THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA A MANUAL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF The State of Georgia 1925 1926 BY DEYEREAUX F McCLATCHEY Secretary of the Senate AND E B MOORE Clerk of the House of Representatives 1925 Byrd Printing Co Atlanta Ga STATE OF GEORGIA EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT CLIFFORD WALKERGovernor M C BENNETPrivate Secretary to Governor MYRTLE WHITE Executive Secretary S G McLENDONSecretary of State T B CONNERSecurities Commission Secretary WILLIAM A WRIGHTComptrollerGeneral WILLIAM J SPEER State Treasurer T R BENNETTState Superintendent of Banks H J FULLBRIGHT1State Tax Commissioner GEO M NAPIER Attorney General J J BROWNCommissioner of Agriculture FORT E LANDState Superintendent of Schools JOHN W CLARKrPension Commissioner CHARLES H COXAdjutant General MRS M B COBBState Librarian MISS BEVERLY WHEATCROFTGa Library Commission Secretary S W McCALLIEState Geologist IRA W WILLIAMSState Entomologist DR S H WILSONState Chemist PETER F BAHNSENState Veterinarian MISS RUTH BLAIRxState Historian DR T F ABERCROMBIEState Board of Health Secretary MISS RHODA KAUFMANState Bd of Pub Welfare Secretary JOSEPHUS CAMPSuperintendent of Public Printing T A CHEATHAMDrug Inspector L H GLENNState Oil Inspector O S LEE1Pure Food Inspector J H ANDREWSKeeper of Public Buildings H M STANLEYCommissioner of Commerce and Labor PETER S TWTTTYCommissioner of Game and Fish SAMUEL J SLATEState Auditor JNO M VANDIVERCommissioner of Revenue 3 OFFICERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA 19251926 J HOWARD ENNIS President Milledgeville J A DIXON President Pro Tem Millen DEVEREAUX F McClatchey Secretary Atlanta A E STROTHER Messenger Lincolnton A P GRIFFIN Doorkeeper Decatur MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA BY DISTRICTS FOR SESSION 19251926 First DistrictBryan Chatham Effingham S H MORGAN Guyton Second DistrictLiberty Long McIntosh Tattnall JOS H PARKER Ludowici Third DistrictAppling Brantley Jeff Davis Wayne GORDON KNOX Hazlehurst Fourth DistrictCamden Charlton Glynn T L PICKRENFolkston Fifth DistrictAtkinson Clinch Ware DR H J CARSWELL Waycross Sixth DistrictBerrien Cook Echols Lanier Lowndes P T KNIGHT Ray City Seventh DistrictBrooks Grady Thomas IRA CARLISLE Cairo Eighth DistrictMiller Mitchell Decatur Seminole W C HAYESColquitt Ninth DistrictEarly Calhoun Baker A L MILLER Edison Tenth DistrictDougherty Lee Worth J D CLIFTON Leesburg Eleventh DistrictClay Randolph Terrell R L MOYE Cuthbert Twelfth DistrictQuitman Stewart Webster HARRELL Lumpkin 7 Thirteenth DistrictMacon Schley Sumter BENJ F NEALMontezuma Fourteenth DistrictBleckley Dooly Pulaski DE W C WILLIAMS JECochran Fifteenth DistrictWheeler Montgomery Toombs J M D McGEEGOEIAiley Sixteenth DistrictLaurens Johnson Emanuel Treutlen DE A M EOUNTEEEAdrian Seventeenth DistrictBurke Jenkins Screven J A DIXON1TMillen Eighteenth DistrictGlascock Jefferson Richmond I S PEEBLES JEAugusta Nineteenth DistrictGreene Warren Taliaferro DE F B EICKETSONWarrenton Twentieth DistrictHancock Baldwin Washington J H ENNISMilledgeville Twentyfirst DistrictJones Twiggs Wilkinson H L D HUGHES Danvillc Twentysecond DistrictBibb Lamar Monroe Pike J C COLLIEE1Barnesville Twentythird DistrictCrawford Houston Taylor Peach MILTON B CAEEGaillard Twentyfourth DistrictMuscogee Marion Chattahoochee B O PEEKINS iLColumbus Twentyfifth DistrictTalbot Harris Upson J A LUTTEELLItHWaverly Hall Twentysixth DistrictButts Fayette Spalding A K MADDOX Griffin Twentyseventh DistrictBarrow Oconee Walton L F JOHNSONJWatkinsville Twentyeighth DistrictJasper Putman Morgan A G FOSTEBIMadison 8 Twenty ninth DistrictColumbia Lincoln McDuffie E D CLARYHarlem Thirtieth DistrictElbert Hart Madison J N B THOMPSONComer Thirtyfirst DistrictFranklin Habersham Stephens E E ANDREWS JToccoa Thirtysecond DistrictLumpkin Dawson White J U PRUETT Dahlonega Thirtythird DistrictBanks Jackson Hall H P DeLaPERRIEREHoschton Thirtyfourth DistrictDeKalb Newton Rockdale CARL N GUESSStone Mountain Thirtyfifth DistrictFulton Henry Clayton W C HENDRIXHurt Bldg Atlanta Thirtysixth DistrictCampbell Coweta Meriwether R D COLE Newnan Thirtyseventh DistrictHeard Carroll Troup SHIRLEY C BOYKINCarrollton Thirtyeighth DistrictPaulding Haralson Polk DR JOE I MATTHEWSDallas Thirtyninth DistrictCherokee Cobb Douglas J R HUTCHESONtDouglasville Fortieth DistrictUnion Rabun Towns DR E C WELLBORNYoung Harris Fortyfirst DistrictPickens Gilmer Fannin C F OWEN Ellijay Fortysecond DistrictBartow Chattooga Floyd E D COLECartersville Fortythird DistrictGordon Whitfield Murray W M SAPP IDaton Fortyfourth DistrictCatoosa Dade Walker D S MIDDLETONRising Fawn 9 Fortyfifth DistrictBen Hill Irwin Telfair J B CLEMENTS Irwinville Fortysixth DistrictCoffee Bacon Pierce S FORSTER MEMORY Blackshear Fortyseventh DistrictColquitt Turner Tift R L NORMAN Norman Park Fortyeighth DistrictDodge Crisp Wilcox C M McKENZIE Cordele Fortyninth DistrictBulloch Candler Evans REV H B WILKINSON Claxton Fiftieth DistrictClarke Oglethorpe Wilkes C 0 STEVENS Crawford Fiftyfirst DistrictForsyth Gwinnett Milton W L BELLrAlpharetta 10 Alphabetical List of Senators Name Andrews E E Bell W L Boykin Shirley C Carlisle Ira Garr Miltoii B Carswell Dr H J Clary E D Clements J B Clifton J D Cole E D Cole E D Collier J C DeLaPerriere H P Dixon J A Foster A G Guess Carl N Harrell G Y Hayes W C Hendrix W C1 Hughes H L D Hutcheson J R Johnson L F Knight P T Knox Gordon Luttrell J A Maddox A K Matthews Dr Joe I Memory S Forster Middleton D S Miller A L1 Morgan S H Moye R L McGregor J M D McKenzie C M Neal Benj F Norman R L Owen C F Parker Jos H Peebles I S Jr Perkins R O Pickren T L Pruett J F Ricketson Dr F B Rountree Dr A M Sapp W M Stevens C O Thompson J N B Wellborn Dr E C Wilkinson Rev H B Williams Dr W C Jr Mr President i District Post Office 31stToccoa 51stAlpharetta 37thCarrollton 7 thCairo 23rdGaillard 5thWay cross 29thHarlem 45thIrwinville 10thLeesburg 42ndCarters ville 36thNewnan 22ndBarnes ville 33rdHosehton 17thMillen 28thMadison 34thStone Mountain 12thLumpkin 8thColquitt 35 thAtlanta 21stDanville 39thDouglasville 27thWatkinsville 6thRay City 3rdHaulehurst 25thWaverly Hall 26thGriffin 38thDallas 46thBlackshear 44thlRising Fawn 9thEdison 1stGuyton 11thCuthbert 15thAiley 48th Cordele 13thMontezuma 47thNorman Park 41stEllijay 2ndLudowiei 18thAugusta 24thColumbus 4thFolkston 32ndDahlonega 19th Warrenton 16thAdrian 4rdDalton 50thCrawford 30thComer 40thYoung Harris 49thClaxton 14th Cochran Milledgeville 11 mtaass Standing Committees of the Senate Standing Committees of the Senate ACADEMY FOE THE BLIND Ricketson Chairman Carr Clifton Collier Wellborn ViceChairman Matthews Norman Parker AGRICULTURE Hughes Chairman Bell Carlisle Carr Clary Cole 42nd DeLaPerriere Dixon Hayes Clements ViceChairman Lnttrell Moye Neal Parker Rontree Sapp Stevens Thompson APPROPRIATIONS DeLaPekriebe Chairman Andrews vBoykin Carlisle Clements Clifton Cole 42nd Cole 36th Dixon Hughes Hutcheson Knox Hendrix ViceChairman Maddox Matthews Middleton Memory Parker Peebles Pruett Stevens Thompson Williams Wilkinson 14 AUDITING Clements Chairman Andrews Carr Pruett ViceChairman Bieketson BANKS AND BANKING Hutcheson Chairman DeLaPerriere ViceChmn Cole 42nd Cole 36th Poster Hayes Memory McKenzie Norman Perkins Pruett COMMEBCE AND LABOB Carlisle Chairman Guess ViceChairman Andrews Johnson Miller Moye Pickren Bicketson Stevens CONGBESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE BEAPPOBTIONMENT Thompson Chairman Owen ViceChairman Carswell Miller Harrell Johnson Middleton Morgan Neal CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Dixon Chairman Hutcheson ViceChairman Clements Miller Harrell Moye Hayes Neal Hendrix Peebles Hughes Perkins Knox Pickren McGregor Thopson McKenzie Williams Memory CORPORATIONS Bell Chairman Collier Harrell Hendrix Knox Foster ViceChairman McKenzie Memory Neal Peebles COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS Boykin Chairman Carswell Clifton Foster McGregor Miller Harrell ViceChairman Moye Owen Parker Pickren DRAINAGE Clifton Chairman Carlisle Carswell Hayes Parker ViceChairman Hutcheson Pickren Wilkinson t 16 EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Knight Chairman Miller ViceChairman Bell McGregor Boykin Neal Carr Norman Clements Perkins Clifton Rountree Collier Stevens DeLaPerriere Wellborn Harrell Wilkinson Hughes Williams Luttrell ENGROSSING Luttrell Chairman Clifton ViceChairman Guess Owen Peebles ENROLLMENT Norman Chairman Bell ViceChairman Carlisle Owen McGregor Pickren McKenzie FINANCE Collier Chairman Boykin ViceChairman Bell Knox Carr Matthews Clements McKenzie Cole 42nd Miller Cole 36th Morgan Guess Moye Harrell Norman Hayes Parker Hughes Peebles Hutcheson Sapp 17 FORESTRY Morgan Chairman Carlisle Clary Hughes McGregor Rountree ViceChairman Norman Wellborn Wilkinson GAME AND FISH Pickren Chairman Carr Cole 42nd Dixon Wilkinson ViceChairman Luttrell Morgan Parker GENERAL JUDICIARY NO 1 Perkins Chairman Andrews Bell Boykin Dixon Carlisle ViceChairman Foster Guess Hendrix Matthews GENERAL JUDICIARY NO 2 Moye Chairman Knight Maddox Memory Miller Knox ViceChairman Neal Peebles Pruett Sapp 18 HALLS AND ROOM McGregor Chairman Andrews ViceChairman Clary Owen Luttrell HIGHWAYS Memory Chairman Peebles ViceChairman Andrews Hutcheson Bell Luttrell Boykin McGregor Carlisle Miller Clements Morgan Cole 42nd Owen Cole 36th Pickren Collier Pruett DeLaPerriere Stevens Dixon Wellborn Guess Williams HYGIENE AND SANITATION Hayes Chairman McGregor ViceChairman Andrews Ricketson Carswell Rountree Clifton Williams Middleton INSURANCE Miller Chairman McKenzie ViceChairman Cole 36th Hutcheson Collier Knight DeLaPerriere Memory Dixon Thompson Guess 19 INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS Stevens Chairman Clements Middleton Johnson ViceChairman Parker Pruett JOURNALS Andrews Chairman Johnson Matthews Cole 36th Chairman Clary DeLaPerriere Hughes McKenzie Morgan ViceChairman Neal Collier ViceChairman Memory Morgan Thompson MANUFACTURES MILITARY AFFAIRS Knox Chairman Andrews Carr Foster Hendrix Maddox ViceChairman Matthews Perkins Sapp MINES AND MINING Pruett Chairman Hughes Owen Middleton ViceChairman Sapp Wellborn 20 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Hendrix Chairman Carswell Clary Clifton Cole 36th Collier Hutcheson Perkins ViceChairman Knight Morgan Neal Peebles Pickren Ricketson PENITENTIARY Cole 42nd Chairman Carr Carswell Knight Luttrell Pickren ViceChairman Owen Perkins Wellborn Wilkinson PENSIONS Peebles Chairman Dixon Foster Hendrix Norman Clary ViceChairman Perkins Sapp Thompson PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS McKenzie Chairman Bell Clements Hayes Middleton Thompson ViceChairman Norman Ricketson Williams 21 PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR j4atthews Chairman Middleton Ricketson Carr ViceChairman Wilkinson Williams PUBLIC LIBRARY Neal Chairman Williams ViceChairman Carswell Maddox DeLaPerriere Norman Lnttrell PUBLIC PRINTING Johnsox Chairman Luttrell ViceChairman Collier Owen Harrell Wellborn Hughes PUBLIC PROPERTY Sapp Chairman Bell Carlisle Clary Hayes ViceChairman Clements Maddox Pickren RAILROADS Clary Chairman Cole 36th Luttrell McKenzie Memory Cole 42nd ViceChairman Pickren Ricketson Stevens Wellborn 22 RULES President of Senate Chinn Sapp ViceChairman Boykin Harrell Carlisle Hutcheson Cole 36th Maddox Cole 42nd Memory Collier Moye DeLaPerriere Parker Dixon Peebles Foster Wilkinson Guess SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF Norman ViceChairman Guess Knox Luttrell Owen Carswell Chairman Pruett Rountree Williams SPECIAL JUDICIARY Foster Chairman Boykin Dixon Guess Harrell Hendrix Memory ViceChairman Maddox Neal Perkins Pruett STATE OF THE REPUBLIC Carr Chairman Hughes ViceChairman Clary Johnson Clifton Rountree 23 STATE SANITARIUM Rountree Chairman Clary Cole 36th J ohnson Knight Maddox McGregor Matthews ViceChairman Middleton Moye Ricketson Stevens Wellborn Williams TEMPERANCE Wilkinson Chairman Carswell Johnson Knight McGregor ViceChairman Parker Rountree Stevens TRAINING SCHOOLS Middleton Chairman Bell Cole 36th Hendrix Johnson Knight ViceChairman Knox Morgan Rountree Thompson TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM AT ALTO Williams Chairman Andrews Cole 36th Matthews Pruett Ricketson Wellborn ViceChairman Rountree Stevens Thompson Wilkinson 24 UNIFORM LAWS Harrell Chairman Dixon Knight Knox Mo ye ViceChairman Maddox Perkins UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Maddox Chairman Andrews Boykin DeLaPerriere Foster Johnson Stevens ViceChairman Knox Matthews Miller Perkins W AND A RAILROAD Guess Chairman Carswell ViceChairman Boykin Lnttrell Carlisle McKenzie Cole 42nd Memory Dixon Middleton Foster Morgan Hendrix Moye Hutcheson Peebles Johnson Sapp Knight m RULES OF THE SENATE ADOPTED FOR SESSIONS OF 19251926 THE PRESIDENT Rule 1 The President shall in his discretion suspend irrelevant debate and command silence whenever he may deem it needful Rule 2 In all cases of election by the Senate the President shall vote In other cases he shall not vote unless the Senate shall he 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 But in all cases where a fixed constitutional vote is required to pass the bill or measure under consideration and said bill or measure shall lack only one vote to pass the same the President may vote Rule 3 When two or more Senators shall rise at the same time the President shall name the Senator entitled to proceed Rule 4 All committees shall be appointed by the President unless otherwise ordered by the Senate Rule 5 The method of stating the question on any motion by the President shall be as follows All in favor of the motion will say Aye Those opposed will say No And when a decision may seem doubtful to the President or a division of the Senate is called for by any one member of the Senate the President shall call upon the Senators in favor of the motion to rise and after a count is had by the Secretary he shall call upon the Senators to reverse their positions and the President shall announce the result Discretion ol President When President shall vote Right of Senator to the floor to be decided by the President President to appoint committees Method of stating a question by the Presdent 29 Presdent may name Senators to preside Duty of Secretary when President is absent When no debate on appeals Appeals to be made at once Power of President to suspend subordinate officers When President may order galleries and lobbies cleared Rule 6 The President may during a days sitting name any Senator to perform the duties of the Chair during any part of that sitting hut no longer Rule 7 Whenever from any cause the President shall be absent the President pro tempore shall preside and if both shall be absent the Secretary of the Senate shall call the Senate to order and shall preside until a President pro tempore shall be elected which said election shall be the first business of the Senate The President pro tempore thus elected shall preside until the return of one of the first named officers when his functions shall cease Rule 8 On all appeals on questions of order of a personal character there shall be no debate Rule 9 All appeals from the decisions of the Chair shall be made immediately and no appeal shall be in order after other business has intervened from the time of the alleged error of the Chair and before said appeal is sought to be made Rule 10 The President shall have power to suspend the Messenger and Doorkeepers for misconduct or neglect of duty and when such suspension has been made he shall report the same to the Senate within twentyfour hours thereafter for such action as the Senate may see fit to take in the premises Rule 11 The President shall have power to cause the galleries and lobbies of the Senate cleared by the Messenger and Doorkeepers in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct therein and to cause any person or persons so offending to be arrested 30 and brought before the bar of the Senate to be dealt with for contempt of the Senate Rule 12 When less than a quorum vote on any subject under consideration by the Senate the President may order the door of the Senate to be closed and the roll of Senators called by the Secretary and if it is ascertained that a quorum is present either by answering to their names or by their presence in the Senate and any Senator present then refuses to vote unless excused such refusal shall be deemed a contempt of the Senate Rule 13 The President may at any time order the roll called on any question and take the vote by yeas and nays where a division of the Senate discloses the fact that a quorum of the Senate has not voted Rule 14 All questions as to priority of business to be acted on shall be decided by the President without debate ON DECORUM AND DEBATE Rule 15 When any Senator is about to speak in debate or deliver any matter to the Senate he shall arise from his seat and respectfully address himself to Mr President He shall be confined to matter in debate shall not speak more than twice on any subject nor more than once until every member choosing to speak shall have skopen If any Senator in speaking or otherwise transgress the rules of the Senate the President shall call him to order in which case the Senator so called to order shall immediately sit down unless permitted to explain The Senate shall if appealed to decide and if the decision of the Senate be not submitted to the delinquent for the first offence shall be reproved No quorum voting duty of President When President may order vote taken by yeas and nays Decision on questions of priority Conduct of Senators in debate Appeals 31 Expulsion See Rule 147 Exception to words spoken Silence Mode of designating Senators Shall not vote when interested in result for the seconu fined in a sum not exceeding ten dollars and continuing refractory may be expelled from the Senate by a twothirds vote of the Senators which said vote shall be taken by ayes and nays Rule 16 If any Senator be called to order for words spoken the words excepted to shall be taken down in writing by the Secretary and read then admitted denied or explained by the Senator who spoke and thereupon the question of order shall be decided and such other proceedings had as the Senate may deem proper in regard thereto Provided that if at the time the Senate is acting under the previous question such question of order and other proceedings referred to shall not be taken up for decision until after the previous question and the main question have been disposed of or until such further time as may then be ordered by the Senate But no Senator shall be held to answer or be subject to the censure of the Senate for words spoken in debate if any other Senator has spoken or other business has intervened after the words were spoken and before the exception to them was taken Rule 17 The members of the Senate shall forbear from private conversation and preserve silence until a speaking Senator shall have taken his seat Rule 18 The Senators shall avoid naming each other when they may hape occasion to take notice of their observations but may designate them by the districts they represent Rule 19 No Senator shall vote upon any question in the result of which he is personally interested and in every case where the seat of a Senator is being contested the sitting Senator and the ntestant shall both retire from the Senate before the vote is taken Rule 20 Any Senator may have entered on the Journal a protest in writing against the action of the Senate said protest shall clearly and succinctly set forth the grounds of such protest and shall not be argumentative nor arraign nor impugn the motive of the Senate nor any member thereof Rule 21 No Senator shall address the Senate nor interrogate a Senator who is speaking except through the President and if the Senator speaking declines to be interrupted the President shall cause the Senator desiring to interrogate him to be silent Rule 22 No Senator shall pass between the Chair and a Senator while he is speaking nor shall any Senator at the time of adjournment leave his seat until the President retires Rule 23 No Senator shall in debate refer to any private conversation had with another Senator or to any matters which have transpired in any committee or in the House except as to the final action taken by the House in any pending matter Rule 24 No smoking shall be allowed in the Senate Chamber during the Sessions of the Senate nor shall conversation be permitted within the Chamber Rule 25 In nominating candidates for any office no laudatory remarks shall be allowed nor shall any other candidate be disparaged Rule 26 Applause or hisses in the Senate Chamber or in the galleries or lobby during any speech or legislative proceedings shall be promptly suppressed Protests Duty while Senator is speaking and at adjournment Restriction In debate Applause and hisses foYbidden 33 No debate during yeas and nays Only one motion be made at a time Explanation Reading of papers Motion to excuse when made Excuses from voting Rule 27 During the calling or reading of ayes and nays on any question no debate shall he had Rule 28 No Senator can make more than one motion at a time and while the motion is being put to the Senate he must resume his seat and he is not further entitled to the floor unless again recognized by the President Rule 29 On all questions except such as are not debatable any Senator on the call of the ayes and nays shall be allowed five minutes as a matter of right in which to explain his vote Where the vote on any question is not taken by ayes and nays no Senator shall be allowed to explain except by unanimous consent No motion or request shall be entertained to vary this rule nor to extend a Senators time for explaining Rule 30 When the reading of any paper is called for and the same is objected to by any Senator it shall be determined by a vote of the Senate and this motion shall be decided without debate Rule 31 A motion to excuse a Senator from voting must be made before the Senate divides or before the call of the yeas and nays is commenced and it shall be decided without debate except that the Senator making the motion may briefly state the reason why in his opinion it ought to prevail Rule 32 No Senator shall be allowed to address himself to any question and then move to table the bill resolution or motion or move the previous question thereon without relinquishing the floor 34 DIVISION OF A QUESTION Rule 33 Any one Senator may call for a division of the question on a subject in which the sense thereof will admit of it Rule 34 The Senator calling for a division must state into how many and definitely what parts he would have the question divided Each part of the divided proposition must be so distinct that if taken away the remainder can stand by itself and be consistent and entire BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Rule 35 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 Secretary shall distinctly state its number and the name of the Senator by whom introduced Provided that the General Appropriation Bill and the General Tax Bill shall have precedence on third reading over all other matters even Special Orders until the said bills shall have been finally disposed of Rule 36 Every motion or request to take up general bills or resolutions out of their regular order and every motion or request for special orders shall be submitted in writing and reported upon by the Committee on Rules before being submitted to the Senate Rule 37 No debate shall be admitted upon any bill at the first reading Upon the introduction of any bill or resolution or other matter requiring reference to a committee the President shall as a Call for division Division how made Bills and resolutions called in order Proviso What motions to be in writing Question on first reading 35 Effect of favorable report of committee Adverse report of committee Bills when withdrawn Reports of committees order of action matter of course and without debate commit ti same to the proper committee unless otherwise ordered by the Senate In case of engrossment of am bill or other matter the entry thereof shall be made by the Secretary and the bill or other matter shal not be amendable thereafter unless subsequently committed Rule 38 Where the report of a committee is favorable to the passage of a bill etc the same shall be read a second time and passed to a third reading without question unless recommitted Where the report of a committee is adverse to the passage of a bill etc 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 etc shall be lost If the report of the committee is disagreed to the bill etc shall be passed to a third reading unless recommitted Provided that no bill etc adversely reported shall be taken up for a second reading except by motion of some Senator Any bill etc may be withdrawn at any stage thereof by consent of the Senate Rule 39 When a bill etc favorably reported by a committee is on its third or last reading if the report of the committee is disagreed to by the Sen ate the bill or measure shall be lost unless the action of the Senate in disagreeing to the committee report is reconsidered within the proper time Rule 40 The President shall not recognize any Senator at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to place any general bill on its passage out of its regular order Neither shall he recognize any request for unanimous consent for the in troduction of new matter or to read any bill or resolution the second time or to place any local bid or resolution on its passage except during the first 30 minutes after the confirmation of the Journal The President shall entertain but one unanimous consent at any one time Rule 41 Where a bill or a resolution has been referred and reported by more than one committee or has been reported on and recommitted to the same committee the last committee report shall be acted on by the Senate Rule 42 All bills and resolutions shall be written or printed and shall have the name of the Senator introducing the same as well as the district he represents indorsed on the back of the same and in the ease of bills the caption of the bill shall also be indorsed on the same Rule 43 No bill shall be printed until after the same has been reported to the Senate by the committee to which it has been referred or by request of said committee and the order of the Senate agreeing thereto Rule 44 No bill or resolution shall be transmitted to the House on the day of the passage thereof unless a majority of the Senators present shall so order Rule 45 The Committee on Rules during the last fifteen legislative days of each session shall arrange and fix the calendar of business for each day and such calendar shall be a standing and continuing special order during said period and no matter shall be taken up or acted on otherwise than in the order and manner fixed by such calendar except by a threefourths vote of those present Bills and resolutions to be in writing How indorsed Bills when printed Transmission to House by majority vote 37 PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS Order of precedence Not debatable when may be renewed Amendment When debatable When made When not to order Rule 46 When any subject is before the Senate for consideration or under debate no motion shall be received except the following towit 1st A motion to adjourn 2d A motion to lay on table 3d A motion for the previous question 4th A motion to postpone indefinitely 5th A motion to postpone to a day certain 6th A motion to commit 7th A motion to amend Which said several motions shall have precedence in the order named MOTION TO ADJOURN Rule 47 A motion to adjourn is in no instance debatable nor shall said motion be made a second time until further progress has been made in the business before the Senate A motion to adjourn in its simple form shall not he amended Rule 48 A motion to adjourn to a particular day or for a particular time if made when the Senate is not actually engaged in other business is debatable and is amendable as to the day or time proposed Rule 49 The motion to adjourn can be made at any time when the Senator moving it can legitimately obtain the floor Rule 50 A motion to adjourn may be made after the motion for the previous question has been sustainedbut when the Senate has voted that the main question shall be now put no motion to adjourn is in order nor shall any motion to adjourn be in order after the Secretary has called the first name of the yeas and nays and a vote of one Senator has been given or after a division of the Senate has been had on a vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced Rule 51 When a motion to adjourn in its simple form prevails it adjourns the Senate to the next sitting day or time in course Rule 52 Whenever the hour of adjournment as fixed by a prior resolution shall arrive while the vote of the Senate is being taken by the yeas and nays the session shall continue until the final vote is taken and announced and if said fixed hour of adjournment shall arrive while the Senate is acting on the main question after a motion for the previous question has been sustained and before the vote on the main question is being taken either by a division or by the yeas and nays as aforesaid the Senate shall stand adjourned by virtue of said prior resolution MOTIONS TO LAY ON THE TABLE Rule 53 No motion to lay an amendment or substitute on the table shall be in order Rule 54 A majority of a quorum voting may take from the table at any time when the Senate is not engaged on any other measure any bill resolution or other paper which has been ordered to lie on the table and when so taken from the table it is thereby restored to its appropriate place on the calendar Rule 55 A motionto lay on the table or to take from the table can be renewed from time to time when new business has intervened between the votes Effect of adjournment Hour of adjournment What business postponed Amendment or substitute cannot be laid on table How matters may be taken from table When renewed 39 Not debatable or amendable What can be tabled When in order Effect of previous question Twenty minutes de bate allowed Rule 56 Neither the motion to lay on the table nor the motion to take from the table is debatable or amendable Rule 57 Nothing can be legitimately laid on the table excepting what can be taken up again Rule 58 A motion to lay on the table may be made after the motion for the previous question has been sustained but when the Senate has voted that the main question shall be now put no motion to lay on the table is in order THE MOTION FOR THE PREVIOUS QUESTION Rule 59 The motion for the previous question shall be decided without debate and shall take precedence of all other motions except motions to adjourn or to lay on the table and when it is moved the first question shall be Shall the call for the previous question be sustained If this be decided by a majority vote in the affirmative the motion to adjourn or to lay on the table can still be made but they must be made before the next question towit 11 Shall the main question be now put is decided in the affirmative and after said last question is affirmatively decided by a mapority vote said motions will be out of order and the Senate cannot adjourn until the previous question is exhausted or the regular hour of adjournment arrives Rule 60 When the previous question has been ordered the Senate shall then proceed to act on the main question without debate except that before the main question is put twenty minutes shall be allowed to the committee whose report of the bill 40 or other measure is under consideration to close the debate When the report of the committee is adverse to the passage of the bill or other measure the introducer of the bill shall be allowed twentyminutes before the time allowed to the committee for closing the debate The Chairman of the committee or the introducer of the bill or other measure may yield the floor to such Senators as he may indicate for the time or any part of it allowed uhder this rule Rule 61 After the main question is ordered any Senator may call for a division of the Senate in taking the vote or may call for the yeas and nays but on all questions on which the yeas and nays are called the assent of onefifth of the number present shall be necessary to sustain the call and when such call is sustained the yeas and nays shall be entered on the Journal Rule 62 The effect of the order that the main question be now put is to bring the Senate to a vote on pending questions in the order in which they stood before it was moved Rule 63 After the main question has been ordered a motion to reconsider this action will il adopted have the effect to repeal the ordering of both the main question and the previous question and will leave the pending measure again open to debate and amendment This motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question can be made only once and if lost or if the main question is again subsequently ordered on the pending measure no second motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question shall be entertained Vote how taken Yeas and nays Onefifth necessary Effect of main question being ordered Reconsideration when in order 41 Contested lections How called and ordered Call of the Senate when In order Questions of order Effect Not amend able Rule 64 In all cases where a minority report has been submitted on any matter if the previous question is ordered there shall be twenty minutes allowed to the member of said committee whose name is first signed to said minority report or to such member or members as he may indicate for the time so allowed or any part of it before the twenty minutes allowed to the Chairman submitting the majority report Rule 65 The previous question may be called and ordered upon a single motion or an amendment or it may be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include the entire bill to its passage or rejection Rule 66 A call of the Senate shall not be in order after the previous question is ordered unless it shall appear upon an actual count by the President that a quorum is not present Rule 67 All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question and pending such motion shall be decided whether on appeal or otherwise without debate MOTIONS TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Rule 68 When a bill resolution or other measure is under consideration on the final reading thereof a motion to indefinitely postpone if decided in the affirmative by a majority of a quorum thereby disposes of said bill resolution or other measure for the session Rule 69 The motion to indefinitely postpone lays open the whole question for debate but it cannot be amended Rule 70 While the motion to indefinitely postpone takes precedence over a motion to postpone to a day certain or to commit or amend yet this motion cannot be applied to said motions nor ean it be applied to incidental questions such as questions of order reading of papers withdrawal of a motion and suspension of a rule Rule 71 No motion to indefinitely postpone shall be renewed on any bill resolution or other measure after the same has once been voted down MOTION TO POSTPONE TO A DAY CERTAIN Rule 72 On a motion to postpone to a day certain it is not in order to debate the merits of the question proposed to be postponed Debate may be allowed but it shall be confined strictly to the proposition to postpone and to show why one day is preferred to another This motion cannot be renewed or made a second time to the same measure on the same day Rule 73 The motion to postpone to a day certain cannot be applied to subordinate or incidental questions but only to the whole measure It is amendable by substituting one day or time for another If a day proposed is known to be beyond the limits of the Session the motion shall be treated as one to indefinitely postpone MOTION TO COMMIT Rule 74 Motions to commit may be made to refer a bill resolution or other measure to a standing or special committee When cannot be applied Not renewed Debate when and how allowed Motion tc commit 43 Precedence of Precedence of When debatable Rule 75 A motion to commit to a standing committee takes precedence over a motion to commit to a special committee and shall be first voted on Rule 76 On a motion simply to commit no debate shall be allowed but where instructions are added the merits of the question can he debated How amended Rule 77 A motion to commit may be amended by adding instructions or by substituting another committee for the one named by the Senator mak ing the motion 1 Motion to recommit Rule 78 Any proposition that has been referrec to any committee either standing or special may on motion be recommitted to the same or any othei committee by a majority of a quorum MOTION TO AMEND Amendments how made Rule 79 There are three ways in which a proposition may be amended towit 1st By inserting or adding words 2d By striking out words 3d By striking out and inserting words An amendment is itself subject to be amended in all three of the ways above mentioned but it is not admissible to amend an amendment to an amendment Bill first perfected then the substitute Rule 80 When a bill or resolution is before the Senate for consideration and amendments are pending thereto and a substitute shall be offered for said bill or resolution and an amendment shall be offered to said substitute it shall be in order for the Senate to first perfect the original bill or resolution and then perfect the substitute The question shall then be on agreeing to the substitute as amended if it be amended and if decided in the 44 affirmative the question shall be Shall this bill pass or resolution be adopted as the case may be by substitute Rule 81 An amendment cannot be offered after the report of the committee to whom was referred the bill or resolution under consideration has been agreed to by the Senate unless said action of the Senate in so agreeing to said report of said committee shall first be reconsidered Rule 82 All motions to amend any matter before the Senate must be in writing and must plainly and distinctly set forth the amendment desired and the part of the bill or resolution where said amend ment shall be inserted or added Rule 83 On all questions whether in committee or in the Senate the last amendment the most distant day and the largest sum shall be first put Rule 84 Where blanks occur in any proposition they must be filled first before any motion is made to amend Rule 85 The caption or preamble of a bill oi resolution shall not be considered or amended until the measure has been perfected Rule 86 When a proposition consisting of several sections or resolutions is on a final reading and the Senate shall agree to a motion to consider the same by sections or paragraphs the Secretary in reading the same shall pause at the end of each section or resolution and the amendments thereto shall be offered as the several sections or resolutions are read but the amendments offered by the committee to whom said bill or resolution was WJien too late to amend Must be in writing Priority Blanks Caption when amended Amending by sections 45 Amendments by striking out and inserting Priority of amendment to perfect Amending House amend ments See Rule 130 Priority Priority of questions on House amendments referred shall be read by the Secretary without any motion being made in the Senate and when a section or Resolution shall have been considered it is not in order to recur back and amend it Rule 87 When a motion is made to amend by striking out and inserting the Secretary shall read the paragraph as it is then the words to be stricken out and finally the whole paragraph as it would be if amended Rule 88 When a motion is made to amend by striking out a paragraph any amendment offered to perfect the paragraph shall be put first before the question isput for striking it out Rule 89 When any bill or resolution which originated in the Senate has been amended in the House and is before the Senate for action on the House amendment an amendment may be offered in the Senate to the House amendment but the Senate amendment to the House amendment cannot be further amended it must be agreed to or voted down Rule 90 A motion to amend an amendment made by the House to a Senate bill or resolution takes precedence of a motion to agree or disagree to said amendment Rule 91 The questions which arise before the Senate respecting amendments by the House to a Senate bill or resolution are 1st A motion to agree to the House amendment 2d Amotion to disagree to the House amendment 3d A motion to recede from its disagreement or amendment 4G 4th A motion to insist on its disagreement or amendment 5th A motion to adhere to its disagreement or amendment They take precedence in the above order RECONSIDERATION Rule 92 When the Journal of the preceding day shall be read it shall be in the power of any Senator to move for a reconsideration of any matter therein contained except such matter has been previously reconsidered provided such Senator shall notify the Senate of his intention to move such reconsideration at any time before the Journal is confirmed Rule 93 The notice of a motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn after the time has elapsed within which it might originally have been made Rule 94 No matter shall be reconsidered more than once Rule 95 Motions for reconsideration shall be in order immediately after the time for unanimous consents 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 Provided a motion to reconsider the action of the Senate ordering immediate transmission of any bill or resolution to the House shall be made and disposed of before the transaction of other business Rule 96 The action of the Senate upon an amendment may be reconsidered at any time before final action upon the section bill or resolution to which it relates Rule 97 All bills reconsidered shall take their Motion to reconsider Shall not be withdrawn when When there may be one reconsideration When In order Amendments when reconsidered Place on calendar 47 Morning rollcall dispensed with by majority vote Names of absentees noted Sergeantatarms Power to compel attendance Call how ordered Subsequent proceedings place at the foot of calendar of bills then in order for a third reading ABSENTEES Rule 98 The rollcall at the opening of each session of the Senate shall not be dispensed with except by a majority vote of the Senators present Rule 99 Upon the call of the Senators ordinary and extraordinary the names of the absentees shall be noted by the Secretary and shall appear upon the Journal COMPELLING ATTENDANCE Rule 100 The power to compel the attendance of Senators in order to keep or secure a quorum shall he vested in the President and to this end he may have the doors of the Senate closed When the doors are so closed no Senator shall be allowed to retire from the Senate without first obtaining leave from the Senate The Messenger of the Senate shall be exofficio SergeantatArms of the Senate and on order of the President may arrest any absentees and bring them before the Senate when necessary to secure a quorum as aforesaid CALL OF THE SENATE Rule 101 Whenever the result of a vote taken shall disclose the fact that no quorum of the Senate is present or when the President shall officially state the fact to the Senate it shall be in order for any Senator to make a motion for a call of the Senate and when this motion is made the President shall state the question as follows Shall the mo tion for the call of the Senate prevail and if five of the Senators present shall vote in the affirmative the President shall order the Secretary to call the 48 roll of Senators and the absentees shall be noted the doors shall then be closed after which the names of the absentees shall again be called over and those who do not appear and who are absent without leave may by the order of the majority of the Senators present be sent for and arrested wherever they may be found by officers to be appointed by the Messenger for that purpose and their attendance secured and the Senate shall determine upon what conditions they shall be discharged MISCELLANEOUS RULES Rule 102 When a message is sent to the Senate it shall be announced at the door of the Senate by the Doorkeeper and be respectfully communicated to the Chair by the person through whom it may be sent Rule 103 Messages may be received at any time while the door is open except while a question is being put or a ballot or a viva voce vote is being taken A message shall be presented to the Senate by the President when received or afterwards according to its nature and the business on which the Senate is engaged or its consideration may on motion be ordered by the Senate Rule 104 After a motion is stated by the President or read by the Secretary it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the Senate but may be withdrawn at any time before decision by consent of the Senate Rule 105 Any member presenting a petition memorial or remonstrance shall as concisely as practicable intimate the name and object of the peti Messages Messages when received and considered Motions Petitions memorials etc 49 tioner memorialist or remonstrant which shall be noted on the Journal and the paper may then be referred without reading Rule 106 Any motion to suspend the rules or change the order of business shall be decided withNo debate out debate nays shall have been ordered the Secretary shall also enter on the Journal the names of those members not voting be seconded before being put to the Senate of the committee to be added thereto except when by death or otherwise the President may assign said Senators to such committees as he may see fit and he may fill any vacancy in chairmanships upon the floor of the Senate except the Senators and officers of the Senate the officers and members of the House the President of the United States and Cabinet members the Governor of the State and the heads of the offices of the Executive Department exGovernors Judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals in actual commission expresiding officers of the Senate and House members of Congress from Georgia Governors and members of the Motions not privi leged Rule 107 Any motion not privileged containing Record new matter shall lie at least one day on the table Rule 108 Whenever on any question the yeas and sary to second motion Not neces Rule 109 Where a motion is made by any Senator it shall not be necessary that the same shall Committees how and when enlarged Rule 110 After the announcement of the standing committees no other Senators shall be placed thereon unless it be at the request of a majority Senators have been elected to fill vacancies caused Privileges of the floor Rule 111 No person shall be allowed to enter 50 Legislature of any State of the United States members of the press actually reporting legislative proceedings and such others as the Senate may allow upon recommendation of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor but the privilege of the floor shall be extended to no person for a period longer than two days and not more than twice during any session Rule 112 It shall be the duty of the committee on Journals to read the Journal of each days proceedings and report to the Senate that the same is correct before the Journal is read by the Secretary Rule 113 The hours of the morning sessions of the Senate shall be from 10 oclock A M to one oclock P M when the Senate shall stand adjourned until ten oclock A M of the next succeeding day Sundays excepted unless otherwise ordered by the Senate Rule 114 A motion for the call of the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate Rule 115 All writs warrants subpoenas issued by order of the Senate shall be signed by the President and attested by the Secretary Rule 116 It shall be the duty of the Messenger to attend to the wants of the Senate while in session to aid in the enforcement of order under the direction of the President and to execute the demands of the Senate from time to time together with all such processes issued under its authority as may be directed to him by the President Rule 117 The Messenger under the direction of the Secretary shall superintend the distribution by Duty of Committee on Journals Adjourn ment Motion for yeas and nays not debatable Signature of President and Secretary Duty of Messenger Messengers duty in distributing documents etc 51 Interlineation forbidden Pairing Committee of Conference Amend ments Free debate the Pages of all documents and papers to be distributed to the members he shall distribute to the members the usual and necessary stationery required by them Rule 118 No committee shall deface or interline a bill resolution or other paper referred to said committee but shall report any amendments recommended on a separate pajier noting the section page or line to which said amendments relate Rule 119 No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed as an excuse for not voting Rule 120 Whenever any Senator moves that a Committee of Conference on disagreeing votes of the two Houses naming the number of members be appointed if said motion prevails the President shall appoint a committee on the part of theSenate and in such case the committee shall consist only of such Senators as voted in the majority on the position assumed by the Senate and if by inadvertence any Senator be nominated on said committee who was not in said majority vote he shall notify the Senate and be excused by the President Rue 121 After commitment of a bill and report thereof to the Senate it may be amended before the report of the committee is agreed to by the Senate but the amendments if any reported by the committee shall be disposed of before any other amendment be considered unless it be an amendment to a committee amendment Rule 122 No Senator shall after debating any question and before yielding the floor be allowed to submit any motion the effect of which shall be to prevent further debate 52 Rule 123 No motion on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment If a motion be made to strike out a part of a bill or resolution a motion to amend the part proposed to be stricken out shall be first in order Rule 124 All reports of a committee shall be in writing and the minority of a committee may make a report in writing setting forth succinctly the reasons for their dissent Rule 125 Every motion for information from the Executive or other Departments shall lie on the table one day unless referred to a committee by vote of the Senate Rule 126 On the call of the yeas and nays the Secretary shall read the names of the Senators after they have been called and no Senator shall be permitted to change his vote unless he at that time declares that he voted under a mistake of the question Rule 127 Questions of privilege shall be first those affecting the rights of the Senate collectively its safety dignity and the integrity of its proceedings second the rights reputation and conduct of Senators individually in their representative capacity only and shall have precedence of all other questions Provided that when any matter is pending before the Senate no question of personal privilege shall be acted on until the pending question is disposed of Rule 128 In all elections a majority of the Senators present shall be necessary to a choice Motion Majority and minority reports What motons lie on table Changing votes Questions of privilege Elections 53 Appropriating money yeas and nays called and recorded Must originate in House Representatives Amendment to Constitution entered in full in journals Caption or title only to be read in local bills Secretary to take oath and give bond Oath of enrolling and engrossing Clerks Rule 129 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays are called and recorded All bills for raising revenue or appropriating money must originate in the House of Representatives but the Senate may propose or concur in amendments as in other bills Rule 130 Whenever the Constitution requires a vote of twothirds of either or both Houses for the passage of an act or resolution the yeas and nays on the passage thereof shall be entered on the Journal and when any amendment to the Constitution shall be agreed to by a twothirds vote of members elected such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on the Journal in full with the yeas and nays taken thereon Rule 131 The first and second reading of local bills shall consist of the reading of the titles only unless said bill is ordered engrossed Rule 132 The Secretary and Assistant Secretary shall before entering on their duties as such take an oath before their presiding officer to discharge their duties faithfully and to the best of their skill and knowledge and the Secretary shall enter into bond in the sum of 5000 conditioned for faithful discharge of his duties Said bond to be approved by President of Senate Rule 133 All engrossing and enrolling clerks before entering upon the discharge of their respective duties shall take an oath before the President of Senate to discharge their duties faithfully and to the best of their skill and knowledge of which a minute shall be made and entered on the Journals and no journalizing recording enrolling or en 54 grossing clerk shall be appointed by the Secretary of Senate until such clerk has been examined by the Enrolling Committee and certified to be competent and well qualified for the discharge of the duties required of him and shall be removed at any time upon recommendation of the Enrolling Committee Rule 134 When there is a meeting of both branches of the General Assembly in joint session the Secretary shall enter in the journal of the Senate the proceedings of the same COMMITTEES Rule 135 The President shall appoint the following standing committees Committee on Academy for the Blind Committee on Agriculture Committee on Appropriations Committee on Auditing Committee on Banks and Banking Committee on Commerce and Labor Committee on Congressional and Legislative Re apportionment Committee on Constitutional Amendments Committee on Corporations Committee on Counties and County Matters Committee on Drainage Committee on Education and Public Schools Committee on Engrossing Committee on Enrollment Committee on Finance Committee on Game and Fish Committee on Hall and Rooms Committee on Hygiene and Sanitation Committee on Insurance Must be examined by enrolling committee and be recommended by it as competent Secretary must enter on journals proceedings of joint sessions 55 Committee on Highways Committee on Internal Improvements Committee on Journals Committee on Judiciary No 1 for consideration of general bills Committee on Judiciary No 2 for consideration of general bills 4 Committee on Judiciary for consideration of special or local bills Committee on Manufactures Committee on Military Affairs Committee on Mines and Mining Committeeon Municipal Government Committee on Penitentiary Committee on Pensions Committee on Privileges and Elections Committee on Privileges of the Floor Committee on Public Library Committee on Public Printing Committee on Public Property Committee on Public Roads Committee on Railroads Committee on Rules of which the President shall be exofficio Chairman Committee on School for the Deaf Committee on State of the Republic Committee on State Sanitarium Committee on Temperance Committee on Training Schools Committee on Tuberculosis Sanitarium Committee on Uniform Laws Committee on University of Georgia Committee on W A Railroad The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Finance and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Finance shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Appropriations ORDER OF BUSINESS Rule 136 The following shall be the order of business 1 Prayer by the Chaplain 2 Call of the Roll 3 Report of Committee on Journals 4 Notices of motions to reconsider 5 Reading the Journal 6 Motions to reconsider 7 Confirmation of the Journal 8 Unanimous consents 9 Reports of Standing Committees 10 Reports of Select Committees 11 Messages from the Governor 12 Unfinished business 13 Special Orders and Orders of the Day 14 Messages from the House of Representatives 15 Introduction of bills etc the first time on Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays 16 Reading House Bills etc the first time for reference 17 Reading bills etc second time favorably re ported from committees 18 Consideration of bills etc adversely reported on Tuesdays and Fridays 19 Reading for third time of bills etc ready for passage 20 Motions resolutions and petitions Rule 137 The report of the Committee on Rules shall be in order at any time and messages from the Governor or from the House of Representatives may be received under any order of business Rule 138 No change of or addition to these rules shall be made unless such proposed change or addi 57 tion be submitted in writing and referred to the Committee on Rules and reported back to the Senate Rule 139 The rules of the Senate shall in no ease be suspended or changed or the order of business changed except by a twothirds vote a quorum of the Senate being present and voting Rule 140 The Auditing Committee before auditing the account of any Senator for expenses as a Committeeman or incurred in discharge of any duty as a member of the Senate shall require of him an itemized statement of such account supported by proper vouchers for each item whenever the same is practicable Rule 141 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 58 RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF 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 for office shall be kept secret 4 The Legislative and Executive proceedings of the Senate shall be kept in separate and distinct books except that a copy of the message transmitting information of definite action on appointments of the Governor shall be placed in the regular Journals of the Senate 5 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 except as provided in Rule 4 during any session except by special order of the Senate and in transmitting 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 59 vote and the record of votes shall be sealed and transmitted to the Secretary of States office there to be placed on file 6 A majority of a quorum shall be necessary to confirm the nomination to any office made by the Governor and sent to the Senate for approval When nominations are made by the Governor for any office which require the assent and approval of the Senate in executive session after the Secretary shall read the name of the party nominated and the position to which he is appointed the President shall put to the Senate the following Shall the nomination of the Governor be confirmed by the Senate Those who favor the confirmation will as your names are called vote Aye those opposed vote No After the roll is called the President will announce the result of the ballot and declare the result as follows It appears from the vote that a majority of the Senators have voted to confirm the appointment made by the Governor the same is hereby confirmed by the Senate or A majority of the Senators have voted against the confirmation of the nomination made by the Governor it is therefore rejected by the Senate 7 No Senator will be at liberty at any time or under any circumstances to expose or publish anything transpiring in executive session except only such matters as are required to be disclosed under the rules It is the intent and meaning of this rule that the business transacted in executive session shall be sacred and free from exposure to the outside world and that every Senator shall be on his honor concerning the same 60 RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHEN ASSEMBLED IN JOINT SESSION 1 The time of the meeting of the two houses in joint session shall he determined by the concurrent resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives except where provided by law 2 The elections shall be viva voce and the vote shall appear on the journal of the House of Representatives When the Senate and House of Representatives unite for the purpose of elections they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall in such cases preside and declare the result 3 The votes are to be taken for but one election at the same time and a majority of the whole number of votes cast is necessary to a choice 4 The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in joint session in the hall of the House of Representatives on the first Monday of every session at 10 oclock a m or at such time as may be fixed by joint resolution of both houses for the purpose of electing such officers of said State as are now or may hereafter be required to be elected by the General Assembly Said joint session shall continue in morning and afternoon sessions from day to day until all of said officers are elected 5 At the hour determined by the concurrent resolution the Senate shall repair to the Hall of the House of Representatives 5 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 the body and decide all questions of order An appeal may be taken from any of his decisions to the whole General Assembly 7 The Speaker of the House shall sit on the left of the President of the Senate 8 In accouncing a candidate the mover shall not make any commendatory or other remarks 9 After a person is nominated for any office in joint session of the General Assembly it shall not be in order to second such nomination and when the nomination is declared closed the President shall forthwith order the rollcall and each member when called shall rise in his seat and respond promptly announcing ditinctly his choice for such office 10 In the elections by the General Assembly no member after having voted shall be allowed to change his vote unless he will rise and state in his place that he voted by mistake or that his vote has been recorded by mistake 11 No debate shall be in order except as to ques tions of order 12 No motion to adjourn shall be in order In lieu thereof there shall be the motion to dissolve the joint session 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 13 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 14 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 15 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 16 The majority of each house shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of the joint session 17 These rules may be amended by the concurrent resolution of the 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 OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1925 AND 1926 W CECIL NEILL of MuscogeeSpeaker R B RUSSELL JR of BarrowSpeaker Pro Tem E B MOORE of DeKalb Clerk C M HOOKS of Wilkinson Messenger J E DENNARD of Webster Doorkeeper MEMBERS OF THE House of Representatives of Georgia WITH COUNTY AND POSTOFFICE 19251926 NAMES OF COUNTIES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED County Name ApplingJ W Johnson AtkinsonJ O White BaconJ N Johnson BakerRobert B Short BaldwinJ F McCluney BanksJ B G Logan BarrowizRichard B Russell Jr Bartow Wm H Lumpkin BartowW D Trippe Ben HillL L Griner BerrienArlie D Tucker BibbJ F Malone BibbMrs Viola R Napier BibbNat R Winship BleckleyGuy D Jackson BrantleyJ B Strickland BrooksW R Blease BrooksS M Turner Bryan W W Gill BullochJ V Brunson BullochJohn C Parrish BurkeH Cliff Hatcher BurkeW L McElmurry ButtsJ L Lyons CalhounE A Barnett CamdenW D Johnson CampbellC H Gullatt CandlerI A Brannen Carrolljh H P Beck CarrollCharles K Henderson Jr CatoosaR H Bandy CharltonL E Mallard ChathamColumbus E Alexander ChathamRemer L Denmark ChathamAlex R Lawton Jr ChattahoocheeDr C N Howard Jr ChattoogaT J Anderson CherokeeJohnW Collins ClarkeR Toombs DuBose ClarkeA T Levie ClayA T King Postoffice Baxley Pearson Rockingham R 2 Newton Hardwick Homer Winder Cartersville Taylorsville Fitzgerald Nashville Macon Macon Macon Cochran Nahunta Barney Quitman Roding Register Portal Waynesboro Waynesboro Jackson Leary White Oak Union City Metter Bowden Carrollton Tunnell Hill R 2 Folkston Savannah Savannah Savannah Cusseta Summerville R 1 Canton Athens Athens Hatcher Station 67 County Name ClaytonW O Camp ClinchRobert E Lee CobbLindley W Camp Cobbo M Head CoffeeDr G M Ricketson ColquittRichard J Lewis ColquittHoyt H Whelchel ColumbiaWilmer D Lanier CookJ s Jones CowetaA Sidney Camp CowetaJ Courtney McKoy CrawfordW F Andrews CrispA Stanley Bussey DadeA J Brown DawsonA J Taylor DecaturG G Bower DecaturE H Griffin DeKalbJames C Davis DeKalbPaul L Lindsay DeKalbJohn W Weekes 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MiltonJ A Webb MitchellO B McElvey MitchellDr J M Spence MonroeJ M Fletcher Montgomery Hugh Peterson Jr MorganJ S Grant MurrayV O Pickering MuscogeeW Paul Miller MuscogeeJohn M Murrah MuscogeeW C Neill NewtonL P Loyd OconeeS H Griffeth OglethorpeHamilton McWhorter Jr PauldingJudge A L Bartlett PeachJ E Davidson PickensE Wheeler PikeJ O Owen PolkDr O W Peek PulaskiW V Bell PierceJ E Strickland PutnamH R DeJarnette Jr Postoffice Buchanan Hamilton Hartwell Franklin McDonough Perry Ocilla Jefferson Commerce Monticello Hazelhurst Wadley Louisville Perkins Kite James Milner R 2 Milltown Dexter Dublin Dublin Leesburg Hinesville Lincolnton Ludowici Valdosta Valdosta Dahlonega D earing Darien Oglethorpe Commerce Rt 14 Buena Vista Greenville Manchester Colquitt Alpharetta Pelham Camilla Forsyth Alley Bostwick Chatsworth Columbus Columbus Columbus Covington Bogart Lexington Dallas Fort Valley Jasper Concord Cedartown Rt 6 Hawkinsville Blackshear Eatonton 69 County Name Postoffice i OUveir Morris 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HlllhouseSyste WorthL D PassmoreSylvester 70 MEMBERS OF THE House of Representatives ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES OF MEMBERS Name Adams Geo A Alexander Columbus E Anderson T J Andrews W F Baker Rufus H Bandy R H Barnard J E Barnett E A Barrett Fermor Bartlett Judge A L Beck I H P BeH W V Blease W R Bloodworth J Fleming BosweU Felix E Bower G G Brannen I A Brown A Brunson J W Burch R F Jr Brgin Joe Bussey A Stanley Camp W O Camp Bindley W Camp A Sidney Chappel Alf H ChUds J J Clark Ernest Collins John W Cooper R W Culpepper J W Daniel J B Davidson J E Davis J C Davis J Scott Davis Thomas DeJarnette H R Jr Dekle E E Denmark Remer L Dorris W I Dorsey A Lf Doyal Paul H DuBose R Toombs County Postoffice FranklinRoyston ChathamSavannah ChattoogaSummerville R 2 CrawfordRoberta LumpkinDahlonega CatoosaTunned Hill R 2 TownsHiawassee CalhounLeary StephensToccoa PauldingDallas Carroll Bowdon Pulaski Hawkins ville BrooksBarney WUkinsonIrwinton GreeneGreensboro DecaturBainbridge C 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MMcDuffii Head G MCobb Postoffice Perry Vienna Wadley Haley ondale Forsyth Washington Waycross Roding Richland Crawf ordville Bostwick Oglethorpe Glenn ville Bogart Bainbridge Jeffersonville Washington Fitzgerald Guyton Lincolnton Union City Soperton Clayton Rome Jefferson Louisville Kite Waynesboro Dearing Marietta Hines E ASumter Americus A JrFultonAtlanta Hopkins H w Thomas Thomasville lowaiu 5r N JrChattahoochee cussea Hulme T J Elbert Elberton HEmanuelSwainsboro Washington Sanders ville Jackson Guy DBleckley James L PJones Johnson J WAppling Johnson J N Bcon Johnson W DCamden Jones J SCook Jones W RMeriwether rrfiv6 J Gwinnettxuawxcm Kempton Miss Bessie Fulton Atlanta gent Judge Wm B HnrTDr LLeesburg Lanier wumerD0obiaSarriemalnes Lawton Alex R JrChathamSavannah Cochran James Baxley Rockingham R 2 White Oak Adel Greenville Lawrenceville 72 Name Layton Dr T S Lee Robt E Lee J A Levie A T Lewis r j Lewis W O Lewis John C Linder T Milg Lindsay Paul L Logan J B G Loyd L P Lumpkin Wm Lyons J L McCluney J Fl McClure Freeman C McCrory C R McElmurray W L McElvey O B McKoy J Courtney McWhorter Hamilton Jr Maddox F B Mallard L E Malone J F Mann B F Martin Raymond wZZlll Matthews Walter Miller W Paul Milner J Herrman Milton O P Montgomery J W Murrah John M Napier Mrs Viola Ross Neill W Cecil New S Parker Newton Charles L Norman A C Oliver J B Owen J C Palmour J Ernest Parker Henry C Parrish J C Paschal Wm M Passmore L D Pate Jas H Peacock J Marion Peek Dr C W Perkins W C Peterson Hugh JrI Peterson N Phillips j w Pilcher Mose B Pickering V C Quarterman John H Rampley John J Rawls Henry G County Postoffice LibertyHinesville ClinchHomerville ScrevenRocky Ford ClarkeAthens Colquitt Norman Park GordonCalhoun HancockSparta Jeff DavisHazlehurst DeKalb Atlanta B anksHomer NewtonCovington BartowCart era ville ButtsJ ackson B aldwinHardwick WalkerLaFayette SchleyEllaville BurkeWaynesboro MitchellPelham CowetaNewnan R 8 OglethorpeLexington GwinnettLawrenceville CharltonFolkston 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D Webb J A Weekes John Wesley West Linton B Westbrook Cruger Wheeler E Whelchel Hoyt H Whitchard T C White J O Wilhoit Jud P Wilkin Seth B Williams W W Williams E M Wilson John Q Wimberly Ernest C Winship Nat R Wood J O Wood Roy S Zellars B B County Postoffice Jackson Commerce Coffee Broxton Sumter Americus Lanier Millt own Echols Stockton Richmond Augusta Walker LaFayette Emanuel Summit Barrow Winder Baker Newton Grady Cairo Madison Commerce R 14 Meriwether Greenville Talbot Talbotton Mitchell Camilla Lowndes Valdosta Fannin Due Whitfield Dalton Taylor Butler Union Blairs ville Walton Monroe Elbert Elbert on Brantley Nahunta Pierce Blackshear Glascock Gibson Jasper Monticello Dawson Ball Ground R Wayne Jesup Evans Bell ville Bartow Taylorsville Berrien Nashville Brooks Quitman McIntosh Darien Rockdale Conyers Washington Sandersville Terrell Dawson Milton Alpharetta DeKalb Decatur Randolph Cuthbert Dougherty Albany Pickens Jasper Colquitt Moultrie Early Blakely Atkinson Pearson Warren Warrenton Miller Colquitt Harris Hamilton Walton Monroe Wilcox Abbeville Toombs Lyons Bibb Macon Fulton Atlanta Spalding Griffin Hart Hartwell Standing Committees of the House of Representatives Standing Committees of the House ACADEMY FOE THE BLIND Winship Chairman Owen ViceChairman Brannen Jones of Cook Barnard Ketcham Brown Lee of Screven Brunson Linder Dorsey Maddox Grant McCrory Griffin of Twiggs Riley Jackson Rosser AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION Jones of Meriwether ChmnLAWTON ViceChairman Barrett Grice Bloodworth Griffeth Boswell Griffin of Decatur Brown Griffin of Twiggs Brgin Griner Bussey Grovenstein Cooper Hall Culpepper Hancock Davidson Hatcher Davis of DeKalb Henderson of Irwin Davis of Thomas Hopkins Doyal Howard DuBose of Chattahoochee Duncan Howard of Long Dykes Hulme Ficklen Humphrey Fletcher Jackson Folks Kelley 77 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION Continued Kent Rawls Lee of Clinch Rivers Levie Russell Lewis of Colquit Short Linder Smith of Grady Mann Spence Martin Stanford Matthews Steed McCluney Stone of Walton McClure Stovall Milner Thomas Napier West New Westbrook Palmour White Peacock Wilhoit Perkins Williams of Harris Peterson Williams of Walton of Montgomery Wood of Fulton Pilcher Wood of Spalding APPROPRIATION S tt Chairman Hatcher ViceChairman Andrews Dekle yBaker Denmark Beck DuBose Blease Duncan Bloodworth vDykes Boswell England Burch Ficklen Camp of Clayton Golucke Camp of Cobb Griffith Chappell Griner Childs Hall Culpepper Hamilton Davis of DeKalb Harrison APPROPRIATIONS Continued Hooper Peterson of Tift Hyman Rice Jackson Ricketson Ketcham xRiley Lumpkin Ross Maddox Rosser Mallard Rountree Mann NSmith of Grady Martin Smith of Meriwether Matthews j3tone of Union McCluney Stone of Walton McWhorter Stovall Murrali Vaughn Napier We aver Norman Westbrook Owen vWhelchel Palmour Wilhoit Parrish Williams of Walton Parker Wimberly Passmore NWood of Spalding Peacock Zellars Peterson of Montgomery AUDITING Bandy Chairman Jones of Cook ViceChmn Barnett Lee of Screven Blease Loyd Evans Montgomery Grant Phillips Griffin of Twiggs Smith of Madison Guillebeau Tucker Haywood Whitchard Hillhouse Wimberly Johnsonj of Bacon 79 BANKS AND BANKING Hancock Chairman Hall ViceChairman Brannen Montgomery Brunson Murrah Camp of Clayton Newton Davis of Thomas Passmore Denmark Pate Dorris Rawls Gillen Rice Golucke Rivers Grovenstein Strickland of Pierce Gullatt Tippins Hyman Turner Kelley Trippe Lewis of Gordon Warren Logan Wheeler McElvey White McWhorter Williams of Harris CONSERVATION Stone of Union Chairman Howard of Long ViceChmn Baker Parrish Childs Paschal Davis of Floyd Phillips Evans Rice Gill Ricketson Grant Roberts Johnson of Camden Rountree Lawton Stone of Walton Maddox Strickland of Pierce Mann Webb McKoy Westbrook Miller Whitchard Oliver Williams of Harris Parker Wilson 80 CORPORATIONS Griner Chairman Trippe ViceChairman Barnett McKoy Bartlett Newton Beck Peek Blease Perkins Bower Peterson of Tift Brown Pilcher Camp of Cobb Rice Dorsey Ricketson Ficklen Smith of Madison Gillen Strickland of Pierce Hillhouse Swint Howard of Long Tucker Jones of Cook Warren Linder Whelchel McElvey McCrory Williams of Walton COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS Strickland of Brantley Chairman Lyons ViceChairman Alexander Davidson Andrews DeJamette Bartlett Dorris Bloodworth Doyal Boswell Duncan Brannen Folks Burch Gill Burgin Greer Brunson Griffin of Twiggs Camp of Clayton Griffeth Chappell Guillebeau Clark Gullatt Cooper Henderson of Irwin 81 COUNTY AND COUNTY MATTERS Continued Hnlme Rampley Johnson of Appling Rice Kent Rivers Layton Roberts Lee of Clinch Ross Lewis of Hancock Short Loyd Smith of Madison McElmurray Stanley McElvey Strickland of Pierce Miller Taylor Milton Weekes Norman Wheeler Oliver White Paschal Wilkin Pate Williams of Harris Peacock Wilson Phillips Wood of Spalding Quarterman DRAINAGE Head Chairman Folks ViceChairman Barnett Peterson Blease of Montgomery Gill Quarterman Griffin of Wilkes Ricketson Johnson of Camden Short Lee of Clinch Stanford Lee of Screven Stovall Linder Strickland of Pierce Maddox Swint Mallard White Mann Williams of Walton Perkins 82 EDUCATION Davis of Floyd Chairman McCrory ViceChairman Andrews Barnard Beck Bloodworth Burch Chappell Davis of Thomas England Fletcher Golucke Gillen Greer Grice Harris Head Henderson of Irwin Hillhouse Humphrey Jackson James Jones of Cook Ketcham Kent King Lewis of Colquit Lumpkin Maddox Mallard Matthews McCluney McKoy Miller Milton Napier Parker Paschal Peacock Peterson of Tift Rivers Ross Rosser Rountree Smith of Meriwether Smith of Talbot Stanford Stanley Stark Steed Stone of Union Stone of Walton Strickland of Brantley Talmadge Taylor Tippins Trippe Tucker Webb Weekes Whelchel Wilson Wimberly Wood of Spalding Zellars 83 ENGROSSING Weekes Chairman Evans ViceChairman Barnard Parrish Camp of Clayton Peek Collins Pilcher Hamby Roberts Linder Stanley Loyd Taylor Lyons Thomas Newton White Owen Wilkin ENROLLMENT Mallard Chairman C Adams ViceChairman Beck Perkins Bnrch Peterson Kelley of Montgomery Maddox Rice McCrory Smith of Talbot Norman Westbrook Oliver Wheeler EXCUSES OF MEMBERS ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE Blease Chairman Whit chard ViceChairman Anderson Rampley Davis of Floyd Swint Ficklen Taylor Griffeth White Quarterman Williams of Harris 84 GAME AND FISH Tyson Chairman Doesey ViceChairman Alexander Lewis of Gordon Andrews Linder Barnard Lumpkin Clark Mallard England McElmurray Evans Norman GiU Roberts Griffeth Rountree Guillebeau Stone of Union Gullatt Strickland Hall of Brantley Hopkins Talmadge Johnson of Camden Warren Kent Wimberly GENERAL AGRICULTURE NO 1 Weaves Chairman Hopkins ViceChairman Baker Griffin of Decatur Beck Griner Bloodworth Grovenstein Bnrch Gullatt Bussey Hall Camp of Clayton Hancock Camp of Coweta Hatcher Chappell Hillhouse Clark Jackson Collins Johnson of Bacon Davidson Lee of Screven Davis of Thomas Lewis of Colquitt Dorsey Lewis of Gordon Evans Logan England Maddox Greer Murrah 85 GENERAL AGRICULTURE No 1 Continued Palmour Spence Parrish Trippe Pickering Tucker Rampley Vaughn Rivers Whitchard Ross White Smith of Madison Williams of Harris Smith of Meriwether Zellars GENERAL AGRICULTURE NUMBER 2 Rountree Chairman Peek ViceChairman Bandy Kent Bell Levie Blease Lewis of Hancock Boswell Linder Brunson Loyd Bussey McCluney Camp of Cobb Milner Childs Montgomery Golucke Norman Grice Peacock Griffin of Wilkes Pilcher Griffin of Twiggs Rice Guillebeau Roberts Hamby Rosser Harris Stark Head Strickland of Pierce Hamilton Smith of Grady Hines Talmadge Howard of Long Williams of Walton Jones of Meriwether Wilson Kelley GENERAL JUDICIARY NUMBER 1 Culpepper Chairman Adams Alexander Bartlett Boswell Bussey Camp of Cobb Collins Cooper Duncan Fletcher Gillen Golucke Grant Grice Hatcher Hooper Hopkins Kelley Kent Lanier Lewis of Colquit Lindsay Martin Smith of Meriwether ViceChairman Miller Milner McCrory Napier New Pate Passmore Quarterman Rawls Ross Rosser Russell Short Steed Vaughn Warren Weekes West Whelchel Wilhoit Wilson Wood of Fulton Wood of Spalding GENERAL JUDICARY NUMBER 2 Hyman Chairman Baker Barrett Bloodworth Bower Camp of Coweta Rivers ViceChairman Davis of DeKall Denmark DeJamette Doyal Dykes 87 GENERAL JUDICARY NUMBER 2 Hamby Hamilton Harris Humphrey Jones of Meriwether Kemp ton Lawton T evie Lewis of Hancock Logan Matthews McElvey McWhorter Continued Peacock Smith of Grady Smith of Talbot Stone of Walton Thomas Tucker Turner Tyson Weaver Westbrook Winship Zellars GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF Doyal Chairman Matthews ViceChairman Anderson McKoy Dorris peek horsey Peterson of Tift Johnson of Bacon Ricketson GEORGIA STATE SANITARIUM Beck Chairman Anderson Andrews Bandy Brannen Bloodworth Brunson Camp of Clayton Childs Clark Collins McCluhey ViceChairman Dekle Dorsey Greer Harrison Howard of Long Hulme James Johnson of Appling Ketcham Layton GEORGIA STATE SANITARIUM Continued Lee of Screven Phillips Mallard Stanley McElmurray Swint Newton Weekes Owen Whitchard Palmour HALLS AND ROOMS Griffin of Twiggs Johnson of Camden Chairman ViceChairman England Murrah Hancock Parker Harrison HYGIENE AND SANITATION Greer Chairman Harrison ViceChairman Grovenstein Norman Head Peek Howard Peterson of Tift of Chattahoochee i Ricketson Ketcham Spence Layton Swint Miller Webb INSURANCE Bell Chairman Camp of Coweta ViceChairman Burch Henderson of Carroll Culpepper Jackson Dekle Jones of Cook DuBose King Ficklen McClure Folks Miller Gillen Perkins Griner Riley Hall Smith of Madison 89 INVALID PENSIONS AND SOLDIERS HOME Montgomery Chairman Anderson Brown Camp of Coweta Cooper Davis of Thomas Chappell ViceChairman Gill Henderson of Carroll McElmurray Paschal JOURNALS Wilhoit Chairman Lewis of Gordon ViceChairman Ficklen Tyson Lanier Wimberly Rawls LABOR AND LABOR STATISTICS Vaughn Chairman Adams Bandy Bell Blease Bussey Davis of Floyd Dykes Griffin of Decatur Griffin of Wilkes Griner Hamilton Hatcher Hines Davidson ViceChairman Hooper Hyman Johnson of Appling Lawton Lindsay Malone Parker Peterson of Montgomery Smith of Talbot Stanford Tyson Weaver 90 LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REAPPORTIONMENT Lindsay Chairman Alexander ViceChairman First District Seventh District Perkins Anderson Second District Pickering McElvev Eighth District Wilkin Adams Third District Smith of Madison Hines Ninth District Montgomery Kelley Fourth District Logan McKoy Tenth District Miller Golucke Fifth District Lewis of Hancock Vanghn Eleventh District Wood of Fnlton Johnson of Bacon Sixth District Turner Fletcher Twelfth District Norman Milner New MANUFACTURES Parker Chairman Lumpkin ViceChairman Alexander McClure Brown Newton Bussey Riley Daniel Russell Dorris Smith of Meriwether Head Stovall Hooper Strickland of King Brantley Lyons Tippins Martin Vaughn 91 MILITARY AFFAIRS Griffin of Decatur Chairman Bussey Camp of Cobb Cooper Daniel Dykes Golucke Hooper ViceChairman Hatcher Lawton Lindsay McClure Westbrook Whelchel Wimberly MINES AND MINING Bower Chairman Wilkin ViceChairman Collins Roberts Davidson Stanley Dykes Stone of Union Harris Weaver Jones of Meriwether Logan West MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Clark Chairman West ViceChairman Barrett Levie Bartlett Lumpkin Bell Maddox Camp of Cobb Malone Dekle McElvey Denmark Murrah Doyal Newton DuBose Pilcher Griffin of Wilkes Rosser Grice Stark Hancock Stovall Henderson of Carroll West Jones of Cook Winship Kempton Wood of Fulton King Wood of Spaldin 92 PENITENTIARY Williams or Walton Chairman Alexander Andrews Baker Barnard Barnett Bloodworth B rannen Brown Brunson Burch Brgin Childs Cooper Davidson Dekle DeJarnette Dorris Dorsey Folks Grant Greer Gill Grice Griffin of Twiggs Griffeth Guillebeau Hamby Harrison Haygood Head Hooper Howard of Chattahoochee Warben ViceChairman Howard of Long Hnlme Humphrey Jackson James Johnson of Appling Johnson of Camden Jones of Cook Ketcham King Layton Lee of Clinch Levie Loyd Maddox Malone McKoy McElmurray McWhorter Milton Montgomery Oliver Owen Peterson of Montgomery Phillips Pickering Pilcher Quarterman Rampley Roberts 93 PENITENTIARY Continued Spence Swint Smith of Meriwether Talmadge Taylor Tippins Trippe Weaver Weekes West Wheeler Whitchard Wilkin Williams of Harris PENSIONS Anderson Chairman Barnard Chappell Childs Henderson of Carroll Henderson of Irwin Hillhonse Winship ViceChairman Hnlme Johnson of Bacon Lanier McKoy Talmadge Wood of Fnlton PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS Collins Chairman Denmark ViceChairman Barrett Lindsay Beick Malone Bell Phillips Daniel Rountree Davidson Stanford Duncan Stanley Evans Stark Guillebeau Trippe Hamilton Webb Harris Williamsj of Walton Henderson of Irwin Kempton Wood of Pulton 50 PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR Stovall Chairman Parrish ViceChairman Dorris Milton Grant Oliver Hines Paschal Lee of Clinch Taylor Malone Zellars PUBLIC HIGHWAYS Turner Chairman Bandy Barnard Barrett Bell Boswell Brgin Camp of Coweta Culpepper Daniel Davidson Denmark DeJamette DuBose Duncan England Ficklen Fletcher Gill Griffin of Decatur Griner Guillebeau Gullatt Hall Hamby Hamilton Hatchr Kelley ViceChairman Head Henderson of Carroll Henderson of Irwin Howard of Chattahoochee Jackson Johnson of Camden Jones of Meriwether King Layton Lewis of Hancock Lindsay of DeKalb Logan Loyd Mann Milner Milton McWhorter Owen Peacock Peterson of Tift Rampley Riley Rivers Ross 94 PUBLIC HIGHWAYS Continued Rosser Rountree Smith of Madison Smith of Talbot Spence Stanley Stark Steed Strickland of Pierce Talmadge Tippins Trippe Tuicker Weaver Webb Wheeler Whelchel Wilkin Williams of Harris Zellars PUBLIC LIBRARY Lewis of Colquitt Chairman Baker Brgin Davis of DeKalb England Hooper Hopkins Daniel ViceChairman Malone McElmurray Napier Peterson of Montgomery Stone of Union PUBLIC PRNTING Smith of Talbot Chairman Griffin of Decatur Kempton McCrory Oliver Paschal Rawls Peterson of Montgomery ViceChairman Short Stark Tyson Williams of Harris Wimberly 96 PUBLIC PROPERTY Boswell Chairman Brown Camp of Cobb Daniel Davis of DeKalb Evans Gullatt Hamby Hancock Hillhouse Hines Johnson of Appling Kempton McWhorter ViceChairman Linder Lnmpkin McChire Milton New Passmore Pilcher Stone of Union Stone of Walton Stovall Tippins Wood of Fulton RAILROADS Steed Chairman Barrett Brannen Brunson Camp of Coweta Culpepper Doyal Duncan Fletcher Folks Gillen Griffin of Decatur Grovenstein Hamby Harris Haywood Henderson of Irwin Hines Hyman Palmour ViceChairman James Johnson of Bacon Johnson of Camden Jones of Meriwether Lawton Lanier Martin Milton Pilcher Rawls Ross Rountree Russell Spence Stone of Walton Warren Winship 97 RULES The Speaker ExOfficio Dykes ViceChairman Chairman Twelfth District First District New Denmark From the State at Large Second District Adams Griffin of Decatur Barrett Third District Camp of Coweta Bussey Clark Fourth District Culpepper Murrah Griner Fifth District Hall Lindsay Hatcher Sixth District Harris James Hopkins Seventh District Hyman Hamilton Jones of Meriwether Eighth District Kempton DuBose Russell Ninth District Stone of Walton Palm our Trippe Tenth District Turner Lewis of Hancock Weaver Eleventh District Westbrook Rivers Winship Wood of Fulton SANITARIUM AT ALTO Logan Chairman f Hamby ViceChairman Barnett Newton Bell Oliver Greer Peek Harrison Peterson of Tift Haywood Phillips Hulme Ricketson Johnson of Appling Strickland of Ketcham Brantley Layton Swint Milner 98 SPECIAL JUDICIARY Smith of Grady Chairman McElvey ViceChairman Johnson of Appling Lanier Adams Anderson Bartlett Bower Brunson Camp of Cobh Childs Davis of DeKalb Davis of Thomas Dekle Duncan Polks Grill Grice Haywood Hooper Lyons Martin Matthews Passmore Pate Pickering Short Strickland of Brantley Thomas West Wilhoit Wilkin Wood of Spalding STATE OF THE REPUBLIC Bussey Chairman Davis of Thomas Howard of Chattahoochee Hyman of Washington Lee of Screven New Lewis of Hancock ViceChairman Pate Peek Rawls Rosser Smith of Grady Stone of Union 99 TEMPERANCE Malone Chairman Beck Hopkins Howard of Chattahoochee Jones of Cook Kent Lee of Clinch Lyons Mann Pickering ViceChairman McCluney MeCrory Napier Oliver Rampley Smith of Grady Stovall Tippins Warren TRAINING SCHOOLS Napier Chairman Burch Burgin Davis of Floyd Doyle DuBose Ficklen Folks Greer Haywood Kempton Layton Lee of Clinch Lee of Screven Henderson of Carroll ViceChairman Lewis of Colquit McCluney New Paschal Pilcher Rosser Stanford Talmadge Tucker Weekes Winship Wood of Fulton 100 UNIFORM STATE LAWS Peacock Chairman Adams Bower Doyal Golucke Grant Kent Lawton Lewis of Hancock McWhorter Miller Milner Passmore Zellars ViceChairman Pate Rawls Rosser Smith of Meriwether Thomas Tucker Tyson Whelchel Wilhoit Wilson Wood of Spalding UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND ITS BRANCHES McClure Chairman Andrews Baker Barnett Beck Bower Camp of Clayton Camp of Coweta Dekle Denmark DeJamette Doyal England Grovenstein Gillen Griffin of Wilkes Hatcher Henderson of Carroll James Kent Humphrey ViceChairman Lanier Levie Lewis of Gordon Lindsay Martin McCluney Parrish Peterson of Tift Quarterman Ross Russell Smith of Madison Smith of Talbot Steed Thomas Turner Tyson Webb Whelchel WAYS AND MEANS Harris Chairman Starr ViceUnairman Bandy King Bartlett Lawton Barnett Levie Bell Lewis of Colquitt Boswell Lewis of Gordon Bower Logan Chappell Loyd Clark Lyons Collins Murrah Culpepper McClure Daniel Milner Davis of Floyd Newton DeJarnette Palmour Dorris Pate Dykes Perkins Griffin of Wilkes Pickering Grovenstein Riley Guillebeau Spence Hancock Stanford Haywood Steed Head Trippe Henderson of Carroll Turner Hines West Hopkins Westbrook Hulme Whitchard Humphrey Wilkin Hyman Williams of Walton James Wilson Jones of Meriwether Wimberly Kelley Winship Kempton 102 WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD Kempton Chairman Alexander Baker Bandy Barnard Barrett Blease Brgin Camp of Clayton Chappell Childs Clark Collins Cooper Davidson Davis of DeKalb Davis of Floyd Dekle Dorsey England Evans of Screven Griffin of Wilkes Griffeth Grovenstein Guillebeau Hamilton Hillhouse Howard of Long Humphrey Johnson of Appling Johnson of Bacon Jones of Meriwether Lanier Layton Stone of Walton ViceChairman Lewis of Gordon Lumpkin Lyons Mallard Mann Matthews Milner Montgomery Murrah Owen Palmour Parrish Passmore Pickering Quarterman Rampley Riley Rosser Short Spence Smith of Grady Stark Steed Strickland of Brantley Taylor Thomas Turner Vaughn Webb West Westbrook Wilhoit 103 THE SPEAKEE Buie 1 The Speaker shall in his discretion suspend irrelevant debate and command silence whenever he may deem it needful Eule 2 In all cases of election by the House the Speaker shall vote In other cases he shall not vote unless the House 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 But in all cases where a fixed constitutional vote is required to pass the bill or measure under consideration and said bill or measure shall lack only one vote to pass the same the Speaker shall vote and his vote so cast shall be counted the same as that of any other member Eule 3 When two or more members shall rise at the same time the Speaker shall name the person entitled to proceed Eule 4 All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker unless otherwise ordered by the House Eule 5 The method of stating a question or any motion by the Speaker after the same has been read to the House by the Clerk shall be as follows All in favor of the motion will say Aye Those opposed will say No And when a decision may seem doubtful to the Speaker or a division of the House is called for by any one 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 positions and the Speaker shall announce the result piscretion if Speaker When Speaker shall vote Right of member to the floor to be decided by the Speaker Appointment of Committees Methods of stating a question by Speaker 107 Speaker may name members to preside uty of Clerk when Speaker is absent Appeals from ruling of the Speaker When no debate on appeals Appeals tobe made at once When members may Rule 6 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 Rule 7 Whenever from any cause the Speaker shall be absent the Speaker pro tempore shall preside and if both shall be absent the Clerk of the House shall call the House to order and shall preside until a Speaker pro tempore shall be elected which said election shall be the first business of the House The Speaker pro tempore thus elected shall preside until the return of one of the first named officers when his functions shall cease Rule 8 Should any member of the House be dissatisfied with the ruling of the Speaker on any point he shall rise and respectfully address the Speaker and say I appeal from the decision of the Chair The Speaker will then state to the House the point ruled on and his decision on it and shall then put the question of appeal to the House as follows All in favor of the decision of the Chair standing as the sense of this House will say Aye Those opposed will say No and the decision of the House in sustaining or overruling the Speaker shall be final Rule 9 On all appeals on questions of order of a personal character there shall be no debate Rule 10 All appeals from the decision of the Chair shall be made immediately and no appeal shall be in order after other business has intervened from the time of the alleged error of the Chair and before said appeal is sought to be made Rule 11 Where debate is permissible on appeals from the decision of the Chair any member after 108 being recognized by the Speaker may address his remarks directly to the House Rule 12 The Speaker shall have power to suspend the Messenger and Doorkeepers for misconduct or neglect of duty and when such suspension has been made he shall report the same to the House within twentyfour hours thereafter for such action as the House may see fit to take in the premises Rule 13 The Speaker shall have power to cause the galleries and lobbies of the House cleared by the Messenger and Doorkeepers in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct therein and to cause any person or persons so offending to be arrested and brought before the bar of the House to be dealt with for contempt of the House Rule 14 When less than a quorum vote on any subject under consideration by the House the Speaker may order the bar of the House to be closed and the roll of members called by the Clerk and if it is ascertained that a quorum is present either by answering to their names or by their presence in the House and if any member present then refuses to vote unless excused such refusal shall be deemed a contempt of the House Rule 15 The Speaker may at any time order the roll called on any question and take the vote by yeas and nays where a division of the House discloses the fact that a quorum of the House has not voted Rule 16 All questions as to the priority of business to be acted on shall be decided by the Speaker without debate address the House Power of Speaker to suspend subordinate officers When Speaker may order galleries and lobbies cleared No qorum voting duty of Speaker When Speaker may order vote taken by yeas and nays Decision on questions of priority 109 Conduct of members in debate Time extended how JJxmilsion Exceptica wortto spokes Proviso ON DECORUM AND DEBATE Rule 17 When any member is about to speak in debate or deliver any matter to the House he shall rise and respectfully address himself to Mr Speaker He shall be confined to matter in debate shall not speak more than twice on any subject or more than once until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken No member of the House shall occupy the floor longer than one 1 hour in debating any question unless otherwise ordered by the House and any motion to limit or extend the time of individual speeches shall be decided without debate No such motion shall prevail unless it shall receive the affirmative votes of a majority of those voting Such motion may be made at any time that the movant thereof may legitimately obtain the floor If any member in speaking or otherwise transgress the rules of the House the Speaker shall call him to order in 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 by a twothirds vote of the members which said vote shall be taken by yeas and nays and recorded on the Journal of the House Rule 18 If any member be called to order for words spoken the words excepted to shall be taken down in writing by the Clerk and read then admitted denied or explained by the member who spoke and thereupon the question of order shall be decided and such other proceedings had as the Housc may deem proper in regard thereto Provided that no if at the time the House is acting under the previous question such question of order and other proceedings referred to shall not be taken up for decision until after the previous question and the main question have been exhausted or until such further time as may then be ordered by the House But no member shall be held to answer or be subject to the censure of the House for words spoken in debate if any other member has spoken or other business has intervened after the words were spoken and before the exception to them was taken Rule 19 The members of the House shall forbear from private conversation and preserve silence until a speaking member shall have taken his seat Rule 20 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 Rule 21 No member shall address the House except as heretofore stated in case of appeals or interrogate a member who is speaking except through the Speaker and should the member speaking decline to be interrupted the Speaker shall cause the member desiring to interrogate to be silent Rule 22 No member shall vote upon any question in the result of which he is immediately and particularly interested In every case where the seat of a member is being contested the sitting member and the contestant shall both retire from the House before the vote is taken Rule 23 Any member may enter a protest in writing against the action of the House said protest shall clearly and succinctly set forth the grounds of such protest and shall not be argumentative nor Silence Mode of designating members House how addressed Questions and interruptions ShaU not vote when Interested in result Protests Ill Smoking and conversation prohibited Duty while member is speaking and at adjournment Matters transpiring in Senate Committees and private conversation not to be referred to Laudatory and disparaging remarks when forbidden Applause and hisses forbidden No debate during yeas and nays Only one motion can be made at a time arraign nor impugn the motive of the House nor anv member thereof and such protest shall he entered by the Clerk upon the Journal of the House Rule 24 No member shall smoke in the House nor shall he converse with any one over the bar thereof Rule 25 No member shall be permitted to enter upon the floor of the House or remain thereon in an intoxicated condition and the Messenger and the Doorkeepers of the House are specially charged witii the rigid enforcement of this rule Rule 26 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 Rule 27 No member shall in debate refer to any private conversation had with another member or to any matters which have transpired in any committee or in the Senate Rule 28 In nominating candidates for any office no laudatory remarks shall be allowed nor shall any other candidate be disparaged Rule 29 Applause or hisses in the Representative chamber or in the galleries or lobby during any speech or legislative proceedings shall be promptly suppressed Rule 30 During the calling or reading of yeas and nays on any question no debate shall be had Rule 31 No member can make more than one motion at a time and while the motion is being put to the House he must resume his seat and he is not further entitled to the floor unless again recognized by the Speaker 112 Eule 32 On all questions except such as are not debatable any member on the call of the ayes and nays shall as a matter of right be allowed three minutes in which to explain his vote Where the vote on any question is not taken by ayes and nays no member shall be allowed to explain except by unanimous consent of the House No motion shall be entertained to vary this rule nor to extend a members time for explaining Eule 33 When the reading of any paper is called for and the same is objected to by any member it shall be determined by a vote of the House and this motion shall be decided without debate Eule 34 Every member within the hall when a question is put shall vote unless he is immediately and particularly interested therein or the House shall excuse him A motion to excuse a member from voting must be made before the House divides or before the call of the yeas and nays is commenced and it shall be decided without debate except that the member making the motion may briefly state the reason why in his opinion it ought to prevail Eule 35 No member shall be allowed to address himself to any question and then make any motion the effect of which is to cut off debate without relinquishing the floor DIVISION OF A QUESTION Eule 36 Any member may call for a division of the question on a subject in which the sense thereof will admit of it Eule 37 The member calling for a division must state into how many and definitely what parts he Explanation Reading of papers When mem bers shall vote Motion to excuse when made Excuses from voting Call for a division Division how made 113 Qualifying paragraph exception and provision Strike out and insert not divisible Call of counties Bills and resolutions called in order Proviso would have the question divided Each part of the divided proposition must be so distinct that if taken away the remainder can stand by themselves and be consistent and entire Rule 38 A qualifying paragraph an exception or a proviso if taken from that to which it belongs would not contain a distinct or entire proposition Rule 39 A motion to strike out and insert is an indivisible proposition BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Rule 40 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 Provided that no member shall introduce more than one bill of a general nature on any day except companion bills and provided further no bill providing for an appropriation of money shall be introduced during the last thirty days of a regular session except by consent of twothirds of the House which twothirds shall be equal to a majority of all of the members elected to the House The question of the introduction of such bill shall be debatable for ten minutes five minutes by the author or other member designated by him and five minutes by member or members opposing such introduction Rule 41 All bills and resolutions shall be called in the numerical 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 provided that House and Senate bills and resolutions adversely reported shall not be taken up for a second reading except by 114 request of the authors of such bill or rsolution or some member of the House provided that the General Tax Bill and the General Appropriation Bill shall take precedence on third reading over all other matters even Special Orders until the said Bills shall have been finally disposed of In order that the proper numerical order may be accurately and fairly determined as between bills and resolutions it shall be the duty of the Clerk to place on each bill and resolution as same is rad the first time a number following the numerical order in which said bills and resolutions are read the first time adopting one series of numbers and the same series of numbers for both bills and resolutions and not a separate series of numbers as heretofore practiced Rule 42 Every motion to suspend the rules for the purpose of taking up bills or resolutions out of their regular order and every motion to make special orders shall except by the unanimous consent of the House be submitted in writing and reported upon by the Committee on Rules before being submitted to the House Rule 43 The Speaker shall not recognize any member at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent for the introduction of new matter nor to read any bill or resolution the second time or any local bill or resolution a third time or to put any local bill or resolution upon its passage or to recommit a bill or resolution or to withdraw from one committee and recommit to another a bill or resolution except during the first thirty minutes after the confirmation of the Journal or after the reading of the Journal has been dispensed with The Speaker shall not recognize any member at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to put Effect of unanimous consent 115 Suspension at rules any general bill or resolution upon its passage or to read such bill or resolution second time and recommit The Speaker shall entertai nbut one unanimous consent at any one time The Speaker shall not recognize any member at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to make a special order or to change the order of business except that by unanimous consent an order of business may be fixed for the period of Unanimous Consents The Speaker shall not recognize any member at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to cast his vote on any motion resolution amendment bill or other question nor shall any member be permitted to cast his vote on any motion resolution amendment bill or other question until the question is put to the House by the Speaker on viva voce vote or division of the House or until after the roll call has begun The Speaker shall entertain but one unanimous consent at any one time Rule 44 The rules of this 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 voting Provided however that in order to so change or suspend the rules or change the order of business said twothirds so voting in favor of said change or suspension shall constitute a majority of the members of the whole House Rule 45 No change or addition to these rules shall be made unless such proposed change or addi 116 tion be first referred to the Committee on Rules and reported back to the House Provided however that immediately after the confirmation of the Journal on the day following the introduction in the House of the proposed change or addition to these rules the Committee on Rules shall report the same back to the House A failure to so report such proposed change or addition to these rules for two days shall automatically bring said proposed change or addition before the House for consideration Rule 46 Any motion to suspend rules or change the rules or change the order of business shall be decided without debate Provided however that whenever a report from the Committee on Rules is Submitted to the House the questions arising on said report shall be debatable until the report of the Committee is agreed to or disagreed to or the main question is ordered There shall be no debate however on the report of the Committee on Rules during the last fourteen days of the session Rule 47 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 Rule 48 No debate shall be admitted upon any Bill at the first reading Upon the introduction of any Bill or Resolution or other matter requiring reference to a Committee the Speaker shall as a matter of course and without debate commit the same to the proper committee unless otherwise ordered by the House No bill or resolution shall be engrossed except upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present No member Shall be recognized at any tim for the purpose of asking unanimous con No debate Bills etc when introduced No debate on first reading 117 Effect of favorable report of committee Bills when withdrawn sent to engross a bill or resolution When a motion to engross is made which motion may be made upon reading the bill the first time and at no other time no debate shall be permitted except that the movant may speak to his motion not longer than three minutes and any one other member of the House may speak in opposition thereto for three minutes In case of engrossment of any bill or other matter the entry thereof shall be made by the Clerk and the Bill or other matter shall not be amendable thereafter unless subsequently committed In cases where the report of a committee 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 When motion is made to refer a bill or resolution to a committee other than the one to which it is referred by the Speaker even though instructions be added no debate shall be permitted except that movant may speak to his motion not longer than three minutes and any one other member of the House may speak in opposition thereto for three minutes No debate shall be permitted unless instructions are added All resolutions providing for appointment of committees of inquiry or investigation and any and all other resolutions not privileged except motions for information from the Executive Department and any 118 other Department of the State Government shall be referred by the Speaker to the appropriate committee unless by order of the House referred to some other committee Rule 49 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 Rule 50 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 commiitttee and the order of the House agreeing thereto No request for unanimous consent or motion to print a bill shall be made except immediately following the thirty minute period of Unanimous Consents No debate shall be permitted on such a motion except that the movant may speak to his motion not longer than three minutes and any one other member of the House may speak in opposition thereto for three minutes provided however that when a bill is actually before the House for consideration such request for unanimous consent or a motion to print may be made but the motion to print shall not take precedence of any other motion permitted under Rule No 55 The motion to print may be made after the motion to table or the motion to postpone to a time certain shall have prevailed The debate on such motion shall be limited as above set forth Rule 51 All proceedings touching the appropriating of money shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole House Rule 52 All bills and resolutions shall be in writing and shall have the name of the member introducing the same as well as the eounty he represents indorsed on the back of the same and in the case of Adverse report of committee Transmission to Senate by majority vote Bills when printed Committee of the Whole House See Rule 107 et al Bills and Resolutions to be in writing How indorsed 119 Reports of committees order of action Order of precedence bills the caption of the bill shall also be indorsed on the same Rule 53 Where a bill or resolution has been re ferred and reported by more than one committee or has been reported on and recommitted to the sank committee the last committee report shall be acted on by the House and in all eases the report of the Committee of the Whole House shall be first acted on by the House Rule 54 The Committee on Rules during the last last fourteen days of each session shall arrange and calendar for each days business and such calendar shall be a standing and continuing Special Order during said period and no matter shall be taken up or acted on otherwise than in the order fixed by such calendar except by a vote of twothirds of all of the members elected to the House During the period of operation under this rule the calendar or order of business fixed by committee on rules shall be read by the clerk immediately after Confirmation of the Journal of each morning session and immediately after Call of the RoU of each afternoon session and any motion to amend such report either by striking inserting or changing the order shall be made within the first thirty minutes after the reading of such report After the reading of such report and announcement by the Speaker that it is in order for such motions to be made and no such motions being made the House shall proceed to business under the calendar so fixed after which no such motion shall be made during that session No such motion to amend the report of the Committee on Rules shall be debatable during the period of operation under this Rule PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS Rule 55 When any subject is before the House for consideration or under debate no motion shall be received except the following towit 120 1st Motion to adjourn 2d A motion to lay on table 3d A motion for the previous question 4th A motion to adjourn to a time definite 5th A motion to postpone indefinitely 6th A motion to postpone to a day certain 7th A motion to commit 8th A motion to amend Which said motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand as above arranged MOTION TO ADJOURN Rule 56 A motion to adjourn is in no instance de batable nor shall said motion be made a second time until further progress has been made in the business before the House A motion to adjourn in its simple form shall not be amended Rule 57 A motion to adjourn to a particular day or for a particular time if made when the House i not actually engaged in other business is debatable Rule 58 The motion to adjourn can be made at any time when the member moving it can legitimately obtain the floor Rule 59 A motion to adjourn may be made after the motion for the previous question has been sustained but when the House has voted that the main question shall be now put no motion to adjourn is in order nor shall any motion to adjourn be in order after the Clerk has called the first name of the yeas and nays and a vote of one member has been given or after a division of the House has been had on a vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced but in such cases the rollcall shall be completed the vote counted and Not debatable when may be renewed When made debatable When not In order 121 Effect of adjournment Hour of adjournment What business postpone Amendment or Substitute cannot be laid on table How matters may be taken from table Effect of vote to table Effect of vote to take from table the result finally announced before a motion to adjourn shall be in order Rule 60 When a motion to adjourn in its simple form prevails it adjourns the House to the next sitting day or time in course Rule 61 Whenever the hour of adjournment as fixed by a prior resolution shall arrive while the vote of the House is being taken by yeas and nays the session shall continue until the final vote is taken and announced and if said fixed hour of adjournment shall arrive while the House is acting on the main question after the main question has been ordered and before the vote on the main question is being taken either by a division or by the yeas and nays as aforesaid the House shall stand adjourned by virtue of said prior resolution MOTIONS TO LAY ON TABLE Rule 62 No motion to lay an amendment or substitute on the table shall be in order Rule 63 A majority of a quorum voting may take from the table at any time when the House is not engaged on any other measure any bill resolution or other paper which has been ordered to lie on the table and when so taken up the same is thereby restored to its appropriate place on the calendar Rule 64 If the motion to lay on the table prevails it removes from the consideration of the House the measure together with all the motions attached to it at the time it is so disposed of Rule 65 When the proposition is again taken from the table it stands before the House in the exact form with all the motions pertaining to it 122 just as it did at the time the motion to lay on the table prevailed Rule 66 After a yea and nay vote is called on any bill or resolutionthe House not acting at the time under the previous questionand one vote has been recorded no motion to table shall be in order until the rollcall shall have been completed When any bill or resolution is tabled after the completion of the rollcall and then taken from the table nothing can be done except to announce the result of said vote as shown by said rollcall at the time said bill or resolution was tabled Rule 67 A motion to lay on the table or to take from the table can be renewed from time to time when new business has intervened between the votes Rule 68 Neither the motion to lay on the table nor the motion to take from the table is debatable or amendable Rule 69 Nothing can be legitimately laid on the table excepting what can be taken up again Rule 70 A motion to lay on the table may be made after the motion for the previous question has been sustained but when the House has voted on the main question shall be now put no motion to lay on the table is in order THE MOTION FOR THE PREVIOUS QUESTION Rule 71 The motion for the previous question shall be decided without debate and shall take precedence of all other motions except a motion to adjourn or to lay on the table but neither of said No motion to table in order until rollcall is competed When renewed Not debatable or amendable What can be tabled When in order Effect of previous question 123 Twenty minutes debate allowed motions shall be made but once until after the pre vious question has been exhausted and when it is moved the question shall be Shall the motioin for the previous question be sustained If this be decided by a majority of a quorum in the affirmative and the next question towit Shall the main question be now put is decided in the affirmative by a majority of a quorum all other motions except one to reconsider the action in ordering the main question will be out of order and the House cannot ad journ until the previous question is exhausted or the regular hour of adjournment arrives But no motion to reconsider the action of the House in ordering the main question shall be in order after the Clerk has called the first name on call of the ayes and nays and the vote of any member has been given or after a division of the House has been had on the vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced in such cases the roll call shall be completed the vote counted and the result finally announced Rule 72 When the previous question has been ordered the House shall then proceed to act on the main question without debate except that before the main question is put twenty minutes shall be allowed to the committee whose report of the bill or other measure is under consideration 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 time allowed to the committee for closing the debate The Chairman of the committee or the introducer of the bill or other measure may yield the floor to such members as he may indicate for the time or any part of it allowed under this rule This rule shall 124 not be construed to allow the twenty minutes above referred to to be used but once on any bill or measure and then on the final passage of the bill or measure Rule 73 After the main question is ordered any member may call for a division of the House in taking the vote or may call for the yeas and nays if the call for the yeas and nays is sustained by onefifth of the members voting the vote shall be taken by the yeas and nays and so entered on the Journal Eule 74 The effect of the order that the main question be now put is to bring the House to a vote on pending questions in the order in which they stood before it was moved Eule 75 In all cases where a minority report has been submitted on any question if the previous question is ordered there shall be twenty minutes allowed to the member whose name is first signed to said minority report or to such member or members as he may indicate for the time so allowed or any part of it before the twenty minutes allowed to the Chairman submitting the majority report Eule 76 The previous question may be called and ordered upon a single motion or an amendment or it may be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include the entire bill to its passage or rejection Eule 77 A call of the House shall not be in order after the previous question is ordered unless it shall appear upon an actual count by the Speaker that a quorum is not present Eule 78 All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question Vote how taken Effect of main question being ordered Contested Election How Called and ordered Call of the House when in order Question of order 125 Effect Not amendable When cannot be applied Not renewed Effect of negative vote and pending such motion shall be decided whether on appeal or otherwise without debate MOTIONS TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Rule 79 When a bill resolution or other measure is under consideration on the final reading thereof a motion to indefinitely postpone if decided in the affirmative by a majority of a quorum thereby disposes of said bill resolution or other measure for the session Rule 80 The motion to indefinitely postpone lays open the whole question for debate but it cannot be amended Rule 81 While the motion to indefinitely postpone takes precedence over a motion to postpone to a day certain or to commit or amend yet this motion cannot be applied to said motions nor can it be applied to incidental questions such as questions of order reading of papers withdrawal of a motion and suspension of a rule Rule 82 No motion to indefinitely postpone shall be renewed on any bill resolution or other measure after the same has been voted down MOTION TO POSTPONE TO A DAY CERTAIN Rule 83 The motion to postpone a bill resolution or other measure to a day certain when decided in the affirmative by a majority of a qurum removesthe subject from before the House until the time designated and makes it a privileged question for that day so selected Rule 84 If the motion to postpone a bill a resolution or other measure is decided in the negative 126 it leaves the question before the House as it was be fore the motion was made and it cannot be moved a second time on same day or at the same stage of the proceeding Rule 85 This motion to postpone to a day certain may be amended by substituting one day for another In this case the time would be treated as a blank and the Speaker should treat these propositions as he would those to fill blanks Rule 86 If a day designated is known to be beyond the session the Speaker shall treat the motion as though it had been a motion to indefinitely postpone the subject Rule 87 On a motion to postpone to a day certain it is not in order to debate the merits of the question proposed to be postponed Debate may be allowed but it shall be confined strictly to the proposition to postpone and to show why one day is preferred to another It shall be the duty of the Speaker to hold members rigidly to these points Rule 88 This motion cannot be applied to subordinate or incidental questions but must be applied to the whole bill resolution or other measure before the House and when it prevails it carries forward the whole proposition and its appendages to the day named MOTIONS TO COMMIT Rule 89 Motions to commit may be made to refer a bill resolution or other measure to a standing or special committee or committee of the whole House Rule 90 A inotion to commit to a standing committee takes precedence over a motion to commit Effect of negative vote May be amended To a day beyond the session Debate when and how allowed Motion how applied Motion to commit Precedence of 127 When debatable How amended Motion to recommit Amendments how made Substitute to a special committee and shall he first voted on but where a motion is made that a bill resolution or other measure be committed to the committee of the whole House this motion shall be put before either of the above named motions Rule 91 On a motion simply to commit no debate shall be allowed but where instructions are added the merits of the question can be debated Rule 92 A motion to commit may be amended by adding instructions or by substituting another committee for the one named by the member making the motion Rule 93 Any proposition that has been referred to any committee either standing or special may on motion be recommitted to the same or any othei committee by a majority of a quorum MOTIONS TO AMEND Rule 94 There are three ways in which a proposition may be amendedtowit 1st By inserting or adding words 2d By striking out words 3d By striking out and inserting words An amendment is itself subject to be amended in all three of the ways above mentioned but it is not admissible to amend an amendment to an amendment Rule 95 A substitute is simply an amendment it is in effect a motion to strike out all after the enacting clause of a bill or the word Resolved in a resolution and insert that offered as a substitute 128 Rule 96When a bill or resolution is before the House for consideration and amendments are pending thereto and a substitute shall be offered for said bill or resolution and an amendment shall be offered to said substitute it shall be in order for the House to first perfect the original bill or resolution and then perfect the substitute The question shall then be on agreeing to the substitute as amended if it be amended and if decided in the affirmative the question shall be Shallthis bill pass or resolution be adopted as the case may be by substitute Rule 97 An amendment cannot be offered after the report of the committee to which was referred the bill or resolution under consideration has been agreed to by the House unless said action of the House in so agreeing to said report of said committee shall first be reconsidered Rule 98 All motions to amend any matter before the House must be in writing and must plainly and distinctly set forth the amendment desired and the part of the bill or resolution where said amendment shall be inserted or added Rule 99 On all questions whether in committee or in the House the last amendment the most distant day and the largest sum shall be first put Rule 100 Where blanks occur in any proposition they must be filled first before any motion is made to amend Rule 101 The caption or preamble of a bill or resolution shall not be considered or amended until the measure has been perfected Rule 102 When a proposition consisting of several sections or resolutions is on a final reading and Bill first perfected then the substitute When too late to amend Must be in writing Priority Blanks Caption when amended Amending by sections 129 Amend menta by striking out and inserting Priority of amendment to perfect Amending Senate Amendments See Rule 126 the House shall agree to a motion to consider the same by sections or paragraphs the Clerk in reading the same shall pause at the end of each section or resolution and the amendments thereto shall be offered as the several sections or resolutions are read but the amendments offered by the committee to whom said bill or resolution was referred shall be read by the Clerk without any motion being made in the House and when a section or resolution shall have been considered it is not in order to recur and amend it Rule 103 No motion on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment Rule 104 When a motion is made to amend by striking out and inserting the Clerk shall read the paragraph as it is then the words to be stricken out and finally the whole paragraph as it would be if amended Rule 105 When a motion is made to amend by striking out a part of a bill or resolution any amendment offered to perfect the part proposed to be stricken shall be put first before the question is put for striking it out Rule 106 When any bill or resolution which originated in the House has been amended in the Senate and is before the House for action on the Senate amendment an amendment may be offered in the House to the Senate amendment but the House amendment to the Senate amendment cannot be further amended it must be agreed to or voted down 130 Rule 107 A motion to amend an amendment made by the Senate to the House bill or resolution takes precedence of a motion to agree or disagree to said amendment Rule 108 The questions which arise before the House respecting amendments by the Senate to a House bill or resolution are 1st A motion to agree to the Senate amendment 2nd A motion to disagree to the Senate amendment 3d A motion to recede from its disagreement or amendment 4th A motion to insist on its disagreement or amendment 5th A motion to adhere to its disagreement or amendment They take precedence in the above order The Speaker is authorized on his own motion or upon point of order being made when in his opinion a Senate Amendment to a House Bill is not germane or if adopted would render the bill unconstitutional to rule out such amendment the effect of which ruling of the Speaker if not appealed from or if appealed from and the appeal not sustained shall be the same as a vote of the House to disagree and as such the Clerk shall report it to the Senate Such point of order shall take precedence of a motion to agree RECONSIDERATION Rule 109 When the Journal of the preceding day shall be read it shall be in the power of any member whether said member previously voted in Priority Priority of questions on Senate amend ments Motion to reconsider 131 Shall not be withdrawn when When there may be one reconsideration When in order Amendments when reconsidered Place of calendar When ordered by Speaker the affirmative or negative on the matter sought to be reconsidered to move for a reconsideration of any matter therein contained except such matter as has been previously reconsidered provided such member shall notify the House of his intention to move such reconsideration at any time before the Journal is confirmed Provided further that the action of the House on Senate amendments shall be in order for reconsideration immediately and not otherwise Rule 110 The notice of a motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn after the time has elapsed within which it might originally have been made Rule 111 No matter shall be reconsidered more than once Rule 112 Motions for reconsideration shall be in order immediately after the order of unanimous consent 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 Rule 113 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 Rule 114 All bills reconsidered shall take their place at the foot of the calendar of bills then in order for a third reading COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE HOUSE Rule 115 The Speaker may resolve the House into a Committee of the Whole without a motion being made therefor whenever a bill or resolution shall be 132 in order for consideration on its third reading before the House which is required by the rules of this House to be considered in the Committee of the Whole Rule 116 The House may resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House by a majority of a quorum voting on motion of a member made for that purpose provided however that notice of intention to make such motion shall be given during the session of the preceding day individual speeches on such motion being limited to three minutes If such notice shall not have been given the motion shall prevail if it shall receive the affirmative votes of twothirds of those voting and which twothirds shall also constitute a majority of all of the members elected to the House and provided further whenever the House either by its own vote or by unanimous consent shall commit any bill or resolution to Committee of the Whole House and subsequently a motion shall be made to resolve the House into Committee of the Whole to consider such bill or resolution and such motion shall be lost the said motion shall not be again renewed but it shall be the duty of the Speaker to require the Clerk to read the bill or resolution again on the followingdays session under the order of Introduction of New Matter or Reading of Bills the First Time and to refer such bill or resolution to the appropriate committee unless otherwise ordered by the House provided however that for the consideration of the General Tax Bill and General Appropriation Bill the House may resolve itself into a committee of the whole House by a majority of a quorum voting on motion of a member made for that purpose and no previous notice shall be necessary See Hule 44 When ordered by the House 133 How formed Proceedings Rule in committee Debate how closed Rule 117 In forming a Committee of the Whole House the Speaker shall leave the chair and a Chairman to preside in committee shall be appointed bj the Speaker Rule 118 In the Committee of the Whole bills shall be first read throughout by the Clerk and then again be read or debated by clauses or sections leaving the preamble to be last considered unless otherwise ordered Rule 119 The Rules of the House shall be observed by the Committee of the Whole so far as they may be applicable except that it can not refer a matter to any other committee it can not adjourn the previous question can not be enforced a motion to lay on the table or indefinitely postpone shall not be in order a member may speak as often as he may obtain the floor no call of the House shall be in order nor shall any vote be taken by yeas and nays Rule 120 If at any time in the Committee of the Whole it shall be desired to close the debate or to limit the time to be allowed members for speaking the committee may rise and report its desire to the House and the House shall take such action thereon as it may see fit by a resolution agreed for that purpose said resolution shall apply only to the subjectmatter before said committee and when said resolution has been agreed to or refused by the House the action of the House shall be deemed the sense of the committee and the House may then on motion again resolve itself into Committee of the Whole and continue the consideration of the sub ject 134 Rule 121 In the event that a Committee of the Whole House at any sitting shall for want of time fail to complete any matter under consideration it may on motion at any time in the committee made rise report progress and have leave to sit again generally or at a day certain Rule 122 A motion that the committee rise and report progress and ask leave to sit again can be made at any time when the mover thereof can legitimately obtain the floor and shall take precedence over all other motions and shall be decided without debate and when it prevails the committee shall im mediately rise and when the regular hour for ad journment of the House arrives the committee shali immediately rise and when the regular hour for adjournment of the House arrives the committee shall automatically rise and the Speaker shall assume the Chair Rule 123 A motion to reconsider shall be in order in Committee of the Whole Rule 124 The Committee of the Whole shall not proceed with the business before it whenever a vote on any question shall disclose the fact that no quorum of the House is present Whenever it is suggested that a quorum is not present the Chairman of the committee shall satisfy himself of the fact by actual count of the committee and report the same to the committee and the Chairman shall on his own motion order that the committee immediately rise and he shall report the fact of the absence of a quorum to the House Rule 125 The Speaker may in Committee of the Whole take part in the proceedings and he as well 135 Time of how extended Motion to rise etc Reconsid eraton Duty of when no quorum is present All member shall vote unless excused Amend mente Disorderly conduct reported Chairman may order galleries cleared Proceedings of when business before it is finished as all other members shall vote on all questions before the committee unless excused therefrom and no pairing of members shall he recognized or allowed in the Committee of the Whole Rule 126 Amendments proposed by the Committee of the Whole may be amended or rejected by the House and matters stricken out by the committee may be restored by the House Rule 127 A Committee of the Whole House can not punish disorderly conduct of its members but must report the same to the House for action thereon Rule 128 The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole shall have power to have the galleries or lobbies cleared in case of any disorderly conduct therein Rule 129 When the Committee of the Whole have disposed of the bill resolutions or other measures before it by motion and question it shall rise and the Chairman will be instructed to report the action of the Committee to the House At this point the Speaker will resume his seat and the Chairman will return to the floor and will state in substance as follows Mr Speaker the Committee of the Whole House have had under consideration naming what and have instructed me as their Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass or do pass as amended or do not pass as the case may be The Speaker will receive this report and repeat the same and the matter will then be before the House for action just as though reported by any other committee 136 Rule 130 The proceedings of the Committee or the Whole shall not be recorded in the Journal of the House except so far as reported to the House by the Chairman of said committee Rule 131 When in the Committee of the Whole any papers in the possession of the House may be called for by any member and read by the Clerk for the information of the committee unless the committee shall otherwise order Rule 132 Amendments offered to an amendment in the Committee of the Whole shall not be reported to the House but the report shall contain only the result of the committees action on the bill resolution or measure under consideration before it ABSENTEES Rule 133 The rollcall at the opening of each session of the House shall not be dispensed with except by a threefourths vote of the members present Rule 134 Upon the call of all the members ordinary and extraordinary the names of the absentees shall be noted by the Clerk and shall appear Upon the Journal And it shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a separate list of the absentees from each day s proceedings which list shall be entered upon the Journal and shall show which of said absentees are absent without leave and of those absent with leave which are absent for providential causes and which for business reasons which said separate list shall be read in the House with the Journal upon which the same is entered The Clerk shall also keep in a book accessible to the Committee on Excuses of Members Absent without Leave the names of all such absentees noting Record Papers may be called for Report shall contain result of committees action Morning rollcall dispensed with by threefourths vote Names of absentees noted 137 Duty of Auditing Committee Excuse of members Power to compel at Sergeant atarms such as are absent without leave and the members so absent without leave unless excused by the House are so absent It shall be the duty of the Committee on Auditing to inquire into the matter before passing upon any members account Excuses of members absent without leave shall be submitted to the Committee on Ercuses cl Members Absent without Leave and the recommendation of some member of said committee shall be necessary to have said excuse allowed by the House COMPELLING ATTENDANCE Rule 135 The power to compel the attendance of members in order to keep or secure a quorum shall be vested in the Speaker and to this end he may have the doors of the House closed When the doors are so closed no member shall be allowed to retire from the House without first obtaining leave from the House The Messenger of the House shall be exfficio SergeantatArms of the House and on order of the Speaker may arrest any absentees and bring them before the House when necessary to secure a quorum as aforesaid CALL OF THE HOUSE Rule 136 Whenever the result of a vote taken shall disclose the fact that no quorum of the House is present or when the Speaker shall officially state the fact to the House it shall be in order for any member to make a motion for a call of the House and when this motion is made the Speaker shall state the question as follows Shall the motion for the call of the House prevail and if fifteen of 138 the members present shall vote in the affirmative the Speaker shall order the Clerk to call the roll of members and the absentees shall be noted j the doors shall then be closed after which the names of the absentees shall again be called over and those who do not appear and who are absent without leave may by the order of the majority of the members present be sent for and arrested wherever they may be found by the officers to be appointed by the Messenger for that purpose and their attendance secured and the House shall determine upon what conditions they shall be discharged Rule 137 A majority of each House shalleon 1 What is a stitute a quorum to transact business but a small iuorum er number may adjourn from day to day and compel attendance the presence of its absent members as each House may provide Art 3 Sec 4 Par 4 Rule 138 Each Senator and Representative be 0ath of fore taking his seat shall take the following oath members or affirmation towit I will support the Constitution of this State and of the United States and on all questions and measures which may come before me I will so conduct myself as will in my judgment be most conducive to the interest and prosperity of this State Art 3 Sec 7 Par 7 Rule 139 No bill shall become a law unless it Majority shall receive a majority of the votes of all the t0 members elected to each House of the General Assembly and it shall in every instance appear on the Journal Art 3 Sec 7 Par 14 139 Yeas and nays order by onefifth of member Bill or resolutions appropriating money must pass by yeas and nays Constitutional twothirds vote taken by yeas and nays Revenue bills Reading of bills One subject matter etc Rule 140 The yeas and nays on any question shall at the desire of onefifth of the members present be entered on the Journal Art 3 Sec 7 Par 6 Rule 141 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays in each House are recorded Art 3 Sec 7 Par 12 Rule 142 Whenever the Constitution requires a vote of twothirds of either or both Houses for the passage of an Act or resolution the yeas and nays on the passage thereof shall be entered on the Journal Art 3 Sec 7 Par 21 Rule 143 Every bill before it shall pass shall be read three times and on three separate days in each House unless in cases of actual invasion or insurrection The first and second reading of local bills shall be by titles only The third reading of local bills must be full and complete Art 3 Sec 4 Par 5 Rule 144 All bills for raising revenue or appropriating money shall originate in the House of Representatives but the Senate may propose or concur in amendments as in other bills Art 3 Sec 7 Par 10 Rule 145 No law or ordinance shall pass which refers to more than one subjectmatter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof Art 3 Sec 7 Par 8 140 Rule 146 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 Art 3 Sec 7 Par 17 Rule 147 Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State and no special law shall be enacted in any case for which provisions have been made by an existing general law No general law affecting private rights shall be varied in any particular case by special legislation except with the consent in writing of all persons to be affected thereby and no person under legal disability to contract is capable of such consent Art 1 Sec 4 Par 1 Rule 148 The General Assembly shall have no power to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies except banking insurance railroad canal navigation express and telegraph companies nor to make or change election precincts nor establish bridges or ferries nor to change names of legitimate children but it shall prescribe by law the manner in which such power shall be exercised by the courts Art 3 Sec 7 Par 18 Rule 149 The General Assembly shall have no power to relieve principals or securities upon forfeited recognizances from the payment thereof either before or after judgment thereon unless the principal in the recognizance shall have been apprehended and placed in the custody of the proper officer An amendment to laws and sections of Code General laws how varied Consent and when required Corpora tions Power delegated to courts Relief of recognizance 141 What the general appropriation bill shall contain Other appropriations by separate bills Adjourn ments Elections Rejected bills again considered by a twothirds vote Rule 150 The General Appropriation bill shall embrace nothing except appropriations fixed by previous laws the ordinary expenses of the Executive Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government paying of the public debt and interest thereon and for the support of the public institutions and educational interests of the State All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills each embracing but one subject Art 3 Sec 7 Par 9 Rule 151 Neither House shall adjourn for more than three days or to any other place without the consent of the other and in case of disagreement between the two Houses on a question of adjournment the Governor may adjourn either or both of them Art 3 Sec 7 Par 24 Rule 152 All elections by the General Assembly shall be viva voce and the vote shall appear on the Journal of the House of Representatives When the Senate and House of Representatives unite for the purpose of elections they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall in such cases preside and declare result Art 3 Sec 10 Par 1 Rule 153 No bill or ordinance or resolution intended to have the effect of a law which shall have been rejected by either House shall be again proposed during the same session under the same or any other title without the consent of twothirds of the House by which the same was rejected Art 3 Sec 7 Par 13 142 Rule 154 The General Assembly meets annually an the fourth Wednesday in June and the House and Senate are called to order at 10 oclock A M The Annual Sessions are limited to fifty days Art 3 Sec 4 Par 6 Rule 155 Each House shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its members and shall have power to punish them for disorderly behavior or misconduct by censure fine or imprisonment or expulsion but no member shall be expelled except by a vote of twothirds of the House to which he belongs Art 3 Sec 7 Par 1 Rule 156 No provision of this Constitution for a twothirds vote of both Houses of the General Assembly shall be construed to waive the necessity for the signature of the Governor as in any other case except in the twothirds vote required to override the veto and in case of prolongation of a session of the General Assembly Art 2 Sec 7 Par 23 Rule 157 The Governor shall have the revision of all bills passed by the General Assembly before the same shall become laws but twothirds of each House may pass a bill notwithstanding his dissent and if any bill should not be returned by the Governor within five days Sunday excepted after it has been presented to him the same shall be a law unless the General Assembly by their adjournment shall prevent its return He may approve any appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill and the latter shall not be effectual unless passed by twothirds of each House Art 5 Sec 1 Par 16 Session limited to fifty days Elections disorderly conduct Expulsion by twothirds vote Signature of Governor when required Governors veto Effect of two thirds vote thereon 143 When Governor must approve Effect of twothirds vote Rule 158 Every vole resolution or order to which the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary except on a question of election or adjournment shall be presented to the Governor and before it shall take effect be approved by him or being disapproved shall be passed by twothirds of each House Art 5 Sec 1 Par 17 Rule 159 No county site shall be changed or revX rerdS moved except by a twothirds vote of the qualified quired voters of the county voting at an election held for that purpose and a twothirds vote of the General Assembly Art 11 Sec 1 Par 4 Twothirds vote required on amendments to Constitution Rule 160 Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives and if the same shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their Journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon and the General Assembly shall cause such amendment or amendments to be published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional District for two months previous to the time of holding the next general election and shall provide for submission of such proposed amendment or amendments to the people at the said next general election and if the people shall ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon such amendment or amendments shall become a part of 144 this Constitution When more than one amendment is submitted at the same time they shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote on each amendment separately Art 13 Sec 1 Par 1 Rule 161 No convention of the people shall be called by the General Assembly to revise amend or Change the Constitution unless by the concurrence of twothirds of all the members of each House of the General Assembly The representation in said convention shall be based on the population as near as practicable Art 13 Sec 1 Par 2 Rule 162 The Judges of the Supreme Court shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries not to exceed four thousand dollars per annum the Judges of the Superior Courts shall have salaries not to exceed three thousand dollars per annum the AttorneyGeneral shall have a salary not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum and the SolicitorsGeneral shall each have salaries not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars per annum but the AttorneyGeneral shall not have any fee or perquisite in any cases arising after the adoption of this Constitution but the provisions of this section shall not affect those now in office The General Assembly may at any time by a twothirds vote of each branch prescribe other and different salaries for any or all of the above officers but no such changes shall affect the officers then in commission Art 6 Sec 13 Pars 1 and 2 Rule 163 No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shal1 Twothirds vote required to call a convention How called Salaries of Judges May be changed by a twothirds vote 145 Evidence of notice of local and special bills must be Submitted before passage of same Messages Messages when received and considered Petitions Motions have been published in the locality where the matter or thing to be affected may be situated which notice shall be given at least thirty days prior to the introduction of such bill into the General Assembly and in the manner to be prescribed by law The evidence of such notice having been published shall be exhibited in the General Assembly before such Act shall be passed Art 3 Sec 7 Par 16 MISCELLANEOUS EULES Eule 164 When a message shall be sent to the House of Eepresentatives it shall be announced at the door of the House by the Doorkeeper and be respectfully communicated to the chair by the person through whom it may be sent Eule 165 Messages may be received at any time while the door is open except while a question is being put or a ballot or a viva voce is being taken A message shall be presented to the House by the Speaker when received or afterwards according to its nature and the business in which the House is engaged or its consideration may on motion be ordered by the House Eule 166 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 a quorum Eule 167 After a motion is stated by the Speaker or read by the Clerk it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the House but may be withdrawn at any time before the decision by the unanimous consent of the House 146 Rule 168 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 Journal and the paper may then be referred without reading Rule 169 The several standing committees of the House shall have leave to report by bill or otherwise The report of the Committee on Rules is in order at any time when the House is not actually engaged in other business Rule 170 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 elected Rule 171 The Clerk shall take special care of the books provided for the use of the House Rule 172 The Committee on Enrollment shall carefully 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 their respective Houses Rule 173 Any motion not privileged containing new matter shall lie at least one day on the table Rule 174 Whenever on any question the yeas and nays shall have been ordered the Clerk shall also enter on the Journal the names of those members not voting Rule 175 When a motion is made by any member it shall not be necessary that the same shall be seconded before being put to the House Rule 176 After the announcement of the standing committee no other members shall be placed thereon except when members have been elected to Petitions memorials etc Committees Clerk Clerk Duties of Committee on Enrollment Motions not privileged Not necessary to second motion Committees how and when engaged 147 Privileges on the floor Privileges of the floor Duty of Committee on Journals Members to receipt Clerk for books and papers fill vacancies caused by death or otherwise the Speaker may assign said members to such committees as he may see fit and he may fill any vacancy in chairmanships Rule 177 No person shall be allowed to enter upon the floor of the House except the members and officers thereof the officers and members of the Senate the Governor of the State and the heads of the officers of the Executive Department Members of Congress from Georgia State House officers and members of the press actively reporting Legislative proceedings exGovemors Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts and SolieitorsGeneral in actual commission expresiding officers of the House and Senate Judges and DistrictAttorneys of the United States Courts and such others as the House may allow upon recommendation of the Committee on the Privileges of the Floor The report of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor may be made at any time the chairman of the committee is recognized by the Speaker Privileges of the floor and use of the press table shall be extended only to those representatives of the press bearing proper credentials from recognized newspapers of general circulation and telegraphic press associations provided that no person shall be admitted on the floor of the House who is engaged in lobbying or in attempting to influence legislation Rule 178 It shall be the duty of the Committee on Journals to read the Journal of each days proceedings and report to the House that the same is correct before the Journal is read by the Clerk Rule 179 No member shall take any books or papers from the possession of the House or Clerk without first acquainting the Clerk and giving him a receipt to return the same in a reasonable time or on his demand 148 Rule 180 The House shall convene at 10 a m Sundays excepted unless otherwise ordered by the House The hour of adjournment to be fixed by a majority of said House on motion without debate Rule 181 A motion for the call of the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate Rule 182 All Acts and joint resolutions shall be signed by the Speaker and Clerk and all writs warrants and subpoenas issued by order of the House shall be signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk Rule 183 It shall be the duty of the Messenger to attend to the wants of the House while in session to aid in the enforcement of order under the direction of the Speaker to execute the demands of the House from time to time together with all such processes issued under its authority as may be directed to him by the Speaker Rule 184 The Messenger under the direction of the Clerk shall superintend the distribution by the Pages of all documents and papers to be distributed to the members he shall distribute to the members the usual and necessary stationery required by them Rule 185 No Committee of the Whole or other committee shall deface or interline a bill resolution or other paper referred to said committee but shall report any amendment recommended on a separate paper noting the section page or line to which said amendment relates Rule 186 No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed as an excuse for not voting Rule 187 Whenever any member moves that a Committee of Conference on disagreeing votes of Adjournment and meeting Motion for yeas and nays not debatable Signature of Speaker and Clerk Duty of Messenger Messengers duty in distributing documents etc Interlineation forbidden Pairing Committee on conference 149 Amend ments Majority and minority reports What motions lie on table Changing votes the two Houses naming the number of members be appointed if said motion prevails the Speaker shall appoint a committee on the part of the House and in such case the committee shall consist of onlysuch members as voted in the majority on the position assumed by the House and if by inadvertence any member be nominated on said committee who was not in said majority vote he shall notify the House and be excused by the Speaker Rule 188 After commitment of a bill and report thereof to the House it may be amended before the report of the committee is agreed to by the House but the amendments if any reported by the committee shall be disposed of before any other amendment be considered unless it be an amendment to a committee amendment Rule 189 All reports of a committee shall be in writing and the minority of a committee may make a report in writing setting forth succinctly the reasons for their dissent Rule 190 Every motion for information from the Executive Department or any other Department of the State Government shall lie on the table one day and on the following day such motion shall be deemed privileged and shall be in order for immediate consideration at the request of the author or any other member of the House Rule 191 On the call of the yeas and nays the Clerk shall read the names of the members after they have been called and no member shall be permitted to change his vote unless he at that time declares that he voted under a mistake of the question 150 Rule 192 Questions of privilege shall be first those affecting the rights of the House collectively its safety dignity and the integrity of its proceedings second the rights reputation and conduct of members individually in their representative capacity anly and shall have precedence of all other questions except a motion to adjourn Provided that when any matter is before the House no question of personal privilege shall be acted on until the pending question shall be disposed of Rule 193 In all elections a majority of the members present shall be necessary to a choice Rule 194 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 Rule 195 The Auditing Committee shall before auditing the account of any member for expenses of a committeeman or any account prescribed by a member for any expense incurred in discharge of any duty as a member of this House require of such an itemized statement of such account supported by proper vouchers for each item of said account ORDER OF BUSINESS Rule 196 The following shall be the order of burliness 1 Scripture Reading and Prayer by the Chaplain 2 Call of the Roll 3 Report of the committee on the Journal 4 Reading of the Journal 5 Confirmation of the Journal 6 Unanimous consents Questions of privilege Proviso 151 7 Motions to reconsider 8 Reports of standing committees 9 House bills favorably reported for a second reading 10 Unfinished business of previous session 11 Orders of the day 12 On Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays call of the counties for the introduction of new matter On Mondays and Wednesdays third reading of Senate bills and resolutions 13 House bills and resolutions for third reading and House bills and resolutions with Senate amendments 14 On Tuesdays House bills on the calendar adversely reported for a second reading 15 On Mondays and Fridays immediately after the call of the counties Senate bills for first and second reading shall be in order 16 On Wednesdays immediately after the call of the counties all petitions and reports of committees on petitions shall be in order 37 Bills of Senate for third reading 18 Senate resolutions 19 Reports of committees on enrollment may be made at any time 20 After the regular order of business for each day shall have been exhausted House Bills for first and second reading and Senate Bills for first and second reading respectively shall be in order Unless otherwise ordered by the House no general bills or resolutions shall be in order for a third reading or for reconsideration at Saturdays sessions General bills or resolutions otherwise in order for reconsideration on Saturday shall stand over until the following Monday Rule 197 No committee of the House shall consist of more than twentyfive members This rule however shall not apply to the following committees Amendments to the Constitution Appropriations County and County Matters Education Georgia State Sanitarium General Agriculture No 1 General Agriculture No 2 General Judiciary No 1 General Judiciary No 2 Municipal Government Penitentiary Public Highways University of Georgia and Its Branches Ways and Means Western and Atlantic Railroad 153 COMMITTEES Rule 198 The Speaker shall appoint the following committees Academy for the Blind Amendments to the Constitution Appropriations Auditing Banks and Banking Conservation Corporations Counties and County Matters Education Engrossing Enrollment Excuse of Members Absent without Leave Game and Fish General Agriculture No 1 General Agriculture No 2 General Judiciary No 1 for the consideration of general bills General Judiciary No 2 for the consideration of general bills Georgia School for the Deaf Georgia State Sanitarium Hall and Rooms Hygien and Sanitation Insurance Invalid Pensions and Soldiers Home Journals Labor and Labor Statistics Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Manufactures Military Affairs Mines and Mining 154 Municipal Government Penitentiary Pensions Privileges and Elections Privilges of the Floor Public Highways Public Library Public Printing Public Property Railroads Rules of which the Speaker shall be exofficio Chairman Special Judiciary for consideration of special and local bills Sanitarium at Alto State of Republic Temperance Training Schools Uniform State Laws University of Georgia and its Branches Ways and Means Western and Atlantic Railroad for the consideration of all matters pertaining to the Western and Atlantic Railroad The Chairman and Chairman pro tern of the Committee on Appropriations shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Chairman and Chairman pro tern of the Committee on Ways and Means shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Appropriations Rule 199 Whenever any bill or resolution has been referred to a committee and the same has been held in the custody or control of such committee for ten days without reporting on same the author of 155 such bill or any member of the House shall have the right immediately after the confirmation of the Journal to give notice that on the next regular meeting of the House he will submit a motion instructing such committee to report such bill back to the House after which on the next regular meeting day of the House any member of the House immediately after the confirmation of the Journal may move to instruct such committee to report such bill or resolution back to the House and if the motion prevails it shall be the duty of such committee to report such bill or resolution accordingly with or without recommendation as the case may be at the next regular session and upon failure of said Committee to report such bill accordingly the same shall automatically be returned to the House for consideration Debate on said motion to instruct such committee to report such bill or resolution back to the House shall be limited to twenty minutes unless otherwise ordered by the House and when such bill or resolution is so reported or returned to the House it may be referred or committed as other bills or resolutions Provided that any motion or resolution to set a special order or to change the order of business for any particular day which has been referred to the Committee on Rules may be held in the custody and control of such committee only three days instead of ten days under this rule It shall be the duty of the committee to which any measure providing for an appropriation is referred to report such bill or measure back to the House at least fifteen days prior to the last day of the session regardless of any such notice or motion by the author or any other member m Rule 200 In drawing for seats all members except those who have been permitted by the House to select seats without drawing shall retire to the rear of the Hall The names of all counties printed on separate slips of papers shall be deposited in a box and the box placed on the Clerks desk The names of the counties shall be drawn separately from the box and announced by the Clerk from his desk When the name of a county is announced the member for members from that county shall comforward to the Clerks desk and secure a desk cart with name and county printed thereon and then proceed to select his seat All desks shall be ar ranged in their proper position on the floor of the House and no desk shall be moved or changed The Speaker shall have the right to reserve seats for the chairmen of the committees on Appropriations and Ways and Means and for the vicechairman of Committee on Rules before the drawing for seats CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Article LBill of Rights 161 ARTICLE IIElective Franchise 164 ARTICLE IIILegislative Department 168 ARTICLE IVPower of the General Assembly over Taxation 176 ARTICLE VExecutive Department 178 Article VIJudiciary 184 ARTICLE VIIFinance Taxation and Public Debt 195 Article VIIIEducation 206 ARTICLE IXHomestead and Exemption 208 Article XMilitia 210 ARTICLE XICounties and County Officers 210 ARTICLE XIIThe Laws of General Operation in Force in this State 246 ARTICLE XIIIAmendments to the Constitution 247 Ordinances 248 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1924 PREAMBLE To perpetuate the principles of free government insure justice to all preserve peace promote the interest and happiness of the citizen and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty we the people of Georgia relying upon the protection and guidance of Almighty God do ordain and establish this Constitution ARTICLE I Bill of Rights Section I Paragraph I All government of right originates with the people is founded upon their will only and is instituted solely for the good of the whole Public officers are the trustees and servants of the people and at all times amenable to them Par II Protection to person and property is th paramount duty of government and shall be impartial and complete Par III No person shall be deprived of life liberty or property except by due process of law Par IV No person shall be deprived of the right to prosecute or defend his own cause in any of the courts of this State in person by attorney or both Par V Every person charged with an offence against the laws of this State shall have the privilege and benefit of counsel shall be furnished on demand with a copy of the accusation and a list of the witnesses on whose testimony the charge against him is founded shall have compulsory process to obtain the testimony of his own witnesses shall be confronted with the witnesses testifying against him and shall have a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury 161 Par VI No person shall be compelled to give testimony tending in any manner to criminate himself Par VII Neither banishment beyond the limits of the State nor whipping as a punishment for crime shall he allowed Par VIII No person shall be put in jeopardy of life or liberty more than once for the same offence save on his or her own motion for a new trial after conviction or in case of mistrial Par IXExcessive bail shall not be required nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted nor shall any person be abused in being arrested while under arrest or in prison Par X No person shall be compelled to pay costs except after conviction on final trial Par XI The writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended Par XII All men have the natural and inalienable right to worship God each according to the dictates of his own conscience and no human authority should in any case control or interfere with such right of conscience Par XIII No inhabitant of this State shall be molested in person or property or prohibited from holding any public office or trust on account of his religious opinions but the right of liberty of conscience shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the State Par XIV No money shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church sect or denomination of religionists or of any sectarian institution Par XV No law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech or of the press any person may speak write and publish his sentiments on all subjects being responsible for the abuse of that liberty Par XVI The right of the people to be secure in their persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no warrant shall issue except upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation particularly describing the place or places to be searched and the persons or things to be seized Par XVII There shall be within the State of Georgia neither slavery nor involuntary servitude save as a punishment for crime after legal conviction thereof Par XVIII The social status of the citizen shall never be the subject of legislation 162 Par XIX The civil authority shall be superior to the military and no soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner nor in time of war except by the civil magistrate in such manner as may be provided by law Par XX The power of the courts to punish for contempts shall be limited by legislative acts Par XXI There shall be no imprisonment for debt Par XXII The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed but the General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the manner in which arms may be borne Par XXIII The legislative judicial and executive powers shall forever remain separate and distinct and no person discharging the duties of one shall at the same time exercise the functions of either of the others except as herein provided Par XXIV The people have the right to assemble peaceably for their common good and to apply to those vested with the powers of government for redress of grievances by petition or remonstrance Par XXV All citizens of the United States resident in this State are hereby declared citizens of this State and it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to enact such laws as will protect them in the full enjoyment of the rights privileges and immunities due to such citizenship Section II Paragraph I In all prosecutions or indictments for libel the truth may be given in evidence and the jury in all criminal cases shall be the judges of the law and the facts The power of the judges to grant new trials in case of conviction is preserved Par II Treason against the State of Georgia shall consist in levying war against her adhering to her enemies giving them aid and comfort No person shall be convicted of treason except on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or confession in open court Par III No conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate Par IV All lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are hereby prohibited and this prohibition shall be enforced by penal laws Par V Lobbying is declared to be a crime and the General Assembly shall enforce this provision by suitable penalties Par VI The General Assembly shall have the power to provide for the punishment of fraud and shall provide by law for reaching property of the debtor concealed from the creditor 163 Section III Paragraph I In cases of necessity private ways may be granted upon just compensation being first paid by the applicant Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public purposes without just adequate compensation being first paid Par II No bill of attainder ex post facto law retroactive law or law impairing the obligation of contracts or making irrevocable grants of special privileges or immunities shall be passed Par III No grant of special privileges or immunities shall be revoked except in such manner as to work no injustice to the corporators or creditors of the incorporation Section IV Paragraph I Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State and no special law shall be enacted in any case for which provision has been made by an existing general law No general law affecting private rights shall be varied in any particular case by special legislation except with the free consent in writing of all persons to be affected thereby and no person under legal disability to contract is capable of such consent Par II Legislative acts in violation of this Constitution or the Constitution of the United States are void and the judiciary shall so declare them Section V Paragraph I The people of this State have the inherent sole and exclusive right of regulating their internal government and the police thereof and of altering and abolishing their Constitution whenever it may be necessary to their safety and happiness Par II The enumeration of rights herein contained as a part of this Constitution shall not be construed to deny to the people any inherent rights which they may have hitherto enjoyed ARTICLE II Elective Franchise Section I Paragraph I After the year 1908 elections by the people shall be by ballot and only those persons shall be allowed to vote who have been first registered in accordance with the requirements of law 164 Par II Every male citizen of this State who is a citizen of the United States twentyone years old or upwards not laboring under any of the disabilities named in this Article and possessing the qualifications provided by it shall be an elector and entitled to register and vote at any election by the people Provided that no soldier sailor or marine in the military or naval services of the United States shall acquire the rights of an elector by reason of being stationed on duty in this State Par III To entitle a person to register and vote at any election by the people he shall have resided in the State one year next preceding the election and in the county in which he offers to vote six months next preceding the election and shall have paid all taxes which may have been required of him since the adoption of the Constitution of Georgia of 1877 that he may have had an opportunity of paying agreeably to law Such payment must have been made at least six months prior to the election at which he offers to vote except when such elections are held within six months from the expiration of the time fixed by law for the payment of such taxes Par IV Every male citizen of this State shall be entitled to register as an elector and to vote in all elections in said State who is not disqualified under the provisions of Section 2 of Article 2 of this Constitution and who possesses the qualifications perscribed in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Section or who will possess them at the date of the election occurring next after his registration and who in addition thereto comes within either of the classes provided for in the five following subdivisions of this paragraph 1 All persons who have honorably served in the land or naval forces of the United States in the Revolutionary War or in the War of 1812 or in the War with Mexico or in any War with the Indians or in the War between the States or in the War with Spain or who honorably served in the land or naval forces of the Confederate States or of the State of Georgia in the War between the States or 2 All persons lawfully descended from those embraced in the classes enumerated in the subdivision next above or 3 All persons who are of good character and understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a republican form of government or 4 All persons who can correctly read in the English language any paragraph of the Constitution of the United States or of this State and correctly write the same in the English language when read to them by any one of the registrars and all persons who 165 solely because of physical disability are unable to comply with the above requirements but who can understand and give a reasonable interpretation of any paragraph of the Constitution of the United States or of this State that may be read to them by any one of the registrars or 5 Any person who is the owner in good faith in his own right of at least forty acres of land situated in this State upon which1 he resides or is the owner in good faith in his own right of property situated in this State and assessed for taxation at the value of 50000 Par V The right to register under subdivisions 1 and 2 of paragraph 4 shall continue only until January 1st 1915 But the registrars shall prepare a roster of all persons who register under subdivisions b and 2 of paragraph 4 and shall return the same to the clerks office of the superior court of their counties and the clerks of the superior court shall send copies of the same to the secretary of State and it shall be the duty of these officers to record and permanently preserve these rosters Any person who has been once registered under either of the subdivisions 1 or 2 of paragraph 4 shall thereafter be permitted to vote Provided he meets the requirements of paragraph 2 and 3 of this Section Par VI Any person to whom the right of registration is denied by the registrars upon the ground that he lacks the qualifications set forth in the five subdivisions of paragraph 4 shall have the right to take an appeal and any citizen may enter an appeal from the decision of the registrars allowing any person to register under said subdivisions All appeals must be filed in writing with the registrars within ten days from the date of the decision complained of and shall be returned by the registrars to the office of the clerk of the superior court to be tried as other appeals Par VII Pending an appeal and until the final decision of the case the judgment of the registrars shall remain in full force Par VIII Nq person shall be allowed to participate in a primary of any political party or a convention of any political party in this State who is not a qualified voter Par IX The machinery provided by law for the registration of force October 1st 1908 shall be used to carry out the provisions of this Section except where inconsistent with same the legislature may change or amend the registration laws from time to time but no such change or amendment shall operate to defeat any of the provisions of this section 166 Section II Paragraph I The General Assembly may provide from time to time for the registration of all electors but the following classes of persons shall not be permitted to register vote or hold any office or appointment of honor or trust in this State towit 1st Those who shall have been convicted in any court of competent jurisdiction of treason against the State of embezzlement of public funds malfeasance in office bribery or larceny or of any crime involving moral turpitude punishable by the laws of this State with imprisonment in the penitentiary unless such persons have been pardoned 2d idiots and insane persons Section III Paragraph I Electors shall in all cases except for treason felony larceny and breach of the peace be privileged from arrest during their attendance on elections and in going to and returning from the same Section IV Paragraph I No person who is the holder of any public money contrary to law shall be eligible to any office in this State until the same is accounted for and paid into the treasury Paragraph II No person who after the adoption of this Constitution being a resident of this State shall have been convicted of fighting a duel in this State or convicted of sending or accepting a challenge or convicted of aiding or abetting such duel shall hold office in this State unless he shall have been pardoned and every such person shall also be subject to such punishment as may be prescribed by law Section V Paragraph I The General Assembly shall by law forbid the sale distribution or furnishing of intoxicating drinks within two miles of election precincts on days of electionState county or municipaland prescribe punishment for any violation of the same Section VI Paragraph I Returns of elections for all civil officers elected by the people who are to be commissioned by the Governor and also for the members of the General Assembly shall be made to the secretary of State unless otherwise provided by law 167 ARTICLE III r Legislative Department Section I Paragraph I The legislative power of the State shall be vested in a General Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives Section II Paragraph I The Senate shall consist of fiftyone members There shall be fiftyone Senatorial Districts as now arranged by counties Each District shall have one Senator The First Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Chatham Bryan and Effingham The Second Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Liberty Tattnall McIntosh Toombs Evans and Long The Third Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Wayne Pierce Appling Jeff Davis Bacon and Brantley The Fourth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Glynn Camden and Charlton The Fifth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Coffee Ware and Clinch The Sixth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Echols Lowndes Berrien Tift and Lanier The Seventh Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Brooks Thomas Colquitt and Grady The Eighth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Decatur Mitchell Miller and Seminole The Ninth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Early Calhoun and Baker The Tenth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Dougherty Lee Worth and Turner The Eleventh Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Clay Randolph and Terrell The Twelfth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Stewart Webster and Quitman The Thirteenth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Sumter Schley and Macon The Fourteenth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Dooly Wilcox Pulaski Crisp and Bleckley The Fifteenth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Wheeler Montgomery and Toombs 168 The Sixteenth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Laurens Emanuel and Johnson The Seventeenth Senatorial District shall be composed of the coiaxties of Screven Bulloch Burke and Jenkins The Eighteenth Senatorial District shall be composed of th counties of Richmond Glascock and Jefferson The Nineteenth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Taliaferro Greene and Warren The Twentieth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Baldwin Hancock and Washington The Twentyfirst Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Twigg Wilkinson and Jones The Twentysecond Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Bibb Monroe Pike and Lamar The Twentythird Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Houston Crawford Taylor and Peach The Twentyfourth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Muscogee Marion and Chattahoochee The Twentyfifth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Harris Upson and Talbot The Twenty sixth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Spalding Butts and Fayette The Twentyseventh Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Barrow Walton and Oconee The Twentyeighth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Jasper Putnam and Morgan The Twentyninth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Wilkes Columbia Lincoln and McDuffie The Thirtieth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Elbert Madison and Hart The Thirtyfirst Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Hart Habersham Franklin and Stephens The Thirtysecond Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of White Dawson and Lumpkin The Thirtythird Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Hall Banks Jackson and Barrow The Thirtyfourth Senatorial District shall he composed of the counties of DeKalb Rockdale and Newton The Thirtyfifth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Fulton Clayton and Henry The Thirtysixth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Campbell Coweta Meriwether and Douglas The Thirtyseventh Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Carroll Heard and Troup The Thirtyeighth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Haralson Polk and Paulding The Thirtyninth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Cherokee Cobb and Douglas The Fortieth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Union Towns and Rabun The Fortyfirst Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Pickens Fannin and Gilmer The Fortysecond Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Bartow Floyd and Chattooga The Fortythird Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Murray Gordon and Whitfield The Fortyfourth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Walker Dade and Catoosa The Fortyfifth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Irwin Ben Hill and Telfair The Fortysixth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Bacon Pierce and Coffee The Fortyseventh Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Colquitt Tift and Turner The Fortyeighth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Crisp Wilcox and Dodge The Fortyninth Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Bulloch Candler and Evans The Fiftieth Senatorial District shall be composd of the counties of Clarke Oglethorpe and Wilkes The Fiftyfirst Senatorial District shall be composed of the counties of Gwinnett Milton and Forsyth Par II The general Assembly may change these districts after each census of the United States Provided that neither the number of districts nor the number of Senators from each district shall be increased Section III Paragraph I The House of Representatives shall consist of Representatives apportioned among the several counties of the State as such counties are marked and defined and as the same may be hereafter created as follows To the eight counties having the largest population three Representatives each to iie thirty counties having the next largest population two Representatives each and the remaining counties one Representative each including the new 170 counties of Lanier Seminole Brantley Long and Lamar In the event of the ratification of this amendment to the Constitution and in the event of the ratification of the amendments to the Constitution creating the counties of Lanier Seminole and Brantley or either of them the said counties so created shall also be entitled to representation in the General Assembly In the event of a ratification of the amendments creating the counties of Lanier Seminole and Brantley or either of them an election shall be held in such county or counties on the first Tuesday in January 1921 under the laws now governing similar elections for members of the General Assembly for the election of a member of the General Assembly from said county or counties for the session of 1921 and 1922 Par II The above apportionment shall be changed by the General Assembly at its first session after each census taken by the United States government so as to give the six counties having th largest population three representatives each and to the twentysix counties having the next largest population two representatives each but in no event shall the aggregate number of representatives be increased Section IV Paragraph I The members of the General Assembly shall be elected for two years and shall serve until the time fixed by law for the convening of the next General Assembly The provisions of this paragraph section and article shall apply to the term of the members of the General Assembly who were elected at the general election for members of the General Assembly in the year 1912 Par II The first election for members of the General Assembly under this Constitution shall take place on the first Wednesday in December 1877 the second election for the same shall be held on the first Wednesday in October 1880 and subsequent elections biennially on that day until the day of election is changed by law Par III The first meeting of the General Assembly after the ratification of this Amendment to the 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 until completion of said trial Par IV A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to transact business but a smaller number may adjourn from day 171 to day and compel the presence of its absent members as each house may provide Par V Each senator and representative before taking his seat shall take the following oath or affirmation towit I will support the Constitution of this State and of the United States and on all questions and measures which may come before me I will so conduct myself as will in my judgment be most conducive to the interests and prosperity of this State Par VII No person holding a military commission or other appointment or office having any emolument or compensation annexed thereto under this State or the United States or either of them except justice of the peace and officers of the militia nor any defaulter for public money or for any legal taxes required of him shall have a seat in either house nor shall any senator or representative after his qualification as such be elected by the General Assembly or appointed by the Governor either with or without the advice and consent of the Senate to any office or appointment having any emolument annexed thereto during the time for which he shall have been elected Par VIII The seat of a member of either house shall be vacated on his removal from the district or county from which he was elected Section V Paragraph I The senators shall be citizens of the United States who have attained the age of twentyfive years and who shall have been citizens of this State for four years and for one year residents of the district from which elected Par II The presiding officer of the Senate shall be styled the President of the Senate and shall be elected viva voce from the senators Par III The Senate shall have the sole power to try impeachments Par IV When sitting for that purpose the members shall be on oath or affirmation and shall be presided over by the Chief Justice or the Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court Should the Chief Justice be disqualified the Senate shall select the judge of the Supreme Court to preside No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of twothirds of the members present Par V Judgments in case of inpeachment shall not extend further than removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor trust or profit within this State but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indicment trial judgment and punishment according to law 172 Section VI Paragraph I The representatives shall be citizens of the United States who have attained the age of twentyone years and who shall have been citizens of this State for two years and for one year residents of the counties from which elected Par II The presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall be styled the Speaker of the House of Representatives and shall be elected viva voce from the body Par III The House of Representatives shall have the sole power to impeach all persons who shall have been or may be in office Section VII Paragraph I Each house shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications oij its members and shall have power tc punish them for disorderly behavior or misconduct by censure fine imprisonment or expulsion but no member shall be expelled except by a vote of twothirds of the house to which he belongs Par II Each house may punish by imprisonment not extending beyond the session of any person not a member who shall be guilty of a contempt by any disorderly behavior in its presence or who shall rescue or attempt to rescue any person arrested by order of either house Par III The members of both houses shall be free from arrest during their attendance on the General Assembly and in going thereto or returning therefrom except for treason felony larceny or breach of the peace and no member shall be liable to answer in any other place for anything spoken in debate in either house Par IV Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings and publish it immediately after its adjournment Par V The original journal shall be preserved after publication in the office of the Secretary of State but there shall be no other record thereof Par VI The yeas and nays on any question shall at the desire of onefifth of the members present be entered on the journal Par VII Every bill before it shall pass shall be read three times and on three separate days in each house unless in cases of actual invasion or insurrection but the first and second reading of each local bill and bank and railroad charters shall consist of reading of the title only unless said bill is ordered to be engrossed Par VIII No law or ordinance shall pass which refers to more than one subjectmatter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof 173 Par IX Thei general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing except appropriations fixed by previous laws the ordinary expenses of the executive legislative and judicial departments of the government payment of the public debt and interest thereon and the support of the public institutions and educational interests of the State All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills each embracing but one subject Par X All bills for raising revenue or appropriating money shall originate in the House of Representatives but the Senate may propose or concur in amendments as in other bills Par XI No money shall be drawn from the treasury except by appropriation made by law and a regular statement and account of the receipt and expenditure of all public money shall be published every three months and also with the laws passed by each session of the General Assembly Par XII No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays in each house are recorded Par XIII All acts shall be signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and no bill ordance or resolution intended to have the effect of a law which shall have been rejected by either house shall be again proposed during the same session under the same or any other title without the consent of twothirds of the house by which the same was rejected Par XIY No bill shall become a law unless it shall receive a majority of the votes of all the members elected to each house of the General Assembly and it shall in every instance so appear on the Journal Par XV By an act approved September 24 1885 an amendment to the Constitution was submitted to vote of the people in October 1886 and adopted whereby the original of this paragraph was stricken from this Constitution Par XVI No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefore shall have been published in the locality where the matter or thing to be affected may be situated which notice shall be given at least thirty days prior to the introduction of such bill into the General Assembly and in the manner to be prescribed by law The evidence of such notice having been published shall be exhibited in the General Assembly before such acts shall be passed Par XVII No law or section of the Code shall be amended 174 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 Par XVIII The General Assembly shall have no power to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies to make or change election precincts nor to establish bridges or ferries nor to change names of legitimate children but it shall prescribe by law the manner in which such powers shall be exercised by the courts it may confer this authority to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies to the Judges of the Superior Courts of this State in vacation All corporate powers and privileges to banking insurance railroad canal navigation express and telegraph companies shall be issued and granted by the secretary of State in such manner as shall be prescribed by law and if in any event the secretary of State should be disqualified to act in any case then in that event the legislature shall provide by general laws by what person such charters shall be granted Par XIX The General Assembly shall have no power to relieve principals or securities upon forfeited recognizances from the payment thereof either before or after judgment thereon unless1 the principal in the recognizance shall have been apprehended and placed in the custody of the proper officer Par XX The General Assembly shall not authorize the construction of any street passengerrailway within the limits of any incorporated town or city without the consent of the corporate authorities Par XXI Whenever the Constitution requires a vote of twothirds of either or both houses for the passing of an act or resolution the yeas and nays on the passage thereof shall be entered on the journal Par XXII The General Assembly shall have power to make all laws and ordinances consistent with this Constitution and not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States which they shall deem necessary and proper for the welfare of the State Par XXIII No provision in this Constitution for a twothirds vote of both houses of the General Assembly shall be construed to waive the necessity for the signature of the Governor as in any other case except in the case of the twothirds vote required to override the veto and in case of prolongation of a session of the General Assembly Par XXIV Neither house shall adjourn for more than three 175 days or to any other place without the consent of the other and in case of a disagreement between the two houses on a question of adjournment the Governor may adjourn either or both of them Section VIII Paragraph I The officers of the two houses other than the President and Speaker shall be a secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives and such assistants as they may appoint but the clerical expenses of the Senate shall not exceed sixty dollars per day for each session nor those of the House of Representatives seventy dollars per day for each session The secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives shall be required to give bond and security for the faithful discharge of their respective duties Section IX Paragraph I The per diem of the members of the General Assenibly shall not exceed seven dollars and mileage shall not exceed ten cents for each mile traveled by the nearest practicable route in going and returning from the Capital but the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each receive not exceeding ten dollars per day Section X Paragraph I All elections by the General Assembly shall be viva voce and the vote shall appear on th journal of the House of Representatives When the Senate and House of Representatives unite for the purpose of elections they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall in such cases preside and declare the result Section XI Paragraph I All property of the wife at the time of her marriage and all property given to inherited or acquired by her shall remain her separate property and not be liable for the debts of her husband Section XII Paragraph I All life insurance companies now doing business in this State or which may desire to establish agencies and do business in the State of Georgia chartered by other States of the Union or foreign States shall show that they have deposited with the comptrollergeneral of the State in which they are chartered or of this State the insurance commissioners or such other officer as may be authorized to receive it not less than one hundred thousand 176 dollars in such securities as may be deemed by such officer equivalent to cash subject to his order as a guarantee fund for the security of policyholders Par II When such showing is made to the comptrollergeneral of the State of Georgia by a proper certificate from the State official having charge of the funds so deposited the comptrollergeneral of the State of Georgia is authorized to issue to the company making such showing a license to do business in the State upon paying the fees required by law Par III All life insurance companies chartered by the State of Georgia or which may hereafter be chartered by the State shall before doing business deposit with the comptrollergeneral of the State of Georgia or with some strong corporation which may be approved by said comptrollergeneral one hundred thousand dollars in such securities as may be deemed by him equivalent to cash to be subject to his order as a guarantee fund for the security of the policyholders of the company making such deposit all interests and dividends arising from such securities to be paid when due to the company so depositing Any such securities as may be needed or desired by the company may be taken from said department at any timd by replacing them with other securities equally acceptable to the comptrollergeneral whose certificate for the same shall be furnished to the company Par IV The General Assembly shall from time to time enact laws to compel all fire insurance companies doing business in this State whether chartered by this State or otherwise to deposit reasonable securities with the treasurer of this State to secure the people against loss by the operations of said companies Par V The General Assembly shall compel all insurance companies in this State or doing business therein under proper penalties to make semiannual reports to the Governor and print the same at their own expense for the information and protection of the people ARTICLE IV Power of the General Assembly Over Taxation Section I Paragraph I The right of taxation is a sovereign right inalienable indestructible is the life of the State and rightfully belongs to the people in all republican governments and neither the General Assembly nor any nor all other departments of the government established by this Constitution shall ever have the authority 177 to irrevocably give grant limit or restrain this right and all laws grants contracts and all other acts whatsoever by said government or any department thereof to effect any of these purposes shall be and are hereby declared to be null and void for every purpose whatsoever and said right of taxation shall always be under the complete control of and revocable by the State notwithstanding any gift grant or contract whatsoever by the General Assembly Section II Paragraph I The power and authority of regulating railroad freights and passenger tariffs preventing unjust discriminations and requiring reasonable and just rates of freight and pasenger tariffs are hereby conferred upon the General Assembly whose duty it shall be to pass laws from time to time to regulate freight and passenger tariffs to prohibit unjust discriminations on the various railroads of this State and to prohibit said roads from charging other than just and reasonable rates and enforce the same by adequate penalties Par II The exercise of the right of eminent domain shall never be abridged nor so construed as to prevent the General Assembly from taking the property and franchises of incorporated companies and subjecting them to public use the same as property of individuals and the exercise of the police power of the State shall never be abridged nor so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such a manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general wellbeing of the State Par III The General Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture of the charter of any corporation now existing nor alter or amend the same nor pass any other general or special law for the benefit of said corporation except upon the condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the provisions of this Constitution and every amendment of any charter of any corporation in this State or any special law for its benefit accepted thereby shall operate as a novation of said charter and shall bring the same under the provisions of this Constitution Provided that this section shall not extend to any amendment for the purpose of allowing any existing road to take stock in or aid in the building of any branch road Par IV The General Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize any corporation to buy shares or stock in any other corporation in this State or elsewhere or to make any contract or agreement whatever with any such corporation which may have the effect or be intended to have the effect to defeat or les 178 sen competition in their respective business or to encourage monopoly and all such contracts and agreements shall be illegal and void Par V No railroad company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real rates charged or received for freights or passage and any such payments shall be illegal and void and these prohibitions shall be enforced by suitable penalties Par VI No provision of this Article shall be deemed held or taken to impair the obligation of any contract heretofore made by the State of Georgia Par VII The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this Article by appropriate legislation ARTICLE V Executive Department Section I Paragraph I The officers of the Executive Department shall consist of a Governor Secretary of State ComptrollerGeneral and Treasurer Par II The executive power shall be vested in a Governor who shall hold his office during the term of two years and until his successor shall be chosen and qualified He shall not be eligible to reelection after the expiration of a second term for the period of four years He shall have a salary of three thousand dollars per annum until otherwise provided by a law passed by a twothirds vote of both branches of the General Assembly which shall not be increased or dimished during the period for which he shall have been elected nor shall he receive within that time any other emolument from the United States or either of them or from any foreign power But this reduction of salary shall not apply to the present term of the present Governor Par III The first election for Governor under this Constitution shall be held on the first Wednesday in October 1880 and the Governorelect shall be installed in office at the next session of the General Assembly An election shall take place biennially thereafter on said day until another date be fixed by the General Assembly Said election shall be held at the places of holding general elections in the several counties of this State in the manner prescribed for the election of members of the General Assembly and the electors shall be the same 179 Par IV The returns for every election of Governor shall be sealed up by the managers separately from other returns and directed to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives and transmitted to the secretary of State who shall without opening said returns cause the same to be laid before the Senate on the day after the two houses shall have been organized and they shall be transmitted by the Senate to the House of Representatives Par V The members of each branch of the General Assembly shall convene in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate andf Speaker of the House of Representatives shall open and publish the returns in the presence and under the direction of the General Assembly and the person having the majority of the whole number of votes shall be declared duly elected Governor of this State but if no person shall have such majority then from the two persons having the highest number of votes who shall he in life and shall not decline an election at the time appointed for the General Assembly to elect the General Assembly shall immediately elect a Governor viva voce and in all cases of election of a Governor by the General Assembly a majority of the members present shall be necessary to a choice Par VT Contested elections shall be determined by both houses of the General Assembly in such manner as shall be prescribed by law Par VII No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who shall not have been a citizen of the United States fifteen years and a citizen of the State six years and who shall not have attained the age of thirty years Paragraph VIII In case of the death resignation or disability of the Governor the President of the Senate shall exercise the executive powers of the government until such disability be removed or a successor is elected and qualified And in case of the death resignation or disability of the President of the Senate the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the executive powers of the government until the removal of the disability or the election and qualification of a Governor Par IX The General Assembly shall have power to provide by law for filling unexpired terms by special elections Par X The Governor shall before he enters on the duties of his office take the following oath or affirmation I do solemnly swear or affirm as the case may he that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor of the State of Georgia and will to the best 180 of my ability preserve protect and defend the Constitution thereof and the Constitution of the United States of America Par XI The Governor shall he commanderinchief of the army and navy of this State and the militia thereof Par XII He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons to commute penalties remove disabilities imposed by law and to remit any part of a sentence for offences against the State after conviction except in case of treason and impeachment subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons Upon conviction forTason he may suspend the execution of the sentence and report the case to the General Assembly at the next meeting thereof when the General Assembly shall either pardon commute the sentence direct its execution or grant a further reprieve He shall at each session of the General Assembly communicate to that body each case of reprieve pardon or commutation granted stating the name of the convict the offense for which he was convicted the sentence and its date the date of the reprieve pardon or commutation and the reasons for granting the same He shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed and shall be a conservator of the peace throughout the State Par XIII He shall issue writs of election to fill all vacancies that may happen in the Senate or House of Representatives and shall give the General Assembly from time to time information of the state of the Commonwealth and recommend to their consideration such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient He shall have power to convoke the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions but no law shall be enacted at call sessions of the General Assembly except such as shall relate to the object stated in his proclamation convening them Par XIV When any office shall become vacant by death resignation or otherwise the Governor shall have power to fill such vacancy unless otherwise provided by law and persons so appointed shall continue in office until a successor is commissioned agreeably to the mode pointed out by this Constitution or by law in pursuance thereof Par XV A person once rejected by the Senate shall not be reappointed by the Governor to the same office during the same session or the recess thereafter Par XVI The Governor shall have the revision of all bills passed by the General Assembly before the same shall become laws but twothirds of each house may pass a law notwithstanding his dissent and if any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within 181 five days Sundays excepted after it has been presented to him the same shall be a law unless the General Assembly by their adjournment shall prevent its return He may approve any appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill and the latter shall not be effectual unless passed by twothirds of each house Par XVTI Every vote resolution or order to which the concurence of both houses may be necessary except on a question of election or adjournment shall be presented to the Governor and before it shall talfg fect be approved by him or being disapproved shall be repassed tfy Avsthirds of each house Par XVIII He may require information in writing from the officers in the Executive Department on any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices It shall be the duty of the Governor quarterly and oftener of he deems it expedient to examine under oath the treasurer and comptrollergeneral of the State on all matters pertaining to their respective offices and to inspect and review their books and accounts The General Assembly shall have authority to provide by law for the suspension of either of said officers from the discharge of the duties of his office and also for the appointment of a suitable person to discharge the duties of the same Par XIX The Governor shall have the power to appoint his own secretaries not exceeding two in number and to provide such other clerical force as may be required in his office for salaries and clerical force in his office shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars 1000000 and this sum shall not be exceeded either directly or indirectly for any services rendered the Governor in the way of clerical assistance or in any other manner Section II Paragraph I The secretary of State comptrollergeneral and treasurer shall be elected by persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly at the same time and in the same manner as the Governor The provisions of the Constitution as to the transmission of the returns of election counting the votes declaring the result deciding when there is no election and when there is a contested election applicable to the election of Governor shall apply to the election of secretary of State comptrollergeneral and treasurer they shall be commissioned by the Governor and hold their offices for the same time as the Governor Par II The salary of the treasurer shall not exceed fortyeight hundred dollars per annum the salary of the assistant treasurer 182 shall not exceed thirtysix hundred dollars per annum The other clerical expenses of the Treasury Department shall not exceed six thousand dollars per annum The premium on the bond of the treasurer shall be paid by the State provided that this amendment shall not take effect until the Bank Bureau as now conducted in the State Treasury Department shall have been separated from that department according to law Par III The salary of the secretary of State shall not exceed two thousand dollars per annum and the clerical expenses of his department shall not exceed one thousand dollar r annum Par TV The salary of the comptrollenneral shall not exceed two thousand dollars per annum The clerical expenses of his department including the insurance department and wildland clerk shall not exceed four thousand dollars per annum and without said clerk it shall not exceed three thousand dollars per annum ParV The treasurer shall not be allowed directly or indirectly to receive any fee interest or reward from any person bank or corporation for the deposit or use in any manner of the public funds and the General Assembly shall enforce this provision by suitable penalties Par VI No person shall be eligible to the office of secretary of State comptrollergeneral or treasurer unless he shall have been a citizen of the United States for ten years and shall have resided in this State for six years next preceding his election and shall be twentyfive years of age when elected All of said officers shall give bond and security under regulations to be prescribed by law for the faithful discharge of their duties Par VH The secretary of State the comptrollergeneral and the treasurer shall not be allowed any fee perquisite or compensation other than their salaries as prescribed by law except their necessary expenses when absent from the seat of government on business for the State Section III Paragraph I The great seal of the State shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of State and shall not be affixed to any instrument of writing except by order of the Governor or General Assembly and that now in use shall be the great seal of the State until otherwise provided by law 183 ARTICLE VI JUDICIABY Section I The judical powers of the State shall be vested in a Supreme Court a Court of Appeals superior courts courts of ordinary justices of the peace commissioned notaries public and such other courts as have been or may be established by law Paragraph I TneSupreme Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and five Associate Justices A majority of the court shall constitute a quorum Par II When one or more of the judges are disqualified from deciding any case by interest or otherwise the Governor shall designate a judge or judges of the superior courts to preside in said case Par III No judge of any court shall preside in any case where the validity of any bondFederal State corporation or municipal is involved who holds in his own right or as the representative of others any material interests in the class of bonds upon which the question to be decided arises Par IV The Chief Justice and Associate Justices shall hold their offices for six years and until their successors are qualified A successor to the incumbent whose term will soonest expire shall be elected by the General Asembly in 1880 a successor to the incumbent whose term of office is next in duration shall be elected by the General Assembly in 1882 and a successor to the third incumbent shall be elected by the General Assembly in 1884 but appointments to fill vacancies shall only be for the unexpired term or until such vacancies are filled by elections agreeably to the mode pointed out by this Constitution Section II Par V The Supreme Court shall have no original jurisdiction but shall be a court alone for the trial and correction of errors of law from the superior courts and the City Courts of Atlanta and Savannah and such other like courts as have been or may hereafter be established in other cities in all cases that involve the construction of the Constitution of the State of Georgia or of the United States or of treaties between the United States and foreign governments in all cases in which the constitutionality of any law of the State of Georgia or of the United States is drawn in question and until otherwise provided by law in all cases respecting titles to land in all equity cases in all cases which involve the validity of or the 184 construction of wills in all cases of conviction of a capital felony in all habeascorpus cases in all cases involving extraordinary remedies in all divorce and alimony cases and in all cases certified to it by the Court of Appeals for its determination It shall also be competent for the Supreme Court to require by certiorari or otherwise any case to be certified to the Supreme Court from the Court of Appeals for review and determination with the same power and authority as if the case had been carried by writ of error to the Supreme Court Any case carried to the Supreme Court or to the Court of Appeals which belongs to the class of which the other court has jurisdiction shall until otherwise provided by law be transferred to the other court under such rules as the Supreme Court may prescribe and the cases so transferred shall be heard and determined by the court which has jurisdiction thereof Par VI The Supreme Court shall dispose of every case at the first or second term after such writ of error is brought and in case the plaintiff in error shall not be prepared at the first term to prosecute the caseunless prevented by providential causeit shall be striken from the docket and the judgment below shall stand affirmed Par VII In any case the court may in its discretion withhold its judgment until the next term after the same is argued Par VIII The Supreme Court shall hereafter consist of a Chief Justice and five Associate Justices The court shall have power to hear and determine cases when sitting either in a body or in two divisions of three judges each under such regulations as may be prescribed by the General Assembly A majority of either division shall constitute a quorum for that division The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court shall hereafter be elected by the people at the same time and in the same manner as the Governor and the Statehouse officers are elected except that the first election under this amendment shall be held on the third Wednesday in December 1896 at which time one Associate Justice shall be elected for a full term of six years to fill the vacancy oceuring on January 1st 1897 by the expiration of the term of one of the present incumbents and three additional Associate Justices shall be elected for terms expiring respectively January 1st 1899 January 1st 1901 and January 1st 1903 The persons elected as additional Associate Justices shall among themselves determine by lot which of the three lastmentioned terms each shall have and they shall be commissioned accordingly After said first election all terms except unexpired terms shall be for six years each In case of any 185 vacancy which causes an unexpired term the same shall be filled bj executive appointment and the person appointed by the Governor shall hold his office until the next regular election and until his successor for the balance of the unexpired term shall have been elected and qualified The returns of said special election shall be made to the secretary of State Par IX The Court of Appeals shall consist of the judges provided therefor by law at the time of the ratification of this amendment and of such additional judges as the General Assembly shall from time to time prescribe All terms of the judges of the Court of Appeals after the expiration of the terms of the judges provided for by law at the time of the ratification of the amendment except unexpired terms shall continue six years and until their successors are qualified The time and manner of electing judges and the mode of filling a vacancy which causes an unexpired term shall be the same as are or may be provided for by the laws relating to the election and appointment of Justices of the Supreme Court The Court of Appeals shall have jurisdiction for the trial and correction of errors of law from the superior courts and from the City Courts of Atlanta and Savannah and such other like courts as have been or may hereafter be established in other cities and in all cases in which such jurisdiction has not been conferred by this Constitution upon the Supreme Court and in such other cases as may hereafter be prescribed by law except that where a case is pending in the Court of Appeals and the Court of Appeals desires instruction from the Supreme Court it may certify the same to the Supreme Court and thereupon a transcript of the record shall be transmitted to the Supreme Court which after having afforded to the parties an opportunity to be heard thereon shall instruct the Court of Appeals on the question so certified and the Court of Appeals shall be bound by the instructions so given But if by reason of equal division of opinion among the Justices of the Supreme Court no such instruction is given the Court of Appeals may decide the question The manner of certifying questions to the Supreme Court by the Court of Appeals and the subsequent proceedings in regard to the same in the Supreme Court shall be as the Supreme Court shall by its rules prescribe until otherwise provided by law No affirmance of the judgment of the court below in cases pending in the Court of Appeals shall result from delay in disposing of questions or cases certified from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court or as to which such certificate has been required by the Supreme Court as hereinbefore provided All writs of error in the Supreme Court or 186 the Court of Appeals when received by its clerk during a term of the court and before the docket of the term is by order of the court closed shall be entered thereon when received at any other time shall be entered on the docket of the next term and they shall stand for hearing at the term for which they are so entered under such rules as the court may prescribe until otherwise provided by law The Court of Appeals shall appoint a clerk and a sheriff of the court The reporter of the Supreme Court shall be the reporter of the Court of Appeals until otherwise provided by law The laws relating to the Supreme Court as to qualifications and salaries of judges the designation of other judges to preside when members of the court are disqualified the powers duties salaries fees and terms of officers the mode of carrying cases to the court the powers practice procedure times of sitting and costs of the court the publication of reports of cases decided therein and in all other respects except as otherwise provided in this Constitution or by the laws as to the Court of Appeals at the time of the ratification of this amendment and until otherwise provided by law shall apply to the Court of Appeals so far as they can be made to apply The decisions of the Supreme Court shall bind the Court of Appeals as precedents Section III Paragraph I There shall be a judge of the superior courts for each judicial circuit whose term of office shall be four years and until his successor is qualified He may act in other circuits when authorized by law The legislature shall have authority to add one or more additional judges of the superior court for any judicial circuit in this State and shall have authority to regulate the manner in which the judges of such circuits shall dispose of the business thereof and shall fix the time at which the term or terms of office of such additional judge or judges shall begin and the manner of his appointment or election and shall have authority from time to time to add to the number of such judges in any judicial circuit or to reduce the number of judges in any judicial circuit Provided that at all times there shall be at least one judge in every judicial circuit of this State Par II The successors to the present and subsequent incumbents shall be elected by the electors entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly of the whole State at the general election held for such members next preceding the expiration of their respective terms Provided that the successors for all incumbents 187 whose terms expire on or before the first day of January 1899 shall be elected by the General Assembly at its session for 1898 for the full term of four years Pgr III The terms of the judges to be elected under the Constitution except to fill vacancies shall begin on the first day of January after their election Every vacancy occasioned by death resignation or other causes shall be filled by appointments of the Governor until the first day of January after the general election held next after the expiration of thirty days from the time such vacancy occurs at which election a successor for the unexpired term shall be elected Section IV Paragraph I The superior court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in cases of divorce in criminal cases where the offender is subjected to loss of life or confinement in the penitentiary in cases respecting titles to land and equity cases Par II The General Assembly may confer upon the courts of common law all the powers heretofore exercised by courts of equity in this State Par Ill Said courts shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases except as hereinafter provided Par IV They shall have appellate jurisdiction in all such cases as may be provided by law Par V They shall have power to correct errors in inferior judicatories by writ of certiorari which shall only issue on the sanction of the judge and said courts and the judges thereof shall have power to issue writs of mandamus prohibition scire facias and all other writs that may be necessary for carrying their powers fully into effect and shall have such other powers as are or may be conferred on them by law Par VI The General Assembly may provide for an appeal from one jury in the superior and city courts to another and the said courts may grant new trials on legal grounds Par VII Tlie court shall render judgment without the verdict of a jury in all civil cases founded on unconditional contracts in writing where an issuable defense is not filed under oath or affirmation Par VIII The superior courts shall sit in each county not less than twice in each year at such times as have been or may be appointed by law 188 Par IX The General Assembly may provide by law for the appointment of some proper person to preside in cases where the presiding judge is from any cause disqualified Section V Paragraph I In any county within which there is or hereafter may be a city court the judge of said court and of the superior court may preside in the courts of each other in cases where the judge of either court is disqualified to preside Section VI Paragraph I The powers of a court of ordinary and of probate shall be vested in an ordinary for each county from whose decision there may be an appeal or by consent of parties without a decision to the superior court under regulations prescribed by law Par II The courts of ordinary shall have such powers in relation to roads bridges ferries public buildings paupers county officers county funds county taxes and other county matters as may be conferred on them by law Par III The ordinary shall hold his office for the term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified Section VII Paragraph I There shall be in each militia district one justice of the peace whose official term except when elected to fill an unexpired term shall be four years Provided however that the General Assembly may in its discretion abolish justice courts and the office of justice of the peace and of notary public exofficio justices of the peace in any city of this State having a population of over twenty thousand and establish in lieu thereof such court or courts or system of courts as the General Assembly may in its discretion deem necessary conferring upon such new court or courts or system of courts when sa established the jurisdiction as to subject matter now exercised by justice courts and by justices of the peace and notaries public exofficio justices of the peace together with such additional jurisdiction either as to amount or to subject matter as may be provided by law whereof some other Court has not exclusive jurisdiction under this Constitution together also with such provision as to rules and procedure in such courts and as to new trials and the correction of errors in and by said courts and with such further provision for the correction of errors by the Superior Court or the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court as the General Assembly may from time to time in its discretion provide or authorize Any court so established shall not be subject to the 189 rules of uniformity laid down in Paragraph l of Section 9 of Article 6 of the Constitution of Georgia Par II Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases arising ex contractu and in cases of injuries or damages to personal property when the principal sum does not exceed one hundred dollars and shall sit monthly at fixed times and places but in all cases there may be an appeal to a jury in said court or an appeal to the superior court under such regulations as may be prescribed by law Par III Justices of the peace shall be elected by the legal voters in their respective districts and shall be commissioned by the Governor They shall be removable on conviction for malpractice in office Section VIII Paragraph I Commissioned notaries public not to exceed one for each militia district may be appointed by the judges of superior courts in their respective circuits upon recommendation of the grand juries of the several counties They shall be commissioned by the Governor for the term of four years and shall be exofficio justices of the peace and shall be removable on conviction for malpractice in office Section IX Paragraph I The jurisdiction powers proceedings and practice of all courts or officers invested with judicial powers except city courts of the same grade or class so far as regulated by law and the force and effect of the process judgment and decree by such courts severally shall be uniform This uniformity must be established by the General Assembly Section X Paragraph I There shall be an attorneygeneral of this State who shall be elected by the people at the same time for the same term and in the same manner as the Governor Par II It shall be the duty of the attorneygeneral to act as the legal adviser of the executive department to represent the State in the Supreme Court in all capital felonies and in all civil and criminal cases in any court when required by the Governor and to perform such other services as shall be required of him by law Section XI Paragraph 1 There shall be a solicitorgeneral for each judicial circuit whose official term except to fill a vacancy shall be four 190 years The successors of present and subsequent incumbents shall be elected by the electors of the whole State qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly at the general election held next preceding the expiration of their respective terms Every vacancy occasioned by death resignation or other causes shall be filled by appointment of the Governor until the first day of January after the general election held next after the expiration of thirty days from the time such vacancy occurs at which election a successor fop the unexpired term shall be elected Provided that the successors for all incumbents whose terms expire on or before the first day of January 18991 shall be elected by the General Assembly at its session for 1898 for the full term of four years Par II It shall be the duty of the solicitorgeneral to represent the State in all cases in the superior courts of his circuit and in all cases taken up from his circuit to the Supreme Court and to perform such other services as shall be required of him by law Section XIII Paragraph I The Justices of the Supreme Court each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 7000 per annum the Judges of the Court of Appeals each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 7000 per annum the Judges of the superior courts each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 5000 per annum the attorneygeneral shall have a salary not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum and the solicitorsgeneral each shall have salaries not to exceed two hundred and fifty dollars per annum but the attorneygeneral shall not have any fee or perquisite in any case arising after the adoption of this Constitution Provided that the county of Chatham shall from its treasury pay to the Judges of the Superior Courts of the Eastern Circuit three thousand dollars per annum said payments are hereby declared to be a part of the court expenses of said county and shall be made to the judge now in office as well as his successors Provided further that the Board of County Commissioners of Fulton County or such other board or person as may from time to time exercise the administrative powers of Fulton County shall have power and authority to pay the judges of the superior court of Fulton County such sums in addition to the salaries paid by the state as said administrative authority or authorities may deem advisable and the amounts so paid are declared to be a part of the court expenses of said county Provided fiirther that the Board of County Commissioners of the counties of Clark Floyd Sumter Muscogee Bibb or such other 191 Board or persons as may from time to time exercise the administrative powers of said several counties may supplement from their respective countys treasuries the salaries of the judges of the circuits of which they are a part by such sum as may be necessary with salaries paid each of said judges from the State treasury to make a salary of 6000 each per annum of such judges and such payments are declared to be a part of the court expenses of said counties and such payments shall be made to the judges now in office as well as to their successors Provided further that the County of Fulton may supplement the salary of the judge of the Stone Mountain Circuit or the judges of such other circuits as may he hereafter required to regularly preside therein for additional services rendered in the Superior Court of said county such sums as will with the salary paid such judge from the State Treasury make a salary of 6000 per annum said payments are declared to be a part of the court expenses of Fulton County such payments to be made to the judge now in office as well as to his successors The provisions of this amendment shall take effect and the salaries herein provided for shall begin from the ratification of this amendment and shall apply to the encumbents in the several offices as well as their successors and provided further that the Board of County Commissioners of the county of Richmond or such other Board or persons as may from time to time exercise the administrative powers of said county shall supplement from said countys treasury the salary of the judge of the Superior Court of the circuit of which the said County of Richmond is a part by such sum as may be necessary with salaries paid such judge from the State Treasury to make a salary for said judge of 7000 per1 annum and such payments are declared to be a part of the court expenses of said county and such payments shall be made to the judge now in office as well as to his successors The provisions of this amendment shall take effect and the salaries herein provided for shall begin from the ratification of this amendment and shall apply to the encumbents in office as well as his successors The Act of the General Assembly of 1904 entitled An Act to regulate the salaries of Judges of the Superior Courts of all Judicial Circuits of this State having or that may hereafter have therein a city with a population of not less than 54000 nor more than 75000 inhabitants and for other purposes with the Acts of the General Assembly of 1905 and 1906 amendatory thereof and also the Act of the General Assembly of 1906 entitled An Act to Regulate the Compensation of Judges of the Superior Courts for services rendered outside of their own Circuits in those Judicial Circuits of the State having therein a city of not less than 75000 inhabitants according 192 to the Census of 1900 and for other purposes which Acts provide for the payment from the treasuries of the counties containing said cities to the judges aforesaid of a part of their salaries are ratified validated and confirmed as to the dates of said respective enactments Par II The General Assembly may at any time by a twothirds vote of each branch prescribe other and different salaries for any or all of the above officers but no such change shall effect the officers then in commission Provided however that the General Assembly shall have power at any time by a majority vote of each branch to abolish the fees at present accruing to the office of solicitorgeneral in any particular circuit and in lieu thereof to prescribe a salary for such office in addition to the salary prescribed in paragraph 1 of this section of this article and without regard to the uniformity of such salaries in the various circuits and shall have the further power to determine what disposition shall be made of the fines forfeitures and fees accruing to the office of solicitorgeneral in any such judicial circuit where the fees are abolished Section XIV Paragraph I No person shall be judge of the Supreme or superior courts or attorneygeneral unless at the time of his election he shall have attained the age of thirty years and shall have been a citizen of the State three years and have practiced law for seven years and no person shall be hereafter elected solicitorgeneral unless at the time of his election he shall have attained twentyfive years of age shall have been a citizen of the State for three years and shall have practiced law for three years next preceding his election Section XV Paragraph I No total divorce shall be granted except on the concurrent verdicts of two juries at different terms of the court Par II When a divorce is granted the jury rendering the final verdict shall determine the rights and disabilities of the parties Section XVI Paragraph I Divorce cases shall be brought in the county where the defendant resides if a resident of this State if the defendant be not a resident of this State then in the county in which the plaintiff resides Par II Cases respecting titles to land shall be tried in the county where the land lies except where a single tract is divided by a county line in which case the superior court in either county shall have jurisdiction 193 Par III Equity cases shall be tried in the county where a defendant resides against whom substantial relief is prayed Par IV Suits against joint obligors joint promissors copartners or joint trespassers residing in different counties may be tried in either county Par V Suits against the maker and indorser of promisory notes or drawer acceptor and endorser of foreign or inland bills of exchange or like instruments residing in different counties shall be brought in the county where the maker or acceptor resides Par VI All other civil cases shall he tried in the county where the defendant resides and all criminal cases shall he tried in the county where the crime was committed except cases in the superior courts where the judge is satisfied that an impartial jury cannot be obtained in such county Section XVII Paragraph I The power to change the venue in civil and criminal cases shall he vested in the superior courts to he exercised in such manner as has been or shall be provided by law Section XVIII Paragraph I The right of trial by jury except where it is otherwise provided in this Constitution shall remain inviolate but the General Assembly may prescribe any number not less than five to constitute a trial or traverse jury in courts other than the superior and city courts Par II The General Assembly shall provide by law for the selection of the most experienced intelligent and upright men to serve as grand jurors and intelligent and upright men to serve as traverse jurors Nevertheless the grand jurors shall be competent to serve as traverse jurors Par III It shall be the duty of the General Assembly by general laws to prescribe the manner of fixing compensation of jurors in all counties in this State Section XIX Paragraph I The General Assembly shall have power to provide for the creation of county commissioners in such counties as may require them and to defind their duties Section XX Paragraph I All courts not specially mentioned by name in the first section of this article may he abolished in any county at the discretion of the General Assembly 194 Section XXI Paragraph I The costs in the Supreme Court shall not exceed ten dollars until otherwise provided by law Plaintiffs in error shall not be required to pay costs in said court when the usual pauper oath is filed in the court below ARTICLE VII Finance Taxation and Public Debt Section I Paragraph I The powers of taxation over the whole State shall be exercised by the General Assembly for the following purposes only For the support of the State government and the public institutions For educational purposes in instructing children in the elementary branches of an English education only To pay the interest on the public debt To pay the principal of the public debt To suppress insurrection to repel invasion and defend the State in time of war To supply the soldiers who lost a limb or limbs in the military service of the Confederate States with substantial artificial limbs during life and make suitable provisions for such Confederate soldiers as may have been otherwise disabled or permanently injured in such service or who may by reason of age and poverty or infirmity and poverty or blindness and poverty be unable to provide a living for themselves and for the widows of such Confederate soldiers as may have died in the service of the Confederate States or since from wounds received therein or disease contracted in the service or who by reason of age and poverty or infirmity and poverty or blindness and poverty are unable to provide a living for themselvesProvided that the Act shall only apply to such widows as were married at the time of such service and have remained unmarried since the death of such soldier husband To make provisions for the payment of pensions to any exConfederate soldier residing in this State January 1 1920 who enlisted in the military service of the Confederate States during the Civil War between the States of the United States and who performed actual military services in the armies of the Confederate States or of the organized militia of this State and was honorably discharged therefrom and to widows now residents of this State of exConfederate soldiers who enlisted in the military service of the Con 195 federate States and who performed actual service in the armies of the Confederate States or of the organized militia of this State who died in said military service or were honorably discharged therefrom who were married prior to January 1 1881 No widow of a soldier killed during the war shall be deprived of her pension by reason of having subsequently married another veteran who is dead unless she is receiving a pension on account of being the widow of such second husband Any soldier doing service in the Confederate army whether he belonged to the Confederate army or whether he belonged to the militia of any Confederate State and served with the Confederate army shall be eligible to draw a pension Par II The levy of taxes on property for any one year by the General Assembly for all purposes except to provide for repelling invasion suppressing insurrection or defending the State in time of war shall not exceed five mills on each dollar of the value of the property taxable in the State Section II Paragraph I All taxation shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects and ad valorem on all property subject to be taxed within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax and shall be levied and collected under general laws The General Assembly may however impose a tax upon such domestic animals as from their nature and habits are destructive of other property Par II The General Assembly may by law exempt from taxation all public property places of religious worship or burial all institutions of purely public charity all buildings erected for and used as a college incorporated academy or other seminary of learning and also all funds or property held or used as endowment by such colleges incorporated academies or seminaries of learning provided the same is not invested in real estate and provided further that said exemption shall only apply to such colleges incorporated academies or other seminaries of learning as are open to the general public provided further that all endowments to institutions established for white people shall be limited to white people and all endowments to institutions established for colored people shall be limited to colored people the real and personal estate of any public library and that of any other literary association used by or connected with such library all books and philosophical apparatus and all paintings and statuary of any company or association kept in a public hall and not held as merchandise or for purposes of sale or gain provided the property so exempted be not used for purposes of private or corporate profit or income The General Assembly 196 shall further have power to exempt from taxation farm products including baled cotton grown in this State and remaining in the hands of the producers but not longer than for the year next after their production Paragraph II A Any person natural or artificial a resident of this State who may after January 1st 1924 build equip establish or enlarge a plant for the manufacture or processing of cotton wool linen silk rubber clay wood metal metallic or nonmetallic mineral or combination of same creamery or cheese plant or for the production or development of electricity may as to such building enlargement or equipment he exempt from all county incorporated town or city ad valorem taxes for a period of time not exceeding five 5 years from the date of the beginning of the building enlargement or equipment of such plants The legislature is herewith empowered to make provisions for the operation of this paragraph by appropriate legislation provided such exemptions shall be approved by a majority of the electors voting in such county incorporated town or city proposing said exemption Par III No polltax shall be levied except for educational purposes and such tax shall not exceed one dollar annually upon each poll Par IV All laws exempting property from taxation other than the property herein enumerated shall be void Par V The power to tax corporations and corporate property shall not be surrendered or suspended by any contract or grant to which the State1 shall be a party Par VI All persons or classes of persons who were by laws of force January 1st 1911 required to make returns for taxation to the comptrollergeneral and all who may hereafter be so required shall on or before the first day of March of each year make such returns as of date of January 1st of that year and shall pay the taxes arising on such returns in favor of the State on or before the first of September of the same year anything heretofore contained in the Constitution or laws of Georgia to the contrary notwithstanding The laws of force on said date governing such returns and payments and the collection and enforcement thereof shall remain of force as applicable to the returns and payments herein required until the same shall be changed by law The GeneralAssembly shall have power to make or alter all laws that may be necessary or proper for enforcing the provisions of this paragraph 197 Section III Paragraph I No debt shall be contracted by or on behalf of the State except to supply such temporary deficit as may exist in the treasury in any year from necessary delay in collecting the taxes of that year to repel invasion suppress insurrection and defend the State in time of war or to pay the existing public debt but the debt created to supply deficiencies in revenue shall not exceed in the aggregate Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and any loan made for this purpose shall be repaid out of the taxes levied for the year in which the loan is made Section IV Paragraph I All laws authorizing the borrowing of money by or on behalf of the State shall specify the purposes for which the money is to be used and the money so obtained shall be used for the purpose specified and for no other Section V Paragraph I The credit of the State shall not be pledged or loaned to any individual company corporation or association and the State shall not become a joint owner or stockholder in any company association or corporation Section VI Paragraph I The General Assembly shall not authorize any county municipal corporation or political division of this State to become a stockholder in any company corporation or association or to appropriate money for or to loan its credit to any corporation company association institution or individual except for purely charitable purposes This restriction shall not operate to prevent the support of schools by municipal corporations within their respective limits Provided that if any municipal corporation shall offer to the State any property for locating or building a capitol and the State accepts such offer the corporation may comply with such offer Par II The General Assembly shall not have power to delegate to any county the right to levy a tax for any purpose except for educational purposes to build and repair the public buildings and bridges to maintain and support prisoners to pay jurors and cor 198 oners and for litigation quarantine roads and expenses of courts to support paupers and pay debts heretofore existing to pay the county police and to provide for necessary sanitation Section VII Paragraph if The debt hereafter incurred by any county municipal corporation or political division of this State except as in this Constitution provided for shall not exceed seven per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property therein and no such county municipality or division shall incur any new debt except for a temporary loan or loans to supply casual deficiencies of revenue not exceeding onefifth of one per centum of the assessed value of the taxable property therein without the assent of twothirds of the qualified voters thereof voting at an election for that purpose to be held as prescribed by law provided said twothirds so voting shall be a majority of the registered voters and provided further that all laws charter provisions and ordinances heretofore passed or enacted providing special registration of the votes of counties municipal corporations and other political divisions of this State to pass upon the issuance of bonds by such counties municipal corporations and other political divisions are hereby declared to be null and void and the General Assembly shall hereafter have no power to pass or enact any law providing for such special registration but the validity of any and all bond issues by such counties municipal corporations or other political divisions made prior to January 1st 1918 shall not be affected hereby but any city the debt of which does not exceed seven per centum of the assessed value of the taxable property at the time of the adoption of this Constitution may be authorized by law to increase at any time the amount of said debt three per centum upon such assessed valuation except that the City Council of Augusta from time to time as necessary for the purpose of protection against floods may incur a bounded indebtedness upon its power producing canal and municipal water works in addition to the debts hereinbefore in this paragraph allowed to be incurred to an amount in the aggregate not exceeding fifty per centum of the combined value of such properties the valuation of such properties to be fixed as may be prescribed by law but said valuation not to exceed a figure five per cent on which shall represent the net revenue per annum produced by the two such properties together at the time of said valuation and such indebtedness not to be incurred except with the assent of twothirds of the qualified voters of such city at an election or elections held for that purpose to be held as may be 199 now or may be hereafter prescribed by law for the incurring of new debts by the said City Council of Augusta Except that the city of West Point from time to time as may be necessary for the purpose of protection against floods may incur a bonded indebtedness in addition to and separate from the amount of debts hereinbefore in this paragraph allowed to be incurred to an amount in the aggregate not exceeding the sum of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars and such indebtedness not to be incurred except with the assent of twothirds of the qualified voters of such city at an election or elections to be held as may now or may be hereafter prescribed by law for the incurring of new debts by said city of West Point Provided any municipality having a population of 150000 or more can issue and sell street improvement bonds without the said assent of twothirds of the qualified voters at an lection called thereon but upon a twothirds vote of the members of its governing body with these limitations First the term of such bonds shall in no case exceed ten years Second the amount of each issue shall be limited to the amount assessed by such municipality upon each improvement Third these bonds shall be issued only for the grading and paving or repaving of streets or portion of streets Fourth the interest thereon shall not exceed six per centum per annum Fifth these bonds can be issued without regard to the amount of other outstanding debts or bonds of said municipality Sixth these bonds not to be issued except in case such pavement or repavement has been petitioned for in writing by the owners of more than fifty per cent of the property abutting on the street or portion of street paved or repaved and except that the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah for the purpose of acquiring and or improving a site or sites on Savannah River in Chatham County for publiclyowned operated and managed terminals and for the purpose of creating ways of ingress thereto and egress therefrom may incur a bonded indebtedness in addition to the debts hereinbefore in this paragraph alowed to be incurred to an amount in the aggregate not exceeding three million dollars 300000000 The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah shall be empowerd to take charge of and administer municipallyowned terminals of the port of Savannah and is hereby authorized to create construct and operate new terminal storage handling and terminal transportation facilities at the port of Savannah and to that end shall have the right to condemn in accordance with the law or otherwise acquire any property necessary for said purposes and may incur a bonded indebtedness in ad dition to the debt hereinbefore in this paragraph allowed to be in 200 curred to pay for same by issuing mortgage or mortgages andor bond or bonds against the real estate and improvements thereon and against such facilities such mortgage or mortgages andor bonds and all interest thereon are to be paid out of the net receipts of said terminal storage handling and transportation facilities after the payment of maintenance and operating expenses The authority granted hereby shall be a continuing authority and the first creation or establishment of terminal storage handling and transportation facilities shall not exhaust the power of said Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah Bonds issued under this authorization shall be paid by preference out of the net receipts of the terminal storage handling or transportation facilities acquired andor created therewith after the payment of maintenance and operating expenses and so far as such net receipts may be insufficient then out of the entire receipts and revenues of the said municipallyowned operated and administered port of Savannah after the payment of maintenance and operating expenses and prior bonded obligationsProvided that each issue of bonds under said authority shall be subordinate to previous issues thereunder The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah shall have power to regulate the commerce and traffic of the harbor of Savannah in such manner as may in its judgment be best for its maintenance and development And the foregoing amendments to the Constitution shall be selfexecuting and operative and the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah may by ordinance or otherwise carry the same into eifect The General Assembly may confer further and additional authority upon the Mayor and Aidermen of the City of Savannah touching the disposition and control of said terminals and harbors not inconsistent herewith 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 sevn 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 twothirds 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 city 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 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 Par I D The Costal Highway District is hereby created as a political subdivision body politic and corporate of this State for the purpose of aiding in the construction and completion of the Public Highway known as 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 purpose 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 90000000 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 transactions 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 sumspayable annually hereafter by the State of Georgia to the said counties respectively from amounts collected from gasoline and oil taxes until all bonds of said district are retired At or before the issuance of said bonds the commissioners 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 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 countys part of said indebtedness as the same becomes due and the complete retire 202 ment 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 t that countys liability for that year after first using the amounts derived from gasoline and oil taxes as hereinbefore provided shall be retained and the tax levied for the succeding 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 valuation of county municipality and division bonds and the certification by the clerk of the Superior Court taking jurisdiction of such validation alone shall be sufficient certification The proceedings for the validation may be instituted by the Solicitor General of any Judicial Circuit within which any of said counties lie 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 county or municipal corporation or political subdivision of said State to incur any other bonded indebtedness Par II Any county municipal corporation or political division of this State which shall incur any bonded indebtedness under the provisions of this Constitution shall at or before the time of so doing provide for the assessment and collection of an annual tax sufficient in amount to pay the principal and interest of said debt within thirty years from the date of the incurring of said indebtedness Section VIII Paragraph I The State shall not assume the debt nor any part thereof of any county municipal corporation or political division of the State unless such debt shall be contracted to enable the State to repel invasion suppress insurrection or defend itself in time of war 203 Section IX Paragraph L The receiving directly or indirectly by any officer of the State or county or member or officer of the General Assembly of any interests profits or perquisites arising from the use or loan of public funds in his hands or moneys to he raised through his agency for State or county purposes shall he deemed a felony and punishable as may be prescribed by law a part of which punishment shall be a disqualification from holding office Section X Paragraph I Municipal corporations shall not incur any debt until provision therefor shall have been made by the municipal government Par II Reserving to the municipal corporations the benefit of all provisions of the Constitution of force in thisi State the General Assembly is hereby empowered to authorize any municipal corporation within this State having a population of one hundred and fifty thousand or more according to the census of the United States government taken next preceding the approval of any act passed in pursuance hereof to incur a bonded debt or debts for the public purposes of such municipality the said debt or debts to be incurred for such sums and to he secured after such manner and to be paid principal and interest at such times and such places and by such means and upon such terms as the General Assembly may prescribe Providing however that no act conferring the powers aforesaid or any of them shall become operative until the same shall have been affirmed at a general election held for the election of mayor and general council in such municipality by twothirds of the qualified voters thereof who may vote at such election Such twothirds to constitute at least a majority of the qualified voters of said municipality Section XI Paragraph I The General Assembly shall have no authority to appropriate money directly or indirectly to pay the whole or any part of the principal or interest of the bonds or other obligations which have been pronounced illegal null and void by the General Assembly and the constitutional amendments ratified by a vote of the people on the first day of May 1877 nor shall the General Assembly have authority to pay any of the obligations created by the State under laws passed during the late war between the States nor any of the bonds notes or obligations made and entered 204 into during the existence of said war the time for the payment of which was fixed after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the United States and the Confederate States nor shall the General Assembly pass any law or the Governor or other State official enter into any contract or agreement whereby the State shall be made a party to any suit in any court of this State or of the United States instituted to test the validity of any such bonds or obligations Section XII Paragraph I The bonded debt of the State shall never be increased except to repel invasion suppress insurrection or defend the State in time of war Section XIII Paragraph I The proceeds of the sale of the Western and Atlantic Macon and Brunswick or other railroads held by the State and any other property owned by the State whenever the General Assembly may authorize the sale of the whole or any part thereof shall be applied to the payment of the bonded debt of the State and shall not be used for any other purpose whatever so long as the State has any existing bonded debt Provided that the proceeds of the sale of the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall be applied to the payment of the bonds for which said railroad has been mortgaged in preference to all other bonds Section XIV Paragraph I The General Assembly shall raise by taxation each year in addition to the sum required to pay the public expenses and interest on the public debt the sum of one hundred thousand dollars which shall be held as a sinking fund to pay off and retire the bonds of the State which have not yet matured and shall be applied to no other purpose whatever If the bonds cannot at any time be purchased at or below par then the sinking fund herein provided for may be loaned by the Governor and treasurer of the State Provided the security which shall be demanded for said loan shall consist only of the valid bonds of the State but this section shall not take effect until the eight per cent currency bonds issued under the Act of February the 19th 1873 shall have been paid Section XV Paragraph I The comptrollergeneral and treasurer shall each make to the Governor a quarterly report of the financial condition 205 of the State which report shall include a statement of the assets liabilities and income of the State and expenditures therefor for the three months preceding and it shall be the duty of the Governor to carefully examine the same by himself or through competent persons connected with his department and cause an abstract thereof to be published for the information of the people which abstract shall be indorsed by him as having been examined Section XVI Paragraph I The General Assembly shall not by vote resolution or order grant any donation or gratuity in favor of any person corporation or association Par II The General Assembly shall not grant or authorize extra compensation to any public officer agent or contractor after the service has been rendered or the contract entered into Section XVII Paragraph I The office of the State printer shall cease with the expiration of the term of the present incumbent and the General Assembly shall provide by law for letting the public printing to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders who shall give adequate and satisfactory security for the faithful performance thereof No member of the General Assembly or other public officer shall be interested either directly or indirectly in any such contract ARTICLE VIII Education Section I Paragraph I There shall be a thorough system of common schools for the education of the children as nearly uniform as practicable the expense of which shall be provided for by taxation or otherwise The schools shall be free to all children of the State but separate schools shall be provided for the white and colored races Section II Paragraph I There shall be a State school commissioner elected by the people at the same time and manner as the Governor and Statehouse officers are elected whose term of office shall be two years and until his successor is elected and qualified His office shall be at the seat of government and he shall be paid a salary not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum The General Assembly 206 may substitute for the State school commissioner such officer or officers as may be deemed necessary to perfect the system of public education Section III Paragraph I The poll tax any educational fund now belonging to the State except the endowment of and debt due to the University of Georgia a special tax on shows and exhibitions and on the sale of spirituous and malt liquors which the General Assembly is hereby authorized to assess and the proceeds of any commutation tax for military service and all taxes that may be assessed on such domestic animals as from their nature and habits are destructive to other property are hereby set apart and devoted for the support of cdmmon schools Section IV Paragraph I Authority is granted to counties and to municipal corporations upon the recommendation of the corporate authority to establish and maintain public schools in their respective limits by local taxation The proper county authorities whose duty it is to levy taxes for county purposes in this State shall on the recommendation of the board of education assess and collect taxes for the support of the public schools under its control not less than one nor more than five mills on the dollar of all taxable property of the county outside of independent local systems which shall be distributed equitably according to the school population tax values the number of teachers and their grade of license among the public schools therein An additional levy to that already allowed not to exceed five mills shall be permissible in independent local systems municipalities or school districts on a twothirds vote of those voting No additional election shall be required to maintain any local school tax now in existence in districts counties or municipalities provided this paragraph shall not apply to counties having a local school system of taxation adopted prior to the Constitution of 1877 Section V Paragraph I Existing local school systems shall not be affected by this Constitution Nothing contained in first section of this article shall be construed to deprive schools in this State not common schools from participation in the educational fund of the State as to all pupils therein taught in the elementary branches of an English education 207 Section VI Paragraph I The trustees of the University of Georgia may accept bequests donations and grants of land or other property for the use of said University In addition to the payment of the annual interest on the debt due by the State to the University the General Assembly shall from time to time make such appropriations to the University and high schools as the condition of the treasury authorize ARTICLE IX Homestead and Exemption Section I Paragraph I There shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of any process whatever under the laws of this State except as hereinafter excepted of the property of every head of a family or guardian or trustee of a family of minor children or every aged on infirm person or person having the care and support of dependent females of any age who is not the head of a family realty or personalty or both to the value in theaggregate of sixteen hundred dollars Section II Paragraph I No court or ministeral officer in this State shall ever have jurisdiction or authority to enforce any judgment execution or decree against the property set apart for such purpose including such improvements as may be made thereon from time to time except for taxes for the purchasemoney of the same for labor done thereon for material furnished therefor or for the removal of incumbrances thereon Section III Paragraph I The debtor shall have power to waive or renounce in writing his right to the benefit of the exemption provided for in this Article except as to wearing apparel and not exceeding three hundred dollars worth of household and kitchen1 furniture and provisions to be selected by himself and his wife if any and he shall not after it is set apart alienate or encumber the property so exempted but it may be sold by the debtor and his wife if any jointly with the sanction of the judge of the superior court of the county where the debtor resides or the land is situated the proceeds to be reinvested upon the same uses 208 Section IV Paragraph I The General Assembly shall provide by law as early as practicable for the setting apart and valuation of said property But nothing in this Article shall be construed to affect or repeal the existing laws for exemption of property from sale contained in the present Code of this State in paragraphs 2040 to 2049 inclusive and the Acts amendatory thereto It may be optional with the applicant to take either but not both of such exemptions Section V Paragraph I The debtor shall have authority to waive or renounce in writing his right to the benefit of the exemption provided for in section four except as it is excepted in section three of this article Section VI Paragraph I The applicant shall at any time have the right to supplement his exemption by adding to an amount already set apart which is less than the whole amount of exemption herein allowed a sufficiency to make his exemption equal to the whole amount Section VII Paragraph I Homestead and exemptions of personal property which have been heretofore set apart by virtue of the provisions of the existing Constitution of this State and in accordance with the laws for the enforcement thereof or which may be hereafter so set apart at any time shall be and remain valid as against all debts and liabilities existing at the time of the adoption of this Constitution to the same extent that they would have been had said existing Constitution not been revisd Section VIII Paragraph I Rights which have become vested under previously existing laws shall not be affected by anything herein contained In all cases in which homesteads have been set apart under the Constitution of 1868 and the laws made in pursuance thereof and a bona fide sale of such property has been subsequently made and the full purchaseprice thereof has been paid all right of exemption in such property by reason of its having been so set apart shall cease in so far as it affects the right of the purchaser In all such cases where a part only of the purchaseprice has been paid such transactions shall be governed by the laws now of force in this State in so far as they affect the rights of the purchaser as though said property had not been set apart 209 Section IX Paragraph I Parties who have taken a homestead of realty under the Constitution of eighteen hundred and sixtyeight shall have the right to sell said homestead and reinvest the same by order of the judge of the superior courts of this State ARTICLE X Militia Section I Paragraph I A well regulated militia being essential to the peace and security of the State the General Assembly shall have authority to provide by law how the militia of this State shall be organized officered trained armed and equipped and of whom it shall consist Par II The General Assembly shall have power to authorize the formation of volunteer companies and to provide for their organization into battalions regiments brigades divisions and corps with such restrictions as may be prescribed by law and shall have authority to arm and equip the same Par III The officers and men of the militia and volunteer forces shall not be entitled to receive any pay rations or emoluments when not in active service by authority of the State ARTICLE1 XI Counties and County Officers Section I Paragraph I Each county shall be a body corporate with such powers and limitations as may be prescribed by law All suits by or against a county shall be in the name thereof and1 the metes and bounds of the several counties shall remain as now prescribed by law unless changed as hereinafter provided Paragraph II There shall not be more than one hundred and fortyfive counties in this State Provided however that in addition to the counties now provided for by this Constitution there shall be new counties as follows Ben Hill Bleckley Wheeler Barrow Candler Bacon Evans Atkinson Treutlen Cook Lanier Brantley Lamar Long Seminole Peach Par II A 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 210 corner of land lot No 174 in the third district of Irwin county thence south to the northeast corner of land lot No 157 in the third district of Irwin county and thence east to the northeast corner of land lot No 156 in the third district of Irwin county and thence south to the northeast corner of land lot No 66 in the third district of Irwin county thence east to the northeast corner of land lot No 62 in the third district of Irwin county and thence south to the northeast corner of land lot No 32 in the third district of Irwin county thence east to the southeast corner of land lot No 233 in the fourth district of Irwin county and thence north to the southwest corner of land lot No 206 in the fourth district of Irwin county and thence east to the southeast corner of land lot No 39 in the fourth district of Irwin county and thence north along the east linei of land lot No 39 to the Ocmulgee river and thence in a westerly direction along the Ocmulgee river to the point where House creek in Wilcox county empties into thel Ocmulgee river and thence in a westerly direction along the said House creek to the point where the said House creek crosses the north line of land lot No 255 in the third district of Wilcox county and thence west along the north line of said land lot No 255 and the district line between the first and third districts in the said county of Wilcox to the Alapaha river and thence in a southerly direction along the said Alapaha river to the starting point That Fitzgerald shall be the county site of said county Said county shall be attached to the Third Congressional District and to the Oconee judical circuit until another circuit shall be established embracing the present county of Irwin in which case it shall belong to said new circuit and shall be attached to the fifteenth State senatorial district That all legal voters residing in the limits of said county of Ben Hill entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia shall on the first Tuesday in January 1907 elect an ordinary a clerk of the superior court a sheriff a coroner a tax collector a tax receiver a county surveyor and a county treasurer and three commissioners of roads and revenues for said county said election to he held at Fitzgerald the county site of said county That the superior courts of said county shall be held on the first Mondays in April and October of each year The limits of the said county the Congressional and senatorial districts and the judicial circuit to which it is attached the time of holding the terms of the superior courts shall be as designated above until changed by law Provided however that in addition to the counties now provided for by this Constitution there shall be a new county laid out 211 and created from the territory now comprising Pulaski County to be made up and composed of all that part of the territory of Pulaski County lying north and east of a line extending northwest and southeast across said county said line beginning at the point on the boundary line of Pulaski and Dodge Counties where land lots Nos 123 and 148 in the 20th land district of Pulaski County meet and thence extending from said point in a northwesterly direction along the line dividing said lots 123 and 148 thence continuing in a northwesterly direction along the dividing lines of the following land lots Nos 122 and 149 121 and 150 in the 20th land district and Nos 300 and 301 299 and 302 298 and 303 297 and 304 296 and 305 295 and 306 294 and 307 293 and 308 292 and 309 291 and 310 290 and 311 289 and 312 288 and 313 287 and 314 286 and 315 in the 21st land district and NoSi 354 and 361 and between lots 300 and 355 and between 359 and 356 between 358 and 357 in the 24th land district to the Ocmulgee river and to the line of Houston County That the said new county shall be known as the County of Bleckley and the City of Cochran shall be the county site of the same That the said County of Bleckley shall be attached to the same Congressional District and to the same Judicial Circuit and to the same State Senatorial District as those to which the County of Pulaski is attached at the date of the latification of this amendment That all legal voters residing in the limits of the county of Bleckley entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia shall on the first Wednesday in January following the ratification of this proposed amendment elect an Ordinary a Clerk of the Superior Court a Sheriff a Coroner a Tax Collector a Tax Receiver a County Surveyor and a County Treasurer and one Commissioner of Roads and Revenues for said new county and said election shall be held at Cochran That the Superior Courts of said Bleckley County shall be held on the second Monday in January and the first Monday in July of each year That the Congressional and Senatorial Districts the Judicial Circuit to which said county is attached the time of holding the terms of the Superior Court and the limits of the county shall be as designated above until changed by law Provided that the laws applicable to the organization of new counties as found in Section 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code of 1911 are hereby made applicable to said County of Bleckley whenever the same may be created by the proposed amendment to the 212 Constitution and that said county when created shall become a statutory county and shall be at all times subject to all laws applicable to all other counties in this State Provided however that in addition to the counties now provided for by this constitution there shall be a new county laid out from the county of Montgomery and bounded as follows Commencing at a point on the western bank of the Oconee river where the Laurens county line intersects with said river thence down the western bank of the said river to the mouth of the said river thence up the northern bank of the Ocmulgee river to the mouth of Little Ocmulgee river thence up the said Little Ocmulgee river to the line of Dodge county thence east along said line of Dodge county and Laurens county to the western bank of the Oconee river to the starting point That said new county the boundaries of which are described herein shall be called and known by the name of Wheeler and shall be attached to and become a part of the Twelfth Congressional district the Fifteenth State Senatorial district and the Oconee judicial circuit and the county site of the said new county shall be the town of Alamo That all legal voters residing in the limits as herein described of said proposed new county of Wheeler entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia shall on the first Tuesday in January 1913 elect an ordinary a clerk of superior court a sheriff a coroner a tax collector a tax receiver a county surveyor a county treasurer and three commissioners of roads and revenues for said county said election to be held at the town of Alamo the county site of said new county That the superior courts of said county shall be held on the first Mondays in March and on the first Mondays in September of each year The limits of the said county the Congressional and Senatorial districts and the judicial circuit to which it is attached and the time of holding the terms of the superior courts shall be as designated above until changed by law provided that the laws applicable to the organization of new counties as found in sections 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code of 1911 are hereby made applicable to said county of Wheeler whenever the same be created by the proposed amendment to the Constitution and that said county when created shall become a statutory county and shall be at all times subject to all laws applicable to all other counties in this State Provided however that in addition to the counties now provided for by this constitution there shall be a new county laid out from the counties of Gwinnett Walton and Jackson said county bounded as follows Beginning at a point amid stream where the 213 Mulberry river crosses the Hall County line joining Jackson County thence following the line between Hall and Jackson Counties to the corner of Hall Gwinnett and Jackson Counties thence in a direct line to the center of the Appalachia river at Freemans mill thence following the middle of the current of said Appalachia river down to the line of Walton and Oconee Counties thence following the line between Walton and Oconee Counties to the common corner of Walton Jackson and Oconee Counties thence following the line between Jackson and Oconee Counties to the Clarke County line dividing Oconee and Clarke Counties thence in a direct line to McCleskys Bridge at the central point over the Mulberry river and thence up the said Mulberry river to the beginning point on the Hall County line That Winder Georgia shall be the county site of said county Said county shall be attached to the Ninth Congressional District and to the Western Judicial Circuit and shall be attached to the Twentyseventh Senatorial District That the name of said new county shall be Barrow and that all legal voters residing in the limits of said county of Barrow entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia shall on the first Tuesday in January 1915 elect an ordinary a clerk of the Superior Court a sheriff a coroner a tax collector a tax receiver a county surveyor and a county treasurer Said election to be held at Winder Georgia the county site of said county That the Superior Courts of said county shall be held on the fourth Mondays in March and September of each year The limits of said county the congressional and senatorial districts and the judicial circuit to which it is attached the time of holding the terms of the Superior Court shall be as above designated until changed by law That in addition to the counties heretofore existing in this State created by the General Assembly and those created by amendments to the above and foregoing Paragraphs Section and Article of the Constitution of this State there is hereby created an additional county which county shall be known as Candler County The territory for the formation of said county of Candler shall be taken from the counties of Emanuel Bulloch and Tattnall and the said territory so taken for the formation of said new county of Candler shall be included within the following described boundaries towit Starting at the south of Ten Mile Creek where it empties into Canoochee river running in a northerly direction up said river to Excelsior bridge thence in a northerly direction straight course to Lotts Creek to a point onequarter of a mile above new bridge thence along the line of Lotts Creek to DeLoachs Pond leaving 214 DeLoachs Pond running in a northwesterly direction crossing the Bulloch and Emanuel County lines intersecting with the Swainsboro and Statesboro public road at D B Johnsons place thence in a southwesterly direction to Union School House thence in a southwesterly direction to Cowarts Mill Pond thence a direct line south to the Leo Collins crossing on Central of Georgia Railroad thence a southwesterly course to Griffins Ferry Bridge on the Ohoopee River crossing line of Emanuel and Tattnall Counties a southerly course to a point where the counties of Emanuel and Tattnall meet on the Ohoopee River thence a direct line east to Kennedys Bridge on the Canoochee River That when said county is created the county seat of the same shall be the town of Metter now in the county of Bulloch that if the above and foregoing amendment should be ratified by the people when the same is submitted to them for their ratification at the next general election after the adoption of this proposal to amend the Constitution there shall be on the first Wednesday in December after the proposed amendment to the Constitution is adopted an election for the county officers herein named in and for said new county to be held at the several election precincts existing within the limits of said new county at the time of the adoption of the proposed amendment during the usual hours of holding elections and all legally qualified voters residing in said territory shall be qualified to vote at said election and the ordinaries of the several counties in which said election precincts are located at the time of the adoption of this amendment shall each appoint the election managers for the precincts in the counties in which he shall exercise jurisdiction of ordinary and the managers of the election shall on the day succeeding the election meet at the town of Metter the place designated as the county seat of the new county and consolidate the vote for the county officers at such place within the limits of the town of Metter as shall be designated by the Judge of the Superior Court of the middle circuit whose duty it is hereby made to designate the place of meeting of said elction managers within the corporate limits of said town of Metter and the general laws now in force as to the consolidation of the votes the return of the election and the commission of officers shall be applicable to officers elected at such special election herein provided for that the officers to be elected at said special election herein provided for shall be an ordinary a clerk of the Superior Court a sheriff a tax collector a tax receiver a coroner a county surveyor and a county treasurer that said officers shall be commissioned as now required by law and all laws now in force in this 215 State to commission officers and for bonds required of them shall be applicable to the officers so elected that the officers elected at said general election shall hold their offices until the next general election for county officers and until their successors are elected and qualified The General Assembly is hereby given power to create any additional statutory officers in said county or statutory courts and to provide by law for filling said offices Any vacancies that may occur before the next general election in any of the offices created by said county may be filled as now provided by law The said county of Candler shall be attached to the First Congressional District the Middle Judicial Circuit and the Fortyninth Senatorial District but it shall be in the power of the General Assmbly at any time to change the judicial circuit to which said county of Candler is attached and the said General Assembly of Georgia is hereby given power to change said county of Candler in arranging congressional and senatorial districts as now provided by law That the Superior Courts in said county of Candler shall be held on the third Mondays in February and August months of each year but it shall be within the power of the General Assembly at any time by law to change the time of holding the courts and the number of terms thereof That the Justices of the Peace and Constables residing in the territory included within the new county of Candler shall exercise the duties and powers of their office until new militia dstricts are laid out in said county of Candler as now provided by law that all of the provisions of the law as contained in Chapter Thirteen 13 of the Code of 1910 are hereby made applicable to the said county of Candler whenever the same is created that all of the general laws in this State in addition to the above having application to the statutory counties of this State are hereby made applicable to the said county of Candler especially the law in reference to holding elections for the purpose of creating a debt for said county that the said county of Candler so created by this amendment shall become in all respects a statutory county and shall be governed by all laws now in force in this State regulating county and county affairs Provided however that in addition to the counties now provided for by the Constitution of the State of Georgia there shall be a new county laid out from the counties of Appling Pierce and Ware that the name of said county shall be Bacon and the boundaries shall be as follows Commencing at the southwest corner of the county of Appling where it corners with Ware and Coffee Counties being at the southwest corner of land lot 471 of the 5th district of Appling County and running thence north along the 216 dividing lines between the counties of Appling and Coffee to the southwest corner of land lot 464 of the 5th district of Appling County and running thence west along the original land line to the southwest corner of land lot 510 of the 5th district of Appling County where it corners with Coffee County and running thence north along the dividing line between the counties of Appling and Coffee to the northwest corner of land lot 115 of the 2nd district of Appling County where it corners with Jeff Davis County and running thence east along the dividing line between Appling and Jeff Davis Counties to the northwest corner of land lot 108 in the 2d district of Appling County thence running north along the dividing line of Appling and Jeff Davis Counties to the northwest corner of land lot 169 of the 2d district of Appling County and thence east along the original land line to what is known as the Little Satilla River and thence southeasterly along the middle thread of the Little Satilla River to a point whre said river crosses the southern line of land lot 75 of the 4th district of Pierce County and running thenfce west along the original land line to the northwest corner of land lot 76 in the 4th district of Pierce County thence running south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 63 in the 4th district of Pierce County and running thence west along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 30 in the 4th district of Pierce County thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 31 of the 4th district of Pierce County thence west along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 16 in the 4th district of Pierce County thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 15 in the 4th district of Pierce County thence west along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 38 in the 5th district of Pierce County thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 36 in the 5th district of Pierce County thence west along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 57 in the 5th district of Pierce County thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 58 in the 5th district of Pierce County thence west along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 81 in the 5th district of Pierce County thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 80 in th 5th district of Pierce County thence west along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 105 in the 5th district of Pierce County thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 106 in the 5th district of Pierce County thence west along the origin 217 al land lines to the southeast corner of land lot 198 in the 5th district of Ware County thence south along the original land line to the southeast corner of land lot 199 in the 5th district of Ware County thence west along the original land lines to the southwest comer of land lot 291 in the 5th district of Ware County thence north along the original land lines to the northwest corner of land lot 290 in the 5th dsitrict of Ware County thence west along the original land line to the southwest corner of land lot 310 in the 5th district of Ware County thence north along the original land lines to the southwest corner of land lot 312 in the 5th district of Ware County thence west along the original land lines to the southwest corner of land lot 471 to point and place of beginning That Alma Georgia shall be the county site of said county that the said county shall be attached to the Eleventh Congressional District and to the Waycross Judicial Circuit and to the Third Senatorial District That all legal voters residing in the limits of said county of Bacon entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the law of Georgia shall on the first Tuesday in January 1915 at Alma Georgia the county site of said county elect an ordinary a clerk of the Superior Court a sheriff a coroner a tax collector a tax receiver a county surveyor county school superintendent and a county treasurer The limits of said county the congressional and senatorial districts and the judicial circuit to which it is added shall be as above designated until changed by law The Superior Court of said county shall be held on the third Mondays in March and October That said county of Bacon is hereby declared to be a statutory county the General Assembly of the State of Georgia is hereby given the power by legislation to create local offices and local courts in the said county other than those provided for in this constitution and it is further declared that the General Assembly shall have the same power to legislate in reference to said county of Bacon that it has now as to other counties in the State That all laws applicable to the counties in this State are hereby made to apply to the said county of Bacon That said county of Bacon is hereby authorized to create a bonded debt not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars 100000 for public improvements in said county of Bacon by the consent of the majority of the regular qualified voters of said county of Bacon voting at an election for that purpose That said election to create said debt shall be held under law now in force for creation of the debt Provided however that in addition to the counties now provided for by this Constitution there shall be a new county laid out and 218 created from portions of the counties of Bulloch and Tattnall and embraced within the following boundary lines Commencing at a point known as Johnsons Old Ferry on the Canoochee river and running thence in a southwesterly direction along the boundary line between Liberty and Tattnall Counties to a point known as the Ford on Canoochee Creek thence in a westerly direction a straight line to Jennie thence a westerly direction a straight line to Rogers Crossing at the intersection of the Bellville and Reidsville roads thence in a northerly direction in a straight line to a point on the Seaboard Air Line Railway half way between the towns of Bellville and Manassas thence northerly in the same direction in a straight line until it intersects the line of the proposed county of Candler thence along said line to the Canoochee River thence in a southerly direction down the Canoochee River to Kennedys Bridge thence in an easterly direction along the public road leading from Kennedys Bridge to Ada Belle on the Register and Glennville Railroad thence in an easterly direction along the old Dublin Road to the rightofway of the old Dublin Railroad bed thence in a southeasterly direction down said rightofway to Scotts Creek thence in the same direction down Scotts Creek to its mouth in Lotts Creek thence in a southerly direction down Lotts Creek to its mouth in Canoochee River and from thence down Canoochee River in a southeasterly direction to the starting point at Johnsons Ferry That the territory embraced in the foregoing boundary lines shall be known as and be named Evans County and the city of Claxton shall be the county site of the same That said proposed county shall he attached to the First Congressional District to the Atlantic Judicial Circuit and to the Second Senatorial District That all legal voters residing within the limits of said proposed county of Evans entitled under the laws of Georgia to vote for members of the General Assembly shall on the first Wednesday in January following the ratification by the people of this proposed amendment elect the following officers for the said county of Evans An ordinary a clerk of the Superior Court a sheriff a coroner a tax collector a tax receiver a county treasurer a county surveyor a county superintendent of public schools and three commissioners of roads and revenues said election to be held at Claxton the county site according to law That the Superior Courts of the said county of Evans shall be held on the fourth Mondays of January March June and October of each year and that the grand jury for said county of Evans shall serve at the January and June terms of said court each year provided however that the Judge of the Superior Court 219 may in his discretion cause the grand jury of said county to be summoned at any term of said Superior Court That the limits of said county of Evans the congressional and State senatorial districts the judicial circuit to which said county of Evans is hereby attached the terms of the Superior Court of the same shall be as designated herein until changed by lawi provided that the laws applicable to new counties and not inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Act as found in Section 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code of Georgia 1910 are hereby made applicable to said county of Evans whenever said county is created and that said county shall be subject to all laws applicable to all other counties of this State Provided however that in addition to the counties now provided for by this Constitution there shall be a new county laid out and created from territory embraced in Coffee and Clinch Counties within the following boundary lines Beginning at the point where the southern boundary line of lot of land No 334 in the fifth land district of Coffee County intersects the middle of the run of Willacoochee Creek then follow said line directly east to the southeast corner of lot of land No 15y in the sixth land district of Coffee County thence south along the eastern boundary of lot of land No 16 in the sixth land district of Coffee County to the southwest corner of said lot of land thence along the land line directly east to where it intersects the middle of the run of the Satilla River thence in a southeasterly direction along the run of the said Satilla River to where the same intersects the northern boundary of the lot of land No 250 in the sixth 6 land district thence directly east along said line to where it intersects the Ware County line thence in a southerly direction along the Ware County line to the north side corner of lot of land No 234 in the seventh land district of Clinch County thence directly westward along the land line of said lot of land No 234 on the north to where it intersects the middle of the run of Alapaha River thence in a northerly direction along the middle of the run of the Alapaha River to the mouth of Willacoochee Creek thence along the middle of the run of Willacoochee Creek to point of beginning That said new county shall be known as Atkinson County and the City of Pearson shall be the county seat thereof That said Atkinson County shall be attached to the eleventh Congressional District the Waycross Judicial Circuit and the Fifth Senatorial District That all the legal voters residing within the limits of the County of Atkinson entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws 220 of Georgia on the first Wednesday in December following the ratification of this proposed amendment shall elect an ordinary a clerk of the Superior Court sheriff coroner tax collector tax receiver county surveyor and county treasurer 5 for said new county said election to he held at the militia district courthouses at Willacoochee Pearson and Axson in the manner now provided by law for holding elections for county officers and said county officerselect shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of their respective duties on the first day of January following their election and shall hold their offices for a term of two years or until their successors shall he duly elected and qualified That the Superior Courts of said AtkinsonCounty shall be held on the fourth Mondays in January and June of each year That the Congressional and Senatorial Districts the judicial circuit to which said County of Atkinson is attached the time of holding the terms of the Superior Courts and the limits of the county shall remain as designated above until the same shall be changed by law Provided that the laws applicable to the organization of new counties found in sections 829 to 848 inclusive Code of 1911 are hereby made applicable to the County of Atkinson and that said county shall become a statutory county and shall be at all times subject to all laws applicable to all other counties in this State That in addition to the counties heretofore existing in this State there is hereby created an additional county which county when created shall be known as Treutlen County The territory for the formation of the said county of Treutlen shall be taken from the counties of Montgomery and Emanuel and the said territory so taken for the formation of said county of Treutlen shall be included within the following described boundaries towit Starting at a point on the east side of the Oconee River where Red Bluff Creek empties into the Oconee River and running up said Red Bluff Creek to a point where the river road crosses Red Bluff Creek thence on a straight line in a northeasterly direction to Wixtrums Bridge on Pendleton Creek said Pendleton Creek being the present line between Montgomery and Emanuel Counties thence in a northerly direction from Wixtrums Bridge on Pendleton Creek to Moores Bridge on the Ohoopee River the public road from Wixtrums Bridge leading to Swainsboro being the line to said Moores Bridge on the Ohoopee River thence up the run of the Ohoopee River from Moores Bridge to McLemores Bridge where the Savannah and Dublin public road crosses the Ohoopee River thence in a westerly direction along said Savannah and Dublin public road to where said public road crosses the county line between Laurens and 221 Emanuel Counties thence in a southwesterly direction along the county line between the present counties of Emanuel and Laurens to Pendleton Creek thence along the county line between Laurens and Montgomery Counties to Mercers Creek thence down Mercers Creek in a southwesterly direction to where Mercers Creek empties into the Oconee river thence down the Oconee river to the mouth of Red Bluff Creek at the starting point That if the said county is created the county seat shall at the town of Soperton now in the county of Montgomery That if this amendment shall be ratified by the people when the same is submitted to them for their ratification then on the first Wednesday in December 1918 an election shall be held for the election of county officers herein named to serve in and for said new county that said election shall be at the said election precincts existing within the limits of said proposed new county at the time this amendment shall take effect and be held during the hours now fixed by law for holding elections and all legally qualified voters residing in the territory included in the limits of said proposed new county shall be qualified to vote at said election for said officers and the ordinaries of the several counties in which the election precincts are located within the limits of the said proposed new county at the time this amendment is to take effect shall each appoint the election managers for the precincts in the county in which he exercises jurisdiction as ordinary and said managers shall take and subscribe the oath now prescribed by law and the election managers shall on the day succeeding the election meet at the town of Soperton the place herein designated as the county seat of said proposed new county and consolidate the vote cast at said election at such place within the limits of said town of Soperton as shall be designated by the judge of the Superior Courts of the Oconee Circuit whose duty it is hereby made to designate a meeting place for said election managers within the corporate lmits of said town of Soperton and the general law of this State now in force as to the consolidation of votes the return of the election and the commission of the officers shall be applicable to such special election herein provided for The officers to be elected at said election shall be an ordinary clerk of the Superior Court sheriff tax collector tax receiver coroner county surveyor county treasurer county superintendent of education and member of the General Assembly that the persons who shall be elected to fill said offices at said election shall be commissioned as now required by law and the laws now in force in this State in regard to commissions for officers and the bonds required of them shall be applicable to the 222 officers so elected and they shall hold their offices until the next general election for county officers and until their successors are elected and qualified The General Assembly is hereby given power to create any statutory offices or statutory courts and provide for filling the same Yancancies that may occur before the next general election in any of said offices shall be filled as now provided by law That said new county when created shall become a part of the twelfth Congressional District and sixteenth Senatorial District and shall be included in the Oconee Judicial Circuit and a Superior Court for said county is hereby created which court shall have the same jurisdiction as now provided by law for the Superior Courts of this State that the said court until otherwise changed by law shall be held on the third Mondays of February and August of each year but the General Assembly is hereby expressly given the power to change the terms of said court and to increase the number thereof that the justices of the peace and constables residing within the territory included within the new County of Treutlen shall exercise the duties and powers of their offices until new militia districts are laid out for said county of Treutlen as now provided by law That the provisions of Chapter 13 of the Code of 1910 are hereby made applicable to said proposed county of Treutlen and that all the general laws of this State in reference to holding elections for the purpose of creating debt and that the said proposed county of Treutlen shall when created become in all respects a statutory county and shall be governed by all laws now in force in this State relating to counties and county affairs and shall be subject to the legislative control of this State and the Legislature of this State is hereby given power to enact laws in reference to said county in the same manner and the same extent that they have the power to legislate as to the other counties now existing in this State that the property of all taxpayers included within the limits as herein defined of the said proposed county of Treutlen is hereby made chargeable with any debt that may have been incurred by any of the counties from which the territory included in the new county is taken by the legally constituted authorities of the county for the purpose of raising revenues for the benefit of either of said counties whether the said debt is a bonded debt or one which has been incurred for the benefit in any way of either of the counties The value of the taxable property included in the said county of Treutlen at the time of the adoption of this amendment to the Constitution in proportion to the value of the property left in the counties from which the said county of Treutlen is taken shall determine the 223 proportionate amount of the debt which shall be put upon the property of the taxpayers located in said proposed new county Authority is hereby given to the ordinary of the said county of Treutlen and to the officers of the counties from which said territory is taken who are charged with the management of the business of the said counties to settle and agree upon an amount of the gaid indebtedness that shall be assumed and paid by the said county of Treutlen and it is hereby made the duty of the ordinary ofsaid county of Treutlen when the amount of said debt is so ascertained to cause a tax to be levied upon all the property within the limits of the said county of Treutlen of such per cent as will be sufficient to discharge said debt and in the event of the failure or refusal of the ordinary of Treutlen County to levy such tax it shall be the duty of the judge of the Superior Court of the circuit of which the said county of Treutlen forms a part to compel the ordinary of the county of Treutlen to perform the duty herein required of him In the event of the failure of the authorities of the said county of Treutlen to ascertain the proportionate part of said debt the said County of Treutlen is hereby required to pay or in the event the authorities of the counties fail to agree upon the amount of said debt then either of said counties may bring a suit against the said county of Treutlen in the Superior Court of said county for the purpose of having the proportion of said debt so assumed by the said county of Treutlen to be ascertained and the said court is hereby given power to enforce whatever judgment may be had as the result of said trial by compelling the ordinary of said county to levy a tax for the payment of said debt That section 846 of the Code of 1910 in reference to the registration of voters is hereby expressly made applicable to said county and in addition to the provisions contained in said section it is hereby made the duty of the ordinaries of the several counties in the territory included in said county to furnish to the election managers the names of all persons legally registered and who reside in the territory included in the said county of Treutlen and who are qualified to vote according to the laws of this State That in addition to the counties heretofore existing in this State there is hereby created an additional county which county when created shall be known as Cook County The territory for the formation of said county of Cook shall be taken from the county of Berrien and the territory so taken for the formation of said new county of Cook shall be included within the following described boundaries towit 224 Starting at a point where the Willacoochee River crosses the county line between Berrien and Lowndes thence running a northerly direction along the run of said Willacoochee River to where said river intersects with New River thence taking a northwesterly direction up and along the run of said New River to where said New River crosses the county line between the counties of Berrien and Tift thence westward along what is now the county line between the counties of Berrien and Tift to the northeast original corner of lot of land No Five Hundred Seventeen 517 in the 6th land District of originally Irwin County thence south along the east original line of said lot to the New Flat Bridge public road thence west along said road fifty 50 feet then south along a line fifty 50 feet from and parallel with the east line of lot 517 as aforesaid to the south original line of No 517 thence in a westward direction along what is now the county line between said counties of Berrien and Tift to where said county line crosses the run of Little River thence in a southerly direction and southeasterly direction down and along the run of said Little River to where the same reaches the line between the counties of Lowndes and Berrien thence due east along the lines on the south side of lots of land Nos 517 516 and 515 in the 9th land District of originally Irwin County thence due east along the line between the counties of Berrien and Lowndes to where the same crosses the run of said Willacoochee River that being the starting point That when said county is created the county seat for the same shall be the Town of Adel now in said County of Berrien That if the above arid foregoing amendment should be ratified by the people at the next general election after the adoption of the proposal to amend the Constitution there shall be on the first Wednesday in December after the proposed amendment to the Constitution is adopted an election for the County officers herein named in and for said new county to be held at the several election precincts existing within the limits of said new county at the time of the adoption of the proposed amendment during the usual hours of holding elections and all legally qualified voters residing in said territory shall be qualified to vote at said election and the Ordinary of Berrien County the county in which said election precincts are located at the time of the adoption of this amendment shall appoint the election managers for such precincts and the managers of the election shall on the day succeeding the election meet at the city hall in the town of Adel and consolidate the vote for the county officers and the general laws now in force as to consolidation of the votes 225 the return of the election and the commission of officers shall be applicable to officers elected at such special elections herein provided for that the officers to be elected at said special election herein provided for shall be an ordinary clerk of the Superior Court sheriff tax collector tax receiver coroner county surveyor and county treasurer that said officer shall be commissioned as now required by law and laws now in force in this State to commission officers and for bonds required of them shall be applicable to the officers so elected that the officers elected at said election shall hold their offices until the next general election for county officers throughout the State and until their successors are elected and qualified The General Assembly is hereby given power to create any additional statutory offices in said county or statutory courts and to provide by law for filling said offices Any vacancies that may occur nefore the next general election in any of the offices created thus for said county may be filled as now provided by law The said county of Cook shall be attached to the Eleventh Congressional District the Southern Judicial Circuit and1 the Sixth Senatorial District but it shall be in the power of the General Assembly at any time to change the Judicial Circuit to which said county of Cook is attached and the said General Assembly of Georgia is hereby given power to change said county of Cook in arranging Congressional and Senatorial districts as is now provided by law That the Superior Courts in said county of Cook shall be held on the first Mondays of March and September of each year but it shall be within the power of the General Assembly at any time by law to change the time of holding court and the number of terms thereof That the Justices of the Peace and Constables residing in the territory included within the new county of Cook shall exercise the duties and powers of their office until new militia districts are laid out in said county of Cook as now provided by law That all the provisions of the law as contained in Chapter Thirteen 13 of the Code of 1910 are hereby made applicable to the said county of Cook whenever the same is created That all of the general laws in this State in addition to the above having application to the statutory counties of this State are hereby made applicable to the said county of Cook especially the law in reference to holding elections for the purpose of creating a debt for said county That the county of Cook shall become in all respects a statutory county and shall be governed by all laws now in force in this State regulating county and county affairs The county authorities of said county shall have the right to create a debt for and on behalf of said county to defray the expenses 226 of said county for the first year without submitting the same to a vote of the qualified voters of said county The Legislature is hereby authorized to correct any mistake or mistakes or inaccuracies that may occur or may have occurred in reference to the line or lines of said proposed new county Provided however that in addition to the counties heretofore existing in this State created by the General Assembly and those created by amendment to the Constitution of this State there shall be an additional county which county when created shall be known as Lanier County The territory for the formation of said countv of Lanier shall be taken from the counties of Clinch Berrien and Lowndes and the territory so taken for the formation of said new county of Lanier shall be included within the following described boundaries towit Beginning at the northwest corner of land lot 312 in the 10th land district of Berrien County thence running south along the west line of lots 312 333 358 379 404 425 and 450 to the southwest corner of said lot 450 thence westward along the north lines of lots 470 and 469 to the northwest corner of lot 469 thence south along the west lines of lots 469 498 and 515 to the southwest corner of lot 515 thence east along the south lines of lots 515 and 516 to the northwest corner of lot 231 all of said lots being in the 10th district of Berrien County thence south along the west lines of lots 231 232 233 234 235 236 to the southwest corner of said lot 236 all of said lots being in the 11th district of Lowndes County thence east along the south lines of lots 236 271 282 317 328 363 374 409 420 to the run of Alapaha River in Lowndes County all of said lots in the 11th district of Lowndes County and thence down the run of said Alapaha River in a southerly and southeasterly direction to where said run of said river crosses the present line between the counties of Clinch and Echols said line being the run of Cow Creek at said point thence easterly and northeasterly along the run of said Cow Creek to a point where said creek leaves the present line between Clinch and Echols counties thence easterly and southeasterly along the present line between the counties of Clinch and Echols to the southeast portion of lot of land 519 that lies in the present county of Clinch and in the 11th district of said county thence north along the east lines of lots of land 519 518 517 516 515 514 513j 512 511 510 509 508 507 in the 11th district and 529 484 483 438 437 392 391 346 345 300 299 2154 253 to the northeast corner of said lot 253 in the 10th district all in the county of Clinch thence westward along the north lines of lots 253 252 251 250 and 249 to the run of Alapaha River in a southerly direc 227 tion to where the run of said river crosses the north line of lot 304 in the 10th district of Berrien County thence westward along the north lines of lots 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 and 312 in the 10th district of Berrien County to the northwest corner of said lot 312 the starting point That when said county is created the county seat for the same shall be the town of Milltown now in said county of Berrien That if the above and foregoing amendment should be ratified by the people when the same is submitted to them for their ratification at the next general election after the adoption of the proposal to amend the Constitution there shall be on the first Wednesday in December after the proposed amendment to the Constitution is adopted an election for the county officers herein named in and for said new county to be held at the several election precincts existing within the limits of said new county at th time of the adoption of the proposed amendment during the usual hours of holding elections and all legally qualified voters residing in said territory shall be qualified to vote at said election and the ordinary of the county in which said election precincts are located at the time of the adoption of this amendment shall appoint the election managers for such precincts and the managers of the election shall on the day succeeding the election meet at the city hall in the town of Milltown and consolidate the vote for the county officers and the general laws now in force as to the consolidation of the votes the return of the election and the commission of officers shall be applicable to officers elected at such special election herein provided for that the officers to be elected at such special election herein provided for shall be an ordinary clerk of the Superior Court sheriff tax collector tax receiver coroner county surveyor and county treasurer that said officers shall be commissioned as now required by law and all laws now in force in this State to commission officers and for bonds required of them shall be applicable to officers so elected that the officers elected at said election shall hold their offices until the next general election for county officers throughout the State and until their successors are elected and qualified The General Assembly is hereby given power to create any additional statutory offices in said county or statutory courts and to provide by law for filling said offices Any vacancies that may occur before the next general election in any of the offices created thus for said county may be filled as now provided by law The said county of Lanier shall be attached to the Eleventh Congressional District the Alapaha Judicial Circuit and the Sixth Senatorial District but it shail be 228 in the power of the General Assembly at any time to change the judicial circuit to which said county of Lanier is attached and the said General Assembly of Georgia is hereby given power to change said county of Lanier in arranging the Congressional and Senatorial districts as is now provided by law that the Superior Court in said county of Lanier shall be held on the second Mondays in January and July of each year but it shall be within the power of the General Assembly at any time by law to change the time of holding court and the number of terms thereof that the justices of the peace and constables residing in the territory included within the new county of Lanier shall exercise the duties and powers of their offices until new militia districts are laid out in said county of Lanier as now provided by law that all the provisions of law as contained in Chapter thirteen 13 of the Code of 1910 are hereby made applicable to the said county of Lanier whenever the same is created that all of the general laws of this State in addition to the above having application to the statutory counties of this State are hereby made applicable to the said county of Lanier especially the law in reference to holding elections for the purpose of creating a debt for said county that when this amendment is adopted the said county of Lanier so created by the adoption of this amendment shall become in all respects a statutory county and shall be governed by all laws now in force in this State regulating county and county affairs The county authorities of said county shall have the right to create a debt for and on behalf of said county to defray the expenses of said county for the first year without submitting the same to a vote of the qualified voters of said county The Legislature is hereby authorized to correct any mistake or mistakes or inaccuracies that may occur or may have occurred in reference to the line or lines of said proposed new county In addition to the counties now provided for by the Constitution of Georgia as amended there shall be organized by this further amendment to Paragraph 2 Section I Article II another new county to be known as Brantley the same to be laid out from the counties of Pierce Charlton and Wayne and shall include all of the territory embraced within boundaries as follows towit Beginning at the southeast corner of Pierce County at the southeast corner of lot of land number three hundred 300 in the 9th district of Pierce County and thence northwards along the line between Pierce and Charlton counties to the southwest corner of land lotnumber thirteen 13 in the 2nd district of Charlton County thence eastwards along the south line of land lots numbers thirteen 13 229 fiftytwo 52 seventyseven 77 one hundred and sixteen 116 one hundred and fortyone 141 one hundred and eighty 180 two hundred and five 205 and fractional lot two hundred and fortyfour 244 and thence continuing in a straight line to Buffalo Creek and thence eastwards along the line between counties of Charlton and Wayne to the Big Satilla River and the western line of Camden County thence northward along the line between Wayne and Camden counties to the Glynn County line thence further northwards along the line between the counties of Wayne and Glynn to a point on said county line one mile north of the main line of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railway thence westwards along a line one mile north of and parallel with the aforesaid main line of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railway to the Little Satilla River and the line between the counties of Wayne and Pierce thence southeast along the channel of the Little Satilla River to the southwest corner of land lot number one 1 in the 3rd district of Wayne County thence southwards along the west lines of land lots numbers thirtytwo 32 and thirtyone 31 in the 2nd district of Pierce County to the channel of the Big Satilla River thence westwards up the channel of the Big Satilla River through Pierce County to the county line between Pierce and Ware counties and thence south and southeast along the county line between Pierce and Ware counties to the Charlton County line arid thence eastwards along the county line between Pierce and Charlton to the southeast cornr of Pierce County the point of beginning aforesaid The county site of said new county Brantley shall be Hoboken Georgia Said county shall be attached to the Eleventh Congressional District to the Waycross Judicial Circuit and to tne Third Senatorial District until changed by the General Assembly of Georgia Terms of Superior Court shall be two in number held on the first Monday in June and on the fourth Monday in November m each year until the number of said terms and time of holding the same shall be changed by the General Assembly Justices of the Peace and Constables cut off into the new county shall continue to exercise the duties and powers of their respective offices until new militia districts are laid off in said new county and until their successors are elected and qualified The voters of sad new county qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia shall on the econd Wednesday in December 1920 elect an Ordinary Clerk of Superior Court Sheriff Coroner Tax Collector Tax Receiver County Treas 230 urer County Surveyor County School Superindendent and Representative in the General Assembly who shall hold office until the next general election for county officers shall be held in the State of Georgia and until their successors are elected and qualified and said officers shall qualify give bond and take oath as prescribed by law Said election shall be held at the schoolhouse at Hoboken the county seat of said county by managers appointed by the Ordinary of Pierce County for said purpose or by three freeholders in event the managers so appointed fail or refuse to hold said election and said election shall be held under the laws now of force relating to the manner of holding elections for county officers The officers elected at said election shall enter upon the discharge of their respective duties on the 1st day of January 1921 The ordinaries of the counties from which said new county is laid out shall furnish the managers of said election with a list of the legal voters registered in their respective counties who reside within the territory included in said new county The provisions of Section 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code are hereby made applicable to said new county and said new county when created shall be a statutory county and subject to all general laws of this State applicable to the counties thereof The county authorities of said new county shall have the right to create a debt for and on behalf of said county to defray the public expenses thereof for the first year without submitting the same to a vote of the qualified voters thereof Said new county when created shall be entitled to one representative in the Lower House of the General Assembly of Georgia and the membership of said House shall be increased by one so as to admit of representation therein for said new county The General Assembly is authorized to correct any mistake or mistakes or inaccuracies in reference to the boundaries of said new county Provided however that in addition to the counties now provided for by this Constitution there shall be a new county laid out and created from the territory now comprising the counties of Pike and Monroe to be made up and composed of all of that part of the territory of the counties of Pike and Monroe described and contained within the boundaries as follows Beginning at the northwest corner of land lot 185 adjoining Spalding and Pike County line in the 2nd district of Pike County and running along land lot lines southward to northwest corner of land lot 75 in the 8th district Pike County Georgia thence west 231 along land lot line between land lots 86 and 87 to the northwest corner of land lot 86 thence south along line between land lots 86 and 107 to northwest corner of land lot 85 thence west along lines between land lots 107 and 108 to northwest corner land lot 108 thence south along land lot line to Upson County lines at southwest corner land lot 112 in 8th district Pike County Gorgia thence east along land lot lines between Pike and Upson to Pike and Monroe County lines at southeast corner land lot 113 in Pike County Georgia thence south along line between Upson and Monroe County to southwest corner of land lot 130 in 11th land district of Monroe County thence east along land lot line to southeast corner of land lot 28 in 11th district Monroe County and thence north along land lot line to northeast corner land lot 29 thence east along land lot lines to south corner of land lot 8 Monroe County Georgia 11th district and thence north along lines between land district 11 and 12 7 and 6 and 3 and 4 to Butts County line at northeast corner of land lot 247 in 3rd district of Monroe County Georgia thence west to northwest corner of land lot 138 Monroe County Georgia said land lot being in 3rd district Monroe County thence southward along present county lines between counties of Monroe and Spalding to present Pike County line thence west along county line between counties of Spalding and Pike to beginning point on northwest corner of lot of land 185 in the 2nd district of Pike County Georgia the present county lines between Monroe and Butts Monroe and Spalding Pike and Spalding being the northern boundary line of the proposed county of Lamar That the said new county shall be known as the County of Lamar and the City of Barnesville shall be the new county site of the same That irrespective of other provisions of this Constitution said County of Lamar shall upon its creation be entitled to one rpresentative in the House of Representatives of this State and said County of Lamar shall be entitled to one representative in the House of Representatives of Georgia until the apportionment shall be changed by law in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution That the said County of Lamar shall be attached to the same Congressional District and to the same Judicial Circuit and to the same State Senatorial District as those to which the County of Pike is attached at the date of the ratification of this amendment That all legal voters residing in the County of Lamar entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of 232 Georgia shall on the first Wednesday in January following the ratification of this proposed amendment elect a Representative in the House of Representatives of this State and an Ordinary a Clerk of the Superior Court a Sheriff a Coroner a Tax Collector a Tax Receiver a County Treasurer and a County Surveyor Said special election shall be held at the several election precincts existing within the limits of said Lamar County at the time of the adoption of this amendment and the Ordinary of Pike County shall appoint election managers for such election precincts as may be located in Pike County at the time of the adoption of this proposed amendment and the Ordinary of Monroe County shall appoint election managers for such precincts as may be located in Monroe County at the time of the adoption of this proposed amendment On the day succeeding the holding of said election the election managers shall meet at the Council Chamber of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Barnesville and consolidate the vote for the officers named and the general laws of this State now in force as to elections consolidation of votes the return of the election and the commission of officers shall be applicable to the officers elected at the election herein provided for The officers elected at said election and the Representative in the House of Representatives shall hold their offices until the next general election for such officers throughout the State and until their successors are elected and qualified The General Assembly is hereby given the power to create any additional statutory offices in said county or statutory courts therein and to provide for filling said offices Any vacancies that may occur before the next general election after the elections as herein provided may be filled in the same manner as such vacancies are now filled under the law The Justices of the Peace and the Constables residing in the territory included within the limits of said County of Lamar shall exercise the duties and powers of their offices until new militia districts are laid out in said County of Lamar as now provided by law and the Justices of the Peace and the Constables elected therefor That the Superior Courts of said Lamar County shall be held on the first Monday in March and the first Monday in September of each year That the Congressional and Senatorial districts the Judicial Circuit to which the said Lamar County is attached the times of holding the terms of the Superior Court and the limits of the county shall be as designated above until changed by law 233 Provided That the laws applicable to the organization of new counties as found in Sections 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code of 1910 of Georgia and any other Acts or sections having applicability are hereby made applicable to said County of Lamar whenever the same may be created by the proposed amendment to the Constitution and that said new county when created shall become a statutory county and shall be subject to all laws applicable to all other counties of the State That the property of all taxpayers included within the limits of the said Lamar County as hereinbefore designated is hereby made ratably chargeable with any debt that may have been incurred by either of the counties from which the territory included in the new county of Lamar is taken by the legally constituted authorities of the counties for the purpose of raising revenues for the benefit of either of said counties whether the said debt is a bonded debt or one which has been incurred for the benefit in any way for either of said counties The value of the taxable property included within the limits of said County of Lamar at the time of the adoption of this amendment to the Constitution in proportion to the value of the property in the counties from which the said County of Lamar is taken shall determine the proportionate amount of the indebtedness which shall be borne by the property of the taxpayers located within the limits of said proposed new county Authority is hereby given to the Ordinary of the said County of Lamar and to the officers of the counties from which said territory is taken who are chargd with the management of the business of said counties to settle and agree upon an amount of the said indebtedness that shall be assessed against and paid by the said County of Lamar and it is hereby made the duty of the Ordinary of the said County of Lamar when the amount of indebtedness with which the said County of Lamar is chargeable is so ascertained to cause a tax to be levied upon all of the property within the limits of said County of Lamar sufficient to pay off and discharge the proportionate part of the indebtedness due by the said Lamar County In the event of the failure or refusal of the Ordinary of Lamar County to levy such tax it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Court of the Circuit to which said County of Lamar is attached to compel the Ordinary of the said County of Lamar to perform the duty herein required of him In the event of the failure of the authorities of the counties from which the said Lamar County is created and the Ordinary of said Lamar County to ascer 234 tain and agree upon the amount of said indebtedness then either of said counties may bring a suit against the said County of Lamar in the Superior Court of said County of Lamar for the purpose of having the proportion of said debt so assumed by the said County of Lamar ascertained and the said Superior Court is hereby given power to enforce whatever judgment may be had as to the result of such trial by compelling the Ordinary of said Lamar County to levy a tax sufficient for the payment of the indebtedness found to be due by the County of Lamar cause the same to be collected and paid to the constituted authorities of the county or counties from which said Lamar County is created entitled to receive the same It is especially provided that all ad valorem and all other special taxes and all other revenues realized for the year in which this amendment is adopted or ratified by the qualified voters of this State shall be applied to any indebtedness except bonded indebtedness due and owing by either of the said counties from which the said Lamar County is created it being the purpose of this provision to fix the basis of settlement between the counties involved upon their financial condition on the 31st day of December next following the ratification of this amendment In addition to the counties now provided for by the Constitution as heretofore amended there shall be a new county known as Long laid out from the County of Liberty bounded as follows towit Beginning at a point on the Altamaha River where the same is intersected by the county line between Liberty and McIntosh counties thence northeast and north along the aforesaid county line between McIntosh and Liberty to intersection thereof with South Newport River and to the northwest corner of McIntosh County at the point where said Liberty and McIntosh line is nearest the Atlantic Coast Line Railroads main line thence a straight line northwestward to the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad at a point onehalf mile southwest of said railroads depot at Lambert Georgia Post Office and Walthourville Station thence due north a straight line to Walthourville and Smiley public road north of Lambert Georgia thence northwestward a straight line to a point in the Ludowici and Hinesville public road three hundred 300 yards north of the residence of W H Devereaux in the 1756th G M District of Liberty County thence northwestward a straight line to a point on the Roderick and Hinesville public road where same is intersected by the Walthourville public road from the southeast thence west along the center of said Roderick and Hinesville public road a short distance to where the Walthourville 235 public road leaves same towards the northwest thence northwestwards along thei center of said Walthourville public road past Gum Branch Post Office old site to intersection thereof with the Savannah public road or Beards Bluff public road about one and oneeighth 1 18 miles east of the Cross Roads School House thence west along the center of said Savannah public road or Beards Bluff public road to where said Walthourville public road leaves same going northwest thence along the center of said Walthourville public road to intersection of same with the Moody Bridge public road thence northwards along the center of said Moody Bridge public road to the point where same crosses the Savannah and Southern Railroad right of way at Strain on said railroad and to the north line of said right of way thence westward along the north line of the Savannah and Southern Railroad right of way to the first public road crossing at Lida depot on said railroad thence westward along center of public road from Lida past Bear Branch School House to forks of said public road and thence along the center of the northwest fork thereof in a northwesterly direction to where said public road crosses the Liberty and Tattnall County line near by and east of Hampton School House thence southwards and south along the county line between Liberty and Tattnall to the Altamaha River and to the line between Liberty and Wayne counties thence southeast along the channel of said Altamaha River and along the county line between Liberty and Wayne to point of beginning The county site of said county shall be the town of Ludowici Georgia Said county shall be attached to the 1st Congressional District to the Atlantic Judicial Circuit and to the 2nd Senatorial District until changed by the General Assembly of Georgia Terms of Superior Court in said county shall be held on first Mondays in March and September in each year until changed by the General Assembly Justices of the Peace and Constables cut off into the new county shall exercise the duties and powers of their offices until new militia districts are laid out in said new county as provided by law and until their successors are elected and qualified The voters of said new county qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia shall on the first Wednesday in December 1920 elect an Ordinary Clerk of Superior Court Sheriff Coroner Tax Collector Tax Receiver County Surveyor County Treasurer Representative and County School Superintendent who shall hold office until the next general election for 236 county officers shall be held in the State of Georgia and until their successors are elected and qualified said election shall be held at the usual voting places heretofore established within the territory of said new county and shall be conducted in the manner now prescribed by law for holding elections for county officers and the officers elected therein shall qualify give bond and take oath as prescribed by law and enter upon the discharge of their respective duties on the first day of January 1921 The provisions of Section 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code are hereby made applicable to said new county and said county when created shall be a statutory county and subject to all general laws applicable to counties of this State The county authorities of said new county shall have the right to create a debt for and on behalf of said county to defray the public expenses thereof for the first year without submitting the same to a vote of the qualified voters thereof Said new county when created shall be entitled to one Representative in the Lower House of the General Assembly of Georgia and the membership of the said House shall be increased by one so as to admit of representation therein for said new county In addition to the counties now provided for by the Constitution as heretofore amended there shall be a new county to be known as Seminole laid out from the counties of Decatur and Early bounded as follows towit Beginning at the southwest corner of the State of Georgia running thence eastward along the line between Georgia and Florida to the mouth of the Flint River thence up the channel of Flint River to the mouth of Spring Creek thence northward up the western bank of Spring Creek to land lot number one hundred and thirtyone No 131 in the 21st district of Decatur County at a point opposite a public road known as Rhodes Ferry road and thence west to a point onehalf mile distant from the west bank of Spring Creek and thence northward along a line parallel with and onehalf mile distant from the west bank of Spring Creek to the south line of Miller County thence west along the south line of Miller County to the southwest corner of Miller County thence west along the south line of Early County to the line between Georgia and Alabama thence southward along the State line between Georgia and Alabama to the southwest corner of the State of Georgia and the line between Alabama and Florida continuing southward along the State line between Georgia and Florida to the southwest corner of the State of Georgia the point of beginning 237 The county site of said county shall be the town of Donalsonville Georgia Said county shall be attached to the 2nd Congressional District to the Pataula Judicial Circuit and the 8th Senatorial District until changed by the General Assembly of Georgia Terms of Superior Court in said county shall be held on the third Mondays in February June and October in each year until changed by the General Assembly Justices of the Peace and Constables cut off into the new county shall exercise the duties and powers of their offices until new militia districts are laid out in said new county as provided by law and until their successors are elected and qualified The voters of said new county qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly under the laws of Georgia shall on the first Wednesday in December 1920 elect an Ordinary Clerk of the Superior Court Sheriff Coroner Tax Collector Tax Receiver County Surveyor County Treasurer Repesentative and County School Superintendent who shall hold office until the next general election for county officers shall be held in the State of Georgia and until their successors are elected and qualified Said election shall be held at the usual voting places heretofore established within the territory of said new county and shall be conducted in the manner now prescribed by law for holding elections for county officers and the officrs elected therein shall qualify give bond and take oath as prescribed by law and enter upon the discharge of their respective duties on the 1st day of January 1921 The provisions of Section 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code are hereby made applicable to said new county and said new county when created shall be a statutory county and subject to all general laws applicable to counties of this State The county authorities of said new county shall have the right to create a debt for and on behalf of said county to defray the public expenses thereof for the first year without submitting the same to a vote of the qualified voters thereof Said new county when created shall be entitled to one Representative in the Lower House of the General Assembly of Georgia and the membership of the said House shall be increased by one so as to admit of representation therein for said new county Provided however that in addition to he counties now provided for by this Constitution there shall be a new county laid out and created from the territory now composing Houston and Macon Counties to be made up and composed of all that part of the territory 238 of Houston and Macon Counties described and contained within the boundaries as follows Beginning at the point where the Counties of Bibb Houston and Crawford corner running thence along the line between the Counties of Houston and Crawford to the point where the Counties of Houston Crawford and Macon corner thence in a southwesterly direction along the line between the Counties of Crawford and Macon to the middle of the run of Flint thence in a southerly direction along the middle of the run of Flint River to the southern line of fractional lot number 151 in the 8th district of Macon County thence east along the southern line of lots 151 138 and 119 to the southwest corner of lot number 106 in the 8th district of Macon County thence north along the western line of lot number 106 to the southwest corner of lot number 105 in the 8th district of Macon County thence east along the south line of lots 105 and 88 to the northwest corner of lot 74 in the 8th district of Macon County thence south along the western line of lot 74 to the southwest corner of lot 74 thence east along the southern line of lots 74 55 42 and 23 to the southwest corner of lot number 10 in the 8th district of Macon County thence north along the west line of lot number 10 to where said western line intersects with the public road leading west from the Dixie Highway between Marshallville and Fort Valley to the old Neil plantation thence along the said public road to the center of the said Dixie Highway leading from Marshallville to Fort Valley thence in a southerly direction along the center of said Dixie Highway to the south line of the property of D C Strother and C Z McArthur in lot 13 in the 8th district of Macon county thence east along the said south line of the property of D C Strother and C Z McArthur to the western line of lot 253 in the 9th district of Macon County thence north along the western line of lots 253 and 252 to the southwest corner of lot number 251 in the 9th district of Macon County thence east along the south line of lots 251 and 230 to the middle of the run of Big Indian Creek thence in a generally southeasterly direction along the middle of the run of Big Indian Creek to the point where the western line of lot 96 in the 9th district of Houston County intersects the run of Big Indian Creek thence south along the western line of lots 96 and 11 in the 9th district of Houston County and lot 22 in the 14th district of Houston County to the northern line of the public road leading from Marshallville to Perry thence east along the northern line of the public road leading from Marshallville to Perry to the western line of the public road leading from Small Academy to Fort Valley via Norwood Springs thence 239 north along the western line of the public road leading from Small Academy to Fort Valley via Norwood Springs to the southwest corner of lot 12 in the 9th district of Houston County thence east along the south line of lots 12 and 13 to the southwest corner of lot 14 in the 9th district of Houston County thence north along the western line of lots 14 33 34 35 36 and 37 in the 9th district of Houston County to the southwest corner of lot 38 in the 9th district of Houston County thence east along the south line of lot 38 to the southwest corner of lot 27 thence north along the west line of lots 27 and 26 to the southwest corner of lot 25 thence east along the southern line of lot 25 to the northwest corner of lot 7 in the 9th district of Houston County thence south along the western line of lot 7 to the southwest corner of lot 7 thence east along the south line of lot 7 in the 9th district and lots 10 and 23 in the 10th district of Houston County to the southwest corner of lot 42 in the 10th district of Houston County thence north along the western line of lots 42 41 and 40 in the 10th district of Houston County to the run of Mossy Creek thence southeasterly along the run of Mossy Creek to the bridge over said Mossy Creek on the National Highway in Houston County and to the western line of the National Highway thence north along the western line of the National Highway to the south line of lot 69 in the 5th district of Houston County thence west along the southern line of said lot number 69 to the southwest corner thereof thence north along the western line of lots numbered 69 70 and 71 to the southwest corner of lot number 72 in the 5th district of Houston County thence west along the southern line of lot number 59 to the southwest corner of lot number 59 thence north along the western line of lots numbered 59 and 58 to the southwest corner of lot 57 in the 5tli district of Houston County thence east along the southern line of lots numbered 57 and 74 to the western line of the National Highway thence north along the western line of the National Highway to the run of Echeeconnee Creek which is the dividing line between Bibb and Houston Counties thence west along the line between the Counties of Houston and Bibb to the point where Houston Bibb and Crawford corner same being the point or place of beginning That the said new county shall be known as Peach County and the City of Fort Valley shall be the county site of the same That irrespective of other provisions of this Constitution said Peach County shall upon its creation be entitled to one Representative in the House of Representatives of this State and said Peach County shall be entitled to one Representative in the House of Repre 240 sentatives of Georgia until the apportionment shall be changed by law in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution That the said Peach County shall be attached to the same congressional district and to the samejudicial circuit and to the same State Senatorial district as those to which the County of Houston is attached at the date of the ratification of this amendment That all legal voters residing in the limits of Peach County entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the Laws of Georgia shall on the first Wednesday in January following the ratification of this proposed amendment elect a Representative in the House of Representatives of this State and an ordinary a clerk of the Superior Court a sheriff a coroner a tax collector a tax receiver a county treasurer and a county surveyor Said special election shall be held at the several election precincts existing within the limits of said Peach County at the time of the adoption of this proposed amendment and the ordinary of Houston County shall appoint managers for such election precincts as may be located in Houston County at the time of the adoption of this proposed amendment On the day succeeding the holding of said election the election managers shall meet at the council chamber of the Mayor and Council of the City of Fort Valley and consolidate the vote for the officers named and the general laws of this State now in force as to elections consolidation of the votes the return of the election and the commission of officers shall be applicable to the officers elected at the election herein provided for The officers elected at said election and the Representative in the House of Representatives shall hold their offices until the next general election for such officers throughout the State and until their successors are elected and qualified The General Assembly is hereby given power to create any additional statutory offices in said county or statutory courts therein and to provide for filling said offices Any vacancies that may occur before the next general election after the elections as herein provided may he filled in the same manner as such vacancies are now filled under the law The justices of the peace and constables residing in the territory included within the limits of said Peach County shall exercise the duties and powers of their offices until new militia districts are laid out in said Peach County and justices of the peace and constables thereof elected That the Superior Courts of said Peach County shall be held on the first Monday in March and the first Monday in September of each year That the congressional and senatorial districts the judicial 241 circuit to which said Peach County is attached the times of holding the terms of the Superior Court and the limits of the county shall be as designated above until changed by law Provided that the laws applicable to the organization of new counties as found in Sections 829 to 848 inclusive of the Code of 1910 of Georgia and in any other Acts or sections having applicability are hereby made applicable to said Peach County whenever the same may be created by the proposed amendment to the Constitution and that said county when created shall become a statutory county and shall be subject at all times to all laws applicable to all other counties of this State That the property of all taxpayers included within the limits of said Peach County as herein above designated is hereby made ratably chargeable with any debt that may have been incurred by either of the counties from which the territory included in the new Peach County is taken by the legally constituted authorities of the counties for the purpose of raising revenues for the benefit of either of said counties whether the said debt is a bonded debt or one which has been incurred for the benefit in any way of either of said counties The value of the taxable property included within the limits of said Peach County at the time of the adoption of this amendment to the Constitution in proportion to the value of the property in the counties from which the said Peach County is taken shall determine the proportionate amount of the indebtedness which shall be borne by the property of the tax payers located within the limits of said proposed Peach County Authority is hereby given the ordinary of said Peach County and to the officers of the counties from which said territory is taken who are charged with the management of the business of said counties tq settle and agree upon an amount of said indebtedness that shall be assessed against and paid by the said Peach County and it is hereby made the duty of the ordinary of the said Peach County when the amount of said indebtedness with which the said Peach County is chargeable is so ascertained to cause a tax to be levied upon all the property within the limits of the said Peach County sufficient to pay off and discharge the proportionate part of the indebtedness due by said Peach County In the event of the failure or refusal of the ordinary of Peach County to levy such a tax it shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Court of the circuit to which the said Peach County is attached to compel1 the ordinary of said Peach County to perform the duty herein required of him In the event of the failure of the 242 authorities of the counties from which the said Peach County is created and the ordinary of the said Peach County to ascertain and agree upon the amount of said indebtedness then either of said counties may bring a suit against the said County of Peach in the Superior Court of Peach County for the purpose of having the proportion of said debt so assumed by the said Peach County ascertained and the said Superior Court is hereby given authority and power to enforce whatever judgment may he had as the result of such trial by compelling the ordinary of said Peach County to levy a tax sufficient for the payment of the indebtedness found to be due by the said Peach County cause the same to be collected and paid to the constituted authorities of the county or counties from which said Peach County is created entitled to receive the same It is especially provided that all ad valorem and special taxes and all other revenues realized for the year in which this amendment is adopted or ratified by the qualified voters of this State shall be applied to any indebtedness except bonded indebtedness due and owing by either of the counties from which the said Peach County is created it being the purpose of this provision to fix the basis of settlement between the counties involved upon their financial condition on the 31st day of December next following the ratification of this amendment Par II A 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 52900 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 collectors and tax receivers in any such counties to create new offices for purpose of exercising and carrying out the powers to be vested in such political subdivisions and powers and duties formerly appertaining to such offices so abolished add the powers and duties formerly exercises 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 dividf 243 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 unformity of the rate also to consolidate and combine any and all school systems and school districts now existing in any such cities or municipal ities and counties into one system covering the entire area of the counties to be governed and controlled under the provisions of the Act creating the political subdivisions 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 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 representatives 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 officers being expressly hereby preserved The General Assembly shall not change or abolish any county nor the name thereof which may be affected hereby and in having 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 244 municipalities separately If more than one municipality is affected a majority of those voting outside of said municipality or municipalities shall vote in favor of said Act Par III County lines shall not be changed unless under the operation of a general law for that purpose Par IV No county site shall be changed or renewed except by a twothirds vote of the qualified voters of the county voting at an election held for that purpose and a twothirds vote of the General Assembly Par V Any county may be dissolved and merged with contiguous counties by a twothirds vote of the qualified electors of such county voting at an election held for that purpose Section II Paragraph I The county officers shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective counties or districts and shall hold their office for four years They shall be removed on conviction for malpractice in office and no person shall be eligible to any of the offices referred to in this paragraph unless he shall have been a resident of the county for two years and is a qualified voter Provided that the provision of this proposed amendment shall not become effective until January 1st 1917 Section III 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 ofi 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 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 and when 245 such compensation is fixed on a salary basis the authority fixing the 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 Section IV Paragraph I The City of Atlanta shall be the capital of the State until changed by the same authority and the same way that is provided for the alteration of this Constitution ARTICLE XII The Laws of General Operation in Force in This State Section I Paragraph I The laws of general operation in this State are First as the supreme law The Constitution of the United States the laws of the United States in pursuance thereof and all treaties made under the authority of the United States Par II Second as next in authority thereto this Constitution Par III Third in subordination to the foregoing All laws now in force in this State not inconsistent with this Constitution and the ordinances of this Convention shall remain of force until the same are modified or repealed by the General Assembly The tax acts and appropriation acts passed by the General Assembly of 1877 and approved by the Governor of the State and not inconsistent with the Constitution are hereby continued in force until altered by law Par IV Local and private acts passed for the benefit of counties cities towns corporations and private persons not inconsistent with the supreme law nor with this Constitution and which have not expired nor been repealed shall have the force of statute law subject to judicial decision as to their validity when passed and to any limitations imposed by their own terms Par V All rights privileges and immunities which may have vested in or accrued to any person or persons or corporation in his her or their own right or in any fiduciary capacity under and in virtue of any act of the General Assembly or any judgment decree or order or other proceeding of any court of competent jurisdction in this State heretofore rendered shall be held inviolate by all courts before which they may be brought in question unless attacked for fraud 246 Par VI All judgments decrees orders and other proceedings of the seyeral courts of this State heretofore made within the limits of their several jurisdictions are hereby ratified and affirmed subject only to reversal by motion for a new trial appeal bill of review or other proceeding in comformity with the law of force when they were made Par VII The officers of the government now existing shall continue in the exercise of their several functions until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified but nothing herein is to apply to any officer whose office may be abolished by this Constitution Par VIII The ordinance of this Convention shall have the force of laws until otherwise provided by the General Assembly except the ordinances in reference to submitting the homestead and Capital question to a vote of the people which ordinances after being voted on shall have the effect of constitutional provisions ARTICLE XIII Amendment to the Constitution Section I Paragraph I Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives and if the same shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to each of the two houses such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon And the General Assembly shall cause such amendment or amendments to be published in one or more newspapers in each Congressional district for two months previous to the time of holding the next general election and shall also provide for a submission of such proposed amendment or amendments to the people at said next general election and if the people shall ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon such amendment or amendments shall become a part of this Constitution When more than one amendment is submitted at the same time they shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote on each amendment separately Par II No convention of the people shall be called by the General Assembly to revise amend or change this Constitution unless by the concurrence of twothirds of all the members of each house of the General Assembly The representation in said convention shall be based on population as near as practicable 247 Section II Paragraph I The Constitution shall be submitted for ratification or rejected to the electors of the State at an election to be held on the first Wednesday in December one thousand eight hundred and seventyseven in the several election districts of this State at which election every person shall be entitled to vote who is entitled to vote for the members of the General Assembly under the constitution and laws of force at the date of such election said election to be held and conducted as is now provided by law for holding elections for members of the General Assembly All persons voting at said election in favor of adopting the Constitution shall write or have printed on their ballots the words For Ratification and all persons opposed to the adoption of this Constitution shall write or have printed on their ballots the words Against Ratification Par II The votes cast at said election shall be consolidated in each of the counties of the State as is now required by law in elections for members of the General Assembly and returns thereof made to the Governor and should a majority of all the votes cast at said election be in favor of ratification he shall declare the said Constitution adopted and make proclamation of the result of said election by publication in one or more newspapers in each Congressional district of the State but should a majority of the votes cast be against ratification he shall in the same manner proclaim the said Constitution rejected STATE CAPITAL Be it ordained by the people of Georgia in Convention assembled 1 That the question of the location of the capital of this State be kept out of the Constitution to be adopted by this Convention 2 That at the first general election hereafter held for members of the General Assembly every voter may indorse on his ballot Atlanta or Milledgeville and the one of these places receiving the largest numbr of votes shall be the capital of the State until changed by the same authority and in the same way that may be provided for the alteration of the Constitution that may be adopted by the Convention whether said Constitution be ratified or rejected And that every person entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly under the present Constitution and laws of this State shall be entitled to vote under this ordinance and in the event of 248 the rejection of said constitution shall should a majority of votes cast be in favor of Milledgeville then this provision to operate and take effect as an amendment to the present Constitution HOMESTEAD Be it ordained by the people of Georgia in Convention assembled and it is hereby ordained by authority of the same 1 That the article adopted by the Convention on the subject of homestead and exemption shall not form a part of this Constitution except as hereinafter provided At the election held for the ratification or rejection of this Constitution it shall be lawful for each voter to have written or printed on his ballot the words Homestead of 1877 or the words Homestead of 1868 3 In the event that a majority of the ballots so cast have indorsed upon them the words Homestead of 1877 then said article so adopted by this Convention shall form a part of the Constitution submitted if the same is ratified but in event that said Constitution so submitted shall not be ratified then the article on homestead and exemptions so adopted as aforesaid by this Convention shall supercede Article Seven of the Constitution of 1868 on the subject of homestead and exemptions and form a part of this Constitution 4 If a majority of the ballots so cast as aforesaid shall have indorsed upon them the words Homestead of 1868 then Article Seventh of the Constitution of 1868 shall supercede the article on homestead and exemptions adopted by this Convention and shall be incorporated in and form a part of the Constitution so submitted and ratified JUDICIAL CIRCUITS There shall be sixteen judicial circuits in this State and it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to organize and proportion the same in such manner as to equalize the business and labor of the judges in said several circuits as far as may be practicable But the General Assembly shall have power hereafter to reorganize increase or diminish the number of circuits Provided however that the circuits shall remain as now organized until changed by law SIGNING AND RATIFICATION Be it ordained by the people of Georgia in Convention assembled 1 That the Constitution as adopted and revised be enrolled and signed by the officers and members of this Convention 249 2 That the Governor shall issue his proclamation ordering an election for members of the General Assembly and a vote upon the ratification or rejection of this Constitution as herein provided and a vote upon the capital and homestead questions as provided by the ordinances of this Convention Read and adopted in Convention August 25th 1877 Attest C J JENKINS President Constitutional Convention JAMES COOPER NISBET Secretary VOID BONDS NOT TO BE PAID Neither the General Assembly nor any other authority or officer of this State shall ever have power to pay or recognize as legal or in any sense valid or binding upon the State any direct bonds or currency bonds gold bonds or the States alleged guaranty or indorsement of any railroad bonds or any other bonds guaranties or indorsements heretofore declared to be illegal fraudulent or void by act or resolution of the legislature of the State or that may be declared illegal fraudulent or void by act or resolution of the legislature originating this amendment viz Ihe State gold bonds issued under the Act of October 17th 1870 in aid of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company the currency bonds issued under the Act of August 27th 1870 the quarterly gold bonds issued under the Act of September 15th 1870 which are enumerated in the Act of August 23rd 1872 the indorsement of the State upon the bonds of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company made under the Act of March 18th 1869 the indorsement of the State upon the bonds of the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad Company and of the Cherokee Railroad Company the indorsement of the State upon the bonds of the Bainbridge Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad Company and all other bonds guaranties or indorsements declared illegal fraudulent or void as herein provided Nor shall any General Assembly ever have power to provide for the reindorsement of such railroad bonds or to place the States guaranty upon the same or to provide for the indorsement or guaranty by the State of any new bonds issued in lieu of or to pay off or retire such railroad bonds by any railroad company or to issue bonds of the State to such railroad companies or other persons in payment or in lieu of such indorsed bonds or other bonds herein declared illegal or to lend the aid or credit of the State by any act resolution orlaw to such railroad companies or to other incorporated companies or persons acquiring or succeeding to the rights and frachises of said companies or to buy the railroads of such companies or to submit the question of the liability of the State upon any of the bonds or indorsements upon bonds or other guaranty herein declared illegal fraudulent and void or upon any claim for money advanced upon said bonds indorsements or guaranties or expended by said companies or other person in and about the construction of said railroads to the decision of any court tribunal or person whatever or to pay assume or secure directly or indirectly by any act resolution or law any money advanced or claimed to have been advanced on the bonds indorsements or guaranties herein declared invalid 251 INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA NoteReference in the Index are made to the Article Section and Paragraph of the provision referred to the original division of the instrument being strictly followed A A S P Absent members of Legislature attendance of compelled 3 4 4 Abuse under arrest or in prison prohibited11 9 Of liberty of speech or press responsibility for 1 1 15 Academy incorporated exempt from taxationLs 7 2 2 Acceptors suits against where triedyi 6 16 5 Account of Treasurer to be published quarterly 3 7 11 Accusation copy to be furnished defendant on demand 115 Acts amending or repealing must describe the law affected J1 3 7 17 Local and private authority of 12 1 4 Must be signed by President of Senate and Speaker of HouseS 3 7 18 Requiring twothirds voteyeas and nays must be recorded A 3 7 21 Adjournment of Legislature by less than a majority 3 4 4 Consent of both Houses required whenJii 3 7 24 Houses failing to agree Governor may adjourn them 3 7 24 Resolutions of not submitted to Governor 5 1 17 Ad valorem Tax on property shall be 7 2 1 Aged and infirm persons entitled to Homestead 9 11 Aid of State to any religious denomination prohibited 1 1 14 To any person or corporation by lending credit or taking stock prohibited1 7 5 1 To any person or corporation by donation or gratuity prohibited 7 16 1 Aid of County or City to person or corporation prohibited 7 6 1 Amendments to Appropriation and Revenue bills by Senate 3 7 10 To Constitution 13 1 1 To statute or code form of amendment act3 7 17 Animals special tax may be imposed on vicious ones 7 2 1 253 A S P Appeal from one jury to another in Superior and City Courts 6 4 6 From Ordinary to Superior Court 6 6 1 From Justice of the Peace to Jury or Superior Court 6 7 2 Appellate Jurisdiction of the Superior Court1 6 4 4 Appointment of Legislator to another office prohibited 3 4 7 By Governor to fill vacanciesi 5 1 14 Rejected by Senate effect 5 1 15 Of State School Commissionerup 8 2 1 Apportionment of Representatives how changed 3 3 2 Appropriation Acts authority ofi 12 1 3 Bills general and special 3 7 9 Bills must originate in House of Representatives 3 7 10 Bills yeas and nays must be recorded on 3 7 12 Bills may be approved in partiIS 5 1 16 Necessary to authorize payment by Treasurer 3 7 11 For University of Georgia and College for colored pupils t ka 8 6 1 Approval of Governor to Bills 5 1 16 Of Governor to Resolutions and Orders 5 1 17 Arms right of citizens to bearmanner of bearing 1 1 22 Army of the State Governor is Commander of 5 1 11 Arrest abuse under prohibited 119 Punishment for rescue from under order either House 3 7 2 Privilege of Elector from 2 3 1 Privilege of member Legislature from 3 7 3 Artificial limbs for Confederate soldiers 7 1 1 Assemble right of people to do so guaranteed 1 1 24 Associate Justice of Supreme Courtf 6 2 1 Atlanta City Court of errors corrected in Supreme Court 6 2 5 Attainder bill of prohibited 13 2 Attendance of membersof the Legislature compelled 3 4 4 Attendance of members of Legislature privileges dufing 3 7 3 Attorney right to defend or prosecute by 114 Right of Defendant in criminal cases to haveLf 11 5 General election ofi 6 10 1 General dutiesAJ 6 10 2 General salary 6 13 1 General qualifications U 6 14 1 Authority of Constitution treaties laws judgments etc 12 1 254 B A S P Bail shall not be excessiverj 1 1 9 Ballot election by the people shall be byJA 2 11 Banishment beyond the State prohibitedL 117 Banks may be incorporated by the Legislature3 7 18 Bequests may be received by the University of Georgia 8 6 1 Bills a number of readings necessary before passage 3 7 7 Majority of all members in favor of necessary to passage L 3 7 14 Rejected not again proposed without consent of two thirds 3 7 13 Appropriation and Revenue must originate in House 3 7 10 Appropriations general and special requisites of 3 7 9 Appropriations must be passed by yeas and nays3 7 12 Revision of by Governor Vetohow overruled 5 1 16 See Local Bills also Acts Bond required of Secretary of Senate and Clerk of House 3 8 1 Required of Secretary of State ComptrollerGeneral and Treasurer 5 2 6 Required of Public Printerf 7 17 1 Bonded debt not to be increased 7 12 1 Sale of States property to be applied to 7 13 1 Of county or city provisions for meeting7 7 2 Bonds in cases involving an interested Judge cannot preside 6 2 3 Of State declared void not to be paid or submitted to suitI 7 11 1 Of Western Atlantic Railroad paid by proceeds of Roadll 7 13 1 Boundaries of counties to remain as now till changed by law2iLJ 11 1 1 Bribery Conviction of disqualifies for office or voting 2 2 1 Bridges established by the courts not Legislature3 7 18 Bridges Ordinarys jurisdiction in matter of 6 6 2 Bridges taxation by county to keep up 7 6 2 Borrowing money by State laws for must specify purpose 7 4 1 Buildings public exempt from taxation l 72 2 Public tax by county to maintain i 7 6 2 Ordinarys jurisdiction2L 6 6 2 Burial places exempt from tax 7 2 2 255 0 A A S P Canal Companies may be incorporated by Legislature 3 7 18 Capitol location of ordinance concerning12 1 8 Capitol site for may be donated to the State 7 6 1 Censure of members of Legislature for misconduct 3 7 1 Certiorari writs of may be issued by Judge Superior Court f 6 4 5 Challenge of voter oath to be administered4 2 12 Conviction of sending or accepting disqualifies for office i1t 2 4 2 Charitable institutions public exempt from taxation 7 2 2 Public aid from county or city 76 1 Charter of Corporations amended on conditions 4 2 3 Chief Justice of Supreme Court presides in impeachment trialssee Supretmd Court 3 5 4 Children legitimatized and names changed by the Courts 3 7 18 Church not to receive money from the Statei 1 1 14 Citizens of the State who are and right to protection 1 1 25 Of the State entitled to vote when 2 11 City aid by donation or takiiig stock prohibited L 7 6 1 Consent before Street Railroad can be built ini 3 7 20 Courts of the State need not be uniformi 6 9 1 Court appeals and new trials in04 6 4 6 Courts errors corrected in Supreme Court1 6 2 5 Court Judge may serve in Supreme Court when 6 5 1 Debt to be incurred by limited 7 7 3 Debt bonded provisions for meeting 7 7 2 Debt not to be assumed by State7 8 1 Debt to be incurred only by authority of City Government 7 10 l Public schools may be maintained by tax 8 4 1 Civil authority superior to the military 3 1 19 Cases where tried1 6 16 6 Cases judgment by Court without jury when 6 4 7 Cases venue how changedi 6 17 1 Jurisdiction of Superior Court 6 4 3 Jurisdiction of Justices Court 6 7 2 Clerical expenses of Treasurer Secretary of State and ComptrollerGeneral 5 22 34 Clerk of House of Representatives Compensation and Bond of13 8 1 Clerks of the Governor1 5 1 19 8 256 A S P Code sections not amended or repealed by reference to numbers 3 7 17 Colleges exempt from taxation 7 2 2 For colored pupils 8 6 1 Colored pupils College for1 8 6 1 Colored and white public schools to be separate 8 11 Commissioner of Schools appointed and salary of 8 2 1 Cmmissioners of county affairs authorized 6 19 1 Commissioners of county affairs authorized 11 3 1 Committee on Local and Special bills 3 7 5 Common Law Courts may be clothed with equity jurisdiction 6 5 2 Common School systemsee Education8 11 Commutation power in the Governor 5 2 12 Tax for military services goes to Schools 8 3 1 Companies incorporation of 3 7 18 Volunteer military organization of 10 1 2 Compensation for private ways and public use of property 13 1 Of Clerk of House and Secretary of Senate3 8 1 Of Jurors how fixed g 28 Extra not granted officers or contractors 7 16 2 Competition arrangements by corporations to defeat void 4 2 4 ComptrollerGeneral must license Life Insurance Companies 3 12 2 Supervise deposits of Life Insurance Companies 3 12 3 Officers of Executive Department 5 11 Examination suspension and discharge of 5 1 18 Election of 5 2 1 Salary and Clerks hire 5 2 4 Eligibility and Bond of 5 2 6 Perquisites not allowed to 5 2 7 Must report to Governor 7 15 1 Confederate Soldiers pensions for 7 11 Public debt not to be paid7 n 1 Conscience right of not to be controlled 1 1 12 Liberty of does not excuse licentiousness 1 1 13 Consent of parties to vary general law in individual cases 14 1 City to building Street Railroads within its limits 3 7 20 Constitution of Georgia may be altered or abolished by the people 15 1 Authority of22 1 1 Amendments of 23 1 Amendments by Convention 13 1 2 To be submitted to the people13 2 1 257 A S P And United Stateslaws in violation of void 1 4 2 And United States authority of 12 1 1 Constitutional Convention provisions to call 13 1 2 Construction of Constitution not to deny rights not enumerated 1 5 5 Contempt limitation of Courts power to punish for 1 1 20 Either House of General Assembly may punish for 3 7 2 Contested Election for Governorr 5 16 Contracts laws impairing obligation of void 1 3 2 By Government releasing power to tax void 4 1 1 By Government heretofore made not impaired 4 26 Between corporations defeat competition void 4 2 4 Judgments on without verdict when 6 4 7 Jurisdiction of Justices Courts in cases of 6 7 2 Contractor not to receive extra compensation from Government 7 16 2 Conventionsee Constitutional Convention and Ordinances Conviction costs not to be exacted of defendant until 1 1 10 Does not work corruption or forfeiture 12 3 Of certain offenses disfranchises 2 2 1 Impeachment vote necessary 3 5 4 Dueling disqualifies for office 2 4 2 Copartners suits against where tried 6 46 4 Coroners County Tax to pay 7 6 2 Corporate powers what may be granted by Legislature 3 7 18 Corporators not to be damaged by revocation of charter 13 3 Corporations subject to police power and eminent domain 4 2 2 Legislation in favor of conditional 4 2 3 Acts of to defeat competition and monopolize void 4 2 4 Rights to tax not to be released 7 2 5 State not to take stock in aid or lend credit to 7 5 1 County or City not to take stock in aid or lend credit to r 7 6 1 Donations to from State prohibited 7 16 1 Authority of rights already accrued to12 1 5 Municipalsee City Costs not payable by defendant till conviction 1 1 10 In Supreme Court 6 21 1 County Commissioners may be created 6 19 1 11 3 1 Debt to be incurred by limited 7 7 1 258 A S P Debt not to be assumed by State 7 8 2 Debt bonded provisions for meetings 7 7 1 Not to aid or take stock in Corporation 7 6 1 Public Schools may be maintained by 8 4 1 Matters Ordinarys jurisdiction 66 2 Officers election term qualification and removal 11 2 1 Officers and tribunals to be uniform in the State11 3 1 Is a body corporate suits of and boundaries 11 1 1 New one not to be createdr 11 1 2 Lines and site how changed 11 1 34 Merger ofT 11 1 5 Special acts authority ofA 12 14 Corruption of blood not worked by conviction 12 3 Courts power to punish for contempt limited 1 1 20 Power in matters denied to Legislature3 7 18 Of the State 6 j 1 Not mentioned in Constitution may be abolished 6 20 7 Of Common Law may be vested with equity jurisdiction 6 4 2 Of same grade throughout State must be uniform 6 9 1 Courts tax to pay expenses of 7 6 2 Jurisdiction against Homestead denied1 9 2 1 Authority of judgments and decrees of 12 1 5 Existing judgments and decrees of ratified4 12 1 6 iSee also Supreme Superior City and Justice Courts Credit of State not to be pledged to Corporations or persons 7 5 1 Creditors law to be provided for reaching concealed property of debtor3 12 6 Not to be damaged by revocation of CharterA 13 3 Crime conviction in what cases disfranchises 2 2 1 Lobbying declared to be 15 5 Criminal cases Jury judges of law and fact 12 1 Judge may grant new trial on conviction 12 1 Jurisdiction of Superior Court 6 4 1 Eights of defendant in1J 115 Where tried 6 16 6 Venue when changed 6 17 1 D Damages jurisdiction of Justices Courts in eases of 6 7 1 Death of Governor vacancy how filled 5 11 259 A S Officer vacancy how filled 1 5 1 Debate liability of Legislators for words spoken ini 3 7 Debts Public taxation to payLil Hi 7 1 Public new debt contracted to payi 7 3 Power of State to contract restricted7 3 Of County taxation to pay1Jif 7 6 Power of City or County to Contract restricted 7 7 To be incurred by City only on authority of City Government ii 7 10 Of County or City not to be assumed by State 7 8 Void and Confederate against State not to be paid 7 11 Debtor Concealing Property provisions againstL 1 2 May waive Homestead 9 3 May waive Exemptions of the old Code 9 5 Decrees of Court authority and ratification of 12 1 Defaulters of public moneys disqualified for Legislature 3 4 Defend or prosecute in person or by attorney right to 1 1 Defense under oath not filed Court to render judgment whenl 6 4 Of State debts may be contracted forc 7 3 Deficiency of Revenue in State supplied by borrowing 7 3 Of Revenue in City and County supplied by borrowing I 7 7 Deposit required of Insurance Companies 3 Of public funds Treasurer to receive no profit from 5 2 Disabilities may be removed by Governor1 5 1 Discrimination in Tariff by Railroad regulatedj4 2 Disorderly behavior in presence of Legislature punished 3 7 Disqualification to hold office or vote 2 2 Religious opinion is not 1 1 To hold office in more than one department 1 1 Of illegal holders of public money2 4 Of duelists IM 2 4 For Lgislature and of legislator to other office 3 4 Resulting from impeachments 3 5 Of Judge of Supreme Court who presides6 2 Judge of Superior Court who presides 6 4 Judge of Superior Court when there is a City Judge 6 5 Of interested Judge in bond cases 6 2 District Senatorial number composition and change of 3 21 Divorce exclusive jurisdiction in Superior Court 6 4 First and second verdicts in cases of 6 15 Suits where triedLL 6 16 p 14 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 56 7 4 7 1 1 1 12 5 12 1 12 1 13 13 1 2 7 5 2 9 1 3 23 1 12 1 260 a s p Domestic animals of vicious nature special tax on1 7 2 1 Animals tax on goes to educational purposes 8 1 1 Donations by State prohibited 7 16 1 By State to University allowed 8 6 1 Drawer and Acceptor suits against where tried 8 16 5 Dueling conviction of disqualifies for office 2 2 E Education Common School System established 8 11 Commissioner of Public Schools 8 2 1 Confined to English in local public schools 7 6 2 Confined to English in State public schools 8 11 Poll Tax for purpose of27 2 3 Special Tax for purposes ofSi 8 3 1 Taxation for purposes of by State1 7 11 Taxation for purposes of by City or County 7 6 2 Appropriations for purposes of by City or County 7 6 1 Election by the people shall be by ballot 2 11 By the Legislature shall be viva voce3 10 1 Days furnishing Liquor on prohibited1L2 5 1 Privileges of Electors while attending 2 3 1 Precincts changed by Courts not Legislature 3 7 18 Returns where madej 2 i6 1 Of members General Assembly3 4 2 Members General Assembly each house to judge of 3 7 1 President of the Senatei 3 5 2 Speaker of the House of Representatives3r ll 3 6 2 Governor j 5 3 Governor returns how madeS5 14 Returns opened and published 5 15 Governor by General Assembly 5 1 5 Contested IJ 5 1 g Special 5 19 To fill vacancies in General Assembly 5 1 13 Of Secretary of State CompGenl and Treasurer 5 2 1 Judges of Supreme Court J 6 2 4 Judges of Superior Court 6 3 2 Judges of Supreme Superior Courts and SolGenl 6 12 1 Justice of the Peacel 6 7 3 AttorneyGeneral g 10 1 By City or County on creating a new Debt7 7 1 City or County on School question 8 4 1 261 A S P To change County Site Merge one County into another1 Election of County officersr On amendments to Constitution Ratification of Constitution Electors who shall be so deemed Registration of may be provided forJ Privileges of while attending elections Embezzlement of public funds disfranchises Eminent Domain not to be abridged in faver of Corporations Encumbrances Homestead liable for removal of Endorsers suits against where tried Equal Rights not to be infringed by Corporations Equity Cases where tried Jurisdiction is in Superior Court Jurisdiction may be conferred on common law Courts Errors in Superior and City Courts corrected in Supreme Court Of inferior judicatories corrected by Certiorari Estate not forfeited by Conviction Excessive Bail and Fines forbidden Executive Legislative and Judicial Department are distinct Department officers of Department officers of report suspension and removal Oftt Powers vested in Governor Exemption from Taxation and void Exemption From Levy and Sale From Levy and Sale waiver of From Levy and Sale under Debtors Act not repealed From Levy and Sale under Debtors Act waiver Exhibitions special tax on goes to public schools Expense of Clerks and Secretaries to Governor Of Clerks of Secretary of State ComptrollerGeneral and Treasurer Ex Post Facto Law not to be passed Express Companies chartered by Legislature Expulsion of Member of General Assembly for misconduct Extra session of Legislature before November 1st 1878 Sessions of Legislature may be called by Governor Compensation not to be allowed by Government 11 1 4 11 1 5 11 2 1 13 1 1 13 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 4 2 2 9 2 1 6 16 5 4 2 1 6 16 3 6 4 1 6 4 2 6 2 5 6 4 5 1 2 3 1 1 9 1 1 23 5 1 1 5 1 18 5 1 2 7 22 45 9 1 1 9 3 1 9 4 1 9 5 1 8 3 1 5 1 18 5 22 34 1 3 2 3 7 18 3 7 1 3 4 3 5 1 13 7 16 2 262 F A S JP Family each Head of entitled to Homestead 9 11 Fees not allowed officers of Executive Departmentj 5 2 7 Not allowed AttorneyGeneral 6 13 1 Felony exclusive jurisdiction in Superior Court 6 4 1 Females persons having care of entitled to Homestead 9 11 Ferries established by Courts not Legislature 3 7 18 Ordinarys jurisdiction concerning 6 6 2 Fines imposed must not be excessive 119 Imposed on member of Legislature for misconduct 3 7 1 Fire Insurance Companies deposit required of 3 12 4 Foreign Power Governor to receive no Emolument from 5 12 Forfeiture of Estate not brought about by conviction 12 3 Of Recognizance relieved against when 3 7 19 Of Charter remitted only on conditions 4 2 3 Fraud Legislature may provide Punishment for 12 6 Judgments attacked for1 12 1 5 Free Schoolssee Education J 8 1 1 Freight on Railroads subject to regulation by law 4 2 1 Rebate not allowed nor deceit as to amount charged 4 2 5 Furniture Waiver of Exemption not good against all 9 3 1 Funds of county Ordinarys jurisdiction1 6 6 2 Of Public officers not to profit from use of 7 9 1 Sinking provided for 7 14 1 G GENERAL ASSEMBLY Consisting of Senate and House is the Legislative power 1 3 11 Members of elected for two years 3 4 1 Election when held 3 4 2 Election returns where made 2 6 1 9 Attendance of required3 4 4 Oath of gfrLLl 3 4 5 Who re disqualified to be 3 4 7 Disqualified for certain other officesI 3 4 7 Not to profit from use of public funds 7 9 1 Not to be interested in public printing 7 17 1 Seats of vacated by removal 3 48 Punished for misconduct in each House 3 7 1 Privileges of 3 7 3 Per diem and mileage ofg 3 9 1 263 A S P Majority of all necessary to passage of bill3 7 14 Officers of who are 3 8 1 Quorum of to transact business 3 4 4 Adjournment by less than a quorum1 344 Adjournment for more than three days etc 3 37 24 Election by shall be viva voce 3 10 1 Of Judges of Supreme Court by 1st election 6 2 4 Of Judges of Superior Court by 1st election 6 3 2 Of Judges of Supreme and Superior Courts and SolicitorsGeneral 1 6 12 1 Of Governor by when 5 1 5 Of Governor contested determined by 5 4 0 May pardon commute or reprieve for treason 5 1 12 May direct affixing of the Great Seal 5 3 1 Sessions of are annual 3 4 3 Of limited to 50 days 3 4 6 Of extra may be called by Governor 5 1 13 Of joint held in Representative Hall 3 10 1 Each House of may compel attendance of members 3 4 4 Is judge of elecn and qualificatn of its members 3 7 1 May punish for misconduct 3 7 42 Must keep a Journalr 3 7 4 Has general power of legislation 3 7 22 HAS POWER BY LAW TO Provide punishment for fraud 12 6 For registration of voters 2 2 1 For removal Secretary of State ComptrollerGeneral and Treasurer 5 1 18 For appeals in Superior and City Courts 6 4 6 For appointments of Judge pro hac vice 6 4 9 Commissioners for county affairs 6 19 1 For organizing the Militiag1 40 4 4 Prescribe manner of bearing arms 4 1 22 Number of Jurors in Inferior Courts 6 18 1 Who shall vote on School questions 8 4 1 Change Senatorial Districts when 3 2 3 Apportionment of Representatives 3 3 2 Governors Salary by twothirds vote 5 12 Salaries of Judges Attorneys and SolicitorsGeneral 6 13 2 Substitute another officer for School Commissioner 8 2 1 Established Courts 0 4 4 264 A S P Abolish Courts not named in Constitutione 6 20 2 Confer Equity jurisdiction on Common Law Courts 6 4 2 Authorize formation of Volunteer Companies10 1 2 Require Eire Insurance Companies to make deposit 3 12 4 Subject corporate property to public use wheng 4 2 1 Sell States property 7 13 1 Make donations to University of Georgiaj8 6 1 Make donations to College for colored peopleIfe 8 6 1 Amend Constitution in manner provideda 13 1 1 Call Constitutional Convention as provided 13 1 2 SHALL BY LAW Limit power of Courts to punish for Contempt 1 1 20 Protect citizens in their right 1 1 25 Provide penalty against Lottery Agents 1 2 4 Provide penalty against Lobbying1i 12 5 Prohibit furnishing Liquor on election days3 5 1 Provide penalty against Treasurer receiving unlawful fee5 2 5 Provide for reaching concealed property of Debtor LY 12 6 Compel Insurance Companies to report to Governor3 12 5 Regulate Freight and Passenger Tariff2 4 21 Enforce provisions against monopolies etcM 4 2 7 Establish uniformity in local tribunals 6 9 1 Provide for selection and compensation of jurors 6 18 23 A sinking fundIY 7 14 1 For letting Public Printing to highest bidder 7 17 1 Setting apart and valuation of Homesteadji9 4 1 For appeals in Superior and City Courts 2 6 4 6 SHALL NOT PASS ANY LAW To restrain or curtail liberty of speech or press 1 1 15 Respecting social status of citizens g l 1 18 Of Attainder ex post facto impairing contracts 13 2 Making irrevocable grants of special privileges t 13 2 To revoke grants to injury of creditors of corporators 1 3 3 Of special nature when general law provides I 14 1 Varying general law affecting private rights without consent j 14 1 In violation of Constitution of Georgia or the United States i j 4 265 A S P Referring to more than one matter or different form title i 3 7 8 Incorporating companies except for class named3 7 18 Relieving against recognizances except as stated 3 7 19 Authorizing Street Railroad in city without citys consent I S 7 20 For benefit of particular corporations except on conditions gpibiiALL 4 2 3 Authorizing one corporation to buy stock in another County or City to aid persons or corporations 7 6 1 Payment of void bonds or Confederate debts 7 11 1 Granting donation or gratuity to persons or corporations 7 17 1 Extra compensation to officer or contractors 7 16 2 See Tax God may be worshipped according to dictates of conscience 1 1 12 Governor an officer of the Executive Department 5 11 Executive powers vested in 5 12 Salary term and limitations of terms of office 5 12 Election installation and terms of election of 5 1 14 Of by the Legislature when 5 15 Qualification and oath ofi 5 17 10 Death resignation or disability ofh 5 18 Secretary and Clerks of 5 1 19 Is Commander of the Army and Conservator of the Peace i 5 11 11 May adjourn the Legislature when3 7 24 Call Extra Session of the Legislature 5 1 13 Direct affixing of the Great Seali 5 3 1 Pardon reprieve commute and remit penalties 5 1 12 Remove disabilities 5 1 12 With the Treasurer loan the Sinking Fund 7 14 1 Reqdiref services of AttorneyGeneral 6 10 2 Shall order elections to fill vacancies in Legislaturer 5 1 13 Fill vacancies in other office 5 1 14 Offices of Judges and SolicitorsGeneral 6 12 1 Appoint State School Commissioner 8 21 Judge to preside in Supreme Court when 6 2 2 Commission Notaries Public exOfficio Justices of Peace 6 8 1 Examine and Publish Report of Comptroller and Treasurer 7 15 1 Proclaim result of Election on Constitution 13 2 2 Cannot appoint member of Legislature to office 3 4 7 A person rejected by Senate when 5 1 15 266 A S P Has revision of bills and resolutions of Legislature 5 1 17 Supervision over Executive officersi 5 1 18 Government originates with people duty of 1 1 12 Exclusive right of the people to regulatel 15 1 Legislative Executive and Judicial Departments distinct1 1 1 23 Support of by taxation 7 11 Grants limiting power to tax voidm 4 11 Irrevocable of special privileges void1 3 2 Not to be revoked so as to work injustice 13 3 Great Seal of the State use and device of 5 3 1 Guardian of minors entitled to Homestead 9 1 1 H Habeas Corpus Writ shall not be suspended 1 1 11 Head of family entitled to Homestead 9 11 Homestead and Exemption to whom allowed and amount of j9 11 Not subject to levy and saleu 9 2 1 Waiver and sale ofjgg 9 3 1 Setting apart of to be provided for 9 4 1 Supplemental 9 6 1 Already allowed good against old debt 9 7 1 Ordinance effect of 12 1 8 Of 1868 sales of confirmed 9 8 1 Of 1868 sales and reinvestments of 9 9 1 Under Debtors Act not repealed 9 4 1 Under Debtors Act Waiver of 9 5 1 House secure from search except as provided1 1 1 16 Soldiers not to be quartered in except as provided 1 1 19 Of Representativessee Representatives Household Furniture waiver of exemption on9 3 1 Husbands debts wifes property not liable fori 3 11 1 I Idiots disqualified to vote or hold office 2 2 1 Immunities special not to be irrevocably granted 13 2 Not to be revoked so as to work justice 13 3 Impeachment power in House of Representatives 3 6 3 Power to tryin the Senate 3 5 3 Chief Justice to preside at trial of 3 5 4 267 A S P Vote necessary to convict 3 5 4 Effect of conviction 3 5 5 Governor cannot pardon in case of1 5 12 Imprisonment abuse under forbidden 119 For debt prohibited 1 21 For misbehavior in presence of LegislatureN 3 7 j2 Improvement on Homestead is part of 9 2 1 Indictment copy to be furnished defendant on demand 115 Inferior Judicatories errors of corrected by Certiorari 6 4 5 Infirm persons entitled to Homestead 911 Inherent rights not enumerated and not deniedj15 2 Insane persons not entitled to vote or hold office 2 2 1 Inspection by Governor of Executive Officers 5 1 18 Installation of Governor g 13 Insurance Department expense of 5 2 4 Companies to make reports to Governor 3 12 5 Chartered by Legislature 3 7 18 Fire deposit made with Treasury 3 12 4 Foreign and Home Life deposits required 3 12 13 Foreign Life ComptrollerGeneral to license 3 12 2 Interest on Public Debt taxation authorized to pay7 11 Intoxicating drinks not to be furnished on election days 2 5 1 Insurrection and invasion in time of Bills may pass summarily jj Tax to suppress 7 11 Bonded debt incurred to suppress 7 12 1 Debts contracted to suppfess 7 3 1 Contracted by city or county to suppress assured by Statei 7 g Invasionsee Insurrection Investment of funds raised by sale of homestead 9 3 1 Irrevocable grants of special privileges voidJ 1 3 2 J Jeopardy more than once for same offense prohibited 118 Joint obligors suit against where tried 6 16 4 Owner in property State shall not become 7 5 1 Journal each House of the General Assembly shall keep 3 7 4 Original preserved in the office of Secretary of State 3 7 5 Yeas and nays to be recorded in at request of one fifth 3 7 6 A S P Yeas and nays to be recorded in when twothirds vote is required 3 7 21 Must show majority of all members voted for bills passed 3 7 14 Must contain proposed amendments to Constitutions 13 1 1 Of House must contain vote of elections by Legislature sSiss lLSi 3 10 1 Judge disqualified to preside in bond cases if interested in the bondsu2 6 2 3 Pro hac vice Legislature may authorize 6 4 9 May grant new trials in cases of convictionpi 12 1 See Supreme Superior and City Courts Judicial Legislative and Executive Departments distinct 1 1 23 Powers of the State where vested2sjwaHfl 6 11 Judiciary to declare unconstitutional acts void 1 4 Judgment of Impeachment extent of2 3 5 5 Of Supreme Court may be withheld one term 6 2 7 Without verdict of Jury whenBp 6 4 7 Of Courts authority off 12 1 5 Heretofore rendered ratifiedI 12 1 6 Jurisdiction of Supreme Court 6 2 5 Of Superior Court22 6 4 1 Of Superior Court Appellate 2 6 4 4 Of Ordinary 2l 6 6 1 Of Ordinary County mattersi2 6 6 2 Of Justices of the Peace 22 6 7 2 Against Homestead denied22 9 2 1 Jury right of trial by an impartial 115 Eight of trial by Guaranteed2S2 6 18 1 Judges of law and fact in criminal cases 12 1 Appeal from one to another in Superior and City CourtsJ 6 4 6 Prom Justice of the Peace toplAv 6 7 2 Grand to recommend Commissioned Notary for appointment LiA 6 8 1 Grand and Traverse selection and qualification of6 18 2 Compensation of how fixed6 18 3 Tax by county to pay 7 6 2 Justice of the Peace may be member of Legislature 3 4 7 Part of Judiciary21I 6 11 Election Commission and removal of 6 7 3 Term ofJ6 7 1 Jurisdiction Sessions and Appeals 2 6 7 2 ExOflficio 6 8 1 269 K A S P Kitchen furniture waiver of exemption of 9 3 1 L Labor done on Homestead Homestead is liable for 9 2 1 Land cases involving title to brought in Superior Court 6 4 1 Cases involving title to tried at what place 6 16 2 Homestead and Exemption on 9 11 Larceny conviction of disfranchises 2 2 1 Law due process of required to affect rights of persons 1 1 3 Laws of general nature must have uniform operation 1 4 1 Of general nature affecting private rights how varied 14 1 Unconstitutional are void 14 2 For more than one matter or different from title void 3 7 8 Majority vote of all members necessary to pass 3 7 14 For tax shall be generala 7 2 1 Not repealed or amended by reference to title alone 3 7 17 For borrowing money must be specific 7 4 1 To change county lines must be a general lgw 11 1 3 Of general operation 12 Of United States authority of 12 1 1 Of Georgia authority of 12 1 3 Local and special authority of 12 1 4 See Local also General Assembly Learning Seminaries of exempt from taxation 7 2 2 Legislative power is in the General Assembly 3 11 Executive and Judicial Departments distinct 1 1 23 LegislatureSee General Assembly Legitimate Children power in Courts3 7 18 Levy and Sale exemptions from9 1 1 Libels in prosecutions for truth may be given in evidence 1 2 1 Liberty person to be deprived of only by due process of law 3 113 Not to be jeopardized but once for same offense 1 1 Of Conscience not to be controlled 1 112 Of speech or press not to be curtailed 1 1 15 Libraries Public may be exempt from taxation 7 2 2 Licentiousness not excused on account of liberty of Conscience 1 1 13 Life person not to be deprived of but by due process of law 1 1 3 270 A S P Not to be jeopardized but once for same offense 118 Crimes involving jurisdiction in Superior Court 6 4 1 See Insurance Lines of County to be changed under operation of general law 11 1 3 Liquor special tax on for Educational purposes 8 3 1 Not to be furnished on Election days 2 5 1 List of witnesses to be furnished to defendant on demand 115 Litigation tax by County to pay expenses of 7 6 2 Literary Associations may be exempt from Taxation 7 2 2 Loans to State for casual deficiencies of revenue 7 3 1 County or City for canal deficiencies of revenue7 7 1 Of sinking Fund by Governor and Treasurer 7 14 l Lobbying is a crime Legislature must provide a penalty 12 5 Publication of before passed 3 7 15 Acts authority ofS12 1 4 School Systems existing not affected hereby 8 5 1 Lottery Tickets sale of prohibited 12 4 M Macon and Brunswick Railroad if sold proceeds where applied L 7 13 Majority of each branch of Legislature constitute quorum 3 4 4 Of all members of each House necessary to pass bill 3 7 14 Malfeasance in office disfranchises1 2 2 1 Malpractice in office by Justice of the Peace removal for 6 7 3 Mandamus issued by Judge of Superior Court1 6 4 5 Marriage does not divest wife of her property 3 11 Material furnished Homestead it is liable for 9 2 1 Matter different from title not to be contained in bill 3 7 8 Members of General AssemblySee General Assembly Merger of counties n 1 g Message of Governor 5 1 13 Mileage of the members of the General Assembly i 3 9 t Military authority subordinate to Civil 1 1 19 Commission except in Militia disqualifies for Legislature 3 4 7 Service commutation for goes to Public Schools 8 3 1 Companies Volunteer organizations10 1 2 Companies Volunteer paid only when called by Stateaaj10 1 3 271 A S P Militia officers may be members of Legislature 3 4 7 Governor is Commanderinchief ofg 1 ni District one Justice of the Peace for each j 7 1 District one commissioned Notary for eachL g y Organization of may be provided for510 1 1 Paid only when called out by State 10 13 Minors family of entitled to Homestead 9 11 Ministerial officer not to levy on Homestead9 2 1 Misconduct of member of Legislature how punished 3 7 1 Mistrial in criminal cases authorizes a second trial 118 Money not to be donated by State to any Church ete 1 1 14 Illegal holders of public disqualified for office 2 4 1 Public defaulters of disqualified for Legislature 3 4 7 Authority and manner of drawing from Treasury 3 7 11 Borrowed by State laws for and use of 17 4 1 Monopoly provisions against L 4 2 4 Municipal Corporationsee City N Names of children changed by Courts 3 7 18 Navigation Companies chartered by Legislature3 7 18 Navy of State Governor is Commander of 5 1 n New trial in criminal cases authorizes second trial 118 In criminal cases may be granted on conviction 12 1 May be granted by Superior and City Court 6 4 fi Counties not to be formed 11 1 2 Notaries Public commissioned part of Judiciary 6 11 Appointment commission and powers 6 8 1 Novation of Charter what shall so operate 4 2 3 O Oath of voter if challenged 2 12 Of member of General Assembly 3 4 5 Of Governor 5 1 10 To pleasp 6 4 7 Obligation of contracts not to be impaired by law 13 2 Of contracts heretofore made by State binding 4 2 6 Office illegal holders of public money ineligible for 2 4 1 Who may not hold1 2 2 1 Impeachment removes from and disqualies for 3 5 5 Profiting from use of public money disqualifies for 7 9 1 Conviction of Duelling disqualifies for1 2 4 2 272 A S P Religious opinion does not disqualify foriLljjji 1 1 13 In gift of Governor or Legislature legislator disqualified for j 3 4 7 Malfeasance in disfranchises 2 2 1 Officers are trustees of the people and amenable to them 1 1 1 Of one department disqualifies to act in another 1 1 23 Returns of election of where madeLL 2 6 1 Of State or the United States disqualified for Legislature 3 4 7 Of Militia or Justice of the Peace may be legislator 3 4 7 Of General Assembly who are5 11 Of Executive Department who are 3 8 1 Of Executive Department report suspension and removal ofAXLiilL 5 1 18 Profiting from use of public fund punishable1 7 9 1 Extra compensation to after service prohibited 7 16 2 Not to be interested in Public Printing 7 17 1 Not to levy bn Homestead 9 2 1 Of County election removal and disqualification of 11 2 1 Of County to be uniform except Commissioners 11 3 1 Now existing to continue till successor qualified12 1 7 Order passed by Legislature must have Governors approval Lil 5 1 17 Ordinances rejected not to be again proposed unless by twothirds vote 3 7 13 Must have but one subjectmatter and same as title 3 7 8 iOf the Convention authority of 12 1 3 Of the Convention to have effect of laws1 12 1 8 See Ordinances in Appendix Ordinary Courts of part of Judiciary 6 11 Courts of jurisdiction ofsI 6 6 1 Term of officeJ 6 S 3 Origin of Government is with the people 1 1 1 P Papers secure from search and seizure except as provided ill 1 1 16 Pardon removes political disabilities of convict2 2 1 Of Duelists removes political disabilities of convict 2 4 2 Power in Governor must report to the Legislature 5 112 Passage of bills reading necessary 3 7 7 Of Bills majority of all members necessary 3 7 14 273 A S P Passenger Tariffrestriction on 4 2 15 Paupers jurisdiction of Ordinary 6 6 2 Affdavit relieves from costs in Supreme Court6 21 1 Tax for support of 7 6 Paysee Compensation Salary Peace soldiers not to be quartered in houses in time of 1 1 19 Governor is conservator of 5 1 12 Pentitentiary crimes punishable in to be tried in Superior Courti 6 4 1 Per diem of members of the Legislature 3 9 1 Perquisites not allowed officers Executive Department 5 2 7 Not allowed AttorneyGenerall 6 13 1 From use of public funds by officers punishable 7 9 1 Persons and property to be protected by Government11 2 Not to be molested for religious opinions 1 1 13 Eights not to be affected but by due process of law 11 3 May prosecute or defend in person or by attorney 1 1 4 Charged with offenses rights of 115 Life or liberty not to be jeopardized but once for same crime y 118 Houses and papers secure from illegal search 1 1 16 Personalty amount of exemption of from levy and sale 9 1 1 Petitions and remonstrance right of guaranteed 1 1 24 Pleas under oath in certain cases required6 4 7 Police of the State right of people to regulate 1 5 Power not abridged in favor of corporations 4 2 2 Policyholders in life Insurance Companies protected 3 12 13 Poll tax not to exceed one dollarj 7 2 3 Goes to Educational purposes 8 3 1 Practice in courts of same grade to be uniform 6 9 1 Precincts for elections how changed 3 7 n President of Senate elected by Senate viva voce 3 5 8 Mustl sign actsj 3 7 13 Per diem 3 9 3 Presides in joint sessionI 3 10 1 Acts as Governor whenl 5 11 Press liberty of not to be curtailedl 1 1 18 Printing public to be let to lowest bidder 7 17 5 Prisoners not to be abusedr 1 19 Tax for support of by countiest 7 6 2 Private ways to be allowed only compensation paid 13 1 Acts authority ofi 12 1 4 Eights accrued by law authority of 12 1 5 274 A S P Privileges special not to be irrevocably grantedi 13 2 Special not be revoked so as to do injustice 13 3 Probate jurisdiction in Ordinary 6 6 1 Proceedings of Legislature to be kept in journals 3 7 4 Of courts of same grade to be uniform 6 9 1 Process of law necessary to affect persons in their rights 113 Proclamation of Governor calling extra sessionJlhkJS 5 1 13 Of Governor on Ratification of Constitution 13 2 2 Prohibition writs of issued by Judge of Superior Court 6 4 5 Prolongation of Legislative session by twothirds vote 3 4 6 Resolutions not submitted to Governor 3 7 23 Promissory notes suits on where tried 6 16 5 Property of person not to be molested for religious opinions 1 1 13 Protection to shall be impartial and complete 1 1 2 Not taken for public use without compensation 13 1 Concealed by debtor to be reached by lawT 12 6 Of wife not subject to husbands debtsJ 3 11 1 List of exempt from tax7 2 2 Amount of exempt from levy and sale 9 11 Protection to person and property paramount duty of Government 1 1 2 Prosecution rights of defendants in cases of 115 Provision waiver of exemption of restricted 9 3 1 Public Funds embezzlement of disfranchises s 2 2 1 Officer not to receive profit from use of 7 9 1 Treasurer not to receive profit from use of 5 2 5 See Money Public use of private property without compensation prohibited i 13 1 Buildings jurisdiction of Ordinary 6 6 2 Buildings tax by county for authorized 7 6 2 Debt and institutions tax for gJbi7 1 1 Property charitable institutions and libraries exempt from taxfLJ 7 2 2 Printing let to lowest bidderaU 7 17 1 Printing officers of Government not to be interested in 1 7 17 1 School systemssee Education 8 1 1 Publication of ones sentiments right of not to be curtailed 1 1 15 Journal of General Assemblyi 3 7 4 Receipts and disbursements of Treasury3 7 11 Intention to introduce Local Bills 3 7 15 275 A S P Reports of Secretary of State Comptroller and Treasurer 7 15 1 Proposed amendment to Constitution1 13 1 1 Punishment of crime by whipping or banishment prohibited 49 1 1 For contempt by Courts limited 1 1 20 Not to be ruel or unusual 119 Purchase of State Bonds with sinking fund 7 14 1 Money homestead liable for 9 2 1 Purchaser of old Homestead how affected 9 8 1 Q Qualification for Governor 5 17 For Senator 2 5 1 For Representative 3 6 1 Each House to judge of as to its own members 3 7 1 Of Secretary of State Comptroller and Treasurer 5 2 6 Judge Supreme and Superior Courts Solicitor and AttorneyGeneral 6 14 11 County officers J 11 2 1 Quarantine tax by county for expenses of 7 6 2 Quorum of each branch of Legislature is a majority 3 4 4 Of Supreme Court 6 2 1 R Railroad may be incorporated by Legislature 3 7 18 Freights and Tariff subject to legislation 4 2 1 May build branch roads free from conditions of 4 2 3 Shall not deceive public as to rates 4 2 5 See Corporations Railway Street not to run in City without its consent 3 7 20 Rates of freight and passage subject to legislation 4 2 1 Public not to be deceived as to amount charged 4 2 5 Realty Homestead ofj 9 11 Rebate of rates charged by Railroad not allowed 4 2 5 Recognizance when Legislature may relieve from forfeiture of 4 3 7 19 Reelection Governor not eligible for four years after two t terms 5 12 Registration of Electors may be required by law 2 2 1 276 Rejection of nomination by Senate effect of5 1 15 Of bill by Legislature effect of 3 7 13 Religious opinion civil and political rights not affected by1 1 13 Denominations not to receive money from State 1 1 14 Worship places of may be exempt from tax 7 2 2 Remittance of sentence in power of Governor 5 1 12 Of forfeited Charter only on conditions 4 2 3 Remonstrance and petition right of guaranteed 1 1 24 Removal of legislator from district vacates his seati 3 4 8 Of disabilities in power of Governor 5 1 12 Of Secretary of State Comptroller and Treasurer 5 1 18 Of Justice of the Peace for malpractice 7 3 Of County Officers n 2 1 From office effect of impeachment 3 5 5 Repeating law form ofj 3 7 17 Reports of Insurance Companies to the Governor 3 12 5 Of Treasurer and Comptroller to the Governord 7 15 1 Representatives election and term of 3 4 12 Qualification ofjj 3 6 1 House of part of General Assembly1 3 11 Number and apportionment of members ofL 3 3 1 Apportionment how changed 3 2 2 Representatives House of Speaker of how elected3 6 2 Clerk of compensation and bond of 3 8 1 Impeaching power vested in 3 6 3 Local and Special bills must originate in 3 7 15 Appropriation and Revenue bills must originate in 3 7 10 Journal ofsee Journal 1 Representation of Constitutional Convention apportionment ofj 13 12 Reprieve in power of Governor 5 1 12 Residence requisite to vote 2 1 2 Resignation of Governor who acts in case of 5 1 8 Resolutions of appropriation must be passed by yeas and nays 3 7 12 Requiring Governors approval5 1 17 Requiring a twothirds vote yeas and nays must be recorded 3 7 21 Having effect of law result of rejection 3 7 13 Retroactive legislation prohibited12 1 3 2 Returns of election of Legislators each House to judge for itselffJLLuiyj 3 7 1 277 A S P To whom made 2 6 1 Of Governor how made 5 14 Of Governor how published 5 1 1 Of Secretary of State Comptroller and Treasurer 5 2 5 On ratification of Constitutionl 13 2 2 Ee venue bills must originate in House of Eepresentaiives 3 7 10 Deficiencies of in State supplied by loans 7 3 1 Deficiencies of in County or City 7 7 1 And roads County Commissioners fori 11 3 1 Eights not enumerated are not denied 1 5 1 Eoads jurisdiction in Ordinaryi1 6 6 1 Tax for keeping up by County 7 6 2 And revenue County Commissioneres for 11 3 1 S Sailor in U S Service not entitled to vote because not stationed here 2 1 2 Salary of Governor 5 1 2 Of Treasurer Secretary of State and Comptroller 5 22 34 Of Judges of Supreme and Superior Courts Attorney and SolicitorsGeneral 6 13 1 Of Judges of Supreme and Superior Courts how changed 6 13 2 Of State School Commissioner 8 2 1 Sale of States property proceeds to go to public debts 7 13 1 Exemption from 9 11 Of Homesteads how affectedi 9 3 1 Of old Homesteads heretofore made ratifiedi 9 8 1 Savannah errors of City Court of corrected in Supreme Court 6 2 5 Scire Facias writ of issued by Judge Superior Court 6 4 5 Schools Public how established by City or county 8 4 1 Public existing local system not affected 8 5 1 Not public may share school fund when 8 5 1 See Education Seal Great use and design of 5 8 1 Search of persons houses and papers warrant for 1 1 18 Seconds and Duel on conviction disqualified for office 2 4 2 Secretary of State returns of election to be made to 2 19 Officer of Executive Department 5 11 Election of 5 2 1 Salaryand Clerk hire of 5 2 3 Eligibility and Bond of 5 2 6 Perquisites to forbidden 5 2 7 Is keeper of Great Seal 5 3 1 278 A S P Senate compensation and bond of 3 8 1 Governor compensation of 5 1 19 Securities of forfeited recognizances when relieved 3 7 19 Seizure of persons and papers provisions against 11 16 Seminaries of learning may be exempt from tax7 2 2 Senate is a branch of General Assembly3 11 Consists of 51 membersi 3 2 1 May propose amendments to appropriation and revenue bills3 7 10 Impeachments to be tried before 3 5 3 Senate nomination rejected by effect of 5 1 15 President and Secretary ofSee President and 1 Secretary Senatorial Districts number composition and change of 3 2123 Senators number not to be increased 3 2 3 Election and term of 3 4 12 Qualification of 2 3 5 j Sentence commuted or remitted by Governor5 1 12 Servitude involuntary exeept as punishment for crime prohibited 1 1 17 Sessions of General AssemblySee General Assembly Of Supreme Courti 6 2 5 Of Superior Court 6 4 8 Of Justices CourtLjaji g 7 2 Setting aside Homestead laws to be provided for 9 4 1 Shares in one corporation not enough to be bought by another to monopolize 15t 4 2 4 Shows special tax on goes to educational purposesI 8 3 1 Sinking fund provided for 8 14 1 Site of county how changed2 11 1 4 Slavery forbidden p 1 17 Social status of citizens not subject of legislation 1 1 18 Soldiers not to be quartered in private houses except when 1 1 19 Of U S not to vote on account of being stationed here 2 1 2 Artificial limbs for maimed Confederates 7 11 SolicitorsGeneral term of office and duties of 6 11 12 Election by the Legislatureaft 6 12 1 Salary of 6 13 1 Qualification of06 14 1 Speaker of House of Representatives how electedj 3 6 2 Must sign Acts 3 7 279 A S P Per diem of 3 9 1 Acts as Governor whenLA 5 18 Special law not to be enacted when provision is made by general law 14 1 Changing general law in particular cases how passed 1 4 1 For benefit of corporation conditional 4 2 3 Election of Governor 5 1 9 See Local Speech Liberty of not to be curtailed4 11 15 State aid to corporations or persons in any manner prohibited t 7 5 1 State aid by donation prohibited 7 16 1 To religious denomination prohibitedj 1 1 14 Printer office abolished 7 17 1 State School Commissioner election and term 8 2 1 Statement of Treasurer to be published 3 7 11 Stockholder in corporation State county or city not to be 7 56 1 Street railroad not to run in city without consent of authorities 3 7 20 Suits may be brought by or against counties 11 1 1 Against State to test void or Confederate bonds prohibited aL 7 11 1 See Venue Superior Court is part of Judiciary1 6 1 1 Jurisdiction of exclusive 6 4 1 Jurisdiction of general and appellate 6 4 34 Jurisdiction of to issue extra writs 6 4 5 Appeal and new trials in 6 4 6 Appeal from Ordinary to 6 6 1 Appeal from Justices to 6 7 2 Sessions of au 6 4 8 Judge one for each circuit and term of 6 3 1 Election of 6 12 1 Salary and qualification of U6 13 14 1 May change venue when 6 17 1 May preside in Supreme Court when 6 2 2 May preside in City Court when 6 5 1 Appoints Notary Public exofficio Justice of the Peace 6 8 1 Sanctions sale of Homesteads 9 38 1 Supplemental Homestead laws to be provided for 9 5 1 Supreme Court part of Judiciary 6 11 Constitution of L 6 2 1 Jurisdiction sessions and practice 6 25 67 A S P Cost iuj and paupers affidavit 6 21 1 Judges election and term 6 2 4 Judges election and vacancies how filled 6 12 1 Salary and qualifications of3 6 3 14 When disqualified in particular ease 6 Suspension from office of Secretary of State Comptroller 2 2 and Treasurer Tax to be paid before voting Defaulters ineligible to Legislate w By County Ordinarys jurisdic By county or city to meet br By county or city for sehcv ded indebtedness By county limited to cer purposes May be imposed by I PurPses Must be uniform p inture for what purpose On domestic an4 T a0rem aud by general law Exemptions vieious nature Poll for ther eiemPtions void SDecia1 dueatlnnal purposest educational purposes V1 t0 imP not to be rested rPnrations not to be surrendered T naise a Sinking Fund Bien good against Homestead Act authority ofIi Act must originate in the House Judge of Superior Court Justice of the Peace Ordinary M Tjgpyj Attorney and SolicitorGeneral State School Commissioner County Officers Members of General Assembly hta8el Title law must not contain matter diffeTent777 0 land Cases involving where brought 5 1 18 2 1 2 3 4 7 6 6 2 7 7 2 8 4 1 7 6 2 7 1 1 7 2 1 7 2 1 7 2 24 7 2 3 8 3 1 4 1 1 7 2 5 7 14 1 9 2 1 12 1 3 3 7 10 3 7 18 5 1 2 5 2 T 6 2 4 6 3 13 6 7 1 6 6 3 6 1011 1 1 1 ff 3 7 8 6 i6 a 281 A S P To land casqsj involving jurisdiction in Superior Courtej 6 4 1 Treason what is and how convicted of 12 2 Conviction of disfranchisesj 2 2 1 Pardon respite or commutation ioxJLf 5 1 12 Treasurer election and term of office l 5 2 1 Examination by Governorp 5 1 18 Officer of Executive Departments 5 1 1 Removal of 5 1 18 Perquisites not allowedwr5 2 7 Pee other than salary not allowed togL 5 2 5 Salary and Clerks hire of 5 2 2 Bond and qualification ofJ526 To receive deposits from Fire Insurance Companies 8 12 4 To make quarterly reports to Governor 7 15 1 And Governor authorized to loan Sinking Fund 7 14 1 Draw money from Treasury in what manner1 3 7 11 Treaty force and authority of 12 1 1 Trial a speedy and impartial one is the right of defendant 11 5 By jury remains inviolatet 6 18 1 Tribunals in the various counties to be uniform 11 3 1 Trustees of the people public officers are 111 The University of Georgia may accept donations etc 8 6 1 Families of minor children entitled to Homestead 9 11 U i Unexpired term of Governor special elections 5 19 Judges of Supreme Court 6 2 4 Judges Supreme and Superior Courts Attorney and SolicitorGeneral 6 12 1 Uniformity required in operation of general laws 1 4 1 111 county officers and tribunals 11 3 1 In courts of same grade 6 91 1 In taxation 2 1 University of Georgia appropriation to 8 6 1 United States Constitution acts in violation of void 14 2 Treaties and laws authority of 12 1 1 Soldiers not entitled to vote for being stationed here 2 1 2 282 y A S 1 Vacancy in office of Governor 5 8 Judge of Supreme Court 6 2 4 Judge of Superior Court 6 3 2 Judge of Supreme and Superior Courts and Solicitor General i4 6 12 1 Members General Assembly 5 1 13 Governor may fill when not otherwise provided 5 1 14 Validity of bonds not to be tried by Judge who is interested 6 2 3 Declared void by Constitution not subject to suit 7 11 1 Valuation of Homestead laws to be provided for 9 4 1 Venue in cases of divorce 6 16 1 Of land titlesJi 6 16 2 Of Equity i 6 16 3 Against joint obligors acceptors endorser etc 6 16 45 Civil and criminal generally 6 16 6 Civil and criminal changed how 6 17 Verdicts judgments without when 6 4 7 First and second in divorce casesJ 6 15 1 Veto of Governor overruled by twothirds vote1 6 7 23 Viva voce voting by General Assembly 3 10 1 Void bonds of State not to be paidj 7 yi 1 Volunteer companies organization of g 10 1 2 Not paid unless called out by State 10 1 3 Vote by the people shall be by ballot 2 11 Who is entitled toOath of voters 2 12 Who is not entitled to 2 2 1 By General Assembly to be viva voeeL3 10 1 Of twothirds being required yeas and nays must be recorded 3 7 21 Of twothirds being required does not do away with Governors approval J5 3 7 23 Of twothirds overrides Governors veto1 3 7 23 Of General Assembly having effect of law submitted to Governor 5 1 17 Of General Assembly in elections must appear in House Journalj 3 10 1 W Waiver of Homestead 8 3 1 Of old exemption 9 5 1 283 A S P War bonded debt may be increased for purpose of 7 12 1 Debt of county or city for may be assumed by State V 7 81 Debt may be contracted to defend State in time of 7 3 1 Quartering soldiers in house in time of 1 1 19 Tax to defend State in time of 7 1 Warrant for search how obtained 1 1 16 Ways private may be granted after compensation paid 13 1 Wearing apparel waiver of exemption on limited 9 3 1 Western Atlantic R R if sold proceeds how applied 7 13 1 Whipping as punishment for crime prohibited 117 White and colored public schools to be separate 8 1 1 Widows pensions provided for 7 11 Wifes property is her separate estate after marriage 3 111 Wild Land Clerk compensation of 5 24 Witnesses in criminal cases rights of defendants as to 115 Not compelled to criminate themselves 116 Two necessary to convict of treason 12 2 Worship of God may be according to conscience 1 1 12 Place of may be exempt from tax 7 2 2 Y YEAS AND NAYS TO BE RECORDED IN JOURNAL At request of onefifth 3 7 6 On amendments to Constitution 13 1 1 On appropriation bills and resolutions 3 7 12 When twothirds vote is required 3 7 23 284 INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF Georgia House of Representatives Prepared by W Cecil Neill of Muscogee County ABSENTEES Buie No Auditing Committee duty as to 134 Clerks duty as to 134 Boll call dispensed with when 133 ADJOUBN MOTION TO Committee of whole not in order in 119 Definite time debatable when 57 Effect when motion prevails 60 Motion not debatable 56180 Motion not amendable 56 Motion when in order 58 Motion when not in order 59 Precedence of motion 55 hall not be cade second time until when 56 AMENDMENTS Constitutional time limit 151 Courtesy to speaker at time of 26 Effect of 60 Effect when hour of arrives when House acting under previous question 61 Effect when hour of arrives during vote by yeas and nays 61 Hour of fixed by House 180 ADVEESE BEPOBT Bills and resolutions adversely reported taken up when 41 Debate on final passage 72 Effect of on bills 48 AMENDMENTS Applicable to an amendment 94 Bills or resolutions amended by sections 102 Bill perfected before caption or preamble 101 Bills perfected before substitute 96 Blanks must be filled 100 Clerks duty in amending by striking out and inserting 104 Committee of whole action on 126 285 Rule No Committee of whole what reported to House 132 Germane must be J 103 Motion to amend how made 94 Motion to eommit amendable 92 Motion to postpone indefinitely not amendable 80 Motion to pospone to time definite amendable 85 Motion to table amendment not in order 62 Motion to table not amendable 68 Must be in writing 98 Precedence of motion to amend 55 Priority of amendments 99 Priority of amendments to perfect part proposed to be striken 105 Priority of over motion to agree or disagree 107 Priority of questions on Senate Amendments to H B 108 Priiority of on passage of bill 188 Senate amendments to H B House amendment in order 106 Reconsidered when 113 Substitute is an amendment 95 When in order 188 When too late 97188 AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION Submission to people 160 Convention called 161 APPEALS Prom Speakers decision 8 Members may address House 11 No debate when of personal character 9 To be made at once 10 APPLAUSE Speakers right to suppress 29 APPROPRIATIONS Rule No General bill right of way 41 Governors power over 157 Considered in committee of whole 51 House must originate 144 ATTENDANCE Call of House 136 Messengers duty 135 286 Buie No Bower to compel 135136 Speaker a duty v 135 AUDITING COMMITTEE Absentees duty as to I 134 Accounts of members duty ahto 195 BILLS AND BESOLUTIONS Amendments and substitutes bill first perfected 96 Amendments by sections V 102 Amendments to Code sections 146 Amendments to passed on before those to caption or preamble 101 Appropriations House must originate 144 Clerk to state number and author when reading 41 Clerk to call in order on calendar 41 Committee of whole how read 118 Committee reports favorable effect of 48 Committee reports unfavorable effect of 48 Committee reports order of precedence 53 Corporations laws relating to 148 Engrossment effect of 48 General appropriations what to embrace 150 General laws how changed 147 Governors approval necessary 158 Govenors failure to return 157 Governors veto 157 Immediate transmission when 49 Introduction when 47 Printed when 50 Eeconsideration effect of I14 Bejected when again considered 153 Belief of principals and sureties 149 Eequirements for 52 Speakers duty to commit 48 Special laws prohibited when 147 Subjectmatter only one and expressed in title 145 Unanimous consent for reading 43 Withdrawal of when 48 Majority necessary to pass 139 Debate none at first reading 48 Constitutional requirement as to reading 143 Beading of unanimous consent 43 287 Rule No Reading first no debate 48 Reading constitutional requirement 143 call of Souse Committee of whole not in order 119 Contempt refusal to vote on mmj 14 When in order 14136 When not in order 77 CAPTION Not considered until bill perfected 101 CHANGE OF VOTES How done and when 191 CLERK Absence of speaker and speaker pro tern duty of 7 Absentees duty of 134 Amendments striking out and inserting duty of 104 Bills and resolutions how read committee of whole 118 Bills and resolutions called in order from calendar 41 Bills and resolutions name and authors stated 41 Books duty to care for171179 Call of counties Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays 40 Journal names not voting duty to enter 174 Oath of prescribed 170 CODE SECTIONS Amendments to Constitutional requirements 146 COMMITTEES Amendments by take precedence 188 Appointed by speaker 4198 Bills not to be interlined or defaced by 185 Chairmen Appropriation and Ways and Means ExOfficio Members 198 Conference how constituted 187 Defaulting committee provision as to 199 Enlarged how 176 Failure of to report provision as to 199 Membership limited 197 Reports of order of precedence 53 Reports of order of precedence 53 Reports of required 199 Reports must be in writing 189 288 Rule No Speaker exofficio member of Rules 4 Speaker to appoint certain committees 4198 Rules committee how elected 4 COMMIT MOTION TO Amended how 92 Applicable to what 8993 Committee of whole not in order 119 Precedence of as among other motions 55 Precedence of as among motions to commit to different committees t 90 COMMITTEE OF WHOLE HOUSE Amendments by action by House 126 Amendments to amendments how reported to House 132 Appropriation bills considered in 51 Bills read and debated by sections 118 Call of House not in order 119 Chairman appointed by Speaker 117 Chairman power to clear galleries or lobby 128 Debate how limited and closed 120 Disorderly conduct reported 127 Extension of time how secured 121 Formation of 117 House may resolve itself into when 116 Interlineation of bills or resolutions prohibited 185 Journal not show proceedings 130 Members shall vote 125 Motion to commit to precedence 90 Motion to rise report progress and ask leave to sit again 122 Papers called for 131 Proceedings how closed 122 Proceedings not reported in Journal 130 Procedure when business finished 129 Quorum not present procedure 124 Reconsideration in order 123 Reports of precedence 53 Rules applicable to and exceptions 119 Speaker may resolve House into when 113 Speaker may take part 125 Speaker chairman appointed by 117 CONSTITUTIONAL RULES Adjournments limited 151 Amendments to Code sections 146 289 Buie No Amendments to Constitution 439 Appropriation Bills House must originate 144 Appropriation Bill General what to embrace 150 Appropriations Journal to show yeas and nays 141 Bills majority necessary to pass 139 Bills reading of 143 Bills rejected when again considered 153 Bills subjectmatter expressed in title 145 Bills only one subjectmatter permitted 145 Constitutional convention how called 161 Corporations power of General Assembly over 148 County sites how changed or removed f 159 Date of meeting fixed 154 Elections by General Assembly 152 Expulsion of members twothirds vote necessary 155 General laws how changed 147 General appropriation bill what to embrace 150 Governor failure to return bills 157 Governors signature when required 156158 Governors veto I 457 House judges of election and qualification of members 155 Journal must show majority vote 139 Journal must show yeas and nays when required140141142 Local and special bills notice required 163 Members power to punish misconduct of 155 Members oath of prescribed 138 Quorum defined 437 Belief of principals and sureties 449 Salaries of certain officers how changed 9 452 Special laws prohibited when 447 Subjectmatter bills to contain but one 445 Subjectmatter must be expressed in title 145 Veto of Governor 457 Yeas and nays required when 140141142 Yeas and nays Journal to show on Apps 141 Yeas and nays Journal to show where twothirds vote required 442 CONTEMPT Refusal to vote unless excused on call of House 14 CONTEST Contestant and contestee to retire when vote taken 22 CONVERSATION Prohibited 24 290 Bule No COUNTY SITE How changed or removed 159 DEBATE Adjournment decided without 180 Bills first reading no debate 48 Committee of whole regulated 119120 Committee happenings reference to out of order 27 Conversations reference to out of order 27 Conduct of members in 17 Individual speeches limited 17 Motion to adjourn not debatable 56 Motion to change rules not debatable 46 Motion to commit when debatable 91 Motion to change order of business not debatable 46 Motion to extend members time of speaking not debatable 17 Motion to excuse member from voting not debatable 34 Motion to indefinitely postpone debatable 80 Motion to instruct committee debate limited 199 Motion for previous question not debatable 71 Motion to read papers not debatable 33 Motion to suspend rules not debatable 46 Motion to table not debatable 68 Motion to postpone to time definite what debatable 87 Previous question decided affirmatively debate regulated 72 Priority of business not debatable 16 Boll call no debate during qq Senate happenings reference to out of order 27 Yeas and nays decided without debate 181 DISPABAGING BEMABKS Members prohibited from 8 DIVISION Duty of member calling for 37 Motion to excuse from voting to be made before 34 Bight to call for 36 What not divisible 3839 DBA WING FOB SEATS Begulated 200 ELECTION House Judge of of members 155 Majority vote necessary 193 291 Eule No ENROLLMENT COMMITTEE Duties of 172 EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN Procedure 18 EXPLANATION OF VOTES When allowed and time limited 32 EXPULSION OF MEMBERS When 17155 DOORKEEPER Duty as to enforcement of rule as to intoxication 25 Duty as to messages 164 Speaker may suspend when 12 GALLERIES Applause to be suppressed 29 Committee of whole chairman may clear 128 Speaker may clear 13 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Meets when 154 Session limited 154 GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL Constitutional provision as to what it shall embrace i 150 Right of way in order of business 41 GENERAL LAWS How changed 147 GENERAL TAX BILL Right of way of 41 GOVERNOR Failure to return bill effect 157 Signature when required 156158 Veto 157 HOUR OF ADJOURNMENT Fixed by House 180 IMMEDIATE TRANSMISSION TO SENATE Twothirds vote necessary 49 INTOXICATION Member denied floor while in state of 25 292 Eule No JOURNAL Absentees shown on 134 Amendments to Constitution yeas and nays must be shown on 160 Appropriation of money yeas and nays shown 141 Committee duty to read 173 Committee of whole proceedings not shown 130 Majority on passage of bills must be shown 139 Names those not voting shown on 174 Yeas and nays to be shown 140141 LAUDATORY REMARKS Prohibited in Nominations 23 LOCAL BILLS Constitutional requirement as to reading 143 Constitutional requirement as to notice 163 Introduced when 47 Reading of third time and put on passage by unanimous consent 43 MAIN QUESTION Effect as to when votes had on motion for previous question 717274 Minority report time allowed for debate 75 Motion to table supercedes when 70 Reconsideration of 71 When ordered call of House 77 When ordered vote how taken 73 MAJORITY Bill majority vote necessary to pass 139 Elections majority vote necessary 193 Quorum majority necessary 137 MEMBERS Adjournment duty of at f 26 Arrest subject to when 135136137 Attendance of compelled when135136137 Books and piipes duty as to 179 Called to order for transgressing rules 17 Changing votes how and when 191 Committee of whole right to speak 119 Committee of whole duty to vote 125 Conduct in debate 17 Conversation and smoking prohibited1924 Debate how often to speak 17 293 Eule No Debate individual speeches limited 17 Debate references to conversations happenings in committee and Senate prohibited 27 Decorum of 17242627 Designation of members mode of 20 Exceptions to words of procedure 18 Expulsion of when 15517 Interrogating mode of 21 Intoxication denied floor when in state of 25 Introduction of bills number limited 40 Introduction of bills name and county to be endorsed 52 Laudatory remarks in nominations 28 Member speaking duty of while 26 Misconduct in house and committee of whole155127 Motion may make one at a time 31 Motion must resume seat while being put 31 Motion prohibited from making nondebatable when 35 Oath of prescribed 138 Protests of proceedings 23 Retire when required to 22 Seats drawing for 200 Vote shall not when interested 22 Vote shall exception 24125 MEMORIALS Manner of presentation 168 MEETING OF HOUSE Adjournment fixed by House 180 Time of meeting for daily sessions 180 Constitutional provision 154 MINORITY REPORTS How made 189 Main question ordered privilege first signer 75 MESSAGES How sent announced received and considered 165 MESSENGER Arrest of members 135136 Exofficio sergeantatarms 135 Intoxicated member enforcement of rule 25 General duties 183184 Speaker may suspend when 12 294 Eule No MOTIONS Information from executive department lie on table 190 Nondebatable prohibited when 35 One at a time only 31 Order of priority 55 Order of business motion to change not debatable 46 Order of business motion to change vote necessary 54 Bead papers motion to decided without debate 33 Eules motion to change or suspend vote necessary 44 Eules motion to change or suspend how submitted424546 Seconding of unnecessary 175 Special orders motion to make how substituted 42 Strike out and insert motion to not divisible 39 Unprivileged to lie on table 173 Withdrawn how 167 NEW MATTEES Call of counties by clerk 40 General bills limited to one a day 40 Information from executive department to lie on table 190 Motion unprivileged containing lie on table 173 Unanimous consents for 43 NOMINATIONS Laudatory remarks prohibited 28 OATHS Of clerk prescribed 170 Of members prescribed 138 OEDEE OF BUSINESS Changed how 44 45 Motion to change not debatable 46 Motion to change vote necessary 44 54 Priority of established 196 Eules committee to fix during last seven days 54 PAELIAMENTAEY LAW Applicable when 194 PETITIONS Considered when 166 Manner of presentation 168 PEEAMBLE Not considered until resolution perfected 101 Established 55 295 Rule No PREVIOUS QUESTION Adjourn motion not in order after affirmative votes on 71 Adjournment effect arrival hour of House acting under 61 Affirmative votes result 71727475 Applicable to what 1 76 Call of House not in order after ordered except when 77 Call for sustained motion to table in order 7Q Exhausted must be before matters of words excepted to decided 1 Precedence of motion 55 POSTPONE Applicable to what definite and indefinite 81 88 Committee of whole motion to definitely postpone not in order llt Debate motion to indefinitely postpone debatable but not amendable gQ Definitely postpone motion to amendable 85 Effect of affirmative action on motion to indefinitely postpone V 79 Effect of affirmative action on motion to postpone to time definite I 5 Effect of negative action 34 Indefinitely motion to when not applicable 8i Impossible day motion to postpone to treated how 86 Indefinitely motion to not renewable 82 Precedence of motion f PRIVILEGE Motion without to lie on table m Personal privilege 192 Questions of what constitutes PRIVILEGES OF FLOOR Who entitled to PRINTING OF BILLS When ordered 5 PROTESTS OF MEMBERS Procedure i 2i QUALIFYING PARAGRAPH u t at Not a divisible question 3g QUORUM Constitutional definition 296 Eule No BEADING OF PAPERS House determines by vote 33 RECONSIDERATION Amendments when reconsidered 113 Bills notice of motion when given 109 Bills notice not to be withdrawn when 110 Committee of whole motion in order 123 Effect of on bills 114 Main question ordered motion in order to reconsider 71 Motion in order but once on same subject matter Ill Motions when in order 112 REMONSTRANCES Manner of presentation 168 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Committees may report by bill or otherwise 169 Order of precedence of 53 ROLL CALL Explanation of votes on 32 Debate none during 30 How dispensed with H 133 Speaker may order when 15 RULES Motion to suspend or ehange decided without debate 46 Suspended or changed how 444546 RULES COMMITTEE Constituted and elected how 4 Effect of failure to report 45 Order of business fixed bv during last seven days 54 Report of in order when 109 Special orders and motions to suspend rules duty to report on 42 45 SALARIES Constitutional provision as to changing 162 SEATS Drawing for regulated 200 SERGEANTATARMS Call of House duty of 236 Messenger is exofficio 235 297 Rule No SIGNATURE OF SPEAKER AND CLERK When required 182 SILENCE Members to preserve when 19 SMOKING Prohibited i 24 SPEAKER Absence of Speaker pro tem to preside 7 Adjournment members to remain until Speaker retires 26 Appeals from decision of 891011 Appeals from decision of to be made at once 10 Appeals from decision of no debate when 9 Appointment of committees by 4198 Appointment of chairman of Committee of Whole 117 Appointment of Conference Committee 187 Attendance power to compel 135 Business priority of decided without debate 16 Chairman Committee of Wthole appointed by 117 Committees appointed by 4198 Committee of Whole may resolve House into when 115 Committee o fWhole assumes chair when 122 Committee of Whole receiving chairmans report 129 Committee of Whole right to take part in 125 Courtesy of members to at adjournment 26 Doorkeeper Speaker may suspend 12 Galleries may be cleared by 13 Interrogation of members conducted through 21 Irrelevant debate power to suspend I Members Speaker may name to preside 6 Members courtesy due by at adjournment 26 Method of stating question by 5 Quorum duty of when no quorum voting 14 15 Recognition of members decided by 3 Recognition of members for unanimous consent 43 Rules Committee Speaker exofficio member 4 Silence commanded by when 1 Suspension of officers 12 Vote Speaker required to when vy 2 298 Eule No SPEAKER PEO TEM Absence of Speaker duty to preside 7 Absence of Speaker duty to preside 7 elect j SPECIAL COMMITTEE Priority of motion to commit in 90 SPECIAL LAWS Notice required 263 Prohibited when 147 SUBJECTMATTER Bills to contain but one and expressed in title 145 SUBSTITUTE Amendment is og Bill perfected before substitute 96 Motion to table not in order 62 SUSPENSION OF RULES How accomplished 444546 TABLE MOTION TO Amendment or substitute motion to table not in order 62 Amendment motion to table not subject to 68 Application of what can be laid on table 69 Committee of whole motion not in order 119 Debate motion to table not debatable 68 Effect when motion to table prevails 64 Effect when motion to take from table prevails6365 Effect when motion to take from table prevails where measure tabled after roll call 66 Executive departtment information called from tabled one day 190 Main question motion to table in order after motion for previous question sustained 70 Main question motion to table not in order after House has voted that main question shall be now putS 70 Motion to take from when in order gg Previous question motion to table in order after call for sustained 70 Previous question motion to table not in order after main question ordered 70 Renewal of motions to table and take from when 67 Roll call motion riot in order until completion 66 299 Eule No TWOTHIRDS VOTE NEESSARY WHEN Amendments to Constitution 160 Constitution Convention 161 County Site changed or removed 159 Expulsion of members 155 Governors veto overridden 156157158 Prolongation of session 156 UNANIMOUS CONSENTS Limitation and regulation of 43 YEAS AND NAYS Adjournment effect when hour of arrives during vote by 61 Amendments to Constitution 160 Changing votes after call of 191 Committee of whole vote not taken by 119 Explanation of votes when vote taken by 32 Excuse from voting motion must be made before roll call begins 34 Journals to show when 140141142 Journal to show names not voting 174 Motion to table when in order when vote taken by 66 Required when 73140141142 Speaker may order when no quorum voting 15 300