THE LIBRARIES The University of Georgia MANUAL of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of The State of Georgia 1961 1962 Compiled by BEN W FORTSON JR Secretary of State STATE OFFICERS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT State Capitol Room 203 S Ernest Vandiver Governor Mrs Christine D Johnson Confidential Secretary Peter Zack Geer Executive Secretary Henry G Neal Asst Attorney General Dolly Azar Receptionist LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR State Capitol Room 321 Garland T Byrd LieutenantGovernor Mrs Shirley B Johnson Secretary SECRETARY OF STATE State Capitol Room 214 Ben W Fortson Jr Secretary of State Joe N Burton Assistant to the Secretary of State oecil Lt Clifton Joint Secretary State Examining Boards COMPTROLLERGENERAL State Capitol Room 238 Zack D Cravey ComptrollerGeneral McDonald Assistant ComptrollerGeneral E Robmson State Fire Marshal Ralph R Cadle Deputy Industrial Loan Commissioner LAW DEPARTMENT Judicial Building Room 132 Eugene Cook Attorney General Assistant Attorneys General Ariel V Conlin John Edward Dean Carter Goode A Frank Grimsley G Hughel Harrison John S Harrison Earl L Hickman Rubye G Jackson Douglas King Paul Miller Lamar L Murdaugh III LIBRARIES Henry G Neal J R Parham Ezekiel J Summerour Joel S Thwaites Deputy Assistant Attorneys General Gus Barksdale Bruce Dubberly Jr Robert W Goodman Robert Hall Ben F Johnson Jr E Freeman Leverett Louis F McDonald Donald F Payton Paul Rodgers James H Therrell Attorney Sheldon C Dorough P T McCutchen Jr TREASURY DEPARTMENT State Capitol Room 245 George B Hamilton State Treasurer Horace Hixon Assistant State Treasurer EDUCATION State Department of Old State Office Bldg Room 242 Dr Claude L Purcell State Superintendent of Schools Dr C S Hubbard Assistant State Superintendent of Schools AGRICULTURE State Department of Agriculture Bldg Room 204 Phil Campbell Commissioner LABOR State Department of Labor Bldg Room 288 Ben T Huiet Commissioner W A Clyde Assistant Commissioner Gus Stark Director Inspection Division Marion Williamson Director Employment Security Agency Elbert Forester Assistant Director IV PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION New State Office Bldg Room 162 Matt L McWhorter Chairman Allen Chappell ViceChairman Walter McDonald Commissioner Ben T Wiggins Commissioner Crawford L Pilcher Commissioner A 0 Randall Executive Secretary ARCHIVES AND HISTORY Department of 1516 Peachtree St N W Mrs Mary Givens Bryan Director AUDITS State Department of State Capitol Room 115 B E Thrasher Jr State Auditor BANKING Department of State Capitol Room 122 W D Trippe Superintendent of Banks W M Jackson Assistant Superintendent of Banks BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS State Capitol Washington Street Harold E Stodghill Building Engineer CHEMIST State Agriculture Bldg Room 612 Harry S Johnson Jr State Chemist COMMERCE State Department of State Capitol Room 100 Jack J Minter Director Vincent Jones Assistant Director Thomas W Payne Jr ManagerOffice Services Division Hoyle Yandle ManagerIndustry Division Bill Hardman ManagerTourist Division Nelson Shipp ManagerResearch and Information Division Vernon R Stuebing ManagerPlanning Division V CORRECTIONS Department of State Capitol Room 415 Jack Forrester Director J B Hatchett Assistant Director Robert J Carter Chief Clerk M H Doyle Comptroller DEFENSE Department of P O Box 4839 Atlanta 2 MajGen George J Hearn The Adjutant General and Director Civil Defense Military Division BrigGen Charlie F Camp Asst Adjutant General for Army BrigGen Homer Flynn Asst Adjutant General for Air Civil Defense Division Mr Jack L Grantham Deputy Director ENTOMOLOGY Division of Agriculture Bldg Room 304 William E Blasingame Chief Entomologist FORESTRY COMMISSION State Central office P O Box 1183 Macon Atlanta office Agriculture Building Room 216 A Ray Shirley Director and Executive Secretary J C Turner Jr Assistant Director W H McComb Chief of Forest Management George Bishop Chief of Forest Administration Frank Craven Chief of Information and Education Lester L Lundy Chief of General Services Sanford P Darby Chief of Reforestcition Henry Cannon Chief of Communications GAME AND FISH State Department of State Capitol Room 401 Fulton Lovell Director HEALTH Department of Public 47 Trinity Avenue S W Room 522H Dr John H Venable Director VI HIGHWAY BOARD State 2 Capitol Square James L Gillis Sr Chairman Willis N Harden Member Clarke W Duncan Member Benton Odom Secretary and Treasurer LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL State Capitol Room 316 Frank H Edwards Legislative Counsel LIBRARY State Judicial Bldg Room 301 John D M Folger State Librarian M Patricia Baum Assistant State Librarian MERIT SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION State New State Office Bldg Room 572 Edwin L Swain Director MILK CONTROL COMMISSION Georgia Agriculture Bldg Room 220 C A Ward ChairmanDirector MINES MINING AND GEOLOGY Department of Agriculture Bldg 4th Floor Garland Peyton Director Dr A S Furcron Chief Geologist Dr Vernon Hurst Geologist Dr L H Turner Chief Chemist MUSEUM of Science and Industry Georgia State State Capitol 4th Floor Miss Annette McLean Director OPERATIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Joint Committee on the State Capitol Room 316 Geo L Smith II Speaker House of Representatives Chairman George D Stewart Secretary of Senate Secretary Garland T Byrd LtGov VII Glenn W Ellard Clerk House of Representatives Senate Members Sam J Gardner Jr W T Jones Earl Staples House Members Edgar Blalock Arthur K Bolton Jack B Ray Legislative Counsel Frank H Edwards PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD State State Capitol Room 421 William H Kimbrough Chairman Hugh C Carney Member Mrs Rebecca L Garrett Member E J Calhoun Jr Administrative Assistant PARKS Department of State State Capitol Room 418 Charles Allen Collier Director Henry D Struble Assistant to DirectorTreasurer PERSONNEL BOARD State New State Office Bldg Room 572 Dr Hugh Goodwin Chairman L E Bowen Sr Robert E Lee Jr PHARMACY State Board of Agriculture Bldg Room 212214 P D Horkan Chief Drug Inspector PROBATION State Board of State Capitol Room 435 William H Kimbrough Chairman Hugh C Carney Member Mrs Rebecca L Garrett Member Travis Stewart Director of Probation VIII PURCHASING DEPARTMENT State Capitol Room 142 Alvan C Gillem Supervisor of Purchases T B McDorman Assistant Supervisor of Purchases John B White Self Insurance Program Director S F Skrine Wade Flynt J F Hough Purchasing Agents J L Brown Assistant Purchasing Agent REGENTS Board ofOFFICERS New State Office Bldg Room 468 Robert O Arnold Chairman Everett Williams ViceChairman Harmon W Caldwell Chancellor Arthur M Gignilliat Adm Assistant to the Chancellor John E Sims Assistant to the Chancelloron leave J H Dewberry Dir Plant Bus Operations L R Siebert Executive Secretary James A Blissit Treasurer John R Hills Director Testing and Guidance REVENUE State Department of Old State Office Bldg Room 516 C Dixon Oxford Commissioner W Dan Greer Deputy Commissioner John W Bearden Director Motor Fuel Tax Unit Gasoline Tax Refund Unit I J Blalock Director Data Processing Unit R L Boyett Chief Gasoline Tax Refund Unit Paul Bryant Director Alcohol Control Unit C G Campbell Director Property Tax Intangibles Tax Unit Murray A Chappell Director Motor Vehicle License Unit F L Dillard Director Income Tax Unit B I Gilbert Personnel Officer J W D Harvey State Oil Chemist Director Fuel Oil Inspection Unit E J Olmstead Director Sales Use Tax Unit IX J B Rhodes Director Miscellaneous Tax Unit W E Strickland Comptroller Duke C Trexler Director Fraud Intelligence Unit SAFETY Department of Public 959 E Confederate Ave S E P 0 Box 1456 Col William P Trotter Director Lt Col H L Conner Deputy Director State Patrol Maj R H Burson Commanding Officer Bureau of Investigation Maj Delmar Jones Director State Crime Laboratory Dr Herman Jones Director VETERANS SERVICE State Department of 1 Hunter St SW Atlanta Peter Wheeler Director Fred Phillips Supervisor OntheJob Training and Supply Officer v Earl E Griffin Jr Supervisor Institutional Training and Personnel Officer John W Heist Supervisor Claims Division Elmer Barfield Supervisor OntheFarm Training WELFARE State Department of Public Old State Office Bldg Room 434 Alan Kemper Director Phil Cawthon Assistant Director WORKMENS COMPENSATION State Board of Labor Bldg Room 494 Roscoe Lowery Chairman W E Buckner Director Frank L Gross Director James C Pullin SecretaryTreasurer X UNITED STATES SENATORS Richard B Russell Winder Georgia Herman Eugene Talmadge Love joy Georgia UNITED STATES CONGRESSMEN District 1 G Elliott Hagan 2 J L Pilcher 3 E L Tic Forrester 4 John J Flynt Jr 5 James C Davis 6 Carl Vinson 7 John W Davis 8 Iris Faircloth Blitch 9 Phil M Landrum 10 Robert G Stephens Jr SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA 5th Floor Judicial Bldg Justices W H Duckworth Chief Justice T Grady Head Presiding Justice Associate Justices T S Candler Bond Almand Carlton Mobley Joseph D Quillian Benning M Grice Miss Katharine C Bleckley Clerk Henry H Cobb Deputy Clerk Arthur H Codington Reporter George H Richter Assistant Reporter A Broaddus Estes Sheriff Law Assistants Robert H 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Harvey R Mitchell Administrator Baptist Village Waycross John L Caldwell Thomaston Peyton S Hawes Elberton XVIII Clement J Ford 240 W Andrews Dr NW Atlanta B F Register Jr Mayor City of Columbus Columbus Sheffield Owen 573 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AUTHORITY A J Singletary Chairman Blakely Keaton Cox Camilla Charles Garrett Nashville B B Morgan Coleman Paul Nesmith Statesboro ALCOHOLISM Advisory Committee on Elder W C Chandler 7 Palm Ave Savannah Reverend Charles C Duncan McCaysville Judge J Henry Howard Sylvania Elder K R Pinkstaff PO Box 185 Metter Dr Arthur Richardson Emory University Medical School Emory University Dr T F Sellers Rm 522H 47Trinity Ave SW Atlanta Mrs Mamie K Taylor co Georgia Power Co Atlanta ART COMMISSION for the State of Georgia Edward Allen Moulthrop Chairman 96 Poplar St NW Atlanta XIX Lamar Dodd Department of Art Division of Fine Arts University of Georgia Athens Carlos Green way Jr Alma Alexander R Lawton 26 E Bryan Savannah Edward S Shorter 1251 Wynnton Rd Columbus Exofficio member Governor ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION Jack Ray Legislative Member Norwood J T Holt Baxley Exofficio member Director Dept of Game and Fish BLIND Georgia Factory for theAdvisory Board to Board of Managers Robert T Davis Sue Mack Dr Columbus Frank Gross Toccoa J T Holt Baxley Houston Jewell LaFayette Walter McDonald Rm 162 New State Office Bldg Atlanta Henry Tichenor Monroe Tom Vereen Moultrie Exofficio members State Treasurer State Superintendent of Schools Director State Board of Social Security State Supervisor of Purchases Director Division of Vocational Rehabilitation XX BRIDGE BUILDING AUTHORITY State Membership same as that of State Highway Board exofficio CAPITOL SQUARE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE Eugene Cook Rm 132 Judicial Bldg Atlanta Ben T Huiet Rm 288 Labor Bldg Atlanta Alan Kemper Rm 434 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta Dixon Oxford Rm 518 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta Dr Claude L Purcell Rm 242 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta Dr T F Sellers Rm 522H 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta B E Thrasher Jr Rm 115 State Capitol Atlanta CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION Georgia Peter Zack Geer Chairman Rm 203 State Capitol Atlanta Jack Minter ViceChairman Rm 100 State Capitol Atlanta Mrs Mary Givens Bryan 1516 Peachtree St NW Atlanta Garland T Byrd Butler Charles Collier Rm 418 State Capitol Atlanta Edgar Forio 740 Old Ivy Rd NE Atlanta Ben W Fortson Rm 214 State Capitol Atlanta Frank Gaither 2215 Timberland Rd NE Atlanta Walter C Hartridge 116 W Hull St Savannah XXI Mrs Mary Gregory Jewett 116 Mitchell St SW Atlanta James Key ton Thomasville Carl Kotchian VicePresident Lockheed Aircraft Corp Marietta Mrs Lee H Lyle Jonesboro B F Merritt Macon Justice Carlton Mobley 5th Floor Judicial Bldg Atlanta M A Perry co Georgia Press Assn 24 Ivy St SE Atlanta Andrew J Ryan co Courthouse Savannah George L Smith II Swainsboro CLAIMS ADVISORY BOARD State Exofficio members Secretary of State Director Department of Public Health Chairman State Highway Board COMMERCE Advisory Committee to Department of Kirk Sutlive1st Cong Dist 414 Maupas Ave Savannah B T Burson2nd Cong Dist Camilla W S Stuckey Sr3rd Cong Dist Eastman Roger Schoerner4th Cong Dist Carrollton Jack J McDonough5th Cong Dist 3707 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta Ben Tarbutton Jr6th Cong Dist Sandersville XXII John P Pickett7th Cong Dist Cedartown Stanley Brooks8th Cong Dist McRae Cliff Kimsey Jr9th Cong Dist Cornelia Peter S Knox10th Cong Dist Thomson CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT Governors Commission on Griffin Bell Trust Co of Georgia Bldg Atlanta Charles J Bloch First National Bank Bldg Macon Mrs Charles Crisp Americus Peter Zack Geer Colquitt James H Gray Albany J Battle Hall Box 1267 Rome Roy V Harris Southern Finance Bldg Augusta Miss Ira Jarrell 1101 City Hall Atlanta Alexander A Lawrence Liberty Bank Bldg Savannah H Holcombe Perry Jr Peacock Bldg Albany Carter Pittman Dalton Frank S Twitty Camilla Mrs Mary C Winter co Augusta Chronicle Augusta J H Woodall Sr Woodland Exofficio members Governor as Chairman LieutenantGovernor Speaker of the House Attorney General Chair XXIII man of the Judicial Council President of the Georgia Bar Association CORRECTIONS State Board of C O Nixon Chairman Covington E Alvin Foster 80 Ash St Forest Park W D Goff Cordele Walter B Morrison Mount Vernon Lynn J Norris Thomson DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Georgia Harry L Brown Mountain City Olin Burton Vienna J W Fanning University of Georgia Athens Jim L Gillis Jr Soperton Eldridge Perry Buena Vista Jack B Ray Norwood Tom Steele Hampton Hugh Whitworth Lavonia Exofficio members Commissioner of Agriculture Director Department of Commerce EDUCATION State Board of Paul S Stone1st Cong Dist Waynesboro Robert B Wright Jr2nd Cong Dist Moultrie XXIV Thomas Nesbitt Jr3rd Cong Dist Cordele James S Peters Chairman4th Cong Dist Manchester David Rice5th Cong Dist 2820 Habersham Rd NW Atlanta Francis Shurling6th Cong Dist Wrightsville Henry A Stewart Sr ViceChairman7th Cong Dist Cedartown Lonnie E Sweat8th Cong Dist Blackshear Mrs Bruce Schaefer9th Cong Dist Toccoa Mrs Julius Y Talmadge10th Cong Dist 1295 Prince Ave Athens ELECTIONS COMMISSION Exofficio members Governor Secretary of State Chairman Attorney General EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM Board of Trustees George B Culpepper Jr Fort Valley Ben T Huiet Rm 288 Labor Bldg Atlanta Paul E Manners First National Bank Bldg Atlanta R Benton Odom 2 Capitol Square Atlanta Exofficio members State Auditor Chairman State Insur ance Commissioner Director State Merit System EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCY Board of Review Frank A Constangy Chairman 1404 Candler Bldg Atlanta John Lytjen 525 E 55th St Savannah W O Purser Alamo ENGINEERING ADVISORY BOARD Felix de Golian Jr Chairman Golian Steel Iron Co 5 Ivy St Bldg Atlanta R J J Locatell 12 3rd St NE Atlanta Garland Peyton 4th Floor Agriculture Bldg Atlanta Gilbert D Spindel Sr 1182 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta R E Stiemke Georgia Institute of Technology 225 North Ave NW Atlanta EUGENICS State Board of Dr I H MacKinnon Milledgeville State Hospital Milledgeville Exofficio members Director State Dept of Public Welfare Director State Board of Health FARMERS MARKET AUTHORITY Georgia Exofficio members Governor Chairman Commissioner of Agriculture ViceChairman State Auditor SecretaryTreasurer LieutenantGovernor Attorney General FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL Angelo G Nikas 750 Darlington Cir NE Atlanta Bonnell Akins Blairsville XXVI Horace Caldwell Radium Springs Albany Kermit Donaldson 1 E 53rd Savannah Corbin Roberts Gray FOREST RESEARCH COUNCIL Georgia Wallace Adams Chairman Glenwood B M Jones ViceChairman Dallas Dr H I Conner Vidalia Henry G Garrard Washington Downing Musgrove Homerville Kirk Sutlive Union Bag Paper Corp Savannah H E Ruark Director PO Box 729 Macon Exofficio member Director State Forestry Commission FORESTRY COMMISSION State Charlie Jordan Jr Chairman Vidalia Andrew J Aultman 802 N Westberry St Sylvester O S Garrison Homer John McElrath co McElrath Mfg Co Macon Alexander Sessoms Cogdell A Ray Shirley Director and Executive Secretary Rm 218 Agriculture Bldg Atlanta XXVII GAME AND FISH COMMISSION State J T Trapnell1st Cong Dist Metter Richard Tift Chairman2nd Cong Dist 230 Pine Ave Albany William E Smith3rd Cong Dist Americus William Z Camp4th Cong Dist Newnan Charles L Davidson Jr5th Cong Dist 3247 Wynn Dr Decatur C Flannery Pope6th Cong Dist Dublin James B Langford7th Cong Dist Calhoun Harley Langdale8th Cong Dist Valdosta John B Wikle9th Cong Dist Clarkesville Luke L Couch10th Cong Dist Lexington James A GoetheCoastal Counties 48 E 48th St Savannah HEALTH State Board of Dr James Miller Byne Jr1st Cong Dist Waynesboro Dr Aldwin G Funderburk2nd Cong Dist Moultrie Dr Maurice F Arnold3rd Cong Dist Hawkinsville Dr Virgil B Williams4th Cong Dist Griffin Dr Harold P McDonald5th Cong Dist Healey Bldg Atlanta Dr A M Phillips ViceChairman6th Cong Dist 1113 Bankers Insurance Bldg Macon Dr Fred H Simonton7th Cong Dist Chickamauga XXVIII Dr Alex Little Jr8th Cong Dist 1306 N Patterson Valdosta Dr Ben K Looper9th Cong Dist Canton Dr D N Thompson10th Cong Dist Elberton Dr J M HawleyState at Large Murrah Bldg Columbus Robert H HoggState at Large 412 Overlook Rd Macon Dr Bernard HollandState at Large Dept of Psychiatry Emory University Atlanta 22 Tyre Watson JrState at Large 309 E College Ave Decatur Dr J G Williams ChairmanState at Large Medical Arts Bldg Atlanta Exofficio member Governor HERTY FOUNDATION Charles H Wallace Adams Glenwood Harley Langdale Jr Naval Stores Madison Hwy Valdosta John W Middleton 28 E Bay Savannah Shelby My rick Jr Liberty Bank Bldg Savannah Frank C Underwood Jr 1319 E 36th N Savannah HISTORICAL COMMISSION Georgia Joseph B Cumming Chairman 909 Marion Bldg Augusta Beverly M DuBose Jr co DuBoseEgleston 739 Trust Co of Ga Bldg Atlanta Milton L Fleetwood President Tribune Publishing Co Cartersville A R Kelly Academic Bldg University of Georgia Athens XXIX Alexander A Lawrence 9th Floor Liberty Bank Bldg Savannah Mrs Mary Gregory Jewett Secretary 116 Mitchell St SW Atlanta HOSPITAL ADVISORY COUNCIL for Construction Licensure and Indigent Care James H Aldredge 1717 Havilon Dr SW Atlanta Dr Rafe Banks Gainesville Mrs Olive L Barbin 957 Russell St Augusta Dr A B Conger Martin Bldg Columbus R C Cropper 1793 Coleman Ave Macon John P Duncan Quitman Edgar J Forio 740 Old Ivy Rd NE Atlanta Daniel E Gay Administrator Memorial Hospital Savannah Oscar Hilliard Rossville Noah Langdale Jr 3807 Tuxedo Rd NW Atlanta Dr W L Pomeroy Waycross Dr Robert A Rainer Jr McDonough Exofficio members Attorney General State Auditor Director Department of Public Welfare Director Vocational Rehabilitation HOSPITAL AUTHORITY State Exofficio members Governor Chairman State Auditor SecretaryTreasurer Attorney General XXX JEKYLL ISLAND STATE PARK AUTHORITY Exofficio members Secretary of State Chairman Chairman Public Service Commission ViceChairman State Auditor SecretaryTreasurer Director Department of State Parks Attorney General A J Hartley Executive Secretary and Attorney Mrs Madelyn Neill Assistant SecretaryTreasurer Rm 124 Judicial Bldg JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF GEORGIA B D Murphy Chairman C S National Bank Bldg Atlanta Justice Carlton Mobley 5th Floor Judicial Bldg Atlanta Justice Joseph D Quillian 5th Floor Judicial Bldg Atlanta Judge Samuel J Boykin Carrollton Judge Durwood Pye Fulton County Court House Atlanta F Jack Adams Cornelia Mrs Gertrude Harris Mark Bldg 98 Alabama St SW Atlanta Judge Tom Marshall Macon Rd Americus Roy Richards Carrollton A S Skelton Hartwell XXXI Robert S Troutman Trust Co of Ga Bldg Atlanta Earl Staples Senate Member Conyers George D Busbee House Member Brunswick Exofficio member Chief Justice Supreme Court of Georgia LITERATURE COMMISSION State James P Wesberry Chairman 1700 Piedmont Ave NE Atlanta Hubert L Dyar Executive Secretary Royston LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY DISEASE CONTROL BOARD Commissioner of Agriculture Chairman President Georgia Livestock Association President Georgia Swine Breeders Association President Georgia Veterinary Medical Association President Georgia Poultry Federation President Georgia Milk Producers Association President Georgia Stockyard Operators Association Dean College of Agriculture Director State Experimental Stations Director Agriculture Extension Service State Supervisor Vocational Agriculture Dean School of Veterinary Medicine MEDICAL EDUCATION BOARD State Dr J C Tanner Jr Chairman 1001 Medical Arts Bldg Atlanta Dr Herman Dismuke ViceChairman Ocilla Dr J Hubert Milford Hartwell Secretary to Board of Regents SecretaryTreasurer Exofficio members President Medical Association of Georgia Immediate Past President Medical Association of Georgia XXXII MENTAL INSTITUTIONS Advisory Committee George M Bazemore Waycross Dr John Bell 509 Bellevue Dublin Dr Rives Chalmers 2905 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta Peyton S Hawes Elberton John L Moore C S National Bank Bldg Atlanta Dr Louie D Newton 1085 Ponce de Leon Ave NE Atlanta Dr Robert A Rainer Jr McDonough Dr William Rottersman Baptist Professional Bldg Atlanta Mrs W C Tucker 1915 Wildwood Ave Columbus Dr Luther H Wolff Medical Arts Bldg Columbus Dr R Hugh Wood 1364 Clifton Rd NE Atlanta MINERAL LEASING COMMISSION Exofficio members Governor Secretary of State Attorney General Director Dept of Mines Mining and Geology NUCLEAR ADVISORY COMMISSION Georgia Frank H Neely Chairman co Richs Inc Atlanta Harlee Branch Jr ViceChairman Georgia Power Co Marietta St Atlanta Dr 0 C Aderhold President University of Georgia Athens XXXIII on Robert O Arnold Covington Dr J E Boyd Georgia Institute of Technology 225 North Ave NW Atlanta Morris M Bryan Jr Jefferson Dr Harmon Caldwell 244 Washington St SW Atlanta Howard Callaway Hamilton Phil Campbell Rm 204 Agriculture Bldg Atlanta J M Cheatham co Dundee Mills Griff in Ebb Duncan Carrollton John Duncan Jr 379 New St Macon William J Estes Haralson A L Feldman 3722 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta Dr John T Godwin 265 Ivy St NE Atlanta Dr E D Harrison Georgia Institute of Technology 225 North Ave NW Atlanta Dr George King College of Agriculture University of Georgia Athens D B Lawton General Electric Co Rome Chappelle Matthews Shackelford Bldg Athens Ottley McCarty 1151 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta R W Middlewood 3544 Paces Ferry Rd NW Atlanta Dr C C Murray University of Georgia Athens Dr Claude Purcell Rm 242 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta XXXIV Dr Morgan Raiford Ponce de Leon Infirmary 679 Juniper St NE Atlanta Dr Bruce Schaefer Toccoa Geo L Smith II Swainsboro Dr W M Suttles Georgia State College of Business Administration 33 Gilmer St SE Atlanta Dr John Venable 47 Trinity Ave SW Rm 522H Atlanta Robert B Wallace Jr co Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station Atlanta Exofficio members Governor Attorney General OFFICE BUILDING AUTHORITY State Exofficio members Governor Lieuten antGovernor Attorney General State Auditor Chief Justice Supreme Court of Georgia PENAL AND REHABILITATION AUTHORITY State Exofficio members Governor State Auditor Attorney General PORTS AUTHORITY State Robert C Norman ChairmanState at Large Southern Finance Bldg Augusta W D Trippe ViceChairmanState at Large Cedartown A M Harris Sr8th Cong Dist Brunswick Howell HollisState at Large 1238 2nd Ave Columbus XXXV Thomas M Johnson1st Cong Dist co Savannah Gas Co Savannah J D Jack Holt ExecutiveDirector PO Box 1039 Savannah J W Taxi Smith SecretaryTreasurer Whitehead Bldg Albany Anton F Solms Jr Attorney Savannah PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Col William P Trotter Director 959 E Confederate Ave SE Atlanta Sheriff Earl Hamrick Jeffersonville Sheriff Frank Atwood Cartersville Exofficio members Governor Chairman ComptrollerGeneral Attorney General Adjutant General Chairman State Highway Department REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT BOARD Georgia William Clair Harris Chairman Winder William C Clary Toccoa Thomas E Greene Jr 1st National Bank and Trust Bldg Macon C J Smith Newnan REFUNDING BOND COMMISSION Exofficio members Secretary of State ComptrollerGeneral Attorney General XXXVI RURAL ROADS AUTHORITY Georgia Membership same as that of State Highway Board exofficio SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY State Exofficio members Governor Attorney General Chancellor University System of Georgia State School Superintendent State Auditor Chairman Board of Regents University System of Georgia Chairman State Board of Education SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE State Jim L Gillis Jr Chairman Soperton Lamar Franklin Marietta C M Higginbotham Royston David Kistner Rt 2 Loganville Fred Statham Americus Exofficio members Commissioner of Agriculture Director State Agricultural Extension Service Director Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station Experiment Georgia Director Georgia Coastal Plains Experiment Station Tifton Georgia State Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Service Dean State College of Agriculture Athens Director Vocational Agriculture in Georgia SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION Board of Control for Dr 0 C Aderhold University of Georgia Athens George B Brooks Crawford Dr Harmon W Caldwell University of Georgia Athens XXXVII Chappelle Matthews Shackelford Bldg Athens Exofficio member Governor STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION Price Gilbert Jr ViceChairman 2772 Arden Rd NW Atlanta Mrs L H Lyle Jonesboro Brooks Pennington Jr Madison Exofficio members Chairman Public Service Commission as Chairman Secretary of State Attorney General Commissioner of Agriculture TOLL BRIDGE AUTHORITY State Kenneth W Dunwody Chairman PO Box 58 Macon Robert B Lee Leesburg John J McLanahan Elberton UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA Board of Regents Everett Williams ViceChairman1st Cong Dist Statesboro John I Spooner2nd Cong Dist Donalsonville Howard H Callaway3rd Cong Dist Hamilton Robert 0 Arnold Chairman4th Cong District Covington Jesse Draper5th Cong Dist Grant Bldg Atlanta XXXVIII Linton D Baggs Jr6th Cong Dist 2737 Vineville Ave Macon Ernest L Wright7th Cong Dist Cave Spring Rd Rome James D Gould8th Cong Dist Brunswick Morris Bryan Jr9th Cong Dist Jefferson Roscoe Coleman10th Cong Dist 2610 Peach Orchard Rd Augusta James A DunlapState at Large Gainesville Roy V HarrisState at Large Southern Finance Bldg Augusta James C Owen JrState at Large 101 S Hill St Griffin Carey WilliamsState at Large Greensboro Allen WoodallState at Large Martin Bldg Columbus Building Authority Exofficio members Governor Attorney General Chancellor University System of Georgia State School Superintendent State Auditor Chairman Board of Regents University System of Georgia Chairman State Board of Education VETERANS SERVICE State Board of Judge Allen Lumpkin Henson Chairman Fulton County Court House Atlanta Harrison Bray ViceChairman Manchester Blake Craft 311 Fourth Ave Decatur Lee Roy Lunsford Richland Randolph Medlock Mayor Stone Mountain XXXIX Morris Perlman 416 E 52nd St Savannah James R Wynn Carrollton WATER QUALITY COUNCIL B F Merritt Chairman Macon H C Edenfield Swainsboro Joel Edwards Zebulon Ted M Forbes C S National Bank Bldg Atlanta Glenn Kimble 6 Chipper Ct Savannah George F Powers Milledgeville Floyd Tabor Perry Exofficio members Director State Department of Public Health Director State Game and Fish Commission Director State Department of Commerce Commissioner of Agriculture WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION Georgia Membership same as shown for Water Quality Council including exofficio members WATERWAYS COMMISSION Georgia J W Woodruff Sr Chairman Columbus Yalene BennettAltamaha River Basin Mbr Alma Leon BaughmanChattahoochee River Basin Mbr Cedar Springs Clarence G CampbellSavannah River Basin Mbr Lavonia XL R A GriffinFlint River Basin Mbr Bainbridge Ralph PrimmEtowah River Basin Mbr 12 Rosewood Rd Rome Nat HardinState at Large Forsyth WORKMENS COMPENSATION MEDICAL BOARD Dr Hugh Hailey ChairmanDermatologist Mbr Medical Arts Bldg Atlanta Dr Marcus Mashburn SrInternal Medicine Specialist Mbr Cumming Dr J C NorrisPathologist Mbr 478 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr Albert A Rayle SrRoentgenologist Mbr 478 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr Duncan ShepardToxicologist Mbr 1211 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta XLI PROFESSIONAL EXAMINING BOARDS Cecil L Clifton Joint Secretary 224 State Capitol Atlanta Georgia ACCOUNTANCY State Board of Victor Markwalter Chairman 102224 Southern Finance Corp Bldg Augusta William F Loflin ViceChairman 1218 Peacock Ave Columbus Del R Paige 717 First National Bank Bldg Atlanta Jack Short Doerun Charlie Williams PO Box 1311 Savannah ARCHITECTS State Board for Examination Qualification and Registration of Doyle L Harvey President West Bldg Rome D Collier Houston VicePresident 708 Oglethorpe Ave Albany Walter F Kiley 410 E Bay St Savannah William D Eve Masonic Bldg Augusta BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER EXAMINERS State Board of Luther Dillashaw Chairman Demorest Mrs Thelma W Doster Rochelle Dan J McSwain Sr Vidalia XLII Mrs Emory Stone Whigham Cecil Wallace Hardup Rd Albany CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS Georgia Board of Dr Alvin C Tisdale President 230 Pine Ave Albany Dr Hoyt B Duke VicePresident 1248 Greene St Augusta Dr D M Livingston 117 West Ave Cedartown Dr George C Paulk Jr 1139 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr J I Rose 1128 Ponce de Leon Ave Atlanta DENTAL EXAMINERS OF GEORGIA Board of Dr W G Brown President Blackshear Dr M M Moreman VicePresident West Point Dr Toof A Boone Sr 401 Southern United Bldg Macon Dr J C Hill 310 S Broad St Rome Dr Hunter M Robertson 206 Donehoo St Statesboro Dr E Wayne Satterfield 606 Southern Mutual Bldg Athens Dr Rayford W Tharpe Austell ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS State Board of Re istration for Professional Mose E Cox Chairman 818 W Ponce de Leon Ave Decatur XLIII Q OflifT 1045 Talbotton Rd Columbus Harold F Hunter 706 River Ave Rome Paul Weber School of Chemical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta FORESTERS State Board of Registration for Erie T Newsom Jr Chairman Rome Craft Co Woodlands Division Rome Guyton DeLoach 320 Alexandria Dr Macon Robert D Dixon PO Box 168 Griffin Dr Allyn M Herrick University of Georgia Dean School of Forestry Athens T A Liefeld Thomasville FUNERAL SERVICE Georgia State Board of S Herbert Elliott President 1134 Telfair St Augusta Russell Phillips VicePresident Buford Robert L Harrison Jesup Stafford Rooks Fort Valley Gardner Watson Perry J C Whitley Douglasville LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Georgia Board of Hubert B Owens Chairman University of Georgia Athens XLIV Edward L Daugherty 611 Henry Grady Bldg Atlanta William Pauley 101 Marietta St Bldg Atlanta LIBRARIANS State Board for the Certification of Miss Sarah Hightower Chairman Lindale Miss Sarah E Maret Director Athens Regional Library Athens Miss Virginia Satterfield Georgia State College for Women Milledgeville Miss Lucille Nix Executive Secretary and exofficio member 92 Mitchell St SW Atlanta MEDICAL EXAMINERS State Board of Dr Paul T Scoggins President Commerce Dr Grady Coker Canton Dr Fred J Coleman Dublin Dr Albert M Deal Statesboro Dr R H McDonald Newnan Dr J W Palmer Ailey Dr Alex Russell Winder Dr Carl Savage Montezuma Dr L W Willis Bainbridge NURSES FOR GEORGIA Board of Examiners of Registered Miss Nancy E Sale President 1149 Boulevard NE Atlanta XLV Miss Vera Ethlene Smith VicePresident 938 High St Macon Miss E Louise Grant Medical College of Georgia Augusta Miss Dana Hudson 1585 Paxon Ave SE Atlanta Mrs La Verne R Johnson 413 Maupas Ave Savannah NURSES Board of Examiners of Practical Mrs Gladys Blackwell Chairman Berry School Mt Berry Mrs Hattie Barnard 320 Thomas St Waycross Mrs W P Burke Box 502 Canton Mrs Louise Williams 10 Cantrell Dr Columbus Advisory Board Dr Grady Coker Canton Miss Dana Hudson 1585 Paxon Ave SE Atlanta Mrs Lucille C Murphy 601 N Slappey Dr Albany Mrs S C Patterson Rm 134 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta A A Rosser Warren Candler Memorial Hospital Savannah Mrs Sarah Luke Stephens Box 271 Soperton Arthur T Stewart Jr Greensboro OPTICIANS State Board of Dispensing William L Crawley Chairman 105 Peachtree St NE Atlanta XLVI J K Clason 1115 Broadway Columbus H J Corley Bankers Insurance Bldg Macon Galen B Kilburn 16 Peachtree St NE Atlanta R A Robinson Southern Finance Bldg Augusta OPTOMETRY Georgia State Board of Examiners in Dr T Benjamin Youmans Jr President Calhoun Dr Edward H Shannon VicePresident 212 S Main St Gainesville Dr James F Clifford 2803 Wrightsboro Rd Augusta Dr W R Gilbert Griffin Dr L N Huff 633 Peachtree St NE Atlanta OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS OF GEORGIA State Board of Dr Hoyt B Trimble President Mortgage Guarantee Bldg Atlanta Dr Thomas W Burroughs 1101 Williams St Valdosta Dr Harry E Huff Tifton Dr Walter Jones 401 First National Bank Bldg Rome Dr Hassie H Trimble Jr Moultrie PHARMACY Georgia State Board of S Lanier Hardman President Covington W R Thomas Jr VicePresident Thomas Drug Store Thomasville XL VII T Mills Harrison 2396 Ingleside Ave Macon B B Kelley 233 Atlantic Cir Savannah B H Shackelford 1411 N Highland Ave NE Atlanta PODIATRY EXAMINERS State Board of Dr Charles W Beasley Jr Chairman First National Bank Bldg Atlanta Dr James B Stevens 420 Southern United Bldg Macon Dr H D Wilson Whitehead Bldg Albany PSYCHOLOGISTS State Board of Examiners of Louis J Poetter President 23 Diana Dr Wimberly Savannah Dr Herman W Martin Emory University Georgia Dr Florene Young University of Georgia Athens REAL ESTATE COMMISSION Georgia M DuQuince Davis Chairmnn 116 First St Macon Charles R Jenkins 771 Broad St Augusta Ward Wight Jr Healey Bldg Atlanta SANITARIANS State Board of Examiners for Registered Professional John J Sheuring Chairman i Dairy Dept University of Georgia Athens D P Belcher Madison XL VIII Garnett H Dehart Rm 314 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta J W Mann Rm 103 Agriculture Bldg Atlanta Charles L Williams 720 Kingston Ave Rome STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL COMMISSION Larry V Annis Annis Pest Control 1514 Monte Sano Ave Box 3444 Augusta Theodore Oser Oser Pest Control 1139 Spring St NW Atlanta Richard B Ray Ray Pest Control Perry Exofficio members Dr Horace O Lund Dept of Entomology University of Georgia Athens William Eugene Blsingame Chairman Director Division of Entomology Agriculture Bldg Atlanta Roy J Boston Department of Public Health 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta USED CAR DEALERS State Board of Registration of James F Smith Chairman ONealSmith Used Cars 833 Third St Macon 0 Gene Ownby ViceChairman VicePresident First National Bank Atlanta Paul E Bennett Bennetts Auto Center Inc 1424 Gordon Hwy Augusta John S Hood Jr 441 Montgomery St Savannah Robert S Mathews Motor Control Division Trusco Finance Co 410 E 2nd Ave Rome XLIX VETERINARY EXAMINERS Georgia State Board of Dr G Rayburn Bartlett President 303 Central AveEast Point Dr Tyler Leard VicePresident PO Box 253 Hartwell Dr C W Leonard LaFayette Dr Charles C Rife 505 Lindbergh Dr NE Atlanta Dr T C Ross McRae WARM AIR HEATING CONTRACTORS State Board of Examiners of John G Mauldin Chairman 444 Blake Ave SE Atlanta Will Hoyt Raymond 1223 10th Ave Columbus R L Reiley 725 Wheaton St Savannah W H Williams 2073 Dunwoody St NE Atlanta L 2 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL State Senate Numerically by Seat Numbers 1 Blalock 36th 2 Whisnant 25th 3 Ponsell 5th 4 Dews 9th 5 Seagraves 30th 6 Green 44th 7 Jackson 24th 8 I Ayers 31st 9Persons 22nd 10 Clary 29th 11 Mitchell 43rd 12 Knox 54th 13 l Sanders 18th 14 Brown 52nd 15 1 Gardner 47th 16 Towson 16th 17 Braly 38th 18 McKenzie 13th 19 Conger 8th 20 Fitzpatrick 51st 21 Claxton 21st 22 Hart 53rd 23 McWhorter 50th 24 Owens 32nd 25 McWhorter 34th 26 Raynor 4th 271 Johnson 46th 28llp White 39th 29aH Miller 40th 30 Kelly 35th 31 Lambert 28th 32 Harden 27th 33 Veazey 19th 34 Staples 37th 35 Dailey 11th 36 Peterson 15th 37 Grayson 1st 38 Jones 23rd 39 r Overby 33rd 40 Perry 49th 41 pWarnell 2nd 42 Newton 17th 43 Smalley 26th 44 Waters 41st 45 Dykes 14th 46 Griner 45th 47 Mathews 48th 48 Clanton 7th 49 DeLoach 6th 50 Bell 10th 51 Ingram 42nd 52 McKenzie 12th 53 Harrington 20th 54 Long 3rd LtGov Garland T Byrd 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 8 Bell 10th 50 Blalock 36th I1 Braly 38th 17 Brown 52nd 14 Clanton 7th 48 Clary 29th 10 Claxton 21st 21 Conger 8th 19 Dailey 11th 35 DeLoach 6th 49 Dews 9thi 4 Dykes 14th jjy45 Fitzpatrick 51st20 Gardner 47th 15 Grayson 1st 37 Green 44th11 6 Griner 45thp46 Harden 27th Js32 Harrington 20th 53 Hart 53rd22 Ingram 42nd 51 Jackson 24th 7 Johnson 46th t27 Jones 23rd 38 Kelly 35th 30 Knox 54th 12 Lambert 28th 31 Long 3rd54 Mathews 48th 47 Miller 40th 29 Mitchell 43rd 11 McKenzie 12th52 McKenzie 13th 18 McWhorter 34th Q25 McWhorter 50th 23 Newton 17th42 Overby 33rd 39 Owens 32nd i24 Perry 49th 40 Persons 22nd 9 Peterson 15th iL36 Ponsell 5th 3 Raynor 4th 26 Sanders 18th 13 Seagraves 30th 5 Smalley 26th 43 Staples 37th 34 Towson 16th16 Veazey 19th 33 Warnell 2nd 141 Waters 41st 44 Whisnant 25th 2 White 39th 28 LtGov Garland T Byrd President of Senate George D Stewart Sec of Senate LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 5 OFFICERS OF THE STATE SENATE 1961 1962 GARLAND T BYRDLieutenant Governor Taylor County CARL E SANDERSPresident Pro Tem Richmond County GEORGE D STEWART Secretary Fulton County KELLEY QUILLIAN Messenger Barrow County HENRY CASTLEMANDoorkeeper Fulton County STAFF OF PRESIDENTS OFFICE JAMES H WYNNELAide Cobb County LT L H BASSiAide Taylor County MRS SHIRLEY B JOHNSONSecretary Clayton County MISS YVONNE REDDING1Secretary Fulton County MRS LOU W KNIGHT Secretary DeKalb County STAFF OF THE SECRETARY OF SENATE OFFICE LAMONT SMITHTAssistant Secretary Tattnall County ANN DUNCAN1 I Calendar Clerk Fulton County MRS REBECCA CAUSEYJournal Clerk Douglas County 6 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES WITH DISTRICTS AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 19611962 Senators District Post Offi Ayers Dr C L Slat Toccoa Bell Jack 10th Leesburg Blalock D B 36th Newnan Braly Samuel U 38th Dallas Brown Charlie 52nd PO Box 30 Atlanta 1 Clanton Dr J Roland 7th PO Box 540 Thomasville Clary Edgar D Jr 29th Harlem Claxton J W 21st Wrightsville Conger J Willis 8th Bainbridge Dailey J T 11th Cuthbert DeLoach Dan J 6th Statenville Dews Charles E 9th Edison Dykes James M 14th Cochran Fitzpatrick Mark W 51st J eff ersonville Gardner Sam J Jr 47th Moultrie Grayson Spence M 1st RFD Wilmington Island Savannah Green Gaston V 44th Rising Fawn Griner Otto 45th Ocilla Harden Talmadge F 27th Commerce Harrington Floyd 20th Milledgeville Hart Dan F 53rd Quitman Ingram William A 42nd Cartersville Jackson Harry C 24th 1718 3rd Ave Columbus Johnson 0 D 46th Blackshear LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 7 Senators Jones W T Kelly Engen District 23rd 35th Post Office Roberta Monroe Knox Gordon Jr 54th Hazlehurst Lambert E R 28th Madison Long W C 3rd Nahunta Mathews Eiden W 48th Cordele Miller Zell 40th Young Harris Mitchell Erwin 43rd Dalton McKenzie John T 13th Montezuma McKenzie Robert 12th Georgetown McWhorter Hamilton Jr 50th Lexington McWhorter W Hugh 34th 124 Atlanta Ave Newton A Sid 17th Decatur Millen Overby Howard T 33rd 1239 Riverside Dr Owens Erwin 32nd Gainesville Dahlonega Perry G Ed 49th Claxton Persons Robert Ogden Sr 22nd Forsyth Peterson John C 15th Ailey Ponseil W K 5th Way cross Raynor Oscar E 4th Folkston Sanders Carl E 18th Sou Fin Bldg Augusta Seagraves A F 30th Hull Smalley Robert H Jr 26th Griffin Staples Earl 37th Carrollton Towson Wm Malcolm 16th Dublin Veazey W Tom 19th Warrenton Warnell Chas F 2nd Pembroke Waters Charles Emerson 41 st Ellijay Whisnant E Mnllins 2Bth Hamilton White J L 39th Douglasville 8 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA BY DISTRICTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER WITH COUNTIES AND POST OFFICES First DistrictCHATHAM Effingham SPENCE M GRAYSONRFD Wilmington Island Savannah Second DistrictBRYAN McIntosh Liberty CHAS F WARNELLgraRJPembroke Third DistrictBRANTLEY Wayne Long W C LONG 1Nahunta Fourth DistrictCHARLTON Glynn Camden OSCAR E RAYNORgig Folkston Fifth DistrictWARE Atkinson Clinch W K PONSELLWay cross Sixth DistrictECHOLS Lowndes Lanier DAN J DeLOACH1Statenville Seventh DistrictTHOMAS Grady Mitchell DR J ROLAND CLANTONPO Box 540 Thomasville Eighth DistrictDECATUR Seminole Miller J WILLIS CONGER Bainbridge Ninth DistrictCALHOUN Early Baker CHARLES E DEWSEdison Tenth DistrictLEE Dougherty Worth JACK BELL Leesburg Eleventh DistrictRANDOLPH Terrell Clay J T DATTFY b Cuthbert Twelfth DistrictQUITMAN Stewart Webster ROBERT McKENZIE Georgetown LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 9 Thirteenth DistrictMACON Schley Sumter JOHN T McKENZIEMontezuma Fourteenth DistrictBLECKLEY Dooly Pulaski JAMES M DYKESCochran Fifteenth DistrictMONTGOMERY Wheeler Toombs JOHN C PETERSONB Ailey Sixteenth DistrictLAURENS Treutlen Emanuel WM MALCOLM TOWSONDublin Seventeenth DistrictJENKINS Screven Burke A SID NEWTON Millen Eighteenth DistrictRICHMOND Glascock Jefferson CARL E SANDERSSou Fin Bldg Augusta Nineteenth DistrictWARREN Taliaferro Greene W TOM VEAZEY Warrenton Twentieth DistrictBALDWIN Hancock Washington FLOYD HARRINGTON Milledgeville TwentyFirst DistrictJOHNSON Jones Wilkinson J W CLAXTON Wrightsville TwentySecond DistrictMONROE Butts Lamar ROBERT OGDEN PERSONS SRpForsyth TwentyThird DistrictCRAWFORD Peach Taylor W T JONES5Roberta TwentyFourth DistrictMUSCOGEE Chattahoochee Marion HARRY C JACKSON1718 3rd Ave Columbus TwentyFifth DistrictHARRIS Upson Talbot E MULLINS WHISNANTHamilton TwentySixth DistrictSPALDING Clayton Fayette ROBERT H SMALLEY JRGriffin TwentySeventh DistrictJACKSON Barrow Oconee TALMADGE F HARDENCommerce 10 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL TwentyEighth DistrictMORGAN Jasper Putnam E R LAMBERTMadison TwentyNinth DistrictCOLUMBIA Lincoln McDuffie EDGAR D CLARY JRaHarlem Thirtieth DistrictMADISON Elbert Hart A F SEAGRAVESHull ThirtyFirst DistrictSTEPHENS Habersham Franklin DR C L AYERSToccoa ThirtySecond DistrictLUMPKIN Dawson White ERWIN OWENSDahlonega ThirtyThird DistrictHALL Forsyth Banks HOWARD T OVERBY1239 Riverside Dr Gainesville ThirtyFourth DistrictDeKALR Gwinnett Rockdale W HUGH McWHORTER124 Atlanta Ave Decatur ThirtyFifth DistrictWALTON Henry Newton EUGENE KELLYMonroe ThirtySixth DistrictCOWETA Meriwether Pike D B BLALOCK03Newnan ThirtySeventh DistrictCARROLL Troup Heard EARL STAPLESCarrollton ThirtyEighth DistrictPAULDING Haralson Polk SAMUEL U BRALY Dallas ThirtyNinth DistrictDOUGLAS Cobb Cherokee J L WHITE Douglasville Fortieth DistrictTOWNS Union Rabun ZELL MILLERYoung Harris FortyFirst DistrictGILMER Pickens Fannin CHARLES EMERSON WATERSEllijay FortySecond DistrictBARTOW Chattooga Floyd WILLIAM A INGRAMCartersville LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 11 FortyThird DistrictWHITFIELD Gordon Murray ERWIN MITCHELLDalton FortyFourth DistrictDADE Walker Catoosa GASTON V GREENRising Fawn FortyFifth DistrictIRWIN Ben Hill Telfair OTTO GRINEROcilla FortySixth DistrictPIERCE Bacon Coffee 0 D JOHNSONBlackshear FortySeventh DistrictCOLQUITT Tift Turner SAM J GARDNER JRMoultrie FortyEighth DistrictCRISP Dodge Wilcox ELDEN W MATHEWSlCordele FortyNinth DistrictEVANS Bulloch Candler G ED PERRY Claxton Fiftieth DistrictOGLETHORPE Clarke Wilkes HAMILTON McWHORTER JRlLexington FiftyFirst DistrictTWIGGS Houston Bibb MARK W FITZPATRICK Jeffersonville FiftySecond DistrictFULTON CHARLIE BROWNP 0 Box 30 Atlanta 1 FiftyThird DistrictBROOKS Berrien Cook DAN F HARTQuitman FiftyFourth DistrictJEFF DAVIS Tattnall Appling GORDON KNOX JRHazlehurst STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE TERM 1961 1962 14 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Hart of 53rd Chairman Perry of 49th ViceChairman Raynor of 4th Secretary Bell of 10th Clanton of 7th DeLoach of 6th Harden of 27th Harrington of 20th Hart of 53rd Miller of 40th Newton of 17th Owens of 32nd Ponsell of 5th Staples of 37th Warnell of 2nd Whisnant of 25th APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Jones of 23rd Chairman Mitchell of 43rd ViceChairman Towson of 16th Secretary Grayson of 1st Kelly of 35th McKenzie of 12th McKenzie of 13th McWhorter of 34th McWhorter of 50th Newton of 17th Overby of 33rd Persons of 22nd Smalley of 26th BANKING AND Gardner of 47th Chairman Persons of 22nd ViceChairman Harden of 27th Secretary Brown of 52nd Claxton of 21st FINANCE COMMITTEE Griner of 45th Johnson of 46th Knox of 54th McKenzie of 13th Sanders of 18th Towson of 16th LEGISLATIVE MANUAL COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE Brown of 52nd Chairman Conger of 8th ViceChairman Warnell of 2nd Secretary Grayson of 1st Hart of 53rd Ingram of 42nd Mathews of 48th McWhorter of 34th Miller of 40th Ponsell of 5th Raynor of 4th DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE McWhorter of 34th Chairman Overby of 33rd ViceChairman Dailey of 11th Secretary Harden of 27th Mathews of 48th Seagraves of 30th White of 39th EDUCATIONAL MATTERS COMMITTEE Ingram of 42nd Chairman Veazey of 19th ViceChairman Miller of 40th Secretary Bell of 10th Clary of 29th DeLoach of 6th Dykes of 14th Fitzpatrick of 51st Hart of 53rd Jones of 23rd Long of 3rd McWhorter of 34th McWhorter of 50th Mitchell of 43rd Owens of 32nd GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Claxton of 21st Chairman Gardner of 47th Towson of 16th ViceChairman Jackson of 24th Jones of 23rd Secretary LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 1 HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE Ayers of 31st Chairman Braly of 38th ViceChairman Clanton of 7th SecretaryBrown of 52nd Conger of 8th DeLoach of 6th Dykes of 14th Harrington of 20th Johnson of 46th Peterson of 15th Waters of 41st SubCommittee of Health and Welfare Committee INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE Harrington of 20th Chairman Peterson of 15th Brown of 52nd HIGHWAYS COMMITTEE Blalock of 36th Chairman Newton of 17th ViceChairman Fitzpatrick of 51st Secretary Ayers of 31st Clanton of 7th Dykes of 14th Harden of 27th Green of 44th Knox of 54th Long of 3rd McKenzie of 12th Owens of 32nd Perry of 49th Persons of 22nd Raynor of 4th Staples of 37th Warnell of 2nd INDUSTRY AND LABOR COMMITTEE Jackson of 24th Chairman Mathews of 48th ViceChairman McKenzie of 13th Secretary Braly of 38th Green of 44th Harrington of 20th Johnson of 46th Knox of 54th Peterson of 15th Whisnant of 25th White of 39th LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 17 INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMITTEE Clary of 29th Chairman Lambert of 28th Kelly of 35th ViceChairman Overby of 33rd Knox of 54th Secretary Sanders of 18th Jackson of 24th JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Staples of 37th Chairman Dews of 9th ViceChairman Smalley of 26th Secretary Conger of 8th Harrington of 20th Long of 3rd Mitchell of 43rd Towson of 16th Veazey of 19th Waters of 41st Whisnant of 25th PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL Dailey of 11th Chairman Bell of 10th ViceChairman Waters of 41st Secretary Blalock of 36th AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Dews of 9th Peterson of 15th Ponsell of 5th PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Griner of 45th Chairman Jones of 23rd Johnson of 46th Lambert of 28th XiCeChairman McKenzie of 13th McWhorter of 50th Secretary Sanders of 18th Clary of 29th Seagraves of 30th 18 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL RULES COMMITTEE Mr President Chairman Sanders of 18th ViceChairman Whisnant of 25th Secretary Blalock of 36th Braly of 38th Clary of 29th Claxton of 21st Dailey of 11th Fitzpatrick of 51st Gardner of 47th Grayson of 1st Griner of 45th Ingram of 42nd Jackson of 24th Kelly of 35th Lambert of 28th Perry of 49th Smalley of 26th SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Waters of 41st Chairman Bell of 10th Long of 3rd ViceChairman Dews of 9th Seagraves of 30th Secretary TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE McKenzie of 12th Chairman White of 39th ViceChairman Owens of 32nd Secretary Ayers of 31st Green of 44th Kelly of 35th Veazey of 19th LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 21 ORGANIZATION Rule 1 The legislative power of the State shall be vested in a General Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives Ga Const art Ill sec I par I Rule 2 The Senate and House of Representatives shall be organized by the secretary or clerk thereof who shall be exofficio presiding officer until such officer is elected No question except one relating to the organization shall be entertained by such officer and in deciding such question he shall be governed as far as practicable by the standing rules of the House over which he presides In the absence of such officer his assistant may officiate In the absence of both the body may appoint a chairman whose powers and duties shall be the same as those of the secretary or clerk Ga Code Anno sec 47104 Rule 3 The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate Ga Const art V sec I par VII Rule 4 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 m the event of his succession to the executive power Ga Const art Ill sec V par II Rule 5 The President of the Senate and speaker of the House shall be elected by their Legislative power and bodies Organization by Secretary or assistant or chairman Lt Governor as President President pro tem election and powers 22 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Officers and assistants Doorkeepers limited Seats Oath of members Commission respective bodies viva voce and a majority of votes shall be necessary to a choice In like manner the Senate shall elect a president pro tem and the House a speaker pro tem whose powers and duties while presiding or in the absence of the permanent officers shall be the same Ga Code Anno sec 47106 Rule 6 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VIII par I Rule 7 Not more than one 1 Doorkeeper and four 4 assistant doorkeepers shall be employed during each day in which the Senate is in session Rule 8 Seats for Senators shall be assigned by the President Rule 9 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 Ga Const art Ill sec IV par V Rule 10 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to prepare and furnish to each member of the General Assembly after such member has LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 23 taken his oath of office a commission under the signature of the Secretary of State containing the great seal of the State showing that such member was a duly elected member of the General Assembly of Georgia and showing any prior serving in either House of the General Assembly The provisions of this section shall apply to the members of the General Assembly who were elected for the 1951 session thereof and who have taken the oath of office as well as to all such members of the General Assembly who are elected and take the oath of office for future sessions of the General Assembly Ga Code Anno sec 47118 Rule 11 The oaths of office prescribed by Const Art Ill Sec IV Par V 21605 may be administered to the members of the General Assembly by any Justice of the Supreme Court Judge of the Court of Appeals or judge of the superior courts to be procured by the person organizing each branch Ga Code Anno sec 47105 Rule 12 There shall be a secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives elected by the members of each House respectively viva voce and a majority of votes cast is necessary to elect Their terms of office shall be the time for which the members of the General Assembly are elected Ga Code Anno sec 47201 Rule 13 Said officers their assistants and engrossing and enrolling clerks before entering on the discharge of their duties shall take an oath before the respective presiding officers of the two Houses to discharge their duties faithfully and to Prior service Judges to administer oaths Secretary election and term Oaths of Secretary and assistants 24 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Journal entry Oaths of subordinate officers Bond of Secretary Oath of assistants Journal entry Approval by committee on administrative affairs Secretarys pay the best of their skill and knowledge of which a minute shall be made and entered on the journals Ga Code Anno sec 47202 Rule 14 The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall administer the oaths required to the subordinate officers of their respective Houses Ga Code Anno sec 47203 Rule 15 Immediately after their election said secretary and clerk shall each give bond and security in the sum of 5000 payable to the Governor and his successors in office and conditioned for the faithful discharge of their respective duties said bonds to be approved by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House respectively Ga Code Anno sec 47204 Rule 16 All engrossing and enrolling clerks before entering upon the discharge of their respective duties shall take an oath before the President of the Senate to discharge their duties faithfully and to the best of their skill and knowledge of which a minute shall be made and entered on the Journal No journalizing recording enrolling or engrossing clerk shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Senate until such clerk has been examined by the Committee on Senate Administrative Affairs and certified to be competent and well qualified for the discharge of the duties required of him Such clerk shall be removed at any time upon recommendation of the Committee on Senate Administrative Affairs Rule 17 The secretary of the Senate shall be paid per day for each session6000 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 25 The clerk of the House of Representatives shall be paid per day for each session 7000 The fees of said officers shall be For every extract of a private nature per copy sheet 15 For certifying an extract of a private nature iljyr 50 For certifying an Act for the benefit of an individual corporation or society 300 Ga Code Anno sec 47210 Rule 18 Said secretary and clerk shall each select and appoint such assistants as may be necessary for the performance of the clerical work of their respective Houses including clerks for such standing or special committees as may be allowed a clerk by order of their respective Houses the compensation of their said assistants shall be fixed by said secretary and clerk respectively and be paid out of the amounts allowed said secretary and clerk respectively in section 47210 Provided however that if either House shall for any purpose employ a stenographic reporter the cost of such reporter shall not be considered a part of the clerical expenses of such House but shall be provided for by a special appropriation Ga Code Anno sec 47208 Rule 19 No journalizing recording enrolling or engrossing clerk shall be appointed by the secretary of the Senate or clerk of the House of Representatives until such clerk has been examined by the enrolling committee and certified to his respective House to be competent and well qualified to the discharge of the duties required of him and such clerk shall be removed at any time Secretarys assistants appointment and pay Stenographic reporter Approval by enrolling committee LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 26 upon the recommendation of the enrolling committee of the House in which he is employed Ga Code Anno sec 47209 Doorkeeper and Messenger election and pay Rule 20 Each House is entitled to a doorkeeper and messenger to perform such duties as may be required of them who shall be elected as provided for the election of clerk of the House of Representatives and secretary of the Senate and who shall receive the same pay as the members of the General Assembly Ga Code Anno sec 47301 Rule 21 No doorkeeper or other employee of No employee the House of Representatives or Senate shall sub substitutes let hjs employment or contract in any way nor shall the person having the appointment of any of said employees consent to any substitution of any other person for any of said employees Ga Code Anno sec 47302 Filling vacancies Rule 22 Whenever for any reason the person appointed to any of said positions cannot personally discharge the duties of the same said office shall become vacant and it shall be the duty of the person in whom is vested the appointing power to appoint another person for such time as the original employee cannot discharge his duties and the compensation shall from the date of such new appointment be paid to the new employee for the time he shall serve Ga Code Anno sec 47303 No pay when Rule 23 Whenever the provisions of this Chap employee ter shall be violated any person shall be substi substitution tuted for another in violation of the same neither LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 27 the person so substituted nor the person for whom he is substituted shall receive any compensation out of the State treasury and it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer whenever any change shall be made in any of the persons filling any of said positions to ascertain that the change was made according to the provisions of this Chapter before paying any money to the new officer or employee Ga Code Anno sec 47305 Rule 24 It shall be the duty of the Messenger to attend to the wants of the Senate while in session to aid in the enforcement of order under the direction of the President and to execute the demands of the Senate from time to time together with all such processes issued under its authority as may be directed to him by the President The Messenger under the direction of the Secretary 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 25 No person shall be employed as a page who is under the age of twelve years Each Senator shall be allowed to name not more than one page per day for five days during the session Such days shall be selected by said Senator and the Lt Governor shall be allowed to name not more than two pages per day during each day of the session Rule 26 No person shall be allowed to enter upon the floor of the Senate except 1 the Senators and officers thereof 2 the officers and members of the House 3 the Governor of the Duties of Messenger Distribution of papers Pages Privilege of floor 28 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL No lobbyists State 4 staff members of the Office of Legislative Counsel and 5 such others as the Senate may allow upon recommendation of the Committee on Rules No person shall be admitted on the floor of the Senate who is engaged in lobbying or who is attempting to influence legislation Press exception Provided that the operation of this rule shall be suspended as to representatives of the working press radio and television until an appropriate gallery can be arranged for them Vote PRESIDENTS POWERS AND DUTIES Rule 27 In all cases the President shall not vote unless the Senate shall be equally divided In all cases where a fixed constitutional voters 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 Priority of business Rule 28 All questions as to priority of business to be acted on shall be decided by the President without debate Recognition Rule 29 When two or more Senators shall rise at the same time the President shall name the Senator entitled to proceed Silence and irrelevant debate Rule 30 The President shall in his discretion suspend irrelevant debate and command silence whenever he may deem it necessary Yeas and nays Rule 31 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 has not voted LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 29 Rule 32 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 Rule 33 Whenever from any cause the President shall be absent the President pro tempore shall preside If both shall be absent the Secretary of the Senate shall call the Senate to order and shall preside until the election of a President pro tempore which said election shall be the first business of the Senate The President pro tempore thus elected shall preside until the return of one of the first named officers when his functions shall cease Rule 34 All committees shall be appointed by the President unless otherwise ordered by the Senate Rule 35 The President shall have power to cause the galleries and lobbies of the Senate cleared by the Messenger and Doorkeepers in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct therein and to cause any person or persons so offending to be arrested and brought before the bar of the Senate to be dealt with for contempt of the Senate Rule 36 The President shall have power to suspend the Messenger and Doorkeepers for misconduct or neglect of duty He shall report any such suspension to the Senate within twentyfour hours thereafter for such action as the Senate may see fit to take Substitute Succession Appointment of committees Clearing galleries and lobbies when disorder Suspension of Messenger and Doorkeepers 30 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Administrative Affairs Committee to report Journal Calendar of Rules Committee last 15 days Change by Senate Special orders to Rules Committee GENERAL BUSINESS AND ORDER OF BUSINESS Rule 37 The following shall be the order of business 1 Prayer by the Chaplain 2 Call of the Roll 3 Report of Committee on the Journal 4 Reading the Journal 5 Motions to reconsider 6 Confirmation of the Journal 7 Unanimous consents 8 Establishment of the order of business for the day Rule 38 It shall be the duty of the Committee on Senate Administrative Affairs to read the Journal of each days proceedings and report to the Senate that the same is correct before the Journal is read by the Secretary Rule 39 The Committee on Rules during the last fifteen legislative days of each session shall arrange and fix the calendar for each days business Such calendar shall be a standing and continuing special order during said period No matter shall be taken up or acted on otherwise than in the order and manner fixed by such calendar except by a threefourths vote of those voting provided such threefourths constitutes a majority of the members elected to the Senate Rule 40 Every motion or request to take up general bills or resolutions out of their regular order and every motion or request for special Arriorc bp submitted m writing to the Com LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 31 mittee on Rules and reported upon by the Committee before being submitted to the Senate Rule 41 Any motion to suspend the rules or change the order of business shall be decided without debate Rule 42 The rules of the Senate shall in no case be suspended or changed or the order of business changed except by twothirds of the members voting if such twothirds constitutes a majority of the members elected to the Senate Rule 43 The rollcall at the opening of each session of the Senate shall not be dispensed with except by a majority vote of the Senators voting or by unanimous consent Rule 44 The reading of the Journal shall not be dispensed with except by a vote of a majority of the members voting or by unanimous consent Rule 45 The report of the Committee on Rules shall be in order at any time and messages from the Governor or from the House may be received under any order of business Messages may be received at any time while the door is open except while a question is being put or a ballot or a viva voce vote is being taken Rule 46 When a message shall be 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 A message shall be presented to the Senate by the President when received or afterwards according to its nature and the business on which Rules suspension and change of business order debate and vote Dispensing with rollcall Dispensing with reading of Journal Committee reports and messages Messages 32 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Questions of privilege the Senate is engaged or its consideration may on motion be ordered by the Senate Rule 47 Questions of privilege shall be first those affecting the rights of the Senate collectively its safety dignity and the integrity of its proceedings second the right reputation and conduct of Senators individually in their representative capacity only Questions of privilege shall have precedence over 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 Motions on new matters Rule 48 Any motion not privileged containing new matters shall lie at least one day on the table First meeting Rule 49 The meetings of the General Assembly shall be held as prescribed in Art Ill Sec IV Par Ill of the State Constitution 21503 The hour of meeting shall be 10 oclock A M and the place at the State capitol Ga Code Anno sec 47103 Time of meetings Rule 50 The session of the Senate each day except Sunday shall commence at 1000 A M unless otherwise ordered by the Senate and shall continue until the Senate shall be adjourned upon motion Contempt by nonmember Rule 51 Each House may punish by imprisonment not extending beyond the session any person not a member who shall be guilty of a contempt by any disorderly behavior in its presence or who shall rescue or attempt to rescue any person arrested by order of either House Ga Const art III sec VII par II LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 33 Rule 52 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 53 For the purpose of making up the budget the Director of the Budget shall have the power and it shall be his duty to require from the proper State officials including herein all executive and administrative officers bureaus boards commissions and agencies expending or supervising the expenditure of and all institutions applying for State moneys and appropriations such itemized estimates and other information in such form and manner and at such times as said Director shall direct The estimates for the Legislative Department certified by the presiding officer of each House and of the Judiciary as certified by the State Auditor shall be transmitted to the Director in such form and manner and at such time as he shall direct and shall be included in the budget The Director may provide for public hearings on all estimates and may require the attendance at such hearings of representatives of all departments agencies boards commissions or institutions applying for State moneys and appropriations After such public hearings and after examination of the estimates submitted the Director may in his discretion revise all estimates except those for the Legislative and Judicial Departments The Governorelect may advise and confer with the Director in the preparation and revision of the estimates and for this purpose he shall have access to all estimates and requests submitted by the departments agencies commissions and institutions in compliance with the instructions of the Director Ga Code Anno sec 40402 Reference to petition in Journal Budget for Senate 34 Reading of paper To transact business Compelling attendance Messenger to arrest Motion to determine attendance LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 54 When the reading of any paper is called for and the reading is objected to by any Senator whether the paper shall be read shall be determined by a vote of the Senate without debate QUORUM AND ABSENTEES Rule 55 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 Ga Const art Ill sec IV par IV Rule 56 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 and bring them before the Senate when necessary to secure a quorum as aforesaid Rule 57 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 m order for any Senator to make a motion for a call of the Senate When such motion 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 35 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 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 Rule 58 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 DEBATE AND DECORUM Rule 59 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 The President shall not recognize any Senator unless he shall address himself to the Chair from his seat provided that the President shall not put a question or take any other action which would foreclose debate if any Senator not at his seat shall signify to the Chair that he wishes to be recognized and shall immediately proceed to his seat for that purpose The provisions relative to a Senators only being recognized when he shall address himself to the Chair from his seat and any other provisions in any other rule requiring Senators to be in their seats shall not apply to the Senator who is designated as Floor Leader Any Senator shall be confined to matter in debate and shall not speak more than twice on any Arrest and discharge Secretary to list absentees for Journal Request for recognition from seat Exception Floor leader Limits on debate 36 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Thirty minutes Extension Personal privilege ten minutes Order against transgression of rules Appeal Penalty Power of Senate over membership Censure for debate Duties of Secretary and member subject or more than once until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken All individual speeches on bills and resolutions shall be limited to thirty minutes unless extended by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum and on all points of personal privilege individual speeches shall be limited to ten minutes If any Senator in speaking or otherwise transgresses the rules of the Senate the President shall call him to order in which case said Senator shall immediately sit down unless permitted to explain The Senate shall if appealed to decide whether to confirm the Presidents action If the transgressor refuses to submit to the decision of the Senate for the first offense he shall be reproved for the second he shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten dollars and if he continues refractory he may be expelled from the Senate by a twothirds vote of the Senators which vote shall be taken by yeas and nays Rule 60 Each House shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its members and shall have power to punish them for disorderly behavior or misconduct by censure fine imprisonment or expulsion but no member shall be expelled except by a vote of twothirds of the House to which he belongs Ga Const art Ill sec VII par I Rule 61 If any Senator shall be called to order for words spoken the words excepted to shall be taken down in writing by the Secretary and read The words excepted to shall then be admitted denied or explained by the Senator who spoke them Thereupon the questions of order shall be decided and such other proceedings had as the Senate may LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 37 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 future 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 before the exception to the words was taken Rule 62 No Senator shall address the Senate or interrogate a Senator who is speaking except through the President Should the Senator speaking decline to be interrupted the President shall cause the Senator desiring to interrogate to be silent Rule 63 No Senator shall refer in debate to any private conversation had with another Senator or to any matters which took place in any committee of the House or Senate while the same was in executive session Rule 64 The Senators in speaking shall avoid calling other Senators by name when they may have occasion to take notice of their observations but may designate them by their position on the floor or by the district they represent Rule 65 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par III Time limits Address through President Right to continue Reference to conversations etc Reference to members Freedom from arrest Freedom of debate 38 Silence during debate Limits on movement No applause or hisses Time limits Debate limits Written protest for Journal Motions allowed during debate LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 66 The members of the Senate shall refrain from private conversation and preserve silence until a speaking Senator has taken his seat Rule 67 No Senator shall pass between the Chair and a Senator while he is speaking At the time of adjournment no Senator shall leave his seat until the President retires Rule 68 Applause or hisses in the Senate Chamber or in the galleries or lobby during any speech or legislative proceedings shall be promptly suppressed PROTEST AND APPEAL Rule 69 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 Rule 70 On all appeals on questions of order of a personal character there shall be no debate Rule 71 Any Senator may have entered on the Journal a protest in writing against the action of the Senate Said protest shall clearly and succinctly set forth the grounds of such protest It shall not be argumentative it shall not arraign or impugn the motive of the Senate or of any members thereof MOTIONS Rule 72 When any subject is before the Senate for consideration or under debate no motion shall be received except the following towit 1st A motion to adjourn LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 39 2nd A motion to lay on table 3rd A motion for the previous question 4th A motion to indefinitely postpone 5th A motion to postpone to a day certain 6th A motion to commit 7th A motion to amend 8th A motion to print Said motions shall have precedence in the order named Rule 73 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 by the Senate at any time before decision Rule 74 A motion made by any Senator need not be seconded Rule 75 No Senator may make more than one motion at a time While the motion is being put to the Senate he must resume his seat arid he is not entitled to the floor again unless recognized again by the President Rule 76 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 Rule 77 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 Precedence Possession and withdrawal No second One at a time No cut off of debate without relinquishing floor 40 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL When motion in order Debate Renewal Amendment If to particular time Effect Complete yeas and nays ADJOURNMENT Rule 78 A motion to adjourn may be made at any time when the movant can legitimately obtain the floor Rule 79 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 yeas and nays and a vote of one Senator has been given or after a division of the Senate has been had on a vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced Rule 80 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 m its simple form shall not be amended Rule 81 A motion to adjourn to a particular day or for a particular time if made when the s no actually engaged in other business is debatable and is amendable as to the day or time proposed Rule 82 When a motion to adjourn in its simple form prevails it adjourns the Senate to the next sitting day or time in course Rule 83 Whenever the hour of adjournment as fixed by a prior resolution shall arrive while the vote of the Senate is being taken by yeas and nays the session shall continue until the final vote is taken and announced If said fixed hour of adjournment shall arrive while the Senate is act LEGISLATIVE MANUAL ing on the main question after a motion for the previous question has been sustained and before the vote on the main question is being taken either by a division or by the yeas and nays as aforesaid the Senate shall stand adjourned by virtue of said prior resolution Rule 84 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXII Rule 85 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 of the same General Assembly 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 ssn or the duty of the Governor to convene the General Assembly in extraordinary session upon the certification of threefifths of the members elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives as provided in Article V Section I Paragraph XII of this Constitution If an em 41 Three day and place limit Disagreement Convening Adjournment of regular session Term of session Pending business Extraordinary session 42 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Delay for impeachment peachment trial is pending at the end of any regular or extraordinary session the Senate may continue in session until such trial is completed Ga Const art Ill sec IV par III Not after order for main question TABLING Rule 86 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 Limits on subject matter Rule 87 Nothing may be legitimately laid on the table excepting what may be taken up again Rule 88 No motion to lay an amendment on the table shall be in order Not debatable or amendable Rule 89 Neither the motion to lay on the table nor the motion to take from the table is debatable or amendable Renewal Rule 90 A motion to lay on the table or to take from the table may be renewed from time to time when new business has intervened Effect Rule 91 If the motion to lay on the table prevails it removes from the consideration of the Senate the measure together with all the amendments attached to it at the time it is so removed When the proposition is taken from the table it stands before the Senate in the exact form with all the amendments pertaining to it that LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 43 it did at the time the motion to lay on the table prevailed Rule 92 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 paper which has been ordered to lie on the table and when so taken from the table it is thereby restored to its appropriate place on the calendar INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT Rule 93 While the motion to indefinitely postpone takes precedence over a motion to postpone to a day certain or to commit or to amend yet this motion cannot be applied to said motions nor can it be applied to incidental questions such as questions of order reading of papers withdrawal of a motion and suspension of a rule Rule 94 The motion to indefinitely postpone lays open the whole question for debate but the motion cannot be amended Rule 95 No motion to indefinitely postpone shall be renewed on any bill resolution or other measure after the same has once been voted down Rule 96 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 those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum thereby disposes of said bill resolution or other measure for the session Taking up Calendar Limits on subject matter Debate and amendment No renewal Disposal on final reading 44 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Limits on subject matter Amendment Possible indefinite postponement Debate Renewal limits To types of committees Precedence of committees Debate if instructions POSTPONEMENT Rule 97 A 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 Rule 98 On a motion to postpone a question to a day certain it is not in order to debate the merits of the question 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 COMMITMENT Rule 99 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 Senate Rule 100 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 If a motion is made that a bill resolution or other measure be committed to the Committee of the Whole Senate this motion shall be put before either of the above named motions Rule 101 On a motion simply to commit no debate shall be allowed but where instructions are added the merits of the question may be debated LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 45 Rule 102 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 103 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 those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum RECONSIDERATION Rule 104 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 that such Senator shall notify the Senate of his intention to move such reconsideration at any time before the end of the preceding legislative day during which the action sought to be reconsidered took place Any matter which could not be reconsidered on the succeeding day shall be in order for reconsideration on the day of said action The notice of a motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn after the time has elapsed within which it might originally have been made Rule 105 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 106 No matter shall be reconsidered more than once Amendment Recommit ment Time for motion Notice required time Withdrawal of notice Of action on amendment time limit One reconsideration 46 Calendar Unanimous consents limits One at a time Withdrawal of a bill or resolution Transmittal to House Enrolling committee to preserve laws LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 107 All bills reconsidered shall take their place at the foot of the calendar of bills then in order for a third reading ENACTMENT Rule 108 The President shall not recognize any Senator at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to place any general bill on its passage out of its regular order Neither shall he recognize any request for unanimous consent for the introduction of new matter 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 109 Any bill or resolution may be withdrawn at any stage thereof by consent of the Senate Rule 110 No bill or resolution shall be transmitted to the House on the day of passage thereof unless twothirds of the Senators voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum shall so order Provided that any bill or resolution which requires action by the House during the last legislative day shall be immediately transmitted to the House by the Secretary Rule 111 The engrossed copies of all laws and joint resolutions passed by the General Assembly shall be preserved by the chairman of the enrolling committee and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State Ga Code Anno sec 47901 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 47 Rule 112 All writs warrants and subpoenas issued by order of the Senate shall be signed by the President and attested by the Secretary Rule 113 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIII Rule 114 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IV Rule 115 The original journal shall be preserved after publication in the office of the Secretary of State but there shall be no other record thereof Ga Const art Ill sec VII par V INTRODUCTION AND READING Rule H6 No bill or resolution requiring the concurring vote of the House for passage shall be introduced unless the same shall have been filed m the office of the Secretary before adjournment or before 12 oclock noon whichever is later on the previous day Signatures Reproposal of laws Journal and law publication J ournal preservation Filing 48 Form of bills and resolutions Extra copy for Secretary Subject matter limits Reference to laws Notice on local bills Affidavit of publication LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 117 All bills and resolutions shall be in writing 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 118 No law shall pass which refers to more than one subject matter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VIII Rule 119 No law or section of the code shall be amended or repealed by mere reference to its title or to the number of the section of the Code but the amending or repealing act shall distinctly describe the law to be amended or repealed as well as the alteration to be made Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XVI Rule 120 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 49 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 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 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XV Rule 121 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 60 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 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 m a referendum on the question Where any local law shall add any member or members to any Referendum if applies to office Addition to local governing body Notice on local bill Affidavit Referendum on office 50 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Addition to local governing authority 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 Ga Code Anno sec 47801 Secretarys duty to print and distribute No passage until distributed Suspension of bills and resolutions for floor amendments distribution Rule 122 The Secretary 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 forthwith Whenever any such hill 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 Secretary shall cause the recommended amendments to be printed and copies thereof distributed to each member No bill or resolution of general application shall be placed on its passage unless copies of the same and any committee amendments shall have been printed and distributed to the Senators prior to consideration for passage The Senate may at any time by the vote of a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum suspend action upon any pending bill or resolution of general application until all amendments offered thereto on the floor of the Senate shall have been printed and distributed to the Senators Calendar Reading by Secretary Precedence of General Appropriation Bill Rule 123 All bills and resolutions shall be called in the numerical order in which they stand on the calendar 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 shall have precedence on third reading over all other matters even LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 51 Special Orders until final disposition of the said Bill Rule 124 A motion to engross a bill may be made upon reading the bill the first time and at no other time When a motion to engross is made no debate shall be permitted except that the movant may speak to his motion not longer than 5 minutes and any one other Senator may speak in opposition thereto for 5 minutes No bill or resolution shall be engrossed except upon the affirmative vote of of the Senators voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum No Senator shall be recognized at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to engross a bill or resolution 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 125 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VII Rule 126 Any bill or resolution shall be automatically passed to a second reading on the legislative day following the day of the first reading No debate shall be admitted upon any bill at the first or second reading USE OF COMMITTEES Rule 127 Upon the introduction of any bill or resolution or other matter requiring reference to Engrossment at first reading Debate No unanimous consent Restricts amendment Readings required Automatic second reading No debate at first or second reading Reference by Speaker 52 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Unless otherwise ordered No defacement Reporting amendments Form of reports Action on report Notice of motion to disagree Time limit on motion to disagree Effect of agreement or disagreement a committee the President shall as a matter of course and without debate commit the same to the proper committee unless otherwise ordered by the Senate Rule 128 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 129 All reports of a committee shall be in writing and the minority of a committee may make a report in writing setting forth succinctly the reasons for their dissent Rule 130 If the report of a committee is favorable to the passage of a bill or resolution the same shall be passed to a third reading without question unless recommitted If the report of a committee is adverse to the passage of a bill or resolution in order to have a third reading thereof a Senator must at the time such report is made give notice of intention to move to disagree with such adverse committee report by not later than adjournment of the next legislative day following the unfavorable committee report In such case the bill or resolution shall be placed on the calendar The question shall be upon agreeing to the report of the committee If the report of the committee is agreed to the bill or resolution shall be lost If the report of the committee is disagreed to the bill or resolution shall be passed to a third reading unless recommitted Rule 131 When a bill or resolution favorably reported by a committee is on its third or last reading if the report of the committee is dis LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 53 agreed to by the Senate the bill or resolution shall be lost unless the action of the Senate in disagreeing to the committee report is reconsidered within the proper time Rule 132 When a bill or a resolution has been referred to and reported by more than one committee or has been reported by and then recommitted to the same committee the last committee report shall be acted on by the Senate and in all cases the report of the Committee of the Whole Senate shall be first acted on by the Senate COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Rule 133 The President may resolve the Senate into a Committee of the Whole without a motion being made therefor whenever a bill or resolution required by the rules of the Senate to be considered in the Committee of the Whole shall be m order for consideration on its third reading Rule 134 The Senate may resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole by a majority of those voting provided that the total vote constitutes a quorum on motion of a member made for that purpose provided further that notice of intention to make such motion shall be given during the session of the preceding day Individual speeches on such motion shall be limited to three minutes If such notice shall not have been given the motion shall prevail if it shall receive the affirmative vtes twpthirds of those voting provided that the twothirds shall constitute a majority of all the members elected to the Senate Provided lurther that whenever the Senate either by its own vote or by unanimous consent shall commit or resolution to the Committee of the Whole and subsequently a motion shall be made to reslve th Senate into a Committee of the Whole to consider such bill or resolution and such Reconsider ation Precedence of reports Presidents resolving Senates resolving Notice Debate limits Renewal limited 54 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Appropriations President appoints Chairman Quorum required Consideration of bills Rules motion shall be lost the said motion shall not be again renewed but it shall be the duty of the President to require the Secretary to read the bill or resolution again at the following days session under the order of introduction of new matter or reading of bills the first time and to refer such bill or resolution to the appropriate committee unless otherwise ordered by the Senate However for the consideration of the General Appropriation Bill the Senate may resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum on motion of a member made for that purpose and no previous notice shall be necessary Rule 135 In forming a Committee of the Whole the President shall leave the Chair and a Chairman to preside in committee shall be appointed by the President Rule 136 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 Senate is present Whenever it is suggested that a quorum is not present the Chairman of the Committee shall satisfy himself of the fact by actual count of the Committee and shall 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 Senate Rule 137 In the Committee of the Whole bills shall be first read throughout by the Secretary and then again be read or debated by clauses or sections leaving the preamble to be last considered unless otherwise ordered Rule 138 The Rules of the Senate shall be observed by the Committee of the Whole so far as LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 55 they may be applicable except that the Committee of the Whole can not refer a matter to any other committee it can not adjourn the previous question can not be enforced a motion to lay on the table or indefinitely postpone shall not be in order a member may speak as often as he may obtain the floor no call of the Senate shall be in order and votes shall not be taken by yeas and nays Kule 139 A motion to reconsider shall be in order in the Committee of the Whole e40 The President may in the Committee ot 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 No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed in the Committee of the Whole Rule 141 While in the Committee of the Whole any papers in the possession of the Senate may be called for by any member and read by the Secretary for the information of the Committee unless the Committee shall otherwise order nRwi1142i Tie Chairman of the Committee of i YT sha11 ha7e Power to have the galleries ductthmS earec n case any disorderly con Rule 143 A Committee of the Whole can not punish disorderly conduct of its members but must report the same to the Senate for action thereon Action limited Reconsider ation Presidents authority Voting Papers from Senate Control of order Report on misconduct 1144 If at any time in the Committee of T the Whole it shall be desired to close the debate debate15 56 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Recess Adjournment Completion of work Report to President or to limit the time to be allowed members for speaking the Committee may rise and report its desire to the Senate and the Senate shall take such action thereon as it may see fit by a resolution Said resolution shall apply only to the subjectmatter before said committee When said resolution has been agreed to or refused by the Senate the action of the Senate shall be deemed the sense of the Committee and the Senate may then on motion again resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole and continue the consideration of the subject Rule 145 In the event that a Committee of the Whole at any sitting for want of time shall fail to complete any matter under consideration it may on motion at any time rise report progress and have leave to sit again generally or at a day certain Rule 146 A motion that the Committee rise report progress and ask leave to sit again may be made at any time when the movant thereof can legitimately obtain the floor and shall take precedence over all other motions and shall be decided without debate When the motion prevails the Committee shall immediately rise When the regular hour for adjournment of the Senate arrives the Committee shall automatically rise and the President shall assume the Chair Rule 147 When the Committee of the Whole has disposed of bills resolutions or other measures before it by motion and question it shall rise and the Chairman shall be instructed to report the action of the Committee to the Senate At this point the President shall resume his seat and the Chairman shall return to the floor and shall state in substance as follows Mr President the Committee of the Whole Senate has had LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 57 under consideration naming what and has instructed me as its Chairman to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that the same do pass or do pass as amended or do not pass as the case may be The President shall receive this report and repeat the same and the matter shall then be before the Senate for action just as though reported by any other committee Rule 148 Amendments offered to an amendment in the Committee of the Whole shall not be reported to the Senate but the report shall contain only the result of the Committees action on the bill resolution or measure under its consideration Rule 149 Amendments proposed by the Committee of the Whole may be amended or rejected by the Senate and matters stricken out by the Committee may be restored by the Senate Rul 150 The proceedings of the Committee of the Whole shall not be recorded in the Journal of W Senate except so far as reported to the Senate by the Chairman of said Committee AMENDMENT Rule 151 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 fPdroent is itself subject to be amended in all three of the ways above mentioned but it is not permissible to amend an amendment to an amendment Presidents report Contents of report Action on report Journal entry Methods Limits 58 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Substitute Rule 152 A substitute shall be treated as an amendment in these rules unless it is clearly indicated otherwise Form Rule 153 All motions to amend any matter before the Senate must be in writing They 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 President to strike irrelevant or delaying amendments Rule 154 Any irrelevant amendment or amendment obviously offered for the purpose of delay shall be ruled out of order by the President Blanks to be filled Rule 155 Where blanks occur in any proposition they must be filled first before any motion is made to amend Order of perfection Rule 156 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 perfect first the original bill or resolution and then perfect the substitute The question shall then be on agreeing to the substitute as amended if it be amended and if decided in the affirmative the question shall be Shall this bill pass or resolution be adopted as the case may be by substitute Rule 157 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 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 have precedence LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 59 Rule 158 No motion on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment Rule 159 On all questions whether in committee or in the Senate the last amendment the most distant day and the largest sum shall be first put Rule 160 The caption or preamble of a bill or resolution shall not be considered or amended until the measure has been perfected Rule 161 After commitment of a bill and report thereof to the Senate it may be amended before the report of the committee is agreed to by the Senate but the amendments if any reported by the committee shall be disposed of before any other amendment be considered unless it be an amendment to a committee amendment Rule 162 An amendment cannot be offered aiter the report of the committee to which the bill or resolution under consideration was referred has been agreed to by the Senate unless said action of the Senate in so agreeing to said report oi said committee shall first be reconsidered Rule 163 When a motion is made to amend by striking out and inserting the Secretary shall read the paragraph as it is then the words to be stricken out and finally the whole paragraph as it would be if amended Rule 164 When a proposition consisting of several sections or resolutions is on a final readmg and the Senate shall agree to a motion to consider the same by sections or paragraphs the Limited to subject matter Priority of amendment Caption or preamble last Committee report amendments Not while agreement on committee report Secretary reading Consideration by parts LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 60 Committee amendments automatic No recurring Secretary in reading the same shall pause at the end of each section or resolution and the amendments thereto shall be offered as the several sections or resolutions are read But the amendments offered by the committee to which said bill or resolution was referred shall be read by the Secretary without any motion being made When a section or resolution shall have been considered it is not in order to recur and amend it Precedence of action on House amendments Presidents power to rule out if not germane Secretarys report Precedence of amendment Rule 165 The questions which arise before the Senate respecting amendments by the House to a Senate bill or resolution are in order of precedence 1st A motion to agree to the House amendment 2nd A motion to disagree with the House amendment 3rd A motion to recede from the Senates disagreement or amendment 4th A motion to insist on the Senates disagreement or amendment 5th A motion to adhere to the Senates disagreement or amendment The President is authorized on his own motion or upon point of order being made when in his opinion a House amendment to a Senate bill is not germane to rule out such amendment The effect of such ruling of the President if not appealed from or if appealed from and the appeal not sustained shall be the same as a vote of the Senate to disagree and as such the Secretary shall so report it to the House Such point of order shall take precedence over a motion to agree Rule 166 A motion to amend an amendment made by the House to a Senate bill or resolution LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 61 takes precedence over a motion to agree or disagree to said amendment Rule 167 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 168 A House amendment to a Senate bill or resolution must be adopted by the vote required to pass the bill or resolution Rule 169 Whenever any member moves that a Committee of Conference be appointed on disagreeing votes or other matters of the two houses and said motion prevails the President shall appoint three 3 members for the Committee who voted in the majority on the position assumed by the Senate if such vote has been had The Committee of Conference may consider the whole subject matter embraced in a bill resolution or other matter before it and may recommend recision by either house new amendments new bills and resolutions or other germane changes unless instructed otherwise by the Senate on motion before the members of the Conference Committee are appointed A report of a Committee of Conference must be approved by a majority vote of the entire membership of the Committee before the report may be transmitted to either the Senate or the House After a Committee of Conference has been in existence for five 5 days and has failed to make Limits on amendment Adoption of House amendment Conference Committee Appointment on motion Consideration Recommen dation Report Discharge 62 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Last 5 days of session Distribution of report Adoption of report Subject matter Call for division Distinct parts a report to the Senate on the question under consideration the Senate on motion and by a majority vote of all members elected to the Senate may discharge the Senate conferees and appoint new conferees instruct said Senate conferees or make any other motion not contrary to the rules of the Senate Provided that during the last five 5 days of the session the above motions may be made and passed at any time but not more often than every three 3 hours All Conference Committee reports shall be printed and distributed to the Senators 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 Senate Any Conference Committee report must be adopted by the vote required to pass the bill resolution or matter under consideration PREVIOUS QUESTION Rule 170 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 Rule 171 Any Senator may call for a division of the question on a subject in which the sense thereof will admit of it Rule 172 The Senator calling for a division must state what definite parts and how many he would have the question divided into Each part of the divided proposition must be so distinct that if taken away the remainder can stand by itself as a consistent and entire unit LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 63 Rule 173 The motion for the previous question shall be decided without debate and shall take precedence over all other motions except motions to adjourn or to lay on the table When it is moved the first question shall be Shall the motion for the previous question be sustained If this be decided by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum the motions to adjourn or to lay on the table may 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 After said last question is affirmatively decided by a majority of those voting provided that the total vote constitutes a quorum said motions will be out of order and the Senate cannot adjourn until the previous question is exhausted the regular hour of adjournment arrives or the Senate reconsiders its action But no motion to reconsider the action of the Senate in ordering the main question shall be in order after the Secretary has called the first name on call of the yeas and nays and the vote of any member has been given or after a division of the Senate has been had on the vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced in such cases the roll call shall be completed the vote counted and the result finally announced Rule 174 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 close the debate to the committee whose report of the bill or other measure is under consideration If 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 No debate on motion Precedence Form of question Vote Main question Adjournment Reconsider ation Debate Committee Introducer 64 Others If minority committee report No call unless no quorum No debate on incidental questions Effect of main question Effect of reconsideration Limits on reconsideration LEGISLATIVE MANUAL to the committee The Chairman of the committee or the introducer of the bill or other measure pay yield the floor to such Senators as he may indicate for the time or any part of it allowed under this rule In all cases where a minority report has been submitted on any matter if the previous questlin j orred there shall be twenty minutes allowed to the member whose name is first signed to said minority report or to such member or members as he may indicate for the time so allowed or any part of it before the twenty minutes allowed to the Chairman submitting the majority report Rule 175 A call of the Senate shall not be m order after the previous question is ordered unless it shall appear upon an actual count by th President that a quorum is not present Rule 176 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 RVle l77 The effect of the order that the mam question be now put is to bring the Senate gHfpfg on pending questions in the order in which they stood before it was moved Rule 178 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 The motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question can be made only once and if lost or if the main ques LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 65 tion is again subsequently ordered on the pending measure no second motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question shall be entertained VOTING Rule 179 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIV Rule 180 In the event no specific vote is provided in these rules for the passage of any resolution motion or measure which will not become a law the vote for such passage must be by at least a constitutional majority of members elected to the Senate unless enacted by unanimous consent Rule 181 The Presidents method of stating the question on any motion shall be as follows All in favor of the motion will say Aye Those opposed will say No When a decision seems doubtful to the President or when 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 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 182 When less than a quorum vote on any subject under consideration by the Senate the President may order the doors of the Senate to be closed and the roll of Senators called by the Requirement for law General requirement Presidents question Requiring division Rollcall to determine quorum 66 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Vote required Call for division on yeas and nays Journal entry No debate on motion for yeas and nays Secretarys call Change of vote Excuse time and debate Not if interest Contested seats Secretary If it is ascertained that a quorum is present either by answering to their names or by their presence in the Senate the refusal of any Senator present to vote unless excused shall be deemed a contempt of the Senate Rule 183 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 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 184 A motion for the call of the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate Rule 185 On the call of the yeas and nays the Secretary shall read the names of the Senators after they have been called and no Senator shall be permitted to change his vote unless he at that time declares that he voted under a mistake of the question Rule 186 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 exeept that the Senator making the motion may briefly state the reason why in his opinion it should prevail Rule 187 No Senator shall vote upon any question in the result of which he is personally interested In every case where the seat of a Senator is being contested the sitting Senator and the contestant shall both retire from the Senate before the vote is taken LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 67 Rule 188 No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed as an excuse for not voting Rule 189 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 However any Senator may explain his vote not taken by yeas and nays by filing such explanation in writing with the Secretary before the confirmation of the Journal on the day next succeeding such vote No motion or request shall be entertained to vary this rule or to extend a Senators time for explaining Rule 190 During the calling or reading of yeas and nays on any question no debate shall be had Rule 191 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIX Rule 192 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 193 The yeas and nays on any question shall at the desire of onefifth of the members present be entered on the Journal Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VI No pairing Explanation No debate during yeas and nays J ournalrecord of yeas and nays vote Entry on Journal of Constitutional Amendments Journal record of yeas and nays 68 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Consideration and veto Overriding Dividing appropriations Subject matter Rule 194 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 GOVERNORS ACTION Rule 195 The Governor shall have the revision of all bills passed by the General Assembly before the same shall become laws but twothirds of each house may pass a law notwithstanding his dissent and if any bill should not be returned by the Governor within five days Sundays excepted after it has been presented to him the same shall be a law unless the General Assembly by their adjournment shall prevent its return 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 Ga Const art V sec I par XV Rule 196 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 69 or enter his disapproval of any proposal made by the General Assembly to amend the Constitution Ga Const art V sec I par XVI Eule 197 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXI COMMITTEE OEGANIZATION AND FUNCTION Eule 198 The President shall appoint the following standing committees which shall have the following number of Senators each Agriculture and Natural Eesources15 Appropriations15 Banking and Finance15 County and Municipal Governments11 Defense and Veterans Affairs7 Educational Matters15 Government Operations5 Health and Welfare11 Highways17 Industry and Labor11 Interstate Cooperation5 Judiciary11 Not Constitutional Amendments Signature required Exceptions Appointment 70 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Subcommittee on Institutions Membership limits Exofficio members Dual members Appointment of officers Vacancies Mental Health3 Penal and Correctional Affairs7 Public Utilities and Transportation9 Rules18 Senate Administrative Affairs5 Temperance9 The President shall also appoint a Subcommittee on Institutions within the Committee on Health and Welfare Each Senator shall be appointed to serve on at least three committees and no Senator shall be appointed to serve on more than four committees The President of the Senate shall be an exofficio member of all standing committees of the Senate but shall have no vote as an exofficio member except on the Committee on Rules of which he shall be Chairman The Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations shall be appointed a member of the Committee on Banking and Finance and the Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Finance shall be appointed a member of the Committee on Appropriations The President shall appoint a Chairman a Vice Chairman and a Secretary on each committee No Senator shall be appointed Chairman or Vice Chairman of more than one committee Rule 199 After the announcement of the standing committees no other Senators shall be placed thereon unless it be at the request of a majority of the committee to be added thereto except when Senators have been elected to fill vacancies caused by death or otherwise the President may assign said Senators to such committees LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 71 as he may see fit and he may fill apy vacancy in the offices of Chairman Vice Chairman or Secretary Rule 200 Each committee shall first meet upon the call of the Chairman and perfect its organization After the organizational meeting each committee shall meet upon the call of its Chairman provided that the Vice Chairman may call a meeting of the committee if he obtains a certificate from the President certifying that the Chairman is incapacitated or if he is directed in writing by the Chairman to so call the meeting to consider such measures as specified by the Chairman In the absence of the Secretary the Chairman may designate some other member of the committee to act as Secretary In the absence of the Chairman the Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman In the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman the committee shall select one of its members to serve as acting Chairman The Secretary shall keep minutes of the meetings of the committee which shall be made avail able to any Senator but which shall not be matters of public record Rule 201 The Chief Justice Emeritus and the Associate Judge Emeritus shall constitute the Advisory Appellate Council Ga Code Anno sec 244608 Rule 202 It shall also be the duty of the said Advisory Appellate Council to consult with the AttorneyGeneral and the assistants to the AttorneyGeneral upon legal matters when their advice and consultation is requested It shall further be the duty of the said Advisory Appellate Council Organization Calling meetings Vicechairmans power Succession Minutes Advisory Appellate Council 72 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL to consult wit committees of the General Assembly and to furnish advice and information to said committees of the General Assembly upon questions of law when their advice and assistance is requested Ga Code Anno sec 244610 Auditing committee approval of accounts Rule 203 All officers and employees provided for in this and the preceding Chapter shall be paid for their services by the State Treasurer only upon the approval of their accounts by the auditing committee of the Senate and House of Representatives Ga Code Anno sec 47304 Committee on Administrative Affairs to audit and report expense accounts of members Rule 204 The Committee on Senate Administrative Affairs shall within 20 days after the beginning of each annual session audit the accounts of every Senator for expenses incurred as a Committeeman or in discharge of any duty as a member of the Senate since the last preceding annual session The committee shall within the said 20day period report its findings to the Senate listing the names of each such Senator and the general nature of the duty in which said expenses were incurred together with the amount thereof and the per diem received by such Senator in connection therewith Said committee shall report to the Senate for appropriate action any violations of law or of these rules President to certify accounts Rule 205 The compensation due to the officers and members of the General Assembly shall be certified by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively upon the report of the auditing committee to the State Treasurer who afterwards shall pay LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 73 each member who shall present his account duly audited Ga Code Anno sec 47110 Rule 206 No Senator shall except by special resolution draw any per diem in excess of 20 days per annum in addition to regular or special sessions of the Senate Rule 207 A person shall not be paid for services rendered to the Senate in any capacity while such person is drawing any salary wages or other compensation from any other Department of the State Rule 208 The ways and means committee of the House of Representatives and the finance committee of the Senate shall hold joint meetings for the consideration of all revenue taxing measures when in regular or special session and the State Revenue Commissioner shall be an exofficio member of each committee Ga Code Anno sec 928449 Rule 209 It is part of the duty of the joint standing committee on finance to examine the accounts and vouchers of the Comptroller General and State Treasurer as to all moneys received into and paid out of the treasury during the last fiscal year to compare the warrants drawn during that period with the several laws by authority of which they purport to be drawn to examine into the other accounts and books of such officers to count the money on hand at the time of the examination and to examine the annual reports made by said officers to see if they are sustained by the true condition of their of Limits on extra per diem No compensation from other State offices Joint meeting of Finance Committee with House Ways and Means committee Joint committee on financing to examine State accounts 74 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL fices and report the result to each branch of the General Assembly Ga Code Anno sec 47601 Election of State officers No disparagement in nomination Viva voce vote Journal entry Meet in House President presides Vote required Action on returns for Governors election ELECTIONS AND INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR Rule 210 Every State officer whose election is not otherwise provided for shall be elected by the General Assembly in the same manner and at the same time as other officers are elected by them Ga Code Anno sec 47401 Rule 211 In nominating candidates for any office no other candidate shall be disparaged Rule 212 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 election they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall in such cases preside and declare the results Ga Const art Ill sec X par I Rule 213 In all elections a majority of the Senators voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum must make the choice Rule 214 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 75 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 Ga Const art V sec I par III Rule 215 The members of each branch of the General Assembly shall convene in the Representative 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 having the highest 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 Ga Const art V sec I par IV Rule 216 The General Assembly in joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives shall open and publish the returns of the election for Governor as provided by Article V of the Constitution of the State and shall determine all questions relating thereto including any contested election and any question as to the eligibility or qualifications of the person elected Governor and shall at the time provided by section 40103 inaugurate as Governor the person determined by the General Assembly to have been Inauguration 76 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL First week Oath Journal entry elected or the person elected by the General Assembly as provided by the Constitution Ga Code Anno sec 401041 Rule 217 The Governor shall begin the discharge of his duties from the time of his inauguration The ceremony of inauguration shall take place during the first week of the session of the General Assembly next after the election and on such day of that week as the General Assembly by joint resolution shall appoint On failure of appointment it shall take place at 12 oclock meridian on Saturday of that week unless prevented by providential cause Ga Code Anno sec 40103 Rule 218 The oath prescribed by the ninth Paragraph of the first section of the fifth Article of the Constitution of this State shall be taken by the Governorelect in the presence of the General Assembly in joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Upon so taking the oath the Governorelect shall become Governor Ga Code Anno sec 40104 Rule 219 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 Ga Const art V sec I par IX Rule 220 The fact of such inauguration of the Governor shall be entered upon the journal of LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 77 the House of Representatives and shall be conclusive evidence of his right and title to the office and of his eligibility and qualification Ga Code Anno sec 401042 Rule 221 Contested elections shall be determined by both houses of the General Assembly in such manner as shall be prescribed by law Ga Const art V sec I par V CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Rule 222 An amendment to this Constitution may be proposed by a resolution in the Senate or the House of Representatives and if the same shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to each branch of the General Assembly such proposed amendment shall be entered on the journals of each branch with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon Any proposed amendment may be repealed or amended by the same General Assembly if done so at least two months prior to the date of the election at which such proposed amendment is to be submitted The Governor the Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall meet and determine whether a proposed amendment is general and if not general shall determine what political subdivision or subdivisions are directly affected by such proposed amendment If a proposed amendment is general the Governor shall cause such proposed amendment to be published in full once each week for three consecutive weeks immediately preceding the date of the election at which such proposed amendment is submitted in one newspaper of general circulation in each Congressional District of the State If such proposed amend Contested elections Resolution Vote Journal entry Repeal or amendment 78 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Approval Language of proposal Separate proposals Convention ment is not general the Governor shall cause such proposed amendment to be published in full in one newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the directly affected political subdivision or subdivisions are located In the event no such newspaper is located in such county a newspaper in an adjoining county shall be used Any proposed amendment which is general shall be submitted to the people of the entire State at the next general election at which members of the General Assembly are elected 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 A proposed amendment which is not general shall only be submitted to the people of the political subdivision or subdivisions directly affected The votes of the electors in each political subdivision affected shall be counted separately in determining whether such proposed amendment is ratified and it must be ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon in each such political subdivision before it shall become a part of this Constitution The General Assembly in the resolution shall state the language to be used in submitting the proposed amendment 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 Ga Const art XIII sec I par I Rule 223 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 reprsenta LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 79 tion 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 Ga Const art XIII sec I par II Rule 224 The Governor shall not have the right to veto any proposal by the General Assembly to amend the Constitution Ga Const art XIII sec I par III APPROPRIATION CLAIMS AND FINANCE Rule 225 No money shall be drawn from the Treasury except by appropriation made by law Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XI Rule 226 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par X Rule 227 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays are called and recorded Rule 228 All resolutions which may appropriate money out of any fund shall be treated in ail respects in the manner of introduction and procedure as bills they shall originate in the No veto Appropriations required Origination in House Recording of yeas and nays Resolutions treated same r 80 Budget Introduction through President LEGISLATIVE MANUAL House of Representatives and shall receive three readings previous to their passage but the Senate may propose or concur in amendments as in case of bills Ga Code Anno sec 47503 Rule 229 Within seven days after the convening of the General Assembly the Governor shall submit to the General Assembly in printed form a budegt covering the ensuing two fiscal years The budget shall contain a complete plan of proposed expenditures and actual revenues and expenditures for each of the particular fiscal years to which it relates If the proposed expenditures for either fiscal year shall exceed the estimated revenues therefor the Governor shall recommend the sources from which the additional revenues shall be provided The Governor shall submit to each House of the General Assembly at the same time he submits his budget 1 printed copies of a budget message containing any explanations or comments he may desire to make as to the important features of the budget and 2 printed copies of a tentative bill for all appropriations under the budget clearly and properly classified for each fiscal year in the ensuing biennial period The presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall cause said bill to be promptly introduced therein and such bill shall be known as the budget bill Before final action thereon by the General Assembly the Governor may amend or supplement the budget to correct an oversight or in case of an emergency with the consent of the General Assembly by delivering such an amendment or supplement to the presiding officer of each House The appropriation for each department officer bureau board commission agency or institution receiving and expending State moneys may be by lump sum in which shall be distinguished for each fiscal year the amount LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 81 appropriated to be expended for maintenance and operation and the amount appropriated to be expended for capital improvements andor fixed charges Ga Code Anno sec 40403 Rule 230 The General appropriation bill shall embrace nothing except appropriations fixed by previous laws the ordinary expenses of the Executive Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IX Rule 231 All general appropriation bills in addition to the customary itemized statements of the amounts appropriated for the usual expenses of the executive legislative and judicial departments of the Government and for the support of the public institutions and educational interests of the State shall contain also a like itemized statement of all amounts appropriated by any previous law to be paid annually out of the treasury and such amounts so appropriated by previous laws shall not be paid from the treasury unless they are embraced in the general appropriation Act Ga Code Anno sec 47502 Rule 232 Except as hereinafter provided 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 or percentage thereof Separation of classes of expenditures Contents of General Appropriation Bill Required itemization of past appropriations Specific sum not fund 82 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Motor fuel taxes to highways Emergency An amount equal to all money derived from motor fuel taxes received by the State Treasurer in each of the immediately preceding fiscal years less the amount of refunds rebates and collection costs authorized by law is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of each year following for 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 Treasurer to make such grants Said sum is hereby appropriated for and shall be available for the aforesaid purposes regardless of whether the General Assembly enacts a General Appropriations Act and said sum need not be specifically stated in any General Appropriations Acts passed by the General Assembly in order to be available for such purposes However this shall not preclude the General Assembly from appropriating for such purposes an amount greater than the sum specified above for such purposes The expenditure of such funds shall be subject to all the rules regulations and restrictions imposed on the expenditure of appropriations by provisions of the Constitution and laws of this State unless such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this paragraph And provided however that the proceeds of the tax hereby appropriated shall not be subject to budgetary reduction In the event of invasion of this State by land sea or air or in case of a major catastrophe so proclaimed by the Governor said funds may be utilized for defense or relief purposes on the Executive Order of the Governor The provisions of this amendment shall become effective July 1 1961 Ga Const art VII sec IX par IV LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 83 Rule 233 To the end that all expenses of the State may be brought within the budget the budget appropriation bill shall also contain a specific sum as a contingent or emergency appropriation The manner of the allocation of such contingent or emergency appropriation shall be as follows Any department commission board institution or other agency of the State desiring an allotment out of such emergency appropriation shall upon forms prescribed by him present such request in writing to the Director of the Budget with such information as he may require and the Director may allow or disallow the request in his discretion Ga Code Anno sec 40408 Rule 234 Neither House shall consider other appropriation bills until the budget bill shall have been finally adopted by both Houses and approved by the Governor and no such other appropriation bills shall be valid except in accordance with the following provisions 1 Every such appropriation bill shall be embodied in a separate bill limited to some single work object or purpose therein stated and called herein a supplementary appropriation bill 2 No supplementary appropriation shall be available unless and until the revenue necessary to pay such appropriation shall have been provided by a tax laid and collected for such purpose unless it shall appear from such budget that there is sufficient revenue available and any unused portion of any such supplemental appropriation shall be paid into the general treasury Ga Code Anno sec 40406 Rule 235 The clerk of the House of Representatives shall provide out of the contingent fund Contingent appropriation Budget bill first Supplemental appropriations 84 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Appropriation book for Chairman of Appropriations Committee Safekeeping by Secretary of State Supplementary Appropriations Consideration by Committee of the Whole of the House of Representatives a wellbound book which he shall deliver to the chairman of the appropriations committee of the House as soon as such chairman shall be appointed and said chairmen shall enter or cause to be entered in such book in the order of their introduction all bills seeking directly or indirectly to obtain appropriations from the State treasury with a brief statement of the contents of such bill together with the number thereof the name of the introducer and any other facts developed before the committee that will throw any light on the nature of the legislation proposed by the bill After the adjournment of the General Assembly said chairman shall deposit said book with the Secretary of State who shall deliver the same to each successive chairman of said committee as soon as he shall have been appointed Ga Code Anno sec 47501 Rule 236 In 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 Ga Const art VII sec IX par III Rule 237 All proceedings touching the appropriating of monev shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 85 Rule 238 The Governor and such representatives of the departments officers commissions agencies and institutions expending or applying for State moneys as have been designated by the Governor for this purpose shall have the right and when requested by the General Assembly it shall be their duty to appear and be heard with respect to any budget bill during the consideration thereof and to answer inquiries relative thereto Ga Code Anno sec 40405 Rule 239 The General Assembly may amend the budget bill in any way it may deem desirable provided such amendments do not create a deficit Ga Code Anno sec 40404 Rule 240 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays in each house are recorded Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XII Rule 241 Whenever there shall be regularly introduced in either branch of the General Assembly by a member thereof a resolution or bill seeking compensation or reimbursement from the State of Georgia or any of its departments or agencies for any person who has been injured or damaged from whatsoever cause alleged and claimed the clerk of the House of Representatives lfJi secretary of the Senate as the case may be shall forthwith transmit a certified copy of such resolution or bill to the chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State Immediately after such resolution or bill has been received the chairman of the State Highway Board director of Public Health and Secretary of State shall set a date for a hearing which shall be held Hearings Amendment Recording of yeas and nays Action on claims Secretary duty 86 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Notice of hearing as soon as practicable and shall notify the mem ber of the General Assembly who introduced the resolution or bill the person for whose benefit the same was introduced the Attorney General and such other persons as the said board deems necessary including such persons as the said member of the General Assembly shall request in writing to the board to be so notified the time and place of such hearing Ga Code Anno sec 47504 Hearing Rule 242 The chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State shall hear the Findings sworn evidence concerning the matter at issue and shall prepare a statement of the findings of the relevant and material facts presented to said board together with their determination of the merits of the matter and their recommendation Report to committee as to the payment of the compensation or reimbursement being sought This statement of the findings of the facts determination and recommendation shall be immediately transmitted to the chairman of the committee of the House of Representatives or Senate as the case may be to 1 which the resolution or bill was referred for consideration Ga Code Anno sec 47505 Consideration required Rule 243 The chairman of the committee to which such resolution or bill was referred upon introduction when receiving the findings determination and recommendation of the chairman of Report to Senate the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State shall immediately call a meeting of such commit 1 tee which committee shall read and study the 1 findings determination and recommendation of said board and shall then decide whether or not 1 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 87 to recommend to the House of Representatives or Senate as the case may be that said resolution or bill shall or shall not pass Thereafter such resolution or bill shall take the usual course of procedure as any other resolution or bill as provided by law and the rules of the House of Representatives or Senate as the case may be Ga Code Anno sec 47506 Rule 244 The findings of facts determination and recommendation of the chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State relative to the matter shall not be considered in any way as binding on the committee to which said resolution or bill was referred for consideration or upon the members of the House of Representatives or Senate but shall be treated as advisory only Ga Code Anno sec 47507 Rule 245 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 Ga Const art VII sec Ill par III RULES Rule 246 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 247 No suspension of change in or addition to these rules shall be made unless such Findings advisory only Specified borrowing purpose Control if rules do not cover Rules variations to Rules Committee 88 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Suspension by unanimous consent Required report proposed change addition or suspension be first referred in writing to the Committee on Rules and reported back to the Senate Provided that the rules may be suspended by unanimous consent of the Senate without referral to the Committee on Rules The Committee on Rules must report rules changes additions or suspensions submitted to it immediately after the confirmation of the Journal on the day following the introduction in the Senate of the proposed change addition or suspension A failure to so report such proposed suspension change or addition to these rules within two days shall automatically bring said proposed suspension change or addition before the Senate for consideration LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 89 RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION 1 When nominations shall be made by the Governor to the Senate a future day shall be assigned for their consideration unless the Senate directs otherwise 2 When acting on executive business the Senate shall be cleared of all persons exceptthe Senators the President the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary 3 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 Journal of the Senate 4 In executive session any Senator shall be limited to ten 10 minutes in speaking for or against the confirmation of any nominee under consideration by the Senate 5 A majority vote of those voting provided the total vote constitutes 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 to be 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 shall announce the result of the ballot and declare the Time to consider nominations Limited attendance Journal entry Debate limit Vote for confirmation Secretary reads nomination Presidents question and announcement 90 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Report to Governor Record to Secretary of State Secrecy 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 6 All nominations approved by the Senate or otherwise definitely acted on shall be transmitted by the Secretary to the Governor with the determination of the Senate thereon from day to day as such proceedings may occur but no further extract from the Executive Journal shall be furnished published or otherwise communicated except as provided in Rule 3 during any session except by special order of the Senate In transmitting the determination of the Senate thereon the Secretary shall not furnish a list of the names of Senators voting in the affirmative or negative but only the fact of confirmation or rejection and the numerical vote The record of votes shall be sealed and transmitted to the Secretary of States office and there placed on file 7 All information or remarks touching or concerning the character or qualifications of any person nominated by the Governor for office shall be kept secret 8 No Senator shall at any time or under any circumstances expose or publish anything taking place in executive session except only such matters as are required under the rules to be disclosed It is the intent and meaning of this rule that the business transacted in executive session shall be sacred and free from exposure to the outside world and that every Senator shall be on his honor concerning the same LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 91 RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHEN IN JOINT SESSION 1 The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives as soon as possible after the start of the session at such time as may be fixed by joint resolution of both houses for the purpose of electing such officers of the State as are now or may hereafter be required to be elected by the General Assembly Said joint session shall continue in morning and afternoon sessions from day to day until all of said officers are elected 2 The time of the meeting of the two houses in joint session shall be determined otherwise by concurrent resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives except where provided by law When the Senate and the House of Representatives unite for the purpose of elections they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall preside and declare the result 3 At the hour determined by the concurrent resolution the Senate shall repair to the Hall of the House of Representatives 4 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 In the absence of the President of the Senate the Speaker of the House shall preside in the absence of both the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House the President pro Immediate election meeting in House Time of meetings Elections in House President presides Method of meeting Presidents powers Succession 92 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Speakers seat Quorum Duty of Secretary Journal Filing papers Delivery of papers to Secretary of State No second of nominations Vote Debate tempore of the Senate shall preside in the absence of the three last named the Speaker pro tempore of the House shall preside 5 The Speaker of the House shall sit on the left of the President of the Senate 6 A majority of each house shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of the joint session 7 When there is a meeting of both branches of the General Assembly in one chamber said secretary and clerk shall be present and join in the discharge of the duties required and shall enter the proceedings on the journals of each House Ga Code Anno sec 47205 8 The secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall within 10 days after the adjournment of each session file in proper order all the papers and documents of their respective Houses Ga Code Anno sec 47206 9 The records papers and documents thus filed shall be delivered to the Secretary of State who upon receipt of the same shall certify that such secretary and clerk have respectively complied with said requisition and the State Treasurer shall not pay their respective salaries until such certificate shall be produced Ga Code Anno sec 47207 10 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 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 11 No debate shall be in order except as to questions of order LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 93 12 The election in joint session shall be viva voce and the vote shall appear on the Journal of the House of Representatives The votes are to be taken for but one election at one time and a majority of the whole number of votes cast is necessary for a choice 13 In the elections by the General Assembly no member after having voted shall be allowed to change his vote unless he rises and states in his place that he voted by mistake or that his vote had been recorded by mistake 14 No motion to adjourn shall be in order In lieu thereof there shall be the motion to dissolve the joint session which shall he in the form That the joint session of the General Assembly be now dissolved or That the joint session of the General Assembly be now dissolved to be reconvened at a time named The latter motion shall have precedence over the former 15 The motion to dissolve the joint session either indefinitely or until a fixed time shall always be in order except that after the rollcall 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 16 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 17 When a motion to dissolve the joint session either indefinitely or to a fixed time shall be decided in the affirmative the President of the Senate shall so declare and the Senate shall without further motion immediately repair to the Senate Chamber 18 These rules may be amended by the concurrent resolution of the two houses and they or any 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 Viva voce vote on Journal One election at a time Change of vote Dissolution Not during rollcall Renewal Amendment of rules 94 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL APPENDIX SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS Al Apportionment Ga Const art Ill sec II par I 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 limitations herein stated Ga Const art Ill sec Ill par I 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 each to the thirty counties having the next largest population two representatives each and to the remaining counties one representative each Ga Const art Ill sec Ill par II The above apportionment shall be changed by the General Assembly at its first session after each census taken by the United States Government in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph I of Section III of this Article A2 Appointments to Keep Order and for Other Special Purposes Ga Code Anno sec 47112 When it shall be necessary to carry into effect Section VII of Article III of the Constitution 21901 punishment for misconduct 21902 punishment for contempt or for any like purpose either the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint any person to execute the orders of the House over which he presides and the warrant of the presiding officer which appointee may receive for the service such compensation as the General Assembly may appropriate Parenthetical material above added LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 95 A3 Confirmation of Appointments The Georgia Constitution provides for the confirmation by the Senate of the Governors1 appointment of several State boards See Ga Const art V sec I par XI State Board of Pardons and Paroles art V sec IV par I State Game and Fish Commission art V sec V par I Board of Corrections art V sec VI par I State Department of Veterans Service and Veterans Service Board art VIII sec II nar I State Board of Education art VIII sec IV par I Board of Regents of the University System and art XIV sec I par I State Personnel Board The Georgia statutes provide for some additional confirmations Ga Const art V sec I par XIV A person once rejected by the Senate shall not be reappointed by the Governor to the same office during the same session or the recess thereafter A4 County Consolidation Ga Const art XI sec I par IV 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 A5 County Site Change Ga Const art XI sec I par IX 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 A6 Election of Presidential ElectorsSee Ga Code Anno sec 342503 A7 Election of State Auditor Ga Code Anno sec 401801 The Department of Audits and Accounts is hereby created and established the head of said 96 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Department shall be an experienced auditor and accountant with not less than five years experience as an accountant in the State Department of Audits and Accounts or in a governmental agency of a similar nature or shall be a duly certified public accountant with at least five years practical experience in the duties for which he is certified and who when named or elected as hereafter prescribed and qualified shall be known and designated as State Auditor The State Auditor shall be elected by the General Assembly in the following manner A joint resolution which shall fix a definite time for the nomination and election of the State Auditor may be introduced in either branch of the General Assembly Upon passage of said resolution by a majority vote of the membership of the Senate and House of Representatives it shall be the duty of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to call for the nomination and election of the State Auditor at the time specified in the resolution at which time the name of the qualified person receiving a majority vote of the membership of the House of Representatives shall be transmitted to the State Senate for confirmation Upon the qualified person receiving a majority vote of the membership of the Senate he shall be declared the duly elected State Auditor and the Governor of the State of Georgia shall be notified of his election by the Secretary of the Senate The Governor is1 directed to administer the oath of office to the State Auditor and to furnish the State Auditor with a properly executed commission of office certifying his election The term of office of the State Auditor shall continue until a successor is elected as provided herein In the event of a vacancy in the position of State Auditor at a time when the General Assembly is not in session it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State of Georgia and he is hereby empowered and directed to appoint a State Auditor possessing the qualifications as provided herein who shall serve as such State Auditor until the next regular session of the General Assembly at which time the nomination and election of a State Auditor shall be held by the General Assembly as provided herein A8 Extraordinary Sessions Ga Const art V sec I par XII The Governor shall issue LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 97 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 m his proclamation convening them Providing that such called sessions of the General Assembly shall not exceed 70 davs m length unless at the expiration of said period there shall be pending an impeachment trial of some officer of the State Government m which event the General Assembly will be authorized to remain m 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 Ste J ihe ffairs the State of Georgia it shall thereupon be the duty of said Governor and mandatory upon him within five days from the receipt of such certificate or certificates to convene said General Assembly in extraordinary session for all purposes and m 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 m 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 hereinafter provided S 1S Ga Code Anno sec 47116 If any officer or officers of either branch of the Assembly shall fail or refuse to perform any of his duties m completing the organization of such emergency session his office may upon the majority vote of the membership of 98 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL either branch be declared vacant as often as may be necessary and his successor elected as provided by the rules of the General Assembly See also Ga Code Anno secs 47113 47114 47115 and 47117 A9 ImpeachmentSee Ga Const art Ill sec V pars Ill IV and V art Ill sec VI par III A10 Investigation of State Offices Ga Code Anno sec 401620 In addition to the power conferred upon the Attorney General in this law 401612 to 401620 the Governor or the General Assembly is authorized likewise to make investigations including investigation of the State Department of Law or the offices of the Attorney General or any agency under his control and all authority and rights granted to the Governor and the General Assembly shall be as complete and absolute as those granted hereunder to the Attorney General In any civil or criminal action against the Attorney General the Governor shall designate a solicitor general who shall be empowered in such case to act for the State All Public Service Commission Agreements Confirmation of See Ga Code Anno secs 681003 through 681007 A12 State Officers Suspension and Discharge of Ga Const art V sec I par XVII 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 Ga Code Anno sec 47701 The General Assembly may suspend from the functions and duties of office either the State Treasurer or the Comptroller General by joint resolution duly adopted after being read one time in each House on different days and by a twothirds vote of members voting on the same LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 99 whenever the interests of the State or the proper administration of the law demand such suspension A13 Street Passenger Railways Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXV 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 A14 Supreme Court Rules Approval ofSee Ga Code Anno secs 811502 and 811503 A15 Treason PardonSee Ga Const art V sec I par XI and Ga Code Anno sec 272701 A16 Special and Local Legislation Ga Const art I sec IV par I Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State and no special law shall be enacted in any case for which provision has been made by an existing general law No general law affecting private rights shall be varied in any particular case by special legislation except with the free consent in writing of all persons to be affected thereby and no person under legal disability to contract is capable of such consent A17 Legislators as State Officers Ga Const art I sec I par XXIII The legislative judicial and executive powers shall forever remain separate and distinct and no person discharging the duties of one shall at the same time exercise the functions of either of the others except as herein provided Ga Const art Ill sec IV par VI No person holding a military commission or other appointment or office having any emolument or compensation annexed thereto under this State or the United States or either of them except Justices of the Peace and officers of the militia nor any defaulter for public 100 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL money or for any legal taxes required of him shall have a seat in either house nor shall any Senator or Representative after his qualification as such be elected by the General Assembly or appointed by the Governor either with or without the advice and consent of the Senate to any office or appointment having any emolument annexed thereto during the time for which he shall have been elected 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 Ga Code Anno sec 265009 To the end that the mandate of the Constitution contained in Article I Section I Paragraph XXIII 2123 to the effect that the legislative judiciary 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 be more adequately enforced it shall be unlawful for a members of the General Assembly to accept or hold office or employment in the executive branch of the government of the State of Georgia or any agency thereof or in the judicial branch of government b judges of courts of record or their clerks and assistants to accept or hold office or employment in the executive branch of the government of the State of Georgia or any agency thereof or in the legislative branch of government c officers or employees of the executive branch of government to accept or hold office or employment in the legislative or judicial branches of government Any person who knowingly disburses or receives any compensation or money in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor Provided however that nothing within this section shall be construed to apply to any officer or employee of the executive branch who has taken a leave of absence without pay from his1 post for temporary service as an employee of the legislative branch while it is in session and during the authorized stay over period Ga Code Anno sec 581075 No member of the General Assembly shall be eligible for employment under any office or job created by this Chapter Liquor Act during the term of office for which he is elected and this provision shall apply to LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 101 legislators elected in the future as well as those now elected Parenthetical phrase added Ga Code Anno sec 928404 No member of the General Assembly shall be eligible to be appointed to the position of Revenue Commissioner nor to any other position in the Department of Revenue until the term of office as such member of the General Assembly has expired and no person other than a bona fide resident of the State for more than 10 years shall ever be eligible to appointment as State Revenue Commissioner nor shall any person be appointed to the office of Commissioner of Revenue who has held any elective office during a period of 12 months prior to his appointment Provided however the phrase any elective office as herein used shall not include members of the General Assembly Ga Const art V sec I par VII 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 A18 Membership of Legislators on State Boards and Commissions Legislator Members Lieutenant Governor and Speaker and Chairman of the Judicial Council President Speaker President Pro Tern Speaker Pro Tem Chairmen of Appropriations Committees of Senate and House Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee member of Senate and member of House appointed by President and Speaker respectively Board or Commission The Governors Commission on Constitutional Government Finance Commission Relevant Statutory Provisions Ga Laws 1959 p 5 Ga Code Ann sec 40411 as amended by Ga Laws 1960 p 188 LIBRARIE GEORGiL 102 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Legislator Members Board or Commission Relevant Statutory Provisions Legislator member of Commission on Interstate Cooperation designated by this Commission Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Ga Code Anno sec 45124 Senator and Representative designated by the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation Advisory Committee for Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact Ga Code Anno sec 43912 President Speaker Secretary Clerk Chairmen of Senate and House Appropriations Committees Chairmen of Senate and House Judiciary Committees Chairman of Senate Committeee on Banking and Finance and Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee Legislative Services Committee Ga Code Anno sec 471201 President Speaker and members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation Ga Code Anno sec 471104 Members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation Senate Council and House Council of the American Legislators Association Ga Code Anno sec 471105 Chairmen of Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House Judicial Council Ga Code Anno sec 811601 Lieutenant Governor and Speaker Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission Ga Code Anno sec 92205 Chairmen of Agriculture Committees of Senate and House or some person designated by them Advisory Board to the Georgia Seed Development Commission Ga Code Anno sec 52704 Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee Board of Compromises and Settlements of Tax Assessments Ga Code Anno sec 9284111 Two Senators and three Representatives involved in to Tobacco Advisory Board Ga Laws 1960 p 218 bacco production appointed by President and Speaker respectively LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 103 INDEX TO RULES OF Senate of Georgia References to A are to the Appendix References to tii are to the Rules for the Government of the Senate m Executive Session References to J are to the Rules for the Government of the General Assembly When in Joint Session ABSENTEES Arrest subject to when4 Attendance compelled by less than quorum Authorized by Senate Journal entry v Quorum required Rule No 56 I 5556 56 58 57 adjourn motion to Amendment if to particular time Committee of the Whole not in order in Debate if to particular time Effect 1l V Joint session not in order ipXfst Precedence of motion Z Z I Previous question after Renewal after further business Time for ADJOURNMENT 80 81 138 80 81 82 J 14 72 173 80 78 79 Business carried over how Committee of the Whole at regular hour in when hour of arrives during vote by yeas and Governors power in regard to ZZZZIZ Main question effect on Place limit Power general ZZZZ Previous question effect on 85 138146 83 84 83 84 85 173 104 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Seats retained until President leaves 67 Time of fixed by Senate gi 59 Veto procedure as effected by 195 Vote total required 55 ADVERSE REPORT Debate on final passage 174 Effect of on bills and resolutions 130 AMENDMENT Amendments to cannot be further amended1151167 Blanks must be filled before i 155 Caption or preamble bill perfected before 160 Committee of the Whole by action on148149 Committee of the Whole by what reported to House 148 Committee amendments first considered 161 Committee offered by read without motion 164 Committee report amendment not in order after agreed to unless reconsidered 162 Committee report form rjj 128 ConstitutionalSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Engrossment prevents v 125 Form of 119 Form of motion i 153 Germane must be111154158165 Indefinite postponement prohibited 93 Irrelevant out of order 154 Methods of 11 151 Motion to adjourn amendable if to particular time 80 81 Motion to commit amendable1 102 Motion to postpone indefinitely not amendable 94 Motion to postpone to time definite amendable 97 Motion to table or take from table not amendable 89 Perfecting bill before substituteflj 156 Precedence of motion to amend72157 Previous question on 170 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 105 Rule No Printed and distributed when 100 Priority of amendments Priority of on passage of hill P action f Ver motion to agree or disagree to House Priority of questions on House amendment to Senate Reconsidered when I nc Sections bill read by 1U5 Hamendabllf11168 Senae mendmentstoTntfrthii 167 House vote required to adopt T 165 166167168 Presidents power to rule out iza 7 SubsffiebirbrK IP PrP0Sed b6fell Substitute as Tabling not in order 152 Time for 88 Vote reauired 161162 T loo appeals Timeor11 prhibited when of Personal character 70 Transgression of rules fro j APPLAUSE Suppression I j 77 rr 60 apportionment Change m A 1 106 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Number of memberstL A 1 Representation A 1 APPROPRIATIONS Budget f jj 229 Committee Chairmans duties 236 Committee of the Whole consideration required134 237 General Bill amendment 239 General Bill contents229 230 231 232 233 General Bill precedence on third readingL 123 General Bill procedure 229 Governors power over 195 Hearing 238 Highways 232 Origination in House226 228 Record gttj 236 Recorded yea and nay vote required 240 Required Itl 225 Resolutions treated as bills 228 Supplemental bills 230234235 Yeas and nays required 240 ARREST Disorder for 35 Freedom from 65 Members to secure quorum 56 57 ASSISTANTS Appointment by Secretary161819 Approval of special clerks by enrolling committee 1619 Compensation 18 22 23 203205 Doorkeepers limited s 7 Oath 1314 Officers position as 6 Removal of special clerks by enrolling committee 1619 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 107 Rule No Substitution prohibited 21 23 Vacancies 102 ATTENDANCE Compelling 3i55 56 57 Messengers duty 50 Presidents duty J 50 AUDITINGSee COMMITTEE ON SENATE AD MINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Called how 23 Caption 117 Committee of the Whole failure to resolve to consider 134 Form i Indorsement of Introducer allowed twenty minutes for debate after ordering of previous question if adverse committee report 174 Order procedure for taking out of 40 Passage delayed until printed and distributedl 122 Publication of laws required 114 Rejected when again considered 113 Subjectmatter only one and expressed in title H8 Suspend action on when 122 Title subjectmatter of must be expressed in H8 Withdrawal of when 109 Writing must be in BLANKS Filling required before motion to amend is in order 155 BOND Secretarys 7 15 108 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL CALENDAR Rule No Arranged by Rules Committee during last fifteen days of session ril 39 Calling order fixed by 123 Change of Rules Committees Calendar 39 Committee report disagreement with1 130 Reconsideration effect on bills 107 Tabling taking from restores to xui 92 CALL OF SENATESee ROLL CALL CAPTION Considered after bill perfected EL 160 Indorsement on billL 114 CLAIMS Procedure 241 242243244 CODE SECTIONS Amendments or repeal of requirements 119 COMMISSION Members to 10 COMMITMENT Amended how 102 Committee of the Whole not in order in 138 Committee of the Whole to99100134 Debate if instructions added I 101127 Indefinite postponement not applicable to 93 Instructions may be added 102 Precedence of as among motions to commit to different committees100 Precedence of as among other motions 72 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 109 Rule No Presidents duty to RecommitmentSee RECOMMITMENT 127 Special committees to 99 jqO 103 Use 99 What Applicable to gg COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SENATE Adjourn cannot 38 Adjournment arrival of regular hour o T 146 Amendments by action by Senate 149 Amendments report j28 148 Appropriation bills considered in 237 Bills and resolutions disposal or recommendation 147 Buis and resolutions interlineation prohibitedv 128 Business finished procedure 247 Call of Senate not in order Chairman appointed by President 135 Chairman duty of when no quorum present 136 Chairman duty when business finished 1147 150 Chairman power to clear galleries or lobby 142 Commitment toSee COMMITMENT Commitment to precedence 100 Committee reference prohibited 138 Debate in L137138144 Disorderly conduct reported t 143 Formation of 7 135 Journal proceedings entry 250 Motion to rise report progress and ask leave to sit again 145146 Papers called for0 241 Postpone indefinitely motion to not in order 138 Presidents actions 1351467146147 Previous question not enforceable1 233 Reading of bills by sectionsK137 Quorum requirement L 36 Reconsideration in order I 139 Report of procedure and form 147 143 140 Reports of precedencel 130 110 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Resolving Senate into133134144 Rules applicable to and exceptions 138 Secretarys duties inas 137 Senate may resolve itself into vote necessary 134 Senate may resolve itself into when 134 Table motion to not in orderp1 138 Time in extended 145 146 Vote pairing prohibited in ilL 140 Vote required unless excused 140 Yeas and nays cannot be taken r 138 COMMITTEE ON SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS Auditing duties 203 204 205 206 Clerk approval and removal of special 1619 Journal entrySee JOURNAL Journal reading and report 38 COMMITTEES Adverse report by effect130174 Advice to l201 202 Amendments by read without motioniLj 164 Amendments by take precedence 161 Amendments report formL 128 Appointed by President5tUijg 34198 Bills and resolutions not to interline or deface 128 Bills and resolutions original keepsa1 117 Call of 200 Clerks c18 Commitment toSee COMMITMENT Committee of the Whole reference to committees prohibited 138 Debate by gj ti 174 Expenses of members how figured204206 Finance Committee examination of State accounts 209 House Ways and Means Finance Committee joint meeting with Committee on revenue taxing measures 208 Membership limited SLa 198 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 111 Buie No Members on State Boards A 18 Minority report time allowed for after ordering of previous question 174 Names gig 493 Notice of intent to disagree with report 130 Officers 198199 200 Officers succession y y r 200 Organization v y 299 Presidents membership 198 Previous question committee time for debate 174 Records 00 Reference to 197 234 Reference to happenings in prohibited 63 Report disagreement with130131 Reports favorable effect yc 230 Reports favorable effect of disagreement with 132 Reports form gk 229 Reports minority form y y 229 Reports of amendment limit on 162 Reports of precedence 132 Vacancies 299 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Appointmenty y y 269 Approval of reporty 269 Consideration 269 Discharge y 269 Instruction pffj 269 Membership v g 269 Reports I y 169 CONFIRMATION OF GOVERNORS APPOINTMENTS Boards State affected A 3 Rejected no reappointment A 3 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Amendment of 22 Approval of people JZL222223 112 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Convention g 1 223 Journal entry 222 Local v 222 Method 222 Publication 222 Repeal of 1 222 Signature of Governor not required 197 Veto prohibited 196 224 Vote required pfey 222 CONTEMPT Disorder for t 35 51 Vote refusal forX 182 CONTRACT APPROVAL Public Service Commission Agreements A 11 CONVENING Time 49 85 CONVENTION OF PEOPLE Calling for Constitutional amendment 223 CONVERSATION Debate prohibited during 66 Reference to during debate prohibited63 COUNTY Consolidation A 4 Site change A 5 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 113 DEBATE Rule No Addressing Senate 62 Appeals debate limitationss 70 Censure for wordsi 61 Committee happenings in executive session reference to out of order 63 Committee of the Whole how bills debated 137 Committee of the Whole regulatediLg138144146 Conduct of members in 59 Conversations reference to out of order 63 Cut off prohibited when 30 76 77 Exception to words 1 Executive Session limited in E 4 Freedom of 65 Individual speeches limited C 59 Irrelevant President shall suspend 30 Members names reference to out of order 64 Motion for yeas and nays decided without debate 184 Motion for previous question not debatable 173 Motion to adjourn not debatablej80 Motion to adjourn to particular day or time debatable 81 Motion to change order of business not debatable 41 Motion to commit when debatable101127 Motion to engross debate limited a 124 Motion to excuse member from voting debate limited 186 Motion to indefinitely postpone debatable 94 Motion to postpone to time definite what debatable 98 Motion to read papers not debatable 54 Motion to refer to committee debate if instructions added 101 Motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole debate limited T I34 Motion to suspend rules not debatable41 Motion to table or take from table not debatable 89 Motions allowed during 72 Movement during prohibited J 67 Previous question cannot cut off without relinquishing floor 77 Previous question debate regulated174176 Priority of business not debatableg 28 114 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Readings first two no debate9 126 Silence during 521igg630 62 66 Subject matter limits 59 Tabling cannot cut off without relinquishing floor 77 Through President Igli 62 Time limits on individualsfifi59 Yeas and nays no debate duringI 190 DECORUM Applause suppressed l 68 Hisses suppressedill1i 68 Silence during debate30 62 66 DISTRIBUTION OF BILLSSee PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS DIVISION Adjournment limited byv4i 79 83 Call for m 171172183 Excuse from voting motion to restricts 186 Presidents duty in case of 181 Reconsideration of main question limits 173 Results of President shall announce 181 What divisible tj 172 DOORKEEPER Assistants limited 7 Clears lobbies and galleries when 35 Duties general l 20 Election HNh4ii720 Floor limitations enforcement of26 Message announcement ISM46 Pay 20 Substitution prohibited I 21 Suspension by President 36 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 115 ELECTIONAlso See JOINT SESSION Rule No Auditor of J A 7 Contest 221 Governor of action on214 215 216 Journal entry J 212 Members of Senate judge of60 Nomination limits t 211 Officers of State1 210 Presidential electors of A 6 Procedure L1210 212 Second not needed in nominations J 10 Vote necessaryidI212213 EMPLOYEESSee ASSISTANTS ENGROSSMENT Debate on I 124 Effect of Vt 1I1124 Local bills reading requiring 125 Time for 124 Unanimous consent for prohibitedi 124 Vote required yitt 124 ENROLLING AND ENGROSSINGSee COMMITTEE ON SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFFAIRS EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN Previous question delayed by J 61 Procedure 61 Time for I 61 EXECUTIVE SESSION Confirmation E 1 E 4 E 5 E 6 E 7 Debate limitation on confirmation E 4 Floor privileges E 2 Journal LrE 3 E 6 Presidents duties E 5 116 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Record E 3 E 6 Roll call for confirmationt E 5 Secrecy E 6 E 7 E 8 Secretarys duties E 5 E 6 Time for E 1 Vote for confirmationE 5 E 6 EXPENSES Members procedure for paymentliiiL 204 205206 EXPULSION OF MEMBERS Vote required ft pI 59 60 When ri 59 60 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION Calling l85 A 8 Compensation during A 8 Consideration limits 1 A 8 Governors calling 85 A 8 Impeachment continued by A 8 Time limits A 8 FILING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Required 116 Time for 116 FINES Members when transgress rules 59 FLOORSee PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR FLOOR LEADER Seat need not stay at 59 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 117 GALLERIES Rule No Applause and hisses to be suppressed 68 Clearance by President1 35 Committee of the Whole Chairman may clear 142 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLSee APPROPRIATIONS GOVERNOR Adjournment power in regard to 84 Appointments confirmation A 3 Appropriations selective approval of 195 Budget bill presentation of 229 Constitutional amendment action on 222 Election 2l4215 216 Extraordinary session calling 85 Inauguration 216 217 218 219 220 Messages under any order of business 45 Nominations approvalSee EXECUTIVE SESSION Overriding veto g195196197 Signature when required195197 Veto power 195196197 224 HISSES Suppression sfo 68 IMPEACHMENT Procedure A 8 Session continued 85 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Copies two required v 117 Time for H6 Unanimous consent time limitsa 108 118 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL INVESTIGATION Rule No State Officers ofg A 10 JOINT SESSION Adjournment Debate Elections for Governors election for Journal Nominations in Papers Place House1 Prsider S Procedure general Quorum Rules changeJ Secretarys duties Time of L1 Vote JOURNAL Absentees shown on 58 Amendments to Constitution entry with yeas and nays 222 Appropriation yeas and nays shown 240 Committee duty to read and report 38 Committee of the Whole proceedings not shown 150 Election vote entry 212 Executive Session entryE 3 E 6 E 8 Governors inauguration entryE220 Joint session proceedingsJ 7 J 13 Oaths of officers and assistants entry 1316 Petition name and object of petitioner memorialist or remonstrant noted on 52 Preservation j 115 Protests entry 71 Publication required 114115 Reading by committee 38 Reading of how dispensed with 44 J 14 Jll J 1 214 215 216 J 7 J 12 J10 MSI J 8 J 9 J 1 J 2 J 2 J 4 J 5 IffJ 3 J 4 J 6 J 8 J7J8 J 1 J 2 J 10 J 12 J 13 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 119 Rule No Required 1x4 Vote entry 179191193194 212 222 Vote names of those not voting shown on X94 Yeas and nays entry183191193194 222 240 LOBBIES Applause or hisses in suppressed7 y Qg Clearance by President 35 Committee of the Whole Chairmans power to clear 142 LOBBYISTS Floor prohibited from 26 LOCAL BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Limitations upon 120121 A 16 Local governing authority restriction T E120121 Notice of affidavit must be attached4120121 Notice required Tv X20 121 Office affected requires referendum12o 121 Reading first two by title unless engrossment 125 Unanimous consent putting on passage108 MAIN QUESTION Adjournment effect on Division after order for Effect of ttra Form of Previous question effect Reconsideration of Tabling limits Vote required to order33 MEETING OF SENATE Time of meeting for daily sessionshS 50 79 83173 183 177 173 173174 L173178 86 173 120 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MEMORIALSSee PETITIONS Rule No MESSAGES How sent anounced received and considered 46 MESSENGER Arrest of members to secure quorum 56 57 Clear lobbies and galleries when 35 Direction by President11 24 56 Duties general 2024 Election 20 Order enforcement of 24 Papers distribution illiL 24 Pay il 20 SrgeantatArms exofficio 3i L 56 Stationery distribution L 24 Suspension by President OfliHIi VIA 36 MINORITY REPORTS FROM COMMITTEE Debate allowed after order for previous question174 How made 129 MOTIONS Committee of the Whole in138139145146 Debate when cannot use motion to cut off 76 77 Disagreement with House motions in order 165 Making must resume seat while put75 Number limited to one at a timeIpPmBHa 75 Possession of Senate173 Precedence of ii 7293 Presidents actions onLii181 Previous question on170 Second unnecessary 74 Stating by President L181 Tabling if not privileged and new matter i 48 Tabling effected byJsli48 Withdrawal 73 93 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 121 NEW MATTERS Rule No Motions not privileged and containing new matter to lay on table p 48 Unanimous consents for time for 108 NOMINATIONS Remarks disparaging prohibited 211 Second not needed pSi j io OATHS Administered by judges to members11 Assistants 13 14 Members i 911 Officers 13 14 Secretarys y r7 1314 OFFICERS Oath lLL1J 1314 Pay OPTu 203 Suspension of by Presidentifc36 Who arei i e 6 ORDER OF BUSINESS Appropriation Bill General 123 Changed how 39 40 41 42108 Change motion not debatable 41 Change motion vote necessary 39 Fixing by Rules Committee during last fifteen days 39 Messages IAA45 Motions not privileged 48 Presidents power over l 28 Priority of 37 39104 i08 l34173 Privilege questions of I2 47 Reconsideration 404 Rules Committee reportii 2i v 45 Unanimous consent 1 rh 108 122 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL ORGANIZATION Rule No Assistant Secretary hy 82 Bodies Li V 1 Chairman appointment and powers jno 2 Commission issued during 10 Elections during4 512 First meeting time and placev 49 Oaths 111314 Officers 2 3 4 612 Procedure 2 Rules 2 Seating Sbt 8 Secretary by 2 PAGES Age 25 Appointment by members3LJ 25 Appointment by President 25 Papers distribution ii 24 PAIRING FOR VOTING Committee of the Whole prohibited inSlLZl 140 Prohibited 32t188 PAPERS Committee care 128 Committee of the Whole may call for ff 141 Distribution 24 Reading not subject to indefinite postponement 93 Reading of v 54 PARLIAMENTARY LAW Applicable when M 246 PETITIONS Presentation and form V 52 Ik LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 123 POSTPONEMENT Rule No Amendment motion to indefinitely postpone not amendable ma Amendment motion to postpone to day certain amendable Committee of the Whole motion to indefinitely postpone not in orderui Debate on an Effect of motion to indefinitely postpone Effect of motion to postpone to time definite Effect of negative action u 4 Effect indefinite postponementv i Precedence of motion 1 Renewal limits r Vote necessary on motion to indefinitely postpone What subject to 94 97 138 94 98 96 97 95 97 72 93 95 98 96 93 97 PREAMBLE Committee of the Whole last considered Jii 137 Considered after bill perfecteday i jgo PRESIDENT Absence of President Pro Tern to preside Accounts certifying Acts Signs isjn Adjournment members to remain until President retires BpifeI Amendments power to rule out if not germane Appeals from decision of Applause in galleries or chamber suppression of Appointment special vrxis vo Arrest power to Attendance power to compel to secure a quorum Bond approval of Secretarys1 Budget bill introduction of Budget submission to Director fe j Business priority of decides without debate Call the Senate duty to 33 205 113 67 154165 69 70 68 A 2 35 56 56 15 229 53 28 57 124 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Clearing galleries and lobbies 35 Commitment of bills and resolutions 127 Committee of the Whole Chairman appoints 133 Committee of the Whole duty regarding bills134 Committee of the Whole duty when business finished in i Committee of the Whole may resolve Senate into whenancti liSi v 133 Committee of the Whole may take part in 140 Committee of the Whole resumes chair when 146147 Committee of the Whole right to take part in 140 Committee of the Whole to leave chair during Jp Committees appoints officers of 198 Committees appointment of34198199 Committees assignment of members to Committees membership onr 198 Conference Committee appoints 169 Debate irrelevant power to suspend 39 Division call forJii 181 Doorkeeper may suspendUluJii 3b Election of Executive Session duties in rig Governors election action on214215 Joint session seat Joint session presiderl 2J Lieutenant Governor asrtTvA Messages duty as to 4b Messenger direction and suspension 24dt Motion stating byitmeq Oath to officers and assistants1314 it Officer as Preside may name members to Presider r Question stating nr 189 Quorum to secureob Recognition of member29 59 62 7510 Rollcall duties during79 Rollcall orders by whenj31 57184 Rules Committee member ofiiXM19 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 125 Rule No Rules transgression penalizing f i Seat assignments oy Signature when required Silence commanding State boards membership onii Subcommittees appointment of Unanimous consent shall entertain but one at time ijj Unanimous consent when to recognize member for purpose of asking Vote authority to 58 8 112113 30 62 A 18 198 108 108 27140 PRESIDENT PRO TEM Election Joint session succession as prsider Officer as V V Powers Presides in absence of President State Boards membership on 4 5 33 J 4 6 5 4 5 33 A 18 PRESIDER Joint session in x President 3 President absent who shall when htq President may appoint member to President Pro Tern absent who shall when Secretary shall when PRESS Floor entitled toS 4 33 32 33 33 26 PREVIOUS QUESTION Adjournment effect on Call of Senate limits Committee of the Whole not in order in Debate cannot cut off without relinquishing floor 79 83173 175 3 138 58 77 126 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Debate allowed after ordering of Debate motion not debatable Exception to debate delays Form of igi Main question effect on M inority committee report time allowed for after ordering of fJgjf Precedence of motion yjb V Reconsideration of Tabling after Vote required What applicable to PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS Motion to print precedence of 72 Required when Tj 122 Suspension of bills and resolutions until 122 PRIVILEGE Motion not privileged with new matters to lay on table eLia48 Precedence of questions of1 47 Questions of what constitutesu 47 PRIVILEGES OF FLOOR Executive Session tE 2 Who entitled to 26 PROTESTS Procedure and form8L 71 174176 173 61 173 173174 174 72173 172178 86 173174 170 PUNISHMENT Members of 60 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 127 QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS Judgment of Senatejjdp QUORUM Committee of the Whole requirement of C ompelling gglg Number 14 Presidents power in regard to Rollcall for Z Voting when notp Rule No I 60187 136 5657 ZZ 56182 57175182 182 READING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Committee of the Whole Committee report afteriil Debate none on first or second reading ZZi Number and name of introducer stated on second and third reading Second automatic when Secretarys I Sections by 1 1 Times three Title by Unanimous consent time limit 133137 130 126 123 126 123 164 125 125 108 READING OF PAPERSSee PAPERS RECOGNITION President decides 4 RECOMMITMENT Bill or resolution with favorable committee report to prevent third readingJ Vote necessary for103 What may be recommitted 103 128 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL RECONSIDERATION Rule No Amendments when in order Committee of the Whole motion in order Effect of on hills Main question effect on Main question time for reconsideration of Notice not to be withdrawn when Notice when requiredPjjSaWi Previous question effect on Renewal once i Time for motion 105 139 107131 178 173 105 105 178 106 105 REMONSTRANCESSee PETITIONS REPEALS How effectuated jjg RETURNEES Commission r 10 ROLLCALL Adjournment limits 79 Committee of the Whole not in order in 138 Debate none duringj 290 Dispensing with Explanation of votes on 289 President may order when 1 32 275 182 Previous question limits StI Procedure J gg Quorum to determine if1 282 Reconsideration of main question limits 173 Required by Senate 57 Secretarys duty as to 57 5g 282 Vote refusal after contempt RULES Changed how 42247 J 18 Debate motion to suspend decided without debate 41 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 129 Rule No Question not covered by procedure 246 Suspended how 1141 42 247 J 18 Suspension not subject to indefinite postponement 93 Transgression penalized 54 RULES COMMITTEE Calendar fixed by during last fifteen daysirir 39 Membership 198 Proposed change addition or suspension of rules must be referred to l 247 Report failure to effect Jir 247 Report of in order when1i 45 Reports required 247 President Chairman ofy 198 Special orders submission to and report on 40 SEATS Assigned by Presidentl5iil1 8 Contested procedure when 11 187 Floor Leader need not stay at1 59 Recognition from IIill59 SECRETARY Absentees list keeps for Journal 57 58 Amendments printing 122 Amendments reading j12a2163164 Amendments Report to House on Presidents action declaring House amendment not germane 165 Assistants appointment and fixing pay of I 1161819 21 22 23 Auditors election notifies Governor of A 7 Bills and resolutions engrossment 124 Bills and resolutions filing with when 116 Bills and resolutions keeps copymu 117 Bills and resolutions numbers 123 Bills and resolutions printing and distribution 122 130 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Bills and resolutions reading by sections 164 Bills and resolutions reading number and introducer 123 Bills and resolutions transmittalw iio Bond 1 Claims certification ofZZZZZ 241 Committee of the Whole bills and resolutions reading m 137 Committee of the Whole duties in 137 141 Division counts Z 1 T 1R1 Election Z v 12 Executive Session duties in E 5 E 6 Joint session duties in ZT j j J8 J9 Journal entry ZZZZZZZZZZZZ 5 71l94 Journal reading i 38 Motion reading c Oath of prescribed 9S 10 1 a Officer is 1014 Papers superintends distribution by Messenger Pay ZZ Presides in absence of President and President Pro Tern rr 612 24 1718 33 71 Protests entry on Journal Rollcall calling g7 j82 Signature when required 112 State Boards membership onA 18 Term of office 12 Vote explanation of filing withZ j 189 Words excepted to written and read by ZZ 61 Yeas and nays call iZZ 79 196 Yeas and nays reading names 135 SERGEANTATARMSSee MESSENGER SESSIONS Business carried over how 85 ExtraordinarySee EXTRAORDINARY SSSIONS Prolongation of signature of Governor not required 197 Term 5 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 131 SILENCE Rule No Debate during pliji 66 President duty of to command whenJSpfflSlu 30 62 SPECIAL LAWSSee LOCAL LAWS STATE BOARDS Membership of Legislators ong A 18 STATE OFFICERS Discharge of A 12 Investigation of A 10 Legislators as restrictions A 17 Suspension of r A 12 STATIONERY Distribution 24 STENOGRAPHIC REPORTER Appointment and pay 18 STREET RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION Approval by city governing authoritiesg A 13 SUBCOMMITTEES Appointed by President44 i 198 SUBSTITUTEAlso See AMENDMENT Amendment as 152 Bill perfected before substituteL156 Voted on before billmm 156 132 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL SUCCESSION Joint session j 4 Presidents absence J r 33 SUPREME COURT RULES Approval of j A 14 TABLING Amendment motion not subject to 89 Amendment not applicable tov 88 Committee of the Whole motion not in order 13B Debate cannot cut off without relinquishing floor 77 Debate motion not debatable 89 Effect when motion to table prevails 91 Effect when motion to take from table prevailsI 91 92 Main question limits 86 Motion to take from when in order 48 New matter motion not privileged 48 Precedence of 79 86173 Previous question limits motion to tableg 86 173 Renewal of motions to table and take from when 90 Rollcall limits V gg Time for taking from tablehtm 92 Vote required to take from table 92 What can be tabled 8788 TITLE Bills and resolutions subjectmatter must be expressed in gig ns TRANSMISSION TO HOUSE Day of passage vote required no Last day immediate onI T no TREASON Pardon of y a 15 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 133 UNANIMOUS CONSENTS Rule No Commitment to Committee of the Wholecoi 134 General provision for V180 Introduction for iu 108 Journal reading dispensing with 44 Limitation and regulation of use ofit It 108 Motion withdrawal required fortil 73 Passage for 108 Reading for isiiiusa 108 Roll call dispensing withi 43 Time for Mg 108 Vote explanation not by yeas and nays189 VETO Governors power of195196197 224 Overridden how 195196197 VOTE Adjournment limits 7983 Bill required for Ati1 179 Changing of 185 J 13 Committee of the Whole no pairing 140 Committee of the Whole not taken by yeas and nays in 1I L 138 Committee of the Whole vote required 140 Debate no during calling or reading of yeas and nays 190 DivisionSee DIVISION ElectionSee ELECTION Excuse from 4 182186187188 Explanation r4 189 Interest none where have44 187 General requirement 180 Journal entry required179191193194 Method of 1181183 Pairing of members not alloweda140188 President may order yeas and nays when 31 Presidents 27140 QuorumSee QUORUM 134 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Reconsideration of main question limits i T li iggic 173 Refusal may be contemptiL 182 Required when 140186 RollcallSee ROLLCALL Seat from ownfj 27 Tabling limits B 86 Tie iV 27 Unanimous consentsSee UNANIMOUS CONSENTS Yeas and naysSee YEAS AND NAYS WITHDRAWAL Bill when and how 109 Motion when and how 158 WRITS Signature Presidents and Secretarysv 112 YEAS AND NAYS Adjournment limits j 7983 Change restricted v 185 Committee of the Whole prohibited in 138 Debate on motion prohibited 184 Debate prohibited during 190 Explanation of vote r 189 Expulsion for 59 Journal entry 183191193194 Method of calling 185 Reconsideration of main question limits1if 173 Tabling limits 86 Vote required for call of183 136 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Seat Numbers of the Georgia House of Representatives Qqixe House of Representatives Numerically by Seat Number 105 Clark of Catoosa 106 Potts 1 Smith of Fulton 2 Rodgers of Charlton 3 Parker of Screven 4 Johnson 5 Arnsdorff 6 Boyett 7 Smith of Whitfield 8 Taylor of Dawson 9 Lowrey 10 Scoggin 11 Hall of Floyd 12 Ballard 13 Tamplin 14 Murphy 15 Underwood of Taylor 16 Brown 17 Flexer 18 Killian 19 Paris 20 Stevens 21 Culpepper 22 Pelham 23 Shuman 24 Massee 25 Mullis 26 Baughman 27 Raulerson 28 Moorman 29 Jernigan 30 Parker of Appling 31 Cox of Clarke 32 Matthews of Clarke 33 Phillips of Walton 34 Bowen of Toombs 35 Fowler of Treutlen 36 Brooks of Fulton 37 McClelland 38 Blalock 39 Lee of Clayton 40 Lokey 41 Ray 42 Jones of Lumpkin 43 Underwood of Montgomery 44 Collins 45 Twitty 46 Barber 47 Kirkland 48 Wilkes 49 Henderson 50 Parmer 51 Hodges 52 Parker of Ware 53 Sheffield 54 Sangster 55 Summers 56 Stuckey 57 Milhollin 58 Williams of Coffee 59 Howard 60 Mackay 61 Rutland 62 Rogers of Paulding 63 Knight of Berrien 64 Fowler of Douglas 65 Moate 66 Boggs 67 Brooks of Oglethorpe 68 Wells of Oconee 69 Carswell 70 Coker 71 Abney 72 Pickard 73 Dicus 74 Wickham 75 Thornton 76 Phillips of Bibb 77 Taylor of Bibb 78 Strickland 79 Lanier 80 Lane 81 Fordham 82 Kimmons 83 Story 84 Morgan 85 Davis 86 Smith of Brantley 87 Chandler 88 Kidd 89 Teague 90 Wilson 91 Willingham 92 Caldwell 93 Echols 94 Dorminy 95 Todd 96 Deen 97 Conner 98 Horton 99 Barrett 100 Kelly 101 Bynum 102 Purcell 103 Knight of Laurens 104 Lovett 107 Payton 108 Ross 109 Barnett of Wilkes 110 Simpson Ill Vaughn H2 Moss 113 Floyd 114 Loggins 115 Hale 116 Melton 117 Bolton 118 Greene 119 Crowe 120 Moore 121 Adams 122 Smith of Habersham 123 Harrell 124 Jordan 125 Barnett of Baker 126 Cloer 127 Branch 128 Morris 129 Jones of Worth 130 Clarke of Monroe 131 Woodward 132 Dunn 133 Matthews of Colquitt 134 Newton 135 Hull 136 Fleming 137 Fuqua 138 Dickey 139 Funk 140 Crawford 141 Hill 142 Phillips of Columbia 143 McCracken 144 Keyton 145 Bozeman 146 Birdsong 147 Ware 148 Joiner 149 Walker Of Telfair 150 McDonald 151 Keadle 152 McGarity 153 Jones of Sumter 154 Undercofler 155 Odom 156 Busbee 157 Miller 158 Bowen of Randolph 159 Killingsworth 160 Simmons 161 Williams of Hall 162 Andrews of Hall 163 Roberts 164 Roper 165 Steis 166 Flynt 167 Brackin 168 Lewis 169 Tucker 170 Wells of Peach 171 Scarborough 172 Mixon 173 Pannell 174 Waldrop 175 Duncan of Carroll 176 Singer 177 Black 178 Poole 179 Akins 180 Young 181 Dos ter 182 Watson 183 Andrews of Stephens 184 Hall of Lee 185 Cocke of Terrell 186 NeSmith 187 Smith of Grady 188 Rowland 189 Sinclair 190 Jones of Liberty 191 White 192 Fitzgerald 193 Tabb 194 McCutchen 195 Duncan of Fannin 196 Budd 197 Walker of Lowndes 198 Otwell 199 Chance 200 Wells of Camden 201 Taylor of Decatur 202 Dollar 203 Hurst 204 King Rostrum Geo L Smith If Speaker Rostrum Glenn W Ellard Clerk House of Representatives Alphabetically by Names Abney 71 Duncan of Adams Fannin 195 Akins 179 Dunn 13 Andrews of Echols 93 Hall 162 Fitzgerald 192 Andrews of Fleming 136 Stephens 183 Flexer 17 Arnsdorff 5 Floyd 113 Ballard 12 Flynt 166 Barber 46 Fordham 81 Barnett of Fowler of Baker 125 Douglas 64 Barnett of Fowler of Wilkes 119 Treutlen 35 Barrett 99 Funk 139 Baughman 26 Fuqua 137 Birdsong 146 Greene 118 Black 177 Hale 115 Blalock 38 Hall of Floyd 11 Boggs 66 Hall of Lee 184 Bolton in Harrell 123 Bowen of Henderson 49 Randolph 158 Hill 141 Bowen of Hodges 51 Toombs 34 Horton 98 Boyett 6 Howard 59 Bozeman 145 Hull 135 Brackin 167 Hurst 203 Branch 127 Jernigan 29 Brooks of Johnson 4 Fulton 36 Joiner 148 Brooks of Jones of Oglethorpe 67 Liberty 190 Brown 16 Jones of Budd 196 Lumpkin 42 Busbee 156 Jones of Bynum 101 Sumter 153 Caldwell 92 Jones of Carswell 69 Worth 19 Chance 199 Jordan 14 Chandler 87 Keadle 151 Clark of Kelly 100 Catoosa i 105 Keyton 144 Clarke of Kidd 88 Monroe no Killian 18 Cloer 126 Killingsworth 159 Cocke of Kimmons 82 Terrell 185 King 204 Coker 70 Kirkland 47 Collins i 44 Knight of Conner 97 Berrien 63 Cox of Clarke 31 Knight of Crawford 140 Laurens 103 Crowe 119 Lane 80 Culpepper 1 Lanier 79 Davis 85 Lee of Clayton 39 Deen 96 Lewis 168 Dickey 138 Loggins 114 Dicus Dollar Dorminy 73 202 94 Lokey Lovett 40 104 Lowrey Mackay 9 60 Doster 181 Massee 24 Duncan of Matthews of Carroll 175 Clarke 32 Matthews of Smith of Colquitt 133 Brantley 86 McClelland 37 Smith of McCracken 143 Fulton 1 McCutchen 194 Smith of McDonald 150 Grady 187 McGarity 152 Smith of Melton 116 Habersham 122 Milhollin 57 Smith of Miller 157 Whitfield 7 Mixon 172 Steis 165 Moate 65 Stevens 20 Moore 1 121 Story 83 Moorman 28 Strickland 78 Morgan 84 Stuckey 56 Morris 128 Summers 55 Moss 112 Tabb 193 Mulls 25 Tamplin 13 Murphy 14 Taylor of NeSmith 186 Bibb 77 Newton 134 Taylor of Odom 155 Dawson 8 Otwell 198 Taylor of Pannell 173 Decatur 201 19 Teague 89 Parker of Thornton 75 Appling 30 Todd 95 Parker of Tucker 169 Screven 3 Twitty 45 Parker of Undercofler 154 Ware 52 Underwood of Parmer 50 Montgomery 43 Payton 107 Underwood of Pelham 22 Taylor 15 Phillips of Vaughn 111 Bibb 76 Waldrop 174 Phillips of Walker of Columbia 142 Lowndes 197 Phillips of Walker of Walton 33 Telfair 149 Pickard 72 Ware 147 Poole 178 Watson 182 Potts 106 Wells of Purcell 102 Camden 200 Raulerson 27 Wells of Ray 41 Oconee 68 Roberts 163 Wells of Rodgers of Peach 170 Charlton 2 White I91 Rogers of Wickham 74 Paulding 62 Wilkes 48 Roper 164 Williams of 58 Ross 108 Coffee Rowland Rutland Sangster 188 61 54 Williams of Hall Willingham Wilson 161 91 90 Scarborough 171 Woodward 131 Scoggin 10 Young 180 Sheffield 53 Rostrum Shuman 23 Geo L Smith II Simmons 160 Speaker Simpson 110 Rostrum Sinclair 189 Glenn W Ellard Singer 176 Clerk LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 139 OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TERM 1961 1962 JANUARY 1961 GEO L SMITH pSpeaker Emanuel County ROBERT L SCOGGIN1Speaker Pro Tem Floyd County FRANK S TWITTYFloor Leader Mitchell County JOE C UNDERWOODAssistant Floor Leader Montgomery County GLENN W ELLARD1Clerk Habersham County ELMORE C THRASHMessenger Lowndes County EDWARD C MOSESfDoorkeeper Montgomery County 140 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL STAFF OF SPEAKERS OFFICE HARRY B BAILEY Sheriff Richmond County WILLIAM R POWELLChief Aide Fulton County J C MOODY DANTEL Aide Burke County ROBERT E WILLIAMSAide Emanuel County MRS ELLA HARRISExecutive Secretary Fulton County MRS FLORRIE MAE PEEBLESPersonal Secretary Emanuel County M BRINSON JONESPostmaster Jefferson County STAFF OF CLERKS OFFICE JANETTE HIRSCHAssistant Clerk Fulton County JACK GREENAssistant Clerk Rabun County HUGH SKELTONAssistant Clerk Hart County AMELIA SMITHl1Assistant Clerk Fulton County BARBARA BATESiCalendar Clerk DeKalb County LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 141 MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES WITH COUNTIES AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 1961 1962 Representative Abney Billy Shaw Adams L E Jr Akins BonnelL Andrews J A Jim Andrews Robert Bob Arnsdorff B Frank Ballard W Barber Man Barnett H HLlJL Barnett J L Leckey Barrett Carl T Baughman Leon H Birdsong Frank G Black J Lucius Blalock Edgar Boggs Harold A Hap Bolton Arthur TC Bowen ADelbert Dell Bowen Ross P c Boyett G J Jacki Bozeman James W Jr Brackin J O Branch W Frank Brooks George B County Post Office Walker LaFayette Polk Rockmart Union Blairsville Stephens Toccoa Hall Cleveland Rd Gainesville Effingham Springfield Newton Covington Jackson Commerce Wilkes Washington Baker Elmodel Cherokee Holly Springs Early Cfidar Springs Troup LaGrange Webster Preston Clayton Jonesboro Madison Danielsville Spalding Griffin Randolph Cuthbert Toombs Lyons Whitfield Dalton Thomas Meigs Seminole Iron City Tift Tifton Oglethorpe Crawford 142 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Post Office Brooks Wilson Fulton 413 Grant Bldg Atlanta Brown M ParksLJHartTllIHartwell Budd Roger McCartney Busbee George D Bynum Knox Lowndes Dougherty Rabun Valdosta Albany Clayton Caldwell Johnnie L Upson Thomaston Carswell Geo H Wilkinson Irwinton Chance Homer L Twiggs Danville Chandler Philip M Baldwin Milledgeville Clark Joe T Catoosa Ringgold Clarke Harold G Monroe Forsyth Cloer B C Towns Young Harris Cocke Steve M Terrell Dawson Coker Robert E Walker LaFayette Collins John Mitchell Pelham Conner James L Jimmy 1 Jeff Davis Hazlehurst Cox Julian H Clarke Athens Crawford Ralph L Chatham 356 Oxford Crowe Charles V Jr Bartow Dr Savannah Cartersville Culpepper Brooks Talbot Talbotton Davis E C Gene Wayne Jesup Deen H Dorsey Bacon Alma Dickey Grady Lee Chatham 312 E Dicus Harry Muscogee Oglethorpe Ave Savannah 208 Empire Bldg Dollar G Harvey Decatur Columbus Bainbridge Dorminy ABC Brad Jr Ben Hill Fitzgerald Doster Norman B Wilcox Rochelle LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 143 Representative Duncan A C County Fannin Post Office Copperhillj Duncan J Ebb Carroll Tenn Carrollton Dunn Lamar E Pike Williamson Echols Talmage B Upson Thomaston Fitzgerald Byrom M Long Ludowici Fleming William M Jr Richmond Johnson Bldg Flexer Winebert Dan II Glynn Augusta Country Club Floyd James H Chattooga Park Brunswick Trfon Flynt Wales T Taliaferro Crawfordville Fordham Wiley B Bulloch Statesboro Fowler Alpha A Jr Douglas Douglasville Fowler J Wyman Treutlen Soperton Funk Arthur J Chatham 7 Grimball River Rd Savannah Fuqua J BRichmond1001 Reynolds Greene Wm B St Augusta Bartow Cartersville Hale Maddox J Dade Trenton Hall H Goodwin Lee Leesburg Hall J Battle Floyd Box 1267 Rome Harrell A Hewlette Fayette Fayetteville Henderson Waldo Atkinson Lakeland Hill Render Meriwether Greenville Hodges Ben A Ware Waycross Horton N D Jr Putnam Eatonton Howard Pierre DeKalb 209 Phelps Bldg Decatur 144 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Post Office Hull James M JrRichmondSou Fin Bldg Augusta Hurst Joe JQuitman Georgetown Jernigan Wallace LClinchHomerville Johnson Marion Merrill SrJenkinsMillen Joiner FrancisWashingtonTennille Jones Charles M H1Liberty Hinesville Jones David CWorth1 Sylvester Jones Fred C JrLumpkin Dahlonega Jones Thad MSumterPlains Jordan W Harvey8CalhounLeary Keadle HaygoodJ LamarBarnesville Kelly Roy RJasperMonticello Keyton James W JimThomasThomasville Kidd CulverBaldwinMilledgeville Killian William RGlynnBrunswick Killingsworth Albert SClayFort Gaines Kimmons W H BillPierceBlackshear King Joe N1ChattahoocheeCusseta Kirkland H E RedI TattnallGlennville Knight D W Bill JrLaurensDexter Knight W D rBerrienICNashville Lane W JonesBulloch21 Statesboro Lanier William L BillCandlerMetter Lee William J BillClaytonForest Park Lewis Preston B Jr BurkeiiWaynesboro Loggins Joseph E2 1ChattoogaSummerville Lokey Leonard NMcDuffieThomson Lovett W HerschelLaurensDublin Lowrey Sidney FloydRome Mackay James AUDeKalb Masonic Temple Bldg Decatur LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Post Office Massee R C Bob Pulaski Hawkinsville Matthews Chappelle Clarke Athens Matthews Dorsey R Colquitt Moultrie McClelland Ralph Fulton 1103 1st Nat Bank Bldg Atlanta McCracken J Roy Jefferson Avera McCutchen P T Gilmer Ellijay McDonald T J Jr White Cleveland McGarity Edward E Henry McDonough Melton Quimby Jr Spalding Griffin Milhollin Henry R Coffee Douglas Miller Dr J H Elbert Elberton Mixon Harry Irwin Ocilla Moate Marvin E Hancock Moore John Harvey Polk Cedartown Moorman Warren S Lanier Lakeland Morgan Handsel Gwinnett Morris Leonard Tift Tifton Moss C L Gordon Mulls J R Jim Bleckley Cochran Murphy Thomas B Haralson Bremen NeSmith Jimmy D Meriwether Manchester Newton David L Colquitt Norman Park Odom Colquitt Hurst Dougherty Albany Otwell Roy P Sr Forsyth Cumming Pannell Chas A Murray Paris James W Barrow Winder Parker H Walstein Screven Sylvania Parker Thomas A Ware Waycross Parker W C Bill Appling Baxley Parmer Hershel W Heard Rt 1 Roopville 146 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Post Office Payton Henry N Coweta Newnan Pelham R F Schley Ellaville Phillips Glenn 8 Columbia Harlem Phillips John Lee Walton Monroe Phillips J Taylor Bibb 563 Walnut St Macon PickaHj Mae Muscogee Box 1657 1 i Columbus Pnnle Will Pickens Jasper Potts George W Coweta Newnan Franklin Carnesville Raulerson Louis T Echols Haylow Rny Jflflr R Warren Norwood Roberts Corbin C Jones Gray RodfJpTSj H Ren Charlton Folkston Rogers James V Paulding Dallas Greene Greensboro Rrss Ren R Lincoln Lincolnton Rowland Emory L Johnson Wrightsville Rutland Guy W Jr DeKalb 703 Clairmont Ave Decatur Sangster Thomas I Dooly Vienna Scarborough John C Jr Crawford Roberta Scoggin Robert L Bob Floyd Masonic Bldg Rome Sheffield John E Jr Brooks Quitman Shuman Jack W Bryan Pembroke Simmons J Grover Banks Baldwin Simpson Mackie Wheeler Glenwood Macon Montezuma Singer Sam S Stewart Lumpkin Emanuel Swainsboro Smith George T Grady Cairo LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Post Office Smith T Robert Brantley Nahunta Smith M M Muggsy Fulton 650 Hurt Bldg Atlanta Smith Richard Russell Habersham Clarkesville Smith Virgil T Whitfield Dalton Steifs Willi Burton Harris Hamilton Stevens E C Hamp Marion Buena Vista Story Earl P Gwinnett Lawrenceville Strickland Ernest W Evans Claxton Stuckey W S Dodge Eastman Summers Marvin Lester Crisp Cordele Tqhh Prink Miller Colquitt Tamplin Howard Morgan Madison Taylor Henry Dawson Star Rte Gainesville Taylor John L Decatur Attapulgus Taylor Phil Bibb 914 Persons Bldg Macon Teague E W Cobb Rt 6 Allgood Rd Marietta Thornton Richard B Bibb 165 First St Bldg Macon Todd W G Glascock Gibson Tucker M King Burke Waynesboro Twitty Frank S Mitchell Camilla Undercofler Hiram K Sumter Americus Underwood Joe C Montgomery Mt Vernon Underwood Ralph R Taylor Butler Vaughn Clarence R Jr Rockdale Conyers Waldrop Hayne Carroll Villa Rica Walker Fred H Lowndes Valdosta Walker J Wimbric Telfair McRae Ware J Crawford Troup Hogansville 148 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative Watson R Herman Wells D Warner County Houston Peach Post Office Warner Robins Ft Valley Wells Hubert H Oconee Watkins ville Wells J Nolan Camden Kingsland White Daniel H McIntosh Darien Wickham William C Billy Muscogee PO Bok 5 Columbus Wilkes Wilson B Cook Adel Williams George J Coffee Axson Williams W M Bill Hall 630 Brenau Lane Gainesville Willingham Harold S Cobb 841 Church St Marietta Wilson Joe Mack Cobb St Marietta Woodward Bailey Butts Jackson Young Clyde S Turner Rebecca LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 149 MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY COUNTIES AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 1961 1962 County Representative Post Office ApplingW C Bill Parkerisl Baxley AtkinsonWaldo HendersonLakeland BaconH Dorsey DeenAlma BakerLjJ L Leckey BarnettElmodel BaldwinCulver KiddMilledgeville BaldwinPhilip M ChandlerMilledgeville BanksJ Grover SimmonsBaldwin BarrowJames W ParisWinder BartowsWm B GreeneCartersville BartowCharles V Crowe JrCartersville Ben HillABC Brad Dorminy JrFitzgerald BerrienW D KnightHNashville BibbRichard B Thornton165 First St Bldg Macon BibbJ Taylor Phillipsa563 Walnut St Macon BibbPhil Taylor914 Persons Bldg Macon BleckleyJ R Jim Mullisi Cochran BrantleyJ Robert SmithNahunta BrooksJohn E Sheffield Jrv Quitman Bryan Jack W ShumanPembroke BullochWiley B FordhamStatesboro Bulloch W Jones Lane Statesboro BurkeM King TuckerIWaynesboro BurkePreston B Lewis JrWaynesboro Butts Bailey WoodwardJackson CalhounW Harvey JordanLeary 150 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Representative Post Office Camden J Nolan Wells TCingsland Candler William L Bill Lanier Metter Carroll J Ebb Duncan Carrollton Carroll Hayne Waldrop Villa Rica Catoosa Toe T Clark Ringgold Charlton H Ben Rodgers Folkston Chatham Ralph L Crawford 356 Oxford Dr Savannah Chatham Grady Lee Dickey 312 E Oglethorpe Ave Savannah Chatham Arthur J Funk 7 Grimhall River Rd Savannah Chattahoochee Joe N King Cusseta Chattooga Tames H Floyd Trion Chattooga Joseph F Loggins Summerville Cherokee Carl T Barrett Holly Springs Clarke Julian IT Cox Athens Clarke Chappelle Matthews Athens Clay Albert S Killings worth Fort Gaines Clayton Edgar Blalock Jonesboro Clayton William J Bill Lee Forest Park Clinch Wallace L Ternigan Homerville Cobb E W Teague Rt 6 Allgood Rd Marietta Cohh Harold S Willingham 841 Church St Marietta Cobb Joe Mack Wilson 306 Northcutt St Marietta Coffee George J Williams Axson Coffee Henry R Milhollin Douglas Colquitt Dorsey R Matthews Moultrie Colauitt David L Newton Norman Park LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 151 County Re pr esentative Post Office Columbia 1 Glenn S Phillips Harlem Conic Wilson R Wilkes Adel Coweta Henry N Payton Newnan Coweta George W Potts Newnan Crawford John C Scarborough Jr Roberta Crisp Marvin Lester Summers Cordele Dade Maddox J Hale Trenton Dawson Henry Taylor Star Rte Gainesville Decatur G Harvey Dollar Bainbridge Decatur John L Taylor Attapulgus DeKalb James A Mackay Masonic Temple Bldg Decatur DeKalb Pierre Howard 209 Phelps Rldg Decatur DeKalb Guy W Rutland Jr 703 Clairmont Ave Decatur Dodge W S Stuckey Eastman Dooly Thomas I Sangster Vienna Dougherty Colquitt Hurst Odom Albany Dougherty George D Rusbee Albany Douglas Alpha A Fowler Jr Douglasville Early Leon H Baughman Cedar Springs Echols Louis T Raulerson Haylow Effingham B Frank Arnsdorff Springfield Elbert Dr J H Miller Elberton Emanuel Geo L Smith II Swain shorn Evans Ernest W Strickland Clavton Fannin A C Duncan Onpperhill Teqn Fayette A Hewlette Harrell Fayetteville Floyd Robert L Bob Scoggin Masonic Bldg Rome 152 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Representative Post Office Floyd J Battle Hallr FloydSidney Lowrey Forsyth Roy P Otwell Sr FranklinParker Purcell Fulton Wilson Brooks FultoniBM M Muggsy Smith Fulton8B Ralph McClelland GilmerP T McCutchen GlascockW G Todd Glynni William R Killian GlynnWinebert Dan Flexer II Gordon C L Moss2 GradyGeorge T Smith GreeneAllen P Roper GwinnettEarl P Story GwinnettHandsel Morganj HabershamRichard Russell Smith HallW M Bill Williams HalliicLsiRobert Bob Andrews HancockMarvin E Moate HaralsonThomas B Murphy HarrisWilliam Burton Steis HartM Parks Brown Heard Hershel W Parmer HenryEdward E McGarity HoustonR Herman Watson PO Box 1267 Rome Rome Cumming Carnesville 413 Grant Bldg Atlanta 650 Hurt Bldg Atlanta 1103 1st Nat Bank Bldg Atlanta Ellijay Gibson Brunswick Country Club Park Brunswick Calhoun Cairo Greensboro Lawrenceville Buford Clarkesville 630 Brenau Lane Gainesville Cleveland Rd Gainesville Sparta Bremen Hamilton Hartwell Rt 1 Roopville McDonough Warner Robins LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 153 County Representative Post Office Irwin Harry Mixon Ocilla Jackson Mac Rarher Commerce Jasper Roy R Kelly Monticello Jeff Davis James L Jimmy Conner Hazlehurst Jefferson J Roy McCracken Avera Jenkins Marion Merrill Johnson Sr Millen Johnson Emory T Rowland Wrightsville Jones Corbin C Roberts Gray Lamar Haygood Keadle Barnesville Lanier Warren S Moorman Lakeland Laurens D W Rill Knight Jr Dexter Laurens W Hersohel Lovett Dublin Lee H Goodwin Hall Leesburg Liberty Charles M Jones Hinesville Lincoln Ben B Ross Lincolnton Long Ryrom M Fitzgerald Ludowici Lowndes Ered H Walker Valdosta Lowndes Roger McCartney Budd Valdosta Lumpkin Fred C Jones Jr Dahlonega Macon J Paul Sinclair Montezuma Madison Harold A Hap Boggs Danielsville Marion E C Hamp Stevens Buena Vista McDuffie Leonard N Lokey Thomson McIntosh Daniel H White Darien Meriwether Render Hill Greenville Meriwether Jimmy D NeSmith Manchester Miller Buck Tabb Colquitt Mitchell Frank S Twitty Camilla Mitchell John Collins Pelham Monroe Harold G Clarke Forsyth Montgomery Joe C Underwood Mt Vernon Morgan Howard Tamplin Madison Murray Chas A Pannell Chatsworth 154 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Representative Post Office MuscogeeHarry DicusvEmpire Bldg Columbus MuscogeeMac PickardBox 1657 Columbus MuscogeeWilliam C Billy WickhamPO Box 5 Columbus NewtonW D Ballard 1 T Covington Oconeeu Hubert H Wells Watkins ville OglethorpeGeorge B BrooksCrawford Paulding James V RogersDallas PeachD Warner Wells Ft Valley PickensWill PooleJasper PierceW H Bill KimmonsBlackshear Pike Lamar E Dunn Williamson PolkJohn Harvey MooreCedartown PolkL E Adams JrJRockmart PulaskiR C Bob MasseeHawkinsville PutnamN D Horton JrEatonton QuitmanJoe J HurstGeorgetown Rabun Knox BynumClayton RandolphL ADelbert Dell BowenCuthbert RichmondWilliam M Fleming JrJohnson Bldg Augusta Richmond J B Fuqua1001 Reynolds St Augusta Richmond James M Hull Jr Sou Fin Bldg Augusta Rockdale Clarence R Vaughn JrConyers SchleyB E PelhamEllaville ScrevenH Walstein ParkerSylvania Seminole J 0 Brackin Iron City Spalding Arthur K Bolton Griffin Spalding Quimby Melton Jr Griffin Stephens J A Jim Andrews Toccoa LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 155 County Representative Post Office Stewart Sam S Singer Lumpkin Sumter Thad M Tones Plains Sumter Hiram K Undercofler Americus Talbot Brooks Culpepper Talbotton Taliaferro Wales T Flynt Crawfordville Tattnall H E Red Kirkland Glennville Taylor Ralph R Underwood Butler Telfair J Wimbric Walker McRae Terrell Steve M Cocke Dawson Thomas James W Jim Keyton Thomasville Thomas James W Bozeman Jr Meigs Tift Leonard Morris Tifton Tift W Frank Branch Tifton Toombs Ross P Bowen Lyons Towns B C Cloer Young Harris Treutlen J Wyman Fowler Snpertnn Troup Frank G Birdsong LaGrange Troup J Crawford Ware Hogan sville Turner Clyde S Young Rebecca Twiggs Homer L Chance Danville Union Bonnell Akins Rlairsville Upson Johnnie L Caldwell Th nma stem Upson Talmage B Echols Thomaston Walker Billy Shaw Abney LaFayette Walker Robert E Coker T jaFayette Walton John Lee Phillips Monroe Ware Thomas A Prker Waycross Ware 1 Ben A Hodges Waycrnss Warren Jack B Ray Norwood Washington Francis Joiner Tennille Wayne E C Gene Davis Jesup Webster J Lucius Black Preston Wheeler Mackie Simpson Glenwood 156 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Representative Post Office White T J McDonald Jr Cleveland Whitfield G J Jack Boyett Dalton Whitfield Virgil T Smith Dalton Wilcox Norman B Doster Rochelle Wilkes H H Barnett Washington Wilkinson Geo H Carswell Trwinton Worth David C Jones Sylvester LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 157 STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TERM 1961 1962 158 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL AGRICULTURE Lanier Chairman Fowler of Douglas ViceChairman Newton Secretary Adams Akins Arnsdorff Barnett of Baker Barnett of Wilkes Bowen of Toombs Brackin Brown Collins Conner Davis Deen Dollar Dorminy Doster Duncan of Fannin Dunn Fowler of Treutlen Hall of Lee Henderson Hurst COMMITTEE Johnson Jordan Knight of Laurens Lowrey Matthews of Colquitt McGarity Miller Mixon Morris Mulls Parmer Parker of Screven Parker of Ware Poole Raulerson Sheffield Strickland Tamplin Taylor of Decatur Waldrop Wells of Oconee Williams of Coffee Woodward Young SubCommittees of Agriculture Committee GENERAL AGRICULTURAL MATTERS COMMITTEE Matthews of Colquitt Knight of Laurens Secretary Chairman Barnett of Baker Hall of Lee ViceChairman Brackin MILK MILK CONTROL COMMITTEE Lowrey Chairman Dunn Raulerson ViceChairman Tamplin Parker of Screven Secretary Taylor of Decatur MARKETS MARKETING COMMITTEE Hurst Chairman Jordan Collins ViceChairman Newton Morris Secretary LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 159 AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY ENTOMOLOGY COMMITTEE Parker of Ware Chairman Fowler of Treutlen Conner ViceChairman Young Davis Secretary LIVESTOCK MATTERS COMMITTEE Dorminy Chairman Doster Arnsdorff ViceChairman Williams of Coffee Mullis Secretary POULTRY MATTERS COMMITTEE Fowler of Douglas Chairman Akins Secretary Wells of Oconee Brown ViceChairman Strickland APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Ray Chairman Smith of Grady ViceChairman Bowen of Randolph Secretary Andrews of Hall Barber Barrett Bowen of Toombs Boyett Branch Chandler Cloer Cox Fordham Fowler of Douglas Hill Hurst Jones of Sumter Kirkland Lane McClelland McCutchen Newton Odom Parmer Pelham Phillips of Columbia Scoggin Simpson Story Strickland Taylor of Decatur Todd Thornton Undercofler Underwood of Montgomery Walker of Lowndes Ware Willingham Wilkes 160 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL SubCommittees of Appropriations Committee DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE COMMITTEE Willingham Chairman Barrett McCutchen ViceChairman Hill Phillips of Columbia Secretary EDUCATION COMMITTEE Cox Chairman Taylor of Decatur Fordham ViceChairman Undercofler Cloer Secretary HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RELATED AGENCIES COMMITTEE Odom Chairman Pelham Todd ViceChairman Underwood of Parmer Secretary Montgomery HEALTH WELFARE RELATED AGENCIES COMMITTEE Andrews of Hall Chairman Chandler Simpson ViceChairman Jones of Sumter Boyett Secretary AGRICULTURE PARKS PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE Hurst Chairman Fowler of Douglas Branch ViceChairman Kirkland Newton Secretary LABOR DEFENSE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE Wilkes Chairman Scoggin Strickland ViceChairman Willingham Bowen of Toombs Secretary LAW LEGISLATIVE REGULATORY AGENCIES COMMITTEE McClelland Chairman Taylor of Decatur Thornton ViceChairman Walker of Lowndes Ware Secretary LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 161 AUDITING ENROLLING ENGROSSING JOURNALS COMMITTEE Black Chairman Jones of Sumter Brooks of Oglethorpe Morris ViceChairman Phillips of Walton Rowland Secretary Pickard Abney Potts Baughman Rodgers of Charlton Cocke Rogers of Paulding Coker Smith of Whitfield Fitzgerald Wells of Peach BANKS BANKING Fuqua Chairman Pelham ViceChairman Mackay Secretary Birdsong Brooks of Fulton Carswell Chance Echols Flexer COMMITTEE Hull Jones of Worth McClelland Melton Murphy NeSmith Otwell Tucker SubCommittees of Banks Banking Committee GENERAL BANKING COMMITTEE Otwell Chairman Carswell Chance ViceChairman NeSmith Tucker Secretary INDUSTRIAL LOANS Echols Chairman Mack ay ViceChairman Hull Secretary COMMITTEE Flexer Jones of Worth DEFENSE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Steis Chairman Carswell ViceChairman Summers Secretary Akins Andrews of Stephens Duncan of Fannin Dunn Floyd Fowler of Douglas Harrell Jones of Liberty Kidd Knight of Laurens Morris Smith of Whitfield Underwood of Taylor 162 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL SubCommittees of Defense Veterans Affairs Committee MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Carswell Chairman Kidd Harrell ViceChairman Knight of Laurens Jones of Liberty Secretary CIVIL DEFENSE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Smith of Whitfield Chairman Floyd Andrews of Stephens Summers V iceChairman Underwood of Taylor Secretary VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Fowler of Douglas Chairman Duncan of Fannin Dunn ViceChairman Morris Akins Secretary EDUCATION COMMITTEE Hall of Floyd Chairman Jernigan ViceChairman Story Secretary Barnett of Wilkes Busbee Cloer Collins Crowe Culpepper Davis Duncan of Carroll Dunn Fowler of Treutlen Funk Greene Jones of Lumpkin Keadle Keyton Lewis Lovett loMeTton Miller Moore Morgan Mulls Newton Pannell Parker of Appling Parker of Screven Purcell Scarborough Simmons Sinclair Smith of Brantley Smith of Habersham Summers Taylor of Bibb Taylor of Decatur Todd Waldrop Williams of Coffee Wilson LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 163 SubCommittees of Education Committee COMMON SCHOOLS COMMITTEE Pannell Chairman Moore Secretary Fowler of Treutlen Lovett ViceChairman Melton VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE Williams of Coffee Chairman Newton Lewis ViceChairman Purcell Culpepper Secretary SCHOOL BUILDINGS SUPPLIES COMMITTEE Parker of Appling Chairman Keadle Secretary Taylor of Decatur Mullis ViceChairman Taylor of Bibb TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Miller Chairman Cloer Davis ViceChairman Story Dunn Secretary AUTHORITIES RETIREMENT SYSTEM COMMITTEE Todd Chairman Busbee Simmons ViceChairman Summers Funk Secretary HIGHWAY COMMITTEE Ballard Chairman Tucker ViceChairman Loggins Secretary Abney Barnett of Baker Baughman Bowen of Randolph Bowen of Toombs Boyett Brown Bynum Clarke of Monroe Dollar Fitzgerald Fordham Funk Hodges Joiner Jones of Liberty Kelly Keyton McDonald Milhollin Mixon Moss Parmer 164 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Poole Purcell Simmons Simpson Taylor of Dawson Teague Watson Wickham SubCommittees of Highway Committee STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM COMMITTEE Milhollin Chairman Bowen of Randolph Keyton ViceChairman Bynum Brown Secretary INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM COMMITTEE Fordham Chairman Poole Moss ViceChairman Watson Abney Secretary HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES COMMITTEE Hodges Chairman Barnett of Baker Fitzgerald ViceChairman Boyett Mixon Secretary HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE SHOP FACILITIES COMMITTEE Baughman Chairman Kelly Joiner ViceChairman Simmons Dollar Secretary HYGIENE SANITATION COMMITTEE Barber Chairman Stuckey ViceChairman Conner Secretary Andrews of Hall Arnsdorff Barnett of Wilkes Barrett Black Chance Crowe Dorminy Fordham Henderson Lowrey McCutchen McDonald McGarity Miller Moate Roberts Roper Ross Smith of Habersham LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 165 Steis Williams of Coffee Strickland Wilson Underwood of Taylor Woodward Walker of Telfair SubCommittees of Hygiene Sanitation Committee GENERAL HEALTH COMMITTEE McGarity Chairman Black Henderson ViceChairman Ross Smith of Habersham Secretary PURE FOODS DRUGS COMMITTEE Lowrey Chairman Roberts McDonald ViceChairman Williams of Coffee Underwood of Taylor Secretary PROFESSIONS RELATING TO HYGIENE SANITATION COMMITTEE Andrews of Hall Chairman Barrett McCutchen ViceChairman Roper Strickland Secretary NURSING HOMES HOMES FOR AGED COMMITTEE Chance Chairman Barnett of Wilkes Woodward ViceChairman Steis Wilson Secretary INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Lovett Chairman Hill ViceChairman Lee Secretary Birdsong Bozeman Branch Brooks of Fulton Knight of Berrien Lane Lewis Loggins Lokey Paris Pickard Ray Rogers of Paulding Rowland Simmons Singer Twitty Ware 166 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL SubCommittees of Industrial Relations Committee WORKMENS COMPENSATION COMMITTEE Birdsong Chairman Lee Lokey ViceChairman Twitty Rogers of Paulding Secretary GENERAL LABOR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Branch Chairman Knight of Berrien Bozeman ViceChairman Singer Ware Secretary EMPLOYMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE Brooks of Fulton Chairman Lewis Paris ViceChairman Rowland Loggins Secretary INDUSTRY COMMITTEE Pickard Chairman Jones of Sumter ViceChairman Budd Secretary Akins Chandler Clark of Catoosa Crawford Culpepper Deen Fleming Flynt Hull Kirkland McCutchen Mulls Phillips of Columbia Simpson Sinclair Stevens Stuckey Vaughn Wells of Camden SubCommittees of Industry Committee INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Budd Chairman Phillips of Columbia Fleming ViceChairman Stevens Kirkland Secretary TOURIST RELATIONS COMMITTEE Chandler Chairman Akins Flynt ViceChairman Crawford Clark of Catoosa Secretary LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 167 INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION COORDINATION COMMITTEE Jones of Sumter Chairman Deen Sinclair ViceChairman Wells of Camden Simpson Secretary INSURANCE COMMITTEE Rutland Chairman Jones of Worth ViceChairman Wilkes Secretary Bowen of Randolph Boyett Budd Clarke of Monroe Cloer Dicus Echols Kimmons Lanier McCracken Ross Smith of Fulton Waldrop Ware SubCommittees of Insurance Committee HEALTH LIFE ACCIDENT COMMITTEE Wilkes Chairman Clarke of Monroe Secretary Smith of Fulton Boyett ViceChairman McCracken FIRE CASUALTY ALLIED LINES COMMITTEE Jones of Worth Chairman Lanier Kimmons ViceChairman Ware Echols Secretary SURETY TITLE COMMITTEE Ross Chairman Bowen of Randolph Ware ViceChairman Dicus Waldrop Secretary INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMITTEE Phillips of Columbia Chairman McCracken Tamplin ViceChairman Twitty Ray Secretary 168 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Busbee Chairman Hale ViceChairman Boggs Secretary Andrews of Hall Brooks of Fulton Bynum Caldwell Coker Crawford Howard Hull Jones of Liberty Killian Lewis Loggins Matthews of Colquitt McClelland Scoggin Smith of Grady Taylor of Bibb Thornton Wells of Peach White SubCommittees of Judiciary Committee GENERAL LAW PROCEDURE COMMITTEE Brooks of Fulton Chairman Boggs Bynum ViceChairman Smith of Grady Jones of Liberty Secretary TRUSTS ESTATES COMMITTEE McClelland Chairman Killian Crawford ViceChairman Scoggin Hull Secretary LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE White Chairman Hale Howard ViceChairman Matthews of Colquitt Taylor of Bibb Secretary PARDONS PAROLES COMMITTEE Wells of Peach Chairman Lewis Secretary Andrews of Hall Caldwell ViceChairman Loggins LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Underwood of Montgomery Chairman Killian ViceChairman Parker of Screven Secretary Davis Funk Hall of Floyd J ernigan LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 169 Kimmons Tabb Sangster Tamplin Shuman MOTOR VEHICLES COMMITTEE Caldwell Chairman Moorman ViceChairman Williams of Hall Secretary Blalock Budd Clark of Catoosa Doster Harrell Horton Johnson Jones of Lumpkin Keadle Kidd Matthews of Clarke McCracken McDonald Phillips of Bibb Poole Roper Rutland Shuman Smith of Fulton Taylor of Dawson Teague Twitty SubCommittees of Motor Vehicles Committee TRAFFIC SAFETY CONTROL COMMITTEE Smith of Fulton Chairman Blalock Horton ViceChairman Budd Keadle Secretary TITLE LICENSE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Jones of Lumpkin Chairman Moorman Harrell ViceChairman Shuman McDonald Secretary MOTOR CARRIERS COMMITTEE Rutland Chairman Matthews of Clarke Johnson ViceChairman Twitty Teague Secretary NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Barrett Chairman Stevens ViceChairman Parker of Ware Secretary Andrews of Stephens Arnsdorff Barnett of Baker 170 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Boggs King Brackin Knight of Berrien Brown Massee Bynum Milhollin Caldwell Moore Cocke NeSmith Culpepper Parker of Appling Deen Raulerson Dorminy Rodgers of Charlton Doster Rogers of Paulding Fitzgerald Shuman Floyd Smith of Brantley Greene Taylor of Dawson Henderson Teague Horton Todd Johnson Watson Joiner Wells of Camden Keadle Wells of Oconee Kelly White Killian Williams of Hall Kimmons Woodward SubCommittees of Natural Resources Committee GAME FISH COMMITTEE Killian Chairman Johnson White ViceChairman Shuman Cocke Secretary Wells of Camden GAS OIL COMMITTEE NeSmith Chairman Parker of Ware Doster ViceChairman Williams of Hall Deen Secretary GEOLOGY MINES MINERALS COMMITTEE Boggs Chairman Bynum Joiner ViceChairman Moore Knight of Berrien Secretary WATER SUPPLY King Chairman Taylor of Dawson ViceChairman RIPARIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE Arnsdorff Secretary Barnett of Baker Rodgers of Charlton LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 171 FORESTRY SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Kimmons Chairman Fitzgerald Secretary Wells of Oconee Kelly ViceChairman Todd RULES COMMITTEE Mr Speaker Chairman Twitty ViceChairman Undercofler Secretary Cox Hale Hall of Floyd Hill Hodges Jernigan King Knight of Laurens Lanier Lokey Massee Phillips of Columbia Smith of Grady Tamplin Tucker Underwood of Montgomery Wickham SubCommittees of Rules Committee RULE CHANGES COMMITTEE Smith of Grady Chairman Hall of Floyd Hale ViceChairman Tamplin Massee Secretary PRIVILEGE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE Jernigan Chairman Undercofler Tucker ViceChairman Underwood of Wickham Secretary Montgomery SPECIAL JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Bolton Chairman Greene Willingham ViceChairman Mackay Phillips of Bibb Secretary Mixon Carswell Murphy Clarke of Monroe Payton Dickey Scarborough Fleming Steis Flexer Vaughn 172 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL SubCommittees of Special Judiciary Committee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS COMMITTEE Vaughn Chairman Carswell Scarborough ViceChairman Payton Greene Secretary CODE REVISION COMMITTEE Fleming Chairman Mixon Flexer ViceChairman Steis Murphy Secretary STATE INSTITUTIONS PROPERTY COMMITTEE Cox Chairman Morgan Payton ViceChairman Murphy Walker of Telfair Secretary Odom Adams Pannell Bolton Paris Brooks of Oglethorpe Pelham Chandler Phillips of Walton Cocke Potts Coker Purcell Duncan of Fannin Roberts Echols Roper Flexer Rowland Flynt Sinclair Hall of Lee Singer Hodges Smith of Habersham Howard Story Jordan Thornton Killingsworth Walker of Lowndes Kirkland Wells of Peach Lee Wickham Lowrey Wilson Moate Young SubCommittees of State Institutions Property Committee PENAL INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE Morgan Chairman Jordan Odom ViceChairman Kirkland Secretary Murphy Pannell LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 173 ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE Bolton Chairman Echols Rowland ViceChairman Hodges Roberts Secretary STATE INCOME PRODUCING PROPERTIES COMMITTEE Roper Chairnian Coker Young ViceChairman Lowrey Adams Secretary RECREATIONAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE Brooks of Oglethorpe Flynt Secretary Chairman Duncan Singer ViceChairman Moate STATE PORTS COMMITTEE Paris Chairman Pelham Purcell ViceChairman Wickham Flexer Secretary STATE OF REPUBLIC COMMITTEE McCracken Chairman Pannell ViceChairman Bozeman Secretary Ballard Blalock Bolton Busbee Clark of Catoosa Conner Duncan of Carroll Fleming Harrell Keyton Killingsworth Lee Moorman Morgan NeSmith Otwell Ray Rodgers of Charlton Sangster Scoggin Singer Stuckey Summers Tabb Taylor of Bibb Vaughn Walker of Telfair Wells of Camden Williams of Hall 174 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE Dicus Chairman Hurst ViceChairman Phillips of Walton Secretary King Knight of Berrien McGarity Potts Raulerson Underwood of Taylor Baughman Brackin Dickey Killingsworth SubCommittees of Temperance Committee MALT BEVERAGES COMMITTEE Potts Secretary LIQUOR CONTROL COMMITTEE Phillips of Walton Chairman King Dickey ViceChairman McGarity Knight of Berrien Secretary DOMESTIC FOREIGN WINES COMMITTEE Killingsworth Chairman King Brackin ViceChairman Phillips of Walton Underwood of Taylor Secretary UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA COMMITTEE Matthews of Clarke Chairman Fuqua Raulerson Chairman Baughman ViceChairman Hurst King Melton ViceChairman Ross Secretary Abney Andrews of Stephens Ballard Barber Boggs Bozeman Branch Brooks of Oglethorpe Dickey Floyd Moss Odom Paris Mackay Massee Milhollin Moore Moorman Kelly Kidd Lane Lokey LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 175 Phillips of Bibb Sheffield Sangster Smith of Brantley Smith of Whitfield Undercofler Walker of Lowndes Wells of Oconee Wilkes Willingham SubCommittee of University System of Georgia Committee LONG RANGE PROGRAM COMMITTEE Barber Chairman Lokey Secretary Smith of Brantley Boggs ViceChairman Lane WAYS MEANS COMMITTEE Blalock Chairman Parker of Appling ViceChairman Jordan Secretary Birdsong Black Chance Collins Crawford Dicus Flynt Fowler of Treutlen Hale Horton Jones of Lumpkin Jones of Worth Lovett Matthews of Clarke Moate Moss Otwell Parker of Ware Payton Rutland Scarborough Tabb SubCommittees of Ways Means Committee GENERAL MATTERS COMMITTEE Rutland Chairman Dicus Moss ViceChairman Lovett Scarborough Secretary INCOME ESTATE TAXES COMMITTEE Jones of Lumpkin Chairman Black Horton ViceChairman Jordan Crawford Secretary 176 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL REAL INTANGIBLE TAX COMMITTEE Hale Chairman Birdsong ViceChairman Matthews of Clarke Parker of Ware Secretary SALES USE TAX COMMITTEE Fowler of Treutlen Chairman Flynt Otwell ViceChairman Moate Tabb Secretary TAX REVISION COMMITTEE Jones of Worth Chairman Collins Chance ViceChairman Dicus Payton Secretary WELFARE COMMITTEE Duncan of Carroll Chairman Hall of Lee Smith of Fulton Howard ViceChairman Joiner Matthews of Colquitt Roberts Secretary Sheffield Adams Stevens Crowe W atson Dollar White Fuqua Young SubCommittees of Welfare Committee JUVENILE MATTERS COMMITTEE Hall of Lee Chairman Matthews of Colquitt Young ViceChairman White Adams Secretary BENEFITS AID COMMITTEE Watson Chairman Smith of Fulton Dollar ViceChairman Stevens Crowe Secretary ELEEMOSYNARY MATTERS COMMITTEE Joiner Chairman Roberts Secretary Sheffield ViceChairman Fuqua LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 179 ORGANIZATION Rule 1 The legislative power of the State shall be vested in a General Assembly which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives Ga Const art Ill sec I par I Rule 2 The Senate and House of Representatives shall be organized by the secretary or clerk thereof who shall be exofficio presiding officer until such officer is elected No question except one relating to the organization shall be entertained by such officer and in deciding such question he shall be governed as far as practicable by the standing rules of the House over which he presides In the absence of such officer his assistant may officiate In the absence of both the body may appoint a chairman whose powers and duties shall be the same as those of the secretary or clerk Ga Code Ann sec 47104 Rule 3 The presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall be styled the Speaker of the House of Representatives and shall be elected viva voce from the body Ga Const art Ill sec VI par II Rule 4 The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall be elected by their respective bodies viva voce and a majority of votes shall be necessary to a choice In like manner the Senate shall elect a president pro tern and the House a speaker pro tern whose powers and duties while presiding or in the absence of the permanent officers shall be the same Ga Code Ann sec 47106 Legislative power and bodies Organization by Clerk or assistant or chairman Election of Speaker Speaker pro tem election and powers 180 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Officers and assistants Seats Oath of members Commission Prior service Rule 5 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VIII par I Rule 6 The Speaker shall assign seats to members provided that members who were members of the House during the last regular session of the House shall be allowed to sit in the seats which they held during such last regular session Rule 7 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 Ga Const art Ill sec IV par V Rule 8 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to prepare and furnish to each member of the General Assembly after such member has taken his oath of office a commission under the signature of the Secretary of State containing the great seal of the State showing that such member was a duly elected member of the General Assembly of Georgia and showing any prior serving in either House of the General Assembly The provisions of this section shall apply to the I members of the General Assembly who were elected for the 1951 session thereof and who have taken the oath of office as well as to all such LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 181 members of the General Assembly who are elected and take the oath of office for future sessions of the General Assembly Ga Code Anno sec 47118 Rule 9 The oaths of office prescribed by Const Art Ill Sec IV Par V 21605 may be administered to the members of the General Assembly by any Justice of the Supreme Court Judge of the Court of Appeals or judge of the superior courts to be procured by the person organizing each branch Ga Code Anno sec 47105 Rule 10 There shall be a secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives elected by the members of each House respectively viva voce and a majority of votes cast is necessary to elect Their terms of office shall be the time for which the members of the General Assembly are elected Ga Code Anno sec 47201 Rule 11 Said officers their assistants and engrossing and enrolling clerks before entering on the discharge of their duties shall take an oath before the respective presiding officers of the two Houses to discharge their duties faithnd khe best of their skill and knowledge of which a minute shall be made and entered on the journals Ga Code Anno sec 47202 Rule 12 The Clerk of the House shall take JP1 fr the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office to the best of his knowl Judges to administer oath Clerks election and term Oaths of Clerk and assistants J ournal entry 182 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Term of Clerk edge and abilities and shall be deemed to continue in office until another is elected Oaths of subordinate officers Rule 13 The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall administer the oaths required to the subordinate officers of their respective Houses Ga Code Anno sec 47203 Bond of Clerk Rule 14 Immediately after their election said secretary and clerk shall each give bond and security in the sum of 5000 payable to the Governor and his successors in office and conditioned for the faithful discharge of their respective duties said bonds to be approved by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House respectively Ga Code Anno sec 47204 Clerks pay Rule 15 The secretary of the Senate shall be paid per day for each session 6000 The clerk of the House of Representatives shall be paid per day for each session 7000 The fees of said officers shall be For every extract of a private nature per copy sheet 15 For certifying an extract of a private nature i 50 For certifying an Act for the benefit of an individual corporation or society 300 Ga Code Anno sec 47210 Clerks care of books Rule 16 The Clerk shall take special care of the books provided for the use of the House LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 183 Rule 17 Said secretary and clerk shall each select and appoint such assistants as may be necessary for the performance of the clerical work of their respective Houses including clerks for such standing or special committees as may be allowed a clerk by order of their respective Houses the compensation of their said assistants shall be fixed by said secretary and clerk respectively and be paid out of the amounts allowed said secretary and clerk respectively in section 47210 Provided however that if either House shall for any purpose employ a stenographic reporter the cost of such reporter shall not be considered a part of the clerical expenses of such House but shall be provided for by a special appropriation Ga Code Anno sec 47208 Rule 18 No journalizing recording enrolling or engrossing clerk shall be appointed by the secretary of the Senate or clerk of the House of Representatives until such clerk has been examined by the enrolling committee and certified to his respective House to be competent and well qualified to the discharge of the duties required of him and such clerk shall be removed at any time upon the recommendation of the enrolling committee of the House in which he is employed Ga Code Anno sec 47209 Rule 19 Each House is entitled to a doorkeeper and messenger to perform such duties as may be required of them who shall be elected as provided for the election of clerk of the House of Representatives and secretary of the Senate and who shall receive the same pay as the members of the General Assembly Ga Code Anno sec 47301 Clerks assistants appointment and pay Stenographic reporter Approval of assistant clerks by enrolling committee Doorkeeper and Messenger election and pay 184 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL No employee substitution Rule 20 No doorkeeper or other employee of the House of Representatives or Senate shall sublet his employment or contract in any way nor shall the person having the appointment of any of said employees consent to any substitution of any other person for any of said employees Ga Code Anno sec 47302 Filling vacancies Rule 21 Whenever for any reason the person appointed to any of said positions cannot personally discharge the duties of the same said office shall become vacant and it shall be the duty of the person in whom is vested the appointing power to appoint another person for such time as the original employee cannot discharge his duties and the compensation shall from the date of such new appointment be paid to the new employee for the time he shall serve Ga Code Anno sec 47303 No pay when employee substitution Rule 22 Whenever the provisions of this Chapter shall be violated and any person shall be substituted for another in violation of the same neither the person so substituted nor the person for whom he is substituted shall receive any compensation out of the State treasury and it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer whenever any change shall be made in any of the persons filling any of said positions to ascertain that the change was made according to the provisions of this Chapter before paying any money to the new officer or employee Ga Code Anno sec 473051 Duties of Messenger Rule 23 It shall be the duty of the Messenger to attend to the wants of the House while in session to aid in the enforcement of order under the direction of the Speaker and to execute the LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 185 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 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 24 Each member of the House shall be allowed a maximum of five Page Days during each annual session One Page Day shall be deemed to be utilized by the service of one Page Said five Page Days may be utilized on one legislative day or on separate legislative days in the discretion of the member No one shall be eligible to serve as a Page who is not at least twelve years of age A member must make a reservation for each Page at least one week prior to the date on which he wishes such Page to serve Rule 25 No person shall be entitled to enter upon the floor of the House except 1 members and officers thereof 2 members and officers of the Senate 3 the Governor of the State 4 staff members of the Office of Legislative Counsel 5 members of the press telegraph and press associations radio and television stations and news reel photographers who bear proper credentials and 6 such others as the House may allow upon recommendation of the Committee on Rules Identification cards signed by the Speaker and attested by the Clerk shall be issued to all persons entitled to privileges of the floor under this rule The Doorkeeper of the House is specifically charged with the duty of enforcing this rule Distribution of papers Pages Privilege of floor Identification Doorkeepers duty 186 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Refusal by Speaker The right is automatically reserved to the Speaker to refuse the issuance of or to revoke cards requested or issued to nonmembers of the House and Senate and thereby prohibit admittance Wives and children Wives and children of the members of the House may be admitted on the floor of the House provided they shall not be seated at the desk of any member No lobbyists No person shall be admitted on the floor of the House who is engaged in lobbying or who is attempting to influence legislation Vote SPEAKERS POWERS AND DUTIES Rule 26 In all cases of election by the House the Speaker shall vote In other cases he shall not vote unless the House shall be equally divided or unless his vote if given to the minority will make the division equal and in case of such equal division the question shall be lost 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 Priority of business Rule 27 All questions as to the priority of business to be acted on shall be decided by the Speaker without debate Recognition Rule 28 When two or more members shall rise at the same time the Speaker shall name the person entitled to proceed LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 187 Rule 29 The Speaker shall in his discretion suspend irrelevant debate and command silence whenever he may deem it necessary Rule 30 The Speaker may at any time order the roll called on any question and take the vote by yeas and nays unless otherwise ordered by the House Rule 31 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 32 Whenever from any cause the Speaker shall be absent the Speaker pro tempore shall preside If both shall be absent the Clerk of the House shall call the House to order and shall preside until the election of a Speaker pro tempore 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 33 All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker unless otherwise ordered by the House The Speaker may create in his discretion within any standing committee a subcommittee or subcommittees and constitute the membership thereof Nothing herein contained shall be construed to limit the authority of the standing committees or the officers thereof Rule 34 The Speaker shall have power to cause the galleries and lobbies of the House cleared by the Messenger and Doorkeepers in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct therein and to cause any person or persons so offending to be arrested and brought before the bar of the House to be dealt with for contempt of the House Silence and irrelevant debate Yeas and nays Substitute Succession Appointment of committees and subcommittees Clearing galleries and lobbies when disorder 188 Suspension of Messenger and Doorkeepers Appointment of special clerk for enrolling committee LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 35 The Speaker shall have power to suspend the Messenger and Doorkeepers for misconduct or neglect of duty He shall report any such suspension to the House within twentyfour hours thereafter for such action as the House may see fit to take Rule 36 The Speaker is authorized to employ some person well skilled in legislative draughtsmanship as special clerk for the Committee on Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing Journals 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 GENERAL BUSINESS AND ORDER OF BUSINESS Rule 37 The following shall be the order of business 1 Scripture reading and prayer by Chaplain 2 Call of the Roll 3 Report of the Committee on the Journal 4 Reading of the Journal 5 Confirmation of the Journal 6 Unanimous consents 7 Motions to reconsider 8 Introduction of bills and resolutions 9 First and second readings and reference of House bills and resolutions LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 10 Report of standing committees 11 Reading of bills and resolutions favorably reported 12 Third reading and passage of uncontested local bills and resolutions 13 First and second readings 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 General bills and resolutions otherwise in order for consideration on Friday or Saturday shall stand over until the following Monday Rule 38 It shall be the duty of the Committee on Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing 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 The reports of the Committee on Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing Journals may be made at any time Rule 39 The Committee on Rules during the last twentyone days of each session shall arrange and fix the calendar for each days business Such calendar shall be a standing and con Special orders Enrolling Committee to report Journal Calendar of Rules Committee last 21 dayi LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 190 Change by House Reading and motion to change No debate Special orders to Rules Committee Suspension or change of rules or order of business debate tinuing special order during said period No matter shall be taken up or acted on otherwise than in the order fixed by such calendar except by a threefourths vote of those voting provided such threefourths constitutes a majority of the members elected to the House During the period of operation under this rule the calendar or order of business fixed by the Committee on Rules shall be read by the Clerk immediately after the confirmation of the Journal at each morning session and immediately after the rollcall at each afternoon session 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 if no such motions are made the House shall proceed to business under the calendar so fixed after which no such motion shall be made during that session No motion to amend the report of the Committee on Rules shall be debatable during the period of operation under this Rule Rule 40 Every motion to make special orders shall be submitted in writing to the Committee on Rules and reported upon by the Committee before being submitted to the House Rule 41 Any motion to suspend or change the rules or change the order of business shall be decided without debate Provided 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 191 on Rules during the last twentyone days of the session Rule 42 The Rules of this House known as Constitutional rules shall in no case be suspended all other rules shall in no case be suspended or changed and the order of business shall not be changed except by a vote of twothirds of the members voting Provided 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 43 The rollcall at the opening of each session of the House shall not be dispensed with except by a vote of a majority of the members voting or by unanimous consent The motion to dispense with the rollcall shall be decided without debate The electric rollcall system may be used to call the roll by the members using the aye switch to signify their presence Rule 44 The reading of the Journal shall not be dispensed with except by a vote of a majority of the members voting or by unanimous consent The motion to dispense with the reading of the Journal shall be decided without debate Rule 45 The several standing committees of the House shall have leave to report by bill or otherwise The report of the Committee on Rules is in order at any time when the House is not actually engaged in other business Rule 46 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 No debate on Buies Committees report Suspension or change of rules or order of business Dispensing with rollcall Dispensing with reading of Journal Committee reports Messages 192 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Questions of privilege Motions for information First meeting be respectfully communicated to the Chair by the person through whom it may be sent Messages may be received at any time while the door is open except while a question is being put or a ballot or a viva voce vote is being taken A message shall be presented to the 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 47 Questions of privilege shall be first those affecting the rights of the House collectively its safety dignity and the integrity of its proceedings second the rights reputation and conduct of members individually in their representative capacity only Questions of privilege shall have precedence over all other questions except a motion to adjourn Provided that when any matter is pending before the House no question of personal privilege shall be acted on until the pending question shall be disposed of Rule 48 Every motion for information from the Executive Department or any other Department of the State Government shall lie on the table one day On the following day such motion shall be deemed privileged and shall be in order for immediate consideration at the request of the author or any other member of the House Rule 49 The meetings of the General Assembly shall be held as prescribed in Art Ill Sec IV Par Ill of the State Constitution 21503 The hour of meeting shall be 10 oclock AM and the place at the State Capitol first meeting Ga Code Anno sec 47103 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 193 Rule 50 The House shall convene at 10 AM Sundays excepted unless otherwise ordered by the House The hour of adjournment shall be fixed by a majority of said House on motion without debate Rule 51 Each House may punish by imprisonment not extending beyond the session any person not a member who shall be guilty of a contempt by any disorderly behavior in its presence or who shall rescue or attempt to rescue any person arrested by order of either House Ga Const art Ill sec VII par II Rule 52 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 53 For the purpose of making up the budget the Director of the Budget shall have the power and it shall be his duty to require from the proper State officials including herein all executive and administrative officers bureaus boards commissions and agencies expending or supervising the expenditure of and all institutions applying for State moneys and appropriations such itemized estimates and other information in such form and manner and at such times as said Director shall direct The estimates for the Legislative Department certified by the presiding officer of each House and of the Judiciary as certified by the State Auditor shall be transmitted to the Director in such form and manner and at such time as he shall direct and shall be included in the budget The Director may provide for public hearings on all estimates and Time of meetings Contempt by nonmembers Reference to petition in Journal Budget for House 194 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL may require the attendance at such hearings of representatives of all departments agencies boards commissions or institutions applying for State moneys and appropriations After such public hearings and after examination of the estimates submitted the Director may in his discretion revise all estimates except those for the Legislative and Judicial Departments The Governorelect may advise and confer with the Director in the preparation and revision of the estimates and for this purpose he shall have access to all estimates and requests submitted by the departments agencies commissions and institutions in compliance with the instructions of the Director Ga Code Anno sec 40402 Receipt for papers Rule 54 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 Reading of paper Rule 55 When the reading of any paper is called for and the reading is objected to by any member whether the paper shall be read shall be determined by a vote of the House without debate To transact business QUORUM AND ABSENTEES Rule 56 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 Ga Const art Ill sec IV par IV LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 195 Rule 57 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 Rule 58 Whenever the result of a vote taken shall disclose the fact that no quorum of the House is present or when the Speaker shall officially state the fact to the House it shall be in order for any member to make a motion for a call of the House When such motion is made the Speaker shall state the question as follows Shall the motion for the call of the House prevail and if fifteen of the members present shall vote in the affirmative the Speaker shall order the Clerk to call the roll of members and the absentees shall be noted The doors shall then be closed after which the names of the absentees shall again be called Those who do not appear and who are absent without leave may by order of the majority of the members present be sent for and arrested wherever they may be found by the officers to be appointed by the Messenger for that purpose and their attendance secured and the House shall determine upon what conditions they shall be discharged Rule 59 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 Compelling attendance Messenger to arrest Motion to determine attendances Arrest and discharge Clerk to list absentees for Journal LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 196 absentees from each days proceedings which list shall be entered upon the Journal The list shall show which of said absentees are absent without leave which are absent with leave which are absent for providential causes and which are absent for business reasons Said separate list shall be read in the House with the Journal upon which the same is entered DEBATE AND DECORUM Request for recognition from seat Limits on debate One hour Limit or extension Order against transgression of rules Appeal Rule 60 When any member is about to speak in debate or deliver any matter to the House he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address himself to Mr Speaker No member shall be recognized by the Speaker unless said member is at his designated seat The member shall be confined to matter in debate and shall not speak more than twice on any subject or more than once until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken No member of the House shall occupy the floor longer than one 1 hour in debating any question unless otherwise ordered by the House Any motion to limit or extend the time of individual speeches shall be decided without debate No such motion shall prevail unless it shall receive the affirmative votes of twothirds of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum Such motion may be made at any time that the movant thereof may legitimately obtain the floor If any member in speaking or otherwise transgresses the rules of the House the Speaker shall call him to order in which case the said member shall immediately sit down unless permitted to explain The House shall if appealed to decide whether to confirm the Speakers action If the LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 197 transgressor refuses to submit to the decision of the House for the first offense he shall be reproved for the second he shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten dollars and if he continues refractory he 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 61 Each House shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its members and shall have power to punish them for disorderly behavior or misconduct by censure fine imprisonment or expulsion but no member shall be expelled except by a vote of twothirds of the House to which he belongs Ga Const art Ill sec VII par I Rule 62 If any member shall be called to order for words spoken the words excepted to shall be taken down in writing by the Clerk and read The words excepted to shall then be admitted denied or explained by the member who spoke them Thereupon the question of order shall be decided and such other proceedings had 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 question have been disposed of or until such future 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 before the exception to the words is taken Rule 63 No member shall address the House except as heretofore stated in case of appeals Penalties Power of House over membership Censure for debate Duties of Clerk and member Time limits Address through Speaker 198 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Right to continue or interrogate a member who is speaking except through the Speaker Should the member speaking decline to be interrupted the Speaker shall cause the member desiring to interrogate to be silent Reference to conversations etc Rule 64 No member shall refer in debate to any private conversation had with another member or to any matters which took place in any committee or in the Senate Reference to members Rule 65 The members shall in speaking avoid calling other members by name when they may have occasion to take notice of their observations but may designate them by their position on the floor or the county they represent Freedom from arrest Rule 66 The members of both Houses shall be free from arrest during their attendance on Freedom of debate 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par Ill Silence during debate Rule 67 The members of the House shall refrain from private conversation and preserve silence until a speaking member has taken his seat Limits on movement Rule 68 No member shall pass between the Chair and a member while he is speaking At the time of adjournment no member shall leave his seat until the Speaker retires No conversation over bar Rule 69 No member shall converse with anyone over the bar of the House LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 199 Rule 70 No member in an intoxicated condition shall be permitted to enter upon the floor of the House The Messenger and the Doorkeepers of the House are specially charged with the rigid enforcement of this rule Rule 71 Applause or hisses in the Representative chamber or in the galleries or lobby during any speech or legislative proceedings shall be promptly suppressed PROTEST AND APPEAL Rule 72 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 AyeThose opposed will say No The decision of the House in sustaining or overruling the Speaker shall be final Rule 73 All appeals from the decision of the Chair shall be made immediately and no appeal shall be in order after other business has intervened from the time of the alleged error of the Chair and before said appeal is sought Rule 74 On all appeals on questions of order of a personal character there shall be no debate Rule 75 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 No inebriates No applause or hisses Method Speakers question Decision of House Time limits Debate limits Addressing 200 Written protest Entry on Journal Motions allowed during debate Precedence Possession and withdrawal LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 76 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 It shall not be argumentative it shall not arraign or impugn the motive of the House or of any member thereof Such protest shall be entered by the Clerk upon the Journal of the House MOTIONS Rule 77 When any subject is before the House for consideration or under debate no motion shall be received except the following towit 1st A 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 indefinitely postpone 6th A motion to postpone to a day certain 7th A motion to commit 8th A motion to amend 9th A motion to print Said motions shall have precedence in the order named Rule 78 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 by unanimous consent be withdrawn at any time before the decision Rule 79 A motion made by any member need not be seconded No second LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 201 Rule 80 No member may make more than one motion at a time While the motion is being put to the House he must resume his seat and he is not further entitled to the floor again unless recognized again by the Speaker Rule 81 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 ADJOURNMENT Rule 82 The motion to adjourn may be made at any time when the movant can legitimately obtain the floor Rule 83 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 the Speaker has unlocked the rollcall system for voting or after a division of the House has been had on a vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced 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 Rule 84 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 House A motion to adjourn in its simple form shall not be amended One at a time No cut off of debate without relinquishing floor When motion in order Debate Renewal Amendment 202 If to particular time Effect Complete yeas and nays Three day and place limit Disagreement Convening Adjournment of regular session LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 85 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 and is amendable as to the day or time proposed Rule 86 When a motion to adjourn in its simple form prevails it adjourns the House to the next sitting day or time in course Rule 87 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 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 Rule 88 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXII Rule 89 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 203 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 of the same General Assembly 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 threefifths of the members elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives as provided in Article V Section I Paragraph XII of this Constitution If an empeachment trial is pending at the end of any regular or extraordinary session the Senate may continue in session until such trial is completed Ga Const art Ill sec IV par III TABLING Rule 90 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 that the main question shall be now put no motion to lay on the table is in order Rule 91 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 or the Speaker has unlocked the rollcall system for voting 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 Term of session Pending business Extraordinary session Delay for impeachment Not after order for main question Delay until rollcall 204 Effect of tabling after rollcall Limits on subject matter Not debatable or amendable Renewal Effect Taking up Calendar LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 92 Nothing may be legitimately laid on the table excepting what may be taken up again Rule 93 No motion to lay an amendment on the table shall be in order Rule 94 Neither the motion to lay on the table nor the motion to take from the table is debatable or amendable Rule 95 A motion to lay on the table or to take from the table may be renewed from time to time when new business has intervened between the votes Rule 96 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 When a proposition is taken from the table it stands before the House in the exact form with all the motions pertaining to it just as it stood at the time the motion to lay on the table prevailed Rule 97 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 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 205 INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT Rule 98 While the motion to indefinitely postpone takes precedence over a motion to postpone to a day certain or to commit or to amend yet this motion cannot be applied to said motions nor can it be applied to incidental questions such as questions of order reading of papers withdrawal of a motion and suspension of a rule Rule 99 The motion to indefinitely postpone lays open the whole question for debate but the motion cannot be amended Rule 100 No motion to indefinitely postpone shall be renewed on any bill resolution or other measure after the same has been voted down Rule 101 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 those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum thereby disposes of said bill resolution or other measure for the session POSTPONEMENT Rule 102 A motion to postpone to a day certain cannot be applied to subordinate or incidental questions but only to the whole measure When the motion prevails it carries forward the whole proposition and its appendages to the day named Rule 103 On a motion to postpone a question to a day certain it is not in order to debate the Limits on subject matter Debate and amendment No renewal Disposal on final reading Limits on subject matter Effect Debate 206 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL merits of the question 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 Amendment Rule 104 The 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 any such amendment as he would those to fill a blank Possible indefinite postponement Rule 105 If a day designated is known to be beyond the limits of the session the Speaker shall treat the motion as one to indefinitely postpone the subject Renewal Rule 106 If the motion to postpone a bill a resolution or other measure is decided in the negative the question is left before the House as it was before the motion was made and a second motion to postpone cannot be made on the same day or at the same stage of the proceeding Effect Rule 107 The motion to postpone a bill resolution or other measure to a day certain when decided in the affirmative by a majority of those voting providing the total vote constitutes a quorum removes the subject from before the House until the time designated To types of committees COMMITMENT Rule 108 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 207 Rule 109 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 Rule 110 On a motion simply to commit no debate shall be allowed but where instructions are added the merits of the question may be debated Rule 111 A motion to commit may be amended by adding instructions or by substituting another committee for the one named by the member making the motion Rule 112 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 those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum RECONSIDERATION Rule 113 Motions for reconsideration shall be in order immediately after the order of unanimous consent on the day succeeding the action sought to be reconsidered except that any matter which could not be reconsidered on the succeeding day shall be in order for reconsideration on the day of said action Provided that the movant must have given notice of intention to so move before the end of the preceding legislative day during which the Precedence of committees Debate if instructions Amendment Recom mitment Time for motion Notice required time 208 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Withdrawal of notice action sought to be reconsidered took place The notice of a motion to reconsider shall not he withdrawn after the time has elapsed within which it might originally have been made Of action on amendment time limits Provided further that the action of the House on Senate amendments shall be in order for reconsideration immediately and not otherwise The action of the House upon a House amendment may be reconsidered at any time before final action upon the section bill or resolution to which the amendment relates One reconsideration Rule 114 No matter shall be reconsidered more than once Calendar Rule 115 All bills reconsidered shall take their place at the foot of the calendar of bills then in order for a third reading Unanimous consent limits ENACTMENT Rule 116 The Speaker shall not recognize any member at any time except during the first thirty minutes after the confirmation of the Journal or after the reading of the Journal has been dispensed with for the purpose of asking unanimous consent for the introduction of new matter to read any bill or resolution the second time or any local bill or resolution a third time to put any local bill or resolution upon its passage or to recommit a bill or resolution or to withdraw it from one committee and recommit it to another 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 and recommit it LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 209 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 The Speaker shall entertain but one unanimous consent at any one time Rule 117 Any bill may be withdrawn at any stage thereof by consent of the House Rule 118 No bill or resolution shall be transmitted to the Senate on the day of the passage thereof unless twothirds of the members voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum shall so order Provided that any bill or resolution which requires action by the Senate during the last legislative day shall be immediately transmitted by the Clerk to the Senate Rule 119 The Committee on Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing Journals shall carefully compare enrolled bills and resolutions correct any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled bills or other papers and make their report forthwith to the House Rule 120 The engrossed copies of all laws and fji resolutions passed by the General Assembly shall be preserved by the chairman of the enrolling committee and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State Ga Code Anno sec 47901 Order of business Vote One at a time Withdrawal of bill Transmittal to Senate Enrollment Enrolling committee to preserve laws 210 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Signatures Rule 121 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 Reproposal of laws Rule 122 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIII Journal and law publication Rule 123 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IV Journal preservation Rule 124 The original journal shall be preserved after publication in the office of the Secretary of State but there shall be no other record thereof Ga Const art Ill sec VII par V Filing INTRODUCTION AND READING Rule 125 No bill or 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 AM LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 211 on the previous day However such a bill or resolution may be introduced on the second 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 Rule 126 Each member is requested to introduce two copies of each bill or resolution One copy shall be filed by the Clerk in the office of the Speaker and the other shall be given to the press Rule 127 All hills 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 128 No law shall pass which refers to more than one subject matter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VIII Rule 129 No law or section of the code shall be amended or repealed by mere reference to its title or to the number of the section of the Code but the amending or repealing act shall distinctly describe the law to be amended or repealed as well as the alteration to be made Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XVI Rule 130 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 First day of session Two copies clerk and press Form of bills and resolutions Subject matter limits Reference to laws Notice on local bills LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 212 Affidavit of publication Referendum if applies to office Addition to local governing body Notice on local bill Affidavit Referendum on office 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 bythe 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 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XV Rule 131 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 60 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 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 length LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 213 ened 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 Ga Code Anno sec 47801 Rule 132 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 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 recommended amendment to be printed and copies thereof to be distributed to each member No bill or resolution of general application shall be placed on its passage unless copies of the same and any committee amendments shall have been printed and distributed to the members prior to consideration for passage The House may at any time by a vote of a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum suspend action upon any pending bill or resolution of general application until all amendments offered thereto on the floor shall have been printed and distributed to the members Rule 133 All bills and resolutions shall be called in the numerical order in which they stand on the calendar Provided that the General Ap Addition to local governing authority Clerks duty to print and distribute No passage until distributed Suspension of bill or resolution for floor amendments distribution Calendar LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 214 Precedence of General Appropriation Bill Numbering by Clerk at first reading Beading by Clerk Engrossment at first reading Debate Vote No unanimous consent Restricts amendment Readings required propriation Bill shall have precedence on third reading over all other matters even Special Orders until final disposition of the said Bill So 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 numerical order in which said bills and resolutions are read the first time adopting one series of numbers and the same series of numbers for both bills and resolutions 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 Rule 134 A motion to engross a bill may be made upon reading the bill the first time and at no other time When a motion to engross is made 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 No bill or resolution shall be engrossed except upon the affirmative vote of twothirds of the members voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum No member shall be recognized at any time for the purpose of asking unanimous consent to engross a bill or resolution In case of engrossment of any bill or other matter the entry thereof shall be made by the Clerk and the bill or other matter shall not be amendable thereafter unless subsequently committed Rule 135 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 215 of each local bill shall consist of the reading of the title only unless said bill is ordered to be engrossed 1 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VII Rule 136 Whenever any bill or resolution having the force and effect of law is filed and read the first time on the succeeding day said bill or resolution as a matter of course shall automatically be passed to a second reading on the legislative day following the first readingany other provisions of these rules to the contrary notwithstanding No debate shall be admitted upon any bill at the first or second reading USE OF COMMITTEES Rule 137 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 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 no debate shall be permitted unless instructions are added Even when instructions are 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 All resolutions providing for appointment of committees of inquiry or investigation and any and all other resolutions not privileged except Automatic second reading No debate at first or second reading Reference by speaker Unless otherwise ordered Limited debate only where instructions Matters specifically requiring reference 216 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL No defacement Reporting amendments Form of reports Printing report Action on report Time limit on motion to disagree Calendar 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 138 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 139 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 practicable 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 Rule 140 In cases where the report of a committee is favorable to the passage of a bill or resolution the same shall be passed to a third reading without question If the report of a committee is adverse to the passage of a bill or resolution the question shall be on agreeing to the report of the committee Provided that House and Senate bills and resolutions adversely reported shall not be taken up except by request of the authors of such bill or resolution or some member of the House which request must be made not later than adjournment of the next legislative day following the unfavorable committee report In such case the motion to disagree shall be placed on the calendar If the report of the committee is agreed to the bill or LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 217 resolution shall be lost If the report of the committeefis disagreed to the bill or resolution shall be passed to a third reading unless recommitted Rule 141 Where a bill or resolution has been referred to and reported by more than one committee or has been reported 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 the Whole House shall be first acted on by the House Rule 142 Whenever any bill or resolution has been referred to a committee and the committee has held the bill or resolution in the custody or control 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 at the next regular meeting of the House he will submit a motion instructing such committee to report such bill back to the House After which on the next regular meeting day of the House any member of the House immediately after the confirmation of the Journal may move to instruct such committee to report such bill or resolution back to the House 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 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 When such bill or resolution is so reported or returned to the House it may be referred or committed as other bills or resolutions Effect of agreement or disagreement Precedence of reports Committee of the Whole Forcing report after ten days Notice Debate limited Recommit ment 218 Three days on order of business Appropriations report at least 15 days before end of session Speakers resolving Houses resolving Notice Debate limits Renewal limited LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 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 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Page 143 The Speaker may resolve the House into a Committee of the Whole without a motion being made therefor whenever a bill or resolution required by the rules of the House to be considered in the Committee of the Whole shall be in order for consideration on its third reading Rule 144 The House on motion of a member may resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House by a majority of those voting provided that the total vote constitutes a quorum Provided that notice of intention to make such motion shall be given during the session of the preceding day Individual speeches on such motion shall be 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 if the twothirds constitutes a majority of all of the members elected to the House Provided further that whenever the House either by its own vote or by unanimous consent shall commit any bill or resolution to the Committee of the Whole House and subse LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 219 quently a motion shall be made to resolve the House into a Committee of the Whole to consider such bill or resolution and such motion shall be lost the said motion shall not be again renewed but it shall be the duty of the Speaker to require the Clerk to read the bill or resolution again on the following days session under the order of introduction of new matter or reading of bills the first time and to refer such bill or resolution to the appropriate committee unless otherwise ordered by the House However for the consideration of the General Appropriation Bill the House may on motion of a member resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum and no previous notice shall be necessary Rule 145 In forming a Committee of the Whole House the Speaker shall leave the Chair and a Chairman to preside in committee shall be appointed by the Speaker Rule 146 The Committee of the Whole shall not proceed with the business before it whenever a vote on any question shall disclose the fact that no quorum of the House is present Whenever it is suggested that a quorum is not present the Chairman of the Committee shall satisfy himself of the fact by actual count of the Committee and shall 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 147 In the Committee of the Whole bills shall be first read throughout by the Clerk and then again be read or debated by clauses or sections leaving the preamble to be last considered unless otherwise ordered Appropriations Speaker appoints chairman Quorum required Consideration of bills 220 Rules Action limited Reconsider ation Speakers authority Voting Papers from House Control of order Report on misconduct LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 148 The Rules of the House shall be observed by the Committee of the Whole so far as they may be applicable except that the Committee of the Whole 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 to indefinitely postpone shall not be in order a member may speak as often as he may obtain the floor no call of the House shall be in order and votes shall not be taken oy yeas and nays Rule 149 A motion to reconsider shall be in order in the Committee of the Whole Rule 150 The Speaker may in the 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 No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed in the Committee of the Whole Rule 151 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 152 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 153 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 221 Rule 154 If at any time in the Committee of the Whole it shall be desired to close the debate or to limit the time allowed members for speaking the Committee may rise and report its desire to the House and the House shall take such action thereon as it may see fit by a resolution Said resolution shall apply only to the subjectmatter before said committee 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 a Committee of the Whole and continue the consideration of the subject Rule 155 In the event that a Committee of t3 Whole House at any sitting for want of time shall fail to complete any matter under consideration it may on motion at any time rise report progress and have leave to sit again generally or at a day certain Rule 156 A motion that the Committee rise report progress and ask leave to sit again may be made at any time when the movant can legitimately obtain the floor Such motion shall take precedence over all other motions and shall be decided without debate When it prevails the Committee shall immediately rise When the regular hour for adjournment of the House arrives the Committee shall automatically rise and the Speaker shall assume the Chair Rule 157 When the Committee of the Whole has disposed of bills resolutions or other measures before it by motion and question it shall nse and the Chairman shall be instructed to report the action of the Committee to the House At this point the Speaker shall resume his seat and the Chairman shall return to the floor and Limiting debate Recess Adjournment Completion of work Report to Speaker 222 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Speakers report shall state in substance as follows Mr Speaker the Committee of the Whole House has had under consideration naming what and has instructed me as its Chairman to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the same do pass or do pass as amended or do not pass as the case may be The Speaker shall receive this report and repeat the same and the matter shall then be before the House for action just as though reported by any other committee Contents of report Rule 158 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 its consideration Action on report Rule 159 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 Journal entry Rule 160 The proceedings of the Committee of the Whole shall not be recorded in the Journal of the House except so far as reported to the House by the Chairman of said Committee Methods AMENDMENT Rule 161 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 223 An amendment is itself subject to be amended in all three of the ways above mentioned but it is not permissible to amend an amendment to an amendment Rule 162 A substitute shall be treated as an amendment inthese rules unless it is clearly indicated otherwise Rule 163 All motions to amend any matter before the House must be in writing They must plainly and distinctly set forth the amendment desired and the part of the bill or resolution where said amendment shall be inserted or added Rule 164 Any irrelevant amendment or amendment which is not germane to the subject under consideration shall be ruled out of order by the Speaker Rule 165 No motion on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment Rule 166 Where blanks occur in any proposition they must be filled first before any motion is made to amend the proposition Rule 167 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 perfect first 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 Limits Substitute Form Speaker to strike irrelevant amendments Limited to subject matter Blanks to be filled Order of perfection 224 Priority of amendments Caption or preamble last Committee report amendments Not while agreement on committee report Clerks reading LEGISLATIVE MANUAL shall be Shall this bill pass or resolution be adopted as the case may be by substitute Rule 168 When a motion is made to amend by striking out a part of a bill or resolution any amendment offered to perfect the part proposed to be stricken shall be put first before the question is put for striking it out Rule 169 On all questions whether in committee or in the House the last amendment the most distant day and the largest sum shall be first put Rule 170 The caption or preamble of a bill or resolution shall not be considered or amended until the measure has been perfected Rule 171 After commitment of a bill and report thereof to the House it may be amended before the report of the committee is agreed to by the House but the amendments if any reported by the committee shall be disposed of before any other amendment be considered unless it be an amendment to a committee amendment Rule 172 An amendment cannot be offered after the report of the committee to which the bill or resolution under consideration was referred 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 173 When a motion is made to amend by striking out and inserting the Clerk shall read the paragraph as it is then the words to be stricken out and finally the whole paragraph as it would be if amended LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 225 Rule 174 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 which said bill or resolution was referred shall be read by the Clerk without any motion being made When a section or resolution shall have been considered it is not in order to recur and amend it Rule 175 The questions which arise before the House respecting amendments by the Senate to a House bill or resolution are in order of precedence 1st A motion to agree to the Senate amendment 2nd A motion to disagree with the Senate amendment 3rd A motion to recede from the Houses disagreement or amendment 4th A motion to insist on the Houses disagreement or amendment 5th A motion to adhere to the Houses disagreement or amendment The Speaker is authorized on his own motion or upon point of order being made when in his opinion a Senate Amendment to a House Bill is not germane to rule out such amendment The effect of such 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 the Clerk shall so report Consideration by parts Committee amendments automatic No recurring Precedence of action on Senate amendment Speakers power to rule out if not germane Clerks report 226 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Disagreement motions Debate limited Precedence of amendment Limits on amendment Adoption of Senate amendment Conference Committee Appointment on motion 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 1st a motion to insist upon the House position 2nd a motion to recede from the Hoqse position Debate thereon is limited as in the case of reconsideration These motions shall be put in the order listed subject to disposition by the House of any amendments affecting the matter in disagreement Rule 176 A motion to amend an amendment made by the Senate to a House bill or resolution takes precedence over a motion to pgree or disagree to said amendment Rule 177 When any bill or resolution which originated in the House has been amended in the Senate and is before the House for action on the Senate amendment an amendment may be offered in the House to the Senate amendment but the House amendment to the Senate amendment cannot be further amended It must be agreed to or voted down Rule 178 A Senate amendment to a House bill or resolution must be adopted by the vote required to pass the bill resolution or matter under consideration Any rule contravening the letter or spirit of this Rule is hereby repealed Rule 179 Whenever any member moves that a Committee of Conference be appointed on disagreeing votes or other matters of the two houses and said motion prevails the Speaker shall appoint three 3 members for the Com LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 227 mittee who voted in the majority on the position assumed by the House if such vote has been had The Committee of Conference may consider the whole subject matter embraced in a bill resolution or other matter before it and may recommend recision by either house new amendments new bills and resolutions or other germane changes unless instructed otherwise by the House on motion before the members of the Conference Committee are appointed A report of a Committee of Conference must be approved by a majority vote of the entire membership of the Committee before the report may be transmitted to either the Senate or the House After a Committee of Conference has been in existence for five 5 days and has failed to make a report to the House on the question under consideration the House on motion and by a majority vote of all members elected to the House may discharge the House conferees and appoint new conferees instruct said House conferees or make any other motion not contrary to the rules of the House Provided that during the last five 5 days of the session the above motions may be made and passed at any time but not more often than every three 3 hours All Conference Committee reports shall be printed and distributed to the Representatives 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 Any Conference Committee report must be adopted by the vote required to pass the bill resolution or matter under consideration Consideration Recommenda tions Report Discharge Last five days of session Distribution of report Adoption of report 228 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Subject matter Call for division Distinct parts No debate on motion Precedence Form of questions Vote PREVIOUS QUESTION Rule 180 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 Rule 181 Any member may call for a division of the question on a subject in which the sense thereof will admit of it Rule 182 The member calling for a division must state what definite parts and how many he would have the question divided into Each part of the divided proposition must be so distinct that if taken away the remainder can stand by itself as a consistent and entire unit A qualifying paragraph an exception or a proviso if taken from that to which it belongs would not contain a distinct or entire proposition A motion to strike out and insert is an indivisible proposition Rule 183 The motion for the previous question shall be decided without debate and shall take precedence over all other motions except a motion to adjourn or to lay on the table Neither of said motions shall be made more than once until after the previous question has been exhausted When it is moved the first question shall be Shall the motion for the previous question be sustained If this be decided by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum and the next questiontowit Shall the main question be now put is decided in the affirmative by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a Main question LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 229 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 yeas and nays and the vote of any member has been given or the Speaker has unlocked the rollcall system for voting 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 rollcall shall be completed the vote counted and the result finally announced Rule 184 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 close the debate to the committee whose report of the bill or other measure is under consideration If 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 The Chairman of the committee or the introducer of the bill or other measure may yield the floor to such members as he may indicate for the time or any part of it allowed under this rule This rule shall not be construed to allow the twenty minutes above referred to to be used more than once on any bill or measure and then on the final passage of the bill or measure In all cases where a minority committee report has been submitted on any matter if the previous question is ordered there shall be twenty min Adjournment Reconsidera tion Debate Committee Introducer Others One time If minority committee report 230 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL No call unless no quorum utes allowed to the member whose name is first signed to said minority report or to such member or members as he may indicate for the time so allowed or any part of it before the twenty minutes allowed to the Chairman submitting the majority report Rule 185 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 No debate on incidental questions Rule 186 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 of main question Rule 187 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 Effect of reconsideration Rule 188 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 The motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question can Limits on reconsideration 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 VOTING Requirements for law Rule 189 No bill shall become a law unless it shall receive a majority of the votes of all the LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 231 members elected to each House of the General Assembly and it shall in every instance so appear on the Journal Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIV Rule 190 In the event no specific vote is provided in these rules for the passage of any resolution motion or measure which will not become a law the vote for such passage must be by at least a constitutional majority of members elected to the House unless enacted by unanimous consent Rule 191 No member shall be permitted to cast his vote on any motion resolution amendment bill or other question until the question is put to the House by th Speaker by viva voce vote or division of the House or until after the roll call has begun Rule 192 The Speakers method of stating a question or any motion 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 When a decision seems doubtful to the Speaker or when a division of the House is called for by anyone member of the House the Speaker shall call upon the members in favor of the motion to rise 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 Rule 193 When less than a quorum vote on any subject under consideration by the House the Speaker may order the doors of the House to be closed and the roll of members called by the Clerk or the electric rollcall system If it is Journal General requirement Time for Speakers question Requiring division Roll call to determine quorum 232 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Vote required ascertained that a quorum is present either by answering to their names or by their presence in the House the refusal of any member present to vote unless excused shall be deemed a contempt of the House Call for division or yeas and nays Rule 194 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 sus Journal tained by onefifth of the members voting the vote shall be taken by the yeas and nays and so entered on the Journal No debate on motion for yeas and nays Rule 195 A motion for the call of the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate Clerks call Rule 196 On the call of the yeas and nays the Clerk shall read the names of the members Change of vote after they have been called and no member shall be permitted to change his vote unless he at that time declares that he voted under a mistake Electric rollcall of the question When the electric rollcall system is used this rule shall not be applicable Vote required Rule 197 When the question is put every member within the hall shall vote unless he is immediately and particularly interested therein or unless he is excused by the House 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 Excuse time and debate decided without debate except that the member making the motion may briefly state the reason why in his opinion it should prevail Not if interest Rule 198 No member shall vote upon any question in the result of which he is immediately and particularly interested In every case where LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 233 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 199 No pairing of members shall be recognized or allowed as an excuse for not voting Rule 200 No member or person shall vote for or attempt to vote for another member on any question or proposition Violation of this rule shall be deemed to be disorderly behavior and subject to punishment as provided by the Constitution and Rules of the House Rule 201 No member shall be permitted to explain his vote during a roll call but he may reduce his explanation to writing in not more than 200 words If this writing is filed with the Clerk on the same day as the roll call the writing shall be spread upon the Journal Rule 202 During the calling or reading of yeas and nays on any question no debate shall be had Rule 203 Verification of a roll call vote may be dispensed with only by unanimous consent the Speaker shall not entertain a motion to that effect When the electric rollcall system is used no verification of the roll call vote is required Rule 204 In all rules providing for the taking of yeas and nays the electric rollcall system shall be used and shall have the force and effect of a rollcall taken as provided in these rules except the Speaker may order the Clerk to take a viva voce rollcall unless otherwise ordered by the House In the event the electric rollcall system is out of operating order the Speaker shall order a viva voce rollcall On all other Contesting seats No pairing No vote for another Explanation No debate during yeas and nays Verification Electric rollcall Speakers use of viva voce call 234 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Method for electric rollcall No late votes Vote from seat Journal record of yeas and nays questions or propositions the Speaker may in his discretion order a rollcall on the electric rollcall system or a viva voce roll call unless otherwise ordered by the House When the House is ready to vote upon a Question requiring a rollcall and the vote is to be by electric rollcall the Speaker shall state The question is on designating the matter to be voted upon All in favor of such question shall vote Aye and all opposed shall vote No The Speaker shall then unlock the voting machine When sufficient time has elapsed for each member to vote the Speaker shall ask Have all members voted and after a short pause shall ask Does any member desire to change his vote before the machine is locked The Speaker shall then lock the machine and state The Clerk will now take the vote After the machine is locked by the Speaker no member may change his vote and the votes of tardy members will not be recorded The Clerk shall count the votes and the Speaker shall then announce the results Rule 205 Each member shall vote from his own seat when the yeas and nays are taken by the electric roll call and during such a vote no person shall be allowed upon the floor of the House except the members and attaches thereof Rule 206 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XIX LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 235 Rule 207 The yeas and nays on any question shall at the desire of onefifth of the members present be entered on the Journal Ga Const art Ill sec VII par VI Rule 208 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 GOVERNORS ACTION Rule 209 The Governor shall have the revision of all bills passed by the General Assembly before the same shall become laws but twothirds of each house may pass a law notwithstanding his dissent and if any bill should not be returned by the Governor within five days Sundays excepted after it has been presented to him the same shall be a law unless the General Assembly by their adjournment shall prevent its return 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 Ga Const art V sec I par XV Rule 210 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 Consideration and veto Overriding Dividing appropriations Subject matter LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 236 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 Not consti by the General Assembly to amend the Constitutional tution amendments Ga Const art V sec I par XVI Rule 211 No provision in this Constitution for a twothirds vote of both houses of the General reoufred6 Assembly shall be construed to waive the necess ity for the signature of the Governor as in any other case except in the case of the twothirds Exceptions vote required to override the veto to submit constitutional amendments and in case of prolongation of a session of the General Assembly Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXI COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING Rule 212 The Speaker shall appoint the folAppointment lowing standing committees 1 Agriculture 2 Appropriations 3 Auditing Enrolling Engrossing Journals 4 Banks and Banking 5 Defense and Veterans Affairs 6 Education 7 Highways 8 Hygiene and Sanitation 9 Industrial Relations LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 237 10 Industry 11 Insurance 12 Interstate Cooperation 13 Judiciary 14 Local Affairs 15 Motor Vehicles 16 Natural Resources 17 Rules 18 Special Judiciary 19 State Institutions Property 20 State of Republic 21 Temperance 22 University System of Georgia 23 Ways and Means 24 Welfare No member of the House shall be appointed to or serve on less than two 2 or more than three 3 standing committees of the House with the limits618 1P exception of the Committee on Interstate Cooperation The Speaker shall be an exofficio member of all standing committees of the House but shall i j Exofficio have no vote as an exofficio member except on members the Committee on Rules of which he shall be Chairman The Vice Chairman of the Rules Committee shall be an exofficio member of the Appropriations State of Republic and Ways and Means Committees The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Com 238 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Appointment of officers Vacancies Organization Calling meetings Vice chairmans power Control of subcommittees Minutes mittee on Ways and Means shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Appropriations The Speaker shall appoint a Chairman a Vice Chairman and a Secretary for all standing committees and for all subcommittees created by him Rule 213 After the announcement of the standing committees no other members shall be placed thereon except that 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 the offices of Chairman Vice Chairman or Secretary Rule 214 Each committee or subcommittee shall first meet upon the call of the Chairman and perfect its organization After the organizational meeting each committee or subcommittee shall meet upon the call of its Chairman provided that the Vice Chairman may call a meeting of the committee or subcommittee if he obtains a certificate from the Speaker certifying that the Chairman is incapacitated or if he is directed in writing by the Chairman to so call the meeting to consider such measures as specified by the Chairman All subcommittees shall be subject to the will of their parent standing committees and the officers thereof No bill shall be reported to the House until it has been acted upon by the full standing committee and all actions of any subcommittee shall be approved or disapproved by the standing committee The Secretary of each standing committee or subcommittee shall keep minutes of the meetings of the committee or subcommittee as directed by the Chairman These records shall be available to any member of the House but shall not be matters of public record LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule 215 The Chief Justice Emeritus and the Associate Judge Emeritus shall constitute the Advisory Appellate Council Ga Code Anno sec 244608 Rule 216 It shall also be the duty of the said Advisory Appellate Council to consult with the AttorneyGeneral and the assistants to the AttorneyGeneral upon legal matters when their advice and consultation is requested It shall further be the duty of the said Advisory Appellate Council to consult with committees of the General Assembly and to furnish advice and information to said committees of the General Assembly upon questions of law when their advice and assistance is requested Ga Code Anno sec 244610 Rule 217 The Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing Journals Committee shall before auditing the account of any member for expenses as a committeeman or any account prescribed by a member for any expense incurred in discharge of any duty as a member of this House require of such member an itemized statement of such account supported by proper vouchers for each item of said account Rule 218 All officers and employees provided for in this and the preceding Chapter shall be paid for their services by the State Treasurer only upon the approval of their accounts by the auditing committee of the Senate and House of Representatives Ga Code Anno sec 47304 Rule 219 The compensation due to the officers and members of the General Assembly shall be Advisory Appellate Council Expense account to Auditing Committee Auditing Committee approval of accounts Speaker to certify accounts 240 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Joint meeting of Ways and Means Committee with Senate Finance Committee Joint committee on financing to examine State accounts certified by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively upon the report of the auditing committee to the State Treasurer who afterwards shall pay each member who shall present his account duly audited Ga Code Anno sec 47110 Rule 220 The ways and means committee of the House of Representatives and the finance committee of the Senate shall hold joint meetings for the consideration of all revenue taxing measures when in regular or special session and the State Revenue Commissioner shall be an exofficio member of each committee Ga Code Anno sec 928449 Rule 221 It is part of the duty of the joint standing committee on finance to examine the accounts and vouchers of the Comptroller General and State Treasurer as to all moneys received into and paid out of the treasury during the last fiscal year to compare the warrants drawn during that period with the several laws by authority of which they purport to be drawn to examine into the other accounts and books of such officers to count the money on hand at the time of the examination and to examine the annual reports made hy said officers to see if they are sustained by the true condition of their offices and report the result to each branch of the General Assembly Ga Code Anno sec 47601 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 241 ELECTION AND INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR Rule 222 Every State officer whose election is not otherwise provided for shall be elected by the General Assembly in the same manner and at the same time as other officers are elected by them T U Ga Code Anno sec 47401 Rule 223 In nominating candidates for any office no other candidate shall be disparaged Rule 224 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 election they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall in such cases preside and declare the results Ga Const art Ill sec X par I Rule 225 In all elections a majority of the members voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum must make the choice Rule 226 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 Election of State officers No disparagement in nomination Viva voce vote Journal entry Meet in House President presides Vote required Actions on returns for Governors election 242 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Inauguration The members of each branch of the General Assembly shall convene in the Representative 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 haying the highest 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 Ga Const art V sec I pars Ill and IV Rule 227 The General Assembly in joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives shall open and publish the returns of the election for Governor as provided by Article V of the Constitution of the State and shall determine all questions relating thereto Including any contested election and any question as to the eligibility or qualifications of the person elected Governor and shall at the time provided by section 40103 inaugurate as Governor the person determined by the General Assembly to have been elected or the person elected by the General Assembly as provided by the Constitution Ga Code Anno sec 401041 Rule 228 The Governor shall begin the discharge of his duties from the time of his inuaguration The ceremony of inauguration shall take LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 243 place during the first week of the session of the General Assembly next after the election and on First week such day of that week as the General Assembly by joint resolution shall appoint On failure of appointment it shall take place at 12 oclock meridian on Saturday of that week unless prevented by providential cause Ga Code Anno sec 40103 Rule 229 The oath prescribed by the ninth Paragraph of the first section of the fifth Article of the Constitution of this State shall be taken Oath by the Governorelect in the presence of the General Assembly in joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Upon so taking the oath the Governorelect shall become Governor Ga Code Anno sec 40104 Rule 230 The Governor shall before he enters on the duties of his office take the following oath or affirmation I do solemnly 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 Ga Const art V sec I par IX Rule 231 The fact of such inauguration of the journal entrv Governor shall be entered upon the journal of the House of Representatives and shall be conclusive evidence of his right and title to the office and of his eligibility and qualification Ga Code Anno sec 401042 Rule 232 Contested elections shall be deter mined by both houses of the General Assembly eiectfonsf m such manner as shall be prescribed by law Ga Const art V sec I par V 244 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Resolution Vote Journal entry Repeal or amendment Approval CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Rule 233 An amendment to this Constitution may be proposed by a resolution in the Senate or the House of Representatives and if th same shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to each branch of the General Assembly such proposed amendment shall be entered on the journals of each branch with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon Any proposed amendment may be repealed or amended by the same General Assembly if done so at least two months prior to the date of the election at which such proposed amendment is to be submitted The Governor the Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall meet and determine whether a proposed amendment is general and if not general shall determine what political subdivision or subdivisions are directly affected by such proposed amendment If a proposed amendment is general the Governor shall cause such proposed amendment to be published in full once each week for three consecutive weeks immediately preceding the date of the election at which such proposed amendment is submitted in one newspaper of general circulation in each Congressional District of the State If such proposed amendment is not general the Governor shall cause such proposed amendment to be published in full in one newspaper of general circulation m each county in which the directly affected political subdivision or subdivisions are located In the event no such newspaper is located in such county a newspaper in an adjoining county shall be used Any proposed amendment which is general shall be submitted to the people of the entire State at the next general election at which members of LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 245 the General Assembly are elected and if ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote ir rnemers the General Assembly voting thereon such amendment shall become a part of this Constitution A proposed amendment which is not general shall only be submitted to the people of the political subdivision or subdivisions directly affected The votes of the electors in each political subdivision affected shall be counted separately in determining whether such proposed amendment is ratified and it must be ratiiied by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon in each such political subdivision before it shall become a part of this Constitution The General Assembly in the resolution shall state the language to be used in submitting the proposed amendment 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 Ga Const art XIII sec I par I Rule 234 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 ouse of the General Assembly The representation m said convention shall be based on populaun as ear as Practicable This Constitution snail not be revised amended or changed by the Gonvention until the proposed revision amendment or change has been submitted and ratified oy the people in the manner provided for submission and ratification of amendments proposed by the General Assembly Ga Const art XIII sec I par II Language of proposal Separate proposals Convention 246 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL No veto Appropriations required Origination in House Resolutions treated the same Budget Rule 235 The Governor shall not have the right to veto any proposal by the General Assembly to amend the Constitution Ga Const art XIII sec I par Ill APPROPRIATIONS CLAIMS AND FINANCE Rule 236 No money shall be drawn from the Treasury except by appropriation made by law Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XI Rule 237 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 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par X Rule 238 All resolutions which may appropriate money out of any fund shall be treated in all respects in the manner of introduction and procedure as bills they shall originate in the House of Representatives and shall receive three readings previous to their passage but the Senate may propose or concur in amendments as in case of bills Ga Code Anno sec 47503 Rule 239 Within seven days after the convening of the General Assembly the Governor shall submit to the General Assembly m printed form a budget covering the ensuing two fiscal years The budget shall contain a complete plan of proposed expenditures and actual revenues an expenditures for each of the particular fiscal years to which it relates If the proposed ex LEGISLATIVE MANUAL penditures for either fiscal year shall exceed the estimated revenues therefor the Governor shall recommend the sources from which the additional revenues shall be provided The Governor shall submit to each House of the General Assembly at the same time he submits his budget 1 printed copies of a budget message containing any explanations or comments he may desire to make as to the important features of the budget and 2 printed copies of a tentative bill for all appropriations under the budget clearly and properly classified for each fiscal year in the ensuing biennial period The presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall cause said bill to be promptly introduced therein and such bill shall be known as the budget bill Before final action thereon by the General Assembly the Governor may amend or supplement the budget to correct an oversight or in case of an emergency with the consent of the General Assembly by delivering such an amendment or supplement to the presiding officer of each House The appropriation for each department officer bureau board commission agency or institution receiving and expending State moneys may be by lump sum in which shall be distinguished for each fiscal year the amount appropriated to be expended for maintenance and operation and the amount appropriated to be expended for capital improvements andor fixed charges Ga Code Anno sec 40403 Rule 240 The General appropriation bill shall embrace nothing except appropriations fixed by previous laws the ordinary expenses of the Executive Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government payment of the public debt and interest thereon and for support of the public institutions and educational interests of the State Introduction through Speaker Separation of classes of expenditures Contents of General Appropriation Bill 248 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Required itemization of past appropriations All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills each embracing but one subject Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IX Rule 241 All general appropriation bills in addition to the customary itemized statements of the amounts appropriated for the usual expenses of the executive legislative and judicial departments of the Government and for the support of the public institutions and educational interests of the State shall contain also a like itemized statement of all amounts appropriated by any previous law to be paid annually out of the treasury and such amounts so appropriated by previous laws shall not be paid from the treasury unless they are embraced in the general appropriation Act Ga Code Anno sec 47502 Specific sum not fund Rule 242 Except as hereinafter provided 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 or percentage thereof Motor fuel taxes to highways An amount equal to all money derived from motor fuel taxes received by the State Treasurer in each of the immediately preceding fiscal years less the amount of refunds rebates and collection costs authorized by law is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of each year following for 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 249 road construction and maintenance as provided by law authorizing the State Treasurer to make such grants Said sum is hereby appropriated for and shall be available for the aforesaid purposes regardless of whether the General Assembly enacts a General Appropriations Act and said sum need not be specifically stated in any General Appropriations Acts passed by the General Assembly in order to be available for such purposes However this shall not preclude the General Assembly from appropriating for such purposes an amount greater than the sum specified above for such purposes The expenditure of such funds shall be subject to all the rules regulations and restrictions imposed on the expenditure of appropriations by provisions of the Constitution and laws of this State unless such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this paragraph And provided however that the proceeds of the tax hereby appropriated shall not be subject to budgetary reduction In the event of invasion of this State by land sea or air or in case of a major catastrophe so proclaimed by the Governor said funds may be utilized for defense or relief purposes on the Executive Order of the Governor The provisions of this amendment shall become effective July 1 1961 Ga Const art VII sec IX par IV Rule 243 To the end that all expenses of the State may be brought within the budget the budget appropriation bill shall also contain a specific sum as a contingent or emergency appropriation The manner of the allocation of such contingent or emergency appropriation shall be as follows Any department commission board institution or other agency of the State desiring an allotment out of such emergency appropriation shall upon forms prescribed by him pre Emergenpy Contingent appropriation 250 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Budget Bill first Supplemental appropriations sent such request in writing to the Director of the Budget with such information as he may require and the Director may allow or disallow the request in his discretion Ga Code Anno sec 40408 Rule 244 Neither House shall consider other appropriation bills until the budget bill shall have been finally adopted by both Houses and approved by the Governor and no such other appropriation bills shall be valid except in accordance with the following provisions 1 Every such appropriation bill shall be embodied in a separate bill limited to some single work object or purpose therein stated and called herein a supplementary appropriation bill 2 No supplementary appropriation shall be available unless and until the revenue necessary to pay such appropriation shall have been provided by a tax laid and collected for such purpose unless it shall appear from such budget that there is sufficient revenue available and any unused portion of any such supplemental appropriation shall be paid into the general treasury Ga Code Anno sec 40406 Rule 245 In 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 251 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 Ga Const art VII sec IX par Ill Buie 246 The clerk of the House of Representatives shall provide out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives a wellbound book which he shall deliver to the chairman of the appropriations committee of the House as soon as such chairman shall be appointed and said chairmen shall enter or cause to be entered in such book in the order of their introduction all bills seeking directly or indirectly to obtain appropriations from the State treasury with a brief statement of the contents of such bill together with the number thereof the name of the introducer and any other facts developed before the committee that will throw any light on the nature of the legislation proposed by the bill After the adjournment of the General Assembly said chairman shall deposit said book with the Secretary of State who shall deliver the same to each successive chairman of said committee as soon as he shall have been appointed Ga Code Anno sec 47501 Rule 247 All proceedings touching the appropriating of money shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole House Rule 248 The Governor and such representatives of the departments officers commissions agencies and institutions expending or applying for State moneys as have been designated by the Appropriation book for chairman of Appropriations Committee Safekeeping by Secretary of State Consideration by Committee of the Whole Hearings 252 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Amendment Recording of yeas and nays Action on claims Clerks duty Governor for this purpose shall have the right and when requested by the General Assembly it shall be their duty to appear and be heard with respect to any budget bill during the consideration thereof and to answer inquiries relative thereto Ga Code Anno sec 40405 Rule 249 The General Assembly may amend the budget bill in any way it may deem desirable provided such amendments do not create a deficit Ga Code Anno sec 40404 Rule 250 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays in each house are recorded Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XII Rule 251 Whenever there shall be regularly introduced in either branch of the General Assembly by a member thereof a resolution or bill seeking compensation or reimbursement from the State of Georgia or any of its departments or agencies for any person who has been injured or damaged from whatsoever cause alleged and claimed the clerk of the House of Representatives or the secretary of the Senate as the case may be shall forthwith transmit a certified copy of such resolution or hill to the chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State Immediately after such resolution or bill has been received the chairman of the State Highway Board director of Public Health and Secretary of State shall set a date for a hearing which shall be held as soon as practicable and shall notify the mem LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 253 ber of the General Assembly who introduced the resolution or bill the person for whose benefit the same was introduced the Attorney General and such other persons as the said board deems necessary including such persons as the said member of the General Assembly shall request in writing to the board to be so notified the time and place of such hearing Ga Code Anno sec 47504 Rule 252 The chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State shall hear the sworn evidence concerning the matter at issue and shall prepare a statement of the findings of the relevant and material facts presented to said board together with their determination of the merits of the matter and their recommendation as to the payment of the compensation or reimbursement being sought This statement of the findings of the facts determination and recommendation shall be immediately transmitted to the chairman of the committee of the House of Representatives or Senate as the case may be to which the resolution or bill was referred for consideration Ga Code Anno sec 47505 Rule 253 The chairman of the committee to which such resolution or bill was referred upon introduction when receiving the findings determination and recommendation of the chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State shall immediately call a meeting of such committee which committee shall read and study the findings determination and recommendation of said board and shall then decide whether or Notice of hearing Hearing Findings Report to committee Committee consideration required 254 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Report to House not to recommend to the House of Representatives or Senate as the case may be that said resolution or bill shall or shall not pass Thereafter such resolution or bill shall take the usual course of procedure as any other resolution or bill as provided by law and the rules of the House of Representatives or Senate as the case may be Ga Code Anno sec 47506 Finding advisory only Rule 254 The findings of facts determination and recommendation of the chairman of the State Highway Board director of the Department of Public Health and Secretary of State relative to the matter shall not be considered in any way as binding on the committee to which said resolution or bill was referred for consideration or upon the members of the House of Representatives or Senate but shall be treated as advisory only Ga Code Anno sec 47507 Specified borrowing purpose Rule 255 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 Ga Const art VII sec Ill par Ill Control if rules do not cover RULES Rule 256 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 255 Rule 257 No suspension of or change in or addition to these rules shall be made unless such proposed change or addition or suspension be first referred in writing to the Committee on Rules and reported back to the House Provided that the rules may be suspended by unanimous consent of the House without referral to the Committee on Rules Immediately after the confirmation of the Journal on the day following the introduction in the House of the proposed suspension of change in or addition to these rules the Committee on Rules shall report the same back to the House A failure to so report such proposed suspension change or addition within two days shall automatically bring said proposed suspension change or addition before the House for consideration Rules variations to rules committee Suspension by unanimous consent Required report 256 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Immediate election meeting in House RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHEN IN JOINT SESSION 1 The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in joint session in the Hall of the House of Representatives as soon as possible after the start of the session at such time as may be fixed by joint resolution of both houses for the purpose of electing such officers of the State as are now or may hereafter be required to be elected by the General Assembly Said joint session shall continue in morning and afternoon sessions from day to day until all of said officers are elected Time of meetings 2 The time of the meeting of the two houses in joint session shall be determined otherwise by concurrent resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives except where provided by law Elections in House When the Senate and the House of Representatives unite for the purpose of elections they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the Presi President presides dent of the Senate shall preside and declare the result Method of meeting 3 At the hour determined by the concurrent resolution the Senate shall repair to the Hall of the House of Representatives Presidents powers 4 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 Succession In the absence of the President of the Senate the Speaker of the House shall preside in the absence of both the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House the President pro LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 257 tempore of the Senate shall preside in the absence of the three last named the Speaker pro tempore of the House shall preside 5 The Speaker of the House shall sit on the left of the President of the Senate 6 A majority of each house shall be necessary to constitute a quorum of the joint session 7 When there is a meeting of both branches of the General Assembly in one chamber said secretary and clerk shall be present and join in the discharge of the duties required and shall enter the proceedings on the journals of each House Ga Code Anno sec 47205 8 The secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall within 10 days after the adjournment of each session file in proper order all the papers and documents of their respective Houses Ga Code Anno sec 47206 9 The records papers and documents thus filed shall be delivered to the Secretary of State who upon receipt of the same shall certify that such secretary and clerk have respectively complied with said requisition and the State Treasurer shall not pay their respective salaries until such certificate shall be produced Ga Code Anno sec 47207 10 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 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 11 No debate shall be in order except as to questions of order Speakers seat Quorum Duty of clerk Journal Filing papers Delivery of papers to Secretary of State No second of nomination Vote Debate 258 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Viva voce vote on Journal One election at a time Change of vote Dissolution Not during rollcall Renewal Amendment of rules 12 The election in joint session shall be viva voce and the vote shall appear on the Journal of the House of Representatives The votes are to be taken for but one election at one time and a majority of the whole number of votes cast is necessary for a choice 13 In the elections by the General Assembly no member after having voted shall be allowed to change his vote unless he rises and states in his place that he voted by mistake or that his vote had been recorded by mistake 14 No motion to adjourn shall be in order In lieu thereof there shall be the motion to dissolve the joint session which shall be in the form That the joint session of the General Assembly be now dissolved or That the joint session of the General Assembly be now dissolved to be reconvened at a time named The latter motion shall have precedence over the former 15 The motion to dissolve the joint session either indefinitely or until a fixed time shall always be in order except that after the rollcall 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 16 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 17 When a motion to dissolve the joint session either indefinitely or to a fixed time shall be decided in the affirmative the President of the Senate shall so declare and the Senate shall without further motion immediately repair to the Senate Chamber 18 These rules may be amended by the concurrent resolution of the two houses and they or any 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 259 APPENDIX SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS Al Apportionment Ga Const art Ill sec II par I 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 limitations herein stated Ga Const art Ill sec Ill par I The House of Representatives shall consist of representatives apportioned among the several counties of the State as follows To the eight counties haying the largest population three representatives each to the thirty counties having the next largest population two representatives each and to the remaining counties one representative each Ga Const art Ill sec Ill par II The above apportionment shall be changed by the General Assembly at its first session after each census taken by the United States Government in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph I of Section III of this Article A2 Appointments to Keep Order and for Other Special Purposes Ga Code Anno sec 47112 When it shall be necessary to carry into effect Section VII of Article III of the Constitution 21901 punishment for misconduct 21902 punishment for contempt or for any like purpose either the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives may appoint any person to execute the orders of the House over which he presides and the warrant of the presiding officer which appointee may receive for the service such compensation as the General Assembly may appropriate Parenthetical material above added 260 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL A3 Confirmation of Appointments The Georgia Constitution provides for the confirmation by the Senate of the Governors appointment of several State boards See Ga Const art V sec I par XI State Board of Pardons and Paroles art V sec IV par I State Game and Fish Commission art V sec V par I Board of Corrections art V sec VI par I State Department of Veterans Service and Veterans Service Board art VIII sec II par I State Board of Education art VIII sec IV par I Board of Regents of the University System and art XIV sec I par I State Personnel Board The Georgia statutes provide for some additional confirmations Ga Const art V sec I par XIV A person once rejected by the Senate shall not be reappointed by the Governor to the same office during the same session or the recess thereafter A4 County Consolidation Ga Const art XI sec I par IV 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 A5 County Site Change Ga Const art XI sec I par IX 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 A6 Election of Presidential ElectorsSee Ga Code Anno sec 342503 A7 Election of State Auditor Ga Code Anno sec 401801 The Department of Audits and LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 261 Accounts is hereby created and established the head of said Department shall be an experienced auditor and accountant with not less than five years experience as an accountant in the State Department of Audits and Accounts or in a governmental agency of a similar nature or shall be a duly certified public accountant with at least five years practical experience in the duties for which he is certified and who when named or elected as hereafter prescribed and qualified shall be known and designated as State Auditor The State Auditor shall be elected by the General Assembly in the following manner A joint resolution which shall fix a definite time for the nomination and election of the State Auditor may be introduced in either branch of the General Assembly Upon passage of said resolution by a majority vote of the membership of the Senate and House of Representatives it shall be the duty of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to call for the nomination and election of the State Auditor at the time specified in the resolution at which time the name of the qualified person receiving a majority vote of the membership of the House of Representatives shall be transmitted to the State Senate for confirmation Upon the qualified person receiving a majority vote of the membership of the Senate he shall be declared the duly elected State Auditor and the Governor of the State of Georgia shall be notified of his election by the Secretary of the Senate The Governor is directed to administer the oath of office to the State Auditor and to furnish the State Auditor with a properly executed commission of office certifying his election The term of office of the State Auditor shall continue until a successor is elected as provided herein In the event of a vacancy in the position of State Auditor at a time when the General Assembly is not in session it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State of Georgia and he is hereby empowered and directed to appoint a State Auditor possessing the qualifications as provided herein who shall serve as such State Auditor until the next regular session of the General Assembly at which time the nomination and election of a State Auditor shall be held by the General Assembly as provided herein 262 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL A8 Extraordinary Sessions Ga Const art V sec I par XII 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 pending an impeachment trial of some officer of the State Government in 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 five 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 hereinafter provided Ga Code Anno sec 47116 If any officer or officers1 of either LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 263 branch of the Assembly shall fail or refuse to perform any of his duties in completing the organization of such emergency session his office may upon the majority vote of the membership of either branch be declared vacant as often as may be necessary and his successor elected as provided by the rules of the General Assembly See also Ga Code Anno secs 47113 47114 47115 and 47117 A9 ImpeachmentSee Ga Const art Ill sec V pars Ill IV and V art Ill sec VI par III A10 Investigation of State Offices Ga Code Anno sec 401620 In addition to the power conferred upon the Attorney General in this law 401612 to 401620 the Governor or the General Assembly is authorized likewise to make investigations including investigation of the State Department of Law or the offices of the Attorney General or any agency under his control and all authority and rights granted to the Governor and the General Assembly shall be as complete and absolute as those granted hereunder to the Attorney General In any civil or criminal action against the Attorney General the Governor shall designate a solicitor general who shall be empowered in such case to act for the State All Public Service Commission Agreements Confirmation of See Ga Code Anno secs 681003 through 681007 A12 State Officers Suspension and Discharge of Ga Const art V sec I par XVII 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 Ga Code Anno sec 47701 The General Assembly may suspend from the functions and duties of office either the State Treasurer or the Comptroller General by joint resolution duly 264 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL adopted after being read one time in each House on different days and by a twothirds vote of members voting on the same whenever the interests of the State or the proper administration of the law demand such suspension A13 Street Passenger Railways Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXV 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 A14 Supreme Court Rules Approval ofSee Ga Code Ann secs 811502 and 811503 A15 Treason PardonSee Ga Const art V sec I par XI and Ga Code Ann sec 272701 A16 Special and Local Legislation Ga Const art I sec IV par I Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State and no special law shall be enacted in any case for which provision has been made by an existing general law No general law affecting private rights shall be varied in any particular case by special legislation except with the free consent in writing of all persons to be affected thereby and no person under legal disability to contract is capable of such consent A17 Legislators as State Officers Ga Const art I sec I par XXIII The legislative judicial and executive powers1 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 Ga Const art Ill sec IV par VI No person holding a military commission or other appointment or office having any emolument or compensation annexed thereto under this State LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 265 or the United States or either of them except Justices of the Peace and officers of the militia nor any defaulter for public money or for any legal taxes required of him shall have a seat in either house nor shall any Senator or Representative after his qualification as such be elected by the General Assembly or appointed by the Governor either with or without the advice and consent of the Senate to any office or appointment having any emolument annexed thereto during the time for which he shall have been elected 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 Ga Code Anno sec 265009 To the end that the mandate of the Constitution contained in Article I Section I Paragraph XXIII 2123 to the effect that the legislative judiciary 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 be more adequately enforced it shall be unlawful for a members of the General Assembly to accept or hold office or employment in the executive branch of the government of the State of Georgia or any agency thereof or in the judicial branch of government b judges of courts of record or their clerks and assistants to accept or hold office or employment in the executive branch of the government of the State of Georgia or any agency thereof or in the legislative branch of government c officers or employees of the executive branch of government to accept or hold office or employment in the legislative or judicial branches of government Any person who knowingly disburses or receives any compensation or money in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor Provided however that nothing within this section shall be construed to apply to any officer or employee of the executive branch who has taken a leave of absence without pay from his post for temporary service as an employee of the legislative branch while it is in session and during the authorized stay over period Ga Code Anno sec 581075 No member of the General Assembly shall be eligible for employment under any office or job created by this Chapter Liquor Act during the term of 266 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL office for which he is elected and this provision shall apply to legislators elected in the future as well as those now elected Parenthetical phrase added Ga Code Anno sec 928404 No member of the General Assembly shall be eligible to be appointed to the position of Revenue Commissioner nor to any other position in the Department of Revenue until the term of office as such member of the General Assembly has expired and no person other than a bona fide resident of the State for more than 10 years shall ever be eligible to appointment as State Revenue Commissioner nor shall any person be appointed to the office of Commissioner of Revenue who has held any elective office during a period of 12 months prior to his appointment Provided however the phrase any elective office as herein used shall not include members of the General Assembly Ga Const art V sec I par VII 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 A18 Membership of Legislators on State Boards and Commissions Legislator Members Lieutenant Governor and Speaker and Chairman of the Judicial Council Board or Commission The Governors Commission on Constitutional Government Relevant Statutory Provisions Ga Laws 1959 p 5 President Speaker President Finance Pro Tern Speaker Pro Tem Commission Chairman of Appropriations Committees of Senate and House Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee member of Senate and member of House appointed by President and Speaker respectively Ga Code Ann sec 40411 as amended by Ga Laws 1960 p 188 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 267 Legislator Members Legislator member of Commission on Interstate Cooperation designated by this Commission Board or Commission Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Relevant Statutory Provisions Ga Code Anno sec 45124 Senator and Representative designated by the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation Advisory Committee for Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact Ga Code Anno sec 43912 President Speaker Secretary Clerk Chairmen of Senate and House Appropriations Committees Chairmen of Senate and House Judiciary Committees Chairman of Senate Committeee on Banking and Finance and Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee Legislative Services Committee Ga Code Anno sec 471201 President Speaker and members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation Ga Code Anno sec 471104 Members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation Senate Council and House Council of the American Legislators Association Ga Code Anno sec 471105 Chairmen of Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House Judicial Council Ga Code Anno sec 811601 Lieutenant Governor and Speaker Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission Ga Code Anno sec 92205 Chairmen of Agriculture Committees of Senate and House or some person designated by them Advisory Board to the Georgia Seed Development Commission Ga Code Anno sec 52704 Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee Board of Compromises and Settlements of Tax Assessments Ga Code Anno sec 9284111 Two Senators and three Representatives involved in tobacco production appointed by President and Speaker respectively Tobacco Advisory Board Ga Laws 1960 p 218 268 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL INDEX TO RULES OF THE Georgia House of Representatives References to A are to the Appendix and references to J are to the Rules for the Government of the General Assembly When in Joint Session ABSENTEES Rule No Arrest subject to when57 Attendance compelled by less than quorum 56 57 Authorized by House 57 Journal entry 59 List by clerk 59 Quorum required 58 ADJOURN MOTION TO Amendment if to particular time 8485 Committee of the Whole not in order in 148 Debate if to particular time 84 85 Effect ji 86 Joint session not in order in J 14 Precedence of motion v 77 Previous question once after 183 Renewal after further business 84 Time for 8283 ADJOURNMENT Business carried over howi 89 Committee of the Whole at regular hour in148156 Effect when hour of arrives during vote by yeas and nays 87 Governors power in regard to 88 Main question effect on I 87 Place limit y 88 Power general 89 Previous question effect on 183 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 269 Rule No Seats retained until Speaker leavesb 68 Time of fixed by House 50 Veto procedure as effected by 209 Vote total required 56 ADVERSE REPORT Debate on final passageJ3iSfiflfftlL184 Effect of on bills and resolutions140 AMENDMENT Amendments to cannot be further amendedjli7161177 Blanks must be filled before 166 Caption or preamble bill perfected beforeK 170 Committee of the Whole by action onI158159 Committee of the Whole by what reported to Housei 158 Committee amendments first considered 171 Committee offered by read without motion174 Committee report amendment not in order after agreed to unless reconsideredS 172 Committee report form 138 ConstitutionalSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Engrossment prevents 135 Form of r129 Form of motion ESS 163 Germane must beeL164165175 Indefinite postponement prohibited98 Irrelevant out of order164 Methods of I 161 Motion to adjourn amendable if to particular timeii 84 85 Motion to commit amendable14 111 Motion to postpone indefinitely not amendable 99 Motion to postpone to time definite amendable 4 104 Motion to table or take from table not amendable 94 Perfecting bill before substitute 167 Precedence of motion to amend 77 Previous question on 1 HI 180 270 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Printed and distributed when 132 Priority of amendments 169171 Priority of on passage of bill 171 Priority of over motion to agree or disagree to Senate action 176 Priority of questions on Senate amendments to House bill 175 Reading Clerks in amending by striking out and inserting 173 Reconsidered when 113 Sections bill read by 174 Senate action on may be reconsidered immediately 113 Snate amendments House amendments to not further amendable Vr177 Senate amendments to House bill House action in order 175176177178 Senate vote required to adopt 178 Speakers power to rule outi164175 Striking by perfecting part proposed to be stricken 168 Substitute and bill vote on 167 Substitute as 162 Tabling not in order 93 Time for 171172 Vote required Imyu 178 AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTIONSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPEALS Addressing House directly75 Debate on prohibited when of personal character 74 75 Speakers action on 72 75 Speakers decision from 60 72 Time for 73 Transgressions of rules from9fl 60 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 271 APPLAUSE Rule No Suppression 71 APPORTIONMENT Change I A 1 Number of members A 1 Representation A 1 APPROPRIATIONS Budget d 239 Committee Chairmans duties 246 Committee of the Whole consideration required144247 Committee report on requiredi 142 General Bill amendment 249 General Bill contentsI239240241242243 General Bill precedence on third reading 133 General Bill procedure5 239 Governors power over1209 Hearing 248 Highways 242 Origination in House237 238 Record 246 Recorded yea and nay vote required 250 Required 236 Resolutions treated as billsI 238 Supplemental bills 240244245 Yeas and nays required 250 ARREST Disorder for 34 Freedom from 66 Members to secure quorum 57 58 ASSISTANTS Appointment by Clerk 1718 Approval of special clerks by enrolling committee 18 272 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Compensation 172122218219 Oath n Officers position as Removal of special clerks by enrolling committee 18 Substitution prohibited 20 Vacancies 21 ATTENDANCE Compelling 6 57 58 Messengers dutyj Speakers duty 57 AUDITINGSee COMMITTTEE ON AUDITING ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING JOURNALS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Called how Caption Committee of the Whole failure to resolve to consider Form 1 Indorsement of I Introducer allowed twenty minutes for debate after ordering of previous question if adverse committee report Order procedure for taking out of Passage delayed until printed and distributed Publication of laws required Rejected when again considered Subjectmatter only one and expressed in title Suspend action on when Title subjectmatter of must be expressed in Withdrawal of when Writing must be in 133 127 144 127 127 184 37 40 132 123 122 128 132 128 117 127 BLANKS Filling required before motion to amend is in order 166 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 273 B0ND Rule No Clerks 14 BOOKS Appropriation t 246 Care for duty of Clerk 16 54 CALENDAR Arranged by Rules Committee during last twentyone days of session1 39 Calling order fixed by 133 Change of Rules Committees Calendar 39 Committee report disagreement with 140 Numbering bills and resolutions 133 Reading of Rules Committees Calendar 39 Reconsideration effect on bills 115 Tabling taking from restores to97 CALL OF HOUSESee ROLL CALL CAPTION Considered after bill perfected 170 Indorsement on bill 123 CLAIMS Procedure 251252253254 CLERK Absentees list keeps for Journal 58 59 Amendments printing 132 Amendments reading 173 174 Amendments Report to Senate on Speakers action declaring Senate amendment not germane 175 Assistants appointment and fixing pay of17 202122 274 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Bills and resolutions calling 133 Bills and resolutions engrossment 134 Bills and resolutions files copy in Speakers Office 127 Bills and resolutions filing with when 125 Bills and resolutions numbers 133 Bills and resolutions printing and distribution 132 Bills and resolutions reading by sections 174 Bills and resolutions transmittal 118 E 14 516 54 246 251 Bond Books care of Budget book furnishes Claims certification of Committee of the Whole bills and resolutions reading in lj Committee of the Whole duties m147 loi Committee reports printing if ordered 139 Division counts 1 Election 1 Identification card attestation Joint session duties inJ 7 J8J9 Journal entryr 597620 Journal reading Motion reading 11 1 lt5 I 510 16 23 1517 32 76 Oath of prescribed Officer is Papers care of Papers superintends distribution by Messenger Pay Presides in absence of Speaker and Speaker Pro Tern Protests entry on Journal Questions reading l Rollcall calling 68193204 Rollcall vote explanation of filing Rules Committees Calendar reads Signature when required State Boards membership on Term of office Words excepted to written and read by 201 39 121 A 18 1012 62 Yeas and nays call 83196 Yeas and nays reading namesu 196 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 275 CODE SECTIONS Rule No Amendments or repeal of requirements 129 COMMISSION Members to 8 COMMITMENT Amended how 111 Committee of the Whole not in order in 148 Committee of the Whole to1108109144 Debate if instructions addedj110137 Indefinite postponement not applicable to 98 Instructions may be added111 137 Precedence of as among motions to commit to different committees 109 Precedence of as among other motions 77 Recommitmentsee RECOMMITMENT Resolution of appointment of investigative committee 137 Speakers duty to 137 Special committees to108109112 Use vji 108 What applicable togSSjg 108 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE Adjourn cannot1u 148 Adjournment arrival of regular hour of 156 Amendments by action by House 159 Amendments report 138158 Appropriation bills considered int 247 Bills and resolutions disposal or recommendation 157 Bills and resolutions interlineation prohibited138 Business finished procedure 157 Call of House not in orderLi 2 148 Chairman appointed by Speaker 145 Chairman duty of when no quorum present 146 Chairman duty when business finished sip1157160 Chairman power to clear galleries or lobbyI 152 276 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Clerks duties in 147 Commitment toSee COMMITMENT Commitment to precedence 109 Committee reference prohibited 148 Debate in IISS147148154 Disorderly conduct reported 153 Formation of 145 House may resolve itself into vote necessary 144 House may resolve itself into when S 144 Journal proceedings entry 160 Motion to rise report progress and ask leave to sit again 156 Papers called for 151 Postpone indefinitely motion to not in order 148 Previous question not enforceable 148 Quorum requirement 146 Reading of bills by sections 147 Reconsideration in order 149 Report of procedure and form157158159 Reports of precedence 141 Resolving House into143144 154 Rules applicable to and exceptions I 148 Speakers actions 145150156157 Table motion to not in order 148 Time in extended155156 Vote pairing prohibited in 150 Vote required unless excused 150 Yeas and nays cannot be taken 148 COMMITTEE ON AUDITING ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING JOURNALS Auditing expenses 217218219 Clerk appointed by Speaker 36 Clerk approval and removal of special 18 Clerks duties 36 Clerks payJ 36 Enrolling 119 Journal entrySee JOURNAL LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 277 Rule No Journal reading and report 38 Preservation of billsf 119 Report at any time 37 Report required 119 COMMITTEES Adverse report by effectI140184 Advice to215216 Amendments by read without motion 174 Amendments by take precedence 171 Amendments report form 138 Appointed by Speakergjj 33 212 Appropriation measures report on required 142 Bills and resolutions not to interline or deface 138 Bills and resolutions withdrawal from 116 Call of 214 Clerks j 17 Commitment toSee COMMITMENT Committee of the Whole reference of matters to committees prohibited 148 Debate by 184 Expenses of members how paid2217219 Finance Committee examination of State accounts 221 Membership limitedC 212 Members on State Boards A 18 Minority report time allowed for after ordering of previous question 184 Names 212 Officers 22213 214 Organization 213 Previous question committee time for debate1 184 Records 214 Reference to 137144 Reference to happenings in prohibitedSr 64 Reports disagreement with 140 Report failure to A 142 Reports favorable effect 140 Reports form HHHHfH 139 278 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Reports how made 45 Reports minority form 139 Reports of amendment limit on 172 Reports of precedence 141 Reports printing and distribution may be required by committee 139 Reports requiring 142 Speakers membership 212 Vacancies 213 Ways and Means joint meeting with Senate Finance Committee on revenue taxing measures 220 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Appointment 179 Approval of report 179 ConsiderationpS 179 Discharge 179 Instruction t 179 Membershipg179 Reports 179 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Amendment of 233 Approval of peoplea233234 Convention 234 Journal entrys 233 Local 233 Method 233 Publication 233 Repeal of 233 Signature of Governor not required 211 Veto prohibited 210235 Vote required 233 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 279 CONTEMPT Rule No Disorder for Jju 34 51 Vote refusal for 193 CONTRACT APPROVAL Public Service Commission Agreements A 11 CONVENING Time LvUuiJ 49 89 CONVENTION OF PEOPLE Calling for Constitutional amendmentilSlilt 234 CONVERSATION Debate prohibited during7 67 Prohibited over bari69 Reference to during debate prohibitediLilCi 64 COUNTY Consolidation A 4 Site change A 5 DEBATE Addressing House 63 75 Adjournment decided without 50 Amendment action on Senate amendment debate limited ij 175 Appeals debate limitations 74 75 Censure for words 62 Committee happenings reference to out of order 64 Committee of the Whole how bills debated147 Committee of the Whole regulated148154156 Conduct of members injE 60 280 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Conversations reference to out of order 64 Cut off prohibited when1 29 81 Exception to wordsBBBbS 62 Freedom of pH9jjI66 Individual speeches limited 60 Irrelevant Speaker shall suspendL 29 Members names reference to out of order 65 Motion for yeas and nays decided without debate 195 Motion for previous question not debatable 183 Motion to adjourn not debatable84 Motion to adjourn to particular day or time debatable 85 Motion to amend report of Rules Committee during last twentyone days not debatable 39 Motion to change order of business not debatable 41 Motion to change rules not debatable 41 Motion to commit when debatablet110137 Motion to dispense with reading of the Journal not debatable 6 44 Motion to dispense with roll call not debatable 43 Motion to engross debate limited 134 Motion to excuse member from voting debate limited 197 Motion to indefinitely postpone debatablep 99 Motion to limit or extend members time of speaking not debatable 60 Motion to postpone to time definite what debatable 103 Motion to read papers not debatable55 Motion to refer to committee debate if instructions added jjj110137 Motion to require committee report debate limited 142 Motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole debate limited144 Motion to suspend rules not debatableI 41 Motion to table or take from table not debatable 94 Motions allowed duringP 77 Movement during prohibitedpSp2ISp 68 Previous question debate regulated184186 Priority of business not debatable 27 Readings first two no debate l136 Report of Rules Committee when debatableHy 41 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 281 Rule No Senate happenings reference to out of orderli 64 Silence during 329 63 67 Subject matter limitsfc 60 Through Speaker63 75 Time limits on individual 60 Yeas and nays no debate during 202 DECORUM Applause suppressed71 Conversation none over bari 69 Hisses suppressed 1 71 Silence during debate29 63 67 DISTRIBUTION OF BILLSSee PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS DIVISION Adjournment limited by 83 87 Call for I181182194 Excuse from voting motion to restricts 197 Reconsideration of main question limitsrfc 183 Results of Speaker shall announce192 Speakers duty in case of 192 What divisible r 182 DOORKEEPER Clears lobbies and galleries when 34 Duties general L 19 Election i 19 Floor limitations enforcement of25 Intoxicated members enforcement of rule against 70 Message announcement 46 Pay 19 Substitution prohibited 20 Suspension by Speaker 35 282 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL ELECTIONAlso see JOINT SESSION Rule No Auditor of r t A 7 Contestj1i r 232 Governor of action oni 226227 Journal entry 224 Members of House judge of tiai 61 Nomination limits h 1 223 J 10 Officers of State222 Presidential electors of A 6 Procedure I222 224 Second not needed in nominations H J 10 Speaker shall vote in e 26 Vote necessary1224225 ELECTRIC ROLL CALLAlso see ROLLCALL Adjournment limits y 1 I 83 Clerks duties7 y J 204 Method 1 205 Quorum to determine 193 Roll call at opening use forumntn 43 Seat from 4 yr 205 Speakers powers 204 Tabling limited byJi 91 Tabling limits 91 Use 1rL204 Verification not required203 EMPLOYEESSee ASSISTANTS ENGROSSMENT Debate on 134 Effect of i 134 Local bills reading required 135 Time for 134 Unanimous consent for prohibited 134 Vote required c 134 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 283 Rule No ENROLLING AND ENGROSSINGSee COMMITTEE ON AUDITING ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING JOURNALS EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN Previous question delayed by 62 Procedure 62 Time forv 62 EXPENSES Members procedure for paymentj 217 EXPULSION OF MEMBERS Journal entry 60 Vote required 60 61 When 60 61 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION Calling 89 A 8 Compensation during gL A 8 Consideration limits goteas A 8 Governors calling Jj 89 A 8 Impeachment continued by2AvfAl A 8 Time limits rr i A 8 FILING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Required gjyI 125 Time for l4g 125 FINES Members when transgress rules 60 284 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL FLOORSee PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR Rule No GALLERIES Applause and hisses to be suppressedr 71 Clearance by Speaker 4 Committee of the Whole Chairman may clear 152 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLSee APPROPRIATIONS GOVERNOR Adjournment power in regard toT88 Appropriations selective approval of 209 Budget bill presentation of 239 Constitutional amendment action on233 Election 226 227 Extraordinary session callingSiH lii 89 Inauguration 42227 228 229 230 231 Overriding veto 209 210 211 Signature when required209211 Veto power j 209 210 211 235 HISSES Suppression IDENTIFICATION CARDS Issued to persons entitled to privileges of the floor 25 IMPEACHMENT Procedure 1ife A 8 Session continued 89 INTOXICATION Member denied floor while in state of11 70 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 285 Rule No INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Copies two required 126 Time for r 125 Unanimous consent time limits 116 INVESTIGATION Resolution appointing must be referred to committee 137 State Officers ofxI A A 10 JOINT SESSION Adjournment 1 1 J 14 Clerks duties J 7 J 8 Debate h J II Governors election for226227 Journal LiJ 7 J 12 Nominations in J 10 Papers iJ 8 J 9 Place House iJ 1 J 2 Prsider J 2 J 4 J 5 Procedure general J 3 J 4 Quorum 1 J 6 Rules changeTr J 18 Time of J 1 J 2 Vote J 10 J 12 J 13 JOURNAL Absentees shown onrxA 59 Amendments to Constitution entry with yeas and nays 233 Appropriation yeas and nays shown 250 Committee duty to read and reportL 38 59 Committee of the Whole proceedings not shown 160 Election vote entryV 224 Expulsion entry J1 60 Governors inauguration entry 231 286 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Joint session proceedingsJ7 J 13 Oaths of officers and assistants entry 11 Petition name and object of petitioner memorialist or remonstrant noted onijr52 Preservation iBgBK17 124 Publication required 123124 Reading by committeery 38 59 Reading of how dispensed with 44 Required i91 123 Vote entry of189 206 207 208 224 233 Vote explanation entry1 201 Vote names of those not voting shown on 208 Yeas and nays entry194206207208233250 LOBBIES Applause or hisses in suppressed 71 Clearance by Speaker7 34 Committee of the Whole Chairmans power to cleari 152 LOBBYISTS Floor prohibited from X 25 LOCAL BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Limitations upon 130131 A 16 Local governing authority restriction130131 Notice of affidavit must be attached130131 Notice required J130131 Office affected requires referendum11130131 Reading first two by title unless engrossment 135 Unanimous consent reading of third time and putting on passage 1116 MAIN QUESTION Adjournment effect on183 87183 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 287 Rule No Division after order for 194 Effect of l 187 Form of 183 Previous question effect i183184 Reconsideration of j 183188 Tabling limits90 Vote required to order 183 MEETING OF HOUSE Time of meeting for daily sessions50 MEMORIALSSee PETITIONS MESSAGES How sent announced received and considered 46 MESSENGER Arrest of members to secure quorum57 58 Clear lobbies and galleries when 1 34 Direction by Speaker 23 57 Duties general 1923 Election g ji 19 Intoxicated member enforcement of rule against 70 Order enforcement of23 Papers distribution I 23 Pay 22 19 SergeantatArms exofficio57 Stationery distribution 23 Suspension by Speaker t 35 MINORITY REPORTS FROM COMMITTEE Debate allowed after order for previous questionn 184 How made 139 288 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MOTIONS Rule No Committee of the Whole in Debate when cannot use motion to cut off Disagreement with Senate motions in order Information from departments table one day Making must resume seat while put Number limited to one at a time Possession of House Precedence of Previous question on Second unnecessary Speakers actions on Stating by Speaker Strike out and insert motion to not divisible Tabling effected by Withdrawal iS 148149155156 81 175 137 80 80 V 78 77 98 180 79 192 192 182 MMI 4896 78 98 NEW MATTERS Unanimous consents for time for 116 NOMINATIONS Remarks disparaging prohibited Second not needed OATHS Administered by judges to members Assistants 1lli Clerks Members SEc Officers ii OFFICERS Oath Suspension of by Speaker Who are 223 J 10 m 9 1113 111213 7 9 111213 111213 218 1 35 5 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 289 ORDER OF BUSINESS Rule No Appropriations Bill general 133 Changed how 39404142ll6142 Change motion not debatable 39 41 Change motion vote necessary 139 Committee report requiring 142 Fixing by Rules Committee during last twentvone days Information motions Messages Priority of 37 183 Privilege questions 47 Reading of Rules Committee Calendar Reconsideration 39 48 46 39 113 Rules Committee report 45 149 Speakers power over 27 Unanimous consent ORGANIZATION Assistant Clerk by Bodies Chairman appointment and powers Clerk by Commission issued during Elections during First meeting time and place 0aths Officers Procedure Rulesi Seating 2 1 2 2 8 3 410 49 7 9111213 2 3 510 2 2 6 PAGES Age Appointment by members Papers distribution Z4 24 1 23 290 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL PAIRING FOR VOTING Rule No Committee of the Whole prohibited in 150 Prohibited i 199 PAPERS Clerks possession Li pi 16 54 Committee care4 138 Committee of the Whole may call forp 151 Distribution 23 Reading not subject to indefinite postponementi 98 Reading of 55 PARLIAMENTARY LAW Applicable when 256 PETITIONS Presentation and formi L5S 52 POSTPONEMENT Amendment motion to indefinitely postpone not amendable 99 Amendment motion to postpone to day certain amendable I 104 Committee of the Whole motion to indefinitely postpone not in order 148 Debate on Hg 99103 Effect of motion to indefinitely postpone 101 Effect of motion to postpone to time definite 102107 Effect of negative action 1L 106 Effect indefinite postponement 105 Precedence of motion 7798 Renewal limits 100106 Vote necessary on motion to indefinitely postpone 101 Vote necessary on motion to postpone to a time definite 107 What subject to 98102 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 291 PREAMBLE Rule No Committee of the Whole last considered3M 147 Considered after bill perfected1 170 PRESIDER Clerk shall when 32 Joint session in J 2 J4 Speaker SSIs 3 Speaker absent who shall whenm 32 Speaker may appoint member to 31 Speaker Pro Tem absent who shall whenv 32 PRESS Bills and resolutions copy to 126 Floor entitled to25 PREVIOUS QUESTION Adjournment effect onS83 87183 Call of House limitsif 185 Committee of the Whole not in order in 148 Debate allowed after ordering of184186 Debate motion not debatable 183 Exception to debate delays 62 Form of t l I I 183 Main question effect on183184 Minority committee report time allowed for after ordering of 184 Precedence of motion177183 Reconsideration of 188 Tabling after 4 90 Vote required r 183184 What applicable to 180 PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS Motion to print precedence 77 292 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Required when Suspension of bills and resolutions until PRIVILEGE Precedence of questions of Questions of what constitutes PRIVILEGES OF FLOOR Intoxicated members denied Voting during Who entitled to PROTESTS Procedure and formI PUNISHMENT Members of Voting for another QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS Judgment of House Rule No 132 132 47 47 70 205 25 76 61 200 61198 QUORUM Committee of the Whole requirement of Compelling Number Rollcall for Speakers power in regard to Voting when not iLL 146 57 58 l 56 58185193 57193 193 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 293 READING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Rule No Clerks Committee of the Whole in I Committee report after Debate none on first or second reading Number and name of introducer stated on second and third reading Second automatic whenI Sections by I Times three Title by J Z Unanimous consent time limit sj 133174 143147 140 136 133 136 174 135 135 116 READING OF PAPERSSee PAPERS RECOGNITION Speaker decides RECOMMITMENT Unanimous consent time limit jjig Vote necessary for aH2 What may be recommittedZL 112 142 RECONSIDERATION Amendments when in order Committee of the Whole motion in order Effect of on bills Main question effect on Main question time for reconsideration of Notice not to be withdrawn when Notice when required Previous question effeet on V Renewal once Senate amendments in order immediatelyTime for motion 113 149 115 188 183 113 113 188 114 113 113 294 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL REMONSTRANCESSee PETITIONS Rule No REPEALS How effectuated RETURNEES Commission Seats rights to 8 6 ROLLCALL Adjournment limits Clerks duty as to Committee of the Whole not in order in Debate none during Dispensing with Electrical rollcall system Explanation of votes on Previous question limits Procedure Quorum to determine ifI Reconsideration of main question limits Required by HouseiSri Speaker may order when Verification of when required Vote refusal after contempt 83 5859193 204 148 202 43 204 I 201 185 31 I l 59 193 183 3058 30185193204 203 HB 193 RULES Changed how 41 42 257 J 18 Debate motion to suspend or change decided without debate 41 Question not covered by procedure 256 Suspended how 41 42257 J 18 Suspension not subject to indefinite postponement 98 Transgression penalized a 60 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 295 RULES COMMITTEE Rule No Calendar fixed by during last twentyone davs qq Membership 212 Proposed change addition or suspension of rules must be referred to 257 Report debatable except last twentyone days L L 41 Report failure to effect 257 Report of during last twentyone daysmotionto amend not debatable 09 Report of in order when g Reports required rJ Speaker Chairman of j 212 Special orders submission to and report on 40 SEATS Assigned by Speaker1 6 Contested procedure when 1QQ Recognition from2 60 SERGEANTATARMSSee MESSENGER SESSIONS Business carried over bow q ExtraordinarySee EXTRAORDNA Prolongation of signature of Governor not required 211 lermr g9 SILENCE Debate during g an Speaker duty of to command when29 63 SPEAKER Absence of Speaker Pro Tern to preside 99 Accounts certifying r Acts signs fio 296 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Adjournment members to remain until Speaker retires 68 Amendments power to rule out if not germane164175 Appeals from decision of r72737475 71 Applause in galleries or chamber suppression of Appointment special A 2 Arrest power to 34 57 Attendance power to compel to secure a quorum Auditors nomination call fori Bond approval of Clerks Budget bill introduction of 39 Budget submission to Director Business priority of decides without debatep Call the House duty to Clearing galleries and lobbies Commitment of bills and resolutions Committee of the Whole Chairman appoints Committee of the Whole duty regarding billsg Committee of the Whole duty when business finished 57 A 7 14 53 27 58 34 137 143 144 157 143 150 Committee of the Whole may resolve House into when Committee of the Whole may take part in Committee of the Whole resumes chair when156157 Committee of the Whole right to take part inpi 150 Committee of the Whole to leave chair during 143 Committees and subcommittees appoints officers of 212 Committees appointment of33 212213 Committees assignment of members to 213 Committees membership on 212 Conference Committee appoints Debate irrelevant power to suspend 9 Division call for 492 Doorkeeper may suspend 35 Election of Ip 4 Electric rollcall system duty when voting by 2U4 Electric rollcall system out of order duty whenggj 204 Enrolling clerks appointment Floor privileges power overJii 25 Governors election action onjluLlI 226 Joint session seat at left of PresidentJ 5 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 297 104 105 31 32 Rule No Joint session succession to presider j 4 Messages duty as to Messenger direction and suspension 23 Motion stating by78 192 Oath to officers and assistants 11 12 13 Officer as Postponement action on Tno0 iq5 Postponement to day certain duty to enforce restrictions on debate 103 Postponement to day certain how to treat amendment to motionj Postponement to day beyond session how to treat motion Preside may name members to 7 77 Presider Question stating 191 192 Quorum to secure 193 Recognition of memberU28 60 63 80116 Rollcall duties durmgiN83 91 204 Rollcall orders by when30 58193204 Rules Committee exofficio member of 212 Rules transgression penalizing777 60 Seat assignments J g Signature when required 121 122 Silence commanding Special clerk for auditing enrolling and engrossing Journals authorized to employ gg State boards membership on Subcommittees appointment of gg Unanimous consent shall entertain but one at a timeI 116 Unanimous consent when to recognize member for purpose of asking1 jg Verification of a rollcall vote not to entertain motion to dispense with3 03 Vote authority to 6150 SPEAKER PRO TEM Election 432 298 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Joint session succession as presides Officer as1 Powers Presides in absence of Speakeri State Boards membership on1 SPECIAL LAWSSee LOCAL LAWS STATE BOARDS Membership of Legislators on4 STATE OFFICERS Discharge of Investigation of Legislators as restrictions Suspension of2 STATIONERY Distribution STENOGRAPHIC REPORTER Appointment and pay STREET RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION Approval by city governing authorities SUBCOMMITTEES Appointed by Speaker Calling meetings of Controlled by standing committees Minutes Organization Rule No mm j 4 5 4 432 A18 A 18 A 12 A 10 A 17 A 12 23 17 A 13 33212 214 214 214 214 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 299 SUBSTITUTEAlso see AMENDMENT Rule No Amendment as jgo Bill perfected before substitute 167 Voted on before bill 267 SUCCESSION Joint session J 4 Speakers absence o SUPREME COURT RULES Approval of L 4 TABLING Amendment motion not subject to Amendment not applicable to Committee of the Whole motion not in order Debate motion not debatable Effect when motion to table prevails wen motion to take from table prevails Effect when motion to take from table prevails where measure tabled after rollcall Main question limits Motion to take from when in order Precedence of jrj Previous question limits motion to table L Renewal of motions to table and take from when Rollcall limited by Rollcall limitsj State departments information called from tabled one day Time for taking from table1 Vote required to take from table What can be tabled Yeas and nays limits 94 93 148 94 96 9697 91 90 48 90183 90183 95 91 9091 48 97 97 92 93 91 300 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL TITLE Rule No Bills and resolutions subjectmatter must be expressed in TRANSMISSION TO SENATE Day of passage vote required Last day immediate on TREASON Pardon of j UNANIMOUS CONSENTS Commitment to Committee of the Whole General provision forrplQv 2 Introduction for Journal reading dispensing with Limitation and regulation of use of Motion withdrawal required for Passage for Reading for Recommitment fr 2 Rollcall dispensing with1 Rollcall vote dispensing with verification o Time for VERIFICATION Electric rollcall system not required for 203 Rollcall vote dispensed with for 203 A 15 144 190 116 44 116 78 116 116 116 43 203 116 VETO Governors power of Overridden how 209210211 235 209210211 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 301 VOTE Rule No Adjournment limits 83 87 Another not for 200 Appeal from Speakers ruling on 72 Bill required for xgg Changing of rX77Tm204 J 13 Committee of the Whole no pairing 150 Committee of the Whole net taken by yeas and nays in 148 Committee of the Whole vote required 150 Debate no during calling or reading of yeas and nays 202 DivisionSee DIVISION Electric rollcallSee ELECTRIC ROLLCALL ElectionSee ELECTION Excuse fromffi193197193199 Explanation 201 Interest none where have 197 198 General requirement 190 Journal entry required 118972067207 208 Method of 192 194 Pairing of members not allowed 150 199 QuorumSee QUORUM Reconsideration of main question limits 183 Refusal may be contempt 193 Required when 7 i u J 150 197 RollcallSee ROLLCALL Seat from own26200205 Speaker may order yeas and nays when 30 Speakers 26150 Tabling limits 91 Tie m7117 26 Unanimous consentsSee UNANIMOUS CONSENTS When allowed individuals Yeas and naysSee YEAS AND NAYS 191 WITHDRAWAL Bill when and how 117 Committee from X16 Motion when and how55ll 165 302 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL WRITS Signature Speakers and Clerks Rule No 121 YEAS AND NAYS Adjournment limits Change restricted Committee of the Whole prohibited in Debate on motion prohibited Debate prohibited during Expulsion for Journal entry Method of calling5 Reconsideration of main question limits Seat from Tabling limits Vote required for call of 8387 196 148 ta 195 202 60 194 206 207 208 196 183 205 II 91 194 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 303 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS 304 ARTICLE LBill of Rights 311317 ARTICLE IIElective Franchise 2iL317320 ARTICLE IIILegislative Department 320330 ARTICLE IVPower of General Assembly over Taxation 11 330334 ARTICLE VExecutive Department 334345 ARTICLE VIJudiciary 345363 ARTICLE VIIFinance Taxation and Public Debt364399 ARTICLE VIIIEducation 399405 ARTICLE IXHomestead and Exemption405406 ARTICLE XMilitia 406407 ARTICLE XICounties and Municipal Corporations407409 ARTICLE XIIThe Laws of General Operation in Force in this State409410 ARTICLE XIIIAmendments to the Constitution410412 ARTICLE XIVMerit System 412413 ARTICLE XVHome Rule 413 ARTICLE XVISlum Clearance and Redevelopment413414 304 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 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 Constitution of 1945 Ratified General Election August 7 1945 Governors Proclamation August 13 1945 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 305 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 of 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 Mate in time of war from five 5 mills on each dollar of the value of the property taxable m the State to onefourth A 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 Mate 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 m 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 lor the payment of pensions to exConfederate soldiers and to the widows of Lionlederate soldiers who are unmarried Amendment to Par 4 Sec 1 Art VII authorizing the Gen Assembly to exempt irom 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 i employees of the State and its subdivisions protection accorded others by the Uld Age and Survivors Insurance Program embodied under the Federal Social Security Act and the Federal Insurance Contributions 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 306 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Amendment to Art 13 Sec 1 Par 1 providing for the submission of amendments to the Constitution that affect only a county or counties municipality or municipalities 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 so as to provide for annual sessions of the General Assembly not to exceed forty 40 days 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 Amendment to Article VIII of the Constitution adding a new section relating to education Amendment to Article VII Section II of the 1945 Constitution of Georgia so as to provide that taxation may be exercised for the purpose of paying pensions under a firemens pension system 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 Amendment to Article VI Section II of the Constitution of Georgia so as to confer upon the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals jurisdiction to review by writ of error all final judgments and adjudications rendered by Juvenile Courts Amendment to the Constitution so as to change the method of amending the Constitution Amendment to Article VI Section I of the Constitution authorizing the General Assembly to create traffic courts in and for certain cities Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to consider business pending at the adjournment of any regular session at any later regular session Amendment to Article III Section XI Paragraph I of the Constitution changing certain wording Amendment to Article VI Section XIII of the Constitution of Georgia providing that Chief Justice Emeritus and Justices Emeritus of the Supreme Court and Judges Emeritus of the Superior Courts shall be eligible to preside over their respective courts Amendment to Article VI Section III Paragraph I of the Constitution fixing the terms of office of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the payment of 25000000 in connection with the bringing in of the first commercial oil well in this State RATIFIED November 20 1956 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 307 Amendment to Article VII Section I Paragraph IV of the Constitution so as to provide for Homestead exemption for certain disabled veterans Amendment to Article VII Section I Paragraph II of the Constitution so as to provide the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia with the authority to grant scholarships to qualified students lacking funds to pursue their education Amendment to Article VII Section I Paragraph II of the Constitution so as to authorize State departments and State agencies to disburse State funds to match Federal funds in order to provide qualified employees with graduate or postgraduate educational scholarships and for use in other Federal Education Programs Amendment to Article VII Section I Paragraph II of the Constitution so as to authorize the State Board of Education to grant scholarships to citizens of Georgia to study to become teachers Amendment to Article VI Section XIII Paragraph II of the Constitution so as to provide that the Chief Justices Emeritus and Justices Emeritus of the Supreme Court Justices Emeritus of the Court of Appeals and Judges Emeritus of the Superior Courts shall be eligible to preside in or over the Supreme Court the Court of Appeals and the Superior Courts RATIFIED NOVEMBER 4 1958 Amendment to the Constitution to provide for the appropriation of motor fuel taxes for highway construction and maintenance purposes in order to provide an adequate system of through highways rural and post roads and bridges in this State Amendment to Article VII Section VI Paragraph I a of the Constitution to establish and clarify provisions for payment of contract obligations authorized by the State Constitution Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for the granting of State funds to municipalities Amendment to the Constitution so as to change the provisions relating to the millage limitation for the tax levy for education Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assembly shall have the power to establish an Industrial Development Commission to make loans available to industrial development agencies to aid them in acquiring and constructing industrial and manufacturing plants and facilities within the State and to provide that the General Assembly shall have the power to tax to carry out and implement the purposes of the Commission Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the promotion of agricultural products Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the payment for taking or damaging private property for public road and street purposes Amendment to the Constitution so as to empower the General Assembly to authorize counties to use public funds for school lunch purposes 308 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for repayment of medical loans and scholarships by service at Milledgeville State Hospital Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the granting of scholarships to physicians and other personnel for specialized training in the field of mental health Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the establishment of area schools including vocational trade schools Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize counties to purchase liability insurance Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the creation of a Brunswick Ports Authority Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the discipline including courtsmartial and nonjudicial punishment procedures and rules of evidence therefor for members of the Militia when not in Federal service RATIFIED NOVEMBER 8 1960 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Governors No 34 House Resolution No 11 309 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 310 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GEN I ERAL 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 311 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 have compulsory process to obtain the testimony of his own witnesses shall be confronted with the witnesses testifying against him and shall have a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury Paragraph VI Crimination of self not compelled No person shall be compelled to give testimony tending in any manner to criminate himself Paragraph VII Banishment and whipping as punishment for crime Neither banishment beyond the limits of the State nor whipping as a punishment for crime shall be allowed Paragraph VIII 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 own motion for a new trial after conviction or in case of mistrial Paragraph 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 shall any person be abused in being arrested while under arrest or in prison Paragraph X Costs No person shall be compelled to pay costs except after conviction on final trial Paragraph XI Habeas corpus The writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended 312 CONSTITUTION OP 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 313 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 See 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 314 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 See 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 enenues 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 I 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 315 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 3 Par 2 Except that when private property is taken or damaged for public road and street purposes by the State and the counties and the municipalities of the State just and adequate compensation therefor need not be paid until the same has been finally fixed and determined as provided by law but such just and adequate compensation shall then be paid in preference to all other obligations except bonded indebtedness The General Assembly may by law require the condemnor to make prepayment against adequate compensation as a condition precedent to the exercise of the right of eminent domain and provide for the disbursement of the same to the end that the rights and equities of the property owner lien holders and the State and its subdivisions may be protected 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 Effecting privEte rights shEll be VEried in uny particular case by special legislation except with the free consent in writing of all persons to be affected thereby and no person under iegEl disEbility to contrEct is CEpEble 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 316 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 5 Par 1 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 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 I 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 317 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 2 Sec 1 Par 2 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 provisions of Section II of Article II of this Constitution and who possesses the qualifications prescribed in Paragraphs II and III of this Section or who will possess them at the date of the election occurring next after his registration and who in addition thereto comes within either of the classes provided for in the two following subdivisions of this paragraph 1 All persons who are of good character and understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a republican form of government or 2 All persons who can correctly read in the English language any paragraph of the Constitution of the United States or of this State and correctly write the same in the English language when read to them by any one of the registrars and all persons who solely because of physical disability are unable to comply with the above requirements but who can understand and give a reasonable interpretation of any paragraph of the Constitution of the United States or of this State that may be read to them by any one of the registrars Paragraph V Appeal from decision of registrars Any person to whom the right of registration is denied by the registrars 318 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 2 Sec 2 Par 4 upon the ground that he lacks the qualifications set forth in the two subdivisions of Paragraph IV shall have the right to take an appeal and any citizen may enter an appeal from the decision of the registrars allowing any person to register under said subdivisions All appeals must be filed in writing with the registrars within ten days from the date of the decision complained of and shall be returned by the registrars to the office of the clerk of the superior court to be tried as other appeals Paragraph VI Judgment of force pending appeal Pending an appeal and until the final decision of the case the judgment of the registrars shall remain in full force 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 319 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 2 Sec 5 Par 1 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 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 20 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 3 Par 1 Representatives shall consist of representatives apportioned araong the several counties of the State as follows To the eight counties having the largest population three representatives each to the thirty counties having the next largest population two representatives each and to the remaining counties one representative each Paragraph II Apportionment changed how The above apportionment shall be changed by the General Assembly at its first session after each census taken by the United States Government in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph I of Section III of this article Section IV Paragraph I Term of Members The members of the General Assembly shall be elected for two years and shall serve until the time fixed by law for the convening of the 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 Ry 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 m 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 321 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 4 Par 3 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 threefifths of the members 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 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 Representative before taking his seat shall take the following oath or affirmation towit I will support the Constitution of this State and of the United States and on all questions and measures which may come before me I will so conduct myself as will in my judgment be most conducive to the interests and prosperity of this State Paragraph VI Eligibility appointments forbidden No person holding a military commission or other appointment or office having any emolument or compensation annexed thereto under this State or the United States or either of them except Justices of the Peace and officers of the militia nor any defaulter for public money or for any legal taxes required of him shall have a seat in either house nor shall any Senator or Repre 322 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 4 Par 6 sentative after his qualification as such be elected by the Genoral 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 Paragraph VII Removal from district or county effect of lhe 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 btate 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 m 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 323 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 Representatives shall be citizens of the United States who have attained the age of twentyone years and who shall have been citizens of this State for two years and for one year residents of the counties from which elected Paragraph II Speaker The presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall be styled the Speaker of the House of Representatives and shall be elected viva voce from the body Paragraph III Power to impeach The House of Representatives shall have the sole power to vote impeachment charges against all persons who shall have been or may be in office Section VII Paragraph I Election returns etc disorderly conduct Each House shall be the judge of the election returns and qualifications of its members and shall have power to punish them for disorderly behavior or misconduct by censure fine imprisonment or expulsion but no member shall be expelled except by a vote of twothirds of the House to which he belongs Paragraph II Contempts how punished Each House may punish by imprisonment not extending beyond the session any person not a member who shall be guilty of a contempt by any disorderly behavior in its presence or who shall rescue or attempt to rescue any person arrested by order of either House 324 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 shail be preserved after publication in the office of the Secretary of otate but there shall be no other record thereof Paragraph VI Yeas and nays when taken The yeas and navs on any question shall at the desire of onefifth of the members present be entered on the Journal rvaarairnP VII Bills to be read Every bill before it shall pahal1 be read three times and on three separate days in u hrrHse unless m cases of actual invasion or insurrection and second reading of each local bill shall consist engrossed f tlt e on y Uldess said bill is ordered to be 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 325 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 passage the yeas and nays in each house are recorded Paragraph XIII Acts signed rejected bills 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 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 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 326 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 XVIII Recognizances The General Assembly shall have no power to relieve principals or securities upon for 327 CONSTITUTION OF 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 328 CONSTITUTION OP 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 I 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 329 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 9 Par 1 Speaker of the 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 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 of elections they shall meet in the Representative Hall and the President of the Senate shall in such cases preside and declare the result Section XI Paragraph I 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 the elective officers provided for in this Constitution but no such change shall diminish the amount of any salary set forth in the Constitution 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 330 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 eniorce the same by adequate penalties provided nevertheless tnat such power and authority shall never be exercised in any way to regulate or fix charges of such public utilities as are owned or operated by any county or municipality of tnis fetate except as provided in this Constitution Paragraph II Rebates No public utility company shall give r 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 331 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 332 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 4 Sec 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 rraPhJ 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 333 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 334 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 335 CONSTITUTION OF 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 having the highest 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 the compensation of the Governor for the unexpired term If CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OP 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 ol the disability or the election and qualification of a Governor fr 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 SftSiSfiSJ aS the Governor Until the qualification of a Paranh pro7lslns of Article V Section I raragraph VIII of the Constitution of Georgia of 1877 shall remain of full force and effect Assemhffhyi11 Unexpird terms filling of The General Assembly shall have power to provide by law for filling un ConstuWS by SPeClal elections except as Provided in this Paragraph IX Oath of office The Governor shall before he affGm0tntheTditieS i0f his office take the following oath or bS that l wilff T117 swear or affirm as the case may LteoithfuniaSdsSLCOoSSSi and Paragraph X Commanderinchief The Governor shall be Srttomnftitreof S f j Stote d 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 337 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 338 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 339 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 1 Par 12 pending an impeachment trial of some officer of the State Government in 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 five 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 340 CONSTITUTION OP 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 341 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 2 Par 1 Section II Other Executive Officers Paragraph I 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 342 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 2 Par 4 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 IV 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 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 of 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 344 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 Paragraph II The General Assembly may in its discretion create a new court or system of courts in and for each city having a population of more than 300000 according to the last or any future federal decennial census conferring upon such new court or system of courts jurisdiction to issue warrants try cases and impose sentences thereon in all misdemeanor cases arising under any law of the State regulating the ownership or operation of motor vehicles within its territorial jurisdiction together with provisions as to rules organization and procedure in such courts and as to new trials and the correction of errors in and by such courts and with such further provision 345 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 1 Par 2 for the correction of errors by the Superior Court or the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court as the General Assembly may from time to time in its discretion provide or authorize Any court so established shall not be subject to the rules of uniformity in Paragraph I Section IX of Article VI of the Constitution of 1945 The General Assembly is authorized to delegate to the governing authorities of any such municipality any and all powers necessary and appropriate for the establishment operation and maintenance of such court 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 succession 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 346 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 2 Par 2 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 m 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 m like manner during that year and provided further that an additiona1 or seventh Justice shall be immediately appointed bv JnLtenulnder 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 in case of any vacancy which causes an unexpired term the same shall be filled by executive appointment and the person appomied by the Governor shall hold his office unffl thfne 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 to the G Paragraph IV Jurisdiction of Supreme Court The Supreme Sgg ha liha7e V orlgmal 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 347 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 2 Par 4 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 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 348 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 2 Par 5 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 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 349 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 2 Par 8 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 or Appeals to the Supreme Court or as to which such certificate has been required by the Supreme Court as hereinbefore provided All writs of error in the Supreme Court or 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 ratifi 350 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 2 Par 8 cation 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 Paragraph IX The Supreme Court and Court of Appeals shall have jurisdiction to review by direct writ of error and without the necessity of a motion for new trial having been made all final judgments orders decrees and adjudications rendered by any juvenile court created or referred to in an Act of the General Assembly approved February 19 1951 Ga Laws 1951 p 291 as amended and any other juvenile court that may be hereafter established and it shall further be the duty of the Solicitor General of the judicial circuit within which juvenile court or courts are located to represent the juvenile court on such appeals The time for filing such bill of exceptions and the procedure governing same shall be as now provided by law for appeals or as may hereafter be provided by law but in any case the Juvenile Judge may by order grant extensions of time for the filing of such bill of exceptions so as to afford opportunity for preparation of a brief or transcript of evidence in cases where such is required 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 351 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 3 Par 1 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 Notwithstanding the provision of this Section providing for a term of four years for Judges of the Superior Courts and notwithstanding any other provision of the Constitution of Georgia the term of office of each of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit who is elected at the General Election of 1956 shall be for eight years from January 1 1957 and until his successor is qualified and the term of each of the Judges of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit elected in subsequent years shall be eight years and until his successor is qualified 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 term shall be elected 352 CONSTITUTION OP 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 353 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 354 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 and until his successor is elected and qualified Section VII Justices of 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 355 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 See 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 356 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 357 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 358 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 359 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 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 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 360 CONSTITUTION OP 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 Paragraph II Chief Justices Emeritus and Justices Emeritus of the Supreme Court Judges Emeritus of the Court of Appeals and Judges Emeritus of the Superior Courts shall be eligible to preside in or over the Supreme Court of Georgia the Court of Appeals of Georgia and the Superior Courts of this State The General Assembly shall prescribe the method or manner in which they may be called upon for temporary service Section XIV Venue Paragraph I 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 361 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 14 Par 4 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 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 L Power to change venue The power to change the venue in civil and criminal cases shall be 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 362 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 16 Par 2 shall provide by law for the selection of the most experienced intelligent and upright men to serve as grand jurors and intelligent and upright men to serve as traverse jurors Nevertheless the grand jurors shall be competent to serve as traverse jurors 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 otate Section XVII County Commissioners Paragraph I Power to ereate County Commissioners The jeneral Assembly shall have power to provide for the creation ol county commissioners in such counties as may require them and to define their duties Section XVIII What Courts May Be Abolished Paragraph L 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 363 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 The General Assembly is authorized to provide by law for the payment of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars 25000000 to the first person firm or corporation or combination thereof which puts down and brings in the first commercial oil well in this State Such well must produce at least 100 barrels of oil per day and the determination as to whether such well is producing this amount CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 is hereby vested in the Director of the State Department of Mines Mining and Geology Said law shall provide for the distribution of said amount as the General Assembly may by statute provide between the company or individual who drills or causes to be drilled said well the contractor who furnishes the equipment among such workmen and employees actually engaged in the job and to the mineral andor property owner where the well is drilled The General Assembly shall provide for the method of payment by the Governor 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 4 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 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 365 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 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 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 366 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIE Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 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 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 367 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 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 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 internship 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 shall be credited to the applicant for each year of practicing his profession in a community of 5000 population or less according to 1950 or any future census or at Milledgeville State Hospital 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 368 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 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 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 of such 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 369 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 made with any of the colleges or schools as herein provided All 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 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 Section 1A The Director of the Department of Public 370 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 Health with the approval of the State Board of Health is hereby authorized to extend scholarships to physicians and other personnel to take post graduate courses in the various schools and clinics in the United States so as to enable them to be better qualified in the diagnosis care and treatment of mental illness As a prerequisite to the grant of such scholarship the recipient thereof must agree to actively engage in the practice of his profession in a hospital operated by the State of Georgia under the supervision of the State of Georgia or at some place approved by the authority granting the scholarship on the basis of one year of service for each year of training received The remedies for the enforcing of service required shall be the same as provided for medical grants and scholarships and such other remedies as may be provided by law 6 The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shall have the authority to grant to qualified students who are citizens and bona fide residents of the State of Georgia and who would not otherwise have available the funds necessary to obtain an education such scholarships as are necessary for them to complete programs of study offered by institutions of the University System of Georgia with the exception of the program leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine The terms and conditions thereof shall be prescribed and regulated by the Board of Regents but shall include the condition that recipients of such scholarships shall upon the completion of their programs of study reside in the State of Georgia and engage in activities for which they were prepared through the scholarships for a period of one year for each 1000 received The General Assembly shall appropriate such funds to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as it sees fit in order to carry out the purposes of this provision It shall be the duty of the Board of Regents to receive and pass upon allow or disallow all applications for scholarships to contract increase decrease terminate and otherwise regulate all grants for scholarships and to manage operate and control all funds appropriated for this purpose 371 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 7 State Departments and Agencies of the State Government of Georgia shall have the authority to disburse State funds to match Federal funds in order to provide qualified employees with graduate or post graduate educational scholarships and for use in other Federal Education Programs The terms and conditions thereof shall be prescribed and regulated by the various departments and agencies granting the scholarships but shall include the condition that personnel to whom these scholarships are extended must as a prerequisite thereto agree to work for the department or agency granting the scholarships for at least two years for each year spent in study or refund the money received for said scholarships pro rata Provided further that no additional appropriation shall be made by the General Assembly to finance such scholarships but the same shall be financed from the regular appropriations to the various State departments and State agencies It shall be the duty of the various State departments and State agencies to receive and pass upon allow or disallow all applications for scholarships in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by them to contract increase decrease terminate and otherwise regulate all grants for scholarships and to manage operate and control all funds used for this purpose 8 The State Board of Education shall have the authority to grant to citizens who are interested in becoming teachers and who are bona fide residents of the State of Georgia such scholarships as are necessary for them to complete programs of study in preparation for teaching The terms and conditions thereof shall be prescribed and regulated by the State Board of Education but shall include the condition that recipients of such scholarships shall upon the completion of their programs of study teach in the public schools of Georgia for a period of one year for each 1000 received and include the further provision that any person using any such scholarship shall teach in the public schools of Georgia for at least three years in any event 372 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 The General Assembly shall have the authority to appropriate such funds to the State Board of Education as it deems wise and proper to carry out the purposes of this provision It shall be the duty of the State Board of Education to receive and pass upon allow or disallow all applications for scholarships for teachers to contract increase decrease terminate and otherwise regulate all grants for scholarships and to manage operate and control all funds appropriated for this purpose 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 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 religious 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 endow 373 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 4 ments 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 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 374 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 See 1 Par 4 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 organized 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 of 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 per 375 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 4 sonal 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 Each disabled veteran as hereinafter defined who is a citizen and resident of Georgia is hereby granted an exemption of 1000000 on his homestead which he owns and which he actually occupies as a residence and homestead such exemption being from all ad valorem taxation for State county municipal and school purposes The value of all property in excess of the above exempted amount shall remain subject to taxation The term disabled veteran as used herein means a disabled American veteran of any war or armed conflict in which any branch of the armed forces of the United States engaged whether under United States command or otherwise and who is disabled as a result of such service in the armed forces by paraplegia or permanent paralysis of both legs and lower parts of the body resulting from traumatic injury to the spinal cord or brain or by total blindness or by the amputation of both legs or both arms 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 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 376 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 2 Par 1 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 7A In order to extend to the employees of the State any department of the State any State institution or political subdivisions of the State and to the dependents and survivors of such employees the basic protection accorded others by the Old Age Survivors Insurance Program embodied under the Social Security Act Act of Congress approved August 14 1935 49 Stat 620 officially cited as the Social Security Act as such Act has 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 Assembly is authorized to enact such legislation as may be necessary to insure the coverage to employees of the State any department of the State any State institution or political sub 377 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 2 Par 1 divisions of the State and the dependents and survivors of such employees under said Social Security Act as the same has been or may be amended and the Federal Insurance Contributions Act as the same has been or may be amended and any provisions of this Constitution notwithstanding the State for and on behalf of itself its departments institutions or political subdivisions is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the Federal Security Administrator or other appropriate official 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 IA Any other provision of this Constitution to the contrary notwithstanding the General Assembly may provide for the promotion of the production marketing sale use and utilization processing and improvement of any one or all of the agricultural products including but not limited to livestock and livestock products poultry and poultry products timber and timber products fish and sea food and the products of the farms and forests of this State The General Assembly may provide for the promotion of such products individually collectively or in any combination thereof The General Assembly may provide a means of financing any such promotion by imposing assessments fees or other charges upon the sale or processing of the affected products and may authorize the acceptance of gifts and donations and may provide for the disposition of any funds arising 378 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 3 Par 1a under any such program without the necessity of such funds being placed in the State Treasury or being appropriated by the General Assembly The General Assembly may provide for the supervision of any such program by the Department of Agriculture The General Assembly may create instrumentalities public corporations authorities and commissions to administer such programs The uniformity requirement of this Constitution shall be satisfied by the application of the program upon the affected products Paragraph II Teacher retirement systemtaxation for The powers of taxation may be exercised by the State through the 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 379 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 2 Par 5 system or systems and disbursed therefrom by authority of the General Assembly for the purposes herein authorized Paragraph VI Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Constitution the General Assembly is hereby authorized to provide by law for the granting of State funds to the municipalities of Georgia in such manner and form and under such procedure as the General Assembly may prescribe The General Assembly is also authorized but not directed to provide the purpose or purposes for which such funds may be expended by the municipalities The General Assembly is hereby authorized to exercise the power of taxation over the entire State in order to carry out the provisions of this Paragraph Paragraph VI The General Assembly shall have the power to create an Industrial Development Commission to make loans to be secured by second mortgages to such industrial development agencies as the Industrial Development Commission may select Provided that said agencies shall have raised sufficient capital and secured commitments for additional financing which in addition to the loan to be extended by said Commission will adequately insure the completion of said project The powers of taxation may be exercised through the General Assembly in order to implement and carry out the purposes for which said Commission is to be created Editorial Note The legislative resolutions framing the language of the two immediately preceding paragraphs designate each one as paragraph 6 Section III State Debt Paragraph L 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 year for necessary delay in collecting the taxes of that year 380 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 3 Par 1 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 published Acts of the General Assembly of the year 1931 at page 381 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 3 Par 5 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 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 382 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 3 Par 8 Paragraph 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 debt provided that the proceeds of the sale of the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall be applied to the payment of the bonds for which said railroad has been mortgaged in preference to all other bonds 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 whatever The funds in the said sinking fund may be invested in the bonds of the State and also 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 Section IV Taxation by Counties Paragraph I Taxing power of counties The General Assem 383 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 4 Par 1 bly 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 To support paupers 10 To pay county agricultural and home demonstration agents 11 To provide for payment of old age assistance to aged persons in need and for the payment of assistance to 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 assistance 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 or liability against the county 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 384 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 4 Par 1 12 To provide for fire protection of forest lands and for the further conservation of natural resources 13 To provide medical or other care and hospitalization for the indigent sick people of the county 14 To acquire improve and maintain airports public parks and public libraries 15 To provide for workmens compensation and retirement or pension funds for officers and employees 16 To provide reasonable reserves for public improvements as may be fixed by law 17 For school lunch purposes Paragraph II 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 in such district for the purpose of constructing and maintaining such improvement 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 385 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 6 Par 1 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 Notwithstanding any other provision of any other section of any other article of this Constitution the General Assembly shall include in each General Appropriations Act in the appropriation payable to each department agency or institution of the State in addition to such other items as may be included in such appropriation and whether or not any other items are included sums sufficient to satisfy the payments required to be made in each year under lease contracts now or hereafter entered into pursuant to this Paragraph 1a by and between such department agency or institution of the State and any State authority which has been created and activated at the time of the effective date of this amendment which said lease contracts constitute security for bonds or any other obligations heretofore or hereafter issued by any such authority In the event for any reason any such appropriation is not made then the fiscal officers pf the State are hereby authorized and directed to set up on their appropriation accounts in each fiscal year as an appropriation the respective amounts required by each such department agency or institution of the State to pay the obligations called for under any such lease contract The amount of the appropriation in each fiscal year to meet such lease contract obligations as authorized hereunder shall be due and payable to each such department agency or institution of the State in each fiscal year to be expended for 386 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 6 Par 1 the purpose of paying the lease contract obligation required under the terms and conditions of such lease contracts and said appropriation shall have the same legal status as if the General Assembly had included the amount of the appropriation in a General Appropriations Act 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 agency public corporation or authority for the same purposes for 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 and 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 city town municipality or county from any taxes authorized by the Constitution of this State or revenues derived from any other sources d Any two or more counties or any two or more municipali CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 6 Par 1 ties or any county and municipality or combination thereof may jointly establish area schools including vocational trade schools The State is hereby authorized to expend funds for the support of such schools as it does for presently established school systems The political subdivisions establishing such a school shall proyide for a joint board to administer any such school and the State is hereby authorized to contract with such board relative to the expenditure of funds for such school Any such political subdivision is hereby authorized to levy taxes for the support of such school regardless of whether it is located within the territorial limits of such subdivision Any such political subdivision is hereby authorized to incur bonded indebtedness not to exceed three per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property therein for the support of such a school Any such bonded indebtedness shall be incurred pursuant to the provisions of this Constitution and the laws of this State relative to incurring other bonded indebtedness Such bonded indebtedness shall be in addition to any and all other indebtedness authorized by the Constitution and the laws of Georgia The amount of funds which each political subdivision establishing such a school shall pay shall be determined and agreed upon by and between all the political subdivisions involved In the event it deems it necessary the General Assembly is hereby authorized to enact laws pursuant to but not in conflict with the provisions of this paragraph Paragraph III The governing authority of each county is hereby authorized in its discretion to purchase liability insurance to cover damages on account of bodily injury or death to any person or damage to property of any person arising by reason of ownership maintenance operation or use of any motor vehicle by such county whether as a result of a governmental undertaking or not and to pay premiums therefor The governing authority is hereby authorized to levy a tax for such purpose In the event of purchasing such insurance the governmental immunity of the county shall be waived to the extent of the amount of insurance so purchased Neither the countynor the insurer shall be entitled to plead governmental immunity as a defense 388 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 6 Par 3 and may make only such defenses as could be made if the insured were a private person The county shall be liable only for damages suffered while said insurance is in force No attempt shall be made in the trial of any action brought against the county to suggest the existence of any insurance which covers in whole or m part any judgment or award which may be rendered in favor of the plaintiff If the verdict rendered by the jury exceeds the limitation of the insurance the court shall reduce the amount to a sum equal to the applicable limitations stated in the policy Section VII Limitation on County and Municipal Debts Paragraph I Debts of counties and cities The debt hereaiter incurred by any county municipal corporation or political division of this State except as in this Constitution provided tor shall never exceed seven per centum of the assessed value oi an 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 15 exced onefifth of one per centum of the assessed value oi the taxable property therein without the assent of a majority S16 quvotersf the county municipality or other 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 ac e providing special registration of the voters of counties mumcipi corporations and other political divisions of this btate to pass upon the issuance of bonds by such counties municipal corporations and other political divisions are hereby Wit1 f be nul 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 389 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 1 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 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 in 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 390 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 See 7 Par 3 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 all oi 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 subdivision 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 391 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 4 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 incurin 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 anticipation 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 of 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 392 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 5 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 said elections shall 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 sid 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 shall be subject to taxation and regulation as are privately owned and operated utilities The General Assembly is authorized to create an instrumentality and department of the State of Georgia to be known as the Brunswick Ports Authority and to provide for its powers and functions Act number 314 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1945 Ga Laws 1945 p 1023 as amended by House Bill number 1053 of the General Assembly of 1958 Ga Laws 1958 p 82 is hereby ratified and confirmed so that the said Acts shall have the same force and effect as if they had been enacted subsequent to the ratification of this amendment to the Consti 393 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 5 tution provided however that nothing herein shall prevent the General Assembly from amending said Acts so as to add and enlarge powers of the Authority Paragraph VI Refunding bonds The General Assembly is hereby authorized to create a commission and to vest such commission with the power to secure lill 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 394 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 7 such refunding bonds will reduce the amounts payable upon such outstanding bonds principal or interest Such refunding 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 895 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 8 Par 1 guaranteed by such government and no other Any person or persons violating the above provisions shall be guilty of malpractice 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 896 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 9 Par 3 addition to the appropriations made by the General Appropria0R Ac aid 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 SuppleAtynAvPPrPJlatl0Ji Si11 until the General Appropriation proved by thTooveinoiP Pt6d by both Houses and ap Paragraph IV Appropriations to be for specific sums a partmentS Provided the appropriation for each de flfnt e bureu board commission agency or institu tion for which appropriation is made shall be for a specific sum of money and no appropriation shall allocate to any object the thereof8 HI articular or fund or a part o percentage aJb An amount equal to all money derived from motor fuel taxes received by the State Treasurer in each of the immediatelv preceding fiscal years less the amount of refunds rebates and collection costs authorized by law is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of ekch year folfowTng for allactivities meident to providing and maintaining an adequate svstem eLPcted bvTbi rd br dFs If State S authorized by Sw enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia and for errant counties for aid in county road as kW utboriiR the State Treasurer to make skch fbfe forSthi fel rby aPPrPriated for and shall be availeral Asskmblv eSaPtt purposes regardless of whether the GenSd not a General Appropriations Act and said sum Act nassed hv tf0 pCally 1 any General Appropriations suchPDurnothwGeneral Asembly in order to be available for A 0kirpCpSeS however this shall not preclude the General Assembly from appropriating for such purposes an amoum 397 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 9 Par 4 greater than the sum specified above for such purposes The expenditure of such funds shall be subject to all the rules regulations and restrictions imposed in the expenditure of appropriations by provisions of the Constitution and laws of this State unless such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this paragraph And provided however that the proceeds of the tax hereby appropriated shall not be subject to budgetary reduction In the event of invasion of this State by land sea or air or in case of a major catastrophe so proclaimed by the Governor said funds may be utilized for defense or relief purposes on the Executive Order of the Governor The provisions of this amendment shall become effective July 1 1961 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 in 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 898 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 10 Par 1 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 399 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 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 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 private or public education institution or by the State Department of Education shall be 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 400 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 bystem oi Georgia and the government control and management of the University System of Georgia and all of its institutions m said system shall be vested in said Board of Regents J 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 live additional members from the StateatLarge appointed bv 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 Constituon 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 irom any other cause other than the expiration of such member s term of office the Board shall by secret ballot elect his successor who shall hold office until the end of the next session o the General Assembly or if the General Assembly be then m session to the end of that session During such session of the W f Governor shall appoint the successor member of the Board for the unexpired term and shall submit Rno 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 ol Georgia shall have the powers and duties as provided bv nntXIStmiat of the adoption of this Constitution together with such further powers and duties as may be hereafter provided by law J 401 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 402 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 403 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 twenty 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 404 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 9 Sec 12 Par 1 have the date and 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 405 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 9 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 i 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 406 1 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 10 Sec 1 Par 4 Paragraph IV Discipline of the Militia When not in Federal service the discipline of members of the Militia shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Constitution and laws of the United States Acts of the General Assembly and directives of the Governor in his capacity as CommanderinChief of the Militia Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Constitution the General Assembly shall have the authority to provide for trial by courtsmartial and nonjudicial punishment of members of the Militia for the initiation of charges and subsequent procedures thereon rules of evidence venue and all other matters necessary and proper for the maintenance of a well regulated and disciplined Militia 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 af 407 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 11 Sec 1 Par 4 fected 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 uniform 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 408 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 11 Sec 1 Par 9 for that purpose and by a majority vote of the General Assembly Section II Paragraph L 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 Paragraph II Compensation of county officers County officers may b6 on a foo basis salary basis or foe basis supplemented by salary in such manner as may be directed by law ARTICLE XII The Laws op 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 m 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 409 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 12 Sec 1 Par 4 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 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 An amendment to this Constitution may be proposed by a resolution in the Senate or the House of Representatives and if the same shall be agreed to by twothirds of the members elected to each branch of the General Assembly such proposed amendment shall be entered on the journal of each branch with the Ayes and Nays taken thereon Any proposed amendment may be repealed or amended by the same General Assembly if done so at least two months prior to the 410 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA vArt 13 Sec 1 Par 1 date of the election at which such proposed amendment is to be submitted The Governor the Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall meet and determine whether a proposed amendment is general and if not general shall determine what political subdivision or subdivisions are directly affected by such proposed amendment If a proposed amendment is general the Governor shall cause such proposed amendment to be published in full once each week for three consecutive weeks immediately preceding the date of the election at which such proposed amendment is submitted in one newspaper of general circulation in each Congressional District of the State If such proposed amendment is not general the Governor shall cause such proposed amendment to be published in full in one newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the directly affected political subdivision or subdivisions are located In the event no such newspaper is located in such county a newspaper in an adjoining county shall be used Any proposed amendment which is general shall be submitted to the people of the entire State at the next general election at which members of the General Assembly are elected 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 A proposed amendment which is not general shall only be submitted to the people of the political subdivision or subdivisions directly affected The votes of the electors in such political subdivision affected shall be counted separately in determining whether such proposed amendment is ratified and it must be ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon in each such political subdivision before it shall become a part of this Constitution The General Assembly in the resolution shall state the language to be used in submitting the proposed amendment When more than one amendment is submitted at the same 411 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 13 See 1 Par 1 time they shall be so submitted as to enable the electors to vote on each amendment separately 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 Asf sembly 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 1 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 effici ency according to law The members of the State Personnel 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 for a period of seven years except unexpired terms No State 412 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 14 Sec 1 Par 1 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 L 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 413 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 15 See 1 Par 1 may undertake and carry out slum clearance and redevelopment work including the acquisition and clearance of areas 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 414 1961 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 2930 31 p 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 S M T W T F S 1 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 S M T W T F S I 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 MARCH JULY NOVEMBER 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 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 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 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 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 31 415 1962 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 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 FEBRUARY JUNE OCTOBER S M T W T F S StiffiM 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 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 i 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 S M T W T F S iijpi 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 C S 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 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 HH M 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 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 31 416