TOO Copie ordered for the ue of the Geueral Assembly MANUAL or THB General Assembly 1880 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA OCT 2060 LIBRARIES BOUND BY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY BINDERY CO OF GA BOUND BY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY BINDERY CO OF GA OFFICERS Alfred H ColquittGovernor J W Warren t J Secretaries Lx Depaument I W Avery l Thomas C Howard Minute Clerk Robert A Murphey Warrant Clerk John B Baird Adjutant General Nathan C Barnett Secretary oi State Wm A Wright Comptroller General Daniel N Speer t Treasurer Clifford Andersoi4 Attorney General Gustavus J Orr State School Commissioner John T Henderson Commissioner of Agriculture John W Nelms Principal Keeper Penitentiary T R Raines Prin Physician Penitentiary UNIVfflft RARI ES of georvL OFFICERS OV THE Alfred H Colquitt J W Warren f W Avery Thomas C Howard Robert A Murphey John B Baird Nathan C Barnett Wm A Wright Daniel N Speer Clifford AndersojI Gustavus J Orr John T Henderson John W Nelms T R Raines Governor Secretaries Ex Depaitment Minute Clerk Warrant Clerk Adjutant General Secretary oC State Comptroller General Treasurer Attorney General State School Commissioner Commissioner of Agriculture Prineipal Keeper Penitentiary Prin Physician Penitentiary mm MEMBERS AND OFFICERS 07 TlE GEORGIA SENATE IN 1880 President James S Boynton Twentysixth District Griffin Ga President pro tem W P Price Thirtysecond District Dahlonega Ga Secretary Wm A Harris Isabella Ga First Assistant Secretary H H Oawaniss Forsyth Ga Second Assistant C J Wellborn Blairsville Ga Journalising Clerk J T Taylor Atlanta Ga Calendar Clerk W E Candler Blairsville Ga Enrolling Clerk H 0 Peebles Atlanta Ga Engrossing Clerk J E Wooten Savannah Ga Message Clerk J R Christy Athens Ga Messenger A J Cameron Cobbville Ga DoorKeeper h J Allred Jasper Ga 6 FIRST DISTRICT P W Meldrim LawyerSavannah Chatham Co SECOND DISTRICT R B HarrisPhyeirtanDarien McIntosh Co THIRD DISTRICT Lemuel Johnson Farmer and SiiwmillProprietor Graham Appling Co fourth district It N Kino Farmer St Marys Camden Co FIFTH DISTRICT C A Smith Farmer Homorville Clinch Co SIXTH DISTRICT J W Harrell Farmer Valdosta Lowndes Co SEVEN III DISTRICT E P S Dknmauk Lawyer Quitman Brooks Co ElUHTII DISTRICT James Bauds Farmer Camilla Mitchell Co NINTH DISTRICT XA 1 Hawks Lawyer Newton Baker Co TENTH DISTRICT A C Wkstiirook Merchant Albany Dougherty Co ELEVENTH DISTRICT James i Parks LateyrrDawson Terrell Co i TWELFTH DISTRICT J E Carter PhysicianLumpkin Stewart Co THIRTEENTH DISTRICT Dt Pont Gukury La wyer j Amoricus Sumpter Co FOURTEENTH DISTRICT J H ooDWARD Lawyer and Fariner Vienna Dooly Co FIFTEENTH DISTRICT T J Smith banner Lumber City Telfair Co SIXTEENTH DISTRICT J H Hicks Farmer Wrightsville Johnson Co SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT J F Brown Farmer and Physician Ogecchee Bulloch Co EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT James L Neal Farmer Warren ton Glascock Co NINETEENTH DISTRICT fy R L McWhorter Farmer Pennfield Green Co TWENTIETH DISTRICT g I Jordan Farmer v Sandersville W ashington Co TWENTYFIRST DISTRICT B L STOREYFarmer Irwinton Wilkinson Co TWENTYSECOND DISTRICT J H BAKER Farmer Zebuloii Pike Co TWENTYTHIRD DISTRICT j A Smith Physician t Butler Taylor Co TWENTYFOURTH DISTRICT Vm B Butt Lawyer Bticna Vista Marion Co TWENTYFIFTH DISTRICT W R Gorman FarmerGeneva Talbot Co TWENTYSIXTII DISTRICT YJames S Boynton Lawyer Griffin Spalding Co TWENTYSEVENTH DISTRICT H D McDaniel Lawyer 1 Monroe Walton Co TWENTYEIGHTH ISTR1CT John S Reid Farmer Eatonton Putnam Co TWENTYNINTH DISTRICT J W Barksdale Farmer Dunburg Wilkes Co THIRTIETH DISTRICT W H Mattox FarmerHcardmont Elbert Co THIRTYFIRST DISTRICT S H Moseley Farmer and Merchant Toccoa City Habersham Go THIRTYSECOND DISTRICT V W P Price Lawyer Dahlonega Lumpkin Co TUI RTYTH 1R D DISTRICT B F Suddath Farmer Homer Banks Co THIRTYFOURTH DISTRICT W P Bond Physician Litlionia DeKalb Co T1JIRTYFIFTH DISTRICT W J Winn Lawyer Marietta Cobb Ga THIRTYSIXTH DISTRICT J M Wilson FarmerSandtown Campbell Co THIRTYSEVENTH DISTRICT W H Daniel LawyerFranklin Heard Co THIRTYEIGHTH DISTRICT y S M H Byrd FarmerCedartown Polk Co THIRTYNINTH DISTRICT B F PAYNE LawyerCanton Cherokee Co FORTIETH DlfrTRRT V A Curtis School Teacher Rabun Gap Rabun Co FORTYFIRST DISTRICT B C Dogger Farmer Pierceville Fannin Co FORTYSECOND DISTRICT R T Fouche Lawyer Rome floyd Co FORTYTHIRD DISTRICT S GTread wku Farmer Tilton Whitfield Co FORTYFOURTH DISTRICT A T Hackett LawyerRinggold Catoosa Co COMMITTEES OF SENATE 1880 On Judiciary H D MoDANIEL Chairman W P Price A L Hawes R T Foucbe W H Daniel A T Hackett E P 8 Denmark W B Butt J G Parks Dupont Guerry B F Payne P W Meldrim J H Woodward W J Winn On Finance R T FOUCHE Chairman A C Westbrook W H Mattox H D McDaniel J S Beid J E Carter J H Woodward J W Barksdale J H Baker P W Meldrim Dupont Guerry 8 M H Byrd 8 G Treadwell J F Brown J M Wilson S H Mosely On Internal Improvements and Railroads W B BUTT Chairman W P Price W H Daniel A T Hackett J W Barksdale W P Bond T J Smith of 16th Diat J 8 Reid 8 M H Byrd On State of Republic W H DANIEL Chairman E P 8 Denmark D A Smith of 28d Diet S H Mostly J W Harrell C A Smith of 6th Diet On Education W P PRICE Chairman P W Meltlriin 8 0 Jordau W R Oorniuu E P 8 Denmark b M H Byrd B K Suddath A C Westbrook W A Curtis On Battles DUPONT GUEItUY Chairman A C Westbrook J E Neal Jumes Bugs 8 G Jordan W P Price J H Baker On Corporations W J WINN Chairman W H Daniel W B Butt J G Purks E P 8 Denmark B F Payne J II Woodward On Enrollment R L McWHOIlTER Chairman w R Gorman B F Pay no J G Parks W A Curtis R h Storey S G Jordan On Privileges and Elections B F PAYNE Chairman W H Daniel J 8 Reid W R Gorman R L McWhorter B H Mosely On Petitions J M WILSON Chairman Lemuel Johnson R N Kiug J V Barksdale C A Smith of 6th Diet J E Carter On Lunatic Asylum D A SMITH Chairman J F Brown R B Harris W P Bond J E Carter J 8 Reid 8 G Jordan B C Dugger R L Story On Penitentiary T HACKETT Chairman J M Wilson R L McWhorter A L Hawes W P Bond J E Carter B C Dugger W J Winn B F Suddath S G Treadwell J W Harrell On Public Buildings A L HAWES Chairman Dupont Gtierry R B Harris James Bnggs A C Westbrook J W Harrell W J Winn On Military P W MELD RIM Chairman J 8 Reid J H Baker R B Harris J H Hicks On Printing W H MATTOX Chairman R L McWhorter J H Hicks Av L Hawes W A Curtis 12 On Deaf and Dumb Asylum W P BOND Chairman J M Wilson T J Smith 8 M H Byrd J L Neal J F Brown Lemuel Johnson institution for the Blind J F BROWN Chairman R B Harris 8 G Treadwell J H Baker 8 H Mosely L Johnson R N King On Agriculture 8 M H BYRD W H Mattox J M Wilson J W Barksdale T J Smith of 16th Dist 8 H Mosely J L Neal W R Gorman Chairman B F Suddath 8 G Treadwell J H Baker R L McWhorter R N King C A Smith of 6th Dist Auditing Committee A C WESTBROOK Chairman A T Hackett J H Hicks James Baggs T J Smith of 16th Dist Lemuel Johnson Geological Bureau J L NEAL Chairman A T Hackett W A Curtis R T Fouche J W Harrell B C Dugger 13 Engrossing W R GORMAN Chairman Tames Bnggs J H Hicks R Ii Storey T VV Barksdale State Library J G PARKS Chairman J H Woodward W B Butt R h Storey P W Meldrim W P Price Journals K P S DENMARK Chairman W H Mattox C A Smith of 5th Dist 8 O Jordan D A Smith of 23d Dist Committee on Rules JAS S BOYNTON Chairman By Resolution o Senate H D McDaniel W P Price R L McWhorter A T Hackett RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SENATE 1 The President shall take the chair every day at the hour to which the Senate shall have adjourned and after prayer shall immediately call the Senate to order and if a quornm be present after calling the roll and reading the Journal of the preceding day proceed to business as follows 2 Unfinished business 2 Presentation of Petitions 8 Reports of Standing Committees 4 Reports of Select Committees 5 Messages from the Governor 6 Messages from the House of Representatives 7 Introduction of Bills and reading the first time on Mondays and Thursdays of each week 8 Reading of Bills the second time on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week 9 Motions and Resolutions 10 Special orders 11 General orders But messages from the Governor and House of Representatives and Reports from the Committee of Enrollment may be received under any order of business 2 The President shall preserve order and shall decide questions of order without debate subject to an appeal to the Senate The question first moved and seconded shall 16 bo the first put ami in ull cases the sense of the Senate shall bo taken upon the largest number or sum and the longest time proposed 3 No member shall in any way interrupt the business of the Senate while the Journal or public papers are in reading or when any member is speaking in debate or while the President is putting the question 4 When any member is about to speak in dobatC or deliver any matter to the Senate he shall rise and respectfully address Mr President If two or more rise at nce the President shall name the member who is first to speak 5 No member shall be allowed to speak more than thirty minutes on any one subject of debate except by leave of the Senate and shall not be allowed to speak a second time until all Senators who wish to do so have spoken on the question 6 When a question is under debate the President shall receivo no motion but to adjourn to lay on the table the previous question to postpone to a day certain to commit to amend or to postpone indefinitely which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged the motions to adjourn to lay on the table to take from the table and for the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate 7 He shall put the previous question in the following form Shall the main question he now putt and all de bate upon the main question shall be suspended until the previous question shall be decided The adoption 6f the previous question shall put an end to all debate and bring the Senate to a direct vote upon the pending amendments if any in the regular order andthen upon the main ques tion 8 If the question in debate contains several points and is susceptible of division any member may have the same divided 16 9 When the yeas and nays shall be called for by onefifth of the members present each member called upon shill unless for special reasons he he excused by the Senate declare openly his assent or dissent to the question 10 When a motion is made and seconded it shall be stated to the Senate by the President before any debate be had thereon but every motion shall be reduced to writing If the President so direct or any member desire it 11 All committees shall be appointed by the President unless the Senate order otherwise 12 When a motionhas been stated by the President or read by the Secretary it shall be considered to be in possession of the Senate but may be withdrawn at any time before decision or amendment but not after amendment unless the Senate give leave 13 No member who is interested in the decision of any question in such a manner that he cannot vote may stay in the Senate when such question is discussed or decided Provided however that this rule shall not extend to sitting members in contested elections 14 When the Senate has voted to appoint a committee to prepare a bill or resolution upon any subject no person shall be on such committoe who was opposed to the vote of the Senate 15 If any member in speaking or otherwise shall transgress the rules of the Senate the President shall and any meipber may call him to order and if speaking he shall sit down unless permitted to explain the Senate if appealed to shall decide the question without debate 16 When a question shall have once been decided it shall be in order for any member to move for a reconsideration thereof on next day of actual session of the Senate immediately after the reading of the Journal and notice of the motion to reconsider may be given at any time after the action of the Senate and before the reading of the Journal is finished When notice of a motion to reconsider is given on the day of the Senates action on the matter referred to in the motion the fact of such notice shall be entered on the Journal 17 Before any petition or memorial addressed to the Senate shall be received and read at the table whether the same shall be introduced by the President or a member a brief statement of the contents or object of the petition or memorial shall be orally made by the introducer 18 All questions shall be pnt by the President of the Senate and the Senators shall signify their assent or dissent by answering viva voce Yea or No and whenever the vote shall be doubtful or questioned it shall be determined by the members rising 19 The following standing committees consisting of not less than five each except that of the Judiciary and Finance which shall be composed of not less than nine each shall be appointed at the commencement of the first session towit On Judiciary On Finance On Internal Improvements and Railroads On State of the Republic On General Education On Banks On Corporations On Enrollment On Privileges and Elections On Petitions On Lunatic Asylum On Penitentiary On Public Buildings On Military On Printing On Deaf and Dumb Asylum On Institution for the Blind On Agriculture 18 On Auditing t On Geological Bureau On Engrossing On State Library On Journals On Rules 20 In absence of the President and President pro tem the Secretary shall call the Senate to order and shall preside until a President pro tempore shall be elected which shall be the first business of the Senate 21 No person other than the Governor officers of the State House members and officers of the General Assembly and Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts unless by a vote of the Senate shall be admitted within the Senate Chamber 22 ITse of the Senate Chamber shall not be granted for any purpose unless by a vote of fourfifths of the members present 23 No debate shall be permitted upon any bill at the first reading and the question shall be Shall this bill be committed or engrossed In cases where the report of a committee is favorable to the passage of a bill the same shall be read the second time and passed to a third reading without question When the report of a committee is adverse to the passage of a bill on the second reading thereof the question shall be on the report of the committee If the report of the committee is agreed to the bill shall be lost but if the report of the committee is disagreed to the bill shall be passed to a third reading unless recommitted 24 No committee shall be permitted to employ a clerk at the public expense 25 No standing Rule or Order of the Senate shall be rescinded or changed without one days notice being given of the motion therefor nor shall any Rule be suspended except by a vote of at least twothirds of the members present nor Bhall the Order of Business as established by the 19 Rale of the Senate be postponed or changed except by a vote of at least twothirds of the members present 26 It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee of the Senate when any claim or demand against the State is presented to the committee for action to report in writing the name of the person or persons presenting such claim or demand its character and amount and the action of the committee thereon whether approved or disapproved which report shall be spread upon the Journal of the Senate RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENTOF THE SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION 1 When nominations shall be made by the Governor to the Senate a future day shall be assigned for their consideration unless the Senate directs otherwise 2 When acting on Executive business the Senate shall be cleared of all persons except the Senators the Secretary and Assistant Secretary 3 All information or remarks touching or concerning the character or qualifications of any person nominated by the Governor to office shall be kept secret 4 The Legislative and Executive proceedings of the Senate shall be kept in separate and distinct books 6 All nominations approved by the Senate or otherwise definitely acted on shall be transmitted by the Secretary to the Governor with the determination of the Senate thereon from day to day as such proceedings may occur but no further extract from the Executive Journal shall be furnished published or otherwise communicated during any session except by special order of the Senate and in trans 20 mitting the determination of the Senate thereon the Secretary shall in no instance furnish a list of the names of Senators voting in the affirmative or negative but only the fact of confirmation or rejection and the numerical vote and the record of votes shall be sealed and transmitted to the Secretary of States office thereto beplaced on file RULES FOR THE GOYERNMET OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHEN ASSEMBLED IN JOINT SESSION 1 The time of the meeting of the two houses in joint session shall bo determined by the concurrent resolution of tho Senate and House of Representatives except where provided by law 2 At tho hour determined by the concurrent resolution the Senate shall repair to the Hall of the House of Representatives 3 The President of the Senate shall preside and announce that the General Assembly is in joint session and cause to be read the resolution convening the same He shall put all questions to tho body and decide all questions of order An appeal may be taken from any of his decisions to the whole General Assembly 4 Tho Speaker of tho House shall sit on the left of the President of the Senate 6 In announcing a candidate the mover shall not make any coraraondatory or other remarks 6 No debate shall be in order except as to questions of order 7 No motion to adjourn shall be in order In lieu thereof there shall be the motion to dissolve the joint session 21 which shall be in the form That the joint session of the General Assembly be now dissolved or That the joint session of the General Assembly be now dissolved to be reconvened at a time named The latter motion shall have precedence of the former 8 The motion to dissolve the joint session either indefinitely or until a fixed time shall always be in order except that after the call of the roll has commenced it shall not be in order until after the result of said vote shall have been declared by the President of the Senate 9 When a motion to dissolve the joint session shall be decided in the negative the same shall not again be in order until other business shall have intervened 10 When a motion to dissolve the joint session either indefinitely or to a fixed time shall be decided in the affirmative the President of the Senate shall so declare and the Senate shall without further motion immediately repair to the Senate Chamber 11 A majority of each house shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of the joint session 12 Those rules maybe amended by the concurrent resolution of thy two houses and they or either of them shall cease to be in force when either house shall notify the other house of the withdrawal of its consent to the same MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1880 Hon A O BACON of Bibb Speaker Hon H I D TWIGGS of Richmond Speaker pro tem MARK A HARDIN Clerk W H HARRISON Assistant Clerk 0 P HAN8ELL Journal Clerk JAMES R SMITH Messenger BENSON H MILLER DoorKeeper MEMBERS OK THE t HOUSE OF REPRESENTATYES Marne County Postoffice Adderton J L Sumter Americus Anderson L B Newton Covington Arrington T N Brooks Quitman Awtry G W Carroll Sand Hill Bacon D C Chatham Savannah Barnes W J Meriwether Greenville Barrow P Clarke Athens V Basinger W S Chatham Savannah Bates J F Burke Heath Beatty J B Webster Preston Bennett A T Jackson Jefferson Bird Edward Effingham Guyton Brandi Win Irwin Tiftou Branson J C Bartow Kingston Brewer J H Elbert Concordia Brinson J A Emanuel Canoochee Broyles C E Whitfield Dalton Bull 0 A Troup LaGrange Burch H M Laurens Dublin Cameron H C Harris Hamilton Carter W C Murray Carithers H A Walton Monroe Christie S 11 Terrell Dawson Clarke A Wayne Jesup Coffin Z S Stewart Florence Cook B C Troup Crawford Reese Muscogee Columbus Crozier R D Randolph Cuthbert Crumbley J J Quitman Georgetown 25 Name County Postofflce Daniel Y A Madison Paoli Davi T S Habersham Toccoa Davis B J Lumpkin Dahlonega Dnv W T Pickens Tasper Denton Wiu Ware Waresboro Dial W C Cherokee Woodstock Du B ignoti F G Baldwin Milledgeville Dulree F M Macon Montezuma DuPree E F Pike Zebulon Dyer W A Warren Warrenton Dykes W M Macou Montezuma Ed wards T J Tatuall Fido Estes J B Hall Gainesville Parnell 1 O Decatur Bain bridge Fragili S T Sum ter Americus Flynt G G Monroe Barnes vi lie Fordlmm B F Wilkinson Stephens ville Foster F C Morgan Madison Fuller 8 JO Wilcox Abbeville Garrard L F Muscogee Columbus Gaskins William CoiTee Douglass Glover J F Twiggs Ballard Goodrich T McIntosh Darien Gray A H Catoosa Ringgold Hagen H N Paulding Dallas Unte S U Dude Trenton Hail J F Echols Sta ten vi ile yJIatninbnd W M Thomas Thomapville Hansel A J Cobb Roswell Harp LaFayette Chattahoochee Cosset a Harrell W W Decatur Bai abridge Heard J V Miller Colquitt Heath S l Burke Girard Henry E J Fannin Hester J Y Dougherty Albany Hightower J W Early Duncan Hightower T D Stewart Lumpkin Hill A W Wilkes Washington Hillyer Henry Fulton Atlanta Hunt J 1 i 3 ni V Hutchins N L Gwinnett Lawrenceville Jackson T A Carroll County Line Jackson Davenport Richmond Augusta 26 Nome County Postoffice James J S Pouplas Douglasville Jnnes C G vPolk Cedartown Johnson W L Johnson Wrightsville Johnson Frank Lee Leesburg Newton Jolies H C De Kalt Decatur Julian A 1 Forsyth Gumming Keel James Calhoun Williamsburg Kimsev J J White Cleveland La nia r L M Pulaski Hawklnsvill Lami T W Glynn Brunswick Lane A J BibH Macon Iionun Mvtnael Dougherty Albany Lester James Jones Haddock Lewis T L Milton Alpharetta Little W il Franklin Carncsville Maddox J W Chattooga Summerville Marlin Edwin Houston Perrv Martin J IL Talbott Talbott on Mathews A J Hart Hartwell Mays II W Butts Stark Mays 8 W Richmond Augusta McAllister C 0 Montgomery Mount Vernou McBride J M Haralson Taylor Butler McClure W II Towns Hiwnssee McClelland M H Colquitt Tifton Melatosi John Liberty McIntosh McKinney B C Upson Thomuston McLueax I A Fayette Fayetteville MiddlehrooU L L Newton Covington Miller A L Houston Perry Mitchell U E Gwinnett Lawrenceville Milner T W Bartow Carteraville Moore J W Hancock Culverton Moore A M Pierce Blaekshear Moore B F Taliaferro Crawford ville Morrow l E Clayton Jonesboro Nlehox G N Chatham Savannah Northen W J Hancock Sparta Orr D W Cobb Aoworth Fahnour John Dawson Dixon Purk J B Greene Greensboro WiiMMlMi mmm 27 jame County PostofSce Patterson W H Fnlton Rockdale Atlanta Conyers Perkins E A niKill T TT Burke Jefferson Perkins Junction Louisville Post W A Price W V Qnilllan W A Coweta Oconee Banks Schley Grantville Farmington Homer Eliavllh Rankltl W R Gordon Calhoun Dodge Eastman VReese M P Wilkes Washington Rentier R D Slice F P Meriwether Greenville Fulton Atlanta Ritchie J M Rabuu Rabun Gap Roliins J W Talbot Tnlbotton Ronev H C McDuffie Thompson Supp II M Thomas Thomasville Sellers Lemuel Appling Baxley Scruggs K G Glasscock Gibson Shockley C H Columbia Harlem Singellton J L Scrlveu Sylvan ia Siiman J R Jackson Jefferson Smith R F Bryan Eden Smith J M Oglethorpe Wlnterville Smith 1 R Union Young Cane Spence W IN Mitchell Camilla Spearman W Heard Corinth Stanfonl L L Harris Hamilton Jefferson Louisville Story 8 R Marion Buena Vista Strother A K Lincoln Clay Hill Summerlin M D M Washington Sandersville Sumner J M Worth Isabella Suent J L Clinch Honierville Thtrpc C A Bibb Macon Thompson James Charlton Traders Hill Turner J W Klovd Rome Turner F A Monroe Forsyth Tnrnipseeil R A Clay Fort Gaines Twiggs H n I Richmond Augusta Walker W S Berrien Ailupnlm Walker 0 M Crawford Knoxville Walker F Jasper Monticello Wheeler J B Walker Lafayette 28 Name Whittle P B Williams Isaiah Willingham W M Wilkinson IT B Wilson J Wilson A y Wilson W R Wilcox John Wingfield W B Withrow Jonathan Winslow W C Wright Seaborn Youngblood J T Zachry C T ZeUars W 8 Coonty Postoffice Lowndes Valdosta Dooly Ebenezer Oglethorpe Crawford Coweta Bulloch tNewnauo Areokn cnMCi Camden Owens Ferry Greene Woodville Ob Telfair Temperance Putnam Eaton ton x Gilmer Ellaville Houston Fort Valley Floyd Rome Washington Sandersville Henry Peachstone Shoals Campbell Palmetto STANDING COMMITTEES HOUSE OF THE General ammittre on the Judiciary MR HAMMOND Chairman Milner Stanford Basinger Post Janes DuBignon Jackson of Richmond Bull Harrow Reese Dupree of Macon Winslow Roney Anderson Twiggs Hillyer Hunt Hightower of Stewart Maddox Special Committee on the Judiciary MR POLHILL Chairman Gray Branson Estes Turnipseed Crawford Render Cameron Sweat Turner of Monroe Lewis Wingfield Little Rlngellton DuPree of Pike Jones of DeKaib Day Kimsey Spence McBride James Silmnu Shockley Mays of Richmond Middlebrook 30 Committed on Finance MR HUTCHINS Chairman Miller Bacon of Chatham Northen Flynt Garrard Peek Foster Park Fuller Farnell Whittle Wheeler Burch Glover Martin of Talbot Zacbry Wright Davis of Habersham Lamb Bennett Hill Beatty Adderton Youngblood Patterson Christie Hester Crumbley Coffin Davis of Lumpkin Committee on Local and Special Bills MR GRAY Chairman Singellton Turner of Monroe Hammond Wingfield Hightower of Stewart Mays of Richmond Stanford Silmnn Committee on Corporation MR ESTES Chairman Polhill Twiggs Roney Martin of Talbot Rankin DuPree of Macon Hutchins Jones of DeKalb Garrard Winslow Cameron Foster Hillyer Render Basinger Little 31 Committee on Hailroada MR RANKIN Chairman Garrard DuBignou Reese Branson Bacon of Chatham Clarke Rice Bull Jackson of Richmond Estes Feagtn Hutchins Lane Miller Lamar Hester Stapletou Committee on Privilege of the Floor MR Du FREE f Macon Chairman Foster Davis of Lumpki Wheeler Spearman McAllister Brinson State of the j Hepnblie MR TWIGGS Chairman Hansel Ford lumi Stanford Rawlins Carlthers Hall Slngellton Politili Turnipseod Roney Tharpe Robins Henry Branson Hunt Sapp Strother Kimsey Walker of Jasper Carter Jackson of Carroll Hagen Morrow Day Palmour Williams 32 Committee on Education MR NORTJIEN Chairman Cameron Mitchell Barrow Aw try Crozier Broyles Cook Adderton Davis of Lumpkni Harrell Mays of Richmond Wingfield Turner of Floyd Maddox Shockley Nichols Clarke McCants Middlehrook Hammond Hale McIntosh Goodrich Committee on Internal Improvements MR LAMAR Chairman Smith of Oglethorpe McLucas Bird Orr Johnson of Johnson Sellers Daniel Brewer McCants Barnes Moore of Hancock Gaskins Smith of Bryan Dykes Rainey Nichols Harp Jones of Baker Committee on Agriculture MR SMITH Peek Northern Scruggs Burch Glover Walker of Jasper of Oglethorpe Chairman Rawlins Johnson of Johnson Cant hers Lamar Lester Daniel 33 Bobins Strother Jones of Bake Denton Carter Mays of Butts Arrington Walker of Crawford Fengin Edwards Sapp McLucus Cook Fly at Story Zaehry Coffin Sellers Martin of Houston On Crozier Lam b Crumbly Park Tharpe Julian Barnes Bennett McClelland Stapleton Harrell Rainey v Harpe Youngblood Price Bird Bates Fuller Hightower of Early Moore of Hancock Committee on Privileges and Elections MR MILLER Chairman Garrard Sapp Janes Silman Roney Crozier DuPree Lamb Milner Bull Barrow Jones of DeKalb Whittle Hunt Spence 34 Committee on Banks MR BASINGER Chairman Hill Wilkinson Patterson Cook Hester Milner Turner Post Branch Julian Deuton Dyer Hightower of Stewart Committee on Enrollment MR SWEAT Chairman Northen Mansell Peek Mitchell Znchry Willingham Martin of Houston Mathews Story DuPree of Pike Jackson of Carroll Hester Spence Bates Stapleton Committee on Journals MR HARRELL Chairman Harp Heath Kimsey James McLucas Clarke Moore of Taliaferro Awtry Dyer Quillian McKinney Dial 35 Committee on Military Affairs MR CRAWFORD Chairman Basinger Lester Gray Lewis Smith of Oglethorpe Daniel Twiggs Keel Summerlin McBride McClure Wright Rice Ritchie Thorpe Committee on Public Library MR J ACKSON of Richmond Chairman Co moron Middlebrook Du Prop of Pike Price Hightower of Stewart Beatty 1 tonkin Hill Shockley Reese Committtcc on Deaf and Dumb Asylum MR WILLINGHAM Chairman Cook Brewer Dial Wright Bird Rice Summerlin Bern nett Hull Arrington Reese Maddox James Hale Hollars Harrell Dykes Moore of Taliaferro Bull 36 Committee on Academy for the Blind MR SUMMERLIN Chairman Walker of Jasper Beatty Turner of Floyd Christie Mitchell Mathews Whittle Palmour Sapp Price Moore of Pierce Story Mays of Butts Lester Branch Committee on Lunatic Asylum MR PERKINS Chairman Scruggs Day Summerlin Mathews Cook Withrow McClure Henry Zellers Williams Walker of Berrien Burch Jackson of Carroil Hightower of Early Wright Heard Wingfield Davis of Habersham Lamar Dyer DuBignon Thompson Smith of Union McIntosh Dykes Johnson of Lee Price 37 Committee on Penitentiary MR LANE Chairman Milner Perkins Zellers Barrow Hansell Willingham Heard Smith of Union Sumner Pont Hellers Walker of Berrien Fuller Fnrnell Edwards Spearman Fordbam Hagen Christie Arrington McCants Bennett Coffin Story Jackson of Carroll Burch Wilson of Bulloch Moore of Hancock Wilson of Camden Lonon Committee on Wild Lands MR GARRARI Chairman Anderson Wilcox Wilson of Bulloch Flynt Dial Denton Hlllyer Quillian Whittle McBride McAlister Heath Brinson Withrow McClelland Committee on Counties and County lines MR JANES Chairman Robins Scruggs Henry Carter James Crumbley Palm our Williams Spearman Strother Heard Lewis Gaskins 38 Committee on Auditing MR FULLER Chairman Sumner Wilkinson Johnson of Johnson Walker of Crawford Gaskins ThoniPfon Mays of Butts Committee on Public Printing MR MARTIN of Houston Nicholls Moore o Pierce Julian Keel Wilson of Bulloch Chairman Wilson of Green Smith of Bryan Ritchie Broyles Committee on Immigration MR BARROW Chairman McAllister Clarke Sellars Lamar Stanford Patterson Bacon of Chatham Bull Adderton Janes Edwards Morrow Moore of Hancook Committee on Manufactures MR HANSELL Chdit man Wilkinson Halo Youngblood McKInny Cnrle Strothef Davis of Habersham Julian Nichols park Wilson of Bullock McClelland 39 Committee on Public Property Nttt DuBIGNON Chairman Bice Sweat Wilcox Willon of Greet McKinney Branch Dyer Walker of Crawford Post Turner of Floyd Hunt Mathews Denton Barnes Aw try Committee on Rules A 0 BACON Speaker and cxofflaio Chau man W M Hammond J H Pothitt A L Miller L F Garrard RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DUTIES OF THE SPEAKER 1 The Speaker shall in his discretion suspend irrelevant debate and command silence whenever he may deem it needful 2 In all cases of election by the House the Speaker shall vote In other cases he shall not vote unless the House shall be equally divided or unless his vote if given to the minority will make the division equal and in case of such equal division the question shall be lost 3 When two or niore members shall rise at the same time the Speaker shall name the person entitled to proceed 4 All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker unless otherwise ordered by the House The method of stating a question or any motion by the Speaker after the same has been read by the Clerk shall be as follows All you who are in favor of the motion will say aye all you who are against it say no And when a decision may seem doubtful to the Speaker or a division is demanded by any member of the House the Speaker shall call upon the members in favor of the motion to rise and after a count is had by the Clerk he shall call upon the members to reverse their position and the Speaker shall announce the result DECORUM AND DEBATE 6 When any member is about to speak in debate or deliver any matter to the House he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address himself to Mr Speaker He shall be confined to the matter in debate shall not speak more than twice on any subject nor more than once until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken If any member in speaking or otherwise transgress the Rules of the House the Speaker shall or may call him to orderin which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down unless permitted to explain The House shall if appealed to decide and if the decision of the House be not submitted to the delinquent for the first offense shall be reproved for the second fined in a sum not exceeding ten dollars and continuing refractory may be expelled from the House 7 The members of the House shall forbear from private conversation and preserve silence until a speaking member shall have taken his seat 8 The members shall avoid naming each other when they may have occasion to take notice of their observations but may designate them by the place in which they may be or the county they represent 9 No member shall address the House or interrogates member who is speaking except through the Chair 10 No member shall pass between the Chair and a member while he is speaking nor shall any member at the time of adjournment leave his seat until the Speaker retires i 1 In all elections a majority of the members present shall be necessary to a choice 12 An member may call for a division of the question on a subject in which the sense thereof will admit of it 13 The previous question viz Shall the main question be now put shall only be admitted when demanded 42 by a majority of the members voting and on the previous question there shall be no debate 14 The motion for the previous question shall take precedence of all other motions except a motion to adjourn or to lay on the table and when it is moved the first question shall be Shall the motion for the previous question be sustained If decided in the affirmative the House shall then proceed to act on the previous question but before the main question is put twenty minutes shall be allowed to the committee to close the debate Where the report of the committee is adverse to the passage of the bill or other measure the introducer of the bill shall be allowed twenty minutes before the time allowed to the committee for closing debate The chairman of the committee or the introducer of the bill or other measure may yield the floor to such persons as they may indicate for the time allowed them under this rule 15 When a subject is before the House for consideration no motion shall be received but to adjourn to lay on the table for the previous question to postpone indefinitely to postpone to a day certain to commit or to amend which several motions shall have precedence in the order they stand here arranged No motion for adjournment shall be debatable and the motion for adjournment the second time shall be out of order until further progress has been made in the business before the House 16 No member shall smoke in the House nor shall he converse with anyone over the bar thereof 17 All resolutions and all motions to amend any matter before the House shall be in writing no motion to lay an amendment on the table shall be in order and the yeas and nays on any question shall at the desire of onefifth of the members present be entered on the Journal and the Clerk shall also enter on the Journal the names of those members not voting 18 When a message shall be sent to the House of Rep 3 resentatives it shall be announced at the door of the House by the Doorkeeper and be respectfully communir cated to the Chair by the person through whom it may be sent 19 It shall be the order of the day every Wednesday to take up and decide on reports of committees on petitions and all petitions shall be numbered as they are received and taken up and disposed of in the order they were received unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the House 20 Any motion not privileged containing new matter shall lie at least one day on the table nor shall any bill ordinance resolution or other matter in any shape whether original in the House or transmitted from the Senate be brought before the House a second time during the same session after a determination has been had thereof except by a vote of twothirds of the members present 21 When the Journal of the preceding day shall be read it shall be in the power of any member to move for a reconsideration of any matter therein contained except such matter has been reconsidered Provided such member shall notify the House of his intention to move such reconsideration at any time before the Journal is confirmed Hut in cases where the life of an individual is concerned or when he is in prison for life there may be two reconsiderations 22 Motions for reconsideration shall be in order immediately after the confirmation of the Journal on the day succeeding the action sought to be reconsidered except that any matter which could not be reconsidered on the succeeding day shall be in order for reconsideration on the day of said action The action of the House upon an amendment may be reconsidered at any time before final action upon the section bill or resolution to which it relates u 23 Bills reconsidered shall take their place at the foot of bills then in order for a third reading 24 After a motion is stated by the Speaker or read by the Clerk it shall be deemed to be in possession of the House but may be withdrawn at any time before the decision on consent of the House 25 Any member may enter a protest against any proceeding of the House BILLS 26 It shall be in order to introduce bills or other matter upon the call of the counties without any previous notice having been given for that purpose 2 No debate shall be admitted upon any bill at the first reading and the question shall be Shall this bill be committed or engrossed In case of engrossment the entry thereof shall be made by the Clerk and the bill shall not be amendable thereafter unless subsequently committed In case of commitment it shall be to a committee of the whole House unless the House shall otherwise direct and bills committed to the whole House shall be considered in committee of the whole House In cases where the report of a comtnittee is favorable to the passage of a bill the same shall be read a second time and passed to a third reading without question Where the report of a committee is adverse to the passage of a bill on the second reading thereof the question shall be on agreeing to the report of the committee If the report of the committee is agreed to the bill shall be lost If the report of the committee is disagreed to the bill shall be passed to a third reading unless recommitted Any bill may be withdrawn at any stage thereof by consent of the House 28 No bill or resolution shall be transmitted to the Senate on the day of the passage thereof unless twothirds of the members present shall so order 45 20 The House shall entertain no bill or amendment to a bill proposing to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies except to Banking Insurance Railroad Canal Navigation Express or Telegraph Companies nor to make or change election precincts nor to establish bridges or ferries nor to change names or legitimate children or grant divorces 30 No bill shall be entertained by the House which contains more than one subjectmatter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof and no bill shall be passed unless it shall receive a majority of all the votes of all the members elected to the House 3 No bill shall be printed until after the same has been reported to the House by the committee to which it has been referred or by request of said committee and the order of the House agreeing thereto 32 Whenever the Constitution requires a vote of twothirds of either or both houses for the passing of an aet or resolution the yeas and nays on the passage thereof shall be entered on the Journal 33 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays in each house arc recorded And all proceedings touching the appropriation of money shall be first considered in committee of the whole House 34 No law or section of the Code shall be amended or repealed by mere reference to its title or to the number of the section of the Code but the amending or repealing act shall distinctly describe the law to be amended or repealed as well as the alteration to be made 35 The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing except appropriations fixed by previous laws the ordinary expenses of Executive Legislative and Judicial Departments of the government payment of the public debt and interest thereon and for support of the public institutions and educational interests of the State All 47 Committee on Privileges and Elections Committee on Enrollment Committee on Journals Committee on Military Affairs Committee on Banks Committee on Education Committee on Deaf and Dumb Asylum Committee on Blind Asylum Committee on Lunatic Asylum Committee on Penitentiary Committee on Auditing Committee on New Counties and County Lines Committee on Public Printing Committee on Immigration Committee on Public Property Committee on Public Library Committee on Privileges of the Floor Committee on Wild Lands Committee on Special and Local Bills Committee on Rules of which the Speaker shall be exoffuio Chairman MISCELLANEOUS RULES 38 A majority of the House shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the presence of absent members 39 On all questions whether in Committee or in the House the last amendment the most distant day and the largest sum shall be put first 40 When a message from the Senate or from the Ex ecutive is announced at the door of the House by the Doorkeeper or Messenger all business shall be suspended until the same is respectfully communicated to the Chair by the person bringing it 48 41 A simple majority may call up for consideration a paper ordered to lie on the table 42 Applause or hisses in the Representative Chamber or in the galleries or lobby during any speech or legislative proceedings shall be promptly suppressed 43 During the reading of yeas and nays on any question no debate shall be had 44 Any member presenting a petition memorial or remonstrance shall as concisely as practicable intimate the name and object of the petitioner memorialist or remonstrant which shall be noted on the Journaland the paper may then be referred without reading 45 The Speaker may during a days sitting name any member to perform the duties of the Chair during any part of that sitting but no longer 46 No member shall vote upon any question in the event of which he is immediately and particularly interested or in any case where he was not present when the question was put unless by permission of the House In every case of a contested seat the sitting member and the contestant shall retire from the House before the vote is taken 47 Upon the call of the members ordinary or extraordinary the names of the absentees shall be noted to be dealt with as the House may direct and the absence of members beyond the leave obtained shall be particularly noted 48 The several standing committees of the House shall have leave to report by bill or otherwise 49 The Clerk of the House shall take an oath for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office to the best of his knowledge and abilities and shall be deemed to continue in office until another be appointed 50 The Clerk shall take special care of the books provided for the use of the House 51 The joint Committee of Enrollment shall carefully 49 compare enrolled bills and resolutions and correcting any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled bills or other papers make their report forthwith to the respective Houses 52 The Clerk shall on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays call the counties for the introduction of new matter beginning alternately at the first and last of the alphabet 53 The rules of this House shall in no case be suspended nor shall the order of business be changed except by a vote of threefourths of the members voting 54 All bills and resolutions shall be called in the order in which they stand on the calendar and before reading any bill or resolution the second or third time the Clerk shall distinctly state its number and the name of the member by whom Introduced 55 After the announcement of the Standing Committees no new members shall be added thereto by the House unless it be at the request of a majority of the Committee to be added thereto 56 When any question arises which is not provided for in the foregoing Rules the same shall be controlled by the rules usually governing parliamentary bodies 57 No person shall be allowed to enter upon the floor of this House except the Members and Officers thereof the officers and members of the Senate the Governor of the State and the heads of the offices of the Executive Department exGovernors Judges of Supreme and Superior Courts in actual commission expresiding officers of the Senate or House and such others as the House may allow upon recommendation of the Committee on the Privileges of the Moor 8 It shall be the duty of the Committee on Journals to read the Journal of eath days proceedings and report to the House that the same is correct before the Journal is read by the Clerk 1 59 The unfinished business in which the House was 60 engaged at the adjournment of a preceding day shall hay th preference in the orders of the day afterth call of the countiesunless otherwise ordered 1 Orders of the day 2 House bills for a third reading 3 House bills for a second reading 4 House resolutions 5 On Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays after the call of counties bills of the Senate for the first and second reading 6 Bills of the Senate for the third reading fr Senate resolutions CHANGING THE RULES 60 No change of or addition to these rules shall be made unless such proposed change or addition be first referred to the Committee on Rules and reported back to the House In reporting these Rules to the House the Committee on Rules take the liberty of recommending to the members of the House the revised edition of Mell s Manual of Parliamentary Practice as a valuable work of easy reference Respectfully submitted A O Bacon Speaker and ExofTicio Chairman W M Hammond A L Miller J H POLIIILL L F Garrard