THE LIBRARIES The University of Georgia MANUAL of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of The State of Georgia 1963 1964 Compiled by BEN W FORTSON JR Secretary of State STATE OFFICERS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT State Capitol Room 203 Carl E Sanders Governor Mrs Bettie Dunbar Confidential Secretary D Douglas Barnard Jr Executive Secretary John C Harper Press Secretary Henry G Neal Asst Attorney General Mrs Judy Darby Receptionist LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR State Capitol Room 321 Peter Zack Geer LieutenantGovernor A1 Hatcher Jr Aide J Herman Cofer Aide Edna R Boone Secretary Mary E Dabney Secretary SECRETARY OF STATE State Capitol Room 214 Ben W Fortson Jr Secretary of State Joe N Burton Assistant to the Secretary of State Cecil L Clifton Joint Secretary State Examining Boards COMPTROLLERGENERAL State Capitol Room 238 James L Bentley ComptrollerGeneral M Hardeman Blackshear Deputy ComptrollerGeneral Hubert McDonald Chief Deputy Insurance Commissioner John R Gore State Fire Marshal George Cashin Chief Industrial Loan Examiner LAW DEPARTMENT Judicial Building Room 132 Eugene Cook Attorney General Assistant Attorneys General John A Blackmon R L Chambers III John Edward Dean Carter Goode William L Harper G Hughel Harrison John S Harrison III libraries Rubye G Jackson Benjamin L Johnson Douglas King P T McCutchen Jr Louis F McDonald Henry G Neal Paul Rodgers James H Therrell Howard Wallace Deputy Assistant Attorneys General Gus Barksdale Bruce Dubberly Jr E Freeman Leverett Attorney James H Wood J R Parham Consultant TREASURY DEPARTMENT State Capitol Room 245 Jack B Ray State Treasurer James E Young Assistant State Treasurer George B Hamilton State Treasurer Emeritus EDUCATION State Department of Old State Office Bldg Room 242 Dr Claude L Purcell State Superintendent of Schools Dr Allen C Smith Assistant State Superintendent of Schools Budget Officer Dr M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools Emeritus 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 Crawford L Pilcher Chairman Allen Chappell ViceChairman Walter McDonald Commissioner Ben T Wiggins Commissioner William H Kimbrough Commissioner Matt L McWhorter Commissioner Emeritus A O 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 M Jackson Acting 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 CORRECTIONS Department of State Capitol Room 415 Fred Hallford Director J B Hatchett Associate Director Robert J Carter Assistant Director for Classification and Custody M H Doyle Assistant Director for Finance and Purchasing William C Harris Assistant Director for Welfare and Education Reverend Sewell H Dixon Chief Chaplain for Religious Activities Section DEFENSE Department of P 0 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 Paul S Stone 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 FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES State Department of Old State Office Bldg Room 414 Mrs Bruce Schaefer Director Phil Cawthon Assistant Director FORESTRY COMMISSION State Central Office P O Box 1077 Macon Atlanta Office 7 Hunter Street Bldg Room 545 A Ray Shirley Director and Executive Secretary J C Turner Jr Assistant Director Chief of Fire Control W H McComb Chief of Forest Management George Bishop Chief of Forest Administration Frank Craven Chiefs of Information and Education Lester L Lundy Chief of General Services Sanford P Darby Chief of Reforestation 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 Dr T F Sellers Sr Director Emeritus VI HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT State 2 Capitol Square James L Gillis Sr Director Lonnie A Pope Assistant to Director M L Shadburn State Highway Engineer W M Williams Secretary and Treasurer HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3rd Floor State Capitol George T Smith Speaker Miss Patricia Williams Personal Secretary Glenn W Ellard Clerk INDUSTRY AND TRADE 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 LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL State Capitol Room 316 Frank H Edwards Legislative Counsel Frank E Blankenship Chief Deputy Legislative Counsel LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE State Capitol Room 316 George T Smith Speaker House of Representatives Chairman George D Stewart Secretary of Senate Secretary Peter Zack Geer LieutenantGovernor Glenn W Ellard Clerk House of Representatives Senate Members J B Fuqua Hugh M Gillis Robert H Smalley Jr House Members D B Blalock VII George D Busbee William Malcolm Towson Legislative Counsel Frank H Edwards LIBRARY State Judicial Bldg Room 301 John D M Folger State Librarian M Patricia Baum Assistant State Librarian Eunice Coston Reference Librarian Katherine L Parker Cataloger MERIT SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION State New State Office Bldg Room 572 Edwin L Swain Director Ralph C Moor Deputy Director Frances C Balkcom Chief of Recruitment and Test Development Roy E Fossett Chief of Classification and Compensation Walter O Withers Jr Chief Employees Health Insurance Service 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 L H Turner Chief Chemist MUSEUM of Science and Industry Georgia State State Capitol 4th Floor Grey B Culberson Director PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD State State Capitol Room 421 Mrs Rebecca L Garrett Chairman Walter 0 Brooks Member VIII J W Claxton Member E J Calhoun Jr Administrative Assistant PARKS Department of State 7 Hunter Street S W 3rd Floor Horace G Caldwell Director Henry D Struble Assistant to DirectorTreasurer PERSONNEL BOARD State New State Office Bldg Room 572 Thomas H Milner Jr Chairman Dr Hugh Goodwin ViceChairman L E Bowen Sr Member PHARMACY State Board of Agriculture Bldg Room 212214 P D Horkan Chief Drug Inspector PROBATION State Board of State Capitol Room 418 Mrs Rebecca L Garrett Chairman Walter O Brooks Member J W Claxton Member Travis Stewart Director of Probation PURCHASING DEPARTMENT State Capitol Room 142 Wistar T Jay Supervisor of Purchases S F Skrine Deputy Supervisor of Purchases Chas G Duncan Jr Self Insurance Program Director Wade Flynt J F Hough T B McDorman Assistant Supervisors of Purchases J L Brown Assistant Purchasing Agent REGENTS Board ofOFFICERS New State Office Bldg Room 468 James A Dunlap Chairman Morris M Bryan Jr ViceChairman Harmon W Caldwell Chancellor S Walter Martin ViceChancellor IX John E Sims Assistant to the Chancelloron leave J H Dewberry Director Plant Bus Operations L R Siebert Executive Secretary James A Blissit Treasurer John R Hills Director Testing Guidance Harry S Downs Associate Director Testing Guidance REVENUE State Department of Old State Office Bldg Room 516 Hiram K Undercofler Commissioner Martin B Roberts Deputy Commissioner B I Gilbert Deputy Commissioner Alcoholic Beverages John W Bearden Director Motor Fuel Tax Unit Gasoline Tax Refund Unit I J Blalock Director Data Processing Unit Murray A Chappell Director Motor Vehicle License Unit Fred L Cox Director Income Tax Unit J W D Harvey State Oil Chemist Director Fuel Oil Inspection Unit Clarence Lorentzson Public Information Officer E J Olmstead Director Sales Use Tax Unit J B RhodesMiscellaneous Tax Unit Tom I Sangster Director Property Tax Intangibles Tax Unit John G Stith Personnel Administrator 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 H L Conner Director Lt Col R H Burson Deputy Director State Patrol Major E B Harbin Commanding Officer Bureau of Investigation Major B G Ragsdale Director State Crime Laboratory Dr Herman Jones Director VETERANS SERVICE State Department of 1 Hunter Street S W Atlanta Peter Wheeler Director X Fred Phillips Assistant Director Earl E Griffin Jr Assistant Director John W Heist Supervisor Claims Division Elmer Barfield Supervisor Field Division Grady Huddleston Personnel Officer WORKMENS COMPENSATION State Board of Labor Bldg Room 494 Roscoe Lowery Chairman W E Buckner Director Frank L Gross Director James C Pullin SecretaryTreasurer Arlie D Tucker Director Emeritus XI UNITED STATES SENATORS Richard B Russell Winder Georgia Herman Eugene Talmadge Lovejoy Georgia UNITED STATES CONGRESSMEN District 1 G Elliott Hagan Sylvania 2 J L Pilcher Meigs 3 E L Tic Forrester Leesburg 4 John J Flynt Jr Griffin 5 Charles L Weltner Atlanta 6 Carl Vinson Milledgeville 7 John W Davis Summerville 8 J Russell Tuten Brunswick 9 Phil M Landrum Jasper 10 Robert G Stephens Jr Athens SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA 5th Foor 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 Justice Emeritus Charles William Worrill Henry H Cobb Clerk Eva F Townsend Deputy Clerk Florene B Cobb Deputy Clerk George H Richter Jr Reporter Guy M Massey Assistant Reporter A Broaddus Estes Sheriff XII Law Assistants Robert H Brinson Jr Maud Saunders Effie A Mahan Matthew Henry Patton James Lee Perry Thomas M Clyburn Jr Joline B Williams COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA 4th Floor Judicial Bldg Judges Jule W Felton Chief Judge Ira Carlisle Presiding Judge H E Nichols Presiding Judge John Sammons Bell John E Frankum Robert H Jordan Robert H Hall Homer C Eberhardt Robert L Russell Jr Morgan Thomas Clerk Ralph E Carlisle Deputy Clerk Miss Edna Earl Bennett Deputy Clerk George H Richter Jr Reporter Guy M Massey Assistant Reporter Charles W Baldwin Sheriff ALAPAHA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT H W Lott JudgeP O Box 7 Nashville Vickers Neugent SolicitorGeneralAustin St Pearson ALBANY JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Carl E Crow JudgeSiCamilla Maston ONeal SolicitorGeneralBainbridge Law Assistants Charles N Hooper Miss Joan Larsen Ben Estes Miss Sara Brennan H Grady Almand Roy M Thornton Jr Mrs Helen T Harper Charles J Driebe Miss Alfredda Scobey ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Virlyn B Moore Judge i Atlanta Luther Alverson JudgeAtlanta J C Jep Tanksley JudgeiAtlanta Stonewall H Dyer JudgeAtlanta Ralph Pharr Judge Atlanta George P Whitman Sr JudgeAtlanta Sam P McKenzie JudgeAtlanta Claude D Shaw JudgeAtlanta Durwood T Pye JudgeAtlanta William T Boyd SolicitorGeneralAtlanta XIII ATLANTIC JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Henry H Durrence JudgeClaxton Paul E Caswell SolicitorGeneral Hinesville AUGUSTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT F Frederick Kennedy Judge Augusta John F Hardin Judge Augusta C Wesley Killebrew JudgeAugusta George Hains SolicitorGeneral1Augusta BLUE RIDGE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Sam P Burtz JudgesCanton Jess H Watson SolicitorGeneralCumming BRUNSWICK JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Winebert Dan Flexer JudgeBrunswick Jack W Ballenger SolicitorGeneralRFD 2 Baxley CHATTAHOOCHEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT J R Thompson JudgeColumbus J Alvan Davis Judge Columbus John H Land SolicitorGeneral IIColumbus CHEROKEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Jefferson L Davis JudgeCartersville Jere F White SolicitorGeneral 1Cartersville CLAYTON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Harold R Banke Judge Rt 1 Forest Park Albert B Wallace SolicitorGeneralIL Jonesboro COBB JUDICIAL CIRCUIT James T Manning JudgeMarietta XIV Albert J Henderson Jr Judge Luther C Haines Jr Solicitor 107 Hemlock Dr Marietta GeneralP O Box 152 Marietta CONASAUGA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT J Thomas Pope Judge Robert Vining SolicitorGeneral Dalton Dalton CORDELE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 0 Wendell Horne Jr Judge Harvey L Jay SolicitorGeneral Cordele Fitzgerald COWETA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Lamar Knight JudgeHillcrest Dr Carrollton Wright Lipford So licitorGeneraLNewnan DUBLIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Harold E Ward Judge402 Roberson St Dublin W W Larsen Jr SolicitorGeneral111 Country Club Rd Dublin EASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Dunbar Harrison Judgeg B B Heery Judge2 Edwin A McWhorter Judge Andrew Joe Ryan Jr SolicitorGenerali Savannah Savannah Savannah Savannah FLINT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Thomas J Brown Jr Judge Hugh Dorsey Sosebee SolicitorGeneral McDonough Forsyth GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT John H McGehee JudgeThomaston Andrew J Whalen Jr SolicitorGeneralGriffin XV GWINNETT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Chas C Pittard JudgeDuluth Jack Holland SolicitorGeneralRidgecrest Dr Lawrenceville LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Samuel W Fariss Judge VLaFayette Earl B Bill Self SolicitorGeneralSummerville MACON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Oscar L Long JudgeMacon W D Aultman JudgeJ Byron Hal Bell JudgeMacon Jack J Gautier SolicitorGeneralMacon MIDDLE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Darius N Brown JudgeSwainsboro Walter C McMillan Jr SolicitorGeneralFirst Ave Sandersville MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Lamar N Smith Judge Toccoa Ben F Carr SolicitorGeneralBlairsville NORTHEASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Sidney O Smith Jr Judge Gainesville Jeff Wayne SolicitorGeneral Gainesville NORTHERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Carey Skelton JudgejHartwell Clete D Johnson SolicitorGeneralRoyston OCMULGEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT George S Carpenter Judge Milledgeville George D Lawrence 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JUDICIAL CIRCUIT J Bowie Gray Judge Tifton W J Forehand SolicitorGeneralPO Box 253 Tifton TOOMBS JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Earle Norman JudgeWashington Kenneth E Goolsby SolicitorGeneralLangham Rd Thomson WAYCROSS JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Ben A Hodges JudgeWaycross Dewey Hayes SolicitorGeneralDouglas WESTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT James Barrow JudgegAthens D Marshall Pollock SolicitorGeneral 1Monroe XVIII SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES AND SOLICITORSGENERAL EMERITUS Judges Emeritus Will R Smith W C Forehand C J Perryman T Hicks Fort J H Paschall Claude Holmes Porter Melville Price John Linton Renfroe Rufus Inman Stephens Cleveland Rees William H Reynolds Samuel J Boykin E E Andrews A M Anderson Hubert Calhoun Jesse M Wood Robert H Humphrey G Fred Kelley Mack G Hicks Carlisle Cobb SolicitorsGeneral Emeritus R L Dawson C S Baldwin Jr Winston Owen H Grady Vandiviere Hope D Stark James Cecil Davis William Glenn Thomas W H Lanier A S Skelton Paul Webb Bruce D Dubberly William M West XIX BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AGING State Commission on John T Mauldin Chairman 401 Peachtree St NE Atlanta L C Butcher Rm 288 Labor Bldg Atlanta Frank A Constangy 1404 Candler Bldg Atlanta T W Earle VPres Woodlands Div Continental Can Co Savannah Hugh W Gaston 1107 4th Avenue Albany W T Harrison Pres Retired Teachers Assn of Georgia West Point Hugh B Masters Athens General Hospital Athens John D Needham Divisional Commander Salvation Army 699 Seminole Ave NE Atlanta Jon A Pirtle Peachtree Baptist Church 2108 Briarcliff Rd Atlanta Miss Barbara Rankin Assistant to Director Dept of State Parks 7 Hunter St Atlanta Mrs Bruce Schaefer Rm 414 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta John S Seigle VPres General Mgr Southern Bell Tel Tel Co Atlanta John H Venable Rm 522H 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AUTHORITY A J Singletary Chairman Blakely Keaton Cox Camilla XX Joe L Dennard Pine View Charles Garrett Nashville Paul Nesmith Statesboro ALCOHOLISM Advisory Committee on Frank S Cheatham Jr 406 Ga State Bank Bldg Savannah Reverend Charles C Duncan McCaysville Judge J Henry Howard Sylvania Elder K R Pinkstaff P 0 Box 185 Metter Dr Arthur Richardson Emory University Medical School Emory University Dr T F Sellers Rm 522H 47 Trinity 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 Lamar Dodd Department of Art Division of Fine Arts University of Ga Athens Carlos Greenway Jr Alma Edward S Shorter 1251 Wynnton Rd Columbus Exofficio member Governor ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION Wilson B Wilkes 105 Bearcreek Rd Adel Exofficio member Director Dept of Game and Fish XXI BLIND Georgia Factory for theAdvisory Board to Board of Managers Frank Gross Toccoa George W Henderson Jr Galey Lord 3376 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta J T Holt Baxley Walter McDonald Rm 162 New State Office Bldg Atlanta Wayne K Rivers Pres Creomulsion Co 345 Glen Iris Dr NE Atlanta Henry Tichenor Monroe Tom Vereen Moultrie Exofficio members State Treasurer State Superintendent of Schools Director Dept of Family and Children Services State Supervisor of Purchases Director Division of Vocational Rehabilitation CAPITOL SQUARE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE Eugene Cook Rm 132 Judicial Bldg Atlanta Ben T Huiet Rm 288 Labor Bldg Atlanta Dr Claude L Purcell Rm 242 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta Mrs Bruce Schaefer Rm 414 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta B E Thrasher Jr Rm 115 State Capitol Atlanta H K Undercofler Rm 516 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta Dr John Venable Rm 522H 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta XXII CHILDREN AND YOUTH State Board for Judge Charles Wood1st Cong Dist Palmer Cay Inc 622 Drayton St Savannah Dr W F Zimmerman2nd Cong Dist Tifton Elden Mathews3rd Cong Dist Cordele Dispatch Cordele Mrs Taliatha Russell4th Cong Dist McDonough Irving K Kaler5th Cong Dist Fulton National Bank Bldg Atlanta Bert Struby6th Cong Dist Macon News Telegraph Macon Mrs Lester Harbin7th Cong Dist Rome Reverend James F Coyle9th Cong Dist Dunlap Street Gainesville Mrs Henry Parsons10th Cong Dist 1744 S Milledge Ave Athens David HolmesState at Large Tennille Harvey PaschallState at Large Marietta Mrs Mamie K TaylorState at Large 1137 Briarcliff Rd NE Atlanta Exofficio members Director Dept of Family Children ServicesCHAIRMAN Director Dept of Public Health State Superintendent of Schools Commissioner of Labor Director of Corrections Commissioner of Agriculture Director Georgia Forest Commission Director of Probation and the Executive Secretary to the Governor CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION Georgia Jack Minter ViceChairman Rm 100 State Capitol Atlanta Mrs Mary Givens Bryan 1516 Peachtree St NW Atlanta Garland T Byrd Butler XXIII Charles Collier 4270 Harris Trail NW 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 Street Savannah Mrs Mary Gregory Jewett 116 Mitchell St SW Atlanta Janies 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 CONSTITUTION REVISION COMMISSION Arthur K BoltonHouse Member Box 602 Griffin XXIV George D BusbeeHouse Member 204 N Monroe Street Albany G L Dickens JrBar Assn City Attorney Milledgeville E Earl EdwardsAssn of Co Commrs co Chattahoochee Valley Safety Foundation West Point Foy EvansNewspaper Warner Robins SUN Warner Robins George A GingellRadio Television Director News Public Affairs WRBLTV Columbus David K Hollis JrGa Municipal Assn Mayor Hahira Ben F Johnson JrEducation Emory University Law School Atlanta S Jarvin LevisonGa Bar Assn Suite 111614 First National Bank Bldg Atlanta P T McCutchenAssn of Co Commrs Attorney at Law Ellijay Arnold L McDonaldLabor 2395 Melville Ave Decatur Pope B MclntireGovernors Representative King Spalding Law Firm Trust Co of Ga Bldg Atlanta Harry MixonHouse Member First State Bank Bldg Ocilla Carlton MobleyJustice of Supreme Court 5th Floor Judicial Bldg Atlanta Charles A PannellSenate Member Attorney at Law Chatsworth Judge Iree W PopeCounty Official Richmond County Ordinary Augusta Carl E PruettGa Municipal Assn 1055 Maple Drive Griffin William A SuttonAgriculture College of Agriculture University of Georgia Athens Harold M WalkerBusiness Industry 1961 River Forest Road NW Atlanta Harold WardJudge of Superior Court Dublin Judicial Circuit 402 Roberson Street Dublin XXV Julian WebbSenate Member Attorney at Law Box 277 Donalsonville Dan P WinnSolicitorGeneral Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit Cedartown Exofficio members Governor LieutenantGovernor Speaker of the House Attorney General Secretary of State Legislative Counsel and State Budget Officer CORRECTIONS State Board of C 0 Nixon Chairman Covington Walter B Morrison Mount Vernon Lynn J Norris Thomson John B Stanley Louisville Richard W Watkins Jr J ackson CRIMINAL LAW STUDY COMMITTEE T T Molnar Chairman Cuthbert Henry G Neal ViceChairman Thomson Richard B Thornton Secretary 165 1st Street Bldg Macon Marcus B Calhoun Thomasville J Willis Conger Bainbridge Pierre Howard 209 Phelps Bldg Decatur Ben F Johnson Emory University Law School Atlanta Ralph McClelland 1103 First National Bank Bldg Atlanta Andrew W McKenna 2358 Old Holton Road Macon XXVI Howard Overby 1239 Riverside Dr Gainesville Alfred A Quillan Winder Richard B Russell III Winder Earl Staples Carrollton Frank S Twitty Camilla Warner Wells Ft Valley Mullis Whisnant Hamilton 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 Industry and Trade EDUCATION Governors Commission to Improve Jack Adair 56 Peachtree St NW Atlanta XXVII J A Andrews House Member 108 E Doyle Street Toccoa Mac Barber House Member Commerce Cliff Blalock Cleveland Elton Brooks Douglas Paul C Broun 520 W Cloverhurst Athens Jimmy Carter Senate Member Plains Clifford M Clarke 181 Washington St SW Atlanta James A Dunlap Gainesville William Flowers Thomasville Bill Ingram Cartersville Abner Israel C S Bank Bldg Albany Albert Jenkins Baxley Wallace Jernigan Homerville Edward S Kendrick Senate Member Rt 1 Bells Ferry Rd Marietta W A Knox Senate Member Thomson Mrs Hazel Lewis 2848 Sue Mack Dr Columbus James A Mackay House Member 60810 Decatur Federal Bldg Decatur Chappelle Matthews 116 Shackelford Bldg Athens Quimby Melton Jr House Member Rt 3 Box 411 Griffin XXVIII Zell Miller Young Harris Dr Lionel H Newsom 3726 Wisteria Lane SW Atlanta Walstein Parker House Member Sylvania Glenn Pelham 100 3rd Ave SW Cairo James S Peters Manchester David C Peterson Kathleen Lamar Plunkett 50 Morris St Bowdon Charles Smith Jr Moultrie Charles Smithgall Gainesville Dr Horace Tate 621 Lilia Dr SW Atlanta John Henry Woodall Sr Woodland Exofficio member Governor Chairman EDUCATION State Board of J Brantley Johnson1st Cong Dist Statesboro Robert B Wright Jr ViceChairman2nd Cong Dist Moultrie 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 Sr7th Cong Dist Cedartown XXIX Lonnie E Sweat8th Cong Dist Blackshear No appointment made9th Cong Dist Zack Daniel10th Cong Dist Lavonia EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT Governors Commission on William R Bowdoin Chairman Trust Co of Ga PO Box 4418 Atlanta Robert J Marshburn ViceChairman Shalom Farm Homer W Clair Harris P O Box 29 Winder Julian T Hightower Thomaston Cotton Mills Thomaston Alfred W Jones Sea Island John B ONeal III 33 Chestnut St Elberton William P Simmons P O Box 34 Macon Dr Morris W H Collins Jr Executive Director Secretary University of Georgia Athens ELECTION LAWS STUDY COMMITTEE Upshaw Bentley Southern Mutual Bldg Athens Charles King Covington Joe T Lane Ordinary Clayton County Jonesboro William J Schloth Attorney at Law 1214 3rd Ave Columbus Willis J Richardson Jr House Member 31 W Congress St P O Box 2194 Savannah Virgil T Smith House Member Cochran Drive Dalton XXX Edward E McGarity House Member P O Box 249 McDonough J B Fuqua Senate Member 1001 Reynolds St Augusta William A Zorn Senate Member 292 E Cherry St P 0 Box 128 Jesup Exofficio members Secretary of State and Attorney General ELECTIONS COMMISSION Exofficio members Governor Secretary of State Chairman Attorney General EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM Board of Trustees Ernest B Davis Rm 688 Labor Bldg Atlanta Ben T Huiet Rm 288 Labor Bldg Atlanta Paul E Manners First National Bank Bldg Atlanta P T McCutchen Sr Ellijay Exofficio members State Auditor Chairman State Insurance 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 0 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 XXXI Garland Peyton 4th Floor Agricultural Bldg Atlanta Gilbert D Spindel Sr 1182 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta R E Stiemke T Georgia Institute of Technology 225 North Ave NW Atlanta EUGENICS State Board of Dr I H MacKinnon Milledgeville State Hospital Milledgeville jxofficio membersi Director State Board of Health Director Dept of Family Children Services FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES State Board of Mrs Carolyn Gettys1st Cong Dist Statesboro Charles C Pilcher2nd Cong Dist Meigs Marion Allen3rd Cong Dist Ft Valley Mrs Homer M Parker4th Cong Dist 109 North Ave Forest Park Mrs Henry Toombs5th Cong Dist 2871 Normandy Dr NW Atlanta George Scheer6th Cong Dist Eatonton Mrs Neil Andrews7th Cong Dist LaFayette C A Jones8th Cong Dist Nashville Mrs Jones Webb9th Cong Dist Lawrenceville Mrs Weldon Smith10th Cong Dist Greensboro FARMERS MARKET AUTHORITY Georgia Exofficio members Governor Chairman Commissioner of Agriculture ViceChairman XXXII State Auditor SecretaryTreasurer LieutenantGovernor Attorney General FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL Bonnell Akins Blairsville Horace Caldwell Radium Springs Albany Tony Galis Tonys Restaurant Athens Harvey Hester Campbellton Rd Smyrna Hugh Eugene Tudor 1487 Cooper St Augusta FOREST RESEARCH COUNCIL Georgia Wallace Adams Chairman Glenwood Dr H I Conner Vidalia B M Jones Dallas J F Mathis Jr Swainsboro Downing Musgrove Homerville Kirk Sutlive Union Bag Paper Corp Savannah H E Ruark Director P 0 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 Walter George Beasley Lavonia XXXIII L H Morgan Eastman Alexander Sessoms Cogdell A Ray Shirley Director and Executive Secretary Rm 218 Agriculture Bldg Atlanta GAME AND FISH COMMISSION State James F Darby Jr1st Cong Dist Vidalia Richard Tift2nd Cong Dist 2302 Pine Avenue Albany William E Smith3rd Cong Dist Americus William Z Camp4th Cong Dist Newnan Charles L Davidson Jr Chairman5th Cong Dist 3247 Wynn Dr Avondale Estates C Flannery Pope6th Cong Dist Dublin James B Langford VChairman7th Cong Dist Calhoun Harley Langdale8th Cong Dist Valdosta John B Wikle9th Cong Dist Clarkesville L B Bassford10th Cong Dist 2125 Gardner St Augusta Jimmie WilliamsonCoastal Counties Darien HEALTH State Board of Dr James Miller Byne Jr Chairman1st Cong Dist Waynesboro Dr Aldwin G Funderburk2nd Cong Dist Moultrie Dr Maurice F Arnold3rd Cong Dist Hawkinsville XXXIV Dr Virgil B Williams VChairman4th Cong Dist Griffin Dr T Sterling Claiborne5th Cong Dist 384 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr B W Forester6th Cong Dist 724 Hemlock Street Macon Dr Fred H Simonton7th Cong Dist Chickamauga Dr Alex Little Jr8th Cong Dist 1306 N Patterson Valdosta Dr Ben K Looper9th Cong Dist Canton Dr M C Adair10th Cong Dist 507 Spring Street Washington Dr J M HawleyState at Large Murrah Bldg Columbus Dr Bernard HollandState at Large Dept of Psychiatry Emory University Atlanta 22 James V RileyState at Large Marshall Bell 476 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Tyre Watson JrState at Large 309 E College Ave Decatur Dr J G WilliamsState 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 Myrick Jr co Courthouse Savannah Frank C Underwood Jr 1319 E 36th N Savannah XXXV HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Georgia State Exofficio members Governor Director State Highway Department State Budget Officer HIGHWAY BOARD State L C McClurkin1st Cong Dist 1408 Bacon Park Savannah Hugh D Broome2nd Cong Dist Donalsonville Clarke W Duncan3rd Cong Dist Buena Vista John R Hines4th Cong Dist Hogansville Robert H White5th Cong Dist Box 10798 Station A Atlanta Reginald Trice Chairman6th Cong Dist Macon N N Burnes Jr ViceChairman7th Cong Dist Rome E J Gayner8th Cong Dist Brunswick Willis N Harden Secretary9th Cong Dist Commerce George A Sancken Sr10th Cong Dist 763 Aumond Road Augusta 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 jj Academic Bldg University of Georgia Athens Alexander A Lawrence 9th Floor Liberty Bank Bldg Savannah XXXVI Mrs Mary Gregory Jewett Secretary 116 Mitchell St SW Atlanta HOSPITAL ADVISORY COUNCIL for Construction Licensure and Indigent Care Janies H Aldredge 1717 Havilon Dr SW Atlanta Dr Rafe Banks Gainesville Mrs Olive L Barbin 957 Russell St Augusta John H Burkett Administrator A G Rhodes Homes Inc 350 Boulevard SE Atlanta Dr A B Conger Martin Bldg Commerce T M Forbes Sr C S National Bank Bldg Atlanta Edgar J Forio 740 Old Ivy Rd NE Atlanta Oscar Hilliard John L Hutcheson Memorial TriCounty Hospital Ft Oglethorpe Noah Langdale Jr 3807 Tuxedo Rd NW Atlanta Dr Hugh B Masters Athens General Hospital Athens Edwin B Peel Administrator Georgia Baptist Hospital Atlanta Dr W L Pomeroy Waycross Dr Robert A Rainer Jr McDonough George C Smith Jr Hillside Drug Co LaGrange Exofficio members Attorney General State Auditor Director Department of Family Children Services Director Vocational Rehabilitation XXXVII HOSPITAL AUTHORITY State Exofficio members Governor Chairman State Auditor SecretaryTreasurer Attorney General INDUSTRY AND TRADE Board of Commissioners of the Dept of Kirk Sutlive1st Cong Dist 414 Maupas Ave Savannah James Crockett1st Cong Dist Vidalia B T Burson2nd Cong Dist Camilla John Parkerson2nd Cong Dist Tifton Robert T Davis3rd Cong Dist Sue Mack Drive Columbus W T Roberts3rd Cong Dist Montezuma Roger Shoerner4th Cong Dist Carrollton C Jay Smith4th Cong Dist Newnan Jack J McDonough5th Cong Dist 3707 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta Clark Harrison5th Cong Dist 2444 Lamont Drive Decatur Ben Tarbutton Jr6th Cong Dist Sandersville T E Green6th Cong Dist Pres First National Bank Trust Co Macon John P Pickett7th Cong Dist Cedartown James V Carmichael7th CongDist 1031 Cherokee Street Marietta Stanley Brooks8th Cong Dist McRae XXXVIII George Bazemore8th Cong Dist Way cross Cliff Kimsey Jr9th Cong Dist Cornelia Ralph Cleveland9th Cong Dist 1501 Summerfield Terrace Gainesville Peter S Knox Jr10th Cong Dist Thomson Julius Bishop10th Cong Dist Athens 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 Atlanta 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 Durwood Pye Fulton County Court House Atlanta F Jack Adams Cornelia Marshall Allison Lavonia Tom Marshall Macon Rd Americus Roy Richards Carrollton XXXIX John B Spivey Swainsboro Robert B Troutman Trust Co of Ga Bldg Atlanta Felix C Williams Swainsboro Robert H Smalley Jr Senate Member P O Box 116 Griffin George D Busbee House Member 204 N Monroe St Albany Exofficio member Chief Justice Supreme Court of Georgia JUDICIAL SELECTION Governors Commission on Robert R Richardson Chairman C S Bank Bldg Atlanta Joseph A Whittle Secretary American National Bank Bldg Brunswick Frank Cheatham1st Cong Dist 406 Ga State Bank Bldg Savannah Sam Gardner Jr2nd Cong Dist P O Box 68 Moultrie Kenneth Henson3rd Cong Dist Columbus Bank Trust Co Bldg Columbus Kenneth Kilpatrick4th Cong Dist 106 Mill Street Jonesboro Sam Hewlett Jr5th Cong Dist Healey Building Atlanta William M Towson6th Cong Dist Morris Office Bldg Dublin Oscar M Smith7th Cong Dist 14Yz East 3rd Ave Rome Omer Franklin8th Cong Dist Valdosta Federal Bldg Valdosta William B Gunter9th Cong Dist Gainesville John W Williford10th Cong Dist Elberton XL LAKE LANIER ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Sylvan Meyer The Daily Times Gainesville L Edd Travis N Georgia Petroleum Co Gainesville Exofficio members Attorney General Treasurer Comptroller General Director Dept of Industry Trade and President Upper Chattahoochee Development Association LITERATURE COMMISSION State James P Wesberry Chairman 1700 Piedmont Ave NE Atlanta Hubert L Dyar Executive Secretary Rm 512 Agriculture Bldg Atlanta Clayton Bowers LaGrange 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 Hubert Milford Chairman Hartwell Dr John Shearouse ViceChairman Lavonia Dr Edward K Russell 1938 Peachtree Rd NW Atlanta XLI Secretary to Board of Regents SecretaryTreasurer Exofficio members President Medical Association of Georgia Immediate Past President Medical Association of Georgia MENTAL INSTITUTIONS Advisory Committee on George W Bazemore Waycross Dr John Bell 509 Bellevue Dublin Walter Blasingame Moultrie 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 NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS COMMISSION Gene Addy Chairman Toccoa John Bankson Summerville R E Cannon Clayton XLII Lew R Cooper Cleveland Exofficio members Attorney General State Auditor Director Dept of Industry and Trade President Ga Mountains Association Chairman Ga Mountains Planning Development Commission NUCLEAR ADVISORY COMMISSION Georgia Frank H Neely Chairman co Richs Inc Atlanta Harllee Branch Jr ViceChairman Georgia Power Co 270 Peachtree St NW Atlanta Dr 0 C Aderhold President University of Georgia Athens Robert 0 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 Griffin Ebb Duncan Carrollton John Duncan Jr Quitman William J Estes Haralson A L Feldman 3722 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta Dr John T Godwin 254 Ivy St NE Atlanta XLIII Dr E D Harrison Georgia Institute of Technology 225 North Ave NW Atlanta Dr W B 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 Harry B ORear Acting President Medical College of Georgia Augusta Dr Claude Purcell Rm 242 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta 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 XLIV OFFICE BUILDING AUTHORITY State Exofficio members Governor LieutenantGovernor Attorney General State Auditor Chief Justice Supreme Court of Georgia PENAL AND REHABILITATION AUTHORITY State Exofficio members Governor State Auditor Attorney General POLICE ACADEMY BOARD Georgia William M West SolicitorGeneral Macon Judicial Circuit Macon William P Trotter LaGrange Exofficio members Director Department of Public Safety President Peace Officers Association of Georgia President Georgia Municipal Association President Association of County Commissioners Director Vocational Division State Department of Education PORTS AUTHORITY Georgia 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 Thomas M Johnson1st Cong Dist 101 E Bay Street Savannah J D Jack Holt ExecutiveDirector P 0 Box 1039 Savannah Sam H Gardner Jr SecretaryTreasurer Moultrie XLV Anton F Solms Jr Attorney Savannah REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT BOARD Georgia Lawton Brannen Metter W C Clary Toccoa Cleon Moore Social Circle J C Palmer Jr Waynesboro Rountree Youmans 2938 Habersham Way NW Atlanta RECREATION COMMISSION Georgia Mrs W A Bowen1st Cong Dist Statesboro Charles C Perry2nd Cong Dist Tifton J W Stone3rd Cong Dist Cordele Rev Robert Baggott4th Cong Dist Pastor First Baptist Church Newnan D Thomas Shirley5th Cong Dist 2524 Creekwood Terrace Decatur James C Abbott6th Cong Dist Louisville Frank Hobgood7th Cong Dist Calhoun Verne Pickren8th Cong Dist Folkston Luke L Rushton Sr9th Cong Dist Head Coach Athletic Director Young Harris College Young Harris William R Tiller10th Cong Dist Lincolnton XLVI REFUNDING BOND COMMISSION Exofficio members Secretary of State ComptrollerGeneral Attorney General RURAL ROADS AUTHORITY Georgia Exofficio members Governor Director State Highway Department State Budget Officer SAFETY Department of Public Col H L Conner Director 959 E Confederate Ave SE Atlanta Sheriff Virgil Bledsoe Franklin Sheriff L L Wyatt Greensboro Exofficio members Governor Chairman ComptrollerGeneral Attorney General AdjutantGeneral Chairman State Highway Board 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 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Governors Commission for Dr James A Bain 2275 Tanglewood Rd Decatur Dr Frederick Bellinger Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Dr James E Boyd Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta H McKinley Conway 2592 Apple Valley Rd North Atlanta XLVII Preston S Craig Thiokol Chemical Corp Brunswick J W Fanning University of Georgia Athens Ben Gilmer Pres Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph Co Atlanta Dr James L Goddard 965 Clifton Rd NE Atlanta Harry Jackson 1718 3rd Ave Columbus Dr W B Jones Jr 2140 Pine Forest Dr NE Atlanta Richard Pulver President Lockheed Inc Marietta Glen P Robinson Jr Scientific Atlanta Inc PO Box 13654 Atlanta 24 Dr J Frank Sutton 114 Robin Lane Marietta Dr William G Trawick 2479 Burnt Leaf Lane Decatur Dr William H Waggoner University of Georgia Athens 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 XLVIII 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 O C Aderhold University of Georgia Athens George B Brooks Crawford Dr Harmon W Caldwell University of Georgia Athens Chappelle Matthews Shackelford Bldg Athens Exofficio member Governor STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION Mills B Lane Jr Pres C S National Bank Atlanta Mrs L H Lyle Jonesboro Brooks Pennington Jr Madison Exofficio members Chairman Public Service Commission Secretary of State Attorney General Commissioner of Agriculture Chairman TOLL BRIDGE AUTHORITY State Exofficio members Governor Director State Highway Department State Budget Officer TY COBB BASEBALL MEMORIAL COMMISSION Romeo M Adams Royston G W Atkins Royston Bruce Barnes Royston XLIX F Burt Barnes Mayor Royston Reed Blackwell 163 Blackland Dr NW Atlanta Charles A Bourdelais 5158 Northside Dr NW Atlanta Ed L Bridges 1105 St Charles Place NE Atlanta Stewart D Brown Royston Hubert L Dyar Rm 512 Agriculture Bldg Atlanta Howard Ector 36 Edgewood Ave NE Atlanta John C Etheridge Elberton L Roberts Greer Royston Clarence M Higginbotham Royston Clete D Johnson Royston Earl Mann 1616 W Wesley Rd NW Atlanta Parker Purcell Carnesville Harvey J Sanders Royston Hughes Spalding Jr 499 Johnson Ferry Rd NW Atlanta J A Williams Royston James W Woodruff Jr Columbus UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA Board of Regents Anton F Solms Jr1st Cong Dist Commercial Bldg Savannah L John I Spooner2nd Cong Dist Donalsonville Howard H Callaway3rd Cong Dist Hamilton James C Owen Jr4th Cong Dist 101 S Hill Street Griffin Jesse Draper5th Cong Dist Grant Bldg Atlanta 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 Jr ViceChairman9th Cong Dist Jefferson Roscoe Coleman10th Cong Dist 2610 Peach Orchard Rd Augusta James A Dunlap ChairmanState at Large Gainesville Roy V HarrisState at Large Southern Finance Bldg Augusta John BellState at Large Dublin 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 E E Griffin Jr VicePresident Bank of Gibson Gibson B L Hawkins Railroad Ave Gainesville Hugh H Howell Jr Mark Bldg Atlanta Lee Roy Lunsford Richland Randolph Medlock Mayor Stone Mountain Henry A Moses t Uvalda James T Green 527 E 52nd Street Savannah WATER QUALITY COUNCIL B F Merritt Chairman Macon H C Edenfield Swainsboro Joel Edwards Zebulon J E Eubanks RFD Appling Ted M Forbes C S National Bank Bldg Atlanta Glenn Kimble 6 Chipper Court Savannah Floyd Tabor Perry Exofficio members Director State Department of Public Health Director State Game and Fish Commission Director State Department of Industry and Trade Commissioner of Agriculture WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION Georgia Membership same as shown for Water Quality Council including exofficio members LII WATERWAYS COMMISSION Georgia Valene BennettAltamaha River Basin Mbr Alma Raymond MorrisChattahoochee River Basin Mbr Ft Gaines Clarence G CampbellSavannah River Basin Mbr Lavonia Ray E TynerFlint River Basin Mbr Cordele Ralph PrimmEtowah River Basin Mbr 12 Rosewood Rd Rome Nat HardinState at Large Forsyth WORKMENS COMPENSATION MEDICAL BOARD Dr W C ColesRoentgenologist Mbr 710 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr David L HearinDermatologist Mbr 478 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr A P JonesInternal Medicine Mbr 610 S 8th Street Griffin Dr J C NorrisPathologist Mbr 478 Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr Duncan ShepardToxicologist Mbr 1211 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta LIII PROFESSIONAL EXAMINING BOARDS Cecil L Clifton Joint Secretary 224 State Capitol Atlanta Georgia ACCOUNTANCY State Board of Louis A Thompson Chairman 301 Morel Bldg 5 Bull Street Savannah Roger Denning ViceChairman 80111 Southern Finance Bldg Augusta M H Barnes Jr co Haskins Sells C S National Bank Bldg Atlanta Otis B LeMay Jr 1509 4th Ave Columbus Jack Short Doerun ARCHITECTS State Board for Examination Qualification and Registration of Doyle L Harvey PresidentZone 1 Member West Bldg Rome William D Eve VicePresidentZone 3 Member Masonic Bldg Augusta Walter F KileyZone 2 Member 410 E Bay Street Savannah Paul HeffernanZone 4 Member 166 5th St NW Atlanta Zeb Vance LackeyZone 5 StateatLarge Member P O Box 1231 Valdosta BARBERS Georgia State Board of Wiley B Fordham Chairman 4 S Main Street Statesboro A A Moore P O Box 3028 Decatur H Ray Phillips 201 Old Evans Rd Martinez LIV CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS Georgia Board of Dr George C Paulk Jr President 1139 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta Dr Hoyt B Duke 1248 Greene St Augusta Dr R T Leiter 501 Persons Bldg Macon Dr D M Livingston 117 West Ave Cedartown Dr Alvin C Tisdale 230 Pine Ave Albany COSMETOLOGY Georgia State Board of A1 Taylor Chairman 1319 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta Mrs E W Fleming Winslitt Drive Hogansville Mrs Virginia Tollison Forrest Hills Beauty Salon 3001 Walton Way Augusta DENTAL EXAMINERS OF GEORGIA Board of Dr E Wayne Satterfield President 606 Southern Mutual Bldg Athens Dr Toof A Boone Sr VicePresident 401 Southern United Bldg Macon Dr J C Hill 310 S Broad St Rome Dr Paul W Lee 814 Church St Waycross Dr M M Moreman West Point Dr J H Shumate Jr Greer Bldg Brunswick Dr Rayford W Tharpe Austell LV ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS State Board of Registration for Professional Dr Paul Weber Chairman School of Chemical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Robert B Alford 967 Northcliff Dr NW Atlanta Mose E Cox 818 W Ponce de Leon Ave Decatur Lawrence W Dabney 571 Armour Circle NE Atlanta Harold F Hunter 706 River Ave Rome FORESTERS State Board of Registration for Dr Allyn M Herrick Chairman University of Georgia Dean School of Forestry Athens T A Lief eld Thomasville J Walter Myers Jr 796 Channing Place NW Atlanta Erie T Newsom Jr Rome Craft Co Woodlands Division Rome A Ray Shirley P O Box 1077 Macon FUNERAL SERVICE Georgia State Board of J C Whitley President Douglasville S Herbert Elliott VicePresident 1134 Telfair Street Augusta Julian W Edwards Butler Robert L Harrison Jesup LVI Russell Phillips Buford Jasper E Smith Statesboro LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Georgia State Board of William Pauley Chairman 101 Marietta St Bldg Atlanta Edward L Daugherty 611 Henry Grady Bldg Atlanta Hubert B Owens University of Georgia Athens LIBRARIANS State Board for the Certification of Miss Sarah E Maret Chairman Director Athens Regional Library Athens Miss Sarah Hightower Lindale Miss Virginia Satterfield The Womans College of Georgia Milledgeville Mrs A B Smith co High School Jonesboro Miss Lucille Nix Executive Secretary Georgia Library Commission Exofficio Member 92 Mitchell St SW Atlanta MEDICAL EXAMINERS State Board of Dr Carl Savage President Montezuma Dr Henry Althisar Doctors Bldg Warrenton Highway Thompson Dr Y F Carter Jr 702 N Davis Street Nashville Dr Fred J Coleman Dublin Dr Albert M Deal Statesboro LVII Dr W O Inman Jr 1514 Union Street Brunswick Dr H Calvin Jackson 209 Broad Street Manchester Dr J W Palmer Ailey Dr Alex Russell Winder Dr Weldon Williams Box 68 Lavonia NURSES FOR GEORGIA Board of Examiners of Registered Miss Dana Hudson President Georgia Baptist Hospital Atlanta Miss Nancy E Sale VicePresident 466 N Highland Ave NE Atlanta Miss E Louise Grant Medical College of Georgia Augusta Miss Jeanne Lebkicher 200 Northwood Dr Rome Miss Vera Ethlene Smith 927 High Street Macon NURSES Board of Examiners of Practical Mrs Hattie Barnard Chairman 320 Thomas St Waycross Mrs W P Burke ViceChairman Box 502 Canton Mrs Gladys Blackwell Berry School Mt Berry Mrs Edith Gill 3038 Colonial Dr Columbus Mrs J M Stewart 2185 Fairburn Rd SW Route 4 Atlanta Advisory Board Dr Grady Coker Canton LVIII Miss Dana Hudson Georgia Baptist Hospital 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 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 Street Gainesville Dr James F Clifford 2803 Wrightsboro Rd Augusta Dr W R Gilbert Griffin Dr Walter Wilson Jr Box 511 Douglas LIX OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS OF GEORGIA State Board of Dr Hoyt B Trimble President Mortgage Guarantee Bldg Atlanta Dr Harry E Huff 102 E 8th Street Tifton Dr Walter Jones 401 First National Bank Bldg Rome Dr Hassie H Trimble Jr Moultrie PHARMACY Georgia State Board of B B Kelley President 233 Atlantic Circle Savannah T Mills Harrison VicePresident 2396 Ingleside Ave Macon Lucius H Atherton Sr 100 Whitlock Avenue Marietta Henry A King Kings Drug Store 2929 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta W R Thomas Jr Thomas Drug Store Thomasville PHYSICAL THERAPY Board of Donald Hancock President 407 Mt Alto Road Rome Miss Viva Erickson VicePresident The Foundation Warm Springs George McCluskey Medical Arts Bldg Columbus Miss Betty O Nichols 1394 Harvard Road NE Atlanta LX Miss Lois Statham 417 Fourth Avenue Albany PODIATRY EXAMINERS State Board of Dr Charles W Beasley Jr Chairman First National Bank Bldg Atlanta Dr Janies B Stevens 420 Southern United Bldg Macon Dr Morton Wittenberg 1477 Harper Street Augusta PSYCHOLOGISTS State Board of Examiners of Dr Herman W Martin President Emory University Georgia Dr Boyd Sisson 2237 Darlington Drive Augusta Dr Florene Young University of Georgia Athens REAL ESTATE COMMISSION Georgia M DuQuince Davis Chairman 116 First Street Macon Charles R Jenkins 771 Broad Street Augusta Ward Wight Jr Healey Bldg Atlanta LXI SANITARIANS State Board of Examiners for Registered Professional John J Sheuring Chairman Dairy Dept University of Georgia Athens Garnett H Dehart Rm 314 Old State Office Bldg Atlanta J W Mann Rm 103 Agriculture Bldg Atlanta Albert Twiggs 1011 Meigs Street Augusta Charles L Williams 720 Kingston Ave Rome STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL COMMISSION Larry V Annis Chairman Annis Pest Control 1514 Monte Sano Ave Box 3444 Augusta Theodore Oser ViceChairman Oser Pest Control 1139 Spring St NW Atlanta Richard B Ray Ray Pest Control Perry Exofficio members Dr Horace 0 Lund Dept of Entomology University of Georgia Athens William Eugene Blasingame Director Division of Entomology Agriculture Bldg Atlanta Roy J Boston Department of Public Health 47 Trinity Ave SW Atlanta LXII USED CAR DEALERS State Board of Registration of James F Smith Chairman Macon Auto Auction P 0 Box 861 Macon Leon Jordan ViceChairman 1617 Second Avenue Columbus Paul E Bunch 1825 Montgomery St Savannah 0 Gene Ownby First National Bank Bldg Atlanta Ferrell Samples 674 Spring St NW Atlanta VETERINARY EXAMINERS Georgia State Board of Dr Grady Young President 222 Fletcher Street Thomasville Dr Charles L Williams Secretary 722 Kingston Avenue Rome Dr G Rayburn Bartlett 303 Central Ave East Point Dr Tyler Leard P 0 Box 253 Hartwell Dr T C Ross McRae WARM AIR HEATING CONTRACTORS State Board of Examiners of John G Mauldin Chairman 422 Ponce de Leon Ave Atlanta Will Hoyt Raymond 1223 10th Ave Columbus LXIII R L Reiley 725 Wheaton Street Savannah M A Smith Jr 683 Blake Ave SE Atlanta 2 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL State Senate Numerically by Seat Numbers 1jplDowning 1st 2I Searcey 2nd 3 Tribble 3rd 4 Oliver 4th 5 Gayner 5th 6 Zorn 6th 7 McKinnon 7th 8 Jackson 16th 9Miller 50th 10 Fincher 51st 11 Hall 52nd 12 Loggins 53rd 13 Pannell 54th 14 Owens 49th 15 9 Harrison 48th 16 Lee 47th 17Broun 46th 18 Pennington 45th 19 Ellis 44th 20 Young 13th 21Holloway 12th 22 Webb 11th 23 Pelham 10th 24 Spinks 9th 25 Rowan 8th 26 Carter 14th 27 Gordy 15th 28 Byrd 17th 29 Smith 18th 30 Noble 19th 31 Gillis 20th 32 Johnson 38th 33 Brewer 39th 34 MacIntyre 40th 35 Conway 41st 36 Johnson 42nd 37 McWhorter 43rd 38 Wesberry 37th 39 Salome 36th 40 Coggin 35th 41 Brown 34th 42 Yancey 33rd 43 Kendrick 32nd 44 Hunt 26th 45 Kidd 25th 46 Knox 24th 47 Scott 23rd 48 Fuqua 22nd 49 Carlton 21st 50 Phillips 27th 51Smalley 28th 52 Heard 29th 53 Plunkett 30th 54 Moore 31st LtGov Peter Zack Geer 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 Brewer 39th j33 Broun 46th17 Brown 34th41 Byrd 17th28 Carlton 21st49 Carter 14th26 Coggin 35th40 Conway 41st35 Downing 1st1 Ellis 44th 19 Fincher 51st10 Fuqua 22nd48 Gayner 5th 5 Gillis 20th I31 Gordy 15th27 Hall 52ndH Harrison 48th15 Heard 29th52 Holloway 12th 21 Hunt 26th44 Jackson 16th 8 Johnson 42nd 36 Johnson 38th 32 Kendrick 32nd43 Kidd 25th 45 Knox 24th 46 Lee 47th 16 Loggins 53rd12 MacIntyre 40th34 Miller 50th9 Moore 31st54 McKinnon 7th7 McWhorter 43rdi37 Noble 19th 30 Oliver 4th4 Owens 49th14 Pannell 54th 13 Pelham 10th 23 Pennington 45th 18 Phillips 27th50 Plunkett 30th 53 Rowan 8th 25 Salome 36th39 Scott 23rd 47 Searcey 2nd2 Smalley 28th 51 Smith 18th 29 Spinks 9th24 Tribble 3rd 3 Webb 11th22 Wesberry 37th38 Yancey 33rd42 Young 13th 20 Zorn 6th t 6 LtGov Peter Zack Geer President of Senate George D Stewart Sec of Senate LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 5 OFFICERS OF THE STATE SENATE 1963 1964 PETER ZACK GEERLieutenant Governor k Miller County HARRY C JACKSONPresident Pro Tem Muscogee County GEORGE D STEWARTSecretary Pulton County PRESTON B LEWIS JRMessenger Burke County HENRY CASTLEMAN Doorkeeper Fulton County STAFF OF PRESIDENTS OFFICE AL HATCHER JRAide Glynn County LT HERMAN COFER jgfo Dodge County MRS MARY E DABNEYPersonal Secretary Heard County MRS EDNA R BOONESecretary Wilkinson County STAFF OF THE SECRETARY OF SENATE OFFICE LAMONT SMITH Assistant Secretary Tattnall County ANN DUNCAN9Calendar Clerk Fulton County MRS REBECCA CAUSEY Journai 01crk Douglas County 6 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES WITH DISTRICTS AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 1963 1964 Senators District Brewer Oby T Sr39th Broun Paul Cl46th Brown Charlie34th Byrd Garland T17th Carlton Milton A21st Carter Jimmy14th Coggin Frank E1 35th Conway H Mac McKinley Jr 41st Downing Frank 01st Ellis S Tom44th Fincher Jack51st Fuqua J B22nd Gayner John M Ill5th Gillis Hugh M 20th Gordy A Perry15th Hall J Battle 52nd Harrison Harold 48th Post Office 199 Robin Hood Rd NE Atlanta 534 Cloverhurst Athens PO Box 30 Atlanta 1 Reynolds 534 Kite Rd Swainsboro Plains 639 Trust Co of Ga Bldg Atlanta 3 Conway Publications Inc 2592 Apple Valley Rd Atlanta 19 411 Morel Bldg Savannah McDonough 60 Muriel St Canton 3032 Park Ave Augusta Sunset Blvd Country Club Park Brunswick Soperton 1112 3rd Ave Columbus PO Box 1267 Rome Bethlehem LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 7 Senators District Post Office Heard R Shaefer 29th PO Box 246 West Point Holloway A W Al 12th 1131 Valley Rd Albany Hunt William J 26th HuntRagan Inc 668 Poplar St Macon Jackson Harry C 16th 1718 3rd Ave Columbus Johnson Ben F 42nd Emory University Law School Atlanta 22 Johnson LeRoy R 38th 960 Hunter St SW Suite 207 Atlanta 14 Kendrick Edward S 32nd Rt 1 Bells Ferry Rd Marietta Kidd Culver 25th Milledgeville Knox W A Wyck 24th Thomson Lee Robert E Jr 47th PO Box 762 Elberton Loggins Joseph E 53rd Summerville MacIntyre Dan L III 40th 919 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta 9 Miller Zeli 50th Young Harris Moore Albert F 306 S College St Cedartown McKinnon Talmadge 7th RFD 1 Willacoochee McWhorter W Hugh 43rd 1788 Ponce de Leon Ave NE Atlanta Noble Roy 19th RFD 3 Vienna Oliver Clinton 4th PO Box 237 Glennville Owens Erwin 49th Dahlonega Pannell Charles A 54th Chatsworth Pelham Glenn 10th 100 3rd Ave SW Cairo Pennington Brooks Jr 45th Crawford St Madison Phillips J Taylor 27th 173 First St Macon 8 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Senators District Post Office Plunkett Lamar R 30th 50 Morris St Bowdon Rowan Robert A Bobby 8th Enigma Salome J M Joe 36th 344 Kendrick Ave SE Atlanta Scott Milford A 23rd 2550 Richmond Hill Rd Augusta Searcey William A 2nd 1919 New Mexico St Savannah Smalley Robert H Jr 28th PO Box 116 Griffin Smith Stanley E Jr 18th PO Drawer F 810 Forest Hill Dr Perry Spinks Ford B 9th Rt 1 Tifton Tribble Joseph J 3rd 402 Arlington Rd Savannah Webb Julian 11th PO Box 277 Donalsonville Wesberry James P Jr 37th 2989 N Fulton Dr NE Atlanta 5 Yancey Kyle 33rd Rt 2 Austell Young Martin 13th Rt 2 Rebecca Zorn William A 6th PO Box 128 292 E Cherry St Jesup LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 9 MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF GEORGIA IN NUMERICAL ORDER AND POST OFFICES District Name Address 1 Frank 0 Downing411 Morel Bldg Savannah 2 William A Searcey1919 New Mexico St Savannah 3 Joseph J Tribble402 Arlington Rd Savannah 4 Clinton OliverttjPO Box 237 Glennville 5 John M Gayner IILSunset Blvd Country Club Park Brunswick 6 William A ZornPO Box 128 292 E Cherry St Jesup 7 Talmadge McKinnonRFD 1 Willacoochee Robert A Bobby RowanEnigma 9Ford B SpinksjtJglRt 1 Tifton 10Glenn PelhamI100 3rd Ave SW Cairo 11Julian WebbPO Box 277 Donalsonville 12 A W Al Holloway1131 Valley Rd Albany 13 Martin YoungRt 2 Rebecca 14 Jimmy CarterPlains 15 A Perry Gordy1112 3rd Ave Columbus 16 Harry C Jacksoni1718 3rd Ave Columbus Garland T Byrd Reynolds 18 Stanley E Smith JrPO Drawer F 810 Forest Hill Dr Perry 19 Roy NobleRFD 3 Vienna Hugh M GillisjjSoperton 21 Milton A Carlton534 Kite Rd Swainsboro 22 J B Fuqua3032 Park Ave Augusta 23Milford A Scott2550 Richmond Hill Rd Augusta 24W A Wyck Knox Thomson Culver KiddMilledgeville 26 William J HuntHuntRagan Inc 668 Poplar St Macon 27 J Taylor Phillips173 First St Macon io LEGISLATIVE MANUAL District Name Address 28 Robert H Smalley JrPO Box 116 Griffin 29 R Shaefer HeardPO Box 246 West Point 30 Lamar R Plunkett50 Morris St Bowdon 31 Albert F Moore306 S College St Cedartown 32 Edward S KendrickRt 1 Bells Ferry Rd Marietta 33 Kyle YanceyRt 2 Austell 34 Charlie BrownPO Box 30 Atlanta 1 35 Frank E Coggin639 Trust Co of Ga Bldg Atlanta 3 36 J M Joe Salome344 Kendrick Ave SE Atlanta 37 James P Wesberry Jr2989 N Fulton Dr NE Atlanta 5 38 LeRoy R Johnson 960 Hunter St SW Suite 207 Atlanta 14 39 Oby T Brewer Sr199 Robin Hood Rd NE Atlanta 40 Dan MacIntyre III919 W Peachtree St NE Atlanta 9 41 H Mac McKinley Conway JrConway Publications Inc 2592 Apple Valley Rd Atlanta 19 42 Ben F JohnsonEmory University Law School Atlanta 22 43 W Hugh McWhorter 44 S Tom Ellis 45 Brooks Pennington Jr 46 Paul C Broun 47 Robert E Lee Jr 48 Harold Harrison 49 Erwin OwensJJi 50 Zell Miller9 51 Jack Fincher 52 J Battle Hall 53 Joseph E Loggins 54 Charles A Pannell 1788 Ponce de Leon Ave NE Atlanta McDonough Crawford St Madison 520 W Cloverhurst Athens PO Box 762 Elberton B ethlehem Dahlonega Young Harris 60 Muriel St Canton PO Box 1267 Rome Jtu Summerville iChatsworth STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE TERM 19631964 12 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES Pennington of 45th Chairman Spinks of 9thViceChairman Carter of 14th Secretary Byrd of 17th Carlton of 21st Gillis of 20th Harrison of 48th McKinnon of 7th Noble of 19th Owens of 49th Pelham of 10th Rowan of 8th Scott of 23rd Young of 13th APPROPRIATIONS Charles A PannellExOfficio Member Floor Leader Gillis of 20th Chairman Carlton of 21st ViceChairman Coggin of 35th Secretary Broun of 46th Brown of 34th Fuqua of 22nd Gayner of 5th Hall of 52nd Jackson of 16th Johnson of 38th Knox of 24th McWhorter of 43rd Miller of 50th Pennington of 45th Searcey of 2nd Smalley of 28th Smith of 18th Zorn of 6th BANKING AND FINANCE Charles A PannellExOfficio Member Fuqua of 22nd Chairman Johnson of 42nd ViceChairman Searcey of 2nd Secretary Brown of 34th Gillis of 20th Heard of 29th Holloway of 12th Kendrick of 32nd McKinnon of 7th Moore of 31st Plunkett of 30th Smith of 18th Tribble of 3rd Webb of 11th Wesberry of 37th BUSINESS TRADE AND COMMERCE Jackson of 16th Chairman Brewer of 39th Fuqua of 22nd Holloway of 12th Hunt of 26th Moore of 31st Tribble of 3rd Webb of 11th LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 13 COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS Brown of 34th Chairman Downing of 1st ViceChairman Spinks of 9th Secretary Coggin of 35th Heard of 29th Johnson of 42nd Kidd of 25th MacIntyre of 40th McWhorter of 43rd Tribble of 3rd Wesberry of 37th Young of 13th DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS McWhorter of 43rd Chairman Byrd of 17th Hunt of 26th ViceChairman Carter of 14th Fincher of 51st Secretary Searcey of 2nd ECONOMY REORGANIZATION AND EFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT Harry C JacksonExOfficio Member Gayner of 5th Chairman Pennington of 45th Ellis of 44th Salome of 36th Oliver of 4th Spinks of 9th Pannell of 54th EDUCATIONAL MATTERS Kendrick of 32nd Chairman Ellis of 44th ViceChairman Carter of 14th Secretary Brewer of 39th Broun of 46th Carlton of 21st Fincher of 51st Hall of 52nd Harrison of 48th Johnson of 38th Knox of 24th Lee of 47th MacIntyre of 40th Miller of 50th Noble of 19th Oliver of 4th Pannell of 54th Pelham of 10th Phillips of 27th Plunkett of 30th Rowan of 8th Wesberry of 37th 14 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL HEALTH AND WELFARE Miller of 50th Chairman Moore of 31st ViceChairman Scott of 23rd Secretary Brown of 34th Ellis of 44th Fincher of 51st Johnson of 38th Kidd of 25th Owens of 49th Wesberry of 37th Yancey of 33rd HIGHWAYS Knox of 24th Chairman Lee of 47th ViceChairman McKinnon of 7th Secretary Broun of 46th Carter of 14th Downing of 1st Hunt of 26th Moore of 31st Noble of 19th Owens of 49th Rowan of 8th Scott of 23rd Searcey of 2nd Smalley of 28th Smith of 18th INDUSTRY AND LABOR Holloway of 12th Chairman Brewer of 39th ViceChairman Smith of 18th Secretary Conway of 41st Downing of 1st Gayner of 5th Gordy of 15th Heard of 29th Jackson of 16th Kendrick of 32nd Kidd of 25th Knox of 24th MacIntyre of 40th Phillips of 27th Plunkett of 30th Salome of 36th INTERSTATE COOPERATION Peter Zack GeerExOfficio Member Broun of 46th Chairman Pannell of 54th ViceChairman Conway of 41st Secretary Holloway of 12th Loggins of 53rd LEGISLATIVE MANUAL INSTITUTIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH Owens of 49th Chairman Scott of 23rd Brown of 34th JUDICIARY Smalley of 28th Chairman Webb of 11th ViceChairman Phillips of 27th Secretary Byrd of 17th Carlton of 21st Ellis of 44th Johnson of 38th Johnson of 42nd Loggins of 53rd Salome of 36th Yancey of 33rd Zorn of 6th PENAL AND CORRECTIONAL AFFAIRS Hall of 52nd Chairman Oliver of 4th ViceChairman Noble of 19th Secretary Lee of 47th McKinnon of 7th Plunkett of 30th Young of 13th PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION Downing of 1st Fincher of 51st Gordy of 15th Harrison of 48th McWhorter of 43rd RULES Mr President Chairman Pannell of 54th ViceChairman Rowan of 8th Secretary Coggin of 35th Fuqua of 22nd Gavner of 5th Gillis of 20th Hall of 52nd Harrison of 48th Jackson of 16th Kendrick of 32nd Loggins of 53rd McKinnon of 7th Miller of 50th Pennington of 45th Salome of 36th Spinks of 9th Webb of 11th Zorn of 6th J Loggins of 53rd Chairman Kidd of 25th ViceChairman I Lee of 47th Secretary Brewer of 39th Conway of 41st 16 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS Pelham of 10th Chairman Gordy of 15th Secretary Oliver of 4th Young of 13th TEMPERANCE Hunt of 26th Yancey of 33rd Zorn of 6th Chairman Heard of 29th ViceChairman Coggin of 35th Secretary LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 19 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 in 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 20 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 Anno sec 47106 Officers and assistants 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 Doorkeepers limited 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 Seats Rule 8 Seats for Senators shall be assigned by the President Oath of members 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 Commission 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 21 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 22 Journal entry Oaths of subordinate officers Bond of Secretary Oath of assistants Journal entry Approval by committee on administrative affairs Secretarys pay LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 23 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 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 24 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 No employee substitutes Rule 21 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 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 employee substitution Rule 23 Whenever the provisions of this Chapter shall be violated any person shall be substituted for another in violation of the same neither LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 25 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 Wouse 3 the Governor of the Duties of Messenger Distribution of papers Pages Privilege of floor 26 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 vote is required to pass the bill or measure under consideration and said bill or measure shall lack only one vote to pass the same the President may vote 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 27 Rule 33 Whenever from any cause the PresiI dent shall be absent the President pro tempore I shall preside If both shall be absent the SecreI tary of the Senate shall call the Senate to order I and shall preside until the election of a President I pro tempore which said election shall be the first I business of the Senate The President pro tempore II thus elected shall preside until the return of one of the first named officers when his functions I shall cease Rule 34 All committees shall be appointed by I the President unless otherwise ordered by the I Senate Rule 35 The President shall have power to cause the galleries and lobbies of the Senate I cleared by the Messenger and Doorkeepers in case I of disturbance or disorderly conduct therein and I to cause any person or persons so offending to be I arrested and brought before the bar of the Senate I to be dealt with for contempt of the Senate Rule 36 The President shall have power to I suspend the Messenger and Doorkeepers for mis conduct or neglect of duty He shall report any such suspension to the Senate within twentyfour I hours thereafter for such action as the Senate I may see fit to take Substitute Succession Appointment of committees Clearing galleries and lobbies when disorder Suspension of Messenger and Doorkeepers 28 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 Administrative Affairs Committee to report Journal 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 Calendar of Rules Committee last 15 days Change by Senate 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 Special orders general bills or resolutions out of their regular Committee order and every motion or request for special orders shall be submitted in writing to the Com LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 c Questions of privilege LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 lie held as prescribed in Art Ill Sec IV Par Ill of the State Constitution 21503 1 The hour of meeting shall be 10 oclock A M and 1 the place at the State capitol Ga Code Anno sec 47103 Time of meetings H Rule 50 The session of the Senate each day 1 except Sunday shall commence at 1000 A M 1 unless otherwise ordered by the Senate and shall 1 continue until the Senate shall be adjourned upon 1 motion Contempt by nonmember Rule 51 Each House may punish by imprison 1 ment not extending beyond the session any per 1 son not a member who shall be guilty of a con 1 tempt by any disorderly behavior in its presence 1 or who shall rescue or attempt to rescue any 1 person arrested by order of either House Ga Const art Ill sec VII par II LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 nearmgs 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 tms purpose he shall have access to all estimates requests submitted by the departments agenJfr msions and institutions in compliance with the instructions of the Director Ga Code Anno sec 40402 Reference to petition in Journal Budget for Senate 32 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Reading of paper 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 To transact business 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 Compelling attendance 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 Messenger to arrest The Messenger of the Senate shall be exofficio 1 SergeantatArms of the Senate and on order of 1 the President may arrest any absentees and bring 1 them before the Senate when necessary to secure 1 a quorum as aforesaid Motion to determine attendance Rule 57 Whenever the result of a vote taken 1 shall disclose the fact that no quorum of the Sen 1 ate is present or when the President shall offi 1 daily state the fact to the Senate it shall be in 1 order for any Senator to make a motion for a 1 call of the Senate When such motion is made the 1 President shall state the question as follows 1 Shall the motion for the call of the Senate pre 1 vail and if five of the Senators present shall 1 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 33 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 anv 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 34 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 I Ga Const art Ill sec VII par I Rule 61 If any Senator shall be called to order I j for words spoken the words excepted to shall be taken down in writing by the Secretary and read I The words excepted to shall then be admitted de I j nied or explained by the Senator who spoke them I Thereupon the questions of order shall be decided and such other proceedings had as the Senate may LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 Timelimits proceedings referred to shall not be taken up for decision until after the previous question and the mam question have been disposed of or until such iuture time as may then be ordered by the Senate DUt 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 uomrh through the President Should the Senator speak President eSnt0 b interrupted the President shall KI the Senator desiring to interrogate to be Right to Sllent continue Rule 63 No Senator shall refer in debate to any private conversation had with another Sen Referenc ator or to any matters which took place fn any cnversatlons committee of the House or Senate while the same was m executive session caiw STatuS in peaking shall avoid hnil f Stators by name when they may Reference ve occasion to take notice of their observations to members floor6884 ihem by P on the floor or by the district they represent frUie 65 The numbers of both Houses shall be Pen ia arret during their attendance on the Rreedo Assembly and in going thereto or return frm arres w rpmifXCept for treason felony larceny liable nh f the Peace and no member shall be 2lt0 answer in any other place for anything spoken m debate m either House 8 Ga Const art Ill sec VII par III Freedom of debate 36 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Silence during debate Rule 66 The members of the Senate shall refrain from private conversation and preserve silence until a speaking Senator has taken his seat Limits on movement 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 No applause or hisses 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 Time limits 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 Debate limits Rule 70 On all appeals on questions of order of a personal character there shall be no debate Written protest for Journal 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 allowed during debate 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 37 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 he must resume his seat and 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 adt rfS SPg to any Question and then move to table the bill resolution or motion or move the thefl0US question thereon without relinquishing Precedence Possession and withdrawal No second One at a time No cut off of debate without relinquishing floor 38 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 in 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 Senate is not 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 39 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 i 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 1963 and every oddnumbered year thereafter for no longer than twelve 12 days to organize to receive the proposed General Appropriations Bill and to attend to other matters and reconVjj6 0n second Monday in February of each oddnumbered year for no longer than thirtythree 33 days The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Monday in January 1964 and in every evennumbered year thereafter By concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of members elected to both Houses of the General Assembly 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 fortyfive 45 days in the aggregate in iBlumbere years and no longer than forty 140 days in the aggregate in evennumbered years during the terms for which members were elected All business pending in the Senate or Bouse at the adjournment of any regular session may be considered at any regular session of the same General Assembly as if there had been no adjournment Nothing herein shall be construed o affect the power of the Governor to convoke Three day and place limit Disagreement Convening Adjournment of regular session Term of session Pending business 40 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Extraordinary session Delay for impeachment Not after order for main question Limits on subject matter Not debatable or amendable Renewal Effect the General Assembly in extraordinary session or the duty of the Governor to convene the General Assembly in extraordinary session upon the certificate of three fifths of the members elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives as provided in Article V Section I Paragraph XII Section 23012 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 Ga Const art Ill sec IV par III 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 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 Rule 89 Neither the motion to lay on the table nor the motion to take from the table is debatable or amendable 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 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 41 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 oi 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 k 95 No lilolon 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 readng thereof a motion to indefinitely postpone if decided m the affirmative by a majority of those tmJi Prvlded the total vote constitutes a quorm 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 42 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 43 Rule 102 A motion to commit may be amended by adding instructions or by substituting another SK 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 spe Recommitcial may on motion be recommitted to the same mentor any other committee by a majority of those voting provided the total vote constitutes a quorum 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 Noti the end of the preceding legislative day during required time which the action sought to be reconsidered took RECONSIDERATION place Any matter which could not be reconsidered on the succeeding day shall be in order for reconsideration on the day of said action action upon the section bill or rsolu timelimit tion to which it relates Rule 106 No matter shall be reconsidered more than once One reconsideration 44 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 Rule 112 All writs warrants and subpoenas issued by order of the Senate shall be signed by Sinatures 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 EePrpsai proposed during the same session under the same f laws 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 Journal its adjournment The General Assembly shall pro and law vide for the publication of the laws passed bv publicationeach session Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IV Rule 115 The original journal shall be preserved after publication in the office of the Sec Journal retary of State but there shall be no other record preservation thereof Ga Const art Ill sec VII par V INTRODUCTION AND READING Rule 116 No bill or resolution requiring the concurring vote of the House for passage shall be Filing introduced unless the same shall have been filed m r ce f the Secretary before adjournment or before 12 oclock noon whichever is later on the previous day 46 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Form of bills and resolutions Extra copy for Secretary Subject matter limits Reference to laws Notice on local bills Affidavit of publication 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 47 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 dy the publisher or accompanied by an affidavit oi the author to the effect that said notice has ben 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 48 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Addition to local governing authority Secretarys duty to print and distribute No passage until distributed Suspension of bills and resolutions for floor amendments distribution Calendar Reading by Secretary Precedence of General Appropriation Bill 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 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 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 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 I 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 Rule 123 All bills and resolutions shall be called in the numerical order in which they stand I on the calendar Before reading any bill or reso I lution the second or third time the Secretary shall I distinctly state its number and the name of the I Senator by whom introduced Provided that the I General Appropriation Bill shall have precedence I on third reading over all other matters even I LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 49 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 50 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 I 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 51 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 Reconsider ation 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 benate shall be first acted on by the Senate Precedence of reports 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 reso Presidents lution required by the rules of the Senate to be resolvingconsidered 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 n such motion shall be limited to three minutes such notice shall not have been given the motion shall prevail if it shall receive the affirmative votes of twothirds of those voting provided that the twothirds shall constitute a majority of fn Te nlmbers elected to the Senate Provided iurther that whenever the Senate either by its S or by unanimous consent shall commit wiLi S solution to the Committee of the wnoie and subsequently a motion shall be made Wkni Jve tb Senate into a Committee of the whole to consider such bill or resolution and such Senates resolving Notice Debate limits Renewal limited 52 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 53 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 Rule 139 A motion to reconsider shall be in order in the Committee of the Whole Rule 140 The President 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 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 Itule 142 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 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 Rule 144 If at any time in the Committee of the Whole it shall be desired to close the debate Action limited Reconsider ation Presidents authority Voting Papers from Senate Control of order Report on misconduct Limiting debate 54 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 55 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 Rule 150 The proceedings of the Committee of the Whole shall not be recorded in the Journal of the 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 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 Presidents report Contents of report Action on report Journal entry Methods Limits 56 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 57 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 after 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 of 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 reading 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 58 Committee amendments automatic No recurring Precedence of action on House amendments Presidents power to rule out if not germane Secretarys report 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 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 Precedence of Rule 166 A motion to amend an amendment amendment made by the House to a Senate bill or resolution LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 59 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 60 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Last 5 days of session 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 Distribution of report 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 Adoption of report Any Conference Committee report must be adopted by the vote required to pass the bill resolution or matter under consideration Subject matter 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 Call for division Rule 171 Any Senator may call for a division of the question on a subject in which the sense thereof will admit of it Distinct parts 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 61 13 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 mm 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 No debate on motion Precedence Form of question Vote Main question Adjournment But no motion to reconsider the action of the Senate m ordering the main question shall be in Reconsiderorder after the Secretary has called the first ation name on call of the yeas and nays and the vote 2iember bas been given or after a division ot the Senate has been had on the vote and the vote is in process of being counted and announced m 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 Debate the mam question without debate except that beX 9 ain question is put twenty minutes an be allowed to close the debate to the com Committee mittee 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 introducer other measure the introducer of the bill shall be allowed twenty minutes before the time allowed 62 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 commits tee or the introducer of the bill or other measure may yield the floor to such Senators as he may indicate for the time or any part of it allowed under this rule In all cases where a minority report has been submitted on any matter if the previous question is ordered there shall be twenty minutes allowed to the member 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 in order after the previous question is ordered unless it shall appear upon an actual count by the President that a quorum is not present Rule 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 Rule 177 The effect of the order that the main question be now put is to bring the Senate to a vote on pending questions in the order in which they stood before it was moved Rule 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 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 64 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Vote required 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 Call for division on yeas and nays 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 Journal entry be taken by the yeas and nays and so entered on the Journal No debate on motion for yeas and nays Rule 184 A motion for the call of the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate Secretarys call Rule 185 On the call of the yeas and nays the Secretary shall read the names of the Sen Change of vote ators 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 Excuse time and debate 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 except that the Senator making the motion may briefly state the reason why in his opinion it should prevail Not if interest 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 Sen Contested seats ator is being contested the sitting Senator and the contestant shall both retire from the Senate before the vote is taken LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 65 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 Tim 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 Journal record of yeas and nays 54 vote Entry on Journal of Constitutional Amendments Journal record of yeas and nays LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 66 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 Consideration and veto Overriding Dividing appropriations 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 veto and if any bills 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 become a law He may approve any appropriation and veto any other appropriation in the same bill and the latter shall not be effectual unless passed by twothirds of each House Whenever such Bill has been vetoed by the Governor it shall be the duty of the Governor to transmit such Bill to the presiding officer of the Branch of the General Assembly in which it originated together with a list of reasons if any for such veto Such transmission shall be made within thirtyfive 35 days Sundays excepted from the date of the adjournment of the Session of the General Assembly at which such Bill was passed Such Bill may be considered by the Branch of the General Assembly in which it originated at any time within the first ten 10 days of the next regular Session of the General Assembly for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event the action of the Governor is overridden by twothirds of the votes of such Branch of the General Assembly LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 67 the same shall be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of or the Clerk of such Branch of the General Assembly to the other Branch of the General Assembly It shall be the duty of the presiding officer of such other Branch of the General Assembly upon receiving such Bill to dispense with all business that is then being considered and to then and there consider and act upon such Bill for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event the action of the Governor is overriding by twothirds of the votes of such Branch of the General Assembly such Bill shall become law In the event either Branch of the General Assembly should fail to override the Governors action on a Bill such Bill shall not again be presented to the General Assembly of Georgia for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event any bill is enacted into law pursuant to the terms of this paragraph the effective date of such bill shall be on the date that such bill was acted upon by the Branch of the General Assembly last acting upon such bill Provided however that any bills that are vetoed by the Governor after the adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly immediately preceding the general election in which the Governor is elected shall not be subject to be overridden by the next regular session of the General Assembly 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 Subject matter 68 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Not Constitutional Amendments Signature required Exceptions Appointment Subcommittee on Institutions or enter his disapproval of any proposal made by the General Assembly to amend the Constitution Ga Const art V sec I par XVI Rule 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 constitu tional amendments and in case of prolongation of a session of the General Assembly Ga Const art Ill sec VII par XXI COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION Rule 198 The President shall appoint the following standing committees which shall have the following number of Senators each Agriculture and Natural Resources15 Appropriations18 Banking and Finance15 Business Trade and Commerce8 County and Municipal Governments12 Defense and Veterans Affairs7 Economy Reorganization and Efficiency in Government7 Educational Matters28 Health and Welfare11 Highways17 Industry and Labor16 Interstate Cooperation5 Judiciary12 Penal and Correctional Affairs7 Public Utilities and Transportation11 Rules19 Senate Administrative Affairs5 Temperance9 The President shall also appoint a Subcommittee on Institutions and Mental Health within the Committee on Health and Welfare LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 69 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 President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be an exofficio member of the Committee on Economy Reorganization and Efficiency in Government 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 Except as hereinafter provided the President shall appoint a Chairman a Vice Chairman and a Secretary of each committee No Senator shall be appointed Chairman or Vice Chairman of more than one committee except that the Administration Floor Leader appointed by the Governor shall automatically be Vice Chairman of the Rules Committee and shall also be an exofficio member of the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Banking and Finance He shall have a vote on each of said committees the same as any other member of said committees Such Floor Leader shall serve on the above three committees and if the President so desires he may appoint the Floor Leader to such other number of committees as provided hereinbefore for other Senators Prior to serving on the three committees listed above the Administration Floor Leader must be certified as such by the Governor to the President of the Senate and the Secretary of the Senate Membership limits Exofficio members Dual members Appointment of officers Rule 199 After the announcement of the standing committees no other Senators shall be 70 Vacancies Organization Calling meetings Vicechairmans power Succession Minutes Advisory Appellate Council LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 as he may see fit and he may fill any 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 71 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 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 Rule 204 The Committee onSenate 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 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 each member who shall present his account duly audited Ga Code Anno sec 47110 Auditing committee approval of accounts Committee on Administrative Affairs to audit and report expense accounts of members President to certify accounts 72 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 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 206A No member of any interim committee shall engage in any travel outside the State of Georgia unless such travel is first approved in writing by the Chairman of the committee and the President of the Senate The member requesting such travel shall state the places to be visited the dates thereof and the purposes therefor which purposes shall be relevant to legitimate legislative matters Every voucher for reimbursement of expenses by members of interim committees must contain an itemized listing of such expenses and be approved by the chairman of the committee and the President of the Senate before the State Treasurer shall be authorized to disburse any funds on such voucher and this provision shall apply whether such expenses are incurred within or without the State of Georgia All interim committees shall be subject to the provisions of this rule 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 re LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 73 ceived 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 offices and report the result to each branch of the General Assembly Ga Code Anno sec 47601 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 Election of State officers No disparagement in nomination Viva voce vote Journal entry Meet in House President presides Vote required 74 Action on returns for Governors election Inauguration LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 shah 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 deter LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 75 mined 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 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 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 First week Oath Journal entry 76 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Contested elections Resolution Vote Journal entry Repeal or amendment 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 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 77 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 generr only be submitted to the people of the political subdivision or subdivisions directly afThe vtes 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 m the resolution shall state the language to be used m 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 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 Dy the people m the manner provided for submission and ratification of amendments proposed by the General Assembly Ga Const art XIII sec I par II Approval Language of proposal Separate proposals Convention 78 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL No veto 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 Appropriations required 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 Origination in House 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 Recording of yeas and nays Rule 227 No bill or resolution appropriating money shall become a law unless upon its passage the yeas and nays are called and recorded Resolutions treated same Rule 228 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 Budget 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 79 for either fiscal year shall exceed the estimated revenues therefor the Governor shall recommend iienSiurces rom which the additional revenues shall be provided The Governor shall submit to each House of the General Assembly at the same 6 sukniits in 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 ior 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 m 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 excharges fr Capital imPrvements andor fixed Ga Code Anno sec 40403 Rule 230 The General appropriation bill shall embrace nothing except appropriations fixed bv previous laws the ordinary expenses of the Exm legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government payment of the public debt and ffwfl thereon and ior support of the public institutions and educational interests of the State i r appropriations shall be made by separate bills each embracing but one subject Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IX Introduction through President Separation of classes of expenditures Contents of General Appropriation Bill 80 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Required itemization of past appropriations Specific sum not fund Motor fuel taxes to highways 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 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 Assem LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 81 bly 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 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 Emergency Contingent appropriation Budget bill first 82 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Supplemental appropriations Appropriation book for Chairman of Appropriations Committee Safekeeping by Secretary of State 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 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 83 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 money shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole 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 As Stricken in its entirety for the 19611962 term Supplementary Appropriations Hearings Amendment Recording of yeas and nays 84 Action on claims Secretary duty Notice of hearing Hearing Findings Report to committee LEGISLATIVE MANUAL sembly 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 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 as soon as practicable and shall notify the member 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 242 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 85 which the resolution or bill was referred for consideration Ga Code Anno sec 47505 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 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 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 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 Consideration required Report to Senate Findings advisory only Specified borrowing purpose 86 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Control if rules do not cover Rules variations to Rules Committee Suspension by unanimous consent Required report 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 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 87 RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION 1 When nominations shall be made by the Governor to the Senate a future day shall be assigned for their consideration unless the Senate directs otherwise 2 When acting on executive business the Senate shall be cleared of all persons except the Senators the 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 88 Report to Governor Record to Secretary of State Secrecy LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 89 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 m 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 m 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 m 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 IgjHSP sanie He shall put all questions to the body and decide all questions of order An appeai may be taken from any of his decisions to the whole General Assembly 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 90 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 Nbe 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 91 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 Viva voce vote on Journal One election at a time Change of vote Dissolution Not during rollcall Renewal Amendment of rules 92 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 93 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 9f OK AO 7 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 94 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 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 A8 Extraordinary Sessions Ga Const art V sec I par XII The Governor shall issue LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 95 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 Gommonwealth 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 extraordi 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 days in 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 ip 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 emergencv exists m the affairs of the State of Georgia it shall thereupon pe the duty of said Governor and mandatory upon him within tive 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 Assemblv 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 Ga Code Anno sec 47116 If any officer or officers of either branchy of the Assembly shall fail or refuse to perform any of his duties m completing the organization of such emergency session ms office may upon the majority vote of the membership of 96 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 97 whenever the interests of the State or the proper administration of the law demand such suspension A13 Street Passenger Railways Ga Const art III 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 vPns sec 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 al 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 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 reace and officers of the militia nor any defaulter for public 98 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 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 office for which he is elected and this provision shall apply to LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 99 legtetetors cleeted 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 t Revenue who has held any elective office during a period ot 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 Tem Speaker Pro Tem Commission 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 Ga Code Ann sec 40411 as amended by Ga Laws 1960 p 188 100 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Legislator Board or Members Commission Legislator member of Com Atlantic States Marine mission on Interstate Coop Fisheries Commission eration designated by this Commission Senator and Representative designated by the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation Advisory Committee for Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact President Speaker Secretary Legislative Services Clerk Chairmen of Senate Committee 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 President Speaker and members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation Members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation Senate Council and House Council of the American Legislators Association Chairmen of Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House Lieutenant Governor and Speaker Chairmen of Agriculture Committees of Senate and House or some person designated by them Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee Two Senators and three Representatives involved in tobacco production appointed by President and Speaker respectively Judicial Council Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission Advisory Board to the Georgia Seed Development Commission Board of Compromises and Settlements of Tax Assessments Tobacco Advisory Board Relevant Statutory Provisions Ga Code Anno sec 45124 Ga Code Anno sec 43912 Ga Code Anno sec 471201 Ga Code Anno sec 471104 Ga Code Anno sec 471105 Ga Code Anno sec 811601 Ga Code Anno sec 92205 Ga Code Anno sec 52704 Ga Code Anno sec 9284111 Ga Laws 1960 p 218 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 101 INDEX TO RULES OF Senate of Georgia Referenees to A are to the Appendix References to E 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 Rule No Arrest subject to when gg Attendance compelled by less than quorum 55 56 Authorized by Senate gg Journal entrygg Quorum requiredt gn ADJOURN MOTION TO Amendment if to particular time 80 81 Committee of the Whole not in order in 138 Debate if to particular time 80 81 Effect g2 Joint session not in order in J 14 Precedence of motion 72 Previous question after Renewal after further business 80 Time for ADJOURNMENT 78 79 Business carried over how gg Committee of the Whole at regular hour in138146 Effect when hour of arrives during vote by yeas and nays g3 Governors power in regard to 84 Main question effect on 88 Previous question effect on LIBRARI SCORGA 102 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Seats retained until President leaves Time of fixed by Senate Veto procedure as effected by Vote total required ADVERSE REPORT Debate on final passage 11 Effect of on bills and resolutionslou 67 50 195 55 AMENDMENT Amendments to cannot be further amended151167 Blanks must be filled before lj Caption or preamble bill perfected before loU Committee of the Whole by action on148 I4 Committee of the Whole by what reported to House 14 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 428 ConstitutionalSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Engrossment prevents PH 125 Form of JJo Form of motion Germane must be Indefinite postponement prohibited Irrelevant out of order 153 154158165 93 154 Methods of R 11 Motion to adjourn amendable if to particular time 8U 1 Motion to commit amendable 162 Motion to postpone indefinitely not amendable 4 Motion to postpone to time definite amendable 9 Motion to table or take from table not amendable Perfecting bill before substitute 1J Precedence of motion to amend 1 Previous question on 1u LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 103 Rule No Printed and distributed whenj 222 Priority of amendments3 ZI159 161 Priority of on passage of bilhl 161 Priority of over motion to agree or disagree to House action K 166 165 163 Priority of questions on House amendments to Senate bill Reading Secretarys in amending by striking ouf and inserting Reconsidered when Jo5 Sections bill read by House amendments Senate amendments tonot further amendable 67 House amendments to Senate bill Senate action in order 165166167168 House vote required to adopt 163 Presidents power to rule outZZZLZl54 165 Striking by perfecting part proposed to be stricken 1157 Substitute and bill vote on 1 k Substitute as 152 Tabling not in order I 88 Time for ZZl61162 Vote required igg AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTIONSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPEALS Debate on prohibited when of personal character Time for Transgression of rules from APPLAUSE Suppression 70 69 59 68 APPORTIONMENT Change Al 104 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Number of members Representation Al Al APPROPRIATIONS Budget Committee Chairmans duties Committee of the Whole consideration required134 General Bill amendment General Bill contents229230231232 General Bill precedence on third reading General Bill procedureP Governors power over Hearing S Highways s Origination in House o Record Recorded yea and nay vote required Required Resolutions treated as billsm Supplemental bills 230234 Yeas and nays required 229 236 237 239 233 123 229 195 238 232 228 236 240 225 228 235 240 ARREST Disorder for 25 Freedom from 65 Members to secure quorum 5657 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 105 Substitution prohibited Vacancies ATTENDANCE Rule No 2123 22 Compelling Messengers duty Presidents duty 55 56 57 56 56 ACSSE on senate ad BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Called how Caption r FCo f tle Wide failure to resolvetoconsTder Indorsement of Introducer allowed twenty minutes for debate after or perxng of previous question if adverse committee reorder procedure fortekingTut W unl printed and distrSutedlT publication of laws required Rejected when again considered SrndmacitonVUee f4 WiihdSwaftrwhen01 be XIrcssd in Writing must be in BLANKS 123 117 134 117 117 174 40 122 114 113 118 122 118 109 117 Filling required before motion to amend is in order 155 BOND Secretarys 106 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL CALENDAR Rule No Arranged by Rules Committee during last fifteen days of session L Calling order fixed by Change of Rules Committees Calendar Committee report disagreement with Reconsideration effect on bills Tabling taking from restores to CALL OF SENATESee ROLL CALL CAPTION Considered after bill perfected Indorsement on bill CLAIMS Procedure 241 242 243 244 CODE SECTIONS Amendments or repeal of requirements 119 39 123 39 130 107 92 160 114 COMMISSION Members to COMMITMENT Amended how ifi Committee of the Whole not in order m Committee of the Whole to99 109134 Debate if instructions added11 Indefinite postponement not applicable to 9 Instructions may be added 1 Precedence of as among motions to commit to differ ent committees 1JL Precedence of as among other motions LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 107 Presidents duty to RecommitmentSee RE C OMMITMENT Special committees to Use 1 What Applicable totMk Rule No 127 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SENATE Adjourn cannot jog Adjournment arrival of regular hour of 14 Amendments by action by Senate 140 Amendments report 128 148 Appropriation bills considered in 237 Bills and resolutions disposal or recommendation 147 Bills and resolutions interlineation prohibited 128 Business finished procedure 1417 Call of Senate not in order jog Chairman appointed by President 135 Chairman duty of when no quorum present 136 Chairman duty when business finished 147 459 Chairman power to clear galleries or lobby I 1142 Commitment toSee COMMITMENT Commitment to precedence Committee reference prohibited Disorderly conduct reportedE 1 ao Formation of Journal proceedings entry g Motion to rise report progress and ask leave to sit again 145146 141 100 138 Papers called for Postpone indefinitely motion to not in order 138 President s actions 135 140 146 147 Previous question not enforceable I 100 Reading of bills by sections 137 Quorum requirement 103 Reconsideration in order 139 Report of procedure and form 147 140 1 aq Reports of precedence 2 108 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Resolving Senate into Rules applicable to and exceptions Secretarys duties in Senate may resolve itself into vote necessary Senate may resolve itself into when Table motion to not in order Time in extended Vote pairing prohibited in Vote required unless excused Yeas and nays cannot be taken Rule No 133134144 138 137 134 134 138 145 146 140 140 138 COMMITTEE ON SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS Auditing duties tt Clerk approval and removal of special Journal entrySee JOURNAL Journal reading and report 203204205206 1619 38 COMMITTEES Adverse report by effect 130174 Advice to 1 Amendments by read without motion jj Amendments by take precedence g Amendments report form Appointed by President S Bills and resolutions not to interline or deface Bills and resolutions original keeps oo Call of WO Clerks j SM Commitment toSee COMMITMENT Committee of the Whole reference to committees prohibited 1 Debate by 138 174 ueoaie uy Expenses of members how figured Finance Committee examination of State accounts House Ways and Means Finance Committee joint meeting with Committee on revenue taxing measures u Membership limited LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 109 Members on State Boards Minority report time allowed for after ordering of Rule No A18 previous question Names 174 198 Notiee of intent to disagree withjport ZZ 130 Officers successionI9M99200 Organization XX Presidents membership 199 Tjij53 question committee time for debate 174 I 200 Records Reference to Reference to happenings in prohibited Z1 Report disagreement with ion Reports favorable effect J ldU jon Reports fS 1 eff6Ct f dWreement Sffll 131 Reports minority formZZZZZZT on 5ors i amendment limit on Jgg H1 132 199 Reports of precedence Vacancies CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Appointment Approval of report Consideration Z Discharge Instruction Membership Reports 169 169 169 169 169 169 169 CONFIRMATION OF GOVERNORS APPOINTMENTS Boards State affected a o Rejected no reappointmentZZ1Z I A3 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Amendment of nnn Approval of peopleZ ZZZZZZZZ222223 110 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Convention 391 Journal entry Local Method Publication Repeal of 1 Signature of Governor not required Veto prohibited Vote required r 223 222 222 222 222 222 197 196 224 222 CONTEMPT Disorder for 35 51 Vote refusal for r CONTRACT APPROVAL Public Service Commission Agreements A 11 CONVENING Time 4985 CONVENTION OF PEOPLE Calling for Constitutional amendment223 CONVERSATION Debate prohibited during Reference to during debate prohibited COUNTY Consolidation Site change ad 66 63 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 111 DEBATE 1 Rule No Addressing Senate Appeals debate limitations Censure for words CtomouteofhorderlingS executive sessionreference Committee of M Committee of the Whole regulated ZTlSS iU Conduct of members in 44 Conversations referenee to outoforder go Cut off prohibited when n Exception to words ou 107 Executive Session limited in 6 Freedom of SS Individual speeches limited 1 Irrelevant President shall suspend Members names reference to out of order 3 iSS2 fiS yeasand nyf decided without debateli 184 Motion for previous question not debatable I70 Motion to adjourn not debatable 4 Motion to adjourn to particular day or time debatable Ri S 2 or1fr biness not debatable 41 Motion to commit when debatable ini 197 Motion to engross debate limited Motion to excuse member from voting de We limited isr Motion to indefinitely postpone debatable 6d 11 Motion t p0sjp0ne t0 tlme definite what debatable 98 Motion to read papers not debatable kJ added refer t0 committee debate if instructions MHmited reSlve into Motion to suspend rulesrioi debatabie uteVStV n0t debataMe ll Movement during prohibited I iengi0flooqrUeSti0n Cann0t CUt ft without reiinWsh Previous question debate regulated 1 174 17I Priority of business not debatable 4176 112 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Readings first two no debate Silence during Subject matter limitsrrr Tabling cannot cut off without relinquishing floor Through President Time limits on individual Yeas and nays no debate duringu 126 306266 59 77 62 59 190 DECORUM Applause suppressed Hisses suppressed Silence during debate30 62 bb DISTRIBUTION OF BILLSSee PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS 7983 171172183 186 181 173 181 172 DIVISION Adjournment limited by Call for T7 Excuse from voting motion to restricts Presidents duty in case of Reconsideration of main question limits Results of President shall announceti What divisible r DOORKEEPER Assistants limited Clears lobbies and galleries when Duties general Election Floor limitations enforcement of Message announcement Substitution prohibited Suspension by President 7 35 20 720 26 46 20 21 36 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 113 ELECTIONAlso See JOINT SESSION Rule No Auditor ofA 7 Contest I 221 Governor of action on214215216 Journal entry 212 Members of Senate judge of 60 Nomination limits 211 Officers of State 210 Presidential electors of A 6 Procedure 210212 Second not needed in nominations J 10 Vote necessary212213 EMPLOYEESSee ASSISTANTS ENGROSSMENT Debate on I 124 Effect of 124 Local bills reading requiring 125 Time for 15 124 Unanimous consent for prohibited 124 Vote required WkAt 124 ENROLLING AND ENGROSSINGSee COMMITTEE ON SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFFAIRS EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN Previous question delayed by 61 Procedure 61 Time for 61 EXECUTIVE SESSION Confirmation E 1 E 4 E 5 E 6 E 7 Debate limitation on confirmation E 4 Floor privileges E 2 I Journal E 3 E 6 Presidents duties E 5 114 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Record SSE 3 E 6 Roll call for confirmationE 5 Secrecy 6 E 7 E 8 Secretarys duties E 5 E 6 Time for E 1 Vote for confirmationiE 5 E 6 EXPENSES Members procedure for payment204205206 EXPULSION OF MEMBERS Vote required 59 60 When 5960 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION Calling 85 A 8 Compensation during A 8 Consideration limits I g A 8 Governors calling 85 A 8 Impeachment continued by A 8 Time limits A 8 FILING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Required I116 Time for 116 FINES Members when transgress rules 59 FLOORSee PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR FLOOR LEADER Seat need not stay atj 59 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 115 GALLERIES Rule No Applause and hisses to be suppressed 68 Clearance by President 35 Committee of the Whole Chairman may clear 142 GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLSee APPROPRIATIONS GOVERNOR Adjournment power in regard toJKfa 84 Appointments confirmation A3 Appropriations selective approval of 195 Budget bill presentation of 229 Constitutional amendment action on 222 Election 1214215216 Extraordinary session calling feailEaijiks 85 Inauguration 216 217218219220 Messages under any order of business 45 Nominations approvalSee EXECUTIVE SESSION Overriding veto 195196197 Signature when required195197 Veto power L195196197224 HISSES Suppression L 68 IMPEACHMENT Procedure A 8 Session continued 85 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Copies two required 117 Time for 116 Unanimous consent time limitsa 108 116 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL INVESTIGATION Rule No State Officers of A10 JOINT SESSION Adjournment Debate Elections for Governors election for Journal Nominations in Paperst Place House Presider Procedure general Quorum Rules change Secretarys duties Time of 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 entry 3 E 6 E 8 Governors inauguration entry 220 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 115 Protests entry 71 Publication required 114115 Reading by committee 38 Reading of how dispensed with 44 J14 J 11 J1 214215216 J 7 J 12 J10 J 8 J 9 J 1 J 2 J 2 J 4 J 5 J 3 J 4 J 6 J 8 IhJ 7 J 8 J 1 J 2 J 10 J 12 J 13 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 117 Rule No Required f 114 Vote entry of179191193194212222 Vote names of those not voting shown on 194 Yeas and nays entry183191193194222240 LOBBIES Applause or hisses in suppressed 68 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 restrictionJ120121 Notice of affidavit must be attached120121 Notice required 120121 Office affected requires referendum120121 Reading first two by title unless engrossment 125 Unanimous consent putting on passage 108 MAIN QUESTION Adjournment effect on79 83173 Division after order foriI 183 Effect ofli 177 Form ofI 173 Previous question effect173174 Reconsideration of 173178 Tabling limits 86 Vote required to order 173 MEETING OF SENATE Time of meeting for daily sessions 50 118 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 PresidentI 2456 Duties general r 2024 Election 20 Order enforcement of 24 Papers distribution J 24 Pay 20 SrgeantatArms exofficio 1 56 Stationery distribution 24 Suspension by President 36 MINORITY REPORTS FROM COMMITTEE Debate allowed after order for previous question 174 How made 129 MOTIONS Committee of the Whole init138139145146 Debate when cannot use motion to cut off 76 77 Disagreement with House motions in order 165 Making must resume seat while put 75 Number limited to one at a time 75 Possession of Senate 73 Precedence of 72 93 Presidents actions on 181 Previous question oni 170 Second unnecessary 74 Stating by President 181 Tabling if not privileged and new matter 48 Tabling effected by 48 Withdrawal lS 7393 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 119 NEW MATTERS Rule No Motions not privileged and containing new matter to lay on table 48 Unanimous consents for time for 108 NOMINATIONS Remarks disparaging prohibited 211 Second not needed J 10 OATHS Administered by judges to members 11 Assistants 1314 Members 911 Officers 1314 Secretarys 1314 OFFICERS Oath i 1314 Pay 203 Suspension of by President 36 Who are 6 ORDER OF BUSINESS Appropriation Bill Generalf 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 1 45 Motions not privileged 48 Presidents power over1 jj 28 Priority of37 39104108134173 Privilege questions of 47 Reconsideration 1 104 Rules Committee report 45 Unanimous consentI 108 120 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL ORGANIZATION Assistant Secretary by Bodies Chairman appointment and powers Commission issued during Elections during First meeting time and place Oaths Officers Procedure Rules Seating 1 Secretary by PAGES Age Appointment by members Appointment by President Papers distribution PAIRING FOR VOTING Committee of the Whole prohibited in Prohibited PAPERS Committee care I Committee of the Whole may call forZ Distribution j Reading not subject to indefinite postponement Reading of PARLIAMENTARY LAW Applicable when PETITIONS Presentation and form Rule No 2 1 or 2 10 4 512 49 91 1314 2 3 4 612 2 2 8 2 25 25 25 24 140 188 128 141 24 93 54 246 52 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 121 POSTPONEMENT Rule No Amendment motion to indefinitely postpone not amendabler 94 Amendment motion to postpone to day certain amendablef 97 Committee of the Whole motion to indefinitely postpone not in order 138 Debate on 94 98 Effect of motion to indefinitely postpone 96 Effect of motion to postpone to time definite 97 Effect of negative action 95 Effect indefinite postponement 97 Precedence of motioniLa 7293 Renewal limits 9598 Vote necessary on motion to indefinitely postpone 96 What subject to 9397 PREAMBLE Committee of the Whole last considered 137 Considered after bill perfected 160 PRESIDENT Absence of President Pro Tern to preside 33 Accounts certifying 205 Acts signs 113 Adjournment members to remain until President retires 67 Amendments power to rule out if not germane154165 Appeals from decision of 69 70 Applause in galleries or chamber suppression of 68 Appointment special A 2 Arrest power to 35 56 Attendance power to compel to secure a quorum 56 Bond approval of Secretarys 15 Budget bill introduction ofl 229 Budget submission to DirectorI 53 Business priority of decides without debate 28 Call the Senate duty to 57 122 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Clearing galleries and lobbies1e 35 Commitment of bills and resolutions127 Committee of the Whole Chairman appoints 133 Committee of the Whole duty regarding bills 134 Committee of the Whole duty when business finished in M 147 Committee of the Whole may resolve Senate into when 133 Committee of the Whole may take part in 140 Committee of the Whole resumes chair when146147 Committee of the Whole right to take part in 140 Committee of the Whole to leave chair during 143 Committees appoints officers of 193 Committees appointment of 34 193 199 Committees assignment of members toJ 199 Committees membership on 198 Conference Committee appoints 139 Debate irrelevant power to suspend 30 Division call for Igl Doorkeeper may suspend 3 Election of 5 Executive Session duties in j 5 Governors election action onL 214 215 Joint session seat j 5 Joint session presider J2 J4 Lieutenant Governor as 3 Messages duty as to 43 Messenger direction and suspension 24 36 Motion stating by 73 igi Oath to officers and assistants 13 14 16 Officer as j 6 Preside may name members to 32 Presider 33 Question stating igi Quorum to secure156 577lV5182 Recognition of member29 59 62 75108 Rollcall duties duringg 1 79 Rollcall orders by when 31 57 132 Rules Committee member oft 193 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 123 Rule No Rules transgression penalizingj 58 Seat assignments4 8 Signature when required 112113 Silence commanding 30 62 State boards membership on A 18 Subcommittees appointment of 198 Unanimous consent shall entertain but one at time 108 Unanimous consent when to recognize member for purpose of asking4 108 Vote authority to 27140 PRESIDENT PRO TEM Election L 4533 Joint session succession as presider J 4 Officer asj 6 Powers 5 Presides in absence of President y 4 5 33 State Boards membership on A 18 PRESIDER Joint session in1 J2 J4 President 4 President absent who shall when 33 President may appoint member to 32 President Pro Tern absent who shall when 33 Secretary shall whenvf 33 PRESS Floor entitled to 26 PREVIOUS QUESTION Adjournment effect on7983173 Call of Senate limitsi 175 Committee of the Whole not in order in 138 Debate cannot cut off without relinquishing floor 77 124 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Debate allowed after ordering of174176 Debate motion not debatable 173 Exception to debate delaysi 1 Form of 173 Main question effect on173174 Minority committee report time allowed for after ordering of 174 Precedence of motionfl 1 72173 Reconsideration of 172178 Tabling after 6 Vote required 173174 What applicable to 170 PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS Motion to print precedence of 72 Required when 122 Suspension of bills and resolutions until 122 PRIVILEGE Motion not privileged with new matters to lay on table 48 Precedence of questions of 47 Questions of what constitutes 47 PRIVILEGES OF FLOOR Executive Session e 2 Who entitled to 26 PROTESTS Procedure and form 71 PUNISHMENT Members of 60 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 125 QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS Rule No Judgment of Senate 60187 QUORUM Committee of the Whole requirement of1 136 Compelling c 1 56 57 Number I 55 Presidents power in regard to 56182 Rollcall for jjj57175182 Voting when not 182 READING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Committee of the Whole in 133137 Committee report after130 Debate none on first or second reading 126 Number and name of introducer stated on second and third reading i 123 Second automatic when 126 Secretarys i 123 Sections by 164 Times three 125 Title by i 125 Unanimous consent time limit 108 READING OF PAPERSSee PAPERS RECOGNITION President dcids 29 RECOMMITMENT Bill or resolution with favorable committee report to prevent third reading 130 Vote necessary for f 103 What may be recommitted 103 126 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL RECONSIDERATION Rule No Amendments when in orderA 105 Committee of the Whole motion in order 139 Effect of on bills107131 Main question effect onI 178 Main question time for reconsideration of 173 Notice not to be withdrawn when 105 Notice when required 105 Previous question effect on 178 Renewal oncel 106 Time for motion 105 REMONSTRANCESSee PETITIONS REPEALS How effectuated itll RETURNEES Commission io ROLLCALL Adjournment limits LJ v 79 Committee of the Whole not in order ini 138 Debate none during21g 190 Dispensing with p 43 Explanation of votes on 189 President may order when 31175182 Previous question limits 175 Procedure 8 Quorum to determine if 182 Reconsideration of main question limits 173 Required by Senatei 57 Secretarys duty as to57 58182 Vote refusal after contempt 182 RULES Changed how 42247 J 18 Debate motion to suspend decided without debate 41 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 127 Rule No Question not covered by procedure 246 Suspended how 41 42247 J 18 Suspension not subject to indefinite postponement 93 Transgression penalized 54 RULES COMMITTEE Calendar fixed by during last fifteen daysLU 39 Membership 198 Proposed change addition or suspension of rules must be referred to1I 247 Report failure to effectI 247 Report of in order when 45 Reports required 247 President Chairman of 198 Special orders submission to and report on 40 SEATS Assigned by PresidentH 8 Contested procedure whenii 187 Floor Leader need not stay at 59 Recognition from 59 SECRETARY Absentees list keeps for Journal 57 58 Amendments printing I 122 Amendments reading 163164 Amendments Report to House on Presidents action declaring House amendment not germane 165 Assistants appointment and fixing pay of 16181921 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 copy 117 Bills and resolutions numbers 123 Bills and resolutions printing and distribution 122 128 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Bills and resolutions reading by sections 164 Bills and resolutions reading number and introducer 123 Bills and resolutions transmittal 110 Bond 15 Claims certification of 241 Committee of the Whole bills and resolutions reading in 137 Committee of the Whole duties in t137141 Division counts 181 Election 12 Executive Session duties inE 5 E 6 Joint session duties inJ 7 J 8 J9 Journal entry58 71194 Journal reading 38 Motion reading 73 Oath of prescribed 1314 Officer is 612 Papers superintends distribution by Messenger1 24 Pay 1718 Presides in absence of President and President Pro Tern l 33 Protests entry on Journal 71 Rollcall calling 57182 Signature when requiredn 112 State Boards membership onI A 18 Term of officejj 12 Vote explanation of filing with 189 Words excepted to written and read by 61 Yeas and nays call 79196 Yeas and nays reading names 185 SERGEANTATARMSSee MESSENGER SESSIONS Business carried over howill 85 ExtraordinarySee EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS Prolongation of signature of Governor not required 197 Term 85 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 129 SILENCE Debate during President duty of to command when SPECIAL LAWSSee LOCAL LAWS STATE BOARDS Membership of Legislators on STATE OFFICERS Discharge of Investigation of P Legislators as restrictions Suspension of STATIONERY Distribution STENOGRAPHIC REPORTER Appointment and pay STREET RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION Approval by city governing authorities SUBCOMMITTEES Appointed by President SUBSTITUTEAlso See AMENDMENT Amendment as Bill perfected before substitute Voted on before bill Rule No 66 3062 A18 A 12 AIO A 17 A 12 24 18 A 13 198 152 156 156 130 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL SUCCESSION Joint session Presidents absence SUPREME COURT RULES Approval of J 4 33 A 14 TABLING Amendment motion not subject to Amendment not applicable to Committee of the Whole motion not in order Debate cannot cut off without relinquishing floor Debate motion not debatable Effect when motion to table prevails Effect when motion to take from table prevails Main question limits Motion to take from when in order New matter motion not privileged Precedence of i Previous question limits motion to table Renewal of motions to table and take from when Rollcall limits Time for taking from table Vote required to take from table What can be tabled i 89 88 138 77 82 89 91 9192 86 48 48 72 86173 m 86173 90 86 92 92 8788 TITLE Bills and resolutions subjectmatter must be expressed in TRANSMISSION TO HOUSE Day of passage vote required Last day immediate onS3 118 110 110 A15 TREASON Pardon of LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 131 UNANIMOUS CONSENTS Commitment to Committee of the Whole General provision for Rule No 134 1 an introduction for 7XX Journal reading dispensing with Limitation and regulation of use of Motion withdrawal required for Passage for 44 108 73 Reading for 7X0 Roll call dispensing with Time for 43 1 na Vote explanation not by yeas and nays 189 VETO Governors power of Overridden how VOTE 195196197 224 195196197 Adjournment limits 70 co Bill required for Changing of iqr Ji Committee of the Whole no Siting iln Committee of the Whole not taken by yeas and nays Committee of the Whole vote required 140 DWstakSee DIVISION r readg f and nars 190 ElectionSee ELECTION Explanation1rg 7188 Interest none where have General requirement ioi Meaodointry reqirediiaVWlii Pairing of members not allowed resident may order yeas and navs when 91 Presidents orr QuorumSee QUORUM 14U 132 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Reconsideration of main question limits 173 Refusal may be contempt 182 Required when 140186 RollcallSee ROLLCALL Seat from own 27 Tabling limits 86 Tie 27 Unanimous consentsSee UNANIMOUS CONSENTS Yeas and naysSee YEAS AND NAYS WITHDRAWAL Bill when and howl 109 Motion when and how 158 WRITS Signature Presidents and Secretarys 112 YEAS AND NAYS Adjournment limits Change restricted Committee of the Whole prohibited in Debate on motion prohibited Debate prohibited during Explanation of vote Expulsion forI Journal entry j Method of callingg Reconsideration of main question limits Tabling limits Vote required for call of 7983 185 138 184 190 189 59 183191193194 185 173 II 86 Ld 183 134 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Seat Numbers of the Georgia House of Representatives LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 135 House of Representatives Numerically by Seat Number 1 Etheridge 2 Rodgers 3 Parker i Newton of Jenkins 5 Arnsdorff 6 Poole 7 Smith of Whitfield 8 Mitchell 9 Hale 10 Jordan of Floyd 11 Lowrey 12 Ballard 13 Morgan of Newton 14 Murphy 15 Underwood of Taylor 16 Brown 17 Melton 18 Bolton 19 Duncan of Fannin 20 Greene 21 Cullens 22 Rainey 23 Shuman 24 Dorminy 25 Mullis 26 Baughman 27 Raulerson 28 Pafford 29 Lee of Clinch 30 Byrd 31 Ware 32 Spikes 33 Vaughn 34 Scarborough 35 Davis 36 Brooks of Fulton 37 McClelland 38 Blalock of Clayton 39 Lee of Clayton 40 Lokey 41 Wells of Camden 42 Jones of Lumpkin 43 Underwood Montgomery 44 Jordan of Calhoun 45 Twitty 46 Barber 47 Kirkland 48 Wilkes 49 Henderson 50 Blalock of Coweta 51 Payton 52 Overby 53 Williams of Hall 54 Sangster 55 Paris 56 Stuckey 57 Milhollin 58 Williams of Coffee 59 Harris 60 Mackay 61 Rutland 62 Bagby 63 Knight of Berrien 64 Fowler of Douglas 65 Moate 66 Lindsey 67 Brooks of Oglethorpe 68 Wells of Oconee 69 Lewis 70 Snow 71 Abney 72 Pickard 73 Dicus 74 Jones of Muscogee 75 Dixon 76 Ponsell 77 Tucker of Burke 78 Smith of Emanuel 79 Brantley 80 Nessmith 81 Lane 82 Story 83 Morgan of of Gwinnett 84 Lambert 85 Simmons 86 McDonald 87 Chandler 88 Harrington 89 Teague 90 Flournoy 91 Wilson of Cobb 92 Caldwell 93 Echols 94 Harrell 95 Todd 96 Deen of Bacon 97 Conner 98 Horton 99 Andrews 100 Kelly 101 Bynum 102 Towson 103 Knight of Laurens 104 Tucker of Catoosa 105 Clark of Catoosa 106 Waldrop 107 Duncan of Carroll 108 Bowen of Toombs 109 Fowler of Treutlen 110 Simpson 111 Perry of Evans 112 Wilson of Brantley 113 Floyd 114 Bedgood 115 Matthews of Clarke 116 Isenberg 117 Killian 118 Smith of Habersham 119 Johnson of Warren 120 Moore 121 Dean of Polk 122 Laite 123 Groover 124 House 125 Watson 126 Watts 127 Branch 128 Allen 129 Jones of Worth 130 Clarke of Monroe 131 Woodward 132 Rhodes 133 Matthews of Colquitt 134 Newton of Colquitt 135 Hull 136 Fleming 137 Bell 138 Richardson 139 Funk 140 Shea 141 Hill 142 Phillips 143 McCracken 144 Keyton 145 Russell 146 Carr 147 Smith of Telfair 148 Partridge 149 Gibbons 150 Walker 151 Keadle 152 McGarity 153 Busbee 154 Odom 155 Lee of Dougherty 156 McKemie 157 Bowen of Randolph 158 Blair 159 Sewell 160 Coker of Turner 161 Crummey 162 Chance 163 Roberts 164 Roper 165 Steis 166 Flynt 167 Brackin 168 Pope 169 Coker of Cherokee 170 Acree 171 Causby 172 Bowen of Dawson 173 Leonard 174 Wells of Peach 175 Mixon 176 Singer 177 Black 178 Fulford 179 DeVane 180 Stainaker 181 Peterson 182 Anderson 183 Johnson of Elbert 184 Hall 185 Reaves 186 Herndon 187 Sinclair 188 Rowland 189 Tabb 190 Jones of Liberty 191 White 192 Shaw 193 Warren 194 Houston 195 Poss 196 Conger 197 Griffin 198 Milford 199 Smith of Forsyth 200 Meeks 201 Logan 202 Perry of Marion 203 Hurst 204 King Rostrum Geo T Smith Speakr Rostrum Glenn W Ellard Clerk 136 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL House of Representatives Alphabetically by Names Smith of Telfair 147 Nessmith 80 Smith of Newton of Whitfield 7 Colquitt134 Snow 70 Newton of Spikes Jenkins 4 Stalnaker Odom 154 Steis Abney 71 Davis 35 Jones of Hulhl fe Acree 170 Dean of Worth 129 Murphy 14 Allen 128 Polk 121 Jordan of Nessmith 80 Anderson182 Deen of Calhoun Andrews 99 Bacon 96 Jordan of Arnsdorff 5 DeVane 179 Floyd 10 Bagbv 62 Dicus 73 Keadle151 Ballard 12 Dixon 75 Kelly 100 Barber 46 Dorminy 24 Keyton 144 Overby52 Baughman 26 Duncan of Killian 117 Pafford 8 Bedgood 114 Carroll107 King 204 Bell 137 Duncan of Kirkland 47 Black 177 Fannin 19 Knight of Blair 158 Echols 93 Berrien 63 Blalock of Etheridge 1 Knight of Clayton 38 Fleming 136 Laurens 103 Blalock of Flournoy 90 Laite 122 Coweta 50 Floyd 113 Lambert 84 Story Stuckey Paris 55 Tabb Parker 3 Teague Partridge 148 Todd Payton 51 Perry of Evans Ill Perry of Marion 202 95 102 77 Bolton 18 Flynt 166 Lane 81 Peterson 181 Towson Tucker of Burke Tucker of Catoosa 104 Twitty 45 Bowen of Dawson 172 Bowen of Randolph 157 Bowen of Phillips 142 Underwood of Pickard 72 Montgomery 43 Ponsell 76 Underwood of Poole 6 Taylor 15 Pope168 Vaughn 33 Fowler of Lee of Douglas 64 Clayton 39 Fowler of Lee of Treutlen 109 Clinch 29 Fulford 178 Lee of M Toombs 108 Funk 139 Dougherty 155 Poss 195 Wa drop Brackin 167 Gibbons 149 Leonard 173 Rainey 22 Walker Branch 127 Greene 20 Lewis 69 Raulerson 27 Brantley 79 Griffin I197 Lindsey 66 Reaves 185 Brooks of Groover 123 Logan 201 Rhodes132 Fulton 36 Hale 9 Lokey 40 Richardson 138 Brooks of Hall 184 Lowrey 11 Roberts 163 Oglethorpe 67 Harrell 94 Mackay 60 Rodgers 2 Brown 16 Harrington 88 Matthews of Roper 164 Wells of Busbee 153 Harris 59 Clarke 115 Rowland 188 Ocnee Bynum 101 Henderson 49 Matthews of Russell 145 Wells of Byrd IB 30 Herndon 186 Colquitt133 Rutland61 reac Caldwell 92 Hill 141 McClelland 37 Sangster 54 White Carr 146 Horton 98 McCracken 143 Scarborough 34 WjJkes Causby 171 House 124 McDonald 86 Sewell 159 Chance 162 Houston 194 McGarity 152 Shaw 192 Chandler 87 Hull 135 McKemie 156 Shea 140 Clark of Hurst 203 Meeks 200 Shuman 23 Catoosa 105 Isenberg 116 Melton 17 Simmons 85 Ware Warren Watson Watts Wells of Camden 174 191 Johnson of Clarke of Monroe 130 Coker of Cherokee 169 Coker of Turner 3160 Conger 196 Jones of Conner 97 Lumpkin Williams of Coffee 58 Williams of Hall 53 Wilson of Brantley 11 Hiiisuu ui Milford L198 Simpson 110 Elbert183 Milhollin 57 Sinclair 187 f Johnson of Warren Jones of Moate 65 Liberty 190 Moore 120 Morgan of 42 Gwinnett 119 MiSSfl75 S Crummey 161 Jones of Cullens 21 Muscogee 83 Morgan of 74 Newton 13 Cobb 91 Woodward 131 Smith of Rostrum Emanuel 78 Geo T Smith Smith of Speaker Forsyth 199 Rostrum Smith of Glenn W El Habersham 118 lard Clerk LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 137 OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TERM 1963 1964 January 1963 GEORGE T SMITH Speaker Grady County GUY W RUTLANDSpeaker Pro Tem DeKalb County ARTHUR K BOLTONFloor Leader Spalding County J A JIM ANDREWSAssistant Floor Leader Stephens County GEORGE D BUSBEEAssistant Floor Leader Dougherty County GLENN W ELLARD Clerk Habersham County HERSCHEL PARMERMessenger Heard County NORMAN B DOSTERjjjiDoorkeeper Wilcox County 138 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL STAFF OF SPEAKERS OFFICE JACK TYSON 1Sheriff Grady County J C MOODY DANIELAide Burke County LUKE MORGAN Aide Dodge County MISS PATRICIA WILLIAMSPersonal Secretary Mitchell County MRS ERNESTINE HOLLAND Secretary DeKalb County MRS JACKIE YOUNG ISlSSecretary DeKalb County MRS BETTY PEELERDirector of Pages DeKalb County SONNY HARRIS Postmaster Wayne County STAFF OF CLERKS OFFICE JANETTE HIRSCH Assistant Clerk Fulton County JACK GREEN I Assistant Clerk Rabun County AMELIA SMITH Assistant Clerk Fulton County HUGH SKELTONIAssistant Clerk Hart County BARBARA BATES Calendar Clerk DeKalb County LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 139 MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED ACCORDING TO NAMES WITH COUNTIES AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 19631964 Representative County Abney Billy ShawWalker Acree Dr John WTowns Allen Henry BanksTift Anderson John H JrPulaski Andrews J A JimStephens Arnsdorff B FrankEffingham Bagby George TalmadgePaulding Ballard W D Donald Newton Post 1 Barber MacJackson Baughman Leon HodgesEarly Bedgood W Randall JrLClarke Bell John C Richmond Black J LuciusWebster Blair William ESumter Blalock D BCoweta Post Office PO Box 607 LaFayette Box 225 Hiawassee 414 W 14th St Tifton Anderson Rd Hawkinsville 108 E Doyle St Toccoa Springfield RFD 2 Dallas Oxford Commerce Cedar Springs 375 W View Dr Athens 3407 Kamel Cr Augusta Preston 22 Laudig Ln Americus 40 Nimmons St Newnan Bowen Ralph W Bowen Ross P Brackin J 0 Branch Warren Frank Brantley Hines Li 140 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Post Office Blalock EdgarClayton Jonesboro Bolton Arthur KSpaldingBox 602 Griffin Bowen ADelbert DellRandolph 512 Court St Cuthbert D awsonLDawsonville ToombsiIiiiIRt 1 Lyons Seminole Rt 1 Iron City TiftBox 287 Tifton Candler Metter Brooks George BOglethorpeCrawford Brooks WilsonFulton413 Grant Bldg Atlanta Brown M ParksHartBox 37 Hartwell Busbee George DDougherty204 N Monroe St Albany Bynum KnoxRabunClayton Byrd J TWaltonRt 3 Loganville Caldwell Johnnie LUpsonThomaston Carr Tom CWashingtonSmith St Sandersville Causby TroyGordon Box 610 Calhoun Chance Homer LTwiggsDanville Chandler Philip MBaldwinPO Box 806 500 Post 1 N Tattnall St Milledgeville Clark Joe T Seat 1CatoosaIRinggold Clarke Harold GMonroeForsyth Coker Grady Newton MDCherokeeCanton Post 1 Coker Roy NTurnerBox 184 Sycamore Conger J WillisDecatur940 Pine St Bainbridge Conner James L JimmyJeff DavisHazlehurst LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 141 Representative County Crummey Cecil DWilcox Cullens J RBartow Davis Truitt ti1Heard Dean Nathan DPolk Deen H DorseyBacon DeVane Marvin ESchley Dicus HarryMuscogee Dixon Harry DWare Post 2 Dorminy A Brad C JrBen HilL Duncan A CtFannin Duncan J EbbCarroll Echols Talmage BUpson Etheridge JackFulton Fleming William M JrRichmond Flournoy Robert E JrCobb Bracket 3 Floyd James HChattooga Flynt Wales TTaliaferro Post Office Rochelle PO Box 326 18 S Erwin St Cartersville Box 153 Franklin 40093rd Ave Rockmart Rt 4 Alma Ellaville Columbus Bank and Trust Co Bldg Columbus 1303 Coral Rd Waycross 701 W Central Ave Fitzgerald Box 356 McCaysville W Club Dr Carrollton PO Box 349 Thomaston 1026 Fulton Federal Bldg Atlanta 3 Johnson Bldg Augusta Blair Bldg Marietta 11 Sunset Ln Trion Crawfordville 142 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Fowler Alpha A JrDouglas Fowler J WymanTreutlen Fulford EdTerrell Funk Arthur JChatham Gibbons W JLowndes Greene William BBartow Griffin R A CheneyDecatur Groover Denmark JrBibb Hale Maddox JDade Hall H GoodwinLee Harrell A HewlettFayette Harrington J FloydBaldwin Post 1 Harris J RobinDeKalb Henderson WaldoAtkinson Herndon Curtis CAppling Hill RenderMeriwether Horton N Dudley JrPutnam House Mitchel P JrIBibb Houston FrancisPierce Hull James M JrRichmond Hurst Joe JQuitman Post Office Douglas ville Box 203 Soperton Cinderella Ln Dawson 7 Grimball River Rd Savannah 1206 Westwood Dr Valdosta 113 Luckie St Cartersville 1001 College St Bainbridge PO Box 1353 Macon Trenton Rt 2 Leesburg PO Box 314 Fayetteville Milledgeville 250 E Ponce de Leon Ave Decatur RFD 2 Lakeland Box 61 Surrency Greenville Eatonton 305 Persons Bldg Macon Blackshear Southern Finance Bldg Augusta Georgetown LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 143 Representative County Post Office Isenberg Joe Glynn d99RQh Q St Simon Island Johnson Dr A S Sr Elbert 302 Heard St Elberton Johnson Bobby W Warren PO Box 122 Warrenton Jones Charles M Liberty 206 E Court St Hinesville Jones David Campbell Worth PO Box 90 Sylvester Jones Fred C Jr Lumpkin Dahlonega Jones Milton Muscogee 34PQ fins TVTn wt Dr Columbus Jordan J E Red Floyd 1 Forest Lane Post 2 Rome Jordan W Harvey Calhoun Leary Keadle Haygood Lamar 414 Spencer St Barnesville Kelly Roy R Jasper Key ton James W Thomas 137 Woodland Dr Thomas ville Killian William R Glynn 1221 Pine Ave Brunswick King Joe NChattahoocheePO Box 186 Cusseta Kirkland H ETattnallRt 1 Box 2 T Glennville Knight D W Bill JrLaurensDexter Knight W D JackBerrienPO Box 647 Nashville Laite William E JrBibb2948 Crestline Dr Macon 144 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Lambert E RoyMorgan Lane W JonesBulloch Lee Grover BClinch Lee Wm J BillClayton Lee William S BillyDougherty Leonard Gerald HMurray Lewis E BrooksWilkinson Lindsey William RWilkes Logan B C SrGilmer Lokey Leonard NMcDuffie Lowrey Sidney Post 1Floyd Mackay James ADeKalb Matthews ChappelleClarke Matthews Dorsey RColquitt McClelland RalphFulton McCracken J RoyJefferson McDonald Thomas James JrWhite McGarity Edward EHenry Post Office 104 Washington St Madison Statesboro DuPont RFD 1 Forest Park 1215 Baker Ave Albany Box 291 Chatsworth PO Box 296 Gordon PO Box 337 Washington Ellijay PO Box 167 902 Church St Thomson Rt 7 Rome 60810 Decatur Federal Bldg Decatur 116 Shackelford Bldg Athens Moultrie 1303 1st Nat Bank Bldg Atlanta Avera PO Box 204 Cleveland PO Box 249 McDonough LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 145 Representative County McKemie Henry GClay Meeks William TUnion Melton Quimby JrSpalding Milford C PatrickFranklin Milhollin Henry RCoffee Post 2 Mitchell Thomas MWhitfield Seat 1 Mixon HarryIrwin Moate Marvin EHancock Moore John HarveyPolk Morgan HandselGwinnett Morgan Jack H Post 2 Newton Mullis J R JimBleckley Murphy Thomas RHaralson Nessmith Paul E SrBulloch Newton A SidJenkins Newton David LColquitt Odom Colquitt HDougherty Overby Howard THall Seat 2 Pafford Robert CLanier Paris James WBarrow Post Office Coleman PO Box 96 Blairsville Rt 3 Box 411 Griffin Carnesville Rt 2 Douglas 1500 Underwood St Dalton 1st State Bank Bldg Ocilla 608 Rabun Sparta 503 N Cave Spring St Cedartown Buford Rt 4 Covington 204 Cherry St Cochran 114 Sharp St Bremen Rt 4 Statesboro RFD 4 Millen Rt 2 Norman Park 7063rd Ave Albany 1173 Riverside Dr Gainesville Box 413 Lakeland 306 W Wright St Winder 146 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Post Office Parker H WalsteinScrevenSylvania Partridge Henry FLincolnRt 2 Box 20 Lincolnton Payton Henry NCowetaPO Box 554 Newnan MarionBuena Vista EvansClaxton HoustonKathleen ColumbiaHarlem MuscogeeBox 1657 1701 Crest Drive Columbus WareRt 1 Waycross PickensJasper CherokeePO Box 589 Canton MadisonRt 1 Hull Crisp 201 8th St S Cordele Raulerson Louis TEcholsHaylow Reaves Henry LBrooksRt 2 Quitman Rhodes J R Jimmy JrBakerNewton Richardson Willis J Dick JrChathamPO Box 2194 31 W Congress St Savannah Roberts Corbin CarltoniJonesGray Rodgers H BenCharltonFolkston Roper Allen PGreeneGreensboro Rowland Emory LJohnsonWrightsville Russell Henry P JrThomasRt 1 Boston Rutland Guy W JrDeKalbPO Box 187 Decatur Ponsell W K Post 1 Poole Will Pope Marion T Jr Post 2 Poss Edwin C Rainey Howard Perry Eldridge W Perry G Ed Peterson David C Phillips G S Pickard Mac LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 147 Representative Sangster Thomas I Scarborough John C Jr Sewell J W County Dooly Crawford Sumter Post Office Vienna Roberta Plains Shaw J Tyron Long Ludowici Shea Bart E Chatham 920 Realty Bldg Shuman Jack W Bryan Savannah Box 158 Pembroke Simmons J Grover Banks Rt 1 Baldwin Simpson Mackie Wheeler Glen wood Sinclair J Paul Macon Montezuma Singer Sam S Stewart Lumpkin Smith A G Forsyth Smith E B Jr Telfair McRae Smith Geo L II Emanuel Swainsboro Smith George T Grady P0 Box 156 Smith Richard Russell Habersham Cairo PO Box 33 Smith Virgil T Whitfield Clarkesville Cochran Dr Seat 2 Snow Wayne Jr Walker Dalton Rt 2 Spikes Harry R Troup Chickamauga 110 College Aye Stalnaker Paul Houston LaGrange 112 Pattie Dr Steis William Burton Harris Warner Robins Hamilton Story Earl P Gwinnett T jawrenceville Stuckey W S Dodge Box 301 Eastmsu Tahh Buck Miller 122 Main St Teague E W Bill Cobb Colquitt 1000 Bonldercrept Bracket 1 Dr Marietta 148 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Representative County Post Office Todd W G GlascockGibson Towson William MalcolmLaurensP0 Box 685 Morris Office Bldg Dublin Tucker Joe B Seat 2CatoosaRinggold Tucker M KingBurkeBox 54 Waynesboro Twitty Frank SMitchellCamilla Underwood Joe CMontgomeryMt Vernon Underwood Ralph RTaylorPO Box 279 Butler Vaughn Clarence R JrRockdaleConyers Waldrop HayneCarrollPO Box 253 Villa Rica Walker Fred HLowndes2117 Jerry Jones Dr Valdosta Ware J CrawfordTroup2 S Highway Hogansville Warren James EWayneRt 3 Box 296 Jesup Watson Caleb PowersPikeBox 485 Molena Watts Jesse CTalbotTalbotton Wells D WarnerPeachFort Valley Wells Hubert HOconeeWatkinsville Wells J NolanCamdenKingsland White Daniel HMcIntoshPO Box 475 Darien Wilkes Wilson BCook105 Bearcreek Rd Adel Williams George JCoffeeBox 134 Axson Post 1 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 149 Representative Williams W M Bill Seat 1 Wilson Hoke S Wilson Joe Mack Bracket 2 Woodward Bailey County Post Office Hall630 Brenau Ln Gainesville BrantleyJNT ahunta Cobb306 Northcutt St Marietta ButtsBox 11 Jackson 150 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY COUNTIES AND POST OFFICES FOR THE TERM 1963 1964 County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Representative Post Office Curtis C HerndonBox 61 Surrency Waldo HendersonRFD 2 Lakeland H Dorsey DeenRt 4 Alma J R Jimmy Rhodes JrNewton J Floyd HarringtonMilledgeville Post 1 Philip M ChandlerPO Box 806 Post 2 500 N Tattnall St Milledgeville J Grover SimmonsRt 1 Baldwin James W Paris306 W Wright St Winder J R Cullens18 S Erwin St PO Box 326 Cartersville William B Greene113 Luckie St Cartersville A Brad C Dorminy Jr701 W Central Ave Fitzgerald W D Jack KnightPO Box 647 Nashville Denmark Groover JrPO Box 1353 Macon Mitchel P House Jr305 Persons Bldg Macon William E Laite Jr2948 Crestline Dr Macon LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 151 County Representative Post Office BleckleyJ R Jim Mullis204 Cherry St Cochran BrantleyHoke S WilsonNahunta BrooksHenry L ReavesRt 2 Quitman BryanJack W ShumanBox 158 Pembroke BullochW Jones LaneStatesboro Paul E Nessmith Sr Rt 4 Statesboro BurkeM King TuckerBox 54 Waynesboro ButtsBailey WoodwardBox 11 Jackson CalhounW Harvey JordanLeary CamdenJ Nolan WellssKingsland CandlerHines L BrantleyMetter CarrollJ Ebb DuncanW Club Dr Carrollton Hayne WaldropPO Box 253 Villa Rica CatoosaJoe T Clark Seat 1Ringgold Joe B Tucker Seat 2Ringgold CharltonH Ben RodgersFolkston ChathamArthur J Funk7 Grimball River Rd Savannah Willis J Dick Richardson JrPO Box 2194 31 W Congress St Savannah Bart E Shea920 Realty Bldg Savannah ChattahoocheeJoe N KingPO Box 186 Cusseta ChattoogaJames H Floyd11 Sunset Ln Trion CherokeeGrady Newton Coker MDCanton Post 1 152 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Clarkp Representative Marion T Pope Jr Post 2 W Randall Rpdgood Tr Post Office PO Box 589 Canton 375 W View Dr Clay Chappelle Matthews TTpnry G MrTCpmip Athens 116 Shackelford Bldg Athens Coleman Clayton Edgar Blalock Jonesboro Clinch Wm J Bill Lee Grnvpr B Lpr RFD 1 Forest Park DuPont Cobb E W Bill Teague 1000 Bouldercrest C off op Bracket 1 Joe Mack Wilson Bracket 2 Robert E Flournoy Jr Bracket 3 George J Williams Dr Marietta 306 Northcutt St Marietta Blair Bldg Marietta Box 134 Axson Colquitt Post 1 Henry R Milhollin Post 2 Dor spy R Matthpws Rt 2 Douglas Moultrie Columbia David L Newton E G S Phillips Rt 2 Norman Park Harlem Conk Wilson R Wilkps 105 Bearcreek Rdj Coweta Henry N Payton Adel POBox 554 Newnan D B Blalock40 Nimmons St Newnan LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 153 County Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Doolya Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Representative Post Office John C Scarborough Jr Roberta Howard Rainey 201Rth St Smith Cordele Maddox J Hale Trenton Ralph W Bowen Dawsonville J Willis Conger940 Pine St Bainbridge R A Cheney Griffin 1001 College St Bainbridge James A Mackay 60810 Decatur Fed Bldg Decatur Guy W Rutland Jr POBOX 187 Decatur J Robin Harris 250 E Ponce de Leon Ave Decatur W S Stuckey Box 301 Eastman Thomas I Sangster Vienna George D Busbee 204 N Monroe St Albany Colquitt H Odom 706 3rd Ave Albany William S Billy Lee 1215 Baker Ave Albany Alpha A Fowler Jr Douglasville Leon Hodges Baughman Cedar Springs Louis T Raulerson Haylow B Frank Arnsdorff Springfield Dr A S Johnson Sr 302 Heard St Elberton Geo L Smith II Swainsboro G Ed Perry Olaxton A C Duncan I Rnx 266 McCaysville 154 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Representative FayetteA Hewlette Harrell FloydSidney Lowrey Post 1 J E Red Jordan Post 2 ForsythA C Smith FranklinC Patrick Milford FultonWilson Brooks Jack Etheridge Ralph McClelland GilmerjB C Logan Sr GlascockW G Todd GlynnWilliam R Killian Joe Isenberg GordonTroy Causby GradyGeorge T Smith GreeneAllen P Roper GwinnettHandsel Morgan Earl P Story HabershamRichard Russell Smith HallW M Bill Williams Seat 1 Howard T Overby Seat 2 HancockMarvin E Moate Post Office POBox 314 Fayetteville Rt 7 Rome 1 Forest Lane Rome Rt 3 Gumming Camesville 413 Grant Bldg Atlanta 1026 Fulton Fed Bldg Atlanta 1303 1st Nat Bank Bldg Atlanta Ellijay Gibson 1221 Pine Ave Brunswick 42269th St St Simon Island Box 610 Calhoun PO Box 156 Cairo Greensboro Buford Lawrence ville PO Box 33 Clarkesville 630 Brenau Lane Gainesville 1173 Riverside Dr Gainesville 608 Rabun Sparta LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 155 County Representative Post Office HaralsonThomas B Murphy114 Sharp St Bremen HarrisWilliam Burton SteisHamilton HartM Parks BrownBox 37 Hartwell HeardTruitt DavisBox 153 Franklin HenryEdward E McGarity PO Box 249 McDonough HoustonDavid C PetersonKathleen Paul Stalnaker112 Pattie Dr Warner Robins IrwinHarry Mixon1st State Bank Bldg Ocilla JacksonMac BarberCommerce JasperRoy R KellyMonticello Jeff DavisJames L Jimmy ConnerHazlehurst JeffersonJ Roy McCrackenAvera JenkinsA Sid NewtonRFD 4 Millen Johnson3Emory L RowlandWrightsville JonesCorbin Carlton RobertsGray LamarHaygood Keadle414 Spencer St Bamesville LanierRobert C PaffordBox 413 Lakeland LaurensD W Bill Knight JrDexter William Malcolm TowsonPO Box 685 Morris Off Bldg Duiblin LeeH Goodwin HallRt 2 Leesburg LibertyCharles M Jones206 E Court St Hinesville LincolnHenry F PartridgeRt 2 Box 20 Lincolnton LongIJ Tyron ShawLudowici 156 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Representative Post Office Lowndes W J Gibbons 1206 Westwood Dr Valdosta Fred H Walker329 N Ashley St Valdosta LumpkinFred C Jones JrDahlonega Ufaron J Paul Sinclair Montezuma Madison Edwin C Poss Rt 1 Hull Marion Eldridge W Perry Buena Vista McDuffie Leonard N Lokey PO Box 167 902 Church St Thomson McIntoshDaniel H WhitePO Box 475 Darien MeriwetherRender HillGreenville Miller Buck Tabb 122 Main St Mitchell Frank S Twitty Colquitt Camilla Monrofi Harold G Clarke Forsyth Montgomery Joe C Underwood Mt Vernon Morgan E Roy Lambert 104 Washington Murray Gerald H Leonard St Madison Box 291 Chatsworth MuscogeeHarry DicusColumbus Bank Trust Co Bldg Columbus Milton Jones3438 Sue Mack Dr Columbus Mac PickardBox 1657 1701 Crest Dr Columbus LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 157 County Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Representative Post Office W D Donald BallardOxford Post 1 Jack H MorganRt 4 Covington Post 2 Hubert H WellsWatkinsville George B BrooksCrawford George Talmadge BagbyRFD 2 Dallas ID Warner WellsFort Valley Will PoolelJasper Francis HoustonBlackshear Caleb Powers WatsonBox 485 Molena Nathan D Dean4009 3rd Ave Rockmart John Harvey Moore503 NCave Spring St Cedartown John H Anderson JrAnderson Rd Hawkinsville N Dudley Horton JrEatonton Joe J HurstGeorgetown Knox BynumClayton ADelbert Dell Bowen512 Court St Cuthbert William M Fleming Jr3 Johnson Bldg Augusta James M Hull JrSouthern Finance Bldg Augusta John C Bell3407 Kamel Circle Augusta Clarence R Vaughn JrRt 1 Conyers Marvin E DeVaneEllaville H Walstein ParkerRt 6 Sylvania J 0 BrackinRt 1 Iron City 158 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Representative Post Office SpaldingArthur K BoltonBox 602 Griffin Quimby Melton JrRt 3 Box 411 Griffin StephensJ A Jim Andrews108 E Doyle St Toccoa StewartSam S SingerLumpkin SumterWilliam E Blair22 Laudig Lane Americus J W SewellPlains TalbotJesse C WattsTalbotton TaliaferroWales T FlyntCrawfordville TattnallH E KirklandRt 1 Box 2 Glennville TaylorRalph R UnderwoodPO Box 279 Butler TelfairE B Smith JrMcRae TerrellEd FulfordCinderella Lane Dawson ThomasJames W Keyton137 Woodland Dr Thomasville Henry P Russell JrRt 1 Boston TiftHenry Banks Allen414 W 14th St Tifton Warren Frank BranchBox 287 Tifton ToombsRoss P BowenRt 1 Lyons TownsDr John W AcreeBox 225 Hiawassee TreutlenJ Wyman FowlerBox 203 Soperton TroupHarry R Spikes110 College Ave LaGrange J Crawford Ware2 S Highway Hogansville Box 184 Sycamore Turner Roy N Coker LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 159 County Representative Post Office Twiggs Homer Ti flhpnep DatviIIa Union William T Meeks PO Box 96 Blairsville UpsonJohnnie L CaldwellThomaston Talmage B EcholsPO Box 349 Thomaston Walker Billy Shaw Abney P n Hoy fifty Wayne Snow Jr LaFayette Rt 2 Walton J T Byrd Chickamauga Rt 3 Loganville Ware W K Ponsell Post 1 Harry D Dixon 1303 Coral Rd Warren Post 2 Waycross Bobby W Johnson Warrenton Washington Tom C Carr Smith St Wayne James E Warren Sandersville Rt 3 Box 296 Webster J Lucius Black Jesup Preston Wheeler Mackie Simpson White Thomas James McDonald Jr PO Box 204 Whitfield Thomas M Mitchell Cleveland 1500 Underwood Seat 1 St PO Box 272 Virgil T Smith Dalton Cochran Dr Wilcox Seat 2 Dalton Cecil D Crummey Rochelle 160 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL County Representative Post Office WilkesWilliam R LindseyP0 Box 337 Washington WilkinsonE Brooks LewisPO Box 296 Gordon WorthDavid Campbell JonesPO Box 90 Sylvester LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 161 STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1963 1964 162 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL AGRICULTURE COMMUTEE Newton of Colquitt Chairman Lowrey ViceChairman Melhollin Secretary Anderson Arnsdorff Black Bowen of Dawson Bowen of Toombs Brackin Brantley Byrd Causby Clark of Catoosa Crummey Deen of Bacon Dorminy Duncan of Fannin Flynt Fowler of Douglas Fowler of Treutlen Hall Henderson Herndon Hurst Johnson of Warren Jordan of Calhoun Lindsey McKemie Mixon Morgan of Newton Mullis Nessmith Newton of Jenkins Parker Perry of Evans Peterson Ponsell Raulerson Reaves Rhodes Russell Sewell Smith of Forsyth Smith of Telfair Todd Wells of Oconee Agriculture SubCommittees General Agricultural Matters Arnsdorff Chairman Byrd ttattj ViceChairman Peterson Brantley Secretary Milk Milk Control Black Chairman Causby Brackin ViceChairman Parker Hurst Secretary Ponsell Continued on next page LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 163 Agriculture SubCommittees Continued Markets Marketing Newton of Jenkins Chairman Dorminv Johnson of Warren Henderson SSsssf Agricultural Chemistry Entomology Bowen of Toombs Chairman Mixon Fowler of Treutlen Sewell ViceChairman Smith of Telfair McKemie Secretary Livestock Matters Deen of Bacon Chairman Milhollin Mullis ViceChairman Reaves Herndon Secretary Russell Lindsey Poultry Matters Fowler of Douglas Chairman Nessmith Anderson ViceChairman Perry of Evans Bowen of Dawson Secretary Smith of Forsyth r 164 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Blalock of Coweta Chairman Wilkes ViceChairman Simpson Secretary Andrews Barber Bedgood Blair Bowen of Randolph Bowen of Toomhs Branch Brown Carr Chandler Duncan of Carroll Floyd Fowler of Douglas Fulford Greene Groover Hill Horton Isenberg Jones of Worth Kelly Kirkland Lane McClelland McDonald Melton Newton of Jenkins Newton of Colquitt Odom Parker Perry of Marion Perry of Evans Phillips Richardson Roper Sangster Simmons Sinclair Story Underwood of Montgomery Waldrop Walker Ware Appropriations SubCommittees Agriculture Parks Public Works Fowler of Douglas Chairman Bowen of Toomhs Kirkland ViceChairman Newton of Colquitt Fulford Secretary Department of Revenue Waldrop Chairman Groover ViceChairman Greene Secretary Blair Chandler Floyd Continued on next page LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 165 Appropriations SubCommittees Continued Education Sinclair Chairman Andrews Parker ViceChairman Perry of Marion Brown Secretary Story Health Welfare Related Agencies Duncan of Carroll Chairman Barber Jones of Worth ViceChairman Phillips Roper Secretary Highway Department Related Agencies Odom Chairman Underwood of Montgomery ViceChairman Perry of Evans Secretary Carr Groover Melton Newton of Jenkins Labor Defense Public Safety Kelly Chairman Hill Horton ViceChairman Sangster McDonald Secretary Law Legislative Regulatory Agencies Walker Chairman Bowen of Randolph Lane ViceChairman Richardson Ware Secretary 166 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL AUDITING ENROLLING ENGROSSING JOURNALS COMMITTEE Clarke of Monroe Chairman Black ViceChairman Rowland Secretary Abney Brooks of Oglethorpe Conger Hall Perry of Marion Pickard Watts BANKS BANKING COMMITTEE Mackay Chairman Payton ViceChairman Perry of Evans Secretary Bagby Blalock of Clayton Brantley Chance Coker of Cherokee Conger Conner Dicus Harris Hull Jones of Worth Knight of Laurens Laite Moate Murphy Pafford Smith of Telfair Spikes Tucker Underwood of Taylor Banks Banking SubCommittees General Banking Murphy Chairman Hull Knight of Laurens Smith of Telfair ViceChairman Tucker Conger Secretary Industrial Loans Bagby Chairman Hicus Pafford ViceChairman Harris Laite Secretary Moate Conner LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 167 DEFENSE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Steis Chairman Fowler of Douglas ViceChairman Knight of Laurens Secretary Andrews Davis Dean of Polk Duncan of Fannin Floyd Fowler of Douglas Harrell House Houston Leonard Morgan of Gwinnett Overby Russell Smith of Forsyth Underwood of Taylor Watson Defense Veterans SubCommittees Military Affairs Harrell Chairman Davis Smith of Forsyth Morgan ViceChairman Russell Secretary Civil Defense Affairs Andrews Chairman Watson ViceChairman Leonard Secretary Underwood of Taylor Veterans Affairs Floyd Chairman Duncan of Fannin House ViceChairman Knight of Laurens Overby Secretary 168 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE Melton Chairman Parker ViceChairman Story Secretary Acree Allen Arnsdorff Barber Black Brackin Byrd Chandler Conner Cullens DeVane Duncan of Carroll Etheridge Funk Greene Griffin Harris Jones of Lumpkin Jones of Muscogee Keadle Keyton Knight of Berrien Lee of Clinch Lee of Clayton Lowrey McGarity Moore Mullis Pafford Peterson Rainey Sinclair Spikes Watts Williams of Coffee Wilson of Cobb Education SubCommittees Authorities Retirement System Barber Chairman Conner Spikes ViceChairman Duncan of Carroll Sinclair Secretary Common Schools Story Chairman Harris ViceChairman Byrd Secretary Etheridge Jones of Lumpkin Lowrey School Buildings Supplies Funk Chairman Griffin Tfb of Clayton ViceChairman Peterson Watts Secretary Continued on next page LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 169 Education SubCommittees Continued Transportation Keadle Chairman Acree Keyton ViceChairman DeVane Allen Secretary Knight of Berrien Vocational Education Moore Chairman Paffmvi Williams of Coffee l0rd ViceChairman Lee of Clinch Secretary 170 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL HIGHWAY committee Ballard Chairman Branch ViceChairman Funk Secretary Baughman Blalock of Coweta Bowen of Randolph Bynum Clarke of Monroe Coker of Turner Dean of Polk Dixon Fulford Gibbons Henderson House Johnson of Warren Jones of Liberty Jordan of Floyd Lee of Clinch Matthews of Colquitt Mitchell Mixon Morgan of Newton Nessmith Poole Pope Russell Shea Simpson Stalnaker Stuckey Teague Watson Highway SubCommittees Highway Authorities Mixon Chairman House Fulford ViceChairman Lee of Clinch Dixon Secretary Highway Maintenance Shop Facilities Teague Chairman Russell Dean of Polk ViceChairman Coker of Turner Secretary Interstate Highway System Blalock of Coweta Chairman Clarke of Monroe Mitchell ViceChairman Jordan of Floyd Secretary State Highway System BYNUMy Chairman Poole Pope ViceChairman Stalnaker Baughman Secretary LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 171 HYGIENE SANITATION COMMITTEE Murphy Chairman Woodward ViceChairman Greene Secretary Abney Acree Byrd Causby Chance Coker of Cherokee Harris Herndon Johnson of Elbert Jones of Muscogee Keyton Logan Lowrey McGarity McKemie Overby Reaves Roberts Underwood of Taylor Williams of Coffee Wilson of Cobb Woodward Hygiene Sanitation SubCommittees General Health Lowrey Chairman Abnev Underwood of Taylor Keyton V iceChairman Reaves Secretary Professions Relating Chance Chairman Overby ViceChairman Wilson of Cobb Secretary to Hygiene Sanitation Herndon McKemie Agree Chairman Coker of Cherokee ViceChairman Roberts Secretary Pure Foods Drugs Logan Nursing Homes Homes For Aged Woodward Chairman McGarity Jones of Muscogee ViceChairman Williams of Coffee Secretary 172 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE Lee of Clayton Chairman Hill ViceChairman Bagby Secretary Caldwell Cullens Dean of Polk Funk Hale Knight of Berrien Lambert Lane McCracken Pickard Rowland Scarborough Shuman Simmons Singer Spikes Stuckey Tucker of Burke Towson Twitty Industrial Relations SubCommittees Employment Services Stuckey Chairman Funk Rowland ViceChairman Spikes Tucker of Burke Secretary General Labor Affairs Hale Chairman Dean of Polk Knight of Berrien Lane ViceChairman Simmons Caldwell Secretary Workmens Compensation Twitty Chairman Bagby Pickard ViceChairman Cullens Shuman Secretary LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 173 INDUSTRY COMMITTEE Twitty Chairman Horton ViceChairman Groover Secretary Clark of Catoosa Deen of Bacon Gibbons Harrell Harrington Isenberg Jordan of Floyd Kirkland Laite Lee of Clinch Matthews of Colquitt McClelland Mulls Pickard Rodgers Roper Sewell Shea Smith of Emanuel Snow Stalnaker Story Warren Wells of Camden Woodward Industry SubCommittees Industrial Development Smith of Emanuel Chairman Gibbons ViceChairman Sewell Secretary Isenberg Laite Mullis Roper Industrial Information Coordination McClelland Chairman Glark of Catoosa ViceChairman Woodward Secretary Deen of Bacon Warren Wells of Camden Tourist Relations Shea Chairman Harrington ViceChairman Snow Secretary Jordan of Floyd Matthews of Colquitt Pickard 174 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL INSURANCE COMMITTEE Conner Chairman Jones of Worth ViceChairman Bowen of Randolph Secretary Brantley Dicus Echols Hurst Lee of Dougherty Leonard Lindsey McCracken Pafford Poss Singer Smith of Whitfield Todd Wilkes Insurance SubCommittees Fire Casualty Allied Lines Smith of Whitfield Chairman Hurst T vf of Dougherty Jones of Worth ViceChairman Lindsey Secretary Health Life Accident Wilkes Chairman McCracken Singer ViceChairman Leonard Secretary Surety Title Bowen of Randolph Chairman Pafford Poss ViceChairman Todd Secretary INTERSTATE COOPERATION COMMITTEE Smith of Emanuel Chairman Phillips ViceChairman Andrews Secretary Sinclair Jordan of Calhoun LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 175 JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Busbee Chairman Hull ViceChairman Wells of Peach Secretary Bynum Clarke of Monroe Conger Etheridge Flournoy Gibbons Hale House Jones of Liberty Killian Lambert Lee of Dougherty Mackay McClelland McCracken Mixon Overby Snow Tucker of Catoosa Walker White Judiciary SubCommittees General Law Procedure Jones of Liberty Chairman Conger Flournoy ViceChairman House Etheridge Secretary Lato Enforcement McCracken Chairman Bynum White ViceChairman Snow Tucker of Catoosa Secretary Pardons Paroles Wells of Peach Chairman Clarke of Monroe Lambert ViceChairman Hale Killian Secretary Trusts Estates Walker Chairman Mackay McClelland ViceChairman Lee of Dougherty Secretary 176 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Hale Chairman Etheridge ViceChairman Tucker of Catoosa Secretary Cullens Davis Griffin Killian King Meeks Milford Morgan of Newton Partridge Ponsell Smith of Forsyth Tabb MOTOR VEHICLES COMMITTEE Williams of Hall Chairman Teague ViceChairman Jones of Lumpkin Secretary Anderson Baughman Blalock of Clayton Caldwell Clark of Catoosa DeVane Flynt Harrell Horton Johnson of Warren Lewis Matthews of Clarke McDonald Poole Roberts Shuman Smith of Emanuel Tabb Tucker of Catoosa Twitty Wilson of Brantley Motor Vehicle SubCommittees Motor Carriers Poole Chairman Clark of Catoosa Flynt ViceChairman Twitty Johnson of Warren Secretary Wilson of Brantley Title License Affairs McDonald Chairman Anderson Jones of Lumpkin Lewis ViceChairman Tucker of Catoosa DeVane Secretary Traffic Safety Control Matthews of Clarke Chairman Horton Tabb ViceChairman Harrell Secretary LEGISLATIVE MANUAL NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Dorminy Chairman McDonald Simmons ViceChairman Meeks Kelly Secretary Milhollin Acree Moore Allen Payton Arnsdorff Perry of Marion Bagby Poole Bowen of Dawson Poss Bowen of Toombs Rainey Brackin Raulerson Brown Reaves Bynum Rodgers Coker of Cherokee Roper Crummey Sewell Deen of Bacon Shaw Dixon Shuman Henderson Simpson Houston Singer Johnson of Elbert Smith of Telfair Killian Teague King Wells of Oconee Knight of Laurens Wells of Camden Knight of Berrien White Leonard Williams of Hall Lewis Woodward Lokey Natural Resources SubCommittees Forestry Soil Conservation Shuman Chairman Bowen of Dawson Wells of Oconee Kelly ViceChairman Rainey Houston Secretary Game Fish Bagby Chairman Brackin Henderson ViceChairman Johnson of Elbert Arnsdorff Secretary Meeks Continued on next 178 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Natural Resources SubCommittees Continued Gas Oil Milholun Chairman Coker of Cherokee Lokey ViceChairman Rodgers Shaw Secretary Williams of Hall Geology Mines Minerals Roper Chairman Crummey Payton ViceChairman King Simmons Secretary Raulerson Water Supply Riparian Rights Moore Chairman Killian Simpson ViceChairman Poss Smith of Telfair Secretary Singer LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 179 RULES COMMITTEE Mr Speaker Chairman Bolton ViceChairman Richardson Secretary Brooks of Fulton Fulford Hill Hull Isenberg Jones of Liberty Lambert Melton Phillips Rutland Underwood of Montgomery Vaughn Waldrop Ware Rules SubCommittees Privilege Resolutions Hill Chairman Lambert Underwood of Montgomery ViceChairman Isenberg Secretary Rule Changes Brooks of Fulton Chairman Phillips Jones of Liberty Waldrop V ice Chairman Hull Secretary 180 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL SPECIAL JUDICIARY COMMITTEE Brooks of Fulton Chairman Houston Vaughn ViceChairman Pope Fleming Secretary Rhodes Bell Rutland Caldwell Scarborough Carr Steis Groover Towson Special Judiciary SubCommittees Code Revision Pope Chairman Caldwell Bell ViceChairman Groover Houston Secretary Constitutional Amendments Fleming Chairman Scarborough Towson ViceChairman Steis Rhodes Secretary Enquiry Investigation Rutland Chairman Vaughn ViceChairman Carr Secretary LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 181 STATE INSTITUTIONS Branch Chairman Chandler ViceChairman Rainey Secretary Bell Bolton Brooks of Oglethorpe Brown Coker of Turner Crummey Duncan of Fannin Echols Flynt Hall Harrington Johnson of Elbert Jones of Muscogee Keadle Kirkland Lewis Lokey PROPERTY COMMITTEE Matthews of Clarke Morgan of Gwinnett Murphy Nessmith Odom Paris Ponsell Richardson Roberts Rowland Shaw Shea Tabb Tucker of Burke Vaughn Watts Wells of Peach Wilson of Brantley Wilson of Cobb State Institutions Property SubCommittees Eleemosynary Institutions Chandler Chairman Bolton Rowland ViceChairman Echols Johnson of Elbert Secretary Harrington Penal Institutions Morgan of Gwinnett Chairman Bell Odom ViceChairman Murphy Ponsell Secretary Vaughn Recreational Facilities Nessmith Chairman Flynt Wilson of Cobb ViceChairman Tabb Duncan of Fannin Secretary Watts Continued on next page 182 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL State Institutions SubCommittees Continued State Income Producing Properties Rainey Chairman Brooks of Oglethorpe Lewis ViceChairman Coker of Turner Kirkland Secretary Lokey State Ports Richardson Chairman Paris ViceChairman Hall Secretary Jones of Muscogee Shea Wells of Peach STATE OF REPUBLIC COMMITTEE Ware Chairman Smith of Whitfield ViceChairman Morgan of Gwinnett Secretary Bedgood Bell Blair Blalock of Coweta Bolton Brooks of Fulton Busbee Carr Fleming Fowler of Treutlen Jones of Lumpkin Jordan of Calhoun Lee of Clayton Mackay McKemie Milhollin Newton of Jenkins Payton Underwood of Montgomery Waldrop Williams of Hall LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 183 TEMPERANCE COMMITTEE Paris Chairman Dicus ViceChairman Wells of Peach Secretary Baughman Davis DeVane Echols McGarity Milford Raulerson Smith of Habersham Warren Temperance SubCommittees Domestic Foreign Wines McGarity Chairman Warren ViceChairman Milford Secretary Liquor Control Dicus Chairman DeVane Baughman ViceChairman Smith of Habersham Secretary Malt Beverages Echols Chairman Raulerson ViceChairman Davis Secretary 184 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA COMMITTEE Matthews of Clarke Chairman Keyton Walker ViceChairman Sangster Secretary Abney Allen Anderson Andrews Ballard Barber Blair Brooks of Oglethorpe Busbee Fleming Flournoy Floyd Jordan of Floyd Kelly Lane Lee of Dougherty Lokey Mitchell Moate Moore Odom Paris Pope Poss Scarborough Smith of Habersham Wells of Oconee Wilkes Williams of Coffee University System of Georgia SubCommittee Long Range Program Barber Chairman Fleming Brooks of Oglethorpe ViceChairman Blair Secretary Paris Scarborough Wells of Oconee LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 185 WAYS MEANS COMMITTEE Towson Chairman Jordan of Calhoun ViceChairman Keadle Secretary Ballard Blalock of Clayton Chance Dixon Dorminy Flournoy Fowler of Treutlen Hurst King Laite Logan Moate Newton of Colquitt Partridge Peterson Phillips Rutland Sangster Smith of Emanuel Smith of Whitfield Steis Stuckey Ways Means SubCommittees General Matters Rutland Chairman Logan Laite ViceChairman Blalock of Clayton Secretary Income Estate Taxes Sangster Chairman Dorminy Moate ViceChairman Smith of Whitfield Secretary Real Intangible Tax Stuckey Chairman Chance Peterson ViceChairman Smith of Emanuel King Secretary Sales Use Tax Jordan of Calhoun Chairman Ballard Fowler of Treutlen Phillips ViceChairman Newton of Colquitt Secretary Tax Revision Steis Chairman Dixon Keadle ViceChairman Flournoy Partridge Secretary 186 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL WELFARE COMMITTEE Duncan of Carroll Chairman Sinclair ViceChairman White Secretary Bedgood Bowen of Dawson Causby Coker of Turner Griffin Harrington Herndon Lindsey Logan Matthews of Colquitt Meeks Milford Mitchell Partridge Rhodes Rodgers Shaw Smith of Habersham Snow Stalnaker Todd Warren Watson Wells of Camden Wilson of Brantley Welfare SubCommitfees Benefits Aid Wells of Camden Chairman Partridge Causby ViceChairman Shaw Meeks Secretary Todd Eleemosynary Matters Harrington Chairman Rhodes Stalnaker ViceChairman Smith of Habersham Bedgood Secretary Juvenile Matters Matthews of Colquitt Milford Chairman Mitchell Wilson of Brantley Watson ViceChairman Griffin Secretary LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 189 ORGANIZATION Rule i 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 190 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Officers and assistants 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 Seats 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 Oath of members 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 Commission 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 Prior service 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 191 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 faithfully and to 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 12 The Clerk of the House shall take an oath for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office to the best of his knowl Judges to administer oath Clerks election and term Oaths of Clerk and assistants Journal entry 192 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 session6000 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 For certifying an extract of a private nature 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 193 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 j ePresenatives 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 194 No employee substitution Filling vacancies No pay when employee substitution Duties of Messenger LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 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 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 47305 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 195 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 196 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 197 Rule 29 The Speaker shall in his discretion silence and suspend irrelevant debate and command silence relevant whenever he may deem it necessary debate Rule 3 The Speaker may at any time order the roll called on any question and take the vote Dy yeas and nays unless otherwise ordered bv the v House J Yeas ald nays Rule 31 The Speaker may during a days sittmg name any member to perform the duties of longer811 UnnB 8y p8rt 01 that sitting but n0 Substitute Q Rilen 3i Whenever from any cause the Speak Tf KbntutieuSpeker pro temPore shall preside If both shall be absent the Clerk of the House shall call the House to order and shall preSde until the election of a Speaker pro tempore which said election shall be the first business of ZiUSeThe Peker Pro tempore thus elected niirewde untlithe return of one of the first named officers when his functions shall cease Succession 33i A11 cmmittees shall be appointed bj tne Speaker unless otherwise ordered by the wouse The Speaker may create in his discretion within any standing committee a subcommittee or ani cnstitute the membership MW herin contained shall be con strued to limit the authority of the standing committees or the officers thereof Appointment of committees and subcommittees rail Hi34 nhe SPeaker shall have power to S k IS galleries and lobbies of the House cleardLvhe Messenger and Doorkeepers in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct therein and to 2 any Person or persons so offending to be to Sd SFht before the bar of the House w be dealt with for contempt of the House Clearing galleries and lobbies when disorder LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 198 Suspension of Messenger and Doorkeepers Appointment of special clerk for enrolling committee Rule 84A No person shall enter the gallery of the Hall of the House of Representatives unless such person has been issued a card by the Speaker authorizing such person to enter said gallery Such card must be signed by the Speaker and must be displayed by such person to the doorkeeper of the gallery The Speaker is hereby authorized to revoke any card issued by him 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 199 8 Introduction of bills and resolutions 9 First and second readings and reference of House bills and resolutions 10 Report of standing committees 11 Reading of bills and resolutions favorably reported i 121 rd reading and passage of uncontested local bills and resolutions c ra and second readings and reference of senate bills and resolutions Unfinished business of previous session 15 Orders of the day 16 Senate amendments to House bills and resolutions and reports of conference committees 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 taan adverse committee report shall be called on Ihursdays Special orders General bills and resolutions otherwise in order for consideration on Friday or Saturday shall stand over until the following Monday aGj33 e the duty of the Committee on Auditing Enrolling and Engrossing Journals o 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 Enrolling Committee to report Journal The reports of the Committee on Au Enrolling and Engrossing Journals may be at any time Auurnng made 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 Calendar of Bules Committee last 21 days 200 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Change by House Heading and motion to change No 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 Special orders to Buies Committee Suspension or change of rules or order of business debate 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 201 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 m order at any time whein the House is not actually engaged in other business Rule 46 When a message shall be sent to the aouse of Representatives it shall be announced at the door of the House by the Doorkeeper and No debate on Rules Committees report Suspension or change of rules or order of business Dispensing with rollcall Dispensing with reading of Journal Committee reports Messages 202 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 203 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 204 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 205 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 PurPse 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 ciuty of the Clerk to keep a separate list of the Compelling attendance Messenger to arrest Motion to determine attendance Arrest and discharge Clerk to list absentees for Journal LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 206 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 m 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 all him to order in which case the said member shall immediately sit down unless permitted to ixplain The House shall if appealed to decide whether to confirm the Speakers action If the LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 207 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 Penalties Power of House over membership Censure for debate Duties of Clerk and member Time limits Rule 63 No member shall address the House trough except as heretofore stated in case of appeals speaker 208 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Bight to continue Beference to conversations etc Beference to members Freedom from arrest Freedom of debate Silence during debate Limits on movement No conversation over bar 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 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 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 Rule 66 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 VH par Ill Rule 67 The members of the House shall refrain from private conversation and preserve silence until a speaking member has taken his seat 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 Rule 69 No member shall converse with anyone over the bar of the House LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 209 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 Aid dressing 210 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 211 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 212 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 1963 and every oddnumbered year thereafter for no longer than twelve 12 days to organize to receive the proposed General Appropriations Bill and to attend to other matters and reconvene on the second Monday in February of each oddnumbered year for no longer than thirtythree 33 days The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Monday in Janu LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 213 ary 1964 and in every evennumbered year thereafter By concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of members elected to both Houses of the General Assembly 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 fortyfive 45 days in the aggregate in oddnumbered years and no longer than forty 40 days in the aggregate in evennumbered years during the terms for which members were elected All business pending in the Senate or House at the adjournment of any regular session may be considered at any 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 three fifths of the members elected to the Senate and the House of Representatives as provided in Article V Section I Paragraph XII Section 23012 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 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 Term of session Pending business Extraordinary session Delay for impeachment Not after order for main question Delay until rollcall 214 Effect of tabling after rollcall Limits on subject matter Not debatable or amendable Renewal Effect Taking up Calendar LEGISLATIVE MANUAL to table shall be in order until the rollcall shall have been completed When any bill or resolution is tabled after the completion of the rollcall and then taken from the table nothing can be done except to announce the result of said vote as shown by said rollcall at the time said bill or resolution was tabled Rule 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 215 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 216 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 217 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 fca 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 218 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Withdrawal of notice action sought to be reconsidered took place The notice of a motion to reconsider shall not be 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 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 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 219 Order of business Vote One at a time Withdrawal of bill Transmittal to Senate Enrollment Enrolling committee to preserve laws 220 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 221 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 bills and resolutions shall be in writing and shall have the name of the member introducing the same as well as the county he represents indorsed on the back of the same and in the case of bills the caption of the bill shall also be indorsed on the same Rule 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 222 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 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 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 223 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 224 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Precedence of General Appropriation Bill Numbering by Clerk at first reading Reading 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 225 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 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 226 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL No defacement Reporting amendments Form of reports Printing report Action on report Time limit on motion to disagree alendar 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 he 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 tne report of the committee is agreed to the bill or LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 227 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 141 Where a bill or resolution has been referred to and reported by more than one committee or has been reported and recommitted to 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 continuation 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 oe 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 Jfsotherwise ordered by the House When T bllior resolution is so reported or returned ll W Huse 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 228 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 hack 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 th 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 229 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 be e duty of the Speaker to require i 11 t0 rea 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 Appropriations 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 Speaker appoints chairman 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 Quoruin no quorum of the House is present Whenever it requiredis suggested that a quorum is not present the Chairman of the Committee shall satisfy himself ol 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 tact 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 Consideration of bills 230 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 231 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 speak Limiting mg the Committee may rise and report its desire debate 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 acon of House shall be deemed the sense of the Committee and the House may then on moagain resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole and continue the consideration of the subject In the event that a Committee of the 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 Recess 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 Adjournment Rule 157 When the Committee of the Whole as 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 o Speaker shall resume his seat and the Chairman shall return to the floor and Completion of work Report to Speaker 232 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 233 amendment is itself subject to be amended m all three of the ways above mentioned but it is not permissible to amend an amendment to an Limits amendment Rule 162 A substitute shall be treated as an amendment m these rules unless it is clearly indicated otherwise Substitute 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 Form Rule 164 Any irrelevant amendment or amendment which is not germane to the subject under consideration shall be ruled out of order bv the Speaker Speaker to strike irrelevant amendments Rule 165 No motion on a from that under consideration under color of amendment subject different Limited to shall be admitted subiect matter Rule 166 Where blanks occur in any proposition they must be filled first before any motion is made to amend the proposition Blanks to be filled Rule 167 When a bill or resolution is before e House for consideration and amendments are pending thereto and a substitute shall be oiiered for said bill or resolution and an amendment shall be offered to said substitute it shall oe m order for the House to perfect first the original bill or resolution and then perfect the substitute The question shall then be on agreemg to the substitute as amended if it be amended and lf decided in the affirmative the question Order of perfection 234 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 Priority of amendments 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 Caption or preamble last Rule 170 The caption or preamble of a bill or resolution shall not be considered or amended until the measure has been perfected Committee report amendments 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 Not while agreement on committee report 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 Clerks reading 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 235 Rule 174 When a proposition consisting of several sections or resolutions is on a final readmg and the House shall agree to a motion to consider the same by sections or paragraphs the Clerk m 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 11 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 m order to recur and amend it Consideration by parts Committee amendments automatic No recurring 175 The questions which arise before the House respecting amendments by the Senate to a House bill or resolution are in order of precedence Precedence of action on Senate amendment 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 no germane to rule out such amendment The ct 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 tiouse to disagree and the Clerk shall so report Speakers power to rule out if not germane Clerks report 236 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 House 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 agree or disagree to said amendment Rule 177 When any bill or resolution which originated in the House has been amended m 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 tj houses and said motion prevails the Speaker shall anDoint three 3 members for the Com LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 237 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 aays of the session the above motions may be made and passed at any time but not more often than every three 3 hours SB Conference Committee reports shall be printed and distributed to the Representatives R t0 consideration of the same unless the printing of the same be dispensed with bv a majority vote of all members elected to the House A11 Conference Committee report must be Mgiiti hy 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 238 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 question towit 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 239 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 oi 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 lie twenty min Adjournment Reconsidera tion Debate Committee Introducer Others One time If minority committee report 240 No call unless no quorum No debate on incidental questions Effect of main question Effect of reconsideration Limits on reconsideration Requirements for law LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 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 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 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 be made only once and if lost or if the ma11 question is again subsequently ordered on the pending measure no second motion to reconsider the ordering of the main question shall be entertained VOTING Rule 189 No bill shall become a law unless it shall receive a majority of the votes of all tne LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 241 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 the 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 any one 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 242 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Vote required Call for division or yeas and nays Journal No debate on motion for yeas and nays Clerks call Change of vote Electric rollcall Vote required Excuse time and debate Not if interest 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 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 sustained by onefifth of the members voting the vote shall be taken by the yeas and nays and so entered on the Journal Rule 195 A motion for the call of the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate Rule 196 On the call of the yeas and nays the Clerk shall read the names of the members after they have been called and no member shall be permitted to change his vote unless he at that time declares that he voted under a mistake of the question When the electric rollcall system is used this rule shall not be applicable 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 decided without debate except that the member making the motion may briefly state the reason why in his opinion it should prevail 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 243 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 SSim s ou Perating 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 244 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Method for electric rollcall Mo 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 245 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 veto and if any bills 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 become a law He may approve any appropriation and veto any other appropriation in the same bill and the latter shall not be effectual unless passed by twothirds of each House Whenever such Bill has been vetoed by the Governor it shall be the duty of the Governor to transmit such Bill to the presiding officer of the Branch of the General Assembly in which it originated together with a list of reasons if any for such veto Such transmission shall be made within thirtyfive 35 days Sundays excepted from the date of the adjournment of the Session of the General Assembly at which such Bill was passed Such Bill may be considered by the Branch of the General Assembly in which it originated at any time within the first ten 10 Consideration and veto Overriding Dividing appropriations 246 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL days of the next regular Session of the General Assembly for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event the action of the Governor is overridden by twothirds of the votes of such Branch of the General Assembly the same shall be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of or the Clerk of such Branch of the General Assembly to the other Branch of the General Assembly It shall be the duty of the presiding officer of such other Branch of the General Assembly upon receiving such Bill to dispense with all business that is then being considered and to then and there consider and act upon such Bill for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event the action of the Governor is overriding by twothirds of the votes of such Branch of the General Assembly such Bill shall become law In the event either Branch of the General Assembly should fail to override the Governors action on a Bill such Bill shall not again be presented to the General Assembly of Georgia for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event any bill is enacted into law pursuant to the terms of this paragraph the effective date of such bill shall be on the date that such bill was acted upon by the Branch of the General Assembly last acting upon such bill Provided however that any bills that are vetoed by the Governor after the adjournment of the regular session of the General Assembly immediately preceding the general election in which the Governor is elected shall not be subject to be overridden by the next regular session of the General Assembly Ga Const art V sec I par XV Rule 210 Every vote resolution or order to Subject matter which the concurrence of both houses may be necessary except on a question of election or adjournment shall be presented to the Governor LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 247 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 the Constitution 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 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 ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING Rule 212 The Speaker shall lowing standing committees appoint the fol 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 Not constitutional amendments Signature required Exceptions Appointment 248 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Membership limits Exofficio members Appointment of officers 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 exception of the Committee on Interstate Cooperation The Speaker shall be an exofficio member of all standing committees of the House but shall have no vote as an exofficio member except on the Committee on Rules of which he shall be Chairman 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 Committee on Ways and Means shall be exofficio members of the Committee on Appropriations Except as hereinafter provided the Speaker shall appoint a Chairman a ViceChairman and a Secretary for all standing committees and for all subcommittees created by him The Administration Floor Leader appointed by the Governor shall automatically be ViceChairman of the Rules Committee and shall also be an exofficio member of the Committee on Appropriations the Committee on State of Republic and the Commit legislative manual 249 tee on Ways and Means He shall have a vote on each of said committees the same as any other member of said committees Such Floor Leader shall serve on the aforesaid four committees and if the Speaker so desires he may appoint such Floor Leader to such other number of committees as provided hereinbefore for other Representatives Prior to serving on the four committees listed above the Administration Floor Leader must be certified as such by the Governor to the Speaker of the House and to the Clerk of the House 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 Vacancies Organization Calling meetings Vice chairmans power Control of subcommittees 250 Minutes Advisory Appellate Council Expense account to Auditing Committee Auditing Committee approval of accounts LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 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 legislative manual 251 Rule 219 The compensation due to the officers and members of the General Assembly shall be certified by the President of the Senate and Speaker to bpeaker of the House of Representatives re certify spectively upon the report of the auditing com account8mittee to the State Treasurer who afterwards shall pay each member who shall present his account duly audited Ga Code Anno sec 47110 le 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 meases when in regular or special session and the k 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 hy authority of which they purport to be drawn t0 tXaine no ther 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 offices and report the result to each branch of the General Assembly Ga Code Anno sec 47601 Joint meeting of Ways and Means Committee with Senate Finance Committee Joint committee on financing to examine State accounts ELECTION AND INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR Rule 222 Every State officer whose election is not otherwise provided for shall be elected by Election of State officers 252 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL the General Assembly in the same manner and at the same time as other officers are elected by them Ga Code Anno sec 47401 No disparagement in nomination Viva voce vote Journal entry Meet in House President presides Vote required Actions on returns for Governors election 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 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 253 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 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 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 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 by the Governorelect in the presence of the Gen Inauguration First week Oath 254 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Journal entry Contested elections Resolution Vote Journal entry Repeal or amendment eral 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 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 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 233 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 255 The Governor the Attorney General and the 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 sueh proposed amendment to be published m 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 tbe next general election at which members of tne General Assembly are elected and if ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote tor members of the General Assembly voting thereon such amendment shall become a part of tms 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 or members of the General Assembly voting rnereon m each such political subdivision before ir shall become a part of this Constitution The General Assembly in the resolution shall state Approval 256 Language of proposal Separate proposals Convention No veto Appropriations required Origination in House LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 house of the General Assembly The representation in said convention shall be based on population as near as practicable This Constitution shall not be revised amended or changed by the Convention until the proposed revision amendment or change has been submitted and ratified by the people in the manner provided for submission and ratification of amendments proposed by the General Assembly Ga Const art XIII sec I par II 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 257 Rule 238 All resolutions which may appropriate money out of any fund shall be treated m 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 in printed form a budget 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 Jth e 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 Resolutions treated the same Budget Introduction through Speaker 258 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Separation of classes of expenditures 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 Contents of General jj Appropriation Bill 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 All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills each embracing but one subject Ga Const art Ill sec VII par IX Required itemization of past appropriations Rule 241 All general appropriation bills in addition to the customary itemized statements oi the amounts appropriated for the usual expenses of the executive legislative and judicial departments of the Government and for the support oi the public institutions and educational interest of the State shall contain also a like 1emiz statement of all amounts appropriated by any previous law to be paid annually out of tne treasury and such amounts so appropriated by previous laws shall not be paid from the treasury unless they are embraced in the general appro priation Act Ga Code Anno sec 47502 Specific sum pot 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 259 particular tax or fund or a part or percentage thereof 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 Motor fuel taxes to highways Emergency 260 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Contingent appropriation Budget Bill first Supplemental appropriation s 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 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 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 261 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 Ill Rule 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 Appropriation book for chairman of Appropriations Committee Safekeeping by Secretary of State Consideration by Committee of the Whole 262 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Hearings Amendment Recording of yeas and nays Action on claims Clerks duty 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 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 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 btate shall set a date for a hearing which shall be held as soon as practicable and shall notify the mem LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 263 ber of the General Assembly who introduced the resolution or bill the person for whose benefit Notice of the same was introduced the Attorney General hearng and such other persons as the said board deems necessary including such persons as the said member of the General Assembly shall request m 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 Hearing 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 Findings merits of the matter and their recommendation as to the payment of the compensation or reimbursement being sought This statement of the imdings of the facts determination and recommendation shall be immediately transmitted to the chairman of the committee of the House of Report to Representatives or Senate as the case may be committeeto 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 denfTncl10 recommendation of the chairman oi 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 nf determination and recommendation ox said board and shall then decide whether or Committee consideration required 264 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 saine shall be controlled by the rules usually governing parliamentary bodies LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 265 Rule 257 No suspension of or change in or addition to these rules shall be made unless such firsrpf chne or addition or suspension be Rlpnrred to the Committee on I reported back to the House Provided consent6 of be susPended by unanimous f th House without referral to the Committee on Rules Immediately after the confirmation of the Journal on the day following uspeSsionUnfin the House of th Prosed S rf Cfenge m or addition to these rules the Committee on Rules shall report the If Wh House A failure to export IprfS igS Rules variations to rules committee Suspension by unanimous consent Required report 266 Immediate election meeting in House Time of meetings Elections in House President presides Method of meeting Presidents powers Succession LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 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 alter 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 oi 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 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 absence of both the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House the President pr LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 267 tempore of the Senate shall preside in the absence of the three last named the Speaker pro tempore of the House shall preside i H T1 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 L When there is a meeting of both branches oi the General Assembly in one chamber said secretary and clerk shall be present and join in the discharge of the duties required and shall House proceedings on the journals of each Ga Code Anno sec 47205 8 Tke secretary of the Senate and the clerk oi the House of Representatives shall within 10 ys after the adjournment of each session file m proper order all the papers and documents of their respective Houses Speakers seat Quorum Duty of clerk Journal Filing papers Ga Code Anno sec 47206 t1 n ecrs papers and documents thus tiled shall be delivered to the Secretary of State who upon receipt of the same shall certify that serletary and clerk have respectively compiied with said requisition and the State Treas S ShalLot pa resPective salaries until such certificate shall be produced Ga Code Anno sec 47207 10 After a person is nominated for any ofm llnt session of the General Assembly it snau not be in order to second such nomination is declared closed the ZTdent sha11 forthwith order the rollcall and each member when called shall rise in his seat ana respond promptly announcing distinctly his enoice for such office questions oieodlrhaU in rder eXCept as Delivery of papers to Secretary of State No second of nomination Vote Debate 268 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 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 unti 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 ol 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 tne withdrawal of its consent to the same LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 269 APPENDIX SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS Al Apportionment Ga Const art Ill sec II par I The Senate shall consist of iff IfW fiftyfour members and there shall be not more 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 Ilf SI HI sec Ill par f The House of Representa tives shall consist of representatives apportioned among the hS rUi 68 1 the1Site as follows To the eight counties naving the largest population three representatives each to the ShS counfies having the next largest population two represeneacheS each and to the rooiaining counties one representative jfhSSl arj i11 Js1ec i11 Par n The above apportionment shal be changed by the General Assembly at its first session alter each census taken by the United States Government in acths Artic7lth the provisions of Paragraph I of Section III of A2 Appointments to Keep Order and for Other Special Purposes Ga Code Anno sec 47112 When it shall be necessarv to iToni10 Section VII of Article III of the Constitution lyoi punishment for misconduct 21902 punishment for conor fr any like purpose either the President of the Sente 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 apP intee may receive for the service such compensation as the above addedSmb1 appropriate Parenthetical material 270 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL A3 Confirmation of Appointments The Georgia Constitution provides for the confirmation by the Senate of the Governors appointment ofJSgj snfarvvseeiv 3 V PC V oar I Board of Corrections art V IM Estate Department of Veterans Service and Veterans Service Board art VIII sec II par Education art VIII sec IV par I Board University System and art XIV sec I par I States Personne Board The Georgia statutes provide for some additional confirmations Ga Const art V sec L 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 Pa rnncrf art XI sec I par IV The General Assembly shall have power withthe concurrence of twothirds of fied voters of each of the counties to be affected who participate in elections held for that purpose to provide for the cnlld tion of two or more counties into one or the merger 0 more counties into another or the division of a county and the merger of portions thereof into other counties A5 County Site Change 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 271 Accounts is hereby created and established the head of said sba11 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 afUre r sba11 be duly certified public accountant Vi least five years practical experience in the duties for which he is certified and who when named or elected as here State Auditor S quallfied sha11 be known and designated as tiJieiiStae Auditor sba4U be elected by the General Assembly in the following manner A joint resolution which shall fixa 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 mem Ve and House f Representatives it shall be the duty of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to call and election of the State Auditor at the time specified m the resolution at which time the name of the qualiSgSKSte1 receiving a majority vote of the membership of the Rouse of Representatives shall be transmitted to the State Senate voLCofftbatlnqaalified Person receiving a majority PiiLmrersAhlP Pf the Senate he shall be declared the Cal ecfdState Auditor and the Governor of the State of SenateThe rbe notlfied f bis election by the Secretary of the toXeLGrr 1S dlrctfd administer the oath of office Luerlv t0r and t0 fuJmb the State Auditor with a P P y 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 a be Position of State Auditor at a time when the General rf thStatPnTr111 SSSi Wf beuthe dty Of the Governor to atnS qm he 1S hereby emPOwered and directed videdPWi State Auditor possessing the qualifications as proES berein who shall serve as such State Auditor until the next regular sessin of the General Assembly at which time the nomination and election of a State Auditor shall be held bv the General Assembly as provided herein y 6 272 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL A8 Extraordinary Sessions rfW art V sec I par XII The Governor shall issue writs of electiontofill 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 ot the Commonwealth and recommend to theirslmraQoernor 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 session of he General Assembly except such shaU stated in his proclamation convening them Providing tnat sucn called sessions of the General Assembly shall not exceed 70 days leS uriess at the expiration of said period there shaU be pending an impeachment trial of some officer of the Statei Gov ernment in which event the General Assembly will be authorized to Smaii in session until such trial shall have been completed Provided however that when threefifthsof e embers elected to the House of Representatives and threeMths of the members elected to the Senate shall have certified to the Cover nor 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 wit five days from the receipt of such certificate or certificates to convenesaid General Assembly in purposes and in the event said Governor excluded fail or refuse to convene said General Assem blTafafoeS then and in that event said General Assemb y may convene itielf in extraordinary session as if convenedin regular session for all purposes provided that such extraordinarv self convened session shall be limited to a period o days unless at the expiration of said period there shall be pen ing an impeachment trial of some officer of the State Govern ment in which event the General Assembly shall be authorize 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 now or may be hereinafter provided Ga Code Anno sec 47116 If any officer or officers of either LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 273 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 jrahch be declared vacant as often as may be necessary and his successor elected as provided by the rules of the General Assembly t 47n7 alS Ga Cde Anno secs 47113 47114 47115 and 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 coninTinT11 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 btate 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 art V sec I par XVII The General Assembly snail 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 ot 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 274 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 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 275 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 m 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 fiWj 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 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 stav over period J 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 276 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 Commissipner 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 At18 Membership of Legislators on State Boards and Commissions Legislator Board or Relevant Statutory Members Commission Provisions Lieutenant G o v e r n o r and The Governors CornSpeaker and Chairman of the mission on ConstituJudicial Council tional Government Ga Laws 1959 p 5 President Speaker President Finance Pro Tern Speaker Pro Tern Commission Chairman of Appropriations Committees of Senate and House Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee Chairman oi 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 277 Legislator Members Legislator member of Commission on Interstate Cooperation designated by this Commission Senator and Representative designated by the Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation 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 President Speaker and members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation Members of Senate and House Committees on Interstate Cooperation Chairmen of Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House Lieutenant Speaker Governor and Chairmen of Agriculture Committees of Senate and House or some person designated by them Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of Senate Banking and Finance Committee Two Senators and three Representatives involved in tobacco production appointed by President and Speaker respectively Board or Commission Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Advisory Committee for Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact Legislative Services Committee Georgia Commission on Interstate Cooperation Senate Council and House Council of the American Legislators Association Judicial Council Western and Atlantic Railroad Commission Advisory Board to the Georgia Seed Development Commission Board of Compromises and Settlements of Tax Assessments Tobacco Advisory Board Relevant Statutory Provisions Ga Code Anno sec 45124 Ga Code Anno sec 43912 Ga Code Anno sec 471201 Ga Code Anno sec 471104 Ga Code Anno sec 471105 Ga Code Anno sec 811601 Ga Code Anno sec 92205 Ga Code Anno sec 52704 Ga Code Anno sec 9284111 Ga Laws 1960 p 218 278 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 Arrest subject to when Attendance compelled by less than quorum Authorized by House Journal entry List by clerk Quorum required ADJOURN MOTION TO Amendment if to particular time Committee of the Whole not in order in Debate if to particular time ig Effect Joint session not in order in Precedence of motioni Previous question once after Renewal after further business Time for 1i Rule No 3 j 57 S 5657 57 59 59 58 84 85 148 84 85 86 J 14 77 183 84 8283 ADJOURNMENT Business carried over how Committee of the Whole at regular hour in Effect when hour of arrives during vote by yeas and nays Governors power in regard to Main question effect onL Place limit Power generaljjj Previous question effect on 148156 87 88 87 88 89 183 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 279 Rule No Seats retained until Speaker leaves 68 Time of fixed by House 59 Veto procedure as effected by 209 Vote total requiredtjj56 ADVERSE REPORT Debate on final passage 184 Effect of on bills and resolutions 140 AMENDMENT Amendments to cannot be further amended y1 161 177 Blanks must be filled before jgg Caption or preamble bill perfected before 170 Committee of the Whole by action on158 159 Committee of the Whole by what reported to House 158 Committee amendments first considered 171 Committee offered by read without motion 174 Committee report amendment not m order after agreed to unless reconsidered 172 Committee report form 1 ConstitutionalSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMElffi MENT Engrossment prevents Form of Form of motion 135 129 163 Germane must beV 1 Zl64 165 175 Indefinite postponement prohibited gg Irrelevant out of order C 1 4 Methods of 154 Motion to adjourn amendable if to particular time 84 85 Motion to commit amendable m Motion to postpone indefinitely not amendable 99 Motion to postpone to time definite amendable 104 Motion to table or take from table not amendable 94 Perfecting bill before substitute 167 Precedence of motion to amendJ Previous question on 77 180 280 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Printed and distributed whenLL 132 Priority of amendments0169171 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 byi1 174 Senate action on may be reconsidered immediatelyJI 113 Snate amendments House amendments to not further amendable 177 Senate amendments to House bill House action in order 8I175176177178 Senate vote required to adopt 178 Speakers power to rule out164175 Striking by perfecting part proposed to be stricken 168 Substitute and bill vote on167 Substitute as 162 Tabling not in orderi 1 Time for rr171172 Vote required 178 AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTIONSee CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS APPEALS Addressing House directly 75 Debate on prohibited when of personal character 74 75 Speakers action on 7275 Speakers decision from 60 72 Time for 73 Transgressions of rules from 60 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 281 APPLAUSE Rule No Suppression 71 APPORTIONMENT Change Number of members Representation Al A 1 Al APPROPRIATIONS Budget oqq committee Chairmans duties og Committee of the Whole consideration required 144 247 Committee report on required 1f General Bill amendment 040 General Bill contents 239 240 gtj 242 243 General Bill precedence on third reading iqq General Bill procedure oon Governors power over one Hearing 9AQ Highways OAO Origination in House 7 938 Record OA a Kecorded yea and nay vote required Required 250 9Q Resolutions treated as bills Supplemental bills Yeas and nays required 238 240 244 245 250 arrest Disorder for qa Freedom from A Members to secure quorum 5758 assistants Appointment by Clerk 18 Approval of special clerks by enrolling committee 18 282 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Compensation Oath Officers position as Removal of special clerks by Substitution prohibited Vacancies m17 21 22 218219 1113 j 5 enrolling committee 18 2022 21 ATTENDANCE Compelling e 56 5758 Messengers duty j Speakers dutyI i AUDITINGSee COMMITTTEE ON AUDITING ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING JOURNALS BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Called how Caption Committee of the Whole failure to resolve to consider Form Indorsement of 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 3740 132 123 122 128 132 128 117 127 BLANKS Filling required before motion to amend is in order 166 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 283 BOND Rule No Clerks j 14 BOOKS Appropriation 246 Care for duty of Clerk 16 54 CALENDAR Arranged by Rules Committee during last twentyone days of sessionjSj 39 Calling order fixed by j 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 toI 97 CALL OF HOUSESee ROLL CALL CAPTION Considered after bill perfected 170 Indorsement on bill 123 CLAIMS Procedure 11251252 253254 CLERK Absentees list keeps for Journala 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 of1718202122 284 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Bills and resolutions calling Bills and resolutions engrossment Bills and resolutions files copy in Speakers Office Bills and resolutions filing with when Bills and resolutions numbers Bills and resolutions printing and distribution Bills and resolutions reading by sectionsL Bills and resolutions transmittal Bond Books care of Budget book furnishesj Claims certification of Rule No 133 134 m 127 125 133 132 174 118 14 16 54 246 251 Committee of the Whole bills and resolutions reading in Committee of the Whole duties in Committee reports printing if ordered Division counts 3 Election 147 147151 139 192 10 Identification card attestation 25 Joint session duties inJ 7 J 8 J9 Journal entry 59 76208 Journal reading 8 Motion reading 78192 Oath of prescribedH 1213 Officer is 510 Papers care of 10 Papers superintends distribution by Messenger 23 Pay 15 ll Presides in absence of Speaker and Speaker Pro Tern Protests entry on Journal Questions reading 76 192 Rollcall calling 58193204 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 Yeas and nays call Yeas and nays reading names 201 39 121 A18 1012 62 83196 196 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 285 CODE SECTIONS Rule No Amendments or repeal of requirements 129 COMMISSION Members to o COMMITMENT 111 148 144 137 98 137 109 77 137 137 112 108 108 Amended how Committee of the Whole not in order in Committee of the Whole to108 109 Debate if instructions added 110 Indefinite postponement not applicable to Instructions may be added Hi Precedence of as among motions to commit to different committees Precedence of as among other motions Recommitmentsee RECOMMITMENT Resolution of appointment of investigative committee Speakers duty to Special committees to 1Q87109 What applicable to COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE Adjourn cannot 148 Adjournment arrival of regular hour o 15 Amendments by action by House 159 Amendments report v J 1 138 158 Appropriation bills considered in 247 Bills and resolutions disposal or recommendation 157 ciiis and resolutions interlineation prohibited 138 Business finished procedure L 0 157 Call of House not in order Chairman appointed by Speaker145 Chairman duty of when no quorum present 145 Jnairman duty when business finished 157 160 Chairman power to clear galleries or lobby 152 286 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule niorlrQ ntipQ in Commitment tosel56MMITMiT Commitment to precedence Committee reference prohibited Debate in 147148 Disorderly conduct reported Formation of House may resolve itself into vote necessary House may resolve itself into when Journal proceedings entry Motion to rise report progress and ask leave to sit again 7 Papers called for Postpone indefinitely motion to not in order Previous question not enforceable Quorum requirement Reading of bills by sections Reconsideration in order Report of procedure and form157158 Reports of precedence1 Resolving House into143144 Rules applicable to and exceptions Speakers actions j145150156 Table motion to not in order0 Time in extended 155 Vote pairing prohibited in Vote required unless excused Yeas and nays cannot be taken COMMITTEE ON AUDITING ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING JOURNALS Auditing expenses 217218 Clerk appointed by Speaker Clerk approval and removal of specialm Clerks duties Clerks pay Enrolling Journal entrySee JOURNAL No 147 109 148 154 153 145 144 144 160 156 151 148 148 146 147 149 159 141 154 148 157 148 156 150 150 148 219 36 18 36 36 119 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 287 Rule No Journal reading and report 33 Preservation of bills 119 Report at any time j 37 Report required 19 COMMITTEES Adverse report by effect140184 Advice to 215 216 Amendments by read without motion 174 Amendments by take precedence 171 Amendments report form 13g Appointed by Speakeri 33 212 Appropriation measures report on requiredZ 142 Bills and resolutions not to interline or deface 138 Bills and resolutions withdrawal from 11 Call of I1 14 Clerks yi Commitment toSee COMMITMENT Committee of the Whole reference of matters to committees prohibited J 14g Debate by jg4 Expenses of members how paid217 219 Finance Committee examination of State accounts 221 Membership limited11f 212 Members on State Boards a 18 Minority report time allowed for after ordering of previous question Names Officers Organization 184 212 212213214 213 Previous question committee time for debate 184 Records 214 Reference to 137144 64 140 I JWi M 142 Reports favorable effect 140 Reports form 139 Reference to happenings in prohibited Reports disagreement with Report failure to 288 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Reports how made Reports minority formI Reports of amendment limit on Reports of precedence u Reports printing and distribution may be required by committee r Reports requiring Speakers membership 7 Vacancies l1 Ways and Means joint meeting with Senate Finance Committee on revenue taxing measures 45 139 172 141 139 142 212 213 220 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Appointment Approval of report Consideration Discharge r Instruction sr Membership Reports k CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Amendment of 233 Approval of peopleg233234 Convention 234 Journal entry WHSUIJ 233 Local 233 Method 233 Publication 233 Repeal of 233 Signature of Governor not required 211 Veto prohibited I 210235 Vote required R 233 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 289 CONTEMPT Ruje No Disorder for 34 54 Vote refusal for 493 CONTRACT APPROVAL Public Service Commission Agreements A 11 CONVENING Time I 49 89 CONVENTION OF PEOPLE Calling for Constitutional amendment 234 CONVERSATION Debate prohibited during 37 Prohibited over bar gg Reference to during debate prohibited 64 COUNTY Consolidation 4 Site change5 DEBATE Addressing House Adjournment decided without Amendment action on Senate amendment debate limited Appeals debate limitations Censure for words Committee happenings reference to out oforder 0 Committee of the Whole how bills debated 147 Committee of the Whole regulated148154156 Conduct of members in 60 63 75 50 175 74 75 62 64 290 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Conversations reference to out of ordert 64 Cut off prohibited when 2981 6g 60 29 Exception to words Freedom of Individual speeches limited Irrelevant Speaker shall suspend Members names reference to out of order Motion for yeas and nays decided without debate 195 Motion for previous question not debatable 183 Motion to adjourn not debatable v Motion to adjourn to particular day or time debatable Motion to amend report of Rules Committee during last twentyone days not debatable Motion to change order of business not debatable Motion to change rules not debatable Motion to commit when debatablejHU lot Motion to dispense with reading of the Journal not 43 debatable Motion to dispense with roll call not debatable Motion to engross debate limited Motion to excuse member from voting debate limited Motion to indefinitely postpone debatable Motion to limit or extend members time of speaking not debatable Motion to postpone to time definite what debatable Motion to read papers not debatable Motion to refer to committee debate if instructions added 197 99 60 103 55 110137 Motion to require committee report debate limited 14 Motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole debate limited 144 Motion to suspend rules not debatable111 41 Motion to table or take from table not debatable Motions allowed during Movement during prohibited Previous question debate regulated184 Priority of business not debatable Readings first two no debate Report of Rules Committee when debatable 27 136 41 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 291 Rule No Senate happenings reference to out of order Silence during 64 9Q RQ 7 Subject matter limits an Through Speaker bk Time limits on individual Yeas and nays no debate during 202 DECORUM Applause suppressed Conversation none over bar 71 AQ Misses suppressed Silence during debate DIRIBUTI0N 0F BILLSSee PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS DIVISION Adjournment limited by 9o or Call for Excuse from voting motion to restricts jgy Reconsideration of main question limits 183 Results of Speaker shall announce 190 Speakers duty in case of 1Q9 What divisible DOORKEEPER Clears lobbies and galleries when Duties general Election 3 Floor limitations enforcement of Intoxicated members enforcement of rule against Message announcement Pay Substitution prohibited Suspension by Speakert 182 34 19 19 25 70 46 19 20 35 292 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL ELECTIONAlso see JOINT SESSION Rule No Auditor of Contest Governor of action on Journal entry Members of House judge of Nomination limits Officers of State Presidential electors of Procedure Second not needed in nominations Speaker shall vote in Vote necessary A 7 232 226227 224 61 223 J 10 222 A 6 222224 J10 26 224225 ELECTRIC ROLL CALLAlso see ROLLCALL Adjournment limits 83 Clerks duties 24 Method I1 205 Quorum to determineu 193 Roll call at opening use fora 43 Seat from 205 Speakers powers 24 Tabling limited by 91 Tabling limits I 91 Use 204 Verification not required 2 EMPLOYEESSee ASSISTANTS ENGROSSMENT Debate on Effect of Local bills reading required Time for Unanimous consent for prohibited Vote required 134 134 135 134 134 134 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 293 Rule No ENROLLING AND ON AUDITING JOURNALS ENGROSSINGSee COMMITTEE ENROLLING AND ENGROSSING EXCEPTION TO WORDS SPOKEN Previous question delayed by 62 Procedure 02 Time for go EXPENSES Members procedure for payment Bii 217 EXPULSION OF MEMBERS Journal entry 60 Vote required n ni When eni EXTRAORDINARY SESSION Calling 89 A 8 Compensation during A 8 Consideration limits A 8 Governors calling 89 A 8 Impeachment continued by A 8 Time limits 1 A 8 PILING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Required ok Time for PINES Members when transgress rules 60 294 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL FLOORSee PRIVILEGE OF FLOOR Rule No GALLERIES Applause and hisses to be suppressedj Clearance by SpeakerI Committee of the Whole Chairman may clear GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLSee APPROPRIATIONS GOVERNOR Adjournment power in regard to Appropriations selective approval of Budget bill presentation ofJ Constitutional amendment action on Election 1 Extraordinary session calling Inauguration Overriding veto Signature when required Veto power 88 209 239 L Z 3 233 226227 njj 89 227 228 229 230 231 209 210211 209211 209 210211235 HISSES Suppression IDENTIFICATION CARDS Issued to persons entitled to privileges of the floor IMPEACHMENT Procedure Session continued 71 25 A8 89 INTOXICATION Member denied floor while in state of LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 295 Rule No INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Copies two required 126 Time for 1125 Unanimous consent time limits 116 INVESTIGATION Resolution appointing must be referred to committee 137 State Officers of A 10 JOINT SESSION Adjournment J 14 Clerks duties J 7 J 8 Debate J II Elections forJ l Governors election for226227 Journal J 7 J 12 Nominations in J 10 Papers i j 8 j 9 Place House J 1 J 2 Presider J 2 J 4 J 5 Procedure general J 3 J 4 Quorum j J 6 Rules change J 18 Time of L J 1 J 2 Vote J 10 J 12 J 13 JOURNAL Absentees shown on 59 Amendments to Constitution entry with yeas and nays 233 Appropriation yeas and nays shown 250 Committee duty to read and report 38 59 Committee of the Whole proceedings not shown 160 Election vote entry 224 Expulsion entry 60 Governors inauguration entry 231 296 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Joint session proceedings J7 J13 Oaths of officers and assistants entry11 Petition name and object of petitioner memorialist or remonstrant noted on JkZ Preservation 11 ill Protests entry g Publication required Reading by committee fj Reading of how dispensed withj Required 123 Vote entry of189206207208224233 Vote explanation entry Vote names of those not voting shown on Yeas and nays entry194 206 207208233250 LOBBIES Applause or hisses in suppressed 71 Clearance by Speaker Committee of the Whole Chairmans power to clear 1M LOBBYISTS Floor prohibited from LOCAL BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Limitations upon L 130131 A16 Local governing authority restrictionlau rai Notice of affidavit must be attached1W Notice required Office affected requires referendumldu Jj Reading first two by title unless engrossment Unanimous consent reading of third time and putting on passage MAIN QUESTION Adjournment effect on8387183 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 29 Division after order for Rule No 1Q4 Effect of 1 Q7 Form of io l Previous question effect ioq To a Reconsideration of iwu 1 QQ 1 QQ tabling limits 1 Vote required to order 183 MEETING OF HOUSE Time of meeting for daily sessions 50 MEMORIALSSee PETITIONS MESSAGES How sent announced received and considered messenger Arrest of members to secure quorum Clear lobbies and galleries when Direction by Speaker Duties general Election Intoxicated member enforcement of rule Urder enforcement of Papers distribution Pay SergeantatArms exofficio Stationery distribution Suspension by Speaker against minority reports from committee Hotf made0Wed after rder for previous question 46 57 58 34 23 57 1923 19 70 23 23 19 57 23 35 184 139 298 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL MOTIONS Rule No Committee of the Whole in148149155156 Debate when cannot use motion to cut off 1 Disagreement with Senate motions in order 17 Information from departments table one daym lj7 Making must resume seat while put Number limited to one at a time Possession of House Precedence of Previous question on Second unnecessaryI Speakers actions on Stating by Speaker Strike out and insert motion to not divisible Tabling effected by Withdrawal v 80 78 7798 180 79 192 NEW MATTERS Unanimous consents for time for 116 NOMINATIONS Remarks disparaging prohibited 223 J10 OATHS Administered by judges to members 9 1113 111213 Vjlclxv o 79 111213 OFFICERS 111213 218 jt y Suspension of by Speaker i 35 K Who are LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 299 ORDER OF BUSINESS Appropriations Bill general Changed how Change motion not debatable Change motion vote necessary Committee report requiring davs ues Committee during last twentyone Information motions Messages Priority of Rule No 133 39404142 116142 3941 39 142 Privilege questions Reading of Rules Committee Calendar Reconsideration Rules Committee report ak Speakers power over 27 Unanimous consent T 116 39 48 46 37 39113116144183 47 39 113 ORGANIZATION Assistant Clerk by Bodies Chairman appointment and powers Clerk by Commission issued during Elections during First meeting time and place Oaths Officers Procedure Rules Seating PAGES Age Appointment by members Papers distribution 2 1 2 2 8 3410 49 7 9111213 2 3 510 2 2 6 24 24 23 300 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL PAIRING FOR VOTING Committee of the Whole prohibited in Prohibited j Rule No 150 199 PAPERS Clerks possession Committee care Committee of the Whole may call for Distribution Reading not subject to indefinite postponement Reading of 16 54 138 151 23 98 55 PARLIAMENTARY LAW Applicable when 5 256 PETITIONS Presentation and form 52 POSTPONEMENT Amendment motion to indefinitely postpone not amendable u jj 99 Amendment motion to postpone to day certain amendable 104 Committee of the Whole motion to indefinitely postpone not in order 148 Debate onr 99103 Effect of motion to indefinitely postpone 101 Effect of motion to postpone to time definite102107 Effect of negative action 106 Effect indefinite postponement 105 Precedence of motion 7798 Renewal limitst100106 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 301 PREAMBLE Committee of the Whole last considered Considered after bill perfected PRESIDER Clerk shall when Joint session in Speaker Speaker absent who shall when Speaker may appoint member to Speaker Pro Tern absent who shall when Rule No 147 170 32 J 2 J 4 3 32 31 32 PRESS Bills and resolutions copy to 10c Floor entitled to PREVIOUS QUESTION Adjournment effect on Call of House limits Committee of the Whole not in order in Debate allowed after ordering of Debate motion not debatable Exception to debate delays Form of Main question effect on Minority committee report time allowed forVafter dering of Precedence of motion Reconsideration of Tabling after Vote requiredf What applicable to f 83 87183 185 148 184186 183 62 183 183184 or 184 77183 188 90 183184 180 PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS Motion to print precedence of 77 302 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 form PUNISHMENT Members of Voting for another for QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS Judgment of House QUORUM Committee of the Whole requirement of Compelling Number Rollcall for Speakers power in regard to Voting when not Rule No 132 132 47 47 70 205 25 76 61 200 61198 146 5758 56 58185193 57193 193 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 303 READING OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Clerks Rule No 1 oo tna Committee of the Whole in 14Q iAn Committee report after lij X4 1 1 A Debate none on first or second reading JL4U third1readime 0 mtroducer stated on second and second automatic when 1 Sections by loo Times three 14 1 QK Title bv loo Unanimous consent time limit 135 116 READING OF PAPERSSee PAPERS RECOGNITION Speaker decides 28 RECOMMITMENT Unanimous consent time limit Vote necessary forJ jfO What may be recommitted Itofaj jRg RECONSIDERATION Amendments when in order jflBiniittee of the Whole motion in order Effect of on bills Main question effect on11 Main question time for reconsideration of JNotice not to be withdrawn when Notice when required Previous question effect on Renewal once Senate amendments in order immediately lime for motion 113 149 115 188 183 113 113 188 114 113 113 304 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL REMONSTRANCESSee PETITIONS Rule No REPEALS How effectuated RETURNEES Commission Seats rights to b ROLLCALL Adjournment limits i 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 if Reconsideration of main question limits Required by House Speaker may order when Verification of when required Vote refusal after contempt 83 58597i93 204 148 Kf 202 43 204 201 185 59 193 183 3058 30185193204 203 193 RULES Changed how 41 42257 J 18 Debate motion to suspend or change decided without debate 41 Question not covered by procedure Suspended how 41 42257 J 18 Suspension not subject to indefinite postponement Transgression penalized r 60 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 305 RULES COMMITTEE Rule No Calendar fixed by during last twentyone days 39 Membership 12 Proposed change addition or suspension of rules must be referred tol 257 Report debatable except last twentyone days 41 Report failure to effect 257 Report of during last twentyone days motion to amend not debatable 39 Report of in order when 45 Reports required 142 257 Speaker Chairman of 212 Special orders submission to and report on140 SEATS Assigned by Speaker 6 Contested procedure when 19g Recognition from gg SERGEANTATARMSSee MESSENGER SESSIONS Business carried over how 89 ExtraordinarySee EXTRAORDINARY SESSINS Prolongation of signature of Governor not required 211 Term Qgjgj 89 SILENCE Debate during g7 Speaker duty of to command when 29 63 SPEAKER Absence of Speaker Pro Tern to preside 32 Accounts certifying 01 q Acts signs I I 122 306 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Adjournment members to remain until Speaker retires 68 Amendments power to rule out if not germane164175 Appeals from decision of72 73 74 75 Applause in galleries or chamber suppression of 71 Appointment special L A 2 Arrest power to L 3457 Attendance power to compel to secure a quorum 57 Auditors nomination call for A 7 Bond approval of Clerks 14 Budget bill introduction of 239 Budget submission to Director 53 Business priority of decides without debate 27 Call the House duty to 58 Clearing galleries and lobbies 34 Commitment of bills and resolutions 137 Committee of the Whole Chairman appoints 143 Committee of the Whole duty regarding bills 144 Committee of the Whole duty when business finished in 157 Committee of the Whole may resolve House into when 143 Committee of the Whole may take part in 150 Committee of the Whole resumes chair when156157 Committee of the Whole right to take part in 150 Committee of the Whole to leave chair during 143 Committees and subcommittees appoints officers of 212 Committees appointment of33212213 Committees assignment of members to 213 Committees membership onj 212 Conference Committee appoints 179 Debate irrelevant power to suspend 29 Division call for 192 Doorkeeper may suspend1 35 Election of 23 34 Electric rollcall system duty when voting by 204 Electric rollcall system out of order duty when 204 Enrolling clerks appointment 36 Floor privileges power over25 Governors election action onti 226 Joint session seat at left of President J 3 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 307 Rule No Joint session succession to presiderj j 4 Messages duty as to 46 Messenger direction and suspension 23 35 Motion stating by 78 192 Oath to officers and assistants 11 12 13 Officer as 10 Postponement action on103104105 Postponement to day certain duty to enforce restrictions on debate 103 Postponement to day certain how to treat amendment to motion 104 Postponement to day beyond session how to treat mo tion 105 Preside may name members to 31 Presider32 Question stating Ilgi 192 Quorum to secure57 58185193 Recognition of member28 60 63 80116 Rollcall duties during83 91204 Rollcall orders by when30 58193 204 Rules Committee exofficio member of 212 Rules transgression penalizingl 60 Seat assignments 6 Signature when required121122 Silence commanding 29 63 Special clerk for auditing enrolling and engrossing Journals authorized to employ 36 State boards membership on A 18 Subcommittees appointment of 33 Unanimous consent shall entertain but one at a time 116 Unanimous consent when to recognize member for purpose of askinggij1g 116 Verification of a rollcall vote not to entertain motion to dispense with 203 Vote authority to 26 150 SPEAKER PRO TEM Election 4 32 308 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Joint session succession as prsider J 4 Officer asl 5 Powers 3 4 Presides in absence of Speaker 432 State Boards membership on A 18 SPECIAL LAWSSee LOCAL LAWS STATE BOARDS Membership of Legislators on A 18 STATE OFFICERS Discharge ofA 12 Investigation of A10 Legislators as restrictions A17 Suspension of f A12 STATIONERY Distribution 23 STENOGRAPHIC REPORTER Appointment and payaji 17 STREET RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION Approval by city governing authorities A13 SUBCOMMITTEES Appointed by Speaker 33212 Calling meetings of 214 Controlled by standing committees 214 Minutes sI 214 Organization j 214 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 309 SUBSTITUTEAlso see AMENDMENT Rule No Amendment as 162 Bill perfected before substitute 167 Voted on before bill 167 SUCCESSION Joint session j 4 Speakers absence 32 SUPREME COURT RULES Approval of 14 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 Effect when motion to take from table prevails Effect when motion to take from table prevails where measure tabled after rollcall Main question limits r7 Motion to take from when in order Precedence of Previous question limits motion to table Renewal of motions to table and take from when Rollcall limited by Rollcall limits 77 State departments information called from tabled one day mm Time for taking from table Vote required to take from table What can be tabled Yeas and nays limits 94 93 148 94 96 96 97 91 90 48 90183 90183 95 91 90 91 48 97 97 92 93 91 310 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Rule No Bills and resolutions subjectmatter must be expressed in 128 TRANSMISSION TO SENATE Day of passage vote required Last day immediate on 11 TREASON Pardon ofLsk sWl UNANIMOUS CONSENTS Commitment to Committee of the Whole General provision for Introduction for Journal reading dispensing with Limitation and regulation of use oL Motion withdrawal required forS Passage for Reading for Recommitment for Rollcall dispensing with Rollcall vote dispensing with verification of Time for 144 190 116 44 116 78 116 116 116 43 203 116 VERIFICATION Electric rollcall system not required for203 Rollcall vote dispensed with for 203 VETO 209210211235 209210211 Governors power of Overridden how LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 311 VOTE Rule No Adjournment limits 83 87 Another not for 200 Appeal from Speakers ruling on 72 Bill required for 189 Changing ofjj196204 J 13 Committee of the Whole no pairing 150 Committee of the Whole not taken by yeas and nays in 148 Committee of the Whole vote requireda 150 Debate no during calling or reading of yeas and nays 202 DivisionSee DIVISION Electric rollcallSee ELECTRIC ROLLCALL ElectionSee ELECTION Excuse from 193197198199 Explanation 201 Interest none where have197198 General requirementrs 190 Journal entry required189206207 208 Method of 192194 Pairing of members not allowed150199 QuorumSee QUORUM Reconsideration of main question limits 183 Refusal may be contempt 193 Required when 150197 RollcallSee ROLLCALL Seat from own26200205 Speaker may order yeas and nays when 30 Speakers 26150 Tabling limits 91 Tie 26 Unanimous consentsSee UNANIMOUS CONSENTS When allowed individualsIi 191 Yeas and naysSee YEAS AND NAYS WITHDRAWAL Bill when and how 117 Committee from 116 Motion when and how 165 312 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL WRITS Rule No Signature Speakers and Clerks 121 YEAS AND NAYS Adjournment limits 8387 Change restricted gp 196 Committee of the Whole prohibited in 148 Debate on motion prohibited 195 Debate prohibited during 202 Expulsion for8 60 Journal entry194 206 207 208 Method of calling 196 Reconsideration of main question limits 183 Seat from 205 Vote required for call of 194 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 313 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS 314 ARTICLE IBill of Rights322328 ARTICLE IIElective Franchise11328331 ARTICLE IIILegislative Department331341 ARTICLE IVPower of General Assembly over Taxation 341345 ARTICLE VExecutive Department345358 ARTICLE VIJudiciary 358376 ARTICLE VIIFinance Taxation and Public Debt377414 ARTICLE VIIIEducation 414420 ARTICLE IXHomestead and Exemption420421 ARTICLE XMilitia 421422 ARTICLE XICounties and Municipal Corporations422424 ARTICLE XIIThe Laws of General Operation in Force in this State424425 ARTICLE XIIIAmendments to the Constitution424427 ARTICLE XIVMerit System 427428 ARTICLE XVHome Rule 428 ARTICLE XVISlum Clearance and Redevelopment428429 314 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 315 GENERAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ADOPTED SINCE RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTION OF 1945 of educa RATIFIED NOVEMBER 7 1950 iff f PProprMo ol SfIlSWSstSfl s siKsg it tt teassssffisfe s Amendment striking Par XV of Sec VTT of Art ttt eegti1satknatonetr ProvidinS fornotice of intention topplyfo EStesSESH 316 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 riot 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 i 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 317 aamto dTovid Vtn ection Paragraph IV of the Constitution so as to provide for Homestead exemption for certain disabled veterans to dovidetdrtRle T11 ection T Paragraph II of the Constitution so witthe authority n rdnn Rents of the University System of Georgia to pursue thefr educatfon scholarships t0 uallfied students lacking funds MtdtriveAlf Y11 Section E Paragraph II of the Constitution so funds to match with FederaeEdLaUonTrogramsedUCati0nal 8cholarshiPs and ase in other ClS5fVF Iectin l Paragraph II of the Constitution so tu ofch1h18 Amendment to Article VI Section XIII Paragraph II of the Constitution of thetSuDrnpe rnortT C7ief Jastics Emeritus and Justices Emeritus t j e apreuie Court Justices Emeritus of the Court of ADDeals nH ovfy 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 ftiielfenr toJh Constitution to Provide for the appropriation of motor nrolirit fJ hlghwy construction and maintenance purposes in ordr to bridges fn thqstateSyStem thrUgh highwa and poVroada and tostebHsh tArte711 Sectin VI Paragraph I a of the Constitution authorized by the ISlwSl fr Paym6nt f CntraCt bligations Amendment to the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assemblv to provide by law for the granting of State funds to muniripalities Amendment to the Constitution so as to change the provisions relating to the millage limitation for the tax levy for education relating to Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the General Assemhlv ohvPSw Industrial maxe loans available to industrial development agencies to aid them in within theStateSlndCtinir industrial and manufacturing plants and facilities witnm 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 cultu al iwoducts6 Constitution 30 as to Provide for the promotion of agri Amendment to the Constitution so as to provide for the payment for taking or damaging private property for public road and street purposes authnment to ihe Constitution so as to empower the General Assembly to authorize counties to use public funds for school lunch purposes 318 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 Amendment to Article VII Section III of the Constitution so as to preserve inviolate freedom from compulsory association at all levels of public education and to require the General Assembly to provide funds for an adequate education for the citizens of Georgia Amendment to Article III Section II Paragraph I of the Constitution so as to provide for the composition of the State Senate the manner of election of State Senators the ratification of the apportionment of the Senate and the election of Senators Amendment to Article VII Section I Paragraph I of the Constitution so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide for the payment of grants to counties under certain conditions Amendment to Article VII Section IX of the Constitution so as to provide for improved appropriations control and to promote economy and efficiency in budget matters Amendment to Article V of the Constitution so as to create the Department of Industry and Trade and to provide for a Board of Commissioners for said Department Amendment to Article III Section IV Paragraph III of the Constitution so as to furnish the peoples elected representatives in the General Assembly sufficient time to study matters relating to the expenditure of public funds Amendment to Article VII Section VII Paragraph I of the Constitution so as to allow any county or municipality in this State to borrow the necessary funds to defray the cost of property valuation and equalization programs for ad valorem tax purposes LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 319 Amendment to Article VII Section I Paragraph II of the Constitution so as to provide for repayment of medical loans and scholarships by service at any Prison or detention camp or work camp operated under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Corrections Amendment to Article XVI of the Constitution so as to allow counties to undertake and carry out a slum clearance and redevelopment program Amendment to Article V Section I Paragraph XV of the Constitution so as to provide for the General Assembly enacting legislation over the Governors veto RATIFIED NOVEMBER 6 1962 320 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL Governors No 34 House Resolution No 11 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 Taxa ti on 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 LEGISLATIVE MANUAL 321 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THF nM ERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA GEN Section One That the Constitution of the State of Georgia of 1877 and iAlvenCLments therfof appearing after the Preamble be and by striking thSrt t0be amended as one single amendment oy striking therefrom m their entirety Article I Bill of Rights Article II Elective Franchise Article III Legislative Department Article IV Power of the General AssfmblJ Taxation Article V Executive Department Arti s re iL I m Force in This State Article XIII Amendments to the Constatntion and msertm in lien thereof new Articles Numuers i tnrougn av inclusive so that when so nmorwioi ti Constitution of the State of Georgifof m7 shaTl reld bP ginning with the Preamble as follows 11 d b CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA PREAMBLE To nprnetuate the principles of free government insure nrperve neace promote the interest and happi sterlty liberty we the people of Georgia relying upon the and guidance of Almighty God do ordain and establish Constitution ARTICLE L Bill of Rights Section I Paragraph I Origin and foundation of government All eovernment of right originates with the people is founded SX thSr 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 322 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 1 Par 4 Paragraph IV Right to the courts No person shall be anvrinfelf the right to prosecute or defend his own cause in any of the courts of this State in person by attorney or both npoSraph y benefit of counsel accusation list of wit ed with J pr0CSSi ilialby jury Every Person charg ed with an offense against the laws of this State shall have mandtlf 1 ion f COunsel sha11 be furnished on de mand with a copy of the accusation and a list of the witneeq haverrf6 the charge against him is founded shall fenessePUihaiiy T5 t0btaithe timony of his o Hb 1nironted Wlth the witnesses testifying SparHaf haTe publie and sPeedy by an shfl1 YihiCrimination of self not compelled No person glTC testimo in any manS whipping as a punishment fo crinsSi Uowe VIIL Jeopardy of life or liberty more than once peson shall be put in jeopardy of life or libertv shall nr ruel and unusual punishments inflicted nor ak oryinP6prrisonbe beig arrested while nndS COmpelIed to P shSirSShsspedeiaS COrPUS The 01 Habeas CorP8 323 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 1 Par 12 Paragraph XII Freedom of conscience All men have the natural and inalienable right to worship God each according to the dictates of his own conscience and no human authority should in any case control or interfere with such rights of conscience Paragraph XIII Religious opinions liberty of conscience No inhabitant of this State shall be molested in person or property or prohibited from holding any public office or trust on account of his religious opinions but the right of liberty of conscience shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the State Paragraph XIV Appropriations to churches sects etc forbidden No money shall ever be taken from the public Treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church sect or denomination of religionists or of any sectarian institution Paragraph XV Liberty of speech or of the press guaranteed No law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech or of the press any person may speak write and publish his sentiments on all subjects being responsible for the abuse of that liberty Paragraph XVI Searches seizures and warrants The right of the people to be secure in their persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no warrant shall issue except upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation particularly describing the place or places to be searched and the persons or things to be seized Paragraph XVII Slavery and involuntary servitude There shall be within the State of Georgia neither slavery nor involuntary servitude save as a punishment for crime after legal conviction thereof 324 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 aPthrity 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 I Paragraph XXI Imprisonment for debt There shall be no imprisonment for debt Paragraph XXII Arms right to keep and bear The right people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed but the General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the manner m 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 325 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 2 Par 1 Section II Paragraph I Libel jury in criminal cases new trials In all prosecutions or indictments for libel the truth may be given in evidence and the jury in all criminal cases shall be the judges of the law and the facts The power of the judges to grant new trials in case of conviction is preserved Paragraph II Treason Treason against the State of Georgia shall consist in levying war against her adhering to her enemies giving them aid and comfort No person shall be convicted of treason except on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or confession in open court Paragraph III Conviction effect of No conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate Paragraph IV Lotteries All lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are hereby prohibited and this prohibition shall be enforced by penal laws Paragraph V Lobbying penalties Lobbying is declared to be a crime and the General Assembly shall enforce this provision by suitable penalties Paragraph VI Fraud concealment of property The General Assembly shall have the power to provide for the punishment of fraud and shall provide by law for reaching property of the debtor concealed from the creditor Section III Paragraph I Private ways just compensation In case of necessity private ways may be granted upon just compensation being first paid by the applicant Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public purposes without just and adequate compensation being first paid 326 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 1 Sec 3 Par 1 itaSS jbatwbenPrivate property is taken or damaged for by tbe State and tha counties and therefor need not ho ist and adecjuate compensation IWdJl ned Jot be Paid until the same has been finally fixed Offlfem rdhed byJ bu such and adequate mpensation shall then be paid m preference to all nfhpr gtions except bonded indebtedness The General Assembly mav XSSSfi cond make SSSSK Z7 the right Of eminent LtCndltT Prefdent to the exercise of of the same to thp Pnd Prvide for the disbursement ertv nwS tfi fild thattbe rights and equities of the propbe protected GrS and the tate and its subdivisions may etcP NogbflFnfIIataiIlder ex post fact0 and retroactive laws StffiSfyOr grant of special privileges or immunities shall be passed argraPb Revocation of tax exemptions All exenrn are Section IV TQfrafraph 9eneral lawsJ uniform operation how varied ouTthP SapnerainatUre W1 uifoim operation fh 2 21 tate aid n special law shall be enacted in anv case vr which provision has been made by an existing general law particufar1 naf affecting private rights shall be vfried in aiTy r case by special legislation except with the free consent m writing of all persons to be affected thereby and consent011 Under leg1 disabiIity to contract is capable ofsuch ofPhisgContitutihnf tS JoidLe4islative acts in violation constitution of the Constitution of the United Static are rad and the Judiciary shall so declare item 327 CONSTITUTION OF 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 Genera Assembly approved December 16 1902 which ejnds 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 th United States eighteen years old or upwards not laboring und any of the disabilities named in this Article and possessing th qualifications provided by it shall be an elector and entitled to register and vote at any election by the people Provided CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 2 Sec 1 Par 2 fBarapi iX Qualifications of electors Every citizen of SfisafissBfcaSdsi dniSoftWstSgUalificaions in aptou ana in ox this Section or who will nnps vflT u j the election occurrino ruw ii possess them at the date of ssirA2iSsafii 329 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 2 Sec 1 Par 5 non 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 m 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 shill not be permitted to register TOto or 1hole1 any appointment of honor or trust m this State towit 1st A nose who shall have been convicted in any court of competent Jurisdiction of treason against the State of embezzlement f Pubh 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 o 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 eligib to Sy office in this State until the same is accounted for and paid into the Treasury 330 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 2 Sec 5 Par 1 Section V a issztsjssrtd Section VI acwSL1 SlcteTbvSi Sh0mlRetarns oi el for ed by the Governor andw 2ople w are to be commission sembly shall be made to the SecrSao StJ GfneraluAs wise provided by law secretary of State unless other ARTICLE III Legislative Department Section I lative power1 of the Stotllhlll b vesttTn Gneral Iefr Whieh shall consist of a Senate and House of Eeprisi Section II trWeaUtrity t0Jcreate rearrange and change Senatorial ufs advisable S manner as the General Assembly may deem Weby ratified term and Si elections held thereunder Se 331 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 3 Par 1 Section III Paragraph I Number oi representatives The House of Representatives shall consist of representatves apportKmed a mnrn the several counties of the State as follows io the eignx unties haS the largest population three representatives each to the thirty counties having the next largest population two representatives each and to the remaining counties on representative each Paragraph II Apportionment changed how The above apportionment shall be changed by the Grv etblsaGovfirst session after each census taken by the United States Gov ernment 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 serv 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 thePGeneral Assembly under this Constitution shall tak place on Tuesday after the first Monday in November1946 and subsequent1 Elections biennially on that day until the day of election is changed by law r Paragraph III Meeting time limit adjournment The General Assembly shall meet in regular session on the second Monday in January 1963 and every oddnumbered year thereafter for no longer than twelve 12 days to organize to yceiv proposed General Appropriations Bill and to attend to other matters and reconvene on the second Monday m February of ehoddmumbered year for no longer than thirtythree 33 days The General Assembly shall meet m regular session the second Monday in January 1964 and m ve eyn maiority vear thereafter By concurrent resolution adopted by a majon y of member7eected to both Houses oi the General Assembly the 332 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 4 Par 3 datiaf it adjourn regular session to such later aate as it may fix for reconvening in regular session w tii remain m regular session no lonfer than fortyf R ddnumbereVyea thS tne General Assembly m extraordinary session or the dutv of Constitut Seifn Constitution If an impeachment trial is pending at the end of any regular or extraordinary session the SeS may coniiAuf m session until such trial is completed y contmue stitut ouorii 9rum A majority of each House shall conquorm to transact business but a smaller number fbsLf J0Ure from day t0 day and compel tL Seseice of its absent members as each house may provide tS sentatfverEWoV Ph members Each Senator and Repreorfi 6 taklnS his seat shall take the following oath prosperitToffhState mSt COnducive to the interests and hobitn315 uY1 EliibiIity appointments forbidden No person r 0tler aPPointmeni oSe this State r the liifed1 l01Pensatin annxed thereto under ticesoflhe Peace and officer of them expt Jus MarraSSSSSSSySS 333 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 See 4 Par 6 sentative after his qualification as such be elected by the General Assembly or appointed by the Governor either vnth or without the advice and consent of the Senate to any office or appointment having any emolument annexed thereto Auriiig the time for which he shall have been elected unless he shall fij resign his seat provided however that during the term for which he was elected no Senator or Representative shall be appointed to any civil office which has been created during such term Paragraph VII Removal from district or county effect of The seat of a member of either house shall be vacated on his removal from the district or county from which he was elected Section V Paragraph I Qualifications of Senators The Senators shall be citizens of the United States who have attained the age of twentyfive years and who shall have been citizens of this State for four years and for one year residents of the district from which elected Paragraph II President The presiding officer of the Senate shall be styled the President of the Senate A President Pro Tempore shall be elected viva voce from the Senators and shall act in case of the death resignation or disability of the President or in the event of his succession to the executive power Paragraph III Impeachments The Senate shall have the sole power to try impeachments Paragraph IV Trial of impeachments When sitting for that purpose the members shall be on oath ov 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 334 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 5 Par 5 cases oimpehmenthall mPaC51entu Judgments in from office andmaliHcatiin frthr than removal honor trust or profit TritWn tlhld ad eiVoy any office of ed shall nevertheless convict judgment and punisWent accJrding to law mdlCtment trial Section VI sentatfveishaH btfzenofS the TtT668 The Repretained the age of twentv nna United States who have at citizens of this State fotvro veS awho sha11 have been of the counties from which elected d fr ne year residents the House tiviaXlfLvLToktopoXtohVote p0USe fa Kepresentaagainst all persons who shall have been or may te office Section VII HouteasShbe the Eeh cations of its members Ld W returns and qualififor disorderly ZhaZr or pWer to Pish them Prisonment or expulsionwifS h censure fine imcept by a vote 1 PunfshTSpiisonmenrSft SBB may attempt to vescueapersoarrestedy orer oeitheHousef 335 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 7 Par 3 Paragraph 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 m any other place for anything spoken in debate in either House Paragraph IV Journals and acts Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings and publish it immediately after its adjournment The General Assembly shall provide for the publication of the laws passed by each session Paragraph V Where journals kept The original journal shall be preserved after publication in the office of the Secretary of State but there shall be no other record thereof Paragraph VI Yeas and nays when taken The yeas and nays on any question shall at the desire of onefifth of the members present be entered on the Journal Paragraph VII Bills to be read Every bill before it shall pass shall be read three times and on three separate days m each House unless in cases of actual invasion or insurrection but the first and second reading of each local bill shall consist of the reading of the title only unless said bill is ordered to be engrossed Paragraph VIII One subject matter expressed No law shall pass which refers to more than one subject matter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof Paragraph IX General appropriations bill The General appropriations bill shall embrace nothing except appropriations fixed by previous laws the ordinary expenses of the Executive Legislative and Judicial Departments of the Government payment of the public debt and interest thereon and for support of the public institutions and educational interests of the state All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills each embracing but one subject 336 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 337 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 7 Par 15 a person has been elected shall be abolished nor the term of the office shortened or lengthened by local or special bill during the term for which such person was elected unless the same be approved by the people of the jurisdiction affected in a referendum on the question When any local law shall add any member or members to any municipal or county governing authority the members of which are elected by the people such local law must provide that the member or members so added must be elected by the qualified voters of the political subdivision affected under such rules as the General Assembly may in said law provide Paragraph XVI Statutes and sections of code how amended No law or section of the code shall be amended or repealed by mere reference to its title or to the number of the section of the Code but the amending or repealing act shall distinctively describe the law to be amended or repealed as well as the alteration to be made Paragraph XVII Corporate powers how granted The General Assembly shall have no power to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies to make or change election precincts nor to establish bridges or ferries nor to change names of legitimate children but it shall prescribe by law the manner in which such powers shall be exercised by the courts it may confer this authority to grant corporate powers and privileges to private companies to the judges of the superior courts of this State in vacation All corporate powers and privileges to banking trust insurance railroad canal navigation express and telegraph companies shall be issued and granted by the Secretary of State in such manner as shall be prescribed by law and if in any event the Secretary of State should be disqualified to act in any case then in that event the legislature shall provide by general laws by what person such charter shall be granted Paragraph XVIII Recognizances The General Assembly shall have no power to relieve principals or securities upon for 338 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 339 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 Sec 7 Par 23 said zones or districts may be set apart and regulating the plans for development and improvements on real estate therein Paragraph XXIV Civil service equal preference to veterans Neither the State of Georgia nor any political subdivision thereof shall inaugurate or maintain any civil service scheme of any nature whatever which fails to provide for honorably discharged veterans of any war and the said State of Georgia or any political subdivision shall if a civil service scheme is originated or is already in force provide equal preferences accorded to such veterans as now exist under Federal Civil Service Laws Paragraph XXV Street Railways The General Assembly shall not authorize the construction of any street passenger railway within the limits of any incorporate town or city without the consent of the Corporate Authorities Section VIII Paragraph 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 340 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 3 See 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 341 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 4 See 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 to1 regulate such tariffs and charges to prohibit unjust discnminations 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 ene same ky adequate penalties provided nevertheless that such power and authority shall never be exercised in any way to regulate or fix charges of such public utilities as are owne or operated by any county or municipality of this State except as provided in this Constitution Paragraph II Rebates No public utility company shall give or pay any rebate or bonus in the nature thereof directly or indirectly or do any act to mislead or deceive the public as to the real rates charged or received for freight or passage or services furnished any such payments shall be illegal and void and these prohibitions shall be enforced by suitable penalties Section II 4 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 342 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 343 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 4 See 4 Par 3 tions filling of vacancies manner and time of election power and duties of members of the Commission including the chairman shall be such as are now or may hereafter be provided by the General Assembly Section V Paragraph I Wifes separate estate All property of the wife at the time of her marriage and all property given to inherited or acquired by her shall remain her separate property and not be liable for the debts of her husband Section VI Paragraph I Nonresident insurance companies All life insurance companies now doing business in this State or which may desire to establish agencies and do business in the State of Georgia chartered by other States of the Union or foreign States shall show that they have deposited with the Comptroller General of the State in which they are chartered or of this State the Insurance Commissioner or such other officer as may be authorized to receive it not less than one hundred thousand dollars in such securities as may be deemed by such officer equivalent to cash subject to his order as a guarantee fund for the security of policyholders Paragraph II License by Comptroller General When such showing is made to the Comptroller General of the State of Georgia by a proper certificate from the State official having charge of the funds so deposited the Comptroller General of the State of Georgia is authorized to issue to the company making such showing a license to do business in the State upon paying the fees required by law Paragraph III Resident insurance companies guarantee fund All life insurance companies chartered by the State of Georgia or which may hereafter be chartered by the State 344 CONSTITUTION OP 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 uS ice during the term of four years and until his successor shall be chosen and qualified The Governor serving at the time 345 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 346 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 und under the direction of the General Assembly j 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 che compensation of the Governor for the unexpired term If 347 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 1 Par 7 the Lieutenant Governor shall become a candidate for the unexpired term of the Governor he shall thereby resign his office as Lieutenant Governor effective upon the qualification of the Governor elected for the unexpired term and his successor for the unexpired term shall be elected at such election In case of the death resignation or disability of both the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall exercise the executive power until the removal of the disability or the election and qualification of a Governor at a special election which shall be held within sixty days from the date on which the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall assume the executive power A Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the general election in 1946 and shall qualify at the same time as the Governor Until the qualification of a Lieutenant Governor the provisions of Article V Section I Paragraph VIII of the Constitution of Georgia of 1877 shall remain of full force and effect Paragraph VIII Unexpired terms filling of The General Assembly shall have power to provide by law for filling unexpired terms by special elections except as provided in this Constitution Paragraph IX Oath of office The Governor shall before he enters on the duties of his office take the following oath or affirmation I do solemnly swear or affirm as the case may be that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor of the State of Georgia and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the Constitution thereof and the Constitution of the United States of America Paragraph X Commanderinchief The Governor shall be commanderinchief of the army and navy of this State and of the militia thereof Paragraph XI Reprieves and pardons State Board of Pardons and Paroles The Governor shall have power to suspend the execution of a sentence of death after conviction for of 348 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 annua1 salary of 500000 payable monthly The State Board of Pardons and Paroles shall have power to grant 003 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 349 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 dat 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 350 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 De the duty of said Governor and mandatory upon him within live days from the receipt of such certificate or certificates to convene said General Assembly in extraordinary session for all purposes and in the event said Governor shall within said time Sundays excluded fail or refuse to convene said General Assembly as aforesaid then and in that event said General Assembly may convene itself in extraordinary session as if convened in regular session for all purposes provided that such drnary 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 351 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 1 Par 14 jected by the Senate shall not be reappointed by the Governor to the same office during the same session or the recess thereafter Paragraph XV Governors veto The Governor shall have the revision of all bills passed by the General Assembly before the same shall become laws but twothirds of each House may pass a law notwithstanding his veto and if any bills 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 become a law He may approve any appropriation and veto any other appropriation in the same bill and the latter shall not be effectual unless passed by twothirds of each House Whenever such Bill has been vetoed by the Governor it shall be the duty of the Governor to transmit such Bill to the presiding officer of the Branch of the General Assembly in which it originated together with a list of reasons if any for such veto Such transmission shall be made within thirtyfive 35 days Sundays excepted from the date of the adjournment of the Session of the General Assembly at which such Bill was passed Such Bill may be considered by the Branch of the General Assembly in which it originated at any time within the first ten 10 days of the next regular Session of the General Assembly for the purpose of overriding the action of the Governor In the event the action of the Governor is overridden by twothirds of the votes of such Branch of the General Assembly the same shall be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of or the Clerk of such Branch of the General Assembly to the other Branch of the General Assembly It shall be the duty of the presiding officer of such other Branch of the General Assembly upon receiving such Bill to dispense with all business that is then being considered and to then and there consider and act upon such Bill for the purpose of overriding the action of the 352 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 See 1 Par 15 Governor In the event the action of the Governor is overridden by twothirds of the votes of such Branch of the General Assembly such Bill shall become law In the event either Branch of the General Assembly should fail to override the Governors rv0n inAa BlL1i suSb Bil1 shall not again be presented to the ctioJafhlTy f Gerg f0r the PurPose of overriding the pursuant t lnSe GVent any bil1 is enacted to law vnrh hUi iihlt ms ihls paragraph the effective date of if b 0 ft date that such bill was enacted upon blf Brancb of tbe General Assembly last acting upon such riridedVhover that any bills that are vetoed by the SBjfepjS after the adjournment of the regular session of the which thiSrnmbly lmPediately preceding the general election in ridden bv 18 l6cted Sha11 not be subJect t0 be over ridden by the next regular session of the General Assembly votearrSn1ntmVi Govrnr to approve resolutions etc Every Wes mafh rder t0 whlch the concurrence of both adiournmLb n lSSary excePt on a question of election or shil takl be presentfd to the Governor and before it 2 effec u aPPrved by him or being disapproved 55 that Kfnby each house provideThlw thsVConstitutionPOSal ade by the General Assembly to amend Pmgrajjh XVH Information from officers and employees ii SritTni fromfrCerSfTie Grjr may recuire information ah Ttfligi Consttutional officers department heads and mmm employees on any subject relating to the duties of shall SWiKS offices or employment The General Assembly snail have authority to provide by law for the suspend ay GonltuGjna 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 353 7 t 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 354 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 2 Par 4 namefTpLLfrt f lS T N State official aswrWia from the eeat of government on HJL fft State abSen SECTION III afLLmentSTt M TafTli 7I OJSCTION IV cretedgaaState Garni lid Fih QTre is hereby shall consist of one member from SISr0n Sai Commission in this State nd Snd Sf lowing named counties towit cSalf rIIL he i1 Intosh Glynn or Camden The SSnSiffiBS ttw7 C SS fS S 4F ffcd fied Vacancies in office shall be filieri aPP01Iiei and qualiGovernor and submitted to the Senate fo ffi at ttS 355 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 op 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 356 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 6 Par 1 lSawS7Rrtmntv0 nVeterns Service as hall be provided by a ijlBoari appoint a director who shall be the exe cutive officer of the Department Members of the Board shall the S3ted bJ Goveurnor with the advice and ctmsent f and ali members of the Board and the IMrector engaged t6ranS f Sme War in which the United States has The first appointments shall be for terms of one two throe four five six and seven years Thereafter 7i ree pomtments except in case of vacanovf J11 Jsrms and aP Vacancies shall be filled by appointment ftte GoveTJor8 nsSk XcSZsNmtm V1X Sfc Section X each CoetioLrSfrt tlio mFl j no w from the same county The Board shall he sSchP2uL oTmmg dy01 the Department and shah ha mmi aPThanbeUphrM M St gP W appointed tS temsCoTSiTs1oUiStriCyn the fflawfdSS who taU T0ard sba11 be appointed by the Governor 357 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 5 Sec 10 Par 1 county as any other member already appointed He shall designate their terms of office as follows Five members shall be appointed for three year terms five members for six year terms Thereafter all terms of all successors except in case of an appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for six years dating from April 1st of the beginning year of such term The Governor shall appoint all successors In the event a vacancy occurs on the Board the Governor shall appoint a person to serve the unexpired term The Board shall appoint a Director who shall be the executive officer and administrative head of the Department In the event of the ratification of this amendment the appointments to the Board shall be made as provided herein but the provisions of law relative to the Department Of Commerce the Director of the Department of Commerce and the Advisory Board of the Department of Commerce shall remain as presently existing until April 1 1963 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 358 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 1 Par 2 or operation of motor vehicles within its territorial jurisdiction together with provisions as to rules organization and procedure m such courts and as to new trials and the correction of errors m and by such courts and with such further provision for the correction of errors by the Superior Court or the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court as the General Assembly may from time to time in its discretion provide or authorize Any court so established shall not be subject to the rules of uniformity m 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 oourt snail consist of seven associate justices who shall from time to time as they may deem proper elect one of their memaustlce an one as Presiding Justice the office ief 1Jastlc1e as 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 oulftfhif APonth Chief Justice when he is absent or disqualified A majority of the court shall constitute a quorum MarafraPh II Court to Designate Judges to Preside When ie WtSnrnme Court to Piwent Delay in Congested Doc aredSiliS 2 mf the Justlces of the Supreme Court dcldm any case by interest or otherwise the qualified Justices shall designate a judge or judges all Superior Court to preside in said case proldS thattf aJ 11 Julce are disqualified they or a majority of them shall despite their disqualifications select seven judges of the 359 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 in the same manner as members of the General Assembly provided that the successors to the two incumbents whose terms will expire on December 31 1946 shall be elected for the succeeding terms at the time of electing members of the General Assembly during that year successors to the two incumbents whose terms will expire on December 31 1948 shall be elected in like manner during that year successors to the two incumbents whose terms will expire on December 31 1950 shall be elected in like manner during that year and provided further that an additional or seventh Justice shall be immediately appointed by the Governor his tenure under such appointment to expire on December 31 1946 and his successor for the ensuing regular term of six years to be elected at the time and in the manner aforesaid at such general election to be held during that year and all terms except unexpired terms shall be for six years In case of any vacancy which causes an unexpired term the same shall be filled by executive appointment and the person appointed by the Governor shall hold his office until the next regular election and until his successor for the balance of the unexpired term shall have been elected and qualified The returns of such elections shall be made to the Secretary of State who shall certify the result to the Governor and commission shall issue accordingly Paragraph IV Jurisdiction of Supreme Court The Supreme Court shall have no original jurisdiction but shall be a court alone for the trial and correction of errors of law from the superior courts and the city courts of Atlanta and Savannah as existed on August 16 1916 and such other like courts as have been or may hereafter be established in other cities in all cases that involve the construction of the Constitution of 360 CONSTITUTION OP 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 StatP of Georga or of the United States is dranta qutionnd fanA ihenW1Se Provided by law in all cases respecting title to land in all equity cases in all cases which involve the validity clWtal feeionvSirnUCai0S WiUs in a11 Cases of conviction of a capital ielony in all habeas corpus cases in all cases involving extraordinary remedies in all divorce and alimony cSIs aid minatiireSTt t0 K by the Fouri of APPeals for its deter SomVp h I i U S b competent for the Supreme Court to requne 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 hl oferror t0 the SuPreme Court Any case carried to the Supreme Court or to the Court of Appeals which beiongs to the class of which the other court hfs jSisdktion shall until otherwise provided by law be transferred to thp siifhrCrrHrder SUch rnles as sipremf Court mai pre scribe and the cases so transferred shall be heard and deter the court bich has jurisdiction thereof The General Assembly may provide for carrying cases or certain Hflwpc cases to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals from the Sate otherwise than by writ of errora5dmay preSribl conditions as to the right of a navtv 1 reviewed by the Supreme CouPor ourfSAMeai Thelo preme Court shall also have jurisdiction of and shall denitia cases transferred to it by the Courof Appeafs beSuse of a between the Judes of that Court when sitting as a body for the determination of cases g Jja5ugrjiph V Cases how disposed of The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals shall dispose of every case at the t is entered on the hurts 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 nrenaroH hpnSeCUei case term for which it is so entered for aring unless prevented by providential cause it shall be 361 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 362 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OP GEORGIA Art 6 See 2 Par 8 is pending m 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 m the Supreme Court shall be as the Supreme Court SmM lts rules Prescribe until otherwise provided by law No affirmance of the judgment of the court below in cases pending in the Court of Appeals shall result from delay in disposing of questions or cases certified from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court or as to which such certificate relured by the Supreme Court as hereinbefore provided All writs of error m the Supreme Court or the Court of arPJwS w5n reeved by its clerk during a term of the Court JdASirvthe ocketf the termJ 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 SjtanVr hermf 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 gSlJwlf thei 9urt of APPeals until otherwise Pyjed by law The laws relating to the Supreme Court as to SaJanes of Judges the designation of other the nniprf Wtl memHrs of the Court are disqualified mnHpPT duties salaries fees and terms of officers the carrying cases to the Court the powers practice gffei tlries 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 ratify 363 I 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 364 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 3 Par 1 authorized by law The legislature shall have authoritv to one or more additioual judges of thToSw late theCm11 m thlS ae vnd sha11 have authority to regu shainiSi1 of offlce of such additional judge or judges of judBS1 prodded thafc6 0this State a 1 be at least ne judge in every judicial circuit a 1SSanding the Provision of this Section providing for ary iTsw f rom JanS S88G is ent years shaU fef thtvtgTafh 5 Elections when to be held The successors to bers next precediig the expiationthelAIspive Ste 2y s dav nf t ed by appointments of the Governor until the first exlirdTTwtQTAthe generaI election hel next after the WSrSr 2 thlrty days from time such vacancy occurs at derted S SCCeSSOr fr the nraired A S be CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 4 Par 1 Section IV Paragraph I Exclusive jurisdiction The Superior Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in cases of divorce m crimina cases where the offender is subjected to loss of hfe ment 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 m this State Paragraph III General jurisdiction Said Courts shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases except as hereinafter provided Paragraph IV Appellate jurisdiction They shail have appellate jurisdiction in all such cases as may be provided by la Paragraph V Certiorari mandamus etc They shall have nower 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 m this Constitution and subject to the right of trial by a jury on written demand of either party 866 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 4 Par 8 HI Sessions The Superior Courts shall sit m 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 anv tfme thtmberlljhear and determta by fnteriocutoy r 88l1 judgment any matter or issue where 1 jury verdS is not required or may be waived J y Glct Aorifrapl1 presding judge disqualified The General law appointment of some fromnyausedisquaUficases where the Presiding judge is Section V Judges of superior and city courts mav alternate when In any county within which there is or hereafter hfiLj6 nClt i 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 Ordinary and of Probate shall be vested in an Ordinary for each county from whose decision there may be an anneal or by consent of parties without a decision the Superior Court under regulations prescribed by law superior ifgraph II Powers The Courts of Ordinary shall have Mm powers 111 relftion to roads bridges ferries public buildiw pauprs C0J4nty offlcers county funds county taxes and ther 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 367 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 See 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 ponce 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 m 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 368 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 7 Par 1 cedure in such courts as to new trials and the correction of errors in and by said courts and with such further provision for the correction of errors by the Superior Court or Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court as the General Assembly may from time to time in its discretion provide or authorize Any court so established shall not be subject to the rules of uniformity laid down in Paragraph I of Section IX of Article VI of the Constitution of Georgia Provided however that the General Assembly may in its discretion abolish justice courts the the office of justice of the peace and notary public exofficio justice of the peace in any county in this State having within its borders a city having a population of over twenty thousand and as well in the County of Glynn and establish in lieu thereof such court or courts or system of courts as the General Assembly may in its discretion deem necessary or conferring upon existing courts by extension of their jurisdiction as to subject matter now exercised by justice courts and by justices of the peace and notaries public exofficio justices of the peace together with such additional jurisdiction either as to amount or to subjectmatter as may be provided by law whereof some other court has not exclusive jurisdiction under this Constitution together also with such provisions as to rules and procedure in such courts and as to new trials and the correction of errors in and by said courts and with such further provision for the correction of errors by the superior court or the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court as the General Assembly may from time to time in its discretion provide or authorize The civil court of Fulton County shall have jurisdiction in Fulton County and outside the city limits of Atlanta either concurrently with or supplemental to or in lieu of justice courts as may be now or hereafter provided by law Any court so established shall not be subject to the rules of uniformity laid down in Paragraph I of Section IX of Article VI of the Constitution of Georgia Paragraph II Jurisdiction Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases arising ex contractu and in cases 369 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 7 Par 2 of injury or damage to and conversion of personal property wen 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 870 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 371 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 2 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 372 CONSTITUTION OP 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 373 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 6 Sec 13 Par 1 and shall have been a citizen of the State three years and have practiced law for seven years and no person shall be hereafter elected Solicitor General unless at the time of his election he shall have attained twentyfive years of age shall have been a citizen of the State for three years and shall have practiced law for three years next preceding his election 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 374 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 I 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 375 CONSTITUTION OF 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 ot the General Assembly by general laws to prescribe the manner of fixing compensation of jurors in all counties in this Section XVII County Commissioners Paragraph I Power to create County Commissioners The General Assembly shall have power to provide for the creation iUn5iy commissioners in such counties as may require them and to define their duties Section XVIII What Courts May Be Abolished Paragraph I Power to abolish courts All courts not specially mentioned by name in the first section of this Article may be abolished in any county at the discretion of the General Assembly Paragraph II Supreme Court cost Pauper oath The cost in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals shall not exceed 1500 until otherwise provided by law Plaintiffs in error shall not be required to pay costs in said courts when the usual pauper oath is filed in the court below 376 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 The General Assembly is hereby authorized to provide by law for the granting of funds to a county in which is located land belonging to the State consisting of at least 20000 acres from which such county receives no taxes The General Assembly is authorized to provide in such law the procedure for determining the amount of funds and all other matters relative to any such grant Paragraph II Taxing power limited H The General Assembly shall not by vote resolution or order grant any donation or gratuity in favor of any person 377 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 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 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 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 378 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 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 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 379 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 The board shall elect a chairman and also a vicechairman to serve m 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 f 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 P 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 Foard 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 380 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 Applicants who are granted loans or scholarships by the board shall receive a loan not to exceed 500000 to any one applicant to be paid in annual installments not exceeding 150000 per annum with which to defray his or her tuition and other expenses in any reputable accepted and accredited fouryear medical college or school in the United States or a scholarship in such medical college or school for a term not exceeding four years the cost of such scholarshipnot to exceed 500000 same to be paid at such time and in such manner as may be determined by the board The loans and scholarship 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 or at any prison or detention camp or work camp operated under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Corrections 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 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 interest thereon and upon such payment shall be relieved from further obligations under his contract for loan or scholarship Each applicant before being granted a loan or scholarship shall enter into a contract with the State of Georgia agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the loan or scholarship shall be granted to him which said contract shall include such terms and provisions as will carry out the full purpose and intent of this act and the form thereof shall be prepared and approved by the Attorney General of this State and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board countersigned by the 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 382 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 The board shall have authority to cancel any contract made between it and any applicant for loans or scholarships upon cause deemed sufficient by the board And the board shall have authority to cancel such contracts which it may lawfully cancel made with any of the colleges or schools as herein provided 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 88a CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 Section 1A The Director of the Department of Public 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 regu 384 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 1 Par 2 late all grants for scholarships and to manage operate and control all funds appropriated for this purpose 7 State Departments and Agencies of the State Government i 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 scholarsmps lor at least two years for each year spent in study or money received for said scholarships pro rata Proir n additional appropriation shall be made by e 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 tate 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 m 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 evenT PubllC schools of Georgia for at least three years in any 385 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 termi I nate and otherwise regulate all grants for scholarships and to manage operate and control all funds appropriated for this purpose Paragraph life 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 I General Assembly shall have the power to classify property including money for taxation and to adopt different rates and II 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 386 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 387 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 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 m 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 m 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 388 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 Pararph 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 y 1 For the support of the State Government and the public institutions 389 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 btat wu officially cited as the Social Security Act as such Act has been and may from time to time be amended and the hederai Insurance Contributions Act as set forth m SubChapter A ox 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 390 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 391 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 2 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 392 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 See 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 I Purposes for which contracted No debt shall be contracted by or on behalf of the State except to supply such temporary deficit as may exist in the treasury in any year for necessary delay in collecting the taxes of that year 393 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 394 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 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 j11 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 he 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 otates 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 395 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 396 CONSTITUTION OP 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 Pr 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 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 1 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 Dlind 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 m accordance with enactments of the General Assembly which may be in force and effect prescribing the qualifications beneficmries 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 tiscal year under acts of the General Assembly authorized hereunder for such purposes 397 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 L 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 398 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 m addition to such other items as may be included in such appropriatmn 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 of the State are hereby authorized and directed to set up on their appropriation accounts m 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 agencv or institution of the State in each fiscal year to be expended for 399 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 See 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 thenreceding paragraph to convey to any public agency public coloration 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 provided such facilities are to be maintained and operated by such public agency public corporation or authority for the same purposes ffr which such facilities were operated by such city town municipality or county Nothing m 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 acauisition 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 aid the costtn such public agency pubUc corporations or authority of acquisition construction modernization or repair of buildings and facilities from revenues reahzed by such city town municipality or county from any taxes authonzedl 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 provide 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 m 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 SIUranc so Purchased Neither the county nor the insurer shall be entitled to plead governmental immunity as a defense 401 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 in 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 hereafter incurred by any county municipal corporation or political division of this State except as in this Constitution provided for shall never exceed seven per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property therein and no such county municipality or division shall incur any new debt except for a temporary loan or loans to supply casual dficiences of revenue not to exceed onefifth of one per centum of the assessed value of the taxable property therein without the assent of a majority of the qualified voters of the county municipality or other political subdivision voting in an election for that purpose to be held as prescribed by law and provided further that all laws charter provisions and ordinances heretofore passed or enacted providing special registration of the voters of counties municipal corporations and other political divisions of this State to pass upon the issuance of bonds by such counties municipal corporations and other political divisions are hereby declared to be null and void and the General Assembly shall hereafter have no power to pass or enact any law providing for such special registration but the validity of any and all bond issues by such counties municipal corporations or other political 402 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 Every county is hereby empowered to create debt by way of borrowing from private individuals firms corporations or partnerships as well as from the State for the purpose of paying the whole or part of the cost of property valuation and equalization programs for ad valorem tax purposes to contract for the repayment thereof and to issue notes or other like instruments as evidence of the obligation to repay the debt so contracted without being subject to any limit as to amount of such debt so created and without the necessity of approval thereof hy the qualified voters of that county provided nevertheless that the debt shall be payable in one or more equal installments one of which shall fall due at least each year but which may rail due each month the last of which shall mature not more than seven years from the date of creation and shall not bear interest in excess of five 5 per cent per annum on unpaid principal and a tax shall be levied on the taxable property of the county as may be needed to repay such debt so created provided however that no county shall be empowered to create debt under the provisions of this paragraph for the purposes of a property valuation and equalization program until such program and all contracts to be entered into pursuant thereto shall have been approved by the State Revenue Commissioner and until such county shall have entered into an agreement with the btate Revenue Commissioner that such program shall be carried out in accordance with such Rules and Regulations pertaining to such programs as may be promulgated by the Commissioner Paragraph II Levy of taxes to pay bonds Any county 403 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEOEGIA Art 7 See 7 Par 2 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 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 404 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 See 7 Par 3 of the then existing laws for the creation of a debt by counties municipal corporations and political subdivisions of this State all of which provisions including those for calling advertising holding and determining the result of such election and the votes necessary to authorize the creation of an indebtedness are hereby made applicable to an election held for the purpose of authorizing such additional indebtedness Paragraph IV In addition to the obligations hereinbefore allowed each county municipality political subdivision of the State authorized to levy taxes and county board of education is given the authority to make temporary loans between January 1st and December 31st in each year to pay expenses for such year upon the following conditions The aggregate amount of all such loans of such county municipality political 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 terms of such loan adopted by a majority vote of the governing body of such county city political subdivision or county Board of Education at a meeting legally held and such resolution shall appear upon the minutes of such meeting No such county municipality subdivision or county Board of Education shall incur in any one calendar year an aggregate of such temporary loans and other contracts or obligations for current expenses in excess of the total anticipated revenue of such county municipality subdivision or county board of education for such calendar year or issue in one calendar year notes warrants or other evidences of such indebtedness in a total amount in excess of such anticipated revenue for such year 405 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 5 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 I 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 I facilities and undertakings as are specifically authorized and I enumerated by said Act of 1937 as amended by said Act of 1939 and to buy construct extend operate and maintain gas or electric generating and distribution systems together with all necessary appurtenances thereof provided further any revenue certificates issued to buy construct extend operate and maintain gas or electric generating and distribution systems shall before being undertaken be authorized by a majority of those voting at an election held for the purpose in the county municipal corporation or political subdivision affected and provided further that a majority of the registered voters of such county municipal corporation or political subdivision affected shall vote in said election the election for such to be held in the same manner as is used in issuing bonds of such county municipal corporation or political subdivision and the I said elections shall be called and provided for by officers in 406 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OP GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 7 Par 5 charge of the fiscal affairs of said county municipal corporation or political subdivision affected and no such issuing political subdivision of the State shall exercise the power of taxation for the purpose of paying the principal or interest of any such revenue anticipation obligations or any part thereof Provided that after a favorable election has been held as set forth above if municipalities counties or other political subdivisions shall purchase construct or operate such electric or gas utility plants from the proceeds of said revenue certificates and extend their services beyond the limits of the county in which the municipality or political subdivision is located then its services rendered and property located outside said county 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 2 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 Constitution 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 all necessary information and to approve or disapprove the issuance of bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonded indebtedness of any county municipality or political subdivision of this State issued prior to the adoption of this Constitution including the authority to approve or disapprove the amount and terms of such refunding bonds together with such other powers as to the General CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 See 7 Par 6 Assembly may seem proper but not in conflict with the provisions of the Constitution Such refunding bonds shall x 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 tmder the conditions stated Such refunding bonds shall not together with all other outstanding bonded indebtedness exceed the limits fixed by this Constitution for the maximum amount of bonded indebtedness which may be issued by such county municipality or political subdivision and shall be otherwise governed by all of the terms and provisions of this Constitution No bonds shall be issued under this paragraph to refund any bonds issued after the adoption of this Constitution Paragraph VII Refunding bonds to reduce bonded indebtedness The General Assembly is further authorized to give to the said Commission the power and authority to approve or disapprove the issuance of bonds to refund any outstanding bonded indebtedness of any county municipality or political subdivision now or hereafter issued for the purpose of reducing the amount payable principal or interest on such bonded indebtedness and upon the Conditions that the issuance of such refunding bonds will reduce the amounts payable upon such outstanding bonds principal or interest Such refunding 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 408 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 8 Par 1 Section VIII Paragraph I Sinking funds for bonds All amounts collected from any source for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of any bonded indebtedness of any county municipality or subdivision and to provide for the retirement of such bonded indebtedness above the amount needed to pay the principal and interest on such bonded indebtedness due in the year of such collection shall be placed in a sinking fund to be held and used to pay off the principal and interest of such bonded indebtedness thereafter maturing The funds in such sinking fund shall be kept separate and apart from all other moneys of such county municipality or subdivision and shall be used for no purpose othan than that above stated The moneys in such sinking fund may be invested and reinvested by the governing authorities of such county municipality or subdivision or by such other authority as has been created to hold and manage such sinking fund in the bonds of such county municipality or subdivision and in bonds or obligations of the State of Georgia of the counties and cities thereof and of the government of the United States of subsidiary corporations of the Federal Government fully guaranteed by such government and no other Any person or persons violating the above provisions shall be guilty of 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 submission and enactments of General Appropriations Bill a The Governor shall submit to the General Assembly within CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 9 Par 1 five days after its convening in January 1963 and every two years thereafter a budget message and a budget report accompanied by a draft of a General Appropriations Bill in such form and manner as may be prescribed by statute 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 each of the next two ensuing fiscal years b The General Assembly shall biennially appropriate the funds necessary to operate all the various departments and agencies and meet the current expenses of the State for each of the next two fiscal years The fiscal year of the State shall commence on the first day of July of each year and terminate on the thirtieth of June following c The General Assembly shall by general law provide for the regulation and management of the finance and fiscal administration of the State Paragraph II General Appropriation Act a Each General Appropriation Act now of force or hereafter adopted with such amendments as are adopted from time to time shall continue in force and effect for the next two ensuing fiscal years after adoption and it shall then expire except for the mandatory appropriations required by this Constitution and those required to meet contractual obligations authorized by this Constitution and the continued appropriation of Federal grants b The General Assembly shall not appropriate funds for any given fiscal year which in aggregate exceed a sum equal to the amount of unappropriated surplus expected to have accrued m the State Treasury at the beginning of the fiscal year together with an amount not greater than the total Treasury receipts from existing revenue sources anticipated to be collected in the fiscal year less refunds as estimated in the Budget Report and amendments thereto Supplementary appropriations if any shall 410 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 9 Par 2 be made in the manner provided in Article VII Section IX Paragraph III of this Constitution but in no event shall a supplementary appropriations Act continue in force and effect beyond the expiration of the General Appropriations Act in effect when such supplementary appropriations Act was adopted and approved c All appropriated funds except for the mandatory appropriations required by this Constitution remaining unexpended and not contractually obligated at the expiration of such General Appropriations Act shall lapse d All Federal funds received by the State of Georgia are hereby continually appropriated in the exact amounts and for the purposes authorized and directed by the Federal Government in making the grant e The State State institutions departments and agencies of the State are hereby prohibited from entering into any contract with any public agency public corporation or authority pursuant to the provisions of Article VII Section VI Paragraph 1a which such contract constitutes security for bonds or other obligations issued by any such public agency public corporation or authority and the appropriation or expenditure of any funds for the payment of obligations under any such contract is likewise prohibited at any time when the aggregate annual payments under all such contracts including the contract or contracts proposed to be entered into exceed 15 of the total revenue receipts less refunds of the State Treasury in the fiscal year immediately preceding the making and entering into of any such contract provided however this provision shall not affect contracts validly entered into prior to its adoption or which conform to this provision at the time the same are hereafter executed The execution of any such contract is further prohibited until the General Assembly has specifically provided funds in an Appropriations Act for the payment of at least one years rental under such contract Paragraph III Other or supplementary appropriations In 411 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 Sec 9 Par 3 addition to the appropriations made by the General Appropriation Act and amendments thereto the General Assembly may make additional appropriations by Acts which shall be known as supplementary appropriation Acts provided no such supplementary appropriation shall be available unless there is an unappropriated surplus in the State Treasury or the revenue necessary to pay such appropriation shall have been provided by a tax laid for such purpose and collected into the General Fund of the State Treasury Neither House shall pass a Supplementary Appropriation Bill until the General Appropriation Act shall have been finally adopted by both Houses and approved by the Governor Paragraph IV Appropriations to be for specific sums a 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 b 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 Act 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 412 CONSTITUTION OP 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 413 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 7 See 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 414 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 a 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 415 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 8 Sec 4 Par 1 Section IV Paragraph I University System of Georgia Board of Regents There shall be a Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and the government control and management of the University System of Georgia and all of its institutions in said system shall be vested in said Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Said Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shall consist of one member from each Congressional District in the State and five additional members from the StateatLarge appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate The Governor shall not be a member of the said Board The first Board of Regents under this Constitution shall consist of those in office at the time this Constitution is adopted with the terms provided by law Thereafter all succeeding appointments shall be for seven year terms from the expiration of the previous term Vacancies upon said Board caused by expiration of term of office shall be similarly filled by appointment and confirmation In case of a vacancy on said Board by death resignation of a member or from any other cause other than the expiration of such members term of office the Board shall by secret ballot elect his successor who shall hold office until the end of the next session of the General Assembly or if the General Assembly be then in session to the end of that session During such session of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint the successor member of the Board for the unexpired term and shall submit his name to the Senate for confirmation All members of the Board of Regents shall hold office until their successors are appointed The said Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia shall have the powers and duties as provided by law existing at the time of the adoption of this Constitution together with such further powers and duties as may be hereafter provided by law 416 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 417 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 J877 shall not be affected by this Constitution 418 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 419 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 8 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 Paragraph II Freedom from compulsory association at all levels of public education shall be preserved inviolate The General Assembly shall by taxation provide funds for an adequate education for the citizens of Georgia 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 420 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OP 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 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 421 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 422 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 423 CONSTITUTION OF 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 I County officers election term removal eligibility The county officers shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective counties or districts and shall hold their office for four years They shall be removed upon conviction for malpractice in office and no person shall be eligible for any of the offices referred to in this paragraph unless he shall have been a resident of the county for two years and is a qualified voter Paragraph II Compensation of county officers County officers may be on a fee basis salary basis or fee basis supplemented by salary in such manner as may be directed by law ARTICLE XII The Laws of General Operation in Force in This State Section I Paragraph I Supreme law The laws of general operation in this State are first As the Supreme law The Constitution of the United States the laws of the United States in pursurance thereof and all treaties made under the authority of the United States Paragraph II Second in authority Second As next in authority thereto This Constitution Paragraph III Third in authority Third In subordination to the foregoing All laws now of force in this State not inconsistent with this Constitution shall remain of force until the same are modified or repealed by the General Assembly 424 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 12 See 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 425 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 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 426 CONSTITUTION OP THE STATE OP GEORGIA Art 13 Sec 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 Assembly Paragraph III Veto not permitted The Governor shall not have the right to veto any proposal by the General Assembly to amend the Constitution ARTICLE XIV Merit System Section I Paragraph I State Personnel Board A nonsalaried State Personnel Board comprised of three citizens of this State of known interest in the improvement of public administration shall administer a State Merit System under which state personnel shall be selected on a basis of merit fitness and efficiency according to law The members of the 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 427 CONSTITUTION OP 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 actuanally sound retirement system for employees under a merit system Adequate appropriations shall be provided for the operation of a merit system and the State Personnel Board ARTICLE XV Home Rule Section I Paragraph I The General Assembly is authorized to provide by law for the selfgovernment of municipalities and to that end is hereby expressly given the authority to delegate its powers so that matters pertaining to municipalities upon which prior to the ratification of this amendment it was necessary for the General Assembly to act may be dealt with without the necessity of action by the General Assembly Any powers granted as provided herein shall be exercised subject only to statutes of general application pertaining to municipalities ARTICLE XVI Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Section I Authority of cities counties and housing authorities to do slum clearance and redevelopment work The General Assembly 428 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Art 16 Sec 1 Par 1 may provide by law that any city or town or any housing authority now or hereafter established or any county 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 429 I 963 JANUARY MAY SEPTEMBER 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 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 FEBRUARY JUNE OCTOBER 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 S M T W T F S min 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 MARCH JULY NOVEMBER 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 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