Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia at the regular session of the General Assembly at Atlanta Wednesday, June 25, 1924

JOURNAL
OF THE
House of Representatives
OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA
AT THE
REGULAR SESSION
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
.-\t Atlanta, Wednesday, "June 25, 1924
1924 Sl'EIN PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS
ATLANTA. GA.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

WEDNESDAY, JuNE 25, 1924.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to law this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, Hon. W. Cecil Neill of Muscogee; and opened with prayer by Dr. B. R. Lacy, pastor of Central Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Georgia.

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

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bennett Blease Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Brannen Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Childs Christopher Collins

Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Daniel of Heard Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler

Gillen Greer Griffis Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins

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Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Oook. Jones of Coweta Jones, A. D. of Meri-
wether Jones, W. R., of Meri-
wether Jordan Kempton Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis

Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary

Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford. Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Tatum Tippins Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Winship Wood Worthy Wright Mr Speaker

The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Resolution No. 207. A resolution that the Clerk of the House notify the Senate that the House is now in regular session and ready for the transaction of business.

By Mr. Milner of DodgeHouse Resolution No. 208. A resolution that a committee

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consisting of three from the House and two from the Senate be appointed to notify His Excellency, the Governor, that the General Assembly is now in regular session convened and 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 of the House as the committee on the part of the House:
Messrs. Milner of Dodge, Barrett of Stephens, Culpepper of Fayette.

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:

By Mr. Garlick of 17th-
Senate Resolution No. 71. A resolution instructing the Secretary of the Senate to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate has convened in regular session and is now ready for the transaction of business.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional maJor-
ity the following resolution of the Senate, to wit:
By Mr. Pace of the 13thSenate Resolution No. 72. A resolution to provide for a

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committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to await on His Excellency, the Governor and notify him that the General Assembly has met in regular session.

The following message from His Excellency, the Governor, was received and read:
ATLANTA, JuNE 25, 1924.
To the House of Representatives: I beg to advise that since your last session the election of
the following new members to your body has been certified to the Executive Department by the Secretary of State:
Thomas C. Bleckley, Representative from Rabun County to succeed J as. E. Bleckley, deceased.
Joe S. Burgin, Representative from Marion County to succeed E. H. McMichael, deceased.
J. D. Weaver, Representative from Terrell County to succeed W. B. Parks, resigned.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD WALKER, Governor.

The following members-elect came forward to the Clerk's desk and took the oath of o'fi:::e, the o1th being administered by the Hon. Nash. R. Broyles, Asso.:iate Justice of the Court of Appeals:
Hon. Thomas C. Bleckley of Rabun,
Hon. Joe. S. Burgin of Marion, Hon. J. D. Weaver of Terrell.
The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

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By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 72. A resolution to provide for a committee of two from the Senate and three from the House to wait upon His Excellency, the Governor, and notify him that the General Assembly has met in regular session and ready for the transaction of business.

The Speaker appointed the following members of the House as the committee on the part of the House under the above resolution:
Messrs. Milner of Dodge,
Barrett of Stephens,
Culpepper of Fayette.

The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. DeL;_Perriere of Jackson-

A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 209. Whereas, Hon. J. E. Bleckley, an honored and highly esteemed member of the House of Representatives has departed this life since last session, and,
Whereas, He who knows all things, and does all things for the best, and,
Whereas, We bow in humble submission to the Supreme Will,
Therefore be it resolved, That we, the members of the Georgia House of Representatives feel the loss of such a valuable member, a true friend and an outstanding citizen; and
Be it further resolved that we deeply sympathize with his bereaved family in their irreparable loss, and,
Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be spread on the Journal of the House and that the Clerk of the

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House transmit a copy of same to the family of the Hon. J. E. Bleckley.

By Mr. Howard of Chattahoochee-
A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 210. Whereas, The Hon. E. H. McMichael of the County of Marion, a distinguished Georgian and an able member of this Assembly died on the 21st day of May; and,
Whereas, It is our desire to pay a fitting tribute to his past services to this State and express our deep sorrow for the loss of an able felow-member;
Therefore be it resolved, That the Speaker of the House of Representatives be requested to appoint a committee of six to prepare suitable resolutions that we may do honor to his memory.
Resolved further that this committee be requested to present said resolutions at an early date for consideration of this Assembly.
The Speaker appointed the following members of the House as a committee under the above resolution:
Messrs. Howard of Chattahoochee,
Burgin of Marion,
Perkins of Muscogee,
Stewart .of Atkinson,
Owen of Pike, W. R. Jones of Meriwether.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:

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

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-

House Resolution No. 208. A resolution providing for a

joint committee to await on His Excellency, the Governor,

and notify him that the General Assembly has convened in

regular session.



The President has appointed as a committee on the part of the Senate the following:

The Senator from the 15th: Mr. Lankford.

The Senator from the 26th: Mr. Redwine.

Mr. Milner of Dodge, Chairman of 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 His Excellency, the Governor, had been so notified and that the Governor wished to notify the member~ of th~ General Assembly of a message in writing on tO-morrow mornmg.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:
By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 596. A bill for the purpose of fixing the date of holding party primaries nominating candidates for President and county offices.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.
By Mr. Neill of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 597. A bill to provide for nomination by political parties or or~anizations in this State

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Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Mr. VanLandingham of Seminole-
House Bill No. 598. A bill to create a new charter for the Town of Donaldsonville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

Mr. Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 599. A bill to amend Constitution relative to issuance and sale of Highway Bonds.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 600. A bill to authorize Town of Adairsville to issue bonds.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 601. A bill for protection of game birds in Bartow County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Messrs. Aubrey and Trippe of BartowHouse Bill No. 60~. A bill relative to recovery of homicide. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
House Bill No. 603. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to apportionment of Senators and Representatives tn the General Assembly.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

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By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
House Bill No. 604. A bill to amend Constitution relative to length of the term of the Governor of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve, and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Bill No. 605. A bill to amend Constitution relative to Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 606. A bill to amend the Civil Code relative to publication of notice to validate bonds of Counties, Municipal Corporations or Divisions.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Messrs. Atkinson and Eve of Chatham-
House Bill No. 607. A bill to amend an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia relative to Mayor and Aldermen of City of Savannah.
Referred to Commmittee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Stanford and Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 608. A bill to appropriate funds to the University of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Ellis of Tift, Knight of Berrien, and others-
House Bill No. 609. A bill to establish a College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts as a branch of the University of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 3.

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By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Bill No. 610. A bill to improve the Public Service and to provide for a Civil Service System.
Referred to Committee on State of Republic.

By Mr. W. R. Jones ofMeriwetherHouse Bill No. 611. A bill to amend the Code of 1910
relative to the analysis of f~rtilizer by the State chemist. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.2.

By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 612. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Muscogee County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Weaver of Terrell-
House Bill No. 613. A bill relating to Contracts of Fire Insurance Companies.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Christopher of Hall-
House Bill No. 614. A bill to authorize three-fourths of a. jury in the Superior and City Courts to return a verdict m all misdemeanor cases.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Stewart of Atkinson-
House Bill No. 615. A bill to amend Section 3426 of Code of 1910 changing rate of interest.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

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By Mr. Dubose of Clarke-
House Bill No. 616. A bill to amend Section 3236 of Code of 1910 to authorize the execution of mortgages on crops planted within the calendar year and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. I.

By Messrs. Riley and Hines of Sumter-
House Bill No. 617. A bill to appropriate $13,016.96 to the trustees of the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. W. R. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 618. A bill to provide jurisdiction and service on all persons, firms or corporations selling fertilizers or fertilizer material.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 2.

By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
House Bill No. 619. A bill to make penalty on conviction for automobile and truck stealing six years and maximum penalty twenty years.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Messrs. Blease and Turner of Brooks-
House Bill No. 620. A bill to be entitled an Act for the cancellation of paid mortgage deeds to secure debt, deeds of trust, conditional sales, contracts and other conveyances of real or personal property.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Culpepper of FayetteHouse Resolution No. 211. A resolution appropriating the

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sum of $1,868.28 to pay salary of the Judge of the Superior Court of Griffin Circuit from August 17, 1923, to December
:n, 1923.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Resolutions No. 212. A resolution to appropriate $2,500.00 for payment of salaries of the office force of the Prison Commission.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass Senate Bill No. 40.
Mr. Knight of Berrien moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The motion to reconsider Senate Nil! No. 40 prevailed.
Mr. Camp of Campbell moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass Senate Bill No. 86.
Mr. Russell of Barrow made the point of order that this bill could not be reconsidered due to the fact that no bill can be reconsidered except on the next day after notice to reconsider has been given.
The Speaker overruled the point of order stating that a motion to reconsider must be made the very first time that the order for motions to reconsider is reached and not necessarily on the next day.
Mr. Cumming of Richmond moved that the motion to reconsider Senate Bill No. 86 be postponed until next Friday and the motion prevailed.
The following resolution of the House was introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committee:

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By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Resolution No. 218. A resolution that Senate Bill No. 40 take place of position of House Bill No.5.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the House do now adjourn until to-morrow morning at 11:00 o'clock.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjournand the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Bird of Taliaferro, Clark of Laurens, Wimberly of Twiggs, Haddock of Early, McCullough of Troup, Camp of Coweta, Branch of Turner, Woodruff of DeKalb, and Griner of Ben Hill.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
THuRSDAY, JuNE 26, 1924.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Rev. A. W. Smith of the Antioch Baptist Church of Atlanta, Ga.
The Speaker introduced the new Chaplin for the session of 1924, Rev. W. D. Hammack of the Missionary Baptist Church of Cuthbert, Ga., Randolph County.
The House was led in prayer by the newly appointed Chaplin.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:
By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-
House Bill No. 621. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Colquit and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 622. A bill to amend the school laws of Hazlehurst.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 623. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the office of Treasurer of Hancock County and to provide for establishment of such office for County of Hancock.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By-Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 624. A bill to provide for the protection of sinking funds and to require investment of such funds in certain securities.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2;

By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
House Bill No. 625. A bill to amend Section 1973, Volume 1 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to salary of State Geologist.
Referred to Committee on Mines and Mining.

By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
House Bill No. 626. A bill to amend an Act approved December 14, 1899, relative to the incorporating of the Town of Dahlonega and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Jones of Coweta-
House Bill No. 627. A bill providing fot suit against individuals doing a private banking business and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Boswell of Green-
' House Bill No. 628. A bill to abolish the City Court of Greensboro.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.



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By Mr. Boswell of Greene-
House Bill No. 629. A bill to provide four terms of Superior Court of Greene County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 630. A bill to provide for the creation of a School Book Board and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mrs. Napier of Bibb and Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 631. A bill to appropriate the sum of $24,530.55 for the year 1925 and each year thereafter to match an equal sum appropriated by the United States Government relative to the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Roberts of Cobb-
House Bill No. 632. A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 for the completion of an auditorium and its equipment at the Seventh District A. & M. School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mrs. Napier of Bibb and Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 633. A bill to amend Section 1131 of the Penal Code of 1910 so as to provide stenographic reporter of the Superior Courts in any Judicial Circuit.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 634. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Town of Shingler.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.



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By Mr. Christopher of Hall-
House Bill No. 635. A bill to authorize appeals in possessory :warrant cases and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Harris of Jefferson--:-
House Bill No. 636. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to tax on incomes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 637. A bill to amend an Act created by substitution a new charter of the City of Hazlehurst and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Penland of Gilmer-
House Bill No. 638. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Gilmer County and for otner purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Roberts of Cobb-
House Resolution No. 214. A resolution to appropriate $750.00 for maintenance of Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Resolution No. 215. A resolution providing for an amendment to change the term of the Governor and other State offices from two to four years and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

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By Mr. Burgin of Marion-
House Resolution No. 216. A resolution providing for payment of pension to Mrs. M.A. Chapman, deceased, for burial expenses.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of BartowHouse Resolution No. 217. A resolution to refund to Mrs.
L. M. Peoples of Bartow County the sum of $104.75_ for tax collected in error for year 1921.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Miss Kempton of Fulton and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Resolution No. 218. A resolution relative to the study of the Constitution of the State in all public schools and colleges.
Referred to Committee on Public Library.

Mr. Mann of Glynn 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. 600. House Bill No. 605. House Bill No. 607. House Bill No. 598.
Respectfully submitted, MANN of Glynn, Chairman.

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By unanimous consent the following bills of the House, favorably reported by the committees, were read the second time:

By Mr. VanLandingham of Seminole-
House Bill No. 598. A bill to amend the Charter of the City of Donaldsonville.

By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 600. A bill to amend an Act authorizing the Town of Adairsville to issue bonds and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve, and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Bill No. 605. A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Atkinson and Eve of Chatham-
House Bill No. 607. A bill to amend an Act creating and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah and for other purposes.

The Speaker made the following committee assignments:
Mr. Burgin, the gentleman from Marion, elected to succeed Mr. McMichael, deceased, was assigned as follows:
General Agriculture No. 2. Education. Conservation. Public Highways. Banks and Banking.

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Mr. Weaver, the gentleman from Terrell, elected to succeed Mr. Parks, resigned, was assigned as follows:
Amendments to the Constitution, General Agriculture No. 2, General Judiciary No. 2, Privileges and Ele~tions, Rules.
Mr. Bleckley, the gentleman from Rabun, elected to sue ceed Mr. Bleckley, deceased, was assigned as follows:
Conservation, Georgia State Sanitarium, Pensions, \\'estern & Atlantic Railroad, County and County Matters.
Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee was appointed as Chairman ot the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 to succeed Mr. Parks, resigned.
Mr. Callaway of Putnam was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 to succeed Mr. Hatcher, Vice-Chairman.
Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, now Vice-Chairman, was appointed Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2 to succeed Mr. McMichael, Chairman, deceased.
Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson was appointed as Vice-Chairman of General Agriculture No. 2, to succeed Mr. DeFoor, Vice-Chairman.
Mr. Copeland of Lowndes was assigned to the Committee on Rules.

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Mr. Milner of Dodge, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration House Resolution No. 213 and report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted:

A RESOLUTION.
Whereas, House Bill No. 5 is the first bill upon the Calendar and is the same in substance as Senate Bill No. 40,
Resolved, That the position of said bills on the Calendar be exchanged.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution by substitute, was agreed to.
The order of business as set out in the resolution was established.

The following communication was received from Hon. Wm. A. Wright, Comptroller-General:

ATLANTA, JuNE 26, 1924.
To the General Assembly of the State of Georgia:
I hand you herewith tabulation of all fee reports filed in the office of the Comptroller-General since my last report to the 1923 Session of the Legislature.
Respectfully,
WM. A. WRIGHT,
Comptroller-General.

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EXHIBIT "A"
Fee Reports, State House Officials and Employees.
Clerk Supreme Court. Fees Received
Second Quarter, 1923________________________________________ $ 471.35 Third Quarter, 1923__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ________ __ _ 494.75 Fourth Quarter 1923, and First Quarter, 1924___ _________ 1,251.25

Clerk Court of Appeals.

Second Quarter, 1923_________ -------------------------- _ $ 1,049.05

Third Quarter, 1923________ ____ ___________ ____ _____ _____ ____ 658.55

Fourth Quarter, 1923_____ ______ ______ __ __ ______ __ ________ ___ 1,203.10

First Quarter, 1924_ _______________________________

1 ,396. 65

State Librarian.
Second, Third and Fcurth ~ualters, 1:23 ___ _ First Quarter, 1924_____________________________________ _

$ 1,538.00 724.00

Assistant Bond Commissioner.
Fees Received Second Quarter, 1923___________________________$ 11.25 Third Quarter, 1923_____________________________ 23.75 Fourth Quarter, 1923____________________________ 7.50 First Quarter, 1924_ ______ _____________________ 1,023. 75

Paid State $ 11.25
23.75 7.50 123.75

EXHIBIT "B" Fee Reports, Sheriffs of City Courts. No Reports Filed.
EXHIBIT "C." Fee Reports, Court Reporters and Stenographers. No Reports Filed.
EXHIBIT "D." Fee Reports, Judges City and County Courts.
Second Quarter, 1923. Judge City Court of Columbus:
No fees or compensation except salary.

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Third Quarter, 1923. Judge City court of Columbus:
No fees or compensation except salary.
Fourth Quarter, 1923. Judge City court of Columbus:
No fees or compensation except salary.
First Quarter, 1924. Judge City court of Columbus:
No fees or compensation except salary.

EXHIBIT "E." County Treasurers, Commissions. No Reports Filed.

EXHIBIT "F." Fee Reports, Solicitors-General.
Second Quarter, 1923. Albany Circuit:
1rotal_____________________________________________________$1,688.10

Atlanta Circuit: Income__________ _ Expenses _______________________ ._
Eastern Circuit: Income as Solicitor-General. ____ . ___________ __ Income as Solicitor City Court of Savannah__ _ Expenses____________ _
Northeastern Circuit: Income________ _ Expenses______ _
1rallapoosa Circuit: Income _____ _

__ $14,430.02 ___ $2,782.02
-- __$152. 50 ____ $2,754.20
$589.70
___ $2,243.32 665.43
$1,537.68

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Third Quarter, 1923.

Atlanta Circuit: Income___________________________________ _ Expensess ____________________________________ _

--.$1,045.47 -- 2,294.31

Eastern Circuit:

Income as Solicitor-GeneraL ________________ _

_$ 62.50

Income as Solicitor City Court of Savannah______ _ Expenses ____________________________________________ _

2,487.57 455.73

Northeastern Circuit: Income_____________________________________________ _ Expenses_______________ _

_$2,388.45 769.04

Pataula Circuit: TotaL _________________ _

_$ 543.32

Third and Fourth Quarters, 1923.

Albany Circuit:

TotaL __

---------.$1 '180. 93

Fourth Quarter, 1923.

Atlanta Circuit: Income________ _

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------- _$14 ,224.86

Expenses_____ __ . ------------------ -- ------------ ----- 3,807.48

Eastern Circuit:

Income as Solicitor-GeneraL________________

__$ 672.50

Income as Solicitor City Court of Savannah_____________ 2,300.70

Expenses____________ _________________________________ ___ 571.16

Northeastern Circuit: Income______________________________ _

____________ $3,673.30

Expenses. _____________________________ _ --------- --- 1,000.66

Tallapoosa Circuit:

Income____ _____ ________________________ _

___ $3,306.44

First Quarter, 1924. Atlanta Circuit:
Income________________________________________________$1 ,323.25 Expenses ____________________________________________ . 3 ,414. 76
Eastern Circuit: Income as Solicitor-GeneraL_____________________________$ 167.50
Income as Solicitor City Court of Savannah_____________ 1,507.50 Expenses_________________________________________________ 652.46
In addition to the foregoing, on the first of January of each year, Chatham County pays to Solicitor-General in advance the sum of $800.00 on account of insolvent costs in the City Court of Savannah, and the further sum of $800.00 on account of insolvent costs in the Superior Court of Chatham County.

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Northeastern Circuit: Income ___________________________________________________$3,448.01
Expenses____________________________ ____________________ 1,079. 55

Pataula Circuit: Income ______________ ---------- __________________________$ 674.72

Tallapoosa Circuit: Income __________________________ _

---- _$1,134.08

EXHIBIT '"G."

Fee Reports, Clerks City and County Courts.

Second Quarter, 1923.

City Court of Savannah:

Employees, two; expenses____________________________$1,125.14

Insolvent costs earned___________________________________ 1,079. 70

Salary_____________________ _______________________________ 234.00

Costs in civil cases _______________________________________ 1,628.66

Costs in criminal cases___________________________________ 58.35

Received from the registry of the Court on account of insolvent costs for the three months ________________ 1,045.00

Received from Chatham County on account of insolvent

costs __________________ _

125.00

Total Received______ _

------ _$3 ,091.01

Third Quarter, 1923.

City Court of Savannah:

Employees, two; expenses____________________

___ . _$1,140.43

Insolvent costs earned___________

___________________ 1,112.25

Salary____________________________________________________ 234.00

Costs in civil cases _______________________________________ 1,246.51

Costs in criminal cases___________________________________ 22.75

Received from the registry of the Court on account of

insolvent costs for the three months________________ 971.25

Received from Chatham County on account of insol-

vent costs ____________________ _

125.00

Total Received ________ _

.$2,599.51

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Fourth Quarter, 1923.

City Court of Savannah:

Employees, two; expenses_

-------- -- _$1 '133. 05

Insolvent costs earned_ Salary_______________ _

- - - --- ----- --- -------- - ---- 1 ,047. 60
-------------- 237.00

Costs in civil cases_____ _ ---- -- -- - - -- ----- ------- ---- 1,201.00

Costs in criminal cases_________________________________ _ 49.80

Received from the registry of the Court on account of

insolvent costs for the three months________________ 910.00

Received from Chatham County on account of insol-

vent costs______ _

125.00

Total Received.

- $2,522.80

First Quarter, 1924.

City Court of Savannah:

Employees, two; expenses

-- _$1,132. 79

Insolvent costs earned_ Salary_____________ _

1,147.80 234.00

Costs in civil cases___ _

1,236.17

Costs in criminal cases _

__________________ _

6.30

Received from the Registry of the Court on account of

insolvent costs for the three months _______________ _ 535.00

Received from Chatham County on account of insol-

vent costs_______ _

125.00

Total Received_

_$2,136.47

EXHIBIT "B."

Fee Reports, Solicitors City and County Courts.

Second Quarter, 1923.

Criminal Court of Atlanta: Income _______________ _
Expenses ____________ _

____ $19,268.38 --- 9,070.03

City Court of Bainbridge: Total_________________ _

_$ 550.37

City Court of Pol]{ County: TotaL

$ 491.59

THURSDAY, JuNE 26, 1924.
Third Quarter, 1923. Criminal Court of Atlanta:
Income_______________ . _ Expenses _______ _
City Court of Bainbridge: Total_________________ _
City Court of Polk County: Total_________ _
Fourth Quarter, 1923. Criminal Court of Atlanta:
Income__________________ . Expenses ______________ _
City Court of Bainbridge: Total_________________ _
City Court of Polk County: TotaL _____ _
First Quarter, 1924. Criminal Court of Atlanta:
Income_________________ ._ Expenses_________ ___ _
City Court of Bainbridge: Total__________ _

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.$11,579.95 5,065.18
$ 835,00 _$ 318.00
- _$22,092.32 - 8,288.18
____ $ 20.00 - _$ 905.46
--$15 '785.07 5,538.95
- __ $ 535.50

EXHIBIT "I"

Fee Reports-Ordinaries.

Second Quarter, 1923.

Counties

Insolvent Number Total Com- or Uncol- Clerks Expense missions lected costs Employed

Bibb______________ __$ Chatham_______________ _ Douglas_______________ _ ~tOD-----~-----------Marion _________________ _
Murray __________ _

1,321.50____________

1 $ 500.00

3,668.76____________

4

1,707.00

215.00 $ 12.00

1

8,927.84____________

8

30.00 3,804.00

136.92________________

----------

195.00- - - -- - - - - - - -- - - -- - -- - - - -

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Third Quarter, 1923.

Bibb_____________________ $
Chatham_______________ _ Dawson ________________ _ Decatur________________ _
Douglas________________ _ Fulton _________________ _

1,665.55____________

1 $ 475.00

3,121.44____________

4

1,623.50

67.20 $ 5.00_____________________ _

679.10

100.00

1

1M.55

~.00

1

7,458.10___________ _

8

135.00 00.00 3,768.00

Fourth Quarter, 1923.

Bibb_____________________$ 1,999.85____________

1 $ 400.00

Chatham_______________ _ 3,101.76____________

4

1,611.75

Dawson ________________ _

101.36 $ 65.53 ______________________ -

D catur________________ _

940.00

52.25

1

Douglas ________________ _

202.62

20.00

1

Fulton________ ________ _ 8,363.74____________

7

195.00 00.00 4,570.00

First Quarter, 1924.

B i b b _____________________ $ Chatham_______________ _ Dawson ________________ _ Douglas ________________ _ Fulton _________________ _

3,611.15___________ _ 4,344.21 ___________ _
161.17 $ 23.12 199.95 ___________ _ 6,456.41 ___________ _

1 $ 450.00

4

1,648.00

1

30.00

7

3,830.00

EXHIBIT "J."
Fee Reports-Clerk Superior Court.
Second Quarter, 1923. Total Fees
Bibb County: Employees, six; expenses____________________ -.- __________ $ 2 ,'25.00 Insolvent costs uncollected_____________________________ 151.00 Fees in criminal cases___________________________________ 400.00 Fees in civil cases ________________________________ ------ ___ 1,020.00 Court work_____________________________________________ 383.85 Recording papers _______ ------__________________________ 3 ,506. 7Z

Total Fees___________________________________________$ 5,431.57

Chatham County: Employees, eight; expenses _____________________________$ 3,348.56
Insolvent costs uncollected_____________________________ 29,453.18

Total Receipts ________________ _

-------- ______$ 6,940.93

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Decatur County: Employees, two; expenses_______________________________ $ Insolvent costs uncollected____________________________ _ Fees in criminal cases.. ________________________________ _ Fees in civil cases______________________________________ _ Court work.. _____________________ -------- ______________ _ Recording papers. _____________________________________ _

549.50 994.87 992.92 790.40 131.20 742.09

Total Fees___________________________________________ $ 2,656.61

Fulton County: Employees, 46; expenses ________________________________ .$21,971.02
Insolvent costs uncollected____________________________ . 3,473.55 Fees in criminal cases.. _________________________________ 8,266.64 Fees in civil cases. _____________________________________ . 8,269.10
Court work______________________________________________ 3,075. 88 Recording papers _______________________________________ 17,690.12

Total Fees_______________ ----------------------- ___ $37,261.74

Jefferson County: Employees, two; expenses ______________________________ .$ Insolvent costs uncollected____________________________ _ Fees in criminal cases__________________________________ _
Fees in civil cases__________________ ---------- __________ _ Court work_____________________________________________ . Recording papers ___ . __________________________________ _

375.00 488.75 300.75 490.00 56.10 615.85

Total Fees_______ _

__ $ 1,462.70

Third Quarter, 1923.

Bibb County:

Employees, six; expenses_______ -------------- ___________ $ 2,025.00

Insolvent costs uncollected_____________________________

0.00

Fees in criminal cases.. _________________________________ 150.00

Fees in civil cases_______________________________________ 1,066.38 Court work_____________________________________________ 230.30

Recording papers _____ ------------______________________ 3,113. 78

Total Fees._ ________________________________________ $ 4, 560.46

Chatham County: Employees, seven; expenses.. ___________________________$ 3,025.24
Insolvent costs uncollected... __________________________ 29,453.18

Total Receipts ______________________________________$ 6,184.87

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Decatur County: Employees, two; expenses_______________________________$ Insolvent costs uncollected______________ .. _____________ _ Fees in criminal cases. ____________ . ___________________ _
Fees in civil cases. ________________ . Court work. ________________ . __
Recording papers._ ____ _ ___ _

480.00 775.83 911.93 722.85 56.10 527.90

Total Fees__________________________________________ .$ 2,219.08

Fulton County:

Employees, 46; expenses_________ _ __

_ ______ $22,634.72

Insolvent costs uncollected___________________ .. ________ 2,498.34

Fees in criminal cases._ ______

___________________ 10,338.33

Fees in civil cases_____________ Court work__________

----------------- 6,487.00 2,413.52

Recording papers

. _ __.$16,747.58

Total Fees___
Jefferson County: Employees, two; expenses____ _ Insolvent costs uncollected.. Fees in criminal cases___ . ___ . _ Fees in civil cases __________ _ Court work _______ _ Recording papers

--------.$35,986.43

----------- _$

325.00 297.70 565.10
0.00 5.50 408.75

Total Fees __ _

- -- _$ 979.35

Fourth Quarter, 1923.
Chatham County: Employees, seven; expenses. Insolvent costs uncollected.
Total Receipts. ___ _
Deactur County: Employees, two; expenses__ _ Insolvent costs uncollected_______ . __ Fees in criminal cases_______ ____ _ Fees in civil cases._ Court work_ ____ ________ . _____ _ Recording papers
Total Fees

Total Fees
___ $ 3,128.14 ------- 30,630.43
____ $ 6,562.05

----- _$

477.45 287.95 33.05 492.10 134.20 591.30

- $ 1,250.65

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Fulton County: Employees, 40; expenses_______________________________ ..$22,454.42

Insolvent costs uncollected_____________________________ _4,309.67
Fees in criminal cases___________________________________ 10,716.36 Fees in civil cases_______________________________________ 6,558.26

Court work. _____________ ----------------_______________ 3,390.28

Recording papers._________________________________

16,291.55

Total Fees___________________ . __ .

. $36,956.45

Jefferson County: Employees two; expenses. _____________________________ $ Insolvent costs uncollected____________________________ _ Fees in criminal cases._ ______________________________ __ Fees in civil cases ___________________________________ . __ _
Court work ___________ ------------------ ____ . ________ _ Recording papers ____________________ . _____ . _____ . _____ -

350.00
323.50
169.45 483.05 39.00 508.45

Total Fees ___ _

____________ $ 1,199.95

Polk County: Employees, one; expenses______ . ________________________$ Fees in criminal cases. __________________ . __ . __________ ..
Fees in civil cases. _______ ------- _______________________ _ Court work. ___________________________________________ _
Recording papers.. _______________________________ . ____ _

539.37 396.12 254.15
71.11) 356.67

Total Fees._. ___ . __ _________________ _ --------- $ 1,078.74

First Quarter, 1924.
Chatham County: Employees, seven; expenses.. _____ . Insolvent costs uncollected.. ___ _

______ $ 3,138.91 -------- 30,630.43

Total Receipts_

_$ 6,101.50

Cobb County: Expenses._______________ __________ .. __ . ___ . _ __ __....$ Fees in criminal cases. ______________ . ____ . __ .. ___ . _. ___ _ Fees in civil cases. _____________________ . _____________ _ Court work. _________ _
Recording papers. ___ _

710.00 573.85 200.00 120.00 435.15

Total Fees.... _____ _

$ 1,329.00

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Decatur County: Employees, two; expenses _____________________________ $
Insolvent costs uncollected____________________________ _ Fees in criminal cases__________________________________ _
Fees in civil cases ______________________________________ _ Court work_____________________________________________ _
Recording papers______ _ ______________________________ _

510.75 687.25 98.00 851.15 118.60 799.70

Total Fees__ _

---------------------------- _$ 1,927.45

Fulton County:

Employees, 41; expenses ______________________________$21,924. 78

Fees in criminal cases______ _____________________________ 10,370.68

Fees in civil cases ______ -------------------------------- 7,009.45

Court work_______

____ __ __ ____ ____ __ _____ _____ ___ 3,169.43

Recording papers _

_ ______ _ ______________ 15,446.13

Total Fees____ _

--- _$35 ,995.69

Jefferson County: Employees, two; expenses__________ _ _________________ $

Insolvent costs uncollected__________ _ Fees in criminal cases__________________________________ _
Fees in civil cases ______________________________________ _
Court work ____________________________________________ _

Recording papers_

_______________ _

262.10 205.85 262.10 314.30 36.90 639.60

Total Fees____ _

_________________ $ 1,252.90

Polk County: Employees, two; expenses______________ ________________ $ Fees in criminal cases__________________________________ _
Fees in civil cases______________________________________ _ Court work ____________________________________________ _
Recording papers ________ ._____________________________ _

308.59 304.58 167.20 103.60 150.40

Total Fees ___ _

_____________ $ 725.78

EXHIBIT "K."

Fee Reports-Sheriffs.

Second Quarter, 1923.

County

Total Insolvent or No. Men Total Net

Fees Uncollected Employed Expenses Total

Bibb_________ _____$10,327.55

10 $7,798.47$2,529.08

Decatur___________ 2,046.92 $ 566.75 3

550.00

Fulton ____________ 32,408.40

32 29,143.54 3,264.86

Polk_______________ 888.99

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Third Quarter, 1923.

Bibb_____________ .$10,135.13

11

I>ecatur___________ 1,571.81 $ 470.00 3 Fulton ____________ 25,536.74

Polk_______________ 1,039.24

8,387.29 1,747.84 1,217.00 27,826.80

Fourth Quarter, 1923.

Bibb______________ .$12,325.45
I>ecatur__ __ _______ 973.03 $ Fulton ____________ 30,596.11 Polk_______________ 1,522.88

723.61

11 10,098.47 $2,226.98

3

540.00

___ 28,588.12 2,007.99

First Quarter, 1924.

Bibb______________ .$13,636.64

11

I>ecatur __ _________ 823.83 $ 429.00

3

I>elralb____________ 1,669.02

Fulton ____________ 27,712.16

Polk_____________ 837.96

12,649.48 $ 856.56 820.00
26,976.58

987.16 735.58

EXHIBIT "L."

Fee Reports-Tax Collectors.

Second Quarter, 1923.

County
B i b b _______________ Chatham ____________ P o l k ___________________

Total No. Men

Total

Receipts Employed Expenses

_$ 3,404.72

8

$ 2,734.46

--------- 9,916.06

6

3,780.01

62.12

1

31.06

Third Quarter, 1923.

Chatham _________________________ $ 6,204.31

5

Fulton __________________________ _ 4,577.12

12

Polk__________________________ .

91.37

1

$ 3,388.01 9,514.74 45.68

Fourth Quarter, 1923.

Bibb_-------------- _____________ $ 12,027.57

4

Chatham_______________________ _ 10,744.24

6

Fulton___________________________ 35,675.69 18

Polk_______________________ .. _._

2,200.66

1

$ 4,325.60 3,750.01 12,212.78 1,100.33

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First Quarter, 1924.

Bibb_____________________________$ 6,228.92

6

Chatham________________________ _ 7,334.15

5

Fulton __________________________ _ 23,067.91 19

Polk_____ _____________ _______ --

403.95

1

$ 3,394.53 3,195.01 12,299.25 201.97

EXHIBIT "M."
Fee Reports-Tax Receivers.
Year 1923. Fulton County:
Total Received_ ------------------- _______________$41,770.73 Expenses______ _________ __ ____ ______ __ __ ______ __ ______ _ 24,515.00

EXHIBIT "N." Fee Reports-Coroners. Second Quarter, 1923. Dawson County: Reports no fees received. No reports filed for third, and fourth quarters, 1923, and first quarter, 1924.
EXHIBIT "0." Fee Reports-County Surveyors. No Reports Filed.

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:

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 76. A resolution providing for a Joint Session of the General Assembly at 11:00 o'clock A. M. this day, for purpose of hearing the message of the Governor.

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The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 76. A resolution providing for a joint session of the General Assembly to-day at 11:00 o'clock A. M. for the purpose of hearing the message of His Excellency, the Governor.
The Speaker appointed the following members of the House as a committee on the part of the House to act as an escort for His Excellency, the Governor, under the above resoh.lttOn:
Messrs. Holton of Wilcox,
Curry of Randolph,
Steele of DeKalb.

By unanimous consent the House took a recess until 11:00 o'clock A.M.
The Hour of 11:00 o'clock A.M. having arrived, the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint session, called for the purpose of hearing the address of His Excellency, the Governor, Hon. Clifford Walker, was called to order by the President of the Senate.
By order of the President, the resolution calling for the joint session of the General Assembly was read by the Secretary of the Senate.

His Excellency, the Governor, Clifford Walker, delivered the following address:

To the Members of the General Assembly:



I have called your attention on several occasions to the fact that this administration is sacredly pledged by the mandate of the people expressed at the ballot box to:

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1. The exercise of strict economy in the expenses of the State government and-

2. An equitable system of taxation providing a fair distribution of the expenses of the State government.

ECONOMY.
To the appeal for the exercise of strict economy, you have responded by limiting your appropriations to those objects only which appeared absolutely necessary. In the name of the people of the State I commend you for such action. I trust that during this session you will find time to go further by making a survey of all the expenses of the State government, cutting off every item of expense which is not necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the State. I have earnestly urged the head of every department to exercise every possible economy and have been consistent by reducing the expenses of the Executive Department by cutting out one of the clerks in that Department. I have also urged the newly created Department of Audits to indicate any possible economy and I earnestly commend that Department for the suggestion made in its report, to which I call your especial attention. In the interest of economy, I ask your careful consideration of the suggestions therein made. In an effort to reduce the large sums paid out by the State for rent, I have taken the liberty to have fitted up on the ground floor of the Capitol building rooms sufficient to care for two departments of the State government. I ask that the General Assembly examine these rooms and determine if it would not be economical to make provisions for the development of the entire ground floor of the Capitol building, thus providing a saving of large rents now being paid out by the
State. I call your attention to the fact that this ground floor is not in fact a basement. Its physical condition indicates that it was intended for a full story and was left undeveloped simply because the room was not needed when the Capitol was built.

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I shall be pleased to cooperate with the General Assembly, or any committee thereof, in an effort to reduce the expenses of the government in any other way consistent with the best interests of the people of the State.
Perhaps the greatest contribution to the spirit of economy which the Legislature could make would be the passage of the bill providing for bi-ennial session of the General Assembly. This would affect a saving, directly and indirectly, of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Only four other states have annual sessions. Under the Constitution and in cases of real emergency, the Governor can call the General Assembly in extraordinary session to consider only matters of emergency. The vast majority of the people favor this suggestion of economy and I earnestly urge the adoption of this legislation.
In line with the policy of economy pledged by this administration and tending to the wisest of all economies, is the incorporation of modern business methods in the conduct of the affairs of the government. To this end I earnestly direct your attention to an early favorable action upon the suggestion of the State Auditor. Perhaps the wisest of-these I quote here:
"We find that we have many different agencies colle~ting money for the State of Georgia; some of these funds being paid into the State Treasury, other funds being disbursed by the different departments with very little check and authority over such departments. The Auditor is firmly convinced that all moneys of every nature, character and kind which is collected under the authority of the State of Georgia, should be paid at frequent intervals into the State Treasury, and there be disbursed under the general plan of the State."
Certainly this State is committed by its Constitution and by its laws as well as by good business principles to such methods and I earnestly urge that legislative provision be made looking to that end. Every dollar of the income of the State should be covered into the Treasury and proper records thereof made. Only thus can we determine what is the real

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income of the State and make a proper accounting and checking in the disbursements of the State.
In the interest of further economy and in line with suggestions of business principles, I call your attention to the fact that for a number of years the number of deficiency appropriations has grown alarmingly large until now the State is practically operating upon a system of deficiency appropriations. Indeed, the present Appropriation Committees have operated practically entirely on that basis, being governed by the patriotic determination that only such appropriations would be authorized as could be met by the income of the State then in sight. Within the limits of this paper I could not discuss the unscientific and unbusiness-like element involved in this plan of financing the State. It is unspeakably violative of every business principle and extremely dangerous in its tendency. There must be a check and a curb of the expenditures of every institution, no matter how worthy the cause and however honest and patriotic the officials in charge. If any defiiency is allowed, then there is no limit upon the amount of the deficiency. I do not question the patriotic motives of the present Appropriation Committ~es. I know that their action was based upon the determination to keep down additional appropriations during this period of depression in the finances of the State. Indeed, this determination met the expressed approval of the Executive in personal conferences. I do not know of any material advantages which have been taken of the system up to this time. It is true, however, that such a system provides an opening for the gravest abuse of the privilege of overdrawing accounts. What is needed is economy in expenditures and a financial system which will obviate any temptation to overdraw. I earnestly urge the General Assembly to give careful consideration to the adoption of a plan which will absolutely prevent deficiency appropriations save only in cases of real emergency.
Suggesting further economy by the adoption of business methods, I also ask leave to call your attention to that part

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of the report of the Auditor which calls attention to the unscientific and unbusiness-like habit of making appropriations in lump sums, with no budget or details of expenditures.
As the Auditor points out appropriations are frequently made, as, for instance, $50,000.00 for the support of a certain department or institution and the entire spending of the $50,000.00 is left to the discretion of the head of the department or institution. Many states require in each instance an itemized, detailed request, showing the necessity for each item. Appropriations are made in this form and monies so appropriated can be applied only to the purposes authorized. The wisdom of this suggestion is so apparent as to need no elaborate discussion. I commend it to your consideration.

TAXATION.
I would again direct the attention of the General Assembly to the matter of repeal of the so-called Tax Equalization Law. This question has been twice passed upon by the people of the State at the ballot box and it is yet undisposed of by the legislature. A bill is pending in one branch of the General Assembly, having been passed by the other. I would earnestly urge that this bill be placed upon the calendar, brought to a vote and finally disposed of without further delay. It is my judgment that the people of the State expect that action at the hands of their representatives and in compliance with the expressed will of the people, and consistent with past declarations, I ask that this be done.
In respect to an equitable system of taxation to take the place of the Tax Equalization Law, I would respectfully again direct your attention to messages from the Governor to previous session of the present General Assembly. It is not my purpose to harrass the members of the Legislature by the continuous expressions of my own views. This General Assembly is entitled to commendation for careful consideration and a more earnest study of the problems brought about by

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need for tax revision than has characterized the general assemblies for many years. I trust that the result of such study may bring about a solution of this problem, upon which the future progress and prosperity of the State so vitally depends.

FOUR-YEAR TERM FOR STATE HOUSE OFFICERS.
Next to matters of economy and the enactment of an equitable system of taxation, I am clearly and earnestly of the opinion that legislation providing for a four-year term for Governor and other State House Officers is of most vital importance to the people of this State.
Continuous political agitation and factional bitterness among the people must stop if Georgia is really to progress. The people should be given a rest. It is universally recognized in commercial circles that even the assembly of the Legislature affects business interests. There is always a great unrest when Congress is in session. \Vhen added to this unrest is the agitation incident to extended and bitter political campaigns, either State or national, the effect upon business is most marked. Under conditions peculiar to Georgia, the Governor is elected practically ten months before he takes office. He is projected into a campaign for re-election before he takes his seat. The Legislature has already convened when he is inaugurated and he has had no opportunity to obtain first-hand information as to the fiscal conditions of the State. He has no opportunity to get acquainted with his official family. Before he can get well into the operation of the affairs of State, the first term of the Legislature has been concluded and on the results of that term he is forced to enter into a campaign for an endorsement term. He has had little opportunity to render effective or statesmanlike ~ervice and the people of the State are the sufferers. There are other most vitally important arguments in favor of a four-year term but it is not necessary here to multiply words. I trust that there will be no serious differences of opinion on this ques-
tion. It will be understood, of course, that the enactment
of this law cannot affect, in any way, the present Governor.

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It cannot go into effect until ratified by the people and proper enabling acts passed, thus preventing even the possibility of an extension of the term of the present incumbent. I am making the suggestion only in the interest of the State. Indeed, I have indicated a willingness to sacrifice a part of my term, if I should be in office, if the Legislature;! should see fit to provide for the inauguration of the Governor in January, as has been urged with much force.

ABSENT VOTERS BILL.
A substantial number of the citizens of this State are engaged in occupations which carry them away from home. To many of them it is most inconvenient and often impossible to return home on election day. Traveling men, railroad employees and others engaged in similar business should not be penalized by being deprived of the right and privilege of exercising the franchise. Other states have successfully remedied' this situation by the passage of absent voters bill. The integrity of the ballot box can easily be safeguarded by proper restrictions and I earnestly ask that such legislation be enacted as will grant relief to the worthy class of citizens referred to in this paragraph.

REFORESTATION.
I respectfully call your attention to the report of the Georgia Forestry Association and ask your earnest consideration of the question of reforestation. While, of course, the interests of the owners of timber land and of the saw mill interests must be safeguarded, it is time to wake up to the fact that the forests of the State are in great danger from waste, by fire, improper handling by saw mills and other careless methods now in use. The denuding of our forests would be a calamity unspeakable. I shall not undertake at this time to enter upon a discussion of this question but ask your earnest consideration of the matters touching reforestation which will be brought to your attention.

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FREE SCHOOL BOOKS.
In as much as this State expends millions of dollars annually furnishing school buildings, supplying school teachers and every other necessary equipment, I cannot see that it is logical to withhold the necessary tools to be employed in such schools. For seventy years many other states, counties and municipalities have proved that the furnishing of school books is practical, profitable and safe, and I trust that this General Assembly will at least adopt the policy in Georgia providing for such appropriations in the future as the state of the Treasury will permit.

ENFORCEMENT OF COLLECTION OF TAXES.
I respectfully call your especial attention to the report of the head of the New Revenue Department. The establishment of this Department has been amply justified by the collection of many thousands of dollars which would not have been collected, some of which appears on the books of the Department while many other thousands have been turned into the Treasury through the regular channels, through the influence of this Department. For example, the report of the Secretary of State shows an increase for less than six months, of $325,000.00 in amount of automobile tag taxes over the same time last year. This magnificent sum going directly to improved roads is largely attributed to the influence of the enforcement laws. The Tax Collector of Richmond County in one week reported the collection of $10,000.00 special taxes which had escaped taxation prior to the passage of this law. While many other instances in smaller amounts could be cited, it is also true that because of the limited force at its disposal, the Department has been unable to cover the entire State. As a result, many thousands of dollars of taxes are still escaping. The normal difficulties of this Department have been greatly intensified by litigation involving the right of the State to levy certain cigarette and cigar taxes which engaged the attention of the Department at its inception. I trust that you will give careful attention to the recommendation

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for putting teeth into the law looking to the more efficient operation of this Department.

INHERITANCE TAXES.
I respectfully ask your earnest consideration of the report of the Tax Commissioner as to the collection of inheritance taxes. The State is being deprived of many thousands of dollars annually in income by subterfuges intended to defeat the collection of inheritance taxes through gifts made in contemplation of death. The Federal Government makes prOvision to meet such cases and it would be very easy for this State to do likewise. I earnestly urge an amendment to the law which will provide for the uniform collection of inheritance taxes.
SPECIAL EMERGENCIES.
I regret the necessity to call attention to one or two cases of real emergencies which must receive the attention of the General Assembly at this session. The most vital of these is the necessity to provide for the continuance of what is known as the Morril Fund to the University of Georgia. For many years the government of the United States has appropriated $50,000.00 annually to the support of the University of Georgia under that fund, one-third of the amount being designated to the Georgia Industrial College for Colored Youths at Savannah. The conditions of this appropriation relating to the negro college have not been complied with and official notice has been given by the Federal Government that the fund will be withdrawn unless these conditions are met promptly. Details will be presented to your proper committees. This matter is not only urgent but vital and must be given the attention of the Legislature at this session.
Almost as vital is the maintenance fund for the University proper. The attendance has grown in the past few years from 406 to 1,720. Necessarily this growth has called for a large increase in the number of teachers in the University. For the

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past three years these have been maintained largely_ by a fund of $40,000.00 annually appropriated by the General Educational Board in New York. This fund has been withdrawn and an emergency appropriation must be provided or the additional teachers must be discharged and the work of the University largely suspended. I urge careful consideration of this great emergency.
REPAIRS TO CAPITOL.
Your Committee on Repairs to the Capitol will report to you that certain repairs are necessary to the preservation of the building. In this connection I call your attention to the fact that from time to time frame storage rooms have been constructed on the ground floor of the building without regard to the fire hazard, turning a practically fireproof building into a very dangerous menace from fire. I cannot too urgently insist that this menace be removed as the loss to life and property by the destruction of the Capitol by fire would be an unspeakable calamity.
I shall detain you but a moment longer. My thought is that the time has come when Georgia must turn from the business gloom and commercial despair of the past four years. I would not for a moment minimize the suffering undergone by the farmers and business men in that period. I would rather pause to pay tribute to the average farmer. While there is room for criticism of his system or rather lack of system, his unscientific marketing, his failure to diversify and other unbusinesslike methods, it is just as true that in all the economic history of the world no gamer fight was ever waged than that by this same average farmer as through frugality and economy and sacrifice he has toiled and struggled to retain his credit and maintain his honor by meeting his obligations as and when they matured. Many of them have lived for months on peas and buttermilk, cornbread and syrup. Along with him I, too, have suffered as have all my people; we have sweated drops of blood as we have seen

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the limited savings of a life-time dwindle in value by half and more. But while all this is true, we have tarried in the wilderness long enough. I remind you that our fathers of the Sixties suffered as we have suffered. They lived for days on parched corn alone! None of us suffered such privations! They had no money, no seed, their stock was gone, they had no labortheir slaves were freed-and far worse than all this-they had before them and about them the unspeakably dark cloud. of negro denomination-the danger to white supremacy under the leadership of the scalawag and the carpet-bagger. These gallant fathers of ours suffered in body as they suffered in pride but they never failed nor faltered! They fought as we must fight and they won as we must win! I congratulate myself as I congratulate Georgia that I can look for leadership in thought and sentiment and action to you intrepid sons of those glorious fathers, blood of their blood and bone of their bone, as I point to the dawn of a new and brighter day in Georgia, while I bid you turn your eyes to the East. The hour has struck when we must let the dead past bury its dead; fight free from the slough of despond of the past four years, join hands as patriots of peace in a fight for the progress of our State and the uplift of our people. Since we have now passed the darkest hour of industrial and commercial despair, may God grant that we may be embued with a spirit of patriotism, a spirit of constructive service, that we may lay aside any former misunderstandings or partisanship, as the executive and the legislative branches work hand in hand speeding the day which I firmly believe is now dawning-a day of unparallelled industrial activity, of great agricultural development-a day when prosperity and contentment shall rest on the farm, in the hamlet, in the village, in the city-the day of a brighter and a better Georgia!

CLIFFORD WALKER,
Governor.

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Mr. McClure of Walker moved that the General Assembly, in joint session convened, do now dissolve and the motion prevailed.
The Senate withdrew from the floor of the House.
The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Mullis of Bleckley-
House Resolution No. 219. A resolution that an invitation
be extended to the Junior Senator of Georgia, Hon. Walter F.
George, to address a joint session of the General Assembly at his convenience and that a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate be appointed to take the matter up with Senator George.
The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House under the above resolution:
Messrs. Dykes of Dooly,
DeLaPerriere of Jackson,
Mullis of Bleckley.
Under orders of the day the following bill of the Senate was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:
By Mr. Garlick of the 17th-
Senate Bill No. 40. A bill to extend the duties and authority of the Georgia Public Service Commission over public service motor vehicles and for other purposes.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn, the motion prevailed, and Senate Bill No. 40 went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Moore of Appling, Golden of Haralson, and Harrell of Stewart.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Brannen Burgin Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs

Christopher Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eye Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen

Greer Griffis Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins
Johnson of Bacon
Johnson of Forsyth
Jones of Cook
Jones of Coweta
Jones of Floyd

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Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry

Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford

Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutllve Sweat Tatum Tippins Tooe Trippe
Turner Tyson Van Landinghatn Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

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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.
8. 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 having a local application.

By unanimous consent the. following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:
By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis and others-
House Bill No. 689. A bill to change meeting date of the General Assembly.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Pitts of Gordon, Owen of Pike and others-
House Bill No. 640. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to offices of county tax receiver and county tax collector.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Messrs. Bussy of Crisp, Ellis of Tift and others-
House Bill No. 641. A bill to appropriate the sum of $85,000.00 to the State College of Agriculture for the year 1924 and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Stewart of AtkinsonHouse Bill No. 64~. A bill to create the office of State
Veterinarian relative to his duties. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.~.
By Messrs. Stanford of Lowndes and Jones of Cook-
House Bill No. 643. A bill to repeal an Act known as the Cigarette and Cigar Tax and for other purposes.
Mr. Stanford of Lowndes moved that the above bill be referred to the Committee on General Agriculture No. I.
On this motion Mr. Stanford of Lowndes called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was .sustained.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the bill be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means; the motion prevailed, and the bill was so referred.
By Mr. Stanford of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 644. A bill to repeal an Act establishing a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Habersham.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Bill No. 645. A bill to regulate and prescribe method for reviewing cases by the appellate tribunals and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By Mr. Rowe of RichmondHouse Bill No. 646. A bill to amend the Constitution re-
lative to the offices of Tax Collector and Tax Receiver and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendment to Constitution.

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By Mr. Blease of Brooks-
House Bill No. 647. A !:>ill to create an Agricultural Board for the State of Georgia and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 2.

By Messrs. Harris of Jefferson, Fleming of Hancock and others-

House Bill No. 648. A bill to appropriate to the University

of Georgia the sum of $20,000.00 for the year 1924 and the sum

of $40,000.00 for the year 1925 and for other purposes.



Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Harris of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 649. A bill to appropriate to the University of Georgia $6,000.00 for equipment of its Library of the Lumpkin Law School and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-
House Bill No. 650. A bill to abolish the City Court of Miller County and establish a City Court in and for Miller County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
House Bill No. 651. A bill to eliminate Railroad grade crossings on the State Road system.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Rountree of EmanuelHouse Bill No. 652. A bill relative to creating an investi-

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gative committee known as the "Georgia State Board of Forestry."
Referred to Committee on Conservation.

By Mr. Ellis of TiftHouse Bill No. 653. A bill to appropriate the sum of $15,-
000.00 to the Second District Agricultural and Mechanical School of Tifton.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Christopher of HallHouse Bill Bo. 654. A bill to make it a misdemeanor for
use of obscene, vulgar, or profane language in the presence of any child under ten years of age and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By Messrs. Fowler, Napier and Winship of Bibb~ House Bill No. 655. A bill to amend Constitution relative
consolidation of City and County Government of .'>0,000 or over.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
By Messrs. Linder of Jeff Davis and Stewart of AtkinsonHouse Resolution No. 220. A resolution to appoint a com-
mittee to investigate encroachment on the State's property. Referred to Committee on General Agriculture ~o. 2.
By Messrs. Russel of Barrow, DeLaPerierre of Jackson and Shettleworth of Gwinett~
House Resolution No. 221. A resolution appropriating the sum of $1,895.16 to pay the salary of the Judge of the Superior

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Courts of the Piedmont Circuit from August 15, 19~3, to December 31, 19~3.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted:
By Mr. McClure of Walker-

. A. RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. ~2~. Whereas, on June 19th, Mrs. David F. Pope, the wife of Hon. David F. Pope, Representative of Walker County, departed this life;
Therefore be it resolved by the House of Representatives that we extend to the Hon. David F. Pope and family our most heartfelt sympathy during their grief and bereavement, and;
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be furnished to the Hon. David F. Pope.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalbHouse Resolution No. ~23. A resolution to carry out cer-
tain provisions of the General Appropriation Bill o(I9~3.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass: House Bill No. 6~~.
Respectfully submitted,
ELDERS of Tattnall,
Chairman.

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Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the 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. 638.
Respectfully submitted,
DIXON of Jenkins,
Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House, favorably reported by the committees, were read the second time:

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 622. :\ bill to amend the School Laws of Hazlehurst.

By Mr. Penland of Gilmer-
House Bill No. 638. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Gilmer County and for other purposes.

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

By Mr. VanLandingham of Seminole-

House Bill No. 598. A bill to amend the charter of the City

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 600. A bill to amend an Act authorizing the Town of Adairsville to issue bonds and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that when the House adjourn to-day it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that when the House adjourn to-day it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 11 :00 o'clock and the motion prevailed.
Under motions to reconsider, the motion by Mr. Camp of Campbell that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass Senate Bill No. 86 was taken up for consideration, having been postponed from last Wednesday.
Mr. Hatcher of Burke moved that action on this motion be further postponed until July lOth and the motion was lost.
Mr. Hines of Decatur moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
On the motion to reconsider Mr. Cumming of Richmond called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was sustained.
The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Barrett Bennett Bleckley Boatwright Braddy Bussey Camp of Campbell Childs Copeland Culpepper Cumming DeFoor Dixon of Jenkins DuBose Duvall Elders Evans of Screven Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Griffis

Grovenstein Guess Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holden Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Hulme Huxford Hyman Jones of Coweta Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Lindsey Loyd Lyons McCrory McMullan Meeks Milner Montgomery

Napier Norman of Colquitt Orr Parker Perkins of Habersham Phillips of Telfair Pickering Rowe Sapp Singletary Smith of Fulton Stanford Steele Stevens Stone Sweat Toole Trippe Van Landingham Warren Way Weaver Whitley Wilson Wood

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Anderson Bandy Bell Blease Boswell Bowden Bozeman Burgin Carter Christopher Collins Covington Cox Curry

Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson Ennis Gillen Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Holton Houston Jenkins

Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D- of
Meriwether King Kirkland Knight Latham Linder McClure McDonald McGarity Maddox

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Mansell Miles New Owen Pafford Peek Penland Peterson Pickren Pitts

Pope Robertson Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stewart Stovall

Tatum Tippins Tyson West Williams Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Worthy Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Atkinson of Camden Banister Beck Bird Branch Brannen Burt Callaway Camp of Coweta Carr Clark Daniel of Troup Duncan Dykes Ellis Evans of Warren Eve Fletcher Foy

Golden Greer Griner Haddock Harrell Hatcher of Burke Hines of Sumter Howard of Screven Jones of Cook Langley Logan McCullough Mann Mayo Moore Mullis Norman of Henry Parrish Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Jasper

Price Reville Riley Roberts Rountree Rutherford Simpson Smith of Bryan Stanley Strickland Sutlive Swindle Turner Vaughn Whitworth Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Mr. Speaker

Ayes 74, Nays 70.

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

On the motion that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass Senate Bill No. 86 the Ayes were 74, Nays 70; the motion prevailed, and Senate Bill No. 86 went to the heel of the Calendar.

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By unanimous consent 250 copies of Senate Bill No. 40 were ordered printed for the use of the members of the House.

The Speaker announced that appointment of Miss Leone Brannon of Pavo, County of Thomas, as postmistress for the session of 1924.

Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Worthy of Quitman and Hyman of Washington.

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

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MoNDAY, JuNE 30, 19~4.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 11.00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes' period of unanimous consents:
I. Introduction of new matter under the rules. 2. Reports of Standing Committees. 3. Reading of House bills, favorably reported by the committees, the second time. 4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and general House and Senate bills having a local application.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:
By Mr. Bowden of McDuffieHause Bill No. 656. A bill to provide a method of arriving

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at the value of farm lands in Georgia for the purpose of taxation.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No.4.

By Mr. Milner of Dodge, Smith of Fulton and others-
House Bill No. 657. A bill to appropriate $43,944.23 to supply a deficiency in the maintenance of Georgia School of Technology for the years 1923-24.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Howard of Long and Way of Liberty-
House Bill No. 658. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to salaries of the Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of Court of Appeals, and Judges of Superior Courts.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Smith, Wood and Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 659. A bill to make it legal for Superior Court Judges of Fulton County to preside for City Court Judges and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 660. A bill to appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 to the University of Georgia and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Hines of Decatur-
House Bill No. 661. A bill to regulate the business of making loans in the sums of $300.00 or less at a greater rate of interest than eight per cent. per annum and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

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By Messrs. Holton of Wilcox and Jordan of Pulaski-
House Bill No. 662. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the qualified voters and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Atkinson of Chatham and Neill of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 663. A bill to appropriate the sum of $8,365.00 to reinstate the Hon. Sam. J. Slate for expenses incurred in operation and maintenance of the Department of Audits, also $7,500.00 to cover cost of same during months of August, September, and December, 1924; also $18,000.00 to cover cost of operation for the year 1925.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 664. A bill to appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 to the Georgia Industrial and Normal School.
Eeferred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 665. A bill relative to incorporating the City of Cartersville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Perryman of TalbotHouse Bill No. 666. A bill relative to a public school ~ys
tern of the Town of Junction City. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 667. A bill to amend the Penal Code relative to the offense of trespass.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

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By Mr. Harrison of Johnson-
House Bill No. 668. A bill to amend an Act creating the City of Wrightsville relative to qualifications of the Judge of said City Court and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Mann of GlynnHouse Bill No. 669. A bill relative to streets and highways
and the issuance of bonds for the City of Brunswick. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Mann of GlynnHouse Bill No. 670. A bill relative to charter of the City of
Brunswick and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Wimberly of Laurens-
House Bill No. 671. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the introduction of any new matter or law or resolution after thirty days from convening of the session of the Legislature and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Harris of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 67~. A bill providing for a qualification tax on an distributors selling fuels in this State and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Messrs. Stovall of Elbert, Knight of Berrien, and Elders of Tattnall-
House Resolution No. ~42. A resolution appropriating the

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sum of $750,000.00 for the support and maintenance of the Common or Public Schools for the year 19~4.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Resolution No. ~~5. A resolution to amend the Constitution relative to the reduction of membership in the General Assembly and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-
House Resolution No. ~~6. A resolution to relieve bondsmen ofW. I. M?ody of Miller County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Wimberly of Toombs-
Hause Resolution No. ~~7. A resolution to provide for an investigation into the Public Service Commission.
Mr. Wimberly of Toombs moved that the above bill referred by the Speaker to the Committee on Railroads, be referred to the Committee on State of the Republic; the motion prevailed, and the bill was so referred.

By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
House Resolution No. ~~8. A resolution that House Bill No. 491 be made a regular and continued order on Monday, July 7th, immediately after the period of unfinished business.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

The following resolution of the House was submitted and read:
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By Mr. Howard of Chattahoochee-
House Resolution No. 229. A resolution requesting the heads of the several State departments to address the General Assembly in joint session on or before the 20th of July, 1924.
Miss Kempton of Fulton moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The resolution was lost.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the 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. 612.

Respectfully submitted, DIXON of Jenkins, Chairman.

Mr. Mann of Glynn 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:

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House Bill No. 626. House Bill No. 637.

Respectfully submitted, MANN of Glynn, Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Vice-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:
House Bill No. 628. House Bill No. 629. House Bill No. 634.
Respectfully submitted, Boi'EMAN of Worth, Vice-Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House, favorably reported by the committees, were read the second time:
By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher, and Perkins of Muscogee--
House Bill No. 612. A bill to abolish the office of Countv Treasurer of Muscogee County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

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By Mr. Arnold of LumpkinHouse Bill No. 6!l6. A hill relative to the incorporating of
the Town of Dahlonega and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. Boswell of GreeneHouse Bill No. 6!l8. A hill to abolish the City Court of
Greensboro. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Boswell of GreenHouse Bill No. 629. A hill to provide for four terms of
Superior Court of Greene County. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Bozeman of WorthHouse Bill No. 634. A hill relative to the incorporating of
the Town of Shingler. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Linder of Jeff DavisHouse Bill No. 637. A hill to amend the charter of the City
of Hazlehurst and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By unanimous consent the following hills of the House were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:
By Mr. Linder of Jeff DavisHouse Bill No. 622. A hill to amend the school laws of
Hazlehurst.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were liS, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Penland of Gilmer-
House Bill No. 688. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Gilmer 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 122, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:
Mr. Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 10. A bill to define and provide for the time of duration of charters granted to purchasers of railroads and for other purposes.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that action on this bill be postponed until next Wenesday morning immediately following the order of unfinished business and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent 800 copies of Senate Bill No. 10 were ordered printed for the use of the members of the House.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 16. A bill to prevent judgment being taken against garnishees merely by default and for other purposes.

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Mr. Cumming of Richmond moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed.

Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Reville of Richmond and W. R. Jones of Meriwether.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to morrow morning at 10:00 o'clock.

TuEsDAY, JuLY I, I924.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

TuESDAY, JuLY I, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Mr. Hyman of Washington moved that the call of the roll be dispensed with and the motion was lost.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway

Camp of Campbell Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren

Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griher Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston

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Howard of Chattahoochee
Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins John,son of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles

Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary

Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Wood Wright Mr. Speaker

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to wit:

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Senate Bill No. 168. A bill to prescribe the time for holding the Superior Courts in the counties comprising the Flint Circuit, and for other purposes.

Senate Bill No. 164. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend Section 216 of the Penal Code of the State of Georgia defining the Acts constituting the offense of trespass and adding the words: "ornamental trees, wild flowers," and for other purposes.

House Resolution No. 219. The Senate has adopted the following House resolution inviting Hon. W. F. George to address the General Assembly.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The President has appointed as a committee on the part of the Senate to act under House Resolution No. 219 the following Senators:
The Senator from the 3rd: Mr. Parker.
The Senator from the 14th: Mr. Coates.

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.

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.

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8. Reading of House and Senate bills, favorably reported,

the second time.

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4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and general House and Senate bills having a local application.

5. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions.

The following communication from His Excellency, the Governor, was read:
The General Assembly of Georgia:
GENTLEMEN:
I have the honor to submit to you herewith a certified copy of a Joint Resolution passed on June 2, 1924, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which shall give the Congress the power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age.
It is the request of the Secretary of State of the United States that this Joint Resolution be submitted to the General Assembly of Georgia for such action as that body may be pleased to take with respect thereto, and that a certified statement of the results of such action be communicated to the Secretary of State of the United States, in accordance with Section 205, Revised Statutes of the United States.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD WALKER,
Governor.

JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (twothirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution:

"ARTICLE."

"Section 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age.
"Sec. 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of State laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give the effect to legislation enacted by the Congress."
F. H. GILLETT,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ALBERT B. CUMMINS, President pro tempore of the Senate.

I certify that this Joint Resolution originated in the House of Representatives.
WM. TYLER PAGE,
Clerk.

The following resolution of the House was introduced and read:
By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
House Resolution No. 230. A resolution providing that the 20th Article of the Constitution of the United States



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relating to the Child Labor Amendment proposed by Congress to the Legislatures of the several states he not ratified hut he rejected.
The Speaker referred the resolution along with the communication from His Excellency, the Governor, to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.
Mr. Knight of Berrien moved that the resolution and communication he referred to the Committee of the Whole House and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 628 was withdrawn from the House.

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

By Mr. Johnson of Bacon-
House Bill No. 673. A hill to establish the City Court of Alma in Bacon County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Johnson of Bacon-
House Bill No. 674. A hill creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and appointment and election of mem hers thereof and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Evans of Warren-
House Bill No. 675. A hill to make Commissioner of Pensions the collector of pensions.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

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By Mr. Burt of Daugherty-
House Bill No. 676. A bill making lawful a mortgage of any crop or crops before such crop or crops have been planted.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. !l.

By Mr. Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 677. A bill to create a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Glynn County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Lyons of Butts-
House Bill No. 678. A bill to amend charter of Jackson in Butts County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Ennis of Baldwin and Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 679. A bill to appropriate the sum $85,000.00 to the University of Georgia for maintenance for Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Ennis of Baldwin and Dixon of Jenkins-
House Bill No. 680. A bill to appropriate the sum of $75,000.00 to the University of Georgia for the erection of an auditorium and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 681. A bill to appropriate the sum of $8,500.00 to supply a deficiency at the Georgia State Sanitarium in Milledgeville.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Messrs. Burt of Dougherty, Bussey of Crisp and others-
; House Bill No. 682. A bill to appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 to the State Board of.Entomology and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. DuBose and Holden of Clarke-
Ho_use Bill No. 683. A bill to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 to the State Normal School for maintenance for year 1925 and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Holden of Clark and Harris of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 684. A bill to appropriate the sum of $100,000.00 to the State Normal School for building dormitories and for other purposes.
. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Holden of Clarke-
House Bill No. 685. A bill to appropriate the sum of $75,000.00 to the State Normal School for erection and equipment of a gymnasium and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. New of Laurens-
House Bill No. 686. A bill to provide for a pure seed Iaw and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.

By: Mr. Adams of Franklin-
. House Bill No. 687. A bill to incorporate Franklin Springs in the County of Franklin and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Bill No. 688. A bill regulating the use of Motor Vehicles on the Public Highway and providing for penalties and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Bill No. 689. A bill to regulate voting in prin1ary elections in Georgia and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

By Mr. Boswell of Greene-
House Bill No. 690. A bill to create the City Court of Greensboro and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-

House Resolution No. ~31. A resolution to pay to Marion

W. Merk the sum of $100.00.



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Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Hatcher of Burke, Burt of Dougherty and others-

House Resolution No. ~3~. A resolution that Senate Bills

Nos. 9~, 93, 94, 95 and 96 be made continuing order of business

on July~. 19~4.



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Referred to Committee on Rules.

Mr. Tatum of Dade County, Chairman of the Committee

on Mines and Mining, submitted the following report:



Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Mines and Mining have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have .in-

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structed me as chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 6!l5. Respectfully submitted, TATUM, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following hill of the House, favorably reported by the committee, was read the second time:
By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
House Bill No. 6!l5. A hill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to salaries of the State Geologist and assistants and for other purposes.
Referred to Committeee on Mines and Mining.

By unanimous consent the following hills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher, and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 612. A bill to abolish the office of Treasurer of Muscogee 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 147, Nays 0.
The hill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
. House Bill No. 626. A hill to amend an Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Dahlonega relative to providing

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for the permanent registration of voters and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Boswell of Green-
House Bill No. 629. A bill to provide for four terms of Superior Court of Green County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 634. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the Town of Shingler.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passing of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 637. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Hazlehurst and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majonq~ was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were . read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Green of the 43rd-
Senate Bill No. 164. A bill to amend Section 216 of the Penal Code relative to the offense of tresspass.

By Mr. Smith of the 35th-
Senate Bill No. 168. A bill to prescribe the time for holding the Superior Courts in the counties comprising the Flint Circuit and for other purposes.

The following bill of the Senate was taken up for conside!"auon:

By Mr. Garlick of the 17th-
Senate Bill No. 40. A bill to extend the duties and authority of the Georgia Public Service Commission over public service motor vehicles and for other purposes.
Mr. Bowden of McDuffie moved that the bill be tabled and the motion was lost.
Mr. Elders of Tattnall moved that further consideration of the bill be postponed until July 9th immediately following the period of unanimous consents and the motion prevailed.

The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Jones of CowetaHouse Bill No. 13. A bill to amend an Act to regulate the:

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use of motor vehicles upon the public streets and highways and for other purposes.
'
By unanimous consents 300 copies of this bill, substitute and all amendments, were ordered printed for the use of the members of the House.

Mr. Turner of Brooks moved that action on this bill be postponed until next Tuesday, July 8th, immediately following the period of unanimous consents.

Mr. Knight of Berrien moved that the House now resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House for the purpose of considering House Resolution No. 230 and the motion prevailed.

The House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House and the Speaker designated Mr. Russell of Barrow as the chairman thereof.

The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its chairman reported House Resolution No. 230 back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

. The following bills of the House were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:
~y unanimous consent House Bill No. 16 was tabled.
By Messrs. Ellis of Tift, Rountree of Emanuel and Rutherford of Monroe-
House Bill No. 26. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to the execution of deeds outside of the State and for other purposes.
The following committee substitute was read and adopted:

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. A BILL.

To be entitled an Act to amend Section 4203 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 as amended by an Act approved August 19, 1912, touching the execution of deeds out of the State of Georgia by providing that a justice of the peace or a notary public ex officio justice of the peace of the State and county or city or country where executed, or a notary public of a city of the State or country where executed shall be a competent official witness to a deed to realty or personalty in the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 4208 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, as amended by an Act appro~ed August 19, 1912, he and the same is hereby amended by inserting the words "justice of the peace or notary public ex officio justice of the peace" and also the words "or State" and "or city" in said section, so tnat said Section 4203 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, as amended by the Act approved August 19, 1912, when so amended, shall read as follows:
Sec. 4203. To authorize the record of a deed to realty or personalty, when executed out of this State, the deed must be attested by or acknowledged before a Commissioner of Deeds for the State of Georgia, or a consul or vice-consul of the United States (the certificate of these officers under their seal being evidence of the fact), or by a judge of a court of record in the State or county where executed, with a certificate of the clerk under the seal of such court of the genuineness of the signature of such judge, or by a clerk of a court of record under the seal of the court, or by a notary public or justice of the peace or a notary public ex officio justice of the peace, of the State or State and county, or city or country where executed, with his seal of office attached; and if such notary public or justice of the peace or notary public ex officio justice of the peace has no seal, then his official character shall be certified by a clerk of any court of record in the county,

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or city or country of the residence of such notary or justice of the peace, or notary public ex-officio justice of the peace. A deed to realty must be attested by two witnesses, one of whom may be one of the officials aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 126,
Nays o.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 28 was withdrawn from the House.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 31. A bill to empower all municipal corporations to establish a general system of registration of voters and for other purposes.
Mr. Knight of Berrien moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 35 was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Smith of Lamar and Miss Kempton of Fult!)n-
House Bill No. 42. A bill to authorize the valuation of bonds and other securities held by life insurance companies and for other purposes.
Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed.

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By Mr. Stanford of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 45. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of State Veterinarian and for other purposes.

Mr. Pafford of Lanier moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 45 went over as unfinished business.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10:00 o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 2, 1924.

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WEDNESDAY, JuLY 2, 1924..

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by Dr. Robert Adams of Putnam County.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atldnson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr

Carter Childs Christopher Clark Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLape riere Dixon of J enldns Dixon of Willdnson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleniing of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher

Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford

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Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McCullough McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery

Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary

Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Winship Wood Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.

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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.
~. 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 having a local application.

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

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 691. A bill relative to nuncopative wills and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 't.

By Mr. Bowden of McDuffie-
Hause Bill No. 692. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to issuance of bonds by any county, municipality, or division.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 693. A bill to declare that all wives and husbands who are minors be sui juries for the purpose of instituting, maintaining, or defending actions for alimony or divorce.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.~-

By Mr. Stanley of FanninHouse Bill No. 694. A bill to authorize and empower the

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Mayor and Council of the Town of Mineral Bluff to provide for the establishment, maintenance and government of a system of public schools.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Wilson of Walton-
House Bill No. 695. A bill relative to incorporating the Academy of Social Circle and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Wilson of Walton-
House Bill No. 696. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to the selection of banks by the Governor in certain cities and towns and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Wilson of Walton-
House Bill No. 697. A bill to regulate the practice and procedure in the trial courts of this State pertaining to motions for new trials and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 698. A bill to appropriate the sum of $75,000.00 to the University of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Jones of Floyd-
House Bill No. 699. A bill to amend the General Tax Act of the extra session relative occupation tax.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

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By Mr. Jones of Floyd and others-
House Bill No. 700. A bill to appropriate $9,000.00 to the trustees of the ~eorgia School for the Deaf at Cave Springs.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Brannen of Bullock-
House Bill No. 701. A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 for repairing buildings for the public schools of this State at First District A. and M. School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Singletary of Grady-
House Bill No. 702. A bill to repeal the Compulsory Dipping Act.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. l.

By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
House Bill No. 703. A bill to appropriate to the North Georgia Agricultural College $7,500.00 for repairs.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 704. A bill to amend Section 4413 of the Civil Code of 1910 ~dative to torts committed by wife, child or agent.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Beck of Carrol-
Hause Bill No. 705. A bill to appropriate an additional sum for use of Bowden State Normal and Industrial College for maintenance.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Messrs. Phillips of Jasper and Jones of CowetaHouse Bill No. 706. A bill to require the Secretary of State to rebind old records of his department and to appropriate $~,000.00 for such purpose. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Milner of DodgeHouse Bill No. 707. A bill to amend Section 11 of General
Tax Act and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Harris of JeffersonHouse Bill No. 708. A bill to revise laws of State in regard
t? composition of Board of Trustees of the University of Geor-
gta.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia.
By Messrs. Whitley of Douglas and Head of Cobb. House Bill No. 709. A bill to amend an Act establishing a
Department of Game and Fish. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Brannen of BullochHause Bill No. 710. A bill to establish and maintain a
normal school to be located at Statesboro, Ga., as a branch of the University of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Burt of DoughertyHouse Bill No. 711. A bill to amend Section ~~80 (w) of

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Parks Code of Georgia of 1922, relative to purchase of stock by banks.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 712. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Stone of Walton-
House Bill No. 718. A bill to make officers and agents of corporations incompetent to testify in certain cases.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. W. R. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 714. A bill to fix amount of cost in trial courts in action of trover in certain cases.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Rowe of Richmond-
House Bill No. 715. A bill to amend laws relating to City Court of Richmond County.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By.Mr. Gillen of Oconee-
House Resolution No. 238. A resolution to make House Bill No. 128 a continuing order of business following unanimous consents on July 10, 1924.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Gillen of OconeeHouse Resolution No. 234. A resolution to make House

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Bill No. 106 a continuing order of business following the period of unanimous consents on July 8, 1924.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Perkins of Muscogee and others-
House Resolutions No. 235. A resolution to make House Bill No. 157 a special order of business for July 9, 1924.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 633 do pass. House Bill No. 635 do pass. House Bill No. 654 do pass. House Bill No. 667 do pass. House Bill No. 170 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, GuEss of DeKalb, Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Vice-Chairll)an of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 690.
House Bill No. 668.
Respectfully submitted,
BozEMAN of Worth,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee 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 and resolutions 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. 260 do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 624 do pass.
House Bill No. 271 do pass.
House Resolution No. 144 do pass.
House Resolution No. 145 do pass.
House Resolution No. 146 do pass.
House Resolution No. 147 do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
s. B. HATCHER, JR.,
Chairman General Judiciary No. 2.

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Mr. Mann of Glynn 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. 669.
House Bill No. 670.
Respectfully submitted,
MANN of Glynn,
Chairman.

Mr. Holden of Clark County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Vice-Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendations, to wit:
House Bill No. 639 qo pass.
House Bill No. 640 do pass.
Senate Resolution No. 46 do pass.
House Bill No. 25 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
HoLDEN of Clarke,
Vice-Chairman.

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Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 666.
House Bill No. 621.
Respectfully submitted,
PICKREN of Charlton,
Chairman.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Com-_ mittee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committeee 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 not pass:
House Bill No. 12.
House Bill No. 620.
Respectfully submitted,
s. B. HATCHER, JR.,
Chairman General Judiciary No. 2.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported by the committees, were read the second time:

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By Mr. New of Laurens-
House Bill No. 260. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to landlords and croppers.

By Mr. Cumming of Richmond-
House Bill No. 271. A bill to relieve J. C. Lamar of judg-
ment.

By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-
House Bill No. 261. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Colquitt.

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 624. A bill to provide for the protection of sinking funds and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bozeman of Worth and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Bill No. 633. A bill to amend Code of 1910 so as to provide that the stenographic reporter of the Superior Courts in any judicial circuit may be paid a salary in lieu of per diem or fees.

By Mr. Christopher of Hall-
House Bill No. 635. A bill to authorize appeals in possessory warrant cases.

By Messrs. Linder of Jeff Davis and Stewart of Atkinson-
House Bill No. 639. A bill to change the time of the meeting of the General Assembly.

By Messrs. Pitts of Gordon, Owen of Pike and Barrett of Stephens-
House Bill No. 640. A bill to amend the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to consolidate the

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offices of tax receiver and tax collector and for other purposes.

By Mr. Christopher of Hall-
House Bill No. 654. A bill to make it a misdemeanor for any person to.use obscene, vulgar, or profane language in the presence of any child under ten years of age and for other purposes.

By Mr. Perryman of Talbot-
House Bill No. 666. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Junction City.

By Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 667. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to offense of trespass.

By Mr. Harrison of JohnsonHouse Bill No. 668. A bill to amend the City Court of
Wrightsville.
By Mr. Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 669. A bill to confer additional powers upon the City of Brunswick in relation to streets and highways and issuance of bonds and for other purposes.

By Mr. Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 670. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Brunswick.

By Mr. Boswell of Greene-
House Bill No. 690. A bill to repeal an Act to create City Court of Greensboro.

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By Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Resolution No. 144. A resolution to relieve E. L. Collier as surety on bond of Rogers Campbell.

By Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Resolution No. 145. A resolution to relieve Elias L.
Collier as surety on bond of Ben Johnson. I
By Miss Kempto~ of FultonHouse Resolution No. 146. A resolution to relieve E. L.
Collier as surety on bond of Marion Burling.

By Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Resolution No. 147. A resolution to relieve E. L. Collier as surety on bond of Sam Crew.

By Mr. Pace of 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 46. A resolution to amend the Constitution relative to salaries for county officers in counties having population of 25,000 or more.

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 and resolution of the Senate, to wit:
Senate Bill No. 175. A bill to repeal an Act creating a system of public schools in Town of Bowersville, Hart County, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Senate Resolution No. 77. A resolution providing for adjournment over July 4, 1924.

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

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

By Mr. Smith of 23rd-
Senate Bill No. 163. A. bill to create the new County of Peach.

Mr. Milner of Dodge County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the fixing of House Resolution No. 230, relating to the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to regulate the employment of child labor, as a special order and have instructed me as Vice-Chairman to report to the House the recommendation that the same be fixed as a special order for consideration immediately after the period of unanimous consents today.
Respectfully submitted,
MILNER of Dodge,
Vice-Chairman.
The report of Committee on Rules, setting House Resolution No. 230 as a special order, 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, set as a special orcier by the Committee on Rules, was taken up and placed before the House for consideration:

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By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
House Resolution No. 230. A resolution providing that the 20th Article of the Constitution of the United States relating to the Child Labor proposed amendment by Congress to the Legislatures of the several states be not ratified but rejected.
Mr. Bozeman of Worth moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.

On the passage of the resolution the Speaker ordered the call of the roll and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr

Carter Childs Christopher Copeland Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy

Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
boochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman

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.Jenkins Johnson of Bacon .Tohnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether .Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McCullough McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Milner

Moore Mullis New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Singletary Smith of Fulton

Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West' Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Winship Wood Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Napier

Pafford

Stanford

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Banister Bird Camp of Coweta Clark Collins Covington

Cox Daniel of Heard Davis of Thomas Ellis Eve Haddock Jones of Cook

Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
McDonald Montgomery Peterson Pickering Reville

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Shettlesworth Simpson Smith of Bryan Strickland

Sutlive Swindle Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs

Ayes 171, Nays 3.

Wingate Woodruff Worthy Mr. Speaker.

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

On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 171, Nays 3.

The resolution having received the requisite constitution majority was passed.

Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration:
By Mr. Stanford of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 45. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of State Veterinarian and for other purpoges.
Mr. Huxford of Clinch moved the previous question; the .motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The following amendment to the committee substitute was read and adopted:
By Mr. Stewart of Atkinson-
Amend committee substitute by striking from Section 1 the words "who must receive the endorsement of the Georgia State Board of Veterinary Examiners," also by striking the words "four years" whenever they occur and inserting in lieu thereof the words "two years."
The following committee substitute was read and adopted as amended:

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A BILL.

To be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved August 18 1910, entitled an Act creating the office of State Veterinarian, prescribing his duties, empowering him with authority to formulate such quarantine regulations as may be necessary to check and suppress the spread of infectious and contagious diseases among the live stock, whenever and wherever the interest of the people may require; fixing his salary and compensation, and for other purposes.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, that Section one of the Act creating the office of State Veterinarian, providing for the appointment of said State Veterinarian, and for other purposes, approved August 18, 1910, Acts of 1910, pages 125 and 126, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from Section one of said Act the words in lines nine, ten and eleven of said Section one, to wit:
"Such officer to continue in office during good behavior and the proper performance of his duties" and by inserting in said Section one of said Act, in lieu of the said words so stricken from lines nine, ten and eleven, the following words, to wit:
"Said State Veterinarian when so appointed shall hold office for and during the term of four years from his appoint- ment and qualification, provided, however, that no person shall be qualified to hold said office unless he is a bona fide resident of the State of Georgia for and during a period of not less than three years, and has been in the active practice of veterinary surgery for five consecutive years immediately prior to his appointment, and is a graduate of some recognized college of Veterinary Surgery" so that said Section one of said Act when so amended shall read as follows:
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the power of the same, that the office of State Veterinarian in the Georgia State Depart-

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ment of Agriculture be, and is hereby created, and that the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia be, and is hereby authorized to appoint a competent and qualified veterinarian to fill this position under the title of "State Veterinarian, said State Veterinarian when so appointed shall hold office for and during the term of two years from his appointment and qualification; provided, however, that no person shall be qualified to hold said office unless he is a bona fide resident of the State of Georgia for and during a period of not less than three years and has been in the actiye practice of veterinary surgery for five consecutive years immediately prior to his appointment, and is a graduate of some recognized college of veterinary surgery.

Said Section 1 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following, to wit:

This Act shall not become effective until the Commissioner of Agriculture elected in the general election of 1924 has qualified for and assumed the duties of Commissioner of Agriculture.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws, or parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the . passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of the bill by substitute as amended Mr. Stanford of Lowndes 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 Franklin Anderson Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck

Blease Bleckley Boatwright Bowden Bozeman Braddy

Branch Burgin Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Carr

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Carter

Howard of Chatta- Parrish

Childs

hoochee

Penland

Christopher

Howard of Long

Perkins of Habersham

Copeland

Howard of Screven Perkins of Muscogee

Cumming

Hulme

Perryman

Daniel of Troup

Huxford

Peterson

Davis of Thomas

Hyman

Phillips of Telfair

DeFoor

Jenkins

Pickren

DeLaperriere

Johnson of Bacon

Pitts

Dixon of Jenkins

Johnson of Forsyth Pope

Dixon of Wilkinson

Jones of Coweta

Price

Duvall

Jones, A. D. of

Roberts

Elders

Meriwether

Robertson

Ennis

Jordan

Rountree

Evans of Screven

King

Rowe

-Evans of Warren

Kirkland

Russell

Fleming of Columbia Knight

Shettlesworth

Fletcher

Latham

Singletary

Fortson

Linder

Smith of Jefferson

Foy

Lindsey

Spence

Gillen

Logan

Stanford

Golden

Loyd

Stanley

Greer

Lyons

Steele

Griffis

McClure

Stevens

Griner

McCrory

Stewart

Grovenstein

McCullough

Stovall

Hamrick

McMullan

Tatum

Harrell

Mann

Toole

Harrison

Mansell

Warren

Hatcher of Burke

Miles

Way

Hatcher of Muscogee Moore

West

Head

Napier

Whitley

Hillhouse

New

Wilson

Hines of Decatur

Norman of Colquitt Wimberly of Laurens

Holden

Norman of Henry

Wimberly of Toombs

Holton

Owen

Wood

Houston

Pafford

Wright

. Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Arnold Atkinson of Camden Bell Boswell Brannen Callaway

Covington Culpepper Curry Davis of Floyd Fleming of Hancock Harris

Hines of Sumter Jones of Floyd Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Langley McGarity

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Shedd Smith of Fulton Stone Sweat Trippe Tyson

Van Landingham Vaughn Whitworth Williams Winship

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Towns Atkinson of Chatham Banister Bennett Bird Camp of Coweta Clark Collins Cox Daniel of Heard
DuBose Duncan Dykes Ellis

Eve Fowler Guess Haddock .Jones of Cook Kempton McDonald Mayo Meeks Montgomery
Mullis Orr Pickering Reville Rutherford

Ayes 127, Nays 34.

Sapp
Simpson Smith of Bryan Smith of Lamar Strickland Sutlive Swindle Tippins
Turner Weaver Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Woodruff Worthy Mr. Speaker

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

On the passage of the bill by substitute as amended the Ayes were U7, Nays 34.

The bill having received the requtstte constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.

Mr. Stanford of Lowndes moved that the bill be immediatelv

transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.



The following bill of the Senate, postponed from last Monday and set as a special order immediately following the order of unfinished business, was taken up for further consideration:

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By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 10. A bill to define and provide for the time of duration of charters granted to purchasers of railroads and for other purposes.

Mr. Golden of Haralson moved that the bill and all amendments be tabled and the motion prevailed.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Resolution No. 77. A resolution providing for adjournment over July 4th.

Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Knight of Berrien.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tOmorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1924 .

. The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by Dr. Robert Adams of Putnam County.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Childs Christopher

Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner

Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether

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Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Langley Latham Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McCullough McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Mullis Napier New Norman of Henry Orr

Owen

Smith of Lamar

Pafford

Spence

Parker

Stanford

Parrish

Stanley

j.

Peek

Steele

Penland

Stevens

Perkins of Habersham Stewart

Perkins of Muscogee Stone

Perryman

Tatum

Peterson

Tippins

Phillips of Jasper

Toole

Phillips of Telfair

Trippe

Pickren

Turner

Pitts

Tyson

Pope

Vaughn

Price

Warren

Roberts

Way

Robertson

Weaver

Rountree

West

Rowe

Whitley

Russell

Whitworth

Sapp

Williams

Shettlesworth

Wilson

Simpson

Wimberly of Toombs

Singletary

Wood

Smith of Fulton

Wright

Smith of Jefferson

Mr. Speaker

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to wit:

House Bill No. 638. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Gilmer County.

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:

I. Introduction of new matter under the rules.

2. Reports of Standing Committees.

8. Reading of House and Senate hills and resolutions, favorably reported, the second time.

4. Passage of uncontested local House and 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 were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:
By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 716. A bill to make the executor of a will ipso facto and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By Mr. Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 717. A bill to amend Section 1565 of Volume 8 of Park's Code of 1910 relative to a State Library and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Library.

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By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 718. A bill to appropriate the sum of $80,000.00 to the Department of Public Buildings and grounds.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

.By Mr. Enis of BaldwinHouse Bill No. 719. A bill" to appropriate the sum of $15,-
690.00 to the Prison Commission for improvements at the State Farm and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Latham of Hall and Walton of WilcoxHouse Bill No. 7i0. A bill to amend the General Tax Act
of 1928 relative to poll tax on women. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. W. R. Jones of Meriwether-
House Bill No. 721. A bill to provide for the holding of a convention of the people relative to revising the Constitution.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Bozeman and Hillhouse of Worth-
House Bill No. 722. A bill to authorize the Governor to remove from office and withdraw and cancel the commission of any Sheriff and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Messrs. Holden and Dubose of Clarke-
House Bill No. 728. A bill to provide an emergency maintenance appropriation for the Georgia State College of Agriculture and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Stewart of Atkinson-
House Bill No. 724. A bill relative to tick eradication m the several counties of this State and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 2.

By Messrs. Boswell of Greene and Callaway of Putnam-=-
House Bill No. 725. A bill relative to Fuel Distributors and to provide for the disbursement of the revenue raised by said tax and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Messrs. Mullis of Bleckley, Boswell of Greene and others-
House Bill No. 726. A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 to the Department of Agriculture for making analysis and doing laboratory work on calcium arsenate.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Bill No. 727. A bill to require notices of liens for internal revenue taxes due the United States Government.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 728. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to debts of counties, municipalities and political subdivisions of this State and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Burt of Dougherty and Hillhouse of Worth-
House Bill No. 729. A bill to confirm and declare legal the corporations heretofore organized, pursuant to the Cooperative Marketing Act of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

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By Messrs. Turner of Brooks and Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 730. A bill to amend the Cooperative Marketing Act of the State of Georgia and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Pope of Walker-
House Bill No. 731. A bill to prevent teachings of Darwin Theory of Evolution in the Public Schools of this State.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Kirkland of MillerHouse Bill No. 732. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County. Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Fletcher of IrwinHouse Bill No. 733. A bill to provide for holding three
terms a year of the Superior Court of Irwin County. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Jo1r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate and House, to wit:
By Mr. Mundy of the 38thSenate Bill No. 171. A bill to amend an Act incorporating
the Rockmart School District in Polk County, approved August 4, 1923.

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By Mr. Mundy of the 88th-
Senate Bill No. 172. A hill to amend the charter of the City of Rockmart, approved August 15, 1904, by striking Section 10 thereof and substituting a new section, and for other purposes.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate and House, to wit:

By Mr. Davis of the 42nd-
Senate Bill No. 176. A hill to amend an Act approved August 18, 1928, entitled "An Act empowering cities and towns in the State of Georgia to provide, maintain, and supervise recreation systems," and for other purposes.

By Mr. VanLandingham of Seminole County-
House Bill No. 598. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Donalsonville, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Trippe and Mr. Aubrey of Bartow County-
House Bill No. 600. A hill to amend an Act approved August 28, 1905, authorizing the Town of Adairsville to issue bonds.

Mr. Bussey of Crisp County, Chairman of the Committee on State of Republic, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on State of Republic have had under consideration the following resolution of the House and have instruct-

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ed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:

House Resolution No. 227.

Respectfully submitted, BusSEY of Crisp, Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Vice-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 resolution 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. 650. House Bill No. 659. House Resolution No. 226. Senate Bill No. 168.
Respectfully submitted, BozEMAN of Worth, Vice-Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

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By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-

House Bill No. 650. A bill to abolish the Citv Court of

Miller County and for other p_urposes.

'

Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 659. A bill to make it legal for Superior Court Judges of Fulton County to preside for the City Court Judges of Atlanta and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-
House Resolution No. 226. A resolution to relieve bondsmen of W. I. Moody of Miller County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Smith of the 35th-
House Bill No. 168. A bill to prescribe the times for holding the Superior Courts in the counties comprising the Flint Circuit and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special J udiciar) .

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-
House Bill No. 621. A bill to amend charter of City of Colquitt.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Perryman of Talbot-
House Bill No. 666. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Junction City.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 114, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Harrison of Johnson-
House Bill No. 668. A bill to amend the City Court of Wrightsville as to illegality of Judge and Solicitor.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were ll3, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 669. A bill to confer additional powers upon the City of Brunswick in relation to streets and highways and the issuance of bonds.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were ll2, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional maiority was passed.

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By Mr. Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 670. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Brunswick.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were ll1, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Boswell of Greene-
House Bill No. 690. A bill to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Greensboro 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 11o, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Smith of the 23rdSenate Bill No. 163. A bill to create Peach County. Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Mundy of the ~8th-
Senate Bill No. 171. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Rockmart School District.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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By Mr. Mundy of the 88thSenate Bill No. 172. A hill to amend the charter of the
City of Rockmart.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Davis of the 42nd-
~enate Bill No. 176. A hill to amend an Act empowering cities and towns to provide, maintain, and supervise recreation systems.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By unanimous consent House Bill N9. 720, referred by the Speaker to the Committee on Ways and Means, was recommitted to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson arose and addressed the House on a point of personal privilege.
Mr. Mann of Glynn arose and addressed the House on a point of personal privilege.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Messrs. Copeland of Lowndes, Milner of Dodge and others-
House Resolution No. 236. A resolution that a committee of seven from the House and four from the Senate he appointed to officially represent the General Assembly at the official opening of the Brunswick-St. Simons Highway on July 11, 1924.
The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House under the above resolution:

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Messrs. Copeland of Lowndes, Shedd of Wayne, Milner of Dodge, Bussey of Crisp, DuBose of Clarke, Mann of Glynn,
Miss Kempton of Fulton.

Mr. Milner of Dodge County, Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the following resolution 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, as amended:
House Resolution No. 232, fixing Senate Bills Nos. 92, 93, 94, 9.1) and 96 as special orders.
Respectfully submitted, MILNER of Dodge, Chairman.
Mr. Speaker:
Your 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. 638. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Gilmer County.

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House Bill No. 598. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Donalsonville.

House Bill No. 600. An Act to amend an Act authorizing the Town of Adairsville to issue bonds.

Respectfully submitted, DEFooR of Clayton, Chairman.

The report of the Committee on Rules, which was favorable to the passage of House Resolution No. 232, as amended, was agreed to.
The following resolution, favorably reported by the Committee on Rules, was read:
By 1\:[essrs. Hatcher of Burke, Burt of Dougherty and others-
A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 232. Be it resolved by the House that the following named Senate Bills, to-wit: 92, 93, 94, 95 and 96, be made a special and continuing order of business on July 2, 1924.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by adding: "Immediately after the disposition of Senate Bill No. 10."
The resolution was adopted as amended and the order of business contained therein established.
The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

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By Mr. Gillis of the 16th-
Senate Bill No. 93. A bill to provide that City Court created by the General Assembly shall be Courts of Record and for other purposes.

The following amendments were read and adopted:

By Mr. New of Laurens-
Amend by adding at the end of Section 1 the following: "Provided that nothing herein contained shall dispense with two witnesses."

By Mr. Bowden of McDuffie-
Amend by inserting at the end of Section 1 the f"Ollowing words: "Judges of Municipal Courts in Georgia shall also have the same authority to witness deeds, mortgages, and bonds for title, and other registered instruments as is herein granted to Judges of the City Courts," and amend caption according! y.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.

No quorum voting on the passage of the bill as amended the Speaker ordered the call of the roll and the vo.te was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Beck

Bell Blease Bleckley Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Burgih

Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Carr Christopher Collins Copeland Covington Cumming

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Curry Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson' Golden Griner Grovenstein Guess Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head HUlhouse Hines of Decatur Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee

Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Langley Latham Logan Lyons McClure McCrory McCullough McGarity McMullan Maddox Mansell Meeks MUner Mullis Napier New Norman of Henry Orr

Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman P.ice Roberts Robertson Rowe Sapp
Smith of Fulton Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stone Tatum Toole Tyson Vaughn Warren Way West Whitley Whitworth Wlliiams WUson

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Callaway

DeFoor

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Banister Barrett Bennett Bird Boatwright Brannen

Camp of Coweta Carter Childs Clark Cox Culpepper Daniel of Heard

Daniel of Troup DeLaperriere DuBose Duvall Ellis Evans of Warren Eve

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Fowler Foy Gillen Greer Griffis Haddock H;amrick Hines of Sumter Hyman Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Linder Lindsey Loyd McDonald Mann Mayo Miles

Montgomery Moore Norman of Colquitt Owen Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Reville Riley Rountree Russell Rutherford Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar

Stevens Stewart Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tippins Trippe Turner Van Landingham Weaver Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 115, Nays ~-

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were il5,
Nays 2.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Gillis of the 16th_:_
Senate Bill No. 94. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to the redemption of property sold for taxes.
The report 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 2.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional maority was passed.

By Mr. Gillis of the 16th-
Senate Bill No. 95. A bill to provide for the sale of the equity of redemption in deeds to secure debt.
Mr. Copeland of Lowndes moved that the bill and all amendments be tabled and the motion was lost.
Mr. Harrell of Stewart moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed.
On this motion Mr. Beck of Carroll moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The motion to indefinitely postpone prevailed.
Mr. Burt of Dougherty moved that the House reconsider its action in indefinitely postponing Senate Bill No. 95.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and Senate Bill No. 95 went over as unfinished business with the motion that the House reconsider its action in indefinitely postponing same pending.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Riley of Sumter and Moore of Appling.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until next Monday morning at 11:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
MoNDAY, JuLY 7, 1924.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. The Journal was confirmed.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:
I. Introduction of new matter under the Rules.
!l. 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 having a local application.
5. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolution of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:

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By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 734. A bill to amend an Act incorporating Town of Hapeville.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 735. A bill to amend an Act establishing the Criminal Court of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 736. A bill to amend an Act fixing salary of the City Court Judges in counties of population of not less than !lOO,OOO population.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

Mr. Mr. Haddock of Early-
House Bill No. 737. A bill to change the manner of electing the Commissioners of Early County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Messrs. McClure of Walker and Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 738. A bill to amend an Act establishing a school for colored persons as a branch of the State University.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia.

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 739. A bill to change the term of office of inspectors of the Department of Agriculture.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. !2.

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By Mr. Grovenstein of Effingham-
House Bill No. 740. A bill to prohibit hunting and killing of wild turkeys with dogs.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 741. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the State borrowing money.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Bill No. 742. A bill to amend an Act regulating movement of tick infected cattle into the State.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.

By Mr. Meeks of Coffee-
House Bill No. 743. A bill to amend an Act regulating use of motor vehicles and motorcycles on highways of this State.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Huxford of Clinch-
House Bill No. 744. A bill to amend an Act incorporating Town of Homerville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Milner of Dodge--
House Bill No. 745. A bill to protect the title of motor vehicles in this State.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve, and Sutlive of Chatham and others--

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House Bill No. 746. A bill to amend Constitution to create Coastal Highway District.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Stanford and Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 747.. A bill to amend charter of City of Valdosta.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of BartowHouse Bill No. 748. A bill to create office of Commissioner
of Roads and Revenues of Bartow County. Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Messrs. Head and Roberts of CobbHouse Bill No. 749. A bill to change time of holding Superior
Court of Cobb County. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. !t.

By Messrs. Head and Roberts of Cobb-
House Bill No. 750. A bill to amend Penal Code providing compensation for Jury Commissioners.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Messrs. Cumming and Rowe of Richmond-
House Resolution No. 237. A resolution to appropriate money to the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives located at Gracewood.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 622. A bill to amend the school laws of the City of Hazlehurst, Georgia.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 177. To be entitled an Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer in Treutlen County, and for other purposes.
Senate Bill No. 178. A bill to amend Section 4418 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to "persons liable for torts of wife, child or servant."
Senate Bill No. 179. A bill to amend Section 449 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to providing compensation for county clerks upon validation of bonds.
Senate Bill No. 180. A bill to make officers and agents of corporations incompetent to testify in certain cases.
Senate Bill No. 185. A bill to regulate practice and procedure in the trial courts of this State pertaining to motions for new trials and brief of evidence in certain cases.

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

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

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Senate Bill No. 189. A bill to amend Section 2757 of the Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to "liability of carrier in case of goods unclaimed or refused."

The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 230. A resolution rejecting Article 20 of the Constitution of the United States relating to Child Labor.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:

House Bill No. 695.

Respectfully submitted, H. H. ELDERS of Tattnall, Chairman.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the

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House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended:
House Bill No. 285. Respectfully submitted,
S. B. HATCHER, JR., of Muscogee, Chairman.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the 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. 175.
Respectfully submitted,
ELDERS of Tattnall,
Chairman.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins 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 and resolutions of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 601.
House Bill No. 623.

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House Bill No. 674. House Resolution No. 191. Senate Bill No. 162. Senate Bill No. 160. Senate Resolution No. 63.
Respectfully submitted, DIXON of Jenkins, 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 Senate ~nd have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 172. Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.
Mr. W. R. Jones of Meriwether 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 Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back

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to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 163. JoNES, W. R., of Meriwether, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Huxford of ClinchHouse Bill No. 285. A bill to amend the Land Registration
Act.
By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of BartowHouse Bill No. 601. A bill to protect the game birds tn
Bartow County.
By Mr. Fleming of HancockHouse Bill No. 623. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish office
of Treasurer of Hancock County.
By Mr. Johnson of BaconHouse Bill No. 674. A bill to amend an Act creating the
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Bacon County.
By Mr. Wilson of WaltonHouse Bill No. 695. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate
Academy of Social Circle.
By Messrs. Davis, Jones and Langley of FloydHouse Resolution No. 191. A resolution to allow County

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Commissioners of Floyd County to pay County Treasurer $750.00 as commission for handling $750,000.00 in bonds.

By Mr. Spence of 8th-
Senate Bill No. 160. A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County.

By Mr. Smith of 45th-
Senate Bill No. 162. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for County of Irwin.

By Mr. Smith of 23rdSenate Bill No. 163. A bill to create Peach County.

By Mr. Mundy of 38th-
Senate Bill No. 172. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Rockmart.

By Mr. Mason of the 30th-
Senate Bill No. 175. A bill to repeal an Act creating a system of public schools in the Town of Bowersville.

By Mr. Davis of 42nd-
Senate Resolution No. 63. A resolution to authorize additional compensation, for 1923 only, to the County Treasurer of Floyd County.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-
House Bill No. 650. A bill to abolish the City Court of Miller County and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 659. A bill to make it legal for the Superior Court Judges of Fulton County to preside for the City Court Judges of Atlanta 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 unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Gillis of the 16th-

Senate Bill No. 177. A bill to abolish the office of Countv

Treasurer in Treutlen County and for other purposes.



Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 178. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to persons liable for torts.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18thSenate Bill No. 179. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 pro-

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viding compensation for county clerks upon validation of bonds.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18thSenate Bill No. 180. A bill to make officers and ag~nts of
corporations incompetent to testify in certain cases and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 185. A bill to regulate the practice and procedure in the trial courts of this State pertaining to motions for new trials and briefs of evidence in certain cases.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 189. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to notice to be given iri case of goods unclaimed or refused.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Hon. W. J. Harris, Senior Senator from Georgia, and his brother, General P. C. Harris.

Under the order of unfinished business the motion of Mr. Burt of Dougherty that the House reconsider its action in indefinitely postponing Senate Bill No. 95 was taken up for further consideration.

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Mr. Perkins of Muscogee moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The motion that the House reconsider its action m tn definitely postponing Senate Bill No. 95 was lost.

Mr:Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Elders of Tattnalt and DuBose of Clarke.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock.

TUESDAY, jULY 8, 19!l4.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
TUESDAY, jULY 8, 1924.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. The Journal was confirmed.
The following resolution of the House was read and unanimously adopted:
By Messrs. Neill of Muscogee, Covington of Colquitt, and McCrory of Schley-
A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 238. Whereas, Death has just invaded the home of the President, and has taken from thence his young son, Calvin Coolidge, Jr.,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of Georgia now in session, That we extend to the President and his family assurances of our profound sympathy as they are passing under this dispensation of an afflictive Providence;
Resolved further that a copy of these resolutions be immediately forwarded to the bereaved family.

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By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:
l. Introduction of new matter under the rules.
'l. Reports of Standing Committees.
3. Reading of House and Senate bills and resolutions, favorably reported by the committees, the second time.
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and general House and Senate bills having a local application.

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

By Messrs. A. D. Jones of Meriwether, and Peterson of Montgomery-
House Bill No. 751. A bill to abolish the Bowden State Normal and Industrial College located at Bowden and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Branches.
By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 752. A bill to abolish the Bureau of Markets within the Department of Agriculture and divert appropriation to the support of the common school fund and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 2.

By Messrs. Meeks of Coffee and Greer of Macon-
House Bill No. 753. A bill to levy a tax upon the paid admissions to motion picture theatres and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

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By Mr. Cummings of Richmond-
House Bill No. 754. A bill to amend Act of 187~ relative to Board of Education of Richmond County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Cumming of Richmond-
House Bill No. 755. A bill to amend an Act relative to public instruction in the Board of Education of Richmond County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Dixon of Wilkinson-
House Bill No. 756. A bill to create and establish a new charter for the City of Gordon and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Fleming of Hancock, Copeland of Lowndes and others-
House Bill No. 757. A bill to amend Constitution relative to Judges of Superior Court and Court of Appeals.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Smith of FultonHouse Resolution No. ~39. A resolution to pay P. P. Jack-
son the sum of $800.00, the amount forfeited by him in the case of Luther Sharpton.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. McClure of WalkerHouse Resolution No. 240. A resolution to provide for the

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relief of sureties, J. A. Elliott, E. G. Henderson and J. A. Graham and Dave J. Ellis of Walker County.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.~.

By Mr. Hamrick of Pickens-
House Resolution No. !t41. A resolution to appropriate the sum of $50.00 to pay expenses of illness and funeral of Mrs. Hannah M. Ray Pensioner of Pickens County.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Perkins of Habersham, West of White and others-
House Resolution No. !t42. A resolution to urge Congressmen and Senators at Washington to use their best efforts to have the National Park of the Appalachian Mountains located in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee.
Referred to Committee on Conservation.

By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Resolution No. 248. A resolution that Senate Bill No. !t9 be set as a special and continuing order of business on Thursday, July lOth.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Messrs. Guess, Steel, and Woodruff of DeKalb-

House Rules No. 244. A resolution that Senate Resolution

No. 46 be made a special and continuing order for Tuesday,

July 15th.



Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Fleming of HancockHouse Rules No. 245. A resolution that Senate Bill No.

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168 be made a special and continuing order for Thursday, July 9th.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

Mr. Haddock of Early County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on 'Gt:neral Agriculture No. 1, have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute:

House Bill No. 408.

Respectfu~ly submitted, MR. HADDOCK of Early, Chairman.

Mr. H. H. Elders of Tattnal1 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 by substitute:
House Bill No. 630.
Respectfully submitted, H. H. ELDERS,
Chairman Education Committee.

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

By Mr. Shedd ofWayne-
House Bill No. 408. A bill to regulate the registration, sale, inspection, and analysis of commercial fertilizer and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 630. A bill to provide for the creation of a School Book Board and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By unanimous consent 300 copies of the substitute for House Bill No. 630 were ordered printed for the use of the members of the House.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 601. A bill for the protection of game birds in Bartow County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 121, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 623. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish office of Treasurer of Hancock County and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 123, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Jo~nson of Bacon-
House Bill No. 674. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bacon and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 124, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Wilson of Walton-
House Bill No. 695. A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Academy of Social Circle 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. Mundy of the 38th-
Senate Bill No. 172. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Rockmart and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill; was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were l!l!l, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Mason of the 30th-
Senate Bill.No. 175. A bill to repeal an Act creating a system of public schools in Town of Bowersville and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 119, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
On Wednesday, the 1st day of July, 1924, there was read the third time House Bill No. 13, being a bill to amend the motor vehicle law, the same having been reached in its regular order on the calendar. On motion made by the gentleman from Brooks, Mr. Turner, the further consideration of the bill was postponed until Tuesday, July 8, 1924, to follow immediately after the period of "Unanimous Consents."
Subsequently, on the 1st day of July, 1924, the Committee on Rules reported favorably on a resolution to set certain Senate bills, known as the "Farm Loan Bank Bills," to follow immediately after the disposition of Senate Bill No. 10, as special and continuing orders; the House agreed to the report', and by the necessary vote, under the rules of the House, established the order of business.
Accordingly on Thursday, July 3, the House began the consideration of said Senate bills referred to in the report of the Committeee on Rules, and on Monday, July 7, 1924, continued on the order set, and at the time of adjournment on Monday, had not completed the special orders so set, and there remain

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on said order as "Orders of the Day" the following Senate bills, ta-wit:
Senate Bill No. 96. To provide for registration of loan deeds, etc., transfers and assignments of.
Senate Bill No. 9!l. To provide for notice to grantee in loan deed of tax levies, etc.

The Speaker made the following ruling:
"The question for the chair to decide is, as to whether or not House Bill No. 13, as above, should be called immediately after the completion of the order of "Unanimous Consent.r," or whether Rule 196, which fixes the order of each day's business should be strictly followed, when Orders of the Day is Reached and then call the said Senate bills remaining undisposed of under the order established by the House by the requisite vote under the rules.
"Under Rule 43, it is provided that 'The Speaker shall not recognize any member at anytime for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to make a special order, or to change the order of business.'
"Under Rule 44, it is provided 'The Rules of the House, known as Constitutional Rules, shall in no case be suspended; all other rules shall in no case be suspended, nor changed, nor the order of business be changed, except by a vote of twothirds of the members presents: Provided, however, that in order to so change or suspend the rules, or change the order of business, said two-thirds so voting shall constitute a majority of the members of the whole House.'
"Under Rule 45, it is provided 'No suspension of, change in, or addition to these rules shall be made, unless such proposed suspension, change or addition, be first referred to the Committee on Rules and reported back to the House,' etc.
"Under Rule 83, it is provided that 'The motion to postpone a bill, resolution, or other measure, to a day certain

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when decided in the affirmative by a majority of a quorum, removes the subject from before the House until the time designated, and makes it a privileged question for that day so selected.' This motion requires only majority of a quorum.
"If the chair should hold that House Bill No. 13 follows this morning after Unanimous Consents, it would have the effect to suspend the rules by a motion from the floor and by majority of a quorum, which is prohibited under the rules above cited; but it is the duty of the Chair to give effect, in a fair and just manner t9 the action of the House, in voting to postpone House Bill No. 13. This should be done in a way to comply with all rules construing them as a whole and construing them so as not to do violence to any rule and to comply with the will and desire of the House in accordance with the rules.
"It is the opinion of the Chair and the Chair rules, that to give effect to the adoption of the motion to postpone House Bill No. 13 and to prevent the abrogation by mere majority of Rules 43, 44 and 45, House Bill No. 13 under Rule 83 should be called under the order No. 13 set forth in Rule 196, that is House bills and resolutions for third reading.
"It is within the sovereign right of the members of the House to protect itself under this ruling, if it sees fit, or prefers to consider House Bill No. 13 before it considers the Senate Bills set at special orders, to table by a vote of a majority of a quorum, all of the Senate bills as they are called, or to postpone the same to some future day. Should the House in its wisdom see fit to do this, House Bill No. 13 would be reached and be a privileged matter for consideration under the head No. 13 of Rule 196."

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

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

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Senate Bill No. 191. A bill to be entitled an Act to increase certain Disabled Pensioners.

Under orders of the day the following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Gillis of the 16th-
Senate Bill No. 96. A bill to provide for the registration of assignment of a mortgage on or deed of real property to secure debt of a note or bond secured thereby and for other purposes.
Mr. Boswell of Green moved that the bill be recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
Mr. Hyman of Washington moved that the bill and all amendments be tabled and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Gillis of the 11th-
Senate Bill No. 92. A bill to provide for notice to grantees to any security deed or mortgagees of record in case of sale of real estate for taxes and for other purposes.
Mr. Wimberly of Laurens moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed.
Under the regular order of business the following bill of the House, postponed, was taken up for further consideration:

By Mr. Jones of Coweta-
House Bill No. 13. A bill to amend an Act to regulate the use of motor vehicles upon the public streets and highways of this State and for other purposes.
Mr. Wright of Jones moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed.

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Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the bill, substitute, and all amendments be tabled and t~e motion prevailed.

By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was read:

By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 246. Whereas the civic organizations of the City of Athens desire the General Assembly to visit the State Institutions at Athens on July 16th; and
Whereas an invitation to do so has been extended to the House of Representa~ives.
Therefore be it resolved by the House that we hereby accept said invitation by rising vote.
Mr. Russell of Barrow moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
On the adoption of the resolution Mr. Stewart of Atkinson called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Knight of Berrien gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in adopting House Resolution No. 246.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 10:00 o'clock.

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WEDNESDAY, JuLY 9, 19!l4.
The House 'of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Carter

Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson

Fowler Foy Golden Greer Griffis Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta

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Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McCullough McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry

Orr

Stanley

Owen

Steele

Pafford

Stevens

Parker

Stewart

Parrish

Stone

Peek

Stovall

Penland

Strickland

Perkins of Habersham Sutlive

Perkins of Muscogee Sweat

Perryman

Tatum

Peterson

Tippins

Phillips of Jasper

Toole

Phillips of Telfair

Trippe

Pickering

Turner

Pickren

Tyson

Pitts

Van Landingham

Pope

Vaughn

Price

Warren

Riley

Way

Roberts

Weaver

Robertson

West

Rountree

Whitley

Rowe

Whitworth

Russell

Williams

Rutherford

Wilson

Sapp

Wimberly of Layrens

Shedd

Wimberly of Toombs

Shettlesworth

Wimberly of Twiggs

Singletary

Wingate

Smith of Bryan

Winship

Smith of Fulton

Wood

Smith of Jefferson

Woodruff

Smith of Lamar

Worthy

Spence

Wright

Stanford

Mr. Speaker

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to.-wit:

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House Bill No. 634. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Shingler in the County of Worth approved August 16, 1912, and for other purposes.
House Bill No. 637. A bill creating by substitution a new charter for the City of Hazlehurst 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 bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 182. A bill to amend Section 4365 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to time of filing petition for certiorari.
Senate Bill No. 186. A bill to fix the amount of costs in trial courts in actions of trover in certain cases, and for other purposes.
The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to Senate Bill No. 93.
Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yester day's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent House Bill No. 717 was withdrawn from the Committee on Public Libraries and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:

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1. Introduction of new matter under the rules.
2. Reports of standing committees.
3. Reading of House and Senate bills and resolutions, favorably reported by the committees, the second time.
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and general House and Senate bills having a local application.
5. Reading of Senate bills and resolutions the first time

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

By Mr. New of LaurensHouse Bill No. 758. A bill to amend the General Tax Act
of 1923 relative to dealers in monuments and tombstones. . Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Guess of DeKalbHouse Bill No. 760. A bill to amend Sec. 5195 of Civil
Code relative to time for filing answers of certiorari. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By Mr. Elders of TattnallHouse Bill No. 759. A bill to provide for a State Equaliza-
tion School Fund. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Guess of DeKalbHouse Bill No. 761. A bill to amend Civil Code of 1910 rela-
tive to answers to writs of certiorari. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

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By Mr. Bussey of Crisp and othersHouse Bill No. 762. A bill to regulate sale of second-hand
motor-vehicles. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By Mr. Bussey of CrispHouse Bill No. 763. A bill to amend Sec. 173.8 of Code of
1910 relative to examining applicants for license to practice <lSteopathy.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
By Mr. Fay of Taylor and othersHouse Bill No. 764. A bill to amend Sec. 4252 of Code of
1910 relative to attorney fees in notes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By Mr. McGarity of PauldingHouse Bill No. 765. A bill to amend Sec. 3360 of Code of
1910 relative to liens of inn-keepers. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve and Sutlive of ChathamHouse Bill No. 766. A bill to amend an Act incorporating
Chatham Artillery. Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.
By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve and Sutlive of ChathamHouse Bill No. 767. A bill to amend an Act relative to
jurisdiction of Police Court of Savannah. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Bill No. 768. A bill to regulate salaries of jailers, etc., in counties of certain population.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Messrs. Milner of Dodge and Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 769. A bill to amend an Act creating Department of Audits and Accounts.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 770. A bill to amend an Act establishing Municipal Court of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Parker of Ware-House Bill No. 771. A bill to require date of manufacture
to be stamped on automobile tires. Referred to Committee on Manufactures.
By Messrs. Harris of Jefferson and Atkinson of ChathamHouse Bill No. 772. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative
to taxpayers becoming parties to Yalidating proceedings. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.
By Mr. Atkinson of ChathamHouse Bill No. 773. A bill to amend Sec. 4210 of Code of
1910 relative to deeds having been recorded for thirty years. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By Mr. Barrett of StevensHouse Bill No. 774. A bill to authorize Highway Depart-

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ment to hire convicts, etc. Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette and others-
House Bill No. 775. A bill to fix salary of keeper of public grounds, etc.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Bozeman of Worth and others-
House Resolution No. 247. A resolution to repeal House Rule No. 24 relative to smoking.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Wimberly of Laurens-
House Resolution No. 248. A resolution to relieve bondsmen of one John Hughes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Wimberly of Laurens-
House Resolution No. 249. A resolution to relieve bondsmen of one C. J. Nobles.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Resolution No. 250. A resolution to amend Constition relative to counties appropriating money to develop Agricultural resources of such counties.
Referred to Committee on Amendments of Constitution.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:

House Resolution No. 240 do pass as amended. House Bill No. 7 49 do pass. House Bill No. 729 do pass. Senate Resolution No. 30 do pass. Senate Bill No. 180 do pass. Senate Bill No. 178 do pass. Senate Bill No. 102 do pass. Senate Bill No. 185 do pass. Senate Bill No. 179 do pass. Senate Bill No. 189 do pass.

Respectfully submitted, S. B. HATCHER, JR., ofMuscogee, Chairman.

Mr. Tyson of Mcintosh County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute:

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House Bill No. 709.

Respectfully submitted,
WM. T. TYSON,
Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton County, Chairn:tan of the Committtee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 2 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 739 do pass.
House Bill No. 724 do pass.
House Bill No. 656 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

Mr. Mann of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Muncipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 176.
House Bill No. 665.

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House Bill No. 735. House Bill No. 736. House Bill No. 712.

Respectfully submitted, MANN of Glynn, Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 678. House Bill No. 687. House Bill No. 747.
Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

Mr. McClure of Walker County, Chairman of the Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report

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the same back to the House with the recommendation th:J.t the same do pass:
House Bill No. 738.
Respectfully submitted, McCLURE of Walker, Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and resolut!ons, to-wit:
House Bill No. 622. An Act to amend the school laws of Hazlehurst, Georgia.

Respectfully submitted,



DEFooR of Clayton,

Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
.By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of BartowHouse Bill No. 665. A bill to amend an Act incorporating
Town of Cartersville.
By Mr. Lyons of ButtsHouse Bill No. 678. A bill to amend the charter of City of
Jackson.

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By Mr. Adams of FranklinHouse Bill No. 687. A bill incorporating Franklin Springs.

By Mr. Whitney of Douglas-
House Bill No. 709. A bill relative to protection of animals and fish in State.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 712. A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for City of Atlanta.

By Messrs. Stewart of Atkinson & Pafford of Lanier-
Hause Bill No. 724. A bill to amend an Act relative to tick eradication in Georgia.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty and others-
House Bill No. 729. A bill to declare legal the Corporation organized pursuant to the Ca-operative Marketing Act.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Ftftton-
House Bill No. 735. A bill to amend an Act establishing Criminal Court Atlanta.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 736. A bill to amend an Act relative to salaries of Judges of City Courts in counties of certain population.

By Mr. McClure of Walker and others-



House Bill No. 738. A bill to amend an Act relative to schools for colored persons.

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 739. A bill to change terms of inspectors of Department of Agriculture.

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By Messrs. Stanford and Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 747. A bill to amend charter of City of Valdosta.

By Messrs. Head and Roberts of Cobb-
House Bill No. 749. A bill to change time of holding Superior Court in Cobb County.

By Messrs. McClure and Pope of Walker-
House Resolution No. 240. A resolution to relieve bondsmen of Dave J. Ellis.

By Mr. Davis of 42nd-
Senate Bill No. 176. A bill to amend an Act empowering cities to provide recreation systems and for other purposes.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 178. A bill to amend Sec. 4413 of Code of 1910 relative to persons liable for torts.

By Mr. Phillips of 18th-
Senate Bill No. 179. A bill to amend Sec. 449 of Code of 1910. relative to providing compensation for county clerks in certam cases.

By Mr. Phillips of 18th-
Senate Bill No. 180. A bill to make officers of corporations incompetent to testify in certain cases.

By Mr. Phillips of 18th-
Senate Bill No. 185. A bill relative to motions for new trials in trial courts in Georgia.

By Mr. Phillips of 18thSenate Bill No. 189. A bill to amend Sec. 2757 of Code of

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1910 relative to notice to be given in case of goods unclaimed or refused.

The following bill of the House was read the third time and placed upon its passage:
By Messrs. Atkinson and Eve of Chatham-
House Bill No. 607. A bill to amend an Act creating and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah so as to provide for a commission form of government and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:
By Mr. Phillips of the 18thSenate Bill No. 182. A bill to amend the Code of 1910
relative to the time of filing petition for certiorari. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By Mr. Phillips of the 18thSenate Bill No. 186. A bill to fix the amount of cost in
trial courts in actions of trover in certain cases and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.
By Mr. Loftin of the 37thSenate Bill No. 191. A bill to mcrease certain disabled
pensions. Referred to Committee on Pensions.

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Mr. Knight of Berrien moved that the House reconsider its action in adopting House Resolution No. 246.

Mr. Christopher of Hall moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

On the motion to reconsider Mr. Knight of Berrien 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 a$rmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Anderson Banister Boatwright Braddy Bussey Childs Clark Covington Culpepper Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas Dixon of Wilkinson Duvall Grovenstein Haddock Harrell

Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Howard of Long Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jordan King Knight Linder Lyons Montgomery New Norman of Colquitt

Owen Pafford Peterson Phillips of Telfair Price Reville Robertson Rountree Spence Stewart Stovall Tatum Toole Warren West Wimberly of Laurens Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Bird Bleckley Boswell

Bowden Bozeman Branch Brannen Burgin Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Carter Christopher Collins

Copeland Cox Cumming Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Duncan Dykes Elders Ellis

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Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Golden Greer Guess Hamrick Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Holden Holton Houston
Howard ot Screven
.Johnson of Bacon .Jones of Floyj .Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Langley Lindsey Logan McClure

McCrory McCullough McDonald McGnity McMullan Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Moore Napier Norman of Henry Orr Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Ha"Jersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Roberts Rowe Russell Sapp

Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of .Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Steele Stevens Stone Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tippins Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Way Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wood Woodruff

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Beck Bell Bennett Blease Burt DeFoor DuBose Ennis Gillen Griffis Gr.iner Harrison

Howard of Chattahoochee
.Jones of Coweta .Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Kempton Kirkland Latham Loyd Maddox Mayo Mullis

Ayes 53, Nays 119.

Phillips of .Jasper Riley Rutherford Simpson Stanley Swindle Weaver Wingate Winship Wright Mr. Speaker

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By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the motion to reconsider the Ayes were 53, Nays 119 and the motion was lost.

The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Hodges of the 20th-
Senate Bill No. 25. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Harbor, Port and Terminal Commissioners.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 113, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Davis of the 42nd-
Senate Bill No. 29. A bill to extend the lien of mortgages on crops to after acquired crops, and for other purposes.
Mr. Boswell of Green moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:
By Mr. Jones of Floyd-
Areer:d cy striking out t:P..e words "to after acquire crops"
in the title ard imert in lieu thereof the words "before the same are planted or growing."
Amend by striking out the words in Section 1, Line 8 "after acquired crops" ar:d substituting in lieu thereof the words "'crops before the same are planted or growing."

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Amend by striking out the words in Section 1, Line l I "after acquired."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as a~ended.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 107' Nays 27.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Perryman of Talbot, Roberts of Cobb, and Rutherford of Monroe.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock.

THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1924.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1924.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.
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 by the committees, the second time. 4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and General House and Senate bill having a local application. 5. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions.
Tl:e following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional ma-
jority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:

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Senate Bill No. 169. A bill authorizing Trustees of Georgia School of Technology to invest certain funds for construction of Faculty Apartment House.
Senate Bill No. 193. A bill to amend an Act to establish City Court of Metter in Candler County.

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

Afr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Resolution No. 81. A resolution providing for joint session of General Assembly on Tuesday, July 15, 1924.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 666. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Junction City, Georgia.
House Bill No. 668. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Wrightsville in Johnson County, Georgia.
House Bill No. 690. A bill to abolish the City Court of Greensboro, Georgia.

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

By Messrs. Fowler and Winship and Mrs. Napier of BibbHouse Bill No. 776. A bill to appropriate the sum of

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$15;-000.00 for the maintenance of the State Geological De- partment.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Fowler and Winship and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Bill No. 777. A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 to Georgia School of Technology for completion of new building.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood of Fulton-
House Bill No. 778. A bill to require railroads in this State to provide and equip locomotives with an automatic fire box and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Railroads.

By Mr. Bird of Taliaferro-
Hause Bill No. 779. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Crawfordsville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 780. A bill to provide for appointment of stenographic reporters in certain counties.
Referred to Committees on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Toole and Hines of Decatur-
House Bill No. 781. A bill to prohibit the use of any boat without the owner's consent.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 782. A bill to amend the Banking Act of Georgia and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

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By Mr. Rowe of Richmond-
House Bill No. 788. A bill to regulate public instruction in the County of Richmond and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Bowden of McDuffie-
Hause Bill No. 784. A bill to provide a method of establishing a value on real estate in Georgia and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means-

By Mr. Peek of Polk-
House Bill No. 785. A bill to authorize the Ordinaries of the different counties to accept new bonds from any county official and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. DeLaperriere and Swindle of Jackson-
House Bill No. 786. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Jackson County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Howard of Long-
House Bill No. 787. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Long County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Logan of Banks-
House Bill No. 788. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to .a .county tax for bridges, ferries and causeways and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

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By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 789. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to the constitution, qualifications, terms, vacancies, bond, oath, etc., of the State Board of Barber Examiners and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 790. A bill to regulate, license and control the practice of Cosmetic Therapy, Cosmetology or Beauty Culture and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

By Mr. Tippins of Evans-
House Bill No. 791. A bill to regulate the speed of all vehicles in crossing railroad or street car tracks and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 792. A bill to provide for the reorganizing of the Military Forces of the State of Georgia and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Bill No. 793. A bill to prohibit independent candidates who bolt the regular primary nominations of their respective political parties from using the regular official ballot and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections.

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By Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Bill No. 794. A bill to abolish the office of Treasurer of Bryan County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 795. A bill to. require the Clerks of Superior . Courts of this State to keep a general Execution Docket
and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 796. A bill to amend an Act approved March 28, 1917, by striking "d" in Section 20 and inserting a new paragraph and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 797. A bill relative to creditors of the insured Life Insurance Policies and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Logan of BanksHouse Resolution No. 251. A resolution relative to the
operation and maintenance of the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Alto and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Wimberly of LaurensHouse Resolution No. 252. A resolution to investigate the
Public Service Commission.

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By unanimous consent the above resolution was referred to the Committee of the Whole House with instructions that the same be reported back to the House not later than next Monday, July 14th.

By Mr. Winship of Bibb-
House Resolution No. 253. A resolution to pay to T. W. Hooks the sum of $8,200.00.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Wood and Smith and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Resolution No. 254. A resolution to appropriate the sum of $1,854.84 to pay the salary of one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Fulton County.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis and others-
House Resolution No. 255. A resolution that House Bills Nos. 739 and 724 be made a special and continuing order for Tuesday, July 15, 1924.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Resolution No. 256. A resolution that House Bill No. 630 be made a special and continuing order for Tuesday, July 15th, following period of unanimous consents.
Referred to Committee on Rules.
Mr. Turner of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Highways have had under con.sideration the following bills of the House and have instructed

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me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 347. House Bill No. 728.
Respectfully submitted, TuRNER of Brooks, Chairman.

Mr. Haddock of Early County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. I, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. I 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. 686.
And report House Bill No. 702 back to the House with a recommendation that the same do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
HADDOCK of Early,
Chairman.

Mr. Ellis of Tift County, Chairman of the Committee on Col).servation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Conservation have had under consideration the following bills and resolution of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:

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House Bill No. 382 do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 652 do pass by substitute. House Resolution No. 242 do pass by substitute.
Respectfully submitted, ELLIS of Tift, Chairman.

Mr. McAvery of Schley County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Printing, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Public Printing have had under con-
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. 106.
Respectfully submitted, MeAvERY of Schley,
Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Vice-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 resolution 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. 673 do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 733 do pass.

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House Bill No. 598 do pass. House Resolution No. 289 do pass.
Respectfully submitted, W. W. BozEMAN of Worth, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. I, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 696 do pass.
House Bill No. 722 do pass.
Senate Bill No. 164 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
GuESS of DeKalb,
By Secretary.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the Bouse 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. 756.
House Bill No. 744.

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House Bill No. 509.

Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bills 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. 710.
Senate Bill No. 171. Respectfully submitted, ELDERS of Tattnall, Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your 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. 634. An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the Town of Shingler.
House Bill No. 637. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Hazlehurst.
Respectfully submitted, DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

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By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 106. A bill to provide for the establishing of a printing plant and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Printing.

By Mr. Shettlesworth of Gwinett-
House Bill No. 347. A bill to regulate all motor vehicles that travel the highways-
Referred to Committee on Public Highway.

By Mr. Howard of Long:
House Bill No. 382. A bill to amend the Criminal Code of 1910 to change the date for burning wood3 from February 20th to April 1st of every year and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Conservation.

By Messrs. Atkinson of Chatham and Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 509. A bill to adopt the Official Naval Stores Standard of the United States as that of this State.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Pitts of Gordon-
House Bill No. 593. A bill to relieve Robert Watkins and L. A. Shope and E. L. Crider bondsmen of A. B. McCollum.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Rountree of Emanuel and Haddock of EarlyHouse Bill No. 602. A bill to create an investigating com-

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mittee known as the "Georgia State Board of Forestry" and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Conservation.

By Mr. Johnson of Bacon-
House Bill No. 673. A bill to establish the City Court of :\lma in Bacon County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. New of Laurens-
House Bill No. 686. A bill to provide for a pure seed law and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.

Hv Mr. Wilson of Walton-
House Bill No. 696. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to selection of banks by the Governor in certain cities and towns and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Brannen of Bullock-
House Bill No. 710. A bill to establish, organize, and maintain abranch of the University of Georgia Normal School or Teachers College at Statesboro and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Boswell of Greene and Calloway of Putnam-
House Bill No. 725. A bill to provide for disbursement of taxes raised by the "Fuel Distributors Exemptions" and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

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By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
House Bill No. 733. A bill to provide for holding three terms a year of Superior Court of Mann County..
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Dixon of Jenkins-
House Bill No. 756. A bill to create and establish a new charter for the City of Gordon.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Resolution No. 239. A resolution to pay P. P. Jackson the sum of $800.00 paid by him as forfeit in the case of Luther Sharpton.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Perkins of HabershamHouse Resolution No. 242. A resolution relative to creating
a park in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Referred to Committee on Conservation.
By Mr. Mundy of the 38thSenate Bill No. 171. A bill incorporating the Rockmart
School District in Polk County. Referred to Committee on Education.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolution of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 665. A bill to consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Cartersville.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 149, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Lyons of Butts-
House Bill No. 678. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Jackson.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 150, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Adams of FranklinHouse Bill No. 687. A bill to incorporate Franklin Springs
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 151, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 712. A bill to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the City of Atlanta 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 15~, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 735. A bill to amend an Act to establish the Criminal Court of Atlanta 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 153, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Stanford and Copeland of Lowndes-

House Bill No. 747. A bill to amend the charter of the City

of Valdosta.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 154, Nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Head and Roberts of Cobb-
House Bill No. 749. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Cobb 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 155, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Davis of the 42ndSenate Resolution No. 63. A resolution to authorize ad-

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ditional compensation for 1923 only to the County Treasurer of Floyd 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 156, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Carswell of the 21st-
Senate Bill No. 169B. A bill authorizing trustees of the Georgia School of Technology to invest certain funds for construction of faculty apartment house.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.

By Mr. Kennedy of the 49th-
Senate Bill No. 193. A bill to amend an Act to establish City Court of Metter and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 778, referred by the Speaker to the Committee on Railroads, was recommitted to the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 784, referred by the Speaker to the Committee on Ways and Means, was recommitted to the Committee on General Agriculture No. I.
Mr. W. R. Jones of Meriwether arose and addressed the House on a point of personal privilege.
Mr. Langley of Floyd arose and addressed the House on a point of personal privilege.

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The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
By Messrs. Camp of Coweta, Vaughn of Rockdale, and others-
A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 257. Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, the Senate concurring, that we do extend to the Hon. John W. Davis of West Virginia, our hearty congratulations upon being chosen the leader of the Democratic Party, and extend to him assurance of our unqualified support.
Resolved further that a copy of these resolutions be immediately transmitted to him.
Due to the illness of Mr. DuBose of Clarke the Speaker appointed Mr. Fleming of Hancock as a member of the committee to attend the opening of the St. Simon-Brunswick Highway at Brunswick on July 11th.
Under the regular order of business the following bill of the Senate was taken up for further consideration:
By Mr. Garlick of the 17th-
Senate Bill No. 40. A bill to extend the duties and authority of the Georgia Public Service Commission over public service motor vehicles and for other purposes.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that individual speeches on this bill be limited to fifteen minutes and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and Senate Bill No. 40 went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Callaway of Putnam, Smith of Lamar, Branch of Turner, Tyson of Melntosh, Weaver of Terrell, Moore of Appling, Griffis of Ware and Strickland of Brantley.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tOmorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

FRIDAY, JuLY 11, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Mr. Knight of Berrien moved that the call of the roll be dispensed with and the motion was lost.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy B,annen Burgin Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carter Childs Christopher

Clark Collins Copeand Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evan of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson

Fowler Greer Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Har!ell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Sc<even Hulme Huxford Hyman .Jenkins .Johnson of Bacon .Johnson of Forsyth .Tones of Coweta

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Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McCullough McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Napier New Norman of Colquitt

Norman of Henry Orr Paf ord Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perk ns of Muscogee Peterson Phlrnps of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence

Stanford Steele Ste1ens Stewart Stone Stovall Sutlive Sweat Tatum Tippim Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way West Whitley Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of To~mbs Wimberly of Twigg.> Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Wright Mr. Speaker

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Bill No. 190. A bill to amend an Act appropriating $2,000.00 to Georgia Training School for building a barn.
Senate Bill No. 196. A bill to provide for the establishment of Public Libraries by counties and municipalities.

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Senate Bill No. 204. A bill to amend an Act creating City Court of Fort Gaines, Georgia.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 26. A bill to amend Section 4203 of the Code of Georgia for 1910, relative to executions of deeds.
House Bill No. 612. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Muscogee County, Georgia.
House Bill No. 626. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Dahlonega so as to provide for permanent registration of voters in said town.
The Senate has concurred in House amendments to Senate Bill No. 29.
Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
Mr. McCrory of Schley moved that the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings be dispensed with and the motion prevailed.
The Journal was confirmed.
By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 248 was withdrawn from the Committee on Special Judiciary and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 249 was withdrawn from the Committee on Special Judiciary and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:

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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 having a local application.
5. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions.

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

By Mr. Daniel of Troup-
House Bill No. 798. A bill to create a new charter for the City of LaGrange.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Moore of ApplingHouse Bill No. 799. A bill to define and make slander a
misdemeanor and to punish the same as a misdemeanor and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By Mr. Moore of ApplingHouse Bill No. 800. A. bill to amend the Penal Code of
1910 relative to punishment and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By Messrs. Davis of Floyd and Beck of Carroll: House Bill No. 801. A bill relative to collection of all
monies as fees, licenses, special examinations or charges to

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be covered into the treasury at specified intervals and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. SO!l. A bill relative to the "Georgia Workmen's Compensation Act."
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Bird of Taliaferro-
Hause Bill No. 808. A bill to authorize the City of Crawfordsville to issue school bonds and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

Mr. Aubrey of Bartow, County Acting Chairman of the Committee on Amendment to Constitution, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendment to Constitution have had under consideration the following resolution of the House and have instructed me as Acting Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Resolution No. !li5.
Respectfully submitted AuBREY of Bartow, Acting Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Chairman of the <;:ommittee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 594 do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 770 do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
W. W. BozEMAN of Worth,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 715 do pass.
House Bill No. 619 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
GuEss of DeKalb,
Chairman.

Mr. Tyson of Mcintosh County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed

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nie as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 90 do pass by substitute. Respectfully submitted, WM. S. TYSON of Mcintosh, Chairman.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee 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 following recommendation:
House Bill No. 768 do pass.
Senate Bill No. 42 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
HATCHER of Muscogee,
Chairman.

Mr. Whitley of Douglas County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended:

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Senate Bill No. 85.

Respectfully submitted, WHITLEY of Douglas, Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your 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. 666. An Act to amend anAct to incorporate the Town of Junction City, Talbot County.
House Bill No. 668. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Wrightsville by defining elligibility of Judge and Solicitor.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

Upon the request of the author House Bill No. 619 wa placed upon the Calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bilL
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Ellis of Tift and others-
House Bill No. 90. A bill to amend the Game and Fish Laws of the State and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

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By Mr. Maddox of Spalding-:

House BiB No. 594. A bill to amend the charter of the Citv

of Griffin, and for other purposes.



Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Rowe of Richmond-
House Bill No. 715. A biH to amend the laws relating to the City Court of Richmond County, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. I.

By Messrs. Eve of Atkinson and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Bill No. 768. A bill to regulate the salaries of jailers, deputy jailers, turnkeys, and other j_ail employees in counties not less than 80,000 nor more than 130,000 population.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. ~-

By Messrs. Smith, Wood and Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 790. A biH to establish the Municipal Court of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Resolution No. ~15. A resolution to amend Constitution relative to the term of office of the Governor and other State offices, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Kennedy of the 49th-
Senate Bill No. 35. A bill to provide for the control of venereal diseases and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

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By unanimous consent the following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Johnson of Bacon-
House Bill No. 673. A bill to establish the City Court of Alma and for other purposes.
The committee amendment was read and adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 111, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Wilson of Walton-
House Bill No. 696. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to the selection by the Governor of banks in certain cities and towns.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 11~, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
House Bill No. 733. A bill to provide for holding three .terms a year of Superior Court of Irwin 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 105, Nays 0.

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The bill having l'eceived the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Dixon of Wilkinson-
House Bill No. 756. A bill to amend an Act to create and establish a new charter for the City of Gordon.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 113, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Mundy of the 38th-
Senate Bill No. 171. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Rockmart School District in Polk 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 114, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Adams of the 47th-
Senate Bill No. 190. A bill to amend an Act appropriating $2,000.00 to Georgia Training School for building a barn.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18thSenate Bill No. 196. A bill to provide for the establishment

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of public libraries by counties and municipalities. Referred to Committee on Public Libraries.

By Mr. King of the IIth-
Senate Bill No. 204. A bill to amend an Act creating City Court of Ft. Gaines.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

The following resolution of the Senate was read:

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 81. A resolution providing for joint session of the General Assembly on Tuesday, July 15, 1924, for the purpose of hearing a report of the State Highway Department and for other purposes.
Mr. Harrell of Stewart moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The resolution was lost.
Mr. Eve of Chatham moved that the House do now adjourn until next Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock and the motion was lost.
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the Senate was taken up for further consideration:

By Mr. Garlick of the 17th-
Senate Bill No. 40. A bill to extend the duties and authority of the Georgia Public Service Commission over public service motor vehicles and for other purposes.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that when the House adjourn today it stand adjourned until next Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost.

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By unanimous consent leave of absence was granted Mr. Howard of Chattahoochee.

. Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adJourn.
On this motion Mr. Knight of Berrien 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 Franklin Aubrey Barrett Blackley Braddy Bussey Christopher Collins Covington Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DeFoor Grovenstein Guess Haddock

Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holton Howard of Screven .Johnson of Forsyth .Jones of Coweta Latham Logan McClure McGarity Miles Milner Moore Napier New Norman of Colquitt

Parrish Peek Perkins of Muscogee Rowe Russell Shedd Smith of Bryan Steele stevens Toole Turner Van Landingham Whitworth Wilson Wood Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

A:dair Anderson Banister Blease Bozeman Burgin Carter Childs Clark Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas Dixon of Wilkinson Elders Evans of Screven

Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Hamrick Harrell Harrison Head Houston Howard of Long Hulme Huxford .Johnson of Bacon .Jones of Floyd King Kirkland

Knight Lindsey Loyd Lyons McMullan Mansell Montgomery Pafford Perkins of Habersham Peterson Philllps of .Jasper Pickering Pickren Pope

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Reville Robertson Shettlesworth Stanford Stewart

Stovall Tatum Tippins Trippe Way

West Whitley Wimberly of Laurens Worthy Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Bandy Beck Bell Bennett Bird Boatwright Boswell Bowden Branch Brannen Burt Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Copeland Cox Culpepper Cumming DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Ellis Ennis Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Hancock Fortson

Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of Sumter Holden Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Hyman Jenkins Jones of Cook Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Langley Linder McCrory McCullough McDonald Maddox Mann Mayo Meeks Mullis Norman of Henry Orr

Ayes 48, Nays 57.

Owen Parker Penland Perryman Phillips of Telfair Pitts Price Riley Roberts Rountree Rutherford Sapp Simpson Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanley Stone Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tyson Vaughn Warren Weaver Williams Wimberly of Toombs. Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Mr. Speaker

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By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call. was dispensed with.
On the motion that the House do now adjourn the Ayes were 48, Nays 57 and the motion was lost.
Mr. Wood of Fulton moved that the House do now adjourn.
On this motion Mr. Knight of Berrien 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 Franklin Aubrey Barrett Blackley Braddy Christopher Collins Cur,y Davis of Floyd DeFoor Grovenstein Guess Haddock

Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Howard of Screven Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Latham McGarity McMullan Milner Moore Napier New Norman of Colquitt

Norman of Henry Peek Perkins of Muscogee Rowe Russell Shedd Singletary Smith of Bryan Steele Stevens Toole Van Landingham Wood

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Anderson Banister Blease Bozeman Burgin Carter Childs Clark Covington Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas Dixon of Wilkinson Evans of Screven

Fletcher Hamrick Harrell Harrison Houston Howard of Long Hulme Huxford Johnson of Bacon Jones of Floyd King Kirkland Knight Lindsey Loyd

Lyons Mansell Montgomery Pafford Perkins of Habersham Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pickering Pickren Pope Reville Robertson Shettlesworth Stanford Stewart

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Stovall TatUm. Tippins Trippe

Way West Whitley Wimberly of Laurens

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Adams of Towns

Fowler

Arnold

Foy

Atkinson of Camden Gillen

Atkinson of Chatham Golden

Bandy

Greer

B ck

Griffis

Bell

Griner

Bennett

Harris

Bird

Hatcher o: Burke

Boatwright

Hatcher of Muscogee

Boswell

Head

Bowden

Hines of Sumter

Branch

Holden

Brannen

Holton

Burt

Howard of Chatta-

Bussey

hoochee

Callaway

Hyman

Camp of Campbell

.Jenkins

Camp of Coweta

.Tones of Cook

Carr

.Tones, A. D. of

Copeland

Meriwether

Cox

.Tones, W. R. of

Culpepper

M;riwether

Cumming

.Jordan

DeLaperriere

Kempton

Dixon of .Jenkins

Langley

DuBose

Linder

Duncan

Logan

Duvall

McClure

Dykes

McCrory

Elders

McCullough

Ellis

McDonald

Ennis

Maddox

Evans of Warren

Mann

Eve

Mayo

Fleming of Columbia Meeks Fleming of Hancock Miles

Fortson

Mullis

Ayes 39, Nays 56.

Woodru l Worthy Wright
Orr Owen Parker Parrish Penland Perryman Phllllps of Telfair Pitts Price Riley Roberts Rountree Rutherford Sapp Simpson Smith of Fulton Smith of .Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanley Stone Strickland Slitlive Sweat Swindle Turner Tyson Vaughn Warren Weaver Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Toombs. Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Mr. Speake:

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The roll call was verified.
On the motion that the House do now adjourn the Ayes were 89, Nays 56.
No quorum voting on the motion Mr. Knight of Berrien under Rule No. 186 moved for a call of the House.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson made the point of order that a motion for a call of the House was not debatable.
The Chair overruled the point of order.
Mr. Harrell of Stewart appealed from the decision of the Chair on the above ruling.
Mr. Bozeman of Worth moved the previous question on the appeal; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
By unanimous consent Mr. Harrell of Stewart withdrew his appeal from the decision of the Chair.
More than fifteen members voting for the motion for the call of the House the motion prevailed.

The roll call was ordered and showed the following members to be absent:

Adams of Towns Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Bandy Beck Bell Bennett Bird Boatwright Boswell Bowden Branch Brannen Burt Bussey

Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Copeland Cox Culpepper Cumming DeLap(lrriere DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis

Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Hancock Fo tson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of S~ter Holden

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Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Hyman Jenkins Jones of Cook Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R. of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Langley Linder Logan Mcclure McCrory McDonald McMullan Mann

Mayo Muns Napier Orr Owen Parker Penland Perryman Phillips of Telfair Price Riley Robers Rountree Rutherford Sapp Shettlesworth Simpson
mith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson

Present 102, Absent 104.

Smith of Lamar Spence Stanley Stone Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Turner Tyson Vaughn Warren Weaver Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship

The doors of the House were then closed and the names of the absentees read.

Mr. Knight of Berrien moved that the absentees be brought into the House under the provisions of Rule 186.

. Mr. Barrett of Stephens moved that the House do now adJourn.
On the motion to adjourn Mr. Knight of Berrien 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 Franklin Aubrey Barrett Blackley Braddy Christopher Clark

Collins Covington Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson

Grovenstein Guess Haddock Harrison Hillhouse Howard of Screven. Hulme

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Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Latbam _ McCullough McGarity Maddox Meeks Miles Milner Moore New

Norman of Colquitt Parrish Peek Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Pitts Reville Robertson Rowe Russell Shedd

Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Steele Stevens Toole Van Landingham West Whitley Wood Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Anderson Banister Blease Bozeman Burgin Carter Childs Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas Evans of Screven Fleming of.Columbia Fletcher Hamrick Harrell Head

Hines of Decatur Houston Howard of Long Huxford Johnson of Bacon Jones of Floyd King Kirkland Knight Loyd Lyons Mansell Montgomery Norman of Henry Pafford Perkins of Habersham

Philllps of Jasper Pickering Pickren. Pope Stanford Stewart Stovall Tatum Tippins Trippe Way Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Worthy Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Arnold Atkinson"o(Camden
Atkinson.of.Chatham Bandy Beck Bell Bennett Bird Boatwright Boswell Bowden Branch

Brannen Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Copeland Cox Culpepper Cumming DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins

DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders
Ellis Ennis Evans of Warren Eve
Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Foy

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Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Hyman
Jenkins Jones of Cook Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R. of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Langley

Linder Lindsey Logan
McClure McCrory
McDonald McMullan Mann Mayo Mullis Napier Orr Owen Parker Penland Perryman Phillips of Telfair Price Riley
Roberts Rountree Rutherford Sapp

Shettlesworth Simpson
Smith of Lamar Spence Stanley Stone Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Turner Tyson Vaughri Warren Weaver Whitworth Will ams Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 54, Nays 47.

The roll call was verified.

On the motion that the House do now adjourn the Ayes were 54, Nays 47; the motion prevailed, and Senate Bill No. 40 went over as unfinished business.

Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Moore of Appling, Childs of Upson, Jenkins of Wheeler, Owen of Pike, Foy of Taylor, and Perkins of Muscogee.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until next Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock.

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The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Mr. Bowden of McDuffie moved that the call of the roll be

dispensed with and the motion was lost.

.

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

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bird Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Oamp of Campbell Oamp of Coweta Oatr carter

Christopher Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fowler

Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Johnson of Bacon

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Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McCullough McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt

Norman of Henry On Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Penland Perkins of Habersham Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar

Spence Stanford Steele Stevens Stone Stovall Sutlive Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Tyson Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was

withdrawn from the Committee on Counties and County

Matters, read the second time, and recommitted:

.

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By Messrs, DeLaPerriere and Swindle of Jackson-'-House Bill No. 786. A bill to abolish the office of County
Treasurer of Jackson County and for other purposes. By unanimous consent House Bill No. 715 was recommitted
to the Committee on General Judiciary No. l. 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. ~- 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 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. Smith of BryanHouse Bill No. 804. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Bryan County. Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Smith of BryanHouse Bill No. 805. A bill to create a Board of Commis-
sioners of Roads and Revenues of Bryan County. Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Arnold of LumpkinHouse Bill No. 806. A bill to amend Code of 1910 so as to

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provide for a local Board of Trustees for North Georgia Agricultural College.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and Branches.

By Mr. Barrett of Stevens-
House Bill No. 807. A bill to regulate arguments of counsel in civil and criminal courts in city and superior courts and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Barrett of Stevens-
House Bill No. 808. A bill to prevent sale and transfer of homestead exemptions and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Messrs. Mullis of Bleckley and Mifner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 809. A bill to appropriate money to University of Georgia for Twelfth District Agricultural and .Mechanical School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Miss Kempton of Fulton and others-
House Bill No. 810. A bill to amend Section 3352 of Code of 1910 so as to provide that persons furnishing shrubbery and plants for ornamentation of real estate shall have a special lien on such real estate.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill Bo. 811. A bill to amend an Act establishing Criminal Court of Atlanta in order to change method of compensation of officials thereof.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

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By Miss Kempton of Fulton and others-
House Bill No. 812. A bill to appropriate money to Georgia Training School for Girls.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Miss Kempton and Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 818. :\ bill to amend Charter of City of Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Messrs. Stanford and Copeland of Lowndes~
House Bill No. 814. :\ bill to amend charter of City of Valdosta.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Pickering of Murray~
House Bill No. 815. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating Town of Tennga.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Evans of Screven~
House Resolution No. 257. A resolution to amend Rule No. 177 relative to legislative agents.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis~
House Resolution No. 258. A resolution to amend Rule No. 177 relative to lobbying in House.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County Matters, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on 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. 794.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES A. DIXON of Jenkins,
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 consideration
the following bill and resolution 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. 191.
House Resolution No. 216.
Respectfully submitted, ANDERSON of Chattooga,
Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and resolutions, to-wit:

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House Bill No. 626. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Dalonega.

House Bill No. 26. An Act to amend Section 4203 of the
Code of Georgia of 1910, relative to the execution of deeds outside of ~he State of Georgia.

House Bill No. 612. An Act to abolish the office of Countv

Treasurer of Muscogee County, Georgia.

'

Respectfully submitted,

DEFooR of Clayton,

Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported b)' the committees, were read the second time:
By Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Bill No. 794. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the office of Treasurer of Bryan County.
By Mr. Burgin of Marion-
House Resolution No. 216. A resolution providing for payment of pension to Mrs. M. A. Chapman, deceased, to be applied toward burial expenses.

Bv Mr. Loftin of 37th-
Senate Bill No. 191. :\ bill to increase amounts paid certain disabled pensioners.

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

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton ofFulton-
House Bill No. 770. A bill to amend an Act establishing the Municipal Court of Atlanta and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the Ayes were 128, Nays 0.
The hill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Huxford of Clinch-
House Bill No. 744. A hill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Homerville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
. On the passage of the hill the Ayes were 129, Nays 0.
The hill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Maddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 594. A bill to amend an Act to revise and consolidate the several Acts granting and amending the charter of the City of Griffin.

The following amendments of the committee were read and adopted:
Amend by striking from Section 9 of the hill the word "September" in line 4 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "October."
Amend by adding a section to be known as Section 9-A to read as follows:
''The polls for said special election shall open at 7:00 o'clock A.M. and close at 6:00 o'clock P. M. on the third Wednesday in October, 1924, and aU citizens qualified to vote in the general election of the City of Griffin and all those who may qualify on or before the first Wednesday in September, 1924, shall be entitled to vote in said special election, and should

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those vested with the power and authority to call and hold general election for the City of Griffin, fail or refuse to carry out the provisions of this Act, then in that event, it shall be the duty of the Ordinary of Spalding County to call and provide for the holding of said special election as hereinbefore or hereinafter provided."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. Ellis of Tift moved that 300 copies of House Bill No. 652. be printed for the use of the members of the House.
Mr. Sapp of Whitfield moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The motion was lost.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Knight of Berrien-

A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. ~59. Whereas, on July 11, 19~4, there was a call of the House; and whereas, a great number of the members of the House had leave of absence,
Therefore be it resolved, that leave of absence be granted to all members of the House who were not present at any one or more of the roll calls on July 11, 1924, until eleven o'clock July 14, 1924.

Mr. Milner of Dodge, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
The Committee on Rules, upon petitiOn of 112 members of the House, having had under consideration the setting of Senate Bill No. 163, authorizing the creation of Peach County, recommend that said bill be fixed as a special and containing order for consideration immediately following the disposition of Senate Bill No. 40.
Respectfully submitted,
MILNER,
Vice-Chairman.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to establishing Senate Bill No. 163 as a special order, was agreed to and the order of business established.

Mr. Milner of Dodge, County Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules 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 not pass:
House Resolution No. 247, repealing rule of House relative to smoking.
MILNER of Dodge,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Harrell of Stewart moved the previous question on the report of the Committee on Rules; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee on Rules, which was unfavorable to the passage of House Resolution No. 247, was agreed to and the resolution was lost.

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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 629. A bill to be entitled an Act to provide for four terms of Superior Court of Green County.
House Bill No. 669. A bill to confer additional powers upon the City of Brunswick in relation to streets and highways and the issuance of bonds.
House Bill No. 670. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Brunswick and to confer certain powers therein.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, tO-wit:
Senate Bill No. 167. A bill to enable electric street, surburban or interurban railroad companies to acquire, own and hold capital stock and operate motor busses and trackless trolleys.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Milner of Dodge-

A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 260. That when the House adjourn tO-day it stand adjourned until 9:00 o'clock A. M. Tuesday, and

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That when the morning session of the House is adjourned Thursday the House stand adjourned until 8:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Wimberly of Toombs moved that the House now resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House for the purpose of considering House Resolution No. 252.
Mr. Howard of Long moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The motion was lost.
The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
House Resolution No. 261. A resolution extending the privileges of the floor to Mrs. Rachael Don of New Zealand.
The Speaker appointed the following committee to escort Mrs. Don to the Speaker's stand:
Messrs. Covington of Colquitt,
Evans of Warren,
Lyons of Butts,
Mrs. Napier of Bibb.
Mrs. Rachel Don of New Zealand then delivered a short address to the House.
Mr. Wimberly of Toombs moved that the House reconsider its action in .failing to adopt the motion to resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House for the purpose of considerng House Resolution No. 252.
Mr. Russell of Barrow moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
On the motion Mr. Houston of Gwinnett called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was sustained.

MoNDAY, JuLY 14, l9!t4.

The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Anderson Banister Bell Blease Boatwright Braddy Bussey Covington Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Willdnson Duvall Elders Evans of Warren Foy Golden Greer Griffis Harrell Harris Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Sumter

Holden Holton Houston Hulme Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether King Kirkland Knight Latham Linder Lindsey Logan McClure McMullan Mann Mansell Miles Montgomery New Norman of Henry Owen Pafford Penland

Perkins of Habersham Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pitts Pope Price Rutherford Shedd Shettlesworth Smith of Jefferson Spence Stanford Steele Stovall Sutlive Tatum Tippins Warren West Whitworth Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Blackley Boswell Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Camp of Campbell

Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Christopher Collins Copeland Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DeLaperriere

Duncan Dykes
Ellis Evans of Screven Eve Fletcher Fowler Gillen Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick

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Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hines of Decatur Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Johnson of Bacon Jones of Coweta Kempton Langley Loyd Lyons McCrory McCullough McDonald McGarity Maddox

Mayo Meeks Mullis Napier Norman of Colquitt Orr Parker Parrish Phillips of Jasper Pickering Pickren Reville Roberts Robertson Rowe Russell Sapp Singletary

Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Stevens Stone Sweat Toole Trippe Van Landingham Vaughn Way Weaver Whitley Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Winship Wood

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Atkinson of Camden Bennett Bird Bowden Bozeman Callaway Childs Clark Dixon of Jenkins DuBose Ennis

Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Huxford Hyman Jenkins Jones of Cook Jones, W. R. of
Meriwether Jordan Milner Moore Peek

Ayes 77, Nays 92.

Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Riley Rountree Simpson Stanley Stewart Strickland Swindle Turner Tyson Mr. Speaker

The roll call was verified.

On the adoption of the motion to reconsider the Ayes were 77, Nays 92, and the motion was lost.

Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the Senate was taken up for further consideration:

MoNDAY, JULY 14, 19!l4.
By Mr. Garlick of the i 7th-
Senate Bill No. 40. A bill to extend the duties and authority of the Georgia Public S.ervice Commission over public service motor vehicles and for other purposes.
Mr. Bozeman of Worth moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and Senate Bill No. 40 went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Hyman of Washington, W. R. Jones of Meriwether, Stewart of Atkinson, Riley of Sumter, Perkins of Muscogee, and Bowden of McDuffie.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tOmorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
TuESDAY, JuLY 15, 1924.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Hon. Perry T. Knight of Berrien County.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 191 was taken from the table and placed in its appropriate place upon the Calendar.
By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 252 was withdrawn from the Committee of the Whole House and recommitted to the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2.
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 matters under the Rules. 'l. Reports of standing committees. 8. 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 having a local application. 5. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions.

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

By Mr. Hillhouse of Worth-
House Bill No. 816. A bill to provide for a method for the control of the boll weevil.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 817. A bill to incorporate the Denton School District.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 818. A bill to appropriate money to the Tenth District Agricultural School at Granite Hill.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 819. A bill to amend the school laws of the City of Elberton.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Callaway of Putnam-
House Bill No. 8~0. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Eatonton.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Callaway of Putnam-
House Bill No. 821. A bill to amend an Act establishing public schools in the City of Eatonton.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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By Mr. Holton of WilcoxHouse Bill No. 8~~. A bill to prescribe the time of holding
Superior Courts in Wilcox County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
Mr. Turner of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Highways have had under consideration the following bill and resolution of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 6n do pass by substitute. House Resolution No. 190 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, MR. TuRNER of Brooks, Chairman.
Mr. Strickland of Brantley County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 804. House Bill No. 805.

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House Bill No. 737.

Respectfully, STRICKLAND of Brantley, Chairman.

Mr. Haddock of Early County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
House Bill No. 616.
Senate Bill No. 101.
Senate Bill No. 115. Respectfully submitted, HADDOCK of Early, 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 has 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. 715.
Respectfully submitted, GuEss of DeKalb,
By Secretary.

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Mr. Dixon of Jenkins, County Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the 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.
Respectfully submitted,
DixoN of Jenkins,
Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and resolutions, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 629. An Act to provide for four terms for the Superior Court of Greene County.
House Bill No. 669. An Act to confer additional powers upon the City of Brunswick relative to streets, highways and the issuance of bonds.
House Bill No. 670. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Brunswick.
House Bill No. 690. An Act to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Greensboro.
Respectfully submitted, DEFooR of Clayton, Chairman.

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1924.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Harris of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 672. A bill to amend an Act providing an occupation tax on all distributors selling fuels in this State.
By Mr. Haddock of Early-
House Bill No. 737. A bill to change the manner of electing County Commissioners in Early County.
By Mr: Smith of Bryan-
House Bill No. 804. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Bryan County. By Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Bill No. 805. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Bryan County.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolution of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Messrs. DeLaPerriere and Swindle of Jackson-
House Bill No. 786. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Jackson 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 145, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Bill No. 794. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish office of County Treasurer of Bryan 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 146, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. McClure and Pope of Walker--
House Resolution No. 240. A resolution to provide for the relief of certain sureties on bond in Walker County.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by adding at the end of resolution the following words: "upon payment of accrued court costs."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 147' Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to the committee:

By Mr. Johnson of the 24th-
Senate Bill No. 167. A bill to enable street railroad companies to acquire, own or hold bonds or other securities of corporations which own and operate motor buses or trackless trolleys and for other purposes.
Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the Senate was taken up for further consideration:

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By Mr. Garlick of the 17th-
Senate Bill No. 40. A bill to extend the duties and authority of the Georgia Public Service Commission over public service motor vehicles and for other purposes.
Mr. Bozeman of Worth moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. Vaughn of Rockdale-
Amend by adding the following: "And provided that nothing in this Act shall apply to or include co-operative marketing trucks transporting or hauling dairy and or farm products nor to jitneys or automobiles operating promiscuously on different routes, and not operating on regular routes or between fixed termini, nor to school trucks or busses transporting children to and from school."

By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
Amend by striking out the word "and" at the end of line 5 in Section 4 and substituting in lieu thereof the word "or."

On the question of agreeing to the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, Mr. Wood 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.:

Adams of Towns Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Barrett Bell Bird

Boatwright Brannen Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Collins

Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry DeLaperriere

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Dixon of Jenkins Duvall Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Hancock Fowler Guess. Haddock Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee

Kempton Langlfly McCullough McDonald McMullan Mayo Milner Moore Mullis Napier Norman of Colquitt Parker Parrish Pickren Rountree Sapp Singletary

Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Steele Stone Sutlive Sweat Toole Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Weaver Wilson Wingate Winship Wood

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Anderson Arnold Bandy Banister Beck Blease Blackley Boswell Bozeman Braddy Branch Burgin Burt Carr Carter Christopher Clark Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan

Evans of Screven Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Houston Howard of Long Hulme Huxford Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd

Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Jordan King Kirkland Knight Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity Maddox Mansell Meeks Miles Montgomery New Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Peek

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Penland Perkins of Habersham Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pitts Price Reville Roberts Robertson Russell Rutherford

Shedd Shettlesworth Spence Stanford Stanley Stevens Stewart Stovall Strickland Tatum Tippins Trippe Turner

Tyson Way West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Bennett Bowden Childs DuBose Dykes Fortson Holden Howard of Screven

Hyman Jones of Cook Jones, W. R. of
Meriwether Mann Perkins of Muscogee Perryman

Pope Riley Rowe Simpson Smith of Lamar Swindle Mr. Speaker

Ayes 70, Nays 115.

The roll call was verified.

On the question of agreeing to the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, the Ayes were 70, Nays 115; the report of the committee was disagreed to, and the bill was lost.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, tO-wit:
Senate Bill No. 187. A bill to amend Section 4128 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to property sold but not to pass until payment in full of the purchase money.

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Senate Bill No. 181. A bill to amend sub-paragraph 1 of Section 5858 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to persons testifying in certain cases.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 665. A bill to consolidate and supersede the several Acts incorporating the City of Cartersville in the County of Bartow and for other purposes.
House Bill No. 735. A bill to amend an Act approved July 19, 1920, entitled an Act to establish the Criminal Court of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 749. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Cobb County.
Mr. Mann of Glynn arose and addressed the House on a point of personal privilege.
Mr. New of Laurens arose and addressed the House on a point of personal privilege.

Under orders of the day the following bill of the Senate was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Smith of the 23rd-
Senate Bill No. 163. A bill to create Peach County and for other purposes.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette 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.

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The bill involving a constitutional amendment the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Collins Copeland Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Jenkins

Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Colquitt Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Gillen Griffis Griner Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Head Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Hulme
Jenkins
Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Kempton King Kirkland Logan Loyd

Lyons McClure McCrory McCullough McDonald McMullan Maddox Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Orr Pafford Parker Parrish Penland Perkins of Habersham Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Roberts Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary

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Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of .Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stewart Stone Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum

Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Van Landingham Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Williams

Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Aubrey Christopher Olark Covington Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeLaperrtere Duncan Evans of Screven Foy Golden Grovenstein Hatcher of Muscogee

Hillhouse Houston Huxford .Tones, A. D. of
Meriwether .Tones W. R. of
Meriwether .Jordan Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey

McGarity Milner Norman of Henry Owen Peek Robertson Sapp Stanford Steele Stevens Stovall Tyson Vaughn

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Bowden Childs Dixon of Wllldnson DuBose Greer Hatcher of Burke

Howard of Screven

Hyman

.Tones of Floyd

Mann

Perkins of Muscogee

Perryman



Ayes 151, Nays 37.

Riley Simpson Stanley Swindle Whitworth Mr. Speaker

The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 151, Nays 37.
The bill having received the requisite two-third majority of all members elected to the House was passed.

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Mr. Knight of Berrien arose and addressed the House on a point of personal privilege.

Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn until next Thursday morning at 10:00 o'clock and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Arnold of Lumpkin, Swindle of Jackson, Wright ofJones, Pafford of Lanier, Norman of Colquitt, Cumming of Richmond, Hines of Decatur, Haddock of Early, and Smith of Lamar.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until next Thursday morning at 10:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

THURSDAY, JuLY 17, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Mr. Hatcher of Burke moved that the call of the roll be dispensed with and the motion was lost.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell

Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wllkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia

Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme

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Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R. of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCullough McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore

Mullis

Smith of Lamar

Napier

. Spence

New

Stanford

Norman of Colquitt Stanley

Norman of Henry

Steele

Orr

Stevens

Owen

Stewart

Parker

Stone

Parrish

Stovall

Peek

Strickland

Penland

Sutlive

Perkins of Habersham Sweat

Perkins of Muscogee Tatum

Perryman

Tippins

Peterson

Toole

Phillips of Telfair

Trippe

Pickering

Turner

Pickren

Tyson

Pitts

Van Landingham

Pope

Vaughn

Price

Warren

Reville

Way

Roberts

Weaver

Robertson

West

Rountree

Whitley

Rowe

Williams

Russell

Wilson

Rutherford

Wimberly of Laurens

Sapp

Wimberly of Toombs

Shedd

Wimberly of Twiggs

Shettlesworth

Wingate

Simpson

Winship

Singletary

Wood

Smith of Bryan

Woodruff

Smith of Fulton

Worthy

Smith of Jefferson

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

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By Mr. Pope of Wa_lker-
House Resolution No. :t62. A resolution extending the thanks of the General Assembly to the University of Georgia and its Branches for hospitality and entertainment on yesterday, July 16, 19:t4.
Under Rule 199 Mr. Knight of Berrien gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the committee be instructed to report House Bill No.4 back to the House.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:
I. Instruction of new matter under the rules.
2. Reports of standing committees.
3. Reading of House and Senate bills, favorably reported, the second time.
4. Passage of uncontested local House and Senate bills and general House and Senate bills having a local application.
5. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Bill No. 143. A bill to render the estates of decedents primarily liable for the expense of last illness and for funeral expenses.
Senate Bill No. :t07. A bill to regulate and limit the argument of counsel in all civil and criminal cases in City Courts and Superior Courts of the State of Georgia.

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Senate Bill No. 210. A bill t~ repeal an Act creating a Service Bureau.

Senate Bill No. 2I!l. A bill to extend the time for filing demurrers to pleas in the several courts.

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

By Mr. Stewart of Atkinson-
House Bill No. 8!l3. A bill to create a new charter for the Town of Willacoochee and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Copeland of Lowndes and Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 824. A bill to appropriate the sum of $!l5,000.00 for an additional emergency appropriation for the military establishment of the State and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 825. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Palmetto and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Jenkins of Wheeler-
House Bill No. 826. A bill to provide the time for holding the Superior Courts in Wheeler County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. DeFoor of ClaytonHouse Bill No. 827. A bill to amend Code of Georgia of

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1910 relative to fixing the compensation of Attorney-General of assistant and of stenographer and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.
By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of FultonHouse Bill No. 828. A bill to repeal all laws of College Park
passed and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Reville and Rowe of RichmondHouse Bill No. 829. A bill to amend the charter of Augusta
and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Reville and Rowe of RichmondHouse Bill No. 830. A bill to regulate public instruction
in the County of Richmond and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Wood of Fulton and othersHouse Bill No. 831. A bill to amend the General Tax Act
of 1924 relative to the provision for persons, firms, or corporations engaged in the "Yau-Drive-l t-Yourself System" and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By Mr. Arnold of LumpkinHouse Bill No. 832. A bill to revise the laws of the State of
Georgia with reference to committments to the Georgia State Sanitarium and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Georgia State Sanitarium.

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By Mr. Eve of Chatham-
House Bill No. 888. A bill to permit Mutual Fire Insurance Companies organized under the laws of Georgia to issue and sell surplus fund or guarantee fund certificates and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Dykes of Dooly-
House Bill No. 834. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Vienna and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporation.

By Mr. Vaughn of Rockdale-
House Resolution No. 263. A resolution to relieve J. F. Hill and J. B. Robinson as securities on bond.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

Mr. Haddock of Early County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. I, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Agriculture No. I 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. 784.
Respectfully submitted,
HADDOCK of Early,
Chairman.

Mr. Mann of Glynn County; Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following 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. 784.
Respectfully submitted,
MANN of Glynn,
Chairman.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 817.
Respectfully submitted,
ELDERS of Tattnall,
Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:

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House Bill No. 798.

House Bill No. 820.

House Bill No. 821.

House Bill No. 814.

House Bill No. 779.

House Bill No. 815.

Respectfully submitted,



PICKREN of Charlton,

Chairman.

Mr. W. R. Jones of Meriwether 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 Senate and House bill and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill Bo. 52.
House Bill No. 757.
House Bill No. 7 46.
House Bill No. 119. Respectfully submitted,
W. R. JoNES of Meriwether,
Chairman.

Mr. DeF~r of Clayton County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 2 have had under consideration the following 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. 252.

Respectfully submitted,

DEFooR of Clayton,

Chairman.



Mr. Tyson of Mcintosh County, Chairman of the Com mittee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bill of the House 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. 740.
Respectfully submitted,
TYsON of Mcintosh,
Chairman.

Mr. Stewart of Atkinson County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as chairman to report the same back to the

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House with the recommendat!on that the same do pass as amended:
House Bill No. 802.

Respectfully submitted,.
STEWART of Atkinson,
Chairman .

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary Committee 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 have instructed me as chairman, to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 772 do pass.
House Bill No. 727 do pass.
House Bill No. 797 do pass.
House Bill No. 796 do pass.
House Bill No. 750 do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 614 do not pass.

Respectfully submitted, HATCHER of Muscogee, Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

Your 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 BilrNo. 735. An Act to amend an Act creating the

Criminal Court of Atlanta, relative to the increase of salarv

of Judge of said Court.



House Bill No. 749. An Act to change the ti'lle ofholding the Superior Court of Cobb County.
Respectfully submitted, DEFooR of Clayton, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 119. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the introduction of special bills in the General Assembly and for other purposes.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Bill No. 727. A bill to require notices of Liens for Internal Revenue Taxes due the United States and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Kempton, Smith and Wood of Fulton-
House Bill No. 734. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Hapeville.

By Mr. Grovenstein of Effingham-
House Bill No. 740. A bill to prohibit the hunting of wild turkeys with the use of dogs and for other purposes.

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By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve, and Sutlive of Chatham and others-
House Bill No. 746. A bill to amend the Constitution to create the Coastal Highway District to be composed of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn and Camden Counties and for other purposes.
By Mr. Head of Cobb and others-
House Bill No. 750. A bill to provide for jury commissioners and for other purposes.
By Messrs. Flemming of Hancock, Copeland of Lowndes and others-
House Bill No. 757. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to Superior Court Justices.
By Mr. Bird of Taliaferro-
Hause Bill No. 779. A bill to amend the charter of Crawfordville, Ga.

By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 796. A bill to amend an Act approved March 28, 1917, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 797. A bill to exempt from claims of creditors of. the insured all life insurance policies and for other purposes.

By Mr. Harris of Jefferson and Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 772. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to taxpayers becoming a party for the validation of bonds.

By Mr. Daniel of Troup-
House Bill No. 798. A bill to amend and Act creating a new charter for the City of LaGrange and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 802. A bill to amend an Act known as the "Georgia Workman's Compensation Act."

By Messrs. Stanford and Copeland of Lowndes~ House Bill No. 814. A bill to amend the charter of Valdosta.

By Mr. Pickering of Murray-
House Bill No. 815. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Tennga.

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 817. A bill to incorporate the Denton School District.

By Mr. Callaway of Putnam-
House Bill No. 820. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Eatonton and for other purposes.

By Mr. Callaway of Put am-
House Bill No. 821. A bill to amend an Act authorizing the Mayor and Council of Eatonton to establish a system of public schools.
By Mr. Wimberly of ToombsHause Resolution. A resolution to investigate the Public
Service Commission.

By Mr. Munday of the 38th-
Senate Bill No. 52. A bill to amend the Constitution prov.iding for Biennial Sessions of the General Assembly of Georgta.
By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed .upon their passage:

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By Mr. Haddock of Early-
House Bill No. 787. A bill to change manner of electing County Commissioners of Early 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 189, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Bill No. 804. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bryan County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 188, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Bill No. 805. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bryan County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 187, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

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By Mr. Boyd of the 19th-
Senate Bill No. 143. A bill to render the estate of decedents primarily liable for the expense of last illness and for funeral expenses and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 181. A bill to amend sub-paragraph 1 of Section 5858 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910, relative to testimony of opposite party in his own favor against insane or deceased person.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th.:_
Senate Bill No. 187. A bill to amend Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to property sued but not to pass until payment in full of the purchase money.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Mason of the 30th-
Senate Bill No. 207. A bill to regulate and limit the argument of counsel in all ciyil and criminal cases in the City Courts and Superior Courts of this State and for other pu;poses.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. King of the 11thSenate Bill No. 210. A bill to repeal an :\ct creating a
Service Bureau approved August 20, 1923. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By Mr. Stovall of the 29thSenate Bill No. 212. A bill to extend the time for filing

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demurrers to pleas in the several courts. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

Under orders of the day the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 86. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to the taking of deposition of a competent witness in certain cases and for other purposes.
Mr. Lindsey of Wilkes moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The following substitute of the House was read a~d adopted:

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-

A BILL.
To he entitled an Act to amend Section 5858 of Code of Georgia, relative to the competency of witnesses by adding an additional sub-section providing that depositions of witnesses taken while both parties to apending suit are competent to testify, shall be admissible in evidence upon the trial of such cause, and for other purposes.
Section I. The General Assembly of Georgia, hereby amends Section 5858 of the Code of Georgia, by adding .thereto an additional sub-section to read as follows:
"Sec. 8. The plaintiff of defendant in any case now pending or which may be hereafter brought may take and preserve his own testimony by interrogatories or depositions while both parties are in life and competent to testify and such depositions or interrogatories shall he admissible in evidence upon the trial of such case, notwithstanding the death of either party.

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In the trial of such case the opposite party shall be competent to testify in rebuttal to the testimony contained m such depositions or interrogatories."
Sec. 2. All laws in conflict with this Act are 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 by substitute the Ayes were 116, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Messrs. Wimberly of Toombs and Tyson of Mcintosh-
House Bill No. 49. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to tax upon incomes.
By unanimous consent the bill was tabled.

By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 59. A bill to authorize the Chairman and Secretaries of local boards of trustees to administer oaths to teachers in this State and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 105, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Holton of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 67. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 rela-:tive to Tax Collectors and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent the bill was tabled.

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By Mr. Maddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 70. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to bonds to reconvey given to secure a debt.

The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Harrell of Stewart-
Amend by striking out the word "given" in line 17 of Section 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "necessary."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 104, Nays 5.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. Houston of Gwinett moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Harrell of Stewart gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 36.
By Messrs. Copeland and Stanford of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 73. A bill to require all revenue of the State collected by any department, commission, bureau, or State agency to be paid into the State Treasury and paid out on warrant drawn by the Governor on appropriations made by the General Assembly and for other purposes.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

. The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:

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By Mr. Copeland of Lowndes-
Amend by inserting in the second line of the caption after the word "collected" and before the word "to" the words "except as otherwise herein provided."

By Mr. Copeland of Lowndes-
Amend by adding an additional section after Section 2 of said hill to he numbered Section 8, providing as follows:
"Sec. S. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the judicial department of State nor shall the same have any application to the schools and colleges of the State."

By Mr. Copeland of Lowndes-
Amend by adding an additional section, after Section S above provided, to he numbered Section 4, as follows:
"Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that wherever by Act of Congress conditions have been or may he prescribed for matching Federal Aid by State funds, and such conditions are in conflict with the provisions of this Act, then the department or bureau or agency of this State having to do with such Federal Aid and collecting funds with which to match said Federal Aid, may and it is hereby authorized to withhold from depositing in the treasury an amount sufficient for matching such Federal Aid, but all other funds belonging to the State collected by such department, bureau or agency of the State shall he paid into the State Treasury as hereinbefore provided."

By Mr. Copeland of LowndesAmend by renumbering Section S to read Section 5.
By Mr. Copeland of LowndesAmend by adding an additional section, to be numbered
Section 6 and to he as follows:

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"Sec. 6. The provisions of this A~t shall become effective on and after the first day of January, 1926."

By Mr. Copeland of Lowndes-
Amend by renumbering Section 4 to read Section 7.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 127, Nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.
Mr. Sutlive of Chatham arose and addressed the House on a point of personal privilege.
Mr. Bennett of Dodge arose and addressed the House on a point of personal privilege.
Mr. Duncan of Houston arose and addressed the House on a point of personal privilege.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. King of Clay, Blease of Brooks, Trippe of Bartow, Evans of Warren, Jones of Cook, Turner of Brooks, Hatcher of Muscogee, Tatum of Dade, Howa,rd of Long, Jones of Coweta, Fletcher of Irwin, Howard of Chattahoochee, Owen of Pike, Callaway of Putnam, and Moore of Appling.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned untii this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.

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3:00 o'clock P. M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.

The following resolution was read:

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Resolution No. 264. A resolution to invite Hon. Harry F. Atwood to deliver an address to the House and for other purposes.
Mr. Wimberly of Laurens moved that the resolution be tabled and the motion was lost.
Mr. Wimberly of Laurens moved the previous question.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost.
The motion for the previous question prevailed.
Mr. Wimberly of Toombs moved that the resolution be tabled and the motion was lost.
The main question was ordered.
The resolution was adopted.

Under orders of the day the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:
By Messrs. Mann of Glynn and Elders of Tattnall-
House Bill No. 81. A bill to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline, benzines and napthas, to provide for test, for standards of purity and quality and for other purposes:

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Mr. Moore of Appling moved that the hill be postponed until next Tuesday, July 22, 1924.
Mr. Dykes of Dooly moved that the hill be tabled and the motion was lost.
The motion that the hill be postponed until next Tuesday prevailed.
By uanimous consent 300 copies of House Bill No. 81 were ordered printed for the use of the members of the House.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 88. A hill to provide for the incorporation of credit unions and for other purposes.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn until tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 88 went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Carter of Echols and Perryman of Talbot.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

FRIDAY, jULY 18, 19U.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

Mr. Warren of Washington moved that the call of the roll be dispensed with and the motion was lost.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Christopher Collins Copeland

Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden

Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether
Jones, w. R., of
Meriwether

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.Jordan Kempton Xing Kirkland Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Miles Milner Montgomery Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Orr Parker Parrish

Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Phillips of .Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of .Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence

Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Toole Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Weaver West Whitley Williams Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

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

.Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolutions of the Senate, to-wit:

Senate Resolution No. 74. A resolution to create a Joint Tax Committee of the House and Senate.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the House as amended, tO-wit:

JoURNAL OF THE HousE,
House Resolution No. 262. A resolution to extend thanks to the State University and its branches for the entertainment ofJuly 16, 1924.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 26. To declare the law in regard to negotiable instruments, and adopting in regard thereto the Uniform Negotiable Instrument Act.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
~Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 607. To amend an Act incorporating the Mayor and Council of the City of Savannah.
House Bill No. 621. To amend the charter of the City of Colquitt.
House Bill No. 673. To establish the City Court of Alina in Bacon County.
House Bill No. 733. To provide for holding three terms of the Superior Court of Irwin County each year.
House Bill No. 756. To amend the Act to create and establish a new charter for the City of Gordon, approved August 21, 1916.
Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:
I. Introduction of new matter under the rules.
2. Reports of standing committees.
8. 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 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. Pitts of Gordon-
House Bill No. 835. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Gordon County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Johnson of Bacon-
House Bill No. 836. A bill to amend an Act creating a new ~harter for the Town of Alma and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Logan of BanksHouse Bill No. 837. A bill to prescribe the power and duty

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of Ordinary or County Commissioners or other authorities having charge of public highways and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Messrs. Guess, Steele and Woodruff of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 838. A bill to amend an Act increasing the salary of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of DeKalb County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 839. A bill to prevent the use of the United States Flag for advertising purposes.
Referred to Committee on State of Republic.
By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Bill No. 840. A bill to prohibit females and minor males from working in manufacturing and industrial plants between the hours of nine p. m. and five a. m.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Maddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 841. A bill to provide funds for equipment at the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station in Spalding County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Bennett of Dodge-
House Bill No. 842. A bill to make it a misdemeanor for sleeping car companies or steam railroad companies operating in the State to charge or receive a sur-charge.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 'L

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By Mr. Holden of Clarke and others-
House Bill No. 843. A bill to provide for an occupation tax upon manufacturers or sellers of fountain syrups of the kinds used in manufacturing or compounding soft drinks and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Boatright and Rountree of Emanuel and Wim berly of Toombs-
Hause Resolution No. 265. A resolution appropriating and authorizing the Governor to re-imburse the merchants of the various counties of Georgia who paid certain cigarette and tobacco taxes and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Resolution No. 266. A resolution relative to creating a Department of Education.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Resolution No. ~67. A resolution that House Bill No. 215 be made a special and continuing order for Tuesday, July ~2, 1924.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Perkins of Habersham-
House Resolution No. ~68. A resolution that House Resolution No. ~4~ be made a special and continuing order for July
~3, 1924.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Wimberly of ToombsHause Resolution No. ~70. A resolution that House Reso-



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lution No. 252 be made a special order for Thursday, July
24, 1924.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

Mr. Fleming of Hancock County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Library, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Library have had under consideration the following bill of the 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. 196.
Respectfully submitted,
FLEMING of Hancock,
Chairman.

Mr. Fleming of Hancock County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Library, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Library 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. 218.
Respectfully submitted,
FLEMING of Hancock,
Chairman.

Mr. Fleming of Columbia County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:



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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Municipal Government have had under consideration the following 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. 825.
Respectfully submitted,
FLEMING of Columbia,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. McClure of Walker County, Chairman of the Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 708.
Respectfully submitted,
McCLURE of Walker,
.Chairman.

Mr. Moore of Appling County, Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Privileges and Elections have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:

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Senate Bill No. 73. House Bill No. 793.

Respectfully submitted, MooRE of Appling, Chairman.

Mr. W. R. Jones of Meriwether 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 following recommendation:
House Bill No. 662 cio pass.
House Bill No. 728 do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted,
JoNES, W. R., of Meriwether,
Chairman.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the 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:

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House Bill No. 748.

Respectfully submitted, DixoN of Jenkins, Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman ofWorth County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committeeon Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 8~~.
Respectfully submitted,
BozEMAN of Worth,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and resolutions, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 665. An Act to consolidate, supersede the Acts incorporating the City of Cartersville by empowering said city to improve its streets, sidewalks, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

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By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Messrs. Holton of Wilcox and Jordan of Pulaski-
House Bill No. 662. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the qualified voters and for other purposes.

By Mr. Harris of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 708. A bill to revise the laws of this State relative to the composition of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 728. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to limitations of debts upon the Counties, Municipalities, or Political Subdivisions, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 748. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Bartow County and for other purposes.

By Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Bill No. 793. A bill to prohibit independent candidates who bolt the regular primary nomination of their respective political parties and for other purposes.

By Mr. Holton of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 822. A bill to prescribe the time for holding Superior Courts in the County of Wilcox.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 825. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Palmetto and for other purposes.

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By Miss Kempton of Fulton and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Resolution No. 218. A resolution relative to the study of the Constitution in all public schools and colleges of the State.

By Mr. Moore of the 7th-
Senate Bill No. 73. A bill to allow voters absent from their voting places to vote by registered mail.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 196. A bill to provide for the establishment of public libraries by counties and municipalities and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 734. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Hapeville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 158, Nays 0.
The bill having receiveq the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Bird of Taliaferro-
Hause Bill No. 779. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Crawfordville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 150, Nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Daniel ofTroup-
House Bill No. 798. A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of LaGrange.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 157, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Stanford and Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 814. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Valdosta.
The report 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. Pickering of MurrayHouse Bill No. 815. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating
Town of Tennga. The report of the committee, which was favorable 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 ma-
jority was passed.
By Mr. Linder of Jeff DavisHouse Bill No. 817. A bill to incorporate Denton School
District.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 155, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Calloway of Putnam-
House Bill No. 820. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Eatonton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 154, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Calloway of Putnam-
House Bill No. 821. A bill to amend an Act to establish and maintain a system of public schools for City of Eatonton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 152, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional rna- jority was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bill and resolution of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:
-By Messrs. Johns of the 27th, Kennedy of the 49th and others-
Senate Bill No. 26. A bill to declare the law in regard to ~egotiable instruments and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

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By Mr. Hamby of the 40th-
Senate Resolution No. 74. A resolution to create a JOint tax committee and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 164 was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Wimberly of Toombs-
Hause Resolution No. 269. A resolution extending the thanks of the House to the Chatham Delegation and the City of Savannah for the entertainment on last night.

The following resolution of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering a Senate amendment thereto:
By Mr. Pope of Walker-
House Resolution No. 262. A resolution extending thanks to the State University and its Branches for entertainment on July 16, 1924.

The following amendment of the Senate was read and adopted:

Amend by inserting between the words "thanks" and "for"

in line 8 the words "to the City of Athens" and amend caption

according! y.



Mr. Stovall of Elbert moved that Senate Bill No. 92 be taken from the table; the motion prevailed, and the bill was placed in its appropriate place upon the Calendar.

Mr. Harrell of Stewart moved that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 86.

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Mr. Perkins of Muscogee moved the previous question; the motion p.revailed, and the main question was ordered.
The motion to reconsider was lost.

Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-

House Bill No. 88. A bill to provide for the incorporation

of credit unions and for other purposes.



By unanimous consent the bill was tabled.

Under the regular order of business the following bill of the House was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration.
By Mr. Huxford of Clinch-
House Bill No. 89. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to school districts including towns.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that action on the bill be postponed until next Tuesday and the motion was lost.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adJourn until next Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 89 went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Sutlive of Chatham, Banister of Thomas, Wimberly of Laurens, Linder of Jeff Davis, Holton of Wilcox, Gillen of Oconee, McCrory of Schley, Hines of Sumter, Boatright of Emanuel, Knight of Berrien and Wimberly of Twiggs.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

MoNDAY, JuLY 21, 19U.

The House of Representa,tives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox

Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders
Ell1s
Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein

Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Jenkins Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley

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Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Moore Mullis Napier New ~orman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek

Penland Perkins of Habersham :perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Roberts Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele

Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Vaug_hn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proc~edings was dispensed with.

The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was withdrawn from the Committee on County and County Matters, read the second time, and recommitted:

By Mr. Pitts of GordonHouse Bill No. 835. A bill to amend an Act to create a

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Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Gordon.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-

A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 271. Whereas, Miss Martha Berry of Floyd County, Georgia, has, for twenty-two years, devoted her time, energies and talents to the education of the youth of this State, and especially those residing in locations where educational facilities are below the average; and
Whereas, during this time she has created an institution which now possesses a large domain, has erected ninety buildings, has an average enrollment of about six hundred and fifty students, has procured donations to the current expense fund averaging in excess of one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars per year for many years, has procured an endowment of a fair sum of money, and has inspired and continues to inspire those who fall under the charm of her presence with her own high ideals of life and citizenship. All of this work has been done by Miss Berry throughout these years, not only without pecuniary compensation, but at pecuniary sacrifice.
Therefore, be it resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that this State does now recognize the splendor of Miss Berry's work, the fineness of her character, the unselfishness of her ambitions; and, in appreciation of her life and work, she is now declared to be a Distinguished Citizen.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes pericd of u~animous consents:
I. Introduction of new matter under the rules.
2. Reports of standing committees.

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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 having a local application.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were in traduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:

By Messrs. Wood, Smith and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 844. A bill to change method of compensation of certain officers in counties of more than 200,000 population.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Wood of Fulton-
House Bill No. 845. A bill to amend an Act establishing new charter for City of Atlanta relative to leasing of water works.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
House Bill No. 846. A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of Superior Court of Houston County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 847. A bill to amend .an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Arnold of LumpkinHouse Bill No. 848. A bill to amend Constitution relative

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to changing method of compensation of members of General Assembly.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. McCollough of Troup and others-
House Bill No. 849. A bill.to regulate the business of fire and casualty insurance companies in this State.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 850. A bill to provide for the granting of licenses to wholesale and retail dealers of tobacco products.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Reville, Rowe and Cumming of Richmond-
House Bill No. 851. A bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in the County of Richmond.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Barrett of Stephens-
House Bill No. 852. A bill to amend an Act establishing consolidated schools so as to provide for the maintenance of said schools.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Daniel of Troup-
House Bill No. 853. A bill to create a new charter for the City of Hogansville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Daniel of TroupHouse Bill No. 854. A bill to amend an Act creating a new

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charter for City of LaGrange. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Stanford and Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 855. A bill to provide two shifts for firemen in cities of population of more than ten thousand.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock and Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 856. A bill to amend Penal Code of 1910 relative to members of Military Department exempt from jury duty, etc.
Referred to Committee on Military affairs.

By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 857. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to admission of evidence in certain cases.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
House Bill No. 858. A bill to repeal an Act establishing a City Court of Houston County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Culpepper of Fayette and Barrett of Stephens-
House Bill No. 859. A bill to provide for dispositions of costs in Superior Courts and Courts of Appeals.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 860. A bill to amend an Act creating a charter for City of Albany.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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By Mr. Moore of ApplingHouse Bill No. 861. A bill to amend an Act creating a
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
House Resolution No. 272. A resolution setting Bill No. 141 as a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

House

Mr. DeFoor, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:

Your 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. 756. An Act toamend an Act to create and establish a new charter for the City of Gordon.
House Bill No. 607. An Act to amend an Act creating and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, so as to provide for a Commission Form of Government.
House Bill No. 621. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Colquitt.
House Bill No. 673. An Act to establish the City Court of Alma.

Respectfully submitted, DEFooR of Clayton, Chairman.

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Mr. Strickland of Brantley -county, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following hill 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. 732.
Respectfully submitted, STRICKLAND of Brantley, Vice-Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following hill of the House, favorably reported by the committee, was read the second time:
By Mr. Kirkland of MillerHouse Bill No. 73~. A bill to amend an Act to create a
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County.
By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Messrs. Trippe and Aubrey of BartowHouse Bill No. 748. A hill to create the office of Commis-
sioner of Roads and Revenues for Bartow County and for other purposes.
The following committee amendments were read and adopted:

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Amend by striking from Section I, line 3 of said bill the figures "1925" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "1927."
Amend by striking from Section 2, line 3 of said bill the figures "1924" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "1926."
Amend by striking from Section 3, line 3 of said bill the figures "1925" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "1927."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended, the Ayes were 105, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Holton of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 822. A bill to prescribe the time for holding Superior Court in the County of Wilcox-
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 825. A bill to amend the charter for the Town of Palmetto.
The report 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.

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Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration:
By Mr. Huxford of Clinch-
House Bill No. 89. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to school districts including towns.
By unanimous consent the bill was withdrawn from the House.

Mr. Milner of Dodge County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr; Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules 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 Bill No. !!57. Amending Rule 177, so as to exclude legislative agents from the privilege of the floor.
Respectfully submitted,
MILNER of Dodge,
Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committee on Rules, which was favorable to the adoption of House Resolution No. 258, was adopted.
The following resolution of the House, favorably reported by the Committee on Rules, was read and adopted and the Rules of the House amended according to the provisions contained therein:
By Messrs. Linder of Jeff Davis and Evans of Screven-
A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 258. Be it resolved by the House that Rule 177 be amended as follows: By adding at the end

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of said rule the following: "Provided that no person shall be admitted on the Floor of the House who is engaged in lobbying or attempting to influence legislation."

Mr. Milner of Dodge County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the preparation of a Calendar and have instructed me as Chairman to report to the House with the recommendation that the following Calendar be fixed as a special and continuing order for consideration immediately after the period of unfinished business:
House Resolution No. 242. Recommending to Congress the creation of a National Park.
House Resolution No. 230. Senate Amendment to child labor amendment to Constitution of United States.
Respectfully submitted,
MILNER of Dodge,
Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committee on Rules was adopted and the order of business contained therein established.

The following resolution of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Perkins of Habersham-
House Resolution No. 242. A resolution to urge our Congressmen and Senators to use their best efforts to have a National Park located in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee.
The following committee substitute was read and adopted:

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By Mr. Perkins of Habersham and others-

A RESOLUTION.
Whereas, our National Congress has taken or is likely to take steps to create, locate and open a National Park in the Southern Appalachian Mountains;
Therefore, be it resolved, by the House, the Senate concurring, that we urge our Congressmen and Senators to use their best efforts in having such park created, located and laid out in the Southern Appalachian Mountains where the states of Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee join.
Resolved further, That we commend and approve the efforts -of the Southern Appalachian Park Association, and kindred organizations, for their efforts in the promotion and creation -of additional parks by our National Government in the Southern Appalachian Mountains to the end that there may be mobilization of out-of-doors recreation and nature conservation for the promotion of the health, happiness, and prosperity of the people.
Resolved further, That a copy of this resolution be furnished to the President of the United States, Secretary of Interior, to the clerks respectively of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, and also to the United States Senators and Congressmen of Georgia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution by substitute the Ayes were 106, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.
By unanimous consent the resolution was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

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The following resolution of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was taken up for the purpose of considering a Senate amendment thereto:

By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
House Resolution No. 280. A resolution rejecting amendments to Article 20 of the Constitution of the United States relating to child labor.
Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
Mr. Barrett of Stephens moved that the House agree to the Senate substitute and the motion was lost.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the House disagree to the Senate substitute and the motion prevailed.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 197. A bill to establish aCityCourtofthe County of Fannin.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Resolution No. 92. A resolution of appreciation of the life _and citizenship of Martha Berry.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 770. A bill to amend an Act establishing the Municipal Court of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 659. A bill to make it legal for the Superior Court Judges of Fulton County to preside for the City Court Judges of Atlanta and for other purposes.

The following bill of the Senate was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:
By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 30. A bill to prohibit the making, drawing, altering, or delivery of any check, draft or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository without funds to pay same and for other purposes.
Mr. Fleming of Hancock moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Knight of Berrien-
Amend by striking the word "alter" in the caption and in the bill wherever the word occurs and substitute the word "utter" instead in the caption and in the bill.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended Mr. Hines of Decatur called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was sustained.
The roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Barrett Bell Bennett Bowden Bozeman Branch Burgin Burt Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Cox Cumming Curry Davis of Thomas _DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Duvall Dykes Eve Fleming of Hancock Fowler Greer Griner Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harris Harrison Hillhouse Hines of Sumter

Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hulme Jenkins Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Knight Langley Latham Lindsey Lyons McClure McCrory McDona.d Mann Mansell Mayo Miles Milner Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford

Penland Perkins of Habersham Perryman Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Reville Roberts Robertson Russell Sapp
Shedd Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of t.amar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stone Strickland Sweat Toole Turner Vaughn Weaver West Whitworth Williams Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Anderson Aubrey Bandy

Beck Boswell Brannen

Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbe

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Camp of Coweta Cbilds Covington Culpepper Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeFoor DuBose Elders Ellis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren

Foy Golden Griffis Haddock Head Holden Huxford Johnson of Forsyth Kirkland Linder McMullan Meeks

Peek Price Rutherford Shettlesworth Stewart Stovall Tatum Trippe Way Wimberly of Toombs Wingate

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Banister Bird Blease Bleckley Boatwright Braddy Carr Carter Daniel of Heard Dixon of Jenkins Ennis Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Fortson Gillen Harrell Hatcher of Burke

Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of Decatur Holton Howard of Long Hyman Johnson of Bacon Logan Loyd McCullough McGarity Maddox Montgomery Parker Parrish Perkins of Muscogee Phillips of Jasper Riley

Rountree Rowe Simpson Smith of Bryan Sutlive Swindle Tippins Tyson Van Landingham Warren Whitley Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Twiggs Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 118, Nays 44.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were llS, Nays 44.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that for the remainder of the session, unless otherwise ordered by the House, individual

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speeches be limited to 15 minutes, except authors of bills be allowed 30 minutes, and the motion prevailed.

Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that during the remainder of the session, unless otherwise ordered by the House, the House meet every morning at 9:00 o'clock and the motion prevailed.

Mr. Huxford of Clinch moved that the House do now adjourn until this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.

Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Daniel of Heard,

Wilson of Walton and Smith of Bryan.



The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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TuESDAY, JuLY 22, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant tO. adjournment this day at 10:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Hon. Folks Huxford of Clinch County.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowden. Bozeman. Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter

Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler

Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse mnes of Decatur mnes of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon

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Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier

New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar

Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Vaughn Warren V.ay Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yester~ day's proceedings was dispensed with.

The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent House Bill No. H43 was withdrawn from the House.

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By unanimous consent House Bill No. 768 was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 746 was recommitted to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution.
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 resolution favorably reported, the second time.
: 4. Passage of uncontested local House and 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 9f the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Wilson of Walton-
House Bill No. 862. A bill to appropriate $7,000.00 to University of Georgia, for use of the Fifth District A. & M. School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Miss Kempton and Messrs. Wood and Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 863. A bill to change from salary to the fee system certain offices in certain counties.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. DuBose of Clarke. House Bill No. 864. A bill to allow Clarke County to ap-

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propriate money for maintenance of a hospital to those who need medical attention.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
House Bill No. 865. A bill to allow Clarke County to appropriate money for maintenance of a hospital for tuberculosis patients.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
House Bill No. 866. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Cherokee County.
. Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of Meriwether-
House Bill No. 867. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Bullochville.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 868. A bill to amend an Act creating the City of Manchester.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 869. A bill to repeal all laws incorporating the Village of Warm Springs.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 870. A bill to amend an Act establishing

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the City Court of Greenville and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Toole and Hines of Decatur-
House Bill No. 871. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Bainbridge.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Houston of Gwinett-

House Bill No. 872. A bill to amend an Act to repeal all laws incorporating the Town of Buford.

Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Boswell of Greene and others-



House Resolution No. 273. A resolution to set House Bill No. 725 as a special order.

Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Pitts of Gordon-
House Resolution No. 274. A resolution to set House Bill No. 640 as a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. Bennett of Dodge-

A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 275. Wheras, the farmers of Georgia have been for the past several years trying to work out a plan of diversification of crops, in order that they might become free of the handicap of a one crop system; and,

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Whereas, Great progress has been attained in this respect, it being true that in a great many counties throughout the State, cotton acreage has been reduced to a minimum consistent with modern methods and good judgment in fighting the boll weevil, the remainder of the time of the farmers being devoted to raising food stuffs; and,
Whereas, Notwithstanding much time and great expenditures of money have been devoted to making this change in their system of farming, farmers generally now find themselves confronted with freight rates that are prohibitory in carrying on their work of diversification of crops; it being true that in a great many instances after the freight is paid on the transportation of a carload of vegetables, there is next to nothing left with which to pay for producing the food stuff in making up the shipment, with a result that we find our fat'mers in a greatly discouraged state, due to the fact th~t the net result in a financial way, thus far attained has amounted to little more than to increase the tonnage and earnings of the railroads, with almost a total loss to the farmers.
Therefore be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, the Senate of Georgia concurring, that the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House be directed to immediately .transmit a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of our United States Senators and to each of our Congressmen from Georgia, in order that this frightful condition may be brought directly to the attention of the Georgia Delegation in Congress, that they may proceed at once to bring the matter to the attention of the Interstate Commerce Commission, to the end that such rates may be prescribed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, as will permit the free movement of farm products, growing out of diversified farming, so that it may be possible by thr-ift and industry on the farm for the farmer to be able to make our new system of farming in Georgia of such profit as will warrant not only a continuation of those now engaged in this new system, but such as will be an inspiration to others to adopt the diversification of crops.

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By Mr. Mullis of BleckleyHouse Resolution No. 476. A resolution that the General
Assembly convene in joint session on to-day, July 22, 1924, at 12:00 o'clock noon for the purpose.of hearing an address by Han. Senat,or Walter F. George, and that a committee be appointed to act as an escort.
The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House under the above resolution:
Messrs. Mullis of Bleckley,
Evans of Warren,
Toole of Decatur,
Davis of Floyd,
Pitts of Gordon,
Mrs. Napier of Bibb.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate 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. 677.
House Bill No. 787.
Senate Bill No. 177.
House Bill No. 835.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES A. DIXON of Jenkins, Chairman.

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Mr. Stewart of Atkinson County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bill of the House and 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. 778.
Respectfully submitted,
STEWART of Atkinson,
Chairman.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 813.
Respectfully submitted,
HATCHER of Muscogee,
Chairman.

Mr. Harris of Jefferson County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Vice-Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 169.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRIS of Jefferson,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 823. A Local Bill for the City of Willacoochee.
House Bill No. 834. A local Bill for the City of Vienna.
House Bill No. 836. A Local Bill for the City of Alma.
House Bill No. 854. A Local Bill for the City of LaGrange.
House Bill No. 855. A bill to provide for two shifts for firemen in cities of ten thousand population or more.
Respectfully submitted,
PICKREN of Charlton,
Chairman.

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Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended:
House Bill No. 754, to limit the school tax rate to 10 mills in Richmond County. Respectfully submitted, ELDERS of Tattnall, Chairman.
Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and resolutions, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 659. An Act to make it lawful for the Superior Court Judges of Fulton County to preside for the City Court Judges of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 770. An Act to amend an Act establishing the Municipal Court of Atlanta.
Respectfully submitted, DEFooR of Clayton, Chairman.
By unanimous consent the following bills of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

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By Mr. Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 677. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Glynn County.

By Mr. Cumming of Richmond-
House Bill No. 754. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Education of Richmond County.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood of Fulton-
House Bill No. 778. A bill to require steam roads in this ~tate to equip fire boxes with an automatic door on locomotives.

By Mr. Howard of Long-
House Bill No. 787. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Long County-

By Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 802. A bill to amend an Act known as the Georgia Workman's Compensation Act.

By Miss Kempton and Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 813. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta.

By Mr. Stewart of Atkinson-
House Bill No. 823. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the Town of Willacoochee.

By Dikes of Dooly-

House Bill No. 834. A bill to amend an Act creating the

charter of the City of Vienna.



By Mr. Pitts of Gordon-
House Bill to 835. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Gordon County.

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By Mr. Johnson of Bacon-
House Bill No. 886. A bill to amend an Act creatmg a new charter for the Town of Alma.

By Mr. Daniel of Troup-
House Bill No. 854. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of LaGrange.

By Messrs. Stanford and Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 855. A bill to provide for two shifts of firemen in cities of more than 10,000 population.

By Mr. Carswell of the 21st-
Senate Bill No. 169.. A bill authorizing trustees of the Georgia School of Technology to invest certain funds for construction of faculty apartment house.

By Mr. Gillis of the 16th-
Senate Bill No. 177. A bill to abolish the office of Treasurer of Troupe County.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to. the committee:
By Mr. Chastain of the 41st-
Senate Bill No. 197. A bill to establish a City Court tn the County of Fannin and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee o~ General Judiciary No. 2.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McCla~chey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the requlSlte constitutional majority the following bill of the House, ta-wit:

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House Bill No. 650. A bill to abolish the City Court of Miller County.

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

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, tO-wit:
House Bill No. 747. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Valdosta.
House Bill No. 696. A bill to amend Section 1249 of Code of 1910 so as to add City of Monroe to the list of cities to have State Depositories.
House Bill No. 698. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Jackson in Butts County.
House Bill No. 687. A bill to incorporate Franklin Springs in the County of Franklin.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. ~22. A bill to authorize the Courts of Ordinary in the counties of the State of Georgia, to accept valid bonds from county officials, administrators, executors, guardians, and other persons required to file bonds in said courts and for other purposes.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 786. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Jackson County.
House Bill No. 594. A bill to amend an Act revising and consolidating the several Acts granting and aKending the charter of the City of Griffin; to amend the charter of said city; to declare the rights and powers of said municipality and for other purposes.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 276. A resolution to appoint an escort
for Senator Walter F. George when he addresses a joint ses-
sion of the General Assembly of Georgia on July 22, 1924.
According to the resolution the President of the Senate has appoi.nted Senators Stovall, Gillis and Horn as escorts on said occasiOn.
House Resolution No. 271. A resolution of appreciation of the life and citizenship of Martha Berry.

Mr. Milner of Dodge County, Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the preparation of a calendar and have instructed me as Chairman to report back to the House the following calendar,. to be fixed as a special and continuing order with the recommendation that the same be adopted.

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By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 736. To increase salaries of Judge of Superior Court of Fulton County.

By Mr. Stewart of AtkinsonHouse Bill No. 724. Relative to Tick Eradication.

By Mr. Kirkland of MillerHouse Resolution No. 226. Relieving a bond forfeiture.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Resolution No. 215. Providing for a four year term for the Governor.

By Mr. Camp of CampbellHouse Bill No. 191. To define the crime of arson.

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 624. To authorize investment of county sinking funds.

By Mr. Perkins of MuscogeeHouse Bill No. 157. Electric chair bill.
By Mr. McCroy of SchleySenate Bill No. 386. To amend pony homestead law.
By Mr. Elders of TattnallHouse Bill No. 141. To levy and collect tax on companies
owning railroad cars.

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis-
House Bill No. 639. Providing for change in date ofsession of General Assembly.

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By Mr. Ellis of TiftHouse Bill No. 90. To revise fish and game laws. Respectfully submitted, MII:NER of Dodge, Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committe on Rules was adopted.
The order of business as set out by the Committee on Rules was established and set as a special and continuing order.

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 before the House for consideration:

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 736. A bill to amend an Act to fix the salary of the City Court Judge in certain counties and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 109, Nays 4.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Stewart of Atkinson and Pafford of Lanier-
Hause Bill No. 724. A bill to amend an Act relating to tick eradication in the several counties.
Mr.. Toole of Decatur moved the previous question on the bill and all amendments; 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.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-
House Resolution No. 226. A resolution to relieve bondsmen ofW. I. Moody of Miller County 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 104, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Rowe of Richmond arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Resolution No. 215. A resolution to amend the Constitution so as to change the term of office of the Governor and other State officers from two to four years and for other purposes.
Mr. Covington of Colquitt arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.
The time for hearing the address of United States Senator Walter F. George having arrived House Resolution No. 215 went over as unfinished business with Mr. Harrell of Stewart in possession of the floor.
The hour of 12:00 o'clock Noon having arrived the Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint session, called for the purpose of hearing the address of United States Senator Walter F. George, was called to order by the President of the Senate.

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By order of the President, the resolution calling for the joint session of the General Assembly was read by the Secretary of the Senate.
United States Senator Walter F. George then delivered an address to the General Assembly.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the General Assembly, in joint session convened, do now dissolve, and the motion prevailed.
The Senate withdrew from the floor of the House.
Mr. Copeland of Lowndes moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Resolution No. 215 went over as unfinished business with Mr. Harrell of Stewart in possession of the floor.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Cox of Treutlen, Wood of Fulton, McCullough of Troup, Camp of Campbell, and Evans of Warren.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-morrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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WEDNESDAY, JuLY 23, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Carter Childs Christopher

Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of J eri.kins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of.Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden

Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether

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Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford

Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford

Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:

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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 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. Bowden of McDuffie-
House Bill No. 873. A bill to establish a value on real estate in Georgia for purpose of taxation.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.

By Messrs. McClure of Walker and Harris of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 874. A bill to repeal the Act entitled Certified Public Accountants.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. ~.

By Mr. Whitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 875. A bill to change time of holding Superior Court in Madison County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Harris of Jefferson and others-
House Bill No. 876. A bill to abolish the Twelve District A. & M. Schools.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.

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By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
House Bill No. 877. A billl to amend an Act creating Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Irwin County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Strickland of Brantley-
Hause Bill No. 878. A bill to rearrange Brunswick Judicial Circuit.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 879. A bill to amend the charter of City of East Point.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 880. A bill to amend Tax Act of 1923 relative to persons engaged in construction work in the State paying the tax imposed upon Emigrant Agents.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Messrs. Lindsey of Wilkes and Barrett of Stephens-
House Bill No. 881. A bill to provide for the compensation of Superior Court Witnesses.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Messrs. DuBose and Holden of Clarke-
House Bill No. 882. A bill to appropriate money to University of Georgia to supply deficiency in maintenance of State Normal School at Athens.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

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By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 888. A bill to create a new charter for the City of Surrency.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Stanford of LowndesHouse Bill No. 884. A bill to provide for the election of
Judges, Solicitors and Clerks for the Superior Court of City of Valdosta.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Messrs. Jones of Meriwether and Pafford ofLanier-
House Bill No. 885. A bill to regulate headlights on automobiles.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Mayo of Mitchell-
House Bill No. 886. A bill to amend an Act establishing City Court of Alma.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Hatcher of Burke-
House Resolution No. 277. A bill to appropriate $10.000.00 to the State Service Bureau.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Burt of Dougherty County, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Military Affairs have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed

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me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 766. Respectfully submitted, BuRT of Dougherty, Chairman.

Mr. Jones of Meriwether 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 resolution and bill of the Senate and House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Resolution No. 44. To authorize the General Assembly to consolidate offices of Tax Collector and Tax Receiver. Do pass.
House Bill No. 746. To authorize "Certain Counties to Bond for Paving Roads."
Respectfully submitted,
W. R. JoNES of Meriwether,
Chairman.

Mr. Boseman of Worth County, Vice-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 Senate and

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have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:

By Mr. Jenkins of WheelerHouse Bill No. 826. A bill to provide for the time of holding
Superior Court in Wheeler County, do pass.
By Mr. Duncan of HoustonHouse Bill No. 846. A bill to provide for holding four terms
of Superior Court in Houston County, do pass by substitute.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
House Bill No. 858. A bill to repeal an Act establishing the City Court in Houston County, do pass.

By Mr. Boyd of the 19th-
Senate Bill No. 143. A bill to make the estates of every decedent liable for expenses of last illness, do pass.

By Mr. Kennedy of the 49th-
Senate Bill No. 193. A bill to amend an Act establishing City Court of Metter in Candler County, do pass.

By Mr. King of the 11thSenate Bill No. 204. A bill to amend an Act creating City
Court of Ft. Gaines, do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted,
BozEMAN of Worth,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

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,Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 872.

House Bill No. 868.

House Bill No. 869. House Bill No. 871.

House Bill No. 867.

Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

Mr. Mann of Glynn 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. 767. House Bill No. 803. House Bill No. 829. House Bill No. 828.
Respectfully submitted, MANN of Glynn, Chairman.

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Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee 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 Senate Bill and bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
Senate Bill No. 167 do pass. Senate Bill No. 26 do pass. House Bill No. 768 do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 711 do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 480 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, HATCHER of Muscogee, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 764 do pass.
House Bill No. 765 do pass.
House Bill No. 717 do pass.
House Bill No. 857 do pass.

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House Bill No. 602 do pass by substitute. House Resolution No. 263 do pass.
Respectfully submitted, GuEss of DeKalb, Chairman.

Mr. McClure of Walker County, Chairman of the Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
House Bill No. 751.
Respectfully submitted,
McCLURE of Walker,
Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your 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. 687. An Act to incorporate Franklin Springs, Franklin County.
House Bill No. 594. An Act to amend an Act to consolidate the several Acts of the General Assembly granting and amending the charter of the City of Griffin.

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House Bill No. 747. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Valdosta.
House Bill No. 788. An Act to provide for holding three terms of Superior Court of Irwin County.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

Upon the request of the author House Bill No. 751 was placed upon the Calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the seco!}d time:

By Messrs. Aubrey and Trippe of Bartow-
House Bill No. 602. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to recovery of homicide.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 711. A bill to amend Parks Code relative to banks subscribing or purchasing stock in an Agricultural Credit Corporation.

By Mr. Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 717. A bill to amend Parks Code relative to a State Library Commission and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve and Sutlive of Chatham and others-
House Bill No. 746. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to creating the Coastal Highway District of Chatham,

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Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn and Camden Counties and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Foy of Taylor and others-
House Bill No. 764. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to Attorney's fees in notes and for other purposes.

By Mr. McGarity of Paulding-
House Bill No. 765. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative to liens of Inn keepers and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Bill No. 766. A bill to incorporate the Chatham ~-\rtillery of the City of Savannah and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Sutlive, Eve and Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 767. A bill to amend an Act approved ~-\ugust II, 1906, relative to the Jurisdiction of the Police Court of Savannah.

By Messrs. Eve, Sutlive and Atkinson of ChathamHouse Bill No. 768. A bill to regulate the salaries of jailers,
deputy jailers, turnkeys and other jail employees in counties of not less than 80,000 nor more than 130,000 population.
By Mr. Bird of TalliaferroHouse Bill No. 803. A bill to authorize the City of Craw-
fordsville to issue school bonds and for other purposes.

By Mr. Jenkins of WheelerHouse Bill No. 826. A bill to provide the time for holding
the Superior Courts in Wheeler County and for other purposes.
By Miss Kempton and Messrs. Smith and Wood of FultonHouse Bill No. 828. A bill to repeal all laws of College
Park and for other purposes.

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 23, 1924.
By Messrs. Reville and Rowe of RichmondM"ouse Bill No. 829. A bill to amend the charter of the City
of Augusta.
By Mr. Duncan of HoustonHouse Bill No. 846. A bill to provide for holding four
terms a year of the Superior Court of Houston County and for other purposes.
By Mr. Bozeman of WorthHouse Bill No. 857. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 rela-
tive to the admission of evidence in certain cases and for other purposes.
By Mr. Duncan of HoustonHouse Bill No. 858. A bill to establish a City Court for the
County of Houston and for other purposes.
By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of MeriwetherHause Bill No. 867. A bill to incorporate the Town of
Bullochville and for other purposes.
By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of MeriwetherHause Bill No. 868. A bill to create the City of Manchester
and for other purposes.
By Messrs W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of MeriwetherHause Bill No. 869. A bill to repeal all laws and amendments
to laws incorporating the Village of Warm Springs and for other purposes.
By Messr~. Toole and Hines of DecaturHouse Bill No. 871. A bill to establish the City Court ot
Bainbridge.

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By Mr. Houston of Gwinett-
House Bill No. 872. A bill to repeal all laws and amendments to laws incorporating the Town of Buford and for other purposes.

By Mr. Johns of the 27th and others-
Senate Bill No. 26. A bill to declare the law in regard to negotiable instruments adopting in regard thereto the Uniform Negotiable Instrument Act.

By Mr. Boyd of the 19th-
Senate Bill No. 143. A bill to render the estates of decedents primarily liable for the expense of last illness and for funeral expenses and for other purposes.

By Mr. Johnson of the 24th-
Senate Bill No. 167. A bill to enable Electric Street, Suburban or Interurban Railroad Companies to acquire, own or hold the capital stock, bonds or other securities of evidence of indebtedness of corporations which own and operate motor busses or trackless trolleys and for other purposes.
By Mr. Kennedy of the 49thSenate Bill No. 193. A bill to establish City Court of Metter
. in Candler County.
~y Mr. King of the 11thSenate Bill No. 204. A bill to create City Court of Ft.
Gaines.
By Mr. Vaughn of RockdaleHouse Resolution No. 263. A resolution to relieve J. F.
Hill and J. B. Robinson as securities on bond.
By Mr. Pace of the 13thSenate Resolution No. 44. A resolution relative to con-

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solidating the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector in the several counties and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Bill No. 605. A bill to amend the several Acts relating to and incorporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 149, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Mann of Glynn-

House Bill No. 677. A bill to amend an Act creating the

Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Glynn County and

for other purposes.



The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

On tee passage of the bill the Ayes were 104, Nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-
House Bill No. 732. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the County of Miller and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 148, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Cumming of Richmond-
House Bill No. 754. A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Education of Richmond County and for other purposes.

The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by adding after Section 1 another section to be known as Section 1-A, reading as follows:
"Sec. 1-A. Provided that the provisions of this Act shall not become effective until January 1, 1926."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 129, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Howard of Long-
House Bill No. 787. A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Long 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.

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By Mrs. Dykes of Dooly-
House Bill No. 834. A bill to amend an Act creating a charter for the City of Vienna in Dooly County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 118, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 833. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Atlanta.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 109, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Pitts of Gordon-
House Bill No. 835. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Gordon 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 1~7, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Johnson of Bacon-
House Bill No. 836. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the Town of Alma in Bacon County and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passag~ of the bill the Ayes were 145, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Daniel of Troup-
House Bill No. 854. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of LaGrange and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 135, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to the committee:

By Mr. Loftin of the 37th-

Senate Bill No. 222. A bill to authorize the Courts of Ordinary to accept valid bonds from county officials and others required to file bonds in said courts and for other purposes.

Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that Senate Bill No. 3 be taken from the table.

On this motion Mr. Wimberly of Laurens 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 Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Aubrey Beck

Bennett Blease Bleckley Braddy Brannen

Burt Carr Carter Christopher Copeland

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Covington Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DeFoor Dixon of Jenkins Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Evans of Screven Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Gillen Griffis Grovenstein Hamrick Harris Hatcher of Burke Head Hillhouse

Howard of Chattahoochee
Howard of Long Howard of Screven Johnson of Bacon Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Kirkland Knight Latham Logan McClure McGarity McMullan Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Napier Norman of Henry Pafford Penland

Phillips of Jasper Pickering Pickren Pope Price Reville Robertson Rountree Russell Shedd Singletary Spence Stanford Stevens Stone Stovall Tatum Tyson Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Winship

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Barrett Bird Boswell Bowden Bozeman Branch Burgin Bussey Callaway Childs Clark Collins Culpepper Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas Dixon of Wilkinson Ennis

Evans of Warren Eve Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Griner Guess Haddock Harrell Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of Decatur Holton Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd

Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Kempton King Langley Linder Lindsey Lyons McCrory McDonald Maddox Montgomery Moore New Norman of Colquitt Orr Owen Parker Parrish Peek Perkins of Habersham

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Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pitts Riley Roberts Rowe Rutherford Sapp Shettlesworth Smith of Bryan

Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Steele Stewart Sutlive Sweat Tippins Toole Trippe Van Landingham

Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Williams Wimberly of Laurens Wood Woodruff Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Bandy Banister Bell Boatwright Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Cox Cumming DeLaperriere DuBose Golden

Greer Hines of Sumterr Holden Houston Hulme Jordan Loyd McCullough Mann Mayo Mullis Perkins of Muscogee

Ayes 78, Nays 92.

Perryman Simpson Smith of Lamar Stanley Strickland Swindle Turner Whitley Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Worthy Mr. Speaker

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

On the motion that Senate Bill No. 3 be taken from the table the Ayes were 78, Nays 92 and the motion was lost..

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

By Mr. Davis of the 42nd-
Senate Resolution No. 92. A resolution commending the life and work of Miss Martha Berry of Floyd County.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to the following bill of the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Bill No. 30. A bill to prohibitthe making and drawing a check for payment of money on a bank, without funds to pay same, 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 bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 183. A bill to abrogate the common law rule that an executor of the will of an executor is ipso facto executor of the will of the first testator, and for other purposes.
Senate Bill No. 188. A bill to declare that all wives and husbands who are minors to be sui JUris for the purpose of instituting, maintaining or defending actions for alimony or for divorce, or both, in the courts of this State, and for other purposes.
Senate Bill No. ~19. A bill to amend Section ~~7 of the Criminal Code of Georgia of 1910.

Under the order of unfinished business the following resolution of the House was taken up for further consideration:

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Resolution No. ~15. A resolution to amend the Constitution so as to change the term of office of Governor and other State officers from two years to four years.
Mr. Wimberly of Toombs moved the previous question on the bill and all amendments; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

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The following Minority Report was read: Minority Report to House Resolution No. 215.
Mr. Speaker: We, the undersigned members of the Constitutional Amend-
ment Committee of the House beg leave to file this their minority report to the passage of said resolution and recommend to the House that the same do not pass as it would not be to the best interest of the State
H. H. ELDERS, W. A. CoviNGTON, H. L. HowARD, S. P. NEw, J. LITTLETON JONES, T. L. PICKREN. July 10, 1924.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution as amended, was disagreed to and the resolution was lost.
Mr. Russell of Barrow moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. A. D. Jones of Meriwether, Worthy of Quitman, Moore of Appling, Huxford of Clinch, Riley of Sumter, and W. R. Jones of Meriwether.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs

Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy

Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsytk Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd

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Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey LQgan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry

Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence

Stanford Stanley Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Stone of Walton gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to agree to the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, on House Resolution No. 215.

Mr. Smith of Fulton gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 813.

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.
Under Rule 199 Mr. Wimberly of Toombs gave notice that on to-morrow morning he would move that the Committee on Rules be instructed to report House Resolution No. fl70, making House Resolution No. fl5fl a special order, back to the House.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was withdrawn from the Committee on County and County Matters, read the second time, and recommitted:
By Mr. Whitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 875. A bill to change the time of holding Superior Court in Madison County and for other purposes.

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 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. Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 887. A bill to require County Tax Collectors

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to prepare a digest covering all special or occupation taxes. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Robertson of Dawson-
House Bill No. 888. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Dawson County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson-
House Bill No. 889. A bill to amend an Act creating a charter for City of Commerce.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Stovall of ElbertHouse Bill No. 890. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative
to registrars failing to make list of qualified voters in time required by law.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.
By Mr. Branch of TurnerHouse Bill No. 891. A bill to amend the charter of City of
Ashburn. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Perkins of HabershamHouse Bill No. 892. A bill to. amend an Act incorporating
City of Cornelia. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Rowe of RichmondHouse Bill No. 893. A bill to regulate and license hotels
and restaurants in State. Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.

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By Mr. Holton of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 894. A bill to prohibit Boards of County Commissioners issuing warrants in excess of their total revenue for one fiscal year.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

By Mr. A. D. Jones of Meriwether and Peterson of Montgomery-
House Resolution No. 278. A resolution to set House Bill No. 751 as a special order.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
Home Rewlution No. 279. A resolution to appropriate money to Solicitor General of Griffin Judicial Circuit.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
Mr. Burt of Do~gherty County, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, sul:mitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Military Affairs have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 792. A bill to amend Act of 1916, providing for the reorganization of the Military Forces of Georgia.
Respectfully submitted,
BuRT of Dougherty,
Chairman.

Mr. Turner of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Highways have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 774 do pass.
House Bill No. 791 do pass. House Bill No. 743 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
TuRNER of Brooks,
Chairman.

Mr. Bussey of Crisp County, Chairman of the Committee on State of Republic, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on State of Republic have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 839. A bill to prevent the use of the Flag of the United States and of the Confederate States for advertising purposes.
Respectfully submitted,
BussEY of Crisp,
Chairman.

Mr. Mann of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Muncipal Government, submitted the following report:

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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 pass:
House Bill No. 860. A bill to be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the City of Albany.
Respectfully submitted,
MANN of Glynn,
Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth 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:
House Bill No. 870. House Bill No. 878. House Bill No. 886.
Respectfully submitted,
BozEMAN of Worth,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. DeFour of Clayton County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report:
,lfr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 2 have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have

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instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
House Bill No. 618. Respectfully submitted, DEFooR of Clayton, Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your 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. 786. An Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Jackson County.
House Bill No. 696. An Act to amend Section 1~49 of Volume I of the Code of 1910, relative to the selection of certain banks by the Governor so as to include the City of Monroe.
House Bill No. 678. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Jackson.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Barrett of StephensHouse Bill No. 774. A bill to empower State Highway De-

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partment to employ convicts in construction and maintenance of highways of State.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 792. A bill to amend an Act reorganizing the Military Forces of the State.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 839. A bill to prevent use of flag of United States for advertising purposes.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 860. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Albany.

By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 870. A bill to amend an Act establishing City Court of Greenville.

By Mr. Strickland of Brantley-
Hause Bill No. 878. A bill to rearrange the Brunswick Judicial Circuit.

By Mr. Mayo of Mitchell-
House Bill No. 886. A bill to amend an Act establishing City Court of Camilla.

By Mr. Tippins of Evans-
House Bill No. 791. A bill to regulate speed of all vehicles at railroad and street car crossings.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

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By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Bill No. 766. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Chatham Artillery of the City of Savannah and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were Ill, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve, and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Bill No. 767. A bill to amend an Act with reference to the jurisdiction of the Police Court of Savannah.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 114, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs.. Atkinson, Eve, and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Bill No. 768. A bill to regulate the salaries of jailers, deputy jailers, turnkeys and other jail employees in counties of not less than 80,000 nor more than 130,000 population.
The committee substitute was read and adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 112, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

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By Mr. Bird ofTalliaferro-
House Bill No. 803. A bill to authorize the City of Crawfordville to issue school bonds and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 124, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediateh' transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. Jenkins of Wheeler-
House Bill No. 826. A bill to provide the time for holding Superior Court in Wheeler County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of FultonHouse Bill No. 828. A bill to amend an Act to repeal all
laws of College Park and for other purposes. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the
passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority
was passed.
By Messrs. Reville and Rowe of RichmondHouse Bill No. 829. A bill to amend the charter of the City
of Augusta.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
House Bill No. 846. A bill to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Houston 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 by substitute, the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was P.assed by substitute.

By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 867. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Bullochville and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of MeriwetherHause Bill No. 868. A bill to amend an Act creating the
City of Manchester and for other purposes. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the
passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage, of the bill the Ayes were 119, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jone.s of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 869. A bill to repeal all laws heretofore passed incorporating the Village of Warm Springs.
The report 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. Toole and Hines of Decatur-
House Bill No. 871. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Bainbridge.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 122, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Houston of Gwinnett-
House Bill No. 872. A bill to amend an 1\ct to repeal all laws heretofore passed incorporating the Town of Buford.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 123, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Kennedy of the 49th-
Senate Bill No. 193. A bill to amend an Act to establish City Court of Metter and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 110, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. King of the 11th-
Senate Bill No. 204. A bill to amend an Act creating City Court of Ft. Gaines.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by inserting in Section 9, line eight after the words "Criminal Cases" as follows: "provided that the whole cost of said clerk in any criminal case shall not exceed the sum of five 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 as amended the Ayes were 109, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By unanimOlJS consent the following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 183. A bill to abrogate the common-law rule that an executor of the will of an executor is ipso facto executor of the will of the first testator and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

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By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 188. A bill to declare that all wives and husbands who are minors be "sui juris" in alimony and divorce cases and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Parker of the 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 219. A bill to amend Section 227 of the Code of 1910 relative to the date for burning woods and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
Mr. Smith of Fulton moved that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 813 and the motion prevailed.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills and resolution of the House, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 821. A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of Public Schools in Eatonton, Georgia.
House Resolution No. 240. A resolution to provide for the relief of sureties, J. A. Elliott, E. G. Henderson and J. A.
Graham and Dave J. Ellis, principal, all of Walker County,
Georgia.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, ta-wit:

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Senate Bill No. 234. A bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate banking in the State of Georgia."
Senate Bill No. 229. A bill to amend Section 2817 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 820. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Eatonton.
House Bill No. 734. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Hapeville.
House Bill No. 712. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter of the City of Atlanta.

Mr. Stone of Walton moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to agree to the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, on House Resolution No. 215.
Mr. Elders of Tattnall moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
On the motion to reconsider Mr. Wilson of Walton 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.:

Adair Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy

Boswell Bowden Burgin Burt Camp of Coweta Carr

Collins Copeland Cumming Curry Davis of Floyd DeFoor

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DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins DuBose Duvall
Ellis
Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Gillen Greer Griner Grovenstein Guess Harris Hatcher of Burke Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holden Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Jordan Kempton

Langley Latham Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McDonald McMullan Maddox Mansell Mullis Napier Norman of Colquitt Orr Parker Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Peterson Pickering Pitts Price Roberts Rountree

Russell Sapp Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Stone Sutlive Sweat Tatum Toole Trippe Turner Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Williams Wilson Wingate Winship Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Barrett Beck Bell Blease Bleckley Bozeman Braddy Branch Bussey Callaway Carter Childs Christopher Clark Covington Culpepper

Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Fletcher Foy Golden Griffis Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Head

Howard of Long Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta King Kirkland Knight Linder Logan McCrory McGarity Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery

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Moore New Norman o(Henry Owen Pafford Parrish Perkins of Muscogee Phillips of .Jasper Phillips of Telfair
Pic~ren
Pope

Reville Robertson Rowe Rutherford Shedd Shettlesworth Smith of Bryan Spence Stanley Steele Stewart

Stovall Strickland Tippins Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wood Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Banister Bennett Bird Boatwright Brannen Camp of Campbell Cox Daniel of Heard Eve Hines of Sumter

Holton Howard of Screven Huxford .Jones of Floyd .Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether .Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether McCullough Mann

Mayo Perryman Riley Simpson Stevens Swindle Tyson Wimberly of Twiggs Worthy Mr. Speaker

Ayes 88, Nays 90.

The roll call was verified.

On the motion to reconsider the Ayes were 88, Nays 90 and the motion was lost.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.

The following bill of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was read and taken up for consideration:
By Messrs. Camp of Campbell and Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 191. A bill to define the crime of arson and attempt to commit arson and to prescribe the penalty therefor and for other purposes.
Mr. Bussey of Crisp moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

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The following committee a~endmen t was read and adopted:
Amend by striking Section 8 thereof.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 109,
~ays 4.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that Senate Bill No.8 be taken from the table.

On this motion Mr. Harris of Jefferson 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 affir~ative were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Aubrey Blease Blackley Braddy Carter Christopher Clark Covington Davis of Floyd DeFoor DuBose Duvall Elders Ellis Evans of Screven Fleming of Columbia Gillen Greer

Griffis Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harris Hatcher of Burke Hillhouse Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Johnson of Bacon Jordan Knight Latham McGarity McMullan Mansell Miles Mullis

Napier Norman of Henry Pafford Penland Pickren Pope Reville Robertson Rountree Russell Singletary Spence Stanford Stanley Stone Stovall Tatum Tyson Vaughn Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Winship

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Atkinson of Chatham Bandy Barrett Boswell Bowden Bozeman Burgin Bussey Callaway Oamp of Coweta Oarr Childs Collins Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Ennis Eve Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Griner Haddock

Harrell Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Decatur Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Oook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Kempton King Kirkland Langley Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McCrory Maddox Mann Meeks Montgomery New Norman of Colquitt Orr Owen Parker Peek

Perkins of Habersham Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pitts Price Roberts Rutherford Sapp
Shettlesworth Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Steele Stewart Strickland Sutlive Sweat Toole Trippe Turner Van Landingham Warren Way Weaver West Whitworth Williams Wimberly of Laurens Woodruff Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Banister Beck Bell Bennett Bird Boatwright Branch Brannen Burt Oamp of Campbell

Copeland Oox Daniel of Heard Duncan Dykes Evans of Warren Golden Hines of Sumter Hulme Huxford

Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
McClure McCullough McDonald Mayo Milner Moore

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Parrish Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phlllips of .Tasper Riley Rowe Shedd

Simpson Smith of .Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stevens Swindle Tippins

Whitley Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Wood Worthy Mr. Speaker

Ayes 67, Nays 9~.

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

On the motion to take Senate Bill No. 3 from the table the Ayes were 67, Nays 9~ and the motion was lost.

The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 6~4. A bill to provide for the protection of sinking funds and to require investment of such funds in certain securities 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 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Perkins of Muscogee and others-
House Bill No. 157. A bill to provide for the electrocution of persons sentenced to death instead of hanging and for other purposes.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved the previous question on the bill and all amendments; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

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The following committee amendments were read and adopted:
Amend by adding after the word "convicted" in the third line of Section 1 the following words: "After the passage of this Act."
Amend by inserting after the word "necessary" in the 12th line of Section 3 the words "and provided that in all cases the number of guards shall be approved by the trial judge, or if he is not available, by the Ordinary of said County in which such prisoner is sentenced."

The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. Perkins of Muscogee-
Amend the caption by inserting therein immediately before the words "and for other purposes" as follows: "and authorize the trial judge to fix a new date for the execution of the sentence where the same is not executed on the date originally named."
Amend by adding a new section immediately before the repeafing clause, as follows:
"Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that where the date for the execution of any such convict in a capital case has passed by reason of a supersedeas incident to the suing out of a bill of exceptions to the judgment of the trial court, or a respite by the Governor, or for any other reason, the Judge of the Superior Court of the county where the case was tried shall have power and authority, without requiring the convict to be brought before him by habeas corpus, as provided in Penal Code (1910) Paragraph 1072, to pass an order in term time or vacation, fixing a new date for the execution of the original sentence, said order to be recorded on the minutes of said court as other official orders and sentences are required by law to be done and a certified copy of said order shall he

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sent immediately to the Superintendent of the State Penitentiary at the place of execution. The judge shall fix the new date not less than 10 nor more than 20 days from the date of such order."

On the question of agreeing to the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, Mr. Ennis of Baldwin called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.

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 as amended the Speaker ordered the call of the roll and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Bleckley Boswell Bowden Bozeman Burgin Bussey Callaway Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming

Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Duvall Elders Ellis Eve Fleming of Hancock Fortson Gillen Golden Greer Grovenstein Guess Haddock Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Hulme

Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jordan Kempton Knight Linder Lindsey Lyons McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Miles Milner Montgomery
Mullis Napier New Nor:rilan of Colquitt Norman of Henry

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Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope

Price Roberts Russell Rutherford Sapp Singletary Smith of Jefferson Steele Stewart Stone Strickland Sutlive Sweat

Tatum Toole Trippe Tyson Van Landingham Warren Weaver West Williams Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Blease Braddy Camp of Coweta Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor DeLaperriere Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Foy Griffis Griner

Hamrick Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holton Johnson of Bacon Jones of Cook King Latham Logan McClure Meeks Peek Phillips of Jasper Pickering

Robertson Shedd Shettlesworth Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stovall Tippins Turner Vaughn Way Wimberly of Laurens Winship

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Boatwright Branch Brannen Burt Camp of Campbell Cox Curry

DuBose Duncan Dykes
Fowler Hines of Sumter Holden Howard of Screven Huxford Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether
Jones, w. R., of
Meriwether Kirkland

Langley Loyd McCullough Mayo Moore Perryman Reville Riley Rountree Rowe Simpson Stanley Stevens

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Swindle Whitley Whitworth

Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Wood

Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 115, Nays 45.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 115,
~ays 45.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Mr. Ennis of Baldwin gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 157.

Mr. Perkins of Muscogee moved that the bill be immeaiately transmitted to the Senate and the motion was lost.

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, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 825. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Palmettto.
House Bill No. 817. A bill to incorporate Denton School District.
House Bill No. 815. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Tennga, in the County of Murray.
House Bill No. 814. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Valdosta.
House Bill No. 798. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of LaGrange.

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House Bill No. 779. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Crawfordville.
House Bill No. 737. A bill to change the manner of electing County Commissioners of Early County in primary elections.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 238. A bill to amend the several Acts relating to the creation, organization and selection of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Camden County, Ga.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found 'prop-
erly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts and resolutions, to-wit:
House Bill No. 820. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Eatonton.
House Bill No. 814. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Valdosta, relative to the appropriation of money for the use of certain educational institutions.
House Bill No. 737. An Act to change the manner of electing County Commissioners of Early County.
House Bill No. 817. An Act to incorporate Denton Schoo1 District, Jeff Davis County.
House Bill No. 815. An Act to repeal an Act incorporating Town of Tennga, Murray County.

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House Bill No. 734. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Hapeville.
House Bill No. 712. An Act to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the City of Atlanta relative to the extension of the City Limits.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Wilson of Walton, Carter of Echols, Branch of Turner, Price of Lincoln, Toole of Decatur, Curry of Randolph, Reville of Richmond, Bozeman of Worth, Rowe of Richmond, Owen of Pike, Stevens of Oglethorpe, Penland of Gilmer, Adair of Morgan, Tatum of Dade, Arnold of Lumpkin, Evans of Screven, Howard of Screven, Duvall of Union, Warren of Washington, Smith of Jefferson, Peterson of Montgomery, Boswell of Green, and Stanley of Fannin.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tOmorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

FRIDAY, JuLY 25, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Bowden Braddy Brannen Burgin Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Childs Christopher Clark Collins Covington CUlpepper Cumming Daniel of Heard

Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick

Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham

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Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland

Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Phillips of .Tasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Roberts Robertson Rountree Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Steele Stevens Stewart

Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Tatum Tippins Trippe Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:
I. Introduction of new matter under the rules.
2. Reports of standing committees.
3. Reading of House and Senate bills and resolution, favorably reported, the second time.

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4. Passage of uncontested local House and 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 were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:
By Messrs. Meeks and Johnson of Coffee and othersHouse Bill No. 895. A bill to appropriate the sum of $3,-
500.00 to the trustees of the A. and M. School at Douglas. Georgia, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Bleckley of Rabun and othersHouse Bill No. 896. A bill to appropriate to certain counties
certain funds due same or hereafter to become due them and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Messrs. Rowe and Cummings of Richmond and othersHouse Bill No. 897. A bill to furnish aid and relief to mem-
bers of paid Fire Departments in all specified cases and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.
By Mr. Smith of Bryan and othersHouse Bill No. 898. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative
to the Confederate Soldiers' Home and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Confederate Soldiers' Home.
By Miss Kempton of FultonHouse Bill No. 899. A bill to change from the fee system

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to the salary system the Solicitor of the Criminal Court of Atlanta and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Wright of Jones-
House Bill No. 900. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Juliette-
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 901. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the City of St. George County of Charlton and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Harris of Jefferson and Moore of ApplingHouse Bill No. 902. A bill to amend an Act levying an occu-
pation tax on the distribution of fuels and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Public Highways.
By Mr. Burgin of MarionHouse Bill No. 908. A bill to amend the law creating the
Public School System of Buena Vista. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Shedd of Wayne-
House Bill No. 904. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jesup with reference to qualifications of Solicitor General of said court.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Jones of Floyd and othersHouse Bill No. 905. A bill to amend an Act providing for

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an occupation tax upon all distributors therein to register and make returns, providing for penalties for violation of this Act, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Bussey of Crisp-
House Resolution No. 280. A resolution to provide for the maintenance of the State College of Agriculture.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Resolution No. 281. A resolution asking for information from the Attorney General concerning the taxes due by the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad.
On Table one day.

By Mr. Christopher of Hall-
House Resolution No. 282. A resolution that House Bill No. I03 be made a special and continuing order on Monday,. July 28th.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
House Resolution No. 283. A resolution that House Bill No. 62 be made a special and continuing order for Tuesday, July 29th.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

Mr. Foy of Taylor County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. I, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. I have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instruct-

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ed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 890. Respecfully submitted, FoY of Taylor, Vice-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. 889.
Respectfully submitted,
PICKREN of Charlton,
Chairman.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Afr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 875 do pass.
House Bill No. 847 do pass.
House Bill No. 861 do pass.

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House Bill No. 866 do pass. House Bill No. 838 do pass as amended. House Bill No. 877 do pass.
Respectfully submitted, DixoN of Jenkins, Chairman.

Mr. Haddock of Early County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following repmt:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had
under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
House Bill No. 873.
Respectfully submitted,
HADDOCK of Early, Chairman.

Mr. Fletcher of Muscogee 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 following recommendation:
House Bill No. 859 do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 613 do pass.

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House Bill No. 863 do pass. House Bill No. 795 do pass as amended. House Bill No. 745 do pass by substitute. Senate Bill No. 210 do not pass. House Bill No. 785 do not pass. House Bill No. 661 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, HATCHER of Muscogee, Chairman.

Mr. Holden of Clarke County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, submitted the followmg report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Constitutional Amendments 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 following recommendation:
House Bill No. 655 do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 591 do not pass. Respecfully submitted, HoLDEN of Clarke, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. McClure of Walker County, Chairman of the Committee on The University of Georgia and its Branches, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on The University of Georgia and its Branches have had under consideration the following bill of

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the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute:
House Bill No. 6fl.
Respectfully submitted,
McCLURE of Walker,
Chairman.

Mr. Turner of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Public Highways have had under con-
sideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 651 do pass by substitute.
House Bill No. 688 do pass by substitute as amended.
House Bill No. 837 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, 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 bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 853 do pass as amended.

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House Bill No. 883 do pass. House Bill No. 564 do pass.
Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

Upon the request of the author House Bill No. 837 was placed upon the Calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill.

Upon the request of the author House Bill No. 591 was

placed upon the Calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to

the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the

passage of the bill.



By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions

of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the

second time:



By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 745. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Commerce and for other purposes.

By Mr. Elders of Tattnall and othersHouse Bill No. 62. A bill to establish a College of Agri-
culture and Mechanic Arts as a branch of the University of Georgia and for other purposes.
By Mr. Weaver of TerrellHouse Bill No. 613. A bill relating to Contracts of Fire
Insurance Companies.
By Mr. Stovall of ElbertHouse Bill No. 651. A bill to provide for the elimination

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of railroad grade crossings on the State Road system and for other purposes.

By Mrs. Napier and Messrs. Fowler and Winship of Bibb-
House Bill No. 655. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to counties with a city of 50,000 population or over to consolidate city and county governments and for other purposes.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd and others-
House Bill No. 688. A bill to amend an Act regulating the use of motor vehicles on the Public Highways.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 795. A biil to require the clerks of Superior Courts of this State to keep a general execution docket and for other purposes.
By Messrs. Guess, Steel and Woodruff of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 838. A bill to amend an 1\.ct increasing the salary of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of DeKalb County, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 847. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Appling and for other purposes.

By Mr. Daniel of Troup-
House Bill No. 853. A bill to create a new charter for the City of Hogansville and for other purposes.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette and Barrett of StephensHouse Bill No. 859. A bill relating to the collection and dis-

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position of costs in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals and for other purposes.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 861. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Appling and for other purposes.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
House Bill No. 866. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Cherokee County and for other purposes.

By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
House Bill No. 877. A bill to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Irwin and for other purposes.

By Mr. Moore of ApplingHouse Bill No. 883. A bill to create a new charter for the
Town of Surrency and for other purposes.
By Mr. DeLaPerriere of JacksonHouse Bill No. 889. A bill to amend the charter of the City
of Commerce and for other purposes.

By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
House Bill No. 890. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to registrars filing a list of registered voters and for other purposes.

The following resolution of the House favorably reported by the committee, was read and adopted:
By Miss Kempton of Fulton and Mrs. Napier of BibbHouse Resolution No. 218. A resolution approving edition

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of State Constitution with all amendments compiled by State Librarian.

By unanimous coQsent the following bills and resolution of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 860. A bill to amend an Act creating and establishing a new charter for the City of Albany 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 Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 870. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Greenville 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. Whitworth of Madison-
House Bill No. 875. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Courts of Madison County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Mayo of Mitchell-
House Bill No. 886. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Camilla and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 119, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Vaughn of Rockdale-
House Resolution No. 263. A resolution to relieve J. F. Hill and J. B. Robinson as sureties on bond.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
On the passage of the resqlution the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the .following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Arnow of the 4th-

Senate Bill No. 238. A bill to amend an Act creating the

Board of Commissioners ofRoads and Revenues for Camden

County and for other purposes.



Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Redwine of the 26thSenate Bill No. 234. A bill to amend an Act to regulate

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banking in the State and for other purposes so as to increase the salary of the Superintendent of Banks.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
By Mr. Davis of the 42ndSenate Bill No. 229. A bill to amend the Code of 1910
rela~ive to the corporate powers and functions of Trust Compames.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker: The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional ma-
jority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit: Senate Bill No. 236. A bill to amend Sections 2502 and
2506 of Volume 2 of the Code of Georgia. Senate Bill No. 237. A bill to amend the Act of 1918 fixing
the salary of the Solicitor-General of the Middle Circuit.
The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:
By Mr. McCrory of SchleyHouse Bill No. 386. A bill to amend the Code of 1910
providing for the setting apart of $300.00 worth of household and kitchen furniture and provisions and for other purposes.
Mr. Gillen of Oconee 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.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were llO, Nays II.
The bill having received the requisite constitution majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediatelv transmitted to the Senate.
By unanimous consent leave of absence was granted to Mr. Pitts of Gordon.

By Messrs. Elders of Tattnall and McCrory of Schley-
House Bill No. 141. A bill to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes on railway equipment companies and for other purposes.
Mr. Collins of Cherokee moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The following. amendment of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Knight of Berrien-
Amend by striking from the caption the following words: "Providing for an additional clerk and fixing the compensation of said clerk, and increasing the compensation of the Public Service Corporation Tax Clerk in the office of the Comptroller-General," and by striking all of Section 6 and substituting Section 7 for Section 6 and Section 8 for Section 7.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 114,
~ays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that when the House adjourn to-day it stand adjourned until Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock and the motion prevailed.

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By Messrs. Ellis of Tift, Sutlive of Chatham and others-
House Bill No. 90. A bill to revise and amend the Game and Fish laws of the State and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the following resolution of the House was submitted and read:

By Mr. Knight of Berrien-
House Resolution No. ~84. A resolution relative to the granting of leaves of absence.
Mr. Harrell of Stewart moved that the resolution be tabled and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Smith of Bryan moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 90 went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. -Montgomery of Webster, Linder of Jeff Davis, Gillen of Oconee, and Holden of Clarke.
The. Speaker announced the House adjourned until next Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock.

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The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 10;00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members answered to

their names;



Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Childs Christopher Clark

Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Golden Greer Griffis

Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Kempton King

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Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish

Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pope .Price Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Steele Stevens

Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Tyson Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were withdrawn from the committee, read the second time, and recommitted:

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By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 901. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the City of St. George.

By Mr. Burgin of Marion-
House Bill No. 903. A bill to amend an Act creating the public school system for the City of Buena Vista and for other purposes.

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 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. Roberts and Head of Cobb-
House Bill No. 906. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners for Cobb County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Messrs. Roberts and Head of CobbHouse Bill No. 907. A bill to create a Board of Commis-
sioners for Cobb County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

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By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 908. A bill to authorize City of Bowman to submit to the qualified voters the question of tax exemption of certain property.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 909. A bill to authorize the City of Elberton to submit to the qualified voters the question of tax exemption of certain property.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of ElbertHouse Bill No. 910. A bill to authorize the Ordinary of
Elbert County to submit to the qualified voters of Elbert County the question of tax exemption of certain property in Elbert County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Johnson of ForsythHouse Bill No. 911. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Forsyth County. Referred to Comittee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Mullis of BleckleyHouse Bill No. 912. A bill to amend an Act creating the
Twelfth District Agricultural and Mechanical School relative to purchasing some land.
Referred to Committtee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By Messrs. Hyman and Warren of WashingtonHouse Bill No. 913. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating
the Tenille School District. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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By Messrs. Hyman and Warren of Washington~
House Bill No. 914. A bill to repeal the Act incorporating and establishing the Tenille School District and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Reville, Rowe and Cummings of Richmond-
House Bill No. 915. A bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in the County of Richmond and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Rowe of Richmond-
House Bill No. 916. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Augusta and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Greer of Macon-
House Bill No. 917. A bill to amend the Code of Georgia 1910 relative to creating the State Board of Health and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation.
By Mr. Greer of Macon and others-
House Bill No. 918. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to powers of taxation over the State by providing for the support of the Department of Health.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Elders of Tattnall-
House Bill No. 919. A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 for the year 19~4 and $10,000.00 for the year 19~5 for the use of

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the Georgia Illiteracy Commission and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Greer of Macon-
House Bill No. 920. A bill to protect Game and Fish in the State of Georgia and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 921. A bill to amend the Insurance Laws and for other purposes.
Referred to-Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Shettleworth of Gwinett-
House Bill No. 922. A bill to fix the salary of the Treasurer of Gwinnett County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Goldin of HarralsonHause Bill No. 923. A bill to amend an Act creating a
charter for the City of Tallapoosa. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Cummings of RichmondHouse Resolution No. 285. A bill to provide for the publica-
tion of the general laws within thirty days after the adjournment of the General Assembly.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.
By Mr. Shedd of WayneHouse Resolution No. 286. A resolution relative to the
establishment of a National Reserve. Referred to Committee on Conservation.

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By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Resolution No. 287. A resolution that House Bill No. 655 be set for a special and continuing order immediately following consideration of the Biennial Session Bill.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

Mr. Strickland of Brantley County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
.TI,.1r. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 238.
Respectfully submitted,
STRICKLAND of Brantley,
Vice-Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate, favorably reported, was read the second time:

By Mr. Arnow of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 238. A bill to amend the Act creating organization and selection of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Camden and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Messrs. Griffis and Parker of Ware-
House Bill No. 564. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Waycross.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 126, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Stewart of Atkinson-
House Bill No. 823. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the Town of Willacoochee and for other purposes.
The substitute by Mr. Stewart of Atkinson was read and adopted.
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 by substite the Ayes were 127,
~ays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Messrs. Guess, Steele, and Woodruff of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 838. A bill to amend an Act to increase the salary of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of DeKalb 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 Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 847. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Appling County and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 124, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Daniel ofTroup-
House Bill No. 853. A bill to create a new charter for the City of Hogansville and for other purposes.
The committee amendmen~s were read and adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended, the Ayes were 128,
.Nays 0. The bill havingreceived the requisite constitutional maJority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 861. A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Appling and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 122, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 863. A bill to change from the fee to the salary system in certain counties the Clerk of the Superior Court, the Sheriff, the Ordinary, the Tax Collector and the Tax Receiver and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 128, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-

House Bill No. 866. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Cherokee County and for other purposes.

.The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 121, Nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional ma-

jority was passed.

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By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-
House Bill No. 877. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Irwin Oninty 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 rna jority was passed.
By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 883. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the Town of Surrency.
The report 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.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson-
House Bill No. 889. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Commerce.
The report 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 following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Lankford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 236. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to Industrial Insurance Companies.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 237. A bill to amend an Act fixing the salary of the Solicitor-General of the Middle Circuit and for other purposes.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that during the remainder of the session, unless otherwise ordered by the House, individual speeches be limited to ten minutes, except that authors of bills be allowed twenty minutes, and the motion prevailed.

Mr. Milner of Dodge County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the preparation of a Calendar and have instructed me as

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Vice-Chairman to report back to the House the following Calendar with the recommendation that the same be set as a special and continuing order for consideration immediately after the disposition of special orders heretofore fixed:
Senate Bill No. 128. By Mr. Pace of the 13th. To prescribe methods of tests of gasoline, benzine, etc.
Senate Bill No. 36. By Mr. Phillips of the 18th. To provide for contests of primary election.
Senate Bill No. 52. By Mr. Mundy of the 38th. To provide for biennial session of the General Assembly.
Respectfully submitted,
MILNER of Dodge,
Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committee on Rules was adopted.
The order of business contained in the report of the Committee on Rules was established and set as a special and continuing order.
The following resolution of the House was read and unanimously adopted by a rising vote:
By Messrs. Daniel of Troup and Covington of Colquitt-
A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 288. Whereas, Death removed from the membership of this House on Sunday, the 27th day of the present month of July, our friend and associate, Hon. Mark McCullough, at his home at LaGrange.
Now therefore be it resolved by the House of Representatives, that the Speaker name a committee consisting of ten members of the House, with instructions to furnish for the funeral appropriate floral offering and whose further duty it shall be to attend the funeral on the afternoon of this date at LaGrange.

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Resolved further, that sympathy of this House be extended to the family of the deceased in this hour of their bereavement.
Resolved further, That a copy of this resolution be furnished the family of the deceased.
The Speaker appointed the following committee under the above resolution:
Messrs. Daniel of Troup, Covington of Colquitt, Sutlive of Chatham, Langley of Floyd, Woodruff of DeKalb, Tatum of Dade, Sapp of Whitfield, Jones of Coweta, Camp of Coweta, Williams of Harris.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 822. A bill to prescribe the time for holding Superior Courts in the County of Wilcox.

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

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

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House Bill No. 695. A bill to amend an Act amending Section 7 of an Act incorporating the Academy of Social Circle.
House Bill No. 623. A bill to repeal an Act abolishing the office of County Treasurer of Hancock County.
House Bill No. 794. A bill to repeal an Act abolishing the office of County Treasurer of Bryan County.
House Bill No. 804. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bryan.
House Bill No. 805. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bryan County.
House Bill No. 748. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Bartow County.

Mr. Milner of Dodge County, Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration House Resolution No. 70 proposing to set House Resolution No. 252 as a special and continuing order have instructed me as Vice-Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that House Resolution No. 252, By Mr. Wimberly of Toombs, providing for an investigation of charges against the Public Service Commission be set as a special and continuing order for consideration on Monday, July 28th, immediately after the disposition of special orders previously recommended by this committee, and that debate thereon be limited to thirty minutes, to be divided equally between the advocates and opponents of the resolution.
MILNER of Dodge,
Vice-Chairman.

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Mr. Howard of Long moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The report of the Com1_11ittee on Rules was adopted.

On the establishment of the order of business contained therein Mr. Wimberly of Toombs 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.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Atkinson of Camden Aubrey Bandy Banister Beck Bell Blease Bozeman Braddy Burgin Bussey Carr Childs Christopher Clark Collins Covington Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson Elders Ellis Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Fortson Foy

Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holton Houston Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta King Kirkland Knight Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd McClure

McCrory
?4cMullan Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Moore New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Pafford Perkins-of Habersham Perryman Phillips of Telfair Price Rountree Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Spence Stevens Stewart Stovall Strickland Sutlive Tatum Tippins Tyson Vaughn

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Warren West Whitworth

Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wood

Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative wen~ Messrs.:

Anderson Atkinson of Chatham Barrett Boswell Brannen Copeland Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard DuBose Duncan Dykes Fleming of Hancock

Guess Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Kempton Langley Lyons Maddox Mullis Napier Parker Parrish Roberts Robertson

Rowe Sapp Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Steele Stone Sweat Toole Way Weaver Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Winship

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Bennett Bird Blackley Boatwright Bowden Branch Burt Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carter Cox Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Dixon of Jenkins Duvall Ennis Evans of Screven Fowler Gillen

Harrell Hines of Sumter Holden Howard of Screven Huxford Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether
Jones, w. R., of
Meriwether Jordan McDonald McGarity Mayo Montgomery Owen Peek Penland Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Phillips of Jasper

Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Reville Riley Rutherford Simpson Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Stanley Swindle Trippe
Turner Van Landingham Whitley Wingate Woodruff Mr. Speaker

Ayes 104, Nays 41

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The roll call was verified.
On the establishment of the order of business contained in the report of the Committee on Rules the Ayes were 104, Nays 41.
This being the necessary twa-thirds majority of those voting and a majority of the House the order of business was established and set as a special order.
Under the o~der of \lnfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration:

By Messrs. Ellis of Tift, Sutlive of Chatham and others-
, House Bill No. 90. A bill to revise and amend the Game and Fish Laws of the State and for other purposes.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted:

A BILL
To be entitled
An Act to revise and amend the Game and Fish laws of the State of Georgia; to create a State Board of Game. and Fish, to prescribe their duties and to provide for their compensation; to provide for a State CommissionerofGame and Fish and a tidewater Commissioner, who shall be ex officio Assistant Commissioner of Game and Fish, to prescribe their power and duties, and to provide for their compensation; to provide for County Game and Fish Wardens and tidewater patrolmen and inspectors, and to prescribe their powers and duties and to provide for their compensation; to provide that all powers and authority now vested in the State Department of Game a:1d Fish shall be vested in the State board of Game and Fish hereby created; to provide for the leasing of State owned oyster lands; to provide for the State supervision and protection and development of the fish and oyster industry and game of

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the State; to provide revenue therefor; to provide penalties for violating of this Act, and for other purposes.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that a State Board of Game and Fish be and the same is hereby created and established, to be composed of three members to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom shall reside in the northern portion, one in the southern portion of the State, and one in the tidewater region of the State. One of said members shall be appointed for a term of two years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of six years, from the first day of January, 1925, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, and their successors shall be appointed for a term of six years from the first day of January of the year of their appointment. All vacancies shall be filled only for their unexpired term. The Governor shall issue commissions to me members of the board appointed by him, and th~ shall qualify by taking the oath required of other officers of the State. Immediately after appointment and qualification the said members shall meet and elect a chairman. The meeting of said board shall be held annually in the office of the board on the first Monday in May of each year, but the chairman may call the board into special session at any time and at any place in the tidewater counties or elsewhere within the State most convenient for the transaction of the business to be considered. The members of the board shall receive as compensation ten dollars a day and expenses for each day actually devoted to the service of the board.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that for the purposes of this Act the word "board" shall mean the State Board of Game and Fish, unless otherwise required by the context.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that the office of the State Board of Game and Fish shall be in the State Capitol, and the Governor shall make provisions therein for such offices. The State Board of Game and Fish hereby created shall be vested

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with all the authority, powers, and duties now vested in the State Department of Game and Fish. The board shall elect a State Commissioner of Game and Fish, who shall be the executive officer of the board and whose duty it shall be to see that all laws now or hereafter enacted for the protection, propagation and preservation of game animals, game birds, or other wild animals or birds and fish in the State are observed, and that violations thereof are promptly and speedily prosecuted. He shall also appoint one or more game and fish wardens and deputy wardens in each of the several Counties of this State, and be vested with all the powers and authority, and do and perform each and all duties, now vested in the State Game and Fish Commissioner under the laws of this State, except as herein modi5ed or changed, under the general supervision and control of the State Board of Game and Fish hereby created and established. Said board shall keep a record of all its acts and doing in minute books provided for such purpose. The State Game and Fish Commissioner shall be ex officio Secretary of said board and shall keep the minutes and records of the board in the office of the board in the State Capitol, which shall be opened to public inspection like the other records of this State; he shall also give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars, payable to the Governor of the State, in some good and solvent surety company to be approved by the Secretary of State, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and a proper accounting of all moneys that may come into his hands as said commissioner. The premium of such bond shall be paid out of the State game and protection fund. He shall be commissioned by the Governor and take the usual oath required of other officers of the State. The State Commissioner of Game and Fish shall be elected
for the term of four years and until his successor is elected
and qualified. The State Commissioner of Game and Fish in office on the first day of January, 1925, shall be the State Commissioner of Game and Fish under the terms of this Act until the first day of January, 1926, at which time the board shall elect his successor. All vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.



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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the State Board of Game and Fish shall elect a Tidewater Commissioner, who shall be a resident of Tidewater Georgia, and who shall be ex officio Assistant Commissioner of Game and Fish and shall act in the place and stead of such Commissioner in the case of a vacancy in such office, until such vacancy is filled by the board. Such tidewater commissioner shall be elected for a term expiring four years from the first day of January, 1925; and until his successor is elected and qualified, and his successors shall likewise be elected for a term of four years and until a successor is elected and qualified. The Tidewater Commissioner shall give bond to the Governor of the State in the sum of ten thousand dollars in some good and solvent surety company to be approved by the Secretary of State, conditioned for the faithful performance gf the duties of his office, and a proper accounting of all moneys that may come into his hands as such Commissioners. The premium upon such bond shall be paid out of the coastal fisheries fund. The Game and Fish Commissioner and Tidewater Commissioner shall keep a public record, correctly disclosing all moneys received and expended by them and all such other information as may be necessary or proper in the conduct of the affairs and business of their offices. The books and accounts of said Commissioners shall be audited in the same way as other books and accounts of the other departments of the State are audited.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Tidewater Commissioner. shall have and keep a seal of office which shall be used to authenticate all papers and documents issued and executed by him as such officer.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That said State Commissioner of Game and Fish shall receive a salary of thirty-six hundred dollars per annum, payable out of the Game and Fish protection fund, and said Tidewater Commissioner shall receive a salary of three thousand doilars per annum, payable only out of the fund known as the coastal fisheries fund.



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Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the Tidewater Commissioner shall, under the general supervision of the State Board, have charge, control and management of the protection, propagation and distribution of food or game fish, shell fish, and crustacea in the following counties in this State, ta-wit: Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Macintosh, Glynn, and Camden, which shall be known as Tidewater Georgia; he shall have the conduct, control and management of all hatching and biolOgical stations owned and operated, or that are hereafter acquired by the State in such Counties; he shall have charge of the enforcement of all laws for the protection of fish, shellfish and crustacea, and lands under water which shall be or have been designated, surveyed and mapped out pursuant to law, as oyster beds or bottom or shell-fish grounds; the power to grant leases of lands for shell-fish culture according to law; and to grant licenses where the same are prescribed by law; also power to employ, with the approval of the Board, inspectors, patrolmen and other helpers in tidewater Georgia, provided that all inspectors appointed or employed shall devote their entire time to the service of the department, and provided further that the salary of no inspector shall exceed eighteen hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the board to establish and equip an office for the Tidewater Commissioner in some convenient place in Tidewater Georgia, and said Commissioner shall employ such other clerks and employees as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the office work as shall be authorized by said board.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Tidewater Commissioner to lease to any citizen of this State, or to any corporation chartered under the laws of this State and having its principal shucking plant or canning factory in this State, portions of the oyster beds or bottoms, other than natural or privately owned beds or bottoms, for a period of not exceeding twenty years, with the privilege of renewal at such rate as may be prescribed by the Tidewater Commis-sioner, but in no event can any person, firm, corporation, or

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combination of persons, lease or hold in excess of one thous:md acres, not to consist of more than two parcels, and he shall have the privilege of this section until he has demonstrated to the Tidewater Commi3sioner his willi:-tgness, abi!i ty and intention to comply with the laws, as well as the rules and regulations prescribed by the board for leasing and cultivating oyster bed3. The owners of lands having water fronts thereon suitable for planting oysters shall have prior rights over all other applicants for assignment and lease oyster planting grounds adjacent thereto. All applications for lease of land under this Act shall be made on blanks to be prescribed by the board and shall be sworn to by the applicant. Each application shall be accompanied by a deposit of$10.00 as a guarantee of good faith, and to apply on cost of survey. Notice of such application shall be published once a week for four weeks in the official gazette of the county or counties in which such hl.nds lie four weeks prior thereto. If no good cause is shown to the contrary, the Commissioner may have said ground surveyed and a plat made thereof, and grounds marked o:t", at the cost of the applicant, at the time the survey is made, and at the direction of the surveym, with suitable stakes, smooth and free from snags, and spurs and suitable stakes shall be kept by the lessee in their proper places during the continuance of such lease, so as to conform accurately to the survey. Should such stakes be removed, rot down, or be carl)ied away, the lessee shall replace them at his own expense in their proper places, and if he fails to do so within thirty days after being notified by the patrolman of the district within which the ground lies, the said lease shall be forfeited.

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the survey and plot of any assignment, as soon as practicable after it is made, and after said grounds shall have been assigned to said applicant, shall be delivered to said applicant, who shall record the same in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the County or Counties in which said ground lies, and a copy thereof shall also be filed in the office of the Tidewater CommissiOner. The surveyor surveying such tract so assigned

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shall make plats of such surveys for such office, and for the person to whom such assignment is made. Such plat shall be duly recorded in such office in a well-bound and substantial book, and indexed in the name of the assignee. The Clerk of the Superior Court shall receive for recording the same in his office the fee now required for recording deeds and plats in this State. The annual rental of land leased under this Section shall be such amount per acre as the board may fix upon, but in no case less than twenty-five cents per annum, and shall be due on the first of September of each year after the date of the assignment, and payable on or before the first day of November following. If not paid on or before November first, a twenty-five per cent. fine shall be added, and the inspector of such district shall proceed to levy for rental and fines. The lessee shall be required to deposit, under the supervision of the inspector of his district within such time as may be designated by the board in his lease, shells or oysters to the amount of not less than ten or more than one thousand bushels per acre for the entire area leased, the amount to be fixed by the Tidewater Commissioner. The lessee shall be required to deposit, under the supervision and direction of the Tidewater Commissioner, every year during the life of the lease, a number of bushels of shells or oysters on each acre of the tract or parcel of ground leased by him, equal to twenty-five per centum of the m~mber of bushels of oysters taken by him therefrom. The lessee shall be required to prove compliance with both of these provisions as to deposit of shells or oysters on the ground so leased by him, and in default of such pr,oot thereof the lease shall be annulled.
Section II. Be it further enacted, That any person who has planted oysters in good faith on lands prior to the passage of this Act shall have'the first option or refusal to have said land leased to him by the Tidewater Commissioner, who shall take the fact into consideration in fixing the lease fee to be charged.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person to stake in or use, for the purpose of propagation oysters or shell-fish, any natural oyster bed, dock, shoal

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or bottom, or clamming or crabbing ground which has not been assigned to him according to law, nor shall any person who may have occupied and staked off such natural bed, rock, or shoal, or clamming or crabbing ground, or bottom, which has not been assigned to him according to law, continue to occupy the same; and any person violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Section 1065 of the Penal Code. Said person shall be notified by the Tidewater Commissioner to remove all stakes, watch-houses, or other obstructions from such natural beds, rock, or shoal; and if after the notice such person refuses to remove such stakes or other obstructions, the same shall be removed by the said Tidewater Commissioner or patrolman, at the cost of the offender, who shall also be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Sec. 18. Be it further enacted that when any resurvey of oyster-planting grounds or survey made to reestablish the lines of the State survey of natural oyster beds, rocks, or shoals, which may hereafter be made under the direction of the Tidewater Commissioner, it shall appear that any holder, without his own default and by mistake of any officer of the State, has had assigned to him and included in the plat of his asstgnment any portion of the natural oyster beds, rocks, or shoals, as defined by law, and it shall appear that any such holder has oysters or shells planted on the said ground, then before the stakes shall be removed from said grounds, or the same opened to the public, the said holder shall be allowed a reasonable time, the length of which shall be determined by the said Commissioner in his discretion, within which to remove his planted oysters or shells from the said ground, under the supervision of the Tidewater Commissioner.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That any patrolman or surveyor who shall knowingly assign to any person any ground within the public survey of the natural oyster beds, rocks, or shoals, or clam beds that have been set aside by the Commissioner, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and any such assignment

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shall be void, and such official shall be discharged from the employ of the department of Game and Fish.
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall willfully injure, remove, or displace any boundary oysters stakes, range monuments, signal beacon, bound stone or post, or buoy or any appurtenance or enclosure therein erected, constructed or set by the Tidewater Commissioner or by his order, on the land or water of this State or upon the lawful beds of any lessee for the purpose of designating, locating, surveying, or mapping any shell-fish grounds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That any person who shall take, steal or carry away, without permission of the owner any oysters or shells shall be deemed guilty of the larceny thereof; and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor and be confined in jail not less than three months nor more than six months, or for a like time in the county chaingang, and fined not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, for each offense.
Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That all distributors or dealers (including manufacturers who are distributors or dealers) who sell oysters in this State (except those importing and selling the same in the original package in which brought into this State) shall pay thereon an occupation tax as follows: one cent on each sixty ounces of canned oysters; two (2) cents on each gallon of raw shucked oysters; five (5) cents upon each bushel of oysters sold in the shell, and, in addition to the foregoing taxes, a tax of one-sixteenth (l-16th) of a cent is hereby imposed upon every pound of shrimps or prawn caught or taken from the waters of this State for sale; provided that nothing in this act shall be construed to place a tax upon or prohibit the sale of oysters or shrimps for local consumption by peddlers or hucksters who sell direct to the consumer; provided that no one person shall take or remove from the public beds of this State more than ten (10) bushels

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of oysters in any one day for such purpose. Each package

containing oysters canned in this State, or raw shucked

oysters, or oysters in the shell, gathered in this State shall be

stamped by the manufacturer or dealer, or distributor, with

quantity of oysters contained in each can, barrel or other

package in which the same are offered for sale within the

State or shipped. Each distributor or dealer, including the

manufacturers who are distributors or dealers shall place

stamps in the amount necessary upon each of said packages:,

to comply with the requirements of the payment of the occu-

pation taxes hereinbefore set out.



Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch fish or prawn in this State and transport same beyond the limits of this State without first bringing the same into some Georgia port, having the same weighed by the Tidewater Commissioner or his authorized inspector or other assistant, and paying the tax thereon before the same are permitted to leave the boundaries of this State. Any person violating the provision of this sec~ion shall, upon conviction, be punished as for a misdemeanor.

Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That the State Board of Game and Fish shall adopt an occupation stamp or stamps of such sizes and denomination as shall be deemed advisable by the board, which shall have a serial number, and be of such design as such board shall select, suitable for the purpose of stamping the cans and packages in which oysters are canned or shipped as hereinbefore provided. Said board shall provide for the sale of such stamps by the Tidewater Commissioner of Game and Fish direct to the distributors, dealers, and manufacturers, as will best meet the requirements of such.

Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful for apy person or persons to counterfeit any stamp, adopted by the State Board of Game and Fish, or to purchase any similar thereto, or to aid or assist in uttering the same, or t() use or attempt to use a stamp more than one time. Any person or persons, firms or corporation violating the provisiqn~

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of this section shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall be punished as provided for in Section 231 of the Penal Code of Georgia, 1910.
Sec. 21. Be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or Corporation, to sell, ship or receive for sale any canned oysters, raw shucked oysters or oysters to be sold in the shell, except there be affixed to each package a stamp or stamps furnished by the State Board of Game and Fish, indicating that the said occupation tax thereon has been paid. Any person or persons, firms or Corporation, violating the provision of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of 1910. A can or package of sea food stamped to comply with the provisions of this Act shall not be subject to a further tax when passing through the hands of another distributor.
Sec. 22. Be it further enacted,That all oysters sold in the shell in this State in Tidewater Georgia shall be measured in circular tub, with straight sides, straight and solid bottoms, with holes in the bottom not more than one-half inch in diameter. A bushel tub shall measure eighteen inches from the i~side across the bottom, and twenty-one inches from the bottom to the top of chime. All measures used for buying or selling oysters shall have a brand, to be adopted by the State Board of Game and Fish, stamped thereon by the Tidewater Commissioner or his lawful inspectors or patrolmen. Any person or persons violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten ($10.00) dollars, nor more than fifty ($50.00) dollars, or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court; and all measures found in the possession of such person not meeting the requirements of this section shall be destroyed by the Tidewater Commissioner of Game and Fish.
Sec. 23. Be it further enacted, That all persons owning or sperating canning factories, shucking plants, or otherwise dealing in or supplying shrimp or oysters for commercial pur-

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poses, shall keep a record in which shall be entered the amount of oysters and shrimp taken from Georgia waters, the name of each person from whom they shall purchase oysters and shrimp, together with the date of purchase and quantity purchased; the name, number and approximate tonnage of the boat in which they were brought to the factory, the quantity canned and packed for shipment, and the date and amount of each shipment as well as a record of all raw shipped oysters and shrimp and oysters sold in the shell, and make an itemized written report to the Tidewater Commissioner not later than the fifth day of each month. They shall also keep on file a copy of the bill of lading for each shipment; said book and said file of bills of lading to be open at all times to the inspection of the Tidewater Commissioner, or to his agent or employees, or to the Comptroller-General or his agents, and they shall, between the first and fifteenth day of May in each year, make a report to the Tidewater Commissioner of the number of canned oysters; and the number of stamps of each denomination on hand on the first day of May. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for not more than six months nor less than thirty days on the public works of the County.
Sec. ~4. Be it further enacted, That any person, firm or corporation owning private oyster beds in Tidewater Georgia may come under the provisions of this act and have the same protection as is afforded the lessees of State-owned oyster grounds under to provisions of this act, by planting oysters upon such grounds and placing oysters or shells thereon in the manner prescribed for leased oyster lands under the provisions of this act.
Sec. ~5. Be it further enacted, That before entering upon the discharge of his official duties each tidewater inspector and patrolman shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the Governor, with sufficient security, to be approved by the Ordinary of his resident County, con-

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ditioned that he will well and truly account for and legally apply all moneys which may come into his hands in his official capacity, and to pay all judgments rendered against said inspector or patrolman for malicious prosecution or for unlawful search or imprisonment, and that he will faithfully perform all the duties enjoined upon him by law. The county game warden of this the State, the tidewater inspectors, and the tidewater patrolmen shall he vested with all the powers and authority now vested by law in the game and fish wardens of this State, and also in the sheriffs and constables of this State, for the protection of game and fish and shell-fish and the forests of this State. The tidewater inspector shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of game and fish wardens in the tidewater counties of this State.

Sec. 26. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Game and Fish is hereby authorized to regulate, prohibit, or restrict in time, place, character or dimensions the use of nets, appliances, apparatus, and all means employed in taking or killing fish, any kind of sea-food, to regulate the season at which the various species may he taken in the several waters of this State, and to prescribe the minimum sizes of fish, oysters, and other sea-food which may he taken in the said several waters of this State, which may he bought, sold, or held in possession by any firm, person or corporation in this State; also to prescribe and adopt forms of leases and applications therefor, and other forms of reports and applications provided for by this act; the said hoard is alsu authorized to purchase and hold for and in the name of the State of Georgia such boats and other equipment ar may he necessary to carry on the work of the department; also power to open or close certain designated lands or waters for hunting or taking fish and oysters when the same is necessary for the conservation of the supply. Said hoard is further authorized and empowered to employ surveyors and other help that may he necessary for the purpose of surveying any of the oyster lands in Tidewater Georgia, to he leased under the provision of this act. All of such regulations after being published once a week for four consecutive

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weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in one of the tidewater counties of Georgia shall be recorded in the minutes of the board and shall be of equal force and effect with the provisions of this Act; and any person violating the provision of this section or any of the rules and regulations promulgated by said board pursuant hereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the court. The board shall have power and authority to make such rules regulating the shipment and transportation of fish, oysters, clams, crabs, escallops and other water products as it may deem necessary. In making regulations the board shall give due weight and consideration to all the factors which will affect the right of any individual or a present investment in fisheries, and no change in the existing rules and regulations which, if it should go into effect immediately, would tend to cause persons to sustain loss to their property, shall go into effect until one year from the date the change has been made by the board.
Sec. 27. Be it further enacted, That a petition signed by five or more voters of the district or community which will be affected by the proposed changes, is filed with the board through the Tidewater Commissioner, that they may be heard regarding the change. The board shall in that event designate by advertisement for a period of thirty days at the courthouse and three other public places in the county, and also by publication in a newspaper in the said county, once a week for two consecutive weeks, a place at which the said board shall meet and hear argument for and against said change, and may ratify, rescind or alter this previous order, as may seem just in the premises.
Sec. 28. Be it further enacted, That all persons not citizens of this State are hereby prohibited from engaging in the taking or catching of shrimp or prawn from the salt waters of this State for commercial purposes. Provided, that where the board is shown that a bonafide Georgia concern owning and operating a packing or canning plant, duly licensed by this State and having its own fleet of boats, cannot operate all or

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a part of such fleet by reason of inability to secure competent fishermen, that in such event said board shall license such boats to be manned by alien fishermen by paying ten ($10.00) dollars per fisherman in addition to any license required of such boats; and provided further, that the foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to an alien who has had a fixed and continuous residence in this State for a period of three (3) years prior to January 1, 1925, and who shall have filed his first citizenship papers signifying his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States; these conditions to be proved to the satisfaction of the Tidewater Commissioner before license shall be issued, it being the full intent of this section that all boats shall be manned by citizens of this State unless as herein provided.
Sec. ~9. Be it further enacted, That no license to operate a boat for the purpose of taking fish, oyst~rs or other sea-food from the waters of this State shall be issued except to a bonafide citizen thereof, or to a resident corporation, or to that class of aliens described in Section 28, provided that all persons or corporations holding licenses under this section shall be prohibited from employing any person not a citizen of this State, except as provided in Section 28 of this act, and provided further that should the owner of any boat duly licensed under the laws of this State sell or transfer said boat by bill ro sale or otherwise to any person not a citizen of this State fo a resident corporation as aforesaid, then said license shall become null and void immediately; provided further that the provisions of this section shall not apply to boat license held at the time of the passage of this act, but said license shall be good and valid as originally issued. Any person violating the provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Sec. 30. Be it further enacted by the authority of the aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, and constables in Tidewater Georgia to execute all writs and warrants placed in their hands against violators of the game and fish laws, and it is also made the duty of such

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sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and constables to report to the Tidewater Commissioner all violations of the game and fish laws that come under their knowledge, and to procure warrants for such offenders and apprehend the same.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, That all moneys collected or derived from hunting licenses, fines for violating hunting laws and other receipts derived from the enforcement of the laws pertaining to game and fresh water fishing shall be kept in a fund to be known as the game and fish protection fund; and all moneys derived from boat license, salt water fishing, tax on sea-foods, fines, forfeitures, lessees or other sources from Tidewater Georgia, shall be kept in a separate fund known as the coastal fisheries fund.
Sec. 82. Be it further enacted, That the said moneys derived hereunder shall be used as herein provided, tO-wit: game and fish protection fund shall be used to defray the expenses of the State Board of Game and Fish, salary of the State Commissioner of Game and Fish, and all other legally authorized expenses for the year in which same is collected and the following fiscal year, and at the end of said following 1scal year the surplus, if any, shall be paid over to the State freasurer for the benefit of the common schools of Georgia. The coastal fisheries fund shall be used to defray the expenses of the State Board of Game and Fish in Tidewater Georgia, and for the protection, propagation and distribution of seafood during the first year in which received and the following fiscal year, and at the end of said fiscal year the surplus remaining shall he paid over to the State Treasurer for the benefit of the common school fund of Georgia.
Sec. 88. Be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful to head shrimp or prawn on the fishing grounds, where the same are caught or where shrimp or prawn commonly run or are caught. And when headless shrimp or prawn are found in the possession of any person while on the salt waters of this State, the same shall be accepted as prima facie proof that said shrimp or prawn have been headed in violation of the

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terms of this act. Any person violating provtston of the section shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
Sec. 84. The use of all nets except hand-drawn .nets in the inside salt-water rivers, creeks and estuaries, is hereby pr0-. hibited. The use of nets except hand-drawn nets is prohibited in the sounds of this State during the months of March, April, May, June, and July of each year. The boundaries of the sounds are as shown in Bulletin Nineteen (19) of the United States Geodetic Survey. Outside salt-waters are defined as those waters from the outermost part of the coast line to the limit of the three-mile jurisdiction, and embrace that part of the Atlantic Ocean under the jurisdictions of the State of Georgia. Inland salt-waters not included in outside saltwaters, and include all sounds, estuaries, salt-water rivers and creeks. Any one violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 85. Be it further enacted, That all boats engaged in taking fish, oysters, or shrimp, or other sea-food, for the purpose of sale from any of the waters of this State, shall, before beginning operation, first secure from the Tidewater Commissioner a license, and for this purpose the owner of the vessel must present in writing an application setting forth the name and description of said vessel, the name and post office address of the owner and the Captain of said vessel, the number of the crew, and such other data or information as the said Commissioner shall deem necessary. Said application shall be made on blanks prescribed by the Commissioner and shall be made under oath and duly witnessed by the officer authorized by the law to administer oaths; thereupon said Commissioner shall register said vessel and issue license upon payment of cost thereof. The schedule of license for boats shall be the same as provided in Section 8 of House Bill No. !l67, approved August 19, 1919.
Sec. 86. Be it further enacted, That any person desiring to take or catch fish from the salt-waters of this State, for commercial purposes shall first obtain from the Tidewater

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Commissioner a license therefor, and said license shall have effect for a period of twelve months from the first day of the month following the date of issue; the fee for such individual license shall be two ($2.00) dollars. No such license shall be issued to any person not a citizen of this State, and said license shall not issue until the applicant therefor shall state under oath on application provided therefor by the Tidewater Commissioner, that he is a citizen of this State; provided that fish license may be issued to persons not citizens of this State, under the terms and conditions prescribed in Section 28 of this Act. Any person procuring a license under this or next preceding section by falsely swearing as to his citizenship shall be guilty of a felony and punished as provided in Section 231 of the Penal Code of Georgia, 1910.

Sec. 37. Be it further enacted, That all boat and fishing licenses and other permits (except hunting license) heretofore issued by the Game and Fish Commissioner in Tidewater Georgia, shall be issued by the Tidewater Commissioner, after his appointment and qualification under this Act.

Sec. 38. Be it further enacted, That Section 9 and 10 of an Act approved November 27, 1915, being "an Act for the protection and propagation of fish," etc., and Section 1 and 4 of an Act approved August 19, 1919, being "an Act to prohibit the use of trawl nets," etc., and an Act approved August 20, 1918, being House Bill No. 520 and described as "An Act to prohibit the use of trawl nets," etc., and all other laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill by substitute Mr. New of Laurens called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 118, Nays 13.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute..
Mr. McCrory of Schley moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Messrs. Ellis of Tift and Foy of Taylor-
House Resolution No. 289. A resolution expressing the sympathy of the House to Han. F. E. Wimberly of Twiggs County in his bereavement over the death of his brother.

The following bill of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Messrs. Linder of Jeff Davis and Stewart of Atkinson-
House Bill No. 689. A bill to change the time of the meeting of the General Assembly from the fourth Wednesday in June to the first Wednesday in January and for other purposes.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 689 went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Daniel of Troup, McGarity of Paulding, and Trippe of Bartow.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

TuESDAY, JuLY 29, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll was called and the following members ans.wered to their names:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Childs

Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of .Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy

Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstetn Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins .Johnson of Bacon
Johnson of Forsyth
.Tones of Cook
.Tones of Coweta
.Tones of Floyd

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Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
J-ordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McOrory McDonald McGarity McMUllan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Moore MUllis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen

Pafford

Stanley

Parker

Steele

Parrish

Stevens

Peek

Stewart

Penland

Stone

Perkins of Habersham Stovall

Perkins of Muscogee Strickland

Perryman

Sutlive

Peterson

Sweat

Phtillps of Jasper

Swindle

Phillips of Telfair

Tatum

Pickering

Tippins

Pickren

Toole

Pitts

Turner

Pope

Tyson

Price

Van Landingham

Reville

Vaughn

Riley

Warren

Roberts

Way

Robertson

Weaver

Rountree

West

Rowe

Whitley

Russell

Whitworth

Rutherford

Williams

Sapp

Wilson

Shedd

Wimberly of Laurens

Shettlesworth

Wimberly of Toombs

Singletary

Wimberly of Twiggs

Smith of Bryan

Wingate

Smith of Fulton

Winship

Smith of Jefferson

Wood

Smith of Lamar

Woodruff

Spence

Wright

Stanford

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:

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I. Introduction of new matter under the rules.
2. Reports of standing committees.
S. 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 having a local application and House bills and resolutions with Senate amendments.
5. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions.

The following bills of the House were introduced, read the

first time, and referred to the committees:

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By Miss Kempton and Mr. Wood of FultonHouse Bill No. 924. A hill to abolish the fee system i~ the
Atlanta Judicial Circuit and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Wingate of Baker-
House Bill No. 925. A hill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Baker County and for other pur..:_ poses.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-
House Bill No. 926. A hill to change time of holding court in Superior Court of Chero~ee County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. Beck and Spence of Carroll-
House Bill No. 927. A hill to provide for an increase of salary for County Commissioner of Carroll County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

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By Messrs. Beck and Spence of Carroll-
House Bill No. 928. A bill to increase salary of Judge of City Court of Carroll County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Boswell of Greene-
House Bill No. 929. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Greensboro.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Phillips of Telfair-
. House Bill No. 930. A bill to repeal an Act authorizing the Town of Lumber City to issue bonds for water works.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Phillips of Telfair-
Hause Bill No. 931. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Lumber City relative to election of Mayor and Aldermen.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Shedd of Wayne-
House Bill No. 932. A bill to amend an Act incorporating City of Jesup relative to terms of and election of Mayor and Aldermen.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

.BY Mr. Smith of Lamar-
. House Bill No. 933. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Barnesville so as to reduce incorporate limits.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

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By Mr. Smith of Lamar-
House Bill No. 934. A bill to extend the limits of the Town of Aldora to include lands of Aldora Mills in Lamar County.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Beck and Spence of Carroll-
House Bill No. 935. A bill to appropriate $50,000.00 to Bowdon College for a new dormitory.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 936. A bill to appropriate $4,700.00 for deficiency at Tenth District A. & M. School of Granite Hill.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr; Pickering of Murray-
House Bill No. 937. A bill to create a Bt>ard of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Murray and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Wright of Jones-
House Bill No. 938. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 939. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Fairburn in Campbell County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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By Messrs. McClure and Pope of Walker-
House Resolution No. 240. A resolution to provide for
relief of sureties, J. A. Elliott, E. G. Henderson and J. A.
Graham and Dave J. Ellis.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary ~o. ~-

By Mr. Brady of Glascock-
Hause Resolution No. 290. A resolution to appropriate $3,800.00 for repairs and improvements at the Soldiers Home.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Elders of Tattnall-
House Resolution No. ~91. A resolution to appropriate $2,500.00 for the purpose of paying the salaries of the office force of the Prison Commission and to make up deficiency caused by the employment of additional necessary help.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Smith of Lamar and Stovall of Elbert-
House Resolution No. 292. :\ resolution to empower the Speaker of the House to appoint a committee of three members of the House to investigate the Electrical Voting Machine and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

Mr. Strickland of Brantley County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following 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:

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Respectfully submitted, STRICKLAND of Brantley, Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 891. House Bill No. 903.
Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of CHARLTON, Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Vice-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:
House Bill No. 913.
House Bill No. 914.

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House Bill No. 904.

Respectfully submitted, BozEMAN of \Vorth, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 915 do pass. House Bill No. 851 do pass. House Bill No. 830 do pass. House Bill No. 852 do pass. House Bill No. 819 do pass. House Bill No. 694 do pass. House Bill No. 755 do not pass. House Bill No. 783 do not pass. House Resolution No. 266 do not pass. Senate Resolution 'N"o. 41 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, ELDERS of Tattnall, Chairman.

Mr. Mann of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:

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;\1r. 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. 901. House Bill No. 908. House Bill No. 909.
Respectfully submitted, MANN of Glynn, Chairman.

Mr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Resolution No. 49 do pass. House Bill No. 700 do pass as amended. House Resolution No. 251 do pass as amended. House Bill No. 842 do pass as amended. House Resolution No. 237 do pass by substitute. House Resolution No. 254 do pass. House Bill No. 726 do pass as amended. House Bill No. 631 do pass as amended. House Resolution No. 277 do pass as amended.

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House Bill No. 648 do pass as amended. House Resolution No. 224 do pass by substitute. House Resolution No. 221 do pass. House Bill No. 663 do pass. House Resolution No. 211 do pass. House Bill No. 617 do not pass. House Bill No. 225 do not pass. House Bill No. 368 do not pass. House Bill No. 302 do not pass. House Bill No. 301 do not pass. House Bill No. 572 do not pass. House Bill No. 841 do not pass. House Bill No. 818 do not pass. House Bill No. 777 do not pass. House Bill No. 703 do not pass. House Bill No. 701 do not pass. House Bill No. 809 do not pass. House Bill No. 632 do not pass. House Bill No. 653 do n.ot pass. House Bill No. 684 do not pass. House Bill No. 3 do not pass. House Bill No. 573 do not pass. House Bill No. 121 do not pass. House Bill No. 181 do not pass. House Bill No. 294 do not pass. House Resolution No. 253 do not pass.

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House Bill No. 776 do not pass. House Bill No. 705 do not pass. House Bill No. 706 do not pass. House Bill No. 719 do not pass. House Bill No. 679 do not pass. House Bill No. 680 do not pass. House Bill No. 649 do not pass. House Bill No. 299 do not pass. House Bill No. 608 do not pass. House Bill No. 681 do pass as amended. House Resolution No. 279 do pass. House Bill No. 682 do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 683 do pass. House Bill No. 657 do pass. House Bill No. 718 do pass as amended. House Bill No. 812 do pass as amended. House Bill No. 664 do not pass. House Bill No. 723 do not pass. House Resolution No. 280 do not pass. House Bill No. 641 do not pass. House Resoh,1tion No. 48 do not pass. House Resolution No. 217 do not pass. House Bill No. 566 do not pass. House Resolution No. 171 do not pass. House Bill No. 685 do not pass. House Bill No. 862 do not pass.

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House Bill No. 698 do not pass. House Resolution No. 176 do not pass. House Resolution No. 77 do not pass. House Resolution No. 241 do not pass. House Resolution No. 212 do not pass. House Resolution No. 82 do not pass. Senate Bill No.. 190 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, CuLPEPPER of Fayette, Chairman.

Upon the request of the authors House Bill No. 641, House Bill No. 679, House Bill No. 719, and House Resolution No. 280 were placed upon the Calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the reports of the committees, which were unfavorable to the passage of the bills and resolution.
By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mrs. Napier of Bibb and Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 631. A bill to appropriate the sum of $24,530.55 for the year 1925 and each year thereafter to match an equal sum by the United States Government for carrying into effect the provisions of the Act of Congress for the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy and for other purposes.
By Mr. Harris of Jefferson and others-
House Bill No. 648. A bill to appropriate $20,000.00 for the year 19~4 and $40,000.00 for the year 1925 to the University of Georgia and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Milner of Dodge and others-
House Bill No. 657. A bill to appropriate $43,944.23 for the purpose of supplying a deficiency in the maintenance of the Georgia School of Technology for the years 1923-1924 and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Atkinson of Chatham and Neill of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 663. :\ bill to appropriate $8,365.00 to re-
imburse the Hon. Sam J. Slate for expenses incurred in the
operation of the State Department of Audits and for other purposes.

By Mr. Ennis of Bladwin-
House Bill ~o. 681. :\ bill to appropriate $8,500.00 to supply a deficiency at the Georgia State Sanitarium at Milledgeville.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty and others-
House Bill No. 682. :\ bill to appropriate $};),000.00 to State Board of Entomology for purpose of doing experimental work and for other purposes.

By Messrs. DuBose and Holden of Clarke-
House Bill No. 683. A bill to appropriate $25,000.00 to the Trustees of the State Normal School at Athens and for other purposes.

By Mr. Stanley of Fannin-
House Bill No..694. A bill to provide for a system of public schools for the Town of Mineral Bluff and for other purposes.

By Mr. Jones of Floyd and others-
House Bill No. 700. A bill to appropriate $9,000.00 for the year 1924 to the Trustees of the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Springs.

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By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 718. A bill to appropriate $30,000.00 as a deficiency to the Department of Public Buildings and Grounds.

By Mr. Boswell of Greene and others-
House Bill No. 726. A bill to appropriate deficiency for calcium arsenate work in Laboratory Department of Agriculture Department.

By Miss Kempton of Fulton and others--
House Bill No. 812. A bill to secure an appropnatton for the Georgia Training School for Girls and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert--
House Bill No. 819. A bill to amend the School laws of Elberton and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Copeland of Lowndes and Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 824. A bill to appropriate $25,000.00 for an additional and emergency appropriation for the military establishment of the State and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Reville and Rowe of Richmond-
House Bill No. 830. A bill to amend an :\ct to regulate public instruction in Richmond County.

By Messrs. Reville and Rowe of Richmond and others -
House Bill No. 851. A bill to regulate public school instruction in the County of Richmond and for other purposes.

By Mr. Barrett of Stephens-
House Bill No. 852. A bill to aid in the establishment and maintenance of consolidated schools and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Branch of Turner-
House Bill No. 891. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Ashburn and for other purposes.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 901. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the City of Saint George and for other purposes.

By Mr. Burgin of Marion-
House Bill No. 903. A bill to amend the law creating public school system of Buena Vista.

By Mr. Shedd of Wayne-
House Bill No. 904. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jesup and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 908. A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of Bowman to submit to the voters the question of tax exemption on certain properties.

By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 909. A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of Elberton to submit to the voters the question of exemption from taxation certain properties.

By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 910. A bill to authorize the ordinarv of Elbert County to submit to the voters of Elbert County' the question of exemption from taxation certain properties.

By Messrs. Hyman and Warren of Washington-
House Bill No. 913. A bill to repeal an Act abolishing the Tennille School District and for other purposes.

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By Messrs. Hyman and Warren of Washington-
House Bill No. 914. A bill to repeal an Act establishing the"' Tennille School District in the City of Tennille and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Cumming, Reville and Rowe of Richmond.
House Bill No. 915. A bill to amend an Act regulating publice instruction in the County of Richmond.

By Messrs. Sutlive, Eve and Atkinson of Chatham-
House Resolution No. 49. A. resolution to appropriate $25,000.00 to the Georgia State Industrial College.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette--
House Resolution No. 211. A resolution to appropriate $1,868.28 to pay the salary of the Judge of the Superior Court of Griffin.

By Mr. DeLaperierre of Jackson and others-
House Resolution No. 221. A resolution to appropriate $1,895.16 to pay the salary of the Judge of the Superior Court of the Piedmont Circuit.
By Mr. Stovall of Elbert and others-House Resolution No. 224. A resolution to appropnate
$750,000.00 for the support and maintenance of the common or public schools of the State of Georgia for the year 1924..
By Messrs. Cummings and Rowe of Richmond-House Resolution No. 237. A. resolution relative to the
operation and maintenance of the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives and for other purposes.

By Mr. Logan of BanksHouse Resolution No. 2!>1. :\ resolution relative to the

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operation and maintenance of the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Alto.

By Miss Kempton and Messrs. Wood and Smith of Fulton-
House Resolution No. 254. A resolution to appropriate $1,854.84 to pay the salary of one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Fulton County.

By Mr. Hatcher of Burke-
House Resolution No. 277. A resolution to appropriate $10,000.00 to the State Service Bureau and for other purposes.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette--
House Resolution No. 279. A resolution to appropriate $93.93 to pay salary of Solicitor-General of Griffin Judicial
Circuit from August 17, 1923, to December :n, 1923.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Gillis of the 16th-
Senate Bill No. 177. A bill to abolish the office of County Treasurer in Treutlen County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Arnow of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 238. A bill to amend the several Acts relative to the creation of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Camden County and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 127, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following bills and resolution of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto:

By Mr. Kirkland of Miller-
House Bill No. 650. A bill to abolish the City Court of Miller County and for other purposes.

The following amendments of the Senate was read and adopted:
Amend Section four (4) by striking therefrom the words:
"If a majority of the votes cast at said election be," and inserting in lieu thereof the following words, to-wit:
"If a majority of the registered voters of Miller County vote at said election."

By Mr. Callaway of Putnam-
House Bill No. 821. A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools in Eatonton and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was re.:d and adopted:
Amend by striking from the caption thereof the words: "and that appropriations may be made to supplement the school tax" and by striking therefrom Section 2 in its entirety.
By Messrs. McClure and Pope of Walker-
House Resolution No. 240. A resolution to provide for the
relief of sureties on the bond of Dave J. Ellis in the County of
Walker.

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The following amendment of the Senate was read and adopted:
Amend by adding in line 23, page 3, the following words:
"said principal, David J. Ellis, and the."

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
.lvlr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following resolutions of the House, ta-wit:
House Resolution No. 242. A resolution urging Congressmen of Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina to urge our National Congress to establish a park in the Appalachian Mountains where these above states join.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
A.fr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 674. A bill to amend an :\ct creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Bacon.
House Bill No. 803. A biH to authorize the City of Crawfordville to issue school bonds.
By unanimous consent House Bill )Jo. 660 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent House Bill )Jo. 928 was withdrawn from the House.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 4 was withdrawn from the Committee on Public Property and recommitted to the Committee of the Whole House with instructions that the bill be reported back to the House in thirty minutes.

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Under the order of unfinished business the followinglbill of the House was taken up for fur.ther consideration.

By Messrs. Linder of Jeff Davis, Stewart of Atkinson and others-
House Bill No. 639. A bill to change the time of the meeting of the General Assembly from the fourth Wednesday in June
to the first Wednesday in January and for other purposes. f
Mr. Dykes of Dooly moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed. to and the bill was lost.
Mr. Knight of Berrien moved that the House now resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House for the purpose of considering House Bill No. 4, and that the Committee of the Whole House be instructed to report the bill back to the House within thirty minutes.
Mr. Hyman of Washington moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The motion was lost.

The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed hefore the House for consideration:

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 36. A bill to provide for contest in primary elections and for other purposes.
Mr. Hyman of Washington moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The committee amendments were read and adopted.
The amendment of Mr. Calloway of Putnam was read and adopted.

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The amendment of Mr. Harrell of Stewart was read and adopted.

The amendment of Mr. Perryman of Talbot was read and

adopted.



The amendment of Mr. McCrory of Schley was read and adopted.
On agreeing to the report of the committee Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.

The report of the committee, wl;lich was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of the bill Mr. Knight of Berrien 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 Towns Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Bennett Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Christopher Collins Copeland Culpepper Davis of Floyd

DuBose Dykes Elders Ennis Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Foy Greer Griner Guess Haddock Harrell Hatcher of Burke Head Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Screven Huxford Jenkins Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Floyd

Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
Langley Latham Lyons McCrory McDonald Maddox Mann Mansell Milner Moore Mullis Owen Parker Peek Penland Perryman Pickren Pitts Roberts Russell

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Sapp Shedd Singletary Steele Stone Stovall

Sutlive Sweat Tyson Vaughn Way West

Whitley Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Anderson Atkinson of Camden Banister Beck Bell Blease Bleckley Boatwright Camp of Coweta Childs Clark Covington Cox Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Duvall Ellis Evans of Warren Fowler Golden Griffis Grovenstein

Hamrick Harrison Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Houston Howard of Long Hulme Hyman Johnson of Bacon Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jordan King Kirkland Knight Linder Lindsey Loyd McClure McGarity McMullan Meeks Miles Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Pafford Parrish Perkins of Habersham

Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pope Price Reville Rountree Rowe Rutherfo:d Shettlesworth Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stewart Strickland Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Turner Van Landingham Warren Whitworth Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Winship Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Bird Burt Carr

Carter Dixon of Jenkins Evans of Screven

Eve Fleming of Columbia Fortson

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Gillen Harris Hatcher of Muscogee Howard of Chatta-
hoochee .Tones A. D. of
Meriwether Kempton

Logan McCullough Mayo Montgomery Perkins of Muscogee Pickering Riley Robertson

Simpson Stanley Stevens Trippe Weaver Williams Wood Mr. Speaker

Ayes 83, Nays 92.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes werei8s, Nays 92.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 128. A bill to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline, benzines and napthas, to provide for test, for standards of purity and quality, and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent 300 copies of the substitute by Mr. New of Laurens were ordered printed for the use of the members of the House.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that beginning with tO-morrow the House have afternoon sessions, unless otherwise ordered by the House.
Mr. McCrory of Schley moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and Senate Bill No. 128 went over as unfinished business with the motion of Mr. Milner of Dodge, that the House have afternoon sessions beginning with tO-morrow, pending.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Ennis of Baldwin, Gillen of Oconee, and Trippe of Bartow.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M~; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
Mr. McCrory of Schley moved that the call of the roll be dispensed with and the motion was lost.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell

Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve

Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee

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Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore

Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson

Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

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By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:
I. 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 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. Barrett of Stephens-

House Bill No. 940. A bill to amend the charter of the Citv

of Toccoa and for other purposes.



Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Jordan of Pulaski-
House Bill No. 941. A bill to authorize a clerk for the Board of Commissioners of Pulaski County and fix his salary and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Mr. Maddox of SpaldingHouse Bill No. 942. A bill to authorize the City of Griffin
to close certain streets and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Milner of DodgeHouse Bill No. 943. A bill to relieve disabled World War

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Veterans from street and road tax and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Mr. Rowe of Richmond and others~
House Bill No. 944. A bill to authorize Richmond County Board of Education to issue bonds of $350,000.00 for buildmg purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb~
House Bill No. 945. A bill to provide that children under 16 years of age shall not work longer than 8 hours a day and to fix certain hours of non-employment and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Braddy of Glascock~
House Bill No. 946. A bill to increase salary of Commissioner of Pensions to $5,000.00 a year.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Weaver of Terrell and others~
House Bill ~o. 947. A bill to amend an ~-\ct incorporating mutual or co-operative fire insurance companies and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mrs. Napier and Messrs. Fowler and Winship of Bibb~
House Bill ~o. 948. :\. bill to amend the charter of the City of Macon relative to tax levy limiting to one and one-fourth per cent and one and one-fourth per cent for building purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

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By Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Bill No. 949. A bill to revise laws under the Georgia Children's Code Commission and to modify same.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Norman of Colquitt and others-
House Bill No. 950. A bill to amend the charter of the Ctty of Moultrie so as to extend city limits and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government..

By Mr. Woodruff of DeKalb and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Bill No. 951. A bill to provide for appointment of a commission for the blind, to employ a secretary, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By ~r. Jenkins of Wheeler-
House Bill No. 952. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 953. A bill to appropriate $24,000.00 for 1924 and $48,000.00 for 1925 to the Department of Revenue and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Jenkins of Wheeler-
House Bill No. 954. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners for Wheeler County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

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Mr. Strickland of Brantley County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 900 do pass.
House Bill No. 9S8 do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
STRICKLAND of Brantley,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:
Afr. 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 following recommendation:
Senate Bill No. ~19 do pass. Senate Bill No. ~36 do pass.
Senate Bill No. '237 do pass.
Senate Bill No. 31 do pass as amended.
Senate Bill No. 16-J. do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted,
\
GuEss of DeKalb,
Chairman.

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Mr. Ennis of Baldwin County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 887.
Respectfully submitted,
ENNIS of Baldwin,
Chairman.

Mr. Ellis of Tift County, Chairman of the Committee on Conservation, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Conservation have had under con-
sideration 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. 286.
Respectfully submi.tted,
ELLIS of Tift,
Chairman.

Mr. Tyson of Mcintosh County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under con-
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me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 920.

Respectfully submitted, TvsoN of Mcintosh, Chairman.

Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson County, Chairman of the. Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:
iHr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute:
House Bill ~o. 782.
Respectfully submitted, DELAPERRIERE of Jackson, Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
1\1r. 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. 930.

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House Bill No. 981.

Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

Mr. Stewart of Atkinson County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bill of the House and 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. 897.
Respectfully submitted,
STEWART of Atkins
Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Vice-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 as follows:

By Mr. Standard of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 884. By Mr. Stanford of Lowndes. A bill to provide for the election of officers of the City Court of Valdosta, do not pass.

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House Bill No. 926. By Mr. Collins of Cherokee. A bill to provide for the holding of three terms of Superior Court, do pass.
House Bill No. 928. By Mr. Spence and Beck of Carroll. .-\ bill to amend an Act creating City Court in Carroll County, do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 939. By Mr. Camp of Campbell. A bill to amend an Act creating City Court of Fairburn, do pass.

Respectfully submitted, BozEMAN of Worth, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Whitley of Douglas County, Chairman of the Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation, submitted the following report:
lvfr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 789 do pass. House Bill No. 763 do pass. House Bill No. 790 do pass. House Bill No. 561 do not pass. House Bill No. 893 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, vVHITLEY of Douglas, Chairman.

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Mr. Jones of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

.Ur. 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 by substitute:
House Bill No. 599.
Respectfully submitted,
W. R. JONES of Meriwether,
Chairman.

Mr. Strickland of Brantley County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Afr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
Bill No. 925 do pass.
Bill No. 927 do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted, STRICKLAND of Brantley,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Whitworth of Madison County, Secretary of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Highways have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Secretary to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 937.
Respectfully submitted,
WHITWORTH of Madison,
Secretary.

Mr. Turner of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report:

A1r. 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 following recommendation:
House Bill No. 885 do pass. House Bill No. 902 do pass by substitute as amended.
Respectfully submitted, TuRNER of Brooks, Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
A1r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Gmrernor, the following Acts and resolutions, to-wit:

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House Bill No. 779. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Crawfordville.
House Bill No. 748. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Bartow County.
House Bill No. 695. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Academy of Social Circle.
House Bill No. 623. An Act to repeal an Act to abolish the office of Treasurer of Hancock County.
House Bill No. 804. An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bryan County.
House Bill No. 805. An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bryan County.
House Bill No. 794. An Act to repeal an Act to abolish the office of Treasurer of Bryan County.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts and resolutions, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 803. An Act to authorize the Town of Crawfordville to issue school bonds.
House Bill No. 798. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of LaGrange.

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House Resolution No. 240. An Act providing for the relief of sureties, J. A. Elliott, E. G. Henderson, and J. A. Graham on the bond of Dave J. Ellis, all of Walker County.
House Bill No. 82.5. A.n Act to amend the charter of the Town of Palmetto.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

Upon the request of the author House Bill No. 884 was placed upon the Calendar for the purpose of disagreeing to the report of the committee, which was unfavorable to the passage of the bill.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Mann of Glynn-
House Bill No. 599. :\. bill to amend the Constitution relative to the issuance and sale of Highway Bonds and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bussey of Crisp-
House Bill No. 763. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to examination of applicants for license to practice osteopathy and for other purposes.

By Mr. Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 782. A bill to amend the Banking Act of the State of Georgia and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bozeman of \VorthHouse Bill No. 789. :\ bill to amend Code of Georgia of

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1910 relative to the constitution qualifications, terms, vacancies, bond, oath, etc., of the State Board of Barber Examiners and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 790. A bill to regulate, license, and control the practice of Cosmetic Therapy, Cosmetology and for other purposes.

By Mr. Jones of Coweta and pafford of Lanier-
Hause Bill No. 885. A bill to regulate the headlights on motor vehicles and for other purposes.

By Mr. Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 887. A bill to require the preparation in the several counties of this State by the Tax Collector thereof digests covering all special or occupation taxes and for other purposes.

By Mr. Rowe of Richmond and others-
House Bill No. 897. A bill to furnish aid and relief to members of paid Fire Departments in all specified cases and for other purposes.

By Mr. Wright of Jones-
House Bill No. 900. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of East Juliette.

By Mr. Harris of Jefferson and othersHouse Bill No. 902. A bill to amend an Act levying an
occupation tax .on distributors of fuel and for other purposes.
By Mr. Greer of MaconHouse Bill No. 920. A bill to protect Game and Fish and for
other purposes.

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By Mr. Wingate of Baker-
House Bill No. 925. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for Baker County and for other purposes.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee-

House Bill No. 926. A bill to provide for holding the

Superior Court of Cherokee County three times a year and

for other purposes.



By Mr. Beck and Spence of Carroll-
House Bill No. 927. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Carroll County and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Spence and Beck of Carroll-
House Bill No. 928. A bill to amend an Act establishing a City Court in the City of Carrollton and for other purposes.

By Mr. Phillips of Telfair-
Hause Bill No. 930. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Lumber City and for other purposes.

By Mr. Phillips of Telfair-
Hause Bill No. 931. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Lumber City and for other purposes.

By Mr. Pickering of Murray-
House Bill No. 937. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Murray County and for other purposes.

By Mr. Wright ofJonesHouse Bill No. 938. A bill to amend an Act creating a

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Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones County and for other purposes.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 939. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Fairburn and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Shedd of Wayne and Pickren of Charlton-
House Resolution No. 286. :\ resolution relative to establishing a National Reserve.

By Mr. Green of the 43rd-
Senate Bill No. 164. A bill to amend the Penal Code of 1910 relative to the offense of trespassing.

By Mr. Parker of the 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 219. A bill to amend the Criminal Code of 1910 relative to changing the date for burning woods and for other purposes.

By Mr. Langford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 236. A bill to amend the Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to defining Industrial Life Insurance and for other purposes.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-,-
Senate Bill No. 237. A bill to amend an Act fixing the salary of the Solicitor of the Middle Circuit and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

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By Mr. Stanley of Fannin-
House Bill No. 694. A bill to provide a system of public schools for the Town of Mineral Bluff 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 142, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 819. A bill to amend the school laws of the City of Elberton.
The report 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. Reville and Rowe of Richmond-
House Bill No. 830. A bill to amend an Act to regulate public school instruction in Richmond 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 147, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Messrs. Reville, Rowe and Cumming of ~ichmond House Bill No. 851. A bill to amend an Act to regulate
public instruction in the County of Richmond. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the
passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 147, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Branch of Turner-
House Bill No. 891. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Ashburn 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 148, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Pickren of Charlton-
House Bill No. 901. A bill to repeal an Act to incorporate the City of St. George.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 148, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Burgin of Marion-
House Bill No. 903. A bill to amend an Act creating public school system of Buena Vista 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 149, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutiona majority was passed.

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By Mr. Shedd of Wayne-
House Bill No. 904. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jesup.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 149, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 908. A bill to authorize Mayor and Council of Bowman to submit to vote of people of that city the question of exempting certain property from taxation.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 150, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 909. A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of Elberton to submit to vote of people of that city the question of exempting certain property from taxation.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Aye were 151, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of ElbertHouse Bill No. 910. A bill to authorize the Ordinary of

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Elbert County to submit to the voters of that county the question of exempting certain property from taxation.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 151, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Hyman and Warren of Washington-
House Bill No. 913. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the Tennille School District in the City of Tennille.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 152, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Hyman and Warren of Washington-
House Bill No. 914. A bill to repeal the Act incorporating and establishing the Tennille School District in the City of Tennille.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 153, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Reville, Rowe, and Cumming of Richmond-
House Bill No. 915. A bill to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in the County of Richmond and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were I54, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Smith of the 35th-
Senate Bill No. I68. A bill to presc"ribe the time for holding the Superior Courts in the counties comprising the Flint Circuit, and for other purposes.

The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:
By Mr. Lyons of Butts-
Amend by striking from Section I the following words and figures: "Butts; First and second Mondays in the months of February and August" and inserting in lieu thereof the following words and figures: "Butts County; the first and second Mondays in the month of February and the third and fourth Mondays in August of each year."

By Mr. Lyons of Butts-
Amend by striking from Section I the following words and figures, ta-wit: "Monroe County; Third and fourth Mondays in the months of February, May, August and November," and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures: "Monroe County; Third and fourth Mondays in the months of February, May, and November and the first and second Mondays in the month of August of each year."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 148, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional 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 bill of the Senate, to-wit:

By Mr. Parker of Srd-
Senate Bill No. 246. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Baxley.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to the committee:

By Mr. Parker of the 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 246. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Baxley.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

The following report of the special committee appointed to investigate the condition of the State Capitol building was submitted and read:

To the General Assembly of Georgia:
We, your committee appointed under the provisions of House Resolution No. 149, at the 1923 session of the General Assembly, to investigate and inspect the physical condition of the Capitol building, and the practicability of utilizing the ground floor of said building for office space for various State Departments, beg leave to submit the following report: .
Your committee has made a thorough and exhaustive inspection of the entire Capitol building and were accompanied

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by Messrs. Edwards & Sayward, Architects, Hon. S. J. Slate, State Auditor, and Hon. J. H. Andrews, Custodian of Buildings and Grounds. Such figures as are hereinafter presented were the estimates furnished by Messrs. Edwards & Sayward, who . have twice made an inspection and estimation of the cost of needed repairs, and the reclamation of the first or ground floor, now commonly called the basement. In order to clearly present the findings and recommendations of the committee, the same are presented in the order of their importance in the opinion of the committee, as follows:
(I) Imperative repairs to the roof, ceilings and such portions of the edifice now occupied.
(2) Installation of an adequate, safe and economical heating and lighting system.
(3) Reclamation of the basement or ground ~oor.
(I) In spite of our progress in the science of government the fact remains, unfortunate as it may be that our State House, which houses the Executive, Legislative, Judicial and administrative branches of our State government, is in a state of dilapidation and decay which would not be tolerated by the poorest owner of any private structure in Georgia. To the most casual observer or visitor to our Capitol building it is readily apparent that on account of leakages in the roof, causing plastering to crack and fall, the interior of the building is not only unsightly but positively dangerous, in that it has caused the rotting of timbers, rusting of steel beams and trusses, spoiling of wall and ceiling decorations, together with furniture and fixtures housed therein. This condition has been permitted to exist for such a space of time that according to the estimate furnished your committee by experts, it will necessitate the expenditure of the sum of $12,000.00 to place the same in repair immediately, and the longer the repairs are delayed, the ultimate cost will of course increase. Your committee unhesitatingly and unanimously recommends the immediate appropriation and expenditure of this sum to effect this much needed improvement before conditions will be such

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as to absolutely necessitate the expenditure of a much larger sum. This committee does not believe that there is a member of the General Assembly who cannot see that it would be great economy. to immediately make these much needed repairs, before some serious damage is done to the building or some person who may by chance be struck by falling plaster and thus awaken the Assembly to the crying need of this improvement. It cannot help but appeal to anyone as poor economy to allow a building which cost a million dollars, and which would cost over twice this amount to replace, to sink to such a state of dilapidation merely for the lack of a good and sufficient roof.

(2) Members who were in attendance during the called session of 1923 are fully familiar with the shortcomings of the present heating system. It was a revelation to the members of your committee to find that the heating plant situated on the ground floor is the same one installed when the present Capitol building was constructed over 36 years ago. Not only is the plant utterly inadequate for present needs and requirements but the necessity of using grates doubles the consumption of fuel and greatly increases the fire hazard, which is already great on account of the fact that the boiler has been repeatedly condemned as unsafe and dangerous. On account of this antiquated heating plant the consumption of fuel is from 25 to 50 per cent more at the Capitol than your committee ascertained it to be in office buildings of the same or greater size, and in addition there is a greater wastage of heat resulting in it being necessary for occupants of the Capitol to use both grate and electrical heating appliances to make the building habitable during the winter months. It is only by virtue of the fact that this boiler and apparatus is located on the property of the State of Georgia that the operation of same has not been forcibly discontinued by the City of Atlanta, as the same has been repeatedly condemned as unsafe and dangerous. Before any permanent improvements can be made on the ground floor it will be necessary to install a new and complete heating plant, for the unsightly air mains

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and stacks which now encumber the corridors on this floor will of necessity, have to be removed. Your committee therefore recommends that a new heating system, including boiler, mains and adequate radiation for the entire building be installed. It will require the sum of $75,000.00 to install this much needed improvement and your committee recommends the appropriation of this amount, to be expended during the year 19~5.
The wiring of the electric lighting system is now a veritable patchwork, making it practically impossible to trace out any individual circuit, causing considerable inefficiency and constant wastage of current. This causes the annual lighting bill of the State to be from ~0 to 33 and one-third per cent more than it would be with a modern and efficient system. Such a system would require the expenditure of $1~,000.00 according to estimates furnished to your committee.. Your committee recommends that this improvement be made as soon as sufficient funds therefor are available, as this would effect considerable economy in the administration of the State's affairs.
(3) It is a fact possibly not known to the majority of the members of the General Assembly that the State of Georgia is now spending the sum of $350.00 per month, or $4,~50.00 annually for office space to house the Military Department and the State Board of Health. Upon the creation of the new Auditing and Revenue Department by the General Assembly at the special session of 19~3 the heads of the new Departments were confronted with the problem of providing suitable quarters for their Departments, necessitating the finishing and furnishing of what was originally designed for office space on the ground floor of the Capitol building, and the opening of these offices shows conclusively the practicability of utilizing the entire first floor for office space. These Departments in the opinion of your committee have the most desirable quarters in the Capitol. The remainder of the ground floor is now used for storage only and all the partitions being the flimsiest sort of wood, and in view of the character of the materials stored in the various compartments, it seems that the fact that there

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has not been a serious fire which would have practically ruined the entire building can only be ascribed to the dispensation of Providence. Your committee earnestly urges every member of the Assembly as directors in the Great Commonwealth of the State of Georgia, to make an inspection of the first floor of the Capitol and see for themselves the fire hazard which exists, and the effects of a fire should same occur. As was pointed out to your committee on its inspection, a fire on the first floor, where a large quantity of inflamatory material is stored, would warp and twist the steel beams which are all exposed, in such a way as not to destroy the first floor alone, but would pull down the vertical supports and wreck the entire building. The fact that the ground floor as now arranged is a veritable fire trap will be readily apparent to any member of the Assembly who is sufficiently interested in the State's business to make a casual inspection of the existing conditions on this floor, and the practicability of utilizing the ground floor for office space for Departments now renting their offices is well illustrated by a comparison of the quarters now occupied by the Auditing and Revenue Departments and the unfinished portion of said floor.
According to estimates furnished your committee it will cost the sum of $75,000.00 to effect the reclamation of the entire basement on the lines already undertaken in the furnishing of quarters referred to. Your committee recommends that this sum be set and appropriated for this purpose as soon as sufficient funds therefore are available. The present condition of the Capitol building is largely due to the inattention of the General Assembly to any repairs whatever since the construction of same. The amount recommended by this committee may be appalling to some members of the Assembly, in view of the present condition of the State's finances, but immediate steps to relieve present conditions will result in substantial saving to the State of Georgia, and will obviate the danger of being compelled to expend a much larger sum in the future.
The State of Georgia receives the sum of $20,000.00 per annum from the rental of what is known as the mansion prop-

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erty in Atlanta. It appears to your committee as sound busi-
ness to expend this on repairing and modernizing our State House. By using these funds the work could be done by degrees without perceptible strain on our already overburdened State Treasury. Your committee will submit to this Assembly a bill which will divert these funds for this purpose, and in order that every member may be informed of the present condition and the need of these changes recommended herein. Your committee again urges each member to go over the Capitol building, from ground floor to roof, and see for himself the reasonableness or the unreasonableness of the recommendations made herein.

Respectfully submitted, P. B. LATIMER of the 39th District,
Chairman.

CAMP of Campbell, Secretary.

A. H. HENDERSON, JR., of the 32nd District.
W. R. JONES of Meriwether,
RussELL of Barron.

The report was referred by the Speaker to the Committee of the House on Public Property.

The following resolution of the House was read:
By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Resolution No. 293. A resolution that, until otherwise ordered by the House, the House shall convene each afternoon at 8:00 o'clock P. M., except on Saturday afternoons.

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Mr. Callaway of Putnam moved the previous question; the motion prevailed and the main question was ordered.
The resolution was adopted.

Mr. Milner of Dodge County, Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration preparation of a Calendar for the morning session of the House, and have instructed me as Chairman to report to the House the following Calendar with the recommendation that the same be fixed as a special and continuing order for the morning session of the House for consideration immediately after the disposition of the special orders heretofore fixed:

By Mr. Knight of Berrien-
House Bill No. 94, A bill to repeal Section 1229 relative to the care of insane persons.

By Mr. Barrett of Stephens-
House Bill No. 852. A bill to aid in the establishment and maintenance of consolidated schools and other purposes.

By Mr. Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 602. A bill to amend Code relative to recovery for homicides.

By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 857. A bill to amend the Code relative to the admission of the House and Senate Journals in evidence.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Bill No. 727. To require notice of liens for Internal Revenue taxes due the United States.

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By the Fulton DelegationHouse Bill No. 897. To provide for the relief of firemen.

By Mr. Ellis of Tift-
House Bill No. 62. Changing 2nd District A. & M. School to College.

By Mr. Parks of Terrell-
House Bill No. 812. To authorize a stockholder to witness instruments to which corporations are parties.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 655. To provide for the merger of city and county governments.

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 745. To provide for the registration of automobiles for the purpose of preventing thefts.

By Mr. Gillen of Oconee-
House Bill No. 128. To provide for the redemption of personal property sold for taxes.

By Messrs. Rountree of Emanuel and Haddock of EarlyHouse Bill No. 652. The forestry bill.

By Dr. Whitley of Douglas-
House Bill No. 21. To provide for two year terms for county officers.

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 759. To provide for the reorganization of the Department of Audits.

so, WEDNESDAY, JuLY

1924.

465

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 680. To provide for a School Book CommiSSion.

By Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 802. Amendment to the Workmen's Compensation Act, so as to provide for the payment of lump sums as compensation.

By Mr. Christopher of Hall-
House Bill No. 103. Relative to the payment of costs in Justice Courts.

By Mr. New of Laurens-
House Bill No. 254. To fix the time for filing petitions for certioraries.

By the Chatham Delegation-
House Bill No. 746. To authorize groups of counties to issue bonds for highway purposes.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalbHouse Bill No. 839. To prohibit the use of the United
States flag for advertising purposes.
By Mr. Pickren of CharltonHouse Bill No. 374. Amendment to the Child Labor Act.
By Mr. Russell of BarrowHouse Bill No. 196. To require reports of the seizure of
automobiles under the prohibition Act.
By Mr. Holton of WilcoxHouse Bill No. 662. To amend Constitution so as to au-
thorize citizen to vote upon payment of poll tax.

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By Mr. Shedd of WayneHouse Bill No. 408. To amend fertilizer inspection laws.

By Mr. Copeland of LowndesHouse Bill No. 78~. To amend the Banking Act.

By Dr. Stovall of Elbert-
House Bill No. 890. To extend the time of registrars to file list of qualified voters.

Mr. Stewart of Atkinson called for a division of the report on House Bill No. 65~.
Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson moved the previous question on the Report of the Committee on Rules; the motion prevailed and the main question was ordered.
All the report, except that part relating to House Bill No. 65~, was adopted and the order of business was established.
On the adoption of that part of the report relating to House Bill No. 65~ Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
On this question Mr. Haddock of Early called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
The report of the Committee on Rules relating to the establishment of House Bill No. 65~ as a special order was disagreed to and that order of business was not established.

Mr. Milner of Dodge County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the preparation of a Calendar for afternoon session and have instructed me as Chairman to report to the House the following

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Calendar with the recommendation that the same be filed as a special and continuing order, for afternoon sessions.
All appropriation bills favorably reported in their numerical order, except private pension bills, which shall be filed as special orders in their numerical order immediately following other special appropriation bills. Also that general business be considered on Saturday if sessions are held then.
Respectfully submitted,
MILNER of Dodge,
Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committee on Rules was adopted and the order of business contained therein was established.

Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the Senate was taken up for further consideration:
By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 128. A bill to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline, benzines and napthas, to provide for test, and for other purposes.
Mr. Callaway of Putnam moved the previous question on the bill and all amendments; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. Tippins of EvansAmend by inserting the word "knowingly" between the
words "shall" and "sell" in line 2 of Section 8.
By Mr. Knight of BerrienAmend by striking out the word "ten" at the end of line 5
in Section 8 and substitute the word "twelve" instead.

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By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
Amend by striking from line 8 of Section 8 of the printed bill the word "all" and substituting in lieu thereof the word "such" and by inserting after the word "state" in line 4 of Section 8 of the printed bill the words "from time to time, as the Commissioner ofAgriculture may deem proper or necessary."

By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
Amend by adding a new section, the caption to be amended and the sections of the bill to be renumbered accordingly, to read as follows:
"That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint as many oil inspectors as in his judgment may be necessary for the inspection of oil as herein provided, said inspectors not to exceed 6 in number, and no two of said inspectors shall be appointed from any one Congressional District. Said inspectors shall be required to devote their entire time to said work and shall receive a salary of $1,800.00 each per annum and actual traveling expenses incurred while traveling on business for the State, which traveling expense shall be rendered monthly by itemized statement, sworn to the Commissioner of Agriculture and approved by him, said sums for salaries and traveling expenses shall be paid by the Treasury on warrant signed by the Governor and approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture."
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended theAyes were 151,Nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr Dykes of Dooly moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Tippins of Evans.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 8:00 o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, JuLY 30, 19~4.

469

AFTERNOON SESSION,

3:00 O'cLocK P. M.

The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.

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

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Beck Bell Blease Blackley Boswell Bowden Bozeman Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carter Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup

Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston

Howard of Chattahoochee
Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta
Jones, w. R., of
Meriwether Jordan King Kirkland Knight Langley Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McGarity McMullan Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Moore Mullis Napier

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New Norman of Colquitt Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Roberts Robertson

Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stovall Strickland Sutlive Swindle Tatum Toole

Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. New of Laurens gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No. 128.

Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that, during the afternoon sessions of the House, on all appropriation bills, the Committee of the Whole House be instructed to limit individual speeches to five minutes and the motion prevailed.

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 before the House for consideration:
By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve, and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Resolution No. 49. A resolution to appropriate $25,000.00 to the Georgia State Industrial College at Savannah.
The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Stewart of Atkinson as the Chairman thereof.

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The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
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.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Bandy Banister Beck Bell Blease Bleckley Boswell Bowden Bozeman Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carter Childs Christopher Clark Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor

DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Gillen Griner Grovenstein Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Hyman .Jenkins .Johnson of Bacon .Johnson of Forsyth

.Jones of Coweta .Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether King Knight Langley Linder Lindsey Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McMullan Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Owen Pafford Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perryman Phillips of Telfair
Pickren Pitts

472

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Pope Price Reville Roberts Rowe Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Stanford

Steele Stevens Strickland Sutlive Swindle Toole Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way

Weaver West Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Hillhouse Huxford

Spence

Tatum

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Aubrey Bennett Bird Boatwright Braddy Branch Camp of Coweta Carr Collins Cox Dixon of Jenkins Duncan Ennis Evans of Screven Eve Fletcher Foy Golden Greer Griffis Guess

Haddock. Hines of Decatur Howard of Screven Hulme Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Jones A. D. of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Kirkland Latham Logan Loyd McGarity Maddox Mayo Montgomery Norman of Henry Orr Parker Perkins of Muscogee Peterson

Phillips of Jasper Pickering Riley Robertson Rountree Rutherford Sapp Simpson Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Stanley Stewart Stone Stovall Sweat Tippins Trippe Turner Whitley Wood Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 131, Nays 4.

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1924.

478

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 181, Nays 4.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
House Resolution No. 211. A resolution approprtatmg $1,868.28 to pay the salary of the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Griffin Judicial Circuit from August 17, 1928, to December 81, 1928.
The resolution involving an appropriation, the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Copeland of Lownde& as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

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.:

Adair Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Beck Bell Blease Bleckley Boswell Bowden

Bozeman Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carter Childs Christopher Clark Copeland

Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes

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Elders Ellis Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Gillen Golden Greer Griner Grovenstein Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Long Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan

King Kirkland Langley Lindsey McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Mann Meeks Milner Moore Napier New Norman of Colquitt Owen Pafford Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pope Price Reville Roberts Robertson Rowe

Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Steele Stevens Stovall Strickland Sutlive Swindle Tatum Toole Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Williams Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:
Huxford

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Barrett Bennett Bird

Boatwright Braddy Branch Camp of Coweta Carr. Collins Cox

DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Duncan Ennis Evans of Screven Eve

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475

Fletcher Foy Griffis Guess Haddock Hamrick Hines of Decatur Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Kempton Knight Latham Linder

Logan Loyd Lyons Maddox Mansell Mayo Miles Montgomery Mullis Norman of Henry Orr Parker Parrish Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pickering Pitts Riley Rountree

Rutherford Sapp Simpson Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Stanley Stewart Stone Sweat Tippins Trippe
Turner Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wood Worthy Mr. Speaker

Ayes 129, Nays 1.
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.

On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 129, Nays 1.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mrs. Napier of Bibb and Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 631. A bill to appropriate $24,530.55 for the year 1925, and each year thereafter, for the purpose of carrying on the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Holden of Clarke as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

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The following committee amendment was read and adopted:

Amend by striking from the caption the figures $24,580.55, and from Section I, the words, "Twenty-Four Thousand Five Hundred Thirty and 55-100 Dollars," and the figures "$24,580.55" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$5,000.00."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey. Bandy Banister Bell Blease Bleckley Bowden Bozeman Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Childs Christopher Clark Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas

DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Elders Ellis Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Gillen Golden Greer Griner Grovenstein Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long

Hulme :renkins ;rohnson of Bacon ;rohnson of Forsyth J"ones of Coweta :Tones, W. R., of
Meriwether :rordan Langley Lindsey Loyd McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Mann Meeks Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Orr Owen Pafford Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham

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477

Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Reville Roberts Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth

Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Stanford Steele Stevens Stovall Sutlive Swindle Tatum Toole Van Landingham Vaughn

Way Weaver West Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Huxford Milner

Spence Warren

Wright

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Anderson Atkinson of Camden Barrett Beck Bennett Bird Boatwright Boswell Braddy Branch Brannen Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Collins Cox Dixon of Jenkins Duncan Dykes Ennis Evans of Screven Eve Fletcher Foy Griffis

Guess Haddock Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Houston Howard of Screven Hyman Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Kempton King Kirkland Knight Latham Linder Logan Lyons Maddox Mansell Mayo Miles Montgomery Norman of Henry

Parker Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pickering Price Riley Robertson Rountree Rutherford Simpson Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Stanley Stewart Stone Strickland Sweat Tippins Trippe Turner Tyson Whitley Whitworth Wood Mr. Speaker

Ayes 126, Nays 5.

478

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By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 126, Nays 5.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Harris of Jefferson, Fleming of Hancock, Wilson of Walton and Hatcher of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 648. A bill to appropriate $20,000.00 for the year 1924 and $40,000.00 for the year 1925 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Bowden of McDuffie as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by striking from the caption, Section 1, and Section 2 the figures "$40,000.00" and substituting in lieu thereof the figures "$20,000.00."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy

Beck Bell Blease Bleckley Bowden Bozeman

Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Childs Christopher

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479

Clark Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Elders Ellis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Greer Griner Grovenstein Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme

Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether King Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Mann Meeks Milner Moore Mullis Napier
New Norman of Colquitt Orr Owen Pafford Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pope Price Reville

Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Steele Stevens Stovall Strickland Sutlive Swindle Tatum Toole Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twigg~ Wingate Winship Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Hillhouse

Spence

480

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Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Banister Barrett Bennett Bird Boatwright Boswell Braddy Branch Brannen Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Collins Cox Davis of Thomas Dixon of .Tenkins Duncan Dykes Ennis Eve Fletcher

Foy Gillen Golden Griffis Guess Haddock Harrell Hines of Decatur Houston Huxford Hyman .Tones of Cook .Tones of Floyd .Tones, A. D. of
Meriwether .Jordan Kempton Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Logan McDonald Maddox

Mansell Mayo Miles Montgomery Norman of Henry Parker Phillips of .Jasper Pickering Pitts Riley Rutherford Shettlesworth Simpson Stanley Stewart Stone Sweat Tippins .Trippe Turner Tyson Whitley Wood Mr. Speaker

Ayes 131, Nays ~-

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with. On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 131, Nays ~-

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Mr. Callaway of Putnam moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until ta-marrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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481

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

THURSDAY, jULY 31, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter

Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of .Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson

i'owler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman .Jenkins .Johnson of Bacon
.rohnson of Forsyth

482

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry

Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford

Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

J'he Journal was confirmed.

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Under Rule 199,. Mr. Howard of Long gave notice that on to-morrow he would move that the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution be instructed to report House Bill No. 658 back to the House.
Mr. Wimberly of Laurens arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.
Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.

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

By Messrs DuBose and Holden of Clarke-
House Bill No. 955. A bill to change time of holding Superior Court in Clarke County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 956. A bill to extend limits of City of Atlanta along A. & W. P. R. R.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government-

By Mr. SJ?ith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 957. A bill to extend limits of City of Atlanta along line of Southern Railway in 17th Militia District.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Smith of FultonHou~e Bill No. 958. A bill to extend limits of City of Atlanta
along Piedmont Road.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

484

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 959. A bill to extend limits of City of Manchester now College Park.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Miles of Candler-
House Bill No. 960. A bill to amend an Act creating Board of Commissioners of Candler County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bulloch-
Hause Bill No. 961. A bill to create Board of Commissioners of Bulloch County.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. VanLandingham of Seminole-
House Bill No. 962. A bill to fix compensation of Treasurer of Seminole County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Messrs. Beck and Spence of Carroll-
House Bill No. 963. A bill to amend charter of City of Bowden relative to elections.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Braddy of GlascockHause Bill No. 964. A bill to change salary and time of
election of Pension Commissioners. Referred to Committee on Pensions.
By Mr. McCrory of SchleyHouse Bill No. 965. A bill to appropriate $8,000.00 for

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deficiency in office of State Printer. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 956. A bill to make a transfer of wages a loan of money.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.1.

By Mr. Duval of Union-
House Bill No. 967. A bill to put treasurer of Union County on salary.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Daniel of Heard-
House Bill No. 968. A bill to authorize Trustees of Franklin School District No. 3 to make a mortgage on certain property.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mes.srs. Brannen and Parrish of Bulloch-
Hause Bill No. 969. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Bulloch County.
Referred to Committtee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Sutlive of Chatham and othersHouse Bill No. 970. A bill to appropriate $30,000.00 to
Agriculture Department for development and display of resources of the State.
Referred to Committtee on Appropriations.
By l\fr. Knight of Berrien and others-
House Bill No. 972. A bill to create a new Senatorial

486

JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

District to be composed of the Counties of Berrien, Cook and Lanier.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Stewart of Atkinson and others-
House Bill No. 971. A bill to prohibit pool rooms within a mile of the University of Georgia or any of its Branches,
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Daniel.of Troup-
House Resolution No. 294. A resolution to relieve bondsmen of J. J. Thompson.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

The following resolution of the House was read and unanimously adopted:

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-

A RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 295. If' hereas, the Atlanta Constitution has published a story to the effect that the gentleman from Laurens, Mr. Wimberly, participated in the deliberations of Judiciary Committee No. 2, of which he was not a member, and
Whereas, the gentlemen from Laurens is a member of said committee, and it was not only the right of the gentleman from Laurens to participate in its deliberations, but his duty so to do,
Resolved, that the news story does the gentleman from Laurens a grave injustice, and the House desires to express its entire confidence in the gentleman.
Mr. New of Laurens moved that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No: US.

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l\:ir. Milner of Dodge moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered_.
The motion to reconsider prevailed and Senate Bill No. 128 was placed at the heel of the Calendar.

The following bill of the Senate, set as a special order by Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Mundy of the 38th and others-
Senate Bill No. 52. A bill to amend the Constitution so as to provide for biennial sessions of the General Assembly and for other purposes.
Mr. Jordan of Pulaski moved the previous question and the motion was lost.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:

By Mr. Lankford of 15th-
Senate Bill No. 255. A bill to amend an Act providing for four terms of Superior Court of Toombs County.

By Mr. Phillips of 18th-
Senate Bill No. 225. A bill to regulate the deposits required to be made by insurance companies.

The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:

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By Mr. Pace of 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 91. A resolution approving recent compilation of the Constitution of the State of Georgia by the Assistant State Librarian.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 72. A resolution giving power and permission to the City of Atlanta to construct a bridge or viaduct over Pryor Street and Central Avenue.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has _passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, tO-wit:
By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve and Sutlive of ChathamHouse Bill No. 605. A bill to amend the several Acts in-
corporating the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah..
By Mann of GlynnHouse Bill No. 677. A bill to amend an Act creating the
Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Glynn County.
By Mr. Kirkland of ColquittHouse Bill No. 732. A bill to amend an Act creating the
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in the County of Miller.

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By Mr. Dykes of Dooly-
House Bill No. 834. A bill to amend an Act creating charter of City of Vienna.

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

jtfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, ta-wit:

By Mr. Pitts of Gordon-
House Bill No. 835. A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Gordon County.

By Mr. Johnson of Bacon-
House Bill No. 836. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Alma.

By Mr. Daniel of Troup-
House Bill No. 854. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of LaGrange.

By Mr. Duncan of Houston-
House Bill No. 858. A bill to repeal an ,Act establishing a City Court in and for the County of Houston.

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

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

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By Mr. Burt of Dou'herty-
House Bill No. 860. A bill to amend an Act creating and establishing a new charter for the City of Albany.

By Houston of Gwinnett-
House Bill No. 872. A bill to amend an Act repealing all laws and amendements to laws heretofore passed incorporating the Town of Buford in the County ofGwinnett.

By Mayo of Mitchell-
House Bill No. 886. A bill to amend an Act establishing a City Court of Camilla.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, tO-wit:

By Mr. Huxford of Clinch-
House Bill No. 744. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Homerville.

By Mr. Callaway of Putnam-
House Bill No. 820. A bill to amend an Act creatmg a new charter for the City of Eatonton.

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

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

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Senate Bill No. 250. A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to group the Counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn and Camden into the Coastal Hig~way District, and authorize the issuance of bonds for pavtng purposes.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqUisite constituti'onai majority the following bill of the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Bill No. 202. A bill to amend Section 2280 (w) of Code of 1922, so as to authorize any bank to subscribe to or purchase stock in an Agricultural Credit Corporation.

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

l'vfr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:

By Mr. Beauchamp of 22nd-
Se.nate Bill No. 235. A bill to amend an Act relative to consolidated public school systems.

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, ta-wit:
Senate Bill No. 213. A bill to define vinegar and the adulteration and misbranding thereof.

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Mr. Milner of Dodge County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules have had under consideration the order of business for afternoon session of the House and have instructed me as Vice-Chairman to report to the House the recommendation that the following order of business for afternoon sessions be adopted.
1. Roll Call. 2. Introduction of new matter under the rule of the House. 8. Reports of standing committees. 4. Second reading of House and Senate Bills favorably reported. 5. Passage of uncontested local bills and ,general bills having a local application. 6. First reading of Senate bills. 7. Special orders.
Respectfully submitted,
MILNER of Dodge,
Vice-Chairman.

The report of the Committee on Rules was adopted and the order of busin~ss contained therein was established.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and Senate Bill No. 52 went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Fortson of Calhoun, Moore of Appling, Howard of Long, Pitts of Gordon, and Smith of Lamar.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 8:00 o'clock.

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AFTERNOON SESSION'
8:00 O'cLOCK P.M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:
By Mr. Adams of TownsHouse Bill No. 978. A bill to prohibit catching of Fish in
Brasstown Creek for a period of two years. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.
By Mr. Maddox of SpaldingHouse Bill No. 974. A bill to amend an Act granting a
charter for the City of Griffin and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Jenkins of WheelerHouse Bill No. 975. A bill to incorporate the Union School
District in Wheeler County and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Messrs. Cummings and Reville of RichmondHouse Bill No. 976. A bill to change from fee to salary sys-
tem in certain counties the clerk of the Superior Court and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

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By Mr. Bussey of Crisp and others-
House Bill No. 977. A bill to appropriate $100,000.00 for 1924 and $110,000.00 thereafter, of which $10,000.00 in 1924 and $25,000.00 thereafter is for maintenance, to the University of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.

By Mr. Holton of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 978. A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Wilcox County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 979. A bill to amend an Act authorizing counties to elect or appoint County Police and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Head of Cobb-
House Resolution No. 296. A resolution to pay pension for 1921 to persons holding bills for expenses of last illness and funeral of John Milison.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Hines and Riley of Sumter-
House Resolution No. 297. A resolution to authorize Board of Trustees of 3rd District A. & M. School to borrow money and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.
Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 942. Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

Mr. Haddock of Early County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. I, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. I 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. 742.
Respectfully submitted,
HADDOCK of Early,
Chairman.

Mr. Eve of Chatham County, Chairman of the Committee on Manufacturers, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Manufacturers 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:

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House Bill No. 771.

Respectfully submitted, EvE of Chatham, Chairman.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following hills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same hack to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 50~ do pass. House Bill No. 944 do pass. House Bill No. 731 do pass. Senate Bill No. 84 do pass. House Resolution No. 88 do not pass. House Bill No. 360 do not pass. House Resolution No. 87 do not pass. House Bill No. 531 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, ELDERS of Tattnall, Chairman.

Mr. Braddy of Glascock County, Chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions and Old Soldiers' Home, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Invalid Pensions and Old Soldiers' Home have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 898.
Respectfully submitted,
BRADDY of Glascock,
Chairman.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

!Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 197.
Respectfully submitted,
HATCHER of Muscogee,
Chairman.

Mr. Mann of Glynn 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:

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House Bill No. 982. House Bill No. 988. House Bill No. 984. House Bill No. 940.

Respectfully submitted, MAN~ of Gly~n, Chairman.

Mr. Strickland of Brantley County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and 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. 911. House Bill No. 941. House Bill No. 907. House Bill No. 906. House_ Bill No. 888. House Bill No. 952. Senate Bill No. 246.
Respectfully submitted, ST~ICKLAND, of Brantley, Vice-Chairman.

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Mr. Mann of Glynn 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 following recommendation:
House Bill No. 845 do pass as amended.
House bill No. 879 do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
MANN of Glynn,
Chairman.

Mr. Strickland of Brantley County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 864.
HQuse Bill No. 865.
Respectfully submitted,
STRICKLAND of Brantley,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Lamar County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 849 do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted,
SMITH of Lamar,
Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Evans of Screven-
House Bill No. 50~. A bill to create and establish a District Agricultural School for Southeastern Georgia and for other purposes.

By Mr. Pope of Walker-
House Bill No. 731. A bill to prohibit the teaching of the Darwin theory in the publi~ schools and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Langley of Floyd and Way of Liberty-
House Bill No. 74~. A bill to amend an Act regulating the movement of tick infected cattle and for other purposes.

By Miss Kempton and Messrs. Wood and Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 845. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta and for other purposes.

By Mr. McCollough of Troup and others-
House Bill No. 849. A bill to regulate the business of Fire and Casualty Insurance Companies and for other purposes.

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By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
House Bill No. 864. A bill to authorize Clarke County to acquire and maintain and operate a hospital for persons requiring medical or surgical treatment and for other purposes.

By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
House Bill No. 865. A bill to authorize Clarke County to acquire and maintain a hospital for the treatment of persons with tuberculosis.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 879. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of East Point and for other purposes.

By Mr. Robertson of Dawson-
House Bill No. 888. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dawson County and for other purposes.
By Messrs. Smith of Bryan and Knight of BerrienHouse Bill No. 898. A bill to amend Code of 1910 relative
to the Confederate Soldiers' Home and for other purposes.
By Messrs. Roberts and Head of CobbHouse Bill No. 906. A bill to amend an Act creating a
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County and for other purposes.
By Mr. Roberts and Head of CobbHouse Bill No. 907. A bill to create a Board of Commis-
sioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County and for other purposes.
By Mr. Johnson of ForsythHouse Bill No. 911. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board
of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Forsyth County.

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By Mr. Shedd of Wayne-
House Bill No. 932. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Jesup and for other purposes.

By Mr. Smith of Lamar-
House Bill No. 933. A bill to amend an Act relative to conferring powers upon corporate authorities of the Town of Barnesville and for other purposes.

By Mr. Smith of Lamar-
House Bill No. 934. A bill to amend an Act defining the Eastern and a portion of the Northern Corporate limits of the Town of Aldora and for other purposes.

By Mr. Barrett of Stephens-
House Bill No. 940. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Toccoa and for other purposes.

By Mr. Jordan of Pulaski-
House Bill No. 941. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues in Pulaski County and for other purposes.

By Mr. Maddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 942. A bill to authorize and empower the City of Griffin to close and vacate all that portion of south Fifth Street for its full width and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Reville and Rowe of RichmondHouse Bill No. 944. A bill to authorize the County Board of
Education of Richmond County to issue $350,000.00 of campaign bonds and for other purposes.
By Mr. Jenkins of WheelerHouse Bill No. 952. A bill to create the office of Commis-

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sioner of Roads and Revenues for County of Wheeler and for

other purposes.



By Mr. Chastain of the 41st-
Senate Bill No. 197. A bill to establish a City Court in the County of Fannin and for other purposes.

By Mr. Parker of the 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 246. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Baxley.

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

By Mr. Wingate of Baker-
House Bill No. 925. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Baker County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Collins of Cherokee--
House Bill No. 926. A bill to amend an Act providing for holding of three terms a year of the Superior Court of Cherokee County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 114, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Messrs. Beck and Spence of Carroll-

House Bill No. 927. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Carroll and for other purposes.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend the caption by inserting after the word "commissioner" and the word "and" in the fifth line of the printed bill the words: "To provide for submitting the same to the qualified voters of said county for their ratification or rejection."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were ... , Nays ...
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Beck and Spence of Carroll-
House Bill No. 928. A bill to amend an Act to establish a City Court in the City of Carrollton and for other purposes.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by inserting between the words "court" and the word "and" in the sixth line of the caption the words "to provide for submitting the same to the qualified voters of said county for their ratification or rejection."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were ll3, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By M;r. Phillips of Telfair-
Hause Bill No. 930. A bill to repeal an Act and amendments thereto incorporating the Town of Lumber City.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 111, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Phillips of Telfair-
Hause Bill No. 931. A bill to amend an A.ct incorporating the Town of Lumber City.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 110, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Pickering of Murray-

House Bill No. 937. A bill to amend an Act creating a

Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County

of Murray.

.

The report 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. Wright of Jones-
House Bill No. 938. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones County.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 108, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 939. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Fairburn.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Wright of Jones-
House Bill No. 900. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of East Juliette.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were HW, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering a Senate amendment thereto:
By Mr. Callaway of Putnam-
House Bill No. 820. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Eatonton and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read and agreed to:

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Amend by striking from Section 2 of said bill the following words "and if a majority of those so voting" and substituting in lieu thereof the words: "and if twO-thirds of those so voting.''

By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Stovall of the 29th-
Senate Bill No. 202. A bill to amend Code of 1922 to authorize any bank to subscribe to or purchase stock in an Agricultural Credit Corporation.
Referred to Committee on Bank and Banking.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 225. A bill to regulate the deposits to be made by insurance companies.
Referred to Committee on Insurance.

By Mr. Beauchamp of the 22nd-
Senate Bill No. 235. A bill to amend an Act relative to Consolidated School Systems and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Cason of the 1st, Arnold of the 4th, and Miller of the 2nd-
Senate Bill No. 250. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to grouping the Counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn, and Camden into the Coastal Highway District and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. Lankford of the 15thSenate Bill No. 255. A bill to amend an Act providing for

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four terms of Superior Court of Toombs County. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 91. A bill to approve recent compilation of the Constitution by the Assistant State Librarian.
Referred to C~mmittee on Public Library.

By Mr. Stovall of the 29th-
Senate Bill No. 213. A bill to define vinegar and the adulteration and misbranding thereof and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. I.

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 before the House for consideration:
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 143. A bill to appropriate $29,905.00 for the erection of ice and cold storage plant at the Georgia State Sanitarium at Milledgeville.
The bill involving an appropriation was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Griner of Ben Hill 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.
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:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair

Fletcher

Adams of Towns

Fortson

Anderson

Golden

Arnold

Greer

Atkinson of Camden Griner

Atkinson of Chatham Harrell

Bandy

Harris

Beck

Harrison

Bennett

Hines of Sumter

Blease

Holden

Bowden

Holton

Bozeman

.Jenkins

Braddy

.Jones of Cook

Branch

.Jones of Coweta

Burt

.Jordan

Bussey

Kempton

Camp of Campbell

Latham

Carr

Linder

Clark

Logan

Collins

McClure

Copeland

McDonald

Daniel of Heard

Maddox

DeFoor

Mann

Dixon of Wilkinson Meeks

Dykes

Milner

Elders

New

Ellis

Norman of Colquitt

Ennis

Peek

Evans of Screven

Penland

Evans of Warren

Perkins of Muscogee

Eve

Phillips of .Jasper

Pickering Pickren Pope Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Spence Stanford Stevens Stewart Sutlive Swindle Tatum Trippe Tyson Van Landingham Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Aubrey Banister Barrett Boswell Burgin pallaway Carter Childs Christopher

Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Davis of Thomas Duncan Duvall Foy Griffis

Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Head Hillhouse Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee. Howard of Long Howard of Screven

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Hulme Huxford Hyman Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether King Knight Lindsey Loyd Lyons McCrory

McMullan Montgomery Moore Napier Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Perkins of Habersham Perryman Phillips of Telfair Price Reville

Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanley Steele Stovall Strickland Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Wimberly of Laurens

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Bell Bird Blackley Boatwright Brannen Camp of Coweta Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins DuBose Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fowler Gillen Haddock

Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of Decatur Jones of Floyd Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Kirkland Langley McGarity Mansell Mayo Miles Mullis Parker Parrish Peterson

Pitts Riley Roberts Rutherford Sapp 'Stone Sweat Tippins Toole Turner Whitley Whitworth Williams Wood Mr. Speaker.

Ayes 93, Nays 66.

The roll call was verified.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 93, Nays 66.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

Mr. Ennis of Baldwin gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House bill No. 143.

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By Messrs. Russell of Barrow, DeLaperriere of Jackson and others-
House Resolution No. 221. A resolution appropriating $1,895.16 to pay the salary of Judge of the Superior Courts of the Piedmont Circuit.
The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committe~ of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Atkinson of Chatham as the Chairman thereof.

The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

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 Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bennett Bleckley
. Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway

Camp of Campbell Carr Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall

Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Foy Gillen Greer Grovenstein Hamrick
Harrell
Harris
Harrison
Holden
Holton

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Howard of Chattahoochee
Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan King Knight Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell

Meeks Milner Montgomery Moore Napier New Norman of Colquitt Orr Owen Pafford Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pope Price Reville Roberts Rountree Russell Sapp Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan

Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stovall Strickland Sutlive Swindle Tatum Trippe
Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Williams Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Hillhouse

Stewart

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adair Arnold Aubrey Bell Bird Blease Boatwright Brannen Camp of Coweta Carter Daniel of Troup

DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dykes Evans of Screven Fowler Golden Griffis Griner Guess Haddock Hatcher of Burke

Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Houston Huxford Jones of Floyd Kempton Kirkland Langley Logan

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Lyons McClure McDonald Mayo Miles Mullis Norman of Henry Parker Parrish Peek

Peterson Phillips of .Tasper Pitts Riley Robertson Rowe Rutherford Shedd Smith of Fulton Stone

Sweat Tippins Toole Whitley Whitworth Wilson Wingate Wood Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 140, Nays 2.

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

On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 140, Nays 2.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Milner of Dodge, Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton ofFultcn-
House Bill No. 657. A bill to appropriate $43,944.23 for deficiency in the maintenance of the Georgia School of Technology.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mrs. Napier of Bibb as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Cha~rman reported progress and begged leave to sit again.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 657 went over as unfinished business for ta-morrow afternoon.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Stevens of Oglethorpe, Hyman of Washington, A. D. Jones of Meriwether, and King of Clay.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tOmorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Cainp of Coweta Childs Christopher Clark Copeland

Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Golden Greer Griffis Grovenstein Guess

Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard o ~ Long Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Kirkland Knight Langley

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Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons Mullis McClure McCrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Mansell Miles Milner Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek

Penland Perkins of Habersham Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Simpson Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley

Steele Stewart Stone Strickland Sutlive Swindle Tatum Trippe Turner Tyson Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were withdrawn from the committees, read the second time, and recommitted:
By Mr. Perkins of Habersham-
House Bill No. 892. A bill to amend an Act creating the City of Cornelia and for other purposes.

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By Messrs. Fowler and Winship and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Bill No. 948. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Macon relative to tax levy and for other purposes.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 31 was recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

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.
~. 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 having a local application and local House bills with Senate amendments.
5. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions.

The following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:
By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinHouse Bill No. 980. A bill to amend the charter of the City
of Milledgeville and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
By Mr. McClure of WalkerHouse Bill No. 981. A bill to give any county the right to
prohibit the hunting of quail for a period of three years. Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

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By Mr. Brady of Glascock-
Hause Resolution No. 297. A resolution to appropriate $49.80 to Chairman of Trustees of Soldiers' Home for traveling expenses.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
House Resolution No. 298. A resolution to have State Board of Education to have prepared, adopted and published under competiti~e bids, and sold at cost to the school children, a text book on civil government.
Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Brady of GlascockHause Resolution No. 299. A resolution to appropriate
$80.00 for stenographic work for Pensions Committee. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Woodruff of DeKalbHouse Resolution No. 800. A resolution that Senate Bill
No. 77 be placed upon the calendar for immediate passage.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. McClure of Walker-
House Resolution No. 801. A resolution to provide for a commission to make a survey and investigate the State A. & M. Schools of the College Branches of the University system and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.

Mr. Callaway of Putnam County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No.2, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had
under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and have instructed me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Bill No. 842 do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 807 do pass. House Bill No. 976 do pass as amended. House Bill No. 811 do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 924 do pass. House Resolution No. 285 do pass.
Respectfully submitted, CALLAWAY of Putnam, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Mann of Glynn 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 following recommendation:
House Bill No. 956 do pass as amended.
House Bill No. 957 do pass.
House Bill No. 958 do pass.
House Bill No. 959 do pass. Respectfully submitted, MANN of Glynn, Chairman.

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Mr. Boswell of Greene County, Acting Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. I, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. I have had under consideration the following hills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same hack to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 977.
Senate Bill No. 2I3.
Respectfully submitted,
BoswELL of Greene,
Acting Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following hills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same hack to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 955.
House Bill No. 978. Respectfully submitted, BozEMAN of Worth, Vice-Chairman.
Mr. Jones, W. R., of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to Constitution, submitted the following report:

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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 not pass:
House Bill No. 658.
Respectfully submitted,
JONES, W. R., of Meriwether,
Chairman.

Mr. Ennis of Baldwin County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
House Bill No. 753.
Respectfully submitted,
ENNIS of Baldwin,
Chairman.

Mr. Strickland of Brantley County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following 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:

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House Bill No. 962.

Respectfully submitted, STRICKLAND of Brantley, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same hack to the House with the following recommendation:
House Resolution No. 294 do pass. To relieve J. J. Thompson of a bond forfeiture.
House Bill No. 968 do pass. A Local Bill for the City of Franklin.
House Bill No. 963 do pass as amended. A Local Bill for the City of Bowdon.
Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton,
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 hill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same hack to the

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House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended:
House Bill No. 961.
Respectfully submitted, GuEss of DeKalb, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time.
By Mr. Barrett of Stephens-
House Bill No. 807. A bill to regulate argument of counsel in all civil and criminal cases in the City and Superior Courts.

By Miss Kempton and Messrs. Smith and Wood of Fulton-
House Resolution No. 811. A bill to amend an Act establishing the Criminal Court of the City of Atlanta and for other purposes.
By Mr. Bennett of Dodge-
House Bill No. 842. A bill to make it a misdemeanor for any sleeping car company or steam railroad operating in the State to charge or receive a sur-charge and for other purposes.
By Miss Kempton and Messrs. Wood and Smith of ~ulton
House Bill No. 924. A bill to abolish the fee system in the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit and for other purposes.
By Messrs. DuBose and Holden of Clarke-
House Bill No. 955. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Clarke County and for other purposes.

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By Mr. VanLandingham of Seminole-
House Bill No. 962. A bill to prescribe and fix the compensation of the Treasurer of Seminole County and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Beck and Spence of Carroll-
House Bill No. 968. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Bowdon and for other purposes.

By Mr. Daniel of Heard-
House Bill No. 968. A bill to permit the trustees of Franklin Local School District No. 3 to create and execute a mortage and deliver a mortgage lien upon school property of said district and for other purposes.

By Mr. Bussey of Crisp and others-
House Bill No. 977. A bill to appropriate to the Trustees of the University of Georgia certain sums annually for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the Smith-Lever Act and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Cumming and Reville of Richmond and others-
House Bill No. 976. A bill to change the fee to the salary system the Clerk of the Superior Court in certain counties and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bullock-
House Bill No. 961. A bill to provide for the creation of a Board of County Commissioners and for other purposes.

By Mr. Holton of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 978. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues.

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By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 958. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta and for other purposes.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-.
House Bill No. 957. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta and for other purposes.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 959. A bill to repeal all laws and parts of laws heretofore passed for the City of Manchester and for other purposes.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 956. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta so as to extend the City Limits and for other purposes.

By Mr. Daniel of Troup-
House Resolution No. 294. A resolution to relieve J. J. Thompson of a bond forfeiture.

By Mr. Cummings of Richmond-
House Resolution No. 285. A resolution to provide for the publishing of the General Laws within thirty days after the adjournment of the General Assembly.

By Mr. Stovall of the 29th-
Senate Bill No. 218. A bill to define vinegar and the adulteration and misbranding thereof and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage~

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By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton-
a House Bill No. 845. A bill to amend an Act establishing
new charter for the City of Atlanta.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by striking Section 2 on pages 2 and 3; strike Section 3 on pages 4 and 5; strike Section 4 on page 5.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were . '
Nays ...
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
House Bill No. 864. A bill to authorize Clarke County to acquire, maintain and operate a hospital for care of persons requiring medical or surgical treatment 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 138, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. DuBose of Clarke-
House Bill No. 865. A bill to authorize Clarke County to acquire, maintain and operate a hospital for treatment of tuberculosis an~ 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 139, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 879. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of East Point.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 138, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messsrs. Rowe of Richmond, Smith of Fulton, Guess of DeKalb and others-
House Bill No. 897. A bill to furnish aid and relief to members of paid Fire Departments in specified cases in cities of certain population and for other purposes.
The following committee amendment to the committee substitute was read and adopted:

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
Amend by striking in its entirety Section 6 of the substitute and inserting the following, which shall be Section 6 of the substitute:
"Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That every fire insurance company, corporation or association as aforesaid shall. make returns to the Comptroller-General at the same time and in the same manner as they are now required to make generally; that said insurance companies, corporations or associations shall deliver and pay to the Comptroller-General the sum of twenty-five (25c) cents out of every one hundred ($100.00) dollars and at that rate upon the amount of all premiums, less returned premiums, written on fire and lightning policies covering property within the incorporated limits of such cities.

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That the first return made by said companies, corporations or associations shall cover the period of time after the passage of this Act to the time required by the State generally for making returns to the Comptroller-General, and annually thereafter such returns and payment shall be made to the ComptrollerGeneral as now required by law in the returns and payments of the insurance tax collected by the State; That the first payment shall be made to the Comptroller-General covering that period of time beginning one day after the passage of this Act and extending to the date fixed by law for making of such returns. That the said one-fourth (X') of one per cent shall be in addition to the amount paid the State prior to the passage of this Act, and shall in no wise affect the State tax now required by law."

The following committee substitute was read and adopted as amended:
A BILL.
An Act to be entitled an Act to furnish aid and relief to members of paid fire departments, and their dependents, in specified cases in all cities in Georgia with a population of over 150,000 by the last United States census; to provide how such members may be retired on half pay for life after serving twenty-five (25) years in such departments; to provide how members of such departments, or their dependents, shall be paid in case of ill health, injury resulting in total disability incurred while in the service of such departments, or resulting from service in such departments; to provide that the funds to carry out such aid and relief shall be raised by a tax of one per centum (1%), collectible monthly, from the salaries of members of such fire departments and one-fourth of one per centum (X' of 1%) of the amount of all premiums, less returned premiums, written on fire and lightning policies covering property situated within the incorporated limits of such towns and cities; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations governing the payment and disbursement of this fund to aid permanently

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injured firemen, or their dependents; to provide how said

funds shall he collected and deposited; to provide the

amount of aid and relief to be paid to such aged and per-

manently injured firemen, or their dependents; to provide

the conditions under which firemen shall be retired from

service; to provide that if any part of this Act shall be held

unconstitutional that the remainder of such Act shall re-

main in force; to provid~ that if any part of this Act

shall be held unconstitutional, and the remainder of this

Act can he carried out under existing State laws, that such

shall be done; to provide that no part of said funds paid

to said firemen shall be subject to garnishment, judgment,

injunction, receivership or assignment but shall be paid in



cash to such aged or permanently disabled firemen, or their . dependents; to provide for the safeguarding of firemen in

active service from loss of time from their daily work oc-

casioned by sickness contracted or injury sustained while

in the performance of their duties as firemen; to provide a

reasonable support for those actually dependent upon the

services of any fireman who may lose his life in the fire

service, either by accident sustained or disease contracted

or injury received by reason of such service, the amount

to be determined according to the earning capacity of the

deceased fireman and promulgated as one of the rules of

disbursement, to repeal conflicting laws, and for other

purposes.

Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, there shall be raised and established funds for the aid and relief of members of paid fire departments and their dependents in all cities in Georgia having a population of more than 150,000 by the last United States Census, as hereinafter provided.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That any member of such department may, of his own volition, retire from active ser-

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vice in any such department after he shall have served therein for a period of twenty-five (25) years of active participation in the duties of such department.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That any member of any said fire department who claiming he is injured or whose health is claimed to be impaired so as to be declared permanently disabled to work shall be examined by a committee of three (8) reputable physicians, one selected by the mayor of the city in which such disability is claimed, one selected by the member of the fire department claiming such disability, and the third phy<>ician selected by the two thus chosen, and the report of these three physicians shall be final on the question of permanent disability, provided such Board of Trustees may, at the request of such injured firemen declare him permanently disabled, on their own opinion.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That there is hereby established, to serve without pay, a board to promulgate all needful rules and regulations for the carrying out of this Act, consisting of the Governor, the Comptroller-General and the Attorney General of Georgia.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the funds to furnish such relief shall be raised as follows: One per centum (1%) of the s~lary of each member of such fire department shall be deducted from his monthly pay and retained by the Treasury of the city in which such department is located, and onefourth of one per cent (3{ of 1%) shall be collected from the fire and lightning insurance companies on all premiums, less returned premiums, collected by the said fire and lightning insurance companies in said city.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That every fire insurance company,corporation or association, as aforesaid, shall within seventy-five (75) days from December 31st of each year, deliver and pay to the Comptroller-General the sum of twentyfive (25cts.) cents out of and from every one hundred ($100.00) dollars and at that rate upon the amount of all premiums written on fire and lightning policies covering property si-

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tuated within the incorporated limits of such towns and cities during the year ending December 31st, or for such por.:. tion of each year as said company, corporation or association shall have done business in such towns and cities; provided such comp.anies shall not be required to pay said tax on returned premmms.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That every such fire insurance company, corporation or association shall make accurate returns of all busines<> done both on fire and lightning insurance covering property situated within the incorporated limits of such towns and cities; and in case any fraud, misrepresentation or mistake of any returns as provided for in this section be apparent, it shall be the duty of the Comptroller-General to investigate such returns and collect the amount which he shall find to be due. The Attorney-General and the City Attorney of the city affected shall render such service to the Comptroller-General as he may require.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That every fire insurance company, corporation or association aforesaid which shall knowingly or wilfully fail or neglect to report or pay over any moneys due on premiums as aforesaid, at the times and in the manner specified herein, or shall be found upon examination to have made false returns of the business done by them, shall, for each offense, forfeit and pay the sum of three hundred ($300.00) dollars, for the use and benefit of the fire departmenr as provided in this bill of such town and city, to be recovered in civil action in the name of the town or city, by said trustees.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the ComptrollerGeneral shall pay over the money so collected from said insurance companies, corporations, or associations, doing business in the several towns and cities in Georgia, having, or that may hereafter have a population of more than 150,000, by the last United States Census, to the treasury of such town or city, to be held as a separate and distinct fund, subject to the uses of the Board of Trustees of the Firemen's Relief Fund,

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in each town or city having a population of over I50,000 by last United States Census, the c;aid Board of Trustees to be composed of five (5) members and appointed as hereinafter provided.
Sec. I 0. Be it further enacted, That in each of such towns and cities there shall be appointed a local Board of Trustees annually in January, known as the Trustees of the Firemen's Relief Fund; to be composed of five (5) members, two of whom shall be named by the members of the fire department of said city or. town, two (2) of whom shall be the mayor, or other executive head of said city, and the treasurer of said city, and the fifth member to be named by the Comptroller-General and to be a man engaged in the fire insurance business; all to hold office for two years or until their successors are appointed, and to serve without pay for their services. They shall, immediately after appointment, organi7e by electing from their members a chairman, and the city treasurer shall act as secretary and treasurer. The. bond of the city treasurer shall be held to cover these funds.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, That the said five (5) trustees shall have entire control of the disbursement of funds derived from the provisions of this Act, and shall disburse the funds only for the following purposes:
(A) To safeguard the man in active service from loss of time from their daily work occasioned by sickness contracted or injury received while in the performance of their duties as firemen.
(B) To provide a reasonable support for those actually dependent upon the services of any fireman who may lose his life in the fire -,ervice of his city or State, by accident or from disease contracted or injury received by reason of such service, the amount to be determined according to the earning capacity of the deceased or injured fireman.
(C) To pay any fireman who has honorably served for a period of twenty-five (25) years in the fire service of his town or city and has retired or been retired from the service, a sum

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amounting to one-half of the salary he was receiving when retired; this one-half salary to be paid him during the remainder of his life, monthly.
(D) To pay halfpaytofiremen totallydisabledin theservice.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That the said five (5) trustees shall keep an accurate account of all funds received by them and this book of accounts shall at all times be open to the inspection of the public.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That after having served for twenty-five (25) years, any member of such fire department may, as a matter of right, retire from service in said department and receive half pay for the remainder of his life, but this shall not prevent such fireman from remaining in the service of the fire department as long thereafter as he is able to perform the duties required of him if he so elects. In case a -nember of such fire department has served for twenty-five (25) years and the authorities of t~e fire department in such city desire that he retire, and such member refuses to retire, said five (5) trustees or a majority of them shall select a physician, the said member shall select a physician, and the two physicians shall select a third physician and those three physicians shall have the right to examine such member and their decision as to his condition for continued service shall be final and binding. The same procedure shall be had to determine total disability of fireman from injury, or disease contracted in the service.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That none of the funds mentioned in this Act shall be subject to garnishment, judgment, injunction, receivership or assignment, but shall be paid in cash to such member, or in the case of dependents of a deceased member, to the said dependents.
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That if any part of this Act shall be declared unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act shall still be in force, provided the general object of this Act can be carried out under its own terms and under the terms of other State laws.

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Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall not abolish any fireman's aid, compensation or pensions now in operation, until this Act shall have been put into force and beneficial operation; to take the place of said benefit.
Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That should any considerable funds accumulate under the terms of this Act, not needed for immediate disbursement, the said Board of Trustees shall invest such funds in State, county or municipal bonds, and not otherwise. A receipt from said board to said city treasurer for such funds for such purpose shall be recognized as a voucher to protect such treasurer, who shall have and keep said bonds along with s~ch receipt to complete his record.
Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That the purpose of this bill is to furnish aid and relief to aged or disabled firemen and the dependents of deceased firemen; and that the taxation herein provided relates solely to financing such aid.
Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That should this Act be held unconstitutional no local system of pensions or aid shall be repealed by this Act.
Sec. ~0. Be it further enacted that 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 by substitute as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill by substitute as amended the Ayes were 104, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.

By Mr. Robertson of Dawson-
House Bill No. 888. A bill to amend an Act to provide a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dawson.
The report of the committee," which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 132, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Roberts and Head of Cobb-
House Bill No. 906. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Cobb 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 Messrs. Roberts and Head of Cobb-
House Bill No. 907. A bill to create a Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Cobb 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. Johnson of Forsyth-
House Bill No. 911. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Forsyth 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 136, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Shedd of Wayne-
House Bill No. 932. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Jesup.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 135, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Smith of Lamar-
House Bill No. 933. A bill to amend an Act to confer additional powers upon the corporate authorities of the Town of Barnesville.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 134, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Smith of Lamar-
House Bill No. 934. A bill to amend an Act to define corporate limits of the Town of Aldora 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. Barrett of Stephens-
House Bill No. 940. A bill to amend the charter of the
City of Toccoa.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 182, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Jordan of Pulaski-
House Bill No. 941. A bill to amend an Act to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the City of Pulaski.
The report 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. Maddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 942. A bill to authorize and empower the City of Griffin to close and vacate certain street 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 ISO, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Cumming, Reville and Rowe of Richmond-
House Bill No. 944. A bill to authorize the County Board of Education of Richmond County to issue bonds.
The report 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 o.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Jenkins of Wheeler-
House Bill No. 952. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of the County of Wheeler.
The report 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. Parker of the 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 246. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Baxley 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 140, 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 unanimous consent the following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto:

By Mr. Huxford of Clinch-
House Bill No. 744. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Towri of Homerville.
The following amendment of the Senate was read and agreed to:
Amend by striking Paragraph No. 4 in its entirety.

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By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 325. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta and for other purposec.
Mr. Smith of Fulton moved that the House disagree to the
Senate amendments and the motion prevailed.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Messrs. Smith of Lamar and Stovall of Elbert-
House Resolution No. 292. A resolution for the appointment of a committee of four to investigate the merits of the Electrical Voting Machine and for other purposes.
The Speaker appointed the following committee of the House under the above resolution:
Messrs. Stovall of Elbert,
Copeland of Lowndes,
Wood of Fulton,
Smith of Lamar.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis-
House Resolution No. 303. A-resolution that the Interstate Commerce Commission be requested to revive the present tariffs in favor of a more equal and equitable rate for the Southeastern States and for other purposes.
Mr. Ennis of Baldwin moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 143.
Mr. Atkinson of Chatham moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The motion prevailed and House Bill No. 143 went to the heel of the Calendar.

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Mr. Ennis of Baldwin arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.
Mr. Turner of Brooks moved that House Bill No. 13 be taken from the table and the motion was lost.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 260. A bill to amend an Act creating a. new charter for the City of Columbus.
Senate Bill" No. 259. A bil.l to incorporate into the limits of the City of Columbus the following territory, to-wit: A certain street immediately north of the limits of the City of Columbus known as that portion of Second Avenue, beginning at the south side of 31st Street and extending to the south side of 32nd Street.
Senate Bill No. 208. A bill to amend Section 1973, Volume I, of the Code of Georgia pf 1910.
Senate Bill No. 228. A bill to amend Section 1557 of the Code of Georgia providing for a course of study in the school of A. & M. Arts.
Senate Bill No. 192. A bill to establish a Normal School, as a part of the University of Georgia, at Stateboro, Georgia.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:

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Senate Bill No. ~1~. A bill to amend Paragraph one of Section seven, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by therequisiteconstitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 883. A bill to create a new charter for the City of Surrency in Appling County.
House Bill No. 875. A bill to change the time for holding the Superior Court of Madison County.
House Bill No. 870.. A bill to amend an Act to establish a City Court of Greenville.
f!ouse Bill No. 868. A bill to amend an Act creating the City of Manchester.
House Bill No. 846. A bill to provide for holding four terms of the Superior Court of Houston County.
House Bill No. 766. A bill to am~nd an Act incorporating the Chatham Artillery of Savannah.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutional majority the following bills of the House, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 754. A bill to amencl an Act creating a Board of Education of Richmond County.
House Bill No. 601. A bill to protect game birds in Bartow County.

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541

House Bill No. 191. A bill to define the crime of arson and to prescribe the penalty therefor.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has receded from its substitute to the following resolution to-wit:

House Resolution No. 280. A resolution rejecting Article

20 of the Constitution of the United States relating to child

labor.



The Senate has concurred to the amendment of the House to the following bill of the Senate, tO-wit:
Senate Bill No. 204. A bill to amend an Act creating City Co.urt of Fort Gaines.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the House, tO-wit:
House Resolution No. 275. A resolution relative to a plan of diversification of crops in order to help the farmers of Georgia.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The S~nate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolutions of the House, tO-wit:
- House Resolution No. 268. A resolution to relieve J. F.
Hill and J. B. Robinson as sureties on bond.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 36. A bill to amend Section 5858 of the Code of Georgia of 1910.
House Bill No. 564. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Waycross.
House Bill No. 736. A bill to amend an Act fixing the salary of Superior Court Judges.
House Bill No. 787. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Long County.
House Bill No. 826. A bill to provide the time for holding the Superior Court of Wheeler County.
House Bill No. 828. A bill to amend an Act repealing all laws of College Park heretofore passed.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 829. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Augusta and extend its corporate limits.
House Bill No. 847. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners in the County of Appling.
House Bill No. 853. A bill to create a new charter for the City of Hogansville.

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543

. House Bill No. 866. A bill to amend an Act creating the officer of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Cherokee County.
House Bill No. 889. A bill to amend Section 76 of the charter of the City of Commerce.
House Bill No. 768. A bill to regulate salaries of jailers, etc., in counties of not less than 80,000 nor more than 130,000 population.

The special committee appointed to investigate the State Sanitarium at Milledgeville submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your special committee on the State Sanitarium, appointed under House Resolution No. llO, to investigate the State Sanitarium at Milledgeville, Ga., beg leave to make this their report:
We inspected the buildings and grounds of this institution and find the premises adjacent to buildings very attractive.
Most of buildings, while old and some repair needed, are kept very clean, the inmates doing most of the work.
Your committee noted the crowded condition in almost every ward, especially in the female wards of white patients and negro wards of both male and female. It is painfully evident that until the present equipment is enlarged it will be necessary to limit further admissions to the institution except vacancies created by discharge or death.
We find a new building, designed for the nurses, standing on the grounds unfinished, when completed will afford some relief to the congested white female department.
We recommend that an appropriation be made to complete and furnish this building.
The congested colored female department might be temporarily relieved by colonizing some of the inmates at the

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colony farm; to do this, simple framed buildings might be built suitable for needs, at very small cost.

Our attention was directed to a number of feeble-minded children as well as feeble-minded men and women, not insane.

We think these unfortunates might be cared for and the cost to the State much less if they were carried to another institution provided for this type of inmates.

We found the ice plant of the Sanitarium has been in use for more than twenty years, and is no longer equal to the demands upon it, inasmuch as an abundant supply of ice is so vital to the comfort and well-being of the patients and also in caring for supplies in the cold storage rooms.

We recommend, if possible, this institution be given an appropriation sufficiently large to install a new plant, with capacity to care for patients and enlargement of cold storage plant.

We were favorably impressed with the manner in which this institution is conducted by doctors, nurses, and keepers. The vast size of the Sanitarium makes it exceedingly hard to handle, hence we commend those in charge for the splendid way they discharge their duty to the State and to the inmates of the institution.

The needs of this institution are numerous and should be met, but we realize that the State has not the funds which we might appropriate to meet every need, and your committee is forced to single out only the items that are most needed and urge the General Assembly in behalf of these unfortunates of the State, a favorable consideration of the imperative needs set forth in these recommendations.

Respectfully submitted,
W. K. SMITH, Chairman. J. B. DEFooR, Secretary, M. B. CARR,
w. L. DIXON,

G. w. HAMRICK, D. c. HARRISON,
J. N. JoHNSON,
J. R. Singletary.

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The following resolution of the House was read:

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-

House Resolution No. 304. A resolution that general bills and resolutions shall be in order for a third reading or for reconsideration on Saturday, August !tnd, and on Saturday, August 9th.

Mr. Evans of Warren moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth called for a division of the question.

1. Relative to session on Saturday, August 2nd.

On the adoption of this part of the resolution Mr. Milner of Dodge called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was sustained

The roll call was ordered an the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Anderson Aubrey Banister Barrett Bennett Branch Burt Bussey Camp of Oampbell Carr Christopher Clark Copeland Covington Cumming Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DuBose

Elders Fletcher Guess Harris Harrison Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Linder Lyons M.cGarity Milner Mullis New

Parrish Pope Roberts Robertson Russell Shedd Smith of Jefferson Spence Stanford Steele Stewart Stovall Strickland Sutlive Way West Whitley Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Woodruff

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Bandy Beck Bell Blackley Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Burgin Callaway Camp of Coweta Childs Collins Cox Culpepper Curry DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Duvall Dykes Ellis Ennis Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen

Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Haddock Hamrick Harrell Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Houston Howard of Long Hyman Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Kirkland Knight Latham Lindsey Logan Loyd McClure McDonald McMullan Maddox Mansell Meeks Moore Napier

Norman of Colquitt Orr Pafford Peek Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pickering Revllle Rountree -Rowe Rutherford Shettlesworth Simpson Smith of Fulton Stanley Stone Swindle Tatum Toole Trippe Tyson Vaughn Warren Weaver Williams Wilson Wingate Winship Wood Worthy Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Arnold Bird Blease Boatwright Brannen

Carter Daniel of Troup Dixon of Jenkins Evans of Screven Jenkins Johnson of Bacon

Jones of Cook Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Kempton King Langley

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McCrory Mann Mayo Miles Montgomery Norman of Henry Owen Parker Penland

Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Price Riley Sapp Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Lamar

Stevens Sweat Tippins Turner Van Landingham Whitworth Wimberly of Laurens Mr. Speaker

Ayes 60, Nays 102.

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

On the adoption of the first part of the resolution the Ayes were 60, Nays 10~ and the pari: of the re3olution relative to
session on Saturday, August 2nd, was lo3t.

2. Relative to session on Saturday, August 9th.
The second part of the resolution was ad::>pted.
Mr. Bowden of McDuffie arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.
Mr. Milner of Dodge arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.
Mr. Perryman of Talbot moved that the House now take a recess for fifteen minutes.
Mr. Collins of Cherokee moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House reconsider its action in ordering the main question.
On this motion Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
The motion that the House take a recess for fifteen minutes prevailed.

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The Speaker announced the House adjourned until 12:23 o'clock P. M.

12:28 O'cLOCK P. M.

The House was called to order by the Speaker.
Mr. Copeland of Lowndes, acting Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules having had under' consideration the matter of postponement of the consideration of Senate Bill No. 52, known as the Bi-ennial Session Bill and limitation of debate thereon, begs to submit that the following resolution is hereby reported back to the House with recommendation that the same be adopted, tO-wit:
Resolved, That the further consideration of said bill be postponed until Tuesday, August 5, 1924, to follow immediately after the expiration of the period of Unanimous Consents.
That at that time the same shall be a special and continuing order to precede all other business and special orders already set.
That further debate thereon be limited to one hour, to be divided equally between the advocates and opponents of the measure; and that the previous question shall be considered to have been ordered thereon, and the vote taken after the expiration of said one hour of debate.
Respectfully submitted,
CoPELAND of Lowndes,
Acting Vice-Chairman.
'
Mr. Dykes of Dooly moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee on Rules was adopted.

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On the establishment of the order of business contained in the report of the Committee on Rules Mr. Huxford of Clinch 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.:

Adair Anderson Atkinson of Camden Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Blackley Boswell Bowden Braddy Branch Burgin Burt Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Cox Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Evans of Warren Eve Fortson Gillen Griffis Grovenstein

Haddock Harrell Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Huxford Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jordan Knight Latham Loyd Lyons McClure McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mansell Meeks Mullis Napier Norman of Colquitt Orr Owen Pafford Parrish Peek

Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Jasper Pickering Pope Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Spence Stanford Steele Stone Sutlive Tatum Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Vaughn Way Weaver Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Worthy

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Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Bussey Covington Davis of Thomas Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Fleming of Columbia

Fletcher Foy Golden Guess Hamrick Harrison Head Howard of Screven Kirkland Linder

Milner New Reville Stewart Stovall Strickland West Whitley Wood

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Bell Bennett Bird Blease Boatwright Bozeman Brannen carr carter Culpepper Daniel of Troup Dixon of Jenkins Ellis Evans of Screven Fleming of Hancock Fowler Greer Griner Holton Hulme

Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Jones of Cook Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W.R., of
Meriwether Kempton King Langley Lindsey Logan McCrory Mann Mayo Miles Montgomery Moore Norman of Henry Parker Penland

Ayes lll, Nays 29.

Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Price Riley Sapp Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Stanley Stevens Sweat Swindle Tippins Van Landingham Warren Whitworth Williams Wimberly of Laurens Wright Mr. Speaker

The roll call was verified.

On the establishment of the order of business contained in the report of the Committee on Rules the Ayes were Ill, Nays 29; this being two-thirds of those voting and a majority of the House the order of business was established, the resolu-

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tion of the Committee on Rules was adopted, and Senate Bill No. 52 was postponed until next Tuesday morning immediately after the period of unanimous consents.

Mr. Copeland of Lowndes moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Beck of Carroll, Spence of Carroll, Bandy of Catoosa, Daniel of Heard, Bozeman of Worth, Collins of Cherokee, Childs of Upson, Dixon of Wilkinson, Peek of Polk, Adair of Morgan, Robertson of Dawson, McMullan of Hart, Greer of Macon, Tatum of Dade, Owen of Pike, Braddy of Glascock, and Perryman of Talbot.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.

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AFTERNOON SESSION'
3:00 O'cLocK P. M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:
I. Introduction of new matter under the rules. ~. 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 having a local application.
5. First reading of ~enate bills and resolutions.
The following bills and Resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the commi_ttees:
By Messrs. Hatcher and Perkins of MuscogeeHouse Bill No. 982. A bill to fix and provide for payment
of adequate salary for the Judge of the City Court of Columbus, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
By Mr. Adams of TownsHouse Bill No. 983. A bill to repeal an Act to prohibit the
sale or giving away of soft drinks within one mile of Young Harris College in the Town of Young Harris.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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558

By Mr. Shedd of Wayne-
House Bill No. 984. A bill to change the time of convening Superior Court of Wayne County.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell and others-
House Bill No. 985. A bill to appropriate $75,000.00 for the purpose of installing a new and complete heating system in the Capitol building and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell and others-
House Bill No. 986. A bill to segregate and allocate the funds arising from the lease of the Governor's Mansion for the purpose of repairing and completing the ground floor of the State Capitol for suitable offices and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

By Mr. McClure of Walker-
House Resolution No. 305. A resolution to appropriate $10,000.00 for the support of the School of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts at Forsyth.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Neil, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Resolution No. 306. A resolution authorizing the authorities of Muscogee County to pay to J. Q. Davis the sum of $50.00 account of fines and forfeitures.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of MuscogeeHouse Resolution No. 308. A resolution to authorize the

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county authorities of Muscogee County to pay to J. Q. Davis
the sum of $50.00 for fines and forfeitures.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Hamrick of Pickens-
House Resolution No. 309. A resolution to appropriate $50.00 to pay expenses of last illness and funeral of Mrs. Hannah M. Ray.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2 have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 912. Respectfully submitted, HATCHER of Muscogee, 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 ecommendation that the same do pass:

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House Bill No. 974.

Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

Mr. Tyson of Mcintosh County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Game and Fish have had under consideration the following bill of the House 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. 973.
Respectfully submitted, TYsoN of Mcintosh,
Chairman.

Mr. Stewart of Atkinson County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the s_ame do pass:
House Bill No. 840.
Respectfully submitted,
STEWART of Atkinson,
Chairman.

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Mr. McClure of Walker County, Chairman of the Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Resolution No. 297.
Respectfully submitted,
McCLURE of Walker,
Chairman.

Mr. DeLaPerriere of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate 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. 202.
Respectfully submitted,
DELAPERRIERE of Jackson,
Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate' favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Langley of FloydHouse Bill No. 840. A bill to prohibit Females and Male

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minors from working in Manufacturing and Industrial Plants between the hours of nine P. M. and five A. M. and for other purposes.

By Mr. Mullis of Bleckley-
House Bill No. 912. A bill to amend an Act creating and designating the twelve District Agricultural and Mechanical Schools and for other purposes.

By Mr. Adams of Towns and others-
House Bill No. 975. A bill to prohibit the catching of fish in the waters of Brasstown Creek for a period of two years.

By Mr. Maddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 974. A bill to amend an Act granting and amending the charter of the City of Griffin and for other pur:. poses.

By Messrs. Hines and Riley of Sumter-

House Resolution No. 297. A resolution to authorize the

Trustees of the Third District A. & M. School to borrow

money and for other purposes.



By Mr. Stovall of the 29th-

Senate Bill No. 202. A bill to amend the Code of 1910

authorizing any bank to subscribe or purchase stock in, an

Agricultural Credit Corporation.



By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Johnson of the 24th-
Senate Bill No. 260. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Columbus.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

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By Mr. Johnson of the 24th-
Senate Bill No. 259. A bill to incorporate certain territory into the limits of the City of Columbus.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 228. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to adding new course of study in the State A. & M. Schools.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.

By Mr. Arnow of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 215. A bill to amend the Constitution so as to authorize the City of Brunswick to incur certain indebtedness and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Green of the 43rd and Hamby of the 40th-
Senate Bill No. 208. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 so as to inc~ase the salary of the State Geologist and assistants and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

By Messrs. Kennedy of the 49th and Gillis of the 16th-
Senate Bill No. 192. A bill to establish a Normal School as a branch of_ the University of Georgia at Statesboro, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your 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. 836. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the Town of Alma.
House Bill No. 858. An Act to repeal an Act to establish a City Court for the County of Houston.
House Bill No.. 605. An Act to amend the several Acts relating to, and incorporating the ~ayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah.
House Bill No. 674. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Bacon, by providing for the appointment and election of members thereof.
House Bill No. 8~1. An Act to amend an Act authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Eatonton to establish and maintain a system of public schools, by providing that tuition may be charged in the high school.
House Bill No. 73~. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Miller County.
House Bill No. 650. An Act to abolish the City Court of Miller County.
House Bill No. 87~. An Act to amend an Act to establish a new charter for the Town of Buford, by providing for the term of office of the Mayor, for a registration list of voters, for the salary of Mayor and Council, for the collection of an ad valorem tax, etc.
House Bill No. 875. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Madison County.
House Bill No. 191. An Act to define the crime of arson and to fix the penalty therefor.

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House Resolution No. ~4~. An Act relative to creating a National Park in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
Respectfully submitted, DEFooR of Clayton, Chairman.

The following bill and resolution of the House, set ae a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Messrs. Atkinson of ~hatham and Neill of Muscogee-

House Bill No. 663. A bill to appropriate $8,365.00 to reimburse Hon. Sam. J. Slate for money expended by him in the operation and maintenance of the State Department of Audits.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Huxford of Clinch 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.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Bell

Blackley Branch Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta

Christopher Clark Copeland Covington Culpepper
Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup

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Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Elders Fortson Griffis Grovenstein Hamrick Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Huxford Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd

jones, W. R. of Meriwether
jordan Knight Lyons McClure McDonald McGarity Maddox Mansell Milner Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Orr Pafford Parrish Peek Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phlllips of Jasper Pope Reville Roberts Rowe

Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Smith of Fulton Smith of jefferson Spence Stanford Steele Stewart Stovall Strickland Sutlive Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Way Weaver West Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Woodruff Worthy Mr. Speaker

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:
Golden

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Beck Bennett BUd Blease Boatwright Boswell Bowden

Bozeman Braddy Brannen Carr Carter Childs Collins Cox Daniel of Heard DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins

Dykes Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fowler Foy

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Gillen Greer Griner Guess Haddock Harrell Harrison Hines of Decatur Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Jones of Cook Jones, A. D., of
Meriwether Kempton King Kirkland Langley Latham Linder Lindsey

Logan Loyd McCrory McMullan Mann Mayo Meeks Miles Montgomery Moore Norman of Henry Owen Parker Penland Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Price Riley Robertson Rountree

Rutherford Sapp Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Lamar Stanley Stevens Stone Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Whitley Whitworth Williams Wimberly of Laurens Winship Wood Wright

Ayes 104, Nays 1.

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 104, Nays 1.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Stovall of Elbert, Knight of Berrien, and Elders of Tattnall-
House Resolution No. fl24. A resolution to appropriate $750,000.00 for the support of the common schools of the State for the year 1924.
. The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Elders of Tattnall as the Chairman thereof.

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The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.

Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Resolution No. ~~4
went over as unfinished business for Monday afternoon.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Jones of Coweta and Knight of Berrien.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until next Monday morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

MoNDAY, AuGUST 4, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjourn-:ment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Carter Childs Christopher

Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of .Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Glllen

Golden Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman .Jenkins .Johnson of Bacon .Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether
Jones, w. R. of
Meriwether

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Jordan Kempton
King Kirkland Langley Latham Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McDonald McGaritY Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Paf ord Parker

Parrish

Stewart

Peek

Stone

Penland

Stovall

Perkins of Habersham Strickland

Perkins of Muscogee Sutlive

Peterson

Sweat

Phillips of Telfair

Swindle

Pickren

Tatum

Pope

Tippins

Price

Toole

Reville

Trippe

Riley

Turner

Roberts

Tyson

Rountree

Vaughn

Rowe

Warren

Russell

Way

Rutherford

. Weaver

Sapp

Whitley

Shedd

Whitworth

Shettlesworth

Williams

Singletary

Wilson

Smith of Bryan

Wimberly of Laurens

Smith of Fulton

Wimberly of Toombs

Smith of Jefferson

Wimberly of Twiggs

Smith of Lamar

Wood

Spence

Woodruff

Stanford

Worthy

Steele

Wright

Stevens

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

Under Rule 199 Mr. Boswell of Greene gave notice that on tO-morrow he would move that the Committee on Rules be instructed to report House Resolution No. 278, setting House Bill No. 725 as a special order, back to the House.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:

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I. 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 having a local application.
5. .First reading of Senate bills and resolutions.

The following bills and resolutions of the House were inintroduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:

By Messrs. Guess and Steele of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 987. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Decatur and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Mullis of Bleckley and Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 988. A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 for new dormitory at 12th District A. & M. School.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Messrs. Pope and McClure of Walker-
House Bill No. 98g. A bill to repeal an Act for protection of quail in certain counties.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Brannen of Bulloch-
Hause Bill No. 990. A bill to prescribe manner of dealing in cotton contracts to levy a tax of 50 cents per bale on all future dealers in the State and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.

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567

By Messrs. Roberts and Head of Cobb-
House Bill No. 991. A bill to change date of electing Mayor and Council of Smyrna.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Foy of Taylor-
House Bill No. 992. A bill to provide for increase of salary of County Treasurer of Taylor County.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Messrs. Wood and Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 993. A bill to provide for additional duties on Coroners in counties of over 200,000 population.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

By Mr. Stephens of Barrett-
House Resolution No. 310. A resolution authorizing State Vocational work.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Messrs. Stovall of Elbert and Smith of Lamar-
House Resolution No. 311. A resolution to authorize installation of Thompson Automatic Voting Machine in Legis.lature.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

Mr. Mann of Glynn 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 instruct-

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ed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 950. Respectfully submitted, MANN of Glynn, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House, favorably reported, was read the second time:
By Messrs. Covington and Norman of ColquittHouse Bill No. 950. A bill to amend the charter of the City
of Moultrie.

Mr. DeFooR of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your 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. 744. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Homerville.
House Bill No. 736. An Act to amend an Act to fix the salary of Judges of the City Courts of the State in counties having therein a city with a population not less than twenty thousand.
House Bill No. 564. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Waycross.
House Bill No. 787. An Act to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Long County.
House Bill No. 601. An Act to provide for the protectio11 of game birds in the County of Bartow.

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House Bill No. 8!l9. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Augusta, relative to the extension of the City Limits.
'House Bill No. 754. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Education of Richmond County, by limiting the taxing power of said board.
House Bill No. 828. An Act to amend an Act to repeal all laws and amendments to laws heretofore passed relative to incorporating the City of Manchester, to provide for incorporating said city under the name of College Park, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 924. A bill to abolish the fee system m Superior Court of Atlanta Judicial Circuit as applied to Solicitor-General and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. DuBose and Holden of Clarke-
House Bill No. g55. A bill to change the time of holding Superior Court of Clarke 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.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 956. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta so as to extend city limits of said city and for other purposes.

The following committee amendments were read and adopted:
Amend by naming this Section 3, of said bill:
"Sec. 3. Excepting a certain tract of land, commencing at the southeast corner of the property of the West View Cemetery Association, which point is 200 feet, more or less, west of West Ontario Avenue, at the present city limits, and running thence west along the south line of the West View Cemetery Association property a distance of 1,850 feet, more or less, to land lot line between land lots 149 and 172, the~ce south along said land lot line a distance of 1,075 feet, more or less, to Stokes Avenue, thence east along Stokes Avenue, 1,850 feet, more or less, to the present city limits, thence north 1,075 feet, more or less, to point of beginning, being the property of F. W. Stokes, in land lot 149, of the Fourteenth District of Fulton County, Georgia."
Amend by naming this as Section 4:
"Sec. 4. Commencing at the southeast corner of property of West View Cemetery, which point is two hundred (200) feet, more or less, west of West Ontario Avenue at the present city limits, and running thence west eighteen hundred fifteen (1850) feet to land lot line between land lots 149 and 172; thence south along the said land lot line eighteen hundred seventy-two (1872) feet to corner formed by land lots 149 and 150 and 171 and 172; thence continuing south along the land lot line between land lots 150 and 170 a distance seven hundred seventy-five (775) feet; thence east nine hundred

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fifty (950) feet to the present city limits; thence north along the present city limits fifteen hundred thirty-two (1532) feet, more or less, to Stokes Avenue at the present city limits; thence west along Stokes Avenue and the present city limits eight hundred (800) feet to where same corners on Stokes Avenue; thence north along the present city limits ten hundred seventy-five (1075) feet to point of beginning."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 124, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 957. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta so as to extend the city limits of said city and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 122, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 958. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, so as to extend the city limits of said city and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 122, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 959. A bill to amend an Act to repeal all laws incorporating the City of Manchester; to provide for changing name of same to College Park, and for other purposes so as to extend the city limits and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 123, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Brannen and Parrish of Bulloch-
Hause Bill No. 961. A bill to provide for creation of Board of County Commissioners for Bulloch 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 ll8, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional rna jority was passed.

By Mr. VanLaudingham of Seminole-
House Bill No. 962. A bill to prescribe and fix the compensation of the Treasurer of Seminole 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 ll8, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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573

By Messrs. Beck and Spence of Carroll:.._
House Bill No. 963. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Bowdon.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by adding at the end of Section 3 the following: "Provided that those once registered shall remain on registration list as long as they are entitled to vote as is now prOvided by said charter."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 119, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Daniel of Heard-
House Bill No. 968. A bill to permit the Trustees of Franklin Local School District No. 3 in Heard County to create and execute a mortage and for other purposes.
Tht; report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Adams of Towns and Duvall of Union-
House Bill No. 973. A bill to prohibit the catching of fish in the Brasstown 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 120, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Maddox of Spalding-
House Bill No. 974. A bill to amend an Act granting and amending the charter of the City of Griffin and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 121, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Holton of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 978. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Wilcox County.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following resolution and bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Wimberly of Toombs-
Hause Resolution No. 252. A resolution to investigate the Public Service Commission, and for other pm-poses.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the resolution Mr. Wimberly of Toombs 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 Franklin Atkinson of Camden Banister Bell Boatwright Bowden Branch Bussey Callaway Carter Christopher Clark Copeland Covington Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas Duvall Elders Ellis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fortson Foy Golden

Griffis Harris Hatcher of Burke Head Hines of Sumter Holton Houston Hulme Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth King Kirkland Lindsey Loyd McClure McCrory Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore New

Norman of Henry Owen Pafford Perkins of Habersham Peterson Phillips of Telfair Price Reville Russell Shedd Spence Stanford Stewart Stovall Strickland Sutlive Tatum Tippins Tyson Vaughn Warren Way Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Barrett Bennett Boswell Bozeman

Brannen Burgin Camp of Campbell Carr Cox Culpepper Cumming DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose

Duncan Eve Fleming of Hancock Gillen Griner Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harrison Hines of Decatur

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Howard of Chatta-, hoochee
Hyman Jordan Kempton Langley Lyons McDonald McGarity Mullis Parker

Pa.rrish Peek Pickren Pope Riley Roberts Rowe Sapp Singletary Smith of Lamar Steele

Stevens Stone Sweat Toole Weaver Whitley Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Woodruff

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Bandy Beck Bird Blease Bleckley. Braddy Burt Camp of Coweta Childs Collins Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dykes Ennis Fletcher Fowler Greer Haddock Harrell Hatcher of Muscogee Hillhouse Holden

Howard of Long Howard of Screven Huxford Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Knight Latham Linder Logan McMullan Maddox Mayo Napier Norman of Colquitt Orr Penland Perkins of Muscogee Perryman

Phillips of Jasper Pickering Pitts Robertson Rountree Rutherford Shettlesworth Simpson Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Stanley Swindle Trippe Turner Van Landingham West Whitworth Wingate Winship Wood Worthy Mr. Speaker

Ayes 76, Nays 61.

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

On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 76, Nays 61 ..

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The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Golden of Haralson moved that the resolution be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Barrett of Stephens-

House Bill No. 852. A bill to amend an Act to aid in the establishment and maintenance. of consolidated schools so as to provide that the funds for such purpose shall be paid from the poll tax and for other purposes.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson 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 Mr. Stovall of Elbert 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.:

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Barrett Bell Bennett Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Branch Brannen

Burgin Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas DeFoor

DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Elders Ellis Evans of Screven Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Foy Gillen Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess

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Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke I{atcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Langley Latham Lindsey Lyons McCrory

McDonald McGarity Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Napier New Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pope Reville Riley Roberts Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp

Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Tyson Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Banister Evans of Warren Golden

Kirkland Loyd Spence Stovall

Whitley Whitworth Wood

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Bandy Beck Bird

Braddy Burt Camp of Coweta

Collins Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd

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Dykes Ennis Eve Fletcher Fowler Greer Harrell Howard of Long Hulme .Tones of Cook .Tones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Knight

Linder Logan McClure McMullan Maddox Mayo Mullis Norman of Colquitt Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of .Jasper

Pitts Price Robertson Simpson Smith of Fulton Stanley Swindle Turner Van Landingham Wingate Winship Mr. Speaker

Ayes 148, Nays 11.

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 148, Nays 11.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Aubrey and Trippe of Bartow-
House Bill No. 602. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to the recovery for homicide.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted: A BILL.

To be entitled. an Act to amend Section 4424 and 4425 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, relating to recovery for homicide, by providing for recovery by the administrator of the deceased for the benefit of the next of kin, if dependent upon the deceased, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, Section 4424 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, relating to recovery for homi-

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cide, be and the same is hereby amended, by inserting after the words "child or children" in the second line thereof the words "minor or sui juris" and by adding to said section the following words: "In cases where there is no person entitled to sue under the foregoing provisions of this Section, the administrator of the deceased person may sue for and recover the full value of the life of such deceased person, for the benefit of the next of kin, if dependent upon the deceased; or to whose support the deceased contributed," so that said section when amended shall read as follows: "Section 4424. Recovery for homicide, when a widow, or, if no widow, a child or children, minor or sui juris, may recover for the homicide of the husband or parent; and if suit be brought by the widow or children, and the former, or one of the latter, dies pending the action, the same shall survive, in the first case to the children, and in the latter to the surviving child, or children. The husband may recover for the homicide of his wife, and if she leaves child or children surviving said husband and children shall sue jointly and not separately, with the right to recover the full value of the life of the deceased, as shown by the evidence, and with the right of survivorship as to said suit, if either die pending the action. A mother, or, if no mother, a father, may recover for the homicide of a child, minor or sui juris, upon whom she, or he, is dependent, or who contributes to his or her support, unless said child leaves a wife, husband or child. Said mother or father shall be entitled to recover full value of the life of said child. In cases where there is ho person entitled to sue under the foregoing provisions of this section, the administrator of the deceased person may sue for and recover the full value of the life of such deceased person for the benefit of the next of kin, if dependent upon the deceased, or to whose support the deceased contributed."

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the aforesaid, That Section 4425 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, relating to recovery for homicide, be and the same is hereby amended, by inse!"ting after the words "by the evidence" in the sixth line thereof,

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the following words, "where recovery is had by the administrator, the measure of recovery shall be as provided in the preceding section, and the administrator shall hold the amount of the recovery for the benefit of the next of kin, if dependent, or to whose support the deceased contributed." So that said section when amended shall read as follows: "Section 442.'). Definition of terms in preceding section. The word homicide used in the preceding section shall be held to include all cases where the death of a human being results from a crime or from criminal or other negligence. The plain tiff, whether widow or child, or children may recover the full value of the life of the deceased as shown by the evidence, where recovery is had by the administrator, the measure of recovery shall be as provided in the preceding section, and the administrator shall hold the amount of the recovery for the benefit of the next of kin, if dependent, or to whose support the deceased contributed. In the event of a recovery by the widow, she shall hold the amount recovered subject to the law of descents, as . if it were personal property descending to the widow and children from the deceased; and no recovery had under the provisions of this section, shall be subject to any debt or liability, of any character, of the deceased husband or parent. The full value of the life of the deceased, as shown by the evidence, is the full value of the life of the deceased without deduction for necessary, or other personal expenses of the deceased had he lived."

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws conflicting 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 by substi tu te the Ayes were ll1, Nays 0.
The bifi having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

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By Mr. Bozeman of Worth-
House Bill No. 857. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 rela tive to the admission of House and Senate Journals as evidence
in certain cases and for other purposes.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Bill No. 727. A bill to require notices of liens for Internal Revenue Taxes due the United States to be filed with Clerks of the Superior Courts and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 105, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Ellis of Tift, Elders of Tattnall and others-
House Bill No. 62. A bill to establish a College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, same being created out of the 2nd District A. & M. School at Tifton, and for other purposes.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Resolution No. 95. A resolution requesting the State Librarian to furnish to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkinson County a set of the Georgia Reports.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by substitute by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, tO-wit~
House Bill No. 861. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of the County of Appling.

The Senate has passed as amended the following bill of the House, tO-wit:
House Bill No. 828. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the Town of Willacoochee.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 62 went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Guess of DeKalb and Camp of Campbell.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 8:00 o'clock.

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AFTERNOON SESSION,
3:00 O'cLOcK P. M.

The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.

The following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Price of Lincoln-
House Bill No. 994. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Lincolnton and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Cox of Treutlen-
House Bill No. 995. A bill to amend the City Court of Soperton relative to terms of attachment.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. McClure and Pope of Walker-
House Bill No. 996. A bill to amend the charter of the City of LaFayette.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Mr. Huxford of Clinch-
House Bill No. 997. A bill to appropriate lf!25,000.00 for State border control and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Meeks of CoffeeHouse Bill No. 998. A bill to amend an Act creattng a

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County Depository for Coffee County and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Messrs. Pope and McClure of Walker-
House .Resolution No. 312. A resolution to authorize W. A. Atkins of Walker County to peddle without license:
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.

Mr. Mann of Glynn 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. 987. House Bill No. 916.
Respectfully submitted, MANN of Glynn, Chairman.

Mr. Strickland of Brantley County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:

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House Bill No. 967. House Bill No. 992.

Respectfully submitted, STRICKLAND of Brantley, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 954.
House Bill No. 922.
House Bill No. 960.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES A. DrxoN of Jenkins,
Chairman.

Mr. Harris of Jefferson County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches have had under consideration the following resolution 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:

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House Resolution No. 301. Respectfully submitted, HARRIS of Jefferson, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Langley of Floyd 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 bills 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. 311 do pass.
House Bill No. 985 do pass. House Bill No. 986 do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted, LANGLEY of Floyd, 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 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 No. 151.

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House Resolution No. 309. Respectfully submitted, ANDERSON of Chattooga, Chairman.

Mr. Bo~eman of Worth County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 948.
Respectfully submitted,
BozEMAN of Worh,_
Vice-Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the House, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Rowe of Richmond-
House Bill No. 916. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Augusta and for other purposes.

By Mr. Shettlesworth of Gwinnett-
House Bill No. 922. A bill to fix the compensation of the Treasurer of Gwinnett County.

By Mr. Jenkins of Wheeler-
House Bill No. 954. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County and for other purposes.

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589

By Mr. Miles of Candler-
House Bill No. 960. A hill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Candler County.
By Mr. Duvall of Union-
House Bill No. 967. A hill to place Treasurer of Union County on a salary.
By Messrs. Camp of Campbell and Russell of Barrow and W. R. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 985. A hill to appropriate $7,500.00 to he paid during the year 1925 for the purpose of installing a new and complete heating system in the Capitol building and for other purposes.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell and others-
House Bill No. 986. A hill to segregate and allocate the funds arising from lease of the Governor's mansion and for other purposes.

By Mr. Owen of Pike-
House Resolution No. 159. A resolution to pay G. A. Simmons of Pike County hack pension of $125.00.

By Mr. McClure of Walker-
House Resolution No. 301. A resolution to provide for a commission to make a survey and investigate the State A. & M. Schools and of the collegiate branches and for other purposes.

By Mr. Hamrick of Pickens-
House Resolution No. 309. A resolution to appropriate $50.00 to pay expenses of last illness and funeral of Hannah M. Ray deceased pensioner of Pickens County.

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The following bill of the House was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By Messrs. Fowler and Winship and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Bill No. 948. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Macon.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 104, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto:

By Mr. Moore of Appling-
House Bill No. 861. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Appling and for other purposes.
The substitute of the Senate was read.
Mr. Moore of Appling moved that the Senate substitute be adopted and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Stewart of Atkinson-
House Bill No. 823. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the Town of Willacoochee and for other purposes.
The amendment of the Senate was read.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the Senate amendment be adopted and the motion prevailed.

The following resolution of the Senate was read the first time and referred to a committee:

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By Mr. Carswell of the 21st-
Senate Resolution No. 95. A resolution requesting the State Librarian to furnish to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkinson County a set of the Georgia Reports.

The following report and resolution of the House, drawn and submitted by the special committee appointed to draw appropriate resolution on the death of Hon. E. H. McMichael of Marion County, was read and adopted:

Mr. Speaker:
The committee named by the Speaker to present to the House an appropriate resolution on the death of our distinguished fellow member the Honorable E. H. McMichael, late of Marion County, beg leave to submit the following:
House Resolution No. 313. Hon. Edward H. McMichael was born in Schley County, Georgia, on February 4, 1870, and died May 21, 1924. He was the son of Dr. J. R. McMichael, a prominent physician and planter of Schley County. His mother, before marriage to Dr. McMichael, was Miss Ella Stevens, also of Schley County. After attending the common schools of Schley County, he completed his education at Emory College for six years, and was then made Southern Manager for Charles E. Merrill, Co-Publishers of School and College Text Books.
Mr. McMichael was married in 1892 to Miss Mary Stewart of Tazewell, Marion County, Georgia. Three daughters and two sons were born as follows: Mrs. H. C. Schemeisser of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. C. M. West, deceased, Miss Merrill McMichael, a student at Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Ga., E. H. McMichael, Jr., of Americus, Ga., and William McMichael, a student at the University of Georgia.
He represented Marion County in the House of Representatives from 1905 to 1910, inclusive, 1914 and 1915, and from 1920 to his death. He represented the 24th Sen. District in

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1903 and 1904. During his service in the House he served as Speaker pro. tern. for one term.
As a legislator, his service was universally of the highest standard. He was a student and gave his time and superb talent in studying the various questions confronting the Legislature and keeping in mind the best interest of his county and State.
The Journals of the House and Senate where he served so long and well very strikingly demonstrate his efforts in behalf of his people and his State.
The McMichael Act creating local school districts with power to tax for public schools, stands as a living monument to his good name. This Legislation was one of the most progressive steps in the history of educational affairs of the State: It gave to committees the incentive and opportunity to improve conditions relative to educating their children and today many beautiful school buildings adorn the hills and vales of Georgia as a result of this Act.
As a Legislator, he was able, fearless and courageous, always taking a stand in the open for what he though was rignt. As a Speaker, he was magnetic, logical and eloquent, yet considerate and courteous to his opponents, conceding to them the right of difference of opinion. He was strong in his convictions, yet he entertained a spirit of compromise which made friends and added to his force with his fellow members. His conscience was his guide endeavoring at all times to be fair and just.
It might be said of his public carrer, that he was a leader without guile, and wholly unselfish, as a debator he had few peers, and as a statesman his desire was to serve his people.
As a private citizen, he was a man of high moral character, happy in disposition, lovable and personally attractive, loyal, and a heart full of love for his friends. He was a devoted husband and father, making his home-life ideal.

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Resolved by the House of Representatives, that in the death of the Honorable E. H. McMichael, the House has lost one of its most valuable members, and the State one of her most able and worthy citizens, and we extend to his widow and children our deepest sympathy.
Resolved further, that this report and resolution be spread on the Journal of this House and that the family be furnished with a copy of same:

The following resolution of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Resolution No. ~54. A resolution appropriating $1,854.84 to pay the salary of one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Fulton County from August 17, 1923, to December
81, 1928.
The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Fleming of Columbia as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

The resolution involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Banister

Barrett Beck Bell Boswell Bowden Bozeman Branch

Brannen Burgin Bussey Callaway Camp of Coweta Carr Carter

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Childs Christopher Clark Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Elders Ellis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Grovenstein Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Sumter Holden Holton

Houston Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Langley Lindsey Lyons McCrory McDonald McGarity Maddox Mansell Meeks Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Orr Owen Pafford Parker Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering

Pickren Pitts Price Reville Roberts Rountree Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stevens Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Tyson Vaughn Warren Way Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Twiggs Wood Woodruff Worthy

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Atkinson of Camden Bandy

Bennett Bird Blease

Blackley Boatwright Braddy

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Burt Camp of Campbell Collins Daniel of Heard Dixon of Jenkins Dykes Ennis Fletcher Golden Greer Griffis Griner Guess Harrell Hatcher of Burke Hines of Decatur Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven

Huxford Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Kirkland Knight Latham Linder Logan Loyd McClure McMullan Mann Mayo Miles Norman of Henry Parrish Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Pope

Riley Robertson Rowe Simpson Smith of Jefferson Stanley Steele Stewart Stone Turner Van Landingham Weaver West Whitley Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Winship Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 138, Nays 0.
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 138, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Under the order of unfinished business the following resolution of the House was taken up for further consideration:

By Messrs. Stovall of Elbert, Knight of Berrien and others-
House Resc;>lution No. 424. A resolution to appropriate $750,000.00 for the support and maintenance of the common schools of the State for the year 1924.
Mr. Bussey of Crisp moved the previous question; the motion prevailed and the main question was ordered.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted:

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A RESOLUTION.

To appropriate a sum of $~50,000.00 for the support and maintenance of common schools for the year 19~4.

Section I. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia that $~50,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated, in addition to the sum of $4,~50,000.00 appropriated by the General Assembly in 19~3, for the support and main-
tenance of the common or public schools of the State for the
year 19~4.

Sec. ~. All laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution by substitute, 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.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Blease Blackley Boswell Bowden Bozeman Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey

Callaway Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of .Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Elders

Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Foy
amen
Golden Griffis Grovenstein Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Sumter

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Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Lyons McClure McCrory Maddox Mansell Me"eks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore

Napier New Norman of Colquitt Owen Pafford Parker Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Price Reville Roberts Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence

Stanford Stevens Stewart Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Vaughn Warren Way West Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Arnold Bandy Bird Boatwright Braddy Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Collins Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Dykes Fletcher Greer Griner Guess

Harrell Hatcher of Burke Hines of Decatur Houston Howard of Long Hyman Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan

Loyd McDonald McGarity McMullan Mann Mayo Mullis Norman of Henry Orr Parrish Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Pope Riley

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Robertson Shettlesworth Simpson Smith of Fulton Stanley

Steele Stone Van Landingham Weaver Whitley

Wingate Winship Wood Mr. Speaker

Ayes 146, Nays 0.

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

On the passage of the resolution by substitute the Ayes were 146, Nays 0.

The resolution having. received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

The following bill of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Messrs. Boswell of Greene, Barrett of Stephens and others-
House Bill No. 726. A bill to appropriate deficiency for calcium arsenate work in Department of Agriculture.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Cumming of Richmond as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
Mr. Bussey of Crisp 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 the caption, Section I and Section ~, the figures "$5,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$2,500.00."

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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.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Blease Bleckley Boswell Bowden Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Carr Childs Christopher Clark Copeland Cox Culpepper Cumming Davis of Floyd DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Elders Ennis

Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Grovenstein Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hulme Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Floyd Jones, W. R., of Mer-
iwether Jordan Kempton Lindsey Lyons McClure McGarity Maddox Mansell Meeks Miles Milner

Moore Napier Norman of Colquitt Orr Pafford Parker Peek Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Reville Riley Roberts Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Stevens Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Toole Trippe Turner

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Tyson Warren West

Whitworth W1lliams Wimberly of Toombs

Wood Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Banister Bozeman Carter Davis of Thomas Evans of Screven Foy Golden

Griffis Hillhouse King New Penland Price

Shettlesworth Spence Stewart Way Wimberly of Laurens Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Bandy Bird Boatwright Braddy Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Collins Covington Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor Dykes Ellis Fletcher Gillen Greer Griner Guess Harrell Hines of Decatur Houston

Howard of Long Huxford Hyman .Tones of Cook .Tones of Cowtea .Tones, A. D. of
Meriwether Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Logan Loyd McCrory McDonald McMullan Mann Mayo Montgomery Mullis Norman of Henry

Owen Parrish Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Pope Robertson Simpson Smith of Fulton Stanley Steele Stone Tippins Van Landingham Vaughn Weaver Whitley Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Mr. Speaker

Ayes 120, Nays 19.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 120, Nays 19.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Mr. Russell of Barrow moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Kirkland of Miller.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tO-morrow morning at 9:00 o'clock..

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REPRESENTATI"\"E HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

TuESDAY, AucusT 5, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by Dr. Adams, actingpastor of Gordon Street Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Carter Childs

Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson

Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins

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Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jone> of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R. of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McCullough McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New

Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perk"ns of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence

Stanford Stanley Steele Ste ens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutllve Swindle Tatum Tippin> Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Will ams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Tocmbs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

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By unanimous consent House Bill No. 982 was withdrawn from the Committee on Appropriations and recommitted to the Committee on Special Judiciary.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 208 was withdrawn from the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 and recommitted to the Committee on Mines and Mining.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 155 was recommitted to the Committee on Railroads.
By unanimous consent House Bill No. 305 was withdrawn from the Committee on Appropriations and recommitted to the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2.
By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minutes period of unanimous consents:
I. 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 having a local application:
5. First reading of Senate bills and resolutions.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees.
By Messrs. Winship and Fowler, and Mrs. Napier of BibbHouse Bill No. 999. A bill to appropriate $4,000.00 to
Academy for the Blind at Macon to purchase pipe organ. Referred to Committee on Academy for Blind.
By Messrs. Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-House Bill No. 1000. A bill to provide for payment of

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salary of solicitor of City Court of Columbus. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
House Bill No. 1001. A bill to put solicitors of North East Judicial Circuit on salary.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Tatum of DadeHouse Bill No. 100~. A bill to amend the charter of the
Town ofTrenton.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. W. R. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 1003. A bill to amend Code of I9IO relative to reduction of term of Legislature.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. I.
By Miss Kempton and Mr. Langley of FloydHouse Resolution No. 314. A resolution to appropriate
returned pensions money to be used to mark graves of Veterans who die at Soldiers' Home and are buried in Atlanta.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Bert of Dougherty-
House Resolution No. 315. A resolution to amend the City Court of Albany and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Pitts of Gordon-
House Resolution No. 3I6. A resolution Senate Bill No. 44 be made special order for Monday, August II, 1924.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

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Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Vice-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 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. 984.
House Bill No. 995.
Senate Bill No. 255.
Respectfully submitted,
BoZEMAN of Worth,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Jones of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following House and Senate bills and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendations as follows:
Senate Bill No. 250 do pass.
House Bill No. 283 do not pass.
House Resolution No. 101 do not pass.
House Bill No. 603 do not pass.
House Bill No. 604 do not pass. House Bill No. 848 do not pass.

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House Bill No. 741 do not pass. Respectfully submitted, W. R. JoNES of Meriwether, Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Shedd of Wayne-
House Bill No. 984. A bill to change the time of the coming Superior Court of Wayne County.

By Messrs. Guess, Steele, and Woodruff of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 987. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Decatur and for other purposes.

By Mr. Foy ofTaylor-
House Bill No. 992. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of County Treasurer of Taylor County and for other purposes.

By Mr. Cox of Treutlen-

House Bill No. 995. A bill to provide for return of attach-

ments, distress warrants and for other purposes.



By Mr. Stovall of Elbert and Smith of Lamar-
House Resolution No. 311. A resolution to authorize the installation of the Thompson Automatic Voting Machine.

By Mr. Lankford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 255. A bill to amend an Act providing for four terms a year of Superior Court of Toombs County.

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By Messrs. Cason of the Ist, Arnold of the 2nd and Miller of the 8th-
Senate Bill No. 250. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to grouping the counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn and Camden into Coastal Highway District.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were, read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-

House Bill No. 811. A bill to amend an Act to establish the criminal court of Atlanta so as to change the method of compensation of officials thereof 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 by substitute the Ayes were 125,

Nays 0~



The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority

was passed by substitute.



By Messrs. Rowe, Reville, and Cumming of Richmond-
House Bill No. 916. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Augusta.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 142, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Covington and Norman of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 950. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 141, Nays 0.
The hill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Jenkins of Wheeler-
House Bill No. 954. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler 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 131, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Miles of Candler-
House Bill No. 960. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Candler County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 130, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Duvall of Union-
House Bill No. 967. A bill to place the Treasurer of Union County on a salary and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 1~4, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Cumming of Richmond, Fowler of Bibb, Guess of DeKalb, Hatcher of Muscogee, Atkinson of Chatham and others-
House Bill No. 976. A bill to change from the fee to the salary system in certain counties the clerk of the Superior Court, the Sheriff, the Ordinary, the Tax Collector, and the Tax Receiver, and for other purposes.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by adding at the end of Section 9 the following: "All fees, cost, percentage, forfeitures and penalties which have accrued at the time this Act becomes effective, and to which any officer named herein is entitled, and which remains uncollected at the time this Act goes into effect, shall, when collected be paid to the officer entitled to the same."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 104, 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.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by substitute by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, tO-wit:
House Bill No. 908. A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of Bowman, Georgia, to submit to the voters of said

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city the question of exempting from taxation certain prop-erties.
House Bill No. 909. A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of Elberton, Georgia, to submit to the voters of said city the question of exemption from taxation certain properties.
House Bill No. 910. A bill to authorize the Ordinary of Elbert County to submit to the qualified voters of Elbert County the question of exempting from taxation certain properties.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 281. A bill to amend an Act to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Cleveland.
Senate Bill No. 278. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter of the City of Rome.
Senate Bill No. 280. A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Cleveland.
Senate Bill No. 256. A bill to provide a system of registration for names of homes and farms in the State of Georgia; to provide for the certification of such names.
Senate Bill No. 248. A bill to make it unlawful for the Secretary of State to grant any charter to any corporation when such corporation uses in its corporate name the word. "Georgia" in such manner as to indicate or suggest that the State of Georgia may have any interests whatever in said corporation either as owner. or stockholder.
Senate Bill No. 245. A bill to amend an Act amending, consolidating and superseding the several Acts incorporating

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the City of Cedartown, and to provide a new charter for the same.
Senate Bill No. 244. A bill to amend an Act amending, consolidating and superseding the several Acts incorporating the City of Cedartown, providing a new charter for the same.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, tO-wit:
House Bill No. 694. A bill to provide a system of public schools for the Town of Mineral Bluff.
House Bill No. 819. A bill to amend the school laws of the C~ty of Elberton, Georgia; to fix the term of office and for other purposes.
House Bill No. 891. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Ashburn.
House Bill No. 901. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the City of Saint George.
House Bill No. 908. A bill to amend an Act creating public school system of Buena Vista.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 904. A bill to amend Section 4 of an Act creating a City Court of Jesup.
House Bill No. 913. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the Tennille School District.

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House Bill No. 914. A hill to repeal an Act to incorporate and establish the Tennille School District.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 888. A bill to amend an Act to increase the salary of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of DeKalb County.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has recalled from the Governor, reconsidered and passed the following hills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 794. A bill to repeal an Act to abolish the office of County Treasurer of Bryan County.
House Bill No. 804. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bryan County.
The Senate has recalled, reconsidered and passed as amended the following bill of House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 805. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bryan County.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has receded from Amendments No. 2 and 8 and insists upon no one of the following hill of the House, to-wit:

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House Bill No. 325. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 830. A bill to amend an Act to regulate public school instruction in Richmond County.
House Bill No. 851. A bill to amend an Act regulating public instruction in Richmond County.
House Bill No. 867. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Bullochville.
House Bill No. 869. A bill to repeal all laws incorporating the Village of Warm Springs.
House Bill No. 915. A bill to amend an Act regulating public instruction in the County of Richmond.
House Bill No. 937. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Richmond County.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Bill No. ~09. A bill to authorize the authorities of the Counties of Banks and Habersham to repair certain roads in the Town of Baldwin.

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Senate Bill No. 231. A bill to require all steam railroad companies operating steam locomotive engines to provide automatic door to the fire-box for each locomotive.
Senate Bill No. 262. A bill to amend Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph I of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.

The following bill of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was taken up for further consideration:
By Mr. Mundy of the 38th and others-
Senate Bill No. 52.
A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to amend Paragraph 3, Section 4, Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, by stricking the word and figures "October, 1878," in line three and inserting in lieu thereof the word and figures "June, 1925," 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 ''!.ixty," 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 I. 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 three 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 that when said Paragraph 3, Section 4, Article 3 of the Constitution is so amended it shall read as follows:

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"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, 1925, 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."
Sec. 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 shall, 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 Assembly biennially;" and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "Against ratification of Amendmeri.t to Paragraph 3, Section 4, Article 3 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, providing for the meeting of the General Assembly biennially," and if the majority of the electors qualified to vote for the members of the General Assembly voting thereon shall vote for the ratification thereof, when the returns shall be consolidated, as now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly, and return thereof made to the Governor, then he shall declare said amendment adopted and make proclamation of the result of said election by one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State, declaring the amendment ratified.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

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Mr. Wood of Fulton arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

The bill involving a conditional amendment the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Beck Bennett Blackley Boswell Bowden Braddy Branch Burgin Burt Callaway Carr Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Cox Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose

Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fowler Gillen Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Hulme Huxford
Hyman
Jenkins
Johnson of Forsyth
.Tones of Coweta
.Tones of Floyd

.Tones, A. D. of Meriwether
.Jordan Kempton King Knight Langley Latham Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Miles Moore Mullis Napier Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman

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Peterson Pbillips of Jasper Pbillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth

Simpson Singletary Smithof Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Steele Stevens Stone Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Toole Trippe

Turner Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those voting in the riegative were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Barrett Bell Blease Bozeman Brannen Bussey Camp of Campbell Carter Covington Daniel of Heard Davis of Thomas Dixon of Jenkins Duncan Duvall

Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Fletcher Fortson Foy Golden Guess Harris Howard of Screven Johnson of Bacon Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Kirkland

Linder Meeks Milner Montgomery New Parrish Stanley Stewart Stovall Tippins Tyson West Wimberly of Laurens Wood

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Bird Boatwright Camp of Coweta Culpepper

Ellis Jones of Cook Logan

McCrory Pickering Mr. Speake

Ayes 152, Nays 43.

The roll call was verified.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 152, Nays 48.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Copeland of Lowndes moved that the bill be immediately

transmitted to the Senate.



Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 8:00 o'clock.

AFTERNOON SESSION,
8:00 o'clock P. M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:
By Mr. Penland of GilmerHouse Bill No. 1004. A bill to amend an Act constituting
the charter of the City of Ellijay and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Dykes of DoolyHouse Bill No. 1005. A bill to amend an Act creating the
charter of Unadilla. Referred to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Way of LibertyHouse Bill No. 1006. A bill to amend an Act establishing

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the City Court of Hinesville and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Messrs. A. D. Jones and W. R. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 1007. A bill to amend an Act to constitute a Board of Commissioners of Meriwether County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee ori County and County Matters.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 1008. A bill to amend the General Tax Act relative to special taxes.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Resolution No. 817. A resolution to discontinue collection of tax upon brokers and commission merchants imposed in Paragraph 80 of the General Tax Act and for other purposes.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Com- mittee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 991.

House Bill No. 994. House Bill No. 998.

Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

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Mr. Smith of Lamar County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following bills of the House and 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. 225 do pass.
House Bill No. 947 do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted,
SMrTH of Lamar,
Chairman;

Mr. Mann of Glynn 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. 980. House Bill No. 996.
Respectfully submitted, MANN of Glynn, Chairman.
Mr. Tyson of Mcintosh County, Chairman of the Committee on Game and Fish, has submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
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me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 989. Respectfully submitted, TvsoN of Mcln tosh, Chairman.
Mr. Tatum of Dade County, Chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining, submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Mines and Mining 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:
Semite Bill No. 208. Respectfully submitted, TATUM of Dade, Chairman.
The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Dykes of Dooly and othersHouse Bill No. 947. A bill to amend an Act approved
August 17, 1923, relative to insurance.
By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinHouse Bill No. 980. A bill to amend an Act creating a
charter for the City of Milledgeville.
By Messrs. Pope and McClure of WalkerHouse Bill No. 989. A bill to repeal an Act for the protec-
tion of quail in certain counties.

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By Messrs. Roberts and Head of Cobb-
House Bill No. 991. A bill to amend an Act to amend and supercede the Act incorporating the Town of Smyrna and for other purposes.

By Mr. Price of Lincoln-
House Bill No. 994. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Lincolnton.

By Messrs. Pope and McClure of Walker-
House Bill No. 996. A bill to amend an Act creating the charter for the City of LaFayette.

By Mr. Meeks of Coffee-
House Bill No. 998. A bill to amend an Act creating a county depository in the County of Coffee and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Green of 43rd and Hamly of 40th-
Senate Bill No. 208. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to salaries of the State Geologist and assistants and for other purposes.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 225. A bill to regulate the deposits required to be made by insurance companies.

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

By Mr. Mullis of Bleckley-
House Bill No. 912. A bill to amend an Act creating and designating the Twelfth District A. and M. Schools so as to allow Trustees of the 12th District A. and M. School to exchange certain piece of land and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 126, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Shettlesworth of Gwinnett-
House Bill No. 922. A bill to fix the compensation of the Treasurer of Gwinnett 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 consitutional majority was passed.

The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto:

By Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Bill No. 805. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Bryan County and for other purposes .
The following amendment of the Senate was read and agreed to:
Amend Section I, lines 11 and I2 by striking the words "W. R. Clanton," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "W. D. Morgan," and by striking in line 15 of Section I the words "W. F. Slater," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Thos. F. Cameron."
By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 9IO. A bill to authorize the ordinary of Elbert County to submit to the voters of Elbert County the

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question of exempting certain pro.perty from taxation and for other purposes.

The following substitute of the Senate was read and adopted:

A BILL.

T~ be entitled an Act to authorize and direct the Ordinary of Elbert County, Georgia, to call elections at such times hereafter as he may desire for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of Elbert County who are qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of Georgia the question of whether or not the taxing authority of said county may exempt from taxing such property as is mentioned in the Constitution of the State in Article Seven, Section Two and Paragraph Two-A. That if a majority of the qualified voters above referred to shall vote to exempt the property above referred to in said article, section and paragraph from taxation the taxing authority of said county shall not levy taxes on said property, to provide the manner of holding such elections, the preparation and counting of the ballots, the declaring of results, and for other purposes.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That the Ordinary of Elbert County, Georgia, is hereby authorized and directed to call an election at such times hereafter as he may desire for the purpose of submitting to the voters of Elbert who are qualified to vote for the members of the General Assembly of Georgia, the question of whether or not the tax levying authority of said county may exempt from taxation, such property as is provided in the Constitution of this State contained in Article Seven, Section Two, Paragraph Two-A.
Sec. ~. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if a majority of the voters above mentioned of said above mentioned county shall vote for exemption of taxation of.the property above referred to, then the taxing authority of said county shall not tax such property. If a majority of

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the voters above referred to shall vote against exempting the property above referred to then the taxing authority of said county. shall not exempt such property from taxation.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the manner of holding said elections, the preparation of the ballots, the counting of the ballots and the declaration of results shall be the same as is now provided for holding elections of County Commissioners of said County of Elbert.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

By Messrs. Guess, Steele and Woodruff of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 838. A bill to increase the salary of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of DeKalb County and for other purposes.

The following amendment of the Senate was read and agreed to:
Amend by striking the words and figures "thirty-six hundred ($3,600.00) dollars" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars."

By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 908. A bill to authorize the Mayor and Council of Bowman to submit to the people the question of exempting certain property from taxation.

The following substitute of the Senate was read and agreed to:

A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of Bowman, Georgia, to call an election at such times as they may desire to submit to the qualified voters of

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said city the question of exempting from taxation certain properties as are mentioned in Article Seven, Section Two, Paragraph Two-A of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, to provide who shall vote in said election, how the ballots shall he counted, the results declared and to comply with all requirements of the Constitution of this State as occurs in the article, section and paragraph above referred to, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Bowman, Georgia, are hereby authorized to call an election at such times hereafter as they may desire for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said city the question of whether or not the city taxing authority may exempt from taxation such properties as is provided in the Constitution of this State contained in Article Seven, Section Two, Paragraph Two-A.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a majority of the voters qualified to vote for Mayor and Council of said City of Bowman, Georgia, shall vote for exemption of taxation of the property above referred to, then the city taxing authorities shall not tax such property for the time provided in the Constitution of this State. If a majority of the qualified voters of the city shall vote against exemption of taxation of property above referred to then the city taxing authority shall not exempt such property from taxation.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the manner of holding the election, the preparation and counting of the b~llots, the declaration of the results shall be the same as now provided for the holding of elections for Mayor and Council, or such ordinances as the Mayor and Council shall hereafter provide.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

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By Messrs. Stovall and Hulme of Elbert-
House Bill No. 909. A hill to authorize the Mayor and Council of Elberton to submit to the voters of said city the question of exempting certain property from taxation.

The following substitute of the Senate was read and agreed to:

A BILL.
To he entitled an Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of the City of Elberton, Georgia, to call an election at such time as they may desire to submit to the qualified voters of said city the question of exempting from taxation certain properties as are mentioned in Article Seven, Section Two, Paragraph Two-A of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, to provide who shall vote in said election, how the ballots shall he prepared and counted, the results declared and to comply with all requirements of the Constitution of this State as occurs in the article, section and paragraph above referred to, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That the Mayor and Council of the City of Elberton, Georgia, are hereby authorized to call an election at such times hereafter as they may desire for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said city the question of whether or not the city taxing authorities may exempt from taxation such properties as is provided in the Constitution of this State contained in Article Seven, Section Two, Paragraph T"'o-A.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if a majority of the voters qualified to vote for Mayor and Council of said City of Elberton, Georgia, shall vote for exemption of taxation of the property above referred to then the city taxing authorities shall not tax such property for the time provided in the Constitution of this State. If a majority of the qualified voters of said city shall vote against exemption

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of taxation of property above referred to then the city taxing . authorities shall not exempt such property from. taxation.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the manner of holding the election, the preparation and counting of the ballots, the declaration of the results shall be the same as now provided for the holding of elections for Mayor and Council, or of such ordinances as the Mayor and Council shall hereby provide.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:
Senate Bill No. 262. A bill to amend Article 3, Section 2, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia relative to the number of Senators, the number of Senatorial Districts, and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.
Senate Bill No. 209. A bill to authorize the Counties of Banks and Habersham to repair and grade that portion of the Bushville and Clarkesville Road in the Town of Baldwin.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.
Senate Bill No. 231. A bill to require all railroad companies operating steam locomotive engines to provide and equip each locomotive with an automatic door to the fire-box of such locomotive engine.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics.
Senate Bill No. 244. A bill to amend an Act consolidating, and superseding the Acts incorporating the City of Cedartown so as to empower the City of Cedartown to establish, change and grade any street, avenue, etc.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

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Senate Bill No. 245. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Cedartown.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.
Senate Bill No. 256. A bill to provide a system of registration for names of homes and farms in the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. I.
Senate Bill No. 248. A bill to make it unlawful for the Secretary of State to grant any charter to any corporation which uses the term "Georgia" in its corporate name in such a way as to indicate that the State of Georgia has an interest in said corporation.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
Senate Bill No. 281. A bill to amend an Act to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Cleveland.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
Senate Bill No. 280. A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Cleveland.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
Senate Bill No. 278. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter of the City of Rome.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.
Mr. Barrett of Stephens arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.

Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration:

By Messrs. Milner of Dodge, Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 657. A bill to appropriate $43,944.23 for

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supplying deficiency in maintenance of Georgia School of Technology for the years 1923-24.

The House again resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House with the lady from Bibb, Mrs. Napier, in the Chair.

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.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

Mr. Bussey of Crisp moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows.

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Blease Bleckley Boswell Bowden Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey

Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan

Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Greer Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Sumter Holden Holton

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Howard of Long Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Knight Langley Latham Lindsey Lyons McClure McCrory McMullan Maddox Mann Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis

Napier New Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Jasper Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Roberts Robertson Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson

Smith of Lamar Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tippins Toole Trippe Tyson Warren Way Weaver West Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Golden Griffis Linder

Peterson Riley

Spence Stewart

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Bird Boatwright Bozeman Carter Daniel of Troup Evans of Screven Evans of Warren

Fletcher Foy Gillen Griner Harrell Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Houston

Howard of Chattahoochee
Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Kirkland

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Logan Loyd McDonald McGarity Mansell Mayo Norman of-Colquitt

Norman of Henry Phillips of Telfair Pickering Rountree Rutherford Simpson Stone

Ayes 154, Nays 7.

Tatum Turner Van Landingham Vaughn Whitley Whitworth Mr. Speaker

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 154, Nays 7.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 681. A bill to appropriate $198,500.00 to supply a deficiency at the Georgia State Sanitarium at Milledgeville.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. W. R. Jones of Meriwether 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.
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:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bennett Bleckley Bowden Braddy Branch Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Childs Christopher Collins Copeland Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Eve Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Fortson Foy

Golden Greer Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cowega Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Knight Langley Latham Linder Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Meeks Miles Moore

Mullis Napier New Orr Owen Pafford Parker Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Tyson Warren

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Way West Williams Wilson

Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Wood Woodruff Worthy

Adams of Franklin Arnold Banister Bell Bird Blease Boatwright Boswell Bozeman Brannen Burgin Camp c:>f Coweta Carter Clark Covington Daniel of Troup DeFoor DeLaperriere Dykes Evans of Warren Fleming of Hancock Fowler

Gillen Griffis Griner Harrell Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Houston Howard of Screven Huxford Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Kirkland Lindsey Logan McDonald Mansell Mayo Milner Montgomery Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry

Parrish Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Roberts Robertson Rutherford Simpson Smith of Fulton Spence Stone Stovall Turner Van Landingham Vaughn Weaver Whitley Whitworth Wingate Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 140, Nays 0.

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 140, Nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Davis and Jones of Floyd and Peek of Polk-
House Bill No. 700. A bill to appropriate $9,000.00 for the year 1924 to the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Spring.

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The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved in to the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Dixon of Jenkins 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.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by striking therefrom the word "nine," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "seven."
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.:

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Blackley Boswell Bowden Braddy Branch Burt Bussey Callaway Carr Childs . Christopher Clark Collins

Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Elders Ellis Ennis Eve Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Fortson Golden Greer

Griffis Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Head Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Long Hulme Huxford Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Knight

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Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd McOlure McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Miles Moore Mullis Napier New Orr Owen Parker Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham

Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pitts Pope Price Reville Rlley Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Lamar Stanford Stanley

Steele Stevens Stewart Strickland Sweat Tatum Toole Trippe Tyson Warren West Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Worthy

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Arnold Bennett Bird Blease Boatwright Bozeman Brannen Burgin Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carter Daniel of Troup DeLaperriere Dykes Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Fleming of Hancock Fowler Foy Gillen Griner Haddock

Harrell .. Hatcher of Muscogee Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Houston Howard of C.hatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hyman Jones of Cook Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether King Kirkland Langley Logan Lyons McCrory McDonald Mansell Mayo Meeks Milner

Montgomery Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Pafford Parrish Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Roberts Rutherford Shedd Simpson Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Spence Stone Stovall Sutlive Swindle Tippins Turner Van Landingham Vaughn

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Way Weaver Whitley

Whitworth Wood

Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 131, Nays 0.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 131, Nays 0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Rowe and Cumming of Richmond-
House Resolution No. 237. A resolution to appropriate money to the State Board of Health for the use of the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives.
The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the. Speaker designated Mr. Ennis of Baldwin as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and .through its Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted:

A RESOLUTION.

Be it resolved, by the General Assembly of Georgia, that the sum of $1,911.54 be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to the State Board of Health for the use of the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives for the following purposes: $825.00 to pay the interest on a $16,000.00 loan due the Citizens and Southern Bank of Augusta, Ga.; $1,086.54 to pay loss and damage by fire not covered by insurance.



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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution by substitute, 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 Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Blackley Boswell Bowden Braddy Branch Burt Bussey Callaway Childs Christopher Clark Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Elders Ellis Ennis Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Fortson Greer

Griffis Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harris Harrison Head Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Knight Latham Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Meeks Miles MoorE!

Napier New Orr Owen Pafford Parker Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Jasper Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum



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Tippins Trippe Tyson Warren Way

West Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs

Wingate Winship Woodruff Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Golden
Those not voting were Messrs~:

Adair Adams of Franklin Arnold Banister Bird Blease Boatwright Bozeman Brannen Burgin Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Collins Cox Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DeLaperriere Duvall Dykes Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Hancock

Fowler Foy Gillen Griner Haddock Harrell Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Houston Howard of Screven Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether King Kirkland Langley Linder Logan McCrory Mansell Mayo Milner Montgomery Mullis

Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Parrish Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Roberts Rutherford Simpson Smith of Fulton Stone Stovall Swindle Toole Turner Van Landingham Vaughn Weaver Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wood Worthy Mr. Speaker

Ayes 125, Nays 1.

On the passage of the resolution by substitute the Ayes

were 125, Nays 1.



The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

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Mr. Tippins of Evans moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost.

By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-

House Resolution No. 279. A resolution appropnatmg $93.93 for the salary of the Solicitor-General of Griffin Judicial Circuit from August 17, 1923, to December 31, 1923.
The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Callaway of Putnam as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

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 Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Aubrey Bandy Barrett Bell Bennett Bleckley Boswell Braddy Branch Burt Bussey Callaway Childs Christopher Clark

Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DaviS of Thomas Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Fortson

Griffis Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Head Hines of Sumter Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta

..

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Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
Jordan Knight Latham Lyons McClure McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Meeks Miles Moore Napier New Owen Pafford

Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Pitts Price Reville Riley Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Lamar

Stanford Steele Stevens Stewart Strickland Swindle Tatum Trippe Tyson Warren Way West Wbitworth Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winsbip Woodruff

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adair Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Banister Beck Bird Blease Boatwright Bowden Bozeman Brannen Burgin Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Collins Curry Daniel of Troup DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Duncan

Dykes Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Hancock Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griner Haddock Harrell Hatcher of Muscogee Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Holden Holton Houston Howard of Screven Huxford Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether

Kempton King Kirkland Langley Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd McCrory Mansell Mayo Milner Montgomery Mullis Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Parker Parrish Perryman Phillips of Jasper Pbillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren

.

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Pope Roberts Rutherford Shettlesworth Simpson Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Spence Stanley

Stone Stovall Sutlive Sweat Tippins Toole Turner Van Landingham Vaughn

Weaver Whitley Willlams Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wood Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 107, Nays 0.

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

On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 107, Nays 0.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Rountree of Emanuel moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Vaughn of Rockdale.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 6, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Carter Childs

Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen

Golden Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether

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Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
Jordan Kempton King Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker

Parrish

Stevens

Peek

Stewart

Penland

Stone

Perkins of Habersham Stovall

Perkins of Muscogee Strickland

Perryman

Sutlive

Peterson

Sweat

Phillips of Jasper

Swindle

Phillips of Telfair

Tatum

Pickren

Tippins

Pitts

Toole

Pope

Trippe

Price

Tyson

Reville

Van Landingham

Riley

Vaughn

Roberts

Warren

Robertson

Way

Rountree

Weaver

Rowe

West

Russell

Whitley

Rutherford

Whitworth

Sapp

Williams

Shedd

Wilson

Shettlesworth

Wimberly of Laurens

Singletary

Wimberly of Toombs

Smith of Bryan

Wimberly of Twiggs

Smith of Fulton

Wingate

Smith of Jefferson

Winship

Smith of Lamar

Wood

Spence

Woodruff

Stanford

Worthy

Stanley

Wright

Steele

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Buke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

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By. Mr. Langley of Floyd-
House Resolution No. 318. A resolution calling for a joint session of the General Assembly on Thursday night, August 7th, at 8:00 o'clock for the purpose of hearing an address by Hon. Harry F. Atwood, to provide for a committee of escort, and for other purposes.
The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House under the above resolution:
Messrs. Langley of Floyd, Sutlive of Chatham, Barrett of Stephens, Aubrey of Bartow, McClure of Walker, Weaver of Terrell, Perkins of Muscogee,
Miss Kempton of Fulton.

By unanimous consent House Resolution No. 296 was withdrawn from the Committee on Appropriations and recommitted to the Committee on Pensions.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was withdrawn from the Committee on Municipal Government, read the second time, and recommitteq:

By Mr. Davis of the 42nd-
Senate Bill No. 278. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Rome.

By unanimous consent the following was established as the order of business during the first part of the thirty minute period of unanimous consents:
1. Introduction of new matter under the rules.

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~. 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 having a local application ~nd House bills with Senate amendments.
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. Head of Cobb-
House Bill No. 1009. A bill to amend Parks Code relative to per diem of members of Board of Education.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Resolution No. 319. A resolution that House Bill No. 999 be set for a special order at afternoon session August
6, 1924.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:

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House Bill No. 1007.
Respectfully submitted, DIXON of Jenkins, Chairman.

Mr. Reville of Richmond County, Chairman of the Committee on Academy for the Blind, have submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Academy for the Blind 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. 999.
Respectfully submitted,
REVILLE of Richmond,
Chairman.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee 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 and resolutions of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:
House Resolution No. 306 do pass.
House Resolution No. 307 do pass.
House Resolution No. 308 do pass.
Senate Bill No. 186 do pass.

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Senate Bill No. 181 do pass. Senate Bill No. ~12 do pass. Senate Bill No. 188 do pass. Senate Bill No. ~59 do pass. Senate Bill No. 183 do pass. Senate Bill No. 18~ do pass. Senate Bill No. 58 do not pass. Senate Bill No. 187 do not pass. Senate Bill No. ~22 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, HATCHER of Muscogee, Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chf!irman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Corporations have had under considera-
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 that the same do pass:
House Bill No. I 002. House Bill No. 1004. Senate Bill No. 244. Senate Bill No. 245.
Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

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Mr. Stewart of Atkinson County, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have
instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 231.
Respectfully submitted,
STEWART of Atkinson,
Chairman.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education have had under considera-
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:
Senate Bill No. 235 do pass. House Bill No. 975 do pass. House Bill No. 983 do pass. House Resolution No. 298 do pass. House Resolution No. 310 do pass. House Bill No. 292 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, ELDERS of Tattnall, Chairman.

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Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. I, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. I 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 following recommendation:
House Bill No. 9~3 do pass. House Bill No. 95I do pass. House Bill No. 894 do pass by substitute. House Bill No. 966 do not pass. House Bill No. 218 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, GuEss of DeKalb, Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following Acts and resolutions, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 853. An Act to create a new charter for the City of Hogansville.
House Bill No. 860. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Albany.
House Bill No. 886. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Camilla, by abolishing the fee system of payment of Solicitor of said court and putting said Solicitor on a salary.

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House Bill No. 826. An Act to provide for the time of holding the Superior Court in Wheeler County.
House Bill No. 854. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of LaGrange, by authorizing Mayor and Council to license, regulate or prohibit pool rooms, pool tables, etc.
House Bill No. 835. An Act to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Gordon County.
House Bill No. 677. An Act to amend an Act creating the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Glenn County.
House Bill No. 868. An Act to amend an Act creating the City of Manchester, by giving the Commissioners the power and authority to district or zone the city for the purpose of regulating trades, industries, etc.
House Bill No. 36. An Act to amend Section 5858 of the Code of Georgia of 1910, by adding subsection thereto providing for the taking of depositions of a witness in the trial of a case in case the witness should at the trial be incompetent to testify.
House Bill No. 889. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Commerce, Jackson County.
House Bill No. 766. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Chatham Artillery of the _City of Savannah.
House Bill No. 870. An Act to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Greenville by fixing fees of certain officers.
House Bill No. 846. An Act to provide for holding four terms a year of the Superior Court of Houston County.
House Bill No. 847. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Appling.
House Bill No. 768. An Act to amend an Act to regulate the salaries of jailers, deputy jailers, guards, turnkeys and other

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jail employees in counties having a population of not less than 80,000 and not more than 130,000 inhabitants.
House Bill No. 883. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the Town of Surrency, Appling County.
House Resolution No. ~63. An Act to relieve J. F. Hill
and J. B. Robinson as sureties on the bond of J. F. Robinson
all of Rockdale County.
House Resolution No. 275. An Act deploring the condition of the Georgia farmer caused by extravagent freight rates.
House Resolution No. 230. An Act to provide that the Twentieth Article of the Constitution of the United States relative to the Child Labor Amendment be not ratified, but rejected.
House Bill No. 861. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Appling County.
House Bill No. 901. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Saint George in Charlton County, by providing that all property both real and personal owned by said city be conveyed by deed from the Mayor and Aldermen to the Trustees of Saint George Consolidated School District.
House Bill No. 819. An Act to amend an Act providing for a school system for the City of Elberton, so as to change the date of election of the Board of Education.
House Bill No. 904. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Jesup, relative to the qualifications of the Solicitor of said court.
House Bill No. 891. An Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Ashburn.
House Bill No. 913. An Act to repeal an Act to abolish the Tennille School District in the City of Tennille, so as to provide when said abolishing Act shall become effective.

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House Bill No. 903. An Act to amend an Act creating a public school system of Buena Vista.

House Bill No. 694. An Act to provide a system of public schools for the Town of Mineral Bluff.

House Bill No. 914. An Act to repeal an Act incorporating the Tennille School District in the City of Tennille, so as to provide for the ratification of said Repealing Act by the qualified voters of said district.

House Bill No. 867. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Bullochville, so as to strike from said Act the words, "Town of Bullochville" and insert in lieu thereof the words, "City of Warm Springs."

House Bill No. 851. An Act to amend an Act to regulate public instruction in the County of Richmond, by striking from said Act the words relative to the elect.ion of three trustees from each incorporated town outside of the City of Augusta and making the Ordinary ex-officio member.

House Bill No. 869. An Act to repeal all Acts incorporating the Village of Warm Springs in Meriwether County.

House Bill No. 834. An Act to amend an Act creating the charter of the City of Vienna.

House Bill No. 915. An Act to amend an Act regulating public instruction in the County of Richmond, by adding a proviso thereto prescribing that the Board of Education shall use and adopt the same school books as are adopted by the Board of Education of the State of Georgia.

House Bill No. 830. An Act to amend an Act to regulate public school instruction in the County of Richmond, relative to the election of three trustees from the five wards in the City of Augusta.

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House Bill No. 866. An Act to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for Cherokee County.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

By unanimous consent the following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Holton of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 894. A bill to prohibit the issuance by a Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues within this State of script or warrants in excess of their total revenue and for other purposes.

By Mrs. Napier of Bibb and Mr. Woodruff of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 951. A bill to provide for the appointment of a commission for the blind.

By Mr. Jenkins of Wheeler-
House Bill No. 975. A bill to incorporate the Union School District in Wheeler County and for other purposes.

By Mr. Adams of Towns-
House Bill No. 983. A bill to repeal an Act to prohibit the sale or giving away within one mile of Young Harris College any kind of soft drink for other purposes.

By Messrs. Wood and Smith of Fulton-
House Bill No. 993. A bill to prescribe additional duties of Coroners in counties of 200,000 population or more and for other purposes.

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By Messrs. Winship and Fowler and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Bill No. 999. A bill to appropriate $4,000.00 to the Academy for the Blind at Macon.

By Mr. Tatum of Dade-
House Bill No. 100~. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Trenton and for other purposes.

By Mr. Penland of Gilmer-
House Bill No. 1004. A bill to repeal an Act approved November ~9, 1897, constituting the present charter of the City of Ellijay and for other purposes.

By Mr. McCrory of Schley-
House Resolution No. ~98. A resolution directing the State Board of Education to have prepared, adopted, published by competitive bids and sold to the school children, books on civil government.

By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Resolution No. 306. A resolution to authorize the county authorities of Muscogee County to pay to J. Q. Davis $500~00, amount paid by him on bond.

By Messrs Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Resolution No. 307. A resolution to pay J. Q. Davis
$50.00 amount paid by him on bond.

By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Resolution No. 308. A resolution to pay J. Q. Davis
$50.00 amount paid by him on bond.

By Mr. Barrett of StephensHouse Resolution No. 310. A resolution authorizing and

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directing the State Board of Vocational Education to use the sum of $13,662.72 in the furtherance of its work of vocational rehabilitation.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 181. A bill to amend the Civil Code of 1910 relative to testimony of insane persons.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 182. A bill to amend the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to time of filing petition for certiorari.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18thSenate Bill No. 183. A bill to abrogate the common law rule
that an executor of the will of an executor is ipso facto and for other purposes.
By Mr. Phillips of the 18thSenate Bill No. 188. A bill to declare that all wives and
husbands who are minors to be sui juris for the purpose of instituting, maintaining, or defending actions for alimony and for other purposes.
By Mr. Phillips of the 18thSenate Bill No. 186. A bill to fix the amount of costs in
trial courts in actions of trover in certain cases and for other purposes.
By Mr. Stovall of the 29thSenate Bill No. 212. A bill to extend the time for filing
demurrers to please in the several courts.
By Mr. Adams of the 47thSenate Bill No. 231. A bill to require all steam railroad

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companies to provide and equip locomotives with an auto.:. matic door to the fire-box and for other purposes.

By Mr. Beauchamp of the 22nd-
Senate Bill No. 235. A bill to amend an Act relative to consolidated public school systems and for other purposes.

By Mr. Mundy of the 38th-
Senate Bill No. 244. A bill to amend an Act consolidating and superseding the several Acts incorporating the City of Cedartown and for other purposes.

By Mr. Mundy of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 245. A bill to amend, consolidate and supersede the several acts incorporating the City of Cedartown and for other purposes.

By Mr. Johnson of the 24th-
Senate Bill No. 259_ A bill to incorporate into the limits of the City of Columbus certain territory.

By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 1007. A bill to amend an Act to constitute a Board of Commissioners for the County of Meriwether and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the following bills of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon rheir passage:
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 980. A bill to amend an Act creating the charter of the City of Milledgeville and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Shedd of Wayne-
House Bill No. 984. A bill to change the time of convening the Superior Court of Wayne 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 Messrs. G\less, Steele and Woodruff of DeKalbHouse Bill No. 987. A bill to amend the charter of the City
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 113, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Roberts and Head of Cobb--
House Bill No. 991. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Smyrna.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 118, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Foy of Taylor-
House Bill No. 992. A bill to amend an Act to create the office of County Treasurer of Taylor 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 116, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Price of Lincoln-
House Bill No. 994. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Lincolnton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 114, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Cox of Treutlen-
House Bill No. 995. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Soperton.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. McClure and Pope of Walker-
House Bill No. 996. A bill to amend the charter of the City of LaFayette.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutior,al majority was passed.

By Mr. Meeks of Coffee-
House Bill No. 998. A bill to amend an Act creating a County Depository in and for Coffee County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passsage 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. Lankford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 255. A bill to amend an Act providing for four terms of Superior 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 119, 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:

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite Constitutional ma1ority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:

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Senate Bill No. 271. A bill to amend an Act approved :\ugust 17, 1923.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto:

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 325. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
Mr. Wood of Fulton moved that the House recede from its disagreement to Senate Amendment No. 1 and themotion prevailed.

By unanimous consent the following bill of the Senate was read the first time and referred to the committee:

By Mr. Lankford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 271. A bill to amend an Act incorporating Mutual or Co-operative Fire Insurance Companies and for other purposes.
Mr. Vaughn of Rockdale arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.
Mr. Wood of Fulton arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.

Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House was taken up for further consideration:

By Messrs. Ellis of Tift, Elders of Tattnall and others-
House Bill No. 62. A bill to establish a College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts to be created from the present '2nd District A. & M. School of Tifton.

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Mr. Elders of Tattnall moved that further consideration of the bill be postponed until to-morrow and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that House Bill No. 257 be taken from the table and the motion prevailed.

The following bill of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

House Bill No. 312. By Mr. Parks of Terrell-
A bill to provide that an officer authorized by law to attest the execution of deeds, mortgages, etc., shall not be disqualified to attest such writings where such writings are executed by or to a corporation in which such officer is a sfockholder and for other purposes.
Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis moved that the bill be tabled and the motion was lost.
Mr. Christopher of Hall moved the previous question on the bill; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis moved that the House reconsider its action in ordering the main question and the motion was lost.

The following committee amendments were read and adopted:
Amend by striking all of Section 1 after the word "respects" in the 9th line of said Section 1.
Amend by striking all of the title of bill after the word "world" in the 8th line thereof.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

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On the passage of the bill Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 91, ::"'l"ays 56.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

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

A1r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House ~ill No. 624. A bill to provide for the protection of sinking fund and to require investment of such fund in certain securities.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Bill No. 263. A bill to provide for all Boards or Commissions who are authorized to cqllect fees or commissions and expend the same.
Senate Bill No. 265. A bill to amend an Act to regulate, registration, branding, inspection, analysis and sale of calcium arsenate, so as to fix standards and provide penalties.
Senate Bill No. 269. A bill to authorize Counties of Georgia to co-operate in paving and improvement of streets.
Senate Bill No. 282. A bill to provide for the payment of costs in all cases where a year's support is set apart to a widow or child or children.

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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 283. A bill to preserve to transferees or bearers the liens to retain title notes or other securities or notes for purchase money in the hands of transferee or bearers, where made payable to bearer, or where endorsed either conditionally or in blank or otherwise.
Senate Bill No. 239. A bill to define the open season for hunting and possessing doves in the State of Georgia.
Senate Bill No. 242. A bill to prohibit the use of fish traps in any of the streams of Georgia.
Senate Bill No. 251. A bill to amend an Act to appropriate the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, tO-wit:
Senate Bill No. 226. A bill to amend an Act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor.
Sepate Bill No. 230. A bill to amend an Act appropriating the sum of $15,000.00 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia.
Senate Bill No. 279. A bill to prohibit independent candidates who bolt the regular primary nomination of their respective political parties from using the regular official ballot of said parties in general election.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 161. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to State owned terminal facilities at a Georgia Port.
Senate Bill No. 290. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Henry County.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that Senate Bill No. 3 be taken from the table.
Mr. Bowden of McDuffie moved that the House do now adJourn.
On this motion Mr. Bowden of McDuffie called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
The motion to adjourn was lost.
On the motion that Senate Bill No. 3 be taken from the table Mr. Milner of Dodge 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 Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Aubrey Bandy Banister Beck Blease Bleckley Boatwright Braddy

Branch Brannen Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Carter Childs Christopher Covington Cox Davis of Floyd

Davis of Thomas DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Evans of Screven Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Golden Greer

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Griffis Griner Grovenstein Haddock Harris Hatcher of Burke Head
Hillhouse Holden Holton Houston Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Johnson of Bacon Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Knight Latham Linder Logan Loyd McClure

McCrory McGarity McMullan Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Mullis Napier Pafford Parrish Penland Perkins of Habersham Phillips of Jasper Pickren Pope Reville Robertson Rountree Russell Shedd Shettlesworth

Singletary Smith of Bryan Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Swindle Tatum Tyson West Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Atkinson of Chatham Barrett Bell Bird Boswell Bowden Bozeman Burgin Callaway Camp of Coweta Carr Collins Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor DeLaperriere

Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Foy Guess Hamrick Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter
Hyman
Jenkins
Johnson of Forsyth
Jones of Coweta
Jones of Floyd

Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Jordan Kempton King Langley Lindsey Lyons Maddox Mayo Montgomery Moore New Norman of Henry Orr Owen Parker Peek Peterson Phillips of Telfair

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Pitts Price Riley Roberts Rowe Sapp Smith of Fulton Smith of .Jefferson

Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tippins Toole Trippe Van Landingham Warren

Way Weaver Whitley Williams Winship Wood Woodruff

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Atkinson of Camden Bennett Clark Copeland Ellis Ennis Gillen Harrell

Howard of Chattahoochee
Huxford .Tones of Cook - Kirkland McDonald Norman of Colquitt Perkins of Muscogee

Perryman Pickering Rutherford Simpson Smith of Lamar Turner Vaughn Mr. Speaker

Ayes 100, Nays 81.

The roll call was verified.

On the motion that Senate Bill No. 3 be taken from the table the Ayes were 100, Nays 81; the motion prevailed, and Senate Bill No. 3 was placed in its appropriate place upon the Calendar.

The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Hessrs. Fowler and Winship and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Bill No. 655. A bill to amend the Constitution so as to permit counties containing a city of 50,000 population or over to consolidate city and county governments when approved by a majority of the legally qualified voters in the territory concerned.

The following committee amendment to the committee substitute was read and adopted:

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Amend by striking from Section 1, line 9, after the figures "1920" the following words: "or any future Federal Census."

The following committee substitute was read and adopted as amended:
A RESOLUTION
By the General Assembly of Georgia, proposing to the people of Georgia an amendment to the Constitution of this State adding a new paragraph to be known as Para~raph ~a of Section I of Article 11, authori-zing the consolidation of city and county governments in counties having therein a city with a population of 3I,OOO or over.
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of Georgia, That the General Assembly of Georgia hereby proposes to the people of Georgia for their ratification or rejection an amendment to the Constitution of this State by adding a new paragraph to be known as Paragraph ~a of Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution of this State, which said Paragraph ~a shall read as follows, ta-wit:
The General Assembly shall have the power to consolidate and combine all governmental functions and powers now vested in and exercised .by cities and municipalities having a population of more than 31,000 according to the Federal Census of 1920, with the governmental functions and powers now vested in and exercised by the authorities of the county in which such cities or municipalities are situated; to create, designate, and give a name to political subdivisions composed of the entire area of such counties; to vest in and confer upon such subdivisions such authority and power as may be conferred upon municipalities or counties or both, under existing laws; to abolish any and all offices now existing under the charters of any such municipalities and also to abolish the offices of tax collector and tax receiver in any such counties; to create new offices, for purpose of exercising and carrying out the powers to be vested in such political sub-

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divisions, and powers and duties formerly appertaining to such offices so abolished and the powers and duties formerly exercised by such counties and such municipalities, all without regard to the uniformity of the powers, duties and compensation appertaining to the offices so created, in other municipalities, other counties, or other political subdivisions hereby authorized; to divide such political subdivisions into districts; to fix a maximum rate of ad-valorem taxation to be levied by authority of such political subdivisions, within the various districts, without regard to the uniformity of the rate; also to consolidate and combine any and all school systems and school districts now existing in any such cities or municipalities and counties into one system covering the entire area of the county to be governed and controlled under the provisions of the Act creating the political subdivision hereby authorized, regardless of the method of control of schools or school systems in other counties or municipalities.
The powers herein granted shall not be extended to cities, municipalities, or towns, and cities and towns, and municipalities, the corporate limits of which are included within more than one county; nor shall said powers herein granted be extended to the counties in which said cities, or towns, or municipalities, and cities and towns and municipalities are located.
The General Assembly, in exercising the powers herein conferred, may include in the Act or law any one or more of the powers or provisions herein enumerated, and may exclude therefrom any one or more of the powers or provisions herein enumerated.
This provision of the Constitution shall not be construed to empower the General Assembly to create new counties, nor to affect or change the representation of any county in the General Assembly. Nor shall it be construed to authorize the General Assembly to abolish the offices of Clerk of the Superior Court, Ordinary, Sheriff or Coroner in any of the counties affected by this Act, said office being expressly hereby preserved.

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The General Assembly shall not change or abolish any <:ounty nor the name thereof which may be affected hereby; and in naming the consolidated subdivisions in each case the names of the municipality or municipalities and of the county shall be combined so as to preserve them.
The General Assembly shall create such political subdivisions by special act or law relating to a particular subdivision, but no such act or law shall have any force or effect until the same shall have been ratified by a vote of a majority of the qualified voters, voting at a special election in such county, to be held not earlier than sixty days after the final passage and approval by the Governor of any such act: PrOvided, however, that the people within the corporate limits of municipalities affected and the people of the county affected outside of the corporate limits shall vote separately; and before the Act shall go in effect a majority of those voting in the municipalities separately, if more than one municipality is affected, and a majority of those voting outside of said municipality or municipalities shall vote in favor of said Act.
Be it further. resolved, That whenever this 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 yeas and nays taken thereon, the Governor shall and he is hereby authorized and instructed to cause the 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 submission 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 said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballot the words, "For amendment to Section 1 of Article

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11 of Constitution providing for consolidation of city and county governments in counties having therein a city with a population of 81,000 or over." All persons voting at such election against the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Against amendment to Paragraph 1 of Section 1 of Article 11 of Constitution providing for consolidation of city and county governments in counties having therein a city with a population of 81,000 or over." 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 case of election for members of the General Assembly to count and ascertain the result, issue his proclamation for one insertion in one daily newspaper of the State, announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute as amended, 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.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Bowden Bozeman

Braddy Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox

Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren

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Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Fortson Fowler Greer Griner Grovenstein Harrell Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman .Jenkins .Johnson of Bacon .Johnson of Forsyth .Tones of Coweta .Tones of Floyd .Tones, A. D. of
Meriwether .Tones, W. R., of
Meriwether .Jordan Kempton

King Knight Latham Lindsey -Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory Maddox Mann Mansell Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Orr Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perryman Phillips of .Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pope Price Riley Roberts

Rountree Rowe Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Smith of Bryan Smith of .Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Stevens Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Beck Culpepper Foy Griffis Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris

Houston Linder McGarity McMullan Norman of Henry Owen Reville Robertson

Spence Steele Stewart Stone Tatum Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Woodruff

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Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Barrett Boatwright Boswell Branch Camp of Campbell Daniel of Troup Dixon of Jenkins Ellis Eve Fleming of Hancock Gillen Golden

Hines of Decatur Huxford Jones of Cook Kirkland Langley
McDonald Mayo
Meeks
Miles Norman of Colquitt Perkins of Muscogee
Peterson Pickering

Pickren Pitts Rutherford Sapp
Simpson Singletary Smith of Fulton Stanley Vaughn
Wingate Wood Worthy Mr. Speaker

Ayes 141, Nays 24.

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

On the passage of the bill by substitute as amended, the ayes were 141, Nays 24.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 745. A bill to provide for the registration and protection of motor vehicles in this State and for other purposes.
Mr. Bozeman of Worth moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 745 went over as unfinished business.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.

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3:00 o'clock P.M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with
The following bills and resolutions of the House were introduced, read the first time and referred to the ccmmittees:
By Messrs. Hyman and Warren of Washington~ House Bill No. 1010. A bill to amend an Act creating the
City Court of Sandersonville and for other purposes. Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Eld~rs a: TattnallHouse Bill No. 1011. A bill to create a charter for the
City of Collins and for other purposes. Referr'::d to Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. Camp of Campbe~lHouse Bill No. 1012. A bill to amend an Act creating the
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.
By Messrs. Clarke, Wimberly, and New of LaurensHouse Resolution No. 320. A resolution to relieve M. C.
Dominey, Tax Collector of Laurens County, of penalty of 1922 tax settlement.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

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By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Resolution No. 321. A resolution that Senate Bill No. 196 be made a special order immediately following the special orders heretofore fixed.
Referred to Committee on Rules.

By Mr. Maddox of Spalding-
House Resolution No. 322. A resolution to appropriate $100.00 to Mrs. Julia McWilliams Drewry for pension due N. B. Drewry for year 1920.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Holden of Clarke-
House Resolution No. 323. A resolution to pay Mrs. E. R. Ogletree $100.00 one year's pension due E. A. Ogletree at time of his death.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

By Mr. Simpson ofLee--
House Resolution No. 324. A resolution to pay $100.00 to Commissioner of Pensions for last illness and funeral of Mrs. M. E. Foster.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

.By Mr. Simpson of Lee--
House Resolution No. 325. A resolution to pay last illness anJ funeral expenses of John J. Costin.
Referred to Committee on Pensions.

Mr. DeLaperriere of Jackson County, Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Banks and Banking have had under consideration the following hills 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. 229.
Senate Bill No. 234.
Respectfully submitted,
DELAPERJUERE of Jackson,
Chairman.

Mr. Ennis of Baldwin County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report: lt4r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following hills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same hack to the House with the recommendation as follows:
House Bill No. 699 do pass. House Bill No. 769 do pass. House Bill No. 1008 do pass as amended.
House Resolution No. 317 do pass. House Bill No. 850 do pass a_s amended.
Respectfully submitted, ENNIS of Baldwin,
Chairman.

'Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee Cour.ty, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute:
Senate Bill No. 207.
Respectfully submitted,
HATCHER of Muscogee,
Chairman.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 1009.
Respectfully submitted,
ELDERS of Tattnall,
Chairman.

Mr. Mann of Glynn 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 report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:

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Senate Bill No. 278.

Respectfully submitted, MANN of Glynn, Chairman.

Mr. Smith of Lamar County, Chairman of the Committee on Insurance, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Insurance have had under consideration the following bill of the 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. 271. Respectfully submitteJ,
SMITH of Lamar,
Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof':
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the Report of the Special Committee appointed to investigate the Department of Agriculture.
The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Jones of FloydHouse Bill No. 699. A bill to amend the General Tax Act
and for other purposes.
By Messrs. Milner of Dodge and Fleming of HancockHouse Bill No. 769. A bill to amend an Act creating the
Department of Audits and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 850. A bill to levy a tax upon dealers in cigars and cigarettes and for other purposes.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 1008. A bill to amend the General Tax Act relative to special taxes.
By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Resolution No. 317. A resolution to discontinue the collection of tax imposed on Brokers and Commission Merchants and for other purposes.

By Mr. Mason of the 30th-
Senate Bill No. 207. A bill to regulate and limit the argument of counsel in all civil and criminal cases in the City Courts and Superior Courts of this State and for other purposes.
By Mr. Davis of the 42nd-
Senate Bill No. 229. A bill to amend the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910 relative to the corporate powers and functions of Trust Companies.

By Mr. Redwine of the 26th-
Senate Bill No. 234. A bill to regulate banking in the State of Georgia.

By Mr. Davis of the 42nd-
Senate Bill No. 278. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Rome.

The following bill of the Senate was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

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By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. ~37. A bill to amend an Act fixing the salary of the Solicitor-General of the Middle Circuit and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 104, 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:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of .the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Bill No. 218. A bill to amend an Act regulating in the State of Georgia.
The following message was ~eceiv~d 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, ta-wit:
Senate Resolution No. 90. A resolution proposing to the people of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph 1, of Section 7, of Article 7, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutio11al rna jority the following bills of the House, to-wit:

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Senate Bill No. 888. A bill to amend an Act providing a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Dawson County.
House Bill No. 879. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of East Point.
House Bill No. 871. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Bainbridge.
House Bill No. 865. A bill to authorize Clarke County to acquire and maintain and operate a hospital for care of persons requiring treatment for tuberculosis.
House Bill No. 864. A bill to authorize Clarke County to acquire and maintain and operate a hospital.
House Bill No. 906. A bill to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Cobb County.
House Bill No. 907. A bill to create a Bard of Commissioners for Cobb County.
House Bill No. 932. A bill to incorporate the City of Jesup.
House Bill No. 933. A bill to amend an Act to confer additional powers upon the corporate authorities of the Town of Barnesville.
House Bill No. 934. A bill to amend an Act to define the Northern Corporate limits of the Town of Aldora.
House Bill No. 944. A bill to authorize the County Board of Education of Richmond County to issue $350,000.00 of coupon bonds upon the taxable property of said county for building purposes.
House Bill No. 942. A bill to authorize the City of Griffin to close and vacate certain streets.
House Bill No. 941. A bill to amend an Act amending an Act to- create the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Pulaski County.

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House Bill No. 911. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Forsyth County.
House Bill No. 952. A bill to create rhe office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County.
House Bill No. 940. A bill to amend an Act chartering the City of Toccoa.

The following message was received from tlie Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
il1r. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional ma1ority the following bill of the House, to-wit:

By Mr. Wood, Smith and Miss Kempton-
. House Bill No. 845. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for City of Atlanta.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional ma1ority the following resolution of the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Resolution No. 96. A resolution authorizing and directing the State Board of Vocational Education to use the sum of $13,662.72, now remaining on hand unexpended, in the furtherance of its work of vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons.
The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:
By Mr. Cason of the 1st-
Senate Bill No. 161. A bill to amend the Constitution rela-

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tive to State Owned Terminal facilities at a Georgia Port. Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Mr. King of the lith-
Senate Bill No. 226. A bill to amend the Act creating the Department of Commerce and Labor and for other purposes.
Referred to C.ommittee on Labor and Labor Statistics.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 230. A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Agricultural and Industrial and Normal School for training and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches.

By Mr. Arnow of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 239. A bill to define the open season for hunting and possessing doves in the State.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Messrs. Cason of the 1st and Arnow of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 242. A bill to prohibit the use of fish traps; in any of the streams of Georgia and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Game and Fish.

By Mr. Grantham of the 46th-
Senate Bill No. 263. A bill to require all Boards of Commissions created by the several Acts of the General Assembly to make annual reports and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

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By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 265. A bill to amend an Act regulating, registering, branding and selling calcium arsenate and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.
By Mr. Parker of the 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 269. A bill to authori?.e counties of State to co-operate in the paving and improvement of streets in municipalities and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Public Highways.

By Messrs. Henderson of the 32nd and Spence of the 8th-
Senate Bill No. 279. A bill to prohibit independent candidates who bolt the regular primary nominations from using the regular ballot and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Education.

By Mr. Henderson of the 32nd-
Senate Bill No. 282. A bill to provide for the payment of costs in all cases where a year's support is set apart to widow or child and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Henderson of the 32nd-
Senate Bill No. 283. A bill to preserve to transferees or bearer the liens to retain title notes or other securities on notes for purchase money and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

By Mr. Smith of 35thSenate Bill No. 290. A bill to amend an Act to create a

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Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Henry County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Messrs. Burt of Dougherty, Bussey of Crisp and others-
House Bill No. 682. A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 to State Board of Entomology for purpose of doing experimental work in eradicating pecan diseases and pests and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Stewart of Atkinson as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House aroc:;e afld through its chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette 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 appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 to the Grorgia State Board of Entomology for experimental work in the peach, pecan and apple industry in the State and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia that the sum of $15,000.00 be, and the same is, hereby, appropriated to the Georgia State Board of Entomology for the purpose of doing experimental work in the peach, pecan and apple industry in the State, and in combating

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and eradicating the diseases and pests that infest said trees and in improving and promoting the horticultural and agricultural industries of the State.
Sec. 2. All laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.

The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Coweta Carr Childs Christopher Clark Copeland Covington

Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Gillen Greer Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris

Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Sumter Holden Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Knight Latham Lindsey Loyd McClure McCrory McGarity

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Mann Mansell Meeks Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek' Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Jasper

Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Stanley

Steele Stevens Stone Strickland Toole Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Golden

Spence

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Arnold Blackley Boatwright Brannen Camp of Campbell Carter Collins Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor Ellis Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Foy Harrell Harrison

Hines of Decatur Holton Houston HUxford Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Kirkland Langley Linder Logan Lyons McDonald McMullan Maddox Mayo Miles Peterson

Ayes 153, Nays 2.

Pickering Rutherford Simpson Stewart Stovall Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Trippe Whitley Whitworth Williams Wood Mr. Speaker

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By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 153, Nays 2.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Messrs. DuBose and Holden of Clarke--

House Bill No. 683. A bill to appropriate $25,000.00 for the State Normal School at Athens for the year 1925 and for other purposes.

The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Fortson of Calhoun as the Chairman thereof.

The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

The following committee amendment was read and adopted:

Amend by adding the following at the end of Section 1: "That the sum of $25,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, to be used as an additional maintenance for the year 1925 for the Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville, Ga. The same to be paid in equal monthly installments beginning January I, 1925." Amend the caption accordingly.

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.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Anderson

Atkinson of Camden Bandy

Atkinson of Chatham Banister

Aubrey

Beck

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Bird Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Gillen Greer Griner Grovenstein Haddock Hamrick

Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Knight Latham Lindsey Logan Loyd McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr E.>wen

Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Tyson Van Landingham Warren Weaver West Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Woodruff Worthy

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691

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Griffis

Spence

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns Arnold Barrett Bell Bennett Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Brannen Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeLaperriere Ellis Fletcher Foy Golden Guess Harrell

Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Houston Huxford Jones of Cook King Kirkland Langley Linder Lyons McDonald Mann Mayo Montgomery Moore Penland Peterson Pickering Pickren Robertson

Ayes 143, Nays 2.

Rutherford Simpson Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Vaughn Way Whitley Williams Wingate Wood Wright Mr. Speaker

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 143, Nays 1.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Miss Kempton of Fulton, Messrs. DeFoor of Clayton, Atkinson of Chatham and others-
House Bill No. 812. A bill to appropriate $25,000.00 to the Georgia Training School for Girls and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into .the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Winship of Bibb as the Chairman thereof.

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The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its

Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recom-

mendation that the same do pass as amended.



The following committee amendment was read and adopted:

Amend by striking the figures "$25,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$15,000.00."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the . passage of the bill as a~ended, 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.:

Adair Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Childs Christopher Clark

Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cummln.g Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Greer Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock

Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Lindsey Logan Loyd McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan

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Maddox :Mansell :Miles :Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of :Muscogee Perryman

Phillips of .Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Robertson Rowe Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar

Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Turner Van Landingham Warren Weaver West Whitworth Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright

Th?se voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Griffis

Stewart

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Bell Bennett Brannen Camp of Coweta Carter Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor Ellis Eve Fowler FOy Gillen Golden Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison

Hillhouse Holton Houston Howard of Long Huxford Johnson of Bacon Jones of Cook King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lyons :McDonald :Mann :Mayo :Meeks :Milner :Montgomery Orr

Peterson Pickering Pickren Roberts Rountree Rutherford Sapp Simpson Spence Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Tyson Vaughn

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Way Whitley Williams

Wilson Wingate

Winship Mr. Speaker

Ayes 134, Nays 2.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 134, Nays 2.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Aubrey of Bartow-
House Bill No. 717. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 so as to increase the appropriation of the State Library Commission from $6,000.00 to $15,000.00 per annum.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Wimberly of Laurens as the Chairman thereof.
The Commi.ttee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
Mr. Aubrey of Bartow moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 717 went over as unfinished business for to-morrow afternoon.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until ta-marrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjou~n ment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by Hon. Perry Knight of Berrien County.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter

Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson

Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer Griffis Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth

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Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Jones, W. R. of Meriwether
Jordan Kempton Kfug Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford

Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley

Stee~e
Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.
By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.

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By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 192 was withdrawn from the Committee on University of Georgia and Its Branches and recommitted to rhe Committee on Education.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. 265 was withdrawn from the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 and recommitted to the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2.

The following bills of the House were introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committees:

By Messrs. Boatright and Rountree of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 1013. A bill to repeal an Act to create a charter for the Town of of Twin City and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Boatright and Rountree of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 1014. A bill to be entitled an Act to incorporate the City of Graymont, Ga., and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

By Messrs. Boatright and Rountree of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 1015. A bill to incorporate the City of Summit and for other purposes .
.Referred to Committee on Municipal Government.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following 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:

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House Resolution No. 320. Respectfully submitted, DIXON of Jenkins, Chairman.

Mr. Jones, W. R., of Meriwether County, Chairman of the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
Senate Bill No. 262 creating a new Senatorial District, do pass.
House Bill No. 918 providing for the State Department of Health, do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
JoNES of Meriwether,
Chairman.

Mr. Haddock of Early County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 1, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:

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House Bill No. 816. House Bill No. 990. Senate Bill No. 256.

Respectfully submitted, HADDOCK of Early, Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the following recommendation:

House Bill No. 892. A Local Bill for the Citv of Cornelia'

do pass by substitute.



House Bill No. 1005. A Local Bill for the City of Unadilla do pass.

House Bill No. 1011. A Local Bill for the City of Collins do pass.

Respectfully submitted,

PICKREN of Charlton,

Chairman.

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:
Mr. 8_peaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have

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instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 265. Respectfully submitted, HATCHER of Muscogee, Chairman.

Mr. Mayo of Mitchell County, Chairman of the Committee bn Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
,\Jr. 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 following re:ommendation:
House Bill No. 982 do pass as amended. House Bill No. 1000 do not pass. House Bill No. 1001 do pass by substitute. House Resolution No. 315 do pass. Senate Bill No. 280 do pass. Senate Bill No. 281 do pass. House Bill No. I 006 do pass. House Bill No. 1010 do pass.
Respectfully submitted, MAYO of Mitchel, Chairman.

Mr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Chairman of the Com mittee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations have had under con-
sideration the following bills and resolutions of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House as follows:
House Bill No. 953 do pass. House Bill No. 965 do not pass. House Bill No. 997 do not pass. Hou'5e Bill No. 896 do pass.
House Resolution No. 214 do pass as amended. Respectfully submitted, CuLPEPPER of Fayette, Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, has submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No.1 have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
House Bill No. 827.
Respectfully submitted,
GuEss of DeKalb,
Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your 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. 823. An Act to amend an Act to create a new charter for the Town of Willacoochee, Atkinson County.
House Bill No. 838. An Act to amend an Act to increase the salary of the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of DeKalb County.
House Bill No. 908. An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of Bowman, Elbert County, to submit to the qualified voters of said city the question of tax exemption on certain property.
House Bill No. 909. An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of Elberton to submit to the qualified voters of said city the question of tax exemption on certain property.
House Bill No. 910. An Act to authorize the Ordinary of Elbert County to submit to the qualified voters of Elbert County the question of tax exemption of certain property.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Bleckley of Rabun and others-
House Bill No. 896. A bill to appropriate to the Counties of Rabun, Habersham, Fannin, Lumpkin, Gilmer, Uniori. certain funds due same and for other purposes.

By Mr. Ennis of BaldwinHouse Bill No. 953. A bill to appropriate the suni of $~4,-

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000.00 for the year 1924 and $48,000.00 for the year 1925 to provide for the expense and maintenance of the Department of Revenue and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee--
House Bill No. 982. A bill to fix and provide for payment of adequate salary for Judge of the City Court of Columbus and for other purposes.

By Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin-
House Bill No. 1001. A bill to re-establish the salary sys- . tern in the North East Judicial Circuit and for other purposes.

By Mr. Dykes of Dooly-
House Bill No. 1005. A bill to amend an Act creating a charter for the City of Unadilla.

By Mr. Way of Liberty-
House Bill No. 1006. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Hinesville and for other purposes.

By Mr. Head of Cobb-
House Bill No. 1009. A bill to amend Parks Code relative to per diem of members of Board of Education.

By Mr. Roberts of Cobb-
House Resolution No. 214. A resolution to appropriate $750.00 for maintenance of the Confederate Cemetery at Marietta, Ga.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Resolution No. 315. A resolution amending the Act creating and establishing the City Court of Albany, Ga.

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By Messrs. Clarke, Wimberly and New of Laurens-
House Resolution No. 320. A resolution to relieve M. C. Dominey, Tax Collector of Laurens County, of penalty on 1922 tax settlement.

By Mr. Kennon of the 6th-
Senate Bill No. 262. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to the number of Senators, the number of Senatorial Districts, and the composition of such Districts and for other purposes.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
House Bill No. 265. A bill to regulate registration, branding and inspection, analysis and sale of calcium arsenate.

By Mr. Lankford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 271. A bill to amend an Act approved :\ugust 17, 1923, and for other purposes.

By Mr. Henderson of the 32nd-
Senate Bill No. 280. A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Cleveland and for other purposes.

By Mr. Henderson of the 32nd-
Senate Bill No. 281. A bill to amend an Act to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Cleveland and for other purposes.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Messrs. Langley of Floyd and Way of Liberty-
House Bill No. 742. A bill to amend an act to regulate the movement of tick infested cattle in Georgia, so as to exempt certain islands apd for other purposes.

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The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by inserting after Section I the following proviso: "Provided the exemption herein provided shall not extend beyond a period of two years from the date of the enactment of this bill into law."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 104, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Perkins of Habersham-
House Bill No. 892. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Cornelia 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 by substitute the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Jenkins of Wheeler-
House Bill No. 975. A bill to incorporate the Union School District in Wheeler County and for otner purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Adams of Towns-
House Bill No. 983. A bill to repeal an Act to prohibit the sale of soft drinks within one mile of Young Harris College in Towns County and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was faorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Smith and Wood of Fulton-
House Bill No. 993. A bill to prescribe additional duties for coroners in counties having a population of 200,000 or more 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. Tatum of Dade-
House Bill No. 1002. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town ofTrehton and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Penland of Gilmer-
House Bill No. 1004. A bill to repeal an Act creating a charter for the City of Ellijay and for other purposes.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the Ayes were 119, Nays 0.
The hill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. W. R. Jones and A. D. Jones of Meriwether-
Hause Bill No. 1007. A hill to amend an Act to constitute a Board of Commissioners for the County of Meriwether and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the Ayes were 118, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Daniel of Troup-
House Resolution No. 294. A resolution to relieve J. J.
Thompson of a bond forfeiture in the County of Troup.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 110, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Mundy of the 38th~
Senate Bill No. 244. A hill to amend an Act incorporating the City of Cedartown.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the Ayes were Ill, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Mundy of the 38th-
Senate Bill No. ~45. A bill to amend an Act incorporating 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 11~, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Johnson of the ~4th-
Senate Bill No. ~59. A bill to incorporate certain new territory into the limits of the City of Columbus and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 113, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Davis of the 4~ndSenate Bill No. ~78. A bill to amend an Act creating a new
charter for the City of Rome.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 114, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering a Senate substitute thereto:

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By Mr. Holton of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 822. A bill to prescribe time for holding Superior Courts in the County of Wilcox and for other purposes.

The following substitute of the Senate was read and agreed to:
A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to prescribe the time for holding Superior Court in the County of Wilcox, (Cordele Judicial Circuit), 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 from and after the first day of January, 1925, the time for holding the Superior Court in the County of Wilcox shall be as follows:
Fourth Monday of March and the Monday following; first Monday in July and the fourth Monday of November and the Monday following, so that there shall be in each year two terms of two weeks each and one term of one week.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Redwine of the 26th-
Senate Bill No. 218. A bill to amend an Act to regulate banking in the State.
Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.

By Mr. Moore of the 7thSenate Bill No. 251. A bill to amend an Act to appropriate

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the sum of $25,000.00 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 90. A resolution to propose to the people of Georgia to authorize any municipality to issue and sell street improvement bonds for the grading, paving or repairing of streets and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

By Messrs. Adams of the 47th and Grantham of the 46th-
Senate Resolution No. 96. A resolution to authorize and direct the Board of Vocational Education to use the sum of $13,662.72 in the furtherance of its work and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Education.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 218. A resolution approving and co~mending the text compiled by the Assistant State Libranan.
House Resolution No. 221. A resolution appropriating the sum of $1,895.16 to pay the Judge of the Superior Court of the Pi~dmont Circuit from August 15, 1923, to December 31, 1923.
House Resolution No. 303. A resolution deploring the condition of the farmers of the Southern States and urging Congress to reduce the freight rates.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 273. A bill to amend Section 256 relative to series or non-resident insurance companies.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 253. A bill to authorize and provide for the establishment of an Equipment Station at Americus in furtherance of the peach-canning industry.
Senate Bill No. 220. A bill to amend the laws relating to the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia.
Senate Bill No. 223. A bill to amend Section 3106 (b), Volume 9, Supplement t of the code providing method of paym~n~ of expenses incident to the proceedings in heracy commtsstons.
Senate Bill No. 224. A bill to amend the General Tax Act passed at the extraordinary session of 1923.

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

M ... Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, ta-wit:

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House Bill No. 939. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Fairburn.
House Bill No. 90. A bill to revise and amend the Game and Fish laws of the State of Georgia; To create a State Board of Game and Fish.
House Bill No. 70. A bill to amend Section 3306 of the Civil Code of Georgia of 1910.
House Bill No. 386. A bill to amend Section 3414 of the Code of Georgia of 1910.

The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-

:\ RESOLUTION.
House Resolution No. 327. Resolved, That until further ordered by the House, individual speeches shall be limited to five minutes, except that authors of bills and substitutes shall ha"9~ ten minutes. Provided that the provisions of this resolution shall not apply to bills carrying proposed amendments to the Constituion.

Mr. Milner of Dodge, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Rules, having had under consideration the expediting of business, have instructed me as Vice-Chairman to report to the House the following rule, with the recommendation that it do pass:
For the remainder of the session, when the previous question has been ordered, the House shall proceed to act on the main question, except that before the main question is put, 10 minutes shall be allowed to the committee whose report of the measure is under consideration, and ten minutes to those

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filing a minop.i.ty report. Provided that this rule shall not apply to bills carrying an amendment to the Constitution.
Respectfully submitted, MrLNER of Dodge, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Dukes of Dooly moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Committee on Rules was adopted.
The order of business contained in the report of the Committee on Rules was established, and the Rules of the House so 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 bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 157. A bill to provide for electrocution of persons sentenced to death instead of hanging; to provide a death chamber and appropriation for proper execution of felons.
House Bill No. 141. A bill to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes on railway equipment companies.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. ~84. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Douglas.

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Senate Bill No. 289. A hill to amend the charter of the City of Lavonia.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the HoPse, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 818. A resolution asking Hon. Harry F. Atwood to address the members of the General Assembly during the present session.
The President of the Senate has appointed Mr. Davis of 42nd, Mr. Phillips of 18th and Mr. Arnow of 4th to act under the above resolution.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by substitute the following hills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 897. A hill to furnish aid and relief to members of paid Fire Department in all specified cases, in all towns and cities in Georgia, having a population of over 150,000.

Under the order of unfinished business the following hill of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was taken up for further consideration.
By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 745. A hill to protect the title of motor vehicles and for other purposes.

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Mr. Golden of Haralson moved that the bill, substitutes, and all amendments be tabled and the motion prevailed.

The following bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Messrs. Knight of Berrien and Pafford of Lanier-
Hause Bill No. 94. A bill to repeal Section 1~~9 of the Penal Code of 1910 relative to the care of insane convicts and to substitute a new section in lieu thereof.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill Mr. Knight of Berrien called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 53, Nays 66.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 630. A bill to provide for the creation of a School Book Board and for other purposes.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted:

A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of a School Board; to provide for the method of their selection, provide for their compensation, and define the duties and powers of said board, 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 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court" of the State of Georgia, the presiding Judge of the Court of

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Appeals of the State of Georgia, the State Superintendent of Schools, the Chancellor of the University of Georgia, the President of the Georgia School of Technology, the President of the Georgia Agricultural College, and the President of the State College for Women, shall constitute a board, whose duty it shall be to elect a School Board as hereinafter provided. The officials herein named shall be called together in the Department of Schools in the State Capitol by the State Superintendent of Schools at the earliest practicable date after the passage of this Act.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said Officials enumerated shall elect five of the most intelligent and experienced persons in educational work in the Public Schools of Georgia, two of whom shall be ladies, neither of whom shall in any manner be interested directly or indirectly in the publication or sale of school books, and the board so elected shall constitute the School Book Board. The persons so elected shall be notified of their election by the State Superintendent of Schools, who shall be Ex-officio Chairman of the School Book Board. Said School Book Board shall be. called together at the office of the State Superintendent of Schools at as early a date as practicable after their election in the manner aforesaid, and after ten days notice thereof has been published in three daily newspapers in different sections of the State.
Sec. 3. Be it further eneacted by the authority aforesaid, that when said School Book Board has been duly appointed as aforesaid that they shall have the power and authority to summon witnesses and compel attendance and to pay witnesses according to the rules of Superior Courts of this State, and they shall have the power and authority to compel the production of books and papers, and they shall employ a stenographer to take down the testimony and said board shall have the testimony printed and attach same to their report as provi<:{ed. The members of said School Book Board shall be paid the sum of seven dollars per day and all necessary expenses, total sum not to exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.

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The Chairman of said Committee shall approve the account of members and the stenographer, and when so approved shall be paid out of the Treasury of said State. And the said sum of fifteen hundred dollars or so much thereof as shall be necessary for the purposes of this Act is hereby appropriated.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that said School Book Board shall make out a list of all books used in each of the eight grades of the public schools, shall make a schedule showing the names of each book used in each grade, the title of the book, the name of the author and the price paid by the purchasers of the same. Said board shall obtain a copy of each book used in each grade and shall submit the same to publishing houses in the State of Georgia, or elsewhere, if it may be deemed advisable, and shall invite bids for their preparation, ready for use, of each of said books in quantities to be designated by the School Book Board.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the duty of said board to make a t'-lorough study of the school books and schools and school revenue of this State, and shall, insofar as said board may deem it necessary, recommend any desirable revision of the books used in the public schools. Said board shall recomm-::nd what books, if any, shall be stricken from the list, and what books, if any, shall be added to the list of books used in public schools. Said Board shall make a thorough investigation of the revenues of the State expended for educational purposes, and if, in the opinion of the said board, it may be practicable to increase the public school fund, it shall make full report of the same, and recommend what revenues derived under existing laws can be added to the educational funds of the State.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the duty of the said School Book Board to make as far as possible, a complete survey of the resources of Georgia for school purposes and for this purpose said School Book Board shall, from time to time in their discretion, hold public hearings at the State Capitol in the office of the State Superin-

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tendent of Schools to which the public is invited to appear, oq"er, submit, and make any suggestions or give any information helpful to the cause of education.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the School Book Board herein provided for shall make, as early as possible, a full and complete report to the Governor showing: First, what books are used in the public schools or similar books of other publishers, and the cost of the same, what the cost to the State would be of the copyright of such books or similar books if the State should desire ownership of such copyrights; second, the total amount expended for school books in the State of Georgia in all grades from the first to the eighth, inclusive, and what the probable cost would be if the State should publish its own school books; and third, what books now used might be omitted without injury, and what books might be added to advantage; fourth, what revenue derived under exising laws and appropriated to other purposes might be diverted to school purposes; fifth, a statement of all the resources of this State, which may be made available for educational purposes with ways and means for obtaining the same; and, sixth, shall report upon the practicability of extending the school term to a full period of ninemonths, with free books and free tuition, which report shall by the Governor be forthwith transmitted to the Legislature with his annual message.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, immediately after the passage of this bill, to furnish a copy of the same to the public officials named in the first section.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Banister Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Braddy Branch Brannen Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Collins Cumming Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Duvall Elders Ennis Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fortson Fowler Foy Golden Greer

Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Harrell Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones ot"Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan King
Lan~ey
Latham Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery

Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Robertson Rowe Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Spence Stanford Steele Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Trippe Van Landingham Vaughn Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth

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Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs

Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood

Woodruff Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Bandy Boswell Bozeman Burgin Covington Curry Davis of Thomas

Fleming of Hancock Hamrick Hatcher of Burke Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Owen

Peterson Riley Rutherford Smith of Lamar Toole Warren

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Atkinson of Camden
Barrett Bowden Burt Copeland Cox Culpepper
DeFoor DeLaperriere DuBose Duncan Dykes Ellis Evans of Screven Fletcher

Gillen Harris Huxford Hyman Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Kempton Kirkland Knight Linder Lindsey McDonald Mayo Moore Orr

Perryman Phillips of Jasper Pickering Roberts Rountree Russell Simpson
Smith of Fulton Stanley Stevens Swindle Tippins
Turner Tyson Mr. Speaker

Ayes 140, Nays 19.

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

On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 140, ~ays 19.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

Mr. Warren of Washington moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

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Leave of absence was granted Mr. Arnold of Lumpkin.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.

AFTERNOON SESSION,
3:00 o'clock P. M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
By unanimous consent Senate Bill No. ~~~was recommitted to the Committee on <!eneral Judiciary No. ~-

The following bill of the House was introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committee:
By Mr. VanLandingham of Seminole-
House Bill No. 1016. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Seminole County and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill and resolution of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 19~.

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Senate Resolution No. 96. Respectfully submitted, ELDERS of Tattnall, Chairman.
Mr. McClure of Walker County, Chairman of the Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches 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. 251. Senate Bill No. 230.
Respectfully submitted, McCLURE of Walker, Chairman.
Mr. Burt of Dougherty County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Highways have had under consideration the following 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. 209 do pass.

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House Bill No. 943 do pass. Respectfully submitted, BuRT of Dougherty, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

i\1r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations 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. 936.
Respectfully submitted,
CuLPEPPER of Fayette,
Chairman.

Mr. Anderson of Chattooga County, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report:

lvfr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Pensions 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 as follows:
House Resolution No. 314 do pass as amended.
House Resolution No. 296 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDERSON of Chattooga,
Chairman.

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Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the 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. 1012.
Respectfully submitted,
DIXON of Jenkins,
Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 936. A bill to appropriate $4,700.00 to meet a deficiency in the operation of the Tenth District A. & M. School.

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 943. A bill to relieve the disabled veterans of the World War from street and road tax and for other purposes.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 1012. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Campbell County.

By Messrs. Langley of Floyd and Miss Kempton of FultonHouse Resolution No. 314. A resolution to appropriate

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pension money to pay for making graves of Confederate veterans dying in the Soldiers' Home and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Kennedy of the 49th and Gillis of the 16th-
Senate Bill No. 192. A bill to establish and maintain as a branch of the University of Georgia a Normal School at Statesboro and for other purposes.

By Mr. Garrison of the 33rd-
Senate Bill No. 209. A bill to authorize the county authorities to work and repair that portion of the old Bushville and Clarksville Road in the Town of Baldwin and for other purposes.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 230. A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Agricultural Industrial and Normal School at Albany, Ga., and for other purposes.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 253. A bill to authorize and provide for the establishment of an experiment station at Americus, and for other purposes.

The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering a Senate amendment thereto:

By Messrs. Guess of DeKalb, Rowe of Richmond, Miss Kempton of Fulton and others-
House Bill No. 897. A bill to furnish aid and relief to members of paid fire departments in specified cases in cities having a population of over 150,000.
The following substitute of the Senate was read and .agreed to:

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A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to provide that cities having a population of more than one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) by the United States census of 1920 or any subsequent census shall furnish aid, relief, and pensions to members of paid fire departments now in active service and whose names are on the payroll of such department and to future members, and their dependents in specified cases. To provide how such members who have served twenty-five years may be retired for life on half pay. To provide how such members shall be paid in case of total disability resulting from such service, and how such total disability may be determined. To provide for relief in case of sickness or accident resulting from such service. To provide for the relief of dependents to be paid in case of death of any such member resulting from said service and to provide for widow and children of deceased pensioner. To provide th<H such cities shall levy a tax of one per centum (1%) on the salaries of such members in active service and on payroll and to future members to raise in part the funds to pay such aids, reliefs and pensions; collectible monthly. To provide that such cities shall use one-fifth (1-5) of the tax collected on fire and lightning insurance companies or associations from the premiums thereof on property situated within the corporate limits of such cities; to pay such aid, relief and pensions. To provide that such cities shall levy a tax of one and one-fourth (1.%') per centum on the premiums of such fire and lightning insurance companies on property situated within the corporate limits of such cities. To provide that one and one-fourth (1.31) per centum shall be the limit which such cities shall be allowed to tax the premiums of such fire and lightning insurance companies or associations on premiums collected on property situated in the corporate limits of such cities. To provide how such funds shall be collected, deposited and managed for the members of such fire departments now in active service, and whose names are on the payroll of such departments and for future members. To create a board of trustees and provide for their

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selection and election to manage, deposit, disburse upon order and invest said funds which shall be raised by the one (1) per centum tax on the salaries of members now in active service and future members and one-fifth (1-5) of the premium tax on fire and lightning insurance taxes. To provide that this Act shall not repeal nor in anywise affect any benefit or pension now being paid to those who were receiving the same prior to the passage of this Act; and that this Act shall not apply to those receiving pensions or benefits prior to the passage of this Act. To provide that such board of trustees shall make all necessary rules for carrying out the terms of this Act. To provide that in case there shall at any time be on hand less funds than are needed, the actual funds shall be prorated among the beneficiaries. To provide that none of the funds mentioned shall be subject to attachment, garnishment, judgment, nor shall they be assignable; but shall be paid in cash to the beneficiary if so requested by him or her. To provide that if any part of this Act shall be held unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act shall remain in force taken in connection with existing laws. To provide that this Act shall not affec~ or be affected by any Workman's Compensation Act or other similar laws. To repeal conflicting laws and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that from and after the passage of this Act there shall be raised and established funds for the aid, relief and pension of members of paid fire departments who are in active service at the time of the passage of this Act, and whose names are on the payroll of such departments and future members of such departments, and their dependents in all cities in Georgia having a population of more than one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) by the United States census of 1920 or any subsequent census of the United States.
Sec. 2. Be it fu~ther enacted that any member of such fire departments who is in active service at the time of the passage

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of this Act and whose name is on the payroll, and future members may as a matter of right retire from active service, provided he shall have served twenty-five (25) years in active service at the time of his retirement.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that any member of such department who is in active service at the time of the passage ef this Act, and whose name is on the payroll and future members who shall be injured and whose health shall become permanently impaired to such an extent as to render him totally disabled as a result of such service shall upon application be be retired. Should the board of trustees refuse to grant an order of retirement, the applicant shall select a physician, the board shall select a physician, and the two physicians so selected shall select a third, these three shall examine the applicant and determine whether he is totally disabled and the decision of a majority of these physicians shall be final on the question.
Sec. 4. When such member shall retire as a matter of right he shall be paid one-half of the salary he was receiving at the time of his retirement, for the rest of his life. To be paid monthly. In case of death of a pensioner, his widow and children shall draw his pension as herein provided in case of death pf member of such department.
Sec. 5. When such member shall be retired for total disability he shall be paid one-half the salary he was receiving at the time of his retirement, for the rest of his life. To be paid monthly; but this Act shall not affect the salary of a member in active service; except the tax on one per cent thereon.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted that there is hereby established' to serve without pay, a board of trustees whose duties it shall be to manage said funds which shall be kept by the City Treasurer of such cities as a separate fund and covered by his bond as such. The board of trustees shall consist of the City Treasurer, the City Comptroller, the Chief of the Fire Department and two members of the fire department to be elected

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by the members of said department in active service on the first Monday in September every year after the passage of this Act. These two members of the department to serve one year and until their successors are elected. The City Comptroller, City Treasurer and Chief of the Fire Department to be permanent members of the board.

Sec. 7. This board shall make all rules for the payment of said funds to those entitled to receive the same. It shall have its first meeting on Wednesday following the first Tuesday in September after the passage of this Act, and organize by electing a chairman, a vice-chairman who shall serve when the chairman is absent, and a secretary. The chairman ,shall sign all vouchers for the disbursement of the fund and his written order shall fully protect the City Treasurer in the payment of the same. A majority of the board shall control on all questions.

Sec. 8. The board shall make its own rules as to times and places of meetings.

Sec. 9. A tax of one (1) per centum shall be levied on the

salaries of all members in active service at the time of the

passage of this Act monthly, and the City Treasurer shall

retain that amount from their salaries.



Sec. 10. A tax of one and one-fourth (l,X') per centum shall be levied against the premiums of all fire and lightning insurance companies or associations on property situated within the corporate limits of such cities, and returns by said companies or associations made and tax collected as now provided by ordinance in such cities. To be collected from and after the passage of this Act. One-fifth (1-5) of the tax provided in this section shall go to the aid, relief and pension funds provided in this Act.

Sec. 11. The City Treasurer shall keep separate and apart from other monies in his possession the funds raised in Sections 9 and 10 hereof for the sole uses mentioned in this Act, and subject to the orders of said board of trustees.

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Sec. 12. The said city tax on insurance premiums on property situated in the corporate limits of such cities shall be and is hereby limited to one and one-fourt (IX) per centum.

Sec. 13. The board of trustees shall formulate rules for taking care of members in active service at the time of the passage of this Act while temporarily sick or hurt, and paying the expenses thereof. The board of trustees shall formulate rules for paying the pension of a member of the department who loses his life in the service to his widow till she dies or remarries; and for paying to widow and children pension of . deceased pensioner; and for paying the pension of such deceased fireman to his orphan children till they reach the age of sixteen; provided the total payments to widow and orphan or orphans shall not exceed one-half the pay of such deceased fireman. The trustees shall keep a strict account of the disbursements and receipts of all funds which shall be open at all times to public inspection.

Sec. 14. In case a member has served twenty-five years does not desire to retire, and the board of trustees deem such member incapable of further service in the department; the same proceedings shall be had as that to determine the condition of a disabled fireman as set forth in Section three (3) hereof. The decision shall be final.

Sec. 15. The City Attorney shall without extra compensation render such legal service as such board of trustees shall reqmre.

Sec. 16. In case there should accumulate more funds than should be needed for immediate use, the board of trustees are impowered to invest such excess funds in the United States, Georgia, or municipal bonds; but not otherwise.
Sec. 17. Be it further enacted .that none of the funds herein mentioned shall be subject to attachment, garnishment, judgment; nor shall they be assignable; but shall be paid in cash to the beneficiary if so requested by him or her.

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Sec. 18. Be it further enacted that if any part of this Act shall be held unconstitutional; the remainder of this Act shall be of full force and effect provided the general terms of this Act can still be carried out.
Sec. 19. Be it further enacted that this Act shall not repeal nor in any wise affect any benefit or pension now being paid to th(}se who were receiving the same prior to the passage of this Act.
Sec. ~0. Be it. further enacted that the plan and purpose of this Act is to furnish aid, relief and pension to aged and disabled firemen who are now or may be in future in the active service of such departments and on the payroll of such departments, and to their dependents. That the taxation herein provided is a part of the general purpose of this Act to accomplish this end.
Sec. ~1. Provided this Act shall not affect or be affected by any Workman's Compensation Law, or other similar laws.
Sec. ~~- Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed.

The following resolutions of the House were read the third time and placed up?n their passage:

By Messrs Hatcher, Neill, and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Resolution No. 306. A resolution to reimburse J. Q
Davis of Muscogee County for bond forfeiture.
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 107, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the resolution was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senat~.

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By Messrs. Hatcher, Neill, and Perkins of Muscogee--
House Resolution No. 107. A resolution to reimburse J. Q.
Davis of Muscogee County for bond forfeiture.
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 107, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the resolution was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Messrs. Hatcher, Neill, and Perkins of Muscogee-
House Resolution No. 308. A resolution to reimburse
J. Q. Davis of Muscogee County for bond forfeiture.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to.
On the passage of the resolution the Ayes were 109, Nays 0.
The resolution having the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the resolution. was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and refc:rred to the committees:
By Mr. Pace of the 13thSenate Bill No. 220. A bill to amend the laws relating to
the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia.
By Mr. Spence of the 8thSenate Bill No. 223. A bill to amend the Code providing
method for the payment of expenses incident to proceedings in lunacy commissions and for other purposes.

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By Mr. Mundy of the 38th-
Senate Bill No. 224. A bill to amend the General Tax Act relative to the payment of an annual license or occupation tax and for other purposes.

By Mr. Grantham of the 46th-
Senate Bill No. 264. A bill to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Douglas and for other purposes.

By Mr. Johns of the 27th-
Senate Bill No. 273. A bill to amend Section 2564 relative to service on non-resident insurance companies and for other purposes.

By Mr. Little of the 31st-
Senate Bill No. 289. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lavonia and for other purposes.

Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was taken up for further consideration:
By Mr. Aubrey of Bartow-
Home Bill No. 717. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 so as to raise the appropriation of the State Library Commission.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House reconsider its action in agreeing to the report of the committee and the motion prevailed.
Mr. Callaway of Putnam moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:

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By Mr. Culpepper of Fayette-
Amend by striking from the bill the figures "$15,000.00" wherever the same appear therein and substituting therefor the figures "$10,000.00."

By Mr. Aubrey of Bartow-

Amend by adding to the first section thereof, immediately after the word "Capitol" in the last line of said section, the following words, to-wit: "Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not become effective until January I, 1926."

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 v9ting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Bennett Bird Blackley Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Childs

Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher

Fortson Fowler Foy Greer Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hulme Jenkins Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta

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Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
Jordan Kempton Latham Linder Logan Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Mullis Napier Norman of Colquitt

Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Riley Rowe Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Lamar

Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Trippe Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Weaver West Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Woodruff Wright

Those vo.ting in the negative were Messrs.:

Banister Beck Boatwright Daniel of Troup Duncan Golden Griffis Harrell Hillhouse Howard of Long

Hyman Johnson of Bacon Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether King Knight New Owen Peterson Price

Reville Robertson Smith of Bryan Spence Stewart Tippins Warren Williams Wimberly of Laurens

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Barrett Bell Blease Burt Carter Cox DeFoor Dixon of Jenkins Ellis

Gillen Griner Head Huxford Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Kirkland Langley Lindsey Loyd

McDonald Mann Mansell Mayo Moore Norman of Henry . Orr Pafford Perryman Roberts

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Rountree Russell Simpson Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Stone

Stovall Swindle Toole Turner Way Whitley

Wimberly of Toombs Winship Wood Worthy Mr. Speaker

Ayes 130, Nays 28.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 130, Nays 28.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Bussey of Crisp, Harris of Jefferson and others-
House Bill No. 977. A bill to appropriate to the State College of Agriculture. certain sums annually for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the Smith-Lever Act and for maintenance and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. New of Laurens 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 by substitute.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the bill and all amendments be tabled and the motion was lost.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved the previous question on the bill and all amendments; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted:

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A BILL.

To he entitled an Act to make an additional appropnauon to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Trustees of the Georgia State College of Agriculture for purposes of meeting the Smith-Lever fund and for maintenance, and for other purposes.

Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Geor- gia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that there is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia, for the use of the Trustees of Georgia State College of Agriculture the following sums, to-wit:

For maintenance for the remainder of the year of 1924 the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) dollars; and for maintenance for the first six months of the year 1925 the sum of twelve thousand, five hundred ($12,500.00) dollars; and the sum of twenty-eight thousand ($28,000.00) dollars, one-half of which shall he awilable for the remainder of the year 1924, and the other half for the first six months of the year 1925, for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the Smith-Lever Fund to be used for the employment of men and women county agents.

The foregoing appropriations shall he paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise heretofore appropriated.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith he and the same are hereby repealed.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill by substitute, 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.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns

Anderson

Aubrey

Atkinson of Camden Banister

Atkinson of Chatham Beck

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Bell Bennett Bird Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Branch Brannen Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Christopher Collins Copeland Covington Cumming Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan
Duva~
Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Greer Grovenstein Guess

Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hulme Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Knight Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McMullan Maddox Mann Meeks Miles Milner Mullis Napier Norman of Colquitt Parker Parrish

Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pope Reville Riley Rowe Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford .Stanley Steele Stevens Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Trippe Tyson Van Landingham Weaver Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Wood Woodruff Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Bandy Braddy Burgin

Carr Carter Childs

Clark Culpepper Curry

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Davis of Thomas Golden Griffis Hillhouse Howard of Long Huxford Hyman Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether

King Linder Montgomery New Owen Peterson Pitts Price Robertson

Rutherford Sapp Spence Stewart Vaughn Warren Way West Wimberly of Laurens

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Barrett Blease Burt Cox Daniel of Troup DeFoor Dixon of Jenkins Ellis Foy Gillen Griner Harrell Hines of Decatur Houston

Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Kirkland Langley Latham McDonald McGarity Mansell Mayo Moore Norman of Henry Orr Pafford Perryman Roberts

Rountree Simpson Stone Stovall Swindle Tippins Toole Turner Whitley Williams Wimberly of Toombs Winship Worthy Mr. Speaker

Aye,s 126, Nays 35.

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 126, Nays 35.
The bill having received the requisite constituional majority was passed by substitute.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.

Mr. Hyman of Washington moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Moore of Appling and Norman of Colquitt.

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The Speaker announced the House adjourned until to-night at 8:00 o'clock.

NIGHT SESSION,
8:00 o'clock P. M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
The Senate appeared upon the floor of the House, and the joint session, called for the purpose of hearing the address of Hon. Harry F. Atwood, was called to order by the Speaker of the House.
By order of the Speaker, the resolution calling for the joint session of the General Assembly was read by the Clerk of the House.
Hon. Harry F. Atwood delivered an address to the General Assembly.
The following resolution was read and adopted:
By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
A resolution extending the thanks of the General Assembly to Hon. Harry F. Atwood.
Mr. Phillips of the 18th moved that the General Assembly, in joint session convened, do now dissolve, and the motion prevailed.
The Senate withdrew from the floor of the House.
Mr. Langley of Floyd moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

FRIDAY, AuGUST 8, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carter Childs Christopher Clark

Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen Golden Greer

Griffis Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins
Johnson of Bacon
Johnson of Forsyth
Jones of Coweta
Jones of Floyd
Jones, A. D. of Meriwether

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Jones, W. R., of Meriwether
Jordan Kempton King Knight Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Mullis Napier New
. Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker

Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele

Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Wood Woodruff Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

By unanimous consent the reading of tht:;, Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.

The Journal was confirmed.

Mr. Fleming of Hancock County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Library, submitted the following report:

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743

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Library have had under consideration the following resolution of the Senate and have instructed.me as Chairman, to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Resolution No. 95.
Respectfully submitted,
FLEMING of Hancock,
Chairman.

Mr. Mann of Glynn County, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal Government, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Muncipal Government have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 264.
House Bill No. 1013.
House Bill No. 1014.
House Bill No. 101.5.
Respectfully submitted,
MANN of Glynn,
Chairman.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Chairman of the Committee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed

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me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 780 do pass. Respectfully submitted, BozEMAN of \Vorth, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Pickren of Charlton County, Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Corporations have had under consideration the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 1017. A bill to authorize the City of Moultrie to manufacture artificial ice.
Respectfully submitted,
PicKREN of Charlton,
Chairman.

Mr. Tyson of Mcintosh 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 Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House as follows:
Senate Bill No. ~4~. Prohibit fish traps. Do pass as amended.

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Senate Bill No. 239. Making State and Unites States Law reference to Dove shooting the same. Do pass as amended.
Respectfully submitted, TYsoN of Mcintosh, Chairman.

Mr. Strickland of Brantley County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
A1r. Speaker:
Your Committee on County 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. 1016.
Respectfully submitted,
STRTCKLAND of Brantley,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Camp of Campbell County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
A1r. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as ViceChairman to report the same back to the House with the recomm~ndation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 1018.
Respectfully submitted,
CAMP of Campbell,
Vice-Chairman.

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Mr. Jones, W. R., of Meriwether County, Chairman of the
Committee on Amendments to the Constitution, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Amendments to the Constitution have had under consideration the following bills and resolution of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 215.
Senate Bill No. 161.
Senate Resolution No. 90.
Respectfully submitted,
JoNES, W. R., of Meriwether,
Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker
Your 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. 911. An Act to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Forsyth County.
House Bill No. 941. An Act to amend an Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Pulaski County.
House Bill No. 865. An Act to authorize Clarke County to acquire, maintain and operate a hospital for person requiring treatment for tuberculosis.

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House Bill No. 907. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Cobb County.
House Bill No. 879. An Act to create a new charter for the City of East Point.
House Bill No. 845. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta relative to the lease of city property.
House Bill No. 944. An Act to authorize the Board of .Education of Richmond County to issue bonds for building purposes.
House Bill No. 906. An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Cobb County.
House Bill No. 940. An Act to amend the charter of the City ofTaccoa.
House Bill No. 942. An Act to authorize the City of Griffin to close and vacate a portion of South Fifth Street, said vacated portion of South Fifth Street to be used for school purposes.
House Bill No. 952. An Act to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Wheeler County.
House Bill No. 933. An Act relative to the reduction of the territorial limits of the City of Barnesville, Lamar County.
House Bill No. 871. An Act to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Bainbridge, so as to provide for the payment of funds by the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues to the officers of said court for services rendered in the conviction of misdemeanor convicts.
House Bill No. 932. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the City of Jesup.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFGoR of Clayton,
Chairman.

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The following bills of the House and Senate, favorablv reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 780. A bill to pro~ide for appointment of stenographic reporters in certain counties.

By Messrs. Boatright and Rountree of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 1013. A bill to repeal an Act to create a charter and municipal government for Twin City, and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Boatright and Rountree of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 1014. A bill to incorporate the City of Gray Mont.

By Messrs. Boatright and Rountree of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 1015. A bill to incorporate the City of Summit.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 90. A resolution to propose to the people an amendment to the Constitution relative to authorizing any municipality to issue and sell street improvement bonds and for other purposes.

By Messrs. Adams of 47th and Grantham of 46th-
Senate Resolution No. 96. A resolution to authorize and direct the State Board of Vocational Education to use the sum of $13,662.72 in the furtherence of its work of vocational rehabilitation.
By Mr. Cason of the 1stSenate Bill No. 161. A bill to amend the Constitution
relative to State owned Terminal facilities at a Georgia Port.

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By Mr. Arnow of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 215. A bill to amend the Constitution to authorize the City of Brunswick to incur an indebtedness and for other purposes.

By Mr. Arnow of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 239. A bill to define the open season for hunting and possessing doves and prescribing a penalty therefor.

By Messrs. Cason of 1st and Arnow of 4th-
Senate Bill No. 242. A bill to prohibit the use of fish traps in any of the streams of this State and for other purposes.

By Mr. Moore of the 7th-
Senate Bill No. 251. A bill to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia to supply a deficiency in the maintenance of the State Normal School at Athens and for other purposes.

By Mr. Grantham of the 46th-
Senate Bill No. 264. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Douglas and for other purposes.

By Mr. Van Landingham of SeminoleHouse Bill No. 1016. A bill to amend the Act creating the
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Seminole County and for other purposes.
By Mr. Covington of ColquitHouse Bill No. 1017. A bill to amend the charter of the
City of Moultrie and for other purposes.
By Mr. Covington of ColquitHouse Bill No. 1018. A bill to amend an Act establishing

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a system of Public Schools for the City of Moultrie and for other purposes.

By Mr. Carswell of the ~1st-
Senate Resolution No. 95. A resolution requesting the State Librarian to furnish to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkinson County a set of the Georgia Reports.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Mr. Dykes of DoolyHouse Bill No. 1005. A bill to amend the charter of the City
of Unadilla. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the
passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 1~8, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority
was passed.
By Mr. Way of LibertyHouse Bill No. 1006. A bill to amend an Act establishing
the City Court of Hinesville. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the
passage of the bill, was agreed to. On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 1~8, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority
was passed.
By Messrs. Hyman and Warren of WashingtonHouse Bill No. 1010. A bill to amend an Act to create the
City Court of Sandersville.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 129, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Elders of Tattnall-
House Bill No. 1011. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Collins.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 129, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 1012. A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commisioners of Roads and Revenues for Campbell 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 125, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Burt of Dougherty-
House Resolution No. 315. House Bill No. 1003 (b). :\ bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Albany.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 126, Nays 0.

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The hill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Resolution No. 317. A resolution instructing all tax-collecting authorities to discontinue the collection of tax imposed on brokers and commission merchants in the General Tax Act.
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 115,Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Clark, Wimberly, and New of Laurens-
House Resolution No. 320. A resolution to relieve M. C Dominey of Laurens County of penalty on 1922 tax settlement
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 127, Nays 0.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutiona majority was passed.

By Mr. Garrison of the 33rd-
Senate Bill No. 209. A hill to authorize county authorities of Banks. and Habersham Counties to work, repair and grade certain road and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the hill the Ayes were 132, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Henderson of the 32nd-
Senate Bill No. 280. A bill to amend an Act to create the City Court of Cleveland.
The report 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. Henderson of the 32nd-
House Bill No. 281. A bill to amend an Act to repeal an Act to create the City Court of Cleveland 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 bills of the House, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 254. A bill to prevent the use of the flag of the United States for advertising purposes in this State and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 115, Nays 3.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Mr. Guess of DeKalb-
House Bill No. 889. A bill to prevent the use of the flag of the United States for advertising purposes in the State of Georgia.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by adding after the words "United States" the words "and Confederate States of America."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 104, Nays 7.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Russell of Barrow-
House Bill No. 196. A bill to amend the State Prohibition Law relative to the reporting of seized vehicles or conveyances and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Beck of Carroll-
Amend by striking Paragraph "d" of Section 1 and inserting the following as Paragraph "d;" "The remainder, if any, shall be paid into the Treasury and become the property of the county."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 112, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Burt of Dougherty and Hillhouse of Worth-
House Bill No. 729. A bill to declare legal corporations heretofore organized wherever such corporations have been organized under charters granted by the Superior Court or the Judges thereof and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 109, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
House Bill No. 890. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to registrars failing to make a list of qualified voters and for other pur:poses.
Mr. Huxford of Clinch moved that the bill and all amendments be tabled and the motion was lost.
Mr. Huxford of Clinch moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
Amend by striking out all words in Section 57 after the word "direct" and insert the following words: "Provided that should the said registrars, for any cause, fail or refuse to make up and file said list of registered voters within time now required by law, then the said registrars may at any time before the 20th day of August during the year in which general elections in this State are held, make and file such list of

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registered voters, the said list to include the names of such persons only as were duly qualified voters as of the first day of June next preceding. Provided further this Act shall not be construed to change existing laws with reference to special elections."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 104, Nays 6.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee--
House Bill No. 802. A bill to amend the Workmen's Compensation Act so as to provide for lump sum payments and for other purposes.
Mr. Winship of Bibb moved the previous question.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb moved that the bill be tabled and the motion was lost.
The motion for the previous question prevailed and the main question was ordered.
The following amendment of the House to the substitute of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Callaway of Putnam-
Amend substitute by striking Section 3 of said substitute.
The substitute by Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee was read and adopted as amended. The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to by substitute as amended.

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On the passage of the bill by substitute as amended Mr. Daniel of Troup called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
On the passage of the bill by substitute as amended the Ayes were 86, Nays 46.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

By Mr. Barrett of Stephens-
House Bill No. 774. A bill to authorize the Highway De- partment to hire convicts in the construction and maintenance of State Highway system and for other purposes.
Mr. Shettleworth of Gwinnett 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 9.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Hatcher 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. 802.

By Messrs. Harris of Jefferson and Jones of Floyd-
House Bill No. 902. A bill to amend an Act providing for an occupational tax upon all distributors selling fuel in 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 bills of the House, to-wit:

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House Bill No. 900. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of East Juliette.
House Bill No. 963. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Bowdon, Georgia.
House Bill No. 959. A bill to repeal all laws incorporating the City of Manchester.
House Bill No. 961. A bill to provide creation of a Board of County Commissioners for the County of Bulloch.
House Bill No. 962. A bill to prescribe and fix the compensation of the Treasurer of Seminole County.
House Bill No. 958. A bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Clarke County.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, ta-wit:

House Bill No. 948. A bill to amend the charter of the Citv

of Macon.

.

House Bill No. 978. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of \Vilcox County.

House Bill No. 974. A bill to amend an Act granting and amending the charter of the City of Griffin.

House Bill No. 973. A bill to prohibit the catching of fish in the waters of Brasstown Creek.
House Bill No. 925. A bill to amend an Act to create the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Baker County.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:

House Bill No. 931. A bill to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Lumber City.

House Bill No. 928. A bill to amend an Act to establish a City Court of Carrollton, CarroH County, Georgia.

House Bill No. 930. A bill to repeal an Act incorporating the Town of Lumber City.

House Bill No. 927. A bill to create the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Carroll.

House Bill No. 926. A bill to amend an Act providing for the holding of three terms a year of the Superior Court of Cherokee County.

House Bill No. 938. A bill to amend an Act to create

a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones

County.



The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 216. A bill to provide for the fixing of the assessed value of forest lands; to provide for a field tax to be levied upon the value of the timber at the time of harvesting; and to be known as the Forestry Contract Act.
Senate Bill No. 288. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Rvenues of Clinch County.

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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Resolution No. 45. A resolution proposing to the people of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph 16, Section 7, Article 3, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 295. A bill to fix and provide. for the payment of an adequate salary for the Judge of the City Court of Columbus.
Senate Bill No. 296. A bill to fix and provide for the payment of an adequate salary to the Solicito! of the City Court of Columbus.
Senate Bill No. 299. A bill to provide that hereafter no corporation shall interpose a plea of usury or claim any forfeiture on account thereof in any suit, action or proceeding upon any note.

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:
ernSoern,satme anRsei.Osonl.ution No. 99. A rewlution relating to Gov-

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 292. A bill making it unlawful for any sleeping car company, parlor car company, or steam railroad company, operating in Georgia to charge or receive a surcharge.
Mr. Wilson of \Valton moved that the House do now adjourn; the motion prevailed, and House Bill No. 902 went over as unfinished business.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Burgin of Marion, Evans of Warren, Wright of Jones, Reville of Richmond, Knight of Berrien, Pitts of Gordon, Stone of Walton, and Penland of Gilmer.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.

AFTERNOON SESSION,
3:00 o'clock P. M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
Mr. DeFoor of Clayton County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 2 have had
under consideration the following resolution of the House

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and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
Resolution No. 305.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 1, submitted the following report:

JV!r. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 1 have had under consideration the following bills of the House and Senate and have ins_tructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
Senate Bill No. 263 do pass.
House Bill No. 979 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
GuESS of DeKalb,
Chairman.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 924. A bill to abolish the fee system now existing in the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Court.
House Bill No. 960. A bill to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Candler County.

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House Bill No. 958. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 956. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 950. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie.
House Bill No. 957. A bill to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 967. A bill to place the Treasurer of Union County on a salary.
House Bill No. 922.. A bill to fix the compensation of the Treasurer of Gwinnett County.
House Bill No. 916. A bill to amend an Act to amend the charter of the City of Augusta.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 21l. A resolution appropriating the sum of $1,868.28 to pay the salary of the Judge of the Superior Court of Griffin Circuit.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requtstte constitutional majority the following bills and resolutions of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 663. Pr bill to appropriate the sum of $8,365.00 to reimburse the Honorable Sam J. Slate, auditor for

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. expenses incurred by him in operation and maintenance of the State depa-rtment of audits.
House Bill No. 7'27. :\ bill to require notices of liens for internal revenue taxes to be filed with Clerk of Superior Court.
House Resolution No. '254. A resolution appropriating the sum of $1,854.84 to pay the salary of one of the Judges of Superior Court of Fulton County.
House Resolution No. '279. A resolution appropriating the sum of $93.93 to pay" the Solicitor-General of Griffin.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 863. To change from the fee to salary system in certain counties.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. '254. To provide for issue by Secretary of State of a certificate of registration to all owners of registered motor vehicles.
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:
By Mr. Grantham of the 46th- . Senate Bill No. '263. A bill to provide for all Boards of

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Commissions created by the General Assembly authorized to collect fees or commissions be required to make annual reports to the Governor and for other purposes.

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

By Messrs. McClure of Walker and Atkinson of Chatham-
House Bill No. 738. A bill to amend an Act establishing Georgia Industrial College for Colored Youths at Savannah and for other purposes.

The following substitute of the House was read and adopted:

A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to amend the Act approved November 26, 1890, establishing a school for colored persons as a branch of the State University so as to create a new Board of Trustees for that Institution, and for other purposes.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Act "to establish a school for colored persons as a branch of the State University, to appropriate money for the same, and for other purposes," approved November 26, 1890, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: First by striking out Section 2 and 10 of the aforementioned Act, and by inserting in lieu thereof a new section, to be known as Section 10, to-wit: Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that from and after the passage of this Act the Board of Trustees for the branch of the University of Georgia, known as the Georgia Industrial College for Colored Youths, shall consist of five members, who shall be charged with the control and government of this institution under the supervision of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia and the terms of the Board of Trustees hereby created shall be as follows: One for I, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years respectively; and at the

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expiration of the terms of each of the above named classes their successors shall hold office for a term of five years. Said trustees shall be appointed by the Governor and all vacancies arising in the Board of Trustees hereby created shall be filled by the Governor, the appointee to fill the term of his predecessor.
The Chairman of said Board of Trustees shall be ex-officio a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia.
Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in confEct with this Act are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 110, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Messrs. McClure and Pope of Walker-
House Bill No. 989. A bill to repeal an Act for the protection of quail in certain counties.
The report of the comittee, 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.

The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering a Senate substitute therefor:

By Mr. Holton of Wilcox-
House Bill No. 978. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for \Vilcox County and for other purposes.

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The following substitute of the Senate was read and agreed to:

A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to amend an Act approved August 15, 19~~, entitled an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Wilcox, to define their qualifications, powers, duties, etc., and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Geore-ia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the sam~, tt.at an Act approved August 15, 19~~, entitled "An Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in and for the County of Wilcox, to define their qualifications, powers, duties, etc., and for other purposes," be and the same is hereby amended by adding two new sections to said Act to be numbered as Sections 7-A and 7-B as follows:
Sec. 7-A. Provided, however, that said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall not he authorized nor empowered to make any levy of taxes to be used exclusively for county purposes which shall in any one year exceed a total of 17 mills, excepting it be in cases of emergency to replace bridges, buildings or other public property injured or destroyed by fire, storms or other acts beyond their control.
Sec. 7-B. Provided further that said Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues shall not be authorized to, and they are hereby prohibited from issuing any script or warrants during any fiscal year in excess of the total amount of revenue to he received during such year.
Sec. ~- 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 hills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

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By Mr. Mundy of the 38th-
Senate Bill No. 216. A bill to provide for the fixing of the assessed value, etc., of forest lands and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Conservation.

By Mr. Morgan of the 5th-
\
Senate Bill No. 288. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of forest lands and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Johnson of the 24th-
Senate Bill No. 295. A bill to fix and provide for the payment of an adequate salary for the Judge of the City Court of Columbus, Ga.
Referred to Committee on Special Judiciary.

By Mr. Johnson of the 24th-
Senate Bill No. 296. A bill to fix and provide for the payment of an adequate salary to the Solicitor of the City Court of Columbus and for other purposes.
Referred to Committe on Special Judiciary.
By Mr. Lankford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 299. A bill to provide that no corporation shall interpose a plea of usury or claim any forfeiture on account thereof in any suit.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.
By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 45. A resolution proposing to the people an amendment to the Constitution relative to determination of all local questions by vote of the people and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Amendments to Constitution.

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By Messrs. Langford of the 15th and Redwine of the 26th-
Senate Resolution No. 99. A resolution relative to the Governor's mansion.
Referred to Committee on Public Property.

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 before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-

House Bill No. 718. A bill to appropriate $30,000.00 to the Department of Public Buildings and Grounds.

The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Daniel of Troup as the Chairman thereof.

The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

The following committee amendments were read and adopted:
Amend by striking "$30,000.00" and. inserting in lieu thereof "$20,000.00.''

Amend by striking the word "deficiency" and inserting in lieu thereof "$8,000.00 for a deficiency appropriation, and $12,000.00 for repairs on roofs, walls, etc."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

The hill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson

Atkinson of Camden Bandy

Atkinson of Chatham Banister

Aubrey

Beck

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JOURNAL OF THE HousE,

Bennett Blease Blecldey Boatwright Boswell Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Carr Carter Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Eve Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Grovenstein Guess

Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McMullan Maddox Mansell Meeks Miles Montgomery Mullis Napier New Norman of Henry Orr Pafford

Parrish Peek Perkins of Habersham Perryman Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pope Riley Roberts Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Singletary Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stevens Sutlive Sweat Tatum Toole Trippe Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Way Weaver West Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Golden Huxford

Smith of Bryan

Stewart

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771

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Arnold Barrett Bell Bird Bowden Burgin Callaway Camp of Coweta Childs Cox DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Duncan Ellis Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fowler Foy Gillen Greer Griffis Griner Haddock Harrell Hatcher of Muscogee

Head Holden Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Logan McCrory McDonald McGarity Mann Mayo Milner Moore Norman of Colquitt Owen Parker Penland Perkins of Muscogee Phillips of Jasper

Pickering Pitts Price Reville Robertson Rountree Shettlesworth Simpson Smith of Fulton Stanley Steele Stone Stovall Strickland Swindle Tippins Turner Warren Whitley Whitworth Wimberly of Toombs Wood Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 125, Nays 4.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 125, Nays 4.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Logan of Banks-
House Resolution No. 251. A resolution to appropriate $10,000.00 to the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Alto.

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The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by adding at the close of the resolution the following words:
"Said sum of $10,000.00 shall be paid out of the cigarette and cigar tax paid, and to be paid to the Board of Health for the purpose of building and equipping a new building for the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Alto in an Act approved August 15, 1923, Acts of 1923, pages 39, 40 and 41, as amended by an Act approved December 19, 1923, at an extraordinary Session of the General Assembly, pages 69, 70 and 71."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution as amended, was agreed to.

The resolution involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Beck Bennett Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bozeman

Braddy Brannen Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Carr Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry

Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DuBose Duvall Dykes Ennis Evans of Screven Eve Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler

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Golden Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hines of Decatur Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Lindsey Loyd McClure

McGarity McMullan Mann Mansell Meeks Montgomery Mullis Napier New Norman of Henry Orr Pafford Parrish Peek Perkins of Habersham Perryman Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Price Riley Roberts Rowe Russell Sapp Shedd

Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Stevens Sutlive Sweat Tatum Toole Trippe Tyson Van Landingham Vaulilin Way Weaver West Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:
Hillhouse

Those not voting were Messrs.

Adams of Franklin Arnold Banister Barrett Bell Bird Bowden Branch Burgin Callaway Camp of Coweta Carter

Childs Cox Daniel of Troup DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Elders Ellis Evans of Warren Fleni.ing of Columbia Foy

Gillen Greer Griffis Griner Haddock Harrell Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Sumter Holden Howard of Screven Hulme

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.Jones of Coweta .Jones of Floyd .Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Logan Lyons McCrory McDonald Maddox Mayo Miles Milner

Moore Norman of Colquitt Owen Parker Penland Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Phillips of .Jasper Pitts Pope Reville Robertson Rountree Rutherford Simpson Smith of FUlton Steele

Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Swindle Tippins Turner Warren Whitley Whitworth Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Wood Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 119, Nays I.

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

On the passage of the resolution as amended the Ayes were 119, Nays 1.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Copeland of Lowndes-
House Bill No. 824. A bill to appropriate $25,000.00 for the Military Establishment of the State.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. McGarity of Paulding as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.

The following committee amendment was read and adopted:

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Amend by striking from the bill the figures "$45,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$10,000.00."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.

The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Ad~ms of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Bennett Blease Boatwright Bowden Braddy Branch Brannen Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Carr Carter Childs Christopher Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Elders Ennis

Eve Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Huxford Jenkins Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Logan Loyd McClure McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles

Mullis Napier New Orr Pafford Peek Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pope Price Riley Roberts Rowe Russell Sapp Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Stanley Stevens Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Toole Trippe Tyson

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Van Landingham Vaughn Way Weaver West

Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate

Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Blackley Clark DeFoor Evans of Screven

Golden Hillhouse Johnson of Bacon

Lindsey Montgt>mery Stewart

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Arnold Banister Barrett Beck Bell Bird Boswell Bozeman Burgin Callaway Camp of Coweta Cox Daniel of Troup DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Duncan Duvall Dykes Ellis Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Foy Gillen Greer Griffis Griner

Haddock Harrell Head Holton Houston Howard of Screven Hulme Hyman Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Lyons McCrory McDonald Mayo Milner Moore Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry

Owen Parker Parrish Penland Peterson Phillips of Jasper Pitts Reville Robertson Rountree Rutherford Shedd Simpson Spence Steele Stone Stovall Swindle Tippins Turner Warren Whitley Whitworth Wimberly of Toombs Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes ll8, Nays 10.

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

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On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 118, Nays 10.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Fleming of Hancock-

House Bill No. 936. A bill to appropriate $4,700.00 to meet deficiency in the operation of the lOth District Agricultural School at Granite Hill for the year 1919.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Orr of Wilkes 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.

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.:

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Bell Bennett Bleckley Boatwright Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen

Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Davis of Floyd Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose

Duvall Dykes Ennis Evans of Screven Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fowler Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hines of Sumter Holden

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Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Hyman .Jenkins .Johnson of Bacon .Johnson of Forsyth .Tones of Cook .Tones, W. R., of
Meriwether .Jordan Lindsey Loyd McClure Mann Mansell Meeks Mullis Napier New

Orr Pafford Parrish Peek Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Pickering Pickren Pope Price Riley Roberts Rowe Russell Sapp Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Fulton

Stanford Stanley Strickland Sutlive Tatum Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Weaver West Williams Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodfuff Mr. Speaker

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Christopher Daniel of Troup Golden Hillhouse Howard of Long

Huxford Linder McGarity McMullan Smith of Bryan

Stewart Way Wimberly of Laurens Worthy

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Arnold Banister Barrett Beck Bird Blease Boswell Burgin Callaway Cox Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere

Dixon of .Jenkins Duncan Elders Ellis Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fortson Foy Gillen Greer Griffis Griner Haddock Harrell Harris

Hines of Decatur Houston Howard of Screven Hulme .Tones of Coweta .Tones of Floyd .Tones, A. D. of
Meriwether Kempton King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Logan Lyons

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McCrory McDonald Maddox Mayo Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Owen Parker Penland Peterson

Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pitts Reville Robertson Rountree Rutherford Shedd Simpson Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Steele

Stevens Stone Stovall Sweat Swindle Tippins Toole Warren Whitley Whitworth Wimberly of Toombs Wood Wright

Ayes 104, Nays 14.

The roll call was verified.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 104, Nays 14.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Hatcher of Burke-
House Resolution No. ~77. A resolution to appropriate $10,000.00 to the Service Bureau.
The resolution involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Brannen of Bulloch as the Chairman thereof.
The Committee of the Whole House arose and through its Chairman reported the resolution back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass as amended.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by striking therefrom the figures "$10,000.00," and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$5,000.00."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution as amended, was agreed to.

780

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.:

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Banister Beck Bell Bird Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Brannen Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepper Cumming Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Ennis

Evans of Screven Eve Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Linder Lindsey Loyd McClure McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann

Meeks Miles Montgomery Mullis Napier New Orr Pafford Parrish Peek Perkins of Habersham Perryman Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pope Price Riley Roberts Rowe Russell Sapp Shettlesworth Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanford Stanley Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Weaver West Williams Wilson

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Wimberly of Laurens Wingate Wimberly of Twiggs Winship

Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Golden

Those not voting were Messrs. :

Adams of Franklin Arnold Barrett Bennett Blease Branch Burgin Callaway Cox Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Duncan Elders
Ellis Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Foy Gillen Greer Griffis Griner Haddock Harrell Hatcher of Muscogee

Houston Howard of Screven Hulme Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Logan Lyons McCrory McDonald Mansell Mayo Milner Moore Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Owen Parker Penland Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Phillips of Jasper

Pickren Pitts Reville Robertson Rountree Rutherford Shedd Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Spence Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Swindle Tippins Toole Warren Way Whitley Whitworth Wimberly of Toomb!' Wood Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 126, Nays 1.

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

On the passage of the resolution as amended the Ayes were 126, Nays 1.

The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-

House Bill No. 953. A bill to appropriate $24,000.00 for the year 1924 and $48,000.00 for the year 1925 to the Department of Revenue.
Mr. Wimberly of Laurens moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Williams of Harris 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.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.

The bill involving an appropriation the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Towns

Clark

Anderson

Collins

Atkinson of Camden Copeland

Atkinson of Chatham Covington

Bandy

Culpepper

Banister

Davis of Floyd

Beck

Davis o{Thomas

Bell

DeFoor

Bird

Dixon of Wilkinson

Boatwright

DuBose

Boswell

Duvall

Bozeman

Dykes

Braddy

Ennis

Branch

Evans of Screven

Brannen

Fleming of Hancock

Bussey

Fletcher

Carr

Fortson

Carter

Fowler

Childs

Gillen

Christopher

Golden

Grovenstein Guess Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Howard of Long Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton

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Loyd McClure McGarity McMullan Mann Meeks Miles Montgomery Mullis Napier Orr Pafford Parrish Peek Perkins of Habersham Perryman

Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pope Price Roberts Rowe Russell Sapp Shettlesworth Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Stanford Stanley Strickland Sutlive

Sweat Tatum Trippe Turner Tyson Weaver West Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Holton Huxford

Lindsey New

Spence Warren

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Arnold Aubrey Barrett Bennett Blease Bleckley Bowden Burgin Burt Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Cox Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Duncan

Elders Ellis Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Foy Greer Griffis Griner Haddock Hamrick Harrell Hatcher of Muscogee Holden Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Hulme Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether

King Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Linder Logan Lyons McCrory McDonald Maddox Mansell Mayo Milner Moore Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Owen Parker Penland Perkins of Muscogee Peterson

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Phillips of Jasper Pickren Pitts Reville Riley Robertson Rountree Rutherford Shedd Simpson

Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Swindle Tippins

Ayes 105. Nays 6.

Toole Van Landingham Vaughn Way Whitley Whitworth Wimberly of Toombs Wood Wright Mr. Speaker

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 105, Nays 6.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority

was passed.



Mr. Wilson of Walton moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Callaway of Putnam, Aubrey of Bartow, and Boswell of Greene.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1924.

785

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Beck Bell Bennett BiJ"d Blease Blackley Boatwright Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland

Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Golden Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess

Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether
Jones, w. R. of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King

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Langley Linder Lindsey Logan Loyd Lyons McOlure McOrory McDonald McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Jleeks Miles Milner Montgomery Mullis Napier New Orr Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perklns of Habersham

Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Ph1llips of Jasper Ph1llips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pope Price Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Sapp
Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens

Stewart Stovall Strickland SutHve Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Vari Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West W1111ams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

Mr. Bozeman of Worth County, Chairman of the Com: mittee on Special Judiciary, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Special Judiciary have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and have instructed

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me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
Senate Bill No. ~95 do pass as amended. Senate Bill No. ~96 do pass.
Respectfully submitted, BozEMAN of Worth, Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Culpepperof Fayette County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations 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 following recommendation:
House Bill No. 970 do pass as amended. House Resolution No. ~91 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, CuLPEPPER of Fayette, Chairman.

Mr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass.

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House Bill No. 988.

Respectfully submitted, CuLPEPPER of Fayette, Chairman.

Mr. Harris of Jefferson County, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on the University of Georgia and its Branches have had under . consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Vice-Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. ~~0.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRIS of Jefferson,
Vice-Chairman.

Mr. Jones, W. R., of Meriwether 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 resolution of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Resolution No. 45.
Respectfully submitted,
JoNES, W. R., of Meriwether,
Chairman.

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Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. I, 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 recommendatioP. that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 299.
Respectfully submitted, GuEss of DeKalb,
Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following bills and resolutions, to-wit:
House Bill No. 822. An Act to prescribe the time for the holding of Superior Court in the County of Wilcox.
House Bill No. 925. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Baker County.
House Bill No. 934. An Act to define the corporate limits of the Town of Aldora.
House Bill No. 864. An Act to authorize Clarke County to acquire, maintain and operate a hospital in said county for the care of persons requiring medical or surgic:ai treatment.
House Bill No. 926. An Act to amend an Act relative to the holding of Superior Court of Cherokee County so as to

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change the time for holding the December Term of said court.
House Bill No. 888. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Dawson, so as to fix salaries for members of said board.
House Bill No. 963. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Bowden, Carroll County.
House Bill No. 90. An Act to revise and amend the Game and Fish Laws of the State of Georgia.
House Bill No. 973. An Act to prohibit the catching of fish in Brasstown Creek, in Towns and Union Counties, above the dam owned by Young Harris College.
House Bill No. 927. An Act to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Carroll County, so as to provide for an increase in salary of said Commissioner.
House Bill No. 955. An Act to change the times of holding the Superior Court of Clarke County.
House Bill No. 948. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Macon.
House Bill No. 930. An Act to repeal an Act to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Lumber City, so as to provide for a system of water works in said town.
House Bill No. 974. An Act to amend an Act amending the charter of the City of Griffin, so as to extend the City Limits.
House Bill No. 959. An Act to amend an Act repealing all laws incorporating the City of Manchester so as to extend the City Limits-.
House Bill No. 96~. An Act to prescribe and fix the compensation of the Treasurer of Seminole County.

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House Bill No. 928. An Act to amend an Act establishing the City Court of Carrollton, so as to increase the salary of the Judge of said City Court.
House Bill No. 961. An Act to provide for the creation of a Board of County Commissioners for the County of Bulloch.
House Bill No. 900. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of East Juliette.
House Bill No. 938. An Act to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Jones County, so as to prescribe the salary of members of said board.
House Bill No. 931. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Lumber City.
House Bill No. 325. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, relative to city officials.
House Bill No. 386. An Act to amend Section 3414 of the Code of 1910, relative to the setting apart of three hundred dollars worth of household and kitchen furniture, by adding a new section to be known as Section 3414-A.
House Resolution No. 218. An Act approving and commending to the use of the citizens of the State the edition of the Constitution as prepared by Miss E. M. Thornton, Assistant State Librarian.
House Resolution No. 221. An Act appropriating the sum of $1,895.16 to pay the salary of the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Piedmont Circuit from August 15, 1923, to December 31, 1923.
House Resolution No. 303. An Act deploring the condition of the Georgia farmer caused by excessive freight rates.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

-

Your Committee on General Judiciary No.2 have had under

consideration the following bill of the Senate and have in-

structed me as Chairman to report the same back to the

House with the recommendation that the same do pass as a-

mended.

Senate Bill No. 260.

Respectfully submitted,

HATCHER of Muscogee,

Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate' favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Mullis of Bleckley and Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 988. A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Twelfth District Agricultural School located at Cochran, Georgia, and for other purposes.
By Mr. Sutlive of Chatham, and others~ House Bill No. 970. A bill to appropriate the sum of
$30,000.00 to the Department of Agriculture for the encouragement and display of the resources of this State.
By Messrs. Pace of the 13th and Phillips of the 18thSenate Bill No. 220. A bill to amend the laws relating to
the Trustees of the University of Georgia.
By Mr. Johnson of the 24thSenate Bill No. 260. A bill to amend an Act to create a

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new charter for the City of Columbus, and to consolidate and declare the rights and powers of said corporation and for other purposes.
By Mr. Lankford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 299. A bill to prohibit a corporation from any claim of forfeiture on account of any suit or action upon any note, bond, or the like given as lien upon real estate and for other purposes.
By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Resolution No. 45. A resolution proposing to the people of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph 16, Section 7, Article 3, of the Constitution relative to the proposal to the people the determination of all local questions by vote of the people in the locality affected, and for other purposes.

The following bills and resolution of the House and Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Mr. Fowler of Bibb-
House Bill No. 780. A bill to provide for appointment of stenographic reporters in certain counties and for other purposes.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by striking the figures "50,000" and "100,000" wherever they appear in the bill and substitute in lieu thereof the figures "39,000" and "83,000" and amend the caption by inserting after word "inhabitants" in the 3rd line thereof the following words and figures "according to the United States Census of 1920."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Boatwright and Roun-tree of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 1013. A bill to repeal an Act to create a charter for Twin City and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 120, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Boatwright and Rountree of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 1014. A bill to incorporate the City of Graymont and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 122, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Messrs. Boatwright and Rountree of Emanuel-
House Bill No. 1015. A bill to incorporate the City of Summit and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 123, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Van Landingham of SeminoleHouse Bill No. 1016. A bill to amend an Act creating a

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Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Seminole 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 ll8, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 1017. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were ll9, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Covington of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 1018. A bill to amend an Act to establish a system of public schools for the City of Moultrie and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 121, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Carswell of the 21st-
Senate Resolution No. 95. A resolucion requesting the State Librarian to furnish to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkinson County a set of the Georgia Reports.

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the billthe Ayes were 124, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto:

By Messrs. Covington and Norman of Colquitt-
House Bill No. 950. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie.

The following substitute of the Senate was read and agreed to:
A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie, Georgia, to extend the limits of said city, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same, That from and after the passage of this Act the corporate limits of the City of Moultrie, Georgia, shall be defined as follows: The northern boundary line of said city shall be a line drawn parallel to a straight line running east and west through the center of the County Court House Square and lying at a distance of three-fourths of a mile north of the same; the southern boundary line of said city shall be a line drawn parallel to a straight line running east and west through the center of the County Court House Square, and of a distance of five thousand eight hundred and sixty feet south of the same; the eastern boundary of said City of Moultrie shall be a line drawn parallel to a straight line running north and south through the center of the County Court House Square and at a distance of three-

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fourths of a mile east of the same; and the western boundary of said City of Moultrie shall be a line drawn parall.!l to a straight line running north and south through the center of the Court House Square; and at a distance of three-fourths of a mile west of the same.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all property in said corporate limits shall be liable for all existing debts of said city and all ordinances, rules and regulations of said city now in force shall apply to all persons and property in said corporate limits.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

By Mr. Camp of Campbell-
House Bill No. 939. A bill to amend an Act creating the City Court of Fairburn.
The following amendments of the Senate were read and agreed to:
Amend the caption by inserting after the word "November" and before the words "And for other purposes, the following" and to amend Section 7 of said Act by striking the words "have been" in the fifth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "be" and by striking the words "for at least two years immediately preceding his election or appointment" in the sixth and seventh lines of said section so that caption when amended shall read as follows:
"An Act to amend an Act approved July 18, 1923, known as the Act creating the City Court of Fairburn, in and for the County of Campbell by striking the word January in the second line of Section 46 and inserting in lieu thereof the words February, May, August and November and to amend Section 7 of said Act by striking the words "have been" in the fifth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "be" and by striking the words "for at least two years

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immediately preceding his election or appointment" in the sixth and seventh lines of said section and for other purposes.
Amend by striking the words "have been" in the fifth line of Section 7 of said Act creating the City Court of Fairburn and insert in lieu thereof the word "be."
Amend by striking the words "for at least two years immediately preceding his election or appointment" from the sixth and seventh lines of said Section 7 making a new section of said House Bill to be known as Section ~ and following sections changed accordingly.
"Sec. ~. Section 7 of the original Act creating the City Court of Fairburn, when so amended will be as follows:
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person shall be eligible for the office of Solicitor of said City Court of Fairburn unless he shall have arrived at the age of twenty-one (~1) years at the time of his qualification, and shall be a bona fide resident of Campbell County and shall be actively engaged in the practice of the profession of law. Said Solicitor before entering upon the duties of office shall take and subscribe the following oath: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially, and without favor or affection, discharge my duties as Solicitor of the City Court of Fairburn, so help me God." If for any reason the Solicitor shall be absent or disqualified to act in any case, the court shall appoint a Solicitor pro tempore who shall be paid by the Solicitor from his salary."

The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 254. A bill to provide for the issue by the Secretary of State of a certificate of registration to all owners of registered motor vehicles and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No. 1.

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By Mr. Grantham of the 46th-
Senate Bill No. 292. A bill making it unlawful for any sleeping car company, parlor car company, or steam railroad company operating in Georgia to charge or receive a surcharge and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on General Agriculture No. 1.
By unanimous consent 300 copies of Senate Bill No. 161 and all amendments were ordered printed for the use of the members of the House.

The following bills and resolution of the House; set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Messrs. Hines and Riley of Sumter-
House Resolution No. 297. A resolution to authorize the Trustees of the Third District A. & M. School at Americus to borrow money upon the land and property of said school 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 88, Nays 18.
The resolution having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
Mr. Riley of Sumter gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Resolution No. 297.

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 850. A bill to amend an Act to levy a tax upon dealers in cigars and cigarettes and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the House to the committee substitute was read and adopted:

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By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
Amend committee substitute by striking therefrom Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and amending caption accordingly.

The following committee substitue was read and adopted as amended:
A BILL.
To be entitled an Act: To amend an Act approved August 15, 1923, entitled an Act to levy a tax on dealers in cigars and cigarettes; to provide for the collection of such tax; to require the use of stamps as evidence of the payment thereof; to prescribe penalties for the violation of this Act and the counterfeiting of such stamps; to provide rules of evidence for the trial of persons charged with the violation of this Act; to appropriate the funds raised by such tax for the purpose of building and equipping new buildings for the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Alto, and for the purpose of paying pensions now due and to become due under the Acts of August 5, 1919, August 18, 1919, and August 19, 1919, and for other purposes, so as to define the terms dealer at wholesale, and dealer at retail, to require such dealers to. obtain licenses, to prescribe penalties for the failure to obtain such licenses, to require dealers to affix stamps to containers of cigars, whether the same are exhibited or not, to prescribe manner of affixing stamps and the cancelling thereof, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an Act, entitled "An Act to levy a tax upon dealers in cigars and cigarettes; to provide for the collection of such tax; to require the use of stamps a<> evidence of the payment thereof; to prescribe penalties for the violation of this Act and the counterfeiting of such stamps; to provide rules of evidence for the trial of persons charged with the violation of this Act; to appropriate the funds raised by such tax for the purpose of building and equipping new buildings for the State Tuberculosis

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Sanitorium at Alto, and for the purpose of paying pensions now due and to become due under the Acts of August 5, 1919, August IS, 1919, and August 19, 1919, and for other purposes," be amended by adding the following sections, to-wit:
Section 1. Under the provisions of this Act, a dealer at wholesale in cigars, cigarettes, manufactured tobacco, or other manufactured tobacco products, is defined to be any person, firm, or corporation, engaged in the business of selling sucll articles for re-sale, and a dealer at retail is defined to be any person, firm, or corporation, engaged in the business of selling such articles directly to the consumer, or for any other purpose than that of resale, irrespective of the quantity that may be sold.
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, engaged in the business of selling at wholesale or retail, cigars, cigarettes, manufactured tobacco, or manufactured tobacco products, to carry on such business without applying for and obtaining a license therefor, as hereinafter required, and conspicuously displaying such license in the place of business, for which it is issued.
Sec. 3. Applications for such licenses shall be made in duplicate to the ordinary of the county, in which such dealer purposes to carry on his business, for each place of business conducted by such dealer, upon forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Revenues of Georgia, and shall specifically state the name and address of the applicant, whether the business to be carried on is that of a wholesale dealer, or retail dealer, the location of the business for which the application is made, and whether or not the applicant has been convicted previously of the violation of any of the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 4. Such licenses shall be issued by the Commissioner of Revenues of Georgia, and shall be countersigned by the Ordinary, to whom the application is made. The license forms issued by the Commissioner of Revenues shall be numbered consecutively, and when distributed by him to the several Ordinaries~ a record including the serial numbers thereof

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shall be_ k7pt by said Commissioner of Revenues. Upon counterstgnmg and delivering a license, each Ordinary shall immediately transmit to the Commissioner of Revenues the original application, upon which shall be noted the number of the license issued, and shall keep the duplicate of said application on file and accessible to the public in the same manner as other records in his office.
Sec. 5. All licenses issued under the provisions of this Act shall run concurrently with the calendar years, and shall expire on the first day of each year, provided, however, that all licenses issued prior to the 1st day of January, 1925, shall not expire until the first day of January, 1926. Said licenses shall expressly state in the face thereof that the same shall be forfeited, if the holder is convicted of the violation of any of the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 6. Each dealer shall pay to the Ordinary, with whom any application is filed, the sum of $1.50, as a registration fee, for each place of business conducted by him. Of this fee one dollar shall be retained by the Ordinary as compensation for his service, and the balance shall be remitted to the Commissioner of Revenues for use in defraying the expenses of printing and distributing the application blanks and licenses provided for herein.
Sec. 7. Any person, who shall engage in the business of selling cigars, cigarettes, manufactured tobacco, or manufactured tobacco products, without obtaining a license to carry on such business as provided for herein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor shall be punished as prescribed in Section 1065 of the Penal Code of 1910, and shall not be qualified to obtain a license to carry on such business for a period, to be fixed by the court, of not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days from the date of the final judgment and sentence of the court.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted that said Act is further amended, by striking from the second line of Paragraph d of Section I of said Act the words "or cigars" and inserting

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immediately after the fourth line of said paragraph after the word table the following words: or the possession of any box, package or container of cigars, which do not bear stamps as required herein so that said paragraph as amended, shall read as follows:
(d) The exhibition of any package, of cigarettes, which do not bear the stamps required to be affixed under the provisions of this Act, by any retail dealer, in any show case, window, or on any shelf or table, or the possession of any box, package, or container of cigars, which do not bear stamps as required herein, shall constitute prima facie evidence of the guilt of such dealer of the violation of this Act.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted that said Act be amended by adding the following section:
Each dealer, upon affixing stamps to each package, or carton of cigarettes, and each box, package, or container of cigars, shall cancel the same by writing or stamping thereon his initials and the date upon which said stamp is affixed, and in affixing said stamps to each box, package, or container of cigars, said stamps shall be so placed on said box, package or container, that when the same is opened, said stamp will be torn and mutilated.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of 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 as amended.
On the passage of the bill by substitute as amended the Ayes were 117, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute as amended.

By Mr. Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 887. A bill to require the preparation in the several counties of this State, by the Tax Collectors, digest

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covermg all special or occupation taxes and for other purposes.

The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. Davis of Floyd-
Amend by striking all of Section 7 and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
"Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the several Tax Collectors of this State to remit to Commissioner of Revenue, on the first day of each month all delinquent special or occupation taxes, plus penalty, after deducting their individual, firm, partnership, or corporation whose name they have entered on digest kept" in their offices for that purpose. It is the intention of this law that all penalties collected on delinquent taxes shall be remitted in full, without deduction of any character, to the said Commissioner of Revenue."

By Mr. Davis of Floyd-
Amend by striking Section 8 and substituting in lieu thereof the following to be known as Section 8:
"Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid: That on the omission, neglect or failure of any Tax Collector to carry out fully each and every rule and regulation issued by the Commissioner of Revenue covering the manner in which the aforesaid digest, cash books, license receipt books are to be kept, said defaulting Tax Collector shall forfeit, for the particular year, all his commissions on special or occupation taxes, and the ten cents per name allowed him for entering the names in digest and shall be subject to removal from office as now provided by law."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.

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On the passage of the bill as amended, the Ayes were 106, Nays 4.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Shedd of Wayne-
House Bill No. 408. A bill to amend an Act to regulate the registration, sale, inspection, and analysis of commercial fertilizer and for other purposes.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted:
A BILL.
An Act to amend an Act approved December 18, 1901, entitled an Act to regulate the registration, sale, inspection, and analysis of commercial fertilizer, materials, and chemicals, in the State of Georgia, and to consolidate all laws relating to said sales, inspection, and analysis, and to repeal all other laws and parts of laws in conflict therewith. ' Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That on and after the passage of this Act that Section ~ of the fertilizer law, approved December 18, 1901, Acts of 1901, Page 65, shall read as follows:
"Sec. 2. All persons, companies, manufacturers, dealers or agents, before selling or offering for sale in this State any commercial fertilizer or fertilizer material, shall brand or attach to each bag, barrel, or package, the weight of the package, the name and address of the manufacturer, and the guaranteed analysis of the fertilizer, giving the valuable constitutents of the fertilizer in minimum percentage only. These items only shall be branded or printed on the sacks or packages in the following order:

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I. Weight of package in pounds.
2. Brand name, or trade mark.
3. Guaranteed analysis. 4. Available ph~sphoric acid, per cent.
5. Total nitrogen per cent.
6. Water soluble nitrogen per cent.
7. Potash per cent.
8. Name and address of manufacturer.
. In bone meal, tankage or other products where the phos phoric acid is not available to laboratory methods, but be comes available on the decomposition of the product in the soil, the phosphoric acid shall be claimed as total phosphoric acid unless it be desired to claim available phosphoric acid also, in which latter case the guarantee must take the form above set forth. In the case of bone meal, and tankage, manufacturers may brand on the bags or packages information showing the fineness of the product, provided it takes a form approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture."
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.
Mr. Bozeman of Worth moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 128, Nays I.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Messrs. Fowler and Winship and Mrs. Napier of BibbHouse Bill No. 999. A bill to appropriate $4,000.00 to the

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Academy for the Blind at Macon for the purchase of a pipe organ and for other purposes.
The bill involving an appropriation the House was resolved into the Committee of the Whole House, and the Speaker designated Mr. Worthy of Quitman 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.

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.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Bandy Beck Bell Bennett Blease Bleckley Boatwright Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher Collins

Covington Culpepper Cumming Curry Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Golden Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock

Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether

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Jordan Kempton King Langley Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Mullis Napier New Orr Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Perkins of Habersham

Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pope Price Riley Roberts Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp
Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Steele Stewart

Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Way Weaver West Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Daniel of Troup

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Banister Barrett Bird Boswell Brannen Burgin Callaway Clark Copeland Cox Daniel of Heard DeLaperriere

Dixon of Jenkins Duncan Dykes Ellis Evans of Warren Gillen Greer Hamrick Holton Hulme Jones of Floyd Kirkland Knight Latham

Linder Lindsey Logan McDonald Maddox Mayo Moore Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Owen Penland Phillips of Jasper Pickering Pitts

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Reville Robertson Simpson Stanley Stevens

Stone Stovall Swindle Warren

Ayes 149, Nays I.

Whitley Whitworth Wright Mr. Speaker

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 149, Nays I.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 1008. A bill to amend the General Tax Act relative to special taxes and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:
Amend Paragraph 2 by adding the following: "Provided, however, that the tax fixed herein shall not exceed $10.00 for each car operated."
Mr. Fleming of Columbia moved the previous question.
On this motion Mr. New of Laurens called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
The motion for the previous question prevailed.
Mr. New of Laurens moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost.
Mr. Wimberly of Laurens moved that the House reconsider its action in adopting the motion for the previous question and the motion was lost.
The main question was ordered.
Mr. New of Laurens moved that the House reconsider its action in ordering the main question.

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On this motion Mr. New of Laurens called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
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 as amended Mr. New of Laurens called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 106, Nays 3.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
Mr. New of Laurens gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing House Bill No. 1008.
Mr. Ennis of Baldwin moved that the bill be immediately transmitted to the Senate and the motion prevailed.
Mr. New of Laurens moved that the House reconsider its action in adopting the motion to immediately transmit and the motion was lost.

The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate admendments thereto:

By Messrs. Smith and Wood and Miss Kempton of Fulton-
House Bill No. 863. A bill to change from the fee system to the salary system in certain counties in this State and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend by striking from Section 3 the words "That before such action on the part of said Commissioners shall be effective such action shall have the approval of the Grand Jury then sitting or if no Grand Jury is sitting then the next Grand Jury thereafter."

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Mr. Wood of Fulton moved that the amendment of the Senate be agreed to and the motion prevailed.
The following resolution of the House was read and lost:

By Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Resolution No. 327. A resolution to place House Bill No. 898 at the head of Calendar of to-day's business.

Under the order of unfinished business the following bill of the House, set as special order by the Committee on Rules, was taken up for further consideration:

By Messrs. Harris of Jefferson and Jones of Floyd-
House Bill No. 902. A bill to amend an Act providing for an occupation tax upon all distributors selling fuels in this State, so as to raise the tax on gasoline one-half cent and for other purposes.
Mr. Wilson of Walton moved the previous question.
On this motion Mr. Wimberly of Laurens 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 following amendments to the committee substitute were read and adopted:

By Mesc;rs. Harris of Jefferson and Jones of Floyd-
Amend the committee substitute by striking from said substitute Section 3 in its entirety.

By Messrs. Harris of Jefferson and Jones of Floyd-
Amend the committee substitute by striking therefrom Section 2 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

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"Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said Act approved August 14, 1928, be amended by adding at the end of Section two (2) the following language: 'Provided, however, that before the monies collected under the provisions of this Act are distributed as provided above one-half cent per gallon of said monies shall first be credited by the Treasurer to the State Highway Department to be used in the construction and maintenance of the State Aid Roads.' " Caption to be amended accordingly.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted as amended:

A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act providing for an occupation tax upon all distributors selling fuels in this State, requiring all distributors therein to register and make returns, providing for penalties for violation of this Act and for other purposes," approved August 10, 1921, and as amended by an Act approved August 19, 1928, by striking out the words one cent and inserting in lieu thereof the words three cents, and to create a fund for highway and bridge construction by and under the supervision of the State Highway Department on the State Aid System of Roads and a fund for the construction and maintenance of public roads and bridges by the counties, and to provide for the disbursement of funds, and for other purposes, approved August 14, 1928, by striking from Section one of said Act the words "three cents" and inserting in lieu thereof "three and one-half cents" and by striking from said Act Section 2 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
All monies collected under the provisions of this Act as amended herein shall be paid into the State Treasury, one cent per gallon of the entire fund shall be distributed to the counties to be used exclusively for the construction and maintenance of the public roads, such distribution to be made

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by the State Treasurer before the 15th day of October, January, April and July of each year, the amounts distributable on account of the collection of the preceding three months being paid to each County Treasurer or other county officer or officers authorized to receive county funds in counties not having a County Treasurer on the basis of the pro rata part of the State Aid System road mileage in said county to the entire system to be expended upon public roads and bridges; an amount sufficient to supply the deficiency in the State Treasury arising out of the discount of the rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall be credited to the general fund of the State; and the remainder of the entire fund shall be set apart as a special fund of the State Aid fund to be credited to the State Highway Department for the construction of the State Aid System of Roads, and for the purpose of matching the Federal Aid authorized by the United States Government for the construction of Highways and Bridges on said System of Roads; provided, however, that the amounts herein set aside to supply the deficiency in the General fund caused by the discount of the rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad be set aside by the Treasurer as follows: one fourth of the amount of the annual rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall be credited to the General Fund on the 15th day of October, January, April and July unt_il the period of the discount of said rental has expired; to provide that all monies arising from the occupation tax upon distributors selling fuels, and all monies coming into the treasury by reason of fees, collected by the inspectors of oil in this State with the exception of one cent per gaBon of the occupation tax on the distributors of fuels and the sum necessary to pay oil inspectors for their services shall be credited to the State Highway Department for the construction and maintenance of State Aid Roads; to provide when this Act shall become effective and for other purposes.

Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same that an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act pro-

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viding for an occupation tax upon all distributors selling fuels in this State, requiring all distributors therein to register and make returns providing for penalties for violations of this Act, and for other purposes," approved August 10, 1921, and as amended by an Act approved August 19, 1922, by striking out the words "one cent" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "three cents" and to create a fund for Highway and Bridge construction by and under the supervision of the State Highway Department on the State Aid System of Roads and a fund for the construction and maintenance of Public Roads and Bridges by the counties, and to provide for the disbursement of funds, and for other purposes. Approved August 14, 1923, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from Section I of said Act, approved August 14, 1923, the words, "three cents" wherever they appear in said section :and inserting in lieu thereof the words "three and one-half Cents," so that said section when amended, shall read as follows:

"Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Section 2 (two) of an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia approved August 10, 1921, and as amended by an Act approved August 19, 1922, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out in line 5 of Section 2 of said Act the words "one cent" and inserting in lieu thereof the words 'three and one-half cents," so that said section when amended shall read as follows: 'That distributors who sell fuels in this State (except importing and selling it in the original packages in which it was brought into the State) shall pay an occupation tax of three and one-half cents per gallon upon every gallon of gasoline sold, provided this Act shall not be construed as to cause double taxation on any of the products specified in said Act approved August 10, 1921, except where such products are shipped out of and back into this State for distribution, and provided further that this Act shall not apply to fuel oils, refined, manufactured, proauced or compounded within the State of Georgia and sold without the

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State of Georgia, for consumption or use without the State of Georgia."
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same that the said Act approved August 14, 1923, be and the same is hereby amended by striking from said Act, Section 2 in its entirety and substituting the following section:
"Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Act approved August 10, 1921, shall be and is hereby amended by adding thereto a paragraph designated as Section 7-A reading as follows: All monies collected under the provisions of this Act as amended herein shall be paid into the State Treasury, one cent per gallon of the entire fund shall be distributed to the counties to be used exclusively for the construction and maintenance of the public roads, such distribution to be made by the State Treasurer before the 15th day of October, January, April and July of each year, the amounts distributable on account of the collection of the preceding these months being paid to each county treasurer or other county officers authorized to receive county funds in counties not having a county treasurer on the basis . of the pro rata part of the State Aid System road mileage in said county to the entire system, to be expended upon public roads and bridges; and an amount sufficient to supply the deficiency in the State Treasury arising out of the discount of the rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall be credited to the general fund of the State; and the remainder of the entire fund shall be set apart as a special fund of the State Aid Road Fund to be credited to the State Highway Department for the construction of the State Aid System of Roads, and for the purpose of matching the Federal Aid authorized by the United States Government for the construction of Highways and Bridges on said System of Roads; provided, however, that the amounts herein set aside to supply the deficiency in the General Fund caused by the discount of the rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad be set aside by the Treasurer as follows: one-fourth of the amount of the

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annual rental of the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall be credited to the General Fund on the 15th day of October, January, April and July, the period of the discount of said rental has expired."

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Act be further amended by adding another section to read as follows: All monies arising from the occupation tax upon distributors selling fuels and all monies coming into the treasury or collected by reason of fees collected by the inspectors of oil in this State with the exception of one cent per gallon of the occupation tax on the distributors of fuels now going to the counties and a sum necessary to pay the oil inspectors in this State for their services, shall be credited by the treasurer to the State Highway Department to be used in the construction and maintenance of State Aid Roads, and to match federal aid for the purpose of constructing and maintaining said roads.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall become effective on the first day of October, 1924.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and
the same are hereby repealed.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of the bill by substitute as amended Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis 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.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden

Atkinson of Chatham Bandy Bell Boatwright Bowden Branch

Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Childs Christopher Collins

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Cumming Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd DuBose Dim.can Duvall Dykes Elders Ennis Eve Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Fortson Fowler Griner Grovenstein Hamrick Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hillholl;Se Holden

Howard of Chattahoochee
Howard of Long Jenkins Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jordan Kempton Langley Mann Meeks Milner Montgomery Mullis Napier
Orr Parker Parrish Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Peterson

Phillips of Telfair Pickering Roberts Rountree Russell Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Sweat Tatum Tippins Trippe Turner Tyson Way West Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Wood Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Beck Blease Bleckley
Boze~an
Camp of Coweta Clark Covington Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson Evans of Screven Foy Golden
Griffis Howard of Screven Huxford

Hyman Johnson of Bacon Jones of Cook Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether King Linder Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Miles New Peek

Perryman Pickren Pope Price Riley Robertson Rowe Sapp Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Stanford Van Landingham Vaughn Wimberly of Laurens Woodruff

"Those not voting were Messrs.:

Aubrey Banister Barrett

Bennett Bird Boswell

Braddy Brannen Burgin

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Callaway Carr Carter Copeland Cox Culpepper Curry Daniel of Troup DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Ellis Evans of Warren Fleming of Hancock Gillen Greer Guess Haddock Harrell Harrison Head Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holton

Houston Hulme Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Kirkland Knight Latham Lindsey Logan McDonald Maddox Mansell Mayo Moore Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Owen Pafford Penland Phillips of Jasper Pitts Reville Rutherford

Ayes 83, Nays 46.

Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Spence Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Swindle Toole Warren Weaver Whitley Whitworth Williams Wingate Wright Mr. Speaker

The roll call was verified.

On the passage of the bill by substitute as amended the Ayes were 83, Nays 46.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

Mr. Harris of Jefferson gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass House Bill No. 902.

Mr. Wilson of Walton moved that the House do now adjourn until Monday morning at 9:00 o'clock.
Mr. W. R. Jones of Meriwether moved that the House do now adjourn.

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On the motion that the House do now adjourn Mr. Stewart of Atkinson 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.:

Anderson Blease Branch Burt Bussey Childs Christopher Covington Cumming Daniel of Heard Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas Dixon of Jenkins Duvall Ennis Fleming of Columbia Fowler Head

Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Linder Mann Mansell Meeks Milner Montgomery Mullis

Perkins of Habersham Perryman Pickren Riley Roberts Robertson Rowe Shedd Smith of Lamar Stanford Stewart Strickland Tatum Turner Van Landingham Weaver Wimberly of Twiggs Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Bandy Bell Bleckley Boatwright Bozeman Braddy Camp of Coweta Collins DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson Elders Evans of Screven

Eve Foy Golden Griffis Grovenstein Hatcher of Muscogee Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Howard of Long Howard of Screven Jones of Coweta Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Loyd

Lyons McClure McGarity McMullan New Pafford Parrish Peek Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pope Rountree Sapp Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Stanley

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Stovall Trippe Tyson

Vaughn Way Wilson

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adair Aubrey Banister Barrett Beck Bennett Bird Boswell Bowden Brannen Burgin Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Carter Clark Copeland Cox Culpepper Curry Daniel of Troup DeLaperriere DuBose Duncan Dykes Ellis Evans of Warren Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Gillen Greer

Griner Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Hulme Jones of Floyd Kirkland Knight Langley Latham Lindsey Logan McCrory McDonald Maddox Mayo Miles Moore Napier Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Parker

Ayes 52, Nays 59.

Wimberly of Toombs Wood Worthy
Penland Perkins of Muscogee Phillips of Jasper Pitts Price Reville Russell Rutherford Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Jefferson Spence Steele Stevens Stone Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tippins Toole Warren West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wimberly of Laurens Wingate Winship Wright Mr. Speaker

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the motion that the House do now adjourn the Ayes were 52, Nays 59, and the motion was lost.

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Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost.
Mr. Russell of Barrow moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
On the motion that the House do now adjourn until Monday morning at 9:00 o'clock Mr. Huxford of Clinch called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained:
The motion that the House do now adjourn until Monday morning at 9:00 o'clock prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs. Hines of Sumter, Sapp of Whitfield, and Beck of Carroll.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until Monday morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

MoNDAY, AucusT 11, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A.M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

The roll call was "ordered and the following members answered to their names:

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Bleckley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher

Clark Collins Copeland Covington Culpepp.er
Cumming Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Gillen

Golden Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long; Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd

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Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Jones, W. R . of Meriwether
Jordan Kempton King Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Henry Owen Pafford Parker

Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Pitts Pope Price Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele

Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with.
The Journal was confirmed.

Mr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following 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. 8~6.
Respectfully submitted,
CuLPEPPER of Fayette,
Chairman.

Mr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Appropriations have had under consideration the following bill of the House and have mstructed me ~s Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Bill No. 895.
Respectfully submitted,
CuLPEPPER of Fayette,
Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Yoor Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following bills and resolutions, to-wit:
House Bill No. 668. An Act to appropriate the sum of $8,865.00 to reimburse Honorable Sam. J. Slate, Auditor, for

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expenses incurred in the operation and maintenance of the State Department of Audits from February 1, 19~4, todate, and $7,500.00 to cover expenses for the remainder of year, 19~4, and $18,000.00 to cover expenses of said department for the year 1925.
House Bill No. . . . . An Act to provide for notices of liens for Internal Revenue Taxes due the United States, and to provide that certificates of discharge of same be filed with Clerks of the Superior Courts.
House Bill No. 9~4. An Act to abolish the Fee System now existing in the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.
House Bill No. 957. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, so as to extend the City Limits.
House Bill No. 960. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for the County of Candler.
House Bill No. 916. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Augusta.
House Bill No. 967. An Act to provide for placing the Treasurer of Union County on a salary basis.
House Bill No. 958. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, so as to extend the City Limits.
House Bill No. 956. An Act to amend an Act establishing a new charter for the City of Atlanta, so as to extend the City Limits.
House Resolution No. 211. An Act to appropriate the sum of $1,868.28 to pay the salary of the Judge of the Superior Courts of the Griffin Circuit from August 17, 1923, to December 31, 1923.
House Resolution No. 254. An Act to appropriate $1,854.84 to pay the salary of one of the Judges of the Superior

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Court of Fulton County from August 17, 1923, to December 31, 1923.
House Resolution No. 279. An Act to appropriate the sum of $93.93 to pay the salary of the Solicitor-General of the Griffin Judicial Circuit from August 17, 1923, to December 31, 1923.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the House and Senate, favorably reported, were read a second time:
By Mr. Meeks of Coffee and othersHouse Bill No. 895. A bill to appropriate thirty-five hun-
dred dollars for the Agricultural School at Douglas, Georgia.
By Mr. Lyons of Butts-
House Resolution No. 326. A resolution to pay J. E.
Cornell $110.00 for services in the upkeep in the Public Service Building on the Indian Springs Reservation for the year 1923.
By Mr. Johnson of the 24thSenate Bill No. 295. A bill to provide for the salary of the
Judge of the City Court of Columbus.
By Mr. Johnson of the 24thSenate Bill No. 296. A bill to provide for the salary of the
Solicitor of the City Court of Columbus.
The following bills and resolutions of the Senate were read the first time and referred to the committees:

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By Mr. Cason of 1st and Arnow of 4th-
Senate Bill No. 277. A bill to adopt the Official Naval Stores Standard of the United States as the Official Standard of the State of Georgia.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Arnow of 4th and others-
Senate Bill No. 291. A bill to fix the rights, duties, etc., of the Coastal Highway District, composed of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glenn and Camden Counties.
Referred to Committee on County and County Matters.

By Mr. Adams of the 47th-
Senate Bill No. 285. A bill to establish a College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts as a branch of the University of Georgia to be known as the South Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Referred to Committee on Education.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-
Senate Bill No. 294. A bill to amend Section 1207 of the Georgia Code relative to the amount of bond given by the several Tax Collectors of the State.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. Pace of 13th and Mason of 30th-
Senate Resolution No. 98. A resolution instructing tax collecting authorities to discontinue collection of tax imposed in Paragraph 3 of Act approved August 15, 1921.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, tO-wit:
House Bill No. 767. A bill to amend an Act with reference to the jurisdiction of the Police Court of Savannah.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by substitute the following bill of the House, tO-wit:
House Bill No. 7~4. A bill to amend the Act relative to tick eradication.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 863. A bill to change from the fee to the salary system in certain counties in Georgia.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional Majority the following bill of the Senate, tO-wit:
Senate Bill No. ~54. A bill to require owners of automobiles and trucks to register and procure license to operate sa\d automobile or truck.

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8~9

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 277. A bill to adopt the Official Naval Stores Standard of the United States as the official standard for the State of Georgia.
Senate Bill No. ~85. A bill to establish a College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, as a branch of the University of Georgia, to be known as the South Georgia A. & M. School.
Senate Bill No. 291. A bill to fix rights, duties, etc., of the Coastal Highway District, composed of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn and Camden Counties.
Senate Bill No. 292. A bill to make it unlawful for any sleeping car company, parlor car company or steam railroad company, to charge or receive a sur-charge.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 294. A bill to amend Section 1207 of the Code so as to fix amount of bond to be given by several Tax Collectors of the State.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following resolution of the Senate, to-wit:

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Senate Resolution No. 98. A resolution instructing tax collecting authorities to discontinue collection of tax. imposed in Paragraph 30 of Act approved August 15, 1921.

The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:
By Mr. Carswell of the 21st-
Senate Bill No. 169. A bill authorizing the Trustees of Georgia School of Technology to invest certain funds for construction of Faculty Apartment 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 llO, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 225. A bill to regulate the deposits required to be made by insurance companies.
The report 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. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 55. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to the disposition of unclaimed funds in the hands of an administrator and for other purposes.
Mr. Fleming of Columbia moved the previous question.

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Mr. Wimberly of Laurens moved that the bill be tabled and the motion was lost.
The motion for the previous question 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 Mr. Callaway of Putnam called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 94, Nays 25.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

By Mr. Gillis of the 16th-
Senate Bill No. 92. A bill to provide for notice to grantees to any security deed, or mortgages of record in case of sale of real estate for taxes and for other purposes.
Mr. Hatcher of Burke moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The substitute of the House by Mr. Culpepper of Fayette was read and adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of t~e bill, was agreed to by substitute.
On the passage of the bill by substitute Mr. Huxford of Clinch called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 90, Nays 38.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

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By Mr. Gilstrap of the 51st-
Senate Resolution No. 100. A resolution requesting the return of House Bill No. 922 to the Senate for the purpose of making a correction in same.

The following resolution of the House was submitted and read:

By Mr. Camp of Coweta-
House Resolution No. 328. A resolution that the report of the Rules Committee in so far as it concerns House Bill No. 898, known as the "Old Soldiers' Home Bill," be disagreed to, and that same be placed at the top of the Calendar for immediate consideration.
On the adoption of the resolution Mr. Smith of Bryan 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 Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Amold Aubrey Bandy Bennett Blease Blackley Boatwright Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Burgin Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carter

Childs Christopher Clark Covington Davis of Thomas DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Duvall Elders Ennis Evans of Screven Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Foy Gillen Golden Griffis Griner Guess

Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether King

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Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McCrory McMullan Maddox Mansell Meeks .Miles .Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier

Owen Pafford Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Phillips of Jasper Pope Price Riley Rountree Rowe Smith of Bryan Smith of Lamar

Stewart Stovall Strickland Tatum Tippins
Turner Warren Way West Whitley Williams Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Atkinson of Chatham Barrett Beck Boswell Brannen Burt Carr Collins Copeland Cumming Curry Damel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor DuBose Dykes Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Hancock Fortson

Fowler Grovenstein Harris Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Jones of Cook Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Langley Latham McClure McGarity New Norman of Henry Peterson Pickren Pitts

Roberts Robertson Russell Rutherford Shedd Shettlesworth Smith of Fulton Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stone Sutlive Sweat Toole Tyson Vaughn Weaver Wilson Worthy

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Atkinson of Camden Banister Bell Bird Cox

Culpepper Davis of Floyd Dixon of Jenkins Ellis Greer

Hatcher of Burke Head Holton Hyman Kempton

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Kirkland Knight Logan McDonald Mann Mayo Norman of Colquitt Orr Parker

Perryman Phillips of Telfair Pickering Reville Sapp Simpson Singletary Smith of Jefferson Stevens

Swindle Trippe Van Landingham Whitworth Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Mr. Speaker

Ayes 104, Nays 59.

The roll call was verified.

On the adoption of the resolution the Ayes were 104, Nays
59.

The resolution having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

Mr. Fowler of Bibb moved the previous question on the report of the Committee on Rules; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The following resolution of the House was read and unanimously adopted:

By Mr. Pafford of Lanier and Neill of Muscogee-

A RESOLUTION.
Whereas, Hon. P. T. Knight, Representative from Berrien County, who is now sick at his home, and on account of his condition will be unable to return during the present session of the General Assembly;
Therefore be it resolved, That the sympathy of the members of the House be extended to him with the hope of his speedy recovery, and regrets of his absence during the closing days of the session.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 275. A bill to provide for the disposition of fees in the Court of Appeals.
Senate Bill No. 298. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Clayton in Rabun County.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutiona majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 987. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Decatur.
House Bill No. 984. A bill to _change the time of convening Superior Court of Wayne County.
House Bill No. 980. A bill to amend an Act crea'ting the charter of Milledgeville.
House Bill No. 996. A bill to amend the charter of the City of LaFayette.
House Bill No. 998. A bill to amend an Act creating a County Depository in and for the County of Coffee.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 991. A bill to amend and supersede the Act incorporating the Town of Smyrna.

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House Bill No. 994. A bill to amend the charter of the Town of Lincolnton, with reference to election, number and term of office of members of Board of Education of said town.

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 House, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 318. A resolution asking Honorable Harry F. Atwood to address the members of the General Assembly during the present session.
Senate Resolution No. 100. A resolution asking the House of Representatives to return House Bill No. 922 for correction.

The following bill of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Messrs. Johns of the 27th, Kennedy of the 49th and others-.
Senate Bill No. 26. A bill to declare the law in regard to Negotiable Instrument, adopting in regard thereto the "Uniform Negotiable Instrument Act."
Mr. Harrell of Stewart moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed.
On this motion Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
On the motion to indefinitely postpone Mr. New of Laurens called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
The motion to indefinitely postpone was lost.

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Mr. Covington of Colquitt moved the previous question on the bill and all amendments; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Callaway of Putnam-
Amend by striking Sub-Section (2) under Sub-Section (2) of Section 5.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis 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 Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Bell Bennett Bleckley Boswell Bowden Braddy Branch Burgin Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr

Christopher Collins Copeland Cumming Davis of Floyd DeFoor DeLaperrlere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders
Ellis Ennis Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Grovenstein

Guess Haddock Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Hulme Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether

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.Tones, W. R., of Meriwether
.Jordan Kempton Langley Latham Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity Maddox Mann Mansell Meeks Miles Milner Mullis Napier New Owen

Park-er Parrish Penland Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Pitts Pope Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Russell Rutherford Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of .Jefferson Stanford Steele

Stone Stovall Sutlive Sweat Tippins Toole Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Wood Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Beck Bozeman Callaway Covington Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Fletcher Foy Golden Griffis Hamrick

Harrell Howard of Screven Huxford Hyman .Jenkins
.rohnson of Bacon
King Linder McMullan Montgomery Moore Norman of Henry Pafford Peek

Perkins of Habersham Phillips of .Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickren Price Spence Stewart Strickland Tatum Whitley Williams Wimberly of Laurens Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Banister Bird Blease Boatwright

Brannen Carter Childs Clark

Cox Culpepper Curry Davis of Thomas

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Gillen Greer Griner Holton Kirkland Knight Logan McDonald Mayo

Norman of Colquitt Orr Peterson Pickering Reville Rowe Sapp Simpson

Smith of Lamar Stanley Stevens Swindle Trippe Winship Worthy Mr. Speaker

Ayes l!l7, Nays 41.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were l!l7, Nays 41.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Mr. Neill of Muscogee moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.

AFTERNOON SESSION)
3:00 o'clock P.M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
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

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me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. ~89.
Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, 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 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. ~77.
Respectfully submitted, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. ~91.
Respectfully submitted,
STRICKLAND of Brantley,
Vice-Chairman.

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Mr. Ellis of Tift County, Chairman of the Committee on Conservation, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Conservation have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass by substitute:
Senate Bill No. 2I6.
Respectfully submitted,
ELLIS of Tift,
Chairman.

Mr. Stewart of Atkinson County, Chairman of the Com"" mittee on Labor and Labor Statistics, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Labor and Labor Statistics have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 226.
Respectfully submitted,
STEWART of Atkinson,
Chairman.

Mr. Haddock of Early County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. I, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. I have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have

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instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 292. Respectfully submitted, HADDOCK of Early, Chairman.

The following bills of the Senate, favorably reported were read the second time:

By Mr. Mundy of the 38th-
Senate Bill No. 216. A bill to provide for the fixing of the assessed value etc., on forest lands and for other purposes.
By Mr. King of the lith-
Senate Bill No. 226. A bill to amend the Act of the General Assembly creating the Department of Commerce and Labor and for other purposes.

By Mr. Little of the 31st-
Senate Bill No. 289. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lavonia and for other purposes.

By Mr. Grantham of the 46th-
Senate Bill No. 292. A bill to make it unlawful for any sleeping car company to charge or receive a sur-charge and for other purposes.

The following resolution of the House was introduced, read the first time, and referred to the committee:
By Mr. Smith of BryanHouse Resolution No. 330. A resolution calling for a com-

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843

mittee to investigate the condition of the Confederate Soldiers's Home and for other purposes.
Referred to Committee on Invalid Pensions and Soldiers' Home.

The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:

By Mr. Johnson of the 24th-
Senate Bill No. 260. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Columbus and for other purposes.

The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:

By Messrs. Neill, Hatcher and Perkins of Muscogee-
Amend by striking in the 6th and 7th lines of Section 3 in said bill the following: "date of the passage of the ordinance providing for such work," and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to-wit: "Date of the completion of the work," so that said section when amended shall read as follows: "That the amount of expense of excavating,constn.icting and laying sewers and making connections therefor between private property and the city sewer main may be charged against the real estate so improved and the owners thereof, from the date of the completion of the work."
Amend Section 4 by adding at the end thereof the following: Provided, however, that the minimum assessment hereunder may be placed by ordinance at not exceeding $15.00 for each such sewer connection, but in the event the actual cost of such connection shall amount to an excess of $15.00 then the assessment shall be an amount equal to the actual cost for such connection. Provided further, that all liens hereunder, to be good against innocent purchasers, must be entered on the general execution docket of Muscogee County, Georgia, within sixty days from the time the work is completed,

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if not so entered, then from the time it is entered on record on said general execution docket.
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 as amended the Ayes were 110, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Grantham of the-
Senate Bill No. 264. A bill to amend an Act to create a new charter for the City of Douglas 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.

The following bills of the Senate were read the first time and referred to th~ committees:
By Mr. Hamby of 40th-
Senate Bill No. 298. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Clayton.
Referred to Committee on Corporations.

By Mr. Smith of 35thSenate Bill No. 275. A bill to provide for the disposition
of fees in the Court of Appeals. Referred to Committee on General Judiciary No.2.
By unanimous consent the following bills of the House were withdrawn from the committees, read the second time, and recommitted:

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By Mr. Morgan of the 5th-
Senate Bill No. 288. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Clinch County.

By Mr. Smith of the 38th-
Senate Bill No. 290. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Henry County.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the reqms1te constit~ional majority the following resolution of the House,
tO-Wlt:
House Resolution No. 655. A resolution proposing to the people of Georgia an amendment to the Constitution adding a new paragraph to be known as Paragraph 2-a of Section I of Article 2.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the requ1Slte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 976. A bill to change from the fee to the salary system in certain counties.
House Bill No. 995. A bill to amend an Act to establish the City Court of Soperton.
The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

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By Mr. Green of the 43rd-

Senate Bill No. 164. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to the offense of tresspass by adding the words "ornamental trees and wild flowers" and for other purposes.

Mr. Stewart of Atkinson 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 the caption the words "wild flower" and substituting therefor the words "flowering shrub" wherever same occurs and by striking from Section 3 the words "wild flowers" wherever same occur and substituting therefor the words"flowering shrub."

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the

passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.



On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 105, Nays 5.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 180. A bill to make officers and agents of corporations incompetent to testify in certain cases and for other purposes.
Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis 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 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

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By Mr. Lankford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 271. A bill to amend an Act incorporating Mutual or Ca-operative Fire Insurance Companies 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 Mr. Lankford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 299. A bill to provide that hereafter no corporation shall interpose a plea of usury or claim any forfeiture on account thereof in any suit, action or proceeding upon any note and for other purposes.

The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Dykes of Dooly-

Amend by adding that this Act shall not apply to pending litigations.

Mr. Russell of Barrow moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of the bill as amended Mr. Steele of DeKalb called 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 Towns Anderson Arnold

Atkinson of Camden Bandy

Atkinson of Chatham Bell

Aubrey

Bird

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Blease Blackley Boatwright Bozeman Braddy Brannen Burt Camp of Campbell Collins Copeland Cumming Davis of Floyd DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson
Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock

Fortson Fowler Guess Haddock Harris Hatcher of Burke Head Hines of Sumter Holden Huxford Hyman Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Langley McClure Maddox Mann Meeks Milner Mullis Napier New Orr Parker

Penland Perkins of Muscogee Pickren Pope Riley Roberts Rountree Russell Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Stanley Steele Stone Strickland Sutlive Swindle Turner Tyson Vaughn Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Barrett Beck Boswell Bowden
Burgin Bussey Callaway Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Covington Culpepper

Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas Evans of Warren Fletcher Foy Golden Griffis Grovenstein Hamrick Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Hulme

Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd King Linder Lindsey Lyons McGarity McMullan Miles Montgomery Moore Owen Pafford Parrish

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Peek Perkins of Habersham Philllps of Jasper Philllps of Telfair Pitts Price Reville Robertson Rowe

Rutherford Shedd Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stovall Sweat Tatum Tippins

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Banister Bennett Branch Cox Curry Daniel of Heard DuBose Gillen Greer Griner Harrell Holton Houston Howard of Screven Jenkins

Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Kirkland Knight Latham Logan Loyd McCrory McDonald Mansell Mayo Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Perryman Peterson

Toole Warren Way West Williams Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Twiggs Wright
Pickering Sapp Simpson Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Stevens Stewart Trippe Van Landingham Weaver Whitley Whitworth Winship Wood Mr. Speaker

Ayes 85, Nays 76.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 85, Nays 76.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 196. A bill to provide for the establishment of public libraries by counties and municipalities and for other purposes.



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Mr. Warren of Washington moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:
Amend by adding after the word "taxation" in the 5th line of Section 1 the following words: "not exceeding ~me mill on the dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of said county."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was lost.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson gave notice that at the pro~er time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No. ~6.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to agree to the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, on Senate Bill No. 196.
Mr. Burt of Dougherty gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass Senate Bill No. 9~.
Mr. Fleming of Hancock gave notice that at the proper time he would move that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No. 180.
Mr. Linder of Jeff Davis moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.



TuESDAY, AuGUST 12, 1924.

851

REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,

TuESDAY, AuGUST 12, 1924.

The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.

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

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Bennett Bird Blease Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs

Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cox Culpepper Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy

Gillen Golden Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris' Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta

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Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Pafford

Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley

Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth
Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct.

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

The Journal was confirmed.

Mr. Ennis of Baldwin County, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following report:

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Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Ways and Means have had under consideration the following bills of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation as follows:
Senate Bill No. 98 do pass.
Senate Bill No. 144 do pass.
Senate Bill No. 294 do pass.
Respectfully submitted,
ENNIS of Baldwin,
Chairman.

Mr. McClure of Walker County, Chairman of the Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches, submitted thefollowing report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on University of Georgia and its Branches 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. 806 do pass.
Senate Bill No. 228 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, McCLURE of Walker,
Chairman.

Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Education have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me

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as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 285. Respectfully submitted, H. H. ELDERS, 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 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. 298.
Respectfully submiaed, PICKREN of Charlton, Chairman.

Mr. Braddy of Glascock County, Chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions and Old Soldiers' Home, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Invalid Pensions and Old Soldiers' Home have had under consideration the following resolution of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
House Resolution No. 330.
Respectfully submitted,
BRADDY of Glascock,
Chairman.

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855

Mr. Guess of DeKalb County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. I, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committtee on General Judiciary No. I 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. 254.
Respectfully submitted,
GuEss of DeKalb,
Chairman.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton County, Chairman of the Committee on General Agriculture No. 2, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Agriculture No. 2 have had under consideration the following bill of the 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. 253.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the Houseand Senate, favorably reported, were read a second time.
By Mr. Arnold of LumpkinHouse Bill No. 806. A bill to amend Section I398 (a)
Volume 8 of the Supplement to the Code of Georgia I922 rela-

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tive to the Appointment of Trustees ex-officio for the branches of the State University.

By Mr. Pace of 13th-
Senate Bill No. 253. A bill to authorize and provide for the establishment of an Experiment Station at Americus.

By Mr. Pace of l~th-
Senate Bill No. 254. A bill to provide for the issuance by the Secretary of State of a Certificate of Registration to all owners of motor vehicles.

By Messrs. Cason of the 1st and Arnow of 4th-
Senate Bill No. 9.77. A bill to provide for the adoption of the Official Naval Stores Standard of the United States as the Official Standard for the State of Georgia.

By Mr. Adams of 47th-
Senate Bill No. 285. A bill to establish a College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts as a branch of the University of Georgia, to be known as the South Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical College.

By Mr. Arnow of 4th and others-
Senate Bill No. 291. A bill to fix the rights, duties, etc., of the Coastal Highway District composed of the Counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glenn and Camden.

By Mr. Pace of 13th-
Senate Bill No. 294. A bill to amend Section 1207 of the Code so as to fix the amount of bond to be given by the several tax collectors of the State.

By Mr. Hamby of 40th-
Senate Bill No. 298. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Clayton.

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By Mr. Pace of 18th and Mason of 80th-
Senate Resolution No. 98. A resolution instructing tax collecting authorities to discontinue the collection of tax imposed in Paragraph 80 of Act approved August 15, 1921.

The following hill of the Senate was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By Mr. Little of the 31st-
Senate Bill No. 289. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Lavonia so as to provide for paving 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.

The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. DeFoor of Clayton-
House Resolution No. 881. A resolution authorizing officials of General Assembly to remain five days at Capitol to finish up business.

By Mr. Tippins of Evans-
House Resolution No. 832. A resolution requesting the Governor to remedy the phoenetics of the Assembly Hall of the House of Representatives by using money appropriated for repairs and improvements of the Capitol building.
By unanimous consent the action of the House in passing Senate Bill No. 180 was reconsidered and the bill went to the heel of the Calendar.

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The following resolution of the House was read the second time and adopted:

By Mr. Smith of Bryan-
House Resolution No. 330. A resolution calling for a committee of five from the House and three from the Senate to investigate charges in reference to the management and condition existing at the Confederate Soldiers' Home.

The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering Senate substitute thereto:

By Messrs. Stewart of Atkinson and Pafford of Lanier-
Hause Bill No. 724. A bill to amend an Act relating to tick eradication in this State and for other purposes.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the House disagreed to the Senate substitute and the motion prevailed.

The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Lankford of the 15th-
Senate Bill No. 236. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to defining and enumerating Industrial Life Insurance Companies and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 105, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Mason of the 30thSenate Bill No. 207. A bill to regulate and limit the argu-

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ment of counsel in all civil and criminal cases in City Courts and Superior Courts and for other purposes.
Mr. Wimberly of Laurens moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was .ordered.

The following committee substitute was read and adopted:

A BILL.
To he entitled an Act to regulate and limit the argument of counsel in all civil and criminal cases in the City Courts and Superior Courts of this State.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia that no more than two counsel shall he permitted to argue any cause for each side, except by express leave of the court; and in no case shall more than one counsel he heard in conclusion.
Sec. 2. In all criminal cases below felony, and in cases of appeal from justices' courts and county courts, counsel for neither party shall, without special leave of the court obtained before the argument is opened, occupy more than one-half hour in the whole discussion of the case after the evidence is closed.
Sec. 3. In felony cases other than capital felonies counsel shall he limited in their arguments to one hour to the side; in capital felonies counsel shall he limited to two hours on a side; in all other cases counsel shall he limited to two hours on a side.
Sec. 4. If counsel on either side before argument hegins shall apply to the court for extension of the time prescribed for argument and shall state in his place, or on oath, in the discretion of the court, that he or they cannot do the case justice within the time prescribed, and that it will require for that purpose additional time, stating how much additional time will he necessary, the court shall grant such extension of time as may seem reasonable and proper, provided that the

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extension of time asked for in misdemeanor cases shall not exceed SO minutes.

Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill by substitute, was agreed to.

On the passage of the bill by substitute the Ayes were 118'

Nays 9.



The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed by substitute.

By Mr. Phillips of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 186. A bill to fix the amount of costs in trial courts in actions of trover in certain cases and for other purposes.
Mr. Fleming of Hancock moved the pr~vious 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 118, Nays 5.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Johnson of the !t4th-
Senate Bill No. 167. A bill to enable electric street, suburban or interurban railroad companies to acquire, own or hold the capital stock, bonds or other securities of corporations which own and operate motor busses or trackless trolleys and for other purposes.
Mr. Bussey of Crisp 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.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 131, Nays 5.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

The following resolution of the House was read:

By Messrs. Harris of Jefferson, Stovall of Elbert, and others-

House Resolution No. 333. A resolution that the report of the Committee on Rules in so far as it referred to Senate Bill No. 3 be disagreed to and that the report be amended and the said bill be placed at the head of the Calendar as a special and continuing order of business.

On the adoption of the resolution Mr. Harris of Jefferson 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 Franklin
Adams of Towns Anderson Aubrey Bandy
Beck
Blease Boatwright Braddy
Camp of Coweta
Carter Childs Christopher Covington
Davis of Thomas
Elders Fleming of Columbia
Fletcher

Foy
Golden
Griffis Harris Head
Holton
Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven
Hulme Johnson of Bacon
Latham
McClure McCrory
McGarity Mansell Montgomery

New Pafford
Penland Perryman
Pickering
Pickren Pope
Reville Robertson Rountree
Russell
Shedd Singletary
Spence
Stevens
Stewart Stone
Stovall

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Sweat Tatum West

Wilson

Wimberly of Twiggs

Wimberly of Laurens Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Barrett Bell Bennett Boswell Bozeman Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Carr Clark Collins Copeland Culpepper Cumming Curry DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson Duncan Duvall Dykes Ellis Ennis Evans of Warren

Eve Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hatcher of Burke Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Howard of Long Hyman Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jordan Kempton King Langley Lindsey Lyons McMullan Maddox Mann Meeks Miles Milner Moore Mullis Napier

Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Owen Parker Perkins of Habersham Peterson Phillips of Telfair Pitts Riley Roberts Rowe Rutherford Shettlesworth Simpson Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Stanford Steele Strickland Toole Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Weaver Whitley Whitworth Williams Wimberly of Toombs Woodruff Worthy

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Banister Bird Blackley Bowden Cox

Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd DuBose Evans of Screven Gillen

Greer Griner Hamrick Harrell Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee

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Holden Huxford Jenkins
Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Kirkland Knight Linder Logan

Loyd McDonald Mayo Orr Parrish Peek Perkins of Muscogee Phillips of Jasper Price Sapp Smith of Bryan

Smith of Jefferson Stanley Sutlive Swindle Tippins Trippe Way Wingate Winship Wood Mr. Speaker

Ayes 60, Nays 96.

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

On the adoption of the resolution the Ayes were 60, Nays 96

The resolution having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 922. A bill to fix the compensation of the Treasurer ofGwinnett County.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 226. A resolution to relieve bondsmen ofW. L. Moody of Miller County.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 1010. A bill to create the City Court of Sandersville in and for the County of Washington.
House Bill No. 1007. A bill to amend an Act to constitute a Board of Commissioners for the County of Meriwether.
House Bill No. 1006. A bill to amend an Act establishing the City Court ofHinesville.
House Bill No. 811. A bill to amend an Act to establish the Criminal Court of Atlanta.
House Bill No. 954. A bill to repeal an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County.
House Bill No. 975. A bill to incorporate the Union School District in Wheeler County.
House Bill No. 983. A bill to repeal an Act to prevent the sale of fount or bottle drinks within one mile of Young Harris College in the Town of Young Harris, Georgia.
House Bill No. 993. A bill to prescribe additional duties for coroners in counties having a population of 200,000 or more.
House Bill No. 1012. A bill to amend an Act creating the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Campbell County.
House Bill No. 1005. A bill to amend the Act creating the charter of Unadilla.
House Bill No. 1002. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Town of Trenton.

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House Bill No. 1004. A bill to repeal an Act constituting the present charter of the City of Ellijay.
House Bill No. 1011. A bill to amend an Act to create a charter for the City of Collins.

The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Spence of the 8th-
Senate Bill No. 88. A bill to revise the present laws creating the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy and for other purposes.
Mr. Dykes of Dooly moved the previous question.
Mr. Huxford of Clinch moved that the bill be tabled and the motion was lost.
The motion for the previous question prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The -following amendment of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Smith of Lamar-
Amend so as to provide that the prov1s1ons of this bill shall not be effective until January I, 1927.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was disagreed to and the bill was lost.

The following bill of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, having been reconsidered, was again placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Phillips of the 86thSenate Bill No. 86. A bill to require every person driving

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any motor vehicle on a public highway to stop at railroad grade crossings and for other purposes.

By unanimous consent the action of the House in agreeing to the report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was reconsidered.

.Mr. Wimberly of Toombs moved the previous question.

Mr. Russell of Barrow moved that the bill and all amendments be tabled.

On this motion Mr. New of Laurens called for the Ayes and Nays.

Mr. Huxford of Clinch moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost.

The call for the Ayes and Nays on the motion to table was

not sustained.



The motion to table was lost.

The motion for the previous question prevailed.

Mr. Beck of Carroll moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost.

The main question was ordered.
The amendment by Mr. Guess of DeKalb was read and adopted.
The amendment to Section 3 was read and adopted.
The amendment by Mr. Smith of Bryan was read and adopted.
The amendment by Mr. Parks of Terrell was read and adopted.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended Mr. A. D. Jones of Meriwether called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.

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On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 101, Nays 44.
The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Stevens of Oglethorpe.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 3:00 o'clock.

AFTERNOON SESSION'
3:00 o'clock P. M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette County, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Appropriations have had under con-
sideration 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 not pass:
House Resolution No. 324 do not pass. House Resolution No. 325 do not pass.
Respectfully submitted, CuLPEPPER of Fayette, Chairman.

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Mr. Langley of Floyd County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Property, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Public Property have had under consideration the following resolution 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. 99.
Respectfully submitted,
LANGLEY of Floyd,
Chairman.

Mr. Dixon of Jenkins County, Chairman of the Committee on County and County Matters, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on County and County Matters have had under consideration the following bills of the 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. 288. Senate Bill No. 290.
Also the Committee instructs me to report back to the House, House Bill No. 644, with recommendation. that it do not pass.
Respectfully submitted,
DixoN of Jenkins,
Chairman.

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Mr. Hatcher of Muscogee County, Chairman of the Committee on General Judiciary No. 2, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on General Judiciary No. 2 have had under consideration the following bill of the Senate and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass:
Senate Bill No. 275.
Respectfully submitted,
HATCHER of Muscogee,
Chairman.

Mr. Turner of Brooks County, Chairman of the Committee on Public Highways, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Public Highways have had under consideration the following 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. 469. A bill to authorize counties to cooperate with municipalities in the paving of streets, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
TuRNER of Brooks,
Chairman.

The following bills and resolutions of the Senate, favorably reported, were read the second time:

By Mr. Parker of the 3rdSenate Bill No. 269. A bill to authorize counties of Georgia

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to ca-operate in the paving and improvement of streets and for other purposes.
By Mr. Smith of the 35th-
Senate Bill No. 275. A bill to provide for the disposition of fees in the Court of Appeals.

By Messrs. Langford of the 15th and Redwine of the 26th-
Senate Resolution No. 99. A resolution relating to the Governor's mansion.

The following bill of the Senate was read the third time and placed upon its passage:

By Mr. Morgan of the 5th-
Senate Bill No. 288. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Clinch County.
The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Huxford of Clinch-
Amend Section 5 thereof by adding the following: "Provided, however, that the provisions of this amendatory Act iQ~ofar as relates to Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof, shall become effective immediately upon passage of this Act."
The report of the committee which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended, the Ayes w'ere 310, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
The following bill of the House was taken up for the purpose of considering a Senate amendment thereto:

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By Messrs. Atkinson, Eve and Sutlive of Chatham-
House Bill No. 76'7. A hill to amend an Act with reference to the jurisdiction of the Police Court of the City of Savannah and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend by adding to Section I, of the above hill the following paragraph, to he known as Paragraphs (A) and (B) of Section I.
(a) The following sentence shall he stricken from the last three lines of Section 5, of the Act approved August II, I906, and having the caption stated in the caption of this Act, to-wit: "Upon written recommendation of the recorder or presiding officer of said court, who may have imposed such fine."
(h) The said city council shall also have the right to review, revise, amend, decrease, suspend, or remove any sentences imposed by the recorder or person presiding in his stead, by a majority vote of the entire membership of council, the Mayor having the right to vote, upon appeal to he made to the meeting of council held next after the judgment and sentence of the court, and council shall not postpone action on such appeal for more than one meeting. In case appeal is made where a fine is imposed the fine shall he paid before the defendant is released. If the defendant is imprisoned without an alternative fine the defendant shall he released upon placing a cash bond with the Clerk of Police Court in a sum to he fixed by the Recorder, not to exceed five hundred ($500.00) dollars, which shall he forfeited to the City of Savannah if the defendant does not appear in the Recorder's Court to abide the judgment of council on his appeal by nine o'clock. of the day next after action is taken by the said City Council. This appeal shall in no wise affect the right to certiorari directly from the decision of the Recorder to the Superior Court.
Mr: Atkinson of Chatham moved that the Senate amendment he agreed to and the motion prevailed.

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The following report of the special committee appointed to investigate the State Department of Agriculture was read and adopted:

REPORT

OF THE
SPECIAL COMMITTEE,
Appointed under a resolution of the General Assembly, at the I92J session, to investigate the Department of Agriculture
of the State of Georgia, and J. 7 Brown, Commissioner thereof.

To HoN. CLIFFORD WALKER,
Governor of the State of Georgia,
and the General Assembly of Georgia:
We beg leave to submit the following report:
Your committee met in the Senate Chamber, Atlanta, Ga., on September 18, 1923, and organized by electing Senator G. W. Lankford, Chairman; Representative Carl Guest, Vice-Chairman; Representative E. E. Dykes, Secretary; Mr. H. W. Nevin, Sergeant-at-Arms and Mr. E. Pierce Wood as Official Stenographer.
The committee has made as thorough investigation as was possible of all charges and complaints filed with it, or brought
before it, against the Department of Agriculture and J. J.
Brown as to all its dealings and operations of the various departments.
Your committee did not follow the exact limitations in the resolution as to requiring all charges to be filed in writing, but subpoenaed every witness that was suggested by any one, and every person that the committee even thought had any evidence in their possession that would aid the committee,

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and everybody was given a full and fair opportunity to be hea~d; said meeting being in the open and not in executive sesston.
The following charges were made in the Press, and on the floor of the House, and reiterated before this body, against Mr. Brown and the Agricultural Department as to illegal expenditures of money: The matter of the Kittrell voucher, the raised bill from the Wrigley Engraving Co. and the Hillburn matter, which we will take up separately as follows:

KITTRELL HOTEL BILL.
The charge was made that J. J. Brown, Commissioner of
Agricutlure, approved a voucher for the payment of Representative C. H. Kittrell's hotel bill in the Kimball House during the 19~~ session of the General Assembly to pay the same out of the funds of the Port and Harbor Commission.
The evidence submitted by every witness, for and against
Mr. Brown, showed that J. J. Brown did not approve the same; the evidence further showed that J. J. Brown was out of the
city and knew nothing of the transaction, and that said bill was never paid out of the funds of the Port and Harbor Commission or any other funds belonging to the State of Georgia.

WRIGLEY ENGRAVING COMPANY RAISED BILL.
Charges were made against J. J. Brown that he approved a
bill to the Wrigley Engraving Company wherein the items had been raised so that the Governor would issue a larger warrant than the amount due said company.
All evidence produced before the committee, for and against Mr. Brown, showed that the Engraving Company received the whole amount of warrant issued by the Governor, and that it was a mistake of the Engraving Company as to the amount of bills presented, and that the amount actually paid them was the amount due them by the State. The erasure or change made in the bill was a change made by the bookkeeper, raising

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the figures on the bill to make the bills and books balance in the Department with the actual debt owing Wrigley Engraving Company and that the Wrigley Engraving Company actually received the amount due and no funds were paid out except those actually due said company as shown by the tickets and vouchers in the bookkeepers office. The difference in question was the sum of eight dollars and fifty cents ($8.50) and the original invoices and the vouchers were brought before this body to show and did show that the entire transaction was regular and proper and legal.

HILLBURN SALARY.
The charge was made that J. M. Hillburn contributed, in the year 1922, one hundred dollars to the campaign fund of J. J. Brown and that while he was an employe of the Department that J. J. Brown refused to reappoint him to office, but in order to reimburse him for his contribution retained him on the pay roll for the month of January, 1923, over and beyond his term, and while another man was performing the duties of said office; or in other words, that Mr. Brown allowed the State to repay Hillburn the contribution that Hillburn made to the Brown campaign fund.
The evidence showed that Mr. Hillburn worked for said Department during the month of January, 1923, helping his successor, Mr. Rice and the other employes in closing up the old year's business, and the books and records were introduced showing the original entries made by Mr. Hillburn during said month. Mr. Hillburn, himself, swore that he worked during said month, and that he did not accept said money as a gift but rendered service for the same. Mr. Brown swore that he knew nothing of the contribution by Mr. Hillburn, as he had nothing to do with it whatever, and this will be touched on later herein.
Therefore, we find that Mr. Hillburn received a month's salary for services rendered.

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Various petty charges were brought to the attention of the committee, and the same were given thorough consideration and evidence was produced on each of them. These charges were of such a frivolous nature that we do not deem it necessary to go into them in detail in making this report. We state that these charges proved groundless, and were not substantiated by any evidence submitted to warrant their further consideration.

POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
Charges were made that J. J. Brown and the Department of
Agriculture were unduly active politically in Georgia during the past several campaigns, and that Mr. Brown and the Department of Agriculture used employes that were paid by the different departments of the State Department of Agriculture in these political activities, and at the expense of the State, to further Mr. Brown's political aspirations.
The evidence produced before the committee showed that Mr. Brown was politically active; that he used all honest or legitimate means within his power to secure his re-election, fought for his friends and against his enemies, and that his department employes were loyal to him and fought for him, and that the people of Georgia re-elected Mr. Brown. There was no evidence that Mr. Brown used any illegal or improper methods in securing his re-election, nor used the State's funds or State's employes in any improper manner in his election; but that his employes, through their loyalty to him, contributed to his campaign fund and did their utmost to secure his re-election, but in a perfectly legitimate way.
Therefore, we find that as an abstract principle, there is nothing improper or illegal in any man holding any office in the State of Georgia or elesewhere, striving, together with those under him, to secure his own re-election, to aid in the election of friends, and to fight politically against those who fight politically against him.

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Therefore, we find that Mr. Brown and the Department of Agriculture did nothing improper or illegal, nor any more, in our opinion, than any other official or department would have done under like circumstances, or holding a similar position. However, in conclusion we will state that we do not think that employes in any department should go out, while on the State's pay for the sole purpose of electioneering for that department. But we find, in our opinion that the employes
of the Agricultural Department and J. J. Brown have not been
more active in his campaign than any other department.
As to the campaign fund referred to above, charges were made that Mr. Brown and the Department, assessed each of the employes of said department the sum of five per cent of their earnings for the preceeding year, as a campaign fund to aid Mr. Brown in his re-election during the campaign of 1922, and that the employes refusing to contribute were discharged.
The evidence produced before this committee, from all sources, showed that several of those who were connected with the Department of Agriculture, got together without the knowledge or consent, or approval or disapproval of Mr. Brown, and sent out a circular letter to all of the Oil Inspectors of the State, asking that they contribute an amount equal to five per cent of their earnings the preceeding year to be used as a campaign fund to secure Mr. Brown's re-election; the said letter stating that Mr. Brown's fight was their fight, and that they were interested in the outcome of said election. The evidence showed that a large number of the employes contributed to the campaign fund. The evidence further showed that after the campaign several of those who contributed were not re-appointed for various reasons, and that some seventy or more of said employes who did not contribute were still in the employment of the Agricultural Department. The evidence further showed that Mr. Brown knew nothing of the request for the contribution and was not furnished a list of those who contributed, or of those who failed to contribute, and that he declined to look at the list of contributors, when he was informed that there was such a list, until after the

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election and after he had made his appointments for the following term.
Therefore, considering the fact that some who contributed lost their places, and some who did not contribute still held their places, we can but find that there was nothing compulsory about this contribution to the campaign fund, and nothing illegal or improper on the part of Mr. Brown or the Agricultural Department in reference thereto, and we further
find that J. J. Brown had nothing whatever to do with said
contributions.

EXTRAVAGANCE AND MISMANAGEMENT.

Charges were made that Mr. Brown and the Department of Agriculture mismanaged said Department of Agriculture and had numerous employes that were useless, and a large number of employes on the pay roll of the State under the different heads of the Department of Agriculture that were excessive, and could have easily been dispensed with, and that the department, as a whole, and Mr. Brown as head of the department, was extravagant with the funds of the State and in conducting the said Department of Agriculture.

The evidence showed that there are one hundred and eighty-

six (186) oil inspectors in Georgia, six (6) long term fertilizer

inspectors in Georgia, at a salary of one hundred dollars per

month, and forty (40) short term fertilizer inspectors in Georgia,

at a salary of $83.33 per month for four months in the year.

These two departments seem to be the main departments

criticised as to the number of employes therein. The other

departments seem to be working with as minimum of expense

as could be expected with the volume of work they have to

handle. We will consider each of these three departments

separately.



OIL INSPECTION.
Under the law the commissioner is unlimited as to the number of inspectors he may employ or appoint in this depart-

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ment. Under the law the State gets one-half cent per gallon for inspection fees. The oil inspectors are tequired to test the oil for specific gravity and collect the one-half cent per gallon tax, retaining ten dollars per tank car, up to ten cars per month for their fees, the maximum salary of any oil inspector not to exceed one hundred dollars per month and to mail his inspection report to the Department of Agriculture, and his check for the inspection fee due the State, less the ten dollars ($10.00) fee due the inspector, to the State Treasurer.

The evidence shows that the Department of Agriculture has an inspector at every point in the State where there is located a tank station for the unloading of tank cars of gas. And that in some counties in the State there are two or more inspectors for the reason that there are tanks in different towns some distance apart. The evidence also shows that in the larger cities of the State, where the receipts are large, the number of shipments are more, that there are more than one inspector in such cities, there being in such instances an inspector for each company's tank situated in said larger cities such as Atlanta. The evidence shows that from this onehalf cent per gallon inspection tax the State receives into the treasury, over and above the amount paid the oil inspector, as a net profit to the State, over four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) per year. The evidence further shows that the only method of check the State has to keep up with these shipments of gas and oil and to collect the taxes due the State is through these local oil inspectors. These local inspectors are also required to measure the capacity of the tank cars and also to have the specific gravity posted at the retail filling stations throughout the State. They are also required to make a flash test on kerosene as required under the State law of Georgia.

Also evidence was produced, pro and con, as to whether the number of oil inspectors could be reduced and give the State efficient service so that they would be able to collect the inspection tax of one-half cent per gallon and possibly

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aid the State in the collection of the three cents per gallon tax on same.
We find from the evidence submitted that in the smaller counties of Georgia where there are two or more stationary tanks, and as a consequence two or more inspectors, that as a rule the total amount paid to the two or three inspectors as the case may be is no more than would be paid should all the work be done by one inspector, as the evidence showed that in nearly every case the total amount collected as fees by the said two or three inspectors did not total more than a hundred dollars per month, and that under the law, one inspector covering all three stations would have received one hundred dollars per month at the rate of ten dollars per car, with a limit of not more than ten cars per month.
Under this rule or practice, the State, it would seem, by having an inspector at each tank has a better checking system, at no greater expense than it would have by having one man cover all of these points, and at the same time facilitates the inspection of the gas and oil received. This we will state as merely a conclusion of the committee, and is given purely as a matter of throwing light on the present system, and we do not give it as the best system that can be obtained, nor do we mean to intimate that it cannot be improved upon. We are merely stating the conditions as they exist.
We further find that in cities like Atlanta that there are from three to four inspectors, and that these inspectors collect on from sixty to seventy-five cars per month each and retain the inspection fees from ten of these cars and turn into the treasury the balance. As to whether or not this number of inspectors could be reduced, and as to whether or not a reduction would affect the efficiency of the service, and affect the efficiency of the checking system in order to collect the taxes is a question for the Legislature to consider. We will state that it is not true economy to get the checking force below the point to where the State can secure an absolute check on the gas sold in the State, as three and one-half cents per

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gallon on a very few tanks of gas would far more than cover the expense of one or two extra men.
We find from the records at the Capitol that the Agricultural Department, through their inspectors collected the one-half cent per gallon tax on about eight and a half million more gallons of gasoline, or approximately $83,000.00 than the Comptroller-General collected the one cent tax due the State upon.
We do not make this statement as throwing any discredit upon the Comptroller-General in the administration of his as the law was clearly lax in not giving him any machinery whatever to enforce the duty placed upon him. We simply state it in order to show that should the law be amended so that the local oil inspectors would be required to send a duplicate of their report to the Agricultural Department to the Comptroller-General also, that he would have a method of checking and could thus catch up with and prevent this deficit. We will merely state here as a matter of figures that the three cent gas tax that we now have on the virtually eight and a half million gallons that escaped last year would be approximately $250,000.00 or virtually three times the total cost of the entire oil inspecting force of the State of Georgia. This information could be furnished the Comptroller-General by the local inspector, without any additional work on the part of the local inspector and without any additional expense to the State. And we recommend to the Legislature that this law be amended to that effect.
We will further state in reference to the Oil Inspection Department of the Department of Agriculture that we do not attempt either to defend or condemn the system. As far as we can ascertain the system is run as provided by law, and if there is any defect therein it is a defect allowed by the law and if the system should be changed it is a matter that the Legislature should deal with.
We will further state that there has been strong argument produced in favor of the distillation test for gasoline in Gear-

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gia and we call attention to this fact for the purpose of bringing it before the Legislative body. We further find that the test in Georgia is only for specific gravity and that there is no law in Georgia authorizing the condemning of gas below any specific test, and that Georgia is powerless, under her present law, to prohibit the sale of inferior gas or low-testing gas, and that some law should be enacted, and some system put into effect that the people could be protected against an in. ferior grade. At present the only protection the public has is the posting of the specific gravity at local retail filling stations, which law, it is generally conceded, is constantly ignored. The Department of Agriculture is helpless as against this condition under the present law and cannot be blamed in the slightest degree.

FERTILIZER INSPECTION.
The only charges brought against this division of the department are that the department had too many employes and also that the department was not performing its. work in a prompt and satisfactory manner.
From the evidence submitted, which was very slight, we firid that the Department of Agriculture does not inspect a very great per cent of the fertilizer used in Georgia, and that this fact is largely due to the fact that they have not sufficient force to properly inspect all fertilizer sold and used in the State of Georgia. We believe that the system should either be changed, or that the number of inspectors should be increased, or that some way should be devised by which the fertilizer could be promptly inspected. Numerous complaints were brought that analysis of fertilizer could not be secured before the same had to be used undef- crops, and that as a matter of course, after the fertilizer had been used it was too late for the analysis to be' of any practical benefit. In the congested seasons of the year or planting season there are often thousands of samples sent in to the department for special examination which cannot be given prompt attention and the public suffers thereby.

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We give the above statement of facts as they exist and for the purpose of calling the same to the especial attention of the Legislature to deal with as it may see fit.
Complaints have been registered that certain brands of fertilizer in the State during the past years have been passed up by the Chemist without the proper examination and analysis, but this committee finds upon investigating the department that the Chemist who makes the analysis and makes the test does so by a number furnished him and does not know by what company or what firm the said fertilizer was made or manufactured and under the system employed we can see no method and no possibility for showing favoritism or allowing any sample to pass without merit regardless of the manufacturer or the dealer.
There were a few complaints registered with the committee that the oil fees received by the local inspectors in some counties had been split "fifty-fifty" with other persons in the county in compensation for political activity.
Investigating these charges we find only two instances of any division of fees in Georgia, and these two were split between the local inspector and his assistant inspector, who assisted him in collecting the sample and making the gravity test as required by law. We know of no law violated in doing
this, and the evidence further showed that neither Mr. J. J.
Brown nor the Department of Agriculture had any knowledge of this condition nor were they responsible therefor, nor did it cost the State anything at all, and there being no law against it we have no ground upon which to condemn the practice.
Complaint was mad~ that a rebate was made to companies in the border towns of the State who unloaded gas in Georgia and paid the inspection tax and then retailed this gas in adjoining states, the said rebate covering that gas that was sold in the adjoining state.
Upon investigation we find this condition to be true, but we further find that the local inspectors in these border towns

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collected the tax on gas that is unloaded in the adjoining states and brought and sold by retailers in Georgia, and that at the same time the rebate on gas that was unloaded in Georgia and sold to these adjoining states was virtually offset by the tax that was collected at the local points in Georgia by the gas that was brought in by retail trucks from adjoining states, and this system seems only fair to the dealer, both in Georgia and in the adjoining states on the border line.

THE BUREAU OF MARKETS.
Charges were made that the Bureau of Markets was useless, inefficient and a burden on the State. We find from evidence submitted that the Bureau of Markets handles sales throughout the State of Georgia, both of live-stock, hogs and poultry, and also aids the farmers in finding markets and in disposing of all farm produce and especially in the infant industries of the State, such as the tobacco and peanut industry, and other forms of crop diversification, now being tried out by the farmers of the State.
We also find that the Market Bulletin is published at a great expense to the State, but that this is paid for out of the guano tag tax, which is paid by the farmers of the State, and that the Market Bulletin is peculiarly a farm paper, for the benefit of the farmers of Georgia, and that the farmers of Georgia are presumed to be well pleased with the results they get from it.
We refer to the Farm Bulletin neither in a way to condemn nor uphold it, but merely state the conditions for the benefit of those who might be interested. We state again that this paper is not supported from the Treasury of the State, but comes from funds paid by the farmers with the fertilizer inspection tax. We further find that the contract for printing the Market Bulletin is handled through the State Department of Printing, by competitive bids, and that the lowest bidder in the State received the contract, and it was let in a perfectly legitimate way.

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We further find that the Bureau of Markets seems to be making great efforts to function properly for the benefit of the farmers.

BOARD OF ENTOMOLOGY.
Certain charges of irregularity were mentioned against the Department of Entomology. But no evidence, documentary or otherwise, was ever brought before this body in any rereflecting upon or condemning said department, or affecting its operation in any manner. Therefore, this committee has nothing before it relative to said department, and can but find that it is functioning properly and performing its duties to the State and the citizens thereof.

BooK-KEEPING SYSTEM OF THE DEPARTMENT.
By proper resolution, a committee of five was appointed to thoroughly investigate the book-keeping and filing system of the various departments of the Agricultural Department, and the various branches and reported to the committee as a whole that they found same in good condition and a thoroughly modern, up-to-date system employed. We attach hereto, as a part of this report, recapitulation of salaries and expenses of various branches of the Department of Agriculture from June 1, 1922, to September 1, 1923, showing the salaries and expenses of the entire department and the total net income to the State as a result of the fees collected from this department.
Regarding the charges made that J. J. Brown, Commis-
sioner of Agriculture; W. Cecil Neal, Speaker of the House, and George H. Carswell, President of the Senate held a conference just prior to the appointment of this Committee, the evidence showed by each of the said gentlemen that they were not in conference any time during that night. We further find that the party making these charges was mis-
taken as to the identity and that J. J. Brown had nothing
whatever to do with the appointment of the personel of this committee.

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This committee finds, as will be shown by the record, that practically all of the witnesses that testified to any material
facts against the Department of Agriculture, or J. J. Brown,
were former employes of the Agricultural Department and had not been re-appointed, was an applicant for re-appointment and did not receive it, and made no mention of any irre&ularities in the department prior to their leaving the servtce.
This committee, in its endeavor to get at all the facts and to hear all the charges, sent a special committee composed of the Chairman, the Assistant Attorney General and the Attorney for the Agricultural Department and the Stenographer to Savannah, Ga., to take the testimony of Mr. Grover C. Edmondson, who was at that time confined in a hospital at that place. The report of the proceedings of this committee, filed with the record of the testimony in this investigation, which was produced before the committee speaks for itself and shows why the testimony of Mr. Edmondson was not given. This committee went to Savannah, following the testimony of a certain witness that Mr. Edmondson had all the
documents necessary to prove certain charges against J. J.
Brown and when they arrived at Savannah Mr. Edmondson informed the committee that he would be ready to testify in a few minutes, but after conferring with his Attorney, Don H. Clark, and representative Stewart of Atkinson County he refused to testify, stating that he was physically unable, even though two reputable physicians of the Savannah Hospital swore that he was physicially able to testify and was in fact in a condition that he was able to leave the hospital. This was on the 28th day of September, 1923, and- the committee did not meet again until October 8th when Mr. Edmondson was at his home in Thomson, Georgia, and was notified again to appear before the committee and make his charges, if any he had. We have to report that Mr. Edmondson failed to appear and we were unable to get his testimonr although we did everything possible to do so; the said witness reporting by letter that it was needless for him to come as he had no direct evidence.

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Tbe committee further reports that when said committee met on the 18th day of September, 1923, that Rerresentative Stewart of Atkinson County, notwithstanding the fact that he had ample notice of the meeting of said committee, and had been served with a subpoena duces tecum to produce all documentary evidence in his possession, failed to appear and did not appear until four or five days after the committee had been in session, and when he did appear he stated to the committee that he had employed an attorney and he had sent his documentary evidence to his attorney, Mr. Grover C. Edmonson, who was then in a hospital in Savannah sick, and Mr. Stewart refused to testify concerning these documents, and concerning any material facts against the Department of Agriculture and also give his list of witnesses complete until he could get these documents from Mr. Edmonson and until he could confer with his said attorney. Mr. Stewart then, in connection with the Assistant Attorney General took charge of the prosecuting side of the investigation and for several days played a leading part in presenting the charges
against Mr. J. J. Brown and the department. And when
the committee finished with the available witnesses and testimony and sent the committee to Savannah, the committee found Mr. Stewart in Savannah, as above set out, in connection with Mr. Edmondson. Later, when the committee met again on the 8th day of October, 1923, Mr. Stewart failed to appear or to produce any documentary evidence, and has all along failed and refused to produce documentary evidence, or to swear definitely as to what documentary evidence he had, or to identify any documentary evidence whatsoever, but on the contrary has continually asked for more time, and stated that at some future date he would produce these things.

Therefore, the committee having had but one witness before it ori Monday, October 8th, and but one witness on Tuesday, the 9th, who appeared against the department and knowing ofnonethatwe would have the following, the Chairman on motion appointed a special committee to investigate the

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book-keeping department of the Department of Agriculture and closed the investigation.

We hereby respectfully submit this report, together with a copy of the testimony on which our findings are based.

G. w. LANGFORD,
Chairman.
E. B. DYKES,
Secretary.
THOMAS E. GREEN' G. B. CALLAWAY, CARL N. GuEss, F. A. SMITH,
CALVIN w. PARKER,
C. B. McGARITY, H. L. HowARD,
J. ScoTT DAvis, w. R. LITTLE,
0. R. BENNETT.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
RECAPITULATION OF SALARIES AND EXPENSES OF VARIOUS BRANCHES FROM JUNE 1, 1922 TO AUGUST 31, 1923, INCLUSIVE.

Bureau or Fund

Salaries I Expenses Total I Income



Sal.&Exp.

~arket ______________ _

$49,145.391

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$69,095.571 $118,240.961 _____________ _

Laboratory__________ _ 12,445.00 2,226.10: 14,671.10--------------

Feed Inspection_____ _ Serurna _______________ _

29,450.00 10,292.50

16,017.611 4,482.96

45,467.61 $70,194.63 14,775.46 --------------

Tick Eradication____ 28,569.83 2,629.17 31,199.00--------------

Contagious Diseases_ 4,534.601 1,680.53! 6,215.13 _____________ _

Bacteria______________

455.00

801.541 1,256.54

2,066.15

::::::::"~- J::::: ~::1::::: ::_: _-::

~aintenance_________ 9,973.39 8,894.04' 18,867.431 _____________ _

Fertilizer_____________ 36,625.52 32,858.381 69,483.90 211,028.52

Oils___________________ 129 ,014.58i ____________ \ 129,014.58 720 ,6!)3.02

TotaL _______________ I$ 324,887. 75' $140,262.82 $465 ,150.57' $1,003,952.32

The following message of His Excellency, the Governor, was received and read:

STATE OF GEORGIA,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

ATLANTA, AuGuST 12, 1924.
To the House of Representatives:
Pursuant to the terms of the Constitution- which direct the Governor to advise with the General Assembly on matters of importance to the people of the State, I am taking the liberty

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of calling your attention to the importance of the following legislation, ta-wit:

(I) The necessity of making some provision for the elimination of local legislation from the General Assembly in view of the contemplated constitutional amendmen.t providing for Bi-ennial Sessions. I am advised that the Senate has passed a bill submitting a constitutional amendment on this subject. I respectfully suggest that this bill be amended so as to give the Legislature general authority to make suitable provision for such local legislation. If the Bi-ennial Session bill is ratified by the people, then the Legislature will have authority to make such provision for local legislation as in its judgment may be wise. I deem it absolutely necessary since the time for legislation in the interest of the people generally will be limited by the Bi-ennial Session law. I, therefore, respectfull) earnestly suggest the consideration of this matter.

(2) The absent voters bill. I have had occasion to call attention to this bill which has passed the Senate and is now ready for consideration by the House. The present law deprives a material number of the best citizens of this State of the right of franchise. Other states have passed legislation enabling this class of citizens to vote, at the same time safeguarding the integrity of the ballot. In the interest of the traveling men of Georgia and the railroad men especially, I earnestly urge the passage of such legislation.

(3) The protection of the forests from .fire and the preservation of the forests generally. I am advised that the Senate has passed a bill on this subject and that by amendment or substitute, the House can now perfect legislation which will, at least, lay" the foundation for the protection of the forests of the State from losses by fire and for the preservation of the forests generally. Thinking men of the State are united that the time has come when such progressive steps should be taken and I, therefore, earnestly request the consideration of such measure.

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I do not assume to say that any of these measures are free of faults, or that they should not be amended. I am simply suggesting that these measures are progressive in their nature and that the passage of legislation laying the foundation for such constructive program will be a material contribution toward the development of the State, which will reflect credit upon the present General Assembly.

Very respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD WALKER,
Governor.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate mststs on its substitute to the following bill of the House, to-wit:
By Mr. Stewart and PaffordHause Bill No. 724. A bill relative to tick eradication. Mr. Huxford of Clinch moved that the House insist upon
its disagreement to the Senate substitute for House Bill No. 724 and that a conference committee be appointed on same and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed the following as a conference committee on the part of the House on House Bill No. 724:
Messrs. Pafford of Lanier, Stewart of Atkinson, Stanford of Lowndes.

The following resolution of the Senate was read and adopted:

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By Messrs. Lankford of the 15th and Redwine of the 26th-
Senate Resolution No. 99. A resolution calling for a committee of three from the House and two from the Senate to look into the matter of purchasing a mansion for the Governor and for other purposes.

The following resolution and bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:
By Messrs. Adams of the 47th and Grantham of the 46th-
Senate Resolution No. 96. A resolution authorizing and directing the State Board of Vocational Education to use unexpended money now on hand in the furtherance of its work 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 105, Nays I.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Arnow of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 239. A bill to define the open season for hunting and possessing doves in this State and for other purposes.
The following committee amendments were read and adopted:
Amend by inserting in Section I, line five, between the words "doves" and "between" the word "except."
Amend by striking in Section I the words "November 20th" in line six and inserting in lieu thereof the words "October 16th."

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The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 109, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Messrs. Cason of the lst and Arnow of the 4th-
Senate Bill No. 242. A bill to prohibit the use of fish traps in any of the streams of this State and for other purposes.
Mr. Evans of Warren moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was disagreed to and the bill was lost.

By Messrs. Cason of the lst, Arnow of the 4th, and othersSenate Bill No. 250.

A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to propose to the qualified voters of the State of Georgia, an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia, authorizing the creation of "The Coastal Highway District," to be composed of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn and Camden Counties, as a political sub-division; body politic and corporate for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a Public Highway through said counties, to provide that said Coastal Highway District may issue bonds, and to provide for a method of retiring said bonds and the payment of interest thereon and for other purposes.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That the Constitution of the State of Georgia be amended

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by adding the following sub-paragraph to follow Paragraph I of Article 7, Section 7, the same to be known as Paragraph 1-d, to-wit: "The Coastal Highway District is hereby created as a political sub-division, body politic and corporate of this State, for the purpose of aiding in the construction and completion of the Public Highway known a~ the Dixie and South Atlantic Coastal Highway, extending from the Savannah River to the Florida line, with the right to sue and be sued, to have a seal, make contracts and to do all things necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this amendment. The said district shall be composed of the territory of the Counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn and Camden Counties; the said Coastal Highway District shall have authority to issue bonds not exceeding $900,000.00 for the purposes aforesaid; the bonded indebtedness of said district shall be incurred and the expenditures of funds derived therefrom as well as all other matters and transaction necessary to carry out the purposes of the Constitutional Amendment shall be managed, controlled and directed by ten commissioners to be selected, four from Chatham, two from Glynn and one each from Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh and Camden Counties. The said commissioners shall be selected and vacancies filled by the officers in charge of levying taxes in said counties respectively, and shall hold office for a period of five years and until their successors are selected and qualified. The bonds when issued shall be signed and sealed by said commissioners and shall be a lien upon the entire property of all of the counties composing said district and a first lien to the extent of the annual retirements and interest payments thereon upon any sums payable annually hereafter by the State of Georgia to the said counties respectively from amounts collected from gasoline, oil and automobile taxes and licenses until all bonds of said district are retired. At or before the issuance of said bonds the commissioner of said district shall assess the counties composing said district an amount sufficient to pay and retire the bonds as they come due and pay the interest on the same. The bonds, principal and interest, shall be retired within 30 years from the date of issuance. The assessment against

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each county shall be in proportion to the taxable value of the real and personal property (including public utilities) returned for taxation, as finally adopted by the Comptroller-General; and the proper authorities of each county shall at or before the issuance of said bonds provide for the levying, assessment and collection annually of a sum sufficient in amount to pay the principal and interest of such county's part of said indebtedness, as the same becomes due, and the complete retirement of the indebtedness within thirty years from the date of incurring said indebtedness. Any excess of such taxes collected by any county over and above. the amount necessary to pay that county's liability for that year, after first using the amounts derived from gasoline, oil and automobile taxes and licenses as hereinbefore provided, shall be retained and the tax levied for the succeeding year shall be that much less. The bonded indebtedness here provided for shall be incurred only after it has been submitted to the qualified voters of said district at an election to be called by the said District Commissioners and held in the same manner as elections for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness by counties, municipalities and divisions. In determining the result of the election the vote of the entire district shall be consolidated and counted as a unit, each county shall pay the expenses of the election in that county. The vote shall be consolidated and the result of the election declared by the District Commissioners herein provided for. The Superior Court of any county in said district shall have jurisdiction to validate the said bonds, in conformity with the law providing for the validation of county, municipality and division bonds; and the certification by the clerk of the Superior of Court, taking jurisdiction of such validation alone shall be sufficient certification. The proceedings for the validation may be instituted by the SolicitorGeneral of any Judicial Circuit within which any of said counties lies but the proceedings shall be served upon the authorities managing the fiscal affairs of each of said counties and they shall make answer thereto. Such indebtedness when incurred shall not be considered in determining the power of any of the counties composing said district or any other

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county or municipal corporation or political sub-division of

said State, to incur any other bonded indebtedness."

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when said amendment shall be agreed to by twa-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 of this State for two months previous to the time for holding the next general election, and shall at the next general election be submitted to the people for ratification. All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the said proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For ratification of amendment to Article seven, (7), Section seven (7), Paragraph one (1) of the Constitution, authorizing the creation of the Coastal Highway District as a political sub-division, body corporate and politic, to be composed of the counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn and Camden, and to authorize the issuance of bonds by said district for paving purposes," and all persons opposed to the adoption of said amendment shall have written or printed on their ballot the words: "Against ratification of amendment to Article seven (7), Section seven (7), Paragraph one (1) of the Constitution authorizing the creation of the Coastal Highway District as a political sub-division, body corporate and politic, to be composed of the Counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn and Camden, and to authorize the issuance of bonds by said district for paving purposes," and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting thereon, shall vote for ratification thereof, when the result shall be consolidated as now required by law in election for members of the General Assembly, then said amendment shall become a part of Article seven (7), Section seven (7), and known as Paragraph 1-d of the Constitution of this State, and the Governor shall make a proclamation therefor as provided by law.

The following amendments to the House were read and adopted:

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By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-

Amend by striking from the second paragraph on page 3 the words "and automobile" and "and license" and inserting the word "and" between the word "gasoline" and the word "oil."

By Mr. Atkinson of Chatham-

Amend by striking from the second paragraph on page 5 the words "and automobile" and "license" and inserting the word "and" between the word "gasoline" and the word "oil."

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.:

Adair Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Beck Bell Bennett Bird Bleckley Boswell Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Carr Christopher

Clark Copeland Covington Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Ellis Evans of Screven Eve Fletcher Fortson Fowler Gillen Griffis Grovenstein Guess

Hamrick Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Hulme Hyman Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Kempton King

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Langley Lindsey Lyons McClure McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier Norman of Colquitt Orr Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland

Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Jasper Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Shedd Shettlesworth Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence

Stanford Stanley Steele Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Tatum Toole Trippe Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Culpepper Cumming Elders

Evans of Warren Linder New

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Owen Stewart Wimberly of Laurens

Adams of Franklin Banister Barrett Blease Boatwright Bowden Callaway Camp of Coweta Carter Childs Collins Cox Daniel of Heard

Duncan Ennis Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Foy Golden Greer Griner Haddock Harrell. Harrison Head Houston

Howard of Long Howard of Screven Huxford Jenkins Jordan Kirkland Knight Latham Logan Loyd McCrory McDonald Norman of Henry

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Peterson Phillips of Telfair Reville Sapp Simpson Stevens

Stone Swindle Tippins Turner Whitley Williams

Wimberly of Toombs Winship Wood Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 140, Nays 9.

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 140, Nays 9.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that when the House adjourn this afternoon it stand adjourned until ta-night at 8:00 o'clock and the motion was lost.

By Mr. Stovall of the 29th-

Senate Bill No. 202. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 so as to authorize any bank to subscribe to or purchase stock in an Agricultural Credit Corporation and for other purposes.

Mr. Russell of Barrow 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 Mr. Warren of Washington 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.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Atkinson of Camden

Atkinston of Chatham Boaswell

Bell

Bozeman

Bennett

Braddy

Blease

Branch

Bleckley

Brannen

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Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Carr Carter Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Cumming Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of .Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Warren Eve Fletcher Fowler Gillen Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harrell Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur

Hines of Sumter Holton Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Hulme .Jenkins .Johnson of Bacon .Johnson of Forsyth .Jones of Cook .Jones of Coweta .Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether .Jordan Kempton King Langley Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McGarity McMullan Haddox Mann Mayo Meeks :M:lles Milner Moore Mullis New Norman of Colquitt Orr Pafford Parker Parrish Penland

Perkins of Habersham Perkins of :M:uscogee Perryman Peterson Philllps of Telfair Pickering Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Rountree Rowe Russell Shedd Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Stanford Steele Stevens Stewart Stovall Sutlive Sweat Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Way Weaver West Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Woodruff Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Aubrey Beck Bird

Curry Daniel of Troup Duncan

Fleming of Hancock Fortson Foy

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Golden Hatcher of Muscogee Huxford Hyman Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether

Montgomery Owen Phillips of Jasper Pitts Robertson Shettlesworth

Smith of Jefferson Spence Toole Warren Worthy

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Arnold Bandy Banister Barrett Boatwright Bowden Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Childs Cox Culpepper Daniel of Heard Evans of Screven Fleming of Columbia Greer Griffis

Griner Holden Houston Jones of Floyd Kirkland Knight Latham Logan McCrory McDonald Mansell Napier Norman of Henry Peek Pickren Rutherford

Sapp Simpson Stanley Stone Strickland Swindle Tatum Tippins Trippe Turner Whitley Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Wood Mr. Speaker

Ayes 133, Nays 25.

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 133, Nays 25.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

Mr. Wimberly of Toombs moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hulme of Elbert.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock.

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REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ATLANTA, GA.,
WEDNESDAY, AuGUST 13, 1924.
The House of Representatives met pursuant to adjournment this day at 9:00 o'clock A. M.; was called to order by the Speaker, and opened with prayer by the Chaplain.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with. Mr. Bell of Burke, Chairman of the Committee on Journal, reported that the Journal had been read and found correct. By unanimous consent the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings was dispensed with. The Journal was confirmed.
Mr. Elders of Tattnall County, Chairman of the Committee on Education, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education have had under considera-
tion the following bills of the House and have instructed me as Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do not pass:
House Bill No. 136. House Bill No. 451. House Bill No. 5~0. House Bill No. 579. House Bill No. 58~. House Bill No. 759.
Respectfully submitted, ELDERS of Tattnall, Chairman.

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Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, found properly enrolled, duly signed arid ready for delivery to the Governor the following bills and resolutions, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 954. An Act to repeal an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wheeler County.
House Bill No. 994. An Act to amend the charter of the Town of Lincolnton, so as to provide for the election of members and their terms of office.
House Bill No. 996. An Act to amend the charter of the City of LaFayette.
House Bill No. 980. An Act to amend an Act creating the charter of the City of Milledgeville.
House Bill No. 991. An Act to amend an Act incorporating the Town of Smyrna, by changing the date of election of Mayor and Council.
House Bill No. 984. An Act to change the time of holding the Superior Court of Wayne County.
House Bill No. 863. An Act to provide for the changing from the Fee System to the Salary System in certain counties in Georgia.
House Bill No. 978. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Wilcox County.
House Bill No. 976. An Act to provide for the changing, from the Fee System to the Salary System in certain counties in Georgia, the County Officials.

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House Bill No. 995. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Soperton, so as to provide for the return. of attachments and distress warrants.

House Bill No. 998. An Act to amend an Act creating a County Depository for the County of Coffee, by providing for the receiving and disbursing of county funds, etc.

House Bill No. 975. An Act to incorporate the Union School District in Wheeler County.

House Bill No. 950. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie.

House Bill No. 897. An Act to provide for aid and relief for members of paid Fire Departments.

House Bill No. 1006. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Hinesville, so as to provide for the appointment of a reporter or stenographer for said court.

House Bill No. 1007. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Meriwether County.

House Bill No. 1004. An Act to repeal an Act constituting the present charter of the City of Ellijay.

House Bill No. 100~. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate
the Town of Trenton so as to provide for the appointment of ~ommissioners of said town.

House Bill No. 1012. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Campbell County.

House Bill No. 1011. An Act to amend an Act creating a

charter for the City of Collins.



House Bill No. 1010. An Act to amend an Act creating the City Court of Sandersville, so as to increase the salary of the Judge of said court.

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House Bill No. 1005. An Act to amend an Act creating a charter for the City of Unadilla.
House Bill No. 987. An Act to amend the charter of the city of Decatur.
House Bill No. 988. An Act to repeal an Act to prohibit the sale or giving away of hot or cold drinks from fountains or bottles within one mile of Young Harris College in Towns County.
House Bill No. 998. An Act to provide additional duties for Coroners in counties of certain population.
House Bill No. 811. An Act to amend an Act establishing the Criminal Court of Atlanta so as to change the method of compensation of officials thereof.
House Resolution No. 226. An Act to relieve the bondsmen of W. I. Moody of Miller County.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Mr. Smith of the 85th-
Senate Bill No. 290. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues for Henry County and for other purposes.
The report .of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 106, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.



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By Messrs. Arnow of the 4th, Carson of the 1st, and Miller of the 2nd-
Senate Bill No. 291. A bill to fix the rights, duties, etc., of the Coastal Highway District, composed of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn, and Camden Counties 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 Mr. Hamby of the 40th-

Senate Bill No. 298. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Clayton and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was ;tgreed to.

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 107, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No. 26.
Mr. Smith of Fulton moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

On the motion to reconsider Mr. Stewart of Atkinson 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.:

Bandy
Beck Boatwright

Bozeman Callaway Carter

Childs Clark Daniel of Heard

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Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Dixon of Jenkins Duvall Elders Evans of Warren Fletcher Foy Golden Griffis Haddock Harrell Harrison Head Hillhouse Htnes of Decatur Holden

Howard of Long Huxford Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth King Linder Logan McCrory Montgomery Moore New Perkins of Habersham Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering

Pickren Price Robertson Rutherford Simpson Spence Stanford Stewart Stovall Strickland West Whitley Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Twiggs Worthy Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Barrett Bell Bennett Bird Blackley Boswell Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Christopher Collins Copeland

Covington Cumming Curry DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Dykes Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Gillen Griner Grovenstein Guess Hamrick Harris Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of Sumter

Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Screven Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd
Jones, w. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton Langley Latham Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell Mayo Miles Milner

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Mullis Napier Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Orr Owen Parker Parrish Penland Perkins of Muscogee Peterson Pitts Pope Reville Riley Roberts

Rountree Rowe Sapp Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stanley Steele Stevens Sutlive Sweat Tatum Tippins Toole

Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way WeaverWhitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wingate Winship Woodruff

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Banister Blease Bowden Cox Culpepper Davis of Thomas Greer Hulme

Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Kirkland Knight McDonald Meeks Pafford Peek

Ayes 59, Nays 1~8.

Perryman Russell Shedd Shettlesworth Stone Swindle Wood Mr. Speaker.

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

On the motion that the House reconsider its action in passing Senate Bill No. ~6 the Ayes were 59, Nays liS and the motion
was lost.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The President has appointed as a conference on part of the Senate to consider House Bill No. 724 the following Senators, tO-wit:
Senators Mason of 80th, Johns of i7th, Smith of i8rd.

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

Mr. Speaker:

. The Senate has passed by the reqmslte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 700. A bill to appropriate the sum of seven thousand dollars for the year 1923 to the Trustees of the Georgia School for the deaf at Cave Spring.
House Bill No. 196. A bill to amend an Act to amend and supplement the prohibition laws of this State.
House Bill No. 717. A bill to amend Section 1565 of Volume 8 of Parks Amended Code of Georgia.
House Bill No. 144. A bill to appropriate money to com. plete Nurses' Home at State Sanitarium at Milledgeville.
House Bill No. 254. A bill to fix the time for filing certiorari proceedings.
House Bill No. 912. A bill to amend an Act creating and designating the Twelfth District Agricultural and Mechanical School.
House Bill No. 729. A bill to confirm and declare legal the corporations heretofore organized pursuant to cooperative Marketing Act of Georgia.
House Bill No. 852. A bill to amend an Act to aid in the establishment and maintenance of consolidated schools.
House Bill No. 648. A bill to appropriate to the Trustees of the University of Georgia the sum of $20,000.00 for the year 1924 and $20,000.00 for the year 1925.

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

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909

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 682. A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 to the State Board of Etomology.
House Bill No. 602. A bill to amend Sections 4424 and 4425 of the Code of Georgia.
House Bill No. 890. A bill to amend Section 57 of Volume 8 of the Code of Georgia of 1910.
House Bill No. 774. A bill to authorize the Highway Department to employ convicts in the construction and maintenance of State Highway System.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 881. A resolution authori7ing officials of General Assembly to remain five days at Capitol to finish up business.
House Resolution No. 806. A resolution to reimburse J. Q. Davis for the forfeiture of a bond in City Court of Columbus in the sum of $500.00.
House Resolution No. 808. A resolution to reimburse
J. Q. Davis for bond forfeiture.
House Resolution No. 807. A resolution to reimburse J. Q. Davis as bondsman for John Witham.
House Resolution No. 817. A resolution providing for the discontinuance of collection of license imposed by General Tax Act of 1921.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has adopted the following resolutions of the House, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 287. A resolution whereas, the provisions heretofore made for the operation and maintenance of the Georgia Training School for mental defectives has been found to be inadequate for needs of school.
House Resolution No. 294. A resolution to relieve J. J.
Thompson of a bond fdrfeiture.
House Resolution No. 49. A resolution to appropriate $25,000.00 to the Georgia State Industrial College.
House Resolution No. 820. A resolution to relieve M. C. Dominey, Tax Collector of Laurens County, of penalty on 1922 tax settlement.
House Resolution No. 880. A resolution providing for the committee to investigate the Old Soldiers' Home.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate concurred to the House amendment to the following bill of the 'senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 288. A bill to amend an Act to create a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Clinch County.

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1924.

911

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 992. A bill to amend an Act to create the office of County Treasurer of Taylor County.
House Bill No. 989. A bill to repeal an Act for the protection of quail in certain counties.
House Bill No. 892. A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Cornelia.
House Bill No. 1015. A bill to incorporate the City of Summit.
House Bill No. 1013. A bill to repeal an Act to create a charter for Twin City.
House Bill No. 1018. A bill to establish a system of Public Schools for the City of Moultrie.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 1017. A bill to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie.
House Bill No. 1016. A bill to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Seminole County.
House Bill No. 1014. A bill to incorporate the City of Gray Mont.

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

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Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to the following bills of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. ~6. A bill to declare the law in- regard to Negotiable Instruments; adopting in regard thereto the uniform Negotiable Instruments Act.
Senate Bill No. ~50. A bill to amend the Constitution of Georgia so as to group the Counties of Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, Mcintosh, Glynn and Camden into the Coastal Hig~way District and authorize the issuance of bonds for pavmg purposes.
Senate Bill No. ~39. A bill to define the open season for hunting and possessing doves in the State of Georgia.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the House substitute to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
Senate Bill No. 207. A bill to regulate and limit the argument of counsel in all civil and criminal cases in City Courts Superior Courts of this State.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 631. A bill to appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the year of 19~5 and each year thereafter, for , the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy.

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The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the requisite constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 657. A bill to appropriate the sum of $43,944.!l8 for the purpose of supplying a deficiency in the maintenance of the Georgia School of Technology for the years 1928-1924.

The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Adams of the 47th-
Senate Bill No. 281. A bill to require all steam railroad companies operating steam locomotive engines to provide and equip locomotive with an automatic door to the fire box of such locomotive engine 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 11.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By-Mr. Pace of the 18th-
Senate Bill No. 48. A bill to repeal an Act to prohibit employees, or servants of hotels, restaurants, barber shops, or other public places or of persons, firms or corporations from soliciting or receiving gratuities or tips and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 109, Nays 0.

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The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By Mr. Arnow of the 4thSenate Bill No.. 215.

A BILL

To be entitled an Act to amend Paragraph 1 of Section 7 of

Article 7, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia as

heretofore amended, so as to authorize the City of Bruns-

wick to incur an indebtedness up to a maximum of fourteen

percentum of the assessed value of taxable property therein

for the purpose of acquiring and operating port facilities,

and for other purposes.



Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that Paragraph one of Section seven of Article seven of the Constitution of this State shall be amended as follows, ta-wit:

By adding to said paragraph as heretofore amended, the following words: "And except that the City of Brunswick, in addition to the indebtedness which it may incur under the preceding provisions of this paragraph, is hereby authorized to incur, from time to time an indebtedness up to but not exceeding seven percentum of the assessed value of all taxable property therein, (making a maximum indebtedness which said city may incur of fourteen percentum of such assessed values), when authorized by the assent of twa-thirds of the qualified voters of such city as above provided for obtaining such authority; provided that such additional indebtedness can only be used for acquiring, constructing, improving and operating municipal port terminal facilities in said c~ty, including lands, waterways, wharves, warehouses, water crafts, used in connection therewith, and all other proper equipment and appurtenances; but not limiting by the foregoing the generality of the words 'municipal port terminal facilities.'

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The General Assembly may at any time authorize said city to donate any port terminal facilities owned by it to the State of Georgia, with or without conditions."
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and the same has been entered on their Journals, with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon, the Governor shall, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to cause said amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District in this State for the period of two months next preceding the time of holding the next general election.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the above proposed amendment shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the electors of this State at the next general election to be held after publication as provided for in the second section of this Act, in the several election districts of this State, at which election every person shall be qualified to vote who is entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly. All person voting at such election in favor of adopting the proposed amendment to the Constitution shall have written or printed on their ballots the words: "For amendment allowing the City of Brunswick to increase its bonded indebtedness for the purpose of acquiring port terminals" and all persons opposed to the adoption of the amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "Against amendment allowing the City of Brunswick to increase its bonded indebtedness for the purpose of acquiring port terminals."
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor be and he is hereby authori.-:ed and directed to provide for the submission of the amendment proposed in the first section of this Act to a vote of the people as required by the Constitution of this State in Paragraph one of Section one of Article thirteen, and by this Act, and if ratified, the

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Govern<.r shall, when he ascPrtains such ratification fnm the Secretary of the State, to whom the returns shall be referred in the manner as in cases of election for members of the General Assembly to count and ascertain the results, issue his proclamation for one insertion in one of the daily papers of this State, announcing such result and declaring the amendment ratified.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, , That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Mr. Covington of Colquitt 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 a Constitutional amendment the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Barrett Beck Bell Blease Bleckley Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt

Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher Collins Copeland Covington Cumming Curry Daniel of Troup Davis of Floyd Davis of Thomas DeFoor Dixon of Wilkin-son DuBose Duncan Duvall

Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fletcher Fortson Fowler Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse

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Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Langley Latham Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell

Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Napier Norman of Henry Orr Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shettlesworth

Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Sanford Stanley Steele Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Vaughn Warren Way West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Winship Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Golden Harrell

New

Stevens

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adair Banister Bennett Bird Boatwright

Clark Cox Culpepper Daniel of Heard DeLaperriere

Dixon of Jenkins Dykes Fleming of Hancock. Foy Gillen

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Greer Hatcher of Burke Hulme Huxford Hyman Kirkland Knight Linder

Logan McDonald Mullis Norman of Colquitt Owen Robertson Shedd Stewart

Stone Van Landingham Weaver Wingate Wood Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 162, Nays 4.

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 162, Nays 8.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

By unanimous consent the bill was ordered immediately transmitted to the Senate.

By Messrs. Kennedy of the 49th and Gillis of the 16th-

Senate Bill No. 192. A bill to establish, organize and maintain as a branch of the University of Georgia a normal school or teachers college at Statesboro, same to be created in lieu of and out of the 1st District A. & M. School.

Mr. Weaver of Terrell 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 Mr. Harris of Jefferson 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.:

Adair
Adams of Towns
Atkinson of Camden Atkfus~n of Chatham

Aubrey Bandy Beck Bell

Bennett Bird Blease Bleckley

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919

Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher Clark Collins Copeland Covington Curry Daniel of Heard Davis of Thomas DeFoor DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins Dixon of Wilkinson DuBose Duncan Duvall Dykes Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fletcher Fortson Fowler Foy Griffis Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Hatcher of Burke

Head

Pope

Hines of Decatur

Price

Hines of Sumter

Reville

Holden

Riley

Holton

Roberts

Howard of Chatta- Rountree

hoochee

Rowe

Howard of Long

Russell

Howard of Screven

Rutherford

Huxford

Sapp

Hyman

Shedd

Johnson of Bacon

Shettlesworth

Johnson of Forsyth Simpson

Jones of Cook

Singletary

Jones, W. R., of

Smith of Bryan

Meriwether

Smith of Fulton

Jordan

Spence

Kempton

Stanford

Langley

Stanley

Linder

Steele

Loyd

Stevens

Lyons

Stewart

McCrory

Stone

Mann

Strickland

Mansell

Sutlive

Mayo

Sweat

Meeks

Swindle

Miles

Tatum

Milner

Tippins

Montgomery

Toole

Moore

Trippe

Mullis

Turner

Napier

Tyson

New

Van Landingham

Pafford

Warren

Parker

Way

Parrish

Weaver

Peek

West

Penland

Whitley

Perkins of Habersham Whitworth

Perkins of Muscogee Wimberly of Laurens

Perryman

Wimberly of Toombs

Phillips of Telfair

Wimberly of Twiggs

Pickering

Wingate

Pickren

Winship

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Wood Woodruff

Worthy

Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Anderson Boswell Daniel of Troup Fleming of Columbia Golden Harris Hillhouse

Houston Jones of Coweta Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Lindsey McClure McMullan

Maddox Norman of Henry Orr Peterson Phlllips of Jasper Vaughn Wilson

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Arnold Banister Barrett Boatwright Callaway Cox Culpepper Cumming Davis of Floyd Fleming of Hancock Gillen

Greer Griner Harrison Hatcher of Muscogee Hulme Jenkins Jones of Floyd King Kirkland Knight Latham Logan

Ayes 150, Nays ~0.

McDonald McGarity Norman of Colquitt Owen Pitts Robertson Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stovall Williams Mr. Speaker

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 150, Nays ~0.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.

Mr. Shettlesworth of Gwinnett moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.

The Speaker announced the House adjourned until this afternoon at 8:00 o'clock.

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AFTERNOON SESSlON,
8:00 o'clock P. M.
The House met again at this hour and was called to order by the Speaker.
By unanimous consent the call of the roll was dispensed with.
The following bills of the Senate were read the third time and placed upon their passage:
By Mr. Johnson of the 24thSenate Bill No. 296. A bill to fix and provide for the pay-
ment of an adequate salary to the Solicitor of the City Court of Columbus and for other purposes.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 105, Nays 0. The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed.
By Mr. Johnson of the 24thSenate Bill No. 295. A bill to fix and provide for the pay-
ment of an adequate salary to the Judge of the City Court of Columbus, and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the House to the committee amendment was read and adopted:
By Messrs. Hatcher and Perkins of MuscogeeAmend the committee amendment by striking the words
and figures "three thousand ($8,000.00) and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "twenty-seven hundred and fifty" ($2,750.00); and further amends said committee amend-

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ment by striking the words and figures "two hundred and fifty" ($250.00) wherever the same appear in said bill and substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures "two hundred twenty-nine and sixteen hundredths" ($229.16).
The following committee amendment was read and adopted as amended:
Amend by striking the words and figures thirty-six hundred ($8,600.00) dollars wherever same appears in said bill and substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures three thousand ($8,000.00) dollars and to further amend said bill by striking from said bill the words and figures three hundred ($800.00) dollars wherever same appears in said bill and substituting in lieu thereof the words and figures two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars.
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 as amended the Ayes were 105, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
By Mr. Smith of the 4~th-
Senate Bill No. 162. A bill to amend an Act creating the office of Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for the County of Irwin and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Fletcher of Irwin-'-
Amend by striking the figures "1928" wherever they appear and insert in lieu thereof the figures "1924," and by adding a _ new section as follows:

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"The Ordinary of Irwin County shall call an election as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. Election of Commissioners' Vacancies. How Filled.
Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members of the Board of Commissioners for Irwin County herein provided shall he selected at an election to he held for County Officers of Irwin County on the third Tuesday in September, 1924. And for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said county the question of whether they desire a board of three commissioners to be created for said county, notice of said election shall be published in the official organ of Irwin County twenty days prior to the third Tuesday in September, 1924. Those voting in favor of the creation of a Board of Commissioners for Irwin County shall cast ballots having written, or printed thereon the words: '"For Three Commissioners," and those voting against the creation of said Board of Commissioners of Irwin County shall have written or printed thereon the words 'Against Three Commissioners.' Said election shall be held under the present law governing the holding of general elections in the State of Georgia, except the returns thereof shall he made to the Ordinary of Irwin County, who shall consolidate the returns and declare the result thereof. It shall also he the duty of the Ordinary of said county to call said election under the terms of this Act."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the hill, was agreed to as amend.ed.
.On the passage of the hill as amended the Ayes were 106, Nays 0.
The hill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.
The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto:
By Mr. Fleming of Han~ock-
House Bill No. 624. A hill to provide for the protection of

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sinking funds and to require investment of such funds in certain securities and for other purposes.
The following amendments of the Senate were read:
Amend the caption by striking the word "require" in line 4 thereof and insert in lieu thereof "provide for."
Amend by striking the following words: "be and they are hereby required to" in lines 15 and 16 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "may" and by striking the following words in line 16 and 17: "within six months from the collection of same."
Mr. Fleming of Hancock moved that the House agree to the amendments of the Senate and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Perkins of Muscogee-
House Bill No. 157; A bill to provide for electrocution of persons sentenced to death instead of hanging and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend by providing this bill shall not affect any person now under indictment for murder.
Mr. Perkins of Muscogee moved that the House agree to the amendment of the Senate and the motion prevailed.

By Messrs. Fowler and Winship and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Bill No. 655. A bill to amend the Constitution so as to authorize the consolidation of city and county governments in counties having therein a city with a population of 31,000 or over and for other purposes.

The following amendment of the House to the Senate amendment was read and adopted:

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9~5

By Messrs. Cumming, Reville and Rowe of Richmond-
Amend the Senate amendment as follows: that the words and figures "fifty thousand (50,000)" be changed wherever they occur to the words and figures "fifty-two thousand nine hundred (52,900).
The following amendment of the Senate was read and agreed to as amended:
Amend the caption by striking out the figures "81,000' and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "50,000," and amend Section 1 in the 4th line where the figures "81,000" appear by striking "81,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "50,000," and inserting in every place where "81,000" appear "50,000" in lieu thereof.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 224. A resolution to appropriate the sum of $250,000.00 for the support and maintenance of the common public schools of Georgia for the year 1924.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 687. A bill to appropriate $198,500.00 to supply a deficiency at the Georgia State Sanitarium.

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House Bill No. 824. A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 for an additional and . emergency appropriation for Military Establishment of the State.
House Bill No. 726. A bill to appropriate money for deficiency for calcium arsenate work in Laboratory Department of Agriculture.
House Bill No. 718. A hill to appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 as a deficiency appropriation to the Department of Public Buildings and Grounds.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed as amended by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 936. A bill to appropriate $4,700.00 to meet a deficiency in the operation of the Tenth District Agricultural School.

The following bills and resolutions of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Adams of the 47th-
Senate Bill No. 285. A bill to establish a College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts as a branch of the University of Georgia at Tifton in the place of and out of the 2nd District A. & M. School and for other purposes.
Mr. Weaver of Terrell 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 Mr. Harris of Jefferson called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.

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On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 116, Nays IS.
The bill having received the requisite constitutiorul majority was passed.
Mr. Milner of Dodge arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.

By Mr. Moore of the 7th-
Senate Bill No. 73. A bill to enable voters absent from their voting places on the day of election to vote by registered mail and for other purposes.

The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. Stanford of Lowndes-
August 3, I924.
Amend by striking from Section 2 of said bill the following words, to-wit: "If he be within the confines of the United States; not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days if he be within the Phillipines, Hawaii, Porto Rico, The Canal Zone, or in touch with an American Consulate in territory over which the United States has no jurisdiction."
Amend further by striking all of Section 4 and renumbering sections accordingly.
Amend further by adding at the end of Section II of said bill the following:
"All ballots furnished by the Ordinary to the Registrars under the provisions of this Act shall be printed and prepared in pads with a series number different from that used in the election for voters who vote in person, and with the following words written thereon at top of said pad or pads 'Absent Voters' Ballot' and each ballot shall be arranged so as to show the same series letter, and each ballot numbered consecutively, and with a stub for each ballot containing the

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series letter and number of ballot, which can be detached from the ballot, conforming thereto, and the ballot shall show the same series letter and number as appears on the stub."
Amend by adding at end of Section 1~ the following:
"The return envelope shall show the series letter and number of the ballot deposited therein,"
Amend said bill by adding at the end of Section 18, the following:
"The registrars shall also deliver to the managers the pad or pads with stubs showing series letter and numbers of ballots furnished, and no ballot shall be counted unless the series letter and number on the stub shall correspond with the series letter and number on the ballot contained in the envelope returned by the absent voter."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 111, Nays 8.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Pace of the 18th-

A RESOLUTION.
Senate Resolution No. 44. Proposing to the people of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph I, Section 8, Article 11, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, so as to authorize the General Assembly to consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector in the several counties and to fix, without regard to uniformity in the various counties, the compensation of the officer performing the duties of said offices when so consolidated, and for other purposes.
Be it resohed by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, that the following amendment, to the Constitu-

WEDNESDAY, AuousT 13, 19~4.

929

tion of the State of Georgia, be, and the same is hereby, proposed to the people of Georgia, to-wit:
Amend Paragraph 1, Section 3, Article 11, by adding at the end of said paragraph the following:
"And the General Assembly shall also have authority to consolidate the offices and duties of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector in any or all of the counties of the State, the official performing the duties of said two offices, when so consolidated, to be known as County Tax Commissioner, and the General Assembly may prescribe the compensation of such County Tax Commissioner or authorize county authorities to fix the same, which compensation may be on the basis of fees or salary and may be fixed without regard to uniformity in the various counties."
so that said paragraph, when so amended, shall be as follows:
Paragraph I. 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 in the various counties. And the General Assembly shall also have authority to consolidate the office and duties of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector in any or all of the counties of the State, the official performing the duties of said two officers, when so consolidated, to be known as County Tax Commissioner, and the General Assembly may prescribe the compensation of such Cpunty Tax Commissioner or authorize county authorities to fix the same, which compensation may be on the basis of fees or salary and may be fixed without regard to uniformity in the various counties.
Be it further resolved, That if the foregoing proposed amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected

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to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Georgia, such proposed amendment shall be entered on their journals, with the Yeas and Nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause such amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional district of the State for two months previous to the time of holding the next general election, and the Governor shall also provide for the submission of such proposed amendment to the people at said next general election. All persons voting in said election in favor of said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "For the amendment to the Constitution authorizing the General Assembly to consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector and fix their compensation," and all persons voting in said election against said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "Against the amendment to the Constitution authorizing the General Assembly to consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector and fix their compensation." The returns of said election shall be made to the Secretary of State, who shall certify the result thereof to the Governor, and if the people shall ratify said proposed amendment by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting thereon the same shall become a part of the Constitution, and the Governor shall issue a proclamation to that effect.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:

By Mr. Pitts of Gordon-
Amend by striking the period after the words "various counties" appearing in the 27th and 52nd lines of said resolution, substituting a comma in lieu thereof, and adding the following immediately thereafter, to-wit: "and when such compensation is fixed on a salary basis the authority fixing the

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same shall determine what disposition shall be made of the fees and commissions accruing to each of said offices so consolidated and to provide for the levy and collection of a tax sufficient to pay the salary so fixed."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to as amended.

The resolution involving a constitutional amendment the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Franklin Adams of Towns Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Bandy Beck Bell Bennett Blackley Boatwright Boswell Bozeman Braddy Brannen Burgin Burt Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Carter Childs Christopher Collins Copeland Covington Cumming Curry

Daniel of Troup Davis of Thomas DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins DuBose Duncan Duvall Elders Ellis Ennis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Golden Griffis Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Harris Harrison Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter

Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Howard of Screven Huxford Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether
Jones, w. R., of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Langley Latham Linder Lindsey Loyd Lyons McClure McCrory McMullan Maddox Mann Mansell

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Mayo Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Moore Mullis Napier New Norman of Colquitt Normap of Henry Orr Owen Pafford Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair

Pickren Pitts Pope P1ice Riley Roberts Robertson Rountree Russell Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stovall Strickland

Sutlive Sweat Tatum Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West
Whi~ley
Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Barrett Branch Culpepper Danielof Heard

Foy Hamrick Hyman McGarity

Reville Smith of Fulton Wimberly of Laurens Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Banister Bird Blease Bowden Carr Clark Cox Davis of Floyd DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson

Dykes Gillen Greer Harrell Holden Hulme Kirkland Knight Logan M:cDonald

Ayes 164, Nays 12.

Pickering Rowe Rutherford Stanford Stone Swindle Tippins Williams Mr. Speaker

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1924.

933

By unanimous consent the verification of the roll call was dispensed with.
On the passage of the resolution as amended the Ayes were 164, Nays 12.
The resolution having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-

A RESOLUTION.
Senate Resolution No. 46. Proposing to the people of Georgia an amendment to Paragraph 1, Section 3, Article 11, of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, so as to authorize the General Assembly to fix and prescribe, without regard to uniformity in the various counties, a salary for the services of the following county officers in any county of the State having a population of twenty-five thousand or more, in lieu of fees at present received by such officers, to-wit: Clerk of the Superior Court, Clerk of the City Court, Sheriff, Ordinary, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, and to determine what disposition shall be made of the fines, forfeitures, fees and commissions accruing to each of said county officers at the present time:
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring that the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia, be, and the same is hereby proposed to the people of Georgia, to-wit:
Amend Paragraph I, Section 3, Article 11, by adding at the end of said paragraph the following:
"And the General Assembly shall also have authority to fix and prescribe, without regard to uniformity in the various counties, a salary for the services of any of the following county officers in any county of the State having a population of twenty-five thousand or more, to-wit: Clerk of the Superior Court, Clerk of the City Court, Sheriff, Ordinary, Tax Collector, and Tax Receiver, which salary shall be in lieu of the

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fees at present received by or accruing to said county officer and shall be in full compensation for their services as such officers, and the General Assembly shall have the further power and authority to determine what disposition shall be made of the fines, forfeitures, fees and commissions accruing to each of said county officers."
so that said paragraph, when so amended, shall be as follows:
Paragraph I. 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. And the General Assembly shall also have authority to fix and prescribe, without regard to uniformity in the various counties, a salary for the services of any of the following county officers in any county of the State having a population of twenty-five thousand or more, ta-wit: Clerk of the Superior Court, Clerk of the City Court, Sheriff, Ordinary, Tax Collector, and Tax Receiver, which salary shall be in lieu of the fees at present received by or accruing to said county officers and shall be in full compensation for their services as such officers, and the General Assembly shall have the further power and authority to determine what disposition shall be made of the fines, forfeitures, fees and commissions accruing to each of said county officers.
Be it further resolved, That if the foregoing proposed amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly of Georgia such proposed amendment shall be entered on their journals, with the Yeas and Nays taken thereon, and the Governor shall cause such amendment to be published in at least two newspapers in each Congressional District of the State for

WEDNESDAY, AuausT 13, 1924.

935

two months previous to the time of holding the next general election, and the Governor shall also provide for the submission of such proposed amendment to the people at said next general election. All persons voting in said election in favor of said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "For the amendment to the Constitution authorizing the General Assembly to place county officers on a salary in lieu of (ees in all counties having a population of 25,000 or more," and all persons voting in said election against said proposed amendment shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "Against the amendment to the Constitution authorizing the General Assem~ly to place county officers on a salary in lieu of fees in all counties having a population of 25,000 or more." The returns of said election shall be made to the Secretary of State, who shall certify the result thereof to the Governor, and if the people shall ratify said proposed amendment by a majority of the elections qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting thereon, the same shall become a part of the Constitution, and the Governor shall issue a proclamation to that effect.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The following amendment of the House was read and adopted:
By Messrs. Wingate of Baker and Hines of Decatur-
Amend by striking the words "having a population of twentyfive thousand (25,000) or more" in Paragraph 3, lines 11 and 12, page 2, and wherever same appears in said resolution, so that said constitutional amendment when adopted may apply to every county in the State.
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the resolution, was agreed to as amended.
The resolution involving a constitutional amendment the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

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Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Arnold Atkinson of Chatham Aubrey Beck Bennett Boatwright Boswell Bowden Bozeman Braddy Branch Burgin Burt Bussey Carr Carter Childs Collins Copeland Covington Cumming Curry Davis of Thomas DeLaperriere DuBose Duncan Dykes Elders Evans of Warren Eve Fletcher Fortson Fowler Golden Griffis Guess Harrison Hatcher of Burke

Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Hyman Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Jones of Cook Jones of Coweta Jones, A. D. of
Meriwether Jordan Kempton King Lindsey Lyons McCrory McGarity McMullan Maddox Mann Meeks Miles Milner Montgomery Napier Norman of Colquitt Orr Pafford Parker Parrish Penland

Perkins of Muscogee Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pitts Reville Riley Roberts Rowe Sapp Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Spence Stanford Steele Stevens Stewart Stovall Strickland Toole Turner Tyson Vaughn Warren Way Weaver Whitley Whitworth Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Towns Atkinson of Camden

Bandy Barrett Blease

Blackley Brannen Callaway

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987

Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Ghristopher Culpepper Davis of Floyd Dixon of J"enkins Duvall Ellis Ennis Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Foy Griner Grovenstein Haddock Hamrick

Harris Howard of Long Howard of Screven Jones of Floyd Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Langley Latham Linder McClure Mansell Mayo Moore Mullis New Norman of Henry

Owen Peek Perkins of Habersham Perryman Peterson Pickren Pope Price Robertson Russell Shedd Tatum Van Landingham Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Banister Bell Bird Clark Cox Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson Evans of Screven Gillen Greer

Harrell Hatcher of Muscogee Hulme Huxford Johnson of Forsyth Kirkland Knight Logan Loyd McDonald Pickering Rountree Rutherford

Ayes llO, Nays 56.

Smith of Bryan Smith of Lamar Stanley Stone Sutlive Sweat Swindle Tippins Trippe West Willlams Worthy Mr. Speaker

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

On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were llO, Nays 56.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

Mr. Wimberly of Laurens arose to a point of personal privilege and addressed the House.

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Mr. Maddox of Spalding moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to pass Senate Resolution No. 46; the motion prevailed, and Senate Resolution No. 46 went back on the Calendar.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that when the House adjourn this afternoon it stand adjourned until ta-night at 8:00 o'clock and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Stovall of the 29th-
Senate Bill No. 62. A bill to amend the law with reference to the issuance of marriage licenses and for other purposes.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved the previous question.
Mr. Blease of Brooks moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion was lost.
The motion for the previous question prevailed, and the main q~estion was ordered.
The following amendments of the House were read and adopted:
By Mr. Elders of TattnallAmend by inserting between the words "deputy" and
"shall" in line fifty-three of the bill as written, the following words, ta-wit: "shall fail to post in his office facts pertaining to the application, or who"

By Mr. Russell of Barrow-
Amend Section B-62 as follows: By adding to Section two the following words:
"The posting of said notice may be dispensed with in case the parents or guardian of the female appears in person before the Ordinary and consents in writing to the issuance of said license.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1924.

939

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 125, Nays 7.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has concurred in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the following resolution of the House, to-wit:
House Resolution No. 655. A resolution proposing to the people of Georgia an amendment to the Constitution of this State, adding a new paragraph to be known as Paragraph 4-a.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has concurred in the House amendments the following bills and resolution of the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Bill No. 295. A bill to fix and provide for the payment of an adequate salary for the Judge of the City Court of Columbus.
Senate Bill No. 73. A bill to enable voters absent from their voting places on the day of election to vote by registered mail.
Senate Resolution No. 44. A resolution to amend the Constitution to authorize consolidation of the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector.

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JouRNAL OF THE HousE,

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed as amended by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 683. A bill to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia of the State Normal School for maintenance for the year 1925 and to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 to the trustees of the University for the Georgia State School for women for maintenance for the year 1925.
House Bill No. 1008. A bill to amend the general tax Act relative to special taxes.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by substitute by the requisite constitutional majority the following bills of the House, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 812. A bill to secure an appropriation for the Georgia Training School for girls.
House Bill No. 887. A bill to require the preparation in the several counties of this State, by the Tax Collectors' digest covering all special or occupation tax.
Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House do now adjourn and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned until ta-night at 8:00 o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1924.

941

NIGHT SESSION,
8:00 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 the purpose of considering a Senate amendment thereto:
By Messrs. Aubrey and Trippe of Bartow-
House Bill No. 602. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to recovery for homicide and for other purposes.
The following amendments of the Senate were read and agreed to:
Amend Section 1 of said bill by striking therefrom wherever the same appear in Section 1, the words "the full value of the life of such deceased person;" and by adding after the words "the deceased contributed," and before the words "so that said section when amended," the following:
"In which event the amount of the recovery shall be determined by the extent of the dependency or the pecuniary loss sustained by the next of kin."
Amend by adding at the conclusion of Section 1, the following: "in which event the amount of the recovery shall be determined by the extent of the dependency or the pecuniary loss sustained by the next of kin."

The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the hous.e for consideration:
By Mr. Par~er of the 3rd-
Senate Bill No. 269. A bill to authorize counties of the State

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to co-operate in the paving and improvement of streets in municipalities and for other purposes.
The following committee amendment was read and adopted:
Amend by adding at the end of Section 8 the following: "Provided the provisions of this Act shall apply only to those counties having a city therein the population of which city according to the official United States census of 1920 was not more than 18,069 and not less than 18,067."
The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill as amended, was agreed to.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were I 07, Nays 0.
The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was passed as amended.

By Mr. Stovall of the 29th-
Senate Bill No. 75. A bill to amend Section 8858 of Code of 1910 provid~ng for the declaration of liens in favor of mechanics and material men and for other purposes.
Mr. New of Laurens moved that the bill be tabled and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Redwine of the 26th-
Senate Bill No. 284. A bill to amend an Act to regulate banking in this State and for other purposes so as to increase the salary of the Superintendent of Banks from $6,000.00 per annum to $7,500.00 per annum.
Mr. Perryman of Talbot 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.

WEDNESDAY, AuousT 13, 1924.

943

The following bill of the Senate, having been reconsidered and set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, was taken up for further consideration:

By Mr. Pace of the 13th-

Senate Bill No. 128. A bill to prescribe for the inspection of gasoline, benzines and napthas and for other purposes.

Mr. Mann of (!lynn moved that the House reconsider its action in agreeing to the report of the committee and the motion prevailed.

Mr. Covington of Colquitt moved that the House reconsider its action in the adoption of all amendments and the motion prevailed.

Mr. Dykes of Dooly moved that the bill and all amendments be tabled and the motion was lost.

Mr. Hatcher of Burke moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

The amendments of the House by Messrs. New of Laurens and Covington of Colquitt were read and adopted.

The report of the committee, which was favorable to the passage of the bill, was agreed to as amended.

On the passage of the bill as amended Mr. Dykes of Dooly 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 Franklin Adams of Towns Arnold Aubrey Bandy Beck Blease Bleckley Bowden

Braddy Branch Burgin Burt Camp of Coweta Carr Carter Childs Christopher

Copeland Covington Cumming Curry Davis of Thomas DeFoor Duncan Duvall Elders

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Ellis Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Foy Golden Griffis Harrell Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Huxford Jenkins Jones of Coweta Jones of Floyd

Jones, A. D. of

PhillipsofTelfair

Meriwether

Pitts

Jones, W. R., of

Price

Meriwether

Riley

Jordan

Robertson

King

Russell

Latham

Shettlesworth

Lindsey

Simpson

Lyons

Smith of Jefferson

McCrory

Spence

Maddox

Steele

Mann

Stewart

Mansell

Stovall

Miles

Sweat

Milner

Tatum

Montgomery

Tippins

New

Tyson

Norman of Colquitt West

Orr

Wimberly of Laurens

Penland

Wimberly of Toombs

Perkins of Habersham Wingate

Peterson

Wright

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adair Atkinson of Chatham Barrett Bell Bennett Boatwright Boswell Bozeman Brannen Bussey Callaway Camp of Campbell Collins Culpepper Davis of Floyd DeLaperriere Dixon of Jenkins DuBose Dykes Evans of Screven

Eve Fleming of Columbia Fowler Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Hamrick Harris Holden Howard of Screven Hyman Johnson of Bacon Langley Logan Loyd McClure McGarity McMullan Mayo

Meeks Moore Mullis Parker Peek Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Jasper Pope Reville Rountree Rowe Sapp Smith of Bryan Stanley Strickland Sutlive Trippe Turner Warren

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 19!l4.

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Weaver Whitworth

Wilson Wimberly of Twiggs

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Anderson Atkinson of Camden Banister Bird Clark Cox Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup Dixon of Wilkinson Ennis Evans of Warren Gillen Greer Harrison Holton Hulme Johnson of Forsyth

Jones of Cook Kempton Kirkland Knight Linder McDonald Napier Norman of Henry Owen Pafford Parrish Pickering Pickren Roberts Rutherford Shedd

Ayes 90, Nays 66.

Wood Woodruff
Singletary Smith of Fulton Smith of Lamar Stanford Stevens Stone Swindle Toole Van Landingham Vaughn Way Whitley Williams Winship Worthy Mr. Speaker

The roll call was verified.
On the passage of the bill as amended the Ayes were 9o,
Nays 66.

The bill having received the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

The following bills of the Senate, set as a special order by the Committee on Rules, were read the third time and placed before the House for consideration:

By Mr. Cason of the 1st and others-
Senate Bill No. 161. A bill to amend the Constitution relative to State owned terminal facilities at a Georgia Port.

The following minority report to Senate Bill No. 161 was read:

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Mr. Speaker:
We, the undersigned members of the Constitutional Amendment Committee, the committee hearing said bill, file this, their minority report to said bill, and said same should not pass, because same is not necessary, and the State is unable to undertake the same, and same should wait till State's finances are in better shape.
Messrs. Howard of Chattahoochee,
McClure of Walker,
J. H. Milner,
H. H. Elders of Tattnall,
S. P. New,
T. L. Pickren of Charlton,
W. N. Tatum of Dade.

Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved the previous question.

Mr. New of Laurens moved that the bill be tabled and the motion was lost.

The motion for the previous question 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 a constitutional amendment the roll call was ordered and the vote was as follows:

Those voting in the affirmative were Messrs.:

Adair Adams of Towns Atkinson of Chatham Bell Bennett Blackley Boatwright

Bowden Bozeman Branch Brannen Burt Bussey Camp of Coweta

Collins Copeland Cumming Davis of Floyd Dixon of .Jenkins DuBose Dykes

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947

Ennis Eve Fleming of Columbia Fleming of Hancock Fletcher Fortson Fowler Griner Grovenstein Guess Haddock Han is Hatcher of Burke Hatcher of Muscogee Hines of Sumter Holden Holton

Howard of Long Howard of Screven Jones of Cook Kempton Langley Loyd Maddox Mayo Mullis Orr Parker Parrish Penland Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Phillips of Jasper Riley

Roberts

Rountree

"

Russell

Shedd

Shettlesworth

Simpson

Smith of Bryan

Smith of Fulton

Sutlive

Tippins

Tyson

Weaver

Wilson

Wimberly of Twiggs

Wingate

Wood

Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Barrett Beck Boswell Braddy Burgin Childs Christopher Covligton Culpepper Davis of Thomas DeLaperriere Duncan Elders Evans of Warren Foy Golden Hamrick Hyman

Jenkins Johnson of Bacon Jones of Coweta Jones, W. R., of
Meriwether Latham Lindsey Lyons McClure Mann Milner New Norman of Colquitt Norman of Henry Pafford Peek Perkins of Habersham Peterson Pickren

Pitts Pope Price Reville Robertson Rowe Sapp Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stewart Stovall Sweat Tatum Trippe Warren Wimberly of Laurens Wright

Those not voting were Messrs.:

Anderson Arnold Atkinson of Camden Aubrey Bandy

Banister Bird Blease Callaway Camp of Campbell

Carr Carter Clark Cox Curry

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.Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor Dixon of Wilkinson Duvall Ellis Evans of Screven Gillen Greer Griffis Harrell Harrison Head Hillhouse Hines of Decatur Houston Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Hulme Huxford Johnson of Forsyth Jones of Floyd

Jones, A. D. of Meriwether
Jordan King Kirkland Knight Linder Logan McCrory McDonal<;l. McGarity McMullan Mansell Meeks Miles Montgomery Moore Napiex Owen Phillips of Telfair Pickering

Rutherford Singletary Stanley Steele Stevens Stone Strickland Swindle Toole Turner Van Landingham Vaughn Way West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wimberly of Toombs Winship Worthy Mr. Speaker

Ayes 72, Nays 56.

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

On the passage of the bill the Ayes were 72, Nays 56.

The bill having failed to receive the requisite constitutional majority was lost.

The following bills of the House were taken up for the purpose of considering Senate amendments thereto:
By Messrs~ Elders and McCrory of Schley-
House Bill No. 141. A bill to pr~vide for the assessment and collection of taxes on railway equipment companies and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:

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Amend by inserting in the caption of said bill the words: "and increasing the compensation of the Public Service Corporation Tax Clerk in the office of the Comptroller-General " and further amend by adding after Section 5 of said bill the following words: "The Public Service Corporation Tax Clerk in the office of the Comptroller-General shall receive an additional salary of $3,400.00 per. annum to compensate for extra labor involved in the assessment and collection of the taxes herein provided for, and this Act shall become effective immediately upon the approval of the Governor, and the additional salary herein provided for shall be paid by the State Treasurer as now provided by law for the payment of salaries to the State House Officers and Clerks."
Mr. Elders of Tattnall moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
Mr. Russell of Barrow moved the previous question; the motion prev~iled, and the main question was ordered.
On the motion to agree Mr. New of Laurens called for the Ayes and Nays and the call was not sustained.
The motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment prevailed.

The conference committee on House Bill No. 744 submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
The conference committee on House Bill No. 724 being unable to reach an agreement the Committee of the House begs leave to be excused from further consideration of this bill.
WM. M. PAFFORD, WILL H. STANFORD,
w. R. BLEASE.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has concurred in the House amendments to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:

By Mr. Stovall of the 29th-
Senate Bill No. 62. A bill to amend the law with reference to the issuance of marriage licenses.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has disagreed to the House amendment to the following bill of the Senate, to-wit:
House Bill No. 269. A bill to authorize counties of Georgia to cooperate in the paving and improvement of streets in such municipalities.

Mr. Huxford of Clinch moved that a new conference committee be appointed on House Bill No. 724 and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House as a new conference committee on House Bill No. 724:
Messrs Jones of Cook,
Huxford of Clinch,
Bussey of Crisp.

By Mr. Maddox of SpaldingHouse Bill No. 70. A bill to amend the Code of 1910 by

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adding that no bond to reconvey shall be given where such deed shows upon its face that it is given to secure a debt."
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend by striking the word "given" in line 4 of the caption and inserting in lieu thereof the word "necessary" and by striking the word "given'' from line 33 of page 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "necessary."
Mr. Maddox of Spalding moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.

By Messrs. Copeland of Lowndes and Fleming of Hancock-
House Bill No. 824. A bill to appropriate $10,000.00 for Military Establishment of the State and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend House Bill No. 824 by striking the figures "$10,000.00" whenever the same appears in said bill and substituting in lieu thereof the figures "$10,773.76. Provided, that seven hundred and seventy-three dollars and seventysix cents of this sum be used to pay A. C. Woolley and Company, for supplies furnished Military Department in 1922."
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Bozeman of Worth and Mrs. Napier of Bibb-
House Bill No. 631. A bill to appropriate $5,000.00 for the year 1925 and each year thereafter for the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend by striking the words "1925" in line 7 of Section 1 and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "1924."
Mr. Dykes of Dooly moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

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Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment ~nd the motion prevailed.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The President has appointed as a new conference committee on part of the Senate to consider House Bill No. 724 the following Senators, ta-wit:
Messrs. Pace of 13th,
King of lith,
Hamby of 40th.

By Mr. Harris of Jefferson-
House Bill No. 648. A bill to appropriate $20,000.00 for the year 1924 and $20,000.00 for the year 1925 to the University of Georgia and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend by adding in the 5th line of the caption of said bill after the figures "1925" and before the word "and" the following: "and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the lith District Agricultural School."
Amt.nd further by adding a new section to be known as "2-A" to read as follows: "Section 2-A. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the sum of $5,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Tru~tees of the University of Georgia for the Eleventh District Agricultural School for the purpose of replacing furniture in the Boys' Dormitory, and installing a water and sewerage system in and to said school building, said sum to be immediately available."
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment.and the motion prevailed.

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By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Bill No. 657. A bill to appropriate $43,944.23 to Georgia School of Technology for the years 1923-24 for deficiency in maintenance and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend by adding an additional section to read as follows, and not to be numbered Section 1-A, to-wit:
"Section 1-A. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that there is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia and its Branches, for the use of the Georgia State Woman's College at Valdosta to supply a deficiency in revenue for operating expenses, the sum of $15,000.00.,
and that the caption of said bill be and the same is hereby amended by inserting in line 4 after the figures "24" and before the word "and" the following: "To appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the State Woman's College at Valdosta."
Miss Kempton of Fulton moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment prevailed.

By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
House Resolution No. 224. A resolution to appropriate $250,000.00 for the support and maintenance of the common or public schools of the State and for other purposes.
The following amendments of the Senate were read:

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No. 1. Amend by adding Section 2 before the repealing clause as follows: "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by the authority of same, that Section 65 of the Act known as "An Act to codify the school laws of the State of Georgia," approved August 19, 1919, be amended as follows: by striking from line 21 of said Section 65 "$1,000.00" and inserting in lieu thereof the figures "$1,600. 00."
Mr. Perryman of Talbot moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.
No. 2. Amend by adding a new section known as Section 3, as follows: "Provided, that should the total revenue of the State exceed the sum of $9,000.00 per yea;, then one-half of the excess of each of said years is hereby appropriated in addition to the above appropriation in accordance with the Act approved, August 19, 1919."
Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.
No. 3. Amend by adding to the caption the following:
And to authorize and ~irect the State Treasurer to pay to the Counties of Rabun, Habersham, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union, and such other counties as may hereafter become entitled, certain funds due same, or hereafter to become due them, paid, or hereafter to be paid into the Treasury of this State by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America, arising from the sale of products, privileges, easements or otherwise of, or from the public lands of the Nantahala and Cherokee National Forests in which said counties, or parts thereof, lie, as provided by the Acts of Congress of May 23, 1908, (c. 192, 35 Stat., 260), and March 1, 1911, (36 Stat., 961, et seq.), and amendment thereto of June 30, 1914, (c. 131, 38 Stat., 441); one-half of said funds allotted to the said several counties to be paid to the County School Superintendent of the County, to be used for the benefit of the public schools, and one-half of said funds allotted to said several


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counties to be paid to the ordinary of the county named to be used for the benefit of the public roads thereof, and for other purposes.
And by adding the following sections and sub-sections, to-wit:
Sec. 4. And, Whereas, the Congress of the United States of America did, on March I, I911, (36 Stat., 96I et seq.), enact what is known as the Week's Forestry Law which provides for the purchase of certain lands by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America for the United States for the purposes therein named; and,

Whereas, by the provisions of said last named Act the said Secretary of Agriculture has purchased for the United States of America a large area of land in said named counties in this State and together with territory of like character in other states immediately adjoining said counties, has formed, designated and laid out two National Forests, to-wit: Nantahala National Forest, in which the Counties of Rabun and Habersham partly lie, and the Cherokee National Forest, in which the Counties of Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin and Union partly lie: and,

Whereas, said Congress provides by said Act of May 23, I908, and said Act of March I, I911, and said amendment thereto of June 30, I9I4, that twenty-five percentum of all moneys received from each National Forest in which the lands acquired under this Act may from time to time be divided shall he paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State or Territory in which said reserve is situated, to be expended as the State or Territorial Legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and the public roads of the county or counties in which the forest reserve is situated: Provided, That when any forest reserve is in more than one State or Territory or county the distributive share to each from the proceeds of said reserve shall be proportional to its area therein; and,

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Whereas, under the provisions of said named Acts of Congress there has been paid into the Treasury of this State by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States the sum of eight thousand, four hundred, thirty-four dollars and sixteen cents ($8,434.16), arising from the sale of products, privileges, easements .and otherwise of the National Forests hereinabove named, and allotment or disbursement of same, based upon the areas of said National Forests, to the counties named hereinabove, as furnished the Treasurer of this State by the United States Department. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington, D. C., is as follows, ta-wit: Rabun, twentyeight hundred, thirty-five dollars and eighty-five cents ($2,835.85); Habersham, ninety-eight dollars and fifty-six cents ($98.56); Fannin, three thousand, one hundred, four dollars and eighty-five cents, ($3,104.85); Gilmer, five dollars and sixty cents ($5.60); Lumpkin, two hundred twenty-six dollars and fourteen cents ($226.14); Union, two thousand, one hundred, sixty-three dollars and sixteen cents ($2,163.16); fifty percentum of said named sum due each of said counties named to be paid same to be used for the benefit of public schools, and fifty percentum to be used for the benefit of public roads therein; and,
Whereas, under and by the provisions of said named Acts of Congress, and arising from the operation of the same, additional areas in said named, or other counties,of this State may, or are likely to be, purchased by the said Secretary of Agriculture for the purposes named therein and hereafter become a part or parts of the areas of said named National Forests or other National Forest or Forests designated by said Secretary of Agriculture, from which other moneys may arise and be paid into the Treasury of this State by said Secretary of the Treasury of the United States as provided by said Acts of Congress hereinabove named, and to be disbursed to the several counties under the provisions of said named Acts: Therefore,
Sub-Section I. Be it further resolved by the authority aforesaid, That there is hereby appropriated to the following

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counties of this State the funds or moneys now in the Treasury of this State, designated and named hereinabove, and due said counties under the provisions of said several named Acts of Congress, paid into the Treasury of this State by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and allotted by the Secretary of Agriculture as hereinabove referred to, ta-wit: Rabun, twenty-eight hundred, thirty-five dollars and eightyfive cents ($2,835.85); Habersham, ninety-eight dollars, fifty-six cents ($98.56); Fannin, three thousand, one hundred, four dollars and eighty-five cents, ($3,104.85); Gilmer, five dollars and sixty cents ($5.60); Lumpkin, two hundred twentysix dollars, fourteen cents ($226.14); Union, two thousand one hundred sixty-three dollars and sixteen cents ($2,163.16); which said several named sums shall he paid by the Treasurer of this State, fifty percentum to the County Superintendent of Schools of the county to which said sum named is due and is hereby appropriated, to he used for the benefit of the Public Schools of said county, and fifty percentum to the Ordinary of.the county said named sum is due and is hereby appropriated, to he used for the benefit of the Public Roads of said county, as provided by the said several Acts of Congress hereinabove named
Sub-Sec. 2. Be it further resolved by the authority aforesaid, That all other moneys thereafter arising from said named National Forests or from any other National Forest, part or all of which lies in any county or counties of this State, and paid into the Treasury of this State by the authorities hereinabove named and to he disbursed to any county lying within any National Forest area, and allotted to any county by the said Secretary of Agriculture, are hereby appropriated to the several counties to which same may he or become due by virtue of said named Acts or any other Acts of Congress, and the Treasurer of this State is hereby directed to pay same to the authorities of said counties hereinabove named, and the same to he used for the purposes said Acts of Congress so designate.
Sub-Sec. 3. Be it further resolved by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor of this State is hereby required and

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directed to draw his warrant or order on the Treasurer or Treasury of this State in favor of the said several county officers hereinabove named for the amounts due said several counties, as hereinabove designated, and for such other and further amounts as may hereafter become due to any county of this State under and by virtue of said several Acts of Congress, now or hereafter to be enacted relative to these funds, and that the Comptroller-General of this State is hereby directed and required to approve and countersign same, and the Treasurer of this State to pay same, so that said funds will reach the several counties entitled thereto as the same are now due or may hereafter become due to such county.
And by striking Section 2 of said resolution and inserting in lieu thereof Section 5.
Mr. Stovall of Elbert moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 681. A bill to appropriate $198,500.00 to supply deficiency at the Georgia State Sanitarium and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend by adding to the caption of said bill the following words: "And to appropriate the sum of twenty-nine thousand five hundred ($29,500.00) dollars to the Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium at Milledgeville, Georgia, for the purpose of rebuilding the ice and cold storage plant at said institution."
Amend by adding after Section one of said bill the following words: "Section I (a). Be it further enacted that the sum of twenty-nine thousand five hundred ($29,500.00) dollars be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to the 'L'rustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium, at Milledgeville, Georgia, for the purpose of rebuilding the ice and cold storage plant at said institution."

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Mr. Culpepper of Fayette moved that the House disagree to the State amendment.
Mr. Ennis of Baldwin moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.

By Messrs. Bussey of Crisp and Burt of Dougherty-
House Bill No. 682. A bill to appropriate $15,000.00 to the State Board of Entomology for work in eradicating pecan diseases and pest and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend by striking from line two of the caption the figures "$15,000.00" and insert in lieu thereof the figures $30,000.00 and amend caption further by inserting in line two thereof after the word "entomology" and before the word "for" in line three the figures and word "for each of the years 1924 and
1925."
Also: Amend by striking from line three of Section one the figures "$15,000.00" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) for each of the years 1924 and 1925."
Mr. Burt of Dougherty moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
Mr. Wilson of Walton moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
On the motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Mr. Stewart of Atkinson 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.:

Ad&r Adams of Towns Arnold Atkinson of Chatham

Bandy Beck Bell Bennett

Bleckley Boswell Bowden Burt

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Bussey Camp of Campbell Camp of Coweta Childs Collins Copeland Culpepper Cumming Davis of Floyd Dixon of Jenkins DuBose Duncan Dykes Ennis Eve Fleming of Hancock Fortson Fowler Guess Haddock Harris Hatcher of Burke

Hines of Decatur Hines of Sumter Holden Holton Howard of Screven Hyman Jones of Coweta Kempton Langley Loyd Mann Mayo Meeks Milner Moore Mullis Orr Pafford Parker Peek Perkins of Habersham Phillips of Jasper

Pickren Pope Riley Roberts Rowe Russell Shedd Stanford Stanley Sweat Trippe Turner Tyson Warren Weaver Wilson Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Wood Woodruff

Those voting in the negative were Messrs.:

Barrett Burgin Christopher Covington Davis of Thomas Fletcher Golden Head Howard of Chatta-
hoochee Howard of Long Huxford

Jones of Cook Jones of Floyd Latham Lyons McClure McMullan Maddox Mansell New Norman of Henry Penland Perkins ofMuscogee

Peterson Pitts Sapp Shettlesworth Smith of Bryan Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Stewart Stovall Sutlive Tatum Wimberly of Laurens

Those not voti~g were Messrs.:

Adams of Franklin Anderson Atkinson of Camden Aubrey Banister Bird Blease

Boatwright Bozeman Braddy Branch Brannen Callaway Carr

Carter Clark Cox Curry Daniel of Heard Daniel of Troup DeFoor

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DeLaperriere Dixon of Wilkinson Duvall Elders Ellis Evans of Screven Evans of Warren Fleming of Columbia Parker Parrish Peek Penland Perkins of Habersham Perkins of Muscogee Perryman Peterson Phillips of Jasper Phillips of Telfair Pickering Pickren Pitts Pope Price Reville Riley Roberts

Robertson Rountree Rowe Russell Rutherford Sapp Shedd Shettlesworth Simpson Singletary Smith of Bryan Smith of Fulton Smith of Jefferson Smith of Lamar Spence Stanford Stanley Steele Stevens Stewart Stone Stovall Strickland Sutlive Sweat Swindle

Tatum Tippins Toole Trippe Turner Tyson Van Landingham Vaughn Warren Way Weaver West Whitley Whitworth Williams Wilson Wimberly of Laurens Wimberly of Toombs Wimberly of Twiggs Wingate Winship Wood Woodruff Worthy Wright Mr. Speaker

Ayes 77, Nays 35.

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

On the motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment the Ayes were 77, Nays 35 and the motion prevailed.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has passed by the reqmstte constitutional majority the following bills of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 780. A bill to provide for appointment of stenographic reporters in certain counties.

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House Bill No. 850. A bill to amend an Act levying a tax on dealers in cigarettes, etc.
House Bill No. 999. A bill to appropriate $4,000.00 to the Academy for the Blind at Macon for purchase of a pipe organ.
House Bill No. 738. A bill to amend an Act establishing a school for colored persons as a branch of the State University
House Bill No. 953. A bill to appropriate $24,000.00 for_ 1924 and $48,000.00 for 1925 for expenses and maintenance of State Department of Revenue.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by the reqms1te constitutiona majority the following resolutions of the House, ta-wit:
House Resolution No. 251. To appropriate $10,000.00 to the State Board of Health for use of State Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
House Resolution No. 277. To appropriate $5,000.00 to State Service Bureau.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has passed by therequisiteconstitutionalmajority the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 408. A bill to regulate the sale of commercial fertilizers.

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

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

By Mr. Bussey and others-
House Bill No. 977. A bill to appropriate money to State College of Agriculture.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the conference committee report on the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 724. A bill to amend the Act relative to tick eradication in the several counties of the State.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate insists upon its amendment to the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 648. A bill to appropriate to the Trustees of the University of Georgia the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the year 1924 and $20,000.00 for the year 1925.
By unanimous consent the House reconsidered its action in disagreeing to the Senate amendment to House Bill No. 648.
By unanimous consent the Senate amendment to House Bill No. 648 was agreed to.

By Mr. Smith of BryanHouse Resolution No. 330. A resolution providing for a

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committee to investigate the Old Soldiers' Home and for other purposes.
The following amendment of the Senate was read:
Amend by adding thereto at the end thereof the following: "The expenses of said investigation shall be paid out of the standing appropriation for visiting committees."
Mr. Smith of Bryan moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.

The following report of the Conference Committee on House Bill No. 724 was submitted and read:

Mr. Speaker:

The Conference Committee appointed by the Senate and the House on the Senate substitute to House Bill No. 724 agree upon the following report, to-wit:
Amend Senate substitute for House Bill No. 724 by inserting the word "other" between the words "any" and "State" in the 6th line of Section 5 of said substitute; and by inserting word "other" between the words "any" and "State" in the 15th line of the caption of said Senate substitute; and that the substitute as so amended be adopted.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES of Cook,
HuxFORD of Clinch,
BussEY of Crisp,
Committee from the House.

PAcE of the 13th, K1NG of the lith, HAMBY of the 40th, Committee from the Senate.

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Mr. Pafford of Lanier moved that the report be adopted:
Mr. Fleming of Hancock moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The report of the Conference Committee on House Bill No. 724 was adopted.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson gave notice that he would submit a protest in writing against the action of the House in appropriating money without a roll call, same being in reference to House Bill No. 724.

By Messrs. DuBose and Holden of Clarke-

House Bill No. 683. A bill to appropriate $25,000.00 for 1925 to the State Normal School at Athens and $25,000.00 for 1925 to the Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville and for other purposes.

The following amendment of the Senate was read:

Amends as follows:

By adding at the end of the caption the following:

"and also to authorize the Board of Trustees of the Third

District Agricultural and Mechanical School to borrow $13,-

000.00 to pay outstanding indebtedness, to provide for security

for same, and for other purposes."



And by adding at the end of Section 2 a new section to be known as Section 2--a as follows:

"Whereas, the Board of Trustees of the Third District Agricultural School are indebted to numerous creditors in the aggregate sum of thirteen ($13,000.00) thousand dollars, the same representing the balance due by said board for labor, supplies, and material used in the construction of the academic building located on the lands belonging to said school, which building was erected to replace one destroyed by fire; and

Whereas, said creditors have instituted legal action in the courts to enforce the payment of the aforesaid indebtedness,

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by judgment, levy and sale, and it is necessary to pay said indebtedness in order to prevent a sale of the property of the said school at public sale; therefore
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that the Board of Trustees of said Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School is hereby fully authorized and empowered to borrow, for the purpose of paying the aforesaid indebtedness, a sum of money not to exceed thirteen thousand ($13,000.00) dollars, and to secure the same, either by mortgage upon the lands and property of said schools or by an issue of bonds to run not longer than thirteen years, in such form and in such denominations as said Board of Trustees may deem advisable and to be secured by a mortgage or deed of trust upon the lands and other property of the said schools, and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of said school is hereby authorized and empowered to make and execute a mortgage, deed of trust, or deed with power of sale to secure debt, or such other conveyance as may be necessary to secure such money borrowed upon said school property, and to receive the money for the Board of Trustees of said school, provided the same shall be applied only in payment of the aforesaid indebtedness.
That, in addition to the maintenance fund annually appropriated for the support of said school, the General Assembly shall annually appropriate to the Board of Trustees of said school a sum sufficient to pay the principal and interest of said indebtedness as and when same becomes due.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed by the Senate to notify the House of Representatives that the Senate has completed the transaction of business and is now ready to adjourn sine die.

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By Messrs. Mullis of Bleckley, Boswell of Greene and others-
House Bill No. 726. A bill to appropriate money for deficiency for calcium arsenate work in Laboratory Department of the Department of Agriculture and for other purposes.
The amendments of the Senate were read.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that the House agree to all of the Senate amendments.
Mr. Wilson of Walton moved the previous question on all amendments of the Senate; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
No. 1. Amend by striking the figures "$2,500.00" appearing in line 3 of the caption and in the eighth line of Section 1 and in the second line of Section 2 and inserting "$5,000.00" in lieu thereof.
Senate amendment No. 1 was disagreed to.
Mr. Moore of Appling moved that the House reconsider its action in failing to agree to Senate Amendment No. 1 and the motion was lost.
No. 2. Amend by inserting a new section after Section 2, to be known as Section 3, to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an amount not in excess of one thousand ($1,000.00) annually of the amount herewith appropriated shall be used to compensate the Chief Chemist for his services in supervising the work prescribed in an Act approved August 17, 1920, known as the Insecticide and Fungicide Act, and this shall be in addition to the salary already prescribed for said Chief Chemist.
The Commissioner of Agriculture shall draw reqmsttlon upon the Governor and pay said sum in the same manner as other payments are made from this fund."
Amend further by re-numbering the remaining section of said bill to read "Section 4."

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Mr. Russell of Barrow moved that the House agree to Senate Amendment No. 2; the motion was lost, and Senate Amendment No. 2 was disagreed to.
Mr. Russell of Barrow moved that the House agree to Senate Amendment No. 3, providing for an appropriation of $15,000.00 for an exhibit of resources of Georgia; the motion was lost, and Senate Amendment No. 3 was disagreed to.

By Miss Kempton of Fulton and Messrs. DeFoor of Clayton, Atkinson of Chatham and others-
House Bill No. 812. A bill for the purpose of securing an appropriation for the Georgia Training School for Girls.
The substitute of the Senate was read.
Mr. Kempton of Fulton moved that the House disagree to the Senate substitute and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Davis of Floyd-
House Bill No. 887. A bill to require Tax Collectors of the several counties to prepare digest covering all special or occupation taxes and for other purposes.
The following substitute of the Senate was read:
A BILL.
To be entitled an Act to require the preparation in the several counties of this State, by the Tax Collectors thereof, digests covering all special or occupation taxes; to provide compensation for such services; to provide for the printing of digest, cash books, .receipt license books, etc., covering special or occupation taxes, etc., by the Commissioner of Revenues, at the expense of the State; to provide how said tax digests, cash books, receipt license books, shall be kept by Tax Collectors; to require all individuals, firms, partnerships, corporations subject to special or occupation taxes to post

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their State license in conspicuous place in their places of business, a~d for other purposes.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That after January I, 1925, it shall be the duty of the several Tax Collectors of this State, in addition to their other duties, to make out and prepare two digests, said digest to be known as special tax digests, in writing, and figures, plainly, legible and neatly covering all special or occupation taxes of every character, either due or paid by each individual, firm, partnership or corporation.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Georgia to have printed, at the expense of the State, a special digests to be used by said Tax Collectors in reports of individuals, firms, partnerships, and occupations subject to special and occupation taxes, and also cash books, receipt license book with stubs for the use of the said Tax Collector, and it shall be the duty of every individual firm, partnership, or corporation who may be subject to special or occupation taxes to post their State license in a conspicuous place in their place of business and to keep it there at all times during the life of such license.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Tax Collector for the services rendered in the preparation of special or occupation tax digests shall be entitled to a remuneration of ten cents for the name of each individual, firm, or corporation subject to pay a special or occupation tax, under the laws of Georgia, in their respective counties, entered on said digests.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the several Tax Collectors to open their said digests for the entry or return of special or occupation taxes on the first day of January of each year, and to receive special or occupation taxes, or the returns thereof within the time and in the manner prescribed by law; to embrace

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in his said digest to the Commissioner of Revenue, and in the permanent records of his office, respectively, a list of all defaulters, and the amount of their true taxes; and to perform all other duties required by law, and which necessarily, under the law, appertain to this office.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the several Tax Collectors of this State to complete in a plain, neat and legible manner the dig.ests of special or occupation taxes, not later than March 1st, of each year, sending one copy of same, immediately, to the Commissioner of Revenue, and retaining in his own office, as a permanent record of same, the other copy.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the several Tax Collectors of this State after the completion of the aforesaid digests in duplicate on March 1st of each year, to continue to enter in their digests names of all who then or may later owe the State special or occupation taxes and all Tax Collectors are required to send a duplicate list of all names so entered to the Commissioner of Revenues weekly, in writing, that the returns of said taxes may be entered on the digest in the office of the Commissioner of Revenue so that the tax record of the State may be kept up to date.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the several Tax Collectors oLthis State to remit to the Commissioner of Revenue, on the 1st day of each month of all special or occupation taxes which are delinquent, after deducting their commission of 10% as now allowed by law, plus ten cents per name for each individual, firm, partnership, or corporation whose name they have entered on digest kept in their offices for that purpose, plus all penalties collected on delinquent taxes to the Commissioner of Revenue, after deducting ten per cent of penalties collected by Tax Collectors, as their commission.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the several Tax Collectors of this

WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 13, 1924.

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State to keep in their respective offices, as a permanent record, one copy of the aforesaid tax digest, and all cash books, receipt license books, showing stub for every license issued, all the above described books, shall be subje~t to the inspection and examination of the Commissioner of Revenue, or his Deputies, at any reasonable time, and for the benefit of the public.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Mr. Davis of Floyd moved that the House agree to the Senate substitute and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Ennis of Baldwin-
House Bill No. 1008. . A bill to amend the General Tax Act relative to special taxes.
The following amendments of the Senate were read:
I
No. 1. Amend the caption of House Bill No. 1008 by adding after the words "Insurance Companies" and before the words "and for other purposes" .the following:
And for the purpose of levying an additional occupation tax on all distribution of motor fuels one-half cent per gallon upon every gallon of gasoline sold.
Amend House Bill No. 1008 by adding thereto a section to be numbered three (3) and other sections numbered accordingly. Said Section three (3) to be in words and figures as follows:
Sec. 3. For the purposes of defraying the expenses of the Highways Department and the support of such convict forces as may be used by said department and for material and machinery that may be used in the construction of roads by such forces, there shall be levied and collected on and after October I, 1924, as an occupation tax on all distributors selling motor fuels in this State in addition to other occupa-

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tion taxes heretofore levied on distributors of gasoline and motor fuels sold in Georgia one-half cent per gallon on all gasoline sold in Georgia, the same to be levied and collected and disbursed to the Highway Department as provided in an Act approved August 10, 1921, and amended by an Act approved August 19, 1922, and further amended by an Act approved August 14, 1923, and known as the gas tax Act.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
Mr. Wilson of Walton moved the previous question; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.
The motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment No. 1 was lost and the amendment was disagreed to.
No. 2. Amend Bouse Bill No. 1008, by striking the whole of Section two (2) thereof and renumbering the repealing clause so that the same shall be Section number two (2) by said bill.
Mr. Ennis of Baldwin moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.
Senate amendment No. 3, relative to operation of motor busses and jitneys.
Mr. Ennis of Baldwin moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.
Senate Amendment No. 4, relative to operation of motor busses and jitneys.
Mr. Fowler of Bibb moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that the bill and all amendments be tabled and the motion was lost.
Mr. Harris of Jefferson moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment.
Mr. Stewart of Atkinson moved the previous question on Senate amendment No. 4; the motion prevailed, and the main question was ordered.

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973

The motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment was lost.
The motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment prevailed.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has receded from its amendment to House Bill No. 726 which amendment provided for an appropriation of $15,000.00 for an exhibit of agricultural, horticultural and geological resources of Georgia.
The Senate insists on its other amendments to the bill.

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

Mr. Speaker:
The Senate mststs on its su_bstitute on the following bill of the House, to-wit:
House Bill No. 812. A bill to secure appropriation for Georgia Training School for Girls, and respectfully asks for conference committee.
Mr. Sapp of Whitfield moved that the House recede from it's disagreement to Senate Amendment No. 1 and Senate Amendment No. 2 to House Bill No. 726 and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House as a Conference Committee on House Bill No. 812:
Messrs. Smith of Lamar,
Perkins of Muscogee,
Miss Kempton of Fulton.

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The following resolution of the House was read and lost:

By Mr. Huxford of Elbert-
House Resolution No. 884. A resolution that the General Assembly do now adjourn sine die.

By Mr. Stovall of Elbert-
House Bill No. 890: A bill to amend the Code of 1910 relative to time for registrars to file list of qualified voters and for other purposes.
The following amendments of the Se_nate were read:
Amend by adding after the figures "1910" and before the word "and" the following: "To provide the time when registrars shall make and file their report of registered voters, the said list to include certain voters as were qualified as of the first day of June next preceding; to provide, this Act shall not be construed to change e~isting laws with reference to special elections."
Amend further by striking out in line 16 after the word "voters" to and including the word "preceding."
Amend further on page 2 line 18 by striking out the word "the" and all other words to and including "preceding" in line 15.
Mr. Stovall of Elbert moved that the House agree to the Senate amendments and the motion prevailed.

By Mr. Shettlesworth of Gwinnett-
House Bill No. 922. A bill to fix the compensation of the Treasurer of Gwinnett County and for other purposes.
The Senate amendment was read.
Mr. Shettlesworth of Gwinnett moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.

WEDNESDAY, AuousT 13, 1924.

975

By Mr. Fleming of the Hancock-
House Bill No. 936. A bill to appropriate $4,700.00 to . meet a deficiency in the operation of the Tenth District Agricultural School at Granite Hill for the year 1919.
The following amendments of the Senate were read:
No. I. Amend as follows: By adding to the caption thereof after the figures "1919" in line five the words "and to appropriate to the trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Fifth District Agricultural College located near Monroe, Walton County, Georgia, the sum of $7,500.00 for completing ahd constructing an adequate water and fire system for. said school available immediately and for other purposes. Also amends Section one of said bill by adding thereto at the end thereof after the figures "1919" the following words: and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of Fifth District Agricultural College located near Monroe in Walton County, Georgia, for completing and constructing an adequate water and fire system for said school. Also amends Section two of said bill by striking, the word "Sum" in line two and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "Sums."
Mr. Wilson of Walton moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.
No. 2. Amends as follows:
First. Amend the caption by adding at the end thereof the following: and also to appropriate the sum of $13,000.00 to the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School, located at Americus, Georgia, for the payment of balance due for erection of academic building destroyed by fire, and for other purposes."
Second. By adding at the end of Section 2 a new section to be numbered Section 2-a, as follows: Section 2-a. Be it

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further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that the sum of thirteen thousand ($13,000.00) dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School, located at Americus, Georgia, the same to be immediately available and paid to the Board of Trustees of said school, upon the warrant of the Governor, and to be applied in payment of indebtedness now existing and upon which suit has been filed against said school and board, representing balance of cost of constructing academic building destroyed by fire.
Mr. McCrory of Schley moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.
No. 3. Amends by inserting before the repealing clause the following words:
"Be it further enacted by the General AssemblyofGeorgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the year 1924, be appropriated to the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia for the use of the Twelfth District Agricultural and Mechanical School situated at Cochran, Georgia, for the purpose of building and equiping a girls' dormitory and purchasing other equipment.
Second. Be it further enacted that the caption of said bill be amended in accordance with this amendment.

Mr. Milner of Dodge moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.

No. 4. And the further sum of $6,500.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated to complete and equip building at the Seventh District Agricultural and Mechanical School and the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant in favor of said Trustees of said Seventh District Agricultural School. Amend the caption accordingly.
Mr. Roberts of Cobb moved that the House agree to the Senate amendment and the motion prevailed.

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977

The following report of the Conference Committee on House Bill No. 81~ was submitted and read:

Mr. Speaker:

Your Conference Committee on House Bill No. 81~ submit the following report:
That the Senate has receded from the Senate amendment and we have agreed upon an amendment by the committee, to original House Bill No. 81~.
Miss Kempton,
Messrs Smith of Lamar,
Perkins of Muscogee.

The following Conference Committee amendment to House Bill No. 81~ was read:
Provided, that the sum hereby appropriated shall be expended only for the purpose of paying for pipe for said water mains and before a voucher is issued for said sum an agreement between Fulton County and or City of Atlanta and Board of Manage~ of Georgia Training School for Girls shall be executed and a copy filed in the office of the Governor stipulating that Fulton County and or City of Atlanta shall pay the expense of laying down said pipe and mains.
The report of the Conference Committee on House Bill No. 81~ was adopted.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate recedes from its Amendments No. 3 and 4 and insists upon its Amendment No. I to the following bill of House, ta-wit:

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House Bill No. 1008. To amend General Tax Act relative to special taxes.
Mr. Ennis of Baldwin moved that the House insist upon its disagreement to Senate Amendment No. I to House Bill No. 1008 and that a conference committee he appointed on the same, and the motion prevailed.
The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House as a Conference Committee on House Bill No. 1008:
Messrs. Ennis of Baldwin,
Wood of Fulton,
Covington of Colquitt.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has adopted the report of the Conference Committee on the following hill of the House:

House Bill No. 812. To ~ecure an appropriation for Georgia

Training School for Girls.



The following report of the Conference Committee on House Bill No. 1008 was submitted and read:
Mr. Speaker:
The committee on the part of the House has agreed with the Senate Committee for the Senate to recede from its amendment.
G. A. JoHNS of the 27th, T. S. MAsoN of the 30th, STEPHENS PAcE of the 13th, M. 0. ENNIS, W. H. CooGLER, J. 0. Wooo.

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979

The report of the Conference Committee on House Bill No. 1008 was adopted.
The Chair appointed the following committee on the part of the House under Senate Resolution No. 99:
Miss Kempton of Fulton,
Messrs. Fowler of Bibb,
Dykes of Dooly.

The Chair appointed the following committee on the part of the House under House Resolution No. 330, Investigating Soldiers' Home:
Messrs. Camp of Coweta,
Smith of Bryan, W. R. Jones of Meriwether,
Dixon of Jenkins,
Bell of Burke.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has adopted the Conference Committee report on House Bill No. 1008.

Mr. DeFoor of Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on Enrollment, submitted the following report:
Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment have examined, found properly enrolled, signed and ready for delivery to the Governor the following Acts, to-wit:
House Bill No. 718. An Act to appropriate money to Department of Public Buildings.

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House Bill No. 977. An Act to appropriate money to University of Georgia for maintenance.

House Bill No. 726. An Act to appropriate money to Department of Agriculture.

House Bill No. 824. An Act to appropriate money to Mili-

tary Department.



House Bill No. 70. An Act to amend Code of 1910 relative to mortgage deeds.

House Bill No. 953. An Act to appropriate money to Department of Revenue.

House Bill No. 936. An Act to appropriate money to Tenth District A. & M. School.

House Bill No. 681. An Act to appropriate money to Georgia State Sanitarium at Milledgeville.

House Bill No. 738. An Act to amend an Act establishing a colored school at Savannah, Georgia.

House Bill No. 1018. An Act to amend an Act establishing a public school system at Moultrie, Georgia.

House Bill No. 648. An Act to appropriate money to University of Georgia.

House Bill No. 141. An Act to provide a tax on railroad compames.

House Bill No. 631. An Act to appropriate money for the promotion of hygiene and maternity.

House Bill No. 850. An Act to provide licenses for dealers in tobacco products.

House Bill No. 657. An Act to appropriate money to Georgia School of Technology.

House Bill No. 812. An Act to appropriate money to Geor-

gia Training School for Girls.



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House Bill No._ 157. An Act to provide electrocution for persons sentenced to death in Georgia.
House Bill No. 939. An Act to amend an Act creating a City Court of Fairburn, Georgia.
House Bill No. 682. An Act to appropriate money to State Board of Entomology.
House Bill No. 999. An Act to appropriate money to Academy for the-Blind.
House Bili No. 887. An Act to require county tax collectors to prepare digest covering occupation taxes.
House Bill No. 683. An Act to create a new charter for City of Surrency.
House Bill No. 602. An Act providing recovery for homicide.
House Bill No. 724. An Act relative to tick eradication in the several counties of the State.
House Bill No. 624. An Act to provide for the protection of sinking funds.
House Bill No. 780. An Act to provide for stenographic reporters in certain courts in certain counties.
House Bill No. 1008. An Act to amend the General Tax Act relative to special taxes.
House Bill No. 890. An Act to amend Code of 1910 relative to lists of qualified voters.
House Bill No. 892. An Act to amend an Act creating charter for City of Cornelia.
House Bill No. 254. An Act to fix time for filing certain proceedings.
House Bill No. 408. An Act to amend an .Act relative to sale of commercial fertilizers.

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House Resolution No. 330. A resolution to investigate condition of Confederate Soldiers' Home. .
House Resolution No. 251. A resolution relative to operation of the Sanitarium at Alto, Georgia.
House Resolution No. 277. A resolution to appropriate money to State Service Bureau.
House Resolution No. 224. A resolution to appropriate money to the common schools.
House Resolution No. 655. A resolution to amend the Constitution relative to consolidation of county and municipal governments.

Mr. Speaker:
Your Committee on Enrollment has examined, properly enrolled, duly signed and ready for delivery to the Governor, the following bills and r~solution~, ta-wit:
House Bill No. 1017. An Act to amend the charter of the City of Moultrie so as to authorize the municipal authorities to own and operate an ice plant.
House Bill No. 1013. An Act to repeal an Act creating a charter for Twin City.
House Bill No. 1014. An Act to incorporate the City of Graymont.
House Bill No. 1015. An Act to incorporate the City of Summit.
House Bill No. 922. An Act to amend an Act creating the office of County Treasurer of Taylor County, so as to increase the salary of such Treasurer.
House Bill No. 989. An Act to repeal an Act for the prOtection of quail in certain counties.
House Bill No. 912. An Act to amend an Act creating the Twelfth District Agricultural and Mechanical School located

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at Cochran, so as to authorize trustees of said school to exchange certain lands.
House Bill No. 852. An Act to amend an Act to aid in the establishment and maintenance of consolidated schools so as to provide that the funds for such purpose shall be paid out of the poll tax fund.
House Bill No. 717. An Act to amend 1565 of Volume 8 of Parks Annotated Code of Georgia relative to a State Library Commission by striking certain figures in said section.
House Bill No. 196. An Act to amend an Act relative to the Prohibition Laws of Georgia.
House Bill No. 1016. An Act to amend an Act creating a Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Seminole County, so as to provide that the Ordinary of said county shall be the Clerk of said board.
House Bill No. 700. An Act to appropriate the sum of nine thousand dollars to the Trustees of the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Springs, Georgia.
House Bill No. 729. An Act to confirm and declare legal the corporations herefore organized, pursuant to the COoperative Marketing Act of Georgia.
House Bill No. 774. An Act to authorize the Highway Department to employ convicts in the construction and maintenance of State Highway Systems.
House Bill No. 144. An Act to appropriate money for the completion of the Nurses' Home at the State Sanitarium at Milledgeville, Georgia.
House Bill No.... An Act to amend an Act relative to the jurisdiction of the Police Court of Savannah.
House Resolution No. 49. An Act to appropriate $25,000.00 to the Georgia State Industrial College.
House Resolution No. 307. An Act to relieve J. Q. Davis
as bondsman for John Williams, all of Muscogee County.

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House Resolution No. 320. An Act to relieve M. C Dominey, Tax Collector of Laurens County, of penalty for failing to make settlement with Comptroller-General on 1922 tax account.
House Resolution No. 306. An Act to relieve J. Q. Davis
as bondsman for John Williams all of Muscogee County.
House Resolution No. 237. An Act to provide for an appropriation of funds to the State Board of Health to be used in the maintenance of the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives.
House Resolution No. 294. An Act relative to a news article published in the Atlanta Constitution stating that the Representative of Laurens County acted on a committee of which he was not a member.
House Resolution No. 331. An Act authorizing officials of the General Assembly to remain at the Capitol five days for the completion of business.
House Resolution No. 308. An Act to relieve J. Q. Davis
as bondsman for John Williams, all of Muscogee County.
House Bill No. 317. An Act authori,ing the tax collecting authorities to discontinue the collection of a license fee imposed by Section 30 of the General Tax Act of 1921 on merchandise brokers and commission merchants.
Respectfully submitted,
DEFooR of Clayton,
Chairman.

The following resolutions of the House were read and adopted:

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Resolution No. 335. A resolution that the Clerk of the House be instructed to notify the Senate that the House has completed its labors and is now ready to adjourn sine die.

WEDNESDAY, AuGusT 13, 1924.

985

By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Resolution No. 336. A resolution that a committee of five, composed of three from the House to be appointed by the Speaker and two from the Senate to be appointed by the President, be appointed to notify His Excellency, the Govrnor, that the General Assembly is now ready to adjourn ine die.
The Speaker appointed the following committee on the part of the House under the above resolution:
Messrs. Milner of Dodge,
Camp of Coweta,
Stewart of Atkinson.
The following resolution of the House was read and adopted:
By Mr. Milner of Dodge-
House Resolution No. 337. A resolution that the General Assembly do now adjourn sine die.

The following message was received from the Senate through Mr. McClatchey, the Secretary thereof:
Mr. Speaker:
The Senate has read and adopted the following resolution of the Senate, ta-wit:
Senate Resolution No. 102. A resolution to appoint a joint committee to wait upon His Excellency, the Governor, and notify him that the General Assembly has completed the transaction of business and is now ready to adjourn sine die.
The President appointed as a committee on the part of the Senate to Act with the House Committee the following Senators:
Messrs. Kennedy of the 49th,
Garrison of the 33rd.

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The committee appointed to notify His Excellency, the Governor, that the General Assembly was now ready to adjourn sine die reported that the Governor had been notified and that he had no further communication to make to the General Assembly.

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

Mr. Speaker:

The Senate has read and adopted the following resolution of the House, ta-wit:
A resolution that the General Assembly do now adjourn sine die.
The Speaker announced the House adjourned sine die.

INDEX
TO THE
HOUSE JOURNAL
REGULAR SESSION

INDEX

989

PART I.

HOUSE BILLS.

A

ADDRESSEs--

Governor in .Joint Session------------------'---------------

37

AGRICULTURAL BOARD OF GA-

~o Create__________________________________________________

53

AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGEs--

Tifton-Established at_____________________________________

11

Abolish 12 District A. & M. Schools________________________

313

Establish A. & M. Schools, Ellis___________________________ 368 582 662

12th Dist. A. & M. School-Land purchased______________380 557 623

3rd District A. & M. School to borrow money____________ _494 557 799

Establish for Southeastern Ga_ ___ __ __ ___ ___ ________ __ ___ _

500

Survey of A. & M. Schools__________________________________ 517 589

Amend Act 12 A. & M. Schools_____________________________ 380 557

APPROPRIA~ION8--

"aldosta___________________________________________________

11

3rd District Agricultural SchooL__________________________

13

Salary of .Judge of Griffin Circuit _________________________ 14 427 473

Salaries of Clerks of Prison Commission___________________

14

Maternity and Infancy ________________________________ 18 423 475 951

7th District A. & M. SchooL_______________________________

18

Confederate Cemetery at Marietta________________________ 19 703

Mrs. L. M. Peeples of Cartersville__________________________

20

State College of Agriculture_______________________________

51

University of Ga.-$40,000______________________________53 423 478 952

Lumpkin Law SchooL_____________________________________

53

2nd Dist. Agr. School-$15,000_____________________________

54

Salary of .Judge of Piedmont Circuit_______________________ 54 427 511

Ga. School of ~echnology-$43,944.23 ______________ 62 424 513 630 953 School at Albany-$15,000______________________________________ 62 725

State Auditing,Department, expenses _____________________ 63 424 560

School at Savannah-$20,000_ _____ ____ __ __ ____ __ __ __ ___ __ __

63

Public Schools-$750,000.. __________________________ 64 427 562 595 953

Ga. State College for Women at Milledgeville______________

77

Ga. State College for Women at Milledgeville, Auditorium

77

Georgia State Sanitarium Deficiency__________________ 77 424 633 958

State Board of Entomology___________________________ o78 424 686 959

State Normal School at Athens, maintenance _________ 78 424 689 965

990

INDEX

State Normal School at Athens, Dormitories______________

78

State Normal School at Athens, Gymnasium______________

78

Marion W. Merk-$100_ __ ___ _________ __ __ ___ ________ _______ _

78

G. N. & I. c. at Milledgeville--$75,000 ___ ___ ___ __________ ___

90

Georgia School for Deaf-$9,000____________________________ 91 424 635

First Dist. A. & M. School-$10,000_________________________

91

No. Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega-$7,500____

91

Bowdon State Normal College_____________________________

91

Rebuilding old records-$2,000__ __ __ ____ __ __ ________ __ __ __ _

92

Public Buildings-$30,000_________________________________ 112 425 769

Prison Commission-$15,000 -------------------------------

113

Emergency Georgia State College of Agriculture__________

113

Analysis of Calcium Arsenate-$5,000 ________________ 114 425 598 967

Mental Defectives at Gracewood _________________________ 131 427 638

0. P. Jackson-$800_ _______________ _____ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _____ 142 184

State Geological Department______________________________

172

Georgia School Technology, New building_________________

173

T. W. Hooks-$8,200_ __________ __ __ __________ ________ __ _____

177

Salary of Judge of Fulton Superior Court________________ l77 428 593

12th District A. & M. SchooL______________________________ 212 792

Georgia Training School for Girls ________________213 425 691 968 977

lOth District A. & M. SchooL _________________________ 225 724 777 975 StateMilitary_________________________________________ 241 425 774 951

Experiment Station________________________________________

265

Fifth District A. &.M. SchooL_____________________________

295

State Normal School at Athens____________________________

314

State Service Bureau_____________________________________315 428 779

Solicitor of Griffin Circuit ________________________________337 428 641

A. & M. School at Douglas____________________________________ 362 826

Appropriate certain funds for certain Counties _____________362 702

State College of Agriculture_______________________________

364

Georgia Illiteracy Commission_____________________________

381

Bowdon College Dormitory________________________________

416

SoldiersHome______________________________________________

417

Prison Commission_________________________________________

417

Georgia State Industrial College, Savannah_______________ 427 470 Sanitarium at Alto________________________________________ l76 427 771

Department of Revenue __________________________________ 439 703 782

State Printer-$8,000 __ __ ___ _____ ___ __ _____ __ __ __ __ __ _____ _

484

Agricultural Department, Display of Products____________ 485 792

University of Georgia, maintenance Smith-Lever,$100,000494 523 736

Georgia State Sanitarium, Ice Plant_______________________

508

Trustees Old Soldiers Home--$49.30_____ ~------------------

517

Pensions Committee--$30.00 __ __ __ __ __ __ __________ __ ______ _

517

State Capitol, Heating system_____________________________ 553 588

INDEX

991

Forsyth A. & M. SchooL---------------~------------------

553

12th District A. & M. SchooL______________________________

566

Border ControL___________________________________________

584

Academy of Blind at Macon_______________________________ 604 656 807

Returned Pensions to mark graves of Old Soldiers________ 605 724

J. E. Connell, Indian Springs______________________________

826

ARSON-

Define crime of _____________________ ,______________________

350

AUDITS AND ACCOUNT&Amend Act creating_______________________________________
AUTOMOBILES, (See Motor Vehicles)Require date stamped on tires____________________________

158 679 158

B

BANKS AND BANKINGSuits against individual bankers _________________________ _ Stock purchased by banks ________________________________ _
Amend Banking Laws_____________________________________ _

17 91 121 173 448

BANKERS (See Code Amendments)-

BEAUTY CULTURE, COSMETIC THERAPY, ETCRegulate practice of_______________________________________ 175 449

BLECKLEY, THOS C.-

Sworn in___________________________________________________

6

BLIND COMMISSIONTo provide a_______________________________________________ 439 655

BOAT&-

Not use without owners consent--------------------------

172

BOLL WEEVIL---

To control_________________________________________________

225

BOARDS OF EDUCATION, (See School Laws)Amend Code relative to per diem__________________________ 647 703

BOWDON COLLEGE-

Abolish____________________________________________________

142

BUREAU OF MARKET&-

Abolish _________________________________.___________________

142

992

INDEX

BURGIN, JOE. S.-

Svvornin____________________________________________________

6

c
CATTLE-

Repeal Compulsory Dipping Act___________________________

91

Tick eradication in several counties ______________ 114 164 308 858 964

Amend Act relative to tick infected Cattle _______________ 130 500 704

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTs-

Repeal Act relating to_____________________________________

313

CHATHAM ARTILLERYAmend Act incorporating_________________________________ 157 322 342

CHATHAM COUNTYSalaries of jailers, etc ------------------------------158 197 322 342

CHARTERS AND CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPALAmend Charter of Atlanta_________________________________ 538 662 Donalsonville, Nevv Charter________________________________ 10 2\,57

Adairsville, Issue Bonds___________________________________ 10 21 57 Savannah, amend______________________________________ 10 21 166 325

Colquitt, amend ___________________________________________ 16 98 118

Dahlonega, amend_________________________________________ 17 68 80

Shingler, repeal____________________________________________ 18 68 81 Hazlehurst, nevv__ ____ __ __ ____ ____________ __ __ __ ____ _______ 19 68 81 Cartersville, amend________________________________________ 63 163 184

Brunsvvick, Bond Issue ____________________________________ 64 99 119 Brunsvvick, amend_________________________________________ 64 99 120

Jackson, amend____________________________________________ 77 163 185

Franklin Springs, incorporate _____________________________ 78 164 185 Atlanta, aJllend, (712) ______________________________________ 93 164 185

Junction City, amend______________________________________ 63 99 119

Hapeville, amend__________________________________________ 129 249 271 Homerville, amend____________________________________ 130 184 216 537

Valdosta, amend__________________________________________131 165 186

Gordon, create____________________________________________ 143 184 199

Savannah, Police Court ___________________________________ 157 322 342

Savannah, Commission Form______________________________

166

Cravvfordville, amend_____________________________________ 173 249 271

LaGrange, create___________________________ ~ _____________ 192 249 272

Cravvfordville, Issue Bonds _______________________________ 193 322 343

Griffin, amendl____________________________________________ 197 216 Atlanta, amend________ -~- ________________________________ 213 303 327

INDEX

993

Valdosta, amend_______________________________ --------- .213 250 272 Tennga, repeal____________________________________________ 213 ~ 272
Eatonton, amend_____________________________________ 225 250 273 506 Willacoochee, create__________________________________ 241 303 384 590 Palmetto, amend__________________________________________241 271 284
College Park,repeal.. ____________________________________ .242 322 343 Augusta, amend. _________ : ______________________________ .242 323 343 Vienna, create ____________________________________________ 243 303 327

JU!na, create---------------------------------------------263 304 327 Atlanta, amend Water Works _____________________________279 500 524
Hogansville, new charter__________________________________ 280 370 LaGrange, amend________________________________________ .280 304 328 Albany, amend___________________________________________ .281 323 372
Bullochville, amend.. -------- ____________________________ .296 323 344
Manchester, amend________________ -------- _______ -- ____ .296 323 344
Warm Springs, amend_____________________________________ 296 323 345
Buford, amend_______________________ -------- __ --------_ ..297 324 345 East Point, amend________________________________________314 501 526
Surrency, amend_______________________ c---- ____________ .315 371 386 Commerce, amend_______________________________________ ..336 371 387 Ashburn, amend_________________________________________ .336 426 453
Cornelia, amend. _______ ------------------- ____________ ...336 515 705 Juliette East, amend______________________________________ 363 449 506
St. George, amend____________________________________363 379 426 453
Bowman, Tax exemption______________________________ soo 426 454 626
Elberton, Tax exemption._____________________________S&J 426 454 627 Augusta, amend __________________________________________ 381 588 608

Tallapoosa, amend_ _______________ "_______ ---------------__

382

Waycross, amend___________________________________________

383

Greensboro, amend_________ ------------------------_______

415

Lumber City, repeal ______________________________________415 450 505

Lumber City, amend_____________________________________ A15 450 505

Jesup, amend__ ------------------ ________ ---------------- A15 502 535 Barnesville, amend_______________________________________ _415 502 535 Aldora, Extend Limits ___________________________________ _416 502 535 Toccoa, amend_________ ------------------ _________________ 437 502 535 Griffin, streets___________________________________________437 502 536

Macon, amend.---------------------------------- ________ _418 IH6 590 Moultrie,limits______ : ________________________________438 568 608 796 Atlanta, Limits along A. & W. P.R. R. ____________________ 483 524 570

Atlanta, Limits along Sou. RY----------------------------483 524 571 Atlanta, Limits along Piedmont Road____________________ 483 524 571 College Park, Limits ______________________________________ 484 524 572
Bowdon, Elections___ ---------------- ____________________ .484 523 573

994

INDEX

Griffin, amend __________________________________________ _493 557 574 Milledgeville, amend______________________________________ 516 622 658 Decatur, amend___________________________________________ 566 607 659 Smyrna, amend ___________________________________________ 567 623 659 Lincolnton, amen<L_______________________________________584z623 660 LaFayette, amend ________________________________________ 584 623 660
Trenton, amend _____________________._________ ----------- _605 656 706 Ellijay, amend____________________________________________ 619 656 706 Unadilla, amend __________________________________________ 619 703 750 Collins, create ____________________________________________ 675 703 751
Twin City, amend_________________________________________ 697 748 794 Graymont, amend_________________________ : _______________ 697 748 794 Summit, amend ___________________________________________697 748 794
Moultrie, amend __________________________________________ 721 749 795

CIDLDREN'S CODE COMMISSION GA.To revise laws______________________________________________
CIDLD LABORNot allowed from 9 P.M. to 5 A.M._________________________ Under 16 years of age, work but 8 hours___________________

438
264 556 438

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION-

To provide for_____________________________________________

12

CODE AMENDMENTSAmend, Validating bonds of political division_____________ Amend, analysis of fertilizer_______________________________ Section 3426, rate of interest_______________________________ Section 3236, mortgages on crops__________________________ Section 1973, state geologist_______________________________

11 12 12 13 17 82

Section 1131, court stenographers_________________________ Amend, trespass___________________________________________

18 98 62 99

Section 420, of deeds outside State________________________

83

Amend, relative to city and county bonds_________________

89

Section 1249, Monroe State Depository_____________________oo 183 198

Section 4413, torts by wife---------------------------------

91

Section 2280 (W), purchase of stock by banks-------------

93

Landlords and Croppers___________________________________

98

Section 1565, State Library Commission_______________ l12 321 694 733 Amend, jury commissioners________________________________ 131 249

Section 5195, answers to certiorari filing__________________ Answers to writs of certiorari_____________________________ Section 1738, Osteopathy__________________________________

156 156 157 448

Section 4252, attorneys fees in notes______________________ 157 322 Section 3360,liens of inn-keepers__________________________ 157 322

INDEX

995

Tax-payers, parties to validating proceedings____________ _ Section 4210, deeds recorded 30 years_____________________ _
County Bridges etc_______ ------------ __________ ------ ____ _ State Barber Examiners __________________________________ _
Burning woods____________________________________________ _ Relative to punishment___________________________________ _

158249 158 174
175 449 182 192

Board Trustees No. Georgia Agricultural College ________ _ 212 855

Section 3352, relative to sale of shrubbery________________ _

212

Compensation of Attorney GeneraL __________ -----------Amend Act of March 28th, 1917 (Beck 796) ________________ _ Section 5858, taking depositions __________________________ _ Tax Collectors____________________________________________ _
Bonds to reconvey debt __________ ~_________________________

241 176 249
253
254 255 950

Exempting Military from jury duty________________________

281

Admission of evidence in certain cases ___________________ 281 323 582

Registrars make list qualified voters _________________ 337 371 755 974

State Board of Health_____________________________________

381

Reduction of term of Legislature__________________________

605

Section 1229, repeal, insane convicts_______________________

714

COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUEGilmer County, create office oL_____ _________ _____ ___ __ ___ 18 56 69

Lowndes County, repeal___________________________________

52

Bacon County, create _____________________________________76 136 147

Glynn County, create _____________________________________77 303 325

Miller County, amend_____________________________________ 115 283 325

Early County, change ____________________________________ 129 229 251

Bartow County, create ___________________________________ 131 270 283

Pay County Treasurer of Floyd County___________________

136

Long County, create______________________________________ 174 303 326

Bryan County, repeal_____________________________________ 211 229 251

Bryan County, create________________________________211 229 251 624

Gordon County, amend_______________________________ 263 278 303 327

DeKalb County, increase salary______________________264 370 384 626 Appling County, amend ______________________________ 279 370 384 590 Appling County, amend __________________________________282 370 384

Cherokee County, amend_________________________________ 296 370 386

Irwin County, amend_____________________________________ 314 370 386

Dawson County, amend __________________________________336 501 533

Issueing warrants_________________________________________ 337 655 Cobb County, repeal ______________________________________ 379 501 534

Cobb County, create______________________________________379 501 534

Forsyth County, repeal___________________________________ 380 501 534

Baker County, amend ___________________________________ _414 450 503

Carroll County, amend __________________________________ A14 450 504

996

INDEX

Murray County, amend__________________________________ _416 450 505
Jones County, amend______________ -------- ______________ _416 450 505 Pulaski County, amend___________________________________ 437 502 536 Wheeler County, create___________________________________ 439 502 537 Wheeler County, repeaL_________________________________439 588 609 Candler County, amend __________________________________ 484 589 609 Bulloch County, create___________________________________484 523 572
Bulloch County, repeaL__________________________________ 484 485 Wilcox County, amend_______________________________ _494 523 574 766 Meriwether County, amend_______________________________620 658 7(17 Campbell County, amend_________________________________675 724 751 Seminole County, amend _________________________________721 749 794

COMMITI'EE ASSIGNMENTS-

Hon. Joe. S. Burgin_______________________________________ _

21

Hon. Thos. C. Blackley------------------------------------

22

Hon. James D. Weaver____________________________________ _

22

Hon. S. B. Hatcher________________________________________ _

22

Hon. Gordon B. Calloway_________________________________ _

22

Hon. J. B. DeFoor____________________ : ____________________ _

22

Hon. Herman De La Perriere_____________________________ _

22

Hon. J. B. Copeland______________________________________ _

22

COMMITTEES, CONFERENCEHouse Bill No. 724, tick eradication.______________________ _
House Bill No. 812, Georgia Training School for Girls____ _ House Bill No. 1008, General Tax Act _____________________ _

890 950 973 978

COMMITTEES, SPECIALNotify Governor __________________________________________ _
Resolutions on Hon. E. H. McMichaeL ___________________ _ Senator Walter F. George, inviting_______________________ _ BrtUlswick________________________________________________ _
Death of Hon. Mark McCullough _________________________ _ Electrical voting machine________________ ---------- ________ _ Harry F. Atwood_____ --------------- ________________ ---- __ _ On Governor's Mansion____________________________________
On Confederate Soldiers Home ____ ~----------------------Notify Governor of adjournment _____________________ : ___ _

56 8
48 299 122 389 538 646 979 979 985

COMMITI'EES STANDING, (See Reports of)-

COMMUNICATION8Hon. W. A. Wright-----------------------------------.~------
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS HOMEAmend code relative to____________________________________

23 362 501

INDEX

997

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTsAmend, issue Highway bonds______________________________
Amend, Members of General Assembly_____________________

10 448 10

Amend, Term of Governor ---------------------------------11 331 348

Amend, issue bonds Savannah_____________________________

11

Amend, income tax..___________________________ --------_____

18

Amend, term of Governor (Langley)_______________________ 19 197

Amend, consolidate collector and receiver_________________ 51 98

Amend, consolidate Tax collector and receiver (Rowe)___

52

Amend, consolidate city and county Government in certaincounties ______________________________________54 370 669 924

Amend, salaries of .Judges of High Courts_________________

62

Amend, qualifications of voters, Holton s.________________ 63 270

Amend, introduction of new laws, special acts____________ 64 248

Amend, reducing membersh!P of General Assembly_______

65

Amend, bonded debts of cities, counties, etc._____________ 114 270

Amend, relative to borrowing money______________________

130

Amend, create coastal highway district __________________ l31 249 321

Amend, .Judges of High Courts, (Fleming)_________________ 143 249

Amend, counties appropriating money for agricultural

interests_______________________________________________

159

Amend, income taL----------------------------------------

254

Amend, compensation of General Assembly_______________

280

Amend, State Board of Health.____________________________

381

Amend, create a new Senatorial District__________________

~

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION-

To hold____________________________________________________

113

CO-OPERATIVE MARKETINGDeclare legal act established______________________________114 164 755

Amend Co-operative marketing act________________________

115

CORPORATIONS, PRIVATEOfficers and agents to testify-----------------------------
COSTsFix costs in trover cases___________________________________ Dispositions of costs in Superior Courts & Court of Appeals___________________________________________________

93 663 93
281 370

COTTON-

Assess future dealers, 50 cents per bale___________________

566

COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATI'ER8Clarke County to establish hospital______________________295 501 525
Clarke County to establish tubercular hosp1tal__________296 501 525 Elbert County, tax exemption________________________38Q 426 454 624

Richmond County, change officers to salary system______

492

Appoint County police_____________________________________

494

998

INDEX

COUNTY OFFICERs-

Ordinances to accept bonds_______________________________

174

Compensation of Fulton County officials ________________ 279 375 385

Richmond County, on salary______________________________

493

Duties of coroner of Fulton County______________________567 655 706

COUNTY TREASURERS AND DEPOSITORIE8Muscogee County, abolish_________________________________ 12 67 80
Hancock County, repeal act to abolish ____________________ 17 136 146 .Jackson County, abolish _________________________________ 174 211 229 Bryan County, abolish____________________________________ 176 215 230 Gwinnett County, salary_____________________________ 382 588 624 974 Seminole County, compensation__________________________ 484 523 572 Union County, salary____________________________________ A85 589 609
Taylor County, increase salary___________________________ 567 607 660 Coffee County, amend____________________________________ 584 623 661

COURTS, APPELLATE (See Supreme Court)-

COURTS, CIDLDREN, (See .Juvenile)-

COURTS, CITY AND COUNTYGreensboro, abolish _____________________________________ 17 68 99 120

Miller County, abolish _________________________________ 53 118 137 429

Wrightsville, qualifications of Judge ______________________ 64 99 119

Alma, establish____________________________________________ 76 183 198

Greensboro, create________________________________________

79

Richmond County, amend_________________________________ 93 197

Salary of .Judge City Court Atlanta ______________________ 129 164 308

Houston County, repeal___________________________________ 281 323 Greenville, amend_________________________________________ 296 341 372

Bainbridge, amend______________________________________ ..297 323 345

Valdosta, election of officers______________________________

315

Alma, amend_______________________________________________

315

Camilla, amend ___________________________________________ 315 341 373

.Jesup, amend_____________________________________________ 363 426 454

Carroll County, Judge___________________________________ A15 450 504

Fairburn, amend____________________________________ A16 451 506 797

Columbus, salary of Judge_________________________________ 552 703

Soperton, amend attachments____________________________ 584 607 660

Columbus, salary of Solicitor______________________________

604

Albany, amend____________________________________________ 605 703 751

Hinesville, amend_________________________________________ 619 703 750

Sandersville, amend_______________________________________ 675 703 750

COURTS, MUNICIPAL-Amend Act establishing, for Atlanta_____________________129 164 186 Amend, Act establishing for Atlanta_____________________ 158 197 215
Amend, Act for Atlanta, Criminal Court _________________212 522 608

INDEX

999

COURTS, SUPERIORrGreene County, four terms________________________________ 18 68 81
Judges of Superior and City Courts interchange in Fulton County____________________________________________ 62 118 138
Irwin County, three terms _______________________________ 115 184 198 Cobb County, change time _______________________________ 131 165 186 Wilcox County, time __________________________________226 270 284 709 Wheeler County, time_____________________________________ 241 322 343 Houston County, four terms_____________________________ 279 323 344 Madison County, time ____________________________________313 335 372 Cherokee County, time__________________________________ _414 450 503
Clarke County, time_______________________________________ 483 522 Richmond County, salary of clerk________________________ 295 523 569 Wayne County, time ______________________________________ 553 607 659

CREDIT UNIONs-
Incorporation ot___ __ ____ ____ ___ _____ __ __ ___ ____ ______ __ __ _ 259 275
CROP&-

Mortgage on before planted_______________________________

77

D DARWIN'S THEORY-
Prohibit teaching of_______________________________________ DEEDS (See Mortgages)-
E
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OFTo create__________________________________________________

115 500 265

ELECTION AND ELECTION LAW&To fix date of holding primaries__________________________ _ To provide for nomination by political parties___________ _ Regulate voting in primary elections_____________________ _ Municipal corporations establish system of registration__ Prohibit bolters from using regular ticket _______________ _
ELECTROCUTIONProvide for death bY---------------------------------------
EVOLUTIONPrevent teaching Darwin Theory_________________________ _

9 9 79 85 175 271
353 924
115 500

EXECUTION DOCKETRequire Clerks Court to keep--------------------~-------- 176 370
F
FEE SYSTEMChange to salary system in certain counties_________ 295 523 610 810

1000

INDEX

FERTILIZERS-

Jurisdiction and service on persons selling________________

13

Regulate sale and inspection of___________________________ 146 ~

FIREMENTwo shifts in certain towns_______________________________ 281 304 Aid and relief to firemen______________________________362 449 526 725

FISH (See Game & Fish)-
FLAGProhibit to use in advertising ________________________264 341 753 754

FORESTRYCreate Georgia State Board of Forestry__________________ _ 54182
FUNDS, SINKINGProvide for protection of _______________________________ 17 98 353 923

G

GAME AND FISHBartow County, Game birds in____________________________ 10 136 146

Amend General Laws, Whitley_____________________________ 92 164

Prohibit hunting wild turkey with dogs___________________ 130 248

Amend Game & Fish Laws (Ellis) _________________________ 196 376 393

Protect game and fish (Greer)_____________________________ 382 449

Prohibit catching fish in Brasstown Creek______________ _493 557 573

Counties to prohibit hunting of quaiL___________________

516

Protection of quail in Walker County____________________566 622 766

GASOLINE, ETC-

Provide for inspection oL_________________________________

258

GENERAL ASSEMBLYChange meeting date of convening_____________________51 98 411 431

GEORGIA STATE SANITARIUM-

Commitments to___________________________________________

242

GOVERNOR'S MANSION (See Committees Special)Relative funds arising from lease of_______________________ 553 589

H
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONsTo prevent sale of_________________________________________ 212 374
HOMICIDERecoveryfor____________________________________ ~------10.321 579 941

INDEX

1001

HOTELS, INNS, BOARDING HOUSES, ETC.To license hotels and restaurants___________________________ 336

HUSBANDS AND WIVEs-

Minor be sui juris in certain cases_________________________

89

I

INSANE PERSONS (See Code Amendments)-

INSPECTORS, FERTILIZER AND OIL (See Code Amendments)-

INSURANCEFire Insurance contracts_____________________ -------------
Valuation of bonds and securities of Insurance Companies Creditors of Life Insurance Policies______________________ _
Mutual Fire Insurance Company issue certificates_______ _ Regulate fire and casualty insurance ____________________ _
Amend Insurance Laws_________ ------------ __ ------------Amepnadniaecst__c_r_e_a_t_i_n_g__M___u_t_u_a_l__C_o__-_o_p_e_r_a_t_i_v_e__I_n_s_u__r_a_n_c__e_C__o_m_ _-

12 369 85
176 249 243
280 500 382 622
438

INTERNAL REVENUE TAXEsRequire notice of liens ___________________________________ l14 248 582

J

.JOINT SESSIONs-

Governor's Address__________________ ---------------------_

37

Address of Senator George________________________________

309

Harry F. Atwood___________________________________________

740

JUDICIAL CIRCUITsRearrange Brunswick Circuit_____________________________ 314 341

.JURIEs-

Three-fourths Jury render verdict________________________

12

L

LAND REGISTRATION ACT-

To Amend_______________________________________ -----------

136

LANGUAGE, OBSCENE OR VULGARUse in presence of children________________________________

54 99

LIVE STOCK (See Cattle)-M
MANSION EXECUTIVE (See Governor's Mansion)-

1002

INDEX

MARRIAGE LICENSE (See Code Amendments)-

Amend law with reference to______________________________

938

MESSAGES FROM GOVERNOR_______________________________ 6 74 888

MESSAGES, SENATE5 5 9 36 72 73 100 101 111 115 116 131 132 132 150 154 155 171 172 172 190 191 219 233 234 240 261 262 288 289 304 305 306 331 347 347 348 357 358 374 389 390 430 457 487 488 489 490 491 539 540 541 542 582 583 610 611 612 613 614 662 664 665 666 679 681 682 683 710 711 713 714 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 828 829 830 835 836 845 863 864 890 907 908 909 910 911 912 913 925 926 939 940 950 952 961 962 963 966 973 977 978 779 985 986

MILITARY AFFAIRsTo re-organize military forces_____________________________ 175 341

MISDEMEANORsTo use bad language before children______________________

54 99

MONIEs-

All fees, licenses, etc., to be covered in State Treasury___

192

All fees, license to be covered in Treasury_________________

255

MORTGAGES (See Deeds)-

Cancellation of mortgage deeds___________________________

13

MOTOR VEHICLES, ETC.-

Fix penalty for stealing____________________________________

13

Certain Penalties, (Langley) __ __ ___ ___ __ _______ __ _____ ____ 79 370

Regulate use of, on streets, etc----------~----------------

83

Amend Act to regulate use of, (Meeks)____________________

130

Regulate use of (Jones of Coweta)_________________________

151

Sale of second hand motor vehicles________________________

157

Regulate all motor vehicles________________________________

182

Regulate headlights on automobiles_______________________ 315 449 Protect title of motor vehicles________________________ 130 368 674 714

N

NAVAL STOREs-

Adopt official standard____________________________________

182

NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTs-

Declare the law as to______________________________________

836

NETS (See Game & Fish)-

INDEX

1003

0
OIL INSPECTORsChange method of appointing_____________________________ 129 164

p

PENSION COMMISSIONER-

Make collector of. ______ . ____________ .. _--------___________

76

Increase salary of____________________________________________ 436

Cliange Salary, etc._____ ----------- _________ ------------___

485

PENSIONsMrs. M.A. Chapman______________________________________ _ llannahRay______________________________________________ _
John Milison_____________________ . ___ . ____________________ _
llannah M. Ray--------- ________ ------------ ______________ _ G. II. Simmons___ ... ________________________ .. ____ --------N. B. Drewry__ . ____________ . ___ .. _... ______ . ______________ _
E. A. Ogletree.. _________ .. ____ . ___ . ________ .. _--------- ___ _ M. E. Foster... _.... _. ________ ._ ...... _. ______ . ___ . _____ . __ _ J. J. Costin._. _______________ .. ____________ ..... __________ _

20 215 144 494
554 589 589 676 676 676 676

PERSONAL PRIVILEGEStewart of Atkinson______________________________________ _
Mann of Glynn_________ .. ___________________ ------------ __ . Jones, W. R., of Meriwether_______________________________ _
Langley of Floyd_______ ------ .. ___________ .... ____________ _ Knight of Berrien_____________________________ .... ________ _ Sutlive of Chatham.. _________________ .. ____ .. ____________ _ Bennett of Dodge_____________ ._._. __ .. _. ___ . _____ ._. __ .. __
Duncan of llouston.. _____________________ ----------------Rowe of Richmond..... _______________ --------------------. Covington of Colquitt ____________________________________ _
Elders of Tatnall____________ .... ____ --------------- _______ _ Wimberly of Laurens... ______________ ... __________________ _ Linder of Jeff Davis______________________________________ _ Ennis of Baldwin_________________________________________ _
Bowden of McDuffie.. ______________ ----------- ___ .... ____ _ Milner of Dodge_____________________ .. _______ ----------- __ _ Barrett of Stephens. ___ .. _________________ .... _. ________ _
Vaughan of Rockdale... ________________________ ----------. Wood of Fulton.. _________________________________________ _

121 630 121 187 187
237
257 257 257 308 308
350
483 937 483 539
547
547 630
662 662

POOL ROOMs-

Prohibit at University of Georgia or branches____________

468

POSTMISTRESs-

Miss Leone Brannen_______________________________________

60

INDEX

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE-
Reviewing cases by appellate Tribunals-----------------Motions for new trials_____________________________________
Regulate argument of counseL____________________________

52 90
212 522

PRIMARIES (See Elections)-

PROHIBITION LAW-

Amend, seizure of vehicles_________________________________

754

PUBLIC HIGHWAYs-

Duties of County, authorities in charge___________________

264

PUBLIC PRINTING-

Senate Bill No. 40, 250 copies_______________________________

60

House Bill No. 13, 300 Copies_______________________________

82

House Bill No. 630, 300 copies______________________________

182

Establish printing plant__________________________________

182

Senate Bill No. 128, 300 copies______________________________

434

PUBLIC PROPERTY-

Keeper of Public Buildings Salary_________________________

483

R

RAILROADS AND STREET RAILROAD&-

Eliminate grade crossings_________________________________ _ Locomotives with automatic fire boxes ___________________ _ Regular speed of vehicles crossing Railroad. _____________ _ Railroads to make no surcharge__________________________ _
REAL ESTATEMethod of finding value___________________________________ Method of finding value (Bowden) ------------------------

53 370 173 303 175 341 264 522
174 313

RECONSIDERATION-
Senate Bill No. 40-----------------------------------------Senate Bill No. 86------------------------------------------

14 14 57

RELIEF OF-

W. J. MoodY------------------------------------------------65 118 309

J. C. Lamar________________________________________________

98

E. L. Collier for R. Campbell_______________________________

100

E. L. Collier for B. Johnson________________________________

100

E. L. Collier forM. Burling________________________________

100

E. L. Collier for S. Crew____________________________________

100

J. A. Elliott et al (McClure) __________________________ 143 165 230 430

John Hughes______________________________________________

159

INDEX

1005

c. J. Nobles _________________ ------.,------------------------

159

Robt. Watkins et al_______________________________________

182

J. F. Hill and J. B Robinson.______________________________ 243 324 373

J. A. Elliott et al Walker County--------------------------

417

J. J. Thompson ___________________________________________ 486 524 707

J. Q. Davis ________________________________________________ 553 656 731

J. Q. Davis ________________________________________________ 553 656 732

M. C. DorminY--------------------------------------------675 704 752

REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEEsOn House Bill No. 724-------------------------------------0n House Bill No. 812-------------------------------------0n House Bill No. 1008____________________________________ _

948 964 977 978

REPORTS MINORITY-

On House Resolution No. 215------------------------------

332

On Senate Bill No. 16L____________________________________

946

REPORTS SPECIAL COMMITTEEs-

Notify Governor____________________________ ---------------

9

State CapitoL_____________________________________________

457

Georgia State Sanitarium__________________________________

543

Hon. E. H. McMichaeL____________________________________

591

Hon. J. J. Brown, Investigation___________________________

872

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEEs-

Academy for Blind_________________________________________

648

Amendments to Constitution______________ 96 135 193 245 268 316 366

445 520 606 698 746 788 Appropriations ______________________ _420 701 723 787 787 823 824 867 Banks and Banking_______________________________________442 556 677
Conservation _____________________________________________ 178 441 841

Corporations___________________________ 97 135 180 244 301 317 365 368

418 442 521 554 620 649 697 744 838 840 854 Counties and County Matters______ 56 66 134 162 213 226 228 268 283

299 365 383 417 440 445 495 497 520 585 586 647 697 724 745 840 868
Education_____ 133 134 145 181 244 302 419 496 650 678 721 745 853 900 Enrollment ________________ 123 163 181 196 215 228 247 269 282 302 320

340 358 446 447 560 568 651 701 746 761 789 824 90~ 979 982 Game and Fish____________________________ 159 194 246 441 555 621 744

General Agriculture No. 1_ _______ 145 178 227 243 366 495 519 698 841 General Agriculture No. 2____________________________ 161 245 339 855
General Judiciary No. 1________________________ 94 180 194 227 319 364

440 521 651 701 762 789 855 General Judiciary No. 2_____________ 95 97 133 159 161 195 247 300 319

366 497 518 554 648 677 699 792 869

1006

INDEX

Hygiene and Sanitation-----.------------------------------ 195 444 Insurance ________________________________________________ A99 621 679

Invalid Pensions and Soldiers Home_______________________ 496 854

Labor and Labor Statistics___________________ 246 300 444 555 650 841

Manufacturers_____________________________________________

495

Military ~ffairs____________________________________________ 315 337

Mines and Mining__________________________________________ 79 622

Municipal'Government ______________________20 66 96 161 243 266 318

338 419 497 499 518 567 585 621 678 743 Pensions __________________________________________________ 214 587 723

Privileges and Elections___________________________________

267

Public Highways______________________ 177 226 337 368 444 446 722 869

Public Library____________________________________________ 266 266 753

Public Printing____________________________________________

179

Public Property____________________________________________ 587 868

Itules_______________ 23 101 122 218 218 285 306 387 390 463 492 547 712

Special Judiciary____________________________67 94 117 179 194 269 316

339 418 444 519 588 606 700 743 786 State of Itepublic__________________________________________ 117 338
University of Georgia Branches __________________ 162 267 300 320 366

556 587 722 788 853 Ways and Means ______________________________________ 441 520 677 852

s

S~IT~IUM ~T ~TO-
Operation of same_________________________________________ 176 428

SEEDPure Seed Law___________ --------------- __________ ------ __ _ 78 183

SCHOOLS~ SCHOOL L~W8Hazlehurst, amend ________________________________________ 16 56 69

School Book Board, create _________________________________ 18 146 715

Junction City, amend._____________________________________ 63 99 Mineral Bluff, amend______________________________________9Q 424 452

~cademy of Social Circle ___________________________________ 9Q 136 147

Itichmond County Board of Education___________________ 143 303 327

Itichmond County Public Instruction_____________________

143

Provide for State Equalization School Fund_______________

156

Itichmond County Public instruction (Itowe)_____________

174

Denton School District___________________________________ 225 250 273

Elberton__________________________________________________ 225 425 452

Eatonton _____________________________________________ 225 250 273 429

Itichmond CountyPublic Instruction_____________________ 242 425 452

Chairmen of Trustees administer oaths___________________

254

School districts to include towns__________________________ 275 285

INDEX

1007

Richmond County Public Instruction____________________280 425 452 Buena Vista, amend ______________________________________ 363 426 453 Tennille, repeal___________________________________________380 426 455 Tennille, repeal___________________________________________ 381 427 455
Richmond County Public Instruction____________________ 381 427 452 Consolidated Schools_____________________________________ 280 425 577
Richmond County to issue school bonds_________________438 502 536 Franklin School District_________________________________ _485 523 573 Moultrie, amend __________________________________________ 721 749 795 Union School District____________________________________ _493 655 705

SHERIFFS AND DEPUTIE&-

Governor to withdraw commissions_______________________

113

SINKING FUNDTo provide protection for _______________________________ 17 98 353 923

SLANDER-

When a misdemeanor _____________________ -----------______

192

SOLICITORS GENERAL-

Atlanta Circuit, salary____________________________________

362

Atlanta Circuit, Abolish fee system_____________________ _414 522 568

North East Judicial Circuit________________________________ 605 703

SPEAKER-

Ruling on order of Business_______________________________

148

STATE DEPOSITORIES (See Code Amendments)STATE IDGHWAY DEPARTMENT-
To work convicts _________________________________________ 158 341 757

STENOGRAPIDC REPORT&Appointment of in certain counties______________________ 173 748 793

T

TAXES AND TAX LAW&-

Cigar and cigarette tax repealed__________________________

52

Method of valueing farm lands for taxation_______________

62

Tax on fuel oils (Harris) ___________________________________ 64 229 811

Amend General Tax Act (Jones of Floyd)_________________ 90 679

Amend Section 11, General Tax Act________________________

92

General Tax Act, Poll Tax for women______________________

113

Tax on fuel oils (Boswell)__________________________________ 114 183

Tax on Motion Pictures____________________________________

142

General Tax Act, Tombstones ___ ~-------------------------

156

General Tax Act, You-Drive-It (Wood)_____________________

242

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INDEX

Fountain syrups___________________________________________

265

General Tax Act, Emigrant Agents----.--------------------

314

Amend tax on fuel oils, etc., (Harris) _____________________363 449 757

Requiring oil distributors to register______________________

364

Railroad equipment companies____________________________ 374 948

. General Tac Act, Special Taxes___________________620 680 809 971 978

Discontinue tax upon brokers, etc. ______________________ 620 680 752

TAX COLLECTORS, (See Constitutional Amendments)Prepare digest special taxes ______________________________336 449 803

TAX RECEIVERS (See Constitutional Amendments)-

TEXT BOOKS, (See School Laws)-

TICK, (See Cattle)-

TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS-

Reimburse tax paid________________________________________

265

Grant license to dealers __________________________________280 680 799

u

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA-

Relative to Trustees_______________________________________ 92 270

Normal College at Statesboro______________________________ 92 183 724

School for colored persons at Savannah.._________________129 164 765

Board of Trustees__________________________________________

732

v

VETERINARIAN, STATEAmend act to create office oL ___________________________ _
w

52104

WAGEB-

To make loan of money____________________________________

485

WARRANTSAppeals in possessory______________________________________

19 99

WEAVER, JAMED D.-

Sworn in___________________________________________________

6

WILLs-

Nun-cupative wills________ ----------_______________________

i9

Relative to executor of wills_______________________________

112

INDEX

1009

WITNESSEs-

Compensation of Superior Court__________________________

314

WIVES, (See Husbands)-

WORLD WAR VETERANsExempt from street and road tax__________________________ 438 724

WORAKmMeAndNs'SamCeO_M__P__E_N__S_A__T_I_O__N__A__C__T__-___________________ 193 250 303 756

y YOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE-
Repeal soft drink law_____________________________________552 655 706

PART II.

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.

Clerk notify Senate___________ -------------------------- ______ _

4

Committee to notify Governor________________________________ _

4

Relative to Hon. J. E. Blackley--------------------------------

7

Relative to Hon. E. H. McMichaeL---------------------------Relative to Senate Bill No. 40 and House Bill No.5___________ _

8 15 23

Constitution in public schools ___ ----------------------------Senator Walker F. George to make address___________________ _ Encroachment on State Property_____________________________ _ Mrs. David F. Pope____________________________________________ _
Investigate Public Service Commission_______________________ _ House Bill No. 491, Special Order_____________________________ _
Heads of Department make addresses________________________ _

20 270 48
54
55 65 65
66

House

Resolution tion of U.

sN. _o_._2_3_0_,__r_e_l_a_ti_v__e_t_o__2__0_t_h_A__r_t_i_c_l_e_o_f__C_o__n_s_t_i7tu5-83

102

288

Senate Bill Nos. 92, 93, 94, 95, special orders___________________ House Bill No. 123, special order_______________________________ House Bill No. 106, special order_______________________________ House Bill No. 157, special order_______________________________ Committee to go to Brunswick________________________________

79 123 93 94 94 121

Hon. Wm. J. Harris---------------------------------------------

139

Death of Calvin Coolidge Jr.___________________________________

141

Appalachian National Park---------------------------------~-144 184 287

Senate Bill No. 29, special order_______________________________

144

Senate Resolution No. 46, special order________________________

144

Senate Bill No. 163, special order______________________________

145

Accept invitation to Athens___________________________________ 151 167

Repeal House Resolution No. 24, smoking_____________________

159

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INDEX

Investigate Public Service Commission_______________________176 250 574

House Bill Nos. 724 and 739, special order______________________

177

House Bill No. 630, special order_______________________________

177

Hon. John W. Davis of West Virginia__________________________

188

Amend Rule 177, (Evans)_______________________________________

213

Amend Rule 177, (Linder)------------------------------------Granting leave of absence_____________________________________ Fixing hours of convening_____________________________________
Mrs. Rachel Don__________ -------------------------------______ Thanking University of Georgia_______________________________ Harry F. Atwood_______________________________________________
House Bill No. 215, special order_______________________________ House Resolution No. 242, special order_______________________ House Resolution No. 252, special order_______________________ Thanking City of Savannah___________________________________ Miss Martha Berry________________________ ------------------___ House Bill No. 141, special order_______________________________ House Bill No. 725, special order_______________________________ House Bill No. 640, special order_______________________________ Diversification of crops________________________________________
Address of Senator George, joint session______________________ House Bill No. 751, special order_______________________________ Attorney General for information_____________________________ House Bill No. 103, special order_______________________________ House Bill No. 62, special order________________________________ Commending Miss Thornton's Constitution___________________ Leaves of absence______________________________________________ Publication of laws in 30 days_________________________________ National Reserve____________________________________ -----------
House Bill No. 655, special order_______________________________ Hon, Mark McCullough________________________________________ Hon. F. E. Wimberly of Twiggs_________________________________ Electric Voting Machine_______________________________________ House convene at 3 o'clock____________________________________ Mr. Wimberly of Laurens_______________________________________ Text Book on Civil Government_______________________________ Senate Bill No. 77, special order_______________________________ Interstate Commerce Commission_____________________________ Providing for a Saturday's session_____________________________ Automatic Voting Machine____________________________________ Authorizing State Vocational Work___________________________ W. H. Atkins to peddle_________________________________________ Hon. E. H. McMichaeL________________________________________ House Bill No. 44, special order________________________________ House Bill No. 999, special order_______________________________ Senate Bill No. 196, special order______________________________

213 285 217 219
220 240 273 258 646
265 265 265 273 278 282 297 297 298
299 337 364 364 364 372 376 382 524 382 451
383 388 411 417 538 462 486 517 656 517 538 545 567 607 567 656 585 598 605 647 676

INDEX

1011

HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.-Continued.

Limit individual speeches______________________________________

712

Harry F. Atwood, thanks______________________________________

740

Relative to "Old Soldiers Home Bill" (No. 898)_________________ 832 811

Hon. Perry F. Knight__________________________________________

834

Investigate Confederate Soldiers Home_~--------------------843 858 963

Remain at Capitol, five days___________________________________

857

Relative to phonetics of Hall of House________________________

857

Disagree to Rules Committee on Senate Bill No.3_____________

861

General Assembly adjourned sine die_________________________

974

Clerk inform Senate____________________________ ------------___

984

Committee to notify governor_________________________________

985

General Assembly adjourn sine die____________________________

985

PART III.

SENATE BILLS.

A

AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGEs-

Amend, add new course of study in A. & M. Schools_____

558

Establish South Gerogia A. & M. College at Tifton______827 856 926

APPROPRIATIONsAmend, act appropriating for Agricultural and Normal Schools_________________________________________________
Amend, act to appropriate 25,000 to University of Georgia____

684 709 749

B

BANKS AND BANKINGIncrease salary Superintendent of Banks________________ 373 680 942

Purchase stock in Agricultural Credit Corporations____507 557 898

To amend act to regulate (Redwine 214) ------------------

709

BOARDS OF COMMISSION-

To require to make annual reports________________________

684

c

CALCIUM ARSENATEAmend, act regulating sale oL____________________________ 685 704

CHARTERS AND CORPORATIONS, MUNICIPALRockmart, amendl________________________________________121 137 147 Columbus, create new ____________________________________557 793 843 Columbus, City Limits ____________________________________558 658 708

1012

INDEX

Cedartown, grading (Senate Bill No. 244)_________________629 658 7CJ7 Cedartown, amend (Senate Bill No. 245) __________________ 636 658 707
Rome, amend-----------------------------------------630 646 680 708 Douglas, amend____________________ ------------ ___________733 749 844 Lavonia, amend____________ ------------------------------ _733 842 857 Clayton, amend-------------------------------------------844 856 905

CHECKs-

Prohibit making, drawing check without funds___________

289

COASTAL HIGHWAY DISTRICTFixing rights and duties of_______________________________827 856 905

CODE AMENDMENTsUnclaimed funds in hands of administrator------~-------Section 216, trespass_______________________________________

830 82 451

Amend, redemption of property sold for taxes ___________ 126 831 846

Amend, persons liable for torts, Section 4413______________ 138 165

Amend, compensation of Clerk on Validation of bonds, Section449_____________________________________________ 130 165

Amend, unclaimed goods, etc., Section 2757______________ 139 165 830

Amend, filing writs of certiorari___________________________ 166 657

Section 5858, testimony of opposite party_---------------- 252 657

Property sued for__________________________________________

252

Section 227, burning woods________________________________ 347 451

Relative to Trust Companies______________________________ 374 680 Industrial Insurance Companies_________________________ 387 451 858

State Geologist, salary_____________________________________ 558 623

Lunacy Commission expenses______________________________

732

Section 2564, Non-resident Insurance Companies_________

733

Section 1207, Tax Collector's bon<L________________________ 827 856

Section 3353, material mens lien___________________________

942

COMMERCE & LABORAmend act creating department oL_______________________ 684 843

COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUEs-

Miller County, amend______________________________________

137

Irwin County, amen<L_____________________________________ 137 922

Camden County, amend__________________________________ 373 383 428

Henry County, amend_____________________________________

686

Clinch County, amend____________________________________845 856 870

Henry County, amend____________________________________845 856 904

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTsAmend, put county officers in certain counties on salaries 100 933
Biennial Sessions__ -------- __________ -------------------- _250 487 615 Amend, consolidate office of Tax Collector and receiver__ 324 928 Amend, income tax, Senate Bill No. 3_____________________ 328 351 666

INDEX

1013

Amend, Coastal Highway District ________________________507 608 892
Brunswick to issue bonds--------------------------------558 749 914 Amend, Senatorial Districts_______________________________ 629 704 State owned terminal facilities at ports__________________683 748 945 Authorize municipality to issue paving bonds_____________ 710 748 All local matters by vote of people_________________________ 768 793

CORPORATIONS, PRIVATEOfficers and Agents incompetent to testify______________139 165 846

Unlawful to use word "Georgia"--------------------------

630

Shall not plead usury_____________________________________768 793 847

COSTS AND FEEsTo fix in trover cases _____________________________________166 657 860

Provide for costs in years support for widows_____________

865

COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERsCounties to help towns, etc., to pave_____________________685 869 941
Banks and Habersham to grade through town of Baldwin 725 752

COUNTY TREASURERS-

Floyd County, salary______________________________________

137

Treutlen County, abolish_________________________________138 304 428

COUNTY OFFICIALB-

Ordinary to accept valid bonds____________________________

328

COURTS, CITY AND COUNTY-

City Courts to be Courts of Record_______________________

124

Metter, amend _______________________ ------------------ ___ 187 324 346

Fort Gaines, amend_______________________________________200 324 346

Fannin County, create____________________________________ 304 503

Baxley, amend __ _.___ --------------------------------------325 503 537 Cleveland, amend_________________________________________630 704 753

Columbus, Judge _________________________________________768 826 921

Columbus, Solicitor_______________________________________7GB 826 921

COURTS, SUPERIORFlint Judicial Circuit_____________________________________ _ 82 118 Toombs County, 4 terms__________________________________ _ 255 661

COURTS, SUPREME AND COURT OF APPEALsProvide for disposition of fees in Court Appeals__________ 844 870

CROPs-

Extend liens on crops not planted_________________________

169

1014

INDEX

D

DEEDS AND MORTGAGE&-

Sale of equity in deeds_____________________________________

127

Regjstrationofassin~ent________________________________

151

Notice to Grantees________________________________________

151

E

ELECTION AND ELECTION LAW&Absent voters by mail_____________________________________ _ Contests in primary elections____________________________ _ Prohibit bolters from using regular tickets ______________ _
ESTATE&Of Decedents liable for expense of last illness_____________

271 927 431 685
252 324

EXECUTOR&Relative to ipso facto executors___________________________ 346 657

EXPERIMENT STATIONEstablish at Americus_____________________________________ 725 856

F

FARMS AND HOME&-

Provide system of regjstration_____________________________

630

G

GAME AND FISH-
Define open season for Doves-----------------------------684 749 891 Prohibit use of fish traps _________________________________ 684 749 892

GARNISHEE&-

Relative to jud~ent against______________________________

69

GASOLINE, ETC.Provide for inspection oL _______________________________ _434 467 943

GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONExtend duties over Motor Vehicles _____________48 82 188 200 223 231

GOVERNORS MANSIONRelative to________________________________________________769 870 891

H
HUSBANDS AND WIVE&Relative toD1Unors_________________________________________

347 657

INDEX

1115

I

INSURANCERegulate deposits of Companies__________________________507 623 830 Mutual Co-operative Fire Insurance Company___________662 704 847

J

JUDICIAL CIRCUIT&-

E1int Circuit-----------------------------------------------

456

L

LANDS, FOREST-

Assessing value oL---------------------------------------- 768 842

Amend act creating, Board of Commissioners_____________

768

LIBRARIES, PUBLICProvide for communities__________________________________199 271 849

M
MARRIAGE LICENSE, (See Code Amendments, Part III.)-
MOTOR VEHICLEsPlaces under Public Service Commission _________________ 188 218 223 Secretary of State issue certificate of registration________ 798 856

N
NAVAL STOREsFixing standard oL_______________________________________ 827 856
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTSDeclare law oL_____________ -------------------- __ -------- _ ?73 324
NEW COUNTIEsCounty of Peach__________________________________________ 120 137 234

NOTEs-

Preserve liens for transfers________________________________

685

p

PENSIONsTo increase certain disabled pensioners___________________
PHARMACY, GEORGIA STATE BOARDTo revise laws______________________________________________

166 215 865

PORT HARBOR COMMISSIONER&-

Amend act creating________________________________________

169

1016

INDEX

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE-
Motions for new trials, etc.________________________________ 139 165 Limit argument of counseL______________________________252 6a> 858 Extend time of filing demurrers___________________________ 252 657

R

RAILROADS AND STREET RAILROADs-

Provide for duration of charters__________________________ 69 109

Street Railroads to acquire bond..________________________230 324 860

Equip locomotive with automatic fire box________________629 658 913

Companies make no surcharge____________________________ 799 842

Require vehicles to stop at crossings______________________

865

RECREATION SYSTEMTowns and Cities to create________________________________
s

121165

SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL LAWs-
Rockmart District, create_ -------------------------------120 184 199 Bowersville, create___________ -----------------------------120 137 148 Consolidated School Districts, amend_____________________ 507 658

SERVICE BUREAU-

Repeal, act creating_______________________________________

252

SOLICITORS GENERALSalary of Middle Circuit----------------------------------387 451 6a>

T

TAXES AND TAX LAWs-

General Tax Act, Occupation taxes________________________

733

Tax Collectors on Par. 3, Act August 15, 192L_______________ 827 857

TECHNOLOGY, GEORGIA SCHOOL OFTrustees to invest cartain funds _________________________187 304 830

TIP8-

Repeal Act relative to______________________________________

913

TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS, GEORGIA-

Relative to building barn__________________________________

199

u

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAEstablish Normal College at Statesboro__________________558 725 918
Board of Trustees---------------------------------------- 732 792

INDEX

1017

v

VENEREAL DISEASE&--

Provide for control of______________________________________

196

VINEGARTo define vinegar and adulteration thereof_______________ 508 524

w

PART IV.

SENATE RESOLUTIONS.

Notify Governor__________________________________ -------------

7

Joint Session, address of Governor____________________________

37

Adjournment over July 4th____________________________________

109

Joint Session July 15th________________________________________

200

Create Joint Tax Committee___________________________________

273

Miss Martha Berry____________________ ------------------_______

330

Miss Thornton's Constitution________________________ ---------

508

Librarian furnish books to Wilkinson County________________591 750 795

Board of Vocational Education to use appropriation ________ 710 749 891

Return of House Bill No. 922-----------------------------------

832