failure of the authorities of the counties from which the said Peach County is created and the Ordinary of the said Peach County to ascertain and agree upon the amount of said indebtness, then either of said counties may bring a suit against the said County of Peach in the Superior Court of said County of Peach for the purposes of having the proportion of said debt so assumed by the said County of Peach ascertained; and the said Superior Court is hereby given power to enforce whatever judgment may be had as the result of such trial by compelling the Ordinary of said Peach County to levy a tax sufficient for the payment of the indebtedness found to be due by the County of Peach; cause the same to be collected and paid to the constituted authorities of the County or Counties from which said Peach County is created entitled to receive the same. ''It is especially provided that all ad valorem and special taxes and all other revenues realized for the year in which this amendment is adopted or ratified by the qualified voters of this State shall be applied to any indebtedness, except bonded indebtedness, due and owing by either of the counties from which the said Peach County is created; it being the purpose of this provision to fix the basis of settlement between the counties involved upon their financial condition on the 31st day of December next following the ratification of this amendment.'' 1016 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that whenever the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed upon by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly and the same has been entered on their Journals, with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, the Governor shall be, and he is, hereby authorized and instructed to cause the above proposed amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District of this State, for the period of two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election, and the Governor is further authorized and directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after such publication, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words ''For amendment to the Constitution creating the County of Peach;" and all persons voting at said election against the adoption of the said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words ''Against the amendment to the Constitution creating the County of Peach.'' If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon ... FRIDAY, AuGusT 11, 1922. 1017 shall vote for the ratification of said proposed amendment, then the Governor shall, when he ascer- tains the same from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns of said election shall be referred in the manner as iu cases of elections for members of the General Assembly to count and ascertain results, issue his proclamation for one insertion in one daily paper of this State, announcing such results, and declaring the amendment ratified. 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. By unanimous consent the main question was ordered. The report of the committee, which was unfavor. able to the passage of the bill, had been disagreed to. The bill involving a constitutional amendment the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: Those Yotin in the affirmatin' were 1\Iessrs: Adams of Newton Adam.~ of ""alton Anderson Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boswell Bowden Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of HancO<'k Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Can l'ar~well Clark of Colquitt Clark of \Yebster ('Iifton Collins { 'orhitt Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Dads of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon DuBose Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Enni" Fletcher . 1018 JouRNAL oF THE H;:YJSE, Fowler ~IcDonald of Singl<'tary Franks Richmond Smiley Grant ~!<'Garity Smith of Bryan Gresham :\lacIntyre Smith of Carroll Griffith :\Ic1Iichael Smith of Haralson Harris Maddox Stri<'kland Hatcher of Burke ~!alone Sumner of Johnson Hawkins ~fanning Sumner of \Vheeler Henderson ~lason Swindle Hines of Decatur Miles Tatum Hine~ of Sumter ~Iixon Thomp~on of Coweta Hodges :\Ioore of Appling Thompson of Dodge Horne ~Iundy Tripp Houser Xeal of Union Turner Howard of Fonyth Ni(hob Yalentino Howard of Henwn Owen Yan Landingham Hufstetler Parrish Yan Zant Hullender Patten \Yall Hunter PPnland \Ya~ Hyman Peterson \Yehh Jackson Phillips of Jasper \Y,.ston Jones of Coweta Phillips of Telfair \Yhitley Jones of Thomas Pickren \Vhitaker of Lowndes Jones of \Valker Pile her \Yhitaker of Rockdale Johnson of Price \Vhitworth Chattahoochee Pruett \\'illiams of Miller Johnson of Pickens RanH;Py \\'illiams of Walton King of Wilcox RPdlle \Yimberly Kittrell Russell Winship Lankford of Toombs Salmon \\._Iard Logan Sapp Wyatt Luke Shettlesworth Wynne :McDonald of ~Iitehell Sihley Those voting in the negative were ~fessrs: Arnold Bowen Boyett Bozeman Brown of Emanuel Childs Coates Daniel of Troup Dobbs Dykes Evans Folsom Foy Gann Griffin Greene Grovenstein Haddock Hatcher of Muscogee HE'rring Hillhouse Holland Holloway Johnson of Bartow Keith Kennedy King of Jefferson Knight Lewis McClure Mayo :Moye Parks Perryman FRIDAY, AuausT 11, 1922. 1019 Ricketson Riley Robinson Rutherford Smith of :Meriwether Steele Stomll Tyson Vocelle \Yalker Watkins Williams of Harris \Vood \Vorthy Those not Yoting- were :Messrs: Bird of Taliaferro Boatwright Bobo Camp Collier Dudley Ficklen Guess Gunnels Hamilton Houston Langford of Hall )lcClelland .\Iann The roll call was verified. .\Ioore of Fulton Perkins Quincey Reagan Stone Swift .\Ir. Speaker On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 138, Nays 48. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majorit~ was ,passed. Mr. Valentino, of Chatham, 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. AFTERNOON SESSION' 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. 1020 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The following Bills and Resolutions of the Houee were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees: By Messrs. Howard and Evans of ScrevenHouse Bill No. 1002. A bill to repeal an Act es- tablishing system of public schools for Sylvania. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Russell of BarrowHouse Bill No. 1003. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Carl. Referret1 to Committee on ~Iunicip.al Government. By Mr. Jones of Walker- House Bill No. 1004. A bill to amend Section 755 of Penal Code relative to definition of cruelty. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. Clatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. 8pPakr>r: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House Bill by substitute, to-wit: House Bill No. 894. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Marietta. FRIDAY, AuausT 11, 1922. 1021 The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House Bills, to-wit: House Bill No. 918. A bill to change the terms of the Wilcox Superior Court. House Bill No. 782. A bill to create a new Charter for the City of Gainesville. House Bill No. 902. A bill to amend an Act establishing a Board of Roads and Revenues for County of Habersham. House Bill No. 900. A bill to repeal certain Acts relative to holding legal sales in County of Muscogee. House Bill No. 898. A bill to amend Charter of City of Thomasville. House Bill No. 960. A bill to amend an Act fixing the salary of the Treasurer of Franklin County. House Bill No. 939. A bill to require the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Candler County to publish a quarterly report of expenditures. House Bill No. 835. A bill to repeal present Charter of Cordele. House Bill No. 597. A bill to make tax collectors of counties having a certain population ex-officio sheriffs. House Bill No. 924. A bill to repeal an Act amending the Charter of the City of Cordele. 1022 J orRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 919. A bill to repeal an Act creating Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilcox County. House Bill No. 928. A bill to amend an Act to authorize the establishment of a public school system in Town of Hazelhurst. House Bill No. 941. A bill to create the office of Roads and Revenues in the County of Jeff Davis. House Bill No. 917. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners for Wilcox County. House Bill No. 876. A bill to amend an Act known as the "Tatnall Board of Commissioners created." House Bill No. 887. A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for City of Hawkinsville. House Bill No. 929. A bill to fix the terms of the Superior Court of Jeff Davis County. House Bill No. 955. A bill to change the name of the ''Town of Decatur'' to tlw ''Cit!' of Decatur.'' House Bill No. 880. A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the City of Jeffersonville. House Bill No. 911. A bill to amend the Charter of Nicholls, Coffee ( ounty, Georgia. House Bill No. 842. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Mason. House Bill No. 908. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Quitman, Georgia. FRJDAY, AGGUST 11, 1922. 1023 House Bill No. 912. A bill to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the Town of Rockledge. House Bill No. 897. A bill to amend the Chart~r of the City of East Point. House Bill No. 950 (912). A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act relative to the City of Rockledge. House Bill No. 722. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Augusta. House Bill No. 877. A bill to amend an Act known as the Tatnall Road Law adopted. House Bill No. 896. A bill to amend the Charter of East Point. House Bill No. 915. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Adair. House Bill No. 935. A bill to amend the Act creating the Board of Commissioners for Atkinson County. House Bill No. 871. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Augusta. House Bill No. 850. A bill to amend an Act creating and incorporating the City of Blackshear. The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following Senate Bill, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 38. A bill to provide a uniform County Commissioners Law for certain counties. 1024 JouRXAL OF THE HousE, 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 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. 848. Do pass as amended. MooRE 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 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. 286. GuEss, of beKalb, Chairman. Mr. DuBose, of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means submitted the following report: FRIDAY, AuausT 11, 1922. 1025 M-r. 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 the recommendations as follows: House Bill No. 732. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 784. Do pass. House Bill No. 839. Do pass. House Bill No. 788. Do pass. House Bill No. 102. Do pass. House Bill No. 998. Do pass. House Bill No. 753. Do pass. House Bill No. 651. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 717. Do pass. House Resolution No. 221. Do pass. House Resolution No. 209. Do pass. House Resolution No. 129. Do pass as amended. House Bill No. 220. Do pass as amended. Your Chairman is instructed by the Committee to report to the House that a number of bills have not been considered by the Committee for lack of time, due to the fact that the Committee has been waiting on the House to pass such revenue measures as would warrant the consideration of many matters. Sig. 33 Respectfully submitted, DuBosE, of Clark, Chairman. 1026 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, 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 recommendation as follows: Senate Bill No. 195. Do not pass. House Bill No. 975. Do pass. House Bill No. 976. Do pass. House Bill No. 977. Do pass. House Bill No. 978. Do pass. House Bill No. 979. Do pass. Respectfully submitted, JoHN CAMP DAvrs, of Floyd, Chairman. Mr. Walter R. 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. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 1027 House Bill No. 999. House Resolution No. 225 (998-A). MeDoNALD, of Richmond, 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 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. 882. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman. The following Bills and Resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the Committees, were read for the second time: By Mr. Henderson of White- House Resolution No. 129 (606-B) A resolution to pay the old class pensioners for 1922. By Mr. Webb of LowndesHouse Resolution No. 209 (912-A). A resolution 1028 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, to appropriate money to pay L. M. Stanfield for certain purposes. By .Mr. Russell of Bartow- House Resolution No. 221 (993-A). A resolution providing for payment of Joint Committee on Board of Regents Bill. By Mr. McDonald of Richmond- House Resolution No. 22~ (998-A). A resolution to establish a library for the Judge of the Federal Court, Southern District. By ~lr. Beckham of Dougherty- House Resolution No. 102. A resolution appropriating money to State Negro School at Albany. By Mr. Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 651. A bill to appropriate money to Georgia Training School for Girls. By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinHouse Bill X o. 717. A bill to appropriate money to State Sanitarium for cold storage plant. By Messrs. Hines and Riley of SumterHouse Bill No. 732. A bill to appropriate money to Third District A. & M. School. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 1029 By Mr. Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 753. A bill to appropriate money for Hygiene and Sanitation in this State. By Messrs. Grant of Habersham, and Bleckley of Rabun- House Bill No. 784. A bill to appropriate money to Ninth District A. & M. School. By Mr. Pruett of Lumpkin- House Bill No. 788. A bill to appropriate money to N. G. A. C. at Dahlonega. By Messrs. DuBose and Dudley of Clarke- House Bill No. 839. A bill to appropriate money to the University of Georgia. By Mr. Bush of LamarHouse Bill No. 848. A bill to create Board of Edu- cation for Lamar County. By Messrs. DeLaPerriere and Swindle of JacksonHouse Bill No. 882. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer for Jackson County. By Mr. Mundy of PolkHouse Bill No. 975. A bill to amend section 3033 of Code of 1910 relative to testamentary guardian. 1030 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Bill No. 976. A bill to amend Section 3032 of Code of 1910 relative to natural guardian. By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Bill No. 977. A bill to repeal Section 4464 of Code of 1910, relative to relations of husband and wife. By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Bill No. 978. A bill to amend Section 3037 of Code of 1910, relative to guardians for minors. By Mr. Mundy of Polk- House Bill No. 979. A bill to amend Section 4467 of Code of 1910, relative to spirituous liquors. By Mr. Mundy of PolkHouse Bill No. 998. A bill to appropriate money to State Board of Entomology. By Mr. Singletary of GradyHouse Bill No. 999. A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Cairo. By .Mr. Manson of the 35thSenate Bill No. 286. A bill to amend an Act carry- ing into effect amendment to constitution, relative to Justice courts in City of Atlanta. FRIDAY, AuGUST 11, 1922. 1031 The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the Committees: By Mr. Golucke of 19thSenate Bill No. 320. A bill to amend- the charter of the City of Crawfordville. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Jones of 6thSenate Bill No. 304. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Valdosta. Referred to Committee Oll Municipal Government. By Mr. Ellis of 47th- Senate Bill No. 38. A bill to provide a uniform County Commissioner's Law. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 762. A bill to amend an Act creating the Municipal Court of Atlanta. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. ... '._ 1032 J o-c-RNAL OF THE HousE, On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 104, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional maj ShettJe,worth .\Ic.\lichael Sibley }!aridox Singletary .\Ial,me Smiley :II ann Hmith of Bryan .\Ianning Smith of Carroll .\Jason Smith of Harabon Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone StO\a!l Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of VVheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge TrippP Turner Tyson Valentino ''an Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way VVebb "'""ton Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of .\.Iiller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship "'ood 'Yoodard \\orthy Wyatt Wynne .\Ir. Speaker The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read. MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 1041 Mr. Pickren, of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations submitted the following report: Jh-. Speaker: Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill No. 1000. House Bill No. 1001. House Bill No. 1002. Senate Bill No. 320. PicKREN, of Cliarlton, Chairman. ~Ir. walter R. McDonald, of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary submitted the following report: Jl r. 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. 209. Senate Bill No. 221. MeDoNALD, of Richmond, Chairman. 1042 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Smith, of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government submitted the following report: iU r. Speaker: Your Committee on Municipal. Government 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. 1003. SMITH, of Meriwether, Chairman. Mr. Hullender, of Catoosa, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, delivered the following report: Jlr. SpPaker: 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. 928. An Act to amend an Act . establishing system of public schools in Hazelhurst. House Bill No. 919. An Act to repeal an Act ereating Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of \Vilcox county. House Bill No. 912. An Act. to amend an Act creating new charter for Town of Rockledge. MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 1043 House Bill No. 960. An Act to amend an Act fixing salary of Treasurer of Franklin County. House Bill No. 782. An Act t~ amend by substitution Act incorporating the City of Gainesville. House Bill No. 939. An Act requiring certain duties of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Candler county. House Bill No. 597. An Act to repeal Act to make tax collectors of certain Counties Ex-officio Sheriffs. House Bill No. 908. An Act to amend an Act establishing City Court of Quitman. House Bill No. 918. An Act to change the terms of Wilcox Superior Court. House Bill No. 850. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Blackshear. House Bill No. 941. An Act to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jeff Davis County. House Bill No. 911. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Nicholls. House Bill No. 758. An Act to amend the charter of the City of College Park. House Bill No. 935. An Act to amend the Act creating Board of Commissioners for Atkinson County. House Bill No. 887. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Hawkinsville. 1044 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 876. An Act to amend an Act known as the Tattnall Board of Commissioners. House Bill No. 842. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Macon. House Bill No. 9115. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Adrian. House Bill ~o. 896. An Act to amend the charter of the City of East Point, relative to civil service and police department. House Bill No. 871. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Augusta, relative to Board of Health. House Bill ~o. 897. An Act to amend the charter of the city of East Point. House Bill No. 955. An Act to change the name of the town of Decatur to city of Decatur. House Bill No. 835. An Act to establish a new charter for the city of Cordele. House Bill No. 898. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Thomasville. House Bill No. 880. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Jeffersonville. House Bill No. 929. An Act to fix the terms of the Superior Court of Jeff Davis County. House Bill No. 950. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Blue Ridge. House Bill Ko. 877. An Act to amend the Tattnall Road Law. MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 10~5 House Bill No. 933. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Eastman. House Bill No. 917. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners for th.e Count.y of Wilcox. House Bill No. 900. An Act to repeal Acts relative to holding legal sales in Muscogee County. House Bill No. 902. An Act to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Habersham and Lowndes. House Bill 1\o. 924. An Ad to repeal an Act amending the charter of the City of Cordele G.eorgia. House Bill 1\o. 722. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Augusta. Respectfully submitted, HuLLENDER of Cato~sa, Chairmau. The following message was receiYed from tlw 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: House Bill 1\o. 260. A bill to change the name of the Railroad Commission to the Georgia Public Service Commission. 1046 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The Senate has also passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 303. A bill to amend Act creating new charter for City of Tifton. Senate Bill No. 269. A bill for the protection of Game Animals. The following bills of the House and Senate favorably reported by the committees, were read for the second time. By 1\fr, King of Wilcox- House Bill No. 1000. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Abbeville. By Mr. King of Wilcox- House Bill 1\o: 1001. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Abbeville. By Messrs. Howard and Evans of ScrevenHouse Bill No. 1002. A bill to repeal an Act establishing a system of public schools for Sylvania. By Mr. Russell of Barrow: House Bill No. 1003. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Carl. By Mr. Snow of the 7thSenate Bill No. 209. A bill to repeal an Act abolishing fee system of Southern Judicial Circuit. MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 104-7 By Mr. Snow of the 7th- Senate Bill No. 221. . A bill to abolish the fee system in Southern Judicial Circuit, relative to office of Solicitor-General. By Mr. Goluke of the 19th- Senate Bill No. 320. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Crawfordville. The following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage : By unanimous consent all uncontested local bills passed at toda~'s session were ordered immediatelJ transmitted to the Senate. By Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis- House Bill No. 997. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jeff Davis. The report 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 Messrs. DeLaPerriere and Swindle of Jackson- House Bill No. 882. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Jackson County. 1048. 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 109, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional ri:tajo,rity was 1passed. By 1\Ir. Bush of Lamar- House Bill No. 848. A bill to create a Board of Education of Lamar 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 108, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By :Mr. Singletary of Grady- House Bill No. 999. A bill to amend an Act to create City Court of Cairo. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, ~was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 0. The bill having re<'eived the requisite constitutional majority wa.s passed. MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 1049 By Mr. McClelland of DeKalb- House Bill No. 996. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the Town of Decatur. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 110, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Bradley of Glascock- Honse Bill No. 995. A bill to repeal an Act to establish a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Glascock. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 111, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Sheffield of 9th- Senate Bill No. 278. A bill to amend an Act relating to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Early County. The following committee amendment was read and adopted: 1050 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Amend by striking figures '' $2.00'' in second line Section 24, and insert in lieu therof '' $3.00. '' Amend by striking all that portion of Section 2C down to the word ''all'' in fourth line, having only the repealing clause in said Section. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitu- tional majority was passed as amended. By Mr. Manson of 35th- House Bill No. 286. A bill to amend an Act to carry into effect in the City of Atlanta the provisions of an Act amending the Constitution relative to the abolition of Justice Courts. The report of the Committee, which was favora.ble to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 114, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. McDonald of Richmond- .House Resolution No. 225. A resolution to establish a library for Judge of l<'ederal Court Southern District at Augusta, Georgia. MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 1051 The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. Mr. McDonald, of Richmond, moved that the House reconsider its action in agreeing to the report of the committee and the motion prevailed. The following amendment was read and adopted: By Mr. McDonald of Richmond- Amend by providing that this shall apply to only subsequent publications. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 23. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By unanimous consent the following resolutions of the House were introduced, read, and adopted: By Mr. Arnold of Clay- A RESOLUTION House Resolution No. 227. Be it Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we thank most heartily the City of Brunswick, her officials and citizens generally for the splendid reception and cordial treatment which we received at their hands on the occasion of our recent visit to them, and for 1052 JovRNAL OF THE HousE, the opportunity afforded us of viewing the magnificient harbor of this splendid port and its large industrial enterprises. The possibilities for the development of the State owned port at Brunswick have been so impressed upon us that we feel careful consideration should be given to the advantages offered here, before a decision is reached as to the designation of the proposed State port and terminal. By Mr. Holloway of Fulton- A RESOLUTION House Resolution ?\o. 228. Whereas, The Honorable Burton L. Weston of Brooks County did on yesterday join the Ancient and Benevolent Order of Benedicts. Therefore, Be it Resolved, That this House extend its most hearty congratulations and good wishes to the gentleman from Brooks and his better half. Be it Further Res,olved, That said gentleman is relieved from attendance of all night sessions of this House. Under the order of unfinished business, the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration: By 1\Ir. Beckham of Dougherty- House Bill Xo. 674. A bill to withdraw the privilege of admission to the Georgia bar by diploma alone. MoNDAY, AuGUST 14, 1922. 1053 The bill having been read the third time and the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, having been agreed to, the bill was placed upon its passage. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 105, Nays 14. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was .passed. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered Immediately transmitted to the Senate. Under orders of the day, the following bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were. read the third time and placed upon their passage : By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 65. A bill relating to placing of children by persons other than the parents or relatives of such children, and for other purposes. The following committee substitute was read and adopted: A BILL To be entitled an Act to regulate the placing out of children by persons other than the parents or relatives of such children; prescribing certain records to be kept and conditions to be observed by persons authorized by law to secure homes for children; regulating the bringing into or taking 1054 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, out of the State of children for the purpose of placing-out; requiring persons placing children to comply with regulations and secure a license from the Judge of the Superior Court; conferring certain powers upon and prescribing certain duties of the Board of public welfare and making appropriation to cover same, and making certain violations of this Act unlawful, 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 no person, agency, hospital, maternity home, or institution, or official, public or private in this State shall receive or accept a child, under sixteen years of age, for placement or adoption, or place such a child either temporarily or permanently, in a home other than the home of the child's relatives within the second degree, or solicit money in behalf of such agency, unless it has received a license from the Judge of Superior Court of the circuit in which the person or agency has head- quarters, issued after the passage of this Act in compliance with the provisions set forth herein. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that no such license shall be issued unless the person, agency, hospital, institution or official, is competent and equipped to comply with the provisions of Section 4 of this Act. SEc. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that applications for child placing license MoNDAY, AuousT 14, 1922. 1055 must be filed in duplicate with the Judge of the Superior Court on forms furnished by the State Board of Public Welfare, by all persons, agencies, hospitals, maternity homes, institutions or public or private officials now engaged in child placing on or before January 1, 1923; and by others thereafter who may desire to engage in child placing. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Superior Court to furnish a copy of each application for child placing license to the Board of Public Welfare within five days after such application is filed, and no license shall be granted Dr denied until six months after such copy has been thus transmitted. It shall also be the duty of the Clerk of the Superior Court to furnish the State Board of Public "\V"elfare with a copy of each child placing license granted by the Judge of the Court. A period of six months time after application for child placing license has been filed shall be allowed by the Judge, during which time applicants may place children under the provisions of the Act. Only one six months period of time shall be granted to an applicant. For the purpose of Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this .Act, the State Board of Public Welfare shall carefully ascertain the competency and equipment of each applicant for a child placing license and submit its findings to the Judge within six months after the date of each application. Said Board shall make similar inquiries into the child placing work of 1056 Jo-cRNAL OF THE HousE, lcensed persons or agencies at least once each year and report its findings to the Superior Court. SEc. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the holder of a license shall: (a) Never place a child in a foster home or boarding home without previously becoming carefully acquainted with (1) the conditions which call for placement of the child, making diligent effort to avoid separation from the parents, and afterwards removing the child only when this action is found necessary in order to prevent serious detriment to the welfare of the child; (2) the home in which the child is to be placed, taking every proper precaution to place children only in homes where they will receive the proper care and training. (b) Inquire carefully into the care of the child in its new home, at least once during the first two mouths, twice during the first six months and twice in every year thereafter unless the child is legally adopted, or until the child reaches the age of eighteen years; and remove any child promptly from a home where it is mistreated or neglected. (c) Report immediately to the Board of Public "\Velfare every child received by the agency or institution, or born in the institution, and every child placed, together with such information regarding the child, its family, and the foster home as the Board may require. Such report to be filed within ten days of such receipt, birth or placement. . The Board of Public Welfare shall supply .the Superior MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 1057 Court with forms for issuing licenses and the child placing licenses with record and report forms to be used as required in this Section. SEc. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that proof of failure to comply with the above regulations shall be grounds for revocation of the license by the Judge, upon ten days written notice to the licensee, and opportunity to answer charges at a formal hearing. Upon the filing of a petition for revocation of license, the Superior Court shall in every instance proceed with notice and hearing on the petition. SEc. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that for the purposes of Section 3, 4 and 5 the Board of Public "\Yelfare may ascertain by visit of its agents or otherwise if necessary, the character of any private home or private boarding home in which children are placed or boarded, either temporarily or ~ermanently by any person or agency. Whenever the Board shall find that a child has been placed in an improper home, the agency placing the child shall be notified by the State Board of Public Welfare and if the child is not removed within a reasonable time, the Board shall institute proceedings before the proper court for its removal and placement in a proper home. SEc. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that no person, as an inducement to a woman to go to any maternity hospital or home during confinement, shall in any way offer to dispose of Sig. 34 1058 Jol:'RXAL, OF THE HousE, any child or advertise that he will give children for adoption or hold himself out as being able to dispose of children in any manner or permit any child to be left or abandoned in such maternity home, hospital or private home by its mother or any other person, unless such hospital or home is dul~ licensed to place children under this Act. SEc. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that no child placed by an agency under this Act shall be legally adopted into its foster home until he has lived six months in said foster home, nor thereafter without written permission of the person or agency responsible for the placement. SEc. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that no person shall bring or send into the State any child for the purpose of placing him out or procuring his adoption, without first filing notice with the State Board of Public Welfare. He shall file with the Board a bond to the State for each child, approved by the Board, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned that he will not seud or bring into the State any child who is incorrigible or unsound of mind or bod~; that he will remoYe any such child who becomes a public charge or who, in the opinion of the Board of Public Welfare, becomes a menace to the community prior to his adoption or becoming the legal age; that the person with wi:.om the child is placed shall be responsible for his proper care and training. Before an~ child shall be brought or sent into the State for the purpose of placing him in a foster home, the person so bringing o-r sending l\IoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 1059 such child shall first notify the State Board of Public Welfare, of his intention, and shall obtain from the Board a certificate stating that such home is, in the opinion of the Board, a suitable home for the child. Such notification shall state the name, age and personal description of the child, and the name and address of the person with whom the child is to be placed, mid such other information as may be required by the Board. The person bringing or sending the child into the State shall report at least once each year, and such other times as the Board of Public Welfare shall direct, as to the location and well-being of the child so long as he shall remain within the State and until he shall have reached the age of eighteen or shall have been legally adopted. Section 10. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that no officer or authorized agent of the State Board of Public Welfare, or any of its agents, or a holder of a child placing license, or any other person, shall directly or indirectly disclose the contents of the records herein provided for, or the particulars entered therein, of facts learned about such homes, or the inmates thereof, except upon inquiry before a court of law, at a coroner's inquest or before some other tribunal, or for information of the State Board of Public Welfare. Provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the holder of the license or the Board of Public Welfare disclosing such facts to such proper persons as may be in the interest of any child. 1060 JotiRNAL OF THE HousE, Section 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act, or who shall make any false statements or reports to the Board of Public Welfare with reference to the matters contained herein, and any parent or guardian or person receiving a child who shall give a false name or address to the Board of Public Welfare, or any agency licensed under this Act, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of misdemeanor. Section 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that there is hereby appropriated the sum of $5,000.00 annually to the State Board of Public Welfare, for the purpose of carrying out the duties imposed upon said Board by this Act, in addition to any other appropriations alloted to said Board. Section 13. The Judge shall direct the Clerk to enter all orders and proceedings under this Act on the minutes of the Superior Court and the Clerk shall be paid such fees as clerks are allowed for similar services to be paid out of the appropriation for the Department of Public Welfare upon the certificate of the Judge. Section 14. If for any reason the Judge of the Circuit is disqualified the duties imposed by this Act may be discharged by any qualified Judge of the Superior Court who shall order the proceedings entered on the minutes of the Superior Court of the proper county. MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 1061 Section 15. If any section, clause or sentence of this Act is declared invalid the remainder of the Act shall be valid notwithstanding. Section 16. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. The following amendment to the substitute was read and adopted: By Mr. Knight of Berrien- Amend by striking Section 12 of said bill so as to eliminate mention of an appropriation of $5,000 and to renumber the sections accordingly. 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 108, Nays 1. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Mr. Foy of Taylor- House Bill No. 562. A bill to repeal an Act to prevent the shipment or movement of tick-infested cattle into, within or through the State of Georgia and for other purposes. 1062 J orRNAL oF THE HousE, ~Ir. Green, of Jones, moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The following committee substitute was read and adopted: An Act to amend an Act entitled '' an Act to prevent the shipment or movement of tick infested cattle into, within, or through the State of Georgia; to provide for statewide tick eradication throughout the State of Georgia; to provide for the expense of conducting the work in the several counties; to provide processes to compel compliance by county officials with the provisions of this Act, and of orders and regulations of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, and for the State Veterinarian; to provide penalties for violation of this Act; and for other purposes'' by adding to said Act a new section to be known as Section 6 (a); providing that none of the provisions of said Act shall apply to any county in this State not heretofore having been declared tick free until a hvo-thinls yote of a grand jury regularly setting therein shall so recommend to provide for shipment of cattle from tick-infested counties upon dipping and inspection as now required by Fede~al law to exempt from inspection dressed meats and salt and flint hides. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 1063 Act, that the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, approved August 17, 1918, and contained in Acts of the General Assembly, 1918, pages 256-59, inclusive, known as the "Tick Eradication Law," be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new section to said Act, to be known as Section 6 (a) and as follows: Section 6 (a). Provided, however, that none of the provisions of this Act shall apply to any county in this State that has not already been declared tickfree, until a two-thirds YotE: of the grand jury regularly sitting shall so recommend (the statement of the grand jury as to the result of such vote being sufficient), and providing further that shipment of beef cattle from such tick-infested counties shall be allowed b~ the State Veterinarian upon complieuce of the owner or owners with the Federal laws in such cases made and provided, and provided further that the proYisions of this Act sh~1ll in no wise interefere with the shipment of dressed meats and salt and flint hides. Provided further, that when tick-free counties, or counties engaged in county wide dipping, border on counties not tick-free that the line between such counties shall be a quarantine line which shall be mainta:ined by the counties under quarantine until ~uch line is removed by such other counties becoming tick-free. Provided further, that the provisions of Section 6 (a) shall not go into effect as to counties not now 1064 J ou-RxAL OF' THE HousE, tick-free, but now engaged in county wide dipping, until January 1, 1923. Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. The following amendment to the substitute was read and adopted: By Mr. McMichael of M;arion- Amend by adding the following proviso: ''Provided that the county or counties within the exempted territory shall build a double barbed wire fence on the quarantine line of the tick-free territory; and the double fence shall be built at the expense of the county or counties in the exempted territory under the specifications and directions of the State Veterinarian.'' The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to as amended. 9n the passage of the bill the Ayes were 106, Nays 29. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended. By unanimous censent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. MoNDAY, AuGUST 14, 1922. 1065 By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bullock- House Resolution No.148. A resolution to authorize sale of certain lands owned by the State for benefit of 1st District A. and l\f. School. 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 108, Nays 3. The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By unanimous consent the resolution was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Mr. McMichael of Marion- House Bill No. 931. A bill to amend an Act to aid in the establishment and maintenance of public schools in each county of this State. The following Committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend by striking out the words "Rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad,'' and substituting therefor the words ''General School Fund.'' Mr. Green, of Jones, 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, ;WRS agreed to. 1066 JorRxAL OF THE HousE, On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 105, 1'\ays 10. The bill having reeeiYed the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By l\fr. Beckham of Dougherty- House Bill No. 757. A bill to permit cities and counties to issue bonds to construct joint high schools. 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 107, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. Mr. Robinson, of Macon, moved that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No. 1, and the motion was lost. By Mr. Brown of Emanuel- House Bill No. 759. A bill to prohibit the growing of cotton in State for year 1924 and each second year thereafter. MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 1067 Mr. Swindle, of Jackson moved that the bill, substitutes, and amendments be tabled and the motion prevailed. By Mr. Hamilton of Floyd- House Bill No. 675. A bill to define the liability of hotel keepers. The report of the Committee, whichwa.s favorable to the passage of the bill,, was agreed to. I On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 104, Nays 1. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By unanimous consent the .bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Mr. Mason of Hart- House Bill No. 734. A bill giving all counties in this State the right to establish and maintain free public libraries, and for other purposes. Mr. Moore, of Appling, 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. 1068 J O"LRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Bentley, Holloway and Moore of Fulton- House Bill No. 592. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the abolition of certain county off~cers and to provide salaries in lieu thereof. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, having been agreed to the bill was up for passage. Mr. Rutherford of Monroe moved that the House reconsider its action in agreeing to the report of the Committee and the motion was lost. The bill involving a constitutional amendment, the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: Those voting in theaffirmtltin' were Messrs: Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Arnold Beck Beckham Bentle;y Bird of Taliaferro Boswell Bowen Bo~ett Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Haneoek Brownlee Carr Collier I Cowart Dobbs DuBoe DndlPy E,an~ Fobom Fowler Gann Gresham Griffith GroYenstein (~lH~S Haddock Hatcher of Burke Hateher of Muscogee Hawkins Holloway Horne Howard of Foryth Hullender Hunter Hyman .Tones of Coweta .fone of Thomas .Johnson of Bartow .Tohnson of C'hattahooehee Keith Kennedy King of .Jefferson Knight Lewis ~fcClelland }IcC lure McDonald of ::\Iitchell ::\IeGarity ~lac Intyre ),lr :\[ichael Maddox Malone Manning Miles :\Ioore of Appling ~Ioore of Fulton MoNDAY, AuausT 14, 1922. 1069 l\Ioye Mundy Nichols Parks Parrish Patten Perryman Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pruett Rutherford Sapp Sibley Smith of Bryan Steele Stovall Strickland Sumner of Wheeler Swift Tatum Thompso!1 of Coweta Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham Vocelle Way Webu \Vhitley Whitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale \Villiams of Harris Winship \Vynne Those voting in the ~egative were Messrs: Anderson Foy Neal of Union . Bloodworth Franks Owen Bobo Grant Penland Braddy Griffin Peterson Branch Greene Pickren Brannen Harris Pilcher Byrd of Crisp Henderson Price Camp Herring Quincev Childs Hillhouse Ramsey Clark of Colquitt Hines of Decatur Reville Clark of Webster Hines of Sumter Riley Coates Hodges Salmon Corbitt Holland Shettlesworth Culpepper Houser Smith of Carroll Daniel of Heard Howard of Scre\en Smith of Haralson Daniel of Troup .Jackson Watkins Davis of Oglethorpe Jones of w-alker \Yilliams of ),[iller DeFoor .Johnson of Pickens \Yimberly Dixon Lankford of Toombs \Yood Duncan of Dawson )!cDonald of Wyatt Duncan of Hall Richmond Ficklen \Ia,on Those not voting were Messrs : Atkinson Baldwin Blalock Bleckley Boatwright Bowden Bozeman Bush Carswell Clifton Collins Davis of Floyd DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dykes Ennis 1070 .To-cRKAL OI<' THE HousE, Fletcher Gunnels Hamilton Homton Hufstetler King of Wilcox Kittrell Langford of Hall Logan Luke :\Iann :\I a yo :\lixon Perkin" l{t>agan Ri~ketson Robinson Ru"sell Singl<'tary Hmiley Smiti of :\Ieriwether Stone Sumner of .John:;on Swindle Thompson of Dodge Tripp<' Yan Zant \\'alhr \\'all \\'.,,;ton Whitworth Williams of \\'alton \\'oodard \\'crthy :\lr. Speaker Ayes 93, Nays 63. . By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 93, Xays 63. The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. By unanimous consent all bills passed this morning were ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock. 3 o'Clock P . .JI. The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. l\IoNDAY, AuausT 14, 1922. 1071 By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. The following bill of the House was introduced, read the first time and referred to the Committee: By Mr. Summer of Johnson- House Bill No. 1005. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Tom School District in Emanuel and Johnson Counties. l\Ir. DuBose of Clarke County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations and Ways and Means submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriation and Ways and Means have had under consideration, the following resolution of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Resolution No. 185. llcBosE, Chairman. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof. Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House Bills to-wit: 1072 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 843. A bill to permit the County of Bibb to support the Macon Hospital. House Bill No. 937. A bill to amend Parks Code applicable only to Carroll County. House Bill No. 943. A bill to aniend an Act creating a Board of Roads and Revenues for the County of Appling. House Bill No. 951. A bill to amend an Act to establish a Board of Roads and Revenues for the County of Appling. House Bill No. 954. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the Town of Decatur. House Bill No. 968. A bill to create the City Court of Decatur. The following Senate Bills: Senate Bill No. 159. A bill to revise the present law creating the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. Senate Bill No. 322. A bill to repeal an Act incorpor-ating the Tom School District in Emanuel and Johnson Counties. The following resolution of the House, favorably reported by the Committee, was read the second time: By Mr. Beckham of DoughertyHouse Resolution No. 185. A resolution to correct MoNDAY, AuGUST 14, 1922. 1073 error in appropriation bill of 1921 relative to amount appropriated for control of hog cholera. The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Trippe of Bartow- House Bill No. 767. A bill to provide for giving notice to persons and corporations whose names are sought to be used as a corporation, and for other purposes. The following Committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend by adding at the end of Section 1 the following words: "Provided that the provisions of this Act shall apply only to secret or fraternal societies, orders, or lodges, and where the words 'person,' 'order,' 'lodge,' 'society,' or, corporation,' are used in this Act they shall be used in this sense." 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 110, Nays 9. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. 1074 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher, and Perkins of Muscogee- House Bill No. 936. A bill to provide for municipal corporations to hold recorders court in the absence of the Recorder, and for other purposes. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 1was 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 unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. ; By Messrs. Moore, Holloway, and Bentley of Fulton- House Bill No. 720. A bill to amend Section 3353 of Code of 1910 amending the lien law of Georgia. Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that the bill be tabled and the. motion was lost. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was lost. Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until 8 o'clock tonight. On this motion Mr. Macintyre of Thomas moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. MoNDAY, AuausT 14, 1922. 1075 The motion that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until tonight at 8 o'clock prevailed. Mr. Wyatt of Troups moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost. Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved that the report of the Committee on Rules be amended so as to place House Resolution No. 129 on the Calendar set by said Committee to immediately follow House Bill No. 579". On this motion Mr. Rutherford of Monroe 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 :\Iessrs: Adam8 of \Valton ~-\ndi2rson Atkinson Baldwin Beck Be<>kham Bird of Taliaferro Bleck ley Bloodworth Boatwright Bobo Boyett Braddy Braneh Brown of Emanuel Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Childs Clark of Colquitt Coates Collier Corbitt Culpepper Dani<>l of Heard Daniel of Troup Da,is of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dunean of Dawson Dykes Ennis Enws Fieklen Folsom Foy Franks Grant Greene GrO\enstein Guess Gunnels Haddo<'k Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway Horne Howard of Forsyth Howard of Screven Hullender Hyman Jone8 of Coweta Jones of Walker 1076 .T ouRNAL Ol<' THE HousE, Johnson of Bartow Parrish Johnson of Patten Chattahoochee Penland Johnson of Pickens Peterson King of Wileox Phillips of Jasper Kittrell PhillipH of Telfair Knight Pi<'kren Lewis Pile her Logan Pri<'e ::\leCiure Pnwtt ::\IeGarity Quin<'ey Maddox Ramsey :\fa lone Hf'agan ::\lanning Re\"ille ::\Iayo Ricketson Mile> Riley ::\Iixon Rutherford ::\Ioore of Appling Salmon ::\Ioye Sapp ~eal of L'nion Shettlesworth Owen Sibley SingiPtary Smiley Smith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Stone Stomll Sumner of Wheeler Tatum Thompson of Coweta Valentino Vocelle "'atkins Webb Whitley Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Walton \Yood Worthy Wyatt \Vynne Those voting in the negative were Messrs : Arnold Bentley Boswell Bowen Bozeman Brantley Carswell Clark of Webster Collins Dickerson Dobbs DuBose DudiP,\' Fowler Gann Griffin Harris Hines of Decatur Hunter ,Joue,; of Thomas Keith Kt>nnedy King of Jefferson Luke }f!'Donald of Mitchell :\lacIntyre ~las on Mundy N,ichols Parks Smith of Meriwether Steele Sumner of .Johnson Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Way Whitaker of Lowndes Those not voting were Messrs : Adams of Newton Blalock Bowden Brannen Brown of Hancock Bush Clifton Cowart Davis of Floyd DeLaPerriere Dixon Duncan of Hall MoNDAY, AuausT 14, 1922. 1077 Fletcher ~fc)fichael Gresham }lann Griffith )[oore of Fulton Hatcher of Muscogee Perkins Houser Perryman Houston Robinson Hufstetler RusRell Jackson Smith of Haralson Langford of Hall Strickland Lankford of Toombs Swift McClelland Swindle :McDonald of Thomp,on of Dodge Richmond Van Zant Walker Wall Weston Williams of Harris Williams of ~Iiller Wimberly \Yimhip \Voodard :\Ir. Speaker Ayes 122, Nays 39. The roll call was verified. On the motion to amend the report of the Committee on Rules the Ayes were 122, Nays 39, and the motion prevailed. Mr. W aktins, of Butts, moved that the House reconsider its action in voting that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until tonight at 8 o'clock. On this motion Mr. Henderson, of White, moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The motion to reconsider was lost. By Mr. Knight of Berrien- House Bill No. 579. A bill to supply a deficiency in the school fund.<; caused by mis~ppropriation of funds by R.N. Berrien. The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House 1078 .JotoRNAL OF THE HousE, and the Speaker designated Mr. Moore, of Fulton, 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. Mr. Moore, of Appling, 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 bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were :Jiessrs: Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold ~-\tkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancoek Carr Carswell Childs ('lark of Colquitt l'lark of Webster Collins Daniel of Heard Dad~ of Oglethorpe Diekerson Dohhs DuBose DudlPy Ennis E,ans Folsom Foy Frank" Gann Gresham Griffin GrePne GrO\enstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Harris Hateher of Burke Haw kim: Henderson H,rring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holland Holloway Horne Houser Howard of For,yth Hullender Hunter H~man ,Jones of Coweta Jmws of Walker ~ImmAY, AuausT 14, 1922. 1079 Johnson of Bartow 1Iayo Johnson of .!\Iile.; Chattahooehee 1Iixon Johnson of Pickens :\Ioore of Appling Keith :\Ioore of Fulton Kennedy .:\fundy King of Jefferson Xichob King of Wilcox Owen Kittrell Parks Knight Parrish Lewis Patten Logan Penland :\IcClelland Perryman l\IcClure Peterson McDonald of :\Iitchell Phillips of Jasper :\IcDonald of PiekrPn Riehmond Pilcher 1IeGarity Price Me:\Iichael Pruett .\faddox Reagan :\Ialone ReYille Mann Rieketson Manning Russell Halmon ~app Sibley Smiley Hmith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson Steele Strickland Sumner of \\"hteler Tatum Thomp,..on of Coweta TrippP Turner \"alentino \"an Landingham Yo, ell(' \\"ay \\"i1itaker of Rockdale \\"hitworth \\"illiams of \\"alton "nood Wyatt Those voting in the negative were Messrs : Bloodworth Bobo Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Collier Culpepper Ficklen Grant Hillhou~e Hodge,; Howard of Scre\en .Tones of Thomas 11aelntyre .:\loye Xeal of Union Quinnncdy Russell King of .Jefferson Rutherford King of Wilcox Salmon Kittrell :-lapp Knight Sibley Lewis Smiley Logan :-imith of Bryan :\ieCielland Smith of Carroll :\agan Ricketeon Robinson Shettlesworth Sibley Stone Stovall Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Thompson of Dodge Tyson Voce lie Wall Watkins Wlston Whitley Whitworth Wimberly "ood Woodard Worthy Wynpe )lr. Speaker Ayes 109, Nays 30. By unammous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 109, Nays 30. MoNDAY, AuousT 14, 1922. 1093 The resolution having received the requisite con stitutional majority was passed. The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto: By Mr. Brantley of Pierce- House Bill No. 260. A bill to change the name of the Railroad Commission and for other purposes. The following Senate amendments were read: Atnend Section 9 by striking same. Amend by striking Section 3. Amend the title by striking the words ''to provide for a public counsel to represent the public in all matters before the Commission, to fix his salary, to define his duties, and provide for his appointment by the Governor.'' Amend Section 8 by adding after the word ''law'' in the fourth line thereof the following words: ''In eluding the Special Attorney now provided by law, whose term of cfiice and appointment shall con tinue as heretofore, except that the special attor. n!ey's sa:lary sh~ll be four thousand lfiollars per annum." Mr. Beckham, of Dougherty moved that the House concur in the Senate amendments. On this motion Mr. Dobbs, of Cobb, moved the 1094 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The motion to concurr in the Senate amendments 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 the Senate: Senate Bill No. 180. A bill to establish a College of Agriculture and. Mechanic Arts as a branch of the University of Georgia to be known as South Georgia Agricultural College at Tifton. 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: Senate Bill No. 208. A bill to establish Juvenile Courts in this State, to fix their jusisdiction and for other purposes. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite consti- tutional majority the following Bill of the Senate: MoNDAY, AuGusT 14, 1922. 1095 By Mr. Manson- Senate Bill No. 306. A bill to be entitled an Act to establish kindergartens in the public schools of this State, where desired and sufficient funds are obtainable from taxes raised within the town, district or city in which the kindergarten is located, and for other purposes. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisit~ constitutional majority the following Bill of the Senate. By Mr. Clay- Senate Bill No. 17. A bill to be entitled an Act to regulate the use of motor vehicles and motorcycles upon the public streets and highways of this State and for other purposes. 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 Senate Bill, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 321. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Sharon. 1096 J ovRxAL OF THE HousE, The following Bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to the committee: By Mr. Clay of 39th- Senate Bill No. 247. A bill to regulate use of motor vehicles and motorcycles on the public streets and highways of this State and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Public Highways. The following Bills and Resolutions of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Smith of Meriwether- Honse Bill No. 210. A bill to amend an Act to reorganize and reconstitute the State Highway Department of 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 118, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Mr. Turner of BrooksHouse Bill No. 856. A bill to authorize the State MoNDAY, AuGUST 14, 1922. 1097 Highway Department and the County authorities to ascertain capacity of bridges and post notices thereof. Mr. Dykes, of Dooly, moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed. By Messrs. Langford and Duncan of Hall- House Bill No. 971. A bill to regulate the running of automobiles and the use of cut-outs thereon. Mr. Smith, of Bryan, moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed. Mr. Gresham, of Burke, moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost. By Mr. Holloway of Fulton- House Bill No. 651. A bill to appropriate certain sum to Georgia Training School for Girls. Mr. Smith, of Carroll, moved that the House instruct the Committee of the Whole House that debate on this bill be limited to five minutes to each side. The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designat~d Mr. Bozeman, of Worth, 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. 1098 JOURNAL OF TRE HousE, Mr. Quincey, of Coffee, moved that the bill and amendment be tabled and the motion was lost. The following amendment was read and adopted: By Mr. Moore of Fulton- Amend by striking all items appropriated therein, except '' $12,000.00 for furnishing of an adequate water supply," and "$2,500.00 for the construction of a barn.'' The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to. Mr. McMichael, of Marion, moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 651 went over as unfinished business. The Speaker announced the House adjourned un- til tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1099 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. Tuesday, August 15, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. The following report of the Committee appointed to examine the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture and the President of State College of Agriculture was submitted and read: Mr. Speaker: Your committee appointed to examine the report submitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and President of State College of Agriculture in pursuance of House Resolution No. 127 beg leave to submit the following: lJnder the resolution providing for this committee we were only authorized to ascertain wherein the reports failed to furnish the information requested in said resolution. We find that the report failed to furnish the infor.. mation with reference to the Department of Entomology. After investigating this matter we find that 1100 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, the fact that this was not submitted grew out of a misunderstanding as to the meaning of the resolution. The report has been submitted to your committee and we attach same herewith. A list of the employees and salaries of the Department of Agriculture who draw their pay direct from the State Treasurer is also attached, the same was not submitted in accordance with the resolution but the failure of the Commissioner to furnish it grew out of a misunderstanding of the resolution. The Commissioner states that he did not think the resolution covered this, but upon being told by your committee that it did he readily furnished the information to your committee. We further find that there was n typographical error made in giving the address of F. \Y. Cowie which should have been .Jlontreal, Canada, iristead of Moultrie, Ga. vVe have not been able to ascertain any other inaccuries in the reports submitted. We believe the information furnished will prove to be valuable to the people of the State in determining any needed changes in our laws affecting the State Department of Agriculture and the State College of Agriculture, and we therefore recommend that the reports be spread upon the Journal of the House of Represen"tatives for the information of all concerned. Respectfully submitted, ARNOLD of Clay, Chairman, c. H. KITTRELL, J. B. DA~IEL. TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1101 ATLANTA, GA., August 9, 1922. HoN. J. J. BROWN, Commissioner of Agriculture, State Capitol, City. Dear Sir: In accordance with your verbal request I beg to give you below the names, and the amount of salary drawn by each of the employees of the Department of Agriculture who are on our pay roll, as follows: J. J. Brown, Commissioner ............... $5,000.00 Tom Johnson, Chief Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 L. B. Jackson, Director of Markets. . . . . . . . 3,000.00 S. H. -Wilson, Chemist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00 S. V. Reed, Entomologist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00 P. F. Bahnsen, Veterinarian . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500.00 J. J. Holloway, Oil Inspector ............. 2,100.00 P. H. ~fell, Assistant Oil Inspector. . . . . . . . 2,100.00 "\V. H. Simms, Assistant Chemist. . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 l\L C. Allen, Assistant Chemist. .......... 1,000.00 The amount of salary shown, of course, covers a one year period. Trusting this gives you the desired information, lam Yours very truly, H. A. HrxoN, Cashier. 1102 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, ATLANTA, GA., August 8, 1922. To Representatives HoN. ZAcH ARNoLD, c. HoN. H. KITTRELL, HoN. J. B. DANIEL, Committee. Dear Sirs: Appended hereto, I beg to submit a digest and summar~v of the duties and salaries and expenses of the members of Georgia State Board of Entomology, for the period of June 1st, 1921, to and including :May 31st, 1922. Respectfully submitted, WFT/cm \YILLIA~I F. TURNER, Acting State Entomologist. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day August. (Seal) HoRACE G. BRIDGES, )J.P. State at Large. JUNE 1, 1921, TO MAY 31, 1922. Name and Address Rate Duties Salary Expenses Total W. V. Reed, Atlanta ............ $250.00 State Entomologist ... $ 3,000.00 $ 1,157.45 $ 4,157.45 I. Vl. Williams, Thomasville .... 247.50 Cotton Specialist, General Field Agent in charge :F'ield work 2,970.00 1,906.13 4,876.13 1-' 1-' W. W. Chase, Cornelia ......... 227.50 Apple insects and dis~ 0 Cl-' eases ............. 2,750.00 755.80 3,505.80 W. ~'. Turner, Thomasville. . . . . 220.00 Peach and pecan m- sects and diseases, Mexican bean beetle 2,640.00 1,10~.64 3,742.64 W. L: Neese, Atlanta ........... 200.00 Secretary & Treasurer 2,400.00 208.30 .2,608.30 D. C. Warren, Valdosta. . . . . . . . 220.00 Cotton boll weevil .... Dr. J. I. Ayres, Thomasville. . . . 125.00 Plant Pathologist .... B. M. Gaddis, Valdosta ......... 200.00 Supt. Experiment Sta. 0. H. Gaddis, Reidsville. . . . . . . . 150.00 Supt. Experiment Sta. W. H. Leonard, Thomasville ..... 150.00 Supt. Experiment Sta. J as. M. Malloy, Macon. . . . . . . . . 150.00 Field Agent ......... J. C. Maness, Atlanta .......... 166.66 Field Agent ......... J. H. Pressley, Valdosta ........ 150.00 ]'ield Agent ......... 660.00 250.00 2,400.00 1,800.00 1,800.00 1,800.00 2,000.00 1,800.00 148.75 30.35 1,077.98 648.27 0 1,060.49 1,461.52 1,564.16 808.75 280.35 f-3 ~ 3,477.98 t.;l rn t;j 2,448.27 ~~ 1,800.00 2,860.49 ~ ~ 3,461.52 3,364.16 c;:l r~n 1-3 S. V. Brown, Baxley ............ 150.00 Bee Inspector ....... Mrs. Kate Maguire, Atlanta .... 133.33 Stenographer 0 Mrs. P. W. Jones, Atlanta ...... 100.00 Temporary Stenog.... Mrs. B. M. Gaddis, Valdosta .... 50.00 Stenographer 0 0. 1,800.00 1,600.00 500.00 175.00 932.22 0 ........ . ....... 2,732.22 1-' ~1:.11 1,600.00 1-' 500.00 ~ !).:) 175.00 ~ $30,345.00 $12,054.06 $42,399.06 1104 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Gunnels of Franklin County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistic,, submitted the following report: J.llr. Speake-r: Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: Senate Bill No. 173. Do pass. GuxxELS of Franklin, Chairman. ~Ir. }foore 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 hill 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. 322. ~IooRE of Fulton, Chairman. TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1105 Mr. Philips of Jasper County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following _report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bill of the .Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. Senate Bill No. 269. PHILIPS of Jasper, Vice-Chairman. Mr. Smith of Bryan County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report: 1~1 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 recommen- dation that the same do pass as amended: Senate Bill No. 159. SMITH of Bryan, Chairman. .. 1106 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report: J.l!lr. Speaker: You,r Com.mittee on Corporations have had under considerati?n 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. 303. PrcKREN of Charlton, Chlti.rman. Mr. Davis of Floyd County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report: 1Vl r. 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: House Bill No. 1004. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 38. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 252. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 240. Do pass. DAVIs of Floyd, Chairman. TuESDAY, AuGUST 15, 1922. 1107 Mr. Smith of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to re. port the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass : Senate Bill No. 304. W. E. SMITH of Meriwether, Chairman. Mr. Hullender, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following rel?ort: 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 of the House, to-wit: House Bill No. 937. An Act to amend Section 659 of Parks Code of Georgia, Volume 1, relative to Roard defaulters. House Bill No. 843. An Act to permit the County of Bibb to support the Macon Hospital. House Bill No. 968. An Act to create and establish the City Court of Decatur. 1108 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 951. To amend An Act to establish a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Wilkes County. House Bill No. 954. An Act to amend Section 38 of the Act creating a new charter for the Town of Decatur. House Bill No. 943. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County. Respectfully Submitted, HuLLENDER of Catoosa, Chairman. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr..McClatchey, the Secretary thereof. lV1 r. Speaker:- The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House Bill by Committee Substitute: House Bill No. 988. A bill to amend the charter of City of \Vaycross. The following Senate Bills: Senate Bill No. 180. A bill to establish a college of agriculture and mechanic arts. Senate Bill No. 299. A bill to amend the Code of Ga. so as to give of guardians for mothers preference minor children. in appointment The following bills and resolutions of the Senate, .. TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1109 favorably reported by the Committees, were read for the second time: By Mr. Ellis of the 47th- Senate Bill No. 38. A bill to provide a uniform County Commissioner Plan for Counties in this State. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary Ko. 2. By Mr. Ridley of the 28th- Senate Bill No. 159. A bill to revise the present laws creating the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation. By Mr. Clay of the 39thSenate BillKo. 173. A bill to abolish the act reg- ulating the occupation of barbers. Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics. By Mr. Manson of the 35thSenate Bill No. 240. A bill to amend section 2820 of the Code of 1910, relati~ to capital stock of trust companies. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2. By Mr. Fleming of the lOthSenate Bill No. 252. A bill to require the posting of rates in all hotels and for other purposes. 1110 JouRNAL ov THE HousE, , Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. By Messrs. Brown of the 50th and Thomas of the 3rd- Senate Bill No. 269. ~\ bill to protect the game and fish of the State. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish. By Mr. Ellis of the 47thSenate Bill No. 303. ~\ bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Tifton. Referred to Committee on Corporations. By Mr. Jones of the 6thSenate Bill No. 304. A bill to amend an act incor- porating the City of Valdosta. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government. By ~Ir. Rountree of the 16th- Senate Bill No. 322. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Tom School District. Referred to Committee on Education. 'l'he following bills of .the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. King of WilcoxHouse Bill No. 1001. .A bill to amend an Act to re-incorporate the Town of Abbeville as the City of .Abbeville. TuEsDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1111 The report 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. Howard and Evans of Screven- House Bill No. 1002. A bill to repeal an act to establish a system of Public Schools for Sylvania School District. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Russell of Barrow- House Bill No. 1003. A bill to amend an act to incorporate Town of Carl. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 1115, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 1112 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. King of Wilcox- House Bill No. 1000. A bill to amend an Act to reincorporate the Town of Abbeville as the City of Abbeville 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 reeeived the requisite constitutional majority was)~assed. By Mr. Golucke of 19th- Senate Bill ?\o. 320. A bill to amend charter of City of Crawfordville. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, lwas 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. Brown of 50th- Senate Bill No. 277. A bill to amend Code of 1910, relative to appointment of State Depositories so as to include the Town of Crawford, Oglethorpe County. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, ~as agreed to. TuEsDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1113 On the passage of the bill the Ayes werce 120, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite. constitutional majority was.,.passed. The following bills of the Semite were read the first time and referred to the committees: By Mr. Ellis of 47th- Senate Bill .No. 180. A bill to establish A. & M. College as branch of University of Georgia to be known as South Georgia Agriculture College. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.1. By Mr. Thomas of 3rdSenate Bill No. 208. A bill to establish Juvenile Court in this State and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Reformatories. By Mr. Manson of 35th--:- Senate Bill No. 306. A bill to establish kindergartens in public schools of this State. Referred to Committee on Education. By Mr. Golucke of 19th- Senate Bill No. 321. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Sharon. Referred to Committee on Corporations. 1114 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, The following resolution of the House was introduced and read : By Mr. Lewis of Colquitt- House Resolution No. 229. A resolution requesting Attorney General to render his opinion on the validity of extending session one day. Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson moved that the resolution be tabled. On this motion Mr. Quincey of Coffee called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. The motion to table prevailed. The following resolution of the House was read and adopted: By Mr. Pickren of Charlton- A RESOLUTION Resolved by the House of Representatives that we extend our~ongratulation to our colleague Hon. John W. Collins of Cherokee County, the efficient ViceChairman of the Committee on Corporations. August 9th be led to the matrimonial altar one of Cherokee's fairest daughters, she will in future be known as Mrs. John \V. Collins. May their lives be unhampered and the sea of their matrimonial travels be smooth and serene and all their big troubles be little ones. TuESDAY, AuousT 15, 1922. 1115 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, to-wit: Senate Resolution .No. 107. A resolution to relieve the bondsmen of one Price Hubbard and for other purposes. Under orders of the Day, the following bill of the . House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed upon its passage: By Messrs. Knight of Berrien and Herring of Schley- House Bill No. 518. A bill to amend Code of 1910, relative to placing of insane convicts in State Sanitarium. Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson moved 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. By Mr. Holloway of FultonHouse Bill No. 651. ~-\. bill to appropriate money to the Georgia Training School for Girls. 1116 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to yesterday. By unanimous consent the following amendment was introduced and read: By Mr. Holloway of Fulton- Amend by striking therefrom all items of appropriation except $12,000.00 for water supply and by adding ''that said amount shall be paid as follows: $6,000.00 in 1922, and $6,000.00 in 1923. '' Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson moved the previous question ; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The amendment of "Mr. Holloway of Fulton was adopted. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affinnative were Messrs: Adams of Newton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleck ley Boswell Bowden Bowen Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Carswell Childs Clark of Webster Clifton Coates Collins Cowart Culpepper Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan 6f Hall Dykes TuESDAY, AuausT 15, 1922. 1117 Ennis .Johnson of Pickens Price E\ans Kennedy Pruett Ficklen King of Jefferson Reville Folsom King of Wilcox Ricketson Grant Kittrell Riley Gresham Knight Russell Griffin Lankford of Toombs Salmon Greene Logan Sapp Grovenstein McClelland Shettlesworth Guess :McClure Si~ley Gunnels ~IcDonald of Mitchell Singletary Hamilton ~IcDonald of Smith of Bryan Harris Richmond Smith of Carroll Hatcher of Burke 1I('Garity Smith of Meriwether Hatcher of :Muscogee Madntyre Steele Hawkins Mc~Iichael Stone Henderson ~iaddox Stovall Herring Malone Sumner of Johnson Hillhouse 1Iann Sumner of Wheeler Hines of Sumter )lanning Swift Hodges }iason Tatum Holloway :Miles Thompson of Coweta Horne )loore of Appling Trippe Houser Moore of Fulton Tyson Howard of Forsyth Mundy Valentino Howard of Screven Nichols Van Landingham Hullender Parks \\"alker Hunter l'! rrish Way Hyman Patten Webb Jackson Penland \Yeston Jones of Coweta Perkins Whitley Jones of Thomas Perryman Whitaker of Lowndes Jones of Walker Peterson Wltitaker of Rockdale Johnson of Bartow Phillips of Jasper Williams of Walton .Johnson of Phillips of Telfair Winship Chattahoochee Pilcher Wynne Those voting in the negative were Messrs : Adams of Walton Bloodworth Bobo Boyett Byrd of Crisp Camp Clark of Colquitt Collier Corbitt Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeLaPerriere Dickerson Franks Griffith 1118 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Haddock HineH of Decatur Holland Houston Langford of Hall Lewis Moye Neal of Union Owen Pickren Quincey Ramsey Reagan Rutherford Swindle Watkins Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Wimberly Wood Wyatt Those not voting were Messrs : Boatwright Brownlee Bush Carr DaniPl of Heard Dixon Duncan of Dawson Fletcher Fowler Foy Gann Hufstetler ,Keith Luke "Iayo Mixon Robinson Smiley Smith of Haralson Strickland Ayes 142, Nays 37. Thompson of Dodge Turner VanZant Vocelle Wall Whitworth Woodard Worthy ~Ir. Speaker The roll call was verified. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 142, Nays 37. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was ,passed. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By ~Iessrs. Ennis of Baldwin and Carswell of Wilkinson- House Bill No. 204. A bill to appropriate certain sum to Georgia Training School for Boys. The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1119 and the Speaker designated Mr. Houston of Gwinnett as the Chairman the;eof. The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved that the bill and all amendments be tabled and the motion was lost. Mr. Arnold of Clay moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The following committee amendment was read and adopted: That the figures $16,800.00 be substituted in the caption for the figures '' 20,053.57'' and the words ''sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars'' be substituted in lines three and four Section 1 for the words ''Twenty thousand fifty three dollars and fifty cents." The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to. On the question of agreeing to the report of the committee Mr. Rutherford of Monroe called for the Ayes. and Nays but the call was not sustained. The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: 1120 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Those voting in the affil1llative were Messrs: Adams of Newton Ada~ of Walton Anc:Lerson Arnold Atkinson ,Baldwin -Beck Beckham Blalock Bleck ley Boatwright Bowden Bowen Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bush Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Webster Clifton Coat!'S Collins Cowart Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Dykt>s Ennis Evans Ficklen .\mnter Phillips of Jasper Holloway Phillips of Telfair Horne Pilcher ,Houser Price Howard of Forsyth Pruett Howard of Screven Reville Hullender Riley Hyman i:>hettlesworth Jones of Coweta Sibley Jones of Walker i:>ingletary Johnson of Bartow Smith of Bryan Johnson of 1:-;mith of Carroll Chattahoochee Steele Johnson of Pickens Sumner of \Vlweler Kennedy Tatum King of Jefferson Thompson of Coweta King of Wilcox Trippe Lankford of Toombs Valentino Logan \Vay Luke Webb ).fcCielland \Vhitaker of Lowndes ).IcC lure Williams of \'\'alton :JieDonald of Mitchell Winship :JieDonald of Worthy Richmond TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1121 Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Bloodworth Bobo Boswell Boyett Brownlee Byrd of Crisp Camp Clark of Colquitt Collier Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Troup Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Foy Franks Griffith Greene Haddock Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holland Houston Jones of Thoma~ Keith Langford of Hall Lewis Miles ~Ioore of Appling Moye Neal of Union Parrish Quincey Ramsey Ricketson Rutherford Salmon Sapp Smiley Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Strickland Swift Swindle Walker Watkins Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Wimberly Wood Wyatt Those not voting were Messrs: Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Daniel of Heard Dickerson Fletcher Fowler Hatcher of Muscogee Hodges Hufstetler Huuter Jackson Kittrell Knight McGarity ~lason Mundy Owen Perkins Pickren Reagan Robinson Russell Stone Stovall Sumner of Johnson Thompson of Dodge Ayes 117, Nays 52. Turner Tyson Van Landingham Van Zant Vocelle Wall Westm; Whitley Whitaker of Rockdale Woodard Wynne }fr. Speaker The roll call was verified. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 52. Sig. 36 1122 JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE, The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. Mr. Wyatt of Troup moved that the House do now adjoum. On this motion Mr. Wyatt of Troup called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. The motion to adjourn was lost. By Mr. DuBose of Clarke- House Bill No. 98:2. A bill to amend an Act known as House Bill No. 273 so as to correct mistake made in caption and for other purposes. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage. of the bill, ~as agreed to. On the passage of the bill ~fr. Wyatt of Troup called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 126, Nays 7. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. Mr. Quincey of Coffee moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost. TuESDAY, AuousT 15, 1922. 1123 By Mr. ~Iundy of Polk- House Bill No. 998. A bill to appropriate an additional $10,000 to Georgia State Board of Entomology for years 1922-23. The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Coates of Pulaski as the Chairman thereof. On motion the Committee of the whole House was instructed to limit the debate on this bill to five minutes to the side. 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. Mr. Lankford of Toombs moYed 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 bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: Ada~s of \Valton Arnold Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleck ley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp 1124 .JOURNAL OF THE HousE, Carswell Childs Clark of Webster Clifton Coates Collie.r Collins Cowart Culpepper Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Ennis Folsom Ga.nn. Grant Gresham Grovenstein Gunnels Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hawkins Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holland Horne Houser lloward of Screven Hullender Hunter Hyman Pilcher .Jones of Coweta Pruett .Jones of Thomas Ramsey Jones of Walker Reagan Johnson of Bartow Reville Johnson of Pickens Ricketson King of Wilcox Riley Kittrell Rutherford Knight Happ Langford of Hall Sibley Lankford of Toombs Smiley Lewis Smith of Carroll Logan Hteele Luke Stone :\IcClelland Stovall McClure Strickland :\lcDonald of Sumner of Wheeler Richmond Swift :\IcGarity Swindle }facintyre Tatum Mc}fichael Thompson of Coweta Maddox Trippe Mann Valentino }fanning Van Landingham )las on Wall }Iiles Watkins }Iixon Webb :Moore of Appling Whitaker of Lowndes Mundy Whitaker of Rockdale Nichols Williams of Harris Owen Williams of Walton Parks Wimberly Patten Winship Penland W01thy Phillips of Jasper \Vynne Pickren Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Anderson Bloodworth Bobo Braddy Carr Clark of Colquitt DeLaPerriere Duncan of Dawson Dy!.:es Evans Foy Griffin Griffith Greene Haddock Hillhouse Howard of Forsyth Keith TuEsDAY, AuausT 15, 1922. 1125 King of Jefferson McDonald of Mitchell Malone :Moye Parrish Price Quincey Salmon Shettlesworth Smith of Bryan Tyson Way Wood Wyatt Those not voting were Messrs: Adams of Newton Atkinson Bentley Bozeman Camp Corbitt Daniel of Heard . Daniel of Troup Dickerson Duncan of Hall Ficklen Fletcher Fowler Franks Guess Harris Hatcher of Muscogee Hodges Singletary Holloway Smith of Haralson Houston Smith of Meriwether Hufstetler Sumner of Johnson Jackso:n Thompson of Dodge Johnson of Turner Chattahoochee VanZant Kennedy Vocelle Mayo Walker Moore of Fulton Weston Neal of Union Whitley. Perkins Whitworth Perryman Williams of Miller Peterson Woodard Phillips of Telfair ::\ir. Speaker Robinson Russell Ayes 127, Nays 32. The roll call was verified. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 32. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. The following bill and resolution of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees: 1126 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Manson of 35th- Senate Bill No. 299. A bill to amend Code of 1910, relative to appointment of Mother as guardian of children. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. Senate Resolution No. 107. A resolution to relieve the bondsmen of Price Hubbard. Referred to Committee on Generl:\-1 Judiciary No.1. Mr. Rutherford of Monroe moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3 o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. 3 o'clock P.M. The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. Mr. Williams of Walton County, Chairman of the Committee on Reformation, submitted the following report: Mr. SpeahJer: Your Committee on Reformation have had under TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1127 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. 208. WILLIAMS of Walton, Chairman. Mr. Hullender, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report: Mt. Speaker:- The Committee on Enrolhnent has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts, to-wit: House Bill No. 981. An Act to amend an Act to establish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of Augusta Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of Solicitor General. House Bill No. 467. An Act to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to appoint an Assistant Fire Inspector. Respectfully submitted, W. C. HuLLENDER of Catoosa, Chairman of the Enrollment Committee. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 1128 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Spealoer: The President of the Senate has instructed the Secretary of the Senate to notify the House that the Senate will adjourn today at 6 :30 till tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof. Mr. Speaher: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following: House Bill No. 630. A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the change of venue in investigation by Grand Juries when no qualified Grand Jury can be found in the County where the crime was committed, and for other purposes. 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 Bill No. 554. A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize and empower the trustees of the Georgia School of Technology to charge and collect reasonable tuition, etc., and for other purposes. Hone Bill No. 583. A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a TuEsDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1129 School of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in this State, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 561. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a Department of Insurance, to stipulate their salaries and duties, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 805. The following bill as amended, to be entitled an Act to prohibit taking fish from any of the streams of this State with seine, net, gig, or spear or with any other device than hook and line for a period of five years, etc., and for other purposes. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secr-etary thereof. Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following: House Bill No. 981. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish the fee system now existing in the Superior Courts of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, as applied to the office of Solicitor General and all fees, now heretofore or hereafter accruing to the office of Solicitor General in said Circuit,'' and for other purposes. House Bill No. 892. A bill to be entitled an Act to establish a State Depository in Crawford, Oglethorpe County, and for other purposes. The following bill as amended: 1130 J OL"RNAL oF THE HousE, House Bill No. 745. To be entitled an Act to amend the several Acts for the creation, maintenance, management and government of the Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia, so as to provide that the State President of the Daughters of the Confederacy and President of each Atlanta Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy be made exofficio members of the Confederate Soldiers' Home. House Bill Xo. 467. ~--\. bill to be entitled an Act to authorize the Insurance Commissioner to appoint an assistant fire inspector. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof. J/ r. f3pp,akei: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following: House Bill No. 938. A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the Town of Aline, in the County of Emanuel, to define the corporate limits thereof, and for other purposes, approved August Hi, 1913. House Bill No. 750. A bill to be entitled an Act to prohibit the catching of fish in the waters of Braston Creek south of the public road leading from Young Harris to Blairsville and all the tributaries thereof,. for a period of two years, and for other purposes. House Bill Ko. 9'27. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved August 16, 1920, entitled TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1131 an Act to amend an Act approved August 15, 1910, entitled an Act to amend the new charter for the City of Madison, Georgia, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 967. A bill to be entitled an Act to create a new charter for the City of Richland, Stewart County, and for other purposes. The following message was received from the Senate, through :J,Ir. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof. Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following: House Bill No. 990. A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for precinct voting in the County of Chatham, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 987. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act creating the City Court of Louisville, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 972. A bill to be entitled an Act . to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Lee County, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 966. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend ''An Act authorizing the City of Canon, in the Counties of Franklin and Hart, in the State of Georgia, to establish and maintain a system of Public Schools in the said City, and for other purposes, apprond August 14, 1911," and for other purposes. 1132 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 875. To be entitled an Act to amend an Act codifying the School Laws of Georgia, approved May 19, 1919, relative to vocal music, and for other purposes. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof. ilh. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following: House Resolution No. 53. A resolution for the relief of bondsmen of one Perry Hendrix. House Resolution No. 169. A resolution to take necessary steps to locate State line between Georgia and Tennessee. House Resolution Xo. 154. A resolution to make ' additional appropriation for interest on public debt. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof .ZJlr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu- tional majority the following House Bill as amended, to-wit: House Bill No. 680. A bill to amend the Georgia Workmen's Compensation Law, relative to the salaries of certain officers. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. .McClatchey, the Secretary thereof TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1922. 1133 Mr. Speak,er: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitu tional majority the following House bill, to-wit: House Bill No. 62. A bill to allow common carriers operating in this State to issue annual passes to sheriffs and their lawful deputies. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof. Mr. Spealoer: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following: Senate Bill No. 323. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved February 2, 1877. The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate substitute thereto: By Messrs. Bowden and Blalock of WareHouse Bill No. 986. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Waycross. The Senate substitute was read and concurred in. The following bills and resolutions of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Maddox of SpaldingHouse Bill No. 614. A bill to provide a fund to 1134 J ouRxAL OF THE HousE, assist Counties in paying salaries of County Police 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 34 Nays 78. The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. By Messrs. Bleckley of Rabun, "Xeal of Union, Pruett of Lumpkin, and others- House Bill No. 808. A bill to authorize State Treasurer to pay certain Counties pro rata part of funds due, now in the Treasury of State, from sale of products from the Go\ernment Area of the National Forest Reservation, etc. The report of the Committee, \vhich was f~worable to the passage of the bill, .was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 119, Xays 1. The bill having receiwtl the re(1uisite constitutional majority was passed. By ~lr. Jones of \\Talker- House Bill Xo. 1004-. A bill to amend criminal Code of Georgia relative to cruelty to animals and for other purposes. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill,~was agreed to. rruESDAY, AuGUST 15, 1922. 1135 On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 110, Nays 6. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was_ passed. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Messrs. Hamilton and Davis of Floyd- House Bill No. 236. A bill to amend an Act regulating the practice of Optometry. The following committee substitute was read and adopted: A BILL To Be Enittled An Act to amend An Act approved August 7th, 1916, entitled ''An Act to establish a Board of Examiners in Optometry in the State of Georgia; to define its duties and powers; to regulate the practice of Optometry; to provide for issuing and recording licenses of Optometrists of this State~ to provide penalties for the violation of this Act; and for other purposes,'' by amending Section 2 of said Act so as to provide for removal of members of said Board; and by amending Section 4 of said Act so as to provide the Board with power to act orfministerial questions by mail; and by repealing Section 6 of this Act; .and by providing qualifications and fees of applicants for examination and registration; and to fix the status of applicants who fail to pass such examination; 1136 JOURNAL OF THE HousE, and by providing fees and qualifications of applicants for license who are residents of Georgia; and by providing fees and qualifications of applicants who have been licensed or have practiced without the State of Georgia; and by providing for the issuance of permits to practice Optometry; and by providing for notice of location and change of location of the place of practice by optometrists; and by providing for annual license fees and renewal fees to be paid by practitioners; and by providing for place of hearings before said Board; and by providing for notice of hearings before said Board; and by providing said Board with power to administer oaths, take testimony and secure attendance of witnesses at such hearings; and by providing said Board with power to administer oaths, take testimony and secure attendance of witnesses at such hearings; and by providing grounds for refusing and for re,oking license under this Act; and for other purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted b~ the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that Section II of the Act approved August 7th, 1916, to establish a Board of Examiners in Optometry in the State of Georgia; to define its duties and powers, to regulate the practice of Optometry; to provide for'lssuing and recording Licenses of Optometrists in this State; to provide penalties for the violations of this Act; and for other purposes; be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said Section II, the following words at TuEsDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1137 the end thereof, to-wit: ''The Governor shall have the power to remove from office any member of the Board for neglect of duty required by this Act or for unprofessional conduct,'' so that said Section II, when so amended shall read as follows: "That within thirty days after the passage of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint for this State a Board of Examiners in Optometry to consist of five members. Tlie said Board shall be styled the Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry, and its members shall be persons who have been actively engaged in the practice of Optometry_ in the State of Georgia for five years immediately preceding such appointment; provided that no person is eligible to appointment on this Board who is connected in any way with a school teaching optometry or who sells optical goods at wholesale. Be it further provided, that after the appointment of the first Board, only optometrists registered under the provisions of this Act shall be eligible for appointment. The said Board shall file with the Governor annually a complete list of registered optometrists in this State. Within thirty days after the Governor shall have notified the several members of their appointment, each member shall subscribe and forward to the Governor the following oath: "I do swear that I will faithfully-and impartially perform the duties of a member of the Board of E.xaminers in Optometry for the State of Georgia to the best of my ability, so help me God." Upon such oath being filed in the office of the Governor of this 1138 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, State, he shall issue to said examiner a certificate of appointment. The Governor shall have the power to remove from office any member of the Board for neglect of duty required by this Act or for unprofessional conduct.'' Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that Section IV of the above recited Act be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words, at the end thereof, to-wit: "The Board shall have power to act on any ministerial question by mail, such action being in the form of resolution or order, and shall be signed by each member of a quorum of the Board, and said action when properly approved by the Secretary of the Board shall become a part of the regular proceedings of the Board and shaH be admitted as evidence in an~' Court, or in any hearing before the Board", so that said section when amended shall read as follows: "That said board at the first meeting after the appointment of its members and annually thereafter, shall elect a president, vice-president and secretarytreasurer, who shall hold their office until their successors are elected and qualified. The SecretaryTreasurer shall give bond with security in such sum as said hoard may determine. Said Board shall prescribe such rule~, regulations and by-laws for its proceedings and government as will carry into effect the provisions of this Act. There shall be at least two regular meetings of the board of examiners held every year on the first Wednesday in January and TuEs~Y, AuausT 15, 1922. 1139 July. Special meetings may be held on the call of the president and two other members. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and register of all applicants for license, giving the name, age and residence of applicant and the county in which he r proposes to practice; also show the date of examina- tion, whether the applicant was rejected or granted a license, and the manner of the License granted. The Board shall have power to act on any ministerial question by mail, such action being in the form of resolution or order, and shall be signed by each mem- ber of a quorum of the board, and said action when properly approved by the secretary of the board shall become a part of the regular proceedings of the board and shall be admitted as evidence in any court or in any hearing before the Board.'' Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Section VI of said Act be, and the same is, hereby repealed, which section so repealed ,reads as follows: "Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this Act, all persons engaged in the practice of optometry or who wish to begin practice of same in this State shall make application to the board to be registered and for a certificate of registration. Such registration and certificates shall be granted to such applicants, but only upon compliance with the following conditions contained in subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of this section. 1140 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, (1) The applicant shall be registered and given a certificate of registration on passing a satisfactory examination limited to a demonstration of practical work, if he shall present satisfactory proof on or before March 1, 1917, of being twenty-one years of age, of good moral character and of having been continuously engaged in the practice of optometry in this State for at least two years prior to the passage of this Act. The fee for registering such applicants shall be ten dollars. (2) The applicant shall be registered and given a certificate of registration if he holds a valid license from such other State boards of optometry as may be, under the rules of comity, recognized by the Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry. The fee for registering such applicant shall be ten dollars. (3) From and after March 1, 1917, any applicant for registration under this Act shall be required to pass an examination as hereinafter provided. Such applicant shall be twenty-one years of age, of good moral character, and shall be possessed of an education equal to a two years' high school course. He shall have been employed as an assistant in the office of an optometrist, registered under this Act, for a period of not less than two years, or shall hold a diploma from a school of optometry, approved by this board, provided that after July 1, 1917, all applicants for examination shall hold a diploma from a school of optometry requiring a two years' attendance course and satisfactory to this board. The TuEsDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1141 said board shall examine all applicants shown to have the necessary qualifications, as above set forth, in the following subjects: Ocular anatomy and physiology; theoretic optics ; theoretic and practical optometry, including normal and abnormal refractive, accommodative and muscular conditions of the eye as applied by recognized methods of subjective and objective optometry when determining the need of glasses. When the applicant shall attain an average standing of 75 per cent. on all subjects submitted he shall be deemed to have passed satisfactorily and be given a certificate of registration, which certificate, and any other certificate provided for in this section shall operate as a license to practice optometry in this State when it shall have been recorded in the office of the clerk of the superior court of each county in which said person practices. The clerk of said court shall be entitled to a fee of one dollar for recording such certificate. The fees for applicants of this class shall be fifteen dollars for examination and ten dollars for registration. Failure to pass a satisfactory examination shall not debar the applicant from participating in subsequent examinations before said board, upon his complying with the provsions of this Act.'' Section 4. Be it further enacted, That no person, except as otherwise provided in this Section shall practice Optometry until he shall have passed an examination conducted by the Board and attained an average standing of seventy-five per cent. in all the following subjects, to-wit: theoretic, practical 1142 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, and physiological optics; theoretic, practical optometry; and in the anatom~, physiology and pathology of the eye, and shall have been registered and shall have received a Certificate of Registration, which certificate and an~ other certificate provided for in this Section, shall operate as a Licensed to practice Optometry in this State, when it shall have been recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of any county in which the said person proposes to practice. The Clerk of said Court shall is-sue him a certified copy of the record and be entitled to a fee of One Dollar; provided that a temporary license shall not be recorded. Section 5. Re it fnrtlwr enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That every applicant for examination and registration shall present satisfactory evidence in the form of affidavits properly sworn to that he is over twenty-one years old and of good moral character, has had a preliminary education equivalent to at least two years in public High School, and has graduated from a school of optometry, requiring a two year attendance course, and satisfactory to the Board created under this ~1.ct; Provided that should an applicant be unable to offer satisfactory proof of the preliminary education equivalent to two years in High School, the Board shall determine the applicant's qualification by an examination, the fee. for which shall be Five Dollars to be paid by the applicant; and provided further that if an Optometrist who has practiced for a period of five years and who has conducted such practice in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, desires to ap- TuESDAY, AuacsT 15, 1922. 1143 ply for examination he may offer satisfactory proof of such practice in lieu of other educational requirements. Section 6. Be it further enacted, That failure to pass a satisfactory examination shall not debar the applicant from participating in subsequent examinations before said Board, upon complying with the provisions of this Act. Section 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That application for examination and for license shall be filed with said Board at least fifteen days prior to date of meeting of said Board, and fee for applicants of this class shall be Twenty-five Dollars, payable as follows: Fifteen Dollars to accompany the application and Ten Dollars upon issuance of Registration Certificate; such Certificate and any other registration certificate provided for in this Act, now in force, or hereafter issued, shall continue in force until the first day of January in the year next succeeding the passage of this Act. Section 8. Be it further enacted, That an applicant for license to practice in this State, who has successfully passed the standard examination of the Optometry Board of another State, shall be registered and given a Certificate of Registration if the said Optometry Board that awarded his license is recognized under the rules of comity by the Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry, and provided that the applicant has not previously failed to pass the examination required in this State. The fee for applicants of this class shall be Fifty Dollars, pay- 1144 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, able as follows: Fifteen Dollars to accompany the application and Thirty-Five Dollars upon. the issuance of Registration Certificate. Section 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Board of Examiners in Optometry, created by this Act, may in its .discretion, issue a permit to practice Optometry in this State during the interim between examinations to any person who has filed application for examination, which has been accepted by said Board as admitting the applicant to the next examination. Such permit, which shall be known as a temporary license, shall be valid only until the date of the next examination, and shall not be issued sooner th8ll thirty days following any regular examination, and no permit shall be issued to any person who has failed before this Board, nor to a person whose Certificate has been revoked. Section 10. Be it further enacted, That before engagi:ng in the practice of Optometry in this State, it shall be the duty of each Registered Optometrist to notify the Secretary of the said Board of Examiners in Optometry in writing of the place or places of business where he is to engage or intends to engage in the practice of Optometry, and of changes in the loeation of his place of business. Section 11. Be it further enacted, That every registered Optometrist who desires to continue the practice of Opteometry shall annually, on or before the first day of J anuan-, pay to the Secretary of the Board a renewal registration fee of Two Dollars, ... TuESDAY, AuGUST 15, 1922. 1145 for which he shall receive a Certificate of Renewal, which shall render the holder thereof a legal practi- tioner of Optometry for the ensuing year. In cases of neglect to pay the Renewal Fee herein specified, the Board may revoke the practitioner's Certificate of Registration, and the holder thereof may be rein- stated by complying with the conditions specified in this Section; provided no Certificate shall be revoked for non-payment of registration fee without giving sixty days notice to the delinquent, who within such period shall have the right of renewal of such Certificate on the payment of the renewal fee, with a pen- alty of Five Dollars; and provided further that re- tirement from practice for a period not exceeding five years shall not deprive the holder of said Certi.ficate of the right to renew his Certificate on the pay- ment of all lapsed fees. Section 12. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all hearings before said board for the purpose of revoking license, or on the question of refusing license, shall be held in the Capital of Georgia at some place designated by said board by an order properly adopted by said board. Section 13. Be it further enacted, That fifteen days' notice of the time and place of hearing shall be served personally upon any applicant for license of any hearing on the question of the refusal of his license and that like notice shall be personally served upon any licensed Optometrist before a hearing shall be had upon the question of revoking his license. Section 14. Be it further enacted by authority 1146 .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, aforesaid, That said board for the purpose of conducting the hearings hereby provided, shall have power to administer oaths, take testimony, and upon application to a judge of the superior court of the circuit in which the Capital of the State is located, compel the attendance of witnesses. Section 15. Be it further enacted, That said board shall have power to revoke any license or certificate of registration issued by it upon the following grounds: 1. Fraud or deception in procuring license. 2. Error in granting license. 3.. The practice of optometry under a false or assumed name. 4. Failure to record license in the office of the clerk of the superior court for a period of ninety days in the county where practice is conducted. 5. Unprofessional Conduct. For the purpose of this Act the term "Unprofessional Conduct" is defined to mean; the use of untruthful or impossible statements in advertisement or announcements issued; the employing, directly or indirectly, of an unlicensed or suspended optometrist to perform any of the work covered by this Act; soliciting from house to house; the employment of a person to solicit from house to house. 6. The violation of any of the provisions of this Act . TuESDAY, AuGUST 15, 1922. 1147 Section 16. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby repealed. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 3. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Mr. Russell of Barrow- House Resolution No. 221. A resolution providing for payment of expenses for Joint Committee on Board of Regents. Bills. The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Mayo of Mitchell as the Chairman thereof. The Committee of the .Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to. 1148 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, 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 DeLaPerriere Hunter Adam,s of Walton DickerBon Hyman And!erson Dixon Jones of Coweta Arnold Dobbs Jones of Walker Baldwin DuBose ,Johnson of Bartow Beck Dudley .Johnson of Beckham Duncan of Hall Chattahoochee Bentley Ennis Johnson of Pickens Bleck ley E,ans King of Jefferson Bloodworth Ficklen King of Wilcox Bobo Folsom Kittrell Boswell Fowler Langford of Hall Bowden Foy Lankford of Toombs Bowen Franks Lewis Boyett Grant Logan Bozeman Gregham Luke Braddy Griffin McClelland Branch Griffith l\fcClure Brannen Greene McDonald of Mitchell Brantley Grovenstein )lcGarity Brown of Emanuel Guess Macintyre Brown of Han~ock Haddock McMichael Brownlee Hamilton Maddox Bush Harris }Ialone Byrd of Crisp Hatcher of Burke Manning Camp Hatcher of Muscogee Mayo Carswell Hawkins l\liles Childs Henderson :\Iixon Clark of Colquitt Herring )loore of Appling Clark of Webster Hines of Decatur Mundy Clifton Hines of Sumter Neal of Union Coates Collier Hodges Holland Nichols Parks Cowart Holloway Parrish Culpepper Howard of Forsyth Patten Daniel of Heard Howard of Screven Penland Daniel of Troup Hufstetler Perkins DeFoor Hullender Peterson TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1149 Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pilcher Price Pruett Reville Ricketson Riley Russell Salmon Sapp Shettlesworth Sibley Singletary Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson Steele Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Turner Valentino Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Webb Whitaker of Lowndes Whitworth Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wood Wyatt Wynne Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Hillhouse Quincey Those not voting were Messrs : Atkinson Jones of Thomas Smith of Meriwether Bird of Taliaferro Keith Stone Blalock Kennedy Swindle Boatwright Knight Trippe Carr McDonald of Tyson Collins Richmond Van Landingham Corbitt Mann VanZant Davis of Floyd Mason Way ' Davis of Oglethorpe Moore of Fulton Weston Duncan of Dawson Moye Whitley Dyke~ Owen Whitaker of Rockdale Fletcher Perryman WilliaiJ?.s of Harris Gann Ramsey Wimberly Gunnels Reagan Winship Horn!' Robinson Woodard Houser Rutherford Worthy Houston Smiley :\Ir. Speaker Jackson Smith of Bryan Ayes 153, Nays 2. By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. 1150 JovR:NAL oF 1HE HousE, On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 152, Nays 2. The resolution having rec~ived the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By unanimous consent the resolution was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- House Bill No. 655. A bill to appropriate $150,000 for purpose of supplying a deficiency in main- . tenance of Georgia State Sanitarium for year 1921. The bill involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Wyatt of Troup as the Chairman thereof. The Committee of the Whole House arose and through their Chairman reported progress and begged leave to sit again. .Mr. .:\Iundy of Polk moved that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until to-night at 8 :30 o'clock. .Mr. Bentley of Fulton moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed. Leave of absence was granted Mr. Duncan of Hall. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-night at 8 :30 o'clock. TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1151 NIGHT SESSION' 8 :30 o'Clock P. M. The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker. The following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration: By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin- House Bill No. 655. A bill to appropriate $150,000 for purpose of supplying a deficiency in maintenance of Georgia State Sanitarium for the year 1921. Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson moved that the House instruct the Committee of the Whole House that the debate on this bill be limited to five minutes to each side and the motion prevailed. The House was again resolved into the Committee of the whole House with Mr. Wyatt of Troup as the Ghairman thereof. The Committee of the whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. Mr. Carswell of Wilkinson moved the previous question ; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The following amendments were read and adopted: 1152 ,JOURNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Williams of Walton- Amend House Bill No. 655 by adding the following proviso: "That the sum above appropriated shall not be available until and unless the Board of Trustees take and keep all patients properly commutted out of jails in the various Counties of Georgia.'' By Mr. Smith of BryanAmend House Bill No. 655 by adding a nev>' sec- tion as follows: That $3,500 or so much as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated for silo, and repairs to the buildings at the State Sanatorium for Tubercular patients, at Alto. That the caption be amended by adding the above paragraph thereto. By Mr. Knight of Berrien- Amend House Bill No. 655, by adding a new section to be known as Section 2A as follows: Section 2A. Be it further enacted that from and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the physicians in charge of the State Sanatorium to visit and treat the insane at the Georgia State Farm. 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: TuESDAY, AuausT 15, 1922. 1153 Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boswell Bowden Bowen Bozeman Braddy Branch Branntm Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Camp Carr Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Coates Collier Culpepper Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeFoor Dixon Dobbs Dudley Duncan of Hall Ennis Ficklen Folsom Fowler Franks Grant Maclntyn Gresham Mdiichael Greene :\Ialone Grovenstein :\Iann Guess :\Ianning Haddock :\Iason Hamilton Mile~ Harris Mixon Hatclwr of }[uscogee .Moyl' Hawkins ::Ylundy Henderson Neal of Union Herring Niehob Hines of Decatur Owen Hines of t:>umh'r Park>< Holland Parrish Holloway Patten Horne Penland Houser Perryman Howard of ForRyth Phillips of Telfair Hullender Pickren Hy~<:an Pilcher Jackson Price Jones of Coweta Pruett ,Jones of Thonm' Ramsey Jones of Walker Reville Johnson of Bartow Riley ,Johnson of Russell Chattahoochee Sapp Johnson of Pickens Shettle~worth King of Jefferson Sihley King of Wilcox Smiley Kittrell Smith of Carroll Knight Smith of Haralson Langford of Hall Steele Lankford of Toombs Stone Lewis Stovall Logan Strickland :\IcClelland Sumner of .Johnson McClure Swindle McDonald of l\Iitchell Tatum :\IcDonald of Thompson of Coweta Richmond Thompson of Dodge Sig_ 37 1154 JoL'RNAL OF THE HousE, Van Landingham VanZant Voeelle \ \7 a l l \Vatkin" Way Webb William" of Harris Winship Those voting in the negative were Messrs: Bobo Hodges \Yilliam" of ~Iiller Wyatt Those not voting were Messrs : Adams of Newton ,\dmP,s of \'Valton Anderson Bentley Boatwright Boyett Byrd of Crisp Clifton Collins Corbitt Cowart Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeLaPerriere Dickerson DuBose Duncan of Dawson Dykes Evans Fletcher Foy Gann Griffin Griffith Gunnels Hat<"her of Burke Hillhou"e Houston Howard of Screven Hufstetler 'Hunter Keith KPnnedy Luke )lcGarity )!add ox )la~o )loore of Appling )[oore of Fulton Perkins Peterson Phillips of Jasper Quineey Rt>agan Ricketson Robinson Hutherford s~Jmon Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Meriwether fiumner of Wheeler :-lwift Trippe Turner Tyson \'alentino \Yalker Weston \Yhitley Whitaker of Lowndes \\"hitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of \Valton Wimberly Wood Woodard \\'orthy Wynne )lr. Speaker Ayes 133, Nays 4. By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 133, Nays 4. TuEsDAY, AuausT 15, 1922. 1155 The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered Immediately transmitted to the Senate. The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Camp of Campbell- House Bill No. 865. A bill to appropriate $49,000 to pay debts clue on public printing and for other purposes. Mr. Lankford of Toombs moved that the House instruct the Committee of the "Whole House that debate on this bill be limited to 10 minutes and the motion prevailed. The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated ::\Ir. "Winship of Bibb as the Chairman thereof. The Committee of the whole House arose and through their Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended. The following committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend by striking the words and figures ''Forty Thousand Dollars'' wherever they appear and insert in lieu thereof the words and figures ''Forty Five 1156 JouRNAL oF THE Hot:sE, Thousand Seven Hundrey Thirty Six and Twenty Nine One Hundredth Dollars." 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: Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bleck ley Bloodworth Bobo Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Camp Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Coates Collier Culpepper Davis of Floyd Davis of Oglethorpe DeLaPerriere Dobbs Dudley Duncan of Hall Kittrell 'bnnis Knight Folsom Langford of Hall Grant Lankford of Toombs Greene Lewis Grovenstein Logan Guess :McClelland Haddock :McClure Hamilton :McDonald of ~Iitchell Harris McDonald of )Iatcher of ~luscogee Richmond Hawkin.s Macintyre Henderson :\Ic:\lichael Herring :\Ialone Hines of Decatur :Mason Hines of Sumter 1Iayo Hodges :\Iiles Holland )fixon Holloway )loye Horne :\fundy Houser Owen Hullender Parks Hyman Parrish ,Tones of Coweta Patten Jones of Thomas Penland Jones of Walker Perryman Johnson of Bartow Pickren Johnson of Pilcher Chattahoochee Price Johnson of Pickens Pruett King of .Jefferson Quincey King of \Vilcox Ramsey Reagan Reville Riley Russell Rutherford Sapp Sibley Smiley TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1157 Smith of Carroll Stone Stovall Swindle Tatum ~hompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Vocelle Wall Way We'bb Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Winship Those not voting were Messrs : Adams of Newton Adam,s of Walton Anderson Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Boatwright Bowen Boyett Byrd of Crisp Carr Clifton Collins Corbitt Cowart Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor Dickerson Dixon DuBose Duncan of Dawson Dykes Evans Ficklen Fletcher Fowler Foy Franks Gann Gresham Griffin Griffith Gunnels Hatcher of Burke Hillhouse Houston Howard of Forsyth Howard of Screven Hufstetler Hunter Jackson Keith Kennedy Luke :\IcGarity :\faddox :\Iann .'\1anning :\Ioore of Appling Moore of Fulton Neal of Union Nichols Perkins Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair RiC'ketson Robinson Salmon Ayes 117, Nays 0. Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Strickland ,Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Trippe Turner Tyson ValentinoVan Landingham VanZant Walker Watkins \VPston Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Wimberly Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne :\Ir. Speaker 1158 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Mr. Pruett of Lumpkin- House Bill No. 788. A bill to appropriate $3,00().00 for 1922, and $3,500.00 for 1923 to University of Georgia for use of North Georgia Agricultural College. The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Harris of Jefferson as the Chairman thereof. By motion the House instructed the Committee of the Whole House that the debate on this bill be limited to ten minutes to each side. The Committee of the "\Vhole House arose and through their Chairman reported progress and begged leave to sit again. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: TuESDAY, AuGusT 15, 1922. 1159 Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, towit: Senate Bill No. 251. A bill to provide a remedy for an applicant for certiorari in certain courts. Also the following bills of the House, to-wit: House Bill No. 832. A" bill to amend an Act providing certain ta,x on fuel oils, and for other purposes. The following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to the committee: By .Mr. Fleming of 8th- Senate Bill No. 251. A bill to provide a remedy for an applicant for certiorari in certain courts. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2. Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House do now adjourn. Mr. Culpepper of Fayette made the point of order that less than a quorum could adjourn. The Chair sustained this point of order. The motion to adjourn prevailed. The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. 1160 JoURNAL OF THE HousE, REPRESEXTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. Wednesday, August 16th, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opend 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 Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Brownlee Bush Byrd of Crisp Camp Carr Car~well 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 Dobb:; DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Dykes Ennis E\'ans Ficklen Fletcher Folsom Fowler Foy Franks Gann Grant Gresham Griffin Griffith Greene Grovenstein Guess Gunnels Haddock Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of ~luscogee Hawkins Henderson Herring Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 16, 1922. 1161 Horne 1Iayo Houser Miles Houston )Iixon Howard of Forsyth )loore of Appling Howard of Screven :\Ioore of Fulton Hufstetler Moye Hullender Mundy Hunter Neal of Union Hyman Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parrish Jones of Walker -Patten Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee Perryman John8on of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren King of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pruett Langford of Hall Quincey Lankford of Toombs Ramsey Lewis Reagan Logan Reville Luke Ricketson 1IcClelland Riley 11cClure Robinson )lcDonald of Mitchell Russell 1IcDonald of Rutherford Richmond ~almon 1IcGarity Sapp 11adntyre Rhettlesworth . )fc1Iichael Sibley 1Iaddox Singletary Malone Smiley )Iann Smith of Bryan )fanning Smith of Carroll )Iason Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thompson of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb "'eston Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth '\'illiams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood , Woodard Worthy Wyatt Wynne 11r. Speaker By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 1162 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 63 was taken from the table and placed upon the Calendar. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 69 and House Bill No. 589 were withdrawn from the House. 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 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. 321. PrcKREX, of Charlton, Chairman. Mr. Haddock, of Early County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report: J.Vir. Speaker: Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following Bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Vice-Chairman, to report the same back to the House with. the recommendation that the same do pasR: Senate Bill No. 180. Respectfully submitted, MR. HADDOCK of Early, Vice-Chairman. WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 16, 1922. 1163 Mr. Guess, of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report: j'J!Jr. Speaker: Your Committee on General Judiciary No.1 have had under consideration the following Resolu~on of the Senate and have instructed me, as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: Senate Resolution No. 107. GuEss, of DeKalb, Chairman. Mr. W. R. McDonald, of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report: JJr. 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. 323. McDoNALD of Richmond, Chairman. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 1164 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House Bill: House Bill No. 726. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Georgia Women's Compensation Act approved August 17, 1920, by providing a method of caUmlating wages received, etc., and for other purposes. House Bill No. 569. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Tax Act of 1921, as to Bill Boards, etc., and for other purposes. 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 Bill No. 851. A bill to be entitled an Act to authorize certain counties to lease, build or maintain houses and equipment for the purpose of giving fire protection to citizens and property and to levy a tax therefor and for other purposes. House Bill No. 984. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved December 20, 1899, entitled an Act to create a new Charter for the City of Douglas in the County of Coffee and for other purposes. "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1922. 1165 House Bill No. 969. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Canon in the Counties of Franklin and Hart in the State of Georgia and for other purposes, to define the territorial limits of said City of Canon to provide for the issuance of bonds to build, equip and repair school building in said City, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 991. A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Jeff Davis, State of Georgia, and for other purposes. 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. House Bill No. 973. A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal in part and amend Act of December 10, 1901, incorporating Town of Cooledge and to amend Act amendatory thereof approved July 29, 1914, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 956. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend, revise and consolidate the several Acts granting corporate authority to the Town of Tybee ; to confer additional powers upon the Mayor and Councilmen of the Town of Tybee, to define the corporate limits of said town and for other purposes. 1166 J-ouRXAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 963. A bill to be entitled an Aot to establish a new Charter for the Town of Danville, etc., and for other purposes. House Bill No. 970. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new Charter for the Town of Donaldsonville, in Decatur (now Seminole) County and for other purposes. 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 Resolution: House Resolution No. 148. A resolution to authorize the sale of certain lands owned by the State for benefit of the First District A. & M. School, to fix the price of same and for other purposes. The following message was rPceived from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: JJ r. SpPaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House Bills: House Bill No. 999. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the City Court of Cairo and for other purposes. House Bill No. 995. A bill to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to create the office WEDNESDAY, A-uGUST 16, 1922. 1167 of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Glascock, State of Georgia, to provide for an appointment to fill said office until January 1, 1915, etc., and to provide for and create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Glascock, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 996. A bill to be entitled an Act creating a new Charter for Town of Decatur approved August 17, 1909, so as to permit said Town of Decatur to designate and establish by appropriate proceedings restricted residence district, and for other purpose.s The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: klr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House Bills: House Bill No. 930. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend, revise, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the Town of Doerun, and the City of Doerun, in the County of Colquit, State of Georgia, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 965. A bill as amended to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to amend, consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the Town of McCaysville in the County of Fannin, and for other purposes. 1168 J O"CRNAL OF THE HousE, House Bill No. 959. A bill to be entitled an Act to provide and establish a new Charter for the Town of Locust Grove, in the County of Henry, to define and prescribe its corporate limits, and for other purposes. House Bill No. 895. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the Charter of East Point, giving authority to issue bonds for certain purposes. Mr. Hullender of Catoosa, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report: Jfr. Speaker: The Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, d~ly signed and ready for delivery to the- Governor, the following Acts and Resolutions, to-wit: House Bill No. 583. An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a School of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in this State. House Resolution No. 154. A resolution to make additional appropriation for interest on Public Debt. House Bill No. 892. An Act to establish a State Depository in Crawford, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. House Bill No. 630. An Act to provide for the change of venue in investigation by Grand Juries WEDNESDAY, AuausT 16, 1922. 1169 when no qualified Grand Jury can be found in the County where the crime was committed. House Bill No. 966. An Act to amend an Act authorizing the City of Canon in the Counties of Franklin and Hart to establish and maintain a system of Public Schools in said County. House Bill No. 875. An Act to amend an Act codifying the School Laws of Georgia relative to vocal music. House Bill No. 972. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Lee County. House Resolution No. 169. A resolution to take necessary steps to locate State line between Georgia and Tennessee. House Bill No. 990. An Act to provide for precinct voting in the County of Chatham. House Bill No. 554. An Act to authorize and empower the trustees of the Gorgia School of Technology to charge and collect reasonable tuition. House Bill No. 927. An Act to amend an Act and amendatory Acts creating a new Charter for tl].e City of Madison. House Bill No. 750. An Act to prohibit fishing in Braston Creek for a period of two years. House Bill No. 938. An Act to repeal an Act to 1170 JouRNAL OJ!' THE HousE, incorporate the Town of Aline in the County of Emanuel (Candler). House Resolution No. 53. A resolution to relieve the bondsmen of Perry Hendrix. House Bill No. 987. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act creating the City Court of Louisville, Georgia. House Bill No. 561. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to create a Department of Insurance for the State. House Bill No. 62. An Act to allow common carriers to issue annual passes to sheriffs and deputies. House Bill No. 986. An Act to amend the Charter of Waycross. House Bill No. 832. An Act to amend an Act providing for the collection of a tax on distributors of fuel oils and for other purposes. House Bill No. 569. An Act to amend the Tax Act of 1921, as to Bill Boards. Respectfully submitted, HULLENDER of Catoosa, Chairman. The following Bills and Resolutions of the Senate, fayorably reported by the committees, were read for the second time: WEDNESDAY, AuausT 16, 1922. 1171 By :Mr. Ellis of the 47th- Senate Bill No. 180. A bill to establish an A. & M. College near Tifton . By Mr. Thomas of the 3rd- Senate Bill No. 208. A bill to establish a Juvenile Court in this State. By Mr. Golucke of the 19th- Senate Bill Xo. 321. A bill to amend the Charter of the Town of Sharon. By Mr. Golucke of the 19th- Senate Bill No. 323. A bill to amend an Act cr&ating Board of Commissioners for Warren County. By Mr. Manson of the 35thSenate Resolution No. 107. A resolution to re- lieve the bondsmen of Price Hubbard. The following Bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Rountree of 16th- Senate Bill No. 322. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Tom School District in Emanuel and Johnson Counties. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. 1172 JouRXAL OF THE HousE, On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 118, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Fleming of lOth- Senate Bill No. 196. A bill to create a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dougherty 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 137, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Ellis of 47th- Senate Bill No. 303. A bill to amend an Act creating new Charter for City of Tifton. The report of the Committee, which was fa,orable to the passage of the bill, jWas agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 124, Nays 0. The bill having recBived the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Jones of 6thSenate Bill No. 304. A bill to amend an Act in- corporating City of Valdosta. WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 16, 1922. 1173 The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, 1was 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. Fleming of lOth- Senate Bill No. 275. A bill to amend an Act to provide for a system of public schools in and for the City of Albany. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill,:' was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 138, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Mr. Fleming of lOth- Senate Bill No. 274. A bill to amend present Charter of City of Albany. The report of the Committee, which was (avorable to the passage of the bill,, .was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 163, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. 1174 J orRxAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Snow of 7th- Senate Bill No. 209. A bill to repeal Act abolishing fee system in Southern Judicial Circuit as applied to the office of Solicitor-General and for other purposes. Mr. Macintyre, of Thomas, moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed. By Mr. Snow of 7th- Senate Bill No. 221. A bill to abolish the fees accruing to office of Solicitor-General in criminal cases in the Southern Judicial Circuit. Mr. Macintyre, of Thomas, moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed. Tl!e following resolution of the House was introduced and read: By Messrs. McMichael of Marion, and Perkins of Mnscogee- House Resolution No. 2. A resolution thanking the citizens, theaters, etc., of the City of Atlanta for the kindness. shown by them to the General Assembly. The resolution was ordered to lie on the table one day. The following report of the Conference Committee on Senate Bill No. 7 was submitted, read, and adopted: WEDNESDAY, AuausT 16, 1922. 1175 Mr. Speaker: We, your Conference Committee on .Senate Bill No. 7, known as the Neill-Jones Australian Ballot Bill, respectfully report that we have. agreed and recommend that the Bill be enacted with all House amendments except the amendments which would strike Sections 18 and 19 of the original Senate Bill; would fix the closing hours of the polls; known respectively as Amendments Nos. seven (7) and eight (8). Therefore the committee recommends that the House recede from Amendments ~os. senn (7) and eight (8) as hereinbefore mentioned. On the part of the Senate. Messrs. Jones, 37th. Nix, 51st, Jackson, 21st, On part of House. Messrs. Hyman, of Washington, Davis, of Oglethorpe, Knight, of Berrien, The following bills of the House and Senate, set as a special oraer by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage: 1176 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Ridley of 28th- Senate Bill No. 198. A bill for the licensing of nurserymen, dealers in nursery stock, etc. Mr. Beck, of Carroll, moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The following committee amendment was read and adopted: Amend by striking from Section 7 and line two the word "three" and substituting in lieu thereof the word ''five.'' 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 116, Nays 6. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Mr. Haralson of 40th- Senate Bill No. 262. A bill to provide further regulation with regard to practice and procedure in the several courts of this State and for other purposes. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1922. 1177 Mr. Moore, of Appling 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 105, Nays 6. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.. By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate. By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens, and McMichael of Marion- House Bill No. 738. A bill to amend the Constitution so as to provide for the building of a State owned port and terminal at Savannah, Ga. Mr. Williams, of Walton, moved that the bill, substitute, and all amendments be tabled. On this motion Mr. Bowden, of Ware, call 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: Ada~ of Walton Bobo Boswell Bowen Boyett Brantley Brownlee Camp Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster DeLaPerriere Dicker~on 1178 .To-cRNAL OF THE HousE, Ennis Ficklen Foy Franks Gann Grant Griffith Houston Johnson of Pickens Ke;th King Of Jefferson King of Wilcox Langford of Hall Lewis Luke }f<'Clure M<'Donald of ~Iit<'hell )fa~o )!oore of Appling )foore of Fulton )foye Neal of Union Pickren Ramsey Salmon Shettlesworth Sibley Stovall Swift Thompson of Dodge Turner Walker Whitley Whitworth 'Yilliams of Harris 'YiJJiams of Miller 'Villiams of Walton Wimberly Those voting in the Iiegativ~ were Messrs: Adams of Newton AmLerson Arnold Atkinson Beck Beckham Bloodworth Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bush Byrd of Crisp Carswell Childs Clifton Collier Collins Cowart Culpepper Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DaYis of Floyd DeFoor Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudl<'y Dun<'an of Hall Dyhs Evans Folsom Griffin ( ~reene GroYenstein Guess Haddock Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hawkins HenderRon Herring Hillhouse Hine,- of Decatur Hines of Sumter Flolioway Houser Howard of Forsyth Howard of SC'reven Hullender Hunter Hyman ,Jackson .Ton2' of Coweta ,J one~ of Thomas Jones of Walker Johnson of Bartow Johnson of Chattahoochee Kennedy Kittrell Knight Lankford of Toombs )lcCielland }fcDonald of Richmond )!cGarity }faclntyre )lc)Iichael ~faddox )Iann )Ianning ~Iiles Mundy Nichols Owen Parks Parrish Patten Penland Perkins Perryman Peterson WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 16, 1922. . 1179 Phillips of Jasper Pilcher Price Reagan Reville Ricketson Robinson Russell Sapp Singletary Smiley Smith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Smith of Haralson Smith of :\Ieriwether Stone Btri VanZant " 7atkins Winship 'Voodard :\[r. Speaker By unanimous consent the nrification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the motion to table the Ayes were 50, Nays 120, and the motion was lost. Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that whtln thf:' House adjourn it stand adjourned until this afternoon at 3:15 o'clock, and the motion prevailed. By unanimous consent Mr. Duncan of Hall was granted leave of absence from the afternoon session. 1180 . .JouRNAL OF THE HousE, .By unanimous consent Mr. Duncan of Hall was allowed to cast his vote on the bill before the House at this time and retire. He voted ''Aye'' on the original bill and "No" on the substitute and all amendments. 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 3 :15 o'clock. ~-\.FTERNOON SESSION, 3 :15 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. 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 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. 306. GRAHAM of Burke, Vice-Chairman. WEDNESDAY, AuousT 16, 1922. 1181 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 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. 308. Respectfully submitted, RoBERT L. MoYE, Chairman. Mr. Lankford of Toombs County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report: 1Jilr. Speaker: Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitu.tion 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 recommention that the same do not pass: Senate Bill No. 250, relative to the payment of poll taxes. LANKFORD of Toombs, Chairman. 1182 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, The following bills of the Senate, favorably reported by the committees, were read the second time: By Mr. Manson of 35th- Senate Bill No. 306. A bill to establish kindergartens in the public schools of the State. By Mr. Hutchens of 38th-- Senate Bill No. 308. A bill to amend an Act amending an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Haralson County. The following bill and resolution of the Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Hutchens of 38th- Senate Bill No. 308. A hill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Haralson County. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Na~s 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was. passed. By Messrs. Akin of 4th, Manson of 35th, and others- Senate Resolution Ko. 71. A resolution providing for a Commission to prevent the dismantling or WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 16, 1922. 1183 junking of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railw,'ly Company, and for other purposes. Mr. Wimberly of Laurens moved that the resolution be tabled, and the motion prevailed. By unanimous consent Senate Bill Ko. 227 was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 for the purpose of reconsidering its action in reporting the same unfavorably. The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto: By Messrs. Hufstetler of Murray, Owen of Gordon, and others- House Bill No. 805. A bill to prohibit taking of fish from any of the streams of this State with seine, net, gig, etc., for a period of five years. The following Senate amendments were read and concurred in : Amend by striking the words "for commercial purposes" wherever same occur. Amend by adding the following: ''that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to counties having a population of less than 6,455 or more than 6,456; 11,709 or more than 11,710.'' By :\fr. Van Zant of Fannin- House Bill No. 965. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of McCaysville. .. -- 1184 Jo-cRNAL oF THE HousE, The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in : Amend by adding the following proviso at the end of Section 4: Provided, however, that the present Mayor and Councilmen of said City of McCaysville shall hold office until the first Monday in February, 1923, when their term of office for which they were elected expires. By Messrs. Atkinson, Hunter and Valentino of Chatham- House Bill No. 857. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Savannah. The following Senate amendments were read and concurred in : Amend 1st by striking Section five. Amend 2nd by striking Section five A. Amend 3rd by changing the numbers of the Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, to numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 respectively. By Messrs. Gann and Dobbs of Cobb-- House Bill No. 894. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Marietta. The Senate substitute for the above bill was read and concurred in. WEDNESDaY, AuGUST 16, 1922. 1185 By Mr. Steele of DeKalb- House .Bill No. 680. A bill to amend an Act knowu as the Georgia Workmen's Compensation Act relative to the salaries of certain officers. The following Senate amendment was read and concurred in : Amend by adding to Section two the following language, to-wit: "All moneys assessed against and that may be payable under this Act by the Insurance Companies writing Compensation Insurance in this State and the employers permitted by the Commission to pay compensation direct, shall be by the same paid into the State Treasury of Georgia, and by it held as a Special Fund subject to the change of salaries, expenses, etc., as provided in this Act, to be paid out of the State Treasury only upon warrant signed by the Governor and countersigned by the Comptroller-General. By Messrs. Horne of Dodge and Moore of Fulton- House Bill No. 745. A bill to amend the several Acts for the creation, maintenance, management and government of the Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia, so as to provide that the State President of the Daughters of Confederacy and Presidents of each Atlanta Chapter of same organization be made ex-officio members of said Soldiers' Home. The following Senate amendments were read and concurred in : Sig. 38 1186 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Amend by inserting in Section 1 of said bill, in the eighth line thereof, after the words "following" and before the word ''and,'' the following: ''and two women who are members of the Georgia Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy, to be selected from the State at large, and the Chairman of the Soldiers' Home Committee of the Georgia Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy.'' Amend by striking from Section 1 of said bill, in the seventeenth line thereof, after the word: "of," and before the word: "members," the followin~ word: ''eleven,'' and inserting, instead, and in lieu thereof, the following word: ''fifteen.'' Amend the caption of said bill, to conform to and to inc\ude the amendments as herein provided. The following bill of the House, set .as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was taken up for further consideration: By Messrs. Kittrell of Laurens and McMichael of Marion- House Bill No. 738. .A. bill to amend the Constitution so as to provide for State owned terminal at Savannah, Georgia. Mr. Moore of Appling moved the previous queston; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The following amendment to the bill was read and adopted: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1922. 1187 By Messrs. Williams of Walton and Lankford of Toombs- Amend by striking out the word ''Savannah'' wherever the same appears both in the caption and in the bill. The substitute by Mr. Mann of Glynn was lost. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended. The bill involving a constitutional amendment the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows : Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: Adams of Newton Anlb!rson Atkinson Beck Beckham Bird of Taliaferro Bowden Branch Brannen Brown of Emanuel Brown of Hancock Bush Carr Childs Coates Cowart Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Duncan of Dawson Duncan of Hall Evans Fowler Gresham Griffin GroYenstein Guess Haddock Hamilton Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of luscogee Hawkins Hillhouse Holland Holloway Houser Howard of Screven Hullender Hunter Jackson Jones of Thomas Kennedy Kittrell Knight Lankford of Tooml)s McClelland :McDonald of Richmond Macintyre ?.'Idlichael Maddoi :\fanning Mason Mixon Parrish Perkins Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pilcher Pruett Reville Robinson Russell Shettlesworth Smith of Bryan Smith of Carroll Stone Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Tyson 1188 Valentino Vocelle J ODRNAL OF THE HousE, Wall Way Winship Wyatt Those voting in the negative were Messrs : Adam.s of Walton Arnold Bleckley Bloodworth Bobo Boswell Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy Brantley Brownlee . Byrd of Crisp Camp Carswell Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster Clifton Collier Collins Corbitt Culpepper Daniel of Heard DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Ficklen Folsom Foy Franks Gann Grant Griffith Greene Gunnels Henderson Herring Hines of Decatur Price Hines of Sumter Quincey Hodges Ramsey Horne Reagan Houston Riley Hyman Rutherford .Jones of Coweta Salmon Jones of Walker Sapp Johnson of Bartow Sibley Johnson of Singletary Chattahoochee Smiley ,Johnson of Pickens Smith of Haralson Keith Smith of Meriwether King of Jefferson Steele King of Wilcox Stmall Langford of Hall Strickland Lewis Swift Logan Swindle Luke Tatum 1IcClure Thompson of Coweta McDonald of ~Iitchell Thompson of Dodge ~IcGarity Trippe 1Ialone Turner 1Iann Van Landingham 1Iayo VanZant )Iiles Walker ~Ioore of Appling Watkins 1Ioye Webb Mundy \Vhitaker of Lowndes Neal of Union Whitaker of Rockdale Nichols Williams of Harris Owen Williams of Miller Parks Williams of Walton Patten Wimberly Penland Wood Phillips of Telfai>: Wynne Pickren WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 16, 1922. 1189 Those not voting were Messrs : Baldwin Bentley Blalock Boatwright Davis of Oglethorpe Dykes Ennis Fletcher Howard of Forsyth Hufstetler Moore of Fulton Ricketson \Veston Whitley Whitworth Woodard Worthy ::\Ir. Speaker Ayes 80, Nays 109. By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 80, Nays 109. The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. Mr. Mundy of Polk moved that when the House adjourn it stand adjourned until to-night at 8 o'clock. On this motion Mr. Knight of Berrien moved the previous question ; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The motion was lost. Mr. Watkins of Butts moved that the House do now adjourn. On this motion Mr. Vocelle of Camden called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained. By unanimous consent Mr. Davis of Floyd County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report: 1190 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to re~ port the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows : Senate Bill No. 251. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 227. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 299. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 257. Do pass. Senate Bill No. 241. Do not pass. DAVIs of Floyd, Chairman. By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate, favorably reported by the committee, were read for the second time: By Mr. Fleming of the 8thSenate Bill No. 251. A bill to provide a remedy for an applicant for writ of certiorari from certain courts. By Mr. Manson of the 35th- Senate Bill No. 299. A bill to amend Section 3037 of Code of 1910, relative to guardians. WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 16, 1922. 1191 By Messrs. Ellis of the 47th, Mills of the 26th, and Snow of the 7th- Senate Bill No. 257. A bill to promote the forest interest in the State.. By Messrs. Thorpe of the 2nd and Cone of the 49th- Senate Bill No. 227. A bill to amend Section 4203 of Code of 1910, relative to execution of deeds. The motion that the House do now adjourn prevailed. The Speaker announced the House adjourn~d until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock. 1192 JouR~AL oF THE HousE, REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA. Thursday, August 17th, 1922. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The roll was called and the following members answered to their names : Adams of Newton Adams of Walton Anderson Arnold Atkinson Baldwin Beck Beckham Bentley Bird of Taliaferro Blalock Bleckley Bloodworth Boatwright ,Bobo Boswell Bowden Bowen Boyett Bozeman Braddy 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 Da,i,; of Floyd Da,is of Oglethorpe DeFoor DeLaPerriere Dickerson Dixon Dobbs DuBose Dudley Dtmcll,n 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 Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Hodges Holland Holloway THURSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. 1193 Horne Mayo Houser Miles Houston :Mixon Howard of Forsyth ~Ioore of Appling Howard of Screven 2\ioore of Fulton Hufstetler 1Ioye Hullender Mundy Hunter Neal of Union Hyman Nichols Jackson Owen Jones of Coweta Parks Jones of Thomas Parrish Jones of Walker Patten Johnson of Bartow Penland Johnson of Perkins Chattahoochee Perryman Johnson of Pickens Peterson Keith Phillips of Jasper Kennedy Phillips of Telfair King of Jefferson Pickren King of Wilcox Pilcher Kittrell Price Knight Pruett Langford of Hall Quincey Lankford of Toombs Ramsey Lewis Reagan Logan Reville Luke Ricketson licClelland Riley llcClure Robinson McDonald of Mitchell Russell ~IcDonald of Rutherford Richmond Salmon licGarity Sapp Macintyre Shettlesworth 1Ic~Iichael Sibley lladdox Singletary )Ialone Smiley 1Iann Smith of Bryan Manning Smith of Carroll Mason Smith of Haralson Smith of Meriwether Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Sumner of Johnson Sumner of Wheeler Swift Swindle Tatum Thomp~on of Coweta Thompson of Dodge Trippe Turner Tyson Valentino Van Landingham VanZant Vocelle Walker Wall Watkins Way Webb \Veston Whitley Whitaker of Lowndes Whitaker of Rockdale Whitworth Williams of Harris Williams of Miller Williams of Walton Wimberly Winship Wood Woodard Worthy Wyatt \Vynne lir. Speaker By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. 1194 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 Resolution of House, to-wit: House Resolution No. 160. A resolution to appropriate $2,000 for the purpose of defraying expenses of Special Mansion Leasing Commission. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: The Senate has overridden the Governor's veto on the following bill of Senate. Senate Bill No. 288. A bill to incorporate Town of Townsend. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: The Senate has read and adopted the following: Senate Resolution No. 112. A resolution providing for certain members and attaches of the General Assembly to remain 5 days after adjournment. THURSDAY, AuausT 17, 1922. 1195 The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, towit: House Bill No. 328. A bill to provide for election prescribed by Par. 1, Sec. 4, Art. 8, of Constitution for school purposes. House Bill No. 553. A bill to provide for Temperance Day in Public Schools. House Bill No. 651. A bill to appropriate to Georgia Training School for Girls. House Bill No. 865. A bill to appropriate for public printing. House Bill N6. 885. A bill relative to municipalities levying tax and appropriate money to State Sanitarium for Tuberculosis Patients. House Bill No. 982. A bill to amend Act for appropriation to Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives. House Bill No. 1004. A bill to amend Section 755 of Criminal Code. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 1196 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolutions of the House, to-wit: House Resolution No.167. A resolution to relieve the surety on the bond of J. B. Hall, Tax Collector of Emanuel County. House Resolution No. 233. A resolution extending thanks to Miss Wyley for composing music to song ''Georgia.'' The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Mr. Golucke of 19th- Senate Bill No. 321. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the town of Sharon in Taliaferro 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. Golucke of 19th- Senate Bill No. 323. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of . Roads and Revenues for Counties of Warren and Taliaferro. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill,!"was agreed to. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1922. 1197 On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 114, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was'passed. The following bi~ls and resolutions of the Senate set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, . were read the third time and placed upon their passage: By Messrs. Ellis of 47th, Mills of 26th, and others- Senate Bill No. 257. A bill to promote Forestry interest in the State under direction of Georgia State Board of Forestry. Mr. Rutherford, of Monroe, moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed. By Mr. Clay of 39th- Senate Bill No. 174. A bill to amend Penal Code ~elative to bail in misdemeanor cases. The report of the Committee, which_wa.s favorable to the passage of the biB, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0. The biB having reeeived the requisite constitutional majority was passed. The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted : 1198 Jo"CRNAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Brown of Emanuel- A RESOLUTION House Resolution No. 232. Whereas, Mrs. Lillian Wheeler who has served during .this session at the Information Bureau for the convenience and assistance of the members of this House has been diligent, faithful and courteous in the discharge of her work, Thetefore, be it resolved that this House express to Mrs. Wheeler its sincere thanks and appreciation for her services during this session of the General Assembly. Be it further resolved that a copy of this Resolution be delivered by the Clerk to her. By Mr. Moore of Fulton- House Resolution Ko. 233. A resolution thanking )!iss Lottie Belle 'Vyley for setting the poem "Georgia" to music and designating the same as Georgia '~i song. The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted : Senate Resolution No.112. A resolution to allow certain officials and attachees of Senate and House to remain five days after session. The following message wa~ received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: THURSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. Mr. Speaker: 1199 The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bills, to-wit: House Bill No. 577. A bill to require non-residents of Camden County, Ga., to procure a license to fish in fresh waters of said County. House Bill No. 936. A bill to require governing bodies of certain Municipal Corporations to select Mayor Pro-tem or Recorder Pro-tem. House Bill No. 768. A bill to prevent people from voting in any County election who live in militia district which has the no-fence law. House Bill No. 821. A bill to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to regulate the salaries of the Superior Court Judges. House Bill No. 579. A bill to supply a deficiency in the school funds caused by the misappropriation of funds by one R.N. Berrien. House Bill No. 107. A bill to amend an Act codifying the School Laws of Ga., relative to the teaching of vocal music. House Bill No. 67:5. A bill to define the liability of Hotel Keepers. The following message was received from the Senate, through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: 1200 JouRNAL oF THE HousE, Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House resolutions: House Resolution Xo. 81. A resolution to provide a Survey of the Lands of the State known as the Colony Lands. House Resolution No. 221. A resolution providing for payment of expenses for Joint Committee on Board of Regents Bill. House Resolution No. 300. A resolution providing for a School Building Site on the State Farm. The following message was received from the Senate, through 1\:lr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof: Jir. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following House bills, towit: House Bill No. 1003. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Carl. House Bill 1002. A bill to repeal an Act to establish a system of Public Schools for Sylvania School District. House Bill No. 1001. A bill to amend an Act to reincorporate the Town of Abbeville. House BilllOOO. A bill to reincorporate the Town of Abbeville. THURSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. 1201 House Bill No. 980. A bill to create a Board of Roads and Revenues for County of Lamar. House Bill No. 848. A bill to create a Board of Education of Lamar County. House Bill No. 808. A bill to authorize the State Treasurer to pay certain Counties of this State funds now or hereafter due from the sale of products from the National Forest Reservation. House Bill No. 791. A bill to confer upon the several counties of the State authority to levy taxes for educational purposes. House Bill No. 775. A bill to empower County authorities to provide suitable quarters for Justice of the Peace Courts. The following bill of the Senate set as a Special order by the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed upon its passage: By l\Ir. Manson of 35th- Senate Bill No. 240. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to increase .of capital stock of Trust Compames. Mr. Wyatt of Troup made the point of order that the House could not legally act upon the above because the 50 days of the session had expired. The above motion was overruled by the Speaker. :Mr. Smith, of Carroll, appealed from the decision of tlie chair. 1202 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, Mr. Arnold, of Clay, moved the previous question and the motion was lost. Mr. Moye, of Randolph, moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered. The decision of the chair stood as the sense of the House. Mr. Watkins, of Butts, made the point of order that it was unconstitutional for the House to take up this bill at this time due to the fact that a bill of like nature had already been rejected by the House. The speaker overruled the above point of order; stating that a. motion to reconsider the House bill of like nature having prevailed it made it constitutional to vote on this Senate bill. The report of the Committee, which.Was favorable to the passage of the bill,.was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 92, Xays 12. The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. The following resolution of the House was read: By l\Ir. Stovall of McDuffie- Honse Resolution No. 234. A resolution that the General Assembly adjourn sine die at 6 :30 o '9lock P.M. THuRSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. 1203 Mr. Carswell, of Wilkerson, moved that the resolution be tabled and the motion prevailed. The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the Commj.ttee on Rules, were read the third time and placed upon their passage : By Mr. Thomas of 3rd- Senate Bill No. 208. A bill to establish Juvenile Court in this State, and for other purposes. The report of the Committee, which_,was favorable to th~ passage of the bill,. was agreed to. On the passage of the bill. the Ayes were 63, Nays 45. The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost. By Mr. Thomas of 3rd- Senate Bill No. 216. A bill to amend Georgia Motor Vehicle Law. Mr. Perryman, of Talbot, moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed. Mr. Macintyre, of Thomas, moved that Senate Bill No. 209 be taken from the table and the motion prevailed. Mr. Macintyre, of Thomas, moved that Senate Bill No. 221 be taken from the table and the motion prevailed. . 1204 J orRXAL OF THE HousE, By Mr. Snow of 7th- Senate Bill No. 209. A bill to repeal the Act abolishing fee system in Southern 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 108, Kays 6. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was,,passed. By Mr. Snow of 7th- Senate Bill .No. 221. A bill to abolish fees of Solicitor-General from criminal cases in Southern Judicial Circuit and provide salary for said office. The following committee amendments were read and adopted: Amend by adding next after Section 4 of said bill two new sections to read as follows: Sec. 4a. It shall be the duty of all arresting officers of said circuit to make upon the warrants executed by them, at the time of executing such warrants, an entry of their acts and doings; and it shall be the duty of all committing magistrates in such circuit to enter upon the warrant, at the time of the commitment, an itemized statement of the costs charged and to whom payable. It shall be the duty of every sheriff, arresting officer and committing magistrate in said circuit, where such warrant THURSDAY, AuGUST 17, 1922. 1205 Is returnable to the Superior Court, to present or cause the same to be presented to the clerk of the court to which it is returnable, as promptly as practicable after the arrest has been made, for entry upon the grand jury docket, and also after a commitment trial has been had thereupon or waived, for the notation of that fact upon such docket. A delay of more than one week in so presenting such warrant, to the clerk shall, in every case (except only when the delay is the result of providential cause), be deemed and held to be inexcusable neglect of duty on the part of the officer so withhold:lng such warrant, subjecting him to attachment and punishment for contempt of court, as well as to a forfeiture of all costs that might otherwise accrue to him in such case. It shall be the duty of the clerk of every Superior Court of said circuit to keep a ''Grand Jury Docket,'' composed of ruled and printed form, in a bound book, wherein appropriate blanks are left for inserting; (1) The number of the case; (2) the name of the accused; (3) the name of the alleged offense; (4) the date of the alleged offense; (5) the name of the prosecutor; (6) the date of the warrant and the name of the magistrate by whom it was issued; (7) the date of the arrest and tl~e name of the officer making it ; (8) the date and amount of the appearance bond, if any, together with the names of the sureties; (9) the total amount of costs due to each officer as shown by the warrant; (10} a list of the witnesses for the State: and {11) the disposition of the case by the 1206 Jm;RNAL oF THE HousE, committing magistrate and the grand jury. Whenever a warrant is presented to the .clerk in vacation, as herein provided, it shall be his duty forthwith to docket the said case for presentation to the grand jury, unless the same has then already been so docketed; and, in every such case, to insert the suggested matter in every blank pertaining to that case, in so far as the necessary information is desirable from the warrant or from the entries thereon, or as otherwise made known to him. Upon the case being so docketed, the warrant may be returned to the sheriff or other arresting officer. All warrants shall be so docketed in the order of their presentation to the clerk, and the cases shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with "No.1," for each term to which they are returnable. . Twenty days or more before each term of court, and regardless of any disposition that may have been made of any felony case outside of the Superior Court, the clerk shall issue and deliver to the sheriff, and the sheriff shall at once proceed to serve a subpoena, in the usual form, for every prosecutor and witness whose name appears upon said docket in connection with cases returnable to said term, and likewise in all cases in which "no bills" were returned at the last preceding term, requiring the attendance of such witnesses and prosecutors before the next grand jury; and where cases are docketed less than twenty days before the next regular term of court, such subpoena shall be immediately issued and deliverey to the sheriff for service, as aforesaid. THURSDAY, AuGUST 17, 1922. 1207 ]'or all cases so docketed by the clerk, he shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars, and the sheriff or other arresting officer presenting the warrant to be so docketed shall be entitled to a fee of one dollar, both of which fees shall be taxed as other costs in the said case. Other cases may be entered upon said docket by the Solicitor-General, or any member of the grand jury, or at their instance and direction, as well as by the clerk, always omitting to fill in such blanks as are inappropriate to the particular case. The sole purpose of such docket being for the convenience of the grand jury and of the SolicitorGeneral, for expenditing the business before that body, and for better keeping the record of the costs due in criminal cases, no entry or irregularity therein, nor even the total absence of such docket, shall ever, in any case, afford the aceused any ground of objection in any manner. It shall be the duty of the county. authorities to supply and pay for said docket as other blank books for public records are supplied and paid for. Sec. 4a. All costs, fines and forfeitures paid into the Superior Courts of said circuit shall be paid , to and received by the respective clerks of said courts, who are hereby charged with the duty of keeping a clear, accurate, complete and permanent record of all sums so received or paid out by them. Each of such clerks shall deposit in a bank or unquestioned solvency, to be selected or changed by him at his 1208 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, pleasure, all money so received by him, which aecount shall be carried in his name as clerk of the Superior Court of his county; and no disbursement or payment of any part of such fund shall be made except by clerk, which shall bear a distinguishing number and shall be his voucher for the payment thereby made. All such checks and the stubs thereof, properly filled out, shall be preserved as a part of the permanent record. Such bank account shall follow the office; that is to say, the successor in office of such clerk shall succeed to such bank account by virtue of his office and for the purpose of disbursing the said fund, as in this act provided. J1~ach of said clerks shall keep a well bound book to be known as the ''Criminal Cost Record,'' which book shall consist of ruled and printed pages with blanks for the insertion, on one horizontal line to each case, of matter respecting every criminal case disposed of in his court, including returns of ''no bill," as follows: (1) The docket number of the case, including (a) the grand jury docket number and (b) the trial docket number; (2) the return term thereof; (3) the name of the accused; (4) the name of the offense; (5) the disposition of the case, (whether "no bill," "acquitted" or "convicted" etc.,) and (b) the date thereof; (6) the sentence imposed, in-' eluding (a) the fine and (b) the term of service; (7) costs accrued to the county as Solicitor-General's fees, including (a) amount, (b) when paid, (c) from what fund paid ("fine" or "insolvent"), and (d) number of voucher by which paid; (8) costs accrued THuRSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1.922. . 1209 to clerk (with same detailed statement as for the county); (9) cost accrued to sheriff (with same detailed statement as for the county); (10) costs accrued to the committing magistrate, if any, with (a) his name, (b) the amount, (c) when paid, (d) from what fund paid (either "fine" or "insolvent" as the case may be), and (e) number of the voucher by which the payment was made; (11) cost accrued to the lawful constable, if any (with same detailed as for the committing magistrate) ; (12) costs of appeal, if any, including (a) amount accruing to the Solicitor-General, (b) when paid, (c) how paid, and (d) voucher number, if paid by check; (e) amount accruing to the clerk, (f) when paid, (g) how paid, and (h) voucher number; (i) amount accruing to sheriff (with same details as for the clerk), and (13) a reasonable space for remarks. Each of said clerks shall also keep, either in the same or in a separate book, a complete and detailed record of all additions to and disbursements from the insolvent fund. This record shall show; (1) the trial docket number of the case from which the fund was received; (2) the return term thereof; (3) the name of the accused; (4) the amount added to the insolvent fund from S'uch case ; and (5) the dates and amounts of each and every receipt and disbursement of said fund, together with the voucher number by which the same was paid. Quarterly, on the first days of January, April, July, and October of each year, or oftener if he sees fit so to do, the clerk shall pay to the county, to him- 1210 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, self, and to each officer to whom cost is due, the amounts accrued in the disposed of criminal cases in which collections have been made during the preceding quarter or since the last preceding settlement. The amount remaining in the hands of the clerk from any particular criminal case after the payment of all costs in that case shall at once be credited to the insolvent fund; and the said clerk shall also make quarterly distributions of said insolvent fund, applying the same, first, to special orders of the court passed within one year from the date of distribution; then (2), generally, either with .or without any order of the court, to the payment of insolvent costs in criminal cases disposed of during the current year; and (3) to the criminal cases disposed of during the preceding year, and so on back through the fourth year, until all of such accrued costs are paid or said fund is reduced to an amount insufficient to pay the costs in full in the next cases in order for such satisfaction. Whenever all accrued costs are paid back through the fourth year, the balance of such fund then in hand, if any, shall be paid into the county treasury. For keeping the said records as in this section provided the clerk shall be entitled to a fee of three dollars in each case, to be taxed as other costs in the said case. 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 7. THURSDAY, Af!GUST 17, 1922. 1211 The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended. By Messrs. Wall of 5th and David of 43rd- Senate Bill No. 60. A bill to amend an Act creating and establishing the Securities Commission. 'l'he following committee substitute was read and adopted: A BILL To Be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved August 17, 1920, entitled "An Act to create and establish the Securities Commission, to provide the membership of said Commission and define the duties thereof, to define and classify securities and regulate the sale thereof, to provide for the license of dealers in securities and their agents, to fix fees therefor, to provide .a penalty for violation of this Act, and for other purposes,'' so as more fully to define, classify and regulate such securities; to provide for the license of all dealers, other than the issuers of such securities and of their agents; to revise the fees heretofore fixed for licenses; to regulate the sale of real estate in certain cases; to give greater latitude to the Securities Commission in classifying securities and regulating their sale; to increase penalties for violation of the 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, from and after the pas- 1212 Jol'RXAL OF THE HousE, sage of this Act, the Act approved August 17, 1920, entitled ''An Act to create and establish the Securities Commission to provide the membership of said Commission and define the duties and powers thereof, to define and classify securities and regulate the sale thereof, to provide for the license of dealers in securities and their agents, to fix fees therefor, to provide a penalty for violation of this Act and for other purposes,'' be amended in the following particulars, to-wit: 1. AmeudmPnt to Section 15. By inserting after the second paragraph of said section ending with the words "profit sharing certificates" the following paragrapli: ''For the purpose of this Act, the word 'securities' shall further include all contracts for the sale of territorial rights for which a consideration is paid or to be paid and all contracts which entitle the purchaser thereof to receive from the ven- dor compensatio'n whether the same be for services to be performed, discounts or special rates not afforded the general public on goods to be purchased, or any other compensation whatever accruing to the purchaser solely by virtue of the purchase of such contract,'' and by striking from said section the last paragraph beginning with "The word 'file' " and ending with "provisions of this Act" and by striking from the paragraph defining the word or term "dealer" the words "except Nationa! Banks" and "its own," so that the said section when amended shaU read as follows: Section 5. The words and phrases used herein THURSDAY, AuausT 17, 1922. 1213 shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the following meaning: The word 'securities' shall include stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, certificates of participation, certificates _of shares of interest, pre-organi~ation certificates and subscriptions, certificates evidencing shares in trust estates or associations, and profit sharing certificates. For the purposes of this Act, the word 'securities' shall further include all contracts for the sale of territorial rights for which a consideration is paid or to be paid, and all contracts which entitle the iurchaser thereof to receive from the vendor compensation, whether the same be for services to be performed, for discounts or special rates hot afforded the general public on goods to be purchased; or any other compensation whatever accruing to .the purchaser solely by virtue of the purchase of such contract. The word 'issuer' shall include every person and every company, trust, partnership or association incorporated or unincorporated heretofore or hereafter formed for any lawful purpose and organized under the laws of this State or any foreign State or country which shall have issued any security sold or offered for sale to any per~on or persons in this -State. The term or word 'Dealer' shall be deemed to include 8Jl.Y person, company, trust, partnership or association, incorporated or unincorporated, selling 1214 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, or disposing or offering to sell or dispose of any such securities through agents or otherwise, or engage in the marketing of quotation of securities either directly or indirectly or through agents or underwriters, or any stock promotion scheme whatever.'' 2. .Amendment to Section 7 Paragraph 3. By inserting in the first line of Paragraph 3 of Section 7, between the word, ''incomes'' and the word ''which,'' the words, ''or on assets the fair market value of which in the judgment of the Commission gives the investor a reasonable margin of safety" so that said parjgraph when amended shall read as follows: (3) Securities based on established incomes or on assets the fair market value of which in the judgment of the Commission gives the investor a reasonable margin of safety shall be known as securities in Class "C". 3. .Amendment to Section 8. By striking Section 8 and substituting therefor the following: Section 8. Securities in Class ''A'' shall co- pnse: "(1) Those issued or guaranteed'by the United States or any territory or insular possession thereof or by the District of C,olumbia, or by any State or political subdivision or agency thereof. "(2) Those issued or guaranteed by any foreign government with which the United States is at the time of the sale or offer of sale thereof maintaining THURSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. 1215 diplomatic relations, or by any State, Province or political subdivision thereof having the power of taxation or assessment. "(3) Those issued by a National Bank or any Federal Land Bank or joint stock land bank or National farm loan association under the provisions of the Federal Farm Loan Act of July 17, 1916, or by theWar Finance Corporation, or by any corporation created or acting as an instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; provided, That such corporation shall be subject to supervision or regulation by the Government of the United States. " (4) Those issued by any bank or trust company or insurance company operating under the supervision .of the Insurance Commission of this State. '' (5) Those issued or guaranteed as to principal, interest, or dividend by a corporation owning or operating a railroad or any other public service utility: Provided that such corporation is subject to regulation or supervision either as to its rates and charges or as to the issue of its securities by a public Commission, board or officer of the Government of the United States; or of any State, territory or insular possession thereof or of the District of Col'umbia, or by the Dominion of Canada or any Province thereof. "(6) Those issued by a corporation organized exclusively for education, benevolent, fraternal, 1216 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, charitable or reformatory purposes, and not for pecuniary profit. " ( 7) Those appearing in any list of securities dealt in on the New York, Chicago or Philadelphia stock exchange or other stock exchanges of like standing to be selected by the Securities Commission, pursuant to official authorization by such exchanges, and securities senior to any securities so appearing whereof the current prices shall have been quoted from time to time for not less than one year next preceding the offering for sale thereof in tabulated market reports published as news and not as advertisements in a daily newspaper of general circulation in this State. '' (8) Bonds or notes secured by a deed to secure debt or first mortgage lien upon real estate or leasehold where the entire deed or mortgage together with all the bonds and notes based thereon are sold or offered for sale to a single purchaser as a single sale. "(9) Bills or notes evidencing the acquisition of personal property under conditional sale contracts; and, when runing for. a period of not more than one year, negotiable promisory notes given for full value, commercial paper, and bank acceptances. '' (10) Subscriptions to the capital stock of any company, incorporated or to be incorporated under the laws of this State, made and to be paid by the organizers thereof, where no commission or other THURSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. 1217 remuneration is paid or to be paid for the disposition of such securities. . ''Securities in Class ''A'' and the sale thereof shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act.'' 4. Amendment to Section 9. By striking Section 9 and substituting therefor the following: Section 9. Securities in Class '' B '' shall comprise: "(1) Those sold by the owner or his representative for the owner's account, such sale being in the nature of an isolated transaction and not made in the course of repeated and successive transactions of a similar nature by such owner, or on his own account by such representative, and such owner or representative not being the underwriter of such securities. "(2) Increased capital stock, bonds or other securities of a corporation sold by it to its stock holders or employes without the payment of any commission or expense to solicitors, agents or brokers in connection with the distribution thereof; capital stock, bonds or other securities distributed to the security holders or other creditors of a corporation in the process of a bona fide re-organization of such corporation either in exchange for the securities or claims of such security holders or creditors or partly for cash or partly in exchange for the securities or claims of such security holders or creditors; or increased capital stock distributed to stockholders as dividends out of earnings or surplus. Sig. 39 1218 .JOl:RNAL oF THE HousE, " (4) Those sold by or to any national or state bank or trust company, functioning as a bank or trust company and not engaged in dealing in securities, or insurance company doing business in this State under .the supervision of the Insurance Commission or any public sinking fund trustees ; or to any corporation or any dealer or broker in securities. " (5) Those sold or offered for sale at any executor's or administrator's sale or at any sale by a receiver or trustee in insolvency or bankruptcy, or at a public sale or auction held at an advertised time and place; or sold by or for the account of a pledge holder or mortgagee selling or offering for sale or delivery in the ordinary course of business to liquidate a bona fide debt. ''Securities in Class '' B '' when disposed 2f by the persons and in the manner provided by this section, shall not be subject to the provisions of this Act." 5. Amendment to Section 10. By adding at the end of Section 10, defining securities in Class "C," the following paragraph: ' "Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prohibit the Securities Commission in its discretion from licensing in Class "C" securities which are unable to meet the foregoing requirements where it is conclusively shown that the purchaser would be undergoing no greater risk than he would in the purchase of securities meeting said requirements.'' THURSDAY, AuousT 17,'19!2. 1219 6. New Section. By inserting between Sections 14 and 15, a new section to be known as Section 14a which shall read as follows: Section 14a. Every dealer not the issuer engaged in the business of buying and selling securities as defined in Section 5 of this Act, whether as owner, underwriter or broker, and every dealer in securities based upon real estate mortgages shall file with the Commission statements and documents as follows: "(1) Giving address of applicant, principal office and branch office in Georgia, if any. "(2) If applicant is a corporation, names and addresses of officers and directors and a certified copy of articles of incorporation and by-laws; of a co-.partnership, names and addresses of active partners. "(3) Detailed account of the character of securities dealt in by applicant with estimate proportion of the whole falling within Classes 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D'. " (4) If applicant is a subsidiary of or connected with any other corporation, firm or business, a de-. tailed showing of the relationship or connection with such corporation, firm or business. '' (5) Three references, one of which shall be a bank with which applicant has an account; and such other data as applicant may deem necessary to a complete showing as to his good character, business qualifications and claim to public confidence. 1220 "jotRKAL OF THE HousE, "Such statement shall be accompanied by a filing fee of five ($5.00) and shall be verified on oath of applicant, if an individual; or by two of the partners, if a partnership; or by two of the officers, if a company or unincorporated association. 7. New Section. By inserting after the forego- ing section an additional new section numbered 14b which shall read as follows: ''Sec. 14b. .If the Commission be satisfied of the good repute in business of such applicant, it shall, on the payment of a fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars renewable annually on the first of January of each year on a showing made that all of the provisions of this Act and the regulations of the Commission have been complied with, register such applicant as a licensed dealer or broker in securitie~, and shall require of such licensed dealer or broker no additional fees or statements evidencing the nature and chara:cter of the securities offered for sale by him, except, in the case of securities in Class "C," notice of his intention so to do, followed within such time as may be prescribed by the Commission, by a brief statement under oath showing that the security to be offered is in said class, and in the case of securities based on real estate mortgages, proof of the value of the real estate mortgaged and a sworn opinion by a reputable attorney supporting the title thereto; and such dealer or broker will not be required for himself or the issuer to file separate applications for each issue of securities in Class "C" sold or dealt m by him: THuRSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. 1221 "Provided, however, .that this section shall not be construed as limiting or curtailing the right of the Commission to refuse to grant or revoke a license for the sale of any securities coming within the provisions of this Act ; and ''Provided further that the exemptions of this section shall not apply to securities in Class "C" or to notes or bonds based upon real estate mortgages, where the Commission has good cause to believe that fuller investigation is necessary; nor to any securities whatever in Class '' D,'' in all of which cases detailed statements must be :filed and the license fee paid for each security as elsewhere stipulated in this Act for issuers. "Non-resident applicants having no branch office in Georgia, shall before a license can issue, exe<:>ute the power of attorney required in Section 14 of this ...\.ct, but it shall not be necessary for each issuer of securities offered by licensed dealers to execute such power of attorney." "If application for license is made after the thirtieth of June of any year, one half of the annual fee shall be charged.'' 8. A nwndmPnt to Section 15. By striking Section 15 and substituting therefor the following: ''Sec. 15. If the Commission be satisfied with the showing made in the application filed by or in behalf of any issuer and with its investigation thereof, it shall register such applicant as a licensed dealer in such security, said license to be renewable annually 1222 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, as hereinafter provided in this Act, upon the payment of the following fees: ''For permission to offer securities not exceeding twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars, twenty-five ($25.00) dollars; in amounts greater than twentyfive thousand ($25,000) dollars and not exceeding one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars, fifty ($50.00) dollars; in amounts greater than one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars and not exceeding two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars, ($100.00) dollars; in amounts greater than two hundred thousand ($200,000) dollars and not exceeding three hundred thousand ($300,000) dollars, one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars; in amounts greater than three hundred thousand $300,000) dollars and not exceeding five hundred thousand ($500,000) dollars, two hundred ($200.00) dollars; in amounts greater than fiye hundred thousand ($500,000) dollars and not exceeding one million $(1,000,000) dollars, two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars; in amounts greater than one million ($1,000,000) dollars, three hundred ($300) dollars. ''Such license shall he taken out at the beginning of each callendar year, but may be issued at any time for the remainder of such year and in such case the annual fees shall be reduced as follows for each expired calendar month: "For fees of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, two ($2.00) dollars; for fees of fifty ($50.00) dollars, four ($4.00) dollars; for fees of one hundred ($100.00) dollars, eight ($8.00) dollars; for fees of THURSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. 1223 one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars, twelve ($12.00) dollars, for fees of two hundred ($200.00) dollars, sixteen ($16.00) dollars; for fees of two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars, twenty ($20.00) dollars; for fees of three hundred ($300.00) dollars, twenty-four ($24.00) dollars; provided, however, that in no case the fee charged be less than ten ($10.00) dollars. All renewals shall be made as of the first day of January of each calendar year upon proper application therefor, filed not less than twenty (20) days nor more than sixty (60) days next preceeding such date. ''This and the next preceding section shall not apply to issuers of or dealers in securities who have obtained their licenses for the calendar year of the adoption of this Act until the expiration or revocation of said license.'' "Amendment to Section 16. By striking 16 and substituting therefor the following: "Sec. 16. On such showing of good character as the Commission may require, it shall license agents of issuers of securities and of dealers and brokers therein on written application of their principals. Such agents shall pay a fee of ten ($10.00) dollars each of which five ($5.00) dollars shall be for regis- tration and five ($5.00) dollars for a copy of the license issued to their principals, certified as such by the Chairman of the Commission, whose certifi- cate attached to said copy shall bear the agents name and address. All agents' licenses shall expire at the end of the calendar year during which they are is- 1224 Jol:RXAL OF THE HousE, sued. Employers of agents shall immediately notify the Commission when any agent is dismissed or leaves their employment, giving reasons for change of employment. Change of employment shall automatically cancel the license of any agent, but on application to the Commission by a new employer said agent may be registered as the agent of said employer without the payment of an additional registration fee.'' 10. Amendment to Section 17. By striking Section 17 and substituting therefor the following: ''~ection 17. The printed lj.cense for dealers on a form to be prepared by the Commission shaH con- tain in bold face type the words 'neither the State of Georgia nor the Securities Commission assumes any responsibility for statements made by any licensed dealer, nor recommends the securities offered him.' Besides a brief description of the securities author- ized to be sold and a statement to the uses to which the proceeds shall be applied, issuers' licenses shall bear at the top in bold face type the following language: License for t~e sale of securities in Class "C" (''Or Class '' D '' as the case may be) under the Geor- gia Securities Law. Neither the State of Georgia nor the Securities Commission assumes any responsi- bility for any statement contained herein, nor recom- mends the securities described below.' "On the petition of any licensee, with such exhibits attached thereto as may be pertinent, verified in the manner required of exhibits attached to the original THURSDAY, AuGUST 17, 1922. 1225 statement, the Commission may take up the original license and issue in lieu thereof an amended license and a fee of $10 shall be paid for such amended license and a fee of $1 each for verified copies thereof to be supplied agents already qualified under the original license.'' 11. Amendment to Section 22. Paragraph 1. By inserting immediately after the words, ''The amom1t of securities sold,'' the following words, ''and in the case of securities in Class "D", so that said paragraph when amended shall read as follows: "(1) The amount of securities sold and, m the case of securities in Class '' D, '' the names and addresses of the parties to whom the same were sold, the sale price thereof, and the amount of cash proceeds received therefor by the issuer.'' 12. Amendment to Section 24. By striking Section 24 and substituting therefor the following: ''Sec. 24. No person, partnership or company, unless licensed so to do in the manner hereinafter provided, shall within this State deal in any interest in real estate not located in Georgia. Each and every dealer in such real estate shall first be required to file with the Commission statements and documents as follows: "(1) Name and address of applicants; state whether individual, co-partnership, corporation or unincorporated association; give three references as to character and business qualifications. 1226 J ouRxAL OF THE HousE, "(2) A description of real estate to be offered in Georgia, giving applicant's interest therein and ~p praisal by a disinterested party of the value thereof. "(3) Amount paid for such real estate by owner at time statement is filed, date of his acquisition thereof; certified copies of deed or deeds, together with exemplified copy of any mortgage or other encumbrance thereon; certified copy of reputable attorney or responsible title guaranty company attesting the validity of the title thereto; and last returns made for State, county and (in the case of realty located in an incorporated town) city taxes. " (4) Detailed account of the manner and terms on which said real estate is to be offered in Georgia, whether as timber lands, developed or undeveloped farm property, city lots, home sites, oil or mineral leases, etc. '' (5) Such other information and data as the Commission may require for the prevention of fraud in the disposal of said real estate. "Such statement shall be accompanied by a filing fee of five ($5.00) dollars and shall be verified by the oath of the individual applicant, if an individual; or by two members of a firm or partnership, if a partnership; or by two officers of a company, if a company or unincorporated association. When said statement shall have been approved by the Commission, such applicant shail be granted a license to deal in such real estate upon the payment of a fee of fifty ($50) dollars renewable annually on the first day of THURSDAY, AuausT 17, 1922. 1227 January of each calendar year. At any time during th() year for which license is granted, a dealer in such real estate may be authorized to offer for sale additional tracts of real estate on filing with the Commission statements and doc'!}ments regarding such real estate verified as in the case of the original statement and accompanied by a fee of ten ($10.00) dollars. The same provisions as to registration and fees for agents offering securities shall also be applicable to agents of dealers in real estate lying outside of this State. ''This section shall apply where the title to such property is held in the name of a trustee for any corporation or for any such described person or oompany, but it shall be deemed to prohibit the disposal of his own property by any owner or by his representative for the owner's account in good faith and not for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this Act, where the transaction is not one of repeated transactions of a similar nature performed as part of the business of dealing in real estate." 13. New Section. By inserting between sections 24 and 25 a new section to be known as Section 24a as follows: ''Section 24a. The provisions of the foregoing section shall apply to the sale or offer of sale of real estate located in Georgia in the case of oil, gas and mineral leases and of subdivisions of larger tracts to be offered as city or suburban lots, or as fractional portions thereof planted in nuts or fruits commonly known as orchard units, or as small farms for oolon- 1228 "" JouRNAL OF THE HousE, izing purposes, when said lots or tracts are offered outside of the countr~ in which the land is located.. "Provided, however, that it shall not apply to the offer of lots of a city or territory suburban thereto in any of the counties included in such city or suburban territory; nor to the offer of tracts as orchard units or small farms in any of the counties of the location of the larger tract subdivided to form such orchard units or farms; nor to the advertisements of such offers in a newspaper published in any county in which the offer or sale is exempt from the provisions of this Act.'' 14. "Amendment to Section 27. By striking Section 27 and substituting therefor the following: "Section 27. The Securities Commission shall have the power to make such rules and regulations from time to time as it may deem necessary and proper for the enforcement of this Act, which rules and regulations when published by the Commission shall have the force and effect of law; provided, however, that any party affected adversely by any ruling of the Commission shall have the right of appeal within thirty (30) days thereafter to the Superior Court of Fulton County. "The Commission shall at such times as it deems advisable and whenever it may have reason to believe that fraud is being or about to be perpetrated, investigate the business and affairs of every licensee, and for that purpose shall have free access to the vaults, books and papers thereof, and other sources THURSDAY, AuGUf?T 17, 1922. 1229 of information with regard to the business of such licensee and whether it has been transacted in accordancewith this Act. The Comniission, in making investigations may by subpoena compel the attendance of witnesses and" the production of books and P.apers before it relating to any matter as to which it has jurisdiction under this Act. Any member of this Commission or the Chief Examiner shall have the power to administer oaths. Such subpoenas may be issued by any Commissioner or the Chief Examiner and shall be served in such manner as the Commission may provide, so long as the provisions of law relative to service of subpoenas in a court of , law shall apply to subpoenas issued under this Act, in so far as they are possible. Witnesses, when testifying under subpoenas from the Commission, shall be allowed the same fees and expenses as are ,allowed witnesses testifying before the Railroad Commission, such fees to be charged against the ~party at whose instigation the witness was subpoe~ naed or against the funds of the Commission to be paid out on the order of the Chairman. In case any person shall willfully fail or refuse tp obey such subpoena, it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Court of any county, upon application of the Commission, to issue an attachment for such witness and compel him to attend before the Commission or the Chief Examiner and give his testimony upon such matters as shall be lawfully required by the Commission, and said court shall have the power to punish for contempt as in other cases of refusal to obey tqe process and order of such court. 1230 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, ''The Commission shall have the right to delegate to the Chief Exanimer, who shall be its administrative officer, such powers and duties as it may see fit, and the acts of the Chief Examiner shall be regarded as the acts of the Commission when approved by that body." 15. AmPIIdment to Section 28, first paragraph. By adding at the end of said paragraph the follow- ing: "Provided that the Commission may within its discretion withold from the public such matters of a private and a confidential nature as may be required by it of licensees in the administration of the law and exhibit them to such persons only as can show . ' that they have a legal right thereto,'' so that said paragraph when amended shall read as follows : "Section 28. The Securities Commission shall have an official seal upon which shall be engraved the words. "Securities Commission of Georgia," and in addition thereto such design as the Commission may prescribe. The Commission may prescribe .ij and furnish forms for all statements and documents and summaries required by this Act to be filed in its office and s~ch statements, documents and summaries shall follow substantially the forms so prescribed. All statements and documents and all other matters filed in the office of the Commission under the provisions of this Act shall at all proper hours be available for public inspection; provided that the Commission may within its discretion withold from the public such matters of a private and confidential nature as may be ~equired by it of licensee~ in the THURSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. 1231 administr~tion of the law and exhibit them to such persons only as can show that they have a legal right thereto.'' 16. New Section. By inserting between Sections 35 and 36 the following new Section to be known as Section 35a. ''Section 35a. Any dealer in securities or issuer of securities in Class "0" as defined in this Act, his agent, broker, solicitor, officer, director, or other person who shall sell or offer securities for sale without first having obtained a license so to do shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction therefor shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia 1910. ''In addition to the penalty above provided, the Commission may through the Attorney-General apply to the Superior Court of the County of the residence of any dealer for an injunction against such dealer whoshall offer or sell securities without first securing a license so to do or who shall continue to offer or sell securities after his license has been revoked or not renewed; and the Court, shall on proof of the findings presented by the Attorney-General for the Commission issue an order declaring the business of such dealer to be a public nuisance and restraining him from further exercise thereof for such time as the Court may deem necessary and proper. 17. New Section. By inserting immediately after the foregoing and additional new Section to be known as Section 35b as follows : 1232 J ouRXAL oF THE HousE, "Section 35b. That in any suit, complaint, information, indictment, or other writ or proceeding, civil or criminal, laid or brought under this Act, it shall not be necessary to negative any of the exemptions provided by this Act; and the burden of proof of any such exemption claimed by the defendant shall be upon the defendant.'' 18. Ameudnwut to Section 36. By striking said section and substituting in lieu thereof the following: ''Section 36. Any issuer, dealer, broker, solicitor, agent or other person who shall sell or offer for sale any securities coming within Class '' D '' as defined in this Act, without having first secured a license so to do in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Act, shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction therefor shall be punished by imprisonment in the State penitentiary for not less than two years nor more than five years. ''The publisher of any newspaper who shall print any advertisement offering for sale securities in Class '' D'' aforesaid, the issuer of which has not before submitting such advertisement, secured a license from the Commission to offer such securities and who has not complied with Section 23 of this Act in the writing of such advertisement, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on co1iviction therefor shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of Georgia, 1910. '' 19. Amendment to Section 37. By striking 37 and substituting therefor the following: THURSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. 1233 ''Section 37. Any former licensee, whether issuer, dealer, or agent, who shall sell or offer for sale any securities or real estate in violation of the provisions of this Act after his license shall have been revoked or shall have expired and not been renewed, shall be guilty of a felony and, on conviction therefor, shall be confined in the State Penitentiary not less than two nor more than five years; any applicant or licensee who shall knowingly file with the Commission any false affidavit shall be guilty of fase swearing and on conviction therefor shall be punished as prescribed in Section 262 of the Penal Code of Georgia 1910. 20. New Section. By inserting between Section 37 and 38 a new section to be known as Section 37a as follows: "Sec. 37a. The Commission may in its discretion grant the application of a licensee of another State having requirements to be met preliminary to the offering of securities in said State substantially equivalent to those of this Act, on the filing by such applicant of a transcript of the record and docu- .ments filed with such other State together with a copy of the license issued him where a license is required, certified as correct by the proper official of said State, and on the payment of the necessary fees. ~ ''Provided that said State shall grant the same privilege to applicants who. are Georgia licensees ; and provided further that an inve_stigation of such applicant has been made by said State department within a period of not more than six months prior to 1234 JouRNAL OF THE HousE, the filing of such application with the Georgia Commission.'' Sec. Be it enacted by 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 passake of the bill by substitute, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 108, Xays 1. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was11passed. By .Mr. Snow of 7th- Senate Bill No. ~9. A bill to provide for the return and transmission of interrogatories taken under provisions of Code of 1910. The report 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, Xays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Weaver of 11th and Akin of 4th- Senate Bill No. 84. A bill to permit corporation to issue non par stock subject to consent of Railroad Commission of Georgia. THURSDAY, AuGusT 17, 1922. 1235 The report of the Committee, whichwas favorable to the passage of the bill,.was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 106, Nays 0. The bilf having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed. By Messrs. Weaver of 11th and Akin of 4th- Senate Bill No. 86. A bill to permit corporations, except insurance, bank and trust companies, to issue non-par stock. The report 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. Mr.. Culpepper, of Fayette, moved that House Resolution NQ. 234 be taken from the table and the motion prevailed. The following resolution of the House was taken from the table and read: By Mr. Stovall of McDuffie- Honse Resolution No.234. A resolution that the General Assembly adjourn sine die at 6 :30 o'clock P.M. 1236 JocRXAL m THE HousE, Mr. .Macintyre, of Thomas, moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main que2tion was ordered. The resolution was lost. By unanimous consent the following. bill of the House was read and placed upon its passage: B~, Mr. Stone of Jeff Davis- House Bill No. 940. A bill to amend the Constitution so as to abolish Tax Receiver of Jeff Davis County. The Committee amendment was read and adoptc~d. The report of the Committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed t.-. The bill involving a constitutional amendmen: the. roll call was ordered and -the vote was as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs: Adam,s of Walton Anderson Baldwin Beek Beckham Bentley Blalock Bleck ley Bobo Bowen Boyett Bozeman Branch Brantley Brown of Emanuel Brownlee Bush Camp Carswell Childs Clark of Colquitt Clark of Webster DeFoor Dickerson Dudley Duncan of Dawson Dykes Evans Folsom Grant Griffith Guess Haddock Hamilton Hatcher of Burke Hi-llhouse Hines of Sumter Holloway Horne Howard of Forsyth Howard of Screven Hufstetler Jackson Jones of Walker Johnson of Bartow .Johnson of Chattahoochee Kittrell THURSDAY, AuausT 17, 1922. 1237 Langford of Hall Lankiord of Toomb~ Lewis McClelland McClure Macintyre Malone Manning Mason Miles Moore of Appling Owen Penland Perkins Phillips of Jasper Pruett Quincey Ramsey Re,ille Robinson Russell Smith of Haralson Stone Stovall ~tri~kland Sumner of Johnson Tyson Valentino Van Landingl1am \"an Zant Vocelle \Yalker Wall \Yhitaker of Lowndes Williams of Walton \Yinchip \Vynne Those voting in the negative were Messrs : Boswell Braddy Byrd of Crisp Clifton Corbitt Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Dobbs DuBose Gann Griffin Greene Grovenstein Harris Henderson Herring Holland Houston Hul:ender Hunter Jones of Coweta .Johnson of Pickens Keith Logan ::\lcDonald of .:O.Iitchell ::\IcGarity Maddox ::\Ioore of Fulton Neal of Union Nichols Parks Parrish Price :::ialmon Sapp Shettlesworth Smith of Carroll Smith of .:O.Ieriwether Steele Sumner of \Vheeler Swift Thompson of Coweta Trippe \Yatkins \Yhitaker of Rockdale \Vhitworth \Yilliams of Harris Wood Those not voting were Messrs : Adams of Newton Arnold Atkinson Bird of Taliaferro Bloodworth Boatwright Bowden Brannen Brown of Hancock Carr Coates Collier Collins Cowart Culpepper Dads of Oglethorpe DeLaPerriere Dixon Duncan 'of Hall Ennis Ficklen Fletcher Fowler Foy 1238 .JouRNAL oF THE HousE, :Franks McMichael Gresham :\Iann Gunnels ::\Iayo Hatcher of Muscogee ::\Iixon Hawkins ::\Ioye Hines of Decatur Mundy Hodges Patten Houser Perryman Hyman Peterson Jones of Thomas Phillips of Telfair Kennedy Pickren King of Jefferson Pilcher King of \Vil1ox Reagan Knight Ricketson Luke Riley ::\IcDonald of Rutherford Richmond Sibley Singletary Smiley Smith of Bryan Swindle Tatum Thompson of Dodge Turner Way Webb \VPRton Whitley Williams of Miller Wimberly Woodard Worthy Wyatt ::\lr. Speaker Ayes 84, Nays 49. By Unanimous consent the verification of th~ roll ~all was dispensed with. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were b4, Nays 49. The bill having failed to receive the requisite con- stitutional majority was lost. The following bill of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was read the thi!d time and placed upon its passage: By Messrs. Wall of 5th and David of 43rP.ROPRIATIONS- Pay expenses of Tax Commission ------------------ 20 Pay deficiency in school funds, Berrien ________134 734 1077 Pay widow of T. P. Powell _--------------------- 140 Alpprop:riate money fox p~sions 1002 and 1923 141 1026 1085 1264 Appropriation for Georgia Training School fm: Girls . 173 1027 1097 1115 General appropriation Act, amend Georgia School of Technology ------------------------------------- 174 Appropriations for all class of pensions ------------ 175 Appropriation to Prison Commission for Water Plant 181 Appropriation Georgia School of Technology -------- 197 $50,000 to University of Georgia. for Agriculture____ 198 $150,000 to Georgia State Sanatorium 198 312 1150 1151 1278 $30,000 to Agricultural and Industrial School at Al- bany -------------------------------------------199 1028 $29,000 to Georgia State Sanatorium, cold storage ---260 1028 1294 INDEX Appropriation to pay expenses of Tax Cmnmittee__ 268 337 $65,000 to South Georgia Normal College ______276 297 1261i Appropriation for mental defectives -------------- 280 Appropriation Third District Agriculture School __282 1028 Pay interest on public debt ------------------281 314 709 Pay expenses of Mansion Leasing Committee __282 532 977 Appropriation for Confederate Cemetery at Marietta 302 Relative license tag appropriation _____ ----------- 326 Appropriation for maternity and infancy (753) __ 326 1029 $3,500 Sanatorium at Alto ------------------------- 327 $15,000 to State Board of Entomology ------------ 340 357 Appropriation North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega -------------------------------------- 347 $600 Georgia Training School for Boys ----------349 1118 Ninth District A. & M. School --------------------365 1029 North Georgia Agricultural College ----------366 1029 1158 Twelfth District A. & M. School ------------------- 367 Charles W. Crankshaw ---------------------------- 407 Appropriation, error in general appropriations---- 408 1073 Authorize Treasurer to pay certain counties ------ 408 Stationary used by General Assembly_-498 532 715 1269 1280 University of Georgia (838) ---------------------- 500 University of Georgia, maintenance (839) __________500 1029 $15,000 State College of Agriculture -------------- _ 589 Public printing deficiency ____________________590 908 1155 Governor's Contingent fund ---------------------- 590 631 Public building upkeep ---------------------------- 591 631 Insurance premiums ------------------- ______ ---- _ 591 631 Portrait of Hugh McCall -------------------------- 619 For Military Department (873) ____________620 658 706 1277 $25,000 G. S. I. C. at Savannah ------------------ 650 Sanatorium at Alto ___ ------ __ -------------------652 1084 $75,000 for tick eradication ---------------------- 671 Expenses of investigation of State Veterinarian ____ 720 $108,916 to Georgia State Sanatorium ----------752 804 828 $5,000 to Tenth District A. & M. School ---------- 849 Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives--901 953 1122 Expenses of Joint Committees on Regents Bill 928 1028 1147 Amend appropriations for pensions ---------------- 928 State Board of E'ntomology _____ -------- _____ 972 1030 1123 L. M. Stanfield ---------------------------------- 1027 AUSTRALIAN BALLOT (See Elections, Etc.). AUTOMOBILES (See Motor Vehicles). INDEX 1295 B BAILIFFSCompensation in Fulton County _______________ _479 505 823 BALLOT (See Elections). BOARDS OF EDUCATION (See Schools and School Laws). BOND COMMISSIONVVare County -----------------------------281 529 604 741 BONDS, MUNICIPAL (See Charters and Corporations, Municipal). BOWDON NORMAL AND INUUSTRIAL COLLEGE- To amend Act creating ---------------------------- 755 BOXINGTo regulate 173 529 c CAPITAL REMOVAL- House Resolution No. 4. TO' Macon 273 CAJRTRIDGES (See Weapons). CATTLE (See Live Stock). CHATNGANGS (See Commissioners of Roads and Revenues). CH.A!RTERS- Unlawful to use name of Georgia ------------------ 260 393 Requirements in applications for charters ______ 346 734 1073 CHARTERS AND CORPORATIO~S, MUNICIPALWashington, amend ----------------------------17 268 290 Claxton, amend -------------------------------135 208 222 Augusta, Fire Department ----------------------139 209 245 Nicholson, amend ------------------------ ______ 140 209 223 Whigham, amend ------------------------------171 393 394 Norcross, amend -------------------------------172 210 224 Atlanta, amend ---------------------------174 269 359 379 ,Pearsons, amend --------------------------176 269 294 786 Columbus, sell commons -----------------------172 210 224 Sylvester, amend ------------------------------200 270 295 Augusta, employment of firemen ------------------ 217 312 Waynesboro, amend ----- __ --------------------237 313 330 ... 1296 INDEX Americus, amend -------------------------------239 313 333 Fitzgerald, amend -----------------------------239 290 316 Colquitt, amend ______ -------------------------240 353 375 Canton, amend --------------------------------240 313 333 Augusta, amend -------------------------------281 734 770 Clarksville, amend ----------------------------282 354 375 El'berton, amend __ ------------------ ___________283 373 395 Rex, repeal ------------------------------------303 393 420 Foy, new charter --------------------------------- 311 328 Chamblee, amend ------------------------ ______ 326 354 376 Botton, repeal ---------------------------------327 504 537 College Park, amend -------------------------- _327 734 777 Albany, bonds for schools (959) ----------~~-- _____ 327 371 Columbus, commons (761) ----------------------328 354 376 Americus, amend ----------- __ ---------------- -348 394 420 Gainesville, amend ------------------------365 394 750 767 Hazlehurst, amend __ --------------------------387 603 632 Bowdon, amend --------------------------------387 658 691 Rochelle, amend ---------------------------------- 388 Milledgeville, amend ---------------------------408 505 537 Atlanta, amend (812) -------------------------409 505 536 Augusta, amend (814) ---------------------------- 409 Americus, consolidate (818) ---------------------478 505 535 Vidalia, create ---------------- ______________ _479 505 536 Arabi, amend --------------------------------ABO 658 692 VVarwick, amend ------------------------------480 506 536 Greensboro, amend -----------------------------499 750 766 Cordele, create --------------------------------499 735 825 Macon, amend (842) ---------------------------501 735 769 Austell, amend --------------------------------501 735 766 Blackshear, amend ----------------------------518 658 692 St. Marys, amend ------------------------------519 587 634 Savannah, amend -------------------------589 801 823 1184 Cohtmbus, -corporate limits ----------------------589 631 660 Augusta, amend (871) -------------------------620 736 764 Marietta, amend --------------------------650 750 767 1184 East Point, bonds (895) -----------------------650 868 886 East Point, Civil Service (896) -----------------650 751 767 East Point, wards (897) -----------------------651 751 769 Thomasville, amend ---------------------------651 737 763 Jeffersonville, amend --------------------------651 750 766 Hawkinsville, amend --------------------------653 737 762 Cedartown, amend -----------------------------670 737 768 VVashington, amend ----------------------------720 762 822 INDEX 1297 Nichols, amend --------------------------------721 802 825 RoekJedge, amend -----------------------------721 762 822 Adrian, amend --------------------------------722 802 823 Sandersville, levy tax --------------------------722 802 824 Cordele ---------------------------------------756 851 888 Madison --------------------------------- -----157 822 852 Doerun ---------------------------------------757 851 888 East~nan ----------------------~---------------758 822 852 Cities to select Inayor pro-tein, etc. ------- _____ 798 821 1074 Aline, a~nend ----------------------------------813 869 889 Holington, create _____ ----------------------- _____ 815 Blue Ridge, ainend -----------------------------848 884 914 Decatur, a~nend -------------------------------849 884 913 Decatur, change to city ------------------------849 884 913 Tybee, ainend ---------------------------------849 885 912 Valdosta, ainend _____ -------------------------850 884 912 Locust Grove, ainend --------------------------850 885 919 Danville, ainend -------------------------------863 885 955 McCaysville, ainend ----------------------876 909 957 1183 Richland, create -------------------------------877 909 954 Canon, amend ----------------------~----------877 909 958 Donaldsonville, ainend ------------- ____ --------877 909 958 Cooledge, repeal -------------------------------878 909 956 Douglas, ainend -------------------------------901 909 995 Waycross, amend ------------------------------902 953 994 Decatur, ainend ------------------------------945 990 1049 Abbeville, amend ----------------------------985 1046 1110 Carl, ainend --------------------------------1020 1046 1111 CHECK8Misde~neanor to utter fraudulent cheek _---- _____ 237 529 1037 Fraudulent cheeks (744) -------------------------- 303 603 CHILDREN- To regulate guardianship of ------------------------ 17 To regulate placing out children ----------------220 668 1053 COASTAL PLAINS EXPERIMENT STATION- Provisions for experiinental work at _------ __ ----- 281 COCA-COLA (See Soft Drinks). CODE AMENDMENTS TO CODE OF 1910- A~nending Section 1225 -------------------------- 18 Section 5849, ainend subpoena __ ----------------- __ 133 Section 38, amend ------------------------------- 136 Sig. 42. 1298 INDEX Section 870, charters ---------- ------- _____ ------- 137 Section 3306, personal property--------------------~ 138 Section 1249, Waynesboro depository ----------138 243 271 Section 1225, tax collectors ex-officio sheriffs -------- 170 Section 1240, tax collector and tax receiver, repeal 170 Section 4381, non-suits, amend -------------------- 171 Section 388, repeal jurisdiction of courts ------~--- 172 209 Section 967, criminal procedure -------------------- 195 Section 331, meeting of General Assembly ---------- 201 Section 5997, amend sheriffs fees __ -------------- 216 Section 2823, amend charters --------------------- 217 Section 416, amend certain callings _____ --------- 237 373 Section 3176, amend surviving partners ---------- _ 237 Section 4126, amend shipped goods by mistake ____ 239 Section 789, amend justice courts ---------------- 258 Section 1169, amend property sold for taxes ------- 259-373 Section 3353, amend lien law ------------------280 418 1074 Section 2820, amend trust companies ----- ______ 326 603 844 Section 5202, amend certiarari -------------------- 348 Section 1249, State Depository Collins ------- ___ 387 603 632 Section 6065, amend O--Cial organ--------------590 696 824 Sections 696-697, layout public roads __________ 591 868 981 Board of Pardon~ repeal (878) -------------------- 621 736 Section 1229, insane convicts ----------------------629 1115 Section 1578, repeal lunatics ----------------------- 649 Section 5898, interrogatories ---------------------- 652 736 Section 1249, Crawford State Depository --------649 908 ~57 Section 1398, repeal, females in college _____ _____ 754 Section 1430, Academy Deaf and Dumb ---------- 755 Section 4651, list of justices of peace ___ ----------- 757 908 Section 695, road duty ------------------------ 798 868 889 Section 1, boundary line of State ------------------ 850 908 Section 3033, testamentary guardians ------- _______900 1029 Section 3032, natural guardians --------------------900 1030 Section 4464, husband and wife ___________________900 1030 Section 3037, guardians to minors ----------------900 1030 Section 4467, spirituous liquors ____________________900 1030 Section 383, repeal, misdemeanors ------------------ 517 908 Section 2972, habeas corpus ----------------------- 929 Section 4528, possession and title _----------------- 929 Amend, foreclosure of mortgages ------------------ 1002 Section 755, cruelty ------------------------1020 1046 1134 COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUESEvans County, amend -------------------------135 289 316 INDEX 1299 Appling County, create -------------------- __ -169 184 210 Appling County, amend _____ ---------~---------169 184 210 Bibb County, repeal ------------------------------ 175 Elbert County, create ----------------------182 269 293 713 Colquitt County, amend --------- ______ ------ ___ 197 270 293 Baldwin County, pay certain fees --------'-----201 271 293 Jasper County, amend ----------------------236 271 296 638 Jasper County, members elected by popular vote __283 315 329 Jenkins County, ameud -------------------------303 530 605 Ware County, amend ----------------------------- 349 Walker County, amend ------------------------365 530 605 Walker County, amend (817) ------------------409 531 607 Ben Hill County, amend ------------------------480 531 607 Paulding County, amend -------------------~--498 582 633 Fannin County, repeal --------------------- ______ 499 Bibb County, support Macon Hospital __________ 501 735 765 Tattnall County, amend ------------------------621 736 763 Tattnall County, road law ----------------------621 736 764 Morgan County, amend ------------------------652 737 764 Pulaski County, amend -------------------------653 737 765 Habersham andi Lowndes Counties --------------671 738 768 Jones County, amieJ!d ------------------------651 749 770 Wilcox County, create ------------------------ 754 868 887 Wilcox County, repeal -------------------------755 868 887 Atkinson County, amend ---------------------797 869 888" Candler County, require statement ---- ________813 869 890 Jeff Davis County, create ----------------------814 869 887 Appling County, amend ------------------------814 847 910 Wilkes County, establish -----------------------848 908 954 Lee County, amend ____ ----------------------- _878 976 991 Lamar County, create ___ ---------------------_goo 976 994 Cobb County, repeal ---------------------------901 976 995 Glascock, repeal ------------------------------944 990 1049 Jeff Davis, repeal ----------------------- ______945 990 1047 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS- Bozeman of Worth ------------------------------ _ 32 Hillhouse of Worth ------------------------------ 32 King of Wilcox -----------------~----------------- 33 Sapp of ~itfield --------------------------------- 33 VanZant of Fannin------------------------------- 33 Kittrell of Laurens ----------------------------- _ 33 COMMITTEES, CONFEREN9EOn free text book bill, S. B. 41 --------------------792 1250 1300 INDEX On Senate Bill Xo. 7 --------------------------On H. R. 190, stationary and incidentals ---------- COMMITTEES, SPECIAL (See Reports of)To notify Governor -----------------------------To draft resolutions on deceased members ------~ _ On revenues to be raised from soft drinks -------On Hall of Fame ------------------------------On report of Department of Agriculture _------ ___ Notify Governor of adjournment ------------------ COMMITTEES, STANDING (See Reports of). COMMON CA}l)RIERS (See Railroads). 1006 1280 7 33 378 396 641 1282 COMMUNICATIONS- Comptroller-General ------- _------- _--------------- 149 State Highway Board ----------------------------- 184 American Legion --------------------------------- 360 Board of visitors University of Georgia ------------ 682 S. G. McLendall ---------------------------------- 761 COMMUTATION TAX (See Commissioners Roads and Revenues). COMPTROLLER GENERAL (See Communications). CONFEDERATE VETERANS- Relating to, amend Act ---------------------------- 814 CONSTITUTION OF STATERead in schools --------------------------------590 869 935 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTsTo amend Act 8, section 4, paragraph 1 Constitution schools ---------------------------------------- 17 392 Amend relative to publication of amendments ____ 133 Abolish fees of county officers ------------137 630 963 1068 Amend relative to State Highway Department ------ 139 Amend, judges salary ------------------------------ 170 Amend, appointment by Governor ----------------- 175 393 To put in force election constitutiona1 amendment 274 Amend, to consolidate offices of clerk and ordinary 281 393 Amend, to construct grain elevators, port terminals, 820-1177-1186 Amend, quadrennial elections for members of General Assembly --------------------------------------289 1003 Amend, relative to Glynn County (550) ------------- 289 INDEX 1301 Amend, income tax -------------------------302 792 829 892 Amend, poll tax ------------------------ __ -------- 303 393 Relative to judge of Chattahoochee Circuit -------- 346 630 Relative to Richmond Judicial Circuit __________346 374 781 A~nend, pensions (786) --------------------------- 365 419 Exempt certain property -------------------------- 386 Issue State Highway Bonds ____ ----------------- _ 388 Bond Commission fqr State (803) --------------- ____ 388 Bond Commission for State (807) ---------------- 389 Classified Property ----------------------------392 814 875 Bienniel Sessions __ ------------------------------ 398 Salaries judges Superior Courts (821) _______ A79 735 777 Issue bonds for highway (923) -------------------- 756 953 Relative to increase tax (205) ------------------792 829 892 Relative to tax receiver of Jeff Davis County 814 895 1236 Relative to classification of property for taxation __ 924 Relative to roads and bridges ------------------ 952 CONTRACTSTo repeal Act relative furnishing labor and Inaterial 388 CONVICTED PERSONs- When sentence commence .!------------------------ 859 CORONERSFix fees of 238 820 CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPAL (See Charters Municipal). CORPORATIONS, PiRIVATE (See Code Amendments)Unlawful to hinder firms or corporations -------- 200 602 OOSTS AND FEES (See Fees), (See Counties and County Matters)- To change manner of compensating tax collector and tax receiver ------------------------------------ 170 Amend Act relative to court costs in Jasper County, 364 418 632 COTTON AND COTTON SEED- To regulate sale of lint cotton ------------------- _ 173 790 Prohibit cotton growing in 1924 ---------------327 868 1067 COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERsAuthorize Glynn County to construct roads ______134 208 221 Grant to Glynn County certain marsh lands ____ 134 208 224 To employ county police ---------------------171 209 1133 1302 INDEX Sanitation in Fulton County (650) ------------197 270 739 Paupers in Fulton County (652) --------------198 270 738 Fulton County, houses for fire protection --------518 884 916 Muscogee County, place of holding legal sales 671 737 917 Provide for county agents, etc -------------------- 863 908 COUNTY DEPOSITORIESFor Campbell County --------------------------132 208 220 COUNTY POLICE (See Counties and County Matters). COUNTY SITETo change from Morgan to Arlington --------- _19 130 274 COUNTY TREASURERS- To ehange for Talfair County ------------------- 130 Campbell County, abolish ---------------------132 208 221 Schley County, salary of ------------------------- 183 638 Taylor County, abolish -------------------------500 531 606 Taylor County, create ------------------------500 531 608 Jackson County, abolish ---------------------652 1029 1047 Pulaski County, salary ------------------------653 737 763 Franklin County, salary -----------------------862 884 917 COURTS, APPELLATE (See Supreme Courts). COURTS, CHILDREN (See Juvenile Court!!). COURTS, CITY AND COUNTYSwainsboro, city court of, terms ----------------18 311 329 Hazlehurst, Abolish ----------------------------138 268 295 Thomasville, amend ----------------------------139 220 244 Claxton, amend -------------------------------174 268 295 Ashburn, repeal --------------------- _________199 220 244 Statesboro, amend -----------------------------219 312 331 Statesboro, amend (714) _________________,;_259 314 334 638 Dawson, amend -------------------------------260 291 315 Louisville, amend ____ --------------------- ____326 418 480 Oglethorpe, amend ----------------------------349 385 421 Colquitt, amend __ ------------------------------ __ 240 353 Houston County, amend ------------------------367 419 482 Claxton, amend --------------------------------408 505 534 Barrow County, create ---------------------408 505 535 741 Hall County, amend _--------------------------479 505 534 Metter, amend ------- ___ -------------- _______ -479 506 534 Toombs County, abolish -----------------------500 532 606 Lyons, create ---------------------------------501 532 606 INDEX 1308 Sandersville, amend ---------------------------519 604 635 Quitman, amend -------------------------------720 883 913 Cleveland, repeal ------------------------------758 883 914 City Court of Morgan to City Court of Arlington __ 814 City Court of Decatur --------------------------877 909 954 Jefferson, abolish ______ ------ -------~---------- --- 944 Cairo, amend ----------------------------- ___972 1030 1048 Louisville, amend -------------------------- ___902 976 993 COURTS, JUVENILETo amend Act to establish ------------------------ 282 314 COURTS, MUNICIPALAtlanta, amend --------------------------------132 289 315 Columbus, establish ____ --------------------- ___136 208 222 Atlanta, amend -------------------------------328 953 1031 Atlanta, put in effect constitutional amendment ---- 720 953 COURTS, SUPERIORBaker County, change time -------------------175 269 294 Wheeler County, fix time ----------------------181 269 291 Tattnall, two terms ------------------------- ___181 269 292 walton, change time ---------------------------237 313 332 Stephens, amend -------------------------------349 418 481 Wilcox, change time ---------------------------755 883 915 Jeff Davis, terms ------------------------------757 883 915 COURT, STENOGRAPHERS- To provide help ---------------------------------- 199 CREDIT UNIONS- Provide for -------------------------------------- 137 801 ORIMINAL LAWS (See Practice and Procedure). OROPS- Liens on crops ------------------------------------ 17 D DEEDS, MORTGAGES, ETC. (See Code Amendments)Authority of officers executing ----------------- _218 271 872 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (See House Resolu tions). DEiPOSITQIRIES, STATE (See Sect. 1249 Code Amend ments). 1304 INDEX DIVORCE (See Code Amendments). DOCUMENT- Officers of State signing 589 DRUGS- Regulate sale of 238 E ELECTION AND ELECTION LAW8- Jno. N. King of Wilcox ---------------------------- 10 Wm. Sapp of Whitfield ------------------------- 11 W. 0. Bozeman of VVbrth -------------------------- 12 C. W. Hillhouse of Worth ------------------------- 12 Blaine Van Zant __ ----------------------------- _ 13 To provide for opening polls in school bond elections 19 311 329 Primary Entrance Fees --------------------------- 366 Precinct voting in Chatham County -----------929 976 993 ELECTROCUTIONTo provide for -----------------------------19 208 807 828 EMPLOYMENT AGENCIEsTo amend Act relating bonds of _----------------- 280 529 ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING- To regulate practice of 282 F FEEBLE-MINDED (See Appropriations). FEES (See Solicitor General)- To abolish fee system ----------------------------- 137 To amend' Act, fees of clerks of Superior Courts 196 312 334 FELONIES (See Practice and Procedure)- Good behavior of dependants in cases of 622 FEMALES (See Women) (See Election, etc)- Promote health and welfare of female workers 169 To amend Act to define age of consent ---------- 135 268 FENCE LAWsRelative to voting in fence elections ----------347 530 633 FISCAL YEARTo authorize counties to prescribe------------------ 133 208 INDEX 1305 FISH (See Game and Fish). FORESTS- Laws on 518 FORTUNE TELLERS AND HORSE-TRADERS (See Taxes). G GAME AND FISH- To require license of non-residents to fish in Camden County --------------------------------134 277 316 1247 Amend Act relative to fur-bearing animals -------- 137 Amend Act relative to fur-bearing animals, Ho-gse Bill 606 --------------------------------------- 140 372 Non-residents to purchase license to 1isb in Brantley, 218 312 331 Harmonize Federal and State game laws --------- 226 To amend Act relating to fur-bearing animals ------ 258 To amend Act relating to fur-bearing animals ,(731) 282 Prohibit catching fish in Townes County, Brastown Creek ---------------------------------------325 344 605 Federal Government to furnish rules -------------- 347 374 Fish only with book and line ---------------------- 388 Seining in fresh waters prohibited --------671 735 857 1183 License for non-residents to fish in Charlton County, 589 733 955 GARNISHMENT (See Code Amendments)- Payment of exempted fees and wages ------------ 366 GAS PIPES- Misdemeanor to interfere ------------------------- 649 GEORGIA BARRegulate admission to --------------------217 373 1037 1052 GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGEProvide Local Board of Trustees --------------328 418 481 GEORGIA STATE SANATORIUM (See Appropriations). GEORGIA NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL- To change name of ------------------------------ 489 GEORGIA SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGYPermit to charge tuition ------------------------16 243 718 1306 INDEX GEORGIA STATE SANATORIUM- Revise laws relative to commitment to ------------ 691 Trustees to review commitments 929-977 GEORGIA TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (See Appropriations.) H HEALTH (See Board of Health). HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES- Reapportioned ----- _----------------------------- 863 HOG CHOLERA (See appropriations). HORSE-TRADERS, ITINERANT (See Taxes). HOTELS, INNS AND BOARDING HOUSESDefine liability of keepers of -----------------217 271 1067 I INDEBTEDNESS- To provide for registration of all 501 IXHE!RITANCE TAX (See Taxes). INSANE PERSONS (See Code Amendments) . .IXSPECTORS, FERTILIZER AND OIL (See Code Amendments). INSURANCE- To amend laws --------------------------------18 242 855 Provide incorporation Mutual Co. ________ ------- _ 929 To appoint assistant fire inspector ------------------ 980 IXVESTMENT COMPANIES- To repeal Act to regulate ------------------------ 131 242 Il\TVITATIONS- To sheriff's barbe('ne Visit Savannah ------- ________ ------------------- 511 Mayor Key, l'it~- of Atlanta _________ -------- ____ _ 513 Visit Brunswick 70:1 INDEX 1307 J JEWELERS- Lien in favor of 751 JOINT SESSIONS- To hear Governor's address --------- __ ------------- 35 Wm. J. Harris ----------------------------------- 513 JUDICIAL CIRCUITS- To create DeKalb Judicial Circuit__________________ 130 To rearrange Tifton Judicial Circuit____________.::___ 176 Additional Judge Stone Mountain Circuit____________ 258 Additional Judge Rome Circuit _____ ____ ______ _____ 478 JUDGES (see Constitutional Amendments). Local matters of counties to be disposed of by Judges of Superior Courts --------------------------------- _ 863 JURIES, GRANDTo change in investigations --------------------.:.175 290 856 JURORS (see Code Amendments). JURY COMMISSIONERS (see Code Amendments). To fix compensation in DeKalb County -----------171 209 244 JUSTICES OF PEACE- FURNISH blanks to ------------------------------ 347 374 Repair court rooms of ------------------------348 603 1033 K KINDERGARTENS- To establish in public schools ---------------------- 489 L LAWS (see Corporations, Municipal). LANDLORDS- LAND TITLES- For quieting and perfecting 940 LIBRARIES, FREETo establish in every county ______________ 282 373 489 1067 LIQUOR AND LIQUOR LAWS (see Prohibition). Amend prohibition law ____ ----- ________ ------ _____ 202 353 1308 INDEX LIVE STOCK- Maner of butchering cattle _------------- ______ ----- 172 Repeal Act, shipping tick-infected cattle ----------18 353 1061 Place of butchering cattle, Liberty County____ 387 530 608 639 LOANSTo amend Act to regulate making of loans ---------- 175 820 LUNATICS (see Insane Persons). M MARRIAGE LICENSE (see Code Amendments) . MEDICAL EXA~IINERS, STATE BOARD OF- To amend Act creating ___________ ----------------- 353 MERCHANDISE, STOCKS OF GOODS- To amend Act to regulate sale in bulk 849 l\IEI:iSAGES, GOVERNOR9 35 165 167 168 179 251 425 506 526 528 538 625 656 682 730 840 1243 MESSAGES, ::iENATE5 7 15 ~4 142 142 182 211 288 297 335 343 345 356 356 357 371 383 383 384 396 398 416 417 485 486 487 487 488 537 598 600 609 618 640 654 701 740 741 787 788 789 789 790 853 881 882 890 921 922 923 932 9e2 933 933 974 975 985 986 997 1020 1045 1071 1083 1094 1095 1115 1128 1129 1130 1131 11~2 1133 1159 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167 1168 1194 1195 1199 1200 1239 1244 1245 1251 1257 1261 1261 1262 1268 1268 1277 1279 1280 1282 1283 1290 MIDWIVESTo prohibit improper praetiee ---------------------- 259 354 :\HLITARY- Amend laws -------------------------------------- 519 MILK- Define "Filled ~Iilk" _____ -------------- ____ ______ _ 499 MINOR CHILDREN (see Children). ~ ISDK\IEANORS ( 'ee l'nuti< e and l'rotedure 1. :\lORTGAGES (s<><> Dee ----------------------------- 90/ INDEX 1309 MOTION PICTURES- To regulate --------------------------------------- 283 MOTOR VEHICLES- Manner of operation in towns and cities (622) __ 173 750 936 940 960 Amend Motor Vehicle Act 198 To change license fees of ------------------------- 239 801 To amend motor vehicle law (Collins) -------------- 258 Require drivers to stop at railroad crossings _-------- _ 259 Operation of, relative to weights ----------- ____ ----- 387 Amend Georgia Motor Vehicle Law------------------ 409 Relati\:e to weight of motor vehicles passing over bridges 588 630 1096 Define "Trailer" to motor vehicles _________ ------- 590 631 Distribution motor vehicle license funds ------------ 653 Distribution motor ,-ehicle license fund (925) -------- 756 868 Relative to use of cut outs _____ --------- _______ 878 990 1097 N NANTAHALA AREAFunds to Raburn County ----------------------365 907 1134 NETS (see Game and Fish). NEW COUNTIES- Brantley County, correct errors -------------------- 693 NOTARIES PUBLIC (see Justices of Peace). NOTES, PRO::\IISSORY, ETC. (see Taxes). 0 OATH OF OFFICE- ,,~. Sapp --------------------------------------- 13 John N. King ------------------------------------- 13 W. 0. Bozeman ------------------------------------ 13 C. W. Hillhouse ----------------------------------- ll! Blaine Van Zant ---------------------------------- 13 OILS AXD GREASES (see Taxes). OPTO::\IETRYTo amend Act regulating --------------------------353 1135 1310 INDEX p PARK'S CODE- To amend Act relative to supply of ------------------ 181 PENSIONS- Pay Christopher Shelton --------------------------- 21 T. D. Davis on pension roll __________ -------------- 195 952 Elliott Hicks on roll ------------------------------ 283 953 S. L. LeSuere on roll ---------------------------325 374 712 Widow of Martin Arnold -------------------------- 386 952 PISTOLS (see Constitutional Amendments). POLL TAX (see Taxes). POOL AND BILLIARDS- To prohibit rooms for ------------------------------ 139 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE- To amend Act regulating signing of criminal bonds___ 136 To prescribe rules of evidence ---------------------- 176 373. To regulate arrests and baiL_______________________ 283 To regulate trials --------------------------------- 284 PRISON COMMISSION- Relative to clemency ------------------------------ 16 PROHIBITION (see Liquor) . PROPERTY (see Taxe~). PUBLIC PRINTING- 300 Copies Highway Report ------------------------ 9 To establish State printing plant ___ ---------- _____ 136 290 300 Copies of House Bill No. 589 -------------------- 319 300 Copies of school data--------------------------- 350 Amend Public Printing Act ------------------------ 620 300 Copies House Bill No. 878 ---------------------- 753 300 Copies each House Bills Nos. 205 and 449__ ______ 829 300 Copies House Bill No. 592 ---------------------- 842 300 Copies House Bill No. 925 ___________ ---------- _ 875 Pl'BLIC PROPERTYGmernor sell genb __ . _-------- ___ 25 .Joint Tax Committee ------------------------------ 29 Governor'" :Mansion Leasing Committee>-------------- 118 ' 1312 INDEX Memorial Committee on deceased members __ ---------On taxing soft drinks-----------------------------On Department of Agriculture and State College of Agriculture ------------------------------------ 245 673 1099 REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES-- Amendments to Constitution --------287 368 389 594 623 727 816 946 1181 1256 Appropriations and Ways and ~leans __ . ______ 205 260 305 390 520 622 654 723 798 903 1024 945 1071 1082 Banks and Banking _______ ---------- _________ 241 592 1082 Conservation- Corporations --------------207 242 310 351 370 391 503 594 655 724 747 759 850 879 903 948 988 1106 1041 1162 Counties and County ~latters __ .117 202 262 286 ~07 522 624 725 759 816 865 879 903 930 973 987 1027 1181 Drainage-Education . ____ 182 264 306 391 503 523 655 723 798 864 878 931 1024 1104 1180 Enrollments _____ _413 482 596 729 818 867 906 949 989 1107 1142 1127 1168 1283 Game and Fish ______________ 309 367 523 595 723 931 1105 General Agriculture ~o. 1_ _____ 310 350 672 799 865 905 1162 General Agriculture No. 2------.------------286 525 749 867 General Judiciary No. 1_ ___ 206 288 595 726 800 815 930 947 972 1024 1083 116~ General Judiciary No. 2--. __ 202 263 308 369 411 524 625 728 817 905 1026 1106 1189 Georgia State Sanitarium ___________ ---------- _____ 672 974 Hygiene and Sanitation --------------------351 502 724 1105 Insurance---------------------------------------- 241 521 Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home-Labor and Labor Statistics ________ 309 524 592 758 946 1104 Manufactures- ~Iilitary Affairs- Mines and Mining- ~Iunicipal Government_ _205 261 3.06 352 389 504 593 728 749 800 864 973 1107 1042 Penitentiary ------.------------------------622 722 727 947 Pensions --------------------------------------370 410 948 Privileges and Election~---------------------------- 204 Public Highway~ ----------------------521 623 881 988 1081 Public Library ------------------------------------ 371 593 Public Printing ---------------------------------- 287 Public Property ----------------------------204 520 725 904 INDEX 1313 Railroads ----------------------------261 412 784 799 1081 Reforn1atories --------------------------------203 305 1126 Rules . ____ 272 319 336 1179 485 525 613 642 662 698 700 704 747 795 1075 Sanatorium at Alto--; Special Judiciary __219 263 304 368 413 501 519 591 672 880 949 1026 1041 1163 State of Republic- Temperance -------------------------------------- 307 350 Uniform La.ws ----------. _---------------- ____ _____ 410 University of Georgia and Branches------------241 412 1080 Western and Atlantic Railroad-------------------- 369 REVENUES- To control placement of all --------.---------------- 258 s SALARIES (see Constitutional Amendments) . SANATORIUM AT ALTO- . Permit certain charity appropriations------------652 751 960 SCHOOL BOOKS (see Text Books). SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL LAWS- Warrenton, amend ------------------------------139 183 210 Consolidation of independent districts (605) ____ . ____ 140 504 Stapleton (formerly Spead), abolish ------------196 270 292 Amend Consolidated School Act-------------------- 197 270 Canton, amend --------------------------------236 313 332 Lyons, abolish _-------------- __ -----------------239 3111 333 Abbeville, repeal ------------------------------347 393 419 Richland, repeal ------------------------------348 394 420 Alamo, repeal ----------------------------------366 394 421 Inman School District --------------------------498 531 604 Lamar County --------------------------------518 1029 1048 Amend school laws, Bible reading------------------ 620 658 Vocal music in schools ______ ------- ____ ---------621 658 916 Regulate high schools --------------------------720 883 1066 Hazlehurst, amend (928) ----------------------757 883 915 Consolidated schools (931) ----------- __ -------758 934 1065 Canon, amend ----------------------------------877 909 957 Amend Act creating Board of Education at Savannah-_ 998 Sylvania, repeal ----------------------------1046 1020 1111 Tom School Digtrict, repeal ------------------------ 1071 Vocal music in schools optional-------------------- 1033 1314 INDEX SHERIFFS AND DEPUTIES (see Railroads). SOLDIERS' HOME (see Appropriations). Amend Act relating to --------------------303 375 855 1185 SOLICITORS-GENERAL- To abolish fees in Tallapoosa Circuit---------------- 227 To abolish fees in Northeastern Circuit ----------409 530 660 To abolish fees in Macon Circuit ----------------518 60ll 634 To abolish fees in Augusta Circuit ---------------758 821 852 To amend for Augusta Judicial Circuit -------------- 901 953 SOFT DRIXKS (see Code Amendments). STATE HIGHWAY DEPARniENT- To regulate letting of contracts in road work__ .______ 207 To increase powers of chairman -------------------- 217 Amend section 1, Act amending Highway Laws________ 218 Reorganize State Highway Department (210) ____ 373 1096 1273 Reorganize State Highway Department ( 796) . 386 630 961 1272 Reorganize State Highway Department (825)-------- 479 631 To purchase bridgesand ferries------------------721 762 935 Create Bond Commission for (922)-------------------756 953 SOUTH GEORGIA STATE NORMAL COLLEGE VALDOSTAChange name of --------------------------------133 243 715 STATE FARM (see Public Property). (See House Resolutions). STATE OFFICIALSTo require annual reports of -------- -------------- 720 820 T TAXES AND TAX LAWSAmend General Tax Act, billboards ____ . __________132 602 981 Prohibit levying certain taxes in Grady County___ -136 209 223 Amend Act relating to poll tax ------------173 858 937 1263 Amend General Tax Act ------------------------177 210 393 Occupation tax on oils and greases --------- __ ----- __ 280 Tax on mortgages, etc.---------------------------- 282 Soft drinks and near beer-------------------------- ll02 Repeal Tax Equalization Act (749) ---------------- 304 Taxes for county agents (791) ________________ 367 858 1033 Levy other than ad valorem ------------------------ 386 Repeal of Tax Equalization Law ____________ -475 583 702 742 Fuels oils --------------------------------------499 531 859 . .,.. INDEX 1315 Fortune tellers and Gypsy horse-traders ----------652 801 870 Tax all indebtedness -------- ---------------------- 721 Amend General Tax Act, insurance _----------------- 721 Motion pictures to pay occupation tax -------------- 815 Holders of mortgages to pay privilege tax ------------ 815 Soft drink vendors to pay occupation tax___ --------- 815 Tax soft drinks (985) ---------------------------- 902 TAX COLLECTORS (see Costs and Fees), (see Code Amendments). To make ex-officio sheriffs in Jeff Davis County_ ---138 268 291 Settlement with school authorities --------------238 313 642 TAX RECEIVERS (see Code Amendments), (see Costs and Fees). TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES (see Railroad Commission) . TEMPERANCE DAYProvided for in public schools-------------------- 16 311 490 TIPS- To repeal Act prohibiting 878 TRADEProhibit gifts to induce trade from officials_______ --- 236 630 TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (see-Appropriations) . TRIALS (see Practice and Procedure) . u UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIATo collect tuition for Georgia Tech__________________ 134 418 Change board of trustee system---------------~---- 238 v VENEREAL DISEASES- To provide control of ------------------------------ 140 504 VETERINARIAN, STATE- Co-operate with Bureau of Animal Industry ---------- 201 Prescribe appointment ___ ------------------------- 620 Amend Act creating office of ---------- ------------ 873 w WAGES- To repeal law relative to certain 409 1316 INDEX WELFARE- To promote health, etc., of females 529 WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROADTo preserve-------------------------------------- 181 374 WORLDS WAR- Pay bonus to veterans of 240 WORIU"\IEN'S COMPENSATION ACT- ~~mend Act (680) ------------------------218 312 872 1185 Amend Act, Guess (726) ------------------------281 314 871 Amend Act, Bowden (846) ------------------------- 517 PART II. HOUSE RESOLUTIONS. Clerk notify Senate that House has met---------------- 5 Joint committee to notify Governor ____ . ---------------- 5 Relati\e to deceased members -------------------------- 6 G. A. \Vhitaker -------------------------------------- 8 For joint session on June 29th-------------------------- 8 Relative to majority and minority reports on Highway Department---------------------------- 9 1~0 212 251 253 Death of Rev. H. J. Ellis ::_____________________________ 14 Committee to escort Governor ______ --------- ____ ______ -15 Employees of House _________________:.__________________ 15 Requesting report from Highway Commission . __ . __ . ---- 20 130 Requesting Congress to repeal Bankruptcy law____________ 20 Relati,e to pensions ----------------------------------- 20 Relative to rock quarry at Elberton -------------------- 21 Information from State College of Agriculture and Depart- ment of Agriculture ---------------------------- 29 131 146 Pri\ileges of floor to Mrs. Clay and l\Irs. Jno. H. Jones____ 141 Relative to Woodrow Wilson -------------------------- 141 Relati\e to adjournment ------------------------------ 143 Imestigate salaries of State officials -------------------- 177 Information from Sanatorium at Alto ------------------ 177 l\Iake House Bill No. 6 a special order ------------------ 177 Appoint committee to investigate State Department of Agri- culture ------------------------------------------- 177 Crge Congrei'-s to accept H<'nry Ford's bid for Muscle Shoal8 1i7 Pre\?nt junking of A., B. & A. R. R. -------------------- Hl6 Relati,-e to member,;hip of investigating committees ------- 196 ~equesting information from Prison Commission ______ ___ 196 I~DEX 1317 Investigate Department of Entomology ------------------ 219 314 Provide for adjourned sessions of Appropriations Committee 219 Prison Commission to furnish information --------------- 225 328 On deceased members ---------------------------------- 246 Floor extended to J. G. Childs ------- ________ ____ _______ 250 Floor extended to Mrs. W. H. Felton -------------------- 256 Floor extended toP. G. Veazey-------------------------- 256 To 0. B. Bush and Judge Crawley ---------------------- 257 Relative to jurisdiction of Justice Courts ---------------- 257 Relative to sale of hinds for First District A. & M. School _257 532 1065 Relative to salaries of members of General Assembly_____ 257 Investigate State Highway Department, House Resolution ~0. 149 -------------------------------------- 265 318 643 Provide for committee on subscriptions to Hall of Fame fund --------------------------------------------- 272 Adjourn sine die -------------------------------------- 272 Send delegation American Independent Exposition _______ _ 284 Committee to draft luxury tax bill---------------------- 284 Committee to draft seed bill---------------------------- 285 532 Investigate accounting system of State Highway Commission 286 To American Legion ----------------------------------- 324 Floor to Z. V. Peacock -------------------------------- 340 State line between Georgia and Tennessee ------------345 375 668 Information from State Entomologist_ ___________________ 346 484 Thanking Malone of Bibb ------------------------------ 349 Floor toW. F. Jones et al. ----------------------------- 350 B. J. Williams of Harris ------------------------------ 359 Judge B. H. Hill ----------------,.------------------- 363 Hon. II. B. Folsom --------------- ____ ----------------- 363 Thanking Atlanta Woman's Club _______ ---------- ______ _ 318 W. H. Burt ------------------------------------------- 385 T. J . .McFarland _________________ ------ ____ ----------- 396 Thos. J. Hamilton ____________________________________ _ 410 Joe Hill Hall ----------------------------------------- 477 Amend Rule 42 --------------------------------------- 484 Requesting information relative to Tax Equalization Act__ 491 697 Payment of pensions (House Resolution ~o. 188) ___ _ 497 602 Abolish Tax and Prison Commissions-------------------- 498 Accept invitation to Savannah _________ ----------------- 512 Meet at 9 oclock ----------------------- -------------- 583 Relatiw to Capitol Remoml Bill _______________________ _ 584 Committee to inve~tigate penal in,titntion~ -------------- 588 l'c:J'mittee on D<>partment of .\grieulture report __ _ 588 641 1318 INDEX Appreciation to City of Atlanta------------------------ 611 VV. R. Jackson ---------------------------------------- 612 Charles Redding --------- __ --------------------------- _ 612 School site on State Farm --------------------------619 733 873 Committee on acoustics -------------------------------- 619 733 Thanking City of Savannah ------------------------.---- 662 Regulate distribution of coal in State ------------691 791 842 934 VV. E. Boatwright, sympathy -------------- _------------ 697 Courtesies of civic organizations of Atlanta ----- __ --- 699 James Hampton Grant -------------------------------- 745 Investigate charges regard to Port Terminal and Harbor Commission _____ ---- ___________ ---------------- __ _ 791 Selection of site of port terminal ---------------------- 792. To visit Brunswick _____ -------- ____ ------------------- 802 Limit session --------- __ ------ ___ ------------ ________ _ 828 Boyce Ficklen, Sr. ---------------------- ________ ------ _ 829 Error in local bill for Dougherty County -------------- 847 VV. G. Sutlive ----------------------------------------- 854 )Ianufacture of calcium arsenate ----------- ____ -------- _ 867 VV. H. Purcell ---------------------------------------- 876 Survey of colony, Georgia State Sanitarium-------------- 917 C. F. Herndon, D. N. Thompson and VV. E. Smith -------- 934 Library Federal Judge Southern Circuit_ ______972 1028 1050 1271 John VV. Collins -------------------------------------Attorney-General on dies non -------------------------- 1005 1114 Jno. VV. Collins --------------------------------------Manufacture calcium arsenate ---------------------- ___ 1114 1037 Thanking Brunswick ---------------------------------- 1051 Burton L. VVeston ----------------- __ ----------------- 1052 Thanking City of Atlanta -----------------------------Mrs. Lillian VVheeler ------------------------------- ___ Mrs. Lottie Belle VVylie --------- ____ ---------------- _ 1174 1198 1198 Adjourn sine die ------------------------------------ 1203 1236 Rules Committee not to set Highway Bond Bill__________ 1239 Thanks to Loew's Grand Theatre ---------------------James Hampton Grant --------- ______ ----------------- 1240 1240 VV. E. Boatwright ------------------------------------Thomas M. Swift, Sr. ---------------------------------Notify Governor ready to adjourn ---------------------- 1245 1246 1282 INDEX PART III. 1319 SENATE BILLS A ABSENT VOTERS (see Elections, Part III). AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGESTo establish A. & M. College at Tifton --------------1113 1171 AUDITOR, STATETo create ---------------------------------------- 533 1252 B BANKS AND BANKINGTo regulate --------------------------------------- 1238 BARBERSAbolish Act regulating ____________ --------------- 612 1109 BALLOT (see Elections, Part III). BONDS (see Charters, Municipal). Provide assessment for supersedeas bonds ----------- 354 910 c CEMETERIES- CHARTERS AND CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPAL- Calhoun, amend --------------------------------354 392 422 Crest, repeal -------------------------------------- 355 375 Statham, amend -------------------------------377 392 422 Jesup, incorporate -----------------------------636 659 692 Covington, amend ------------------------------637 733 826 Eastman, amend ------- __ ------------------------- 637 734 Albany, ainend --------------------------------739 753 1173 Lincolnton, amend -----------------------------827 851 886 Townsend, incorporate ___ ---------- ____ ------ ___827 851 885 Tifton, amend ------------------------------1085 1110 1172 Valdosta, ainend ------- ____ -------- _________1031 1110 1172 Crawford,ille, amend ------------------------1031 1047 1112 Sharon, amend ------------------------------1113 1171 1196 CODE A.\IEND.\IENTH TO CODE OF 1910-- Section 967, l'riminal prot'edun _________ ___________ 193 1320 INDEX Section 4775, court bailiffs, amend _________ ------ ___ 315 Section 4775, court bailiffs, repeal ------------------ 315 Section 958, misdemeanor -------------------------- ~55 601 Scetion 4381, amend ------------------------------- 356 821 Section 147, burglary _----------------------------- 377 Mother equal heir (Senate Bill No. 122) ____________ _423 1241 Execution deeds, outside State -----.-----------661 910 1191 Section 755, relative to ferries and approaches to bridges 870 910 980 Section 1249, Crawford State Depository ________ 921 1084 1112 Amend 2820, capital stock of trust companies __ 996 1109 1201 Amend, mother as guardian ------------------1126 1190 1241 Amend, return and transmission of interrogatories___ 1234 COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUES- Wayne County, abolish ---------------------------- 424 821 Hancock County, repeal ---------------------------- 510 Walker County, amend -------------------------637 735 771 Dougherty- County, create ---------------------740 1113 1172 Houston County, repeal ------------------------921 952 995 Houston County, create -------------------------921 952 996 Haralson County, amend -------------~---------959 997 1182 Early County, amend --------------------------959 991 1049 County Commissioner Plan __________________1031 1109 1247 Taliaferro and Warren ----------------------1113 1171 1196 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS- Carrying pistols ___ ------------------------ __ -423 601 1258 Amend so as to issue State Highway Bonds__________ 1259 CORPORATIONS- To increase stock 977 COUNTY TREASURERClayton County _______ ------ -~-- __ -------- ____ -423 631 659 COURT OF APPEALS (see Supreme Court, Part III). COURTS, CITY AND COUNTYChattooga County, repeal -----------------------355 419 482 Summerville, create _---- _______________ - __ -----377 419 482 Eastman, amend _------------------------------637 882 918 .~lma, repeal ------------------------------------- 802 826 l'OFRTH, MUNICIPAL-Atlanta, amend --------------------------------355 601 635 Atlanta, amendment to Constitution in effect_ ___ 827 1030 10fl0 INDEX 1321 COURTS, JUVENILETo establish --------------------------------1113 1171 1203 COURTS, SUPERIORBarrow County, change time ------------------827 883 918 COURTS, SUPREME AND COURT OF APPEALS- CROPS, GROWINGDeclare to be personalty 1242 E ELECTION AND ELECTION LAWSTo provide for secret ballot ------------------------ 179 190 To provide absent voters --------------------------- 183 821 F FEMALES- FISCAL YEARCounties to prescribe --------------------------636 762 885 FISH (see Game and Fish, Part III). FORESTRYPromote interest of _---------------- ___1084 1191 1197 1262 G GAME AND FISHFederal Government to make rules _--------------510 601 667 Amend Act, fur-bearing animals -----------------637 733 860 Protection of (Senate Bill No. 269) -----------1085 1110 1258 H HOTELS, INNS, ETC.- Post rates -----------------------------------997 1109 1247 I INSURANCE- Relative to revoking lieenses --------------------424 533 666 1322 INDEX J JUDICIAL CIRCUITSFix time of holding courts in Cordele Circuit_ ____ ---- 195 919 Time of courts in Cordele Circuits ------------------ 424 506 Additional Judge Stone Mountain CircuiL-~------636 691 861 Rearrange Tifton Judicial Circuit ______________ .;___ 959 Rotation of Judges -------------------------------- 959 K KINDERGARTENSTo establish --------------------------------1113 1182 1278 M MEDICAL EXA~IINERS, STATE BOARD OF- MOTOR VEHICLESBlow horn at covered bridges----------------------- 425 533 Amend motor vehicle law (216) ----------------216 991 1203 Amend motor vehicle law (236), Iicense________959 1084 1259 Regulate operation on streets (247) --~------------- 1096 N NEW COUNTIESPeach County ------------------------------------ 666 1006 NON-PAR STOCKCorporations to issue -------------------------_423 821 1234 Corporations to issue, subject to Railroad Commission 1234 NURSERYMENTo license ------------------------------------509 802 1176 p PHAR~IACY, STATE BOARD OFRevise la\vs --------------------------------1084 1109 1258 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURETo prescribe for certiorari ------------------------ 510 1190 PrO\ide further regulation --------------------920 952 1176 INDEX I323 R RAILROAD COMMISSION- Abolish attorney for ------------------------------ 661 RELIEF OF SURETY- L. B. Williams ------------------------------------ 395 W. K. Brooks -----------------------~---------870 8811 1089 Price IIubbard ------------------------------1126 1171 I242 ROADS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE- Supervisor for Wayne County ---------------------- 424 821 Repeal Act amending road laws of Gordon County __424 632 659 s SECURITIES COMMISSIONTo amend Act to establish ----------------------210 1211 SCIIOOLS AND SCIIOOL LAWSSparta, amend ------------------------------------ 268 296 Consolidated schools, amend ------------------------ 355 506 Richland, repeal -~-----------------------------425 506 533 Amend, conferring degrees -------------------------- 661 733 Albany, amend ---------------------------------- 786 1173 Tom School District, repeal ------------------1085 1110 1171 SOLICITORS-GENERALAmend fee Act, Cherokee Circuit-------------------- 636 882 Southern Judicial Circuit, repeal abolishing Act--_--_ 920 1046 1174 1204 Southern Judicial Circuit (Senate Bill No. 221) ______959 1047 1174 1204 STATE IIIGIIWAY DEPARTMENTTo reorganize --------------~-------------------423 533 861 T TAXES AND TAX LAWSPoll tax -----------------------------------------Fuel oils --------- ____ ---------- ____ - _------------- u UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIASubstitute for Trustees, Board of Control -----------Establish South Georgia A. & M. College as branch_--- 996 1159 920 1113 1324 INDEX PART IV. SENATE RESOLUTIONS. Joint committee to notify Governor---------------------- 7 Inviting T. E. Watson to address General Assembly______ 34 Inviting W. J. Harris to address General Assembly -------- 225 Accepting invitation of Woman's Club ------------------ 357 Joint session, Senator W. J. Harris---------------------- 379 Barbecue at To~send --------------------------------- 395 Thanking Woman's Club ------------------------------- 396 Cotton Growers Co-Operative Association ---------------- 484 Commission on A., B. & A. R. R. -------------------510 802 1182 Provide for acceptance of fund on maternity--_-- ____511 733 10S2 Charter of Chattanooga Rapid Transit Co.________________ 637 To aid Confederate veterans ---------------------------Providing for World's Fair in Georgia in 1926----------General Assembly adjourn sine die _______________ ------- 920 1157 1290