Wm the library of the UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LV s I A 6 MANUAL of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of The State of Georsia 19551956 Compiled by BEN W FORTSON JR Secretary of State STATE OFFICERS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Marvin Griffin Governor Ben T Wiggins Executive Secretary Mrs Margaret M Hames Personal Secretary Miss Melba Griffin Receptionist LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR S Ernest Vandiver LieutenantGovernor SECRETARY OF STATE Ben W Fortson Jr Secretary of State Joe N Burton Assistant to the Secretary of State R C Coleman Joint Secretary State Examining Boards COMPTROLLERGENERAL Zack D Cravey ComptrollerGeneral Hubert McDonald Assistant Comptroller General F E Robinson State Fire Marshal LAW DEPARTMENT Eugene Cook Attorney General Assistant Attorneys General A J Hartley First Assistant Henry Grady Almand Jr Julian Bennett Robert Hall Douglas King E Freeman Leverett Paul Miller William L Norton Jr J R Parham Hamilton B Stephens Andrew J Tuten Deputy Assistant Attorneys General 1 Max Cheney Dudley Cook Bill Drafting Unit Frank H Edwards Deputy Director III LIBRARIES GE0RGL TREASURY DEPARTMENT George B Hamilton State Treasurer Horace Hixon Assistant State Treasurer EDUCATION State Department of M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools Dr Claude Purcell Assistant State Superintendent of Schools AGRICULTURE State Department of Phil Campbell Commissioner LABOR State Department of Ben T Huiet Commissioner W A Clyde Assistant Commissioner Marion Williamson Director Employment Security Agency PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Matt L McWhorter Chairman Allen Chappell ViceChairman James Perry Commissioner Walter McDonald Commissioner Crawford L Pilcher Commissioner A 0 Randall Executive Secretary AUDITING DEPARTMENT B E Thrasher Jr State Auditor and Assistant Budget Director BANKING DEPARTMENT State A P Persons Superintendent W M Jackson Assistant Superintendent REVENUE State Department of T V Williams Commissioner W Vaughn Rice Deputy Commissioner G Albert Dozier Director Sales Tax Unit MILITARY DEPARTMENT MGen George J Hearn Adjutant General BGen Charlie F Camp Assistant Adjutant General Army BGen Homer Flynn Assistant Adjutant General Air IV VETERANS SERVICE State Department of Peter Wheeler Director WORKMENS COMPENSATION BOARD Lawton W Griffin Chairman Arlie D Tucker Director W E Buckner Director Richard W Best SecretaryTreasurer ARCHIVES AND HISTORY Department of Mrs Mary Givens Bryan Director LIBRARY State Miss Jane Oliver State Librarian Miss Vera Jameson Administrative Assistant PUBLIC WELFARE State Department of Alan Kemper Director Phil Cawthon Assistant Director PURCHASING DEPARTMENT C Lawton Shaw Supervisor of Purchases W G Pearlman Assistant Supervisor of Purchases S F Skrine Purchasing Agent Roy L Butterworth Purchasing Agent Andrew Fite Purchasing Agent CONFEDERATE PENSIONS AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT Miss Lillian Henderson Director CORRECTIONS Department of Jack Forrester Director J B Hatchett Assistant Director Robert J Carter Chief Clerk PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD State Hugh Carney Chairman William H Kimbrough Member Mrs Rebecca L Garrett Member U BOARD OF REGENTS Dr Harmon W Caldwell Chancellor 0 M Gordon Brown Assistant Chancellor V John E Sims Assistant to the Chancellor on leave L R Seibert Executive Secretary James A Blissit Treasurer J H Dewberry Dir Plant Bus Operations PUBLIC HEALTH Department of Dr T F Sellers Director PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Col W C Dominy Director BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Georgia Maj Delmar Jones Director Lt B G Ragsdale Assistant Director in charge of Identification ENTOMOLOGY Department of C H Alden Director William E Blasingame Assistant Director STATE HIGHWAY BOARD W A Blasingame Chairman C Dixon Oxford Member John E Quillian Member Benton Odom Treasurer STATE PARKS Department of Roy Chalker Director John M Mann Assistant Director and Chief Engineer Mrs Marjorie E Murphey Executive SecretaryTreasurer MINES MINING AND GEOLOGY Department of Garland Peyton Director Dr A S Furcron Chief Geologist Dr Vernon Hurst Assistant Geologist FORESTRY COMMISSION Georgia H Guyton DeLoach Director L A Hargreaves Jr Assistant to the Director I H E Ruark Chief of Forest Fire Control W H McComb Chief of Forest Management George Bishop Assistant Director Administration VI MILK CONTROL BOARD State Charles G Duncan Chairman PERSONNEL BOARD State M Cook Barwick Stanley Brooks R M Walker Edwin L Swain Director State Merit System of Personnel Administration PHARMACY State Board of P D Horkan Chief Drug Inspector GEORGIA STATE MUSEUM of Science and Industry Annette McLean Director GAME AND FISH State Department of Fulton Lovell Director COMMERCE State Department of Scott Candler Secretary Nelson Shipp Assistant Secretary STATE CHEMIST C Reynolds Clark State Chemist Felton A McEntire Chief Staff Chemist R A Moncrief Chief Pesticides Inspector BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS William S Yeates Building Engineer VII UNITED STATES SENATORS Richard B Russell Winder Georgia Walter F George Vienna Georgia UNITED STATES CONGRESSMEN District 1 Prince H Preston 2 J L Pilcher 3 E L Tic Forrester 4 John J Flynt Jr 5 James C Davis 6 Carl Vinson 7 Henderson Lanham 8 Iris Faircloth Blitch 9 Phil M Landrum 10 Paul Brown Statesboro Meigs Leesburg Griffin Decatur Milledgeville Rome Homerville Jasper Elberton SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA Law Assistants W H Duckworth Chief Justice Robert H Brinson Jr Lee B Wyatt Presiding Justice T E Duncan Associate Justices J H Hawkins Bond Almand T Grady Head T S Candler Carlton Mobley Katharine C Bleckley Clerk Henry H Cobb Deputy Clerk Arthur H Codington Reporter Geo H Richter Assistant Reporter Lewis R Waddey Sheriff L Harold Glore Claude M Houser Maud Saunders Effie A Mahan A B Estes VIII COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA Law Assistants Jule W Felton Chief Judge M Roscoe Lowery B C Gardner Presiding Judge Mrs Gladys T Medlock Judges J M C Townsend Ira Carlisle Joseph Quillian H E Nichols William G England Clerk Mrs Alfredda John E Hogg Grady Almand Ben Estes Morgan Thomas Deputy Clerk Arthur H Codington Reporter Geo H Richter Assistant Reporter J I Guice Sheriff Wilkerson IX ALAPAHA CIRCUIT Edwin R Smith Judge Nashville Ben T Willoughby SolicitorGeneral Homerville ALBANY CIRCUIT Carl E Crow Judge Camilla Maston E ONeal SolicitorGeneral Bainbridge ATLANTA CIRCUIT E E Andrews Judge Atlanta Walter C Hendrix Judge Atlanta Virlyn B Moore Judge Atlanta Ralph Pharr Judge Atlanta Claude D Shaw Judge Atlanta George P Whitman Sr Judge Atlanta Jesse M Wood Judge Atlanta Paul Webb SolicitorGeneralAtlanta ATLANTIC CIRCUIT Melville Price Judge Ludowici Bruce D Dubberly SolicitorGeneralGlennville AUGUSTA CIRCUIT Grover C Anderson Judge Waynesboro F Frederick Kennedy JudgeAugusta George Hains SolicitorGeneral Augusta BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT Howell Brooke Judge Canton H Grady Vandiviere SolicitorGeneral Canton BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT Douglas F Thomas JudgeJesup W Glenn Thomas SolicitorGeneral Jesup X CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT T Hicks Fort Judge Columbus Russell C Davison Jr SolicitorGeneralColumbus CHEROKEE CIRCUIT James H Paschall Judge f Calhmin Erwin Mitchell SolicitorGeneral W Dalton COBB CIRCUIT James T Manning Judge Marietta Luther C Hames Jr SolicitorGeneralMarietta CORDELE CIRCUIT Wendell Horne Jr Judge Cordele Harvey L Jay SolicitorGeneralFitzgerald COWETA CIRCUIT Samuel J Boykin Judge Carrollton Wright Lipford SolicitorGeneralNewnan DUBLIN CIRCUIT Rufus I Stephens Judge Dublin W W Larsen Jr SolicitorGenerali Dublin EASTERN CIRCUIT David S Atkinson JudgeSavannah Edwin A McWhorter Judge Savannah Andrew J Ryan SolicitorGeneral Savannah FLINT CIRCUIT Thomas J Brown Jr Judge McDonough Hugh Dorsey Sosebee SolicitorGeneral Forsyth XI GRIFFIN CIRCUIT John H McGehee Judge Thomaston Andrew J Whalen Jr SolicitorGeneral Griffin LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT John W Davis Judge Summerville Earl B Bill Self SolicitorGeneralSummerville MACON CIRCUIT A M Anderson JudgePerry Oscar L Long Judge Macon William M West SolicitorGeneralMacon MIDDLE CIRCUIT Robert H Humphrey Judge Swainsboro W H Lanier SolicitorGeneral Metter MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT John E Frankum Judge Clarkesville Winston Owen SolicitorGeneral Toccoa NORTHEASTERN CIRCUIT G Fred Kelley Judge Gainesville Jeff Wayne SolicitorGeneral Gainesville NORTHERN CIRCUIT Clark Edwards Jr Judge1Elberton Carey Skelton SolicitorGeneralHartwell OCMULGEE CIRCUIT George S Carpenter Judge Milledgeville George D Lawrence SolicitorGeneralEatonton OCONEE CIRCUIT Eschol Graham Judge J McRae Roger H Lawson SolicitorGeneraliHawkinsville OGEECHEE CIRCUIT J L Renfroe Judge1 Statesboro Walton Usher SolicitorGeneralGuyton PATAULA CIRCUIT Walter I Geer Judgel Colquitt R A Patterson SolicitorGeneralCuthbert PIEDMONT CIRCUIT John C Houston Judge Lawrenceville Hope D Stark SolicitorGeneralLawrencevilile ROME CIRCUIT Mack G Hicks Judge Rome Chastine Parker SolicitorGeneralRome SOUTHERN CIRCUIT George R Lilly JudgeQuitman J B Edwards SolicitorGeneralThomasville SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT Cleveland Rees Judge Preston Charles Burgamy SolicitorGeneralAmericus STONE MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT Frank H Guess JudgeJDecatur Clarence R Vaughn Judge Conyers Roy C Leathers SolicitorGeneralDecatur XIII TALLAPOOSA CIRCUIT W A Foster Jr Judge Dallas Robert J Nolan SolicitorGeneraliDouglasville TIFTON CIRCUIT J Bowie Gray Judge Tifton W J Forehand SolicitorGeneraljSylvester TOOMBS CIRCUIT C J Perryman Judge Thomson J Cecil Davis SolicitorGeneral Warrenton WAYCROSS CIRCUIT Walter Thomas Judge Waycross J R Walker SolicitorGeneral Blackshear WESTERN CIRCUIT Carlisle Cobb JudgerAthens D Marshall Pollock SolicitorGeneralMonroe XIV BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ADVERTISING COMMISSION Georgia Nelson Shipp Chairman Herbert Bondurant Horace Caldwell Howard Callaway Flournoy Fiske Jesse Jewell Alfred Jones J J McDonough Harrell Perkins W S Stuckey C E Woolman AERONAUTIC ADVISORY BOARD James V Carmichael Carter Peterson Wallace B Sheffield Phil Spooner ALCOHOLISM Georgia Commission on Judge J Henry Howard Chairman Dr T F Sellers ViceChairman Mrs Myra Bonner Charlie Collins Elder W C Chandler Frank U Garrard Jr Charles B Methvin Paul Fraser Ex Director and Secretary ART COMMISSION for the State of Georgia Edward Allen Moulthrop Chairman Miss Thelma D Brownett Secretary D Collier Houston Alexander R Lawton Lamar Dodd XV ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION Fulton Lovell exofficio as Director Department of Game and Fish John P Drinkard exofficio as Legislator and member Ga Commission on Interstate Cooperation J B Miller BRIDGE BUILDING AUTHORITY State W A Blasingame Chairman exofficio as Chairman of the State Highway Board John J McLanahan ViceChairman Frank Binford CAPITOL SQUARE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE M D Collins Eugene Cook J M Forrester Ben T Huiet Charles D Redwine Dr T F Sellers B E Thrasher Jr Ernest Vandiver CIVIL DEFENSE ADVISORY COUNCIL Marvin Griffin Chairman exofficio as Governor James L Gillis B W Hughes Eugene Yawn Alan Kemper Dr Preston Sumner Eugene Cook John Brock Tom Linder Ben T Wiggins Warren DeBeaugrine Dr M D Collins Tom Daniel Jr 1st Congressional 2nd Congressional 3rd Congressional 4th Congressional 5th Congressional 6th Congressional 7th Congressional 8th Congressional 9th Congressional 10th Congressional District District District District District District District District District District XVI Guyton DeLoach Miss Dana Hudson W W Jefferson Edward E McGarity Dr T F Sellers J H Thompson George Wilson CLAIMS ADVISORY BOARD State W A Blasingame exofficio as Chairman State Highway Board Ben W Fortson Jr exofficio as Secretary of State Dr T F Sellers exofficio as Director Department of Public Health COMMERCE State Board of Emory L Butler Chairman Y F Geeslin Ben Jessup Hoke Peters CORRECTIONS State Board of L C Burns Chairman Walter B Morrison C O Nixon R W Rollins J B Stanley DEAF AND BLIND State School Building Authority for the Grady McSpadden Robert L Scoggin W M Weaver Jr EDUCATION State Board of H W Blount 1st Congressional District William T Bodenhamer 2nd Congressional District XVII Clarke W Duncan James S Peters George P Whitman Jr W H Lovett Henry A Stewart Sr Lonnie E Sweat Irwin R Kimsey Mrs Julius Y Talmadge 3rd Congressional District 4th Congressional District 5th Congressional District 6th Congressional District 7th Congressional District 8th Congressional District 9th Congressional District 10th Congressional District EDUCATION Georgia Commission on George Smith Frank Twitty Mrs Charles Crisp Harvey Cutts Miss Ira Jarrell Mark Smith Battle Hall W S Mann John Wood Roy Harris 1st Congressional District 2nd Congressional District 3rd Congressional District 4th Congressional District 5th Congressional District 6th Congressional District 7th Congressional District 8th Congressional District 9th Congressional District 10th Congressional District John Sammons Bell Representative Georgia Bar Association Exofficio members Governor Chairman Lieutenant Governor Attorney General State Superintendent of Schools State Auditor Speaker of the House Chancellor University of Georgia Chairman Board of Regents Chairman State Board of Education Chairman Judicial Council of Georgia EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND Board of Trustees Dr T F Abercrombie George B Culpepper Jr Ben T Huiet James D Robinson Jr Exofficio members State Insurance Commissioner State Auditor Director State Merit System XVIII EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCY Board of Review Frank A Constangy John Lytjen W 0 Purser ENGINEERING ADVISORY BOARD Lawrence W Robert Jr Chairman Roy J Boston Josiah N Eley Garland Peyton Alan G Stanford EUGENICS State Board of Alan Kemper exofficio as Director State Board of Social Security Dr T F Sellers exofficio as Director State Board of Health Dr Thomas G Peacock exofficio as Supertintendent Milledgeville State Hospital FACTORY FOR THE BLIND Advisory Board to Board Managers of Charlie Baggarly J D Cowart Jr Ralph Primm Roy Sewell Vaughn Terrell Dr P Lee Williams Exofficio members State Treasurer State Superintendent of Schools Director State Board of Social Security State Supervisor of Purchases Director Division of Vocational Rehab FOREST RESEARCH COUNCIL Georgia Wallace Adams Chairman Charles B West ViceChairman Mose Gordon J J Armstrong T E Kennedy Henry G Garrard H Guyton DeLoach SecretaryTreasurer exofficio as Director Georgia Forestry Commission FORESTRY COMMISSION State Henry O Cummings Charlie Jordan Jr Sam H Morgan K S Yarn GAME AND FISH COMMISSION State James F Darby Jr Richard Tift Cason J Callaway Jr J D Pope James Oliver Bowen George East William B Austin Alva J Hopkins Fred Jones Jr Luke Couch James A Goethe 1st Congressional District 2nd Congressional District 3rd Congressional District 4th Congressional District 5th Congressional District 6th Congressional District 7th Congressional District 8th Congressional District 9th Congressional District 10th Congressional District Coastal Counties GEORGIA CITIZENS COUNCIL James W Adams Steven Graham Bland Judge H W Bussey Rev Frank Craton Mrs Enda Duggan C H Edwards Miss Marion Faircloth Harold Gates James Griffin Herman Richard Kaminsky John Hood XX D E Massey J L Fritz Roberts Mrs Chester A Ryals H Jack Short D F Thomas Elmore C Thrash G Lee Watson Walter B Williams Sr HEALTH State Board of Dr J M Byne Jr Dr Aldwin Geo Funderburke Dr O C Brannen Dr Marvin Head Dr Harold P McDonald Dr A M Phillips Dr Fred H Simonton Dr C J Maloy Dr R L Rogers Chairman Dr Thomas W Goodwin Dr J B Butts Dr W W Webb Dr J G Williams Dr J M Hawley HERTY FOUNDATION Charles 1st Congressional District 2nd Congressional District 3rd Congressional District 4th Congressional District 5th Congressional District 6th Congressional District 7th Congressional District 8th Congressional District 9th Congressional District 10th Congressional District State at Large State at Large State at Large State at Large Wallace Adams Harley Langdale Jr John W Middleton Shelby Myrick Jr Frank C Underwood Jr HISTORICAL COMMISSION Georgia Joseph B Cumming Chairman Henry A Alexander Milton L Fleetwood A R Kelly Alexander A Lawrence C E Gregory Executive SecretaryDirector XXI HOSPITAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE H C Derrick Walter L Graefe J J McLanahan H Carson Smith Frank A Smith Dr Thomas Connor Miss Dana Hudson Dr R F Spanjer Dr J T McCall Dr H Dawson Allen Dr Julian Quattlebaum Dr Joseph C Read Arthur T Stewart Oscar Hilliard George E Linney HOSPITAL AUTHORITY State Marvin Griffin exofficio as Governor Eugene Cook exofficio as Attorney General B E Thrasher Jr exofficio as State Auditor HOUSING AUTHORITY State Marvin Griffin exofficio as Governor Zack D Cravey exofficio as ComptrollerGeneral George B Hamilton exofficio as State Treasurer JEKYLL ISLAND STATE PARK AUTHORITY D B Blalock Chairman Mike Benton ViceChairman H Gould Barrett J D Compton B J Tarbutton JUDICIAL COUNCIL Charles J Bloch Chairman W H Duckworth exofficio as Chief Justice Supreme Court XXII Judge T S Candler Judge T Hicks Fort Judge B C Gardner Judge C J Perryman Ernest Carlisle Tom Marshall Mrs Gertrude Harris Baxter Jones B D Murphy Roy Richards A S Skelton LITERATURE COMMISSION State W R Boswell Hubert L Dyar James P Wesberry LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Harry L Brown Thomas G Callaway Jr Jack B Ray Tom Steele Exofficio members Commissioner of Agriculture Director Agricultural Extension Service MEDICAL EDUCATION BOARD State Dr C L Howard Dr John W Mauldin Dr J Hubert Milford Exofficio members President Georgia Medical Association Immediate Past President Georgia Medical Association MILK CONTROL BOARD Charles G Duncan Chairman Sam G Bullock Producer Member Alvin L Lyons Store Member XXIII J H Kelly Consumer Member Mrs Henry P Russell Sr ProducerDistributor Member George A Sancken Dealer Member T H Resseau Producer Member OFFICE BUILDING AUTHORITY State Marvin Griffin Exofficio as Governor S Ernest Vandiver Exofficio as Lieutenant Governor Eugene Cook Exofficio as Attorney General B E Thrasher Jr Exofficio as State Auditor W H Duckworth Exofficio as Chief Justice Supreme Court of Georgia OIL AND GAS COMMISSION James D Pippin John Duncan Jr L B Harrell PARK AUTHORITY State Scott Candler Murray Milton Howard Douglas McCurdy PORTS AUTHORITY State William R Bowdoin Chmn M M Monroe R E Frankenfield Wingate Dykes W D Trippe D Leon Williams Atlanta Director Jack W Tumlin Traffic Manager PUBLIC SAFETY Department of W C Dominy Director Earl Hamrick XXIV D S Hudson Exofficio members Governor Comptroller General Attorney General Adjutant General Chmn State Highway Department RURAL ROADS AUTHORITY Georgia Willis Harden L A Lee Dixon Oxford David S Price Walter Williams SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY State Fred Hand Hatton Love joy E F Vickers Exofficio members State Superintendent of Schools Attorney General State Auditor Chairman State Board of Education SOCIAL SECURITY State Board of Alan Kemper Director Dr W K Smith 1st Robert Chastain 2nd Vacancy 3rd Norman Peacock 4th James Mann 5th Edgar M Lancaster 6th Lloyd Carpenter 7th J Nolan Wells 8th Marcus Mashburn 9th Henry G Garrard 10th Congressional Congressional Congressional Congressional Congressional Congressional Congressional Congressional Congressional Congressional SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE State Z P Almon J E Eubanks Jim L Gillis Jr District District District District District District District District District District XXV W F Hall 0 W Price n Exofficio members Commissioner of Agriculture director State Agricultural Extension Service Director Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station Experiment Ga Director Georgia Coastal Plains Experiment Station T if ton Ga State Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Service Dean State College of Agriculture Director Vocational Agriculture in Georgia SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION Board of Control for Dr 0 C Aderhold Dr Harmon W Caldwell Robert Chappelle Matthews STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Erie Cocke Jr Dr A W Davis Belmont Dennis Dr Richard Marvin Eubanks James L Gillis Paul Ginsburg Mrs Gertrude Harris Mrs Ralph Hobbs Jesse Jewell Mrs Robert Harrison Jones Jr Frank H Neely Kelsey Newington Flannery Pope Mrs S Y Stribling Jr Elbert Tuttle Horace Vandiver H L Wingate Mrs Y H Yarbrough TIDE WATER COMMISSION John Frank Browning Liberty County Member Roscoff Deal Bryan County Member Homer Edenfield Camden County Member XXVI E Way Highsmith Glynn County Member Paul Ploeger McIntosh County Member Vacancy Chatham County Member Exofficio members Director State Department of Game and Fish Chairman Senate Committee Game and Fish Chairman House Committee Game and Fish TOLL BRIDGE AUTHORITY Kenneth Dunwody Chmn Robert B Lee DeNean Stafford Exofficio members Attorney General State Revenue Commissioner Chairman Senate Finance Committee Chairman House Ways and Means Committee two members selected from Senate by Lieut Gov two members selected from House by Speaker of the House TURNPIKE AUTHORITY Georgia Dixon Oxford Chmn John A Thigpen VChmn George Stewart UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA Board of Regents Everett Williams John I Spooner Howard H Callaway Robert O Arnold Chairman David Rice Charles J Bloch C L Moss Francis Stubbs Sr Edgar B Dunlap Sr Roy V Harris Mrs Ada Moore Healey John J McDonough VChmn Freeman Strickland Frank D Foley 1st Congressional District 2nd Congressional District 3rd Congressional District 4th Congressional District 5th Congressional District 6th Congressional District 7th Congressional District 8th Congressional District 9th Congressional District 10th Congressional District State at Large State at Large State at Large State at Large XXVII Carey Williams State at Large Building Authority R H Driftmire George M Sparks Exofficio members Attorney General State Auditor Chairman Board of Regents VETERANS SERVICE State Board of Harrison Bray Blake Craft Robert A Griffin Allen Lumpkin Henson Chmn Henry A Moses Morris Perlman James R Wynn Jr VOCATIONAL TRADE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY Glenn W Ellard J W Lott Exofficio members State Superintendent of Schools Attorney General State Auditor WATERWAYS COMMISSION Georgia James W Woodruff Sr Chmn Clarence Campbell Savannah River Basin member Valene Bennett Altamaha River Basin member James F Mann Etowah River Basin member Leon H Baughman Chattahoochee River Basin member WORKMENS COMPENSATION MEDICAL BOARD Dr F Kells Boland Jr Toxicologist member Dr Hugh Hailey Dermatologist member Dr Marcus Mashburn Jr Internal Medicine Specialist member Dr J C Norris Pathologist member Dr Albert A Rayle Roentgenologist member XXVIII PROFESSIONAL EXAMINING BOARDS R C Coleman Joint Secretary 111 State Capitol Atlanta Georgia ACCOUNTANCY Georgia State Board of Mack H Barnes C R Bush Victor Markwalter C V Stanton W W Stribling ARCHITECTS State Board for Examination Qualification and Registration of Doyle L Harvey Zone 1 member Cletus W Bergen Zone 2 member William D Eve Zone 3 member W J Gregson Zone U member Joseph Cohen State at Large member BARBER and HAIRDRESSER EXAMINERS State Board of Mrs Frances N Crouch Luther Dillashaw Mrs L V Hall J H Parham Luther P Smith CHIROPODY EXAMINERS State Board of Dr Charles W Beasley Jr Dr William Bookhammer Dr H D Wilson CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS Georgia State Board of Dr J I Rose President Dr D M Livingston Dr W J Moore Dr George C Paulk Dr Mattie C Stephens George I Martin State Educational Officer XXIX DENTAL EXAMINERS OF GEORGIA Board of Dr Richard Lamar Gnann Dr Milton McNeil Dr C J May Dr M M Moreman Dr Otis Rackley Dr R W Tharpe Dr C A Yarbrough ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS Georgia State Board of Registration for Professional G V Carr Mose E Cox R S King A G Stanford Paul Weber FORESTERS State Board for Registration of B E Allen Guyton DeLoach Charles F Evans Harley Langdale Jr Archie E Patterson FUNERAL SERVICE Georgia State Board of S Herbert Elliott Robert L Harrison Sam G Lang III Cleve Mincy Gardner Watson J Cowan Whitley LIBRARIANS State Board for the Certification of Miss Sarah Hightower Miss Mildred Looney Miss Virginia Satterfield Miss Georgia Thomas Miss Beverly Wheatcroft Secretary and exofficio member XXX MEDICAL EXAMINERS OF GEORGIA State Board of Dr Grady N Coker Dr Fred Coleman Dr Albert M Deal Dr C G Giddings Dr R H McDonald Dr Q A Mulkey Dr J W Palmer Dr Alex Russell Dr Charles K Wall Dr L W Willis NATUROPATHIC EXAMINERS Board of Dr Frank F Dickens Dr John L McCallum Dr Joseph E Marshall Dr W P Mills NURSES OF GEORGIA State Board of Examiners for Registered Sister Mary Bonaventure RSM Mrs Mary V Hogan Mrs Lora Cope Johnson Miss Edna Emmaline McKie Miss Nancy E Sale NURSES OF GEORGIA Board of Examiners of Practical Mrs Hattie Barnard Mrs W P Burke Mrs Elizabeth Colquitt Mrs Nora Manning Mrs J M Stewart Advisory Board Dr Grady Coker Miss Dana Hudson Miss Sarah Nita Luke Mrs Lucille C Murphy XXXI Mrs S C Patterson A A Rosser Arthur T Stewart Jr OPTOMETRY Georgia State Board of Examiners in Dr Lamar A Brown Dr W R Gilbert Dr H J Godin Dr J H Spratling Jr Dr Harry Schreibman OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS Georgia State Board of Dr Frederick W Daniel Dr Robert K Glass Dr Harry E Huff Dr Hoyt B Trimble Dr Hassie H Trimble Jr PHARMACY Georgia State Board of Homer J Avera Asbury Q Baldwin B D Davis Jr T M McCleskey J B Woodcock PSYCHOLOGISTS State Board of Examiners of Dr Herman W Martin Dr Larry W Ross Dr Florence Young REAL ESTATE COMMISSION J C Bible Jr DuQuince Davis L C Pitts VETERINARY EXAMINERS Georgia State Board of Dr G Rayburn Bartlett Dr A B Davis Dr C W Leonard Dr C C Rife Dr T C Ross WARM AIR HEATING CONTRACTORS State Board of Examiners of Ed Copeland Lawrence F Kent John G Mauldin W Lee Mingledorf Jr Hoyt Raymond Jr XXXIII g 2 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL State Senate Numerically by Seat Number 1 Coffin 11th 2 Roop 37th 3 Blalock 36th 4 Ponsell 5th 5 Strickland 3rd 6 Zellner 22nd 7 Harper 26th 8 Ayers 31st 9 Matthews 47th 10 Warnell 2nd 111 Richardson 13th 12 Dews 9th 13 Overby 33rd 14 Millican 52nd 15 Turner 34th 16x Dean 40th 17 Neel 7th 18 Reynolds 8th 19 Garrett 53rd 20 i Ursrey 54th 21 Hollis 24th 22 Page 1st 23 Seagraves 30th 24 Morrison 15th 25 Brooks 50th 26 lx Wetherington 6th 27 Raulerson 46th 28 Davis 42nd 29 Jones 38th 30 Wilkins 44th 31 McDonald 43rd 32 Waters 41st 33 Wood 49th 34 Ricketson 19th 35 2 Jones 23rd 36 Jones 18th 37 i Clary 29th 38 Harrison 17th 39 Chance 51st 40 Mann 48th 41 Steis 25th 42 Shurling 21st 43 Lovett 16th 44 McBride 10th 45 Paulk 45th 46 Toms 12th 47 Harden 27th 48 Hopkins 4th 49 Parker 20th 50 Housley 32nd 51 Dykes 14th 52 Florence 39th 53 Lambert 28th 54 Kelly 35th Lt Gov S Ernest Vandiver President of Senate George D Stewart Sec of Senate LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 3 Seat Numbers of the Georgia State Senate 4 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL State Senate Alphabetically by Names Ayers 31st x 8 Blalock 36th I 3 Brooks 50th I25 Chance 51st 39 Clary 29th i37 Coffin 11th ti 1 Davis 42nd L28 Dean 40th 116 Dews 9th 12 Dykes 14th 51 Florence 39th 52 Garrett 53rd v19 Harden 27th 47 Harper 26th 7 Harrison 17th 38 Hollis 24th 21 Hopkins 4th 48 Housley 32nd 50 Jones 18th 36 Jones 23rd 35 Jones 38th 29 Kelly 35th54 Lambert 28th 1 53 Lovett 16th I43 Mann 48th 40 Matthews 47th 9 McBride 10th 44 McDonald 43rd 31 Millican 52nd 114 Morrison 15th 24 Neel 7th jW17 Overby 33rd 13 Page 1st i 22 Parker 20th 49 Paulk 45th kgt45 Ponsell 5th l 4 Raulerson 46th lui 27 Reynolds 8th 18 Richardson 13th i11 Ricketson 19th 34 Roop 37th 2 Seagraves 30th 123 Shurling 21st liri42 Steis 25th 41 Strickland 3rd 5 Toms 12th 446 Turner 34th 15 Ursrey 54th 20 Warnell 2nd 10 Waters 41st 32 Wetherington 6th 26 Wilkins 44th 30 Wood 49th 433 Zellner 22nd 6 LtGov S Ernest Vandiver President of Senate George D Stewart Sec of Senate LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 5 OFFICERS OF THE STATE SENATE TERM 1955 1956 PRESIDENT S ERNEST VANDIVER n Franklin County G EVERETT MILLIGAN Wi Fulton County GEORGE D STEWART Fulton County LAMONT SMITH Tattnall County ERIC HOLMES Fulton County REBECCA CAUSEYJ ANNE DUNCAN Fulton County Fulton County ZACK D CRAVEY TR Fulton County FRANK BLANKENSHIP Fulton County henry castleman Fulton County Lieutenant Governor President Pro Tem laSecretary Assistant Secretary cReading Clerk Journal Clerk jCalendar Clerk Messenger a Message Clerk Doorkeeper 6 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES WITH DISTRICTS AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 19551956 Senators District Post Office Ayers Dr C L 3lst Blalock D B 36th Brooks George B 50th 51st Clary Edgar D Jr 29th Coffin N C 11th Davis Jefferson L 42nd Dean W K 40th Dews Charles E 9th Dykes James M 14th Florence Glen 39th Garrett H R 53rd Harden Willis Neal 27th Harper E Girdean 26th Harrison Walter 17th 24th Hopkins Alva J Jr 4th Housley Arthur E 32nd Jones B M 38th Jones M Brinson 18th Jones W T 23rd Kelley Eugene 35th Lambert E Roy 28th Lovett W Herschel 4 16th Mann J W 48th Toccoa Newnan Crawford Danville Harlem Cuthbert Cartersville Young Harris Edison Cochran Douglasville Quitman Commerce Griffin Millen Columbus Folkston Dahlonega Dallas Wrens Roberta Monroe Madison Dublin Cordele LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 7 Senators District Post Office Matthews Dorsey R 47th Moultrie McBride James M 10th Leesburg McDonald C Ernest 43rd Dalton Millican G Everett 52nd Atlanta Morrison Walter B 15th Mount Vernon Neel Lawson 7th Thomasville Overby Howard T 33rd Gainesville Page Owen H Jr 1st Savannah Parker Arnold 20th Milledge ville Paulk Tillman 45th Ocilla Ponsell W K 5th Waycross Raulerson 0 W 46th Patterson Reynolds Reuben M 8th Bainbridge Richardson A Cullen 13th Montezuma Ricketson E Doughty 19th Warrenton Roop Marvin C v 37th Carrollton Seagraves A F 30th Hull Shurling Francis F 21st Wrightsville Steis William Burton hi 25th l Hamilton Strickland Joseph Barney 3rd Nahunta Toms Thomas 12th Georgetown Turner A Mell 34th Decatur Ursrey Lawton R 54th L Hazlehurst Warnell Chas F 2nd Groveland Waters Charles E 41st Ellijay Wetherington J L 6th Jasper Florida Wilkins John H 44th Trenton Wood T J 49th Bellville Zellner J Kimball 22nd Forsvth 8 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER WITH COUNTIES AND POST OFFICES First DistrictCHATHAM Effingham OWEN H PAGE JRJ VTlvrSavannah Second DistrictBRYAN McIntosh Liberty CHAS F WARNELL rTrGroveland Third DistrictBRANTLEY Wayne Long JOSEPH BARNEY STRICKLANDNahunta Fourth DistrictCHARLTON Glynn Camden ALVA J HOPKINS JRLUFolkston Fifth DistrictWARE Atkinson Clinch W K PONSELL l1LWaycross Sixth DistrictECHOLS Lowndes Lanier J L WETHERINGTONIJasper Florida Seventh DistrictTHOMAS Grady Mitchell LAWSON NEEL Thomasville Eighth DistrictDECATUR Seminole Miller REUBEN M REYNOLDS MraBainbridge Ninth DistrictCALHOUN Early Baker CHARLES E DEWS1Edison Tenth DistrictLEE Dougherty Worth JAMES M McBRIDE rTLLfLeesburg Eleventh DistrictRANDOLPH Terrell Clay N C COFFINCuthbert Twelfth DistrictQUITMAN Stewart Webster THOMAS TOMSGeorgetown LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 9 Thirteenth DistrictMACON Schley Sumter A CULLEN RICHARDSONMontezuma Fourteenth DistrictBLECKLEY Dooly Pulaski JAMES M DYKESJCochran Fifteenth DistrictMONTGOMERY Wheeler Toombs WALTER B MORRISON 40 Vernon Sixteenth DistrictLAURENS Treutlen Emanuel W HERSCHEL LOVETTffijgTA J O JgDnhlin Seventeenth DistrictJENKINS Screven Burke WALTER HARRISONMillen Eighteenth DistrictJEFFERSON Richmond Glascock M BRINSON JONES OOVC Wrpns Nineteenth DistrictWARREN Taliaferro Greene E DOUGHTY RICKETSONJHWarrenton Twentieth DistrictBALDWIN Hancock Washington ARN OLD PARKERMilledgeville TwentyFirst DistrictJOHNSON Jones Wilkinson FRANCIS F SHURLINGAJfiWrightsville TwentySecond DistrictMONROE Butts Lamar J KIMBALL ZELLNER HOOH O Forsyth TwentyThird DistrictCRAWFORD Peach Taylor W T JONESpgggSiiRoberta TwentyFourth DistrictMUSCOGEE Chattahoochee Marion HOWELL HOLLIS j 44 Lli 4Columbus TwentyFifth DistrictHARRIS Upson Talbot WILLIAM BURTON STEIS O Hamilton TwentySixth DistrictSPALDING Clayton Fayette E GIRDEAN HARPER i 3HJ5IA Griffin TwentySeventh DistrictJACKSON Barrow Oconee WILLIS NEAL HARDEN U i Commotvp 10 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL TwentyEighth DistrictMORGAN Jasper Putnam E ROY LAMBERTMadison TwentyNinth DistrictCOLUMBIA Lincoln McDuffie EDGAR D CLARY JRHarlem Thirtieth DistrictMADISON Elbert Hart A F SEAGRAVESHull ThirtyFirst DistrictSTEPHENS Habersham Franklin DR C L AYERSiToccoa ThirtySecond DistrictLUMPKIN Dawson White ARTHUR E HOUSLEYDahlonega ThirtyThird DistrictHALL Forsyth Banks HOWARD T OVERBY Gainesville ThirtyFourth DistrictDEKALB Gwinnett Rockdale A MELL TURNERJDecatur ThirtyFifth DistrictWALTON Henry Newton EUGENE KELLY Monroe ThirtySixth DistrictCOWETA Meriwether Pike D B BLALOCKNewnan ThirtySeventh DistrictCARROLL Troup Heard MARVIN C ROOP Carrollton ThirtyEighth DistrictPAULDING Haralson Polk B M JONES IsDallas ThirtyNinth DistrictDOUGLAS Cobb Cherokee GLEN FLORENCE Douglasville 7 Fortieth DistrictTOWNS Union Rabun W K DEANYoung Harris FortyFirst DistrictGILMER Pickens Fannin CHARLES E WATERSEllijay FortySecond DistrictBARTOW Chattooga Floyd JEFFERSON L DAVISCartersville LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 11 FortyThird DistrictWHITFIELD Gordon Murray C ERNEST McDonaldIDalton FortyFourth DistrictDADE Walker Catoosa JOHN H WILKINSTrenton FortyFifth DistrictIRWIN Ben Hill Telfair TILLMAN PAULKiOcilla FortySixth DistrictPIERCE Bacon Coffee O W RAULERSON1Patterson FortySeventh DistrictCOLQUITT Tift Turner DORSEY R MATTHEWSMoultrie FortyEighth DistrictCRISP Dodge Wilcox J W MANNCordele FortyNinth DistrictEVANS Bulloch Candler T J WOODBellville Fiftieth DistrictOGLETHORPE Clarke Wilkes GEORGE B BROOKS1Crawford FiftyFirst DistrictTWIGGS Houston Bibb HOMER L CHANCEDanville FiftySecond DistrictFULTON G EVERETT MILLICAN Atlanta FiftyThird DistrictBROOKS Berrien Cook H R GARRETT Quitman FiftyFourth DistrictJEFF DAVIS Tattnall Appling LAWTON R URSREY Hazlehurst mm mm ihT J JWDiaHiaiCI ri fyVwivi ioA VI4HTTAM H y lliii ifl I D n rN OTWA tVi STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE TERM 19551956 14 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE Shurling Chairman Mann Ursrey ViceChairman Matthews Zellner Secretary McBride Brooks McDonald Chance Parker Clary Paulk Harden Ponsell Hopkins Richardson Housley Ricketson Jones of the 18th Seagraves Kelly Warnell Lambert Wilkins Lovett AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE Kelly Chairman Hopkins McDonald ViceChairman Jones of the 38th Page Secretary Lambert Blalock Matthews Brooks Millican Coffin Roop Davis Steis Dean Waters Dews Wood Dykes Zellner APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Lovett Chairman Mann Dean ViceChairman Neel Ursrey Secretary Page Ayers Paulk Davis Raulerson Dews Reynolds Dykes Shurling Jones of the 38th Steis Jones of the 18th Strickland Jones of the 23rd Warnell Kelly Wood Lambert Zellner LEGISLATIVE MANUAL AUDITING COMMITTEE 15 Ursrey Chairman Brooks Roop ViceChairman Paulk Dean Secretary Wilkins AVIATION COMMITTEE Jones of the 23rd Chairman Housley Zellner ViceChairman Jones of the 18th Coffin Secretary Mann BANKS AND BANKING COMMITTEE Clary Chairman Lovett Shurling ViceChairman Parker Morrison Secretary Reynolds Blalock Roop Chance Steis Coffin Turner Davis Warnell Jones of the 23rd CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMITTEE Housley Chairman Roop Florence ViceChairman Toms Matthews Secretary Wood CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Reynolds Chairman Hopkins ViceChairman Mann Secretary Dean Florence Harper Jones of the 18th McBride McDonald Paulk Ponsell Richardson Strickland Toms Ursrey Warnell Waters Wetherington Zellner 16 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS COMMITTEE Dews Chairman Kelly ViceChairman Ricketson Secretary Chance Harrison Jones of the 38th Millican Neel Paulk Ponsell Reynolds Seagraves Strickland Toms Turner Warnell Waters Wetherington Wilkins Wood EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMITTEE McDonald Chairman Strickland ViceChairman Lovett Secretary Clary Davis Hopkins Housley Jones of the 18th Jones of the 23rd Kelly Matthews Millican Neel Page Raulerson Richardson Steis Watrs Zellner ENGROSSING AND Parker Chairman Toms ViceChairman Brooks Secretary ENROLLING COMMITTEE Matthews Ursrey Zellner FINANCE COMMITTEE Garrett Chairman Steis ViceChairman Parker Secretary Ayers Chance Clary Dykes Florence Harper Housley Mann Millican Morrison Richardson Roop Toms Wetherington Wilkins Wood Zellner LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 17 GAME AND FISH COMMITTEE Jones of the 38th Chairman Neel Hopkins ViceChairman Parker Toms Secretary Paulk Ayers Richardson Harden Seagraves Harrison Strickland Jones of the 18th Turner Kelly Ursrey Lambert Warnell McBride Wetherington McDonald Zellner GENERAL JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Hollis Chairman McDonald Dews ViceChairman Morrison Brooks Secretary Ricketson Hopkins Toms Lambert Ursrey HALLS AND ROOMS COMMITTEE Seagraves Chairman Paulk Dean ViceChairman Strickland Waters Secretary HIGHWAYS And PUBLIC ROADS COMMITTEE Dykes Chairman McDonald Dews ViceChairman Millican Waters Secretary Page Blalock Ponsell Brooks Raulerson Coffin Reynolds Garrett Richardson Hollis Ricketson Hopkins Seagraves Jones of the 18th Shurling Jones of th 23rd Turner Lambert Warnell Lovett Wetherington McBride Wilkins 18 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Neel Chairman McDonald Parker ViceChairman Millican Hollis Secretary Overby Coffin Page Davis Roop Harden Steis Harrison Turner INSURANCE COMMITTEE Harper Chairman Kelly ViceChairman Parker Secretary Brooks Chance Florence Harrison Jones of the 38th Ricketson Toms Turner Ursrey INTERSTATE COOPERATIVE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Lambert Chairman Lovett Hollis ViceChairman Overby Clary Secretary Ursrey JOURNALS COMMITTEE Steis Chairman Reynolds Florence ViceChairman Wood Housley Secretary MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Overby Chairman Hollis Jones of the 18th ViceChmn Hopkins Neel Secretary Lambert Dews Zellner Harden LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MINES AND MINING COMMITTEE 19 Dean Chairman Zellner ViceChairman Jones of the 38th Secretary Chance Housley Waters MOTOR VEHICLES COMMITTEE Morrison Chairman Ricketson ViceChairman Roop Secretary Jones of the 23rd Millican Parker Paulk Seagraves Turner Wetherington Wilkins MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Turner Chairman Page ViceChairman Ricketson Secretary Coffin Harrison Lovett McDonald Millican Raulerson Strickland Toms Wetherington PENAL INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE Blalock Chairman Jones of the 38th ViceChmn Parker Secretary Brooks Dews Harper Jones of the 18th Kelly Lambert McBride McDonald Morrison Paulk Ponsell Raulerson Seagraves Waters PENSIONS COMMITTEE Jones of the 23rd Chairman Matthews Florence ViceChairman Wilkins Warnell Secretary Wood Dean 20 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE Hopkins Chairman Housley Paulk ViceChairman Matthews Steis Secretary Ponsell Brooks Roop Chance Zellner Garrett PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE Ayers Chairman Mann ViceChairman Blalock Secretary Dean Garrett Harden Harrison Jones of the 38th Seagraves PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE Steis Chairman Hollis ViceChairman Blalock Secretary Garrett Harden Harrison McBride Parker Raulerson Reynolds Turner Zellner PUBLIC WELFARE COMMITTEE Harrison Chairman Strickland ViceChairman Mann Secretary Ayers Blalock Garrett Harper Lovett Parker Raulerson Richardson Wetherington Wilkins Wood LEGISLATIVE MANUAL RULES COMMITTEE Mr President Chairman McDonald Overby ViceChairman Millican Hollis Secretary Morrison Blalock Neel Brooks Page Clary Reynolds Davis Roop Dykes Shurling Hopkins Strickland Jones of the 18th Lovett Turner SPECIAL JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Davis Chairman Jones of the 38th Harper ViceChairman Parker Millican Secretary Dews Housley Paulk Turner STATE OF THE REPUBLIC COMMITTEE Harden Chairman Lovett Davis ViceChairman McBride Hollis Secretary McDonald Clary Morrison Coffin Overby Dean Page Dews Ponsell Dykes Reynolds Garrett Shurling Jones of the 23rd Steis TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE McBride Chairman Harrison ViceChairman Jones of the 23rd Secretary Harden Hollis Kelly Page Parker Seagraves 22 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL UNIFORM LAWS COMMITTEE Page Chairman Lambert McDonald ViceChairman Paulk Chance Secretary Ursrey UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA COMMITTEE Brooks Chairman Hollis Lambert ViceChairman Hopkins Harper Secretary Housley Ayers Kelly Blalock Morrison Chance Neel Clary Richardson Dykes Seagraves Florence Shurling Garrett Steis Harden VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Ricketson Chairman Lambert Mann ViceChairman Millican Jones of the 18th Secretary Morrison Ayers Neel Dews Steis Harden WESTERN ATLANTIC Richardson Chairman Waters ViceChairman Wetherington Secretary Dews RAILROAD COMMITTEE Paulk Raulerson Reynolds Seagraves LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 25 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 the President shall not vote unless the Senate shall be equally divided 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 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 but no longer Discretion of 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 President President may name Senator to preside 26 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Duty of Secretary when President absent 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 j 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 When no debate on appeals Rule 8 On all appeals on questions of order of a personal character there shall be no debate Appeals to be made at once 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 Power of President to suspend subordinate officers 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 When President may order galleries and lobbies cleared Rule 11 The President shall have power to j 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 and brought before the bar of the Senate to be dealt with for contempt of the Senate No quorum voting duty of President Rule 12 When less than a quorum vote on any subject under consideration by the Senate LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 27 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 rise from his seat and respectfully address himself to Mr President He shall be confined to matter in debate shall speak not more than twice on any subject nor more than once until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken During all sessions all individual speeches on bills and resolutions shall be limited to thirty minutes unless extended by a majority of a quorum and on all points of personal privileges shall be limited to ten minutes If any Senator in speaking or otherwise trangress 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 the decision of the Senate be not submitted to the delinquent for the first offense When President may order vote taken by yeas and nays Decision on questions of priority Conduct of Senators debate Appeals 28 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Expulsion See Rule 17 shall be reproved for the second 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 yeas and nays Exception to Words spoken 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 questions 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 Silence Rule 17 The members of the Senate shall forbear from private conversation and preserve silence until a speaking Senator shall have taken his seat Mode of designating Senators Rule 18 The Senators shall avoid naming each other when they may have occasion to take notice of their observations but may designate them by the districts they represent Shall not vote when interested in result Rule 19 No Senator shall vote upon any question in the result of which he is personally LEGISLATIVE MANUAL I interested and in every case where the seat of I a Senator is being contested the sitting Senator I and the contestant shall both retire from the I Senate before the vote is taken Rule 20 Any Senator may have entered on I the Journal a protest in writing against the action of the Senate said protest shall clearly and I succinctly set forth the grounds of such protest and shall not be argumentative nor arraign nor I impugn the motive of the Senate nor any mem bers thereof Rule 21 No Senator shall address the Senate J nor interrogate a Senator who is speaking exI cept through the President and if the Senator I speaking declines to be interrupted the PresiI dent shall cause the Senator desiring to interro gate him to be silent Rule 22 No Senator shall pass between the I Chair and a Senator while he is speaking nor I shall any Senator at the time of adjournment leave his seat until the President retires Rule 23 No Senator shall in debate refer to I any private conversation had with another SenaI tor or to any matters which have transpired in I any committee or in the House except as to the I filial action taken by the House in any pending matter Rule 24 In nominating candidates for any I office no laudatory remarks shall be allowed nor shall any other candidate be disparaged I Rule 25 Applause or hisses in the Senate I 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 Restrictions in debate Applause and hisses forbidden 30 No debate during yeas and nays Only one motion be made at a time Explana tion Reading of papers Motion to excuse when made Excuses from voting LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 26 During the calling or reading of yeas and nays on any question no debate shall be had Rule 27 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 28 On all questions except such as are not debatable any Senator on the call of the yeas 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 yeas 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 29 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 30 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 31 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL DIVISION OF A QUESTION Rule 32 Any one Senator may call for a division of the question on a subject in which the sense thereof will admit of it Rule 33 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 34 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 35 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 36 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 matter of course and without de Call for division Division bow made Bills and resolutions called in order Proviso What motions to be in writing Question on first reading LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 32 Effect of favorable report of committee Adverse report of committee Bills when withdrawn bate commit the same to the proper committee unless otherwise ordered by the Senate In case of engrossment of any bill or other matter the entry thereof shall be made by the Secretary and the bill or other matter shall not be amendable thereafter unless subsequently committed Rule 37 Where the report of a committee is favorable to the passage of a bill etc the same shah 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 in order to have a second reading thereof any Senator may at the time such report is made give notice of intention to move at the proper time to disagree to such adverse committee report when the question shall be upon 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 Reports of Rule 38 When a bill etc favorably reported order of668 by a committee is on its third or last reading if action the report of the committee is disagreed to by the Senate the bill or measures shall be lost unless the action of the Senate in disagreeing to the committee report is reconsidered within the proper time Rule 39 The President shall not recognize any Senator at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to place any general bill LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 33 on its passage out of its regular order Neither shall he recognize any request for unanimous consent for the introduction of new matter or to read any bill or resolution the second time or to place any local bill or resolution on its passage except during the first thirty minutes after the confirmation of the Journal The President shall entertain but one unanimous consent at any one time Rule 40 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 41 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 case of bills the caption of the bill shall also be indorsed on the same All bills and resolutions having the force and effect of law shall when introduced have attached an exact copy and said copy shall be retained by the Secretary subject to use as information but the original bill or resolution shall be for the exclusive use of the Senate and the committee to which it is assigned and shall be the official bill or resolution of the Senate and shall not be subject to any other use Rule 42 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 Bills and resolutions to be in writing How indorsed Bills when printed Rule 42A During all sessions of the General 34 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Bill when printed all sessions Assembly all bills and resolutions having the 1 effect of law except purely local bills shall up 1 on being reported back to the Senate with recoin j mendation that the bill or resolution do pass be 1 printed or mimeographed and a copy placed upon 1 each Senators desk at least one hour before 1 such bill or resolution shall be read a third time 1 Transmission to House by majority vote Rule 43 No bill or resolution shall be trans 1 mitted to the House on the day of passage there 1 of unless a majority of the Senators present shall 1 so order Rule 44 The Committee on Rules during the 1 last fifteen legislative days of each session shall 1 arrange and fix the calendar of business for each 1 day and such calendar of business shall be a 1 standing and continuing special order during said 1 period and no matter shall be taken up or acted on otherwise than in the order and manner fixed 1 by such calendar except by a threefourths vote 1 of those present Order of precedence PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS Rule 45 When any subject is before the Sen I ate for consideration or under debate no mo 1 tion shall be received except the following to 1 wit 1st A motion to adjourn 2nd A motion to lay on table 3rd A motion for the previous question 4th A motion to postpone indefinitely 5th A motion to postpone to a day certain LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 35 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 46 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 be amended Rule 47 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 48 The motion to adjourn can be made at any time when the Senator moving it can legitimately obtain the floor Rule 49 A motion to adjourn 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 adjourn is in order nor shall any motion to adjourn be in order after the Secretary has called the first name of the ayes 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 50 When a motion to adjourn in its simple form prevails it adjourns the Senate to the next sitting day or time in course Not debatable when may be renewed Amendment When debatable When made When not in order Effect of adjournment 36 Hours of adjournment What business postponed Amendment or substitute cannot be laid on table How matters may be taken from table When renewed Not debatable or amendable What can be tabled LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 51 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 Sen I ate is acting on the main question after a motion for the previous question has been sus I tained 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 52 No motion to lay an amendment or I substitute on the table shall be in order Rule 53 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 I to lie on the table and when so taken from the I table it is thereby restored to its appropriate place on the calendar Rule 54 A motion to lay on the table or to take from the table can be renewed from I time to time when new business has intervened j between the votes Rule 55 Neither the motion to lay on the table nor the motion to take from the table is I debatable or amendable Rule 56 Nothing can be legitimately laid on I the table excepting what can be taken up again I LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 37 Rule 57 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 58 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 Shall the main question be now put is decided in the affirmative and after said last question is affirmatively decided by a majority 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 59 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 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 twenty minutes before the time allowed to the committee for closing the debate When in order Effect of previous question Twenty minutes debate allowed 38 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 under this rule Vote how taken Yeas sod Rule 60 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 Onefifth necessary 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 Effect of main question being ordered Rule 61 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 Reconsideration when in order Rule 62 After the main question has been ordered a motion to reconsider this action will if 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 Contested elections Rule 63 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 members of said committee whose name is first signed to said minority re LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 39 port 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 64 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 65 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 66 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 67 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 68 The motion to indefinitely postpone lays open the whole question for debate but it cannot be amended Rule 69 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 How called and ordered Call of the Senate when in order Questions of order Effect Not amendable When cannot be applied 40 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 Not renewed Rule 70 No motion to indefinitely postpone shall be renewed on any bill resolution or other measure after the same has once been voted down Debate when and how allowed MOTION TO POSTPONE TO A DAY CERTAIN Rule 71 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 72 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 MOTION TO COMMIT Rule 73 Motions to commit may be made to refer a bill resolution or other measure to a standing or special committee Precedence of Rule 74 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 41 Rule 75 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 76 A motion to commit may be amended by adding instructions or by substituting another committee for the one named by the Senator making the motion Rule 77 Any proposition that has been referred to any committee either standing or special may on motion be recommitted to the same or any other committee by a majority of a quorum MOTION TO AMEND Rule 78 There are three ways in which a proposition may be amended towit 1st By inserting or adding words 2nd By striking out words 3rd 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 Any irrelevant amendment or amendment obviously offered for the purpose of delay shall be ruled out of ordbr by the President Rule 79 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 When debatable How amended Motion to recommit Amendments how made Bill first perfected then the substitute 42 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL When too late to amend 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 Shall this bill pass or resolution be adopted as the case may be by substitute Rule 80 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 recon 1 sidered Must be in writing Rule 81 All motions to amend any matter 1 before the Senate must be in writing and must 1 plainly and distinctly set forth the amendment 1 desired and the part of the bill or resolution 1 where said amendment shall be inserted or added 1 Priority Rule 82 On all questions whether in com 1 mittee or in the Senate the last amendment the 1 most distant day and the largest sum shall be 1 first put Blanks Rule 83 Where blanks occur in any proposi 1 tion they must be filled first before any motion 1 is made to amend Caption when amended Rule 84 The caption or preamble of a bill 1 or resolution shall not be considered or amended 1 until the measure has been perfected Amending by sections Rule 85 When a proposition consisting of 1 several sections or resolutions is on a final read 1 ing and the Senate shall agree to a motion to 1 consider the same by sections or paragraphs the 1 Secretary in reading the same shall pause at 1 the end of each section or resolution and the 1 amendments thereto shall be offered as the sev 1 eral sections or resolutions are read but the 1 amendments offered by the committee to whom 1 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 43 said bill or resolution was 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 86 When a motion is made to amend by I striking out and inserting the Secretary shall I read the paragraph as it is then the words to be I stricken out and finally the whole paragraph I as it would be if amended Rule 87 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 is put for striking it out Rule 88 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 89 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 90 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 Amendments by striking out and inserting Priority of amendment to perfect Amending House amendments See Rule 129 Priority Priority of questions on House amendments 44 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 2nd A motion to disagree to the House amendment 3rd 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 Motion to reconsider RECONSIDERATION Rule 91 When the Journal of the preceding day shall be read it shall be in the power of any Senator to move for reconsideration of any matter therein contained except such matter that 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 Shall not be withdrawn when Rule 92 The notice of a motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn after the time has elapsed within which it might originally have been made When there may be one reconsideration Rule 93 No matter shall be reconsidered more than once When in order Rule 94 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 45 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 95 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 96 All bills reconsidered shall take their place at the foot of the calendar of bills then in order for a third reading ABSENTEES Rule 97 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 98 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 99 The power to compel the attendance of Senators in order to keep or secure a quorum shall be 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 Amendments when reconsidered Place on calendar Morning rollcall dispensed with by majority vote Names of absentees noted Sergeantatarms Power to compel attendance 46 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL and bring them before the Senate when necessary to secure a quorum as aforesaid Call how ordered CALL OF THE SENATE Rule 100 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 mo Subsequent proceedings tion is made the President shall state the question as follows Shall the motion 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 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 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 Messages MISCELLANEOUS RULES Rule 101 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 Messages when received and considered Rule 102 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 47 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 103 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 104 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 105 Any motion to suspend the rules or change the order of business shall be decided without debate Rule 106 Any motion not privileged containing new matters shall lie at least one day on the table Rule 107 Whenever on any question the yeas and nays shall have been ordered the Secretary shall also enter on the Journal the names of those members not voting Rule 108 Where a motion is made by any Senator it shall not be necessary that the same shall be seconded before being put to the Senate Rule 109 After the announcement of the standing committees no other Senators shall be placed thereon unless it be at the request of a Motions Petitions memorials etc No Debate Motions not privileged Record Not necessary to second motion Committees how and when enlarged 48 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Privileges of the floor Duty of Committee on Journals majority of the committee to be added thereto I except when Senators have been elected to fill I vacancies caused by death or otherwise the Presi I I i dent may assign said Senators to such commit I tees as he may see fit and he may fill any va I cancy in chairmanships Is 1 Rule 110 No person shall be allowed to enter I upon the floor of the Senate except the Senators I g and officers of the Senate the officers and mem 11 bers of the House the President of the United I States and Cabinet members the Governor of I the State and the heads of the offices of the I Executive Department exGovernors Judges of I the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals in ac IU tual commission expresiding officers of the I Senate and House members of Congress from I Georgia Governors and members of the Legis I lature of any State of the United States mem I bers of the press actually reporting legislative I proceedings and such others as the Senate may I allow upon recommendation of the Committee I on Rules but the privilege of the floor shall be I extended to no person for a period longer than I two days and not more than twice during any 11 j session 1 Rule 111 It shall be the duty of the commit I j tee on Journals to read the Journal of each days I proceedings and report to the Senate that the I same is correct before the Journal is read by II the Secretary II Adjourn ment Rule 112 The hours of the morning sessions I of the Senate shall be from 10 oclock A M to 11 i one oclock P M when the Senate shall stand I adjourned until ten oclock A M of the next I 1 succeeding day Sundays excepted unless other I 1 wise ordered by the Senate 11 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 49 IRule 113 A motion for the call of the yeas J and nays shall be decided without debate Rule 114 All writs warrants subpoenas issued by order of the Senate shall be signed by the J President and attested by the Secretary Rule 115 It shall be the duty of the MessenI ger to attend to the wants of the Senate while in session to aid in the enforcement of order un der the direction of the President and to exe cute the demands of the Senate from time to I time together with all such processes issued unI der its authority as may be directed to him by the President Rule 116 The Messenger under the direction I of the Secretary shall superintend the distribu tion by the Pages of all documents and papers to I be distributed to the members he shall distribute I to the members the usual and necessary station ery required by them Rule 117 No committee shall deface or inter line a bill resolution or other paper referred to said committee but shall report any amendments recommended on separate paper noting the sec tion page or line to which said amendments relate Rule 118 No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed as an excuse for not votI ing Rule 119 Whenever any Senator moves that a Committee of Conference on disagreeing votes I of the two Houses naming the number of mem bers be appointed if said motion prevails the I President shall appoint a committee on the part of the Senate and in such case the committee shall consist only of such Senators as voted in Motion for yeas and nays not debatable Signature of President and Secretary Duty of Messenger Messengers duty in distributing documents etc Interlineation forbidden Pairing Committees of Conference 50 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Amendments 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 Rule 120 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 Free debate Rule 121 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 Motion Rule 122 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 on order Majority and minority reports Rule 123 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 What motions lie on table Rule 124 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 Changing votes Rule 125 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 51 II shall be permitted to change his vote unless he at that time declares that he voted under a mistake j of the question Rule 126 Questions of the privilege shall be Bn first those affecting the rights of the Senate collectively its safety dignity and the integrity of its proceedings second the rights reputation I 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 127 In all elections a majority of the I Senators present shall be necessary to a choice Rule 128 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 129 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 130 The first and second reading of local bills shall consist of the reading of the titles only unless said bill is ordered engrossed Questions of privilege Elections Appropriating money yeas and nays called and recorded Must originate in House of Representatives Amendment to Constitution entered in full in journals Caption or title only to be read in local bills LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 52 Secretary to take oath and give bond Oath of enrolling and engrossing Clerks Must be examined by Engrossing and Enrolling Committee and be recommended by it as competent Secretary must enter on journals proceedings of joint sessions Rule 131 The Secretary and Assistant Secre I tary shall before entering on their duties as I such take an oath before their presiding officer I to discharge their duties faithfully and to the best of their skill and knowledge and the Sec I retary shall enter into bond in the sum of 5 I 000 conditioned for faithful discharge of his I duties Said bond to be approved by President I of the Senate Rule 132 All engrossing and enrolling clerks I before entering upon the discharge of their res I pective duties shall take an oath before the I President of the Senate to discharge their duties I faithfully and to the best of their skill and know I ledge of which a minute shall be made and I entered on the Journals and no journalizing re I cording enrolling or engrossing clerk shall be I appointed by the Secretary of the Senate until I such clerk has been examined by the Engrossing I and Enrolling Committee and certified to be I competent and well qualified for the discharge I of the duties required of him and shall be re I moved at any time upon recommendation of the Engrossing and Enrolling Committee Rule 133 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL COMMITTEES Rule 134 The President shall appoint the following standing committees Committee on Agriculture Committee on Amendments to Constitution Committee on Appropriations Committee on Auditing Committee on Aviation Committee on Banks and Banking Committee on Congressional and Legislative Reapportionment Committee on Conservation Committee on Counties and County Matters Committee on Education and Public Schools Committee on Engrossing and Enrolling Committee on Finance Committee on Game and Fish Committee on General Judiciary Committee on Halls and Rooms Committee on Highways and Public Roads Committee on Industrial Relations Committee on Insurance Committee on Interstate Cooperative Council of State Government Committee on Journals Committee on Military Affairs Committee on Mines and Mining Committee on Motor Vehicles Committee on Municipal Government Committee on Penal Institutions Committee on Pensions Committee on Privileges and Elections 54 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Committee on Public Health Committee on Public Utilities Committee on Public Welfare Committee on Rules Committee on Special Judiciary Committee on State of the Republic Committee on Temperance Committee on Uniform Laws Committee on University System of Georgia Committee on Veteran Affairs Committee on Western and Atlantic Railroad The Chairman and ViceChairman of the Committee on Appropriations shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Finance and the Chairman and ViceChairman of the Committee on Finance shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Appropriations That the President of the Senate be an exofficio member of all standing committees of the Senate but shall have no voe as an exofficio member except on the Committee on Rules of which he is chairman LEGISLATIVE MANUAL ORDER OF BUSINESS Rule 135 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 Confirmations 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 reported 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 136 The report of the Committee on Rules shall be in order at any time and mes LEGISLATIVE MANUAL sages from the Governor or from the House of Reprsentatives may be received under any order of business Rule 137 No change of or addition to these rules shall be made unless such proposed change or addition be submitted in writing and referred to the Committee on Rules and reported back to the Senate Rule 138 The rules of the Senate shall in no case 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 139 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 140 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 57 CONSTITUTIONAL RULES Rule 141 The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate Art 5 Sec 1 Par 7 Rule 142 A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to transact business but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the presence of its absent members as each House may provide Art 3 Sec 4 Par 4 Rule 143 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 interest and prosperity of this State Art 3 Sec 4 Par 5 Rule 144 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 appear on the Journal Art 3 Sec 7 Par 14 j Rule 145 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 Lt Governor to be President of Senate What is a quorum Compelling attendance Oath of members Majority required to pass bill Yeas and nays order by onefifth of members 58 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Bill or resolutions appropriating money must pass by yeas and nays Rule 146 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays in each House are recorded Art 3 Sec 7 Par 12 Constitutional twothirds vote taken by yeas and nays Rule 147 Whenever the Constitution requires a vote of twothirds of either or both Houses for 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 19 Revenue bills Rule 148 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 shall consist of the reading of the title only unless said bill is ordered to be engrossed Art 3 Sec 7 Par 7 Reading of bills Rule 149 All bills for raising revenue or appropriating money shall originate in the House of Representatives but the Senate may propose or concur in amendment as in other bills Art 3 Sec 7 Par 10 One subject matter etc Rule 150 No law shall pass which refers to more than one subject matter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof Art 3 Sec 7 Par 8 An amendment to laws and sections of Code Rule 151 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 59 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 16 Rule 152 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 Art 1 Sec 4 Par 1 Rule 153 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 trust 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 charter shall be granted Art 3 Sec 7 Par 17 General Laws how varied Consent and when required Corpora tions Power delegated to courts 60 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Relief of recognizance What the general appropriation bill shall contain Other appropriations by separate bills Adjourn ment Elections Rule 154 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 Art 3 Sec 7 Par 18 Rule 155 The General Appropriations bill shall embrace nothing except appropriation 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 156 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 22 Rule 157 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 61 President of the Senate shall in such cases preside and declare result Art 3 Sec 10 Par 1 Rule 158 All acts shall be signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and no bill 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 Rule 159 Meeting of the General Assembly The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Monday in January 1947 and biennially thereafter on the same day until the date shall be changed by lawBy concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of members elected to both Houses the General Assembly may adjourn any regular session to such later date as it may fix for reconvening in regular session but shall remain in regular session no longer than seventy 70 days in the aggregate during the term for which the members were elected If it shall adjourn the first regular session before the expiration of seventy 70 days without fixing a date for reconvening the General Assembly shall reconvene in regular session on the second Monday in January of the next year unless it shall have adjourned sine die All business pending in the Senate or House at the adjournment of any regular session may be considered at any later regular session of the same General Assembly as if there had been no adjournment Nothing herein shall be construed Rejected bills again considered by a twothirds vote 62 Elections disorderly conduct Expulsion by twothirds vote LEGISLATIVE MANUAL to effect the power of the Governor to convoke I the General Assembly in extraordinary session I or the duty of the Governor to convene the Gen I eral Assembly in extraordinary session upon the I certificate of threefifths of the members elected I to the Senate and the House of Representatives I as provided in Article V Section I Paragraph I XII of this Constitution If an impeachment I trial is pending at the end of any regular or I extraordinary session the Senate may continue I in session until such trial is completed The pro I visions of Paragraph III Section IV of Article I III of the Constitution which this Constitution I supersedes which apply to the meetings of the I General Assembly shall continue in force until I the second Monday in January 1947 Art 3 Sec 4 Par 3 Rule 160 Each House shall be the judge of I the election returns and qualifications of its mem I bers and shall have the power to punish them I for disorderly behavior or misconduct by cen I sure fine or imprisonment or expulsion but no I member shall be expelled except by a vote of I twothirds of the House to which he belongs Art 3 Sec 7 Par 1 Signature of Governor when required Rule 161 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 to submit constitutional amendments and in case of prolongation of a session of the General Assembly Art 3 Sec 7 Par 21 Governors Rule 162 The Governor shall have the revi veto sion of all bills passed by the General Assembly LEGISLATIVE MANUAL I 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 I returned by the Governor within five days SunI day excepted after it has been presented to I him the same shall be a law unless the General I Assembly by their adjournment shall prevent its I return He may approve any appropriation and I disapprove any other appropriation in the same I bill and the latter shall not be effectual unless I passed by twothirds of each House Art 5 Sec 1 Par 15 Rule 163 Every vote resolution or order to I which the concurrence of both houses may be I necessary except on a question of election or I adjournment shall be presented to the Governor I and before it shall take effect be approved by I him or being disapproved shall be repassed by I twothirds of each house provided however that I nothing contained in this Article shall be conI strued to confer on the Governor the right to I veto or enter his disapproval of any proposal I made by the General Assembly to amend this I Constitution Art 5 Sec 1 Par 16 Rule 164 No county site shall be changed or I removed except by a twothirds vote of the qualified voters of the county voting at an election held for that purpose and by a majority vote of the General Assembly Art 11 Sec 1 Par 9 Rule 165 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 Effect of twothirds vote thereon When Governor must approve Effect of twothirds vote Twothirds vote required Twothirds vote required on amendments to Constitution 64 LEGISLATIVE MANUA Twothirds vote required to call a convention How called 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 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 at which election members of the General Assembly are chosen and if such proposed amendment directly affects only one or more political subdivisions of the State then it shall also be advertised in the area to be directly affected thereby 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 provided that if the proposed amendment is not one that directly affects the whole State but only one or more subdivisions thereof said amendment shall not become a part of this Constitution unless it receive both a majority of the electors qualified to vote voting thereon in the State as a whole and also a majority of the electors qualified to vote voting thereon in the particular subdivision or subdivisions affected 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 166 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 members of each House of the General Assembly The rep LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 65 resentation in said convention shall be based on population as near as practicable This Constitution shall not be revised amended or changed by the Convention until the proposed revision amendment or change has been submitted and ratified by the people in the manner provided for submission and ratification of amendments proposed by the General Assembly Art 13 Sec 1 Par 2 Rule 167 The Justices of the Supreme Court each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 8000 per annum the judges of the Court of Appeals each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 8000 per annum the Judges of the Superior Courts each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 6000 per annum and the Solicitors General shall each have out of the treasury of the State a salary of 25000 per annum with the right of the General Assembly to authorize any county to supplement the salary of a judge of the Superior Court and Solicitor General of the Juicial Circuit in which such county lies out of county funds provided however where such salary is at the time of the adoption of this Constitution being supplemented out of county funds under existing laws such laws shall remain in force until altered by the General Assembly Provided further that the Board of County Commissioners of Richmond County or the Ordinary or such other board or person as may from time to time have charge of the fiscal affairs of said county shall without further legislative action continue to supplement from said Countys treasury the salary of the Judge of Superior Court of the circuit of which the said County of Richmond is a part by the sum of Two Thousand 2000 Dollars per annum which shall be in addition to the amount received by said judge out Salaries of judges 66 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL May be changed by a majority vote of the State treasury 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 during his present or subsequent terms as well as to his successors with the authority in the General Assembly to increase such salary from the County treasury as above provided 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 solicitor general in any particular judicial circuit and in lieu thereof to prescribe a salary for such office without regard to the uniformity of such salaries in the various circuits and shall have further power to determine what disposition shall be made of the fines forfeitures and fees accruing to the office of solicitor general in any such judicial circuit where the fees are abolished and likewise shall have the further power if it so desires to abolish such salary and reestablish such fees but in either event when so changed the change shall not become effective until the end of the term to which the solicitor general was elected Art 6 Sec 12 Pars 1 and 2 Evidence of notice of local and special bills must be submitted before passage of same Rule 168 No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the newspaper in which the Sheriffs advertisements for the locality affected are published once a week for three weeks during a period of sixty days immediately preceding its introduction into the General Assembly No local or special bill shall become law unless there is attached to and made a part of said bill a copy of said notice certified by the publisher or accompanied by an affidavit of the author to the effect that said notice has LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 67 been published as provided by law No office to which a person has been elected shall be abolished nor the term of the office shortened or lengthened by local or special bill during the term for which such person was elected unless the same be approved by the people of the jurisdiction affected in a referendum on the question Where any local law shall add any member or members to any municipal or county governing authority the members of which are elected by the people such local law must provide that the member or members so added must be elected by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the political subdivision affected Art 3 Sec 7 Par 15 68 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 considerations 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 69 numerical 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 that every Senator shall be on his honor concerning the same 8 In Executive Session any member of the Senate shall be limited to ten 10 minutes in speaking for or against the confirmation of any nominee under consideration by the Senate LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 be 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 1 4 The Senate and House of Representatives I shall meet in joint session in the hall of the I House of Representatives on the first Monday I of every session at 10 oclock a m or at such I time as may be fixed by joint resolution of both I houses for the purpose of electing such offices I of said State as are now or may hereafter be re I quired to be elected by the General Assembly I Said joint session shall continue in morning and afternoon sessions from day to day until all of I said officers are elected 5 At the hour determined by the concurrent I LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 71 resolution the Senate shall repair to the Hall of the House of Representatives 6 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 announcing 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 distinctly 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 had been recorded by mistake 11 No debate shall be in order except as to questions 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 C 72 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 Wlhen 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 p LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 73 INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF Senate of Georgia ABSENTEES Rule No Arrest of when 99100 Call of Senate100 Names recorded in Journal 98 Roll Call dispensed with when 97 Secretary duty as to Absentees 98 ADJOURN MOTION TO Amendable not 46 Debatable not 46 Definite time debatable when 47 Definite time Amendable when 47 Division not in order during 49 Effect when motion prevails50 Main Question Ordered not in order 49 58 Precedence of 4548 Previous Question motion for sustained motion to adjourn in order 49 58 Shall not be made second time when46 When in orderV464849 58 When not in order 49 58 Yeas and Nays being called not in order 49 ADJOURNMENT Constitutional time limit112 Courtesy to President at 22 Effect when hour of arrives while Senate is acting under previous question 51 58 Effect when hour of arrives while vote is being taken by Yeas and Nays 51 Hour of Fixed by Senatei 112 74 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL ADVERSE REPORT Rule No Bills and Resolutions adversely reported taken up when I Debate on Effect of on bills Second Reading after when 37 37 AMENDMENTS Adjourn motion to not amendable 46 Adjourn to definite time amendable when 47 Applicable to Amendments 78 Amendments to Amendments not amendable 78 Bills and Resolutions amended by sections 78 85 Bills and Resolutions perfected before substitute 79 Bills and Resolutions perfected before caption 84 Blanks must be filled in before 83 By Committee 117 Commit motion to amendable how 76 Committee Amendments take precedence 120 Committee shall not deface or interline bill but report amendments on separate paper 117 Caption not considered until Bill perfected 84 Engrossment Effect of 36 General Appropriations Bill Senate may amend 128 General Tax Bill Senate may amend 128 Germane must be 122 House Amendments to S B 88 90 House Amendments to S B may be amended 88 House Amendments to S B Priority of motion to amend 89 House Amendments to S B Priority of Questions on 90 House Amendments to S B Senate Amendment to not subject to amendment 88 Priority of 82 87120122 Priority of to perfect part proposed to be stricken87122 Priority of on passage of bill 120 Precedence of motion to amend 45 Postpone indefinitely motion to not amendable 68 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 75 Rule No Postpone definitely amendable 72 Reconsideration of when 95 Report of by committee 117 Report of Committee agreed to amendments after 80 Requirements of motion to amend 81 Secretary duty of when amendments made to bill and resolutions by sections 85 Secretary duty of in amending by inserting and striking out 86 Strike out motion to part to be stricken considered first 122 Section by 85 Table amendments motion to not in order 52 Table motion to lay on or take from not amendable 55 Ways of making 78 When too late 8085 When made bill being considered by sections 85 Writing motion to amend must be in 81 AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION Journal proposed recorded in 129 Yeas and Nays recorded on 129 Majority required 129 APPEALS From Presidents decision 9 Member called to Order may appeal 15 No debate on appeals of personal character 8 Time of makingU 9 76 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL APPLAUSE Rule No Prohibited in Galleries or Senate Chamber 25 APPROPRIATIONS General Bill right of way 34 House must originate 128 Senate may amend appropriation bill 128 Yeas and Nays required 128 ATTENDANCE Arrest of senators for nonattendance99100 Call of Senate 99 Messengers duty as to99100 Power to compel99100 President duty as to99100 AUDITING COMMITTEE Accounts of members duty as to 139 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Adverse Committee report on 37 Amendments to 78 Amendments to passed on before caption or preamble considered 84 Amendments Bill perfected first 79 Amendments to too late 8085 Amendments by sections 85 Amendments to when too late bill being considered by sections 85 Amendments to by striking and inserting 86 Amendments by committees how reported 117 Bills perfected before substitutes 79 Caption not considered until bill perfected 84 Committee amendments take precedence 120 Committee amendments how reported 117 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 77 Rule No Committee reports on precedence of 40 Committee Report on effect of disposal of 3738 Committee Report favorable effect of 3759 Committee Report unfavorable effect of 3759 Commit motion to 45 73 76 Commitment to Committees 36 Debate none on first reading 36 Deface or interline no committee shall 117 Disagreement to favorable committee report effect of 38 Engrossment effect of 36 Entries on to be made by secretary36 Form 41 First Reading no debate 36 General Appropriations bill takes precedence 34 General bills not placed for passage out of order by unanimous consent 39 General Tax Bill takes precedence 34 Immediate transmission to house3 43 Local Bills effect of engrossment 130 Local Bills First and Second Readings 130 Local Bills third reading and placement for passage by unanimous consent 39 Precedence of 34 President duty to commit 36 Printing of 42 Reading of by unanimous consentu 39 Recommit motion tourL 77 Requirements of 41 Reported by committee bill may be amended before report agreed to 120 Reconsideration H 9196 Reconsideration effect of 96 Second Reading after adverse committee report 37 Secretary duty of in amending by striking and inserting a 86 Secretary state author and number of when reading 34 Secretary to call in order on calendar 34 Special committee motion to commit to 73 74 78 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No I Strike out motion to part to be stricken considered first 122 I Unanimous consent for reading or consideration 39 I Withdrawal of 37 I Substitute Bill perfected before 79 I GALL OF THE SENATE Contempt on 12 I When in order12100 I When main question ordered 65 I CAPTION Not considered until bill perfected 84 CHANGE OF VOTES How and when 125 COMMITTEES Amendments by how reported 117 Amendments by takes precedence 120 Appointment of 4 134 Appropriations exofficio members of 134 Bills not to be interlined or defaced by 117 Chairman Appropriations and Finance exofficio members 134 Change after announcement 109 Commit to motion to 73 77 Conference how and when constituted 119 Enlarged how 109 Exofficio members of 134 Finance exofficio members of 134 President appoint 4134 President exofficio member of rules committee 134 Reports order of precedence 40 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 79 Rule No Recommit to motion to 77 Senators elected to fill vacancies committee assignments 109 Standing committees 134 I COMMIT MOTION TO Amended how 76 Applicable to what 73 Debate simple motion not debatable 75 Debate motion to commit with instructions debatable 75 Precedence among other motions 45 Precedence among motions to commit 74 Special Committee to 73 74 Standing committee to takes precedence 74 Recommit motion to 77 I CONTEMPT By Outsiders By Senators On Call of the Senate I CONVERSATION Presidents right to suppress 1 Senators refrain from when 17 I DEBATE Adjourn motion to not debatable 46 Adjourn to definite time motion to debatable 47 Adverse report debate on 59 Appeals from chair of personal character not debatable 8 Bill or resolution no debate on first reading 36 Breach of order in debate 15 Change order of business motion to not debatable 105 11 12100 12100 80 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Commit motion to not debatable 75 Commit with instructions motion to debatable 75 Committee matters reference to out of order in 23 Conduct of Senators in15 21 2223 Conversation reference to out of order in 23 Excuse from voting motion to not debatable 30 First reading of bill or resolution no debate 36 House happenings reference to out of order in 23 Incidental matters after motion for previous question sustained decided without debate 66 Interrogation of speakers through president 21 Limitation of speeches 15 Minority report debate on 63 Nondebatable motion not in order when31121 Postpone definitely motion to debate limited 71 Postpone indefinitely motion to debatable 68 Previous Question motion for not debatable 58 Previous Question motion for decided affirmatively debate limited 5963 Previous Question motion for incidental questions decided without debate 66 Priority of Business decided by President without debate 14 Reading of papers question of decided without debate 29 Roll Call no debate during 26 Suspend Rules motion to not debatable 105 Yeas and Nays motion for decided without debate 113 Yeas and Nays no debate during 26 DISPARAGING REMARKS Prohibited on Nominations 24 DIVISION OF SENATE After main question ordered 60 Call for 60 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 81 Rule No Excuse for voting motion to must be before 30 Senator may ask for 5 60 DIVISION OF QUESTION Duty of member asking Right to call for What divisible ENGROSSMENT Effect of 36 ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING COMMITTEE Clerks examine and approve Clerks recommended removal of EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN Procedure for taking 16 EXECUTIVE SESSION Reference to Special Rules Cleared Senate Chamber cleared of all persons except senators secretary and assistant secretary 2 Journal message informing governor of action on nominees record in regular journal Journal separate journal for executive sessions Journal secret 35 Governor informed of action on nominees by secretary 4 Limit as to time of speech Nomination majority necessary to confirm Nomination how putf Nomination when considered 1 Nominees discussion of secret 35 Nominees secretary inform governor of action on 132 132 33 32 3233 82 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Proceedings kept in separate book from legislative proceedings 4 Proceedings kept secret 357 Procedure 26 Remarks of Senators kept secret 3 Secretary and assistant in senate during session 2 Secretary duty as to journal 45 Secretary inform governor of action on nominees 6 Secrecy required 2 3 57 Senate chamber cleared of all persons except senators secretary and assistant secretary during session 2 Senators shall not disclose proceedings or happenings of session 37 Votes on nominations kept secret 5 Votes record of sealed and filed with Secretary of State 5 Votes result only announced 5 EXPLANATION OF VOTES When and time allowed 28 EXPULSION OF MEMBERS When and how 15 DOORKEEPER Clear lobbies and galleries when 11 I Messages duty in receiving 101 I Suspension of 10 GALLERIES Applause or hisses prohibited in 25 President may clear 11 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 83 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Rule No Minutes of joint sessions of kept in Senate Journal 133 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS Precedence of 34 Senate may amend only 128 GENERAL TAX BILL Precedence of 34 Senate may amend only 128 GOVERNOR Entitled to privileges of the Floor 110 HOUR OF ADJOURNMENT Effect of arrival of 51 58 Effect of arrival of when Senate acting under previous question 51 58 Effect of arrival of vote being taken by yeas and nays 51 Fixed by Senate 112 Provided 112 IMMEDIATE TRANSMISSION TO THE HOUSE Majority vote necessary for 43 Reconsideration of motion for 94 When ordered 43 JOINT SESSION RULES OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JOINT SESSION References to Special Rules Adjourn motion to see motion to dissolve Appeals from decisions of chair 6 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Change of vote when allowed 10 Commendatory remarks prohibited 8 Elections by 24 910 Elections change of vote on 10 Elections majority for3 3 Elections only one at time 3 Elections record of vote kept in House Journal 2 Elections vote how taken 2 39 Elections where held 2 Debate no debate except on points of order 11 Dissolve motion to not in order after roll call commenced 13 Dissolve motion to effect of when prevailing 15 Dissolve motion to and reconvene at definite time takes precedence 13 Dissolve motion to definite and indefinite 12 Dissolve motion to when in order 13 Dissolve motion to when lost in order again when 14 Journal of House contain record of vote on elections 2 Majority necessary for election 3 Nominations no commendatory remarks by member making 8 Nominations no second of in order 9 Nominations roll call on 9 Order points of debatable 11 Presiding Officer President of Senate 26 Presiding Officer duties of6915 Place of meeting 25 Procedure 6 Quorum 16 Roll Call on elections 9 Roll Commenced motion to dissolve not in order 13 Rules how changed 17 Rules consent of both houses to necessary 17 Senate repair to Hall of House of Representatives 5 Senate return to Senate Chamber on dissolution 15 Sessions continue how long 413 Speaker of House sit at left of President of Senate 7 J LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 85 Rule No State officers election of 4 Time of meeting 14 Voting 39 Vote change of 10 JOURNAL Absentees Contain names of 03 Appropriations motion for yeas and nays recorded on 128 Committee on duty to read HI Constitutional amendments recorded in 129 Constitutional amendments yeas and nays recorded on 129 Constitution requires twothirds majority for passage of bill or resolution yeas and nays shall be recorded 129 General Assembly minutes kept in Senate 133 Oaths minutes of oaths kept in 132 Protest of Senators entry in 20 Reconsideration of matters in 91 Senators not voting on yeas and nays names entered in 107 LAUDATORY REMARKS Prohibited ft 24 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Duties of LOCAL BILLS Engrossment effect of 130 First and Second reading 130 Reading of third time and put on passage by unanimous consent 39 86 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MAIN QUESTION Rule No Adjourn motion to not in order after main question ordered 4958 Call of Senate after ordered 5 Call of Senate after main question ordered 65 Debate time allowed for majority after main question ordered 59 Debate time allowed minority after main questioned ordered 3 Debate time allowed author after main question ordered 636566 Division of Senate 60 Effect of when order58 59 63 6566 Reconsideration of ordering 62 Table motion to not in order after main question ordered 5753 Vote how taken when ordered 60 MAJORITY Change rules or order of business necessary to44138 Election necessary for 127 MEMORIALS Presentment and consideration 104 MINORITY REPORTS Debate on 63 Minority may make reports how 123 MESSAGES Consideration of 102 How sent received announced and considered 101 Received from the Governor or House at any time 136 When Received 102 136 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 87 MESSENGER Rule No Arrest senators power to on order of president99100 Clear galleries and lobbies when 11 Duty of on call of Senate 100 ExOfficio SergeantatArms 99 General duties 115116 Suspension of I 10 MOTIONS Information for from executive department lie on table one day 124 Germane motion to amend must be 122 Nondebatable not in order when31121 One at time only 27 Order of business motion to change not debatable 105 Order of business motion to change vote necessary44138 Order of priority 45 Privilege question of take precedence 126 Reading by secretary effect of 103 Read papers motion to not debatable 29 Rules motion to change or suspend vote necessary 138 Rules motion to change or suspend how submitted 137 Seconding not required 108 Senator resume seat while motion is being put 27 Special Orders motion to make how submitted 35 Statement of by chair effect of 103 Strike out motion to part to be stricken considered first 122 Unprivileged containing new matter lie on table one day 106 Withdrawal of 103 NEW MATTERS Information from executive department motion for lie on table one day 124 Unprivileged motion containing lie on table one day 106 Unanimous consent for 39 88 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL NOMINATIONS Rule No Disparaging remarks prohibited in 24 Laudatory Remarks prohibited in24 OATHS Assistant Secretary 131 Clerks 132 Entered in Journal 132 Secretarys 131 ORDER OF BUSINESS Established 135 Majority necessary to change order fixed by rules committee 44 Majority necessary to change order 138 Motion to change not debatable 105 Priority of decided by president without debate 14 Rules committee fix during last fifteen days of session 44 Special orders motion for how submitted 35 PAIRING Not recognized ns PARLIAMENTARY LAW Applicable when 140 PETITIONS Presentment and consideration 104 PREAMBLE Not considered until bill or resolution perfected 84 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 89 I POSTPONE TO DEFINITE DAY MOTION TO Rule No Applicable to what 72 Amendments subject to 72 Debate limited 71 Impossible day motion to postpone to treated how 72 Precedence of 45 69 Renewal when lost cannot be made again the same day 71 I POSTPONE INDEFINITELY MOTION TO Applicable to what 69 Amendments not subject to 68 Debate subject to 68 Effect when motion prevails167 Impossible motion to postpone impossible day treated how 72 Ii Precedence of 45 69 Renewal when lost motion cannot be again made on same matter 70 J PRESIDENT Absence of president pro tern preside 7 Adjournment Senators remain until president retires 22 Appeals from decision of8915 Arrest president may order of persons disturbing senate 11 Arrest Senators power to order when absent99100 Attendance power to compel99100 Business priority of decided by 14 Call of Senate power and duty on1213100 Committees appointed by 4134 Commitment of bills and resolutions on first reading 36 Courtesy due by Senators to at adjournment 22 Conference Committee appointed by 119 Division may order1 5 Galleries power to clear 11 Interrogation of senators through 21 Irrevelant debate power to suspend 1 90 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Lobbies power to clearw 11 Method of stating question 5 Messages duty on receiving 102 No quorum voting duty of president 1213 Recognition of Senators decided by 3 Rules committee exofficio chairman of 134 Signs all writs warrants etc of Senate 114 Silence power to command 1 Senator may name to preside 6 Senator may call to order for breach of rules 15 Senators elected after committees appointed president may appoint to committees 109 Standing Committees appointment of 134 Suspension of officers by 10 Vote president required to when 2 Vacant chairmanships power to fill 109 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE Absence of president and president pro tempore secretary shall call election of president pro tempore 7 Duties of 7 PREVIOUS QUESTION Adjournment effect of arrival of hour of Senate acting under 51 Adjourn motion to after motion for previous question sustained 49 58 Affirmative vote on effect of58 59 63 66 I Applicable to what 64 I Call of Senate after previous question ordered 65 I Debate regulated previous question decided affirmatively 5963 I Debate motion for not subject to 58 I Exhausted before matters excepted to decided 16 I Incidental questions arising after previous question ordered decided without debate 66 I Precedence of motion for 4558 I 5 2 3 3 I 4 I 4 I 5 9 4 0 2 9 7 7 1 3 5 4 5 3 8 6 B LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 91 Rule No Reconsideration 62 Table motion to after motion for previous question sustained 57 58 PRIVILEGE Motion without to lie on table 106 Personal 126 Question of what constitute 126 Questions of take precedence 126 PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR When extended to visitors 110 Who entitled to 110 PRINTING OF BILLS When ordered 42 PROTESTS OF SENATORS Procedure for 20 QUORUM Call of Senate no quorum voting 100 No quorum voting duty of president1213100 No quorum voting president may order yeas and nays 13 READING OF PAPERS Determined by Senate 29 RECOMMIT MOTION TO Applicable to what 77 92 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL RECONSIDERATION Rule No Amendments of 95 Applicable to what 91 Committee Reports of action on 38 Effect of 1 6296 Immediate transmission motion for reconsidered when 94 Intervening days effect of 94 Main question ordering of may be reconsidered 62 Main question ordering of may be reconsidered only once 62 Notice required 92 One time no matter reconsidered but 93 Previous question reconsideration of 62 When and how askedt 91 94 When motion for is in order 91 REMONSTRANCES Presentment and Consideration 104 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Amendments after agreement to 80 Disagreement to effect of 38 Favorable report effect of 37 Form of 123 Minority reports 123 Procedure after 3738 Precedence of 40 Reconsideration of action on 38 Unfavorable report 37 Writing must be in 123 RULES Change proposal to must be submitted in wilting and referred to Rules Committee 137 Majority necessary to change 138 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 93 Special orders motion to make how submitted 35 Suspend motion to not debatable 108 Suspended how 105 137 138 RULES COMMITTEE Change in rules all proposals for submitted to 137 Order of business for last fifteen days fixed by 44 Report of in order at any time 136 Special orders must be reported on by 35 SECRETARY Absence of president and president pro tern call election for president pro tern 7 Absentees note name of 98 Amending bills by sections duty of in 85 Amending bills by striking and inserting duty of in 86 Attest all writs warrants etc of Senate 114 Bills and Resolutions called in order by from calendar 34 Bills and Resolutions Engrossed Entries on to be made by 36 Bills and Resolutions state number and author of in calling 34 Bond of 131 Clerks appointment of 132 General assembly joint session keep minutes of 133 Journal duty to enter names of Senators not voting on yeas and nays 107 Oath 131 SENATORS Adjournment duty of at 22 Accounts of duty of auditing committee as to 139 Applause prohibited 25 Arrest power of president to order99100 Attendance power of president to compel99100 Call of Senate may ask 100 Call to order for transgression of rules 15 94 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Committee assignments when elected after organization of Senate completed 109 Conduct in debate151718 21232531 Contempt of the Senate 12 Conversation refrain from 17 Courtesy owed Senator speaking 22 Debate how often speak 15 Debate reference to private conversations committee or house happenings prohibit in 23 Decorum of 1517192125 Division of Question may ask for 32 Division of Question duty of Senator asking for 33 Division of Senate may ask for 5 60 Disparaging Remarks prohibited 24 Exceptions to words spoken 16 Expulsion of 15 Interrogation of through president 21 Laudatory remarks prohibited 24 Messenger duty of toI 116 Motion make only one at time 27 Motion must resume seat while motion being put 27 Motion prohibited from making nondebatable when31121 Not voting names of entered in Journal 107 Pairing of not recognized 118 Personal Privilege 126 Preside president may designate Senators to 6 Protest of Senate action by 20 Reading of Papers call for 29 Recognition order of decided by president 3 Retire when required to 19 Retire not allowed to when 1299 Senators refer to Senators by districts and not by name 18 Special Orders request for 35 Stationery messenger shall supply 116 Unanimous consent right to ask for 39 Vote changing how and when 125 Vote Explanation of 28 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 95 Rule No Vote shall not when interested 19 Vote refusal to on call of Senate 12 Voting motion to excuse from 30 Yeas and Nays call for 60 SERGEANTATARMS Duty of on Call of the Senate 100 Messenger exofficio 99 SIGNATURE OF PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY When required g 114 SILENCE Senators preserve 17 SPECIAL COMMITTEE Priority of Motion to commit to 73 74 SPECIAL ORDER How obtained 35 SUBSTITUTE Bill perfected before 79 Table motion to not in order 52 SUSPENSION OF RULES How accomplished 105137138 TABLE MOTION TO Amendment motion to table not in order 52 96 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Amendment motion to table or take from table not subject to 55 Applicable to what 56 Debate motion to table or take from table not subject to 55 Effect when motion to take from table prevails 53 Information from executive department motion for lie on table one day 124 Motion to take from table in order when 5354 Main Question ordered motion to table not in order 5758 Presence of 45 Previous Question motion for sustained motion to table in order 5758 Renewal of motion to table or take from table 54 Substitute not subject to 52 Unprivileged motion containing new matter lie on table one day 106 When in order motion to table and take from table 5457 TWOTHIRDS VOTE WHEN NECESSARY Constitution Amendment 129 Expulsion of Senators 15 Yeas and Nays recorded when constitution requires 129 UNANIMOUS CONSENT Explanation of vote by 28 Limitation and regulation of 39 Local bills considered by when 39 New matters consideration by 39 No request to extend time of explanation shall be entertained 28 YEAS AND NAYS Adjournment effect of arrival of hour of while vote being taken by 51 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 97 Rule No Adjourn motion to not in order during call of 49 Appropriations record of required on all 128 Call for after main question ordered 60 Change vote after call of 125 Constitution requiring twothird vote for passage of bill yeas and nays shall be recorded 129 Constitution amendment to required and recorded on 129 Debate no debate during call ofS 26 Debate motion or call for not debatable 113 Explanation of vote when vote taken by 28 Excuse from voting motion to must be made before start of 30 Expulsion of Senator vote by 15 Journal show when60128129 Journal show names of Senators not voting on 167 President may order no quorum voting 1213 Required when 60128129 98 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Seat Numbers of the Georgia House of Representatives House of Representatives Numerically by Seat Number 1 M M Smith of Fulton 2 Rodgers 3 Greene of Crisp 4 Mathis 3 Register 6 Green of Rabun 7 Grimsley 8 Smith of Emanuel 9 Scoggin 10 Wright 11 Hall 12 Lowe 13 Tamplin 14 Murphy of Haralson 13 Edenfield 16 Fowler of Douglas 17 Killian 18 Nightingale 19 Russell 20 Stevens of Marion 21 Callier 22 Pelham 23 King of Pike 24 Veal 25 Ramsey 26 Hawkins 27 Baughman 28 Cotton 29 Wheeler 30 Deen 31 Groover 32 McKenna 33 Carlisle 34 Foster 35 Blalock 36 Lokey 37 Hoke Smith of Fulton 38 Gill is 39 Jordan 40 Jones of Lumpkin 41 Ray 42 Garrard 43 Underwood of Montgomery 44 Harrison of Jeff Davis 45 Roughton 46 Barber 47 Duke 48 Massee 49 Harris 50 Frier 51 Mincy 52 Harrison of Wayne 53 Sheffield 54 Brannen 55 Murphey of Crawford 56 Jessup 57 Bloodworth 58 McGarity 59 McWhorter 60 Mackay 61 Rutland 62 Underwood of Bartow 63 Upshaw 64 Mauldin 65 Coker of Cherokee 66 Ivey 67 Walker 68 Stephens of Clarke 69 Matthews 70 Cker of Walker 71 Campbell 72 Drinkard 73 Pickard 74 Young 75 Nilan 76 Kennedy of Tattnall 77 Smith of Evans 78 Lanier 79 Fordham 80 Allen 81 Lavender 82 Singer 83 Wooten 84 Henderson 85 Barber of Colquitt 86 Short 87 Fowler of Tift 88 Bodenhamer 89 Bentley 90 Reed 91 Willingham 92 Clary 93 Boggus 94 Harrell 95 Todd 96 Kitchens 97 Willis 98 Odom 99 Palmer 100 Twitty 101 Long 102 Tarpley 103 King of Whitfield 104 Houston 105 Love 106 Potts 107 Stripling 108 Matheson 109 Phillips of Columbia 110 Cowart 111 Watson 112 Denson 113 Floyd 114 Weems 115 Gross of Dade 116 Lindsey 117 Bolton 118 Terrell 119 Cloud 120 Raulerson 121 Musgrove 122 Parker 123 Tanner 124 Hayes 125 Cheek 126 Dozier 127 Adams 128 Kennedy of Turner 129 Moorman 130 Freeman 131 Hodges 132 Lam 133 Birdsong 134 Wilson 135 Sanders 136 Holley 137 Chambers 138 Sognier 139 Eyler 140 Cheatham 141 Cates 142 Phillips of Walton 143 McCracken 144 Mobley 145 Turk 146 Kelley 147 Kilgore 148 Hardaway 149 Peters 150 Cason 151 Johnson 152 Goodson 153 Murr 154 Jones of Sumter 155 Caldwell 156 Mallory 157 Jones of Worth 158 Peacock 159 Elder 160 Martin 161 Williams 162 Gunter 163 McKelvey 164 Cornelius 165 Flynt 166 Ruark 167 Jackson 168 Ayers 169 Moore 170 Wilson 171 Gilleland 172 Hogan 173 Jones of Laurens 174 Perkins 175 Duncan 176 Johnson 177 Black 178 Blackburn 179 Deal 180 Denmark 181 Hendrix 182 Strickland 183 Gross of Stephens 184 Coxwell 185 Cocke 186 Souter 187 Davis 188 Key 189 Rowland 190 Land 191 Brown 192 Mashburn 193 Truelove 194 Pettey 195 Mull 196 Hudson 197 English 198 Chastain 199 Hurst 200 Fain 201 Huddleston 202 Bagby 203 Sivell 204 King of Chattahoochee Rostrum Marvin Moate Speaker Rostrum Joe Boone Clerk House of Representatives Alphabetically by Names Adams j127 Allen Z80 Ayers 168 Bagby 202 uaguy Barber of Colquitt 85 Barber of Jackson 46 Baughman 27 Bentley 89 Birdsong 133 Black 177 Blackburn 178 Blalock 35 Bloodworth 57 Bodenhamer 88 Boggus 93 Bolton 117 Brannen 54 Brown 191 Caldwell 155 Callier 21 Campbell 71 Carlisle 33 Cason 150 Cates 141 Chambers 137 Chastain 198 Cheatham 140 Cheek 15 Clary 92 Cloud 119 Cocke 185 Coker of Cherokee 65 Coker of Walker 70 Cornelius 164 Cotton 28 Cowart 110 Coxwell 184 Davis 187 Deal 179 Deen 30 Denmark 180 Denson 11 Dozier 126 Drinkard 7 Duke 47 Duncan 175 Edenfield 15 Elder 159 English 197 Eyler 139 Fain 200 Floyd 113 Flynt 165 Fordham 79 Foster34 Fowler of Douglas 16 Fowler of Tift 87 Freeman 130 Frier 50 Garrard 4 Gill eland 171 Gillis 38 Goodson Green of 152 Rabun Greene of 6 Crisp 3 Grimsley 7 Groover Gross of 31 Stephens Gross of 183 Dade 115 Gunter 16 Hall 11 Hardaway 148 Harrell 94 Harris Harrison of 49 Jeff Davis Harrison of 44 Wayne 5 Hawkins 6 Hayes 14 Henderson 84 Hendrix 181 Hodges 131 Hogan 172 Hofley 136 Houston 104 Huddleston 201 Hudson 196 Hurst 199 Ivey 66 Jackson 167 Jessup Johnson of 56 Jenkins Johnson of 176 Gilmer Jones of 151 Worth Jones of 157 Lumpkin Jones of 40 Laurens Jones of 173 Sumter 154 Jordan 39 Kelley Kennedy of 146 Turner Kennedy of 128 Tattnall 76 Key 188 Kilgore Killian 147 17 King of Whitfield 103 King of Chattahoochee 204 King of Pike 23 Kitchens 96 Lam 13 Land 190 Lanier 78 Lavender 81 Lindsey 116 Lokey 36 Long 101 Love 105 Lowe 12 Mackav 60 Mallory 156 Martin 160 Mashburn 192 Massee 48 Matheson 108 Mathis 4 Matthews 69 Mauldin 64 McCracken 143 McGarity 58 McKelvey 163 McKenna 32 McWhorter 59 Mincy 51 Mobley 144 Moore 169 Moorman 129 Mull 195 Murphey of Crawford 55 Murphy of Haralson 14 Murr 153 Musgrove 121 Nightingale 18 Nil an 75 Odom 98 Palmer 99 Parker 122 Peacock 158 Pelham 22 Perkins 174 Peters 149 Pettey 194 Phillips of Columbia 142 Phillips of Walton 109 Pickard 73 Potts 106 Ramsey J 25 Raulerson 120 Ray 1 41 Reed 90 Register 5 Rodgers 2 Roughton 45 Rowland 189 Ruark 166 Russell 19 Rutland 61 Sanders 135 Scoggin 9 Sheffield 53 Short 86 Singer 82 Sivell 3 Smith of Evans 77 Smith of Emanuel 8 Smith Hoke of bui ton 1 37 Smith M M of button 1 Sognier 138 Souter 186 Stephens of Clarke 68 Stevens of Marion 20 Strickland 182 Stripling 107 Tamplin 13 Tanner 123 Tarpley 102 Terrell 118 Todd 95 Truelove 193 Turk 145 Twitty 100 Underwood of Bartow 62 Underwood of Mont gomery 43 Upshaw 63 Veal 24 Walker 67 Watson 111 Weems 114 Wheeler 29 Williams 161 Willingham 91 Willis 97 Wilson of Towns 134 Wilson of Peach 170 Wooten 83 Wright to Young 74 Rostrum Marvin Moate Speaker Rostrum Joe Boone Clerk WWW LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 101 OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TERM 195556 MARVIN E MOATEjSpeaker Hancock County 1 HAROLD S WILLINGHAM Cobb County Speaker Pro Tem JOE BOONE Wilkinson County Clerk JACK GREEN Rabun County Assistant I JANETTE HIRSCH Fulton County Assistant MARION TOMS Quitman County Doorkeeper MARVIN BRAZEAL A Terrell County II i LIBRARIES io LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES WITH COUNTIES AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 19551956 Representative Adams Joe B Allen Francis W Ayers Jere C Bagby George T Barber Leo T Barber MacJp Baughman Leon H Bentley Fred D Birdsong Frank G Black J Lucius Blackburn T Sidney Blalock Edgar Bloodworth John W Bodenhamer Wm T Boggus Argin A Sr Bolton Arthur K Brannen C B Brown Cecil E Caldwell Johnnie L Callier H Chris J Cmpbell AlbertJ Carlisle J Douglas J Cason L eL0alEjbM County Post Office Lamar Barnesville Bulloch Ji Statesboro M adisonJComer Paulding Dallas Colquitt Moultrie Jackson Commerce Early Cedar Springs Cobb Marietta Troup La Grange Webster Preston Habersham Alto Clayton Jonesboro Houston Perry Tift Ty Ty Ren Hill Fitzgerald Spalding Griffin Dooly Unadilla Telfair Lumber City TTpson Thomaston Talbot Talbotton Walker LaFayette Bibb Macon Pierce Blackshear 103 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Post Office Cates Frank M Burke Waynesboro Chambers R Lee Richmond Augusta Chastain Robert E Thomas Thomasville Cheatham Frank S Jr Chatham Savannah Cheek Hugh G Taylor Butler Clary H Enlond McDuffie Thomson Cloud H Carl Decatur Climax Cocke Steve M Terrell Dawson Coker Grady N Dr Cherokee Canton Coker Robert E Walker LaFayette Cornelius M M Polk Cedartown Cotton L Baker Leary Cowart J M Calhoun Arlington Coxwell Wm M Lee Leesburg Davis E M Clay Fort Gaines Deal W Roscoff Bryan Pembroke Deen Braswell Jr Bacon Alma Denmark Roscoe Liberty Hinesville Denson Jim Dougherty Albany Dozier Lovette Miller Colquitt Drinkard John P Lincoln Linrolnton Duke Joseph B Baldwin Milled geville Duncan J Ebb Carfoll Carrollton Edenfield Mose McIntosh Darien Elder D Mayne 0 congee Watkinsville English R S Jr Berrien Nashville Eyler Edgar P Chatham Savannah Fain Ralph Kelley Franklin Royston Floyd James H Chattooga Trion Flynt Wales T Taliaferro Crawfordville Fordham Wiley B Bulloch Statesboro Deceased 104 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Foster E AlvinClayton Fowler A A JrMiil Douglas 1 Fowler Howard Tift Freeman Wm B Monroe Frier W A5i Ware Garrard H GJIiilwilkfes Gilleland Carlton WDawson Gillis Hugh Lri1Treutlen iz Goodson Charles LHeard Green PaulIRabun Greene Palmer HCrisp Grimsley Lonnie HCook ip Groover Denmark JrBibb Gross Frank L Stephens Gross Woodrow WzDade Gunter Wm B Hall Hall J Battleji Floyd Hardaway Guy WMeriwether Harrell R A Grady Harris Wm BzBrantley Harrison J IJeff Davis Harrison Robert Lg1Wayne Hawkins W Colbert Screven Hayes DeweylvCoffee H enderson Waldo Atkinson Hendrix George WJiLong Hodges B HarveyButts Hogan Rubert LLaurens Holley Wm WRichmond Houston Harlan Whitfield Huddleston Grady LFayettej Post Office Forest Park Douglasville Tifton Forsyth Millwood Washington Dawsonville Soperton Franklin Clayton Cordele Adel Macon Toccoa Avans Gainesville Rome Greenville Cairo Nahunta Hazlehurst J esup Sylvania Douglas Lakeland Ludowici Jackson Dudley Augusta Dalton Fayetteville LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 105 Representative Jackson George L Jessup Ben Johnson Merrill Johnson Walter F Jones David C Jones Thad MSumter Kennedy T E Jr Kennedy Tom Key Wm Hicks Kilgore Willie Lee Killian William R King M EiPike Kitchens Claude S Lokey HamiltonFulton County Post Office Irwin Ocilla Quitman Georgetown Newton Porterdale Jones Gray Rleekley Cochran Jenkins Millen Gilmer Ellijay Worth Sylvester Lumpkin Dahlonega Laurens Dublin Sumter Plains Wheeler Alamo Gwinnett Lawrenceville Turner Ashburn Tattnall Manassas Jasper Monticello Gwinnett Lawrenceville Glynn Brunswick Whitfield Dalton Chattahoochee Cussetta Pike Concord Twiggs Dry Branch Tronp Hogansville Wilkinson Allentown Candler Metter a Elbert Bowman Spalding Griffin Fulton Atlanta Murray Chatsworth Catoosa Ringgold Oglethorpe Crawford 106 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Post Office Mackay James A DeKalh Decatur Mallory L A Jr Upson Thomaston Martin Tom Ranks Homer Mashburn Marcus Forsyth Gumming Massee W C Raldwin Milled geville Matheson B Benson Hart Hartwell Mathis J E Lowndes Valdosta Matthews Chappelle Clarke Athens Mauldin Henry A Gordon Calhoun McCracken J Roy Jefferson Avera McGarity Edward E Henry McDonough McKelvey Paul Polk Rockmart McKenna Andrew W Bibb Macon McWhorter W Hueh DeKalb Decatur Mincy Cleve DIl lid Ware Waycross Moate Marvin F HancockSparta Mobley T WatsoniBurkeGirard Moore A C Pickens Jasper Moorman Warren SLanierLakeland Mull Reid NFanninBlue Ridge Murphey R CliftonCrawfordRoberta Murphy Harold LHaralsonBuchanan Murr Jack SumterAmericus Musgrove Downing iiiiiaClinch Homerville Nightingale Bernard NGlynnBrunswick Nilan John Muscogee Columbus Odom John DLCamden Kingsland Palmer Tom C JrMitchell Pelham Parker W C BillApplingBaxley Peacock Gilbert CtLDodge Eastman Pelham B E 1SchleyEllaville LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 107 Representative Perkins Cu CL Peters Hoke S Pettey Pete Phillips Glenn S Phillips John Lee Pickard A Mac Potts George Wm Ramsey H N Sr Raulersori Louis T Ray Jack BA Reed Raymond M Register G Troy Rodgers H BenS Roughton HarveyRowland Emory L Ruark William L Russell Robert L Jr Rutland Guy W Jrj Sanders Carl E Scoggin Robert L Bob Sheffield John E Jr Short H Jack Singer Sam S1I Sivell W D Smith B E Sriftf Smith Geo L II Smith Hokeii l Smith M M Muggsy Sognier John W Souter J Lester Stephens Robert G Jr County Post Office Carroll Mount Zion Meriwether Manchester Pulaski Hawkinsville Columbia Harlem Walton Monroe Muscogee Columbus Coweta Newnan Effingham Springfield Echols Haylow Warren Norwood Marietta Tnwndes Valdosta Charlton Folkston Washington Sandersville Johnson Wrightsville Greene Woodville Barrow Winder DeKalb Decatur Richmond Augusta Floyd Rome Brooks 2 Quitman Colquitt Doerun Lumpkin Harris Chipley Evans Daisy Emanuel Swainsboro Enltnh Atlanta Fulton Atlanta Chatham Savannah Macon Montezuma Clarke Athens 108 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Stevens E C Marion Strickland M OrteziiiiToombs Stripling David CCoweta Tamplin Howard HMorgan Tanner Andrew JCoffee Tarpley Jack GjUnion Terrell Vaughn EDecatur Todd W GiririyRjllul Glascock Truelove Franklin FWhite Turk D EvjjWilcox Twitty Frank S Mitchell Underwood D VannBartow Underwood Joe C Montgomery Upshaw Troy Bartow Veal DallastxfflPutnam Walker Eli MRockdale Watson G StuartDougherty Weems Paul B Chattooga Wheeler R ELSeminole Williams W MHallfo Willingham Harold SiCobbj Willis O SiLiiiiThomas Wilson Montgomeryu Towns Wilson WmJ1Peach Wooten J MercerRandolph Wright Barry JrFloydL Young J GordonMuscogee Post Office Buena Vista Vidalia Newnan Madison Douglas Blairsville Bainbridge Gibson Cleveland Abbeville Camilla Cartersville Mt Vernon Rydal Eaton ton Conyers Albany Summerville Donalsonville Gainesville Marietta Coolidge Hiawassee Ft Valley Shellman Rome Columbus LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 109 MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY COUNTIES AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 19551956 County Representative Post Office Appling W C Bill ParkerBaxley Atkinson Waldo Henderson1Lakeland Bacon Braswell Deen Jr Alma BakerL CottonLeary Baldwin pJoseph B Duke Milledgeville Baldwin l W C Massee Milledgeville Banks Tom MartinHomer Barrow V Robert L Russell Jr IWinder Bartow D Vann UnderwoodCartersville BartowlTroy Upshaw Rydal Ben Hill JZ Argin A Boggus SrFitzgerald BerrienR S English JrNashville Bibb1J Douglas CarlisleMacon BibbDenmark Groover JrMacon BibbAndrew W McKennaMacon Bleckley Ben JessupTCochran BrantleyWilliam B HarrisNahunta Brooks fJohn E Sheffield Jr Quitman Bryan W Roscoff Deal Pembroke Bulloch Francis W Allen Statesboro Bulloch Wiley B Fordham Statesboro Burke Frank M Cates Waynesboro Burke T Watson Mobley Girard Butts R Harvey Hodges Jackson Calhoun J M Cowart Arlington 110 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Camden Representative John D Odom Post Office TTincrclanrl Candler William L Bill Lanier Metter Carroll J Ebb Duncan Carroll C C Perkins Catoosa John W Love Jr I Ringgold Charlton H Ben Rodgers Folkston Chatham Frank S Cheatham Jr Savannah Chatham Edgar P Eyler Savannah Chatham John W Sognier Savannah Chattahoochee Joe N King Cusseta Chattooga James H Floyd Trion Chattooga Paul B Weems Summerville Cherokee Dr Grady N Coker Clarke Chappelle Matthews Athens Clarke Robert G Stephens Jr Athens Clay E M Davis Fort Gaines Clayton Edgar Blalock Jonesboro Clayton E Alvin Foster Forest Park Clinch Downing Musgrove Homerville Cobb Fred D Bentley Marietta Cobb Raymond M Reed Cobb Harold S Willingham Coffee Dewey Hayes Douglas Coffee Andrew J Tanner Douglas Colquitt Leo T Barber Moultrie Colquitt H Jack Short Doerun Columbia Glenn S Phillips Cook Lonnie H Grimsley Adel Coweta George W Potts Newnan Coweta David C Stripling Crawford R Clifton Murphey Roberta Deceased LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 111 County Representative Post Office Crisp Palmer H Greene Cordele Dadeggyjj Woodrow W GrossciAvans Dawsono4lCarlton W Gilleland 1Dawsonville Decatur H Carl Cloud Climax Decatur Vaughn E Terrell Bainbridge DeKalb James A Mackay Decatur DeKalb W Hugh McWhorter Decatur DeKalb Guy W Rutland Jr Decatur Dodge Gilbert C Peacock Eastman Dooly C B Brannen Unadilla Dougherty Jim Denson Albany Dougherty G Stuart Watson Albany Douglas A A Fowler Jr Douglasville Early Leon H Baughman Cedar Spring Echols Louis T Raulerson Haylow Effingham H N Ramsey Sr Springfield Elbert Woodrow Wilson Lavender Bowman Emanuel Geo L Smith II Swainshoro Evans B E Smith Sr Daisy Fannin Reid Mull Blue Ridge Fayette Grady L Huddleston Fayetteville Floyd J Battle Hall Rome Floyd Robert L Bob Scoggin Rome Floyd Barry Wright Tr Rome Forsyth Marcus Mashhnrn Cumming Franklin Ralph Kelley Fain Royston FultonHamilton Lokey v Atlanta FultonLiLHoke SmithLAtlanta FultonM M Muggsy Smith Atlanta GilmerLWalter F JohnsonJiL Ellijay GlascockW G ToddmiiiuaGibson 112 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Representative GlynnWilliam R Killian GlynnsxtavABernard N Nightingale GordonHenry A Mauldintin GradyJR A Harrell GreeneyjyjjtWilliam L Rnark GwinnettPaul V Kelley Sr GwinnettdvLWillie Lee Kilgore HabershamT Sidney Blackburn HalljiWm B Gunter HallW M Williams il Hancock Marvin E Moate 1i2LLai HaralsoniHarold L Murphy HarrisiuilW D Sivell i roL HartjB Benson Matheson HeardauCharles L Good son HenrylEdward E McGarity HoustonxiaoKJohn W Bloodworth IrwinillD D Hudson1 JacksonCIMac Barber dttm S JasperlWm Hicks Key Jeff DavisiJ I HarrisonilJhiti JeffersonJ Roy McCracken JenkinsMerrill Johnson JohnsonEmory L Rowland JonesiGeorge L Jackson LamarJoe B Adams1 Lanier1Warren S Moorman LaurensRubert L Hogan LaurensPaul J Jones Jr LeeWilliam M Coxwell LibertyJjRoscoe Denmark Post Office Brunswick Brunswick Calhoun Cairo Woodville Lawrenceville Lawrenceville Alto Gainesville Gainesville Sparta Buchanan Chipley Hartwell Franklin McDonough Perry Ocilla Commerce Monticello Hazlehurst Avera Millen Wrights ville Gray Barnesville Lakeland Dudley Dublin Leesburg Hinesville LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 113 County Representative Post Office Lincoln John P Drinkard Lincolnton Long George W Hendrix Ludowici Lowndes J E Mathis Valdosta Lowndes G Troy Register Valdosta Lumpkin Fred G Jones Jr Dahlonega Macon J Lester Souter Montezuma Madison Jere C Ayers t Comer Marion E C Stevens Buena Vista McDuffie H Eulond Clary Thomson McIntosh Mose Edenfield Darien Meriwether Guy W Hardaway Greenville Meriwether Hoke S Peters Manchester Miller Lovette Dozier Colquitt Mitchell Tom C Palmer Jr Pelham Mitchell Frank S Twitty Camilla Monroe Wm B Freeman Forsyth Montgomery Joe C Underwood Mt Vernon Morgan Howard H Tamplin i Madison Murray Fred F Long Ch ats worth Muscogee i John Nilan Colnmhns Muscogee 1 A Mac Pickard Columbus Muscogee J Gordon Young Columbus Newton W C Ivey 7 Porterdale Oconee D Mayne Elder W atkinsville Oglethorpe Joe H Lowe Crawford Paulding George T Bagby Dallas Peach Wm J Wilson Ft Valley Pickens A C Moore Jasper Pierce L J Cason Blackshear Pike M E King Concord Polk M M Cornelius Cedartown 114 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Richmond Richmond Rockdale SchleyLib Screvenb Seminole Spalding Spalding Representative Post Office Paul McKelveyiRockmart Pete PetteyxiHawkinsville Dallas VealziiiKlLEatonton Joe J Hurst4 Georgetown Paul Green i2abClayton J Mercer WootenablShellman R Lee Chambers ribAugusta William W HolleyiUiAugusta Carl E Sanders jlAugusta Eli M WalkerIiIIbConyers B E PelhamiiV vbEllaville W Colbert Hawkins II Sylvama R E Wheeler Donalsonville Arthur K BoltoniLbi jGriffin Frank P Lindsey Jr Griffin Stephens Frank L Gross Torcoa Stewart Sam S Singer Lumpkin Sumter Thad M Jones Plains Sumter Jack Murr Americus Talbot H Chris Callier Talhotton Taliaferro Wales T Flynt Crawfordville Tattnall Tom Kennedy Manassas Taylor Hugh G Cheek Butler Telfair Cecil E Brown Lumber City Terrell Steve M Cocke Dawson Thomas Robt E Chastain Thomasville Thomas 0 S Willis Coolidge Tift Wm T Bodenhamer Ty Ty Tift Howard Fowler Tiftnn Toombs M Ortez Strickland Vidalia Towns Montgomery Wilson Hiawassee LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 115 County Representative Post Office TreutlenHugh Gillis TroupIFrank G Birdsong TroupC 0 Lam TurnerT E Kennedy Jr TwiggsClaude S Kitchens UnionJack G Tarpley r UpsonL A Mallory Jr UpsonJohnnie L Caldwell WalkerRobert E Coker WalkerAlbert Campbell WaltonljJohn Lee Phillips Ware W A Frier WareCleve Mincy WarrenJack B Ray Washington IHarvey Roughton Wayne 1 Robert L Harrison WebsteriJ Lucius Black WheelerC M Jordan Jr White I Franklin F Truelove WhitfieldHarlan Houston WhitfieldHarvey G King Jr Wilcox D E Turk WilkesH G Garrard WilkinsonA T Land WorthDavid C Jones Soperton La Grange Hogansville Ashburn Dry Branch Blairsville Thomaston Thomaston LaFayette LaFayette Monroe Millwood Waycross Norwood Sandersville Jesup Preston Alamo Cleveland Dalton Dalton Abbeville Washington Allentown Sylvester m i mm r 1 ma i i i o vit it bi quaaL QfHty STANDING COMMITTEES OP THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TERM 1955 1956 118 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL I ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND COMMITTEE Baughman Chairman Murphy of Haralson ViceChairman Kitchens Secretary Blood worth Carlisle Coxwell Davis Deal Dozier Duke English Fordham Gross of Dade Hardaway Harris Harrison of Jeff Davis Henderson Hendrix Hodges Hudson Jackson Johnson of Gilmer Jones of Laurens Kelley Kennedy of Tattnall King of Chattahoochee Lanier Love of Catoosa Massee Matheson of Hart Mauldin Mobley Pelham Raulerson Ruark Sivell Smith of Evans Tanner Terrell Walker Wilson of Peach AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION No 1 COMMITTEE Freeman Chairman Cheatham ViceChairman Young Secretary Barber of Jackson Carlisle Chastain Clary Cowart Dozier Eyler Gilleland Goodson Henderson Huddleston Jones of Lumpkin Jordan Kennedy of Turner Key King of Chattahoochee Kitchens Lanier Mathis of Lowndes Mauldin Mincy Mobley Moorman Murphy of Haralson Musgrove LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 119 Odom Pettey Ruark Scoggin Sivell Smith Hoke of Fulton Tarpley Walker Watson Willingham Wilson of Peach AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION No 2 COMMITTEE Nightingale Chairman McCracken ViceChairman Jones of Worth Secretary Ayers Bentley Birdsong Bloodworth 9 Bolton Brown Caldwell Callier Cates Chambers Davis Deal Elder English Fordham Gross of Dade Gunter Hardaway Harrell Harris Harrison of Jeff Davis Hodges Houston Hudson Johnson of Gilmer Jones of Laurens Jones of Sumter Kelley King of Whitfield King of Pike Lam Lokey Long Love of Catoosa Mackay Matthews McKelvey Palmer Perkins Phillips of Columbia Potts Raulerson Reed Sognier Strickland of Toombs Tanner Veal APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Coker of Cherokee Chairman Groover ViceChairman Sheffield Secretary Adams Allen Barber of Jackson 120 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Bodeuhamer Mashburn Boggus Matheson of Hart Carlisle Mauldin Chambers McKenna Cheek McWhorter Cocke Mincy Deen Moorman Denmark Mull Denson Murphy of Haralson Dozier Murr Drinkard Palmer Duke Pettey Duncan Phillips of Walton Edenfield Roughton Freeman Russell Goodson Singer Gieen of Rabun Sivell Greene of Crisp Smith Hoke of Fulton Huddleston Sognier Jessup Terrell Kitchens Walker Lavender AUDITING COMMITTEE Jessup Chairman Peacock ViceChairman Campbell Secretary Boggus Cocke Cotton Coxwell Frier Gilleland Henderson Hendrix Jones of Sumter Lowe of Oglethorpe Mallory Matheson of Hart Mauldin Nightingale Pickard Ramsey Raulerson Ruark Singer Souter Turk Veal Walker LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 121 AVIATION COMMITTEE Wheeler Chairman Fowler of Douglas ViceChmn Harrell Secretary Boggus Bolton Brannen Duncan Edenfield Flynt Foster Gillis Greene of Crisp Groover Houston Jessup Jones of Laurens J ordan Kelley Kennedy of Turner Lanier Mackay Martin McWhorter Musgrove Nilan Phillips of Columbia Register Scoggin Smith M M of Fulton Sognier Todd Young BANKS AND BANKING COMMITTEE Stephens of Clarke Chairman Gunter ViceChairman Land Secretary Adams Allen Barber of Colquitt Brannen Callier Cheatham Coker of Cherokee Garrprd Gross of Stephens Harrison of Wayne Hawkins Hogan Jessup Key Lindsey Mashburn Mull Murphey of Crawford Musgrove Nightingale Pelham Peters Ray Russell Sanders Singer Stevens of Marion Twitty Wooten Wright 122 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL COMMERCE COMMITTEE Greene of Crisp Chairman Willis ViceChairman Fordham Secretary Barber of Jackson Baughman Birdsong Blalock Brown Callier Cates Cheatham Clary Davis Deal Duncan Edenfield English Eyler Gilleland Goodson Gross of Stephens Gross of Dade Harrell Harris Henderson Hodges Huddleston Hudson Johnson of Gilmer Jones of Lumpkin Jones of Sumter Kelley Kilgore Kitchens Land Lanier Love of Catoosa Lowe of Oglethorpe Mackay Martin Mobley Phillips of Columbia Reed Register Rodgers Smith of Evans Smith Hoke of Fulton Veal Young CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Todd Chairman Deal Gillis ViceChairman Deen Watson Secretary Edenfield Barber of Jackson Elder Bentley English Birdsong Flynt Black Foster Brown Frier Callier Garrard Coxwell Gilleland Davis Greene of Crisp LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 123 Harrell Lindsey Harris Love of Catoosa Harrison of Jeff Davis McCracken Hayes Mobley Henderson Palmer Hendrix Pelham Hodges Register Hogan Rodgers Hudson Roughton Hurst Ruark Johnson of Gilmer Sivell Jones of Laurens Smith of Evans Jones of Worth Terrell Jordan Weems Key Wheeler Kilgore Willis Land Wooten CORPORATIONS Cornelius Chairman Garrard ViceChairman Kilgore Secretary Baughman Black Blalock Bloodworth Cason Chambers Davis Gross of Stephens Gunter Harrell Hogan Holley Houston Ivey COMMITTEE Johnson of Gilmer Jordan Lokey Long Mobley Nightingale Peacock Peters Pettey Reed Rutland Sanders Strickland of Toombj Tanner Watson Young 124 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL COUNTIES AND COUNTY MATTERS COMMITTEE Short Chairman Singer ViceChairman Killian Secretary Baughman Bentley Blackburn Blalock Bloodworth Bodenhamer Brown Caldwell Cheatham Cloud Coxwell Deal Denmark Denson Dozier English Fain Fordham Frier Garrard Gilleland Gillis Gross of Dade Harrell Henderson Hodges Hogan Hudson Johnson of Jenkins Kelley Lavender Lokey Love of Catoosa Mackay McWhorter Mobley Murphy of Haralson Parker Phillips of Columbia Phillips of Walton Pickard Ramsey Raulerson Reed Rodgers Ruark Smith of Evans Souter Stripling of Coweta Todd Turk Upshaw Williams Willingham Wilson of Towns Wooten Wright DRAINAGE COMMITTEE Willingham Chairman Black King of Chattahoochee Cocke ViceChairman Cowart Fain Secretary Dozier Bentley Drinkard LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 125 Duncan Edenfield Floyd Gilleland Greene of Crisp Groover Hall Hardaway Harrison of Wayne Jessup Jones of Lumpkin Key Land Mathis of Lowndes Murphy of Haralson Phillips of Columbia Ramsey Short Smith Hoke of Fulton Smith M M of Fulton Stephens of Clarke Stevens of Marion Tamplin Twitty EDUCATION COMMITTEE No 1 BodEN hamer Chairman Cheek ViceChairman Lindsey Secretary Adams Allen Barber of Colquitt Barber of Jackson Blackburn Cotton Cowart Denson Dozier Floyd Flynt Gilleland Green of Rabun Grimsley Groover Hardaway Harrison of Wayne Hawkins Ivey Jackson Jones of Lumpkin Kennedy of Turner Kitchens Land Lowe of Oglethorpe Mallory Martin Massee Mauldin Murphy of Haralson Odom Perkins Peters Pettey Phillips of Walton Potts Rodgers Roughton Sheffield Sivell Souter Stevens of Marion Terrell Turk Twitty 126 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Wheeler Wilson of Peach Willis Young EDUCATION COMMITTEE No 2 Lavender Chairman Hall ViceChairman Sanders Secretary Birdsong Boggus Brown Caldwell Callier Cheatham Coxwell Deal Deen Duke English Giilis Gross of Stephens Gunter Harrell Harris Harrison of Jeff Davis Henderson Hendrix Hodges Hogan Houston Jones of Worth Jordan Kelley Kennedy of Tattnall Key King of Chattahoochee Lam Love of Catoosa Mathis of Lowndes Matthews I j McGarity I Mobley Mull Murphey of Crawford Murr Palmer Peacock Pelham Phillips of Columbia Reed Ruark Singer Smith of Emanuel Strickland of Toombs Truelove Underwood of Bartow Upshaw Walker ENGROSSING COMMITTEE Green of Rabun Chairman Phillips of Walton ViceChmn Hodges Secretary Allen Ayers Bagby Barber of Jackson Baughman Boggus Cason LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 127 Clary King of Whitfield Cloud Martin Coker of Walker McKelvey Deen Moore Fowler of Tift Sanders Goodson Short Gunter Stevens of Marion Harris Todd Hudson Veal Johnson of Jenkins Wheeler ENROLLING COMMITTEE Pettey Chairman Kilgore Upshaw ViceChairman Long Black Secretary Love of Catoosa Adams Matheson of Hart Baughman Palmer Birdsong Pelham Blackburn Potts Bodenhamer Raulerson Brannen Register Brown Sivell Caldwell Tanner Cason Truelove Fordham Underwood of Mont Houston gomery Jones of Worth Key Wilson of Peach EXCUSE OF MEMBERS ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE COMMITTEE Tarpley Chairman Jones of Worth Ayers ViceChairman Kilgore English Secretary King of Chattahoochee Brown Lam Cason Land Harrison of Jeff Davis Long Hudson Mackay Hurst Mallory 128 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Moore Reed Parker Truelove GAME AND FISH COMMITTEE Cocke Chairman Cloud ViceChairman Denmark Secretary Bagby Barber of Colquitt Black Boggus Brannen Caldwell Cheek Clary Coker of Cherokee Cornelius Cotton Coxwell Dozier Edenfield Eyler Fain Freeman Greene of Crisp Grimsley Ivey Jackson Johnson of Jenkins Kennedy of Turner Killian Lowe of Oglethorpe Mallory Massee Matheson of Hart Mauldin McGarity McWhorter Mull Murphey of Crawford Murphy of Haralson Murr Musgrove Odom Parker Peacock Perkins Pettey Phillips of Walton Pickard Potts Raulerson Rodgers Sognier Souter Stephens of Clarke Stevens of Marion Stripling of Coweta Tamplin Turk Upshaw Weems Wheeler Willis GENERAL AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE No 1 Mauldin Chairman Lanier ViceChairman Brannen Secretary Barber of Colquitt LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 129 Barber of Jackson Black Bolton Callier Cheek Clary Cloud Coker of Cherokee Dozier Flynt Fowler of Douglas Freeman Frier Garrard Goodson Green of Rabun Grimsley Harrell Jones of Worth Jones of Sumter Kitchens Lavender Lindsey McCracken Murphey of Crawford Muir Musgrove Palmer Perkins Pettey Phillips of Columbia Phillips of Walton Potts Ramsey Roughton Russell Short Singer Stephens of Clarke Strickland of Toombs Tamplin Todd Turk Walkdr Wheeler Willis Wilson of Peach Wooten GENERAL AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE No 2 McGarity Chairman Murphy of Haralson ViceChairman Cates Secretary Ayers Blackburn Bodenhamer Cason Coxwell Deeii Elder English Fordham Fowler of Tift Gillis Gross of Dade Hardaway Harris Henderson Hodgtes Hogan Houston Hudso Hurst 130 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Johnson of Jenkins Jordan Kelley Kennedy of Tattnall Kilgore King of Pike Lam Long Love of Catoosa Lowe of Oglethorpe McKelvey McKenna Moorman Parker Pelham Peters Raulerson Ray Smith of Evans Tanner Underwood of Montgomery Upshaw Williams Wilson of Towns GENERAL JUDICIARY COMMITTEE No 1 Scoggin Chairman Musgrove ViceChairman Sognier Secretary Chambers Eyler Foste Fowler of Tift Freeman Gross of Stephens Hawkins Huddleston Jaqkson Key Killian Lokey Matthews McCracken McWhorter Rowland Smith of Emanuel Stephens of Clarke Strickland of Toombs Tarpley Twitty Veal Wright Young m GENERAL JUDICIARY COMMITTEE No 2 Carlisle Chairman Stripling of Coweta V iceChairman Nilan Secretary Adams Allen Bagby Bentley Blackburn Bloodworth Bolton Caldwell LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 131 Cates Coker of Walker Deen Denmark Frier Garrard Goodson Gunter Jones of Laurens Kennedy of Tattnall King of Chattahoochee Mashburn McKenna Moorman Murr Murphy of Haralson Nightingale Ray Russell Sanders Scoggin Sheffield Underwood of Bartow Watson Willingham GEORGIA STATE SANITARIUM COMMITTEE Jackson Chairman Massee ViceChairman Hendrix Secretary Barber of Colquitt Black Brannen Boggus Campbell Chastain Deal Duke English Gross of Dade Green of Rabun Greene of Crisp Grimsley Henderson Hodges Johnson of Jenkins Jones of Sumter Kennedy of Tattnall Mashburn Matheson of Hart McKelvey Mincy Nightingale Nilan Palmer Perkins Register Roughton Tarpley Turk Underwood of Bartow Underwood of Montgomery Upshaw Veal Watson Wilson of Towns GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF COMMITTEE Weems Chairman Wright ViceChairman 132 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Lam Secretary Ayers Bagby Bentley Blackburn Caldwell Campbell Cason Coker of Walker Cornelius Cotton Denson Drinkard Duncan Edenfield Floyd Flynt Gilleland Gunter Harris Hayes Johnson of Gilmer Kilgore King of Whitfield Lokey Long Moore Raulerson Tanner Underwood of Bartow Veal HALLS AND ROOMS COMMITTEE Rutland Chairman Cowart ViceChairman Gross of Stephens Secretary Bentley Black Bolton Campbell Chastain Clary Cloud Cocke Cotton Floyd Fordham Fowler of Tift Greene of Crisp Hardaway Hendrix Holley King of Chattahoochee Lanier Lavender Mackay Murphy of Haralson Pelham Perkins Rodgers Singer Smith of Emanuel Stevens of Marion Todd Weems Williams Willingham Wright HISTORICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE Moorman Chairman Chambers ViceChairman LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 133 Bentley Secretary Adams Ayers Baughman Birdsong Black Bloodworth Brannen Cloud Coker of Walker Cotton English Freeman Garrard Goodson Gross of Stephens Gunter Harrell Hayes Henderson Hodges Jones of Sumter Jordan Kilgore Lam Mackay Mathis of Lowndes Matthews McCracken Peters Ray Russell Stephens of Clarke Tanner Tarpley Underwood of Montgomery Veal Watson Williams Young HYGIENE AND SANITATION COMMITTEE I Mashburn Chairman I Mincy ViceChairman Huddleston Secretary Adams Barber of Jackson Baughman Birdsong Brannen Clary Cocke Coker of Cherokee Coker of Walker Fordham Gillis Goodson Green of Rabun Harrison of Wayne Hendrix Jones of Lumpkin Kennedy of Tattnall Kennedy of Turner King of Chattahoochee Lanier Lavender Mathis of Lowndes Matthews McCracken McGarity McKelvey Palmer Peacock Pettey 134 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Russell Willingham Singer Willis INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Rowland Chairman Twitty ViceChairman Ivey Secretary Adams Bagby Barber of Colquitt Barber of Jackson Blackburn Chambers Cheatham Cornelius Denmark Foster Fowler of Tift Freeman Groover Gross of Stephens Holley Huddleston Killian Lavender McKenna Murr Nilan Phillips of Walton Russell Rutland Scoggin Sheffield Souter Strickland of Toombs Tarpley Willingham Young INSURANCE COMMITTEE Russell Chairman Reed ViceChairman Murphey of Crawford Sec Adams Allen Bagby Barber of Colquitt Barber of Jackson Blalock Brannen Chambers Garrard Hall Harrison of Wayne Hogan Ivey Jackson Jones of Worth Kilgore Lanier Massee Matheson of Hart Matthews McCracken Murr Peacock Pettey Phillips of Walton Ramsey Roughton LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 135 Smith of Emanuel Underwood of Bartow Smith M M of Fulton Souter Stevens of Marion Weems Williams INTERSTATE CORPORATION COMMITTEE I Sheffield Chairman I Mincy ViceChairman 1 Drinkard Secretary Groover Phillips of Columbia INVALID PENSIONS AND SOLDIERS HOME COMMITTEE I Grimsley Chairman I Moore ViceChairman I Walker Secretary Ayers Bolton 1 Carlisle Cotton Deen Floyd Foster Gross of Stephens Harrison of Jeff Davis Johnson of Gilmer Lavender McKenna Moorman Murphy of Haralson Perkins Peters Register Sanders Stevens of Marion Truelove Watson Weems Wilson of Towns JOURNALS COMMITTEE I Boggus Chairman Deal ViceChairman I Veal Secretary Birdsong Brannen Cates Coker of Walker Cowart Dozier Fowler of Douglas Gilleland Harris Harrison of Jeff Davis Hendrix Hodges Hurst Kelley Killian Lokey Lowe of Oglethorpe 136 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Martin Mobley Raulerson Sivell Tanner Tarpley Terrell Turk Underwood of Bartow Weems LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REAPPORTIONMENT COMMITTEE Goodson Chairman Odom ViceChairman Fordham Secretary Ayers Carlisle Cason Cates Cloud Cowart Deal Duke Hall Harris Holley Huddleston Johnson of Gilmer Key Lavender Mackay Matthews Mauldin Peters Raulerson Ray Rowland Sanders Smith of Emanuel Smith M M of Fulton Terrell Twitty Walker MANUFACTURERS COMMITTEE Smith M M of Fulton Chairman Jones of Sumter ViceChairman Smith of Evans Secretary Bentley Bolton Brannen Brown Cason Cheatham Clary Cornelius Cowart Deal Eyler Fain Fowler of Douglas Harrison of Jeff Davis Hurst Ivey Johnson of Gilmer Killian King of Whitfield LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 137 1 Lam Long Martin Mathis of Lowndes McKelvey Mobley Mull Nilan Pelham Peters Strickland of Toombs Tanner Tarpley Truelove Twitty Underwood of Montgomery Willis Young MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Murr Chairman McKenna ViceChairman Fowler of Douglas Secretary Chambers Cheatham Cheek Cowart Denmark Fain Gillis Gunter Hurst Jordan Kelley Killian King of Whitfield Mackay Mathis of Lowndes Mauldin McGarity McKelvey Mincy Nilan Odom Sheffield Smith H of Fulton Stripling of Coweta Turk Underwood of Bartow Walker Watson Young MINES AND MINING COMMITTEE I Mull Chairman Gross of Dade ViceChairman Long Secretary Cornelius Fowler of Douglas Gilleland Gross of Stephens Harrell Harrison of Jeff Davis Hayes Houston Johnson of Gilmer Jones of Lumpkin Key 138 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL King of Pike Lam Lanier Love of Catoosa Mashburn McGarity Mobley Moore Register Tarpley Truelove Weems Wilson of Towns MOTOR VEHICLES COMMITTEE Jones of Lumpkin Chairman Jessup ViceChairman Tamplin Secretary Ayers Bagby Birdsong Black Blalock Brannen Callier Chastain Cheek Drinkard Floyd Freeman Garrard Gillis Gross of Dade Hall Jackson Kitchens Lowe of Oglethorpe Mallory McCracken McKelvey McKenna Mincy Mull Murphey of Crawford Nilan Peacock Pickard Ray Rowland Rutland Sivell Smith of Emanuel Smith M M of Fulton Souter Stevens of Marion Strickland of Toombs Willingham MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE Smith Hoke of Fulton Chairman Young ViceChairman Hayes Secretary Allen Caldwell Chastain Denson Duke Edenfield Eyler Greene of Crisp LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 139 Grimsley Hall Hardaway Harrison of Jeff Davis Harrison of Wayne Hawkins Jackson Jones of Laurens Jones of Sumter Jones of Worth Kennedy of Tattnall King of Pike King of Whitfield Mathis of Lowndes McKelvey Moore Murr Nightingale Peters Register Rutland Sognier Stripling of Coweta Terrell Underwood of Montgomery Veal Wilson of Peach Wright PENITENTIARY COMMITTEE Harrison of Wayne Chairman Mincy Foster ViceChairman I Potts Secretary Bagby Blackburn Brannen Cates Cocke Coxwell Denmark Drinkard Greene of Crisp Grimsley Hendrix Johnson of Jenkins Kennedy of Tattnall Martin Matheson of Hart McGarity PENSIONS Sivell Chairman Matthews ViceChairman Murphey of Crawford Murr Peacock Pelham Perkins Phillips of Walton Rowland Short Singer Stevens of Marion Stripling of Coweta Tamplin Turk Underwood of Bartow Upshaw Weems Williams COMMITTEE Moorman Secretary Cason 140 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Cates Drinkard Elder Fain Frier Gross of Dade Harrison of Jeff Davis Hogan Houston Hudson Johnson of Jenkins Jordan Kelley Kennedy of Tattnall Key Kitchens Long McKelvey Moore Palmer Parker Rutland Smith M M of Fulton Todd Underwood of Montgomery Watson Wilson of Towns PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE Adams Chairman Smith of Emanuel ViceChairman King of Whitfield Secretary Bagby Bodenhamer Callier Flynt Fowler of Douglas Groover Hawkins Hurst Kelley Kennedy of Turner Key Killian King of Chattahoochee Land Lanier Lindsey Lokey Long Martin Mauldin Parker Rodgers Sognier Stevens of Marion Stripling of Coweta PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR COMMITTEE Cates Chairman Houston ViceChairman Elder Secretary Campbell Carlisle Fordham Foster Hall Jessup Kennedy of Turner LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 141 Killian Nilan King of Pike King of Whitfield Kitchens Lindsey Lokey Love of Catoosa Massee Matheson of Hart Mathis of Lowndes Matthews Moore Palmer Parker Peters Pettey Raulerson Rodgers Short Tanner Underwood of Montgomery Wooten PUBLIC HIGHWAY COMMITTEE No 1 Wooten Chairman Pickard ViceChairman Gross of Dade Secretary Adams Barber of Colquitt Baughman Birdsong Black Blackburn Blalock Bodenhamer Brown Campbell Callier Carlisle Chambers Chastain Cheek Cloud Cocke Coker of Cherokee Denmark Duncan Edenfield Flynt Foster Frier Garrard Gillis Grimsley Harrison of Wayne Hawkins Hurst Ivey Jones of Lumpkin Jones of Worth Jordan Lowe of Oglethorpe Mallory Massee Mincy Moorman Peacock Potts Rodgers Ruark Sanders Short Singer Sognier 142 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Souter Tamplin Wheeler Willingham Wright PUBLIC HIGHWAY COMMITTEE No 2 ITON Chairman Kelley ViceChairman Kennedy of Tattnall fELL Secretary Key Allen King of Pike Ayers Kitchens Bagby Lindsey Bloodworth Long Cates Love of Catoosa Coxwell Mashburn Davis Mathis of Lowndes Deen McCracken Denson Murphey of Crawford Elder Nightingale Fain Parker Fowler of Tift Peters Freeman Ramsey Green of Rabun Ray Greene of Crisp Reed Hardaway Smith of Evans Hayes Smith M M of Fulton Hendrix Truelove Holley Underwood of Bartow Hogan Upshaw Houston Watson Jessup Williams Johnson of Jenkins Wilson of Towns PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMITTEE Ramsey Chairman Cheek Bloodworth ViceChairman Cloud Martin Secretary Cowart Chambers Coxwell Chastain Davis LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 143 Dozier Hurst Drinkard King of Pike Duke Love of Catoosa Duncan Lowe of Oglethorpe Elder Lindsey Eyler Lokey Fain Moore Floyd Tamplin Foster Williams PUBLIC PRINTING COMMITTEE I McWhorter Chairman I Palmer ViceChairman I Harris Secretary Chastain Cornelius Drinkard Flynt Fordham Foster Grimsley Gross of Dade Hardaway Harrell Hayes Henderson Hendrix Hodges Holley Houston Johnson of Jenkins Moore Underwood of Montgomery PUBLIC PROPERTY COMMITTEE Callier Chairman Mathis of Lowndes ViceChairman Brown Secretary Allen Ayers Barber of Jackson Baughman Bentley Cornelius Edenfield Fain Fowler of Douglas Greene of Crisp Hudson Jones of Lumpkin King of Pike Moore Parker Ramsey Ray Register Sivell Smith of Evans Smith M M of Fulton Tamplin 144 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Tarpley Todd Truelove Underwood of Montgomery Upshaw Weems Willis Wilson of Peach Wilson of Towns PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE Pickard Chairman Mallory ViceChairman Rutland Secretary Bagby Bentley Birdsong Callier Cheatham Clary Denson Duncan Fowler of Tift Frier Gillis Gunter Hardaway Hawkins Hogan Holley Huddleston Kennedy of Tattnall Killian Matthews McWhorter Mincy Mull Musgrove Odom Potts Register Rowland Russell Scoggin Sognier Smith of Evans Smith Hoke of Fulton Strickland of Toombs Tarpley Watson Wilson of Towns Wooten Wright PUBLIC WELFARE COMMITTEE Terrell Chairman Boggus ViceChairman Allen Secretary Adams Barber of Jackson Birdsong Blackburn Blalock Bodenhamer BroWn Carlisle Cheatham Cheek Cotton Denson Duncan LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 145 Eyler Fain Foster Goodson Gross of Stephens Harrell Hawkins Hayes Jessup King of Chattahoochee Kennedy of Tattnall Mashburn Matheson of Hart McKenna McWhorter Murphy of Haralson Musgrove Nightingale Parker Pelham Perkins Phillips of Columbia Reed Ruark Scoggin Sheffield Singer Willis Wilson of Peach Wooten RAILROADS COMMITTEE Holley Chairman Ray ViceChairman Strickland of Toombs Sec Bloodworth Bolton Brannen Brown Caldwell Ivey Jones of Laurens Jones of Sumter King of Pike King of Whitfield McCracken Moore Moorman Mull Peacock Register Sanders Smith of Evans Smith M M of Fulton Sognier Stripling of Coweta Tamplin Tanner Willis Wilson of Peach Wooten Wright Young RULES COMMITTEE Allen Barber of Jackson Bodenhamer Mr Speaker Chairman Groover ViceChairman Scoggin Secretary 146 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Carlisle Cloud Coker of Cherokee Cowart Denson Drinkard Duke Duncan Floyd Flynt Gilleland Green of Rabun Harrison of Wayne Hawkins Ivey Jackson Kennedy of Turner Land Lindsey Mashburn Massee Mincy McGarity SANITARIUM AT I McKelvey Chairman Jordan ViceChairman Hall Secretary Ayers Campbell Davis Fordham Foster Fowler of Douglas Grimsley Henderson Hodges Johnson of Gilmer Murr Odom Phillips of Walton Pickard Potts Ramsey Roughton Rowland Rutland Sanders Sheffield Short Sivell Smith of Emanuel Smith Hoke of Fulton Souter Stephens of Clarke Terrell Todd Twitty Upshaw Wheeler Willingham AND ALTO COMMITTEE Johnson of Jenkins Jones of Laurens Jones of Sumter Kelley King of Chattahoochee King of Pike Kirig of Whitfield Killian Martin Moore Murphy of Haralson Scoggin Sivell LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 147 Truelove Wilson of Towns Upshaw Weems Wright SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE I Barber of Colquitt Chairman 1 Veal ViceChairman I Blackburn Secretary Bloodworth Boggus Caldwell Foster Hogan Holley Hurst Jessup Johnson of Jenkins Jones of Laurens Jones of Worth King of Pike King of Whitfield Kitchens Lam Martin Matthews McGarity Mobley Moore Musgrove Nilan Pettey Phillips of Columbia Potts Raulerson Stripling of Coweta Todd Truelove Turk Upshaw Willis Young SPECIAL JUDICIARY COMMITTEE I Hawkins Chairman I Birdsong ViceChairman I Mackay Secretary Black Campbell Cates Cheek Clary Cornelius Cotton Cowart Coxwell Duke Hayes King of Whitfield Smith Hoke of Fulton Smith M M of Fulton Souter Stevens of Marion Tamplin Truelove Turk Underwood of Bartow Underwood of Montgomery Walker 148 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Watson Willis Weems Wheeler Williams Wilson of Peach Wilson of Towns STATE OF THE REPUBLIC COMMITTEE Drinkard Chairman Sheffield ViceChairman Turk Secretary Allen Barber of Colquitt Barber of Jackson Blalock Baughman Bodenhamer Cheek Coker of Cherokee Coker of Walker Cotton Denmark Denson Duncan Floyd Flynt Fowler of Tift Green of Rabun Groover Harrison of Wayne Hawkins Huddleston Ivey Jackson Kennedy of Turner Land Lindsey Mashburn Massee Matheson of Hart McGarity Mincy Murphey of Crawford Odom Pettey Phillips of Walton Pickard Potts Rodgers Roughton Rowland Russell Scoggin Sivell Souter Stephens of Clarke Terrell Todd Twitty Wheeler Willingham Wilson of Peach STATE PRISON FARM COMMITTEE Stevens of Marion Chairman Eyler Secretary Clary ViceChairman Cloud LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 149 Cocke Cotton Davis Deal Denmark Dozier Elder Fain Fordham Fowler of Douglas Freeman Grimsley Gross of Dade Hardaway Jones of Laurens King of Whitfield Kitchens Lanier Moorman Smith of Evans Strickland of Toombs Stripling of Coweta Truelove Turk Wooten TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE 1 Coker of Walker Chairman I Edenfield ViceChairman I Kennedy of Turner Secretary Baughman Boggus Chastain Cheatham Cocke Coker of Cherokee Cowart Coxwell Denson Groover Holley Huddleston J ackson Jones of Worth King of Chattahoochee McKenna Murphey of Crawford Peacock Phillips of Walton Pickard Ramsey Sheffield Smith H of Fulton Smith M M of Fulton Souter Upshaw Wheeler Willingham TRAINING SCHOOLS COMMITTEE I Matheson of Hart Chairman I Duke ViceChairman I Houston Secretary Chastain English Flynt Gilleland Gillis Green of Rabun Greene of Crisp 150 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Grimsley Hayes Gross of Dade Lam Gross of Stephens Land Hall Massee Harrell Perkins Harris Watson Harrison of Jeff Davis UNIFORM STATE LAWS COMMITTEE Bolton Chairman Hall Bagby ViceChairman Holley Parker Secretary Jones of Laurens Bentley Kilgore Bloodworth King of Pike Caldwell Lindsey Cates Lowe of Oglethorpe Chastain Mallory Davis McWhorter Deal Rutland Deen Smith of Emanuel Elder Tarpley English Veal Gross of Dade Willis UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA COMMITTEE Duncan Chairman Coker of Cherokee Barber of Jackson Vice Coker of Walker Chairman Davis Deen Secretary Duke Bagby Elder Birdsong Eyler Blalock Fain Bolton Fowler of Douglas Campbell Fowler of Tift Cason Freeman Chambers Gilleland Cheek Groover Clary Hardaway LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 151 Hayes Musgrove Hogan Huddleston Jessup Jones of Lumpkin Kelley Key Killian Lam Land Lavender Lokey Love of Catoosa Lowe of Oglethorpe Mallory Massee Matthews McWhorter Moorman Murphy of Haralson Murr Perkins Reed Register Roughton Rowland Ruark Russell Sheffield Short Smith of Emanuel Smith Hoke of Fulton Smith M M of Fulton Stephens of Clarke Stripling of Coweta Tamplin Walker Williams Wilson of Peach Young VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Floyd Chairman Perkins ViceChairman Peters Secretary Bagby Bolton Campbell Cason Clary Cloud Cotton Deen Denson Dozier Duke Edenfield Elder English Eyler Foster Hayes Lanier Lavender Lokey Matheson of Hart McKenna Nilan Nightirfgale Roughton Scoggin Short Stevens of Marion Strickland of Toombs 152 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Stripling of Coweta Wooten Wright WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE Blalock Chairman Massee Lokey ViceChairman Musgrove Key Secretary Nilan Baughman Odom Blackburn Peacock Chastain Perkins Cheatham Pickard Cloud Potts Coker of Walker Ramsey Cornelius Ray Cotton Rowland Cowart Rutland Floyd Sanders Flynt Scoggin Fowler of Douglas Short Fowler of Tift Smith of Emanuel Frier Souter Garrard Stephens of Clarke Green of Rabun Stevens of Marion Grimsley Stripling of Coweta Harrell Tamplin Hogan Turk Ivey Twitty Jackson Underwood of Bartow Jones of Lumpkin Wheeler Kennedy of Turner Willingham Land Wilson of Peach Lindsey Mallory k Wright WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD COMMITTEE Underwood of Bartow Fowler of Tift Secretary Chairman Bagby Ruark ViceChairman Bentley LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 153 Boggus Campbell Cocke Coker of Walker Coxwell Davis Denmark Elder Floyd Fowler of Douglas Frier Gross of Stephens Houston Johnson of Jenkins Jones of Sumter King of Whitfield Mallory Mashburn Mull Palmer Perkins Reed Rodgers Roughton Singer Walker Weems Williams Wilson of Towns Wright LEGISLATIVE MANUAL THE SPEAKER Rule 1 The Speaker 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 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 Rule 3 When two or more members shall rise at the same time the Speaker shall name the person entitled to proceed Rules 4 All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker unless otherwise ordered by the House Rule 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 Discretion of 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 158 Speaker may name members to preside Duty of Clerk when Speaker is absent Appeals from ruling of the Speaker When no debate on appeals Appeals to be made at once When members may address the House LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 tf 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 being recognized by the Speaker may address his remarks directly to the House c e d c a t I s t I 1 I I 1 1 1 1 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 159 Rule 12 The Speaker shall have power to susI pend the Messenger and Doorkeepers for misconI duct or neglect of duty and when such suspenI sion has been made he shall report the same to I the House within twentyfour hours thereafter I for such action as the House may see fit to take I in the premises Rule 13 The Speaker shall have power to I cause the galleries and lobbies of the House clearI ed by the Messenger and Doorkeepers in case of I disturbance or disorderly conduct therein and to I cause any person or persons so offending to be I arrested and brought before the bar of the House I to be dealt with for contempt of the House Rule 14 When less than a quorum vote on I any subject under consideration by the House I the Speaker may order the bar of the House to I be closed and the roll of members called by the I Clerk and if it is ascertained that a quorum is I present either by answering to their names or I by their presence in the House and if any memI ber present then refuses to vote unless excused I such refusal shall be deemed a contempt of the I House Rule 15 The Speaker may at any time order I the roll called on any question and take the I vote by yeas and nays where a division of the I House discloses the fact that a quorum of the I House has not voted Rule 16 All questions as to the priority of I business to be acted on shall be decided by the I Speaker without debate ON DECORUM AND DEBATE Rule 17 When any member is about to speak I in debate or deliver any matter to the House he I shall rise and respectfully address himself to Power of Speaker to suspend subordinate officers When Speaker may order galleries and lobbies cleared No quorum voting duty of Speaker When Speaker may order vote taken by yeas and nays Decisions on questions of priority Conduct of members in debate 160 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Time extended how Expulsion Exception to words spoken Proviso Mr Speaker He shall be confined to matter I in debate shall not speak more than twice on any I subject or more than once until every member I choosing to speak shall have spoken No member of the House shall occupy the floor I longer than one 1 hour in debating any ques I tion unless otherwise ordered by the House and I any motion to limit or extend the time of indi I vidual speeches shall be decided without debate I No such motion shall prevail unless it shall re I ceive the affirmative votes of twothirds of those I voting Such motion may be made at any time I that the movant thereof may legitimately obtain I the floor If any member in speaking or otherwise trans I gress the rules of the House the Speaker shall I call him to order in which case the member so I 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 I 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 I as the House may deem proper in regard thereto Provided that if at any 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 questions have been LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 161 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 arraign nor impugn the motive of the House nor any member thereof and such protest shall be entered by the Clerk upon the Journal of the House Silence Mode of designating members House how addressed Questions and interruptions Shall not vote when interested in result Protests 162 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 Explanation LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 24 No member shall converse with any one over the bar of the House 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 with 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 Rule 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 163 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 Rule 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 Rule 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 Rule 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 Rule 36 Any member may call for a division of the question on a subject in which the sense thereof will admit of it Rule 37 The member 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 Reading of papers When members shall vote Motion to excuse when made Excuses from voting Call for a division Division how made 164 Qualifying paragraph exception and provision Strike out and insert not divisible Bills and resolutions called in order Proviso LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 Rule 40 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 request of the authors of such bill or resolution 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 read the first time a number following the numercial 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 number as heretofore practiced Rule 41 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 be submitted in writing and reported upon by the Committee on Rules before being submitted to the House Rule 42 The Speaker shall not recognize any LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 165 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 any general bill or resolution upon its passage or to read such bill or resolution second time and recommit Hie Speaker shall entertain but one unanimous consent at any 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 43 The Rules of this House known as Constitutional rules shall in no case be suspended all other rules shall in no case be suspended Effect of unanimous consent Suspension of rules 166 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL No debate Bills etc when introduced 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 44 No suspension or changes or addition to these rules shall be made unless such proposed change or addition or suspension of these rules 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 45 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 twentyone days of the session Rule 46 No bill and no resolution requiring the concurring vote of the Senate for passage shall be introduced unless the same shall have been filed in the office of the Clerk before 1000 A M of the previous day except that a bill or such resolution may be introduced on the second LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 167 day of any regular adjourned or special session if it shall have been filed in the office of the Clerk before 1200 noon of the first day of such session a The Clerk of the House is hereby directed to introduce in the name of the author or authors in the numerical order in which they stand all general bills and resolutions remaining on the General Calendar at the completion of business on Friday February 18 1955 which have been favorably reported by a Committee of the House provided a written request to said Clerk is made by the author or authors or one of them within ten days after the adjournment of the regular session of 1955 It is further provided that said bills when so introduced will be read the first time on the first day of the regular session beginning on the second Monday in January 1956 and that said bills shall be considered as favorably reported on the second day of said session without further committee action and read the second time on the second day of said session after which they will be placed on the General Calendar for consideration on the third and succeeding days unless recommitted b All Resolutions providing for payment of damages or claims to injured persons or corporations on the General Calendar at close of business on February 18 1955 or in the Committee on such date shall likewise be introduced by the Clerk under the same conditions outlined above Damage or compensation claims reported unfavorably by the Committee to which referred shall not be covered by this amendment to the Rules c In order to facilitate the introduction and consideration of Bills and Resolutions by the House the Clerk of the House is hereby directed to staff the Clerks office seven 7 days before the convening of the regular 1956 session of the General Assembly in order that Members of the 168 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL No debate on first reading House may file copies of proposed legislation with the Clerk for introduction and first reading on the first day of said session The Clerk is directed to print sufficient copies of said legislation for distribution to the members The filing time specified in Rule 46 shall not apply in this instance but after the convening of said session Rule 46 shall apply The Clerk is authorized to employ and compensate the staff of the Clerks office for the seven days in the same manner and under the same conditions as now provided under H R No 3 adopted at the beginning of the 1955 session d The above amendments shall not apply to Senate Bills and Resolutions e The above amendments shall remain in force and effect only for the time specified in the 1956 regular session and thereafter shall automatically be repealed Rule 47 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 twothirds of the members present No member shall be recognized at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent 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 five minutes and any one other member of the House may speak in opposition thereto for five minutes In case of engrossment of any bill or other matter the entry thereof shall be made by the Clerk and the LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 169 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 five minutes and any one other member of the House may speak in opposition thereto for five 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 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 48 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 49 The Clerk shall as soon as possible after any bill or resolution of General application is filed in his office cause the same to be printed and a copy thereof distributed to each member Effect of favorable report of committee Bills when withdrawn Adverse report of committee Transmission to Senate majority vote Bills when printed 170 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Com mittee of the Whole House See Rule 106 et al Bills and Resolutions to be in writing How indorsed Reports of committees order of action forthwith Whenever any such bill or resolution of general application shall be reported back by the committee to which it was referred with the recommendation that it do pass as amended the Clerk shall cause the amendments recommended to be printed and copies thereof to be distributed to each member The House may at any time by a vote of a majority of a quorum suspend action upon any pending bill or resolution of general application until the substitutes and amendments offered thereto have been printed Rule 50 All proceedings touching the appropriating of money shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole House Rule 51 All bills and resolutions shall be in writing and shall have the name of the member introducing the same as well as the county he represents indorsed on the back of the same and in the case of bills the caption of the bill shall also be indorsed on the same Rule 52 Where a bill or 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 House and in all cases the report of the Committee of he Whole House shall be first acted on by the House Rule 53 The Committee on Rules during the last twentyone days of each session shall arrange a 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 a majority 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 171 by the clerk immediately after Confirmation of the Journal of each morning session and immediately after Call of the Roll 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 54 When any subject is before the House for consideration or under debate no motion shall be received except the following towit 1st Motion to adjourn 2nd A motion to lay on table 3rd 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 9th A motion to print Which said motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand as above arranged MOTION TO ADJOURN Rule 55 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 Order of precedence Not debatable when may be renewed When made 172 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL When made debatable business before the House A motion to adjourn in its simple form shall not be amended Rule 56 A motion to adjourn to a particular day or for a particular time if made when the House is not actually engaged in other business is debatable Rule 57 The motion to adjourn can be made at any time when the member moving it can legitimately obtain the floor When not in order Rule 58 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 the result finally announced before a motion to adjourn shall be in order Effect of adjournment Rule 59 When a motion to adjourn in its simple form prevails it adjourns the House to the next sitting day or time in course Hour of adjournment What business postponed Rule 60 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 173 MOTIONS TO LAY ON TABLE Rule 61 No motion to lay an amendment or substitute on the table shall be in order Rule 62 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 63 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 64 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 just as it did at the time the motion to lay on the table prevailed Rule 65 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 66 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 67 Neither the motion to lay on the 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 No motion to table in order until rollcall is completed When renewed Not debatable or amendable 174 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL What can be tabled table nor the motion to take from the table is debatable or amendable Rule 68 Nothing can be legitimately laid on the table excepting what can be taken up again When in order Rule 69 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 Effect of previous question THE MOTION FOR THE PREVIOUS QUESTION Rule 70 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 motions shall be made but once until after the previous question has been exhausted and when it is moved the question shall be Shall the motion 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 adjourn 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 175 Rule 71 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 maj indicate for the time or any part of it allowed under this rule This rule shall 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 72 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 Rule 73 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 Rule 74 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 Twenty minutes debate allowed Vote how taken Effect of main question being ordered Contested Election 176 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL time so allowed or any part of it before the twenty minutes allowed to the Chairman submitting the majority report How Called and Ordered Rule 75 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 Call of the House when in order Rule 76 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 Question of order Rule 77 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 Effect MOTIONS TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Rule 78 When a bill resolution or other measure is under consideration on the final reading thereof 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 Not amendable Rule 79 The motion to indefinitely postpone lays open the whole question for debate but it cannot be amended When cannot be applied Rule 80 While the motion to indefinitely postpone takes precedence over a motion to postpone to a day certain or to commit or amend yet LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 177 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 81 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 82 The motion to postpone a bill resolution or other measure to a day certain when decided in the affirmative by a majority of a quorum removes the subject from before the House until the time designated and makes it a privileged question for that day so selected Rule 83 If the motion to postpone a bill a resolution or other measure is decided in the negative it leaves the question before the House as it was before the motion was made and it cannot be moved a second time on same day or at the same stage of the proceeding Rule 84 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 85 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 86 On a motion to postpone to a day certain it is not in order to debate the merits of Not renewed Effect of negative vote May be amended To a day beyond the session Debate when and how allowed 178 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 Motion how applied Rule 87 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 Motion to commit MOTIONS TO COMMIT Rule 88 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 Precedence of Rule 89 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 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 When debatable Rule 90 On a motion simply to commit no debate shall be allowed but where instructions are added the merits of the question can be debated How amended Rule 91 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 179 Rule 92 Any proposition that has been referred to any committee either standing or special may on motion be recommitted to the same or any other committee by a majority of a quorum MOTIONS TO AMEND Rule 93 There are three ways in which a proposition may be amended towit 1st By inserting or adding words 2nd By striking out words 3rd 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 94 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 Rule 95 When 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 shailbe Shall this bill pass or resolution be adopted as the case may be by substitute Rule 96 An amendment cannot be offered after the report of the committee to which was Motion to recommit Amendments how made Substitute Bill first perfected then the substitute When too late to amend 180 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Must be in writing 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 97 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 Priority Rule 98 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 Blanks Rule 99 Where blanks occur in any proposition they must be filled first before any motion is made to amend Caption when amended Rule 100 The caption or preamble of a bill or resolution shall not be considered or amended until the measure has been perfected Amending by sections Rule 101 When a proposition consisting of several sections or resolutions is on a final reading and 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 181 Rule 102 No motion on a subject different I from that under consideration shall be admitted I under color of amendment Rule 103 When a motion is made to amend I by striking out and inserting the Clerk shall read I the paragraph as it is then the words to be I stricken out and finally the whole paragraph as I it would be if amendea Rule 104 When a motion is made to amend I by striking out a part of a bill or resolution any I amendment offered to perfect the part proposed I to be stricken shall be put first before the quesI tion is put for striking it out Rule 105 When any bill or resolution which I originated in the House has been amended in I the Senate and is before the House for action on I the Senate amendment an amendment may be I offered in the House to the Senate amendment I but the House amendment to the Senate amendI ment cannot be further amended it must be I agreed to or voted down Rule 106 A motion to amend an amendment I made by the Senate to the House bill or resoluI tion takes precedence over a motion to agree to I disagree to said amendment Rule 107 The questions which arise before I the House respecting amendments by the Senate I to a House bill or resolution are 1st A motion to agree to the Senate amendI ment 2nd A motion to disagree to the Senate I amendment Amendments by striking out and inserting Priority of amendment to perfect Amending Senate Amendments See Rule 125 Priority Priority of questions on Senate amendments 182 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 3rd 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 or 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 over a motion to agree Provided that when any question of disagreement with the Senate arises the following motions shall be in order at any time the movant can legally obtain the floor and debate thereon limited as in the case of reconsideration 1st a motion to insist upon the House position 2nd a motion to recede from the House position which motions shall be put in order listed subject to disposition by the House of any amendments or substitutes affecting the matter in disagreement Majority necessary to adopt Senate Amendment or Conference Committee Report Rule 107A In order to adopt a Senate Amendment to a House bill or resolution and in order to adopt a report of a conference committee the said amendment or conference committee report must receive a majority vote of the ei r si di IK ir s si c si B ai e H f w si el 1 m bi ni s te c o ai LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 183 I entire membership elected to the House of RepI resentatives Any rule contravening the letter or I spirit of this Rule is hereby repealed I RECONSIDERATION Rule 108 When the Journal of the preceding day shall be read it shall be in the power of any I member whether said member previously voted I in the affirmative or negative on the matter I sought to be reconsidered to move for a reconI sideration of any matter therein contained exI cept such matter as has been previously reconIsidered provided such member shall notify the I House of his intention to move such reconsiderI ation at any time before the Journal is confirmI ed Provided further that the action of the I House on Senate amendments shall be in order I for reconsideration immediately and not otherI wise Rule 109 The notice of a motion to reconI sider shall not be withdrawn after the time has I elapsed within which it might originally have I been made Rule 110 No matter shall be reconsidered I more than once Rule 111 Motions for reconsideration shall I be in order immediately after the order of unaniI mous consent on the day succeeding the action I sought to be reconsidered except that any matI ter which could not be reconsidered on the sucI ceeding day shall be in order for reconsideration I on the day of said action Rule 112 The action of the House upon an I amendment may be reconsidered at any time be Motion to reeonsider Shall not be withdrawn when When there may be one reconsideration When In order Amendments when reconsidered 184 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL fore final action upon the section bill or resolution to which it relates Place of calendar Rule 113 All bills reconsidered shall take their place at the foot of the calendar of bills then in order for a third reading When ordered by Speaker COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE HOUSE Rule 114 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 in order for consideration on its See Rule 43 third reading before the House which is required by the rules of this House to be considered in the Committee of the Whole When ordered by the House Rule 115 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 twothird 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 185 Clerk to read the bill or resolution again on the following days sesson 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 Rule 116 In forming a Committee of the I Whole House the Speaker shall leave the chair land a Chairman to preside in committee shall be I appointed by the Speaker I Rule 117 In the Committee of the Whole I bills shall be first read throughout by the Clerk I and then again be read or debated by clauses or sections leaving the preamble to be last considered unless otherwise ordered Rule 118 The Rules of the House shall be obI served by the Committee of the Whole so far I 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 In no call of the House shall be in order nor shall any vote be taken by yeas and nays Rule 119 If at any time in the Committee of I the Whole it shall be desired to close the debate I or to limit the time to be allowed members for speaking the committee may rise and report its How formed Proceedings Rule in committee Debate how closed 186 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 subject Time of how extended Rule 120 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 Motion to rise etc Rule 121 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 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 Reconsid eration Rule 122 A motion to reconsider shall be in order in Committee of the Whole Duty of Chairman when no quorum is present Rule 123 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 com LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 18 mittee 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 124 The Speaker may in Committee of the Whole take part in the proceedings and he as well as all other members shall vote on all questions before the committee unless excused therefrom and no pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed in the Committee of the Whole Rule 125 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 126 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 127 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 128 When the Committee of the Whole has 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 All members shall vote unless excused Amendments Disorderly conduct reported Chairman may order galleries cleared Proceedings of when business before it is finished LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 188 have had under consideration naming what 11 and have instructed me as their Chairman to report the same back to the House with the I recommendation that the same do pass or do pass I as amended or do not pass as the case may I be The Speaker will receive this report and re11 peat the same and the matter will then be before 11 the House for action just as though reported 11 by any other Committee Record Rule 129 The proceedings of the Committee 11 of the Whole shali not be recorded in the Jour11 nal of the House except so far as reported to the 11 House by the Chairman of said committee Papers may be called for Reports shall contain result of committees action Rule 130 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 131 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 Morning rollcall dispensed with by twothirds vote Rule 132 The rollcall at the opening of each session of the House and also the reading of the Journal shall not be dispensed with except by a vote of twothirds of the members present The motion to dispense with the roll call and to dispense with the reading of the Journal shall be decided without debate LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 189 I Rule 133 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 days proceedings which list shall be entered upon the Journal and shall show which of said absentees are absent without I leave and of those absent with leave which are 11 absent for providential causes and which for I business reasons which said separate list shall 11 be read in the House with the Journal upon which 11 the same is entered COMPELLING ATTENDANCE Rule 134 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 exofficio 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 135 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 Names of absentees noted Power to compel attendance Sergeant atarms 190 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL call of the House and when this motion is made II the Speaker shall state the question as follows II Shall the motion for the call of the House pre I vail and if fifteen of the members present I shall vote in the affirmative the Speaker shall I order the Clerk to call the roll of members and I the absentees shall be noted the doors shall then II be closed after which the names of the absentees II shall again be called over and those who do not 11 appear and who are absent without leave may I by order of the majority of the members pres II ent be sent for and arrested wherever they may I be found by the officers to be appointed by the II Messenger for that purpose and their attend II ance secured and the House shall determine I upon what conditions they shall be discharged QUORUM What is a quorum Compelling attendance Oath of members Rule 136 A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to transact business but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the presence of its absent members as each House may provide Art 3 Sec 4 Par 4 Rule 137 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 interest and prosperity of this State Art 3 Sec 4 Par 5 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 191 Rule 138 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 appear on the Journal Art 3 Sec 7 Par 14 Rule 139 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 140 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 141 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 19 Rule 142 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 7 Par 7 Rule 143 All bills for raising revenue or appropriating money shall originate in the House Majority required to pass bill Yeas and nays order by onefifth of members Bill or resolutions appropriating money must pass by yeas and nays Constitutional twothirds vote taken by yeas and nays Revenue bills Reading of bills 192 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL of Representatives but the Senate may propose or concur in amendments as in other bills Art 3 Sec 7 Par 10 One subject matter etc Rule 144 No law or ordinance shall pass which refers to more than one subject matter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof Art 3 Sec 7 Par 8 An amendment to laws and sections of Code Rule 145 No law or section of the Code shall be amended or repealed by mere reference to its 1 title or to the number of the section of the Code 1 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 16 General laws how varied Rule 146 Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State and no Consent and when required special law shall be enacted in any case for which provisons have been made by an existing general law No general law affecting private 1 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 Corpora tions Rule 147 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 193 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 17 Rule 148 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 Art 3 Sec 7 Par 18 Rule 149 The General Appropriation bill shall embrace nothing except appropriation 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 1 Rule 150 Neither House shall adjourn for more than three days or to any other place without the consent of the other and in case of 1 disagreement between the two Houses on a question of adjournment the Governor may adjourn either or both of them Art 3 Sec 7 Par 22 Rule 151 All elections by the General Assembly shall be viva voce and the vote shall appear Powerdelegated to courts Belief of recognizance What the general appropriation bill shall contain Other appropriations by separate bills Adjourn ments 194 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Elections Rejected bills again considered by a twothirds vote Regular session limited to 70 days 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 152 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 Rule 153 The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Monday in January 1955 and annually thereafter on the same day until the date shall be changed by law By concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of members elected to both houses the General Assembly may adjourn any regular session to such later date as it may fix for reconvening in regular session but shall remain in regular session no longer than forty 40 days in the aggregate in each year during the term for which the members were elected All business pending in the Senate or House at the adjournment of any regular session may be considered at any later regular session held in the same year as if there had been no adjournment Nothing herein shall be construed to affect the power of the Governor to convoke the General Assembly in extraordinary session or the duty of the Governor to convene the General Assembly in extraordinary session upon the certificate of three fifths of the mem LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 195 bers elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives as provided in Article V Section I Paragraph XII of this Constitution If an impeachment trial is pending at the end of any regular or extraordinary session the Senate may continue in session until such trial is completed Art 3 Sec 4 Par 3 Rule 154 Each House shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its members and shall have the 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 155 No provision in the Constitution of this State 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 to submit constitutional amendments and in case of prolongation of a session of the General Assembly Art 3 Sec 7 Par 21 Rule 156 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 Elections Disorderly conduct Expulsion by twothirds vote Signature of Governor when required Governors veto 196 Effect of twothirds vote thereon When Governor must approve Twothirds vote required Twothirds vote required on amendments to Constitution LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 15 Rule 157 Every note 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 16 Rule 158 No county site shall be changed or removed 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 Art 11 Sec 1 Par 9 Rule 159 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 197 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 Art 13 Sec 1 Par 1 Rule 160 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 Genera Assembly The representation in said convention shall be based on the population as near as practicable Art 13 Sec 1 Par 2 Rule 161 The Justices of the Supreme Court each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 8000 per annum the Judges of the Court of Appeals each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 8000 per annum the Judges of the Superior Courts each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 6000 per annum and the Solicitors General shall each have out of the treasury of the State a salary of 250 per annum with the right of the General Assembly to authorize any county to supplement the salary of a judge of the Superior Court and Solicitor General of the Judicial Circuit in which such county lies out of county funds provided however where such salary was at the time of the adoption of the Constitution of this State being supplemented out of county funds under existing laws such laws shall remain in force until altered by the General Assembly Provided further that the Twothirds vote required to call a convention How called Salaries of judges LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 198 Board of County Commissioners of Richmond I a County or the Ordinary or such other board or persons as may from time to time have charge I t of the fiscal affairs of said county shall without I s further legislative action continue to supple I ment from said Countys treasury the salary of I i the Judge of Superior Court of the circuit of s which the said County of Richmond is a part by the sum of Two Thousand Dollars 2000 per annum which shall be in addition to the amount received by said judge out of the State treasury and such payments are declared to be a part of the court expenses of said County and such payment shall be made to the judge in office at the time of the adoption of the Constitution of this State during his term or subsequent terms as well as to his successors with the authority in the f General Assembly to increase such salary from r the County treasury as above provided Art 6 Sec 12 Par 1 and c Art 3 Sec 7 Par 1 Evidence of notice of local and special bills must be submitted before passage of same Rule 162 No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply j therefor shall have been published in the newspaper in which the Sheriffs advertisements for the locality affected are published once a week for three weeks during a period of sixty days immediately preceding its introduction into the General Assembly No local or special bill shall I J become law unless there is attached to and made a part of said bill a copy of said notice certified by the publisher or accompanied by an affida I j vit of the author to the effect that said notice I j has been published as provided by law No office to which a person has been elected shall be j abolished nor the term of the office shortened or lengthened by local or special bill during the term for which such person of the jurisdiction affected in a referendum on the question Where LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 199 any local law shall add any member or members to any municipal or county governing authority the members of which are elected by the people such local law must provide that the member or members so added must be elected by a majority vote of the qualified voters of the political subdivision affected Art 3 Sec 7 Par 15 MISCELLANEOUS RULES Rule 163 When a message shall be sent to the House of Representatives 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 Rule 164 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 Rule 165 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 Rule 166 Any member presenting a petition memorial or remonstrance shall as concisely as Messages Messages when received and considered Motions Petitions memorials etc 200 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 Committees Rule 167 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 Clerk Rule 168 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 Clerk Rule 169 The Clerk shall take special care of the books provided for the use of the House Duties of Committee on Enrollment Rule 170 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 Motions not privileged Rule 171 Verification of a roll call vote can be dispensed with only by unanimous consent the Speaker shall not entertain a motion to that effect Rule 172 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 Not necessary to second motion Rule 173 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 201 Rule 174 After the announcement of the standing committee no other members shall be placed thereon except when members have been elected to 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 175 No person shall be allowed to enter upon the floor of the House except the members and officers thereof their wives and children the members and officers of the Senate and such others as may be granted permission as hereinafter stated a The House may upon the recommendation of the Committee on Privileges of the Floor grant permission for a specific individual or individuals to enter upon the Floor on a single named day The recommendation of such Committee shall specify the exact purpose for which such individual or individuals are to be admitted and the expected benefit to be derived thereby b On the first two days of any regular special or adjourned session the Speaker may extend the privileges of the floor and use of the press table to representatives of the press radio and other newsgathering andor disseminating agencies Thereafter he shall refer all applications for admission of such persons to the Committee on Privileges of the Floor which Committee shall as promptly as possible investigate the credentials of such persons and recommend to the House for admission to the floor only such persons as it finds to be representatives of recognized newspapers and periodicals of general circulation radio and television stations newsreel photography companies or telegraphic press associations assigned to the duty of actually re Committees how and when engaged Privileges on the floor 202 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Privileges of the floor porting Legislative proceedings The House may grant the privileges of the floor to such press representatives for the whole session or for a lesser time and automatically reserves the right to revoke such permission at any time c The Committee on Privileges of the Floor may submit its recommendations at any time when a question of privilege would be in order Duty of Committee on Journals Rule 176 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 Members to receipt Clerk for books and papera Rule 177 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 Adjournment and meeting Rule 178 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 Motion for yeas and nays not debatable Rule 179 A motion for the call of the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate Signature of Speaker and Clerk Rule 180 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 Duty of Messenger Rule 181 It shall be the duty of the Messenger to attend to the wants of the House while in LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 203 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 182 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 183 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 184 No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed as an excuse for not voting Rule 185 Whenever any member 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 Speaker shall appoint a committee on the part of the House and in such case the committee shall consist of only such members as voted in the majority on the position assumed by the House and if by inadvertence any member be nominat Messengers duty in distributing documents etc Interlineation forbidden Pairing Committee on conference 204 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL ed on said committee who was not in said majority vote he shall notify the House and be excused by the Speaker Authority of Conference Committees Rule 185A All conference committee reports shall be printed and distributed to the members prior to consideration of the same unless the printing of the same be dispensed with by a majority vote of all members elected to the House Amend ments Rule 186 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 Majority and minority reports Rule 187 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 Each committee shall wherever practical include with their report on each general bill or resolution a brief resume of the bill and the reasons for the action taken by the Committee If the Committee shall so order the Clerk shall have such report printed and distributed to the members of the House What motions lie on table Rule 188 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 205 motion shall be deemed privileged and shall he in order for immediate consideration at the request of the author or any other members of the House Rule 189 On the call of the yeas and nays the Clerk shall read the names of the members changing after they have been called and no member shall votesbe permitted to change his vote unless he at that time declares that he voted under a mistake of the question Rule 190 Questions of privilege shall be Questions of first those affecting the rights of the House col privilege lectively its safety dignity and the integrity of rovisoits proceedings second the rights reputation and conduct of members individually in their representative capacity only and shall have precedence over 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 191 In all elections a majority of the members present shall be necessary to a choice Rule 192 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 193 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 206 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 194 The following shall be the order of business ri lain Scripture Reading and Prayer by Chap 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 7 Motions to Reconsider 8 Introduction of Bills and Resolutions Each member is requested to introduce two copies of each bill or resolution one to be filed in the office of the Speaker by the Clerk and the other to be given to the press 9 First Reading and Reference of House Bills and Resolutions 10 Report of Standing Committees 11 Second Reading of Bills and Resolutions Favorably Reported LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 12 Third Reading and Passage of Uncontested Local Bills and Resolutions 13 First Reading and Reference of Senate Bills and Resolutions 14 Unfinished Business of Previous Session 15 Orders of the Day 16 Senate Amendments to House Bills and Resolutions and Reports of Conference Committees 17 House Bills and Resolutions for Third Reading 18 Unless otherwise Ordered by the House Senate Bills and Resolutions for Third Reading or on the Calendar for the Purpose of Disagreeing to an Adverse Committee Report shall be Called on Thursdays 19 The Reports of the Committee on Engrossing and the Committee on Enrolling May be Made at Any Time 20 General Bills and Resolutions Otherwise in Order for Reconsideration on Friday or Saturday Shall Stand over Until the Following Monday COMMITTEES Rule 195 The Speaker shall appoint the folI lowing committees Academy for the Blind Amendments to the Constitution No One Amendments to the Constitution No Two Appropriations 208 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Auditing Aviation Banks and Banking Commerce Conservation Corporations Counties and County Matters Drainage Education No One Education No Two Engrossing Enrollment Excuse of Members Absent Without Leave Game and Fish General Agriculture No One General Agriculture No Two General Judiciary No One General Judiciary No Two Georgia School for the Deaf Georgia State Sanitarium Halls and Rooms Historical Research Hygiene and Sanitation Industrial Relations Insurance Interstate Cooperation Invalid Pensions and Soldiers Home Journals Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Manufacturers Military Affairs Mines and Mining Motor Vehicles Municipal Government Penitentiary Pensions Privileges and Elections Privileges of the Floor Public Highways No One Public Highways No Two LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 209 Public Library Public Printing Public Property Public Utilities Public Welfare Railroads Rules Sanitarium at Alto Special Appropriations Special Judiciary State of Republic State Prison Farm Temperance Training Schools Uniform State Laws University System of Georgia Veterans Affairs Ways and Means 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 196 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 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 Rule 197 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 paper 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 211 member or members from that county shall come forward to the Clerks desk and secure a desk card with name and county printed thereon and then proceed to select his seat All desks shall be arranged 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 Rule 198 The Speaker is authorized to employ some person well skilled in legislative draughtsmanship as special clerk for the Committee on Engrossing and Enrolling It shall be the duty of such special clerk to examine every bill or resolution that is ready for engrossing or enrollment and to suggest to the committee any corrections or additions to either the caption or the bill that are necessary to perfect the same The per diem of such special clerk shall be fixed by the Speaker 212 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL INDEX TO STANDING RULES OF Georgia House of Representatives ABSENTEES Rule No Auditing Committee duty as to 1331 Clerks duty as to 133 Roll Call dispensed with when 132 ADJOURN MOTION TO Committee of whole not in order in 118 Definite time debatable when 56 Effect when motion prevails 59 Motion not debatable55178 Motion not amendable 55 Motion when in order 57 Motion when not in order 58 Precedence of motion 54 Shall not be made second time until when 55 ADJOURNMENT Constitutional time limit 150 Courtesy to speaker at time of 26 Effect of 59 Effect when hour of arrives when House acting under previous question 60 Effect when hour of arrives during vote by yeas and nays 60 Hour of fixed by House 178 ADVERSE REPORT Bills and resolutions adversely reported taken up when 40 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 213 Rule No Debate on final passage 71 Effect of on bills 47 AMENDMENTS Applicable to an amendment Bills or resolutions amended by sections Bill perfected before caption or preamble Bills perfected before substitute Blanks must be filled Clerks duty in amending by striking out and inserting Committee of whole action on Committee of whole what reported to House Germane must be Motion to amend how made Motion to commit amendable Motion to postpone indefinitely not amendable Motion to postpone to time definite amendable Motion to table amendment not in order Motion to table not amendable Must be in writingI Precedence of motion to amend Priority of amendments Priority of amendments to perfect part proposed to be stricken Priority of over motion to agree or disagree Priority of questions on Senate Amendments to H B Priority of on passage of bill Senate amendments to H B House amendments in order 93 101 100 95 99 103 125 131 102 93 91 79 84 61 67 97 54 98 104 106 107 186 105 Senate majority vote to adopt 107a Reconsidered when 112 Substitute is an amendment 94 When in order 186 When too late96186 214 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION Rule No Submission to people 159 I Convention called 160 I APPEALS From Speakers decision 8 I Members may address House 11 I No debate when of personal character 9 I To be made at once 10 I APPLAUSE Speakers right to suppress 29 I APPROPRIATIONS General bill right of way 40 I Governors power over 156 I Considered in committee of whole 50 I House must originate 143 I ATTENDANCE Call of House 135 I Messengers duty 134 I Power to compel134135 I Speakers duty 134 I AUDITING COMMITTEE Absentees duty as to 133 I Accounts of members duty as to 193 I BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Amendments and substitutes bill first perfected 95 I Amendments by sections 101 I Amendments to Code sections 145 I LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 215 Rule No Amendments to passed on before those to caption or preamble 100 Appropriations House must originate 143 Clerk to state number and author when reading 40 Clerk to call in order on calendar 40 Committee of whole how read 117 Committee reports favorable effect of 47 Committee reports unfavorable effects of 47 Committee reports order of precedence 52 Corporations laws relating to 147 Engrossment effect of 47 General appropriations what to embrace 149 General laws how changed 146 Governors approval necessary 157 Governors failure to return 156 Governors veto 156 Immediate transmission when 48 Introduction when 46 Printed when 49 Reconsideration effect of 113 Rejected when again considered 152 Relief of principals and sureties 148 Requirements for 51 Speakers duty to commit47 Special laws prohibited wheni 146 Subjectmatter only one and expressed in title 144 Unanimous consent for reading1 42 Withdrawal of when 47 Majority necessary to pass 138 Debate none at first reading 47 Constitutional requirements as to reading 142 Reading of unanimous consent 42 Reading first no debatei 47 Reading constitutional requirement 142 CALL OF HOUSE Committee of whole not in order 118 Contempt refusal to vote onO 14 216 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No When in order14135 When not in order 76 CAPTION Not considered until bill perfected 100 CHANGE OF VOTES How done and when 189 CLERK Absence of speaker and speaker pro tern duty of 7 Absentees duty of 133 Amendments striking out and inserting duty of 103 Bills and resolutions how read committee of whole 117 Bills and resolutions called in order from calendar 40 Bills and resolutions name and authors stated 40 Books duty to care for169177 Journal names not voting duty to enter 172 Oath of prescribed jgg CODE SECTIONS Amendments to Constitutional requirements 145 COMMITTEES Amendments by take precedenceL 186 Appointed by speakeri 4196 Bills not to be interlined or defaced by 183 Chairmen Appropriations and Ways and Means Ex Officio Members 196 Conference how constituted 185 Report of Conference majority vote 107a Conference authority limited 185a Defaulting committee provision as to 197 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 217 Rule No Enlarged how HM 174 Failure of to report provision as to SUSSl 197 Membership limited 195 Reports of order of precedenceBMjj 52 Reports of required 1 197 Reports must be in writing 187 Speaker exofficio member of Rules 4 Speaker to appoint certain committees 4196 Rules committee how elected 4 COMMIT MOTION TO Amended how 91 Applicable to what 8892 Committee of whole not in order 118 Precedence of as among other motions 54 Precedence of as among motions to commit to different committees 89 COMMITTEE OF WHOLE HOUSE Amendments by action by House 125 Amendments to amendments how reported to House 131 Appropriation bills considered in 50 Bills read and debated by sectionsR 117 Call of House not in order 118 Chairman appointed by Speaker 116 Chairman power to clear galleries or lobby 127 Debate how limited and closed 119 Disorderly conduct reported 126 Extension of time how secured 120 Formation of 116 House may resolve itself into when 115 Interlineation of bills or resolutions prohibited 183 Journal not show proceedings 129 Members shall vote 124 Motion to commit to precedence 89 Motion to rise report progress and ask leave to sit again 121 218 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Papers called for 130 Proceedings how closed 121 Proceedings not reported in Journal 129 Procedure when business finished 128 Quorum not present procedure 123 Reconsideration in order 122 Reports of precedence 52 Rules applicable to and exceptions 118 Speaker may resolve House into when 114 Speaker may take part 124 Speaker chairman appointed by 116 CONSTITUTIONAL RULES Adjournments limited 150 Amendments to Code sections 145 Amendments to Constitution 159 Appropriation Bills House must originate 143 Appropriation Bill General what to embrace 149 Appropriations Journal to show yeas and nays 140 Bills majority necessary to pass 138 Bills reading of 142 Bills rejected when again considered 152 Bills subjectmatter expressed in title 144 Bills only one subjectmatter permitted 144 Constitutional convention how called 160 Corporations power of General Assembly over 147 County sites how changed or removed 157 Date of meetings fixed 153 Elections by General Assembly 151 Expulsion of members twothirds vote necessary 154 General laws how changed 146 General appropriation bill what to embrace 149 Governor failure to return bills 156 Governors signature when required155157 Governors veto 156 House judges of election and qualification of members 154 Journal must show majority vote 138 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 219 Rule No Journal must show yeas and nays when required S139140141 Local and special bills notice required 162 Members power to punish misconduct of 154 Members oath of prescribed 137 Quorum defined 136 Relief of principals and sureties 148 Salaries of certain officials how changed 161 Special laws prohibited when 146 Subjectmatter bills to contain but one 144 Subjectmatter must be expressed in title 144 Veto of GovernorS 156 Yeas and nays required when139140141 Yeas and nays Journal to show on Apps 140 Yeas and nays Journal to show where twothirds vote required 141 CONTEMPT Refusal to vote unless excused on call of House 14 CONTEST Contestant and contestee to retire when vote taken 22 CONVERSATION Prohibited 1924 COUNTY SITE How changed or removed 158 DEBATE Adjournment decided without 178 Bills first reading no debate 47 Committee of whole regulated118119 220 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No 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 55 Motion to change rules not debatable 45 Motion to commit when debatable 90 Motion to change order of business not debatable 45 Motion to extend members time of speaking not debatable 17 Motion to excuse member from voting not debatable 34 Motion to indefinitely postpone debatable 79 Motion to instruct committee debate limited 197 Motion for previous question not debatable 70 Motion to read papers not debatable 33 Motion to suspend rules not debatable 45 Motion to table not debatable 67 Motion to postpone to time definite what debatable 86 Previous question decided affirmatively debate regulated 71 Priority of business not debatable 16 Roll Call no debate during 30 Senate happenings reference to out of order 27 Yeas and nays decided without debate 179 DISPARAGING REMARKS Members prohibited from 28 DIVISION Duty of member calling for 37 Motion to excuse from voting to be made before 34 Right to call for 36 What not divisible 3839 DRAWING FOR SEATS Regulated 198 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 221 ELECTION Rule No House Judge of of members 154 Majority vote necessaryXN 191 ENROLLMENT COMMITTEE Duties of 170199 EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN Procedure 18 EXPLANATION OF VOTES When allowed and time limited 32 EXPULSION OF MEMBERS When 17154 DOORKEEPER Duty as to enforcement of rule as to intoxication 25 Duty as to messages 163 Speaker may suspend when 12 GALLERIES Applause to be suppressed 29 Committee of whole chairman may clear 127 Speaker may clear 13 GENERAL ASSEMBLY Meets when 153 Session limited 153 222 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL Rule No Constitutional provision as to what it shall embrace 149 Right of way in order of business 40 GENERAL LAWS How changed 146 GENERAL TAX BILL Right of way of 40 GOVERNOR Failure to return bill effect 156 Signature when required155157 Veto 156 HOUR OF ADJOURNMENT Fixed by House 178 IMMEDIATE TRANSMISSION TO SENATE Twothirds vote necessary 48 INTOXICATION Member denied floor while in state of 25 JOURNAL Absentees shown on 183 Amendments to Constitution yeas and nays must be shown on 159 Appropriation of money yeas and nays shown 140 Committee duty to read 176 Committee of whole proceedings not shown 129 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 223 Rule No Majority on passage of bills must be shown 1S8 Names those not voting shown on Yeas and nays to be shown LAUDATORY REMARKS Prohibited in Nominations 28 LOCAL BILLS Constitutional requirements as to reading 142 Constitutional requirements as to notice lbz Introduced when r Reading of third time and put on passage by unammous consent jf MAIN QUESTION Effect as to when votes had on motion for previous question 707173 Minority report time allowed for debate Motion to table supersedes when JJjJ When ordered call of House When ordered vote how taken MAJORITY Bill majority vote necessary to pass 138 Elections majority vote necessary Quorum majority necessary MEMBERS Adjournment duty of at Arrest subject to when Attendance of compelled when Books and papers duty as to 26 134135136 134135136 177 224 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Called to order for transgressing rules 17 Changing votes how and wheniigg Committee of whole right to speakau 118 Committee of whole duty to vote 124 Conduct in debate17 Conversation and smoking prohibited 1924 Debate how often to speakloiluciii 17 Debate individual speeches limited 17 Debate reference to conversations happenings in committee and Senate prohibited 27 Decorum of 1719242627 Designation of members mode of 20 Exceptions to words of procedure 18 Expulsion of whentjftili frritftih iamb 17154 Interrogating mode ofJOi 21 Intoxication denied floor when in state of 25 Introduction of bills name and county to be endorsed 51 Laudatory remarks in nominationsJ28 Members speaking duty of whileZ 26 Misconduct in house and committee of whole126154 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 137 Protests of proceedings23 Retire when required to22 Seats drawing for198 Vote shall not when interested 22 Vote shall exception 34124 MEMORIALS Manner of presentation 160 MEETING OF HOUSE Adjournment fixed by House 178 Time of meeting for daily sessions 178 Constitutional provisions 153 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 225 MINORITY REPORTS How made Main question ordered privileged first signer Rule No 187 74 MESSAGES How sent announced received and considered 164 MESSENGER Arrest of memberstrrx Exofficio sergeantatarms 134 Intoxicated member enforcement of rule25 General duties 181182 Speaker may suspend when12 MOTIONS Information from executive department lie on table 188 Nondebatable prohibited when35 One at a time only 1 Order of prioritySpl Order of business motion to change not debatable 45 Order of business motion to change vote necessary r 53 Read papers motion to decide without debate 33 Rules motion to change or suspend vote necessary 43 Rules motion to change or suspend how submitted414448 Seconding of unnecessary 170 Special orders motion to make how substituted 44 Strike out and insert motion to not divisible 39 Withdrawn how ljP NEW MATTERS Information from executive department to lie on table 188 Unanimous consents for 42 NOMINATIONS Laudatory remarks prohibited 28 226 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL OATHS Rule No Of Clerk prescribed igg Of Members prescribed 137 ORDER OF BUSINESS Changed how 484553 Motion to change not debatable 45 Motion to change vote necessary 4353 Priority of established 194 Rules committee to fix during last twentyone days 53 PARLIAMENTARY LAW Applicable when 192 PETITIONS Manner of presentation 166 PREAMBLE Not considered until resolution perfected 100 PREVIOUS QUESTION Adjourn motion not in order after affirmative votes on 70 Adjournment effect arrival hour of House acting under 60 Affirmative votes result70717374 Applicable to what 75 Call of House not in order after ordered except when 76 Call for sustained motion to table in order 69 Exhausted must be before matters of words excepted to decided 18 Precedence of motion 54 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 227 POSTPONE Rule No Applicable to what definite and indefinite 8087 Committee of whole motion to definitely postpone not in order r Debate motion to indefinitely postpone debatable but not amendable v 79 Definitely postpone motion to amendable 84 Effect of affirmative action on motion to indefinitely postpone 78 Effect of affirmative action on motion to postpone to time definite Effect of negative action 83 Indefinitely motion to when not applicable 80 Impossible day motion to postpone to treated how 85 Indefinitely motion to not renewable 81 Precedence of motion 54 PRIVILEGE Personal privilege 190 Questions of what constitutes 190 PRIVILEGES OF FLOOR Who entitled to 175 PRINTING OF BILLS When ordered 49 PROTESTS OF MEMBERS Procedure 23 QUALIFYING PARAGRAPH Not a divisible question 38 228 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL QUORUM Rule No Constitutional definition f136 READING OF PAPERS House determines by vote33 RECONSIDERATION Amendments when reconsidered 112 Bills notice of motion when given 108 Bills notice not to be withdrawn when 109 Committee of whole motion in order 122 Effect of on bills113 Main question ordered motion in order to reconsider 70 Motion in order but once on same subject matter 110 Motions when in order Hi REMONSTRANCES Manner of presentation 166 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Committees may report by bill or otherwise 167 Order of precedence of 52 ROLL CALL Explanation of votes on 32 Debate none during 30 How dispensed with III 132 Speaker may order when 15 RULES Motion to suspend or change decided without debate 45 Suspended or changed how434445 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 229 RULES COMMITTEE Rule No Constituted and elected how 4 Effect of failure to report 44 Order of business fixed by during last twentyone days i53 Report of in order when 167 Special orders and motions to suspend rules duty to report on 4144 SALARIES Constitutional provision as to changing 161 SEATS Drawing for regulated198 SERGEANTATARMS Call of House duty of135 Messenger is exofficio134 SIGNATURE OF SPEAKER AND CLERK When required 180 SILENCE Members to preserve when 19 SMOKING Prohibited 24 SPEAKER Absence of Speaker pro tern to preside 7 Adjournment members to remain until Speaker retires 26 230 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Appeals from decision of891011 Appeals from decision of to be made at once 10 Appeals from decision of no debate when 9 Appointment of committees by 4196 Appointment of chairman of Committee of Whole 116 Appointment of Conference Committee 185 Attendance power to compel 134 Business priority of decided without debate 16 Chairman Committee of Whole appointed by 116 Committees appointed byI 4196 Committee of Whole may resolve House into when 114 Committee of Whole assumes chair when 121 Committee of Whole receiving chairmans report 128 Committee of Whole right to take part in 124 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 1 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 1415 Recognition of members decided by 3 Recognition of members for unanimous consent 42 Rules Committee Speaker exofficio member 196 Silence commanded by when 1 Suspension of officers 12 Vote Speaker required to when 2 SPEAKER PRO TEM Absence of Speaker duty to preside 7 Election 7 SPECIAL COMMITTEE Priority of motion to commit in 89 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 231 SPECIAL LAWS Rule No Notice required Prohibited when I 146 SUBJECTMATTER Bills to contain but one and expressed in title 144 SUBSTITUTE Amendment is 94 Bill perfected before substitute 95 Motion to table not in order 61 SUSPENSION OF RULES How accomplished 434445 TABLE MOTION TO Amendment or substitute motion to table not in order 61 Amendment motion to table not subject to 67 Application of what can be laid on table 68 Committee of Whole motion not in order 118 Debate motion to table not debatable 67 Effect when motion to table prevails 63 Effect when motion to take from table prevails 6264 Effect when motion to take from table prevails where measure tabled after roll call 65 Executive department information called from tabled one day I Main question motion to table in order after motion for previous question sustained 69 Main question motion to table not in order after House has voted that main question shall be now put 69 Motion to take from when in order 62 Previous question motion to table in order after mam question ordered 6s 232 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Renewal of motions to table and take from when 66 Roll call motion not in order until completiona 65 TWOTHIRDS VOTE NECESSARY WHEN Amendments to Constitution 159 Constitution Convention 160 Uounty Site changed or removed 158 Expulsion of members 154 Governors veto overridden155156157 Prolongation of session 155 UNANIMOUS CONSENTS Limitation and regulation ofvlLiU5i 42 YEAS AND NAYS Adjournment effect when hour of arrives during vote by 60 Amendments to Constitution159 Changing votes after call of 189 Committee of whole vote not taken by 118 Explanation of votes when vote taken by 32 Excuse from voting motion must be made before roll call begins 34 Journals to show when139140141 Journal to show names not voting172 Motion to table when in order when vote taken by 65 Required when VVV72 139 140141 Speaker may order when no quorum voting 15 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 233 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS234 ARTICLE IBill of Rights i0oi239245 ARTICLE IIElective Franchise IlZll245248 ARTICLE IIILegislative Department 248258 ARTICLE IVPower of General Assembly over Taxation 15258262 ARTICLE VExecutive Department 262273 ARTICLE VIJudiciary 273290 ARTICLE VIIFinance Taxation and Public Debt L291320 ARTICLE VIIIEducation 320326 ARTICLE IXHomestead and Exemptioniiii326327 ARTICLE XMilitia tSP 327 ARTICLE XICounties and Municipal Corporations 328330 ARTICLE XIIThe Laws of General Operation in Force in this State 330331 ARTICLE XIIIAmendments to the Constitution 331333 ARTICLE XIVMerit System 333334 ARTICLE XVHome Rule 334 ARTICLE XVI Slum Clearance and Redevelopment334335 234 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF ORGANIC ACTS AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF GEORGIA Charter of the Colony of Georgia 1732 Grant of George II King of Great Britain Constitution of 1777 Constitutional Convention Oct 1 1776Feb 5 1777 Constitution of 1789 Constitutional Convention Nov 424 1788 Jan 420 I 1789 May 46 1789 May 16 1795 Constitution of 1798 Constitutional Convention May 830 1798 Constitution of 1861 Constitutional Convention Jan 16March 23 1861 Constitution of 1865 Constitutional Convention Oct 25Nov 8 1865 Constitution of 1868 Constitutional Convention Dec 9 1867March 11 1868 Constitution of 1877 Constitutional Convention July 11 1877August 25 1877 I Constitution of 1945 Ratified General Election August 7 1945 Governors I Proclamation August 13 1945 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 235 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ADOPTED SINCE RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTION OF 1945 Amendment to Art VII Sec I Par II subpar 1 so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the payment of one hundred thousand dollars 10000000 for bringing in the first commercial oil well in this State Amendment to Par 4 Sec 7 ojE Art 7 to include therein county boards of education as having authority to obtain the loans provided in said paragraph RATIFIED NOVEMBER 7 1950 Amendment to Par IV Sec IX of Art VII to provide for the appropriation of funds for highway purposes Amendment to Art VII Sec I Par II Subsec 3 so as to change the levy of taxes permitted on property for any one year by the Gen Assembly for all purposes except to provide for repelling invasions suppressing insurrections or defending the State in time of war from five 5 mills on each dollar of the value of the property taxable in the State to onefourth 14 mill on each dollar of the value of the property taxable in the State provided however that until some other method permitted by the laws of the United States for the taxation of national banking associations or corporations is enacted by the Gen Assembly for the taxation of the shares of stock of banking corporations and other monied capital coming into competition with such banking corporations such property may be taxed at a rate not exceeding five 5 mills on each dollar of the value thereof Amendment to Art VII Sec I Par II so as to authorize the Gen Assembly to provide for scholarships to medical students who agree to practice medicine in the State of Georgia and to authorize the granting of scholarships to various schools and clinics to Physicians and other professional personnel employed at the Milledgeville State Hospital Amendment to Art V Sec I Par XV providing for a period of thirty days after adjournment in which the Governor may approve bills passed by the Gen Assembly Amendment to Art VII Sec II Par I Subpar 5 so as to provide that the Gen Assembly may exercise the power of taxation for the purpose of making provision for the payment of pensions to exConfederate soldiers and to the widows of Confederate soldiers who are unmarried Amendment to Par 4 Sec 1 Art VII authorizing the Gen Assembly to exempt from taxation intangible personal property owned by a trust forming a part of a pension profit sharing or stock bonus plan exempt from federal income tax under Section 165a of the Federal Internal Revenue Code Amendment to Art VII Sec II Par I by adding a new paragraph so as to extend to the employees of the State and its subdivisions protection accorded others by the Old Age ana Survivors Insurance Program embodied under the Federal Social Security Act and the Federal InsuranceContributions Act Amendment striking Par XV of Sec VII of Art Ill in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof a new paragraph providing for notice of intention to apply for local legislation to be advertised in the newspaper in the locality affected to provide for the method of changing term of office or abolishing an office during the term for which a person has been elected and to provide for the method of increasing the membership of any municipal or county governing authority 236 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL hCoSstitudon fhaff h Paf providinS for th submission of amendments palities nStltUtln th t ff t only a couty or counties municipality or munici RATIFIED NOVEMBER 4 1952 Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for selfgovernment of municipalities Amendment to Article III Section IV Paragraphs I and III of the Constitution 40 dayfrVlde fr anUal sesslons of he General Assembly not to exceed forty Amendment to Article VII Section I Paragraph IV of the Constitution of Georgia providing for the exemption of all property owned by religious groups for residential purposes and from which no income is derived 5 y iducadonnt 40 ArtiClC Vm f thC Constitution adding a new section relating to Amendment to Article VII Section II of the 1945 Constitution of Georgia so as undrr flremenf pSnTyltem CXerCiSed fr 1116 PUrPSC f Paying pensins Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia by adding a new Article to be designated Article XVI Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for a procedure by which a county may remove or increase the limitation of the tax levy for education RATIFIED NOVEMBER 2 1954 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Governors No 34 House Resolution No 11 237 A RESOLUTION Proposing as one single amendment to amend the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1877 and all amendments thereof by striking in their entirety Article I Bill of Rights Article II Elective franchise Article III Legislative Department Article IV Power of the General Assembly Over Taxation Article V Executive Department Article VI Judiciary Article VII Finance Taxation and Public Debt Article VIII Education Article IX Homesteads and Exemptions Article X Militia Article XI Counties and County Officers Article XII The Laws of General Operation in Force in This State Article XIII Amendments to the Constitution and by inserting in lieu thereof after the Preamble of the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1877 new articles as follows Article I Bill of Rights Article II Elective Franchise Article III Legislative Department Article IV Public Utilities Eminent Domain Police Power Insurance Companies Contracts etc Article V Executive Department Article VI Judiciary Article VII Finance Taxation and Public Debt Article VIII Education Article IX Homesteads and Exemptions Article X Militia Article XI Counties and Municipal Corporations Article XII The Laws of General Operation in Force in This State Article XIII Amendments to the Constitution Article XIV Merit System and Article XV Home Rule and to provide for the submission of the Amendment so proposed as one Amendment to the qualified voters of the State of Georgia for ratification or rejection at the General Election to be held in August 1945 WHEREAS the purpose of this single amendment is to coordinate the proposed substantial principals of organic law into one subject matter of the Constitution it being impracticable otherwise than in one subject matter and one amendment to perfect the rearrangement sought and to render unnecessary the evil consequences of a portion by portion adoption or rejection which would in case of adoption of some portions and rejection of others result in a Constitution lacking correlation 238 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA Section One That the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1877 and all Amendments thereof appearing after the Preamble be and it is hereby proposed to be amended as one single amendment by striking therefrom in their entirety Article I Bill of Rights Article II Elective Franchise Article III Legislative Department Article IV Power of the General Assembly Over Taxation Article V Executive Department Article VI Judiciary Article VII Finance Taxation and Public Debt Article VIII Education Article IX Homesteads and Exemptions Article X Militia Article XI Counties and County Officers Article XII The Laws of General Operation in Force in This State Article XIII Amendments to the Constitution and inserting in lieu thereof new Articles Numbers I through XV inclusive so that when so amended the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1877 shall read beginning with the Preamble as follows CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 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 Origin and foundation of government 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 Paragraph II Protection the duty of government Protection to person and property is the paramount duty of government and shall be impartial and complete Paragraph III Life liberty and property No person shall be deprived of life liberty or property except by due process of law 239 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 1 Par 4 Paragraph IV Right to the courts 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 Paragraph V Benefit of counsel accusation list of witnesses compulsory process trial by jury Every person charged with an offense 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 nave compulsory process to obtain the testimony of his own witnesses shall be confronted with the witnesses testifying imJartial11Sryand Sh11 haVe a public and speedy trial 51fnrKograph YiL Cimination of self not compelled No person SiSS gve testmony tendini in any manner criNSfLJl1 anishle1Pt and whipping as punishment for banistment beyd the limits of the State nor whipping as a punishment for crime shall be allowed xt1 Jeopardy of life or liberty more than once forbidden No person shall be put in jeopardy of life or liberty more than once for the same offense save on his or her ovra motion for a new trial after conviction or in case of mistrial aiagraPb IX Bail fines punishment arrest abuse of prisoners Excessive bail shall not be required nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted nor amk orirSnl arrestod whi1 Paragraph X Costs No person shall be compelled to pay costs except after conviction on final trial PraSrph XI Habeas corpus The writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended 240 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 1 Par 12 Paragraph XII Freedom of conscience 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 rights of conscience Paragraph XIII Religious opinions liberty of conscience 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 Paragraph XIV Appropriations to churches sects etc forbidden 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 Paragraph XV Liberty of speech or of the press guaranteed 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 Paragraph XVI Searches seizures and warrants 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 Paragraph XVII Slavery and involuntary servitude There shall be within the State of Georgia neither slavery nor involuntary servitude save as a punishment for crime after legal conviction thereof 241 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 1 Par 18 Paragraph XVIII Status of the citizen The social status of the citizen shall never be the subject of legislation Paragraph XIX Civil authority superior to military 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 Paragraph XX Contempts The power of the Courts to punish for contempt shall be limited by legislative acts Paragraph XXI Imprisonment for debt There shall be no imprisonment for debt Paragraph XXII Arms right to keep and bear 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 Paragraph XXIII Legislative judicial and executive powers separate 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 Paragraph XXIV Right to assemble and petition 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 Paragraph XXV Citizens protection of 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 242 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 2 Par 1 Section II Paragraph I Libel jury in criminal cases new trials 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 Paragraph II Treason 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 Paragraph III Conviction effect of No conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate Paragraph IV Lotteries All lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are hereby prohibited and this prohibition shall be enforced by penal laws Paragraph V Lobbying penalties Lobbying is declared to be a crime and the General Assembly shall enforce this provision by suitable penalties Paragraph VI Fraud concealment of property 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 Section III Paragraph I Private ways just compensation In case 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 and adequate compensation being first paid 243 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 3 Par 2 Y Paragraph II Attainder ex post facto and retroactive laws etc No bill of attainder ex post facto law retroactive law or law impairing the obligation of contracts or making irrevocable grant of special privileges or immunities shall be passed Paragraph III Revocation of tax exemptions All exemptions from taxation heretofore granted in corporate charters are declared to be henceforth null and void Section IV Paragraph I General laws uniform operation how varied 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 I particular case by special legislation except with the free I consent in writing of all persons to be affected thereby and no person under legal disability to contract is capable of such consent Paragraph II What acts void Legislative acts in violation of this Constitution of the Constitution of the United States are void and the Judiciary shall so declare them Section V Paragraph I State rights The people of this State have the inherent sole and exclusive rights 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 Paragraph II Enumeration of rights not denial of others 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 244 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 6 Par 1 Section VI Paragraph I Tidewater titles confirmed The Act of the General Assembly approved December 16 1902 which extends the title of ownership of lands abutting on tidal water to low water mark is hereby ratified and confirmed ARTICLE II Elective Franchise Section II Paragraph I Elections by ballot registration of voters 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 Paragraph II Who shall be an elector entitled to register and vote Every citizen of this State who is a citizen of the United States eighteen 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 Paragraph III Who entitled to register and vote 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 Paragraph IV Qualifications of electors Every 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 245 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 2 Sec 1 Par 4 provisions of Section II of Article II of this Constitution and I who possesses the qualifications prescribed in Paragraphs II I and III of this Section or who will possess them at the date of II the election occurring next after his registration and who in 11 addition thereto comes within either of the classes provided for II 1 in the two following subdivisions of this paragraph II 1 All persons who are of good character and understand the II duties and obligations of citizenship under a republican form II f of government or II i I 1 2 All persons who can correctly read in the English Ian I guage any paragraph of the Constitution of the United States I or of this State and correctly write the same in the English I language when read to them by any one of the registrars and I all persons who solely because of physical disability are unable I to comply with the above requirements but who can understand I i and give a reasonable interpretation of any paragraph of the I t Constitution of the United States or of this State that may be I e read to them by any one of the registrars Paragraph V Appeal from decision of registrars Any person I to whom the right of registration is denied by the registrars I upon the ground that he lacks the qualifications set forth in I the two subdivisions of Paragraph IV shall have the right to I take an appeal and any citizen may enter an appeal from the I decision of the registrars allowing any person to register under I 1 said subdivisions All appeals must be filed in writing with the I registrars within ten days from the date of the decision com I plained of and shall be returned by the registrars to the office I of the clerk of the superior court to be tried as other appeals Paragraph VI Judgment of force pending appeal Pending I an appeal and until the final decision of the case the judgment I of the registrars shall remain in full force 1 246 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 2 Sec 2 Par 1 Section II Paragraph I Registration of electors who disfranchised 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 shall have been pardoned 2nd Idiots and insane persons Section III Paragraph I Privilege of electors from arrest 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 Holder of public funds 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 Section V Pararaph I Sale of liquors on election days The General Assembly shall by law forbid the sale of intoxicating drinks in this State or any political subdivision thereof on all days for the holding of any election in the area in which such election is held and prescribe punishment for any violation of the same CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 2 Sec 6 Par 1 Section VI Paragraph I Returns made to whom Returns of election for all civil officers elected by the people who are to be commissioned by the Governor and also for members of the General Assembly shall be made to the Secretary of State unless otherwise provided by law ARTICLE III Legislative Department Section I Paragraph I Power vested in General Assembly 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 Pargraph I Number of senators and senatorial districts The Senate shall consist of not more than fiftyfour members and there shall be not more than fiftyfour Senatorial Districts with one Senator from each District as now constituted or as hereafter created The various Senatorial Districts shall be comprised of the counties as now provided and the General Assembly shall have authority to create rearrange and change these Districts within the limitation herein stated Section III Paragraph I Number of representatives The House of Representatives shall consist of representatives apportioned among the several counties of the State as follows To the eight counties having the largest population three representatives 248 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 3 Par 1 I each to the thirty counties having the next largest population I two representatives each and to the remaining counties one I representative each Paragraph II Apportionment changed how The above apI portionment shall be changed by the General Assembly at its I first session after each census taken by the United States GovI ernment in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph I of I Section III of this article Section IV Paragraph I Term of Members The members of the Genleral Assembly shall be elected for two years and shall serve until the time fixed by law for the convening of the General Assembly in the year following the second year of such members term of office Paragraph II Election when The first election for members of the General Assembly under this Constitution shall take place on Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1946 and subsequent elections biennially on that day until the day of election is changed by law Paragraph III Meeting of the General Assembly The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Monday in January 1955 and annually thereafter on the same day until the date shall be changed by law By concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of members elected to both Houses the General Assembly may adjourn any regular session to such later date as it may fix for reconvening in regular session but shall remain in regular session no longer than forty 40 days in the aggregate in each year during the term for which the members were elected All business pending in the Senate or House at the adjournment of any regular session may be considered at any later regular session held in the same year as if there had been no adjournment Nothing 249 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 4 Par 3 herein shall be construed to affect the power of the Governor I to convoke the General Assembly in extraordinary session or the duty of the Governor to convene the General Assembly in extraordinary session upon the certificate of threefifths of the I members elected to the Senate and the House of Representa I tives as provided in Article V Section I Paragraph XII of I this Constitution If an impeachment trial is pending at the I end of any regular or extraordinary session the Senate may I continue in session until such trial is completed Paragraph IV Quorum A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to transact business but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the presence of its absent members as each house may provide Paragraph V Oath of members Each Senator and Repre I sentative before taking his seat shall take the following oath I or affirmation towit I will support the Constitution of this I State and of the United States and on all questions and mea I sures which may come before me I will so conduct myself as I will in my judgment be most conducive to the interests and I prosperity of this State Paragraph VI Eligibility appointments forbidden No person I holding a military commission or other appointment or office I having any emolument or compensation annexed thereto under I this State or the United States or either of them except Jus I tices of the Peace and officers of the militia nor any defaulter I for public money or for any legal taxes required of him shall I have a seat in either house nor shall any Senator or Repre I 250 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 4 Par 6 sentative 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 unless he shall first resign his seat provided however that during the term for which he was elected no Senator or Representative shall be appointed to any civil office which has been created during such term Paragraph VII Removal from district or county effect of 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 Qualifications of Senators 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 Paragraph II President The presiding officer of the Senate shall be styled the President of the Senate A President Pro Tempore shall be elected viva voce from the Senators and shall act in case of the death resignation or disability of the President or in the event of his succession to the executive power Paragraph III Impeachments The Senate shall have the sole power to try impeachments Paragraph IV Trial of impeachments 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 a Justice of the Supreme Court to preside No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of twothirds of the members present 251 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 5 Par 5 Paragraph V Judgments in impeachments Judgments in cases of impeachment 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 indictment trial judgment and punishment according to law Section VI Paragraph I Qualifications of representatives The Repre1 sentatives shall be citizens of the United States who have at1 tained the age of twentyone years and who shall have been I citizens of this State for two years and for one year residents I of the counties from which elected Paragraph II Speaker The presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall be styled the Speaker of thei House of Representatives and shall be elected viva voce from the body Paragraph III Power to impeach The House of Represents1 tives shall have the sole power to vote impeachment charges I against all persons who shall have been or may be in office Section VII Paragraph I Election returns etc disorderly conduct Each I House shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifi1 cations of its members and shall have power to punish them I for disorderly behavior or misconduct by censure fine im1 prisonment or expulsion but no member shall be expelled ex1 cept by a vote of twothirds of the House to which he belongs I Paragraph II Contempts how punished Each House may I punish by imprisonment not extending beyond the session any I person not a member who shall be guilty of a contempt by I any disorderly behavior in its presence or who shall rescue or I attempt to rescue any person arrested by order of either House I 252 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 7 Par 3 Pararaph III Privilege of members 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 Paragraph IV Journals and acts Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings and publish it immediately after its adjournment The General Assembly shall provide for the publication of the laws passed by each session Paragraph V Where journals kept The original journal shall be preserved after publication in the office of the Secretary of State but there shall be no other record thereof Paragraph VI Yeas and nays when taken The yeas and nays on any question shall at the desire of onefifth of the members present be entered on the Journal Paragraph VII Bills to be read 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 shall consist of the reading of the title only unless said bill is ordered to be engrossed Paragraph VIII One subject matter expressed No law shall pass which refers to more than one subject matter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof Paragraph IX General appropriations bill The General appropriations 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 for 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 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 7 Par 10 Paragraph X Bills for revenue 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 Paragraph XI Public money how drawn No money shall be drawn from the Treasury except by appropriation made by law Paragraph XII Bills appropriating money No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its I passage the yeas and nays in each house are recorded Paragraph XIII Acts signed rejected bills All acts shall I be signed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of I the House of Representatives and no bill or resolution intended I to have the effect of a law which shall have been rejected I by either house shall be again proposed during the same session I under the same or any other title without the consent of two I thirds of the House by which the same was rejected Paragraph XIV Majority of members to pass bill 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 Paragraph XV Notice of intention to ask local legislation necessary No local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the newspaper in which the Sheriffs advertisements for the locality affected are published once a week for three weeks during a period of sixty days immediately preceding its introduction into the General Assembly No local or special bill shall become law unless there is attached to and made a part of said I bill a copy of said notice certified by the publisher or accompanied by an affidavit of the author to the effect that said notice has been published as provided by law No office to which 254 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 7 Par 15 a person has been elected shall be abolished nor the term of the office shortened or lengthened by local or special bill during the term for which such person was elected unless the same be approved by the people of the jurisdiction affected in a referendum on the question When any local law shall add any member or members to any municipal or county governing authority the members of which are elected by the people such local law must provide that the member or members so added must be elected by the qualified voters of the political subdivision affected under such rules as the General Assembly may in said law provide Paragraph XVI Statutes and sections of code how amended 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 distinctively describe the law to be amended or repealed as well as the alteration to be made Paragraph XVII Corporate powers how granted 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 trust 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 charter shall be granted Paragraph XVIII Recognizances The General Assembly shall have no power to relieve principals or securities upon for CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 7 Par 18 feited 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 officers Paragraph XIX Yeas and nays to be entered when 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 Paragraph XX Powers of the General Assembly The General Assembly shall have the power to make all laws 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 Paragraph XXI Signature of Governor 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 to submit constitutional amendments and in case of prolongation of a session of the General Assembly Paragraph XXII Adjournments 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 Paragraph XXIII Zoning and planning laws The General Assembly of the State shall have authority to grant the governing authorities of the municipalities and counties authority to pass zoning and planning laws whereby such cities or counties may be zoned or districted for various uses and other or different uses prohibited therein and regulating the use for which 256 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 7 Par 23 said zones or districts may be set apart and regulating the plans for development and improvements on real estate therein Paragraph XXIV Civil service equal preference to veterans Neither the State of Georgia nor any political subdivision thereof shall inaugurate or maintain any civil service scheme of any nature whatever which fails to provide for honorably discharged veterans of any war and the said State of Georgia or any political subdivision shall if a civil service scheme is originated or is already in force provide equal preferences accorded to such veterans as now exist under Federal Civil Service Laws Paragraph XXV Street Railways The General Assembly shall not authorize the construction of any street passenger railway within the limits of any incorporate town or city without the consent of the Corporate Authorities Section VIII Paragraph t Officers of the two houses The officers of the two houses other than the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall be a President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the Senate and Speaker Pro Tempore and Clerk of the House of Representatives and such assistants as each House may provide for Section IX Paragraph I Compensation expense and mileage The per diem of members of the General Assembly shall be 1000 per day plus the additional sum of 500 per day for maintenance expense and the mileage shall not exceed 10 cents for each mile traveled by the nearest practical route in going to and returning from the Capitol but the President Pro Tempore of the Senate when serving as presiding officer thereof and the 257 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 9 Par 1 fcnA6r ofthe House of Representatives shall each receive 1500 per day as per diem plus the additional sum of 500 per day for maintenance expense Section X v Paragraph I Viva voce vote place of meeting 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 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 Salaries of elective officials how changed The General Assembly may at any time by a majority vote of both branches prescribe other and different salaries for all of the elective officers provided for in this Constitution but no such change shall affect the officers then in commission ARTICLE IV Public Utilities Eminent Domain Police Power Insurance Companies Contracts Etc Section I Paragraph I Public utility tariffs and charges The power and authority of regulating railroad freight and passenger tariffs and of charges of public utilities for their services of preventing unjust discriminations and requiring reasonable 258 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 4 Sec 1 Par 1 and just rates of freight and passenger tariffs and of charges of public utilities are hereby conferred upon the General Assembly whose duty it shall be to pass laws from time to time to regulate such tariffs and charges to prohibit unjust discriminations by the various railroads and public utilities of this State and to prohibit said railroads and public utilities from charging other than just and reasonable rates and to enforce the same by adequate penalties provided nevertheless that such power and authority shall never be exercised in any way to regulate or fix charges of such public utilities as are or may be owned or operated by any county or municipality of this State except as provided in this Constitution Paragraph II Rebates No public utility 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 freight or passage or services furnished any such payments shall be illegal and void and these prohibitions shall be enforced by suitable penalties Section II Paragraph I Right of eminent domain The exercise of the right of eminent domain shall never be abridged nor so construed as to prevent the General Assembly from taking property and franchises and subjecting them to public use Paragraph II Police power The exercise of the police power of the State shall never be abridged nor so construed as to permit the conduct of business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of others or the general wellbeing of the State Section III Paragraph I Charters revived or amended subject to Constitution The General Assembly shall not remit the forfeiture 269 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 4 Sec 3 Par 1 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 provision of this Constitution Section IV Paragraph I Contracts to defeat competition All contracts and agreements which may have the effect or be intended to have the effect to defeat or lessen competition or to encourage monopoly shall be illegal and void The General Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize any such contract or agreement Paragraph II General Assembly to enforce Article The General Assembly shall enforce the provisions of this Article by appropriate legislation Paragraph III Public Service Commission as constitutional officers There shall be a Public Service Commission for the regulation of utilities vested with the jurisdiction powers and duties now provided by law or that may hereafter be prescribed by the General Assembly not inconsistent with other provisions of this Constitution Such Commission shall consist of five members who shall be elected by the people A chairman shall be selected by the members of the Commission from its membership The first Commission under this amendment shall consist of the commissioners in office at the time of the adoption of this constitutional amendment and they shall serve until December 31st after the general election at which the successor of each member is elected Thereafter all succeeding terms of members shall be for six years The qualifications compensa 260 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 4 See 4 Par 3 tions filling of vacancies manner and time of election power and duties of members of the Commission including the chairman shall be such as are now or may hereafter be provided by the General Assembly Section V Paragraph I Wifes separate estate 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 VI Paragraph I Nonresident insurance companies 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 Comptroller General of the State in which they are chartered or of this State the Insurance Commissioner or such other officer as may be authorized to receive it not less than one hundred thousand 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 Paragraph II License by Comptroller General When such showing is made to the Comptroller General of the State of Georgia by a proper certificate from the State official having charge of the funds so deposited the Comptroller General 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 Paragraph III Resident insurance companies guarantee fund All life insurance companies chartered by the State of Georgia or which may hereafter be chartered by the State 261 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 4 Sec 6 Par 3 shall before doing business deposit with the Comptroller General of the State of Georgia or with some strong corporation which may be approved by said Comptroller General 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 interest and dividends 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 time by replacing them with other securities equally acceptable to the Comptroller General whose certificate for the same shall be furnished to the company Paragraph IV General Assembly to enact laws for peoples protection etc 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 Paragraph V Reports by insurance companies The General Assembly shall compel all insurance companies in this State or doing business therein under proper penalties to make annual reports to the Comptroller General and print the same at their own expense for the information and protection of the people ARTICLE V Executive Department Section I Paragraph I Governor Term of Office Salary etc The executive power shall be vested in a Governor who shall hold his office during the term of four years and until his successor shall be chosen and qualified The Governor serving at the time 262 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 1 Par 1 of the adoption of this Constitution and future Governors shall not be eligible to succeed themselves and shall not be eligible to hold the office until after the expiration of four years from the conclusion of his term of office He shall have a salary of seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum until January 1 1947 The salary of the Governor for each year thereafter shall be twelve thousand dollars per annum until otherwise provided by a law passed by a majority vote of both branches of the General Assembly which shall not be increased or diminished 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 The State officers required by this Constitution to be elected at the same time for the same term and in the same manner as the Governor shall also hold office for four years Paragraph II Election for Governor The first election for Governor under this Constitution shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November of 1946 and the Governorelect shall be installed in office at the next session of the General Assembly An election shall take place quadrennially thereafter on said date 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 Paragraph III Returns of elections 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 Paragraph IV How returns published The members of each branch of the General Assembly shall convene in the Represen CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 1 Par 4 tative Hall and the President of the Senate and 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 VaTin8 the hjghest number of votes who shall be 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 Paragraph V Contested elections Contested elections shall be determined by both houses of the General Assembly in such manner as shall be prescribed by law Paragraph VI Qualifications of Governor 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 VII Lieutenant Governor Succession to executive power There shall be a Lieutenant Governor who shall be elected at the same time for the same term and in the same manner as the Governor He shall be President of the Senate and shall receive the sum of 2000 per annum In case of the death resignation or disability of the Governor the Lieutenant Governor shall exercise the executive power and receive the compensation of the Governor until the next general election for members of the General Assembly at which a successor to the Governor shall be elected for the unexpired term but if such death resignation or disability shall occur within thirty days of the next general election or if the term will expire within ninety days after the next general election the Lieutenant Governor shall exercise the executive power and receive che compensation of the Governor for the unexpired term If 264 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 1 Par 7 the Lieutenant Governor shall become a candidate for the unexpired term of the Governor he shall thereby resign his office as Lieutenant Governor effective upon the qualification of the Governor elected for the unexpired term and his successor for the unexpired term shall be elected at such election In case of the death resignation or disability of both the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the executive power until the removal of the disability or the election and qualification of a Governor at a special election which shall be held within sixty days from the date on which the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall assume the executive power A Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the general election in 1946 and shall qualify at the same time as the Governor Until the qualification of a Lieutenant Governor the provisions of Article V Section I Paragraph VIII of the Constitution of Georgia of 1877 shall remain of full force and effect Paragraph VIII Unexpired terms filling of The General Assembly shall have power to provide by law for filling unexpired terms by special elections except as provided in this Constitution Paragraph IX Oath of office 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 be that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor of the State of Georgia and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the Constitution thereof and the Constitution of the United States of America Paragraph X Commanderinchief The Governor shall be commanderinchief of the army and navy of this State and of the militia thereof Paragraph XI Reprieves and pardons State Board of Pardons and Paroles The Governor shall have power to suspend the execution of a sentence of death after conviction for of 265 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 1 Par 11 fenses against the State until the State Board of Pardons and Paroles hereinafter provided shall have an opportunity of hearing the application of the convicted person for any relief within the power of such Board or for any other purpose which may be deemed necessary by the Governor Upon conviction for treason the Governor may only 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 The Governor shall at each session of the General Assembly communicate to that body each case of suspension of sentense stating the name of the convict the offense for which he was convicted the sentence and its date the date of the reprieve or suspension 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 There shall be a State Board of Pardons and Paroles composed of three members who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate Appointments made at times when the Senate is not in session shall be effective ad interim The first members shall be appointed for terms of three five and seven years respectively to be designated by the Governor and all subsequent appointments shall be for a period of seven years except in case of an unexpired term The Governor shall not be a member of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles The members of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles shall each receive an annual salary of 500000 payable monthly The State Board of Pardons and Paroles shall have power to grant reprieves pardons and paroles to commute penalties remove disabilities imposed by law and may remit any part of a sentence for any offense against the State after conviction except in cases of treason or impeachment and except in cases in which the Governor refuses to suspend a sentence of death Provided that such board shall act on all applications within 90 days from the filing of same and in all cases a majority shall decide the action of the Board Except if any member for any 266 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 1 Par 11 cause is unable to serve in any case involving capital punishment the Governor shall act as the third member of said Board and the action so taken in such instance shall be by unanimous vote The State Board of Pardons and Paroles shall at each session of the General Assembly communicate to that body in full detail each case of pardon parole commutation removal of disabilities or remission of sentences granted stating the name of the convict the offense for which he was convicted the sentence and its date the date of the pardon parole commutation removal of disabilities or remission of sentence and the reasons for granting the same and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles may make rules and regulations as may be authorized by law The first Board of Pardons and Paroles under this provision may be those in office under an act of the General Assembly creating such a Board existing at the time of the adoption of this amendment which if so existing shall be in lieu of such a Board to be created by the General Assembly subsequent to the adoption of this amendment and which Board shall have all the rights privileges powers and duties the same as if it was so subsequently created and the terms of members of such Board shall date from the time specified in the existing Act of the General Assembly The General Assembly may enact laws in aid of but not inconsistent with this amendment Paragraph XII Writs of election called sessions of the General Assembly The Governor shall issue writs of election to fill all vacancies that may happen in the Senate and the 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 The Governor shall have power to convoke the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions but no law shall be enacted at called sessions of the General Assembly except such as shall relate to the object stated in his proclamation convening them Providing that such called sessions of the General Assembly shall not exceed 70 days in length unless at the expiration of said period there shall be 267 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 1 Par 12 pending an impeachment trial of some officer of the State Government m which event the General Assembly will be authorized to remain in session until such trial shall have been completed Provided however that when threefifths of the members elected to the House of Representatives and threefifths of the members elected to the Senate shall have certified to the Governor of the State of Georgia that in their opinion an emergency exists in the affairs of the State of Georgia it shall thereupon be the duty of said Governor and mandatory upon him within live days from the receipt of such certificate or certificates to convene said General Assembly in extraordinary session for all purposes and in the event said Governor shall within said time Sundays excluded fail or refuse to convene said General Assembly as aforesaid then and in that event said General Assembly may convene itself in extraordinary session as if convened in regular session for all purposes provided that such extraordinary self convened session shall be limited to a period of 30 days unless at the expiration of said period there shall be pending an impeachment trial of some officer of the State Government in which event the General Assembly shall be authorized to remain in session until such trial shall have been completed The members of the General Assembly shall receive the same per diem and mileage during such extraordinary session as is now or may be hereafter provided Paragraph XIII Filling vacancies 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 laws in pursuance thereof Paragraph XIV Appointments rejected A person once re 268 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 1 Par 14 jected by the Senate shall not be reappointed by the Governor to the same office during the same session or the recess thereafter Paragraph XV Governors veto 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 bills 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 in which event the Governor shall have thirty days Sundays excepted from the date of adjournment in which to approve the same and if not approved within that time the same shall not become a law 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 Paragraph XVI Governor to approve resolutions etc Every vote 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 repassed by twothirds of each house provided however that nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to confer on the Governor the right to veto or enter his disapproval of any proposal made by the General Assembly to amend this Constitution Paragraph XVII Information from officers and employees suspension of officers The Governor may require information in writing from Constitutional officers department heads and all State employees on any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices or employment The General Assembly shall have authority to provide by law for the suspension of any Constitutional officer or department head 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 269 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 2 Par 1 Section II Other Executive Officers Paragraph L Executive Officers How Elected The Secretary of State Attorney General State School Superintendent Comptroller General Treasurer Commissioner of Agriculture and Commissioner of Labor shall be elected by the 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 the election counting the votes declaring the results 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 the above named executive officers they shall be commissioned by the Governor and hold their offices for the same time as the Governor Paragraph II Duties Authority and Salaries of Other Executive Officers The General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the duties authority and salaries of the executive officers and to provide help and expenses necessary for the operation of the department of each Paragraph III Profit From Use of Public Money No State official shall 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 Paragraph IV Qualifications No person shall be eligible to the office of the Secretary of State Attorney General State School Superintendent Comptroller General Treasurer Commissioner of Agriculture and Commissioner of Labor unless he shall have been a citizen of the United States for ten years and shall 270 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 2 Par 4 ha 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 regulation to be prescribed by law for the faithful discharge of their duties Paragraph V Fees and Perquisites Denied No State official named in Paragraph I of this Section shall 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 Great seal what constitutes custody when affixed to instruments 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 Section IY Paragraph I Game and Fish Commission There is hereby created a State Game and Fish Commission Said Commission shall consist of one member from each Congressional District in this State and one additional member from one of the following named counties towit Chatham Bryan Liberty McIntosh Glynn or Camden The first members of the Commission shall consist of those in office at the time this Constitution is adopted with terms provided by law Thereafter all succeeding appointments shall be made by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate for a term of seven years from the expiration of the previous term All members of the Commission shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified Vacancies in office shall be filled by appointment of the Governor and submitted to the Senate for confirmation at the 271 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 4 Par 1 next session of the General Assembly after the making of the appointment The Commission shall have such powers authority duties and shall receive such compensation and expenses as may be delegated or provided for by the General Assembly Section V State Board of Corrections Paragraph I State Board of Corrections How Composed Director There shall be a State Board of Corrections composed five members in charge of the State Penal System The Board shall have such jurisdiction powers duties and control of the State Penal System and the inmates thereof as shall be provided by law The Board shall elect a Director of Corrections who shall be the executive officer of the Board The Board of Corrections shall be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate The first appointment shall be for terms of one two three four and five years and their successors shall be appointed for terms of five years each The compensation of the Director and members of the Board shall be fixed by law Section VI State Department of Veterans Service Paragraph I Veterans Service Board How Composed Director There shall be a State Department of Veterans Service and Veterans Service Board composed of seven members who shall have such control duties powers and jurisdiction of the 272 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 6 Par 1 State Department of Veterans Service as shall be provided by law Said Board shall appoint a director who shall be the executive officer of the Department Members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and all members of the Board and the Director shall be veterans of some war in which the United States has engaged The first appointments shall be for terms of one two three four five six and seven years Thereafter all terms and appointments except in case of vacancy shall be for seven years Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the Governor ARTICLE VI Judiciary Section I Paragraph I Courts Enumerated The judicial powers of this State shall be vested in a Supreme Court a Court of Appeals Superior Courts Courts of Ordinary Justices of the Peace Notaries Public who are exofficio Justices of the Peace and such other Courts as have been or may be established by law Section II Paragraph I Supreme Court Justices Quorum The Supreme Court shall consist of seven associate justices who shall from time to time as they may deem proper elect one of their member as Chief Justice and one as Presiding Justice the office of Chief Justice as it has heretofore existed under this Constitution being hereby converted into the office of an associate justice with the same right of incumbency and the same suc 273 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 2 Par 1 cession as to terms as applied to the former office The Chief Justice so elected by the other Justices shall be the chief presiding and administrative officer of the court and the Presiding Justice elected in like manner shall perform all the duties devolving upon the Chief Justice when he is absent or disqualified A majority of the court shall constitute a quorum Paragraph II Court to Designate Judges to Preside When Means for Supreme Court to Prevent Delay in Congested Dockets When one or more of the justices of the Supreme Court are disqualified from deciding any case by interest or otherwise the qualified Justices shall designate a judge or judges of the Superior Court to preside in said case provided that if all the justices are disqualified they or a majority of them shall despite their disqualifications select seven judges of the superior court to preside in the cause but they shall make such selections by lot and in open court from not less than twelve names of such superior court judges Paragraph III Terms of Office The Justices aforesaid shall hold their offices for six years and until their successors are qualified They shall be elected by the people at the same time and in the same manner as members of the General Assembly provided that the successors to the two incumbents whose terms will expire on December 31 1946 shall be elected for the succeeding terms at the time of electing members of the General Assembly during that year successors to the two incumbents whose terms will expire on December 31 1948 shall be elected in like manner during that year successors to the two incumbents whose terms will expire on December 31 1950 shall be elected in like manner during that year and provided further that an additional or seventh Justice shall be immediately appointed by the Governor his tenure under such appointment to expire on December 31 1946 and his successor for the ensuing regular term of six years to be elected at the time and in the manner aforesaid at such general election to be held during that year and all terms except unexpired terms shall be for six years 274 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 2 Par 3 In case of any vacancy which causes an unexpired term the same shall be filled by 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 such elections shall be made to the Secretary of State who shall certify the result to the Governor and commission shall issue accordingly Paragraph IV Jurisdiction of Supreme Court 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 as existed on August 16 1916 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 title to land in all equity cases in all cases which involve the validity of or the construction of wills in all cases of conviction of a capital felony in all habeas corpus 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 The General 275 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 2 Par 4 Assembly may provide for carrying cases or certain classes of cases to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals from the trial courts otherwise than by writ of error and may prescribe conditions as to the right of a party litigant to have his case reviewed by the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals The Supreme Court shall also have jurisdiction of and shall decide cases transferred to it by the Court of Appeals because of an equal division between the judges of that Court when sitting as a body for the determination of cases Paragraph V Cases how disposed of The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals shall dispose of every case at the term for which it is entered on the courts docket for hearing as provided by Paragraph VIII of this Article and Section or at the next term If the plaintiff in error shall not be prepared to prosecute the case at the term for which it is so entered for hearing unless prevented by providential cause it shall be stricken from the docket and the judgment below shall stand affirmed No writ of error shall be dismissed because of delay in transmission of the bill of exceptions and the copy of the record or either of them resulting from the default of the clerk or other cause unless it shall appear that the plaintiff in error or his counsel caused such delay Nothing herein shall be construed to excuse the clerk for any ommission of duty or to relieve him of any liability resulting therefrom Paragraph VI Judgments may be withheld In any case the Court may in its discretion withhold its judgment until the next term after the same is argued Paragraph VII The Supreme Court how cases to be heard and determined The Supreme Court shall have power to hear and determine cases when sitting in a body under such regulations as may be prescribed by it Paragraph VIII Court of Appeals The Court of Appeals shall consist of the Judges provided therefor by law at the CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 2 Par 8 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 this amendment except unexpired terms shall continue six years and until their successors are qualified The times 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 as they existed on August 19 1916 and such other like courts as have been or may hereafter be established in other cities 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 instruction 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 277 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 2 Par 8 has been required by the Supreme Court as hereinbefore provided All writs of error in the Supreme Court or 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 and 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 reporter of the Court of Appeals until otherwise provided by law The laws relating to the Supreme Court as to qualification 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 The Court of Appeals shall have power to hear and determine cases when sitting in a body except as may be otherwise provided by the General Assembly In the event of an equal division of judges on any case when the Court is sitting as a body the case shall be immediately transferred to the Supreme Court 278 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 3 Par 1 Section III Superior Courts Paragraph I Terms etc of Superior Court Judges There shall be a judge of the Superior Courts for each judicial circuit whose term of office shall be for 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 Paragraph II Elections when to be held The successors to the present and subsequent incumbents shall be elected by the electors of the whole State entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly at the general election held for such members next preceding the expiration of their respective terms Paragraph III Terms begin when 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 elections 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 time such vacancy occurs at which election a successor for the unexpired terra shall be elected 279 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 4 Par 1 Section IV Paragraph I Exclusive jurisdiction The Superior Courts 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 Paragraph II Equity may be merged in common law courts The General Assembly may confer upon the Courts of common law all the powers heretofore exercised by Courts of equity in this State Paragraph III General jurisdiction Said Courts shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases except as hereinafter provided Paragraph IV Appellate jurisdiction They shall have appellate jurisdiction in all such cases as may be provided by law Paragraph V Certiorari mandamus etc 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 Paragraph VI New trials The Superior and City Courts may grant new trials on legal grounds Paragraph VII Judgment of the court The Court shall render judgment without the verdict of a jury in all civil cases except actions ex delicto where no issuable defense is filed except as otherwise provided in this Constitution and subject to the right of trial by a jury on written demand of either party 280 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 4 Par 8 Paragraph VIII Sessions 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 The judges of said Courts may on reasonable notice to the parties at any time in vacation at chambers hear and determine by interlocutory or final judgment any matter or issue where a jury verdict is not required or may be waived Paragraph IX Presiding judge disqualified 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 Judges of superior and city courts may alternate when 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 Appeals from Ordinary 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 Paragraph II Powers 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 The Court of Ordinary shall have jurisdiction to issue warrants try cases and impose sentences thereon in all misdemeanor cases arising under the Act known as the Georgia 281 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 6 Par 2 State Highway Patrol Act of 1937 and other traffic laws and in all cases arising under the Compulsory School Attendance law in all counties of this State in which there is no city or county court provided the defendant waives a jury trial Like jurisdiction is also conferred upon the judges of the police courts of incorporated cities and municipal court judges for offense arising under the Act known as the Georgia State Highway Patrol Act of 1937 and other traffic laws of the State within their respective jurisdiction Paragraph III Term of office The Ordinary shall hold his office for the term of four years hnd until his successor is elected and qualified Section VII Justices op the Peace Paragraph I Number and Term of Office 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 for 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 justice 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 so 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 subjectmatter as may be provided by law whereof some other court has not exclusive jurisdiction under this Constitution together with such provision as to rules and pro 282 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 7 Par 1 cedure in such courts 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 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 rules of uniformity laid down in Paragraph I of Section IX of Article VI of the Constitution of Georgia Provided however that the General Assembly may in its discretion abolish justice courts the the office of justice of the peace and notary public exofficio justice of the peace in any county in this State having within its borders a city having a population of over twenty thousand and as well in the County of Glynn and establish in lieu thereof such court or courts or system of courts as the General Assembly may in its discretion deem necessary or conferring upon existing courts by extension of their 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 subjectmatter as may be provided by law whereof some other court has not exclusive jurisdiction under this Constitution together also with such provisions 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 The civil court of Fulton County shall have jurisdiction in Fulton County and outside the city limits of Atlanta either concurrently with or supplemental to or in lieu of justice courts as may be now or hereafter provided by law Any court so established shall not be subject to the rules of uniformity laid down in Paragraph I of Section IX of Article VI of the Constitution of Georgia Paragraph II Jurisdiction Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases arising ex contractu and in cases 283 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 7 Par 2 of injury or damage to and conversion of personal property when the principal sum does not exceed two 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 Paragraph III Elections and commissions 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 Notaries Public Paragraph I Appointment number term removal Commissioned notaries public not to exceed one for each militia district may be appointed by the judges of the 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 Uniformity of Courts Paragraph I Uniformity provided for Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution 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 284 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 9 Par 1 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 and in case of City Courts may be established by the General Assembly Section X Attorney General Paragraph I Election term of office There shall be an Attorney General 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 Paragraph II Duties It shall be the duty of the Attorney General 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 Solicitors General Paragraph I Number term of office vacancies There shall be a solicitor general for each judicial circuit whose official term except to fill a vacancy shall be four 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 pre 285 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 11 Par 1 ceding the expiration of their respective terms Every vacancy occasioned by death resignation or other cause shall be filled by appointment of the Governor until the first day of January after the general election held next after the expiration of 30 days from the time such vacancy occurs at which election a successor for the unexpired term shall be elected Paragraph II Duties It shall be the duty of the Solicitor General to represent the State in all cases in the Superior Courts of his Circuit and in all cases taken up from the Superior Courts of his Circuit to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals and to perform such other services as shall be required of him by law Section XII Salaries of Justices Judges and Solicitors General Paragraph I Salaries of Justices Judges and Solicitors General The Justices of the Supreme Court each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 8000 per annum the Judges of the Court of Appeals each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 8000 per annum the Judges of the Superior Courts each shall have out of the treasury of the State salaries of 6000 per annum and the Solicitors General shall each have out of the treasury of the State a salary of 25000 per annum with the right of the General Assembly to authorize any county to supplement the salary of a judge of the Superior Court and Solicitor General of the Judicial Circuit in which such county lies out of county funds provided however where such salary is at the time of the adoption of this Constitution being supplemented out of county funds under existing laws such laws shall remain in force until altered by the General Assembly Provided further that the Board of County Commissioners of Richmond County or the Ordinary or such other board or person as may from time to time have charge of the fiscal affairs of said county shall without further legislative action continue to supplement from said 286 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 12 Par 1 Countys treasury the salary of the Judge of Superior Court of the circuit of which the said County of Richmond is a part by the sum of Two Thousand 2000 Dollars per annum which shall be in addition to the amount received by said judge out of the State treasury and such payments are declared to be a part of the court expenses of said County and such payment shall be made to the judge now in office during his present or subsequent terms as well as to his successors with the authority in the General Assembly to increase such salary from the County treasury as above provided Paragraph II Powers to abolish or reinstate fees of Solicitor General The General Assemblyshall have power at any time by a majority vote of each branch to abolish the fees at present accruing to the office of solicitor general in any particular judicial circuit and in lieu thereof to prescribe a salary for such office 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 solicitor general in any such judicial circuit where the fees are abolished and likewise shall have the further power if it so desires to abolish such salary and reestablish such fees but in either event when so changed the change shall not become effective until the end of the term to which the solicitor general was elected Section XIII Qualifications of Justices Judges Etc Paragraph I Age citizenship practice of law No person shall be Justice of the Supreme Court Court of Appeals Judge of Superior Courts or Attorney General unless at the time of his election he shall have attained the age of thirty years 287 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 13 Par 1 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 Solicitor General 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 XIV Venue Paragraph L Divorce cases 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 provided that any person who has been a resident of any United States Army Post or military reservation within the State of Georgia for one year next preceding the filing of the petition may bring an action for divorce in any county adjacent to said United States Army Post or military reservation Paragraph II Land titles 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 of either county shall have jurisdiction Paragraph III Equity cases Equity cases shall be tried in the county where a defendant resides against whom substantial relief is prayed Paragraph IV Suits against joint obligors copartners etc Suits against joint obligors joint promissors copartners or joint trespassers residing in different counties may be tried in either county 288 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 14 Par 5 Paragraph V Suits against maker endorser etc Suits against the maker and endorser of promissory 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 Paragraph VI All other cases All other civil cases shall be tried in the county where the defendant resides and all criminal cases shall be 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 XV Change of Venue Paragraph I Power to change venue The power to change the venue in civil and criminal cases shall he vested in the Superior Courts to be exercised in such manner as has been or shall be provided by law Section XVI Jury Trial Paragraph I Right of trial by jury 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 except in the Superior Court Paragraph II Selection of jurors The General Assembly shall provide by law for the selection of the most experienced CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 16 Par 2 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 The General Assembly shall have the power to require jury service of women also under such regulations as the General Assembly may prescribe Paragraph III Compensation of jurors 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 XVII County Commissioners Paragraph I Power to create County Commissioners The General Assembly shall have power to provide for the creation of county commissioners in such counties as may require them and to define their duties Section XVIII What Courts May Be Abolished Paragraph I Power to abolish courts All courts not specially mentioned by name in the first section of this Article may be abolished in any county at the discretion of the General Assembly Paragraph II Supreme Court cost Pauper oath The cost in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals shall not exceed 1500 until otherwise provided by law Plaintiffs in error shall not be required to pay costs in said courts when the usual pauper oath is filed in the court below 290 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 1 ARTICLE VII Finance Taxation and Public Debt Section I Power of Taxation Paragraph I Taxation a sovereign right The right of taxation is a sovereign rightinalienable indestructibleis 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 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 affect 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 The power to tax corporations and corporate property shall not be surrendered or suspended by any contract or grant to which the State shall be a party Paragraph II Taxing power limited 1 The General Assembly shall not by vote resolution or order grant any donation or gratuity in favor of any person corporation or association Provided however that the General Assembly is hereby authorized to provide by law for the payment of one hundred thousand dollars 10000000 to the first person firm partnership or corporation which puts down and brings in the first commercial oil well in the State of Georgia provided said commercial oil well shall be a well producing 291 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 at least 250 barrels of oil per day as determined by State Geologist 2 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 3 The levy of taxes on property for any one year by the General Assembly for all purposes except to provide for repelling invasions suppressing insurrections or defending the State in time of war shall not exceed onefourth mill on each dollar of the value of the property taxable in the State provided however that until some other method permitted by the laws of the United States for the taxation of national banking associations or corporations is enacted by the General Assembly for the taxation of the shares of stock of banking corporations and other monied capital coming into competition with such banking corporations such property may be taxed at a rate not exceeding five 5 mills on each dollar of the value thereof 4 No poll tax shall be levied to exceed one dollar annually upon each poll 5 That there is hereby created a board to be known as the State Medical Education Board to consist of five members one of whom shall be the President of Georgia Medical Association I one of whom shall be the immediate past President of the Georgia Medical Association and three members to be appointed by the Governor who shall be qualified electors of the State of Georgia The members of the board shall hold office for a term of four years beginning on the first day of April 1 1953 and every four years thereafter the Governor shall appoint three members for a term of four years and shall appoint the President and the immediate Past President of the Georgia Medical Association pursuant to their position and office in those respective capacities Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired term 292 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 The members of the Board shall serve without pay but shall be allowed 750 per day expenses and traveling expenses of five cents 5c per mile for attending meetings of the board or in traveling elsewhere in the discharge of their duties requiring their absence from their respective places of abode same to be paid upon the approval of the Chairman or ViceChairman of the board out of any funds made available to said board The secretary of the board shall be whomsoever is serving as the secretary of the Board of Regents who shall keep the records and minutes of the proceedings of the board and who and whose compensation as secretary of this board shall not exceed the sum of 240000 per annum payable monthly The secretary shall prepare and countersign all checks vouchers and warrants drawn upon the funds of the board and the same shall be signed by the chairman of the board The secretary shall also be the treasurer of the board and shall keep and account for all the funds of the board and shall execute and file with the board a surety bond in the sum of 1000000 payable to the State of Georgia and conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and that he shall properly account for all funds coming into his hands as such secretary the premium on such bond to be paid out of the funds of the board He shall devote his full time to the duties of his office The board may employ clerical assistance as is required and needed The board shall elect a chairman and also a vicechairman to serve in the absence or inability of the chairman The board shall maintain an office at the Medical College of Georgia and shall meet at the said office or elsewhere at least once each quarter at such time as may be fixed by the board Special meetings shall be held upon call of the chairman Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the board shall keep full complete and permanent minutes and records of all its proceedings and actions 293 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 It shall be the duty of the board to receive and pass upon allow or disallow all applications for loans or scholarships made by students who are bona fide citizens and residents of the State of Georgia and who desire to become doctors of medicine and who are acceptable for enrollment in a qualified fouryear medical school The purpose of such loans shall be to enable such applicants to obtain a standard fouryear medical education which will qualify them to become licensed practicing physicians within the State of Georgia It shall be the duty of the board to make a careful and full investigation of the ability character and qualifications of each applicant and determine his fitness to become the recipient of such loan or scholarship and for that purpose the board may propound such examination to each applicant which it deems proper and the said board may prescribe such rules and regulations as it deems necessary and proper to carry out the purpose and intention of this bill The investigation of the applicant shall include an investigation of the ability of the applicant or of the parents of such applicant to pay his own tuition at such a medical school and the board in granting such loans and scholarships shall give preference to qualified applicants who or whose parents are unable to pay the applicants tuition at such a medical school The said board shall have authority to grant to each applicant deemed by the board to be qualified to receive the same a loan or scholarship for the purpose of acquiring a medical education as herein provided for upon such terms and conditions to be imposed by the board as provided for in this bill Applicants who are granted loans or scholarships by the board shall receive a loan not to exceed 500000 to any one applicant to be paid in annual installments not exceeding 150000 per annum with which to defray his or her tuition and other expenses in any reputable accepted and accredited fouryear medical college or school in the United States or a scholarship in such medical college or school for a term not exceeding four years the cost of such scholarship not to exceed 500000 same to be paid at such time and in such manner as may be determined 294 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 by the board The loans and scholarships herein provided shall not exceed the sums herein stated but they may be prorated in such manner as to pay to the medical school to which any applicant is admitted such funds as are required by that school and the balance to be paid direct to the applicant all of which shall be under such terms and conditions as may be provided under rules and regulations of the board The said loans or scholarships to be granted to each applicant shall be based upon the condition that the full amount thereof shall be repaid to the State of Georgia in cash in full with 4 interest from the date of each payment by the state on such loan or scholarship same to be payable annually the first annual payment to be due on or before one year from the date the applicant completes his interneship or same may be repaid to the State of Georgia in services to be rendered by the applicant by practicing his profession at some place within the State of Georgia to be approved by the board Onefifth of the loan or scholarship together with interest thereon to be credited to the applicant for each year of practicing his profession in a community of 5000 population or less according to 1950 census and no annual interest on the scholarship loan shall be paid during such practice or service After the third full year of practice or services within this State as herein provided but not before the said applicant shall be privileged entirely at the discretion of the Board heretofore created to pay off the balance of the scholarship loan together with accrued interest thereon and upon such payment shall be relieved from further obligations under his contract for loan or scholarship Each applicant before being granted a loan or scholarship shall enter into a contract with the State of Georgia agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the loan or scholarship shall be granted to him which said contract shall include such terms and provisions as will carry out the full purpose and intent of this act and the form thereof shall be prepared and approved by the Attorney General of this State and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board countersigned by the 295 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 Secretary and shall be signed by the applicant For the purposes of this act the disabilities of minority of all applicants granted loans or scholarships hereunder shall be and the same are hereby removed and the said applicants are declared to be of full lawful age for the purpose of entering into the contract hereinabove provided for and such contract so executed by any applicant is hereby declared to be a valid and binding contract the same as though the said applicant were of the full age of 21 years and upward The board is hereby vested with full and complete authority and power to sue in its own name any applicant for any balance due the board on any such contract It shall be the duty of the board to contact and make inquiry of such of the fouryear medical colleges and schools as herein provided as it deems proper and make such arrangements and enter into such contracts within the limitations as to cost as herein provided for the admission of students granted loans or scholarships by the board such contracts to be approved by the attorney general of this state and the money obligations u contract as made by the board with any such colleges shall be paid for out of funds to be provided by law for such purposes and all students granted loans or scholarships shall attend a medical school with which the board has entered into a contract or any accredited fouryear medical school or college in which said applicant may obtain admission and which is approved by the Board The board shall have authority to cancel any contract made between it and any applicant for loans or scholarships upon cause deemed sufficient by the board And the board shall have authority to cancel such contracts which it may lawfully cancel made with any of the colleges or schools as herein provided payments of funds for loans or scholarships hereunder shall be made by requisition of the board signed by the chairman and the secretary directed to the auditor of public accounts who shall thereupon issue a warrant on the treasury of the 296 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 State of Georgia for the amount fixed in the requisition and payable to the person designated thereon which said warrant upon presentation shall be paid by the treasurer out of any funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes provided for under this act All funds made available to the board by act of the Legislature for the purpose of defraying expenses of the board and the salaries of its secretary and employees shall be paid over and received by the treasurer of this board and by him deposited in some solvent bank within the State of Georgia selected by the board and such funds may be drawn and expended by check or warrant signed by the chairman and attested by the secretary The board shall make a biennial report to the Legislature at each session thereof of its activities loans or scholarships granted names of persons to whom granted and the institution attended by those receiving the same the location of the applicants who have received their education and become licensed physicians and surgeons within this State as a result of the said loans andor scholarships and where they are practicing and shall make a full report of all of its expenditures for salaries and expenses incurred hereunder It is the purpose and intent of this bill to bring about an adequate supply of doctors of medicine in the more sparsely populated areas of the State of Georgia by increasing the number of medical students from Georgia in the various medical schools and inducing a sufficient number of the graduates from medical schools to return to Georgia and practice their profession thus affording adequate medical care to the people of Georgia Paragraph III Uniformity classification of property All taxes shall be levied and collected under general laws and for public purposes only All taxation shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax Classes of subjects for taxation of property shall consist of tangible property and one or more 297 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 3 classes of intangible personal property including money The General Assembly shall have the power to classify property including money for taxation and to adopt different rates and different methods for different classes of such property Paragraph IV Exemptions from taxation The General Assembly may by law exempt from taxation all public property places of religious worship or burial and all property owned by relions groups used only for residential purposes and from which no income is derived all institutions of purely public charity all intangible personal property owned by or irrevocably held in trust for the exclusive benefit of religious educational and charitable institutions no part of the net profit from the operation of which can inure to the benefit of any private person 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 exemptions 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 the purpose of private or corporate profit and income distributable to shareholders in corporations owning such property or to other owners of such property and any income from such property is used exclusively for religious educational and charitable purposes or for either one or more of such purposes and for the purpose of maintaining and operating such institution this exemption shall not apply to real estate or buildings 298 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 4 other than those used for the operation of such institution and which is rented leased or otherwise used for the primary purpose of securing an income thereon and also provided that such donations of property shall not be predicated upon an agreement contract or otherwise that the donor or donors shall receive or retain any part of the net or gross income of the property The General Assembly shall further have power to exempt from taxation farm products including baled cotton grown in this State and remaining in the hands of the producer but not longer than for the year next after their production All personal clothing household and kitchen furniture personal property used and included within the home domestic animals and tools and implements of trade of manual laborers but not including motor vehicles are exempted from all State County Municipal and School District ad valorem taxes in an amount not to exceed 30000 in actual value The homestead of each resident of Georgia actually occupied by the owner as a residence and homestead and only so long as actually occupied by the owner primarily as such but not to exceed 200000 of its value is hereby exempted from all ad valorem taxation for State county and school purposes except taxes levied by municipalities for school purposes and except to pay interest on and retire bonded indebtedness provided however should the owner of a dwelling house on a farm who is already entitled to homestead exemption participate in the program of rural housing and obtain a new house under contract with the local housing authority he shall be entitled to receive the same homestead exemption as allowed before making such contract The General Assembly may from time to time lower said exemption to not less than 125000 The value of all property in excess of the foregoing exemptions shall remain subject to taxation Said exemptions shall be returned and claimed in such manner as prescribed by the General Assembly The exemption herein provided for shall not apply to taxes levied by municipalities All cooperative nonprofit membership corporations or 299 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 4 ganized under the laws of this State for the purpose of engaging in rural electrification as defined in subsection 1 of Section 3 of the Act approved March 30 1937 providing for their incorporation and all of the real and personal property owned or held by such corporations for such purpose are hereby exempted from all taxation state county municipal school district and political or territorial subdivisions of the State having the authority to levy taxes The exemption herein provided for shall expire December 31 1961 There shall be exempt from all ad valorem intangible taxes in this State the common voting stock of a subsidiary corporation not doing business in this State if at least ninety per cent f such common voting stock is owned by a Georgia corporation with its principal place of business located in this State and was acquired or is held for the purpose of enabling the parent company to carry on some part of its established line of business through such subsidiary All laws exempting property from taxation other than the property herein enumerated shall be void The Legislature may exempt from taxation intangible personal property owned by a trust forming a part of a pension profit sharing or stock bonus plan if such trust is exempt from federal income tax under Section 165 a of the Federal Internal Revenue Code Existing laws exempting such property from taxation are hereby ratified Paragraph V Exemptions of certain industries continued Existing exemptions under the amendment to the Constitution providing for the exemption of certain industries from taxation appearing in Acts of the General Assembly of 1923 extra session page 67 ratified November 4 1924 shall continue of force until the expiration of the term for which granted 300 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 2 Par 1 Section II Purposes and Method of Taxation Paragraph I Taxation how and for what purposes exercised The powers of taxation over the whole State shall be exercised by the General Assembly for the following purposes only 1 For the support of the State Government and the public institutions 2 For educational purposes 3 To pay the principal and the interest on the public debt and to provide a sinking fund therefor 4 To suppress insurrections to repel invasion and defend the State in time of war 5 To make provision for the payment of pensions to exConfederate soldiers and to the widows of Confederate soldiers who are unmarried 6 To construct and maintain State buildings and a system of State highways airports and docks 7 To make provision for the payment of oldage assistance to aged persons in need and for the payment of assistance to the needy blind and to dependent children and other welfare benefits provided that no person shall be entitled to the assistance herein authorized who does not qualify for such provisions in every respect in accordance with enactments of the General Assembly which may be in force and effect prescribing the qualifications for beneficiaries hereunder Provided no indebtedness against the State shall ever be created for the purpose herein stated in excess of the taxes lawfully levied each fiscal year under Acts of the General Assembly authorized hereunder for such purposes a In order to extend to the employees of the State any department of the State any State institution or political subdivi 301 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 2 Par 1 sions of the State and to the dependents and survivors of such I employees the basic protection accorded others by the Old Age I r Survivors Insurance Program embodied under the Social Security I a Act Act of Congress approved August 14 1935 49 Stat 620 I r officially cited as the Social Security Act as such Act has 1 been and may from time to time be amended and the Federal Insurance Contributions Act as set forth in SubChapter A of Chapter 9 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code as such Code has been and may from time to time be amended the General I r Assembly is authorized to enact such legislation as may be I I necessary to insure the coverage to employees of the State any department of the State any State institution or political sub divisions of the State and the dependents and survivors of such I t employees under said Social Security Act as the same has been or may be amended and the Federal Insurance Contributions I Act as the same has been or may be amended and any pro I visions of this Constitution notwithstanding the State for and on behalf of itself its departments institutions or political sub 1 divisions is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the 1 Federal Security Administrator or other appropriate official 1 of the United States Government under the provisions of said Social Security Act as the same has been or may hereafter be amended in the manner as provided therein and as provided by the General Assembly The Teacher Retirement System of Georgia and the Employees Retirement System of Georgia shall have the powers and duties as provided by law existing at the time of the adoption of this provision of the State Constitution together with such further powers and duties as may be hereafter provided by law 8 To advertise and promote the agricultural industrial historic recreational and natural resources of the State of Georgia 9 For public health purposes Paragraph II Teacher retirement systemtaxation for The i powers of taxation may be exercised by the State through the 302 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 2 Par 2 General Assembly and by counties and municipalities for the purpose of paying pensions and other benefits and costs under a teacher retirement system or systems provided no indebtedness against the State shall ever be created for the purpose herein stated in excess of the taxes lawfully levied each fiscal year under Acts of the General Assembly authorized hereunder Paragraph III Revenue to be paid into general fund All money collected from taxes fees and assessments for State purposes as authorized by revenue measures enacted by the General Assembly shall be paid into the General Fund of the State Treasury and shall be appropriated therefrom as required by this Constitution for the purposes set out in this Section and for these purposes only Paragraph IV Tax returns of public utilities The General Assembly may provide for a different method and time of returns assessments payment and collection of ad valorem taxes of public utilities but not at a greater basis of value or at a higher rate of taxation than other properties Paragraph V The powers of taxation may be exercised by the State through the General Assembly and the counties and municipalities for the purpose of paying pensions and other benefits and costs under a firemens pension system or systems The taxes so levied may be collected by such firemens pension system or systems and disbursed therefrom by authority of the General Assembly for the purposes herein authorized Section III State Debt Paragraph I Purposes for which contracted 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 303 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 3 Par 1 year for 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 However said debt may be increased in the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars for the payment of the public school teachers of the State only The principal amount borrowed for payment of teachers shall be repaid each year out of the common school appropriation and the interest paid thereon shall be paid each year out of the general funds of the State Paragraph II Bonded debt increased when The bonded debt of the State shall never be increased except to repel invasion suppress insurrection or defend the State in time of war Paragraph III Form of laws to borrow money All laws authorizing the borrowing of money by or on behalf of the State shall specify the purpose for which the money is to be used and the money so obtained shall be used for the purpose specified and for no other Paragraph IV State aid forbidden 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 or with any individual company association or corporation Paragraph V Assumption of debts forbidden The State shall not assume the debt nor any part thereof of any county municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State unless such debt be contracted to enable the State to repel invasion suppress insurrection or defend itself in time of war Provided however that the amendment to the Constitution proposed by the General Assembly and set forth in the pub 304 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 3 Par 5 lished Acts of the General Assembly of the year 1931 at page 97 which amendment was ratified on November 8 1932 and which amendment provided for the assumption by the State of indebtedness of the several counties of the State as well as that of the Coastal Highway District and the assessments made against the counties of said district for the construction and paving of the public roads or highways including bridges of the State under certain conditions and for the issuance of certificates of indebtedness for such indebtedness so assumed is continued of full force and effect until such indebtedness assumed by the State is paid and such certificates of indebtedness retired Paragraph VI Profit on public money The receiving directly or indirectly by any officer of State or county or member or officer of the General Assembly of any interest profits or perquisites arising from the use or loan of public funds in his hands or moneys to be raised through his agency for State or county purposes shall be deemed a felony and punishable as may be prescribed by law a part of which punishment shall be a disqualification from holding office Paragraph VII Certain bonds not to be paid The General Assembly shall have no authority to appropriate money either directly or indirectly to pay 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 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 any other State official enter into any contract 305 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 3 Par 7 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 arTaph VIII Sale of States property to pay bonded debt The proceeds of the sale of the Western and Atlantic Railroad 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 whatsoever so long as the State has any existing bonded debtprovided 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 Paragraph IX State sinking fund The General Assembly shall raise by taxation each year in addition to the sum required to pay the public expenses such amounts as are necessary to pay the interest on the public debt and the principal of the public debt maturing in such year and to provide a sinking fund to pay off and retire the bonds of the State which have not then matured The amount of such annual levy shall be determined after consideration of the amount then held in the sinking fund The taxes levied for such purposes and the said sinking fund shall be applied to no other purpose whateiver The funds in the said sinking fund may be invested in the bonds of the State and nlso in bonds and securities issued by the Federal Government and subsidiaries of the Federal Government fully guaranteed by that government If the said bonds are not available for purchase the funds in the sinking fund may be loaned by the Treasurer of the State with the approval of the Governor upon terms to be fixed by such officials and when amply secured by bonds of the State or Federal Government 306 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 4 Par 1 Section IV Taxation by Counties Paragraph I Taxing power of counties The General Assembly shall not have power to delegate to any county the right to levy a tax for any purpose except 1 To pay the expenses of administration of the county government 2 To pay the principal and interest of any debt of the county and to provide a sinking fund therefor 3 For educational purposes upon property located outside of independent school systems as provided in Article 8 of this Constitution 4 To build and repair the public buildings and bridges 5 To pay the expenses of courts the maintenance and support of prisoners and to pay sheriffs and coroners and for litigation 6 To build and maintain a system of county roads 7 For public health purposes in said county and for the collection and preservation of records of vital statistics 8 To pay county police 0 To support paupers 10 To pay county agricultural and home demonstration agents 11 To provide for payment of old age assistance to aged SPg 307 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 4 Par 1 Snsrjj jijB ani fr the payment of assistance to needy blmd and to dependent children and other welfare benefits authorized11 wTin0ierSOn fha11 fe entitled to the assistance herein authorized who does not qualify for such assistance in everv wWVCtm accord5nce with enactments of the General Assembly whieh rtray be m force and effect prescribing the qualifications bilinl1CiarieS hereunderl Provided no indebtedness lE Sadyrarfnthaptpoiee Provide for fire protection of forest lands and for the further conservation of natural resources Provide medical or other care and hospitalization for the indigent sick people of the county andVblirUbrSiT0Te mainain airp0rtS public parks ft T Provide for workmens compensation and retirement or pension funds for officers and employees i6 To Provide reasonable reserves for public improvements as may be fixed by law Districting of counties The General Assembly may district the territory of any county outside the limits of incorporated municipalities for the purpose of providing systems of waterworks sewerage sanitation and fire protection and authorize such counties to levy a tax only upon the taxable property m such district for the purpose of constructing and maintaining such improvement 308 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 5 Par 1 Section V Paragraph I Taxing power and contributions of counties cities and political division restricted The General Assembly shall not authorize any county municipal corporation or political division of this State through taxation contribution or otherwise 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 Section VI Paragraph I Contracts for use of public facilities a The State state institutions any city town municipality or county of this State may contract for any period not exceeding fifty years with each other or with any public agency public corporation or authority now or hereafter created for the use by such subdivisions or the residents thereof of any facilities or services of the State state institutions any city town municipality county public agency public corporation or authority provided such contracts shall deal with such activities and transactions as such subdivisions are by law authorized to undertake b Any city town municipality or county of this State is empowered in connection with any contracts authorized by the preceding paragraph to convey to any public agency public corporation or authority now or hereafter created existing facilities operated by such city town municipality or county for the benefit of residents of such subdivisions provided the land buildings and equipment so conveyed shall not be mortgaged or pledged to secure obligations of any such public agency public corporation or authority and provided such facilities are to be maintained and operated by such public 309 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 6 Par 1 agency public corporation or authority for the same purposes tor which such facilities were operated by such city town municipality or county Nothing in this section shall restrict the pledging of revenues of such facilities by any public agency public corporation or authority c Any city town municipality or county of this State or any combination of the same may contract with any public agency public corporation or authority for the care maintenance and hospitalization of its indigent sick and may as a part of such contract obligate itself to pay for the cost of acquisition construction modernization or repairs of necessary buildings and facilities by such public agency public corporation or authority and provide for the payment of such services anf the cost to such public agency public corporations or authority of acquisition construction modernization or repair of buildings and facilities from revenues realized by such mnicipality or county from any taxes authorized by the Constitution of this State or revenues derived from any other sources Section VII Limitation on County and Municipal Debts Paragraph I Debts of counties and cities The debt hereafter incurred by any county municipal corporation or political division of this State except as in this Constitution provided or ii never 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 dficiences of revenue not to exceed onefifth of one per centum of the assessed value r if taxabe property therein without the assent of a majority of the qualified voters of the county municipality or other 310 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 1 political subdivision voting in an election for that purpose to be held as prescribed by law and provided further that all laws charter provisions and ordinances heretofore passed or enacted providing special registration of the voters 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 1 1945 shall not be affected hereby provided that any county or municipality of this State may accept and use funds granted by the Federal Government or any agency thereof to aid in financing the cost of architectural engineering economic investigations studies surveys designs plans working drawings specifications procedures and other action preliminary to the construction of public works and where the funds so used for the purposes specified are to be repaid within a period of ten years Paragraph II Levy of taxes to pay bonds 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 Paragraph III Additional debt authorized when In addition to the debt authorized in Paragraph I of this section to be created by any county municipal corporation or political subdivision of this State a debt may be incurred by any county municipal corporation or political subdivision of this State in excess of seven per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property therein upon the following conditions Such 311 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 3 additional debt whether incurred at one or more times shall not exceed in the aggregate three per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property in such county municipality or political subdivision such additional debt shall be payable m equal installments within the five years next succeeding the issuance of the evidences of such debt there shall be levied by the governing authorities of such county municipality or political subdivision prior to the issuance of such additional debt a tax upon all of the taxable property within such county municipality or political subdivision collectible annually sufficient to pay in full the principal and interest of such additional debt when as due such tax shall be in addition to and separate from all other taxes levied by such taxing authorities and the collections from such tax shall be kept separate and shall be held used and applied solely for the payment of the principal and interest of such additional indebtedness authority to create such additional indebtedness shall first have been authorized by the General Assembly the creation of such additional indebtedness shall have been first authorized by a vote of the registered voters of such county municipality or political subdivision at an election held for such purpose pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution and of the then existing laws for the creation of a debt by counties municipal corporations and political subdivisions of this State sll of which provisions including those for calling advertising holding and determining the result of such election and the votes necessary to authorize the creation of an indebtedness are hereby made applicable to an election held for the purpose of authorizing such additional indebtedness Paragraph IV In addition to the obligations hereinbefore allowed each county municipality political subdivision of the State authorized to levy taxes and county board of education is given the authority to make temporary loans between January 1st and December 31st in each year to pay expenses for such year upon the following conditions The aggregate amount of all such loans of such county municipality political subdi 312 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 4 vision or county Board of Education outstanding at any one time shall not exceed 75 of the total gross income of such county municipality political subdivision or county Board of Education from taxes collected by such county municipality political subdivision or County Board of Education in the last preceding year Such loans shall be payable on or before December 31st of the calendar year in which such loan is made No loan may be made in any year under the provisions of this paragraph when there is a loan then unpaid which was made in a prior year under the provisions of this paragraph Each such loan shall be first authorized by resolution fixing the terms of such loan adopted by a majority vote of the governing body of such county city political subdivision or county Board of Education at a meeting legally held and such resolution shall appear upon the minutes of such meeting No such county municipality subdivision or county Board of Education shall incur in any one calendar year an aggregate of such temporary loans and other contracts or obligations for current expenses in excess of the total anticipated revenue of such county municipality subdivision or county board of education for such calendar year or issue in one calendar year notes warrants or other evidences of such indebtedness in a total amount in excess of such anticipated revenue for such year Paragraph V Revenue anticipation obligations Revenue anticipation obligations may be issued by any county municipal corporation or political subdivision of this State to provide funds for the purchase or construction in whole or in part of any revenueproducing facility which such county municipal corporation or political subdivision is authorized by the Act of the General Assembly approved March 31st 1937 known as the The Revenue Certificate Laws of 1937 as amended by the Act approved March 14 1939 to construct and operate or to provide funds to extend repair or improve any such existing facility and to buy construct extend operate and maintain gas or electric generating and distribution systems together with all necessary appurtenances thereof Such revenue anti 313 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 5 cipation obligations shall be payable as to principal and interest only from revenue produced by revenueproducing facilities of the issuing political subdivision and shall not be deemed debts of or to create debts against the issuing political subdivisions within the meaning of this paragraph or any other this Constitution This authority shall apply only to revenue anticipation obligations issued to provide funds for the purchase construction extension repair or improvement of such facilities and undertakings as are specifically authorized and enumerated by said Act of 1937 as amended by said Act of 1939 and to buy construct extend operate and maintain gas or electric generating and distribution systems together with all necessary appurtenances thereof provided further any revenue certificates issued to buy construct extend operate and maintain gas or electric generating and distribution systems shall before being undertaken be authorized by a majority of those voting at an election held for the purpose in the county municipal corporation or political subdivision affected and provided further that a majority of the registered voters of such county municipal corporation or political subdivision affected shall vote in said election the election for such to be held in the same manner as is used in issuing bonds of such county municipal corporation or political subdivision and the ssiid elections shnll be called and provided for by officers in charge of the fiscal affairs of said county municipal corporation or political subdivision affected and no such issuing political subdivision of the State shall exercise the power of taxation for the purpose of paying the principal or interest of any such revenue anticipation obligations or any part thereof Provided that after a favorable election has been held as set forth above if municipalities counties or other political subdivisions shall purchase construct or operate such electric or gas utility plants from the proceeds of said revenue certificates and extend their services beyond the limits of the county in which the municipality or political subdivision is located then its services rendered and property located outside said county 314 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 5 shall be subject to taxation and regulation as are privately owned and operated utilities Paragraph VI Refunding bonds The General Assembly is hereby authorized to create a commission and to vest such commission with the power to secure all necessary information and to approve or disapprove the issuance of bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonded indebtedness of any county municipality or political subdivision of this State issued prior to the adoption of this Constitution including the authority to approve or disapprove the amount and terms of such refunding bonds together with such other powers as to the General Assembly may seem proper but not in conflict with the provisions of the Constitution Such refunding bonds shall be authorized only where such county municipality or political subdivision has not the funds available to meet the payment of outstanding bonded indebtedness through failure to levy and collect the required taxes or through failure to maintain the required sinking fund for such bonds The General Assembly may approve the issuance of the said refunding bonds under the conditions stated Such refunding bonds shall not together with all other outstanding bonded indebtedness exceed the limits fixed by this Constitution for the maximum amount of bonded indebtedness which may be issued by such county municipality or political subdivision and shall be otherwise governed by all of the terms and provisions of this Constitution No bonds shall be issued under this paragraph to refund any bonds issued after the adoption of this Constitution Paragraph VII Refunding bonds to reduce bonded indebtedness The General Assembly is further authorized to give to the said Commission the power and authority to approve or disapprove the issuance of bonds to refund any outstanding bonded indebtedness of any county municipality or political subdivision now or hereafter issued for the purpose of reducing the amount payable principal or interest on such bonded indebtedness and upon the conditions that the issuance of such refunding bonds will reduce the amounts payable upon such outstanding bonds principal or interest Such refunding 315 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 7 bonds shall replace such outstanding bonded indebtedness The said Commission shall have the authority to approve or disapprove the terms of any such proposed refunding bonds The General Assembly may authorize the issuance of such refunding bonds issued for the said purpose when approved by the said Commission and authorized by the governing authority of such county municipality or subdivision without an election by the qualified voters as otherwise required but in all other respects such refunding bonds shall comply with the provisions of this Constitution Section VIII Paragraph I Sinking funds for bonds All amounts collected from any source for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of any bonded indebtedness of any county municipality or subdivision and to provide for the retirement of such bonded indebtedness above the amount needed to pay the principal and interest on such bonded indebtedness due in the year of such collection shall be placed in a sinking fund to be held and used to pay off the principal and interest of such bonded indebtedness thereafter maturing The funds in such sinking fund shall be kept separate and apart from all other moneys of such county municipality or subdivision and shall be used for no purpose othan than that above stated The moneys in such sinking fund may be invested and reinvested by the governing authorities of such county municipality or subdivision or by such other authority as has been created to hold and manage such sinking fund in the bonds of such county municipality or subdivision and in bonds or obligations of the State of Georgia of the counties and cities thereof and of the government of the United States of subsidiary corporations of the Federal Government fully guaranteed by such government and no other Any person or persons violating the above provisions shall be guilty of mal 316 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 8 Par 1 practice in office and shall also be guilty of misdemeanor and shall be punished when convicted as prescribed by law for the punishment of misdemeanors until the General Assembly shall make other provisions for the violation of the terms of this paragraph Section IX Appropriation Control Paragraph I Preparation and submission of General Appropriation Bill The Governor shall submit to the General Assembly within fifteen days after its organization a budget message accompanied by a draft of a General Appropriation Bill which shall provide for the appropriation of the funds necessary to operate all the various departments and agencies and to meet the current expenses of the State for the ensuing fiscal year Paragraph II Continuation of General Appropriation Act Each General Appropriation Act with such amendments as are adopted from time to time shall continue in force and effect for each fiscal year thereafter until repealed or another General Appropriation Act is adopted provided however that each section of the General Appropriation Act in force and effect on the date of the adoption of this Constitution of general application and pertaining to the administration limitation and restriction on the payment of appropriations and each section providing for appropriation of Federal Grants and other continuing appropriations and adjustments on appropriations shall remain in force and effect until specifically and separately repealed by the General Assembly Paragraph III Other or supplementary appropriations In 317 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 9 Par 3 addition to the appropriations made by the General Appropriation Act and amendments thereto the General Assembly may make additional appropriations by Acts which shall be known as supplementary appropriation Acts provided no such supplementary appropriation shall be available unless there is an unappropriated surplus in the State Treasury or the revenue necessary to pay such appropriation shall have been provided by a tax laid for such purpose and collected into the General Fund of the State Treasury Neither House shall pass a Supplementary Appropriation Bill until the General Appropriation Act shall have been finally adopted by both Houses and approved by the Governor Paragraph IV Appropriations to be for specific sums a The appropriation for each department officer bureau board commission agency or institution for which appropriation is made shall be for a specific sum of money and no appropriation shall allocate to any object the proceeds of any particular tax or fund or a part of percentage thereof b To defray the cost of all activities incident to providing and maintaining an adequate system of public roads and bridges in this State as authorized by laws enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and for grants to counties for aid in county road construction and maintenance as provided by law authorizing the State treasury to make such grants the General Assembly of Georgia shall in each General Appropriation Act make the aggregate of the fixed appropriations for highway purposes an amount not less than the total Motor Fuel and Motor Vehicle License taxes received by the State Treasury for the immediately preceding fiscal year less the amount of refunds rebates and collection costs authorized by law The expenditure of the appropriations made in conformity with this provision shall be subject to all the rules regulations and restrictions imposed on the expenditure of appropriations by provisions of this State Constitution and other laws enacted by the General Assembly Said funds are hereby allocated to the Highway Department and shall be utilized for highway 318 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 9 Par 4 improvement including construction and maintenance In the event of a general war in which the United States ofAinenca is involved said funds shall be held to the credit of the State Highway Department until such time as the road building program can be continued and materials obtained for said purpose During any such period of time all the funds which cannot be used for highway purposes shall be invested in bonds of the United States of America or securities the payment of the principal and interest of said securities being guaranteed by the United States of America In the event of invasion of this state by land sea or air said funds may be utilized on the executive order of the Governor for defense purposes Paragraph V Appropriations void when Any appropriation made in conflict with either of the foregoing provisions shall be void Section X Paragraph I Existing amendments continued of force Amendments to the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1877 in effect at the date of the ratification by the voters of the State of this Constitution shall continue of full force and effect after the ratification of this Constitution where such amendments are of merely local and not general application including the amendments pertaining to the Coastal Highway District of this State There is also continued under this provision in force and effect amendments to the Constitution of 1877 applicable to counties and cities having a population in excess of a number stated in such amendments and amendments applicable to counties having a city wholly or partly therein with a population in excess of or not less than a number stated in such amendment and amendments applicable to cities lying in two counties where such amendments are m force and effect at the time of the ratification of this Constitution Provided the amendment of Paragraph I of Section II of Article XI of the Constitution of 1877 proposed by Georgia 319 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 10 Par I Laws 1943 page 53 and ratified August 3 1943 authorizing election by the people of the County Board of Education of Spalding County prescribing rules of eligibility of members of the Board providing for election by the Board of the County Superintendent of Schools shall not be continued of force ARTICLE VIII Education Section I Paragraph I System of common schools free tuition separation of races The provision of an adequate education for the citizens shall be a primary obligation of the State of Georgia the expense of which shall be provided for by taxation Separate schools shall be provided for the white and colored races Section II Paragraph I State Board of Education method of appointment There shall be a State Board of Education composed of one member from each Congressional District in the State who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate The Governor shall not be a member of the State Board of Education The first State Board of Education under this Constitution shall consist of those in office at the time this Constitution is adopted with the terms provided by law Thereafter all succeeding appointments shall be for seven year terms from the expiration of the previous term Vacancies upon said Board caused by expiration of term of office shall be similarly filled by appointment and confirmation CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 8 Sec 2 Par 1 In case of a vacancy on said Board by death resignation or from any other cause other than the expiration of such members term of office the Board shall hy secret ballot elect his successor who shall hold office until the end of the next session of the General Assembly or if the General Assembly be then in session to the end of that session During such session of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint the successor member of the Board for the unexpired term and shall submit his nain to the Snat for confirmation All members of the Board shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified The members of the State Board of Education shall be citizens of this State who shall have resided in Georgia continuously for at least five years preceding their appointment No person employed in a professional capacity by a private or public education institution or by the State Department of Education shall he eligible for appointment or to serve on said Board No person who is or has been connected with or employed by a school book publishing concern shall be eligible to membership on the Board and if any person shall be so connected or employed after becoming a member of the Board his place shall immediately become vacant The said State Board of Education shall have such powers and duties as provided by law and existing at the time of the adoption of this Constitution together with such further powers and duties as may be hereafter provided by law Section III Paragraph I State School Superintendent election term etc There shall be a State School Superintendent who shall be the executive officer of the State Board of Education elected at the same time and in the same manner and for the same term as that of the Governor The State School Superintendent shall have such qualifications and shall be paid such compensation as may be fixed by law No member of said Board shall be eligible for election as State School Superintendent during the time for which he shall have been appointed 321 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 8 Sec 4 Par 1 Section IV Paragraph I University System of Georgia Board of Regents There shall be a Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and the government control and management of the University System of Georgia and all of its institutions in said system shall be vested in said Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Said Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shall consist of one member from each Congressional District in the State and five additional members from the StateatLarge appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate The Governor shall not be a member of the said Board The first Board of Regents under this Constitution shall consist of those in office at the time this Constitution is adopted with the terms provided by law Thereafter all succeeding appointments shall be for seven year terms from the expiration of the previous term Vacancies upon said Board caused by expiration of term of office shall be similarly filled by appointment and confirmation In case of a vacancy on said Board by death resignation of a member or from any other cause other than the expiration of such members term of office the Board shall by secret ballot elect his successor who shall hold office until the end of the next session of the General Assembly or if the General Assembly be then in session to the end of that session During such session of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint the successor member of the Board for the unexpired term and shall submit his name to the Senate for confirmation All members of the Board of Regents shall hold office until their successors are appointed The said Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shall have the powers and duties as provided by law existing at the time of the adoption of this Constitution together with such further powers and duties as may be hereafter provided by law CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 8 Sec 5 Par 1 Section V Paragraph I County System Board of Education election term etc Authority is granted to Counties to establish and maintain public schools within their limits Each County exclusive of any independent school system now in existence in a County shall compose one school district and shall be confined to the control and management of a County Board of Education The Grand Jury of each County shall select from the citizens of their respective Counties five freeholders who shall constitute the County Board of Education Said member shall be elected for the term of five years except that the first election of Board members under this Constitution shall be for such terms that will provide for the expiration of the term of one member of the County Board of Education each year In case of a vacancy on said Board by death resignation of a member or from any other cause other than the expiration of such members term of office the Board shall by secret ballot elect his successor who shall hold office until the next Grand Jury convenes at which time said Grand Jury shall appoint the successor member of the Board for the unexpired term The members of the County Board of Education of such County shall be selected from that portion of the County not embraced within the territory of an independent school district The General Assembly shall have authority to make provision for local trustees of each school in a county system and confer authority upon them to make recommendations as to budgets and employment of teachers and other authorized employees Section VI Paragraph I County School Superintendent election term etc There shall be a County School Superintendent who shall CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 8 Sec 6 Par 1 be the executive officer of the County Board of Education He shall be elected by the people and his term of office shall be for four years and run concurrently with other county officers The qualifications and the salary of the County School Superintendent shall be fixed by law Section VII Paragraph I Independent systems continued new systems prohibited Authority is hereby granted to municipal corporations to maintain existing independent school systems and support the same as authorized by special or general law and such existing systems may add thereto colleges No independent school system shall hereafter be established Section VIII Paragraph I Meetings of Boards of Education All official meetings of County Boards of Education shall be open to the public Section IX Paragraph I Contracts for care of pupils County Boards of Education and independent school systems may contract with each other for the education transportation and care of pupils Section X Paragraph I Certain systems protected Public schools systems established prior to the adoption of the Constitution of 1877 shall not be affected by this Constitution 324 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 8 Sec 11 Par 1 Section XI Paragraph I Grants bequests and donations permitted The State Board of Education and the Regents of the University System of Georgia may accept bequests donations and grants of land or other property for the use of their respective systems of education Paragraph II Grants bequests and donations to county Boards of Education and independent school systems County Boards of Education and independent school systems may accept bequests donations and grants of land or other property for the use of their respective systems of education Section XII Paragraph I Taxation by counties for education The fiscal authority of the several Counties shall levy a tax for the support and maintenance of education not less than five mills nor greater than fifteen mills as recommended by the County Board of Education upon the dollar of all taxable property in the County located outside independent school systems The independent school system of Chatham County and the City of Savannah being coextensive with said County the levy of said tax shall be on all property in said County as recommended by the governing body of said system The fifteen mill limitation provided in this Paragraph may be removed or increased in a county under the procedure set out hereinafter The County Board of Education in order to instigate the procedure must pass a resolution recommending that the limitation be removed and upon presentation of such resolution to the Ordinary it shall be his duty within ten days of the receipt of the resolution to issue the call of an election to determine whether such limitation shall be removed He shall set the election to be held on a date not less than twenty nor more than thirty days from the date of the issuance of the call and shall have the date and 325 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 9 Sec 12 Par 1 purpose of the election published in the official organ of the county once a week for two weeks preceding the date of the election If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting in such election vote in favor of such proposal there shall be no limitation in such county and the County Board of Education may recommend any number of mills not less than five for the purposes set out above In lieu of recommending that the limitation be removed entirely the Board may recommend that it be increased and shall specify the amount in the resolution The election provisions for increase shall be the same as for removal and if the proposal is favorably voted upon the Board may recommend up to the specified amount It shall be the duty of the Ordinary to hold the election to canvass the returns and declare the results It shall also be his duty to certify the results to the Secretary of State The expense of the election shall be borne by the county Section XIII Paragraph I Grants for education Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution the General Assembly may by law provide for grants of State county or municipal funds to citizens of the State for educational purposes in discharge of all obligation of the State to provide adequate education for its citizens ARTICLE IX Homesteads and Exemptions Section I Paragraph I Amount of homestead and exemptions There is hereby exempt from levy and sale by virtue of any process 326 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 19 Sec 1 Par 1 whatever under the laws of this State the property of every head of a family or guardian or trustee of a family of minor children or every aged or infirm person or person having the care and support of dependent females of any age who is not head of a family realty or personalty or both to the value in the aggregate of sixteen hundred dollars and the General Assembly shall have authority to provide the manner of exempting said property the sale alienation and encumbrance thereof and to provide for the waiver of said exemption by the debtor Paragraph II Homestead and exemption laws continued The laws now of force with respect to homestead and exemptions shall remain in full force until changed by law ARTICLE X Militia Section I Paragraph I Organization of Militia 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 Paragraph II Volunteers 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 Paragraph III Pay of militia and volunteers 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 327 A CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 11 Sec 1 Par 1 ARTICLE XI Counties and Municipal Corporations Section I Paragraph I Counties a corporate body boundaries 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 and the metes and bounds of the several counties shall remain as now prescribed by law unless changed as hereinafter provided Paragraph II Number limited There shall not be more than one hundred and fiftynine counties in this State Paragraph III New counties permitted when No new county shall be created except by the consolidation or merger of existing counties Paragraph IV Consolidation of counties method The General Assembly shall have power with the concurrence of twothirds of the qualified voters of each of the counties to be affected who participate in elections held for that purpose to provide for the consolidation of two or more counties into one or the merger of one or more counties into another or the division of a county and the merger of portions thereof into other counties Paragraph V Dissolution of counties method Any county may be dissolved and merged with a contiguous county or counties by twothirds of the qualified voters of each of the counties affected who participate in elections held for that purpose Paragraph VI County governments uniform exceptions Whatever tribunal or officers may be created by the General Assembly for the transaction of county matters shall be uni 328 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 11 Sec 1 Par 6 form throughout the State and of the same name jurisdiction and remedies except that the General Assembly may provide for Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in any county may abolish the office of County Treasurer in any county may fix the compensation of County Treasurers and may consolidate the offices of Tax Receiver and Tax Collector in the office of Tax Commissioner and may fix his compensation without respect to uniformity Paragraph VII Consolidation of governments submission to voters The General Assembly may provide by general law optional systems of consolidated county and municipal government providing for the organization and the powers and duties of its officers Such optional systems shall become effective when submitted to the qualified voters of such county and approved by a majority of those voting Paragraph VIII County lines County lines shall not be changed unless under the operation of a general law for that purpose Paragraph IX County sites changed method No county site shall be changed or removed except by a twothirds vote of the qualified voters of the county voting at an election held for that purpose and by a majority vote of the General Assembly Section II Paragraph I County officers election term removal eligibility 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 upon conviction for malpractice in office and no person shall be eligible for 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 329 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 12 Sec 2 Par 2 Paragraph II Compensation of county officers County officers may be on a fee basis salary basis or fee basis supplemented by salary in such manner as may be directed by law ARTICLE XII The Laws of General Operation in Force in This State Section I Paragraph I Supreme law 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 pursurance thereof and all treaties made under the authority of the United States Paragraph II Second in authority Second As next in authority thereto This Constitution Paragraph III Third in authority Third In subordination to the foregoing All laws now of force in this State not inconsistent with this Constitution shall remain of force until the same are modified or repealed by the General Assembly Paragraph IV Local and private acts 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 Paragraph V Proceedings of courts confirmed All judgments decrees orders and other proceedings of the several courts of this State heretofore made within the limits of their 330 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 12 Sec 1 Par 5 several jurisdictions are hereby ratified and affirmed subject only to reversal by motion for a new trial appeal bill of review or other proceedings in conformity with the law of force when they were made Paragraph VI Existing officers 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 ARTICLE XIII Amendments to the Constitution Section I Paragraph I Proposed by General Assembly submission to people 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 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 at which election members of the General Assembly are chosen and if such proposed amendment directly affects only one or more political subdivisions of the State then it shall also be advertised in the area to be directly affected thereby 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 331 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 13 Sec 1 Par 1 electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon such amendment or amendments shall become a part of this Constitution provided that if the proposed amendment is not one that directly affects the whole State but only one or more subdivisions thereof said amendment shall not become a part of this Constitution unless it receive both a majority of the electors qualified to vote voting thereon in the State as a whole and also a majority of the electors qualified to vote voting thereon in the particular subdivision of subdivisions affected 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 Provided however that proposed amendments to the Constitution which only affect or apply to one or more counties or one or more municipalities shall only be submitted to the voters of the county or counties or to the voters of the municipality or municipalities which the proposed amendment affects or applies If the amendment affects more than one county or more than one municipality the total vote of the area shall be consolidated and a majority of the whole vote shall be required as a condition precedent to ratification Such proposed amendment shall be published in one newspaper in the county or counties affected or of the county or counties in which the municipality affected is located for two months previous to the time of holding the next general election and shall be submitted to the people in such county or counties or municipality or municipalities at the next general election and if ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon such amendment shall become a part of this Constitution Provided however that where the corporate limits of any municipality extend into two or more counties no amendment to the Constitution affecting such counties shall be ratified unless such amendment to the Constitution shall have received the required majority of votes cast in each of the counties affected nor shall this amendment alter or amend the provisions 332 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 13 Sec 1 Par 2 of Paragraph 4 Section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1945 Paragraph II Convention how called 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 members of each house of the General Assembly The representation in said convention shall be based on population as near as practicable This Constitution shall not be revised amended or changed by the Convention until the proposed revision amendment or change has been submitted and ratified by the people in the manner provided for submission and ratification of amendments proposed by the General Assembly Paragraph III Veto not permitted The Governor shall not have the right to veto any proposal by the General Assembly to amend the Constitution ARTICLE XIV Merit System Section I Paragraph I State Personnel Board A nonsalaried State Personnel Board comprised of three citizens of this State of known interest in the improvement of public administration shall administer a State Merit System under which state personnel shall be selected on a basis of merit fitness and efficiency according to law The members of the StatePersonnel Board shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice of the Senate The first members shall be appointed for terms of three five and seven years respectively the terms to be designated by the Governor All subsequent appointments shall be 333 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 14 Sec 1 Par 1 for a period of seven years except unexpired terms No State official or employee shall be a member of the State Personnel Board Paragraph II Retirement System Appropriation The General Assembly is authorized to establish an actuarially sound retirement system for employees under a merit system Adequate appropriations shall be provided for the operation of a merit system and the State Personnel Board ARTICLE XV Home Rule Section I Paragraph I The General Assembly is authorized to provide by law for the selfgovernment of municipalities and to that end is hereby expressly given the authority to delegate its powers so that matters pertaining to municipalities upon which prior to the ratification of this amendment it was necessary for the General Assembly to act may be dealt with without the necessity of action by the General Assembly Any powers granted as provided herein shall be exercised subject only to statutes of general application pertaining to municipalities ARTICLE XVI Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Section I The General Assembly may provide by law that any city or town or any housing authority now or hereafter established may undertake and carry out slum clearance and redevelopment work including the acquisition and clearance of areas 334 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 16 Sec 1 Par 1 which are predominantly slum or blighted areas the preparation of such areas for reuse and the sale or other disposition of such areas to private enterprise for private uses or to public bodies for public uses Any such work shall constitute a governmental function undertaken for public purposes and the powers of taxation and eminent domain may be exercised and public funds expended in furtherance thereof Method of Sub mission Section II That when this amendment shall have been agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly the same shall be entered on their journals with the ayes and nays taken thereon and shall be published and submitted to the people for ratification or rejection as one single amendment to the Constitution at the next General Election in August 1945 as provided by law Those voting in favor of the ratification of the amendment herein proposed shall have written or printed on their ballots the words for the amendment revising the Constitution Those voting against the ratification of the amendment herein proposed shall have written or printed on their ballots the words against the amendment revising the Constitution If a majority of those voting vote for the amendment revising the Constitution when the results are certified to the Governor he shall proclaim the amendment revising the Constitution of 1877 as the revised Constitution of Georgia 335 1955 JANUARY MAY SEPTEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ifi 17 18 10 0 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 FEBRUARY JUNE OCTOBER 5 M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 S M T W T F S 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MARCH JULY NOVEMBER 5 M T W T F S J 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 L 5 M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 39 30 APRIL AUGUST DECEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 23 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 336 1956 JANUARY MAY SEPTEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 5 M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 OCTOBER FEBRUARY JUNE S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 234 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 NOVEMBER MARCH JULY S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 DECEMBER APRIL AUGUST S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 H S M T W T F S 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 337 GrI h 9 ff